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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001096906-25-001733"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "UTMD"
cik: "0000706698"
company_name: "UTAH MEDICAL PRODUCTS INC"
filed_at: "2025-11-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T00:45:43.323878+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Utah Medical Products appoints director, increases quarterly dividend to $0.31/share

## Summary
- Appointed Kevin Timken to board, increasing size to 6; he joins Audit and Compensation committees.
- Timken received 10,000 stock options at $58.10, vesting over 4 years; quarterly fee $7,650 pro-rated.
- Quarterly cash dividend raised to $0.31 per share, payable Jan 5, 2026 to holders of record Dec 16, 2025.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001096906-25-001733
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: UTMD
- cik: 0000706698
- company_name: UTAH MEDICAL PRODUCTS INC
- filed_at: 2025-11-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01, 99.1
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/706698/000109690625001733/0001096906-25-001733-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/706698/000109690625001733/utmd-20251104_8k.htm

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