KROGER CO — Director's Dealing 2024

Jul 16, 2024

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: KROGER CO (KR)
CIK: 0000056873
Period of Report: 2024-07-15

Reporting Person: FIKE CARIN L (N/A)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2024-07-15	Common Stock	A	768	—	Acquired	47566.138	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2024-07-15	Non-Qualified Stock Option	$52.12	A	1270	Acquired	2034-07-15	Common Stock (1270)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	3768	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Restricted stock awarded pursuant to a long-term incentive plan of The Kroger Co. The restrictions on these shares lapse in equal annual installments over a four-year period, at the rate of 25% per year commencing one year from the date of the award.

F2: Between January 1, 2024 and March 31, 2024, the reporting person acquired 27.7854 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.

F3: These options were granted under a long-term incentive plan of The Kroger Co. and vest in equal annual installments over a four-year period at the rate of 25% per year commencing one year from the date of the grant.