Company: NGVC
Filing Date: 2025-01-14
Form Type: PRE 14A
Source: 0001437749-25-001121
Chunk: 9

Company: Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-01-14
Form: PRE 14A
Chunk 9
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 of any director nomination, any stockholder who intends to solicit proxies in support of director nominees other than the Company’s nominees in accordance with Rule 14a-19 of the Exchange Act must provide the required notice of intent to solicit proxies to the Corporate Secretary no later than 60 days prior to the anniversary of the 2025 Annual Meeting (no later than January 4, 2026 for nominees for the 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders).

How can I find out the results of the voting at the Annual Meeting?

Preliminary voting results will be announced at the Annual Meeting. In addition, final voting results will be published in a Current Report on Form 8-K that we expect to file with the SEC within four business days after the Annual Meeting. If final voting results are not available to us in time to file a Current Report on Form 8-K within four business days after the Annual Meeting, we intend to file a Current Report on Form 8-K to publish preliminary results and, within four business days after the final results are known to us, file an additional Current Report on Form 8-K to publish the final results.

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PROPOSAL 1 - ELECTION OF CLASS I DIRECTOR</div>

Our Board currently consists of seven members. Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and bylaws divide our Board into three classes. One class is elected each year for a term of three years. Our bylaws provide that our Board will consist of a number of directors to be fixed from time to time by a resolution of the Board but shall consist of no less than one director and no more than nine directors.

The following table sets forth the class of which each member of the Board is a member, the year in which he or she first became a director, and whether or not he or she is considered “independent” under the rules of the NYSE. The sections of this Proxy Statement below entitled “Executive Officers and Directors” and “Corporate Governance” provide additional information about the Board and its committees and our corporate governance.

| Class                         |     | Director’s Name and Year First 
 Became a Director              |     | Independent? |
| Class I (term expires 2025)   |     | Elizabeth Isely (2012)         |     | No           |
| Class II (term expires 2026)  |     | Zephyr Isely (2012)            |     | No           |
|                               |     | David Rooney (2020