0001209191-18-004840.txt : 20180123 0001209191-18-004840.hdr.sgml : 20180123 20180123124511 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001209191-18-004840 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20180122 FILED AS OF DATE: 20180123 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20180123 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Clark Robert W CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001571458 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-00303 FILM NUMBER: 18541616 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1014 VINE STREET CITY: CINCINNATI STATE: OH ZIP: 45202 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: KROGER CO CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000056873 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: RETAIL-GROCERY STORES [5411] IRS NUMBER: 310345740 STATE OF INCORPORATION: OH FISCAL YEAR END: 0203 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1014 VINE ST CITY: CINCINNATI STATE: OH ZIP: 45201 BUSINESS PHONE: 5137624000 4 1 doc4.xml FORM 4 SUBMISSION X0306 4 2018-01-22 0 0000056873 KROGER CO KR 0001571458 Clark Robert W THE KROGER CO. 1014 VINE STREET CINCINNATI OH 45202 0 1 0 0 Senior Vice President Common Stock 2018-01-22 4 M 0 11000 14.305 A 130780.446 D Common Stock 2018-01-22 4 S 0 11000 29.572 D 119780.446 D Non-Qualified Stock Option 14.305 2018-01-22 4 M 0 11000 0.00 D 2018-06-26 Common Stock 11000 0 D The sale reported in this Form 4 was effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted by the reporting person on December 19, 2017. The price reported is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $29.52 to $29.66, inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide to The Kroger Co., any security holder of The Kroger Co., or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the range set forth above. Between July 1, 2017 and December 31, 2017, the reporting person acquired 238.4646 shares of Kroger common stock in the Company's employee benefit plans, based on information from plan trustees. The total amount of securities directly owned by the reporting person includes shares in the Company's employee benefit plans that are deemed to be "tax-conditioned plans" pursuant to Rule 16b-3, to the extent disclosed on reports received from plan trustees. These options were granted under a long-term incentive plan of The Kroger Co. and vested 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. /s/ Robert W. Clark, by Dorothy D. Roberts, Attorney-in-Fact 2018-01-23