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Issuer:     UTAH MEDICAL PRODUCTS INC (UTMD)
CIK:        0000706698
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2021-11-02T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001096906-21-002618
Event type: dividend
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.55
Item codes: 8.01, 9.01, 99.1
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Utah Medical Products declares $2.00 special dividend, replacing Q4 quarterly
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- Special cash dividend of $2.00/share, total ~$7.3M, payable Dec 29, 2021 to holders of record Dec 15.
- Dividend replaces normal quarterly dividend; annual dividend historically ~$4M/year.
- Cash & investments at Sept 30, 2021: $64.3M, up $12.7M from Dec 31, 2020.
- Rationale: unable to repurchase shares in 2021; special dividend returns cash, citing anticipated 2022 tax changes.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/706698/000109690621002618/0001096906-21-002618-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/706698/000109690621002618/utmd-20211102.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001096906-21-002618

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