Fleshood John Form 4 TRICO BANCSHARES / John Fleshood 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^*

Fleshood John

(Last) (First) (Middle)

208 OAK STREET

(Street)

ELMHURST IL 60126

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
TRICO BANCSHARES / [ TCBK ]

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

	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
EVP Chief Operating Officer

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
06/19/2018

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	06/19/2018		J(1)		0	A	$0	3,099.18	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
Restricted Stock Unit	(2)	06/19/2018		A		2,080		(2)	(2)	Common Stock	2,080	$0	11,381	D
Performance Stock Units	(3)	06/19/2018		A		2,080		(3)	(3)	Common Stock	2,080	$0	4,352	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. No transaction occurred among these shares. Intended only to reflect number of shares beneficially owned.

2. Restricted Stock Unit (RSU) award that vests 25% per year over four-years, beginning on June 19, 2019. Cash dividends are reinvested in additional units at FMV on the dividend payment date. Per unit value on date of grant was $38.46 (based on the 30-day average closing price of Issuer's common stock).

3. Performance-based restricted stock unit (PSU) grant that cliff vests after three years between 0% and 150% of the target number of shares (the number of shares listed in box 5) based on the Issuer's total stockholder return relative to the KBW Regional Banking Index.

	/s/ John Fleshood by Janine Howard, Attorney-in-Fact	06/20/2018
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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