Raquel M. Isely - Oct 3, 2022 Form 4 Insider Report for Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc. (NGVC)

Signature
/s/ Kemper Isely, by Power of Attorney
Stock symbol
NGVC
Transactions as of
Oct 3, 2022
Transactions value $
-$1,770
Form type
4
Date filed
10/4/2022, 06:01 PM
Previous filing
Jun 29, 2022
Next filing
Oct 19, 2022

Transactions Table

Type Sym Class Transaction Value $ Shares Change % * Price $ Shares After Date Ownership Footnotes
transaction NGVC Common Stock Options Exercise $0 +480 +0.44% $0.00 109K Oct 3, 2022 Direct F1
transaction NGVC Common Stock Tax liability -$1.77K -164 -0.15% $10.79 108K Oct 3, 2022 Direct F2

Derivative Securities (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

Type Sym Class Transaction Value $ Shares Change % * Price $ Shares After Date Underlying Class Amount Exercise Price Ownership Footnotes
transaction NGVC Restricted Stock Units Options Exercise $0 -480 -8.24% $0.00 5.35K Oct 3, 2022 Common Stock 480 $0.00 Direct F3, F4
* An asterisk sign (*) next to the price indicates that the price is likely invalid.

Explanation of Responses:

Id Content
F1 Represents shares of NGVC common stock issued to the reporting person upon the vesting of 480 restricted stock units on October 3, 2022, the business day immediately following the vesting date of October 1, 2022, where each restricted stock unit represented the economic equivalent of one share of NGVC common stock.
F2 Exempt transaction pursuant to Section 16b-3(e) - payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering or withholding securities incident to the receipt, exercise or vesting of a security issued in accordance with Rule 16b-3. All of the shares reported as disposed of on this line were relinquished by the Reporting Person and cancelled by the Issuer in exchange for the Issuer's agreement to pay federal and state tax withholding obligations of the Reporting Person resulting from the vesting of the restricted stock units.
F3 Each restricted stock unit represents the economic equivalent of one share of NGVC common stock.
F4 In addition to the transactions reported by this Form 4: (a) 205 restricted stock units will vest on November 1, 2022, (b) 200 restricted stock units will vest on June 27, 2023, (c) 100 restricted stock units will vest on each of October 15, 2022, 2023 and 2024, (d) 480 will vest on each of October 1, 2023, 2024 and 2025, and (e) 3,200 will vest on September 30, 2024.

Remarks:

The Reporting Person is a party to a Stockholders Agreement that contains voting agreements and thus is a member of a Schedule 13D group that beneficially owns more than 10% of the issuer's common stock. The number of shares identified as beneficially owned by the Reporting Person excludes shares of Common Stock deemed to be beneficially owned by her solely because of this Stockholders Agreement.