X0304 4 2011-12-06 0 0001020859 UNITED NATURAL FOODS INC UNFI 0001334739 Shamber Mark C/O UNITED NATURAL FOODS, INC. 313 IRON HORSE WAY PROVIDENCE RI 02908 0 1 0 0 SVP, Chief Financial Officer Common Stock 2011-12-06 4 M 0 900 0 A 15550 D Common Stock 3878 I See footnote Restricted Stock Unit 2011-12-06 4 M 0 900 0 D Common Stock 900 900 D Restricted Stock Unit 2011-12-06 4 D 0 900 0 D Common Stock 900 0 D Phantom Stock 2011-12-06 4 A 0 900 0 A Common Stock 900 11632 D Includes 2,210 shares of common stock allocated to the reporting person under the United Natural Foods, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and 1,668 shares of common stock allocated to the reporting person under the United Natural Foods, Inc. 401(k) Plan's UNFI Stock Fund as of December 6, 2011. 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. The restricted stock units vest in four equal annual installments beginning on the first anniversary of the date of grant. On December 6, 2011, 1,800 shares of United Natural Foods, Inc. (the "Company") restricted stock units vested. Of these shares, the reporting person had previously elected to defer 900 shares to the Company's Deferred Compensation Plan. The security converts to common stock on a one-for-one basis subject to the terms of the United Natural Foods, Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan. Lisa N'Chonon, Power-of-Attorney, in-fact 2011-12-08