SEC Form 4 · accession 0001225208-15-008452

Designer Brands Inc. · DBI

Statement of changes in beneficial ownership, as filed. Original on EDGAR ↗

Reporting owner

Officer — President and CEO

Period of report

Mar 22, 2015

Accepted (ET)

Mar 24, 2015 · 5:22 pm EDT

Rule 10b5-1 plan

unknown — predates the checkbox

Issuer CIK

0001319947

Table I — non-derivative securities

Security	Date	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Owned after	D/I	Nature of ownership
Class A Common Shares	Mar 22, 2015	M	30,004	$0.00	A	30,004	D
Class A Common Shares	Mar 22, 2015	F	12,489	$38.03	D	17,515	D
Class A Common Shares	holding	—	—		—	110,708	I	By Trust

Security	Conv. / exercise price	Date	Code	Shares	A/D	Exercisable	Expires	Underlying	Underlying shares	Owned after	D/I
Dividend Equivalent Rights^F1	—	Mar 22, 2015	M	2,374	D	—	—	Class A Common Shares	2,374	2,895	D
Restricted Stock Unit^F2	—	Mar 22, 2015	M	27,630	D	Mar 22, 2015	Mar 23, 2015	Class A Common Shares	27,630	0	D

F1The dividend equivalent rights accrued on previously awarded restricted stock units (RSUs) and become exercisable proportionately with the RSUs to which they relate. Each dividend equivalent right is the economic equivalent of one share of DSW Class A common stock.
F2Each restricted stock unit represents a contingent right to receive one share of DSW common stock.