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Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc.: meeting of 6 Mar 2024
Votes reported on Form N-PX, item by item
189 Form N-PX filers reported votes at the Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc. meeting of 6 Mar 2024. Their records fall into 5 items below, in ballot order: management items first, then proposals from security holders. Each bar shows how the reporting filers split; it is not the result of the meeting.
foragainstabstain, withhold or otheramber tick: the portion cast against management
Items
DIRECTOR ELECTIONSIssuer
Director elections
3 nominees; 37.7% of reported votes for; 69 filers withheld from or voted against at least one nominee.
414 vote records from 76 filers. 59 of the 76 filers that marked the item either way voted against management.
SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTESIssuer
Advisory vote on executive pay (say-on-pay)
269 vote records from 183 filers. 8 of the 179 filers that marked the item either way voted against management. 4 filers reported this item without a management mark.
One filer reported a share count too large to be the holding described. No share split is published for this item. How that is decided
SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTESIssuer
Frequency of the say-on-pay vote
one year: 163 filers; three years: 13 filers; 1-year: 2 filers; n/a: 1 filer; for: 1 filer; against: 1 filer.
269 vote records from 184 filers. 163 of the 179 filers that marked the item either way voted against management. 5 filers reported this item without a management mark.
One filer reported a share count too large to be the holding described. No share split is published for this item. How that is decided
AUDIT-RELATEDIssuer
Audit-related items (auditor ratification)
137 vote records from 75 filers. 1 of the 75 filers that marked the item either way voted against management.
COMPENSATIONIssuer
COMPENSATION: management items
Management items in this category are shown together; filers word and number them differently.
140 vote records from 75 filers. 6 of the 75 filers that marked the item either way voted against management.
How the largest families voted
| Family | 1. Directors | 2. Say-on-pay | 3. Pay-vote frequency | 4. Auditor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard | Abstain or withhold * | For | Split or no vote * | For |
| BlackRock and iShares | For | For | Split or no vote * | For |
| Fidelity | Abstain or withhold * | For | Split or no vote * | For |
| Dimensional | Abstain or withhold * | For | Split or no vote | For |
| State Street and SPDR | Abstain or withhold * | For | Split or no vote * | For |
| American Century | Abstain or withhold * | For | Split or no vote | For |
| Franklin Templeton | Abstain or withhold * | For | Split or no vote * | For |
| Invesco | Abstain or withhold * | For | Split or no vote * | For |
| Equitable | For | For | Split or no vote * | For |
| Charles Schwab | Abstain or withhold * | For | Split or no vote * | For |
| Nuveen and TIAA | Abstain or withhold * | For | Split or no vote * | For |
| ProShares and ProFunds | Abstain or withhold * | For | Split or no vote * | For |
| John Hancock and Manulife | Abstain or withhold * | For | Split or no vote * | For |
| Morgan Stanley, Eaton Vance and Calvert | Abstain or withhold * | For | Split or no vote * | For |
| J.P. Morgan | No report | For | Split or no vote * | No report |
| Goldman Sachs | Abstain or withhold * | For | Split or no vote * | For |
| WisdomTree | For | For | Split or no vote * | For |
| PGIM and Prudential | Abstain or withhold * | For | Split or no vote * | For |
| Jackson National funds | Abstain or withhold * | For | Split or no vote | For |
| Northern Trust and FlexShares | Abstain or withhold * | For | Split or no vote * | For |
| SEI | Abstain or withhold * | For | Split or no vote * | For |
| T. Rowe Price | Abstain or withhold * | For | Split or no vote * | For |
| Lincoln Financial | Abstain or withhold * | For | Split or no vote * | For |
| Russell Investments | For | For | Split or no vote * | For |
| Nationwide | Abstain or withhold * | For | Split or no vote * | For |
| Victory Capital | Abstain or withhold * | For | Split or no vote * | For |
| Brighthouse Funds | Abstain or withhold * | For | Split or no vote * | For |
| Guggenheim and Rydex | Abstain or withhold * | For | Split or no vote * | For |
| Columbia Threadneedle | For | For | Split or no vote * | For |
| BNY Mellon | No report | For | Split or no vote * | No report |
| Principal | Abstain or withhold * | For | Split or no vote * | For |
| Pacific Life funds | For | For | Split or no vote * | For |
| Global X | Abstain or withhold * | For | Split or no vote * | For |
| Federated Hermes | No report | For | Split or no vote * | No report |
| AllianceBernstein | No report | For | Split or no vote * | No report |
| DWS | Abstain or withhold * | For | Split or no vote * | For |
| Janus Henderson | No report | For | Split or no vote * | No report |
| Natixis and Loomis Sayles | No report | For | Split or no vote * | No report |
* against management. A family's position is the way most of its reported shares were voted across its filers; "split" means no single position led. "No report" means none of the family's filers listed the item.
Questions
How did large funds vote at the Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc. meeting?
189 Form N-PX filers reported votes at the meeting of 6 Mar 2024. On say-on-pay, 8 of 179 voted against management (4.5%). The family table lists each of the largest families item by item.
Is this the meeting result?
No. These are the votes of funds and managers that file Form N-PX, counted by filer and by the shares they reported. The certified result, which includes every shareholder, is reported by Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc. on Form 8-K.
Why are director elections shown as counts only?
Director records name the nominee. This site does not publish pages or rows about individuals, so for director elections it keeps the number of nominees and the split of votes and discards the wording.
Every meeting on file for Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc.
Provenance: SEC EDGAR, Form N-PX and N-PX/A filings listing Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc. with a meeting date within three days of 6 Mar 2024. Proposal titles are the most common wording among filers and are replaced by the SEC category where a wording could name a person. Not verified by the SEC. Filings read through 23 Sep 2026.