---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000057515-25-000034"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MZTI"
cik: "0000057515"
company_name: "MARZETTI CO"
filed_at: "2025-11-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T18:16:38.580004+00:00"
event_type: "dividend"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Marzetti raises quarterly dividend to $1.00 per share; 63rd consecutive annual increase

## Summary
- Quarterly dividend increased to $1.00 per share from $0.9375; payable Dec 31, 2025 to holders of record Dec 5, 2025.
- Indicated annual payout for FY2026 rises to $3.95 per share from $3.75 in FY2025.
- Company is one of only 12 U.S. firms with 63 straight years of dividend increases.
- Shareholders reelected directors Brasier, Ciesinski, Fullen, and Harris for three-year terms.
- Approved 2025 Omnibus Incentive Plan and ratified Deloitte & Touche as auditor for FY2026.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000057515-25-000034
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MZTI
- cik: 0000057515
- company_name: MARZETTI CO
- filed_at: 2025-11-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: dividend
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/57515/000005751525000034/0000057515-25-000034-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/57515/000005751525000034/mzti-20251119.htm

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