SpartanNash Co — Director's Dealing 2011

Aug 22, 2011

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: SPARTAN STORES INC (SPTN)
CIK: 0000877422
Period of Report: 2011-08-18

Reporting Person: STURKEN CRAIG C (Director)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2011-08-18	Common Stock	M	3625.409	—	Acquired	93460.409	Direct
2011-08-18	Common Stock	D	3625.409	$14.38	Disposed	89835	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2011-08-18	Phantom Stock	$	M	3625.409	Disposed	2011-08-18	Common Stock (3625.409)	Direct

Footnotes

F1: This Form 4 reports the cash settlement of "phantom" shares of Spartan Stores, Inc. common stock under the Company's Supplemental Executive Savings Plan. Each share of phantom stock is the economic equivalent of one share of the Company's common stock. The Commission deems the settlement of phantom stock to be the simultaneous acquisition and disposition of the underlying shares of common stock.