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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000835011-26-000115"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MGPI"
cik: "0000835011"
company_name: "MGP INGREDIENTS INC"
filed_at: "2026-10-15T11:02:37+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-10-15T11:05:04.921215+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# MGP Ingredients to rebrand as Sempreon on Nov 2, 2026; Nasdaq ticker to change from MGPI to CASK

## Summary
- Certificate of Amendment filed with Kansas Secretary of State on Oct 14, 2026 renames MGP Ingredients, Inc. to Sempreon, Inc.; effective Nov 2, 2026; no stockholder vote required.
- Ticker symbol expected to change from MGPI to CASK on Nasdaq at the Nov 2, 2026 launch; press release issued Oct 15, 2026.
- CEO Julie Francis says the name unites Branded Spirits, Distilling Solutions and Ingredient Solutions; mission: 'Creating moments that matter. Building a legacy that lasts.'
- Sempreon combines Latin 'semper' (always) and Greek 'aion' (eternity); distillery names MGP and Lux Row are retained.
- Portfolio cited includes Penelope, Yellowstone, Rebel, Remus, Ezra Brooks, Blood Oath, El Mayor, Juarez and Everclear; recent launch MGP Chapter One: Out of the Shadows, a 10-year 111-proof bourbon.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000835011-26-000115
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MGPI
- cik: 0000835011
- company_name: MGP INGREDIENTS INC
- filed_at: 2026-10-15T11:02:37+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/835011/000083501126000115/0000835011-26-000115-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/835011/000083501126000115/mgpi-20261014.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000835011-26-000115.txt

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