{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0001171843-24-000121","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"UG","cik":"0000101295","company_name":"UNITED GUARDIAN INC","filed_at":"2024-01-08T23:59:59+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-05-14T18:03:23.090790+00:00","generated_at":"2026-06-07T01:48:41.210070+00:00","sec_items":["5.02","7.01","9.01"],"event_type":"leadership","sentiment":"neutral","materiality_score":0.45,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.45,"confidence":"high","headline":"United-Guardian appoints Catherine Kolinski to Board effective Jan 2, 2024","bullets":["Catherine Kolinski, with 30+ years in personal care, pharma, and industrial sectors, appointed to fill Board vacancy.","She previously served as VP of North America Consumer Specialties & Global Oral Care at Ashland Inc. (2011-2019).","As non-employee director, she receives a quarterly retainer of $12,500.","No family relationships with officers/directors; no material transactions with the company.","President Donna Vigilante stated Kolinski's experience will support the company's growth plan."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001171843-24-000121","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001171843-24-000121.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001171843-24-000121.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001171843-24-000121.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/101295/000117184324000121/0001171843-24-000121-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/101295/000117184324000121/f8k_010524.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-06-07T01:48:41.210070+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[{"claim_id":"45ba073b3e","claim":"Catherine Kolinski was appointed as Director at UNITED GUARDIAN INC.","evidence_excerpt":"On January 2, 2024, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of United-Guardian, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Catherine Kolinski to fill an existing vacancy on the Board, effective immediately.","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.02","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/101295/000117184324000121/0001171843-24-000121-index.htm","confidence":1.0,"family_label":"Executive change","details":[{"label":"Action","value":"appointed"},{"label":"Role","value":"Director"}],"fact_type":"executive_change"}],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}