Whole Foods Market (WFM) DEFA14A Additional proxy soliciting materials

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Shareholder Meeting to Be Held on March 9, 2012.

WHOLE FOODS MARKET, INC.

WHOLE FOODS MARKET, INC.
550 BOWIE STREET
AUSTIN, TX 78703

Meeting Information
Meeting Type:             Annual Meeting
For holders as of:       January 10, 2012
Date:       March 9, 2012Time:9:00 a.m., local time
Location:	Argonaut Hotel 495 Jefferson Street San Francisco, California 94109
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Voting Items
The Board of Directors recommends that you vote FORthe following director nominees:
1.	ELECTION OF DIRECTORS:
	01)	DR. JOHN ELSTROTT	07)	JONATHAN SEIFFER
	02)	GABRIELLE GREENE	08)	MORRIS (MO) SIEGEL
	03)	SHAHID (HASS) HASSAN	09)	JONATHAN SOKOLOFF
	04)	STEPHANIE KUGELMAN	10)	DR. RALPH SORENSON
	05)	JOHN MACKEY	11)	WILLIAM (KIP) TINDELL, III
	06)	WALTER ROBB
The Board of Directors recommends you voteFORthe following company proposals:
2.	RATIFICATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF ERNST & YOUNG, LLP AS INDEPENDENT AUDITOR FOR THE COMPANY FOR FISCAL YEAR 2012.
3.	RATIFICATION OF THE COMPENSATION PACKAGE GRANTED TO OUR NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICERS.
4.	ADOPTION OF THE AMENDMENT TO INCREASE THE COMPANY'S AUTHORIZED SHARES OF COMMON STOCK TO 600 MILLION.

The Board of Directors recommends you voteAGAINST the following shareholder proposals:
5.	SHAREHOLDER PROPOSAL TO AMEND THE COMPANY'S BYLAWS TO PERMIT REMOVAL OF DIRECTORS WITH OR WITHOUT CAUSE.
6.	SHAREHOLDER PROPOSAL TO REQUIRE THE COMPANY TO HAVE, WHENEVER POSSIBLE, AN INDEPENDENT CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS WHO HAS NOT PREVIOUSLY SERVED AS AN EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE COMPANY.
IF YOU GRANT A PROXY, THE PROXY HOLDERS WILL ALSO HAVE THE DISCRETION TO VOTE THESE SHARES ON ANY ADDITIONAL MATTERS PROPERLY PRESENTED FOR A VOTE AT THE MEETING IN ACCORDANCE WITH TEXAS LAW AND THE COMPANY'S BYLAWS.