KROGER CO — Director's Dealing 2024

Mar 18, 2024

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: KROGER CO (KR)
CIK: 0000056873
Period of Report: 2024-03-14

Reporting Person: MCMULLEN W RODNEY (N/A)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2024-03-14	Common Stock	A	71609	—	Acquired	3675400.6585	Direct
2024-03-14	Common Stock	A	131188	—	Acquired	3806588.6585	Direct
2024-03-14	Common Stock	F	58576	$55.51	Disposed	3748012.6585	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2024-03-14	Non-Qualified Stock Option	$55.51	A	154700	Acquired	2034-03-14	Common Stock (154700)	Direct

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: Shares awarded pursuant to a long-term incentive plan of The Kroger Co.

F3: Payment of tax liability associated with share award.

F4: 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.

F5: 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.