---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000745732-23-000045"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ROST"
cik: "0000745732"
company_name: "ROSS STORES, INC."
filed_at: "2023-06-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-13T22:02:05.125004+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ross Stores CEO Barbara Rentler to serve as CEO through Jan 2026 under new succession plan

## Summary
- CEO succession plan: Barbara Rentler remains CEO through Jan 31, 2026, then Senior Advisor through Mar 31, 2027.
- New terms: salary at least $1.45M (CEO period) and $1.2M (advisor period); target bonuses 200% and 150% of salary.
- Severance provisions and acceleration of vesting for non-renewal are eliminated under the new agreement.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000745732-23-000045
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ROST
- cik: 0000745732
- company_name: ROSS STORES, INC.
- filed_at: 2023-06-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/745732/000074573223000045/0000745732-23-000045-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/745732/000074573223000045/rost-20230619.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000745732-23-000045
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000745732-23-000045.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000745732-23-000045.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Barbara Rentler changed role as Chief Executive Officer (transitioning to Senior Advisor on Jan 31, 2026) at ROSS STORES, INC..
  - Action: approved new employment agreement with succession plan
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer (transitioning to Senior Advisor on Jan 31, 2026)
  source text: The agreement provides for Ms. Rentler to continue as CEO through and until January 31, 2026 (the end of fiscal year 2025), subject to any earlier selection of a successor as CEO, at which time Ms. Rentler will cease to be the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, and will become a Senior Advisor for the remainder of her employment term, through March 31, 2027.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/745732/000074573223000045/0000745732-23-000045-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.