TRICO BANCSHARES / — Director's Dealing 2011

Dec 21, 2011

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: TRICO BANCSHARES / (tcbk)
CIK: 0000356171
Period of Report: 2011-12-20

Reporting Person: Koehnen Michael W (Director)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2011-12-21	Common Stock	J	0	—	Acquired	24202	Direct
2011-12-21	Common Stock	J	0	—	Acquired	8600	Indirect
2011-12-21	Common Stock	J	0	—	Acquired	4400	Indirect
2011-12-21	Common Stock	J	0	—	Acquired	1700	Indirect
2011-12-21	Common Stock	J	0	—	Acquired	65214	Indirect
2011-12-21	Common Stock	J	0	—	Acquired	2300	Indirect
2011-12-21	Common Stock	J	0	—	Acquired	16042.3549	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2011-12-21	Option Common Stock	$14.54	X	4000	Acquired	2021-12-20	Common Stock (4000)	Direct

Footnotes

F1: No transactions occurred among these shares, intended only to reflect number of shares beneficially owned.

F2: Shares held with broker.