Kroger

=== SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership === Document Type: 4 Period of Report: 2026-03-12 10b5-1 Pre-arranged Plan: No --- Issuer --- Name: KROGER CO (KR) CIK: 0000056873 --- Reporting Owner --- Name: Adcock Mary Ellen CIK: 0001676766 Role: Officer (Executive Vice President) --- Non-Derivative Transactions --- [Transaction #1] Security: Common Stock Date: 2026-03-12 | Code: A (Grant or award) Shares: +10,270 | Price: $0.00 Shares Owned After: 189,808 | Ownership: D (Direct) Footnotes: [F1] Shares awarded pursuant to a long-term incentive plan of The Kroger Co. [Transaction #2] Security: Common Stock Date: 2026-03-12 | Code: F (Payment of exercise/tax) Shares: -4,509 | Price: $74.96 Total Value: $337,994.64 Shares Owned After: 185,299 | Ownership: D (Direct) Footnotes: [F2] Payment of tax liability associated with share award. [Transaction #3] Security: Common Stock Date: 2026-03-12 | Code: A (Grant or award) Shares: +19,211 | Price: $0.00 Shares Owned After: 204,510 | Ownership: D (Direct) Footnotes: [F3] 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 three-year period, at the rate of 33% per year commencing one year from the date of the award. [Transaction #4] Security: Common Stock Date: 2026-03-13 | Code: F (Payment of exercise/tax) Shares: -5,182 | Price: $75.60 Total Value: $391,759.20 Shares Owned After: 199,328 | Ownership: D (Direct) Footnotes: [F4] Payment of tax liability associated with restricted stock. --- Derivative Transactions --- [Transaction #1] Security: Non-Qualified Stock Option Date: 2026-03-12 | Code: A (Grant or award) Shares: +43,459 | Price: $0.00 Exercisable: N/A | Expires: 2036-03-12 Shares Owned After: 43,459 | Ownership: D (Direct) Footnotes: [F5] These options were granted under a long-term incentive plan of The Kroger Co. and vest in equal annual installments over a three-year period at the rate of 33% per year commencing one year after the date of the grant. --- Footnotes (Complete Index) --- F1: Shares awarded pursuant to a long-term incentive plan of The Kroger Co. F2: Payment of tax liability associated with share award. F3: 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 three-year period, at the rate of 33% per year commencing one year from the date of the award. F4: Payment of tax liability associated with restricted stock. F5: These options were granted under a long-term incentive plan of The Kroger Co. and vest in equal annual installments over a three-year period at the rate of 33% per year commencing one year after the date of the grant. --- Signature --- /s/ /s/ Mary Ellen Adcock, by Dorothy D. Roberts, Attorney-in-Fact (2026-03-16)