---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001171843-21-008082"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "UG"
cik: "0000101295"
company_name: "UNITED GUARDIAN INC"
filed_at: "2021-11-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T06:23:44.505471+00:00"
event_type: "dividend"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# United-Guardian declares Q4 dividend of $0.65/share, up 35% from prior dividend

## Summary
- Cash dividend of $0.65 per share declared, payable December 7, 2021 to holders of record November 29, 2021.
- Dividend is a 35% increase over the $0.48 per share paid earlier in 2021 and an 81% increase over the $0.36 paid in December 2020.
- Total dividends for 2021 amount to $1.13 per share, a new company record for regular dividends in any year.
- President Ken Globus stated the company expects to end 2021 with significantly better financial results than 2020, citing recovery of pandemic-era sales losses and a strong fourth quarter.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001171843-21-008082
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: UG
- cik: 0000101295
- company_name: UNITED GUARDIAN INC
- filed_at: 2021-11-19T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: dividend
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/101295/000117184321008082/0001171843-21-008082-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/101295/000117184321008082/f8k_111921.htm

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