---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001171843-22-006727"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "UG"
cik: "0000101295"
company_name: "UNITED GUARDIAN INC"
filed_at: "2022-10-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-23T01:07:51.353317+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CEO Ken Globus retires; Beatriz Blanco appointed President and CEO effective Nov 1, 2022

## Summary
- Ken Globus retires as President & CEO effective Oct 31, 2022; remains Board Chairman.
- Beatriz Blanco appointed President, CEO and elected to Board, effective Nov 1, 2022.
- Blanco's initial annual base salary set at $280,000; eligible for Discretionary Bonus/Profit Sharing Plan.
- Globus receives $90,000 lump-sum payment and $10,000/month consulting retainer through February 2023.
- Blanco brings 20+ years in personal care; was Global Business Director at Momentive Performance Materials.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001171843-22-006727
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: UG
- cik: 0000101295
- company_name: UNITED GUARDIAN INC
- filed_at: 2022-10-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/101295/000117184322006727/0001171843-22-006727-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/101295/000117184322006727/f8k_102422.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001171843-22-006727
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001171843-22-006727.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001171843-22-006727.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Ken Globus departed as President and Chief Executive Officer at UNITED GUARDIAN INC.
  - Action: retiring
  - Role: President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: On October 25, 2022, the Company announced that Ken Globus would be retiring from his positions as President and Chief Executive Officer of United-Guardian, Inc. (the “Company”), effective October 31, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/101295/000117184322006727/0001171843-22-006727-index.htm
- Executive change
  Beatriz Blanco was elected as Director at UNITED GUARDIAN INC.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: elected her to fill an existing vacancy on the Board of Directors
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/101295/000117184322006727/0001171843-22-006727-index.htm
- Executive change
  Beatriz Blanco was appointed as President and Chief Executive Officer at UNITED GUARDIAN INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: the Board of Directors appointed Beatriz Blanco as the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/101295/000117184322006727/0001171843-22-006727-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.