Best Buy : Initial Statement of Beneficial Ownership

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF

SECURITIES

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Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the

Investment Company Act of 1940

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *

2. Date of Event Requiring

3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol

Statement (MM/DD/YYYY)

Hartman Todd G.

4/13/2019

BEST BUY CO INC [BBY]

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

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

7601 PENN AVENUE S.

_____ Director

_____ 10% Owner

___ X ___ Officer (give title below)

_____ Other (specify below)

GC, Chief Risk/Comp Officer /

(Street)

5. If Amendment, Date

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

RICHFIELD, MN 55423

Original Filed (MM/DD/YYYY)

_ X _ Form filed by One Reporting Person

___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security

2. Amount of Securities

3. Ownership

4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership

(Instr. 4)

Beneficially Owned

Form: Direct

(Instr. 5)

(Instr. 4)

(D) or Indirect

(I)

(Instr. 5)

Common Stock

22158.8088

D

Common Stock

1172.0000

I

401(k)

Common Stock

11785.0000

I

Trustee for Revocable Trust

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned ( e.g. , puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivate Security

2. Date Exercisable and

3. Title and Amount of

4. Conversion

5. Ownership

6. Nature of Indirect

(Instr. 4)

Expiration Date

Securities Underlying

or Exercise

Form of

Beneficial Ownership

(MM/DD/YYYY)

Derivative Security

Price of

Derivative

(Instr. 5)

(Instr. 4)

Derivative

Security:

Security

Direct (D) or

Date

Expiration

Title

Amount or

Indirect (I)

Exercisable

Date

Number of

(Instr. 5)

Shares

Stock Option (Right to Buy)

8/18/2014

8/17/2024

Common

4910.0000

$29.9100

D

Stock

Stock Option (Right to Buy)

3/12/2015

3/11/2025

Common

4098.0000

$40.8500

D

Stock

Explanation of Responses:

Remarks:

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Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address

Relationships

Director

10% OwnerOfficer

Other

Hartman Todd G.

7601 PENN AVENUE S.

GC, Chief Risk/Comp Officer

RICHFIELD, MN 55423

Signatures

/s/ Hannah G. Olson, Attorney-in-fact	4/18/2019
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

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POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, Todd G. Hartman, hereby constitute and appoint Eric Halverson and Hannah G. Olson and each of them, my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, with full powers of substitution and resubstitution for me and in my name, place and stead, to sign any reports on Form 3 (Initial Statement of Beneficial Ownership of Securities), Form 4 (Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership of Securities) and Form 5 (Annual Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership) relating to transactions by me in Common Stock or other securities of Best Buy Co., Inc., and all amendments thereto, and to file the same, with the Securities and Exchange Commission and the New York Stock Exchange, Inc., granting unto said attorneys-in- fact and agents, and each of them, or their substitutes, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as I might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, or their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This Power of Attorney shall be effective until such time as I deliver a written revocation thereof to my above-namedattorneys-in-fact and agents.

Dated: 4/12/19

/s/ Todd G. Hartman