0001209191-16-132675.txt : 20160714 0001209191-16-132675.hdr.sgml : 20160714 20160714154017 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001209191-16-132675 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20160712 FILED AS OF DATE: 20160714 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20160714 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: Adcock Mary Ellen CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001676766 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-00303 FILM NUMBER: 161767423 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1014 VINE STREET CITY: CINCINNATI STATE: OH ZIP: 45202 4 1 doc4.xml FORM 4 SUBMISSION X0306 4 2016-07-12 0 0000056873 KROGER CO KR 0001676766 Adcock Mary Ellen THE KROGER CO. 1014 VINE STREET CINCINNATI OH 45202 0 1 0 0 Group Vice President Common Stock 2016-07-12 4 F 0 402 37.39 D 23670 D Common Stock 2016-07-13 4 A 0 11020 0.00 A 34690 D Non-Qualified Stock Option 37.48 2016-07-13 4 A 0 47110 0.00 A 2026-07-13 Common Stock 47110 47110 D Payment of tax liability associated with restricted stock. Restricted stock awarded pursuant to a long-term incentive plan of The Kroger Co. The restrictions on these shares lapse 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 award. 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/ Mary Ellen Adcock, by Stacey M. Heiser, Attorney-in-Fact 2016-07-14