Jigisha Desai Form 4 GRANITE CONSTRUCTION / Desai Jigisha 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^*

Jigisha Desai

(Last) (First) (Middle)

585 WEST BEACH STREET

(Street)

WATSONVILLE CA 95076

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
GRANITE CONSTRUCTION INC [ GVA ]

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

	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
Senior Vice President & CFO

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
11/05/2019

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	11/05/2019		P		2,000	A	$27.27(1)	21,100	I	By Trust
Common Stock								10,542(2)	D
Common Stock								3,850	I	By 401(K)
Common Stock								4,372.05(3)	I	By ESOP
Common Stock								1,000	I	By Spouse

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. The number of securities reported represents an aggregate number of shares purchased in multiple open market transactions over a range of sales prices from $27.26 to $27.28. The price reported represents the weighted average price. The Reporting Person undertakes to provide the staff of the SEC, the Issuer, or a stockholder of the Issuer, upon request, the number of shares sold at each separate price within the range.

2. Total adjusted to include dividend equivalents (DEUs: 41 - 10/15/19) credited to the Reporting Person under the dividend reinvestment feature of the Granite Construction Incorporated 2012 Equity Incentive Plan since the Reporting Person's last report.

3. Adjusted to reflect dividends earned under the dividend reinvestment feature of the ESOP Plan since the Reporting Person's last report.

	/s/ Betty Kwong, attorney-in-fact for Jigisha Desai	11/06/2019
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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