Michael C. Ray Form 4 Vera Bradley / Michael C. Ray 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^*

Ray Michael C.

(Last) (First) (Middle)

C/O VERA BRADLEY, INC.

12420 STONEBRIDGE ROAD

(Street)

ROANOKE IN 46783

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Vera Bradley, Inc. [ VRA ]

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

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

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
09/26/2017

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	09/26/2017		G	V	50,000	D	$0.00	277,267(1)(2)	I	By Anne-Marie Ray Revocable Trust
Common Stock	09/29/2017		G	V	50,000	D	$0.00	227,267(1)	I	By Anne-Marie Ray Revocable Trust
Common Stock								120,712	D
Common Stock								532,036	I	By Michael Ray 2009 Grantor Retained Annuity Trust
Common Stock								0(1)	I	By Anne-Marie Ray 2015 Grantor Retained Annuity Trust
Common Stock								46,252(1)	I	By Anne-Marie Ray 2016 Grantor Retained Annuity Trust #1
Common Stock								500,000	I	By Anne-Marie Ray 2017 Grantor Retained Annuity Trust #1
Common Stock								4,610,469(3)	I	By Barbara B. Baekgaard 2009 Grantor Retained Annuity Trust

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. On September 26, 2017, the Anne-Marie Ray 2015 Grantor Retained Annuity Trust (the "2015 GRAT") made an annuity payment of 173,519 shares of Issuer common stock to the reporting person's spouse, who, in turn, assigned the shares to the Anne-Marie Ray Revocable Trust (the "Revocable Trust"). Also on September 26, 2017, the Anne-Marie Ray 2016 Grantor Retained Annuity Trust #1 (the "2016 GRAT") made an annuity payment of 153,748 shares of Issuer common stock to the reporting person's spouse, who, in turn, assigned the shares to the Revocable Trust. The reporting person's spouse is the sole trustee and annuitant of the 2015 GRAT and the 2016 GRAT, and sole trustee of the Revocable Trust.

2. Following receipt of the first annuity payment described in Note (1) above, the 2016 GRAT contributed 50,000 shares of Issuer common stock to the Barbara Bradley Baekgaard Family Foundation; the contribution is the transaction reported in this Form 4.

3. The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of these shares.

Remarks:

	/s/ Michael C. Ray	10/25/2017
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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