SEC Form 4 · accession 0001209191-15-061429

KROGER CO · KR

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

A later amendment supersedes this filing — read the amendment. The figures below are kept as originally reported (version chain, not an overwrite).

Reporting owner

Officer — Group Vice President

Period of report

Jul 15, 2015

Accepted (ET)

Jul 17, 2015 · 2:25 pm EDT

Rule 10b5-1 plan

unknown — predates the checkbox

Issuer CIK

0000056873

Table I — non-derivative securities

Security	Date	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Owned after	D/I	Nature of ownership
Common Stock^F1,F2	Jul 15, 2015	A	28,088	$0.00	A	30,141	D
Common Stock^F3	holding	—	—		—	3,018	I	by Spouse

Security	Conv. / exercise price	Date	Code	Shares	A/D	Exercisable	Expires	Underlying	Underlying shares	Owned after	D/I
Non-Qualified Stock Option^F4	$38.33	Jul 15, 2015	A	22,326	A	—	Jul 15, 2025	Common Stock	22,326	22,326	D

F1Restricted stock awarded pursuant to a long-term incentive plan of The Kroger Co. The restrictions on these shares lapse in equal annual installments in whole amounts over a five-year period, at the rate of 20% per year commencing one year from the date of the award.
F2On July 13, 2015, the common shares of The Kroger Co. split 2-for-1, resulting in the reporting person's ownership of 1,026.5894 additional common shares.
F3On July 13, 2015, the common shares of The Kroger Co. split 2-for-1, resulting in the ownership of 1,508.9562 additional common shares by the reporting person's spouse.
F4These options were granted under a long-term incentive plan of The Kroger Co. and vest in equal annual installments in whole amounts over a five-year period, at the rate of 20% per year commencing one year from the date of the grant.