Company: NGVC
Filing Date: 2025-12-11
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001437749-25-037556
Chunk: 606

Company: Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-12-11
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 7A
Chunk 606
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 of September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, which were reserved against the amount available for borrowing under the terms of the Credit Facility. The Company had $70.1 million and $72.8 million available for borrowing under the Credit Facility as of September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively.

As of September 30, 2025 and 2024, the Company was in compliance with all covenants under the Credit Facility.

Lease Obligations

The Company had 25 and 24 leases that were classified as finance leases as of September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively. No rent expense is recorded for these finance leases; rather, rental payments under such leases are recognized as a reduction of the lease obligation and as interest expense. The interest rate on finance lease obligations is determined at the commencement of the lease.

Interest

The Company incurred gross interest expense of $3.3 million, $4.5 million and $3.6 million for the years ended September 30, 2025, 2024 and 2023, respectively. Interest expense relates primarily to interest on finance lease obligations and the Credit Facility. The Company capitalized interest of $0.3 million for each of the years ended September 30, 2025, 2024 and 2023.

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12. Leases

The Company leases most of its stores, a bulk food repackaging facility and distribution center and its administrative offices. The Company determines if an arrangement is a lease or contains a lease at inception. Lease terms generally range from 10 to 25 years, with scheduled increases in minimum rent payments.

Operating and finance lease liabilities represent the present value of lease payments not yet paid. Operating and finance lease assets represent the Company’s right to use an underlying asset and are based upon the operating and finance lease liabilities adjusted for prepayments or accrued lease payments, initial direct costs, lease incentives and impairment of operating and finance lease assets.

Most leases include one or more options to renew, with renewal terms normally expressed in periods of five-to-ten year increments. The exercise of lease renewal options is at the Company’s sole discretion. The lease term includes the initial contractual term as well as any options to extend the lease when it is reasonably certain that the Company will exercise that option.

Variable payments related to pass-through costs for maintenance, taxes and insurance or adjustments based on an index such as Consumer Price Index are not included in the measurement of the lease liability or