Document:

AMENDED AND
RESTATED

ROSS STORES,
INC.

EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE
PLAN

Amended and Restated on
November 20, 2007

     1. Purpose. The Amended and Restated Ross
Stores, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “Plan”) is established to provide eligible
employees of Ross Stores, Inc. (“Ross”) and any current or future parent or
subsidiary corporation of Ross (collectively referred to as the “Company”) with
an opportunity to acquire a proprietary interest in the Company by the purchase
of common stock of Ross. For purposes of this Plan, a parent corporation and a
subsidiary corporation shall be as defined in section 424(e) and 424(f) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). It is intended that the
Plan shall qualify as an “employee stock purchase plan” under section 423 of the
Code (including any future amendments or replacements of such section), and the
Plan shall be so construed. Any term not expressly defined in the Plan but
defined for purposes of section 423 of the Code shall have the same definition
herein. The Plan, as amended and restated on November 20, 2007, is effective for
Offering Periods commencing on or after January 1, 2008.

     2. Administration. The Plan shall be
administered by the Board of Directors of Ross (the “Board”) and/or by a
management committee duly appointed by the Board having such powers as shall be
specified by the Board. Any subsequent references to the Board shall mean the
committee if it has been appointed. All questions of interpretation of the Plan
or of any option granted pursuant to the Plan (an “Option”) shall be determined
by the Board and shall be final and binding upon all persons having an interest
in the Plan and/or any Option. Subject to the provisions of the Plan, the Board
shall determine all of the relevant terms and conditions of Options granted
pursuant to the Plan; provided,
however, that all Participants granted Options
pursuant to the Plan shall have the same rights and privileges within the
meaning of section 423(b)(5) of the Code. All expenses incurred in connection
with the administration of the Plan shall be paid by the
Company.

     3. Share Reserve. Subject to the provisions
of Section 14 relating to adjustments upon changes in securities, the maximum
number of shares which may be issued under the Plan shall be 5,000,000 shares of
Ross common stock (the “Shares”). In the event that any Option for any reason
expires or is terminated, the Shares allocable to the unexercised portion of
such Option may again be subjected to an Option.

     4. Eligibility. Any employee of the Company
is eligible to participate in the Plan except the following:

          (a) employees who are customarily employed by the Company for less than
twenty (20) hours a week;

          (b) employees who have not completed six (6) months of continuous
employment with the Company as of the commencement of an Offering
Period.

          (c) employees whose customary employment is for not more than five (5)
months in any calendar year; and

          (d) employees who own or hold options to purchase or who, as a result of
participation in this Plan, would own or hold options to purchase, stock of a
corporation which comprises part of the Company possessing five percent (5%) or
more of the total combined voting power or value of all classes of stock of such
corporation within the meaning of section 423(b)(3) of the
Code.

     5. Offering Dates.

          (a) Offering Periods. Except as otherwise set
forth below, the Plan shall be implemented on and after January 1, 2008 by a
single series of offerings (each an “Offering”). Unless otherwise determined by
the Board, each Offering shall be approximately three (3) months in duration (an
“Offering Period”). Offering Periods shall commence on or about January 1, April
1, July 1 and October 1 of each year and shall end on or about the next March
31, June 30, September 30 and December 31 respectively thereafter. The Board may
establish a different term for one or more Offerings and/or different commencing
and/or ending dates for such Offerings; provided,
however, that such different terms shall comply with
the provisions of section 423(b)(7) of the Code. An employee who becomes
eligible to participate in the Plan after an Offering Period has commenced shall
not be eligible to participate in such Offering but may participate in any
subsequent Offering provided such employee is still eligible to participate in
the Plan as of the commencement of any such subsequent Offering. The first day
of an Offering Period shall be the “Offering Date” for such Offering Period. In
the event the first and/or last day of an Offering Period is not a day on which
the primary market for the Shares is open for trading, the Company shall specify
the trading day that will be deemed the first or last day, as the case may be,
of the Offering Period.

          (b) Governmental Approval; Stockholder Approval. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary,
any Option granted pursuant to the Plan shall be subject to (i) obtaining all
necessary governmental approvals and/or qualifications of the sale and/or
issuance of the Options and/or the Shares; and (ii) obtaining any necessary
stockholder approval of the Plan.

     6. Participation in the Plan.

          (a) Initial Participation. An eligible
employee shall become a Participant on the first Offering Date after satisfying
the eligibility requirements and signing and delivering to the Company office or
representative specified by Company (including a third-party administrator
designated by the Company) at such time prior to such Offering Date as may be
established by the Company (the “Enrollment Date”) a subscription agreement
indicating the employee’s election to participate and authorizing payroll
deductions. The subscription agreement may be in such written or electronic form
as the Company may permit or require, provided that each electronic subscription
agreement shall be digitally signed or authenticated by the Participant in the
manner specified by the Company. An eligible employee who does not deliver a
subscription agreement in the manner permitted or required prior to the
applicable Enrollment Date for the first Offering Period after becoming eligible
to participate in the Plan shall not participate in the Plan for that Offering
Period or for any subsequent Offering Period unless such employee subsequently
enrolls in the Plan by delivering a subscription agreement prior to the
applicable Enrollment Date for such subsequent Offering
Period.

          (b) Continued Participation. Subject to
satisfying the eligibility requirements for a particular Offering Period, a
Participant shall automatically participate in each succeeding Offering Period
until such time as such Participant withdraws from the Plan pursuant to
paragraph 11 or terminates employment as provided in paragraph 12. A Participant
is not required to deliver any additional subscription agreements for subsequent
Offering Periods in order to continue participation in the
Plan.

     7. Right to Purchase Shares.

          (a) Except as set forth below, as of the first day of an Offering Period
(the “Offering Date”), each Participant in such Offering Period shall be granted
an Option consisting of the right to purchase that number of whole Shares
arrived at by dividing (i)the product of $2,083.33 and the number of months
(rounded to the nearest whole month) contained in the Offering Period by (ii)
one hundred percent (100%) of the Fair Market Value of a Share on the Offering
Date.

          (b) “Fair Market Value” means the value of a security, as determined in
good faith by the Board. Unless otherwise provided herein, if the security is
listed on any established stock exchange or market system, the Fair Market Value
of the security shall be the closing sale price (rounded up where necessary to
the nearest whole cent) for such security (or the closing bid if no sales were
reported) as quoted on such exchange or market system (or the exchange or market
system with the greatest volume of trading in the relevant security of the
Company) on the trading day which is coincident with the relevant determination
date, as reported in The Wall Street
Journal or such other source as the Board deems
reliable.

     8. Purchase Price. The purchase price at
which Shares may be acquired in an Offering pursuant to the exercise of all or
any portion of an Option granted under the Plan (the “Offering Exercise Price”)
shall be set by the Board; provided,
however, that the purchase price per Share shall not
be less than eighty-five percent (85%) of the lesser of (a) the Fair Market
Value of a Share on the Offering Date of such Offering Period, or (b) the Fair
Market Value of a Share at the time of exercise of the Option. Unless otherwise
provided by the Board prior to the commencement of an Offering Period, the
Offering Exercise Price shall be eighty-five percent (85%) of the Fair Market
Value of a Share at the time of exercise of the Option.

     9. Payment of Purchase Price. Shares which
are acquired pursuant to the exercise of all or any portion of an Option may be
paid for only by means of payroll deductions accumulated during the Offering
Period. Except as set forth below, the amount of Compensation to be withheld
from a Participant’s Compensation during each pay period shall be determined by
the Participant’s subscription agreement. For purposes of the Plan, a
Participant’s “Compensation” with respect to an Offering shall include all
amounts paid in cash and includable as “wages” subject to tax under section
3101(a) of the Code without applying the dollar limitation of section 3121(a) of
the code; provided, however, Compensation shall not include amounts paid as annual bonuses under
the Company’s Management Incentive Compensation Program. Accordingly,
Compensation shall include salaries, commission, overtime and bonuses other than
bonuses paid as annual bonuses under the Company’s Management Incentive
Compensation Program. “Compensation” shall not include reimbursements of
expenses, allowances or any amount deemed received without the actual transfer
of cash or any amounts directly or indirectly paid pursuant to the Plan or any
other stock purchase or stock option plan.

          (a) During an Offering Period, a Participant may elect to decrease
(including to zero) the amount withheld from his or her Compensation by filing
an amended subscription agreement with the Company on or before the “Change
Notice Date.” The “Change Notice Date” shall initially be the seventh
(7th) day prior to
the end of the first pay period for which such election is to be effective;
however, the Company may change such Change Notice Date from time to
time.

          (b) The amount of payroll withholding with respect to the Plan for any
Participant during any pay period shall not exceed ten percent (10%) of the
Participant’s Compensation for such pay period.

          (c) Payroll deductions shall commence on the first payday following the
Offering Date and shall continue to the end of the Offering Period unless sooner
altered or terminated as provided in the Plan.

          (d) Individual accounts shall be maintained for each Participant. All
payroll deductions from a Participant’s Compensation shall be credited to such
account and shall be deposited with the general funds of the Company. All
payroll deductions received or held by the Company may be used by the Company
for any corporate purpose.

          (e) Interest shall not be paid on sums withheld from a Participant’s
Compensation.

          (f) On the last day of an Offering Period, each Participant who has not
withdrawn from the Offering or whose participation in the Offering has not
terminated on or before such last day shall automatically acquire pursuant to
the exercise of the Participant’s Option the number of whole Shares arrived at
by dividing the total amount of the Participant’s accumulated payroll deductions
for the Offering by the Offering Exercise Price; provided, however, in no event shall the
number of Shares purchased by the Participant exceed the number of Shares
subject to the Participant’s Option.

          (g) Any cash balance remaining in the Participant’s account shall be
refunded to the Participant as soon as practical after the last day of the
Offering Period. In the event the cash to be returned to a Participant pursuant
to the preceding sentence is an amount less than the amount necessary to
purchase a whole Share, the Company may establish procedures whereby such cash
is maintained in the Participant’s account and applied toward the purchase of
Shares in the subsequent Offering.

          (h) At the time the Option is exercised, in whole or in part, or at the
time some or all of the Shares are disposed of, the Company shall withhold from
the Participant’s Compensation, or the Participant shall otherwise make adequate
provision for, an amount equal to the federal, state, local and foreign tax
withholding obligations of the Company, if any, which arise upon exercise of the
Option or disposition of Shares, respectively.

          (i) No Shares shall be purchased on behalf of a Participant whose
participation in the Offering or the Plan has terminated on or before the date
of exercise.

          (j) The Company may, from time to time, establish (i) a minimum required
withholding amount for participation in any Offering which shall not exceed one
percent (1%) of the Participant’s Compensation, (ii) limitations on the
frequency and/or number of changes in the amount withheld during an Offering,
(iii) an exchange ratio applicable to amounts withheld in a currency other than
U.S. dollars, and/or (iv) such other limitations or procedures as deemed
advisable by the Company in the Company’s sole discretion which are consistent
with the Plan and in accordance with the requirements of section 423 of the
Code.

          (k) Any portion of a Participant’s Option remaining unexercised after the
end of the Offering Period to which such Option relates shall expire immediately
upon the end of such Offering Period. Any Shares subject to the unexercised
portion of an Option at the end of an Offering Period shall be returned to the
Plan’s share reserve.

     10. Limitations on Purchase of Shares; Rights as a
Stockholder.

          (a) Fair Market Value Limitation. No
Participant shall be entitled to purchase Shares under the Plan (or any other
employee stock purchase plan which is intended to meet the requirements of
section 423 of the Code sponsored by Ross, a parent corporation of Ross as
defined in section 424(e) of the Code or a subsidiary corporation of Ross as
defined in section 424(f) of the Code) at a rate which exceeds $25,000 in Fair
Market Value, determined as of the Offering Date for each Offering Period (or
such other limit as may be imposed by the Code), for each calendar year in which
the Participant participates in the Plan (or any other employee stock purchase
plan described in this sentence).

          (b) Pro Rata Allocation. In the event the
number of Shares which might be purchased by all Participants in the Plan
exceeds the number of Shares available in the Plan, the Company shall make a pro
rata allocation of the remaining Shares in as uniform a manner as shall be
practicable and as the Company shall determine to be
equitable.

          (c) Rights as a Stockholder and Employee. A
Participant shall have no rights as a stockholder by virtue of the Participant’s
participation in the Plan until the date of the issuance of a stock
certificate(s) for the shares being purchased pursuant to the exercise of the
Participant’s Option. No adjustment shall be made for dividends or distributions
or other rights for which the record date is prior to the date such stock
certificate(s) are issued. Nothing herein shall confer upon a Participant any
right to continue in the employ of the Company or interfere in any way with any
right of the Company to terminate the Participant’s employment at any
time.

     11. Withdrawal.

          (a) Withdrawal from an Offering. A Participant may withdraw from an Offering by signing and
delivering to the Company office or representative specified by Company
(including a third-party administrator designated by the Company), a written or
electronic notice of withdrawal from the Offering in a form permitted or
required by the Company for such purpose. Any electronic notice of withdrawal
shall be digitally signed or authenticated by the Participant in the manner
specified by the Company. Such withdrawal may be elected at any time prior to
the end of an Offering Period. Unless otherwise indicated, withdrawal from an
Offering shall not result in a withdrawal from the Plan or any succeeding
Offering Period herein. A Participant is prohibited from again participating in
an Offering upon withdrawal from such Offering at any time.

          (b) Return of Payroll Deductions. Upon
withdrawal from an Offering, the withdrawn Participant’s accumulated payroll
deductions shall be returned as soon as practicable after the withdrawal,
without the payment of any interest, to the Participant and all of the
Participant’s rights in the Offering shall terminate. Such accumulated payroll
deductions may not be applied to any other Offering under the
Plan.

          (c) Withdrawal from the Plan. A Participant
may withdraw from the Plan by signing and delivering to the Company office or
representative specified by Company (including a third-party administrator
designated by the Company), a written or electronic notice of withdrawal from
the Plan in a form permitted or required by the Company for such purpose. Any
electronic notice of withdrawal shall be digitally signed or authenticated by
the Participant in the manner specified by the Company. In the event a
Participant voluntarily elects to withdraw from the Plan, the Participant may
not resume participation in the Plan during the same Offering Period, but may
participate in any subsequent Offering under the Plan by filing a new
subscription agreement in the same manner as set forth above for initial
participation in the Plan.

     12. Termination of Employment. Termination of
a Participant’s employment with the Company for any reason, including retirement
or death or the failure of a Participant to remain an employee eligible to
participate in the Plan, shall terminate the Participant’s participation in the
Plan immediately. In such event, the payroll deductions credited to the
Participant’s account shall, as soon as practicable, be returned to the
Participant or, in the case of the Participant’s death, to the Participant’s
legal representative, and all of the Participant’s rights under the Plan shall
terminate. Interest shall not be paid on sums returned to a Participant pursuant
to this paragraph 12. A Participant whose participation has been so terminated
may again become eligible to participate in the Plan by again satisfying the
requirements of paragraph 4.

     13. Repayment of Payroll Deductions. In the
event a Participant’s rights in the Plan or any Offering therein are terminated,
the Company shall deliver as soon as practicable to the Participant any payroll
deductions credited to the Participant’s account with respect to the Plan or any
such Offering. Interest shall not be paid on sums returned to a Participant
pursuant to this paragraph 13.

     14. Adjustments Upon Changes in
Securities.

          (a) If any change is made in the Shares
subject to the Plan, or subject to any Option, without the receipt of
consideration by the Company (through merger, consolidation, reorganization,
recapitalization, reincorporation, stock dividend, dividend in property other
than cash, stock split, liquidating dividend, combination of shares, exchange of
shares, change in corporate structure or other transaction not involving the
receipt of consideration by the Company), the Plan will be appropriately
adjusted in the type of security and the maximum number of Shares subject to the
Plan pursuant to Section 3 and the outstanding Options will be appropriately
adjusted in the type of security, number of shares, and purchase limits of such
outstanding Options. The Board shall make such adjustments, and its
determination shall be final, binding and conclusive. (The conversion of any
convertible securities of the Company shall not be treated as a transaction that
does not involve the receipt of consideration by the
Company.)

           (b) In the event of a Change in Control, then, as determined by the Board
in its sole discretion (i) any surviving or acquiring corporation may assume
outstanding Options or substitute similar Options for those under the Plan, (ii)
such Options may continue in full force and effect, or (iii) the Participants’
accumulated payroll deductions may be used to purchase Shares immediately prior
to the effective date of the Change in Control transaction and the Participants’
Options under the ongoing Offering(s) terminated. In the event that no
affirmative determination is made by the Board pursuant to the preceding
sentence, then alternative (iii) shall apply automatically.

          (c) “Change in Control” means the occurrence of any of the
following events:

               (i) A dissolution or liquidation of the
Company.

               (ii) A sale, lease or other disposition of all or substantially all of the
assets of the Company.

               (iii) A merger, reverse merger, consolidation or reorganization of the
Company with or into another corporation or other legal person, or any other
capital reorganization in which more than fifty percent (50%) of the shares of
the Company entitled to vote are exchanged.

     15. Non-Transferability. An Option may not be
transferred in any manner otherwise than by will or the laws of descent and
distribution and shall be exercisable during the lifetime of the Participant
only by the Participant.

     16. Reports. Each Participant who exercised
all or part of his or her Option for an Offering Period shall receive as soon as
practicable after the last day of such Offering Period a report of such
Participant’s account setting forth the total payroll deductions accumulated,
the number of Shares purchased and the remaining cash balance to be refunded or
retained in the Participant’s account pursuant to paragraph 9(g), if
any.

     17. Covenants of the Company.

          (a) During the terms of the Options granted under the Plan, the Company
shall ensure that the amount of Shares required to satisfy such Options are
available.

          (b) The Company shall seek to obtain from each federal, state, foreign or
other regulatory commission or agency having jurisdiction over the Plan such
authority as may be required to issue and sell Shares upon exercise of the
Options granted under the Plan. If, after reasonable efforts, the Company
is unable to obtain from any such regulatory commission or agency the authority
which counsel for the Company deems necessary for the lawful issuance and sale
of Shares under the Plan, the Company shall be relieved from any liability for
failure to issue and sell Shares upon exercise of such Options unless and until
such authority is obtained.

     18. Use of Proceeds from Shares. Proceeds
from the sale of Shares pursuant to Options granted under the Plan shall
constitute general funds of the Company.

     19. Plan Term. This Plan shall continue until
terminated by the Board or until all of the Shares reserved for issuance under
the Plan have been issued, whichever shall first occur.

     20. Amendment, Suspension or Termination of the Plan. The Board may at any time amend, suspend or terminate the Plan,
except that (a) no such amendment, suspension or termination shall affect
Options previously granted under the Plan unless expressly provided by the Board
and (b) no such amendment, suspension or termination may adversely affect an
Option previously granted under the Plan without the consent of the Participant,
except to the extent permitted by the Plan or as may be necessary to qualify the
Plan as an employee stock purchase plan pursuant to Section 423 of the Code or
to comply with any applicable law, regulation or rule. In addition, an amendment
to the Plan must be approved by the stockholders of the Company within twelve
(12) months of the adoption of such amendment if such amendment would authorize
the sale of more shares than are then authorized for issuance under the Plan or
would change the definition of the corporations whose employees may be offered
Options under the Plan. To the extent permitted by governing law, the Board
authorizes the Senior Vice President of Human Resources to adopt amendments to
the Plan.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF,
the undersigned Senior Vice President of Human Resources of the Company
certifies that the foregoing Amended and Restated Ross Stores, Inc. Employee
Stock Purchase Plan was duly adopted by the Compensation Committee of the Board
of Directors of the Company on November 20, 2007.

		/s/ D. Jane Marvin  	 
		D. Jane
    Marvin 
		Senior Vice President, Human
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    COMMITMENT AGREEMENT made this
27th day of March 2008:

    

    Between:

    

    1323545
Alberta Inc. (DeLaet)

    Head
Office located at Suite 410, 800-6th Avenue
SW

    Calgary,
Alberta, Canada

    T2P
3G3

    - AND
-

    MaxLife
Fund Corp  (MaxLife)

    (A
Wyoming Corporation)

    160 Tycos
Dr. Unit #112

    Toronto,
ON

    M6B
1W8

    

    WHEREAS DeLaet has the
knowledge and capacity to manage portfolios of Life Settlement
policies,

    WHEREAS DeLaet has agreed to
market the MaxLife preferred share offering of MaxLife,

    WHEREAS DeLaet and MaxLife
have agreed to enter into a service and profit sharing agreement, regarding
management of Life Settlement portfolios.

    AND WHEREAS MaxLife has the
knowledge and capacity to make this preferred share a public
offering:

    

    THE
PARTIES HERETO AGREE AS FOLLOWS:

    

    
      	
              A.  

            	
              Commitment
      from DeLaet:

            

    

    1.      Source
and manage a portfolio of life settlement funds in accordance to guidelines
developed by MaxLife and DeLaet

    2.      Promote
the preferred share offering through Focused Money Solutions Inc.

    3.      Discontinue
further issuances of the LP structure of Focused Life Settlements.

    4.    Offer
a future conversion option to the existing LP holders that maintains the tax
benefits of the LP structure and is in the best interests of the LP unit
holders, at a future General meeting of the LP.

    5.    Assist
MaxLife with one off large sales of Life settlement portfolios.

    6.    Assist
MaxLife in establishment of any leveraging opportunities through the business
relationships established by DeLaet.

    7.    Facilitate
in the trade in life settlement portfolios to maximize profitability of
MaxLife.

    8.    Pay
for administration expense in running the management of life settlement
policies.

    9.      Pay
to sub brokers, agents and investment firms an appropriate commission and
according to the commission received.

    10.  Agree
to sit on the Board of Directors of Max Life.

    11.  Agree
with MaxLife and DeLaet to operate and track separately the Life Settlement
portfolios that were purchased from funds raised through Focused Money Solutions
Inc., and have a management agreement with 1323545 Alberta Inc. to share in the
profits of Life Settlement portfolio’s as agreed to in B below.

     

     

     

    
      
         

      

      
         

        
          

        

      

      
         

      

    

    
 

    
      	
              B.  

            	
              Commitment
      from MaxLife:

            

    

    

    
      	
              1.  

            	
              File
      the necessary paperwork to list the preferred shares of MaxLife on the
      OTC-BB in the United States of
America;

            

    

    
      	
              2.  

            	
              Respond
      to all questions from the OTC-BB;

            

    

    
      	
              3.  

            	
              Engage
      other entities in raising of capital for the preferred share
      offering.

            

    

    
      	
              4.  

            	
              Establish
      a Canadian and US offering of the preferred
  share.

            

    

    
      	
              5.  

            	
              Pay
      a gross commission of 8% on all sales to DeLaet for sales that Delaet
      brings into MaxLife.

            

    

    
      	
              6.  

            	
              Pay
      2% of all sales as a warrant, 1% at $25/share and 1% at $30 per share good
      for 5 yrs from issue to DeLaet

            

    

    
      	
              7.  

            	
              Pay
      DeLaet 50% of realized profits from the management of life settlement
      portfolio according to the investment moneys brought in by DeLaet or sub
      brokers, agents, and agencies of
DeLaet.

            

    

    
      	
              8.  

            	
              Pay
      DeLaet 25% of realized profits from the management of life settlement
      portfolio according to the investment moneys brought in by MaxLife or sub
      brokers, agents and agencies of MaxLife and only for the investment moneys
      that MaxLife wishes DeLaet to
manage.

            

    

    
      	
              9.  

            	
              Arrange
      to pay the 10% dividend to all investors of the Preferred
      share.

            

    

    
      	
              10.  

            	
              Receive
      and process subscriptions from DeLaet for all preferred share
      investors.

            

    

    

    

    SIGNED
this 27th day of March, 2008:

    

    
      	
              WITNESSES:

            	 
      	
              1323545
      Alberta Inc.

            
	 
      	 
      	
              Per:

               

            
	/s/ 
      Not legible	 
      	/s/ 
      Victor DeLaet 
	
              Name:

            	 
      	
              Victor
      DeLaet - President

            
	 
      	 
      	 
      
	 
      	 
      	
              MaxLife
      Funds Corp

            
	 
      	 
      	
              Per:

            
	/s/ 
      Not legible	 
      	/s/ 
      Bennett Kurtz
	
              Name:

            	 
      	
              Bennett
      Kurtz, President and CEO

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