0001209191-16-102375.txt : 20160225 0001209191-16-102375.hdr.sgml : 20160225 20160225170223 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001209191-16-102375 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20160223 FILED AS OF DATE: 20160225 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20160225 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: 0103 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 5455 E. HIGH ST. STREET 2: SUITE 111 CITY: PHOENIX STATE: AZ ZIP: 85054 BUSINESS PHONE: 480-814-8016 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 5455 E. HIGH ST. STREET 2: SUITE 111 CITY: PHOENIX STATE: AZ ZIP: 85054 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Sprouts Farmers Markets, LLC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20130426 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Maredia Amin N. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001581624 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-36029 FILM NUMBER: 161456736 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 2016-02-23 0 0001575515 Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. SFM 0001581624 Maredia Amin N. 5455 EAST HIGH STREET SUITE 111 PHOENIX AZ 85054 1 1 0 0 Chief Executive Officer Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share 2016-02-23 4 A 0 8637 0.00 A 14518 D Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share 65000 I By Amin Maredia Family Growth Fund, L.P. Represents performance share awards granted to the Reporting Person on March 11, 2015 under the Issuer's 2013 Incentive Plan, as amended. On February 23, 2016, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Issuer determined that the performance conditions were met with respect to such performance share awards. 50% of such shares will vest on each of the second and third anniversaries of the grant date, subject to the Reporting Person's continuous service through such dates. In addition to the shares underlying the performance share awards described in footnote 1 above, amount includes 1,442 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 such dates. These shares of common stock are held by Amin Maredia Family Growth Fund, L.P., an entity established by the Reporting Person for estate planning purposes. The Reporting Person (i) may be deemed to have beneficial ownership of the shares owned of record thereby, and (ii) has shared voting and investment power with respect to such shares. /s/ Brandon F. Lombardi, Attorney-in-Fact for Amin N. Maredia 2016-02-25