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 Charter 1

   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

 

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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.

 

    MRS. GOOCH’S NATURAL FOOD MARKETS, INC.
Date: September 25, 2017     By:   /s/ Albert E. Percival
      Albert E. Percival
      Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer

 

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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

 

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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.

 

    WFM IP INVESTMENTS, INC.
Date: September 25, 2017     By:   /s/ Albert E. Percival
      Albert E. Percival
      President, Secretary, and Treasurer

 

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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

 

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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

 

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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.

 

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

 

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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.

 

    WFM SOUTHERN NEVADA, INC.
Date: September 25, 2017     By:   /s/ Albert E. Percival
      Albert E. Percival
      Assistant Secretary

 

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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.

 

    WFM-WO, INC.
Date: September 25, 2017     By:   /s/ Albert E. Percival
      Albert E. Percival
     

President, Vice President, Secretary,

and Treasurer

 

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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.

 

    WHOLE FOODS MARKET CALIFORNIA, INC.
Date: September 25, 2017     By:   /s/ Albert E. Percival
      Albert E. Percival
      Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer

 

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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.

 

    WHOLE FOODS MARKET GROUP, INC.
Date: September 25, 2017     By:   /s/ Albert E. Percival
      Albert E. Percival
     

President, Vice President, Secretary,

and Treasurer

 

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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

 

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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.

 

   

WHOLE FOODS MARKET PACIFIC

NORTHWEST, INC.

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

 

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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

 

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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.

 

    WHOLE FOODS MARKET SERVICES, INC.
Date: September 25, 2017     By:   /s/ Albert E. Percival
      Albert E. Percival
      Secretary

 

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