SEC Form 4 · accession 0001225208-17-012562

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

Jul 7, 2017

Accepted (ET)

Jul 11, 2017 · 4:41 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^F1	Jul 7, 2017	J	3,406,598	$0.00	D	0	I	By Schottenstein RVI, LLC
Class A Common Shares^F1	Jul 7, 2017	J	56,564	$0.00	D	236,528	I	Schottenstein SEI, LLC
Class A Common Shares	holding	—	—		—	190,151	D
Class A Common Shares	holding	—	—		—	146,668	I	By Trusts
Class A Common Shares	holding	—	—		—	1,000,000	I	Schottenstein Realty LLC

Security	Conv. / exercise price	Date	Code	Shares	A/D	Exercisable	Expires	Underlying	Underlying shares	Owned after	D/I
Class B Common Shares^F3,F2,F4	—	Jul 7, 2017	J	3,406,598	A	—	—	Class A Common Shares	3,406,598	7,298,593	I
Class B Common Shares^F3,F2,F4	—	Jul 7, 2017	J	56,564	A	—	—	Class A Common Shares	56,564	349,656	I
Class B Common Shares^F2,F4	—	holding	—	—	—	—	—	Class A Common Shares	71,905	71,905	D

F1The Reporting Person exchanged these Class A common shares of the Issuer in a private transaction pursuant to a Share Exchange Agreement dated July 7, 2017 in exchange for a like number of Class B common shares of the Issuer. No monetary proceeds were received as a result of the exchange.
F2Class B common shares convert to Class A common shares on a one-for-one basis.
F3The Class B common shares of the Issuer were acquired in exchange for a like number of Class A common shares of the Issuer in the private transaction referenced in footnote (1) above.
F4The Class B common shares are convertible at any time, at the holder's election, and have no expiration date.