Seneca Foods Corporation filings document the company’s public-company governance, share classes and shareholder voting structure. The company has Class A common stock and Class B common stock registered on the Nasdaq Global Select Market, along with voting preferred stock disclosed in annual meeting materials.
Recent SEC records include proxy materials and Form 8-K disclosures covering director elections, shareholder vote results, auditor ratification and executive-compensation tables. These filings describe governance mechanics, voting rights across common and preferred securities, board matters and other formal disclosure subjects for the packaged fruits and vegetables company.
Ide Gregory R reported acquisition or exercise transactions in this Form 4 filing.
Seneca Foods Corp reported that officer Gregory R Ide, VP, Controller/Asst. Secretary, received an award of 500 shares of Seneca Foods Class B Common on 2026-08-05. The restricted stock was granted under the 2007 Equity Incentive Plan at $0.0000 per share and vests 25% annually over four years. Following the grant, Ide directly holds 500 Class B shares and 1,281 Class A shares.
Seneca Foods Corporation, a major U.S. producer of packaged fruits and vegetables, reported strong fiscal first quarter 2027 results for the period ended June 27, 2026. Net sales rose to $405.2 million, up 36.2 percent year over year, driven mainly by higher canned and frozen vegetable volumes plus modest pricing and mix benefits. Net earnings increased to $19.5 million from $14.9 million, with basic earnings per share of $2.88. Gross margin declined on a GAAP basis to 11.8 percent from 14.1 percent because the prior-year quarter benefited from a larger LIFO credit; excluding the LIFO impact, management characterizes gross margin as steady year over year. On a FIFO basis, adjusted net earnings were $17.2 million and FIFO EBITDA was $38.0 million.
Operating cash flow strengthened to $109.1 million, supported by earnings and working capital movements, allowing Seneca Foods to reduce term debt and finance obligations to a combined carrying value of $217.1 million and end the quarter with $86.9 million of cash. Long term debt, excluding current portion, fell to $185.4 million, and the revolving credit facility remained largely undrawn with $398.6 million of availability. The company also voluntarily prepaid $50.0 million on its Amended Term Loan A-2 during the quarter and a further $50.0 million in July 2026, repurchased 9,900 Class A shares for $1.4 million, and continues to emphasize seasonal working capital needs, input cost inflation, weather risk, and labor and commodity volatility as important business drivers.
Seneca Foods Corporation has issued its 2026 proxy materials for the August 6 annual meeting, asking shareholders to elect three directors, approve executive pay, adopt a new equity plan, and ratify Deloitte & Touche as auditor. The proxy details a staggered nine-member board with seven independent directors and a separated Chair/CEO structure. It explains how shareholders can vote, broker voting rules, and quorum requirements. Executive pay is built around base salary, an annual bonus tied to Return on Invested Capital, and time-vested restricted stock. In fiscal 2026 the CEO earned $1.3 million, including a 50% of salary cash bonus after ROIC exceeded the top target. The company reports a CEO-to-median-employee pay ratio of 16:1 and emphasizes broad-based profit sharing and pension benefits. Shareholders are also asked to approve a new 2026 Equity Incentive Plan authorizing 120,000 restricted stock and restricted stock unit awards to key employees, replacing the 2007 plan.
Seneca Foods Corp director and President & CEO Paul Laurence Palmby reported a bona fide gift of 914 shares of Seneca Foods Class A Common on a Form 4. The gift carried a stated price of $0.00 per share. After this disposition, he directly holds 21,184 Class A shares and 2,033 Class B shares, indicating the transaction reflects a personal transfer rather than a market sale.
Seneca Foods Corporation filed its annual report, detailing operations for the year ended March 31, 2026 and related risks, controls and governance. The company remains a leading U.S. producer of packaged fruits and vegetables, now operating 27 main facilities and managing two reportable segments: Vegetable and Fruit/Snack.
Net sales reached $1,659,675,000 in fiscal 2026, up from $1,578,887,000 in 2025, led by canned vegetables at $1,366,632,000 and frozen vegetables at $151,183,000. During 2026, Seneca acquired the Green Giant U.S. frozen business, bolstering its frozen vegetable capabilities and adding to the Vegetable segment.
The filing highlights significant seasonality in production and working capital, outlines extensive risk factors from input cost inflation and labor shortages to climate and cybersecurity, and describes an active cybersecurity program aligned with the NIST framework. Seneca also reports a stock repurchase program and ongoing focus on sustainability, employee safety, and internal control effectiveness.
Seneca Foods Corp senior vice president, CFO and treasurer Michael S. Wolcott reported a bona fide gift of 250 shares of Seneca Foods Class B Common on March 31, 2026 at a reference price of $148.03 per share, equal to the closing price that day.
After the gift, he directly holds 16,085 Class B shares, 9,781 Class A shares, and 40,844 shares of 6% preferred stock. He also has indirect holdings through a 401(k) plan of 633 Class A and 167 Class B shares, with the plan’s unitized stock fund causing daily fluctuations in actual share counts.
Seneca Foods Corp — Schedule 13G/A (Amendment No. 8) The filing states that The Vanguard Group submitted an amended Schedule 13G reporting 0 shares beneficially owned of Seneca Foods Corp, representing 0% of the class. The amendment explains an internal realignment effective January 12, 2026, after which certain Vanguard subsidiaries report holdings separately and Vanguard no longer is deemed to beneficially own those subsidiary holdings. The cover identifies the issuer as Seneca Foods Corp with principal executive offices at 3736 South Main Street, Marion, NY. The filing is signed by Ashley Grim on 03/27/2026.
Seneca Foods delivered much stronger results for the quarter and nine months ended December 27, 2025. Quarterly net sales edged up to $508.3 million from $502.9 million, but profit expanded sharply, with net earnings rising to $44.8 million from $14.7 million and diluted EPS increasing to $6.48 from $2.10.
Gross margin improved to 16.4% from 9.8% for the quarter and to 14.8% from 10.9% year-to-date, helped by favorable LIFO inventory credits, lower per-unit production costs in the latest pack, and modest pricing/mix gains. Interest expense was cut roughly in half, as average borrowings on the revolving credit facility declined and the company fully repaid its Term Loan A-1.
For the nine months, net sales grew to $1.27 billion from $1.23 billion and net earnings more than doubled to $89.4 million. Cash from operations was $114.2 million, supporting $27.0 million of capital spending, $8.7 million of share repurchases, and meaningful term-debt reduction, while long-term debt decreased to $242.7 million and cash ended at $33.3 million.
Kraig H. Kayser, a director of Seneca Foods Corp, reported a charitable gift of company stock. On January 15, 2026, he gifted 640 shares of Class B common stock at $119.71 per share, using the closing market price that day.
After this transaction, he beneficially owned 130,836 Class B common shares directly. He also held 61,113 Class A common shares, 32,168 Class A Series A preferred shares, and 91,400 Class A Series B preferred shares directly. Through the company 401(k) Stock Fund, he indirectly held 3,344 Class A and 883 Class B shares, with amounts that can fluctuate daily.
Seneca Foods Corp reporting person Paul Laurence Palmby disclosed discretionary dispositions of company stock held through the Seneca Foods 401(k) Stock Fund. The filing shows units tied to Class A and Class B common shares were redeemed from the unitized Stock Fund for portfolio diversification, with valuation based on the closing prices on the disposition date. The report lists dispositions executed on 08/27/2025 and indicates the disposed units reflected holdings within the 401(k) plan rather than direct open-market sales.
The explanation clarifies the Stock Fund continuously reallocates between Class A, Class B and cash, so the exact underlying share counts fluctuate daily and certain elective deferrals and company matching contributions since the last report were exempt from reporting.