0001209191-15-023659.txt : 20150306 0001209191-15-023659.hdr.sgml : 20150306 20150306173616 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001209191-15-023659 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20150305 FILED AS OF DATE: 20150306 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20150306 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001575515 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: RETAIL-GROCERY STORES [5411] IRS NUMBER: 320331600 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1229 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 11811 N. TATUM BOULEVARD SUITE 2400 CITY: PHOENIX STATE: AZ ZIP: 85028 BUSINESS PHONE: 480-814-8016 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 11811 N. TATUM BOULEVARD SUITE 2400 CITY: PHOENIX STATE: AZ ZIP: 85028 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Sprouts Farmers Markets, LLC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20130426 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Nielsen James Leroy CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001581623 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-36029 FILM NUMBER: 15682767 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 11811 N. TATUM BOULEVARD SUITE 2400 CITY: PHOENIX STATE: AZ ZIP: 85028 4 1 doc4.xml FORM 4 SUBMISSION X0306 4 2015-03-05 0 0001575515 Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. SFM 0001581623 Nielsen James Leroy 11811 N.TATUM BLVD SUITE 2400 PHOENIX AZ 85028 0 1 0 0 Chief Operating Officer Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share 2015-03-05 4 S 0 763 35.72 D 6896 D This transaction was a broker-assisted sale of shares of common stock to satisfy the withholding tax liability incurred upon the vesting of restricted stock units, as mandated by the Issuer's election under its equity incentive plan documents, and does not represent a discretionary trade by the reporting person. Consists of 2,457 shares of common stock and 4,439 restricted stock units. Each restricted stock unit represents the right to receive, upon vesting, one share of common stock. These restricted stock units will vest over three years, with one-third vested on March 4, 2015; one-third vesting on March 4, 2016; and the remaining one-third vesting on March 4, 2017, assuming continued employment through the applicable vesting date. /s/ Brandon F. Lombardi, Attorney-in-Fact for James L. Nielsen 2015-03-06