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CORPORATE AND SHAREHOLDER INFORMATION
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
John Mackey
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Whole Foods Market, Inc.
Dr. John B. Elstrott
Chairman of the Board, Whole Foods Market, Inc.
Director, Levy Rosenblum Institute for
Tulane University
Gabrielle E. Greene Principal, Rustic Canyon/Fontis Partners, LP
Hass Hassan General Partner, Greenmont Capital
Stephanie Kugelman Founder and Chairman, A.S.O., A Second Opinion
Jonathan A. Seiffer Partner, Leonard Green & Partners, L.P.
Morris J. Siegel Owner, Capitol Peaks
Jonathan D. Sokoloff Managing Partner, Leonard Green & Partners, L.P.
Dr. Ralph Z. Sorenson Managing Partner, Sorenson Limited Partnership
Kip Tindell Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board, The Container Store
David W. Dupree Director Emeritus
Avram J. Goldberg Director Emeritus
Linda A. Mason Director Emeritus
EXECUTIVE TEAM
John Mackey Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer
A.C. Gallo Co-President, Chief Operating Officer
Walter Robb Co-President, Chief Operating Officer
Glenda Chamberlain Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
Jim Sud Executive Vice President, Growth and Business Development
REGIONAL PRESIDENTS
Scott Allshouse
Patrick Bradley
John Clougher
Mark Dixon
David Lannon
Ken Meyer
Christina Minardi
Juan Nunez
Will Paradise
Jeff Turnas nited Kingdom Region
GLOBAL VICE PRESIDENTS
Bart Beilman
Michael Besancon
Mike Clifford Global Vice President, Chief Information Officer
Sam Ferguson
Betsy Foster
Edmund La Macchia
Roberta Lang
Cindy McCann
Lee Matecko Global Vice President, Construction and Store Development
Brian O’Connell
Jim Speirs
Margaret Wittenberg Global Vice President, Quality Standards and Public Affairs
ORDERING FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
A copy of our Annual Report and Form 10-K may be obtained by written or
phone request to:
Shareholder Services
Whole Foods Market, Inc.
550 Bowie Street
Austin, TX 78703
512.542.0801
INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
Ernst & Young LLP
TRANSFER AGENT & REGISTRAR
Information about stock certificates, change of address, ownership transfer
or other stock matters can be obtained from:
Securities Transfer Corporation
2591 Dallas Parkway, Suite 102
Frisco, TX 75034
469.633.0101
www.stctransfer.com
ANNUAL MEETING
March 8, 2010
9:00 a.m. local time
Audio Webcast at:
www.wholefoodsmarket.com
Entrepreneurship,
Michael Bashaw
Laura Derba
The Westin Bayshore
1601 Bayshore Drive
Vancouver, British Columbia V6G2V4 Canada
TRADING INFORMATION
The common stock of Whole Foods Market is traded on the Nasdaq Global
Select Stock Market (symbol: WFMI). If you wish to become a shareholder,
please contact a stockbroker.
Mark Ehrnstein
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DOLLARS
S&P Food RetailWhole Foods Market, Inc. NASDAQ Composite
PERFORMANCE GRAPH
The following graph compares the cumulative 5-year total return provided
shareholders on Whole Foods Market, Inc.'s common stock relative to the
cumulative total returns of the NASDAQ Composite index and the S&P
Food Retail index. An investment of $100 (with reinvestment of all
dividends) is assumed to have been made in our common stock and in
each of the indexes on 9/30/2004 and its relative performance is tracked
through 9/30/2009.
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Regional President, Southern Pacific Region
Regional President, Pacific Northwest Region
Regional President, North Atlantic Region
Regional President, Southwest Region
Regional President, Northern California Region
Regional President, Mid-Atlantic Region
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Global Vice President, Distribution
Global Senior Vice President, Purchasing, Distribution and Marketing
Global Vice President, Team Member Services
Global Vice President, Accounting and Controller
Global Vice President, Growth and Business Development
Global Vice President, Procurement/Perishables
Global Vice President, Legal Affairs and General Counsel
Global Vice President, Investor Relations
Global Vice President, Operational Finance
Global Vice President, Procurement/Non-Perishables