OPERATING AGREEMENT OF WFM HAWAII, LLC A Hawaii Limited Liability Company This Operating Agreement (this “Agreement”) of WFM Hawaii, LLC, a Hawaii limited liability company, executed to be effective as of July 11, 2007, is adopted, executed and agreed to by the sole Member (as defined below). 1. Formation. WFM Hawaii, LLC (the “Company”) has been organized as a Hawaii limited liability company under and pursuant to the Hawaii Uniform Limited Liability Company Act (the “Act”). 2. Sole Member. Mrs. Gooch’s Natural Food Markets, Inc., a California corporation, shall be the sole member of the Company (the “Member”). 3. Contributions. The Member has made an initial contribution to the capital of the Company in the amount of $100.00. Without creating any rights in favor of any third party, the Member may, from time to time, make additional contributions of cash or property to the capital of the Company, but shall have no obligation to do so. 4. Distributions. The Member shall be entitled to (a) receive all distributions (including, without limitation, liquidating distributions) made by the Company, and (b) enjoy all other rights, benefits and interests in the Company. 5. Single-Member Limited Liability Company for Tax Purposes. The Member hereby states that it is its intention that the Company shall be treated as a disregarded entity for purposes of United States federal income tax laws, and further states that it will not take any position or make any election, in a tax return or otherwise, inconsistent herewith. In furtherance of the foregoing, the Company will file its results of operations as part of the Member’s income tax return for each year for United States federal income tax purposes. 6. Indemnification. (a) Right to Indemnification. Subject to the limitations and conditions as provided in this Section 6, each person who was or is made a party or is threatened to be made a party to or is involved in any threatened, pending, or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, arbitrative or investigative (a “Proceeding”), or any appeal in such a Proceeding or any inquiry or investigation that could lead to such a Proceeding, by reason of the fact that such person is or was a member of the Company or while such member of the Company is or was serving at the request of the Company as a member, manager, director, officer, partner, venturer, proprietor, trustee, employee, agent, or similar functionary of another foreign or domestic limited liability company, corporation, partnership, joint venture, sole proprietorship, trust, employee benefit plan, or other enterprise, shall be indemnified by the Company to the fullest extent permitted by the Act, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (but, in the case of any such amendment, only to the extent that such amendment permits the Company to provide broader indemnification rights than said law permitted the Company to provide prior to such amendment) against judgments, penalties (including excise 1
