Ms. Glenda Flanagan is Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President of Whole Foods Market, Inc since February 2001. Ms. Flanagan earned $331,289 in base salary due to her having taken unpaid time off. For fiscal year 2010, Ms. Flanagan’s total cash compensation was $660,616. Due to the Company’s exceptional performance during fiscal year 2010 and the terms of the Bonus Plan, Ms. Flanagan also earned an additional $476,038 in cash compensation for fiscal year 2010 which was forfeited based on the application of the Company’s salary cap and compensation amounts paid to other executive officers, as detailed below. Ms. Flanagan also received three grants of options to purchase shares totaling 29,421. The first of such grants is a leadership grant of options to purchase 4,250 shares, which is similar in size to the amount granted to each member of our executive team, other than Mr. Mackey. The second grant of options to purchase 171 shares is based on her years of service with the Company. The third grant of options to purchase 25,000 shares is based on the Company’s desire to retain and reward Ms. Flanagan; instead of the Company’s usual four-year option vesting period, this set of options vests ratably over nine years. Under the usual application of the salary cap. Ms. Flanagan would have been entitled to receive an additional $44,421 in cash compensation; however, her qualitative bonus amount paid was limited to the amount paid to other executives and her quantitative bonus amount paid was limited to the average of the amounts paid. Ms. Flanagan also received an additional $24,569 during the fiscal year in the form of benefit hours earned. |