Business Context and Reporting Period
Company: Donaldson Company, Inc.
Filing Type: Form 8-K (Current Report)
Date of Report: January 28, 2016
Event: Declaration of a regular cash dividend.
Key Financial Metrics
This filing does not report revenue, profit, cash flow, margins, debt, or liquidity metrics. The document solely addresses a dividend declaration.
- Dividend Amount: $0.17 per share.
- Record Date: February 16, 2016.
- Payment Date: March 2, 2016.
- Dividend History: This represents the 242nd consecutive quarterly cash dividend paid over a 60-year span.
Material Changes
The filing does not disclose material changes to financial performance, operations, or capital structure compared to prior periods. It reports a routine corporate action regarding shareholder distributions.
Guidance, Outlook, and Risks
The filing contains no forward-looking guidance, management commentary on future outlook, specific risk factors, or contingencies. It references a press release (Exhibit 99.1) for further details but does not include the text of that release within this summary.
Investor Verification Checklist
- Verify the ex-dividend date to determine eligibility for the $0.17 payment.
- Confirm the payment date of March 2, 2016, for cash flow planning.
- Review the referenced press release (Exhibit 99.1) for any additional context not included in the 8-K text.
- Note the company's long-term commitment to dividends (60 years, 242 quarters).