0000865436-16-000335.txt : 20160517 0000865436-16-000335.hdr.sgml : 20160517 20160517153505 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000865436-16-000335 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20160513 FILED AS OF DATE: 20160517 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20160517 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: WHOLE FOODS MARKET INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000865436 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: RETAIL-GROCERY STORES [5411] IRS NUMBER: 741989366 STATE OF INCORPORATION: TX FISCAL YEAR END: 0928 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 550 BOWIE STREET CITY: AUSTIN STATE: TX ZIP: 78703 BUSINESS PHONE: 5124774455 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 550 BOWIE STREET CITY: AUSTIN STATE: TX ZIP: 78703 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ROBB WALTER E IV CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001202538 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-19797 FILM NUMBER: 161657354 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 550 BOWIE STREET CITY: AUSTIN STATE: TX ZIP: 78703 4 1 wf-form4_146351369271679.xml FORM 4 X0306 4 2016-05-13 0 0000865436 WHOLE FOODS MARKET INC WFM 0001202538 ROBB WALTER E IV 550 BOWIE STREET AUSTIN TX 78703 0 1 0 0 Chief Executive Officer Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy) 30.3 2016-05-13 4 A 0 4500 0 A 2023-05-13 Common Stock 4500.0 4500 D Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy) 30.3 2016-05-13 4 A 0 314 0 A 2023-05-13 Common Stock 314.0 314 D The option, representing a right to purchase 4,500 shares, is exercisable in four equal annual installments beginning on May 13, 2017, which is the first anniversary of the date on which the option was granted. The option, representing a right to purchase 314 shares, is exercisable in four equal annual installments beginning on May 13, 2017, which is the first anniversary of the date on which the option was granted. /s/ Albert Percival as Attorney-in-Fact for Walter E. Robb, IV 2016-05-17