WD-40 (WDFC) Form 4 WD 40 / MICHAEL L FREEMAN ownership change

SEC Form 4

FORM 4

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

FREEMAN MICHAEL L

(Last) (First) (Middle)

1061 CUDAHY PLACE

(Street)

SAN DIEGO CA 92110

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
WD 40 CO [ WDFC ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
Division President, Americas

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
10/10/2016

4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	10/11/2016		A		782(1)	A	(1)	28,094.619	D
Common Stock	10/10/2016		A		1,142(2)	A	(2)	29,236.619	D
Common Stock	10/10/2016		A		334(3)	A	(3)	29,570.619(4)	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

1. Restricted Stock Units (Common Stock equivalents) were granted pursuant to the WD-40 Company 2007 Stock Incentive Plan. The Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) will be settled solely with Issuer Common Stock upon an annual vesting schedule as provided for in the Award Agreement for the RSUs as follows: 34% not later than November 15, 2017, 33% not later than November 15, 2018, and 33% not later than November 15, 2019.

2. Acquisition of additional vested Market Share Units (Common Stock equivalents) upon certified performance vesting of Market Share Units (MSUs) awarded to the reporting person on October 14, 2013. Vested MSUs will be settled solely with Issuer Common Stock not later than November 15, 2016.

3. Acquisition of vested Deferred Performance Units (Common Stock equivalents) upon certified performance vesting of Deferred Performance Units (DPUs) awarded to the reporting person on October 12, 2015. Vested DPUs will be settled solely with Issuer Common Stock following termination of employment.

4. Total includes 2,338.619 shares held in WD-40 Company Profit Sharing Plan (Company Stock Fund) account. Total also includes 6,762 RSUs, of which 2,791 are subject to future vesting, and 2,008 MSUs (target number) awarded to the reporting person in 2014 and 2015. MSUs and DPUs (which are performance-based equity awards) that were granted to the reporting person on October 11, 2016 are not reported herein as beneficially owned common stock equivalents.

	Richard T. Clampitt, attorney-in-fact for Michael F. Freeman	10/12/2016
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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