Compensation award — excluded from discretionary-purchase analysis.
Written from the filing's own figures. OQRO describes what was reported and never tells you what to buy or sell
View the official recordSEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial OwnershipAll the details
Dates, kept separate
Transaction date
Mar 31, 2026
Reporting period
Not applicable
Filed with the SEC
Apr 2, 2026
DirectorGrant / award
Context
Classification
grant award
Code A — grant or award
Planned / mechanical clue
None found in footnotes
Only flagged when a footnote says so; never inferred
Source receipt
Record ID
0001474863-26-000004
Filed / recorded
Apr 2, 2026, 3:25 PM UTC
Added to OQRO
Oct 2, 2026, 12:28 PM UTC
Parser
form4-xml-v1
Data quality
Verified: identifiers matched exactly
Issuer
KROGER CO
Issuer CIK
56873
Ticker
KR
Reporting person
Elaine L. Chao
Relationship
Director
Security
Phantom Stock - Deferred Comp
Table
Derivative (Table II)
Transaction date
Mar 31, 2026
Transaction code
A
Shares / units
387.9693
Price per share
$67.66
Acquired / disposed
Acquired (A)
Shares owned after
6,060.5913
Ownership form
Direct
Amendment
No
Footnotes from the filing
Each phantom share represents the right to receive in cash the value of one share of common stock upon distribution from the deferred compensation account.
Shares of phantom stock are payable in cash following termination of the reporting person's services as an Independent Director of The Kroger Co.