Company: NGVC
Filing Date: 2025-01-14
Form Type: PRE 14A
Source: 0001437749-25-001121
Chunk: 3

Company: Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-01-14
Form: PRE 14A
Chunk 3
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 than mailing printed copies of those materials to each stockholder. We sent a Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials (the “Notice”) on January 24, 2025 to our stockholders of record as of the close of business on January 13, 2025 (the “Record Date”) in connection with the solicitation of proxies by Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc., for use at the Company’s 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders or at any adjournments or postponements thereof (the “Annual Meeting”). All stockholders can access our proxy materials on the Internet or request a printed set of the proxy materials. You will not receive a printed copy of the proxy materials unless you request one. Instructions on how to access the proxy materials over the Internet or to request a printed copy may be found in the Notice.

When and where will the Annual Meeting be held?

The Annual Meeting will be held on March 5, 2025, at 1:00 p.m. Mountain Time. In order to enhance investor access to the meeting, the Annual Meeting will be held virtually and a live audio webcast will be available via the Internet at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/NGVC2025. To participate in the Annual Meeting, you will be required to login with the 16-digit control number included in our proxy materials. If you are unable to locate your 16-digit control number, you will be able to join the login as a guest. If you login as a guest, you will not be able to vote your shares during the Annual Meeting. If you have technical difficulties during the meeting, please call 800-586-1548 for assistance.

What are the purposes of the Annual Meeting?

The purposes of the Annual Meeting are to:

| • | elect the Class I director nominee named herein to serve on our Board of Directors (our “Board”) for a three-year term ending at the 2028 Annual Meeting of Stockholders; |

| • | approve an amendment to our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Certificate of Incorporation”) to limit the liability of certain officers of the Company as permitted by amendments to Delaware law; and |

| • | conduct any other business properly brought before the Annual Meeting. |

Who may vote at the Annual Meeting?

Only stockholders of record at the close of business on the Record Date will be entitled to receive notice of, and to vote at, the Annual Meeting. As of the Record Date, 22,931,226 shares