<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001209191-15-027184.txt : 20150317
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20150317174805
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001209191-15-027184
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	5
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20150131
FILED AS OF DATE:		20150317
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20150317

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			URBAN OUTFITTERS INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000912615
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	RETAIL-FAMILY CLOTHING STORES [5651]
		IRS NUMBER:				232003332
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			PA
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0131

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		5000 SOUTH BROAD STREET
		CITY:			PHILADELPHIA
		STATE:			PA
		ZIP:			19112
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2154545500

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		5000 SOUTH BROAD STREET
		CITY:			PHILADELPHIA
		STATE:			PA
		ZIP:			19112

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			BODZY GLEN A
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001222392

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		5
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-22754
		FILM NUMBER:		15708091

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1809 WALNUT STREET
		CITY:			PHILADELLPHIA
		STATE:			PA
		ZIP:			19103
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        <footnote id="F1">Report of fiscal year-end holdings only.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">This line item reports the balance of shares in the Profit Sharing Trust after covering certain administrative costs of the Trustee as of the plan statement date of January 31, 2015.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Options vested in their entirety on January 18, 2006.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">Each Performance Based Restricted Stock Unit (&quot;PSU&quot;) represents a contingent right to receive one of the issuer's common shares.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">One-third of the total number of PSUs are eligible to vest on each of August 16, 2014, August 16, 2015, and August 16, 2016, contingent on the continued employment of the reporting person through such date and the satisfaction of the requirement that the average closing price of the issuer's common shares be at least $30.00, $32.50, and $35.00, respectively, during the six month period before the vesting date; provided, however, that on each of the three vesting dates, the number of PSUs that vest is limited to the number of PSUs multiplied by five times the fair market value (&quot;FMV&quot;) of the issuer's common shares on the grant date, divided by the FMV of the issuer's common shares on the day before the applicable vesting date.  The limitation caps the FMV of the award at five times the FMV of the award on the grant date.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F6">The footnote disclosure regarding the grant of PSUs differs from the disclosure in the reporting person's Form 4 filed on August 29, 2013 due to a typographical error in the prior filing.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F7">The PSUs are eligible to vest on August 27, 2018, contingent on the continued employment of the reporting person through such date and the satisfaction of certain performance measures relating to the issuer's compounded annual growth rate for operating profit for the fiscal years 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018, as well as on the average closing price of the issuer's common shares being greater than the grant date price; provided, however, that the number of PSUs that vest is limited to the number of PSUs multiplied by three times the fair market value (&quot;FMV&quot;) of the issuer's common shares on the grant date, divided by the FMV of the issuer's common shares on the day before the applicable vesting date.  This limitation caps the FMV of the award at three times the FMV of the award on the grant date.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F8">One-third of the total number of PSUs are eligible to vest on each of August 26, 2017, 2018 and 2019, contingent on the continued employment of the reporting person through such date, the satisfaction of certain performance measures relating to the issuer's compounded annual growth rate for operating profit for the fiscal years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019, and the satisfaction of the requirement that the average closing price of the issuer's common shares be at least equal to the grant date price during the six month period before the applicable vesting date; provided, however, that on the three vesting dates, the number of PSUs that vest is limited to the number of PSUs multiplied by three times the fair  market value (&quot;FMV&quot;) of the issuer's common shares on the grant date, divided by the FMV of the issuer's common shares on the day before the applicable vesting date.  This limitation caps the FMV of the award at three times the FMV of the award on the grant date.</footnote>
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        <signatureDate>2015-03-17</signatureDate>
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