8-K 1 a07-28628_18k.htm CURRENT REPORT OF MATERIAL EVENTS OR CORPORATE CHANGES

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C.  20549


 

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

 

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  November 2, 2007

 


 

Whole Foods Market, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Texas
(State of
incorporation)

0-19797
(Commission File
Number)

74-1989366
(IRS Employer
Identification Number)

 

550 Bowie Street

Austin, Texas 78703

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:    (512) 477-4455

 

 

Check the appropriate box if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the reporting obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

o    Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act

o    Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 of the Exchange Act

o    Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) Exchange Act

o    Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) Exchange Act

 

 



 

Item 5.05.                  Amendments to the Registrant’s Code of Ethics, or Waiver of a Provision of
the Code of Ethics

 

                On November 2, 2007, our board of directors amended and restated our Code of Business Conduct.  A copy of our Code of Business Conduct is publicly available on the investor portion of our Company website at www.wholefoodsmarket.com.  The purposes of amending and restating our Code of Business Conduct were conforming disclosure to other stated Company policies, generally updating the Code and enhancing the awareness and readability of the Code.

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

                Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

WHOLE FOODS MARKET, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date: November 6, 2007

By:

    /s/ Glenda Chamberlain

 

 

Glenda Chamberlain

 

 

Executive Vice President and

 

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

 

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