UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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Form
8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of report (date of earliest event
reported):
January 23,
2013
ROSS STORES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant
as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 0-14678 | 94-1390387 |
| (State or other jurisdiction of | (Commission File No.) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification |
| incorporation) | No.) |
4440 Rosewood Drive, Pleasanton,
California, 94588-3050
(Address of principal executive
offices)
Registrant’s telephone number, including
area code:
(925) 965-4400
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Item 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year
(a) On January 23, 2013, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Ross Stores, Inc. (the “Company”) amended the Company’s Amended and Restated Bylaws (the “Bylaws”). The full text of the amendments is attached hereto as Exhibit 3.4. The amendments take effect immediately.
The principal change to the Bylaws as a result of the amendments is to implement a majority voting standard with respect to uncontested elections of directors. The amendments provide that a director nominee in an uncontested election is not elected unless he or she receives more votes “for” election than votes “against” election and/or to “withhold” approval. A plurality voting standard remains applicable to any election in which there are more candidates nominated than there are director seats to be filled.
The foregoing description of the amendments to the Ross Stores, Inc. Amended and Restated Bylaws is only a summary, does not purport to be complete, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the text of the amendments to the Bylaws, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 3.4 and incorporated by reference herein. The Amended and Restated Bylaws as in effect prior to these amendments are attached as Exhibit 3.2 to the Form 10-Q filed by the Company for its quarter ended October 29, 2011.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
| Exhibit | ||
| No. | Description | |
| 3.4 | Amendments adopted January 23, 2013 to the Ross Stores, Inc. Amended and Restated Bylaws, last amended November 16, 2011 |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Date: January 25, 2013
| ROSS STORES, INC. | |||
| Registrant | |||
| By: | /s/J. Call | ||
| John G. Call | |||
| Group Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and | |||
| Corporate Secretary | |||
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Exhibit Index
| Exhibit | ||
| No. | Description | |
| 3.4 | Amendments adopted January 23, 2013 to the Ross Stores, Inc. Amended and Restated Bylaws, last amended November 16, 2011 |
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