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Exhibit 10.44

 EXHIBIT 10.44 
  
 Compensation Committee Meeting—12/18/97 
 Supplemental
Executive Retirement Plan Resolutions 
 (Committee Approval Only) 
  
 RESOLVED, That, based on studies and recommendations of the Committee’s outside
consultant, the Committee hereby approves the following amendments to the Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan, effective December 17, 1997: 
  

	1.	The definition of Years of Service in Section 1.31 of the Plan is revised to read as follows: 

  
 Years of Service means the total years of service as determined under the terms of the Retirement Plan for
purposes of determining the Participant’s vested or nonforfeitable interest in the Retirement Plan. For any Participant who is not in pay status as of December 17, 1997, Years of Service means two times the total years of service as
determined under the terms of the Retirement Plan for purposes of determining the Participant’s vested or nonforfeitable interest in the Retirement Plan plus five additional Years of Service for employment with any prior employer other than the
Corporation or an Affiliate. In addition, Years of Service includes service with a successor corporation following a Change in Control to the extent that such service would be recognized for purposes of determining the Participant’s
vested or nonforfeitable interest in the Retirement Plan if such successor were the Corporation. In the event of a Change in Control, Years of Service shall also include two additional Years of Service if the Participant becomes entitled to
payments under a severance agreement under the Crestar Financial Corporation Executive Severance Plan (the “Executive Severance Plan”) that provides for a lump sum severance amount based on two times his base pay and bonus or three
additional Years of Service if the Participant becomes entitled to payments under a severance agreement under the Executive Severance Plan that provides for a lump sum severance amount based on three times his base pay and bonus. To the extent
approved by the Committee, Years of Service shall include additional service with a predecessor employer or entity acquired by the Corporation or an Affiliate. Except as provided in the second sentence of this Section 1.31, a period of
service with the Corporation, an Affiliate, a predecessor employer or entity, a successor or any other period shall only be counted once in determining a Participant’s Years of Service. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Participant’s
Years of Service shall not be less than the number of years determined in accordance with the provisions of Exhibit I to the Plan as approved by the Committee from time to time and in all events the total Years of Service credited to a
Participant under this Section 1.31 and Exhibit I in excess of twenty Years of Service shall be disregarded. 
  

	2.	The definition of “Offset Amount” in Section 1.23 is amended by adding the following sentence to the end of that Section: 

  
 Offset Amount shall also include for any Participant who is
credited under Section 1.31 with five Years of Service for service with a prior employer or for any other service with an employer other than the Corporation or an Affiliate, the sum of the annual benefits, if any, payable to or on behalf of that
Participant for his lifetime under any qualified or nonqualified defined benefit plan of a prior employer and assuming a benefit commencement date as of the date that benefits are scheduled to commence under Article III or IV.Exhibit 10.48

 EXHIBIT 10.48 
  
 CRESTAR FINANCIAL CORPORATION 
 BOARD
OF DIRECTORS MEETING 
 September 26, 1997 
  

RESOLUTIONS AMENDING THE DIRECTORS’ EQUITY PROGRAM. 
  
 RESOLVED, that the Board of Directors of Crestar Financial Corporation hereby amends Subsection 2(k) of the Directors’ Equity Program
to read as follows: 
  
 Director means a duly elected or appointed member of he Board who is not an employee of he Company or an affiliate or subsidiary of the Company, excluding any member of the Board who is required to transfer, assign
or pay his or her benefits under the Plan to a the member’s employer or firm. 
  
 FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board of Directors of Crestar Financial Corporation hereby ratifies and affirms all awards that have been made
under the Directors’ Equity Program. 
  
 FINALLY RESOLVED, that the appropriate officers of the Corporation are hereby are hereby authorized and directed to take such actions and to execute such documents as they may deem necessary or appropriate to implement the foregoing
resolutions, all without the necessity of further action by this Board.Form of Indemnification and Hold Harmless Agreement

 Exhibit 10.1 
  
 INDEMNIFICATION AND HOLD HARMLESS AGREEMENT 
  
 THIS INDEMNIFICATION AND HOLD HARMLESS AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made as of June 25, 2003, by and
between Whole Foods Market, Inc., a Texas corporation (the “Company”), and
                                    
(“Indemnitee”). 
  
 WHEREAS, in order to
incentivize Indemnitee to serve, or to continue to serve, as a director, officer or agent of the Company, one of its subsidiaries, affiliates or regions (in any such case, the “Service”), the Company has agreed to indemnify
Indemnitee as set forth below; 
  
 NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the foregoing and certain other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows: 
  
 1. Indemnification. Effective as of the original date of
Indemnitee’s beginning Service, the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee and hold Indemnitee harmless if the Indemnitee is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether
civil, criminal, administrative, arbitrative or investigative, and in any appeal in such action, suit or proceeding, and in any inquiry or investigation that could lead to such an action, suit or proceeding, against any and all liabilities,
obligations (whether known or unknown, or due or to become due or otherwise), judgments, fines, fees, penalties, interest obligations, deficiencies, other actual losses (for example, verifiable lost income related to time spent defending such claim
or action) and reasonable expenses (including, without limitation amounts paid in settlement, interest, court costs, costs of investigators, reasonable fees and expenses of attorneys, accountants, financial advisors and other experts) incurred or
suffered by Indemnitee in connection with such action, suit or proceeding arising out of or pertaining to any actual or alleged action or omission which arises out of or relates to the fact that Indemnitee is or was serving as a director or officer
of the Company or at the request of the Company as a director, officer, trustee, employee, or agent of or in any other capacity for another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise (including any region of the Company), to
the fullest extent permitted by applicable law and the Company’s Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws, each as amended (but in the case of any such amendment, only to the extent that such amendment permits the Company to provide the same or
broader indemnification rights than permitted prior thereto) (each such liability, obligation, judgment, fine, fee, penalty, interest obligation, deficiency, other actual losses, and reasonable expenses being referred to herein as a
“Loss,” and collectively, as “Losses”). Any Loss incurred by Indemnitee shall be paid by the Company on a regular monthly basis. This indemnity applies even if the Indemnitee caused the Loss through his or her
negligence, strict liability or other fault; however, if any Losses for which Indemnitee received payment from the Company under this Agreement are determined by final judicial decision from which there is no further right to appeal, to have been
caused by Indemnitee under circumstances with respect to which indemnification is not permitted by applicable law or this Agreement (any such Loss, a “Non-Indemnification Loss”), Indemnitee shall repay to the Company such Losses paid on
behalf of Indemnitee hereunder. The indemnification rights provided hereby to Indemnitee shall continue even though he or she may have ceased to be a director, officer, trustee, employee, or agent of or in any other capacity for the applicable
entity. 

 2. Notice and Coverage Prior to Notice. Indemnitee shall give notice (the
“Notice”) to the Company within five days after actual receipt of service or summons related to any action begun in respect of which indemnity may be sought hereunder or actual notice of assertion of a claim with respect to which he
seeks indemnification; provided, however, that the Indemnitee’s failure to give such notice to the Company within such time shall not relieve the Company from any of its obligations under Section 1 of this Agreement except to the extent the
Company has been materially prejudiced by Indemnitee’s failure to give such notice within such time period. Upon receipt of the Notice, the Company shall assume the defense of such action, whereupon the Indemnitee shall not be liable for any
reasonable fees or expenses of counsel for Indemnitee or any other Losses incurred thereafter with respect to the matters set forth in the Notice and the Company shall reimburse the Indemnitee for all reasonable expenses related to the action or
claim incurred by the Indemnitee prior to the Indemnitee’s giving of the Notice. 
  
 3. Non-Exclusivity. The rights of Indemnitee hereunder shall be in addition to any rights that Indemnitee may have under the Company’s governance documents (e.g. Articles of Incorporation, By-laws,
Articles of Organization, Regulations, etc.), applicable law or otherwise and shall survive any termination, resignation, death or other dismissal of Indemnitee. 
  
 4. Insurance. To the extent the Company maintains, at its expense, an insurance policy or policies providing
liability insurance with respect to the acts or omissions covered by this Agreement, Indemnitee shall be covered by such policy or policies, in accordance with its or their terms, to the maximum extent of the coverage available there under.

  
 5. Payment. The Company shall not be liable to
Indemnitee under this Agreement to make any payment in connection with any claim against Indemnitee to the extent the Indemnitee has otherwise actually received, and is entitled to retain, payment (under any insurance policy or otherwise) of the
amounts otherwise indemnifiable hereunder. 
  
 6.
Enforceability. The indemnification contained in this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the parties hereto and their respective successors, assigns (including any direct or indirect successor by
purchase, merger, consolidation, liquidation or otherwise to all or substantially all of the business and/or assets of the Company), spouses, heirs and personal and legal representatives. 
  
 7. Binding Obligation. If this Agreement or any portion hereof shall be found to be invalid on any ground by any
court of competent jurisdiction, then the Company shall nevertheless indemnify and hold harmless Indemnitee, as to costs, charges and expenses (including court costs and attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in
settlement with respect to any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, arbitrative or investigative, and in any appeal in such action, suit or proceeding, and in any inquiry or investigation that could lead to such an
action, suit or proceeding, to the full extent permitted by any applicable portion of this Agreement that shall not have been invalidated and to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law. 
  
 8. Governing Law; Venue. This Agreement shall be construed in
accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of Texas, without regard to the principles of conflicts of laws. The parties agree that any litigation directly or indirectly relating to this Agreement must be brought before and determined by a
court of competent jurisdiction within Travis County, Texas, and the parties hereby agree to waive any rights to object to, and hereby agree to submit to, the jurisdiction of such courts. 

 9. Right to Sue; Attorneys’ Fees and Costs. If a claim by Indemnitee for payment of Losses
hereunder is not paid in full by the Company within forty-five (45) days after a written claim has been delivered to the Company, Indemnitee may at any time thereafter bring suit against the Company to recover the unpaid amount of the claim. If
successful in whole or in part in any such suit, Indemnitee shall be entitled to be paid also the reasonable costs and expenses of prosecuting such suit. In any suit brought by Indemnitee to enforce any right hereunder (including, without
limitation, the right to indemnification), the burden of proving that Indemnitee is not entitled to such right shall be borne by the Company. If a claim by the Company for repayment of any Non-Indemnification Losses previously paid on behalf of
Indemnitee hereunder is not repaid in full to the Company within forty-five (45) days after such ruling has been delivered to Indemnitee, the Company may at any time thereafter bring suit against the Indemnitee to recover the unpaid amount.

  
 10. Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be
binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, successors and assigns of each party to this Agreement. 
  
 11. Amendment. This Agreement may be amended, modified or supplemented only by a written instrument executed by each of the parties hereto.

  
 12. Facsimile and Counterpart Signature. This Agreement
may be executed by facsimile signature and in one or more counterparts, each of which shall for all purposes be deemed an original and all of which shall constitute the same instrument, but only one of which need be produced. 
  
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Agreement as of the
date first above written. 
  

			
	Whole Foods Market, Inc.
		
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	Indemnitee
	
	

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