On December 14, 2016, The Kroger Co. filed Registration Statement No. 333-215085 on Form S-3 with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 415 registering an indeterminate amount of securities. Pursuant to a Prospectus Supplement dated January 7, 2019, the company is issuing $600,000,000 of debt securities denominated 4.500% Senior Notes due 2029, and $600,000,000 of debt securities denominated 5.400% Senior Notes due 2049 (collectively, the “Notes”). The Forty-Fifth Supplemental Indenture, relating to the 4.500% Senior Notes due 2029, dated as of January 14, 2019, between the company and U.S. Bank National Association (formerly known as Firstar Bank, National Association), as Trustee, supplements the Indenture dated as of June 25, 1999, between the company and Firstar Bank, National Association, as Trustee. The Forty-Sixth Supplemental Indenture, relating to the 5.400% Senior Notes due 2049, dated as of January 14, 2019, between the company and U.S. Bank National Association (formerly known as Firstar Bank, National Association), as Trustee, supplements the Indenture dated as of June 25, 1999, between the company and Firstar Bank, National Association, as Trustee.