AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON MAY 28, 2002. REGISTRATION NO. 333-85908 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FORM S-3 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 ------------------- WILD OATS MARKETS, INC. (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) DELAWARE 84-1100630 (State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer incorporation or organization) Identification No.) 3375 MITCHELL LANE BOULDER, CO 80301 (303) 440-5220 (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code of registrant's principal executive offices) ------------------- EDWARD F. DUNLAP CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER WILD OATS MARKETS, INC. 3375 MITCHELL LANE BOULDER, CO 80301 (303) 440-5220 (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) COPY TO: FRANCIS R. WHEELER, ESQ. COOLEY GODWARD LLP 380 INTERLOCKEN CRESCENT, SUITE 900 BOULDER, CO 80021 (720) 566-4000 ------------------- EXPLANATORY NOTE Wild Oats Markets, Inc. (the "Registrant") filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Reg. No. 333-85908) (the "Registration Statement"), which originally registered 123,153 shares of Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share of the Registrant for resale by the selling stockholders named therein. The offering contemplated by the Registration Statement has terminated. Pursuant to the undertaking contained in the Registration Statement, the Registrant is filing this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to deregister 11,884 shares originally registered by the Registration Statement that remain unsold as of the termination of the offering. SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Boulder, State of Colorado, on May 28, 2002. Wild Oats Markets, Inc. Date: May 28, 2002 By: /s/ Edward F. Dunlap -------------------------------- Edward F. Dunlap Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this registration statement has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated. Signature Title Date --------- ----- ---- By: * Chief Executive Officer, ----------------------- President and Director May 28, 2002 Perry D. Odak By: /s/ Edward F. Dunlap ----------------------- Chief Financial Officer May 28, 2002 Edward F. Dunlap By: * ----------------------- Chairman May 28, 2002 John A. Shields By: * ----------------------- Vice Chairman May 28, 2002 David M. Chamberlain By: * ----------------------- Director May 28, 2002 Brian K. Devine By: * ----------------------- Director May 28, 2002 David L. Ferguson By: * ----------------------- Director May 28, 2002 James B. McElwee By: * ----------------------- Director May 28, 2002 Mo J. Siegel *By: /s/ Freya R. Brier ---------------------- Attorney in Fact May 28, 2002 Freya R. Brier, as Attorney in Fact