15-15D

MRS. GOOCH’S NATURAL FOOD MARKETS, INC.

Date: September 25, 2017

/s/ Albert E. Percival

Albert E. Percival

Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer

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CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001681365 IRS NUMBER: 742489930 STATE OF INCORPORATION: CA FISCAL YEAR END: 0925 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 15-15D SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-213568-05 FILM NUMBER: 171103112 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 550 BOWIE STREET CITY: AUSTIN STATE: TX ZIP: 78703 BUSINESS PHONE: (512) 477-4455 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 550 BOWIE STREET CITY: AUSTIN STATE: TX ZIP: 78703 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Mrs. Goochs Natural Food Markets, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001681386 IRS NUMBER: 953096433 STATE OF INCORPORATION: CA FISCAL YEAR END: 0925 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 15-15D SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-213568-01 FILM NUMBER: 171103107 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 550 BOWIE STREET CITY: AUSTIN STATE: TX ZIP: 78703 BUSINESS PHONE: (512) 477-4455 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 550 BOWIE STREET CITY: AUSTIN STATE: TX ZIP: 78703 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Whole Foods Market Pacific Northwest, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001681465 IRS NUMBER: 202020453 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0925 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 15-15D SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-213568-07 FILM NUMBER: 171103105 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 550 BOWIE STREET CITY: AUSTIN STATE: TX ZIP: 78703 BUSINESS PHONE: (512) 477-4455 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 550 BOWIE STREET CITY: AUSTIN STATE: TX ZIP: 78703 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: WFM Northern Nevada, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001681383 IRS NUMBER: 202522815 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0925 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 15-15D SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-213568-03 FILM NUMBER: 171103109 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 550 BOWIE STREET CITY: AUSTIN STATE: TX ZIP: 78703 BUSINESS PHONE: (512) 477-4455 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 550 BOWIE STREET CITY: AUSTIN STATE: TX ZIP: 78703 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: WFM IP Investments, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001681384 IRS NUMBER: 260060459 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0925 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 15-15D SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-213568-02 FILM NUMBER: 171103108 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 550 BOWIE STREET CITY: AUSTIN STATE: TX ZIP: 78703 BUSINESS PHONE: (512) 477-4455 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 550 BOWIE STREET CITY: AUSTIN STATE: TX ZIP: 78703 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: WFM Nebraska, LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001681364 IRS NUMBER: 463662981 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0925 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 15-15D SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-213568-10 FILM NUMBER: 171103113 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 550 BOWIE STREET CITY: AUSTIN STATE: TX ZIP: 78703 BUSINESS PHONE: (512) 477-4455 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 550 BOWIE STREET CITY: AUSTIN STATE: TX ZIP: 78703 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Whole Foods Market Group, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001681416 IRS NUMBER: 521711175 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0925 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 15-15D SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-213568-06 FILM NUMBER: 171103106 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 550 BOWIE STREET CITY: AUSTIN STATE: TX ZIP: 78703 BUSINESS PHONE: (512) 477-4455 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 550 BOWIE STREET CITY: AUSTIN STATE: TX ZIP: 78703 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Whole Foods Market Services, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001681466 IRS NUMBER: 742730250 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0925 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 15-15D SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-213568-08 FILM NUMBER: 171103111 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 550 BOWIE STREET CITY: AUSTIN STATE: TX ZIP: 78703 BUSINESS PHONE: (512) 477-4455 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 550 BOWIE STREET CITY: AUSTIN STATE: TX ZIP: 78703 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Whole Foods Market IP, L.P. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001681363 IRS NUMBER: 742949152 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0925 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 15-15D SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-213568-11 FILM NUMBER: 171103114 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 550 BOWIE STREET CITY: AUSTIN STATE: TX ZIP: 78703 BUSINESS PHONE: (512) 477-4455 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 550 BOWIE STREET CITY: AUSTIN STATE: TX ZIP: 78703 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: WFM Southern Nevada, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001681357 IRS NUMBER: 810616883 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0925 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 15-15D SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-213568-14 FILM NUMBER: 171103115 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 550 BOWIE STREET CITY: AUSTIN STATE: TX ZIP: 78703 BUSINESS PHONE: (512) 477-4455 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 550 BOWIE STREET CITY: AUSTIN STATE: TX ZIP: 78703 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: WFM-WO, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001681376 IRS NUMBER: 841100630 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0925 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 15-15D SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-213568-04 FILM NUMBER: 171103110 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 550 BOWIE STREET CITY: AUSTIN STATE: TX ZIP: 78703 BUSINESS PHONE: (512) 477-4455 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 550 BOWIE STREET CITY: AUSTIN STATE: TX ZIP: 78703 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: WFM Hawaii, LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001681370 IRS NUMBER: 263153326 STATE OF INCORPORATION: HI FISCAL YEAR END: 0925 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 15-15D SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-213568-09 FILM NUMBER: 171103104 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 550 BOWIE STREET CITY: AUSTIN STATE: TX ZIP: 78703 BUSINESS PHONE: (512) 477-4455 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 550 BOWIE STREET CITY: AUSTIN STATE: TX ZIP: 78703 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: WFM Kansas, LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001681356 IRS NUMBER: 472916592 STATE OF INCORPORATION: KS FISCAL YEAR END: 0925 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 15-15D SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-213568-13 FILM NUMBER: 171103116 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 550 BOWIE STREET CITY: AUSTIN STATE: TX ZIP: 78703 BUSINESS PHONE: (512) 477-4455 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 550 BOWIE STREET CITY: AUSTIN STATE: TX ZIP: 78703 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Whole Foods Market Rocky Mountain/Southwest, L.P. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001681352 IRS NUMBER: 742737164 STATE OF INCORPORATION: KS FISCAL YEAR END: 0925 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 15-15D SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-213568-12 FILM NUMBER: 171103117 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 550 BOWIE STREET CITY: AUSTIN STATE: TX ZIP: 78703 BUSINESS PHONE: (512) 477-4455 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 550 BOWIE STREET CITY: AUSTIN STATE: TX ZIP: 78703 15-15D 1 d436932d1515d.htm 15-15D 15-15D

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 15

CERTIFICATION AND NOTICE OF TERMINATION OF REGISTRATION

UNDER SECTION 12(g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

OR SUSPENSION OF DUTY TO FILE REPORTS UNDER SECTIONS 13 AND 15(d)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.

Commission File Number 333-213568

Whole Foods Market, Inc.

(and the subsidiary guarantor registrants listed in Schedule A)

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

550 Bowie Street

Austin, Texas 78703

(512) 477-4455

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)

5.200% Senior Notes due 2025

(and guarantees by subsidiary guarantor registrants with respect thereto)

(Title of each class of securities covered by this Form)

None

(Titles of all other classes of securities for which a duty to file reports under section 13(a) or 15(d) remains)

Please place an X in the box(es) to designate the appropriate rule provision(s) relied upon to terminate or suspend the duty to file reports:


Rule 12g-4(a)(1)		☐
Rule 12g-4(a)(2)		☐
Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(i)		☒
Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(ii)		☐
Rule 15d-6		☒
Rule 15d-22(b)		☐

Approximate number of holders of record as of the certification or notice date: Less than 300

Schedule A

TABLE OF SUBSIDIARY GUARANTOR REGISTRANTS


Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter¹	State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization	I.R.S. Employer Identification Number
Mrs. Gooch’s Natural Food Markets, Inc.	California		95-3096433
WFM Hawaii, LLC	Hawaii		26-3153326
WFM IP Investments, Inc.	Delaware		26-0060459
WFM Kansas, LLC	Kansas		47-2916592
WFM Nebraska, LLC	Delaware		46-3662981
WFM Northern Nevada, Inc.	Delaware		20-2522815
WFM Southern Nevada, Inc.	Delaware		81-0616883
WFM-WO, Inc.	Delaware		84-1100630
Whole Foods Market California, Inc.	California		74-2489930
Whole Foods Market Group, Inc.	Delaware		52-1711175
Whole Foods Market IP, L.P.	Delaware		74-2949152
Whole Foods Market Pacific Northwest, Inc.	Delaware		20-2020453
Whole Foods Market Rocky Mountain/Southwest, L.P.	Texas		74-2737164
Whole Foods Market Services, Inc.	Delaware		74-2730250

¹	The subsidiary guarantor registrants have the following principal executive office:

c/o Whole Foods Market, Inc.

550 Bowie Street

Austin, Texas 78703

(512) 477-4455

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Whole Foods Market, Inc. has caused this certification/notice to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned duly authorized person.



Date: September 25, 2017	By:	/s/ Heather Stern
		Heather Stern General Counsel and Global Vice President of Legal Affairs

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1934, Mrs. Gooch’s Natural Food Markets, Inc. has caused this certification/notice to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned duly authorized person.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1934, WFM Hawaii, LLC has caused this certification/notice to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned duly authorized person.


	WFM HAWAII, LLC

	By:	MRS. GOOCH’S NATURAL FOOD MARKETS, INC., its sole member

Date: September 25, 2017	By:	/s/ Albert E. Percival
		Albert E. Percival
		Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1934, WFM IP Investments, Inc. has caused this certification/notice to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned duly authorized person.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1934, WFM Kansas, LLC has caused this certification/notice to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned duly authorized person.


	WFM KANSAS, LLC

	By:	WHOLE FOODS MARKET ROCKY MOUNTAIN/SOUTHWEST, L.P., its sole member
	By:	WHOLE FOODS MARKET ROCKY MOUNTAIN SOUTHWEST I, INC., its general partner

Date: September 25, 2017	By:	/s/ Albert E. Percival
		Albert E. Percival
		President, Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1934, WFM Nebraska, LLC has caused this certification/notice to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned duly authorized person.


	WFM NEBRASKA, LLC

	By:	WHOLE FOODS MARKET GROUP, INC., its sole member

Date: September 25, 2017	By:	/s/ Albert E. Percival
		Albert E. Percival
		President, Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1934, WFM Northern Nevada, Inc. has caused this certification/notice to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned duly authorized person.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1934, WFM Southern Nevada, Inc. has caused this certification/notice to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned duly authorized person.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1934, WFM-WO, Inc. has caused this certification/notice to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned duly authorized person.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1934, Whole Foods Market California, Inc. has caused this certification/notice to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned duly authorized person.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1934, Whole Foods Market Group, Inc. has caused this certification/notice to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned duly authorized person.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1934, Whole Foods Market IP, L.P. has caused this certification/notice to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned duly authorized person.


	WHOLE FOODS MARKET IP, L.P.

	By:	WFM IP MANAGEMENT, INC., its general partner

Date: September 25, 2017	By:	/s/ Albert E. Percival
		Albert E. Percival
		President

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1934, Whole Foods Market Pacific Northwest, Inc. has caused this certification/notice to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned duly authorized person.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1934, Whole Foods Market Rocky Mountain/Southwest, L.P. has caused this certification/notice to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned duly authorized person.


	WHOLE FOODS MARKET ROCKY MOUNTAIN/SOUTHWEST, L.P.

	By:	WHOLE FOODS MARKET ROCKY MOUNTAIN/SOUTHWEST I, Inc., its general partner

Date: September 25, 2017	By:	/s/ Albert E. Percival
		Albert E. Percival
		President, Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1934, Whole Foods Market Services, Inc. has caused this certification/notice to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned duly authorized person.