Schedule 13G/A

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

SCHEDULE 13G

 

Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

(Amendment No. 16)*

 

 

 

 

Publix Super Markets, Inc.

(Name of Issuer)

 

 

Common Stock, Par Value $1.00 Per Share

(Title of Class of Securities)

 

 

None

(CUSIP Number)

 

 

December 31, 2008

(Date of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement)

 

Check the appropriate box to designate the rule pursuant to which this Schedule is filed:

x Rule 13d-1(b)

¨ Rule 13d-1(c)

¨ Rule 13d-1(d)

 

 

*   The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person’s initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter the disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

The information required in the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act.

 

Page 1 of 5


  SCHEDULE 13G  
CUSIP No.      None         Page 2 of 5 Pages

 

  1  

Names of Reporting Persons

I.R.S. Identification Nos. of above persons (entities only)

 

            Publix Super Markets, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan

   
  2  

Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group

(a)  ¨

(b)  x

   
  3  

SEC Use Only

 

   
  4  

Citizenship or Place of Organization

 

            Florida

   

 

Number of  

Shares  

Beneficially  

Owned By  

Each  

Reporting  

Person  

With:  

 

 

  5    Sole Voting Power

 

                0

 

  6    Shared Voting Power

 

                246,847,069

 

  7    Sole Dispositive Power

 

                0

 

  8    Shared Dispositive Power

 

                246,847,069

  9  

Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person

 

            246,847,069

   
10  

Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (9) Excludes Certain Shares

 

 

            Not applicable.

 

¨

 

11  

Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (9)

 

            31.2%

   
12  

Type of Reporting Person

 

            EP

   

 


  SCHEDULE 13G  
CUSIP No.      None         Page 3 of 5 Pages

 

Item 1  

(a).

   Name of Issuer:      
     Publix Super Markets, Inc.      
Item 1  

(b).

   Address of Issuer’s Principal Executive Offices:      
     3300 Publix Corporate Parkway, Lakeland, FL 33811      
Item 2  

(a).

   Name of Person Filing:      
     Publix Super Markets, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan      
Item 2  

(b).

   Address of Principal Business Office or, if none, Residence:      
     3300 Publix Corporate Parkway, Lakeland, FL 33811      
Item 2  

(c).

   Citizenship:      
     Florida      
Item 2  

(d).

   Title of Class of Securities:      
     Common Stock, Par Value $1.00 Per Share      
Item 2  

(e).

   CUSIP Number:      
     None      
Item 3.   If this statement is filed pursuant to Rules 13d-1(b), or 13d-2(b) or (c), check whether the person filing is a:   
  f.    x    An employee benefit plan or endowment fund in accordance with Rule 13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(F).


  SCHEDULE 13G  
CUSIP No.    None         Page 4 of 5 Pages

 

Item 4.    Ownership      
   Information regarding ownership of common stock of the issuer:      
   (a)    Amount beneficially owned:      
      246,847,069      
   (b)    Percent of class:      
      31.2%      
   (c)    Number of shares as to which such person has:      
      (i)    Sole power to vote or to direct the vote:      
         0      
      (ii)    Shared power to vote or to direct the vote:      
         246,847,069      
      (iii)    Sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of:      
         0      
      (iv)    Shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of:      
         246,847,069      
  

As of December 31, 2008, the Publix Super Markets, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan (“ESOP”) was the beneficial owner, as that term is defined under Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, of a total of 246,847,069 shares of the Company’s common stock or approximately 31.2% of the total outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock.

     
  

Changes that have occurred in the total number of shares of the Company’s common stock held by the ESOP since the filing of the fifteenth amendment to the initial statement are reflected in Schedule 1 attached hereto. All such changes have been in accordance with the terms of the ESOP.

     
Item 5.    Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class   
  

Not applicable.

  
Item 6.    Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person      
  

Dividends paid on the Company’s common stock and attributable to shares allocated to ESOP participants’ accounts may be distributed to such participants as directed by Publix Super Markets, Inc. in accordance with the terms of the Publix Super Markets, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Trust.

     
Item 7.    Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which Acquired the Security Being Reported on By the Parent Holding Company or Control Person
  

Not applicable.

Item 8.    Identification and Classification of Members of the Group      
  

Not applicable.

     
Item 9.    Notice of Dissolution of Group      
  

Not applicable.

     
Item 10.    Certification      
   By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were acquired and are held in the ordinary course of business and were not acquired and are not held for the purpose of or with the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of the securities and were not acquired and are not held in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having that purpose or effect.      


  SCHEDULE 13G  
CUSIP No.     None         Page 5 of 5 Pages

SIGNATURE

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

Dated: February 12, 2009

 

/s/ Hoyt R. Barnett

Hoyt R. Barnett, Trustee
Publix Super Markets, Inc.
Employee Stock Ownership Plan


SCHEDULE 1

SHARES HELD BY PUBLIX SUPER MARKETS, INC.

EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN

 

Date

   Shares
Acquired
   Shares
Disposed of
   Balance   

Description of Transaction

   254,071,068    Beginning Balance

Jan-08

      523,849    253,547,219   

Distributions to participants

Feb-08

      4,245,569    249,301,650   

Distributions to participants

Mar-08

   15,930       249,317,580   

Special Company contribution

Mar-08

   11,023,570       260,341,150   

Company contribution - Publix Super Markets, Inc.

Mar-08

   225,659       260,566,809   

Company contribution - Publix Alabama, LLC; Publix Asset Management Company

Mar-08

      2,335,327    258,231,482   

Distributions to participants

Apr-08

   714       258,232,196   

Prior year voided distributions

May-08

      1,367,617    256,864,579   

Distributions to participants

Jun-08

      3,727,686    253,136,893   

Distributions to participants

Jul-08

      552    253,136,341   

Distributions to participants

Aug-08

      1,858,575    251,277,766   

Distributions to participants

Sep-08

      1,851,478    249,426,288   

Distributions to participants

Oct-08

      14,025    249,412,263   

Distributions to participants

Nov-08

      1,612,002    247,800,261   

Distributions to participants

Dec-08

      1,091,486    246,708,775   

Distributions to participants

Dec-08

   5       246,708,780   

Prior year voided distributions

Dec-08

   138,289       246,847,069   

Purchase

               
   11,404,167    18,628,166