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Issuer:     WINMARK CORP (WINA)
CIK:        0000908315
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-10-16T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000908315-24-000036
Event type: dividend
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.65
Item codes: 2.02, 7.01, 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Winmark declares $7.50 special dividend; Q3 EPS flat at $3.03
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- Q3 net income $11.12M ($3.03 diluted EPS) vs $11.15M ($3.05) in Q3 2023.
- Nine-month net income $30.37M ($8.29 diluted EPS) vs $30.46M ($8.40).
- Quarterly dividend $0.90/share payable Dec 2, 2024 to holders of record Nov 13.
- Special dividend $7.50/share (~$26.4M total) paid Dec 2, funded from cash on hand.
- 1,343 franchises open at quarter end; 82 awarded but not yet open.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/908315/000090831524000036/0000908315-24-000036-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/908315/000090831524000036/wina-20241016x8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000908315-24-000036

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