secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     MARZETTI CO (MZTI)
CIK:        0000057515
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-08-19T18:35:34+00:00
Accession:  0000057515-26-000014
Event type: dividend
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.35
Item codes: 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Marzetti declares $1.00 quarterly dividend; sets virtual annual meeting for Nov 11, 2026
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- Quarterly cash dividend of $1.00/share payable Sept 30, 2026 to holders of record Sept 8, 2026.
- Marks 63rd consecutive year of dividend increases; one of 12 U.S. companies with that streak.
- CEO David A. Ciesinski notes this will be the 253rd consecutive quarterly dividend since Sept 1963.
- Annual meeting virtual-only on Nov 11, 2026; record date Sept 14, 2026; ~27.291M shares outstanding.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/57515/000005751526000014/0000057515-26-000014-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/57515/000005751526000014/mzti-20260819.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000057515-26-000014

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