EX-3.37 12 a2202571zex-3_37.htm EX-3.37

Exhibit 3.37

 

ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION

OF

WFM NATURESMART, LLC

 

The undersigned, a natural person eighteen years of age or older, intending to organize a limited liability company pursuant to §§ 7-80-203, Colorado Revised Statutes (C.R.S.), delivers these Articles of Organization to the Colorado Secretary of State for filing, and states as follows:

 

1.                                       The name of the limited liability company is: WFM NatureSmart, LLC

 

2.                                       The principal place of business of the limited liability company is 1500 Fast 128th Avenue, Thomton, CO 80241.

 

3.                                       The name, and the business address, of the registered agent for service of process on the limited liability company are Capital Corporate Services, Inc.: 3500 East 17th Avenue, Denver, Colorado 80206.

 

4.                                       The management of the limited liability company is vested in the members

 

The name and business address of the initial member is: Whole Foods Group Market Inc., a Delaware corporation, at 601 N. Lamar, Suite 300, Austin, Texas, 78703.

 

5.                                       The address to which the Secretary of State may send a copy of this document upon completion of filing (or to which the Secretary of State may return this document if filing is refused) is Hallett & Perrin, P.C. 717 North Harwood, Suite 1400, Dallas, Texas 75201

 

 

Organizer:

/s/ Gordon T. Foote II

 

Signer’s Name printed:

/s/ Gordon T. Foote II

 

Gordon T. Foote II

 

 

 

 

 

FILED

 

DONETTA DAVIDSON

[ILLEGIBLE] - articles of organization [ILLEGIBLE]

COLORADO SECRETARY OF STATE

18374 - 1

 

 

20001251585 C

 

$ 100.00

 

SECRETARY OF STATE

 

12-22-2000 14:43:12

 



 

CHANGE OF NAME
Please include a typed

self-addressed envelope

 

MUST BE TYPED

FILING FEE: $25.00

MUST SUBMIT TWO COPIES

Mail to: Secretary of State

Corporations Section

1680 Broadway, [ILLEGIBLE] 200

Denver, CO [ILLEGIBLE]

(303) [ILLEGIBLE]

Fax: (303) 894-2242

For office use only            032

FILED

DONETTA DAVIDSON

COLORADO SECRETARY OF STATE

20011097621        C

$       75.00

SECRETARY OF STATE

05-14-2001          15:16:39

 

DLLC 20001251585

AMENDMENT TO THE ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION

FOR A COLORADO LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY

 

Pursuant to the provisions of the Colorado Limited Liability Company Act, the Articles of Organization shall be amended as set forth herein:

 

 

WFM NatureSmart, LLC

 

 

Extract name of limited liability company

 

 

 

1500 West 128th Avenue

 

 

Principal Address

 

 

[ILLEGIBLE]

Colorado

[ILLEGIBLE]

City

State

Zip

 

CIRCLE ALL THAT APPLY:

 

A.                                             There is a change in the name of the limited liability company to:

NatureSmart, LLC

 

B.                                               There is a change in the dissolution date of the limited liability company to:

 

 

C.                                               There is a false or erroneous statement of the members desire to change any other statement in the Articles of Organization. Describe below:

 

D.                                              All of the members have selected to accept the 1994 amendments to the Limited Liability Company Act.

 

 

 

Whole Foods Market Group, Inc.

 

 

 

Signature

/s/ [ILLEGIBLE]

 

 

Manager

 

Revised 7/98

 



 

REPORT FOR REINSTATEMENT

FIELD

OF A SUSPENDED LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY

DONETTA DAVIDSON

Form 495   Revised October 1, 2002

COLORADO SECRETARY OF STATE

Filing fee: $150.00

 

Deliver to: Colorado Secretary of State

20031320275    C

Business Division, 1560 Broadway, Suite 200

$ 200.00

Denver, CO 80202-5169

SECRETARY OF STATE

This document must be typed or machine printed

10-09-2003         14:51:52

Copies of filed documents may be obtained at www.sos.state.co.us

 

ABOVE SPACE FOR OFFICE USE ONLY

 

NLC 20001251585

Pursuant to § 7-80-305 and part 3 of article 90 of title 7, Colorado Revised Statutes (C.R.S.), this report for reinstatement is delivered to the Colorado Secretary of State for filing.

 

1.          The name of the limited liability company at the time of suspension:

 Naturesmart, LLC

 

2.          This entity was formed under the jurisdiction of Colorado.

 

3.          The effective date of administrative suspension: 5-1-03

 

4.          The name of the registered agent: Corporation Service Company

 

The street address of the registered agent: 1560 Broadway, Denver, CO 80202

 

If mail is undeliverable at this address, include PO Box address

 

 

5.          The address of the entity’s principal office: 10701 Melody Drive, North Glenn, CO 80241

 

6.          The (a) name or names, and (b) mailing address or addresses, of any one or more of the individuals who cause this document to be delivered for filing, and to whom the Secretary of State may deliver notice if filing of this document is refused are:  Harvey Kamil, NBTY, Inc., 90 Orville Drive, Bohemia, NY 11716

 

Causing a document to be delivered to the secretary of state for filing shall constitute the affirmation or acknowledgment of each individual causing such delivery, under penalties of perjury, that the document is the individual’s act and deed or the act and deed of the entity on whose behalf the individual is causing the document to be delivered for filing and that the facts stated in the document are true.

 

[ILLEGIBLE]

 



 

Document processing fee

Colorado Secretary of State

Date and Time: 03/19/2007 11:35 AM

Id Number: 20001251585

If document is filed on paper

If document is filed electronically

$150.00
$ 50.00

Document number: 20071138459

Fees & forms/cover sheets are subject to change.

 

 

To file electronically, access instructions for this form/cover sheet and other information or print copies of filed documents, visit www.sos.state.co.us and select Business Center.

 

 

Paper documents must be typewritten or machine printed.

 

ABOVE SPACE FOR OFFICE USE ONLY

 

Articles of Reinstatement

filed pursuant to §7-90-301, et seq. and §7-90-1003 of the Colorado Revised Statutes (C.R.S.)

 

ID Number

 

20001251585

 

 

 

1. Domestic entity name of the entity

 

NATURESMART, LLC

 

2. Following reinstatement the domestic entity name of the domestic entity shall comply with section 7-90-1004.

 

3. Registered agent

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

               (if an individual)

 

(Last)

 

(First)

 

(Middle)

 

(Suffix)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

               OR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

               (if an entity)

 

CORPORATION SERVICE COMPANY

 

4. The person appointed as registered agent in the document has consented to being so appointed.

 

5. Registered agent street address

 

1560 Broadway Ste 2090

 

 

(Street name and number)

 

 

 

 

 

Denver

 

CO

 

80202

 

 

(City)

 

(State)

 

(Postal/Zip Code)

 

 

 

6. Registered agent mailing address
    (if different from above)

 

 

 

 

(Street name and number or Post Office Box information)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(City)

 

(State)

 

(Postal/Zip Code)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

United States

 

 

(Province–If applicable)

 

(Country–if not US)

7. Principal office street address

 

90 ORVILLE DR

 

 

(Street name and number)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BOHEMIA

 

NY

 

11716

 

 

(City)

 

(State)

 

(Postal/Zip Code)

 

 

 

 

United States

 

 

(Province–if applicable)

 

(Country–if not US)

 

Rev. 11/16/2005

 

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8. Principal office mailing address

 

90 Orville Drive

    (if different from above)

 

(Street name and number or Post Office Box Information)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bohemia

 

NY

 

11716

 

 

(City)

 

(State)

 

(Postal/Zip Code)

 

 

 

 

United States

 

 

 

(Province – if applicable)

 

(Country – if not US)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9. Date of formation of the entity

 

12/22/2000

 

 

 

 

 

(mm/dd/yyyy)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10. Date of dissolution

 

03/01/2007

 

 

 

       (if known)

 

(mm/dd/yyyy)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11. If the entity’s period of duration as amended is less than perpetual, state the date on which the period of duration expires:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(mm/dd/yyyy)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

              OR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      If the entity’s period of duration as amended is perpetual, mark this box x.

 

 

 

 

 

 

12. (Optional) Delayed effective date

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(mm/dd/yyyy)

 

 

 

13. Colorado statute under which the entity existed immediately prior to dissolution

 

CRS 7-80-203.

 

 

 

 

14. All applicable conditions of CRS §7-90-1002 have been satisfied.

 

Notice:

 

Causing this document to be delivered to the secretary of state for filing shall constitute the affirmation or acknowledgment of each individual causing such delivery, under penalties of perjury, that the document is the individual’s act and deed, or that the individual in good faith believes the document is the act and deed of the person on whose behalf the individual is causing the document to be delivered for filing, taken in conformity with the requirements of part 3 of article 90 of title 7, C.R.S., the constituent documents, and the organic statutes, and that the individual in good faith believes the facts stated in the document are true and the document complies with the requirements of that Part, the constituent documents, and the organic statutes.

 

This perjury notice applies to each individual who causes this document to be delivered to the secretary of state, whether or not such individual is named in the document as one who has caused it to be delivered.

 

15. Name(s) and address(es) of the individual(s) causing the document to be delivered for filing

 

Stirber

 

Madeline

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Last)

 

(First)

 

(Middle)

 

(suffix)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

90 Orville Drive

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Street name and number or Post Office Box information)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bohemia

 

NY

 

11716

 

 

(City)

 

(State)

 

(Postal/Zip Code)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

United States

 

 

 

(Province–If applicable)

 

(Country–if not US)

 

 

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(The document need not state the true name and address of more than one individual. However, if you wish to state the name and address of any additional individuals causing the document to be delivered for filing, mark this box o and include an attachment stating the name and address of such individuals.)

 

Disclaimer:

 

This form, and any related instructions, are not intended to provide legal, business or tax advice, and are offered as a public service without representation or warranty. While this form is believed to satisfy minimum legal requirements as of its revision date, compliance with applicable law, as the same may be amended from time to time, remains the responsibility of the user of this form. Questions should be addressed to the user’s attorney.

 

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