---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000745732-24-000052"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ROST"
cik: "0000745732"
company_name: "ROSS STORES, INC."
filed_at: "2024-10-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T09:52:29.061395+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ross Stores names Boot Barn CEO James Conroy as next CEO; Barbara Rentler to step down

## Summary
- James Conroy appointed CEO effective Feb 2, 2025; will join as CEO-Elect on Dec 2, 2024 and elected to Board.
- Conroy was President & CEO of Boot Barn since 2012; Barbara Rentler steps down as CEO on Feb 1, 2025, becomes Senior Advisor through March 2027.
- Conroy receives base salary of at least $1.45M, target bonus 200% of salary, and equity awards with total notional value ~$40.2M ($8M performance-vesting RSU + $32.2M time-vesting RSU).
- Also receives $7.625M sign-on bonus (1-year clawback) and $800K relocation bonus; prior CEO Rentler to advise through March 2027.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000745732-24-000052
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ROST
- cik: 0000745732
- company_name: ROSS STORES, INC.
- filed_at: 2024-10-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/745732/000074573224000052/0000745732-24-000052-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/745732/000074573224000052/rost-20241028.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000745732-24-000052
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000745732-24-000052.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000745732-24-000052.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  James G. Conroy was elected as Director at ROSS STORES, INC..
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: Mr. Conroy has also been elected as a member of the Board, effective on his first day of employment with the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/745732/000074573224000052/0000745732-24-000052-index.htm
- Executive change
  Barbara Rentler departed as Director at ROSS STORES, INC..
  - Action: step down
  - Role: Director
  source text: she will also step down from the Board at that time.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/745732/000074573224000052/0000745732-24-000052-index.htm
- Executive change
  Barbara Rentler departed as Chief Executive Officer at ROSS STORES, INC..
  - Action: cease to serve
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: Ms. Rentler will cease to serve as CEO and will no longer be an executive officer of the Company, effective as of the end of the current fiscal year (February 1, 2025)
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/745732/000074573224000052/0000745732-24-000052-index.htm

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