---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000745732-26-000043"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ROST"
cik: "0000745732"
company_name: "ROSS STORES, INC."
filed_at: "2026-09-17T20:03:41+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-09-17T20:05:06.306829+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ross Stores announces board changes: Garrett retires, Bransten and Johnson appointed

## Summary
- Sharon D. Garrett retires from Ross Stores board effective Oct 1, 2026, after serving since 2000.
- Shelley H. Bransten and Christian B. Johnson appointed to board effective Oct 1, 2026; both join Audit Committee.
- Board size increased to ten members with the two new independent director appointments.
- Bransten is Microsoft Corporate VP; Johnson is a Freeman Spogli partner with consumer-retail investment experience.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000745732-26-000043
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ROST
- cik: 0000745732
- company_name: ROSS STORES, INC.
- filed_at: 2026-09-17T20:03:41+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/745732/000074573226000043/0000745732-26-000043-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/745732/000074573226000043/rost-20260911.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000745732-26-000043
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000745732-26-000043.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000745732-26-000043.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Christian B. Johnson was appointed as Director at ROSS STORES, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: The Company’s Board has appointed Ms. Shelley H. Bransten and Mr. Christian B. Johnson as members of the Board, effective on October 1, 2026, each with an initial term expiring at the Company’s 2027 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/745732/000074573226000043/0000745732-26-000043-index.htm
- Executive change
  Sharon D. Garrett departed as Director at ROSS STORES, INC..
  - Action: retire
  - Role: Director
  source text: Effective on October 1, 2026, Ms. Sharon D. Garrett will retire as a member of the Board of Directors (“Board”) of Ross Stores, Inc. (the “Company”) and applicable Board committees, having tendered her resignation on September 11, 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/745732/000074573226000043/0000745732-26-000043-index.htm
- Executive change
  Shelley H. Bransten was appointed as Director at ROSS STORES, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: The Company’s Board has appointed Ms. Shelley H. Bransten and Mr. Christian B. Johnson as members of the Board, effective on October 1, 2026, each with an initial term expiring at the Company’s 2027 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/745732/000074573226000043/0000745732-26-000043-index.htm

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