<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001209191-18-023861.txt : 20180404
<SEC-HEADER>0001209191-18-023861.hdr.sgml : 20180404
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20180404175552
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001209191-18-023861
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20180402
FILED AS OF DATE:		20180404
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20180404

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Archer Kuan
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001629646

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-34819
		FILM NUMBER:		18738425

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		3465 EAST FOOTHILL BOULEVARD
		CITY:			PASADENA
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			91107

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			GREEN DOT CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001386278
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	FINANCE SERVICES [6199]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		3465 E. FOOTHILL BLVD
		CITY:			PASADENA
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			91107
		BUSINESS PHONE:		6267652000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		3465 E. FOOTHILL BLVD
		CITY:			PASADENA
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			91107
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">The sales reported on this Form 4 were effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted by the reporting person on March 6, 2017, as amended on November 16, 2017.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $61.65 to $62.64 per share, inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide to the issuer, any security holder of the issuer, or the SEC staff, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the range.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $62.66 to $63.65 per share, inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide to the issuer, any security holder of the issuer, or the SEC staff, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the range.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $63.69 to $63.755 per share, inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide to the issuer, any security holder of the issuer, or the SEC staff, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the range.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $61.76 to $62.73 per share, inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide to the issuer, any security holder of the issuer, or the SEC staff, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the range.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F6">The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $62.77 to $62.88 per share, inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide to the issuer, any security holder of the issuer, or the SEC staff, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the range.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F7">Represents shares of Class A Common Stock that have been withheld by the issuer to satisfy its income tax withholding and remittance obligations in connection with the net settlement of the RSUs, based on a price of $62.59 per share, which represented the closing price of the issuer's Class A Common Stock on April 3, 2018, and does not represent a sale by the reporting person.</footnote>
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        <signatureName>/s/ Lina Davidian as attorney-in-fact for Kuan Archer</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2018-04-04</signatureDate>
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