SEC Form 4 · accession 0000899243-15-000457
Vera Bradley, Inc. · VRA
Statement of changes in beneficial ownership, as filed. Original on EDGAR ↗
Reporting owner
Anne Marie Ray
10% Owner
Period of report
Jul 1, 2015
Accepted (ET)
Jul 6, 2015 · 5:14 pm EDT
Rule 10b5-1 plan
unknown — predates the checkbox
Issuer CIK
0001495320
Table I — non-derivative securities
| Security | Date | Code | Shares | Price | A/D | Owned after | D/I | Nature of ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Common SharesF1 | Jul 1, 2015 | J | 200,000 | $0.00 | D | 9,496,465 | I | See footnote |
| Common SharesF2 | Jul 1, 2015 | J | 50,000 | $0.00 | A | 50,000 | D | |
| Common SharesF3 | Jul 1, 2015 | G | 25,000 | $0.00 | D | 25,000 | D | |
| Common SharesF4 | Jul 1, 2015 | G | 25,000 | $0.00 | D | 0 | D |
Table II — derivative securities
No Table II lines on this filing.
Explanation of responses
- F1Constitutes 8,610,469 shares of the Issuer's common stock held by The Barbara B. Baekgaard 2009 Grantor Retained Annuity Trust (the "Baekgaard Trust") and 885,996 shares held by the Michael Ray 2009 Grantor Retained Annuity Trust ("Ray Trust"), of which Ms. Ray serves as sole trustee and, together with certain members of her family, also is a beneficiary. The Baekgaard Trust distributed 50,000 shares of the Issuer's common stock to each of its four beneficiaries in accordance with the terms of the documents governing the Baekgaard Trust. Ms. Ray disclaims beneficial ownership of the Issuer's shares held by the Baekgaard Trust and the Ray Trust, except to the extent of her pecuniary interest therein.
- F2The Baekgaard Trust distributed 50,000 shares of the Issuer's common stock to Ms. Ray as a beneficiary of the Baekgaard Trust.
- F3Of the 50,000 shares of the Issuer's common stock Ms. Ray received from the Baekgaard Trust, Ms. Ray is gifting 25,000 shares of the Issuer's common stock to Indiana University.
- F4Of the 50,000 shares of the Issuer's common stock Ms. Ray received from the Baekgaard Trust, Ms. Ray is gifting 25,000 shares of the Issuer's common stock to the Barbara Bradley Baekgaard Family Foundation.