SEC Form 4 · accession 0001209191-17-045286

KROGER CO · KR

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

Reporting owner

Officer — Group Vice President

Period of report

Jul 13, 2017

Accepted (ET)

Jul 17, 2017 · 10:36 am 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	Jul 13, 2017	A	17,500	$0.00	A	57,571	D
Common Stock^F2	Jul 13, 2017	A	32,723	$0.00	A	90,294	D
Common Stock^F3	Jul 13, 2017	F	973	$22.92	D	89,321	D
Common Stock^F3	Jul 14, 2017	F	3,767	$23.01	D	85,554	D
Common Stock	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	$22.92	Jul 13, 2017	A	55,742	A	—	Jul 13, 2027	Common Stock	55,742	55,742	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.
F2Restricted stock awarded pursuant to a long-term incentive plan of The Kroger Co. The restrictions lapse as to 25% one year from the date of the award, 25% two years from the date of the award, and 50% three years from the date of the award.
F3Payment of tax liability associated with restricted stock.
F4These options were granted under a long-term incentive plan of The Kroger Co. and vest in equal annual installments over a five-year period, at the rate of 20% per year commencing one year from the date of the grant.