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): October 5, 2011

Zep Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (404) 352-1680

Not Applicable

(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 (see General Instructions A.2 below):

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Item 5.02.                  Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On October 5, 2011, J. Veronica Biggins notified the Board of Directors of the Company that she would be retiring from the Board at the end of her current term and, therefore, would not be standing for re-election at the Company’s annual meeting to be held in January 2012.  Ms. Biggins serves on the Company’s Audit and Compensation Committees.

Item 8.01                     Other Events.

Declaration of Dividend

On October 5, 2011, the Board of Directors of the Company declared a quarterly dividend of $0.04 per common share.  The dividend is payable on November 1, 2011 to stockholders of record on October 18, 2011.

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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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