ngvc20160303_8k.htm

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington D.C. 20549

 


 

FORM 8-K

 


 

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 2, 2016

 


 

Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 


 

Delaware

 

001-35608

 

45-5034161

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File No.)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

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)

 


 

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))

 

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Item 5.07

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

 

The 2016 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc. (the “Company”) was held on March 2, 2016, in Lakewood, Colorado. A total of 21,297,657 shares of the Company’s common stock were represented at the Annual Meeting in person or by proxy, constituting approximately 94.67% 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 15, 2016:

 

 

1.

To elect Elizabeth Isely and Richard Hallé as Class I directors, each to serve for a three-year term expiring at the Company’s 2019 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, 2016 (“Proposal No. 2”).

 

The Company’s stockholders approved the nominees recommended for election in Proposal No. 1. The votes cast on Proposal No. 1 were as follows:

 

 

For

Withheld

Broker Non-Votes

Elizabeth Isely

17,541,977

1,821,613

1,934,067

Richard Hallé

19,290,788

72,802

1,934,067

 

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

 

 

For

Against

Abstain

Broker Non-Votes

Appointment of KPMG

21,220,375

50,897

26,384

0

 

 

 

 

 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 3, 2016

 

 

Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc.

 

 

 

By:

 /s/ Kemper Isely

 

Name:

Kemper Isely

 

Title:

Co-President

 

 

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