X0306
4
2018-06-01
0
0000056873
KROGER CO
KR
0001660111
Gates Anne
C/O THE KROGER CO.
1014 VINE STREET
CINCINNATI
OH
45202
1
0
0
0
Common Stock
6799
D
Phantom Stock - Incentive Shares
0.00
2018-06-01
4
A
0
37.603
24.42
A
Common Stock
37.603
7383.677
D
Each phantom share represents the right to receive one common share upon distribution from the deferred compensation account.
Represents phantom stock acquired in dividend reinvestment transactions under a deferred compensation plan of The Kroger Co.
Shares of phantom stock will be distributed following termination of the reporting person's services as an Independent Director of The Kroger Co.
/s/ Anne Gates, by Dorothy D. Roberts, Attorney-in-Fact
2018-06-04