SALT LAKE CITY, Nov. 6, 2008 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- On October 30, 2008, Utah Medical Products, Inc. (Nasdaq:UTMD) announced that its Board of Directors approved a quarterly cash dividend of twenty-three cents ($.23) per share of common stock payable on January 5, 2009 to shareholders of record at the close of business on December 16, 2008.
ADJUSTMENT: The dividend will be paid to shareholders on December 30, 2008 instead of January 5, 2009.
The Board made this adjustment anticipating that 2008 dividends may be taxed at a lower rate than in 2009.
Utah Medical Products, Inc., with particular interest in health care for women and their babies, develops, manufactures, assembles and markets a broad range of disposable and reusable specialty medical devices.