SEC Form 4
FORM 4 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
PRICE ROBERT E

(Last) (First) (Middle)
7979 IVANHOE AVENUE
SUITE 520

(Street)
LA JOLLA CA 92037

(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
PRICESMART INC [ PSMT ]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
X Director X 10% Owner
X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
Chairman of the Board
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
12/07/2009
4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
X Form filed by One Reporting Person
Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Common Stock 12/01/2009 J(1) 530 D (1) 0 I As custodian for a child of the reporting person
Common Stock 08/08/2010 J(2) 944,315 D (2) 2,832,945 I As co-manager of The Price Group LLC(3)
Common Stock 2,245,168 I As co-trustee of the Robert and Allison Price Charitable Trust(4)
Common Stock 80 D
Common Stock 826,358 I As co-trustee of the Robert and Allison Price Trust UDT 1/20/75
Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3) 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) 7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4) 8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5) 9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4) 10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Explanation of Responses:
1. On December 7, 2009, the the reporting person transferred 530 shares of common stock of PriceSmart, Inc. ("Common Stock") to the child of the reporting person for whom the reporting person previously acted as custodian with respect to such shares of Common Stock.
2. On August 8, 2010, The Price Group LLC (the "Price Group") made a distribution in kind of 944,315 shares of Common Stock to a member of the Price Group in connection with the redemption of certain interests in the Price Group held by such member.
3. The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities for purposes of Sections 13 and 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"). In the alternative, if the reporting person were to be deemed to beneficially own these securities for purposes of Section 13 of the Exchange Act, then the reporting person would disclaim beneficial ownership of these securities for purposes of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, except to the extent of his pecuniary interest (if any) therein.
4. The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities.
Remarks:
The reporting person previously reported 56,415 shares of Common Stock as co-trustee of trusts for the benefit of children of the reporting person and disclaimed beneficial ownership of such shares of Common Stock. Because the children of the reporting person are no longer minors and do not share the reporting person's household, such shares of Common Stock are no longer included in this report.
/s/ Robert E. Price 09/07/2010
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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