UTAH MEDICAL PRODUCTS, INC.

UM PR Logo.jpg (12597 bytes)CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS
7043 South 300 West
Midvale, Utah 84047
Telephone: 801-566-1200
FAX: 801-566-2062
NASDAQ Symbol: UTMD
www.utahmed.com

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PRESS RELEASE

 

Utah Medical Products, Inc. Increases Quarterly Dividend

 
Contact: Paul Richins

January 31, 2006

(801) 566-1200

Salt Lake City, Utah - Utah Medical Products, Inc. (Nasdaq: UTMD) announces that its Board of Directors approved a quarterly cash dividend of eighteen cents ($.18) per share of common stock payable on April 5, 2006 to shareholders of record at the close of business on March 16, 2006. This is a six percent (6%) increase over the prior quarter’s dividend.

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.