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: Shaffer Megan N. CIK: 0002074644 Role: Officer (Group Vice President) --- Non-Derivative Transactions --- [Transaction #1] Security: Common Stock Date: 2026-03-12 | Code: A (Grant or award) Shares: +1,157 | Price: $0.00 Shares Owned After: 31,312 | 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: -529 | Price: $74.96 Total Value: $39,653.84 Shares Owned After: 30,783 | 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: +3,002 | Price: $0.00 Shares Owned After: 33,785 | 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: -1,112 | Price: $75.60 Total Value: $84,067.20 Shares Owned After: 32,673 | 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: +6,791 | Price: $0.00 Exercisable: N/A | Expires: 2036-03-12 Shares Owned After: 6,791 | 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/ Megan N. Shaffer, by Dorothy D. Roberts, Attorney-in-Fact (2026-03-16)