---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-26-007547"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NGVC"
cik: "0001547459"
company_name: "Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-03-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T16:36:29.421088+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Natural Grocers elects three Class II directors, ratifies KPMG as auditor for FY2026

## Summary
- Zephyr Isely, David Rooney, Sandra Buffa elected as Class II directors to serve until 2029.
- Vote for Isely: 16,026,727 for, 3,521,239 withheld; Rooney: 16,760,662 for, 2,787,304 withheld; Buffa: 17,466,551 for, 2,081,415 withheld.
- Ratification of KPMG as independent auditor for FY2026: 21,071,794 for, 131,811 against, 63,919 abstain.
- 92.33% of outstanding shares represented at the virtual meeting (21,267,524 shares).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-26-007547
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NGVC
- cik: 0001547459
- company_name: Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-03-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1547459/000143774926007547/0001437749-26-007547-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1547459/000143774926007547/ngvc20260306_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-26-007547
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-26-007547.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-26-007547.txt

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.