Company: NGVC
Filing Date: 2025-01-14
Form Type: PRE 14A
Source: 0001437749-25-001121
Chunk: 8

Company: Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-01-14
Form: PRE 14A
Chunk 8
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 do not give voting instructions, the record holder will nevertheless be entitled to vote your shares with respect to Proposal 2 (the ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2025) in the discretion of the record holder. Broker non-votes will have no effect on the outcome of Proposal 1, but will have the effect of a vote “Against” Proposal 3.

Is there other business to come before the Annual Meeting?

Aside from Proposals 1 through 3 described under “What are the purposes of the Annual Meeting?” above, the Board knows of no other matters to be presented at the Annual Meeting. If any other matter should be presented at the Annual Meeting upon which a vote properly may be taken, shares represented by all proxies received by the Board will be voted with respect thereto in accordance with the judgment of the persons named as attorneys-in-fact in the proxies.

How does the Board recommend that I vote?

The Board unanimously recommends that you vote FOR the election of the Class I director nominee; FOR ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP; and FOR the approval of an amendment to our Certificate of Incorporation.

When are stockholder proposals due for next year’s Annual Meeting?

Pursuant to the various rules promulgated by the SEC, to be considered for inclusion in next year’s proxy materials, you must follow the procedures set forth in Rule 14a-8 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and your proposal must be submitted in writing by September 26, 2025 to our Corporate Secretary at 12612 West Alameda Parkway, Lakewood, Colorado 80228. In addition to the requirements of the Exchange Act, if you wish to submit a nomination or proposal to be properly brought before the 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders that is not to be included in next year’s proxy materials, you must comply with the advance notice provisions of our bylaws by giving timely notice in proper written form to our Corporate Secretary not less than 90 days nor more than 120 days prior to the anniversary of the 2025 Annual Meeting. The anniversary of the 2025 Annual Meeting will be March 5, 2026. Thus, you must submit such nomination or proposal no later than December 5, 2025, and no earlier than November 5, 2025. In addition to satisfying the requirements under our bylaws with respect to advance notice