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UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM
8-K
CURRENT
REPORT
Pursuant
to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date
of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 1, 2023
MORNINGSTAR,
INC.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Illinois |
000-51280 |
36-3297908 |
(State
or other
jurisdiction
of incorporation) |
(Commission
File Number) |
(I.R.S.
Employer Identification No.) |
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22
West Washington Street |
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Chicago,
Illinois |
60602 |
(Address
of principal executive offices) |
(Zip
Code) |
(312)
696-6000
(Registrant’s
telephone number, including
area code)
N/A
(Former
name or former address, if changed since last report)
Check
the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under
any of the following provisions:
| ¨ | Written
communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) |
| ¨ | Soliciting
material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12) |
| ¨ | Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b)) |
| ¨ | Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c)) |
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405
of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging
growth company ¨
If
an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying
with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨
Securities
registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title
of Each Class |
Trading
Symbol |
Name
of Each Exchange on Which Registered |
Common
stock, no par value |
MORN |
The
Nasdaq Stock Market LLC |
On
December 1, 2023, Morningstar, Inc. issued a press release announcing that its Board of Directors has approved a quarterly cash
dividend of 40.5 cents per share payable January 31, 2024 to shareholders of record as of January 5, 2024. A copy of the press
release is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
Include the following information:
(d) Exhibits.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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MORNINGSTAR, INC. |
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Date: December 1, 2023 |
By: |
/s/ Jason Dubinsky |
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Jason Dubinsky |
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Chief Financial Officer |
Exhibit 99.1
Media Contact:
Landon Hudson, +1 312 696-6037 or newsroom@morningstar.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Morningstar, Inc. Declares Quarterly Dividend of 40.5 Cents
Per Share
CHICAGO, Dec. 1, 2023— The board of directors of Morningstar, Inc.
(Nasdaq: MORN), a leading provider of independent investment research, today declared a quarterly dividend of 40.5 cents per share, an
increase of 8 percent. The dividend is payable Jan. 31, 2024, to shareholders of record as of Jan. 5, 2024. The 3-cent increase
from the prior quarterly rate of 37.5 cents per share results in an annualized dividend of $1.62 per share compared with the prior annualized
rate of $1.50 per share.
While subsequent dividends will be subject to board approval, the company
expects to pay three additional dividends in 2024:
Record
Date |
Payable
Date |
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April 5,
2024 |
April 30,
2024 |
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July 12,
2024 |
July 31,
2024 |
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Oct. 4,
2024 |
Oct. 31,
2024 |
Please contact investors@morningstar.com with any questions.
About Morningstar, Inc.
Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment
insights in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The Company offers an extensive line of products and services for individual
investors, financial advisors, asset managers and owners, retirement plan providers and sponsors, and institutional investors in the
debt and private capital markets. Morningstar provides data and research insights on a wide range of investment offerings, including
managed investment products, publicly listed companies, private capital markets, debt securities, and real-time global market data. Morningstar
also offers investment management services through its investment advisory subsidiaries, with approximately $264 billion in assets under
advisement and management as of Sept. 30, 2023. The Company operates through wholly-or majority-owned subsidiaries in 32 countries. For
more information, visit www.morningstar.com/company. Follow Morningstar on X @MorningstarInc.
Caution Concerning Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements as that term
is used in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are based on our current expectations about future
events or future financial performance. Forward-looking statements by their nature address matters that are, to different degrees, uncertain,
and often contain words such as "may," "could," "expect," "intend," "plan," "seek,"
"anticipate," "believe," "estimate," "predict," "potential," "prospects,"
or "continue." These statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties that may cause the events we discuss not
to occur or to differ significantly from what we expect. For us, these risks and uncertainties include, among others, failing to maintain
and protect our brand, independence, and reputation; liability related to cybersecurity and the protection of confidential information,
including personal information about individuals; compliance failures, regulatory action, or changes in laws applicable to our credit
ratings operations, investment advisory, ESG and index businesses; failing to innovate our product and service offerings, or anticipate
our clients' changing needs; prolonged volatility or downturns affecting the financial sector, global financial markets, and the global
economy and its effect on our revenue from asset-based fees and our credit ratings business; failing to recruit, develop, and retain
qualified employees; liability for any losses that result from errors in our automated advisory tools; inadequacy of our operational
risk management and business continuity programs in the event of a material disruptive event; failing to realize the expected business
or financial benefits of our acquisitions and investments; failing to scale our operations and increase productivity and its effect on
our ability to implement our business plan; artificial intelligence and related new technologies may present business, compliance, and
reputational risks; failing to maintain growth across our businesses in today's fragmented geopolitical, regulatory and cultural world;
liability relating to the information and data we collect, store, use, create, and distribute or the reports that we publish or are produced
by our software products; the potential adverse effect of our indebtedness on our cash flows and financial flexibility; challenges in
accounting for complexities in taxes in the global jurisdictions in which we operate that could materially affect our tax rate; failing
to protect our intellectual property rights or claims of intellectual property infringement against us; the impact of any litigation,
regulatory, and other business matters; our new reporting segments and the associated disclosures. A more complete description of these
risks and uncertainties can be found in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including our most recent Annual Report
on Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. If any of these risks and uncertainties materialize, our actual future results
and other future events may vary significantly from what we expect. We do not undertake to update our forward-looking statements as a
result of new information or future events.
# # #
©2023 Morningstar, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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