Ross Stores, Inc 8-K, filed May 24, 2022
Ross Stores, Inc. (ROST)
8-K
2022-05-24
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About this 8-K
Ross Stores, Inc filed this 8-K on May 24, 2022, reporting on events of May 18, 2022.
Items reported
- Item 5.07: Shareholder vote results
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 8-K
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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
The Company held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders on May 18, 2022, by virtual meeting. The Company’s stockholders considered and voted upon three matters at the meeting, with final voting results as follows:
Proposal 1 - Election of Directors
The holders of the Company’s common stock elected 10 nominees to serve as directors for a term of one year, expiring at the time of the Annual Meeting of Stockholders in 2023:
Name | For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Vote | ||||||||||||||||||||||
K. Gunnar Bjorklund | 283,182,397 | 15,609,683 | 162,058 | 15,786,798 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Michael J. Bush | 287,864,348 | 10,931,539 | 158,251 | 15,786,798 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Sharon D. Garrett | 284,739,757 | 14,074,736 | 139,645 | 15,786,798 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Michael J. Hartshorn | 291,888,245 | 6,936,881 | 129,012 | 15,786,798 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Stephen D. Milligan | 294,173,676 | 4,616,908 | 163,554 | 15,786,798 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Patricia H. Mueller | 293,562,198 | 5,242,435 | 149,505 | 15,786,798 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
George P. Orban | 284,487,093 | 14,326,954 | 140,091 | 15,786,798 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Larree M. Renda | 294,159,000 | 4,640,846 | 154,292 | 15,786,798 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Barbara Rentler | 295,909,560 | 2,939,431 | 105,147 | 15,786,798 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Doniel N. Sutton | 294,911,561 | 3,880,336 | 162,241 | 15,786,798 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Proposal 2 - Advisory Vote to Approve the Resolution on Executive Compensation
In an advisory vote, the holders of the Company’s common stock voted to approve the resolution regarding executive compensation:
For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Vote | |||||||||||||||||
| 244,676,643 | 41,340,814 | 12,936,681 | 15,786,798 | |||||||||||||||||
Proposal 3 - Ratification of the Appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for the Fiscal Year Ending January 28, 2023
The holders of the Company’s common stock voted to ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the Company’s fiscal year ending January 28, 2023:
For | Against | Abstain | ||||||||||||
| 306,295,724 | 8,323,898 | 121,314 | ||||||||||||
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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: May 24, 2022
| ROSS STORES, INC. | ||||||||
| Registrant | ||||||||
| By: | /s/Ken Jew | |||||||
| Ken Jew | ||||||||
| Group Senior Vice President, General Counsel and | ||||||||
| Corporate Secretary | ||||||||
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