Initial Statement of Beneficial Ownership (3)

FORM 3	UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0104 Estimated average burden hours per response... 0.5
	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 ^*

Gehlmann Gregory A

2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (MM/DD/YYYY) 6/20/2017

3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol

TRICO BANCSHARES / [TCBK]

(Last) (First) (Middle)

TRICO BANCSHARES, 63 CONSTITUTION DRIVE

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

_____ Director _____ 10% Owner
___ X ___ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
SVP General Counsel /

(Street)

CHICO, CA 95973

(City) (State) (Zip)

5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (MM/DD/YYYY)

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 Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)

*Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned ( e.g.* , puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)**
1. Title of Derivate Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (MM/DD/YYYY)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
1. Title of Derivate Security (Instr. 4)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security		6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Restricted Stock Unit	⁽¹⁾	5/24/2021	Common Stock	852	$0	D
Performance Stock Unit	⁽²⁾	5/25/2020	Common Stock	852	$0	D

Explanation of Responses:
(1)	Represents the grant of Restricted Stock Units. The shares vest as follows: 25% on May 23rd 2018, 25% on May 23rd 2019, 25% on May 25th 2020, and 25% on May 24th 2021.
(2)	Represents performance-based restricted stock units (PSUs) that will vest between 0% and 150% of the target number of shares (the number of shares listed in box 5) based on the May 25th, 2020 based on the issuers total stockholder return relative to the KBW Regional Banking Index. The PSUs were issued to the reporting person pursuant to the issuers 2009 Equity Incentive Plan and Performance Award agreement and are subject to the forfeitures, accelerated vesting and other restrictions as set forth in the plan and the agreement.

Reporting Owners
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Gehlmann Gregory A TRICO BANCSHARES 63 CONSTITUTION DRIVE CHICO, CA 95973			SVP General Counsel

Signatures
/s/ Greg Gehlmann By Jason Cove Attorney-In-Fact		6/22/2017
^** Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.
*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
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