SEC Form 4

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Haines Michael B. (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O RETAIL OPPORTUNITY INVESTMENTS CORP. 11250 EL CAMINO REAL, SUITE 200 (Street) SAN DIEGO CA 92130 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol RETAIL OPPORTUNITY INVESTMENTS CORP [ ROIC ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) EVP CFO, TREASURER & SECRETARY
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 02/15/2022
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share	02/15/2022		A		33,973(1)	A	$0	282,261	I	See footnote(2)

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
OP Units	(3)							(3)	(4)	Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share	36,011		36,011	I	See footnote(2)

Explanation of Responses:

1. The reporting person was granted 33,973 shares of restricted common stock, par value $0.0001 per share ("common stock"), of Retail Opportunity Investments Corp., a Maryland corporation (the "Company"), that were issued pursuant to the Retail Opportunity Investments Corp. Amended and Restated 2009 Equity Incentive Plan. The shares vest ratably over a 3-year period on January 1, 2023 and the first two anniversaries thereafter.

2. These shares of common stock or units of limited partner interest ("OP Units") of Retail Opportunity Investments Partnership, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the "Partnership") and the operating partnership of the Company, as the case may be, are held by the Michael B. Haines Trust dated August 19, 2004 of which the reporting person is a Trustee.

3. The reporting person has the right to cause the Partnership to redeem some or all of the reporting person's OP Units for cash in an amount equal to the market value (as defined in Partnership's Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership, as amended) of an equivalent number of shares of common stock or at the Company's option, shares of common stock on a one-for-one basis, subject to certain adjustments.

4. N/A

Remarks:

	/s/Michael B. Haines	02/17/2022
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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