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ROSS STORES,
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Meeting Information | |
Meeting Type: Annual Meeting | |
For holders as of: March 25, 2014 | |
Date: May 21, 2014 Time: 1:00 p.m. PDT | |
Location: | Garden Court Hotel |
420 Cowper Street | |
Palo Alto, CA 94301 | |
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Voting Items |
The Board of
Directors recommends you vote FOR the following
proposals: | ||
1. | To elect eight Directors for a one-year term as proposed in the accompanying Proxy Statement |
Nominees:
1a) Michael Balmuth
1b) K. Gunnar Bjorklund
1c) Michael J. Bush
1d) Norman A. Ferber
1e) Sharon D. Garrett
1f) George P. Orban
1g) Lawrence S. Peiros
1h) Gregory L. Quesnel
2. |
Advisory vote to approve the resolution on the compensation of the named executive officers. | |
3. |
To ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending January 31, 2015. |
NOTE: Such other business as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment thereof.
Voting Instructions |