Whole Foods Market Extends Tender Offer for Outstanding Shares of Common Stock of Wild Oats Markets
2007年8月10日 - 11:15PM
PRニュース・ワイアー (英語)
AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Whole Foods
Market, Inc. (NASDAQ:WFMI) announced today that it had extended the
expiration date for its tender offer to purchase outstanding shares
of Wild Oats Markets, Inc. (NASDAQ:OATS) to 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday,
August 15, 2007. As of the close of business on August 9, 2007, a
total of 16,641,830 shares of common stock of Wild Oats, which
represent approximately 55.6% of the 29,926,251 shares that were
outstanding as of July 27, 2007 (according to the most recent
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed by Wild Oats) have been
tendered and not withdrawn pursuant to the tender offer. About the
Transaction: On February 21, 2007, Whole Foods Market entered into
a merger agreement with Wild Oats, pursuant to which Whole Foods
Market, through a wholly-owned subsidiary, has commenced a tender
offer to purchase all of the outstanding shares of Wild Oats at a
purchase price of $18.50 per share in cash. On June 7, 2007, the
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed a suit in the federal district
court to block the proposed acquisition on antitrust grounds and
seeking a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction
pending a trial on the merits. Whole Foods Market and Wild Oats
consented to a temporary restraining order pending a hearing on the
preliminary injunction, which concluded on August 1, 2007. The
parties anticipate receiving a ruling from the federal district
court in mid-August. About Whole Foods Market: Founded in 1980 in
Austin, Texas, Whole Foods Market(R) is a Fortune 500 company and
one of the leading retailers of natural and organic foods. The
Company had sales of $5.6 billion in fiscal year 2006 and currently
has 197 stores in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom.
About Wild Oats: Wild Oats Markets, Inc. is a nationwide chain of
natural and organic foods markets in the U.S. and Canada. With more
than $1.2 billion in annual sales, Wild Oats currently operates 110
natural food stores in 24 states and British Columbia, Canada. The
Company's markets include: Wild Oats Marketplace, Henry's Farmers
Market, Sun Harvest and Capers Community Markets. For more
information, please visit Wild Oats' website at
http://www.wildoats.com/. The following constitutes a "Safe Harbor"
statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995: Except for the historical information contained herein, the
matters discussed in this press release are forward-looking
statements that involve risks and uncertainties, which could cause
our actual results to differ materially from those described in the
forward looking statements. These risks include but are not limited
to general business conditions, the timely development and opening
of new stores, the impact of competition, and other risks detailed
from time to time in the Company's SEC reports, including the
reports on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 24, 2006.
Whole Foods Market undertakes no obligation to update
forward-looking statements. Securities Law Disclosure: The
description contained herein is neither an offer to purchase nor a
solicitation of an offer to sell shares of Wild Oats Markets, Inc.
Whole Foods Market, Inc. and WFMI Merger Co. have filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission a tender offer statement on
Schedule TO and certain amendments thereto, and have mailed an
offer to purchase, forms of letter of transmittal and related
documents to Wild Oats' stockholders. Wild Oats has filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, and has mailed to Wild Oats'
stockholders, a solicitation/recommendation statement on Schedule
14D-9 with respect to the tender offer. These documents contain
important information about the tender offer, including the terms
of the tender offer, and stockholders of Wild Oats are urged to
read them carefully. Stockholders of Wild Oats may obtain a free
copy of these documents and other documents filed by Wild Oats or
Whole Foods Market with the Securities and Exchange Commission at
the website maintained by the Securities and Exchange Commission at
http://www.sec.gov/ or by contacting the information agent for the
tender offer, Georgeson Inc., at (212) 440-9800 or (866) 313-2357
(toll free), or the dealer manager for the tender offer, RBC
Capital Markets Corporation, at (415) 633-8668 or (800) 777-9315
x8668 (toll free). Contact: Cindy McCann VP of Investor Relations
512.542.0204 DATASOURCE: Whole Foods Market, Inc. CONTACT: Cindy
McCann, VP of Investor Relations of Whole Foods Market, Inc.,
+1-512-542-0204 Web site: http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/
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