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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001477932-22-004603"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "UEEC"
cik: "0001096938"
company_name: "United Health Products, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-06-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-24T23:31:37.140496+00:00"
event_type: "regulatory"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# United Health Products settles SEC investigation; former CEO to disgorge $1.02M to company

## Summary
- SEC settlement requires permanent injunctions and $450,000 civil penalty payable over 270 days.
- Former CEO Douglas Beplate to pay $1,020,000 disgorgement to UHP over next six months.
- CEO Brian Thom's RSU grant increased 15% to 13.225M shares; vesting upon FDA premarket approval jumps from 5% to 20%.
- Independent Director Robert Denser granted 1M RSUs vesting upon $30M cumulative revenue or change of control.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001477932-22-004603
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: UEEC
- cik: 0001096938
- company_name: United Health Products, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-06-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: regulatory
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1096938/000147793222004603/0001477932-22-004603-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1096938/000147793222004603/ueec_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001477932-22-004603
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001477932-22-004603.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001477932-22-004603.txt

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