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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001289419-24-000152"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MORN"
cik: "0001289419"
company_name: "Morningstar, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-12-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-29T06:12:51.826648+00:00"
event_type: "dividend"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Morningstar raises quarterly dividend 12.3% to 45.5 cents per share

## Summary
- Quarterly dividend increased to $0.455 from $0.405; annualized rate rises to $1.82 from $1.62.
- Dividend payable Jan 31, 2025 to shareholders of record Jan 3, 2025.
- CFO Jason Dubinsky steps down Dec 31, 2024; separation agreement includes base salary payment, bonus, and continued equity vesting.
- Dubinsky to receive $52,500 bi-weekly under six-month consulting arrangement through June 2025.
- Expected 2025 dividend schedule: payable Apr 30, Jul 31, Oct 31 on respective record dates.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001289419-24-000152
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MORN
- cik: 0001289419
- company_name: Morningstar, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-12-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: dividend
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1289419/000128941924000152/0001289419-24-000152-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1289419/000128941924000152/morn-20241203.htm

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