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 1, 2017

  


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)


 

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Item 5.07

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

 

The 2017 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc. (the “Company”) was held on March 1, 2017, in Lakewood, Colorado. A total of 20,843,668 shares of the Company’s common stock were represented at the Annual Meeting in person or by proxy, constituting approximately 92.83% 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 13, 2017:

 

 

1.

To elect Zephyr Isely and Michael T. Campbell as Class II directors, each to serve for a three-year term expiring at the Company’s 2020 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, 2017 (“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

 

Zephyr Isely

    17,731,042       1,054,724       2,057,902  

Michael T. Campbell

    18,671,639       114,127       2,057,902  

 

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

    20,816,750       21,542       5,376       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 2, 2017

 

 

Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc.

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Kemper Isely

 

Name:

Kemper Isely

 

Title:

Co-President