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PART III
Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance.
The information required by this item about our Company’s Executive Officers is included in Part I, “Item 1. Business” of this
Report on Form 10-K under the caption “Executive Officers of the Registrant.” All other information required by this item is
incorporated herein by reference from the registrant’s definitive Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be
held March 10, 2015 to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Regulation 14A (“Proxy Statement”).
The Company has adopted a Code of Business Conduct (the “Code”) for all team members and directors pursuant to section
406 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. A copy of the Code is publicly available on our Whole Foods Market website at http://
www.wholefoodsmarket.com/sites/default/files/media/Global/Company%20Info/PDFs/CodeofBusinessConduct2013.pdf and
the Company will provide disclosure of future updates, amendments or waivers by posting them to our website. The Code applies
to the Company’s principal executive officers, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer, controller and other
persons who perform similar functions for the Company, in addition to the corporate directors and employees of the Company.
The information contained on our website is not incorporated by reference into this Report on Form 10-K.
Item 11. Executive Compensation.
The information required by this item is incorporated herein by reference from the registrant’s Proxy Statement.
Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters.
The following table summarizes information about the Company’s equity compensation plans by type as of September 28, 2014
(in millions, except per share amounts):
Plan category
Number of securities to
be issued upon exercise
of outstanding options
Weighted average
exercise price of
outstanding options
Number of securities
remaining available for
future issuance under
equity compensation
plans (excluding
securities reflected in
column (a))
(a) (b) (c)
Approved by security holders 22.3 $ 38.37 37.6
Not approved by security holders — — —
Total 22.3 $ 38.37 37.6
All other information required by this item is incorporated herein by reference from the registrant’s Proxy Statement.
Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence.
The information required by this item is incorporated herein by reference from the registrant’s Proxy Statement.
Item 14. Principal Accounting Fees and Services.
The information required by this item is incorporated herein by reference from the registrant’s Proxy Statement.