SEC Form 4 · accession 0001225208-16-030440

Designer Brands Inc. · DBI

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

Reporting owner

Officer — Executive Chairman · Director · 10% Owner

Period of report

Mar 26, 2016

Accepted (ET)

Mar 29, 2016 · 7:28 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 26, 2016	M	9,046	$0.00	A	80,951	D
Class A Common Shares	Mar 27, 2016	M	9,095	$0.00	A	90,046	D
Class A Common Shares	Mar 28, 2016	F	5,284	$26.58	D	84,762	D
Class A Common Shares	holding	—	—		—	3,406,598	I	By Schottenstein RVI, LLC
Class A Common Shares	holding	—	—		—	153,182	I	By Trusts
Class A Common Shares	holding	—	—		—	1,000,000	I	Schottenstein Realty LLC
Class A Common Shares	holding	—	—		—	293,092	I	Schottenstein SEI, LLC

Security	Conv. / exercise price	Date	Code	Shares	A/D	Exercisable	Expires	Underlying	Underlying shares	Owned after	D/I
Dividend Equivalent Rights^F1	—	Mar 26, 2016	M	448	D	—	—	Class A Common Shares	448	1,112	D
Restricted Stock Unit^F2	—	Mar 26, 2016	M	8,598	D	Mar 26, 2016	Mar 26, 2016	Class A Common Shares	8,598	0	D
Dividend Equivalent Rights^F1	—	Mar 27, 2016	M	895	D	—	—	Class A Common Shares	895	217	D
Restricted Stock Unit^F2	—	Mar 27, 2016	M	8,200	D	Mar 27, 2016	Mar 27, 2016	Class A Common Shares	8,200	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.