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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001096906-24-002072"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "UTMD"
cik: "0000706698"
company_name: "UTAH MEDICAL PRODUCTS INC"
filed_at: "2024-11-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T05:37:46.803463+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Utah Medical Products appoints director Carrie Leigh, raises dividend 1.7% to $0.305

## Summary
- Board increased to 6 members; appointed Carrie Leigh, daughter of CEO Kevin Cornwell, effective Nov 1, 2024.
- Ms. Leigh worked at UTMD from 2004-2016, last as Global Direct End User Sales manager; now a consultant.
- She received 10,000 options at $64.09/share vesting over 4 years and quarterly board fee of $7,350.
- Quarterly cash dividend raised 1.7% to $0.305 per share, payable Jan 3, 2025 to holders of record Dec 16, 2024.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001096906-24-002072
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: UTMD
- cik: 0000706698
- company_name: UTAH MEDICAL PRODUCTS INC
- filed_at: 2024-11-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01, 99.1
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/706698/000109690624002072/0001096906-24-002072-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/706698/000109690624002072/utmd-20241101.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001096906-24-002072
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001096906-24-002072.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001096906-24-002072.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Carrie Leigh was appointed as Director at UTAH MEDICAL PRODUCTS INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On November 1, 2024, the Board of Directors of Utah Medical Products, Inc. (UTMD) voted to increase the size of the Board of Directors from five to six members and to appoint Carrie Leigh to fill the vacancy created by the increase in the number of directors.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/706698/000109690624002072/0001096906-24-002072-index.htm

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