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        <footnote id="F1">Includes 2,688 restricted stock units, 2,117 of which are vested, and 571 of which will vest on the earlier of November 16, 2018, or the termination of the reporting person's service as a director due to death or disability.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">The price in Column 4 is a weighted average price. The price actually received ranged from $103.9850 to $104.2000 per share. The reporting person's broker has provided to the issuer and the issuer will provide any security holder of the issuer or the SEC staff, upon request, information regarding the number of shares sold at each price within the range.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Option granted pursuant to the Tiffany &amp; Co. 2014 Employee Incentive Plan, which complies with Rule 16b-3, on February 15, 2017.  The option vested in full on February 15, 2018.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">The expiration date shall be the earlier of (i) the five-year anniversary of the date on which the reporting person's employment as Interim Chief Executive Officer terminates and (ii) February 15, 2027.  The reporting person stepped down from his role as Interim Chief Executive Officer as of October 2, 2017.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">Total grant 43,615 shares. 0 shares previously exercised.</footnote>
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    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ John C. Duffy, Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2018-02-26</signatureDate>
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X0306
4
2018-02-23
0
0000098246
TIFFANY & CO
TIF
0001016753
KOWALSKI MICHAEL JOSEPH
TIFFANY & CO.
727 FIFTH AVENUE
NEW YORK
NY
10022
1
0
0
0
Common Stock $.01 Par
2018-02-23
4
M
0
43615
83.23
A
117900
D
Common Stock $.01 Par
2018-02-23
4
S
0
39809
104.1083
D
78091
D
Common Stock $.01 Par
30585
I
By Trust
Common Stock $.01 Par
7000
I
By Kowalski Family Foundation
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)
83.23
2018-02-23
4
M
0
43615
0
D
2018-02-15
Common Stock $.01 Par
43615.0
0
D
Includes 2,688 restricted stock units, 2,117 of which are vested, and 571 of which will vest on the earlier of November 16, 2018, or the termination of the reporting person's service as a director due to death or disability.
The price in Column 4 is a weighted average price. The price actually received ranged from $103.9850 to $104.2000 per share. The reporting person's broker has provided to the issuer and the issuer will provide any security holder of the issuer or the SEC staff, upon request, information regarding the number of shares sold at each price within the range.
Option granted pursuant to the Tiffany & Co. 2014 Employee Incentive Plan, which complies with Rule 16b-3, on February 15, 2017.  The option vested in full on February 15, 2018.
The expiration date shall be the earlier of (i) the five-year anniversary of the date on which the reporting person's employment as Interim Chief Executive Officer terminates and (ii) February 15, 2027.  The reporting person stepped down from his role as Interim Chief Executive Officer as of October 2, 2017.
Total grant 43,615 shares. 0 shares previously exercised.
/s/ John C. Duffy, Attorney-in-Fact
2018-02-26