---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-26-030044"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MLSS"
cik: "0000855683"
company_name: "MILESTONE SCIENTIFIC INC."
filed_at: "2026-06-25T13:00:15+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-25T13:01:44.875746+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Milestone Scientific appoints two independent directors and names new Executive Chairman

## Summary
- Benedetta Casamento transitions from Board Chair to Executive Chairman, receiving $75,000 annual salary and $100,000 restricted stock grant.
- Kelly Ulto and Greg Shilling appointed as independent directors; Ulto chairs Audit Committee, Shilling chairs Compensation Committee.
- Founder Leonard Osser enters restructured agreement reducing base compensation to $48,000/year and enters lock-up through April 20, 2027.
- Director Shanth Thiyagalingam resigns, not seeking re-election, to focus on CEO role at PainTEQ.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-26-030044
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MLSS
- cik: 0000855683
- company_name: MILESTONE SCIENTIFIC INC.
- filed_at: 2026-06-25T13:00:15+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/855683/000149315226030044/0001493152-26-030044-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/855683/000149315226030044/form8-k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-26-030044.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Kelly Ulto was appointed as Independent Director at MILESTONE SCIENTIFIC INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Independent Director
  source text: On June 19, 2026, the Board of Directors of the Company unanimously appointed, by the directors in attendance, Kelly Ulto and Greg Shilling as independent directors of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/855683/000149315226030044/0001493152-26-030044-index.htm
- Executive change
  Greg Shilling was appointed as Independent Director at MILESTONE SCIENTIFIC INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Independent Director
  source text: On June 19, 2026, the Board of Directors of the Company unanimously appointed, by the directors in attendance, Kelly Ulto and Greg Shilling as independent directors of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/855683/000149315226030044/0001493152-26-030044-index.htm
- Executive change
  Shanth Thiyagalingam departed as Director at MILESTONE SCIENTIFIC INC..
  - Action: not to run for re-election
  - Role: Director
  source text: Shanth Thiyagalingam, a member of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) since 2025, was nominated to continue as a director but has advised the Company that he has decided to devote his full time as chief executive officer of PainTEQ and to his family, and not to run for re-election.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/855683/000149315226030044/0001493152-26-030044-index.htm
- Executive change
  Benedetta Casamento was elected as Executive Chairman at MILESTONE SCIENTIFIC INC..
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Executive Chairman
  source text: electing Ms. Casamento as Executive Chairman.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/855683/000149315226030044/0001493152-26-030044-index.htm

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