---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000057515-22-000024"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MZTI"
cik: "0000057515"
company_name: "MARZETTI CO"
filed_at: "2022-11-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-22T00:13:16.418177+00:00"
event_type: "dividend"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Lancaster Colony raises quarterly dividend to $0.85; 60th consecutive year of increases

## Summary
- Quarterly dividend increased to $0.85 per share, payable Dec. 30, 2022 to shareholders of record Dec. 5, 2022.
- Indicated annual payout for FY 2023 is $3.35 per share, up from $3.15 in FY 2022.
- Shareholders reelected directors Brasier, Ciesinski, Fullen, and Harris for three-year terms at annual meeting.
- All director nominees received >24.8M votes for; non-binding say-on-pay passed with 24.9M for votes.
- Auditor Deloitte & Touche ratified with 26.1M votes for; 60 straight years of regular cash dividend increases.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000057515-22-000024
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MZTI
- cik: 0000057515
- company_name: MARZETTI CO
- filed_at: 2022-11-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: dividend
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/57515/000005751522000024/0000057515-22-000024-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/57515/000005751522000024/lanc-20221109.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000057515-22-000024.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  MARZETTI CO shareholders approved Advisory Vote on Compensation of Named Executive Officers at the 2022-11-09 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2022-11-09
  source text: The Corporation’s shareholders approved the compensation of the Corporation’s named executive officers with the following vote totals:
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/57515/000005751522000024/0000057515-22-000024-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  MARZETTI CO shareholders approved Ratification of Selection of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm at the 2022-11-09 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2022-11-09
  source text: The Corporation’s shareholders ratified the selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Corporation’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending June 30, 2023 with the following vote totals:
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/57515/000005751522000024/0000057515-22-000024-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  MARZETTI CO shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2022-11-09 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2022-11-09
  source text: The Corporation’s shareholders elected the following individuals to serve for three-year terms expiring at the 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders with the following vote totals:
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/57515/000005751522000024/0000057515-22-000024-index.htm

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