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Issuer:     FASTENAL CO (FAST)
CIK:        0000815556
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-11-20T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000815556-23-000051
Event type: dividend
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.55
Item codes: 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Fastenal declares $0.38/share special cash dividend payable Dec 20, 2023
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- One-time $0.38 per share cash dividend; record date Dec 6, 2023.
- Regular quarterly dividends continue at $0.35/share; 2023 total $1.78 per share.
- Fourth special dividend since 2008; previous specials in Dec 2008, 2012, 2020.
- Dividend based on 571.6M shares outstanding at Oct 31, 2023.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/815556/000081555623000051/0000815556-23-000051-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/815556/000081555623000051/fast-20231120.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000815556-23-000051

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