Timothy Allen Matthews Form 4 Simply Good Foods / Timothy Allen Matthews 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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Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

Matthews Timothy Allen

(Last) (First) (Middle)

1225 17TH STREET, SUITE 1000

(Street)

DENVER CO 80202

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Simply Good Foods Co [ SMPL ]

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

	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
VP, Controller and CAO

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
11/08/2018

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	11/08/2018		A		4,540(1)	A	$0	4,540	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
Options to Purchase Common Stock	$19.89	11/08/2018		A		8,109		(2)	11/08/2028	Common Stock	8,109	$0	8,109	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Represents performance-based restricted stock units ("PSUs") granted under the issuer's 2017 Omnibus Incentive Plan. Each PSU represents the contingent right to receive one share of the issuer's common stock. The PSUs vest at the end of a three-year period as follows, subject to the reporting person's continuous service with the issuer as of the vesting date: (i) 50% of the PSUs vest on November 8, 2021 if the closing price of the issuer's common stock for at least 20 of the 30 consecutive trading days immediately prior to November 8, 2021, equals or exceeds 100%, but less than 115%, of the closing price of the issuer's common stock on the grant date, and (ii) 100% of the PSUs vest on November 8, 2021 if the closing price of the issuer's common stock for at least 20 of the 30 consecutive trading days immediately prior to November 8, 2021, meets or exceeds 115% of the closing price of the issuer's common stock on the grant date.

2. The stock options vest in three equal annual installments beginning on November 8, 2019, subject to the reporting person's continuous service with the issuer as of each vesting date.

Remarks:

	/s/ Timothy A. Matthews	11/09/2018
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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