FORM 4
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or
Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
Check this box if no longer
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obligations may continue.
See Instruction 1(b).
(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Last) (First) (Middle)
Gilliland Michael C.
(Street)
6105 Monarch Road
(City) (State) (Zip)
Longmont CO 80503
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Wild Oats Markets ("OATS")
3. IRS Identification
Number of Reporting
Person, if an entity
(Voluntary)
4. Statement for Month/Year
March 2000
5. If Amendment, Date of
Original (Month/Year)
6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
X Director 10% Owner
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X Officer (give title below) Other
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Chief Executive Officer (specify below)
7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
X Form filed by One Reporting Person
Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
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Table I-- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security 2. Trans- 3. Transaction 4. Securities Acquired (A) 5. Amount of 6. Ownership 7. Nature of
(Instr. 3) action Code or Disposed of (D) Securities Form: Indirect
Date (Instr. 8) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Beneficially Direct Beneficial
(Month/ Owned at End (D) or Ownership
Day/ of Month Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)
Year) (Instr. 3 (Instr. 4)
and 4)
(A) or
Code V Amount (D) Price
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3/13/00 G V 5,710 D $17.50 878,462 D
(Note #1)
1,323,752 I
See Note #2
9,315 I Joint tenancy
with spouse
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SEC 1475 (3/99)
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
owned directly or indirectly. *If the form is filed by more than one reporting
preson, see Instruction 4(b)(v). Potential persons who are to respond to the
collection of Information contained in this form are not required to respond
unless the form displays a currently valid OMB control number.
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FORM 4 (continued)
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Table II-- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1.Title of Derivative 2.Conversion 3.Trans- 4.Transaction 5.Number of 6.Date
Security or Exercise action Code Derivative Exercisable
(Instr. 3) Price of Date (Instr. Securities and
Derivative 8) Acquired (A) Expiration
Security or Disposed of Date
(D) (Instr. 3, (Month/Day/Year)
4, and 5)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
(Month/ ` Date Expiration
Day/ Code V (A) (D) Exer- Date
Year) cisable
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7.Title and Amount of 8.Price of 9.Number 10.Owner- 11. Nature of
Underlying Securities Deriv- of ship Form Indirect
(Instr. 3 and 4) ative Derivati of Deriv- Benefial
Security Securitie ative Owner-
(Instr. 5) Benefici- Security: ship (Instr. 4)
ally (Instr. 4)
Owned at
End of
Month
Title Amount or Direct
Number of (D) or
Shares Indirect
(I)
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Explanation of Responses:
Note #1 John K. Cook, Sr. 571 Shares; John K. Cook 571 Shares; Elizabeth F.
Shackford 571 Shares; Gregory J. Cook 571 Shares; Catherine H. Cook 571 Shares;
Gregory J. Cook, as Custodian for Meghan Hauser 571 Shares; Gregory J. Cook, as
Custodian for Robert Keegan Cook 571 Shares; John K. Cook, as Custodian for
Andrew Cook 571 Shares; John K. Cook, as Custodian for Kevin Cook 571 Shares;
Patrick Gilliland 571 Shares; Insook Gilliland 571 Shares; Patrick Gilliland, as
Custodian for Sam Gilliland 571 Shares; Patrick Gilliland, as Custodian for Mia
Gilliland 571 Shares.
Note #2 5,700 shares disposed of as gifts, resulting in 878,462 shares held by
spouse Michael C. Gilliland; 15,435 shares held by the Ian Patrick Gilliland
1993 Trust and 15,435 shares held by the Stella Elizabeth Cook 1993 Trust, both
minor children of the insider; 953,682 shares held by the Gilliland/Cook Family
Partnership, LLLP; 23,181 shares held by the Wild Oats Community Foundation of
which the insider is a trustee; 14,625 shares held by the Elizabeth C. Cook
Charitable Remainder Trust; and 14,625 shares held by the Michael C. Gilliland
Charitable Remainder Trust
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal
Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed.
If space provided is insufficient, see instruction 6 for procedure.
**Signature
of Reporting Person
By: /s/ Freya R. Brier Date 04/10/00
Freya R. Brier, Attorney-in-Fact for
Michael C. Gilliland
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