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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000057515-21-000023"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MZTI"
cik: "0000057515"
company_name: "MARZETTI CO"
filed_at: "2021-11-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T09:34:32.146327+00:00"
event_type: "dividend"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Lancaster Colony raises quarterly dividend to $0.80, 59th straight increase

## Summary
- Quarterly dividend increased to $0.80 per share from $0.7375 implied ($3.15 annual vs $2.95).
- Dividend payable Dec 31, 2021 to holders of record Dec 6, 2021; 27.5M shares outstanding.
- Indicated annual payout of $3.15 per share for fiscal 2022, up 6.8% from $2.95 in fiscal 2021.
- Shareholders reelected directors Neeli Bendapudi, William H. Carter, and Michael H. Keown.
- CEO cited continued strong financial position; company marks 59 consecutive years of dividend increases.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000057515-21-000023
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MZTI
- cik: 0000057515
- company_name: MARZETTI CO
- filed_at: 2021-11-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: dividend
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/57515/000005751521000023/0000057515-21-000023-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/57515/000005751521000023/lanc-20211110.htm

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