0001181431-13-042078.txt : 20130731 0001181431-13-042078.hdr.sgml : 20130731 20130731205504 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001181431-13-042078 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 3 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20130731 FILED AS OF DATE: 20130731 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20130731 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001575515 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: RETAIL-GROCERY STORES [5411] IRS NUMBER: 320331600 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1229 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 11811 N. TATUM BOULEVARD SUITE 2400 CITY: PHOENIX STATE: AZ ZIP: 85028 BUSINESS PHONE: 480-814-8016 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 11811 N. TATUM BOULEVARD SUITE 2400 CITY: PHOENIX STATE: AZ ZIP: 85028 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Sprouts Farmers Markets, LLC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20130426 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: JHAWAR ANDREW CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001256242 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 3 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-36029 FILM NUMBER: 131000644 3 1 rrd386733.xml JHAWAR CLOSING FORM 3 X0206 3 2013-07-31 1 0001575515 Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. SFM 0001256242 JHAWAR ANDREW 11811 N.TATUM BLVD SUITE 2400 PHOENIX AZ 85028 1 0 0 0 Mr. Jhawar is associated with Apollo Management, L.P. ("Apollo Management") and its affiliated managers, including Apollo Management VI, L.P. Apollo Management VI, L.P. directly or indirectly manages each of the Apollo entities that hold shares of common stock of Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. (the "Issuer") , and as such may be deemed to beneficially own such shares. This report does not include any securities of the Issuer held by any of the Apollo entities or that may be deemed to be beneficially owned by Apollo Management or any of the other Apollo investment managers or investment advisors, and Mr. Jhawar disclaims beneficial ownership of all such securities. This report shall not be deemed an admission that Mr. Jhawar is the beneficial owner of, or has any pecuniary interest in, such securities for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or for any other purpose. Andrew Jhawar 2013-07-31 EX-24.1 2 rrd347871_394005.htm POWER OF ATTORNEY rrd347871_394005.html 
POWER OF ATTORNEY
             KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned Andrew Jhawar, hereby constitutes and appoints each of James Douglas Sanders, Amin N. Maredia and Brandon F. Lombardi and each of them acting individually, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact to:
             1. execute and file for and on behalf of the undersigned a Form ID, and any amendments thereto, in order to obtain access codes necessary to make electronic filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC");

             2.  execute for and on behalf of the undersigned Forms 3, 4 and 5 relating to the Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, of Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. (the "Company") in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the Exchange Act) and the rules thereunder;

             3. do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete the execution of any such Form 3, 4 or 5 and the timely filing of such form with the SEC and any other authority, including the New York Stock Exchange; and

             4. 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 his or her discretion.

             The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary and proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as such attorney-in-fact might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming that such attorney-in-fact, or his or her 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 attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

             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 attorneys-in-fact.

             IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 31st day of July, 2013.

/s/ Andrew Jhawar
Andrew Jhawar







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