Armanino Foods Reports Quarterly Dividend and Announces Shareholder Meeting Date
PLEASANTON, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Armanino Foods of Distinction, Inc. (OTCQX: AMNF) today announced that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.04 per share on its common stock. The dividend will be payable on or about July 27, 2025 to shareholders of record on July 7, 2025. This is the Company's 100 th consecutive quarterly dividend. The Company has also paid out eleven special dividends.
Additionally, the Company announced that it will hold an Annual Meeting of Shareholders on September 24, 2025, at 9:00 a.m. Pacific Time. The Annual Meeting will take place near the Company's headquarters in Pleasanton, CA. Full details regarding the Annual Meeting will be included in the Company's proxy materials, set to be delivered to shareholders in August 2025.
Armanino Foods of Distinction, Inc. is an international food company that manufactures and markets frozen Italian specialty food items to the foodservice, retail, and industrial markets. In addition to a classic Basil Pesto, Armanino offers other flavors and sauces including Cilantro, Dried Tomato & Garlic, Roasted Red Bell Pepper, Southwest Chipotle, Artichoke, Roasted Garlic, Light Basil Pesto, Chimichurri, Harissa, Bolognese, and Alfredo. Armanino's organic line includes classic Basil Pesto. Finally, Armanino Foods also offers cheese shakers, frozen pastas, and meatballs.
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Statements in this news release regarding our expectations and beliefs about our future financial performance and trends in our markets are 'forward-looking statements' as defined in the Private Securities Litigations Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements often include the words 'believe,' 'expect,' 'anticipate,' 'intend,' 'plan,' 'estimate,' 'project,' or words of similar meaning, or future or conditional verbs such as 'will,' 'would,' 'should,' 'could,' or 'may.'
The forward-looking statements in this news release regarding our future financial performance are based on current information and because our business is subject to several risks and uncertainties, actual operating results in the future may differ significantly from the future financial performance expected at the current time. Those risks and uncertainties may include, among others: economic factors affecting consumer confidence and discretionary spending and reducing the consumption of food prepared away from home; the extent and duration of the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and its consequences on the Company; cost inflation/deflation and commodity volatility; competition; reliance on third party suppliers and interruption of product supply or increases in product costs; changes in the Company's relationships with customers and group purchasing organizations; the Company's ability to increase or maintain the highest margin portions of the Company's business; achievement of expected benefits from cost savings initiatives; increases in fuel costs; changes in consumer eating habits; cost and pricing structures and other governmental regulation, including actions taken by national, state and local governments to contain and/or respond to the COVID-19 pandemic and its consequences; product recalls and product liability claims; and our reputation in the industry. The forward-looking statements contained in this press release speak only as of the date of this press release and are based on information and estimates available to the Company at this time. We undertake no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, except as may be required by law.
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