0001020859-16-000261.txt : 20160914 0001020859-16-000261.hdr.sgml : 20160914 20160914162235 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001020859-16-000261 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 3 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20160908 FILED AS OF DATE: 20160914 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20160914 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: UNITED NATURAL FOODS INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001020859 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: WHOLESALE-GROCERIES & GENERAL LINE [5141] IRS NUMBER: 050376157 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0730 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 313 IRON HORSE WAY CITY: PROVIDENCE STATE: RI ZIP: 02908 BUSINESS PHONE: 401-528-8634 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 313 IRON HORSE WAY CITY: PROVIDENCE STATE: RI ZIP: 02908 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Hummel John Michael CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001683356 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 3 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-15723 FILM NUMBER: 161885303 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 313 IRON HORSE WAY CITY: PROVIDENCE STATE: RI ZIP: 02908 3 1 wf-form3_147388454241476.xml FORM 3 X0206 3 2016-09-08 0 0001020859 UNITED NATURAL FOODS INC UNFI 0001683356 Hummel John Michael C/O UNITED NATURAL FOODS, INC. 313 IRON HORSE WAY PROVIDENCE RI 02908 0 1 0 0 President, Central Region Common Stock 211 D Common Stock 41 I See Footnote Restricted Stock Unit Common Stock 1000.0 D Restricted Stock Unit Common Stock 2760.0 D Restricted Stock Unit Common Stock 1590.0 D Includes 41 shares of common stock allocated to the reporting person under the United Natural Foods, Inc. 401(k) Plan's UNFI Stock Fund as of September 8, 2016. Award Date: 9/16/2013 The restricted stock units vest in four equal annual installments beginning on the first anniversary of the date of grant. Each restricted stock unit represents the right to receive one share of United Natural Foods, Inc. common stock upon vesting in accordance with the terms of the reporting person's restricted stock unit agreement. Award Date: 9/17/2015 Award Date: 9/19/2014 Lisa N'Chonon, Power of Attorney, in-fact 2016-09-14 EX-24 2 powerofattorney-jh.htm POWER OF ATTORNEY- JH Exhibit


POWER OF ATTORNEY

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Lisa N’Chonon, Michael Zechmeister, Joseph J. Traficanti, Christopher Waters and Joseph McGrail, with full power of substitution, the undersigned’s true and lawful attorney‑in‑fact to:

(1)
execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of United Natural Foods, Inc. (the “Company”), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

(2)
do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such form with the SEC and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

(3)
take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney‑in‑fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney‑in‑fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney‑in‑fact may approve in such attorney‑in‑fact’s discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney‑in‑fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney‑in‑fact, or such attorney‑in‑fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorney‑in‑fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, is not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorney‑in‑fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 7th day of September, 2016.


______/s/ John Hummel_______
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