SEC Form 4 · accession 0000899243-17-024742
Vera Bradley, Inc. · VRA
Statement of changes in beneficial ownership, as filed. Original on EDGAR ↗
Reporting owner
James Bradley Byrne
10% Owner
Period of report
Sep 26, 2017
Accepted (ET)
Oct 26, 2017 · 4:06 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 StockF1,F2 | Sep 26, 2017 | G | 50,000 | $0.00 | D | 44,897 | D | |
| Common StockF1 | holding | — | — | — | 41,122 | I | By James B. Byrne 2016 Grantor Retained Annuity Trust #1 | |
| Common Stock | holding | — | — | — | 500,000 | I | By James B. Byrne 2017 Grantor Retained Annuity Trust #1 | |
| Common StockF3 | holding | — | — | — | 4,610,469 | I | By Barbara B. Baekgaard 2009 Grantor Retained Annuity Trust |
Table II — derivative securities
No Table II lines on this filing.
Explanation of responses
- F1On September 26, 2017, the James B. Byrne 2016 Grantor Retained Annuity Trust #1 (the "2016 GRAT") made an annuity payment of 94,090 shares of Issuer common stock to the reporting person. On October 18, 2017, following a revised computation of the annuity payment, the annuity payment was increased to equal 94,897 shares of issuer common stock in the aggregate. The reporting person is the sole trustee and annuitant of the 2016 GRAT.
- F2Following receipt of the annuity payment described in Note (1) above, the 2016 GRAT contributed 50,000 shares of Issuer common stock to the Barbara Bradley Baekgaard Family Foundation; the contribution is the transaction reported in this Form 4.
- F3The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of these shares.