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17
On November 4, 2014, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized an increase in the Company’s quarterly dividend to $0.13
per common share from $0.12 per common share, payable on January 27, 2015, to shareholders of record at the close of business
on January 16, 2015. The Company will pay future dividends at the discretion of the Company’s Board of Directors. The
continuation of these payments, the amount of such dividends, and the form in which dividends are paid (cash or stock) depend
on many factors, including the results of operations and the financial condition of the Company. Subject to these qualifications,
the Company currently expects to pay dividends on a quarterly basis.
Performance Graph
The following graph and accompanying table show the cumulative five-year total return to shareholders of Whole Foods Market,
Inc.’s common stock relative to the cumulative total returns of the S&P 500 Index, the NASDAQ Composite Index, and the
S&P Food Retail Index. The graph tracks the performance of a $100 investment in our common stock and in each of the indices
(with the reinvestment of all dividends) from September 30, 2009 to September 30, 2014. The stock price performance included
in this graph is not necessarily indicative of future stock price performance.
9/30/2009 9/30/2010 9/30/2011 9/30/2012 9/30/2013 9/30/2014
Whole Foods Market, Inc. 100.00 121.71 215.66 323.74 400.67 263.85
NASDAQ Composite 100.00 112.55 116.28 153.12 189.49 227.09
S&P 500 100.00 110.16 111.42 145.07 173.13 207.30
S&P Food Retail 100.00 107.25 115.48 141.87 216.58 219.66
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