SECOND AMENDMENT TO INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR CONSULTANCY
AGREEMENT

This Second Amendment to the Independent Contractor Consultancy Agreement (the
“Consultancy Agreement”) is made and entered into effective April 1, 2005, by
and between Ross Stores, Inc. (the “Company”) and Stuart G. Moldaw (the
“Consultant”). The Company and the Contractor previously entered into an
Independent Contractor Consultancy Agreement (the “Consultancy Agreement”),
which became effective April 1, 2002, amended effective August 21, 2003 (“First
Amendment”) and which continues in effect through March 31, 2005 (the
Consultancy Agreement, First Amendment, and this Second Amendment are
collectively “the Agreement”).  It is now the intention of the Company and the
Contractor to further amend the Agreement as set forth below:

          The term of this Agreement shall be extended from April 1, 2005
through March 31, 2008.

Except as modified by this Second Amendment, the Agreement shall remain in force
as provided therein,

The parties have executed this Second Amendment on the date(s) shown below.

 

ROSS STORES, INC.

 

STUART G. MOLDAW

 

     (the “Company”)

 

     (“Consultant”)

           

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ MICHAEL BALMUTH

 

By:

/s/ STUART G. MOLDAW

 

 

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Name:

Michael Balmuth

 

Date:

3/30/05

 

Title:

Vice Chairman, President & CEO

 

 

 

 

Date:

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