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 Number0-19797
Whole Foods Market, Inc.
(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)
Common Stock, no par value
Rights to Purchase Preferred Stock
(Title of each class of securities covered by this Form)
5.200% Senior Notes due 2025
(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:
| Rule12g-4(a)(1) | ☒ | |
| Rule12g-4(a)(2) | ☐ | |
| Rule12h-3(b)(1)(i) | ☒ | |
| Rule12h-3(b)(1)(ii) | ☐ | |
| Rule15d-6 | ☐ | |
| Rule15d-22(b) | ☐ |
| Approximate number of holders of record as of the certification or notice date: | One (common stock) None (rights to purchase preferred stock) |
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 7, 2017 | By: | /s/ Heather Stern | |||
Heather Stern General Counsel and Global Vice President of Legal Affairs |
