0001209191-15-024395.txt : 20150310 0001209191-15-024395.hdr.sgml : 20150310 20150310113438 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001209191-15-024395 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20150306 FILED AS OF DATE: 20150310 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20150310 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 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Tuffin Mark C CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001595371 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-00303 FILM NUMBER: 15687664 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: THE KROGER CO. STREET 2: 1014 VINE STREET CITY: CINCINNATI STATE: OH ZIP: 45202 4 1 doc4.xml FORM 4 SUBMISSION X0306 4 2015-03-06 0 0000056873 KROGER CO KR 0001595371 Tuffin Mark C THE KROGER CO. 1014 VINE STREET CINCINNATI OH 45202 0 1 0 0 Senior Vice President Common Stock 2015-03-06 4 M 0 6000 19.94 A 73708.3797 D Common Stock 2015-03-06 4 M 0 6500 28.61 A 80208.3797 D Common Stock 2015-03-06 4 M 0 6500 22.34 A 86708.3797 D Common Stock 2015-03-06 4 M 0 5200 20.16 A 91908.3797 D Common Stock 2015-03-06 4 S 0 24200 74.00 D 67708.3797 D Non-Qualified Stock Option 19.94 2015-03-06 4 M 0 6000 0.00 D 2016-05-04 Common Stock 6000 0 D Non-Qualified Stock Option 28.61 2015-03-06 4 M 0 6500 0.00 D 2018-06-26 Common Stock 6500 0 D Non-Qualified Stock Option 22.34 2015-03-06 4 M 0 6500 0.00 D 2019-06-25 Common Stock 6500 0 D Non-Qualified Stock Option 20.16 2015-03-06 4 M 0 5200 0.00 D 2020-06-24 Common Stock 5200 1300 D These 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. /s/ Mark C. Tuffin, by Stacey M. Heiser, Attorney-in-Fact 2015-03-10