0001140361-20-026186.txt : 20201120 0001140361-20-026186.hdr.sgml : 20201120 20201120073203 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001140361-20-026186 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 3/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20201103 FILED AS OF DATE: 20201120 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20201120 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Esper Richard Eric CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001759321 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 3/A SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-15723 FILM NUMBER: 201330472 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8501 WILLIAMS ROAD CITY: ESTERO STATE: FL ZIP: 33928 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: UNITED NATURAL FOODS INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001020859 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: WHOLESALE-GROCERIES & GENERAL LINE [5141] IRS NUMBER: 050376157 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0801 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 313 IRON HORSE WAY CITY: PROVIDENCE STATE: RI ZIP: 02908 BUSINESS PHONE: 401-528-8634 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 313 IRON HORSE WAY CITY: PROVIDENCE STATE: RI ZIP: 02908 3/A 1 form3.xml FORM 3/A X0206 3/A 2020-11-03 2020-11-09 0 0001020859 UNITED NATURAL FOODS INC UNFI 0001759321 Esper Richard Eric 313 IRON HORSE WAY PROVIDENCE RI 02908 true Chief Accounting Officer Common Stock 0 D This amendment is being filed to attach Exhibit 24 Power of Attorney, which was not included in the original filing due to a technical issue. /s/ Jody L. Hyvarinen, Power-of-Attorney, in fact 2020-11-20 EX-24 2 brhc10017146_ex24.htm EXHIBIT 24
Exhibit 24

POWER OF ATTORNEY

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Jill E. Sutton and Jody Hyvarinen, with full power of substitution, the undersigned’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1)
prepare, execute in the undersigned’s name and on the undersigned’s behalf, and submit to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) a Form ID, including amendments thereto, and any other documents necessary or appropriate to obtain codes and passwords enabling the undersigned to make electronic filings with the SEC of reports required by Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or any rule or regulation of the SEC;

(2)
execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of United Natural Foods, Inc. (the “Company”), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

(3)
do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such form with the SEC and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

(4)
take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact’s discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorney-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, is not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorney-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 23rd day of September, 2020.

 
/s/ Richard Eric Esper
  
 
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