# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001547459
**File Stem:** 0001437749-23-005672
**Filing Date:** 2023-3
**Character Count:** 5470
**Document Hash:** 52840bb20a5b6f5160ec5fe623072292
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001437749-23-005672.hdr.sgml**: 20230307

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001437749-23-005672

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 8-K

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 13

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20230301

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20230307

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20230307

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc.
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001547459
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** RETAIL-GROCERY STORES [5411]
- **IRS NUMBER:** 841444517
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** DE
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 0930

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 8-K
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-35608
- **FILM NUMBER:** 23713045

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 12612 W. ALAMEDA PARKWAY
- **CITY:** LAKEWOOD
- **STATE:** CO
- **ZIP:** 80228
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 877-986-4600

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 12612 W. ALAMEDA PARKWAY
- **CITY:** LAKEWOOD
- **STATE:** CO
- **ZIP:** 80228

ngvc20230303_8k.htm

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**UNITED STATES**

**SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION**

**Washington D.C. 20549**

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**FORM **8-K**

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**CURRENT REPORT**

**Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the**

**Securities Exchange Act of 1934**

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): **March 7, 2023 (**March 1, 2023**)**

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**Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc.**

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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| **Delaware** | **001-35608** | **45-5034161** |
| (State or other jurisdiction<br> of incorporation) | (Commission<br> File No.) | (IRS Employer<br> Identification No.) |

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**12612 West Alameda Parkway**

**Lakewood**, **Colorado 80228**

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

**(**303**) **986-4600**

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

**Not Applicable**

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the Registrant under any of the following provisions:

☐ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

☐ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

**Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:**

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| **<u>Title of each class</u>** | **<u>Trading symbol</u>** | **<u>Name of each exchange on which registered</u>** |
| **Common Stock**, $0.001 par value** | **NGVC** | **New York Stock Exchange** |

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

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**Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.**

The 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the "Annual Meeting") of Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc. (the "Company") was held virtually on March 1, 2023. A total of 21,470,945 shares of the Company's common stock were represented at the Annual Meeting in person or by proxy, constituting 94.5% of the outstanding shares entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting.

At the Annual Meeting, the Company's stockholders voted on the following matters, which are described in detail in the proxy statement filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 19, 2023:

1. To elect Zephyr Isely and David Rooney as Class II directors, each to serve for a three-year term ending at the Company's 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders ("Proposal No. 1"); and

2. To ratify the appointment of KPMG LLP ("KPMG") as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2023 ("Proposal No. 2").

The Company's stockholders elected the two director nominees recommended for election in Proposal No. 1. The votes cast on Proposal No. 1 were as follows:

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|  | **For** | **Withheld** | **Broker Non-Votes** |
| Zephyr Isely | 15,461,880 | 4,509,739 | 1,499,326 |
| David Rooney | 15,400,945 | 4,570,674 | 1,499,326 |

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The Company's stockholders approved Proposal No. 2. The votes cast on Proposal No. 2 were as follows:

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|  | **For** | **Against** | **Abstain** |
| Appointment of KPMG | 21,297,960 | 113,320 | 59,665 |

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**SIGNATURE**

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Dated: March 7, 2023

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| **Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc.** | **Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc.** |
| By: | /s/ Kemper Isely |
| Name: | Kemper Isely |
| Title: | Co-President |

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