WFM Whole Foods Market, Inc.

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 29, 2017

Registration No. 333-27745

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1

TO

FORM S-3

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

 

WHOLE FOODS MARKET, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Texas		550 Bowie Street, Austin, Texas 78703 (512) 477-4455		74-1989366
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

 

Heather Stern

General Counsel and Global Vice President of Legal Affairs

Whole Foods Market, Inc.

550 Bowie Street, Austin, Texas 78703

(512) 477-4455

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

 

 

Copy to:

Ronald O. Mueller, Esq.

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

1050 Connecticut Avenue, N.W.

Washington, DC 20036-5306

(202) 955-8671

 

 

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: Not Applicable.

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DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES

This Post-Effective Amendment relates to the following Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the “Registration Statement”) filed by Whole Foods Market, Inc. (“Whole Foods Market”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission:

 

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Registration No. 333-27745, filed on May 23, 1997, as amended on July 17, 1997 and July 28, 1997, registering 399,903 shares of common stock of Whole Foods Market, no par value, which may be sold from time to time by certain holders of the shares.

Pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of June 15, 2017 (the “Merger Agreement”), by and among Amazon.com, Inc. (“Amazon”), Whole Foods Market, and Walnut Merger Sub, Inc., Whole Foods Market became a subsidiary of Amazon. As a result of the transaction contemplated by the Merger Agreement, Whole Foods Market has terminated all offerings of its securities pursuant to the Registration Statement and hereby removes and withdraws from registration all securities registered pursuant to the Registration Statement that remain unsold as of the date hereof. The Registration Statement is hereby amended, as appropriate, to reflect the deregistration of such securities.

 

 

 

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing this Form S-3 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Austin, State of Texas, on this 29 ^th day of August 2017.

 

Pursuant to the Rule 478 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, no other person is required to sign this Post-Effective Amendment to the specified registration statement on Form S-3.

 

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