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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001096906-24-000826
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	DEFA14A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20240415
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20240415

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			UTAH MEDICAL PRODUCTS INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000706698
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SURGICAL & MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS & APPARATUS [3841]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	08 Industrial Applications and Services
		IRS NUMBER:				870342734
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			UT
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		DEFA14A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-12575
		FILM NUMBER:		24844359

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		7043 S 300 WEST
		CITY:			MIDVALE
		STATE:			UT
		ZIP:			84047
		BUSINESS PHONE:		8015661200
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<P align=center style='font:10pt Times New Roman;margin:0;color:#000000'><B>SCHEDULE 14A</B><BR><B>(Rule 14a-101)</B><BR><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN PROXY STATEMENT</B><BR><B>SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION</B></P>
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<P align=center style='font:10pt Times New Roman;margin:0;color:#000000'><B>Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a)</B><BR><B>of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934</B></P>
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</TD><TD valign=top style=width:95.9%><P style='font:10pt Times New Roman;margin:0;color:#000000'>Preliminary Proxy Statement</P>
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<P align=center style='font:18pt Times New Roman;margin:0;color:#000000'><FONT style='border-bottom:1px solid #000000'><B>Utah Medical Products, Inc.</B></FONT></P>
<P align=center style='font:10pt Times New Roman;margin:0;color:#000000'>(Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)</P>
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</TD><TD valign=top style=width:95.98%><P style='font:10pt Times New Roman;margin:0;color:#000000'>Fee computed on table in exhibit required by Item 25(b) per Exchange Act Rules 14a-6(i)(1) and 0-11.</P>
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<HR style='border:0;height:0;width:0;margin:14pt 0 0 0'><P align=center style='font:11pt Times New Roman;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt'><B>EXPLANATORY NOTE</B></P>
<P style='font:11pt Times New Roman;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt'>On April 10, 2024, Utah Medical Products, Inc. (the &#8220;Company&#8221;) filed its Definitive Proxy Statement (the &#8220;Proxy Statement&#8221;) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (&#8220;SEC&#8221;). The Proxy Statement was filed in connection with the Company&#8217;s 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held on May 3, 2024.</P>
<P style='font:11pt Times New Roman;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt'>This supplement includes the updated Annual Meeting Proxy Card reflecting the corrected language for proposal 3, &#8220;To approve, by advisory vote, the Company&#8217;s executive compensation program.&#8221;  No other changes are being made to the Proxy Statement.</P>
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<HR style='border:0;height:0;width:0;margin:14pt 0 0 0'><P align=center style='font:16pt Times New Roman;margin:0'><B>PROXY</B></P>
<TABLE style=border-collapse:collapse;width:100%><TR><TD valign=top style=width:50%><P style='font:10pt Times New Roman;margin:0'><B>Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of</B></P>
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</TD><TD valign=top style=width:50%><P align=right style='font:10pt Times New Roman;margin:0'><B>of the Board of Directors)</B></P>
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<P style='font:10pt Times New Roman;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:6pt;text-indent:18pt'>The undersigned hereby appoint Kevin L. Cornwell and Brian L. Koopman, and each of them, proxies, with full power of substitution, to vote the shares of common stock of Utah Medical Products, Inc. (the &quot;Company&quot;) which the undersigned is entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of the Company (the &quot;Annual Meeting&quot;) to be held at the corporate offices of the Company, 7043 South 300 West, Midvale, Utah, on May 3, 2024, at 12:00 noon, local time, and any postponement or adjournment(s) thereof, such proxies being directed to vote as specified below. &nbsp;<B>If no instructions are specified, such proxies will be voted &#8220;FOR&#8221; proposals 1-3.</B></P>
<P style='font:10pt Times New Roman;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:6pt;text-indent:18pt'>To vote in accordance with the Board of Directors' recommendations, sign below; check the &#8220;FOR&#8221; boxes on proposals 1-3. &nbsp;To vote against any of the board&#8217;s recommendations on proposals 1-3, check the appropriate box(es) marked &#8220;WITHHOLD&#8221; or &#8220;AGAINST,&#8221; below.</P>
<P style='font:10pt Times New Roman;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:6pt;margin-left:72pt'><KBD style='position:absolute;font:10pt Times New Roman;margin-left:-36pt'>(1)</KBD><KBD style=margin-left:-0.9pt></KBD>To elect two directors of the Company to serve a three year term and until their successor is elected and qualified;&nbsp;</P>
<P style='font:10pt Times New Roman;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt;margin-left:36pt'><KBD style='position:absolute;font:10pt Times New Roman;margin-left:36pt'><B>Kevin L. Cornwell:</B></KBD><KBD style='position:absolute;font:10pt Times New Roman;margin-left:180pt'><B>FOR &nbsp;</B><FONT style=font-family:Wingdings><B><FONT face=Wingdings>&#168;</FONT></B></FONT></KBD><KBD style=margin-left:252pt></KBD><B>WITHHOLD &nbsp;</B><FONT style=font-family:Wingdings><FONT face=Wingdings>&#168;</FONT></FONT>&nbsp;</P>
<P style='font:10pt Times New Roman;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt;margin-left:36pt'><KBD style='position:absolute;font:10pt Times New Roman;margin-left:36pt'><B>Paul O. Richins:</B></KBD><KBD style='position:absolute;font:10pt Times New Roman;margin-left:144pt'><B> </B></KBD><KBD style='position:absolute;font:10pt Times New Roman;margin-left:180pt'><B>FOR &nbsp;</B><FONT style=font-family:Wingdings><B><FONT face=Wingdings>&#168;</FONT></B></FONT></KBD><KBD style=margin-left:252pt></KBD><B>WITHHOLD &nbsp;</B><FONT style=font-family:Wingdings><FONT face=Wingdings>&#168;</FONT></FONT>&nbsp;</P>
<P style='font:10pt Times New Roman;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:6pt;margin-left:72pt'><KBD style='position:absolute;font:10pt Times New Roman;margin-left:-36pt'>(2)</KBD><KBD style=margin-left:-0.9pt></KBD>To ratify the selection of Haynie &amp; Company as the Company&#8217;s independent public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2024;&nbsp;</P>
<P align=center style='font:10pt Times New Roman;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt;color:#000000'><B>FOR &nbsp;<FONT face=Wingdings>&#168;</FONT></B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>AGAINST &nbsp;<FONT face=Wingdings>&#168;</FONT></B>&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>ABSTAIN &nbsp;<FONT face=Wingdings>&#168;</FONT></B></P>
<P style='font:10pt Times New Roman;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:6pt;margin-left:72pt'><KBD style='position:absolute;font:10pt Times New Roman;margin-left:-36pt'>(3)</KBD><KBD style=margin-left:-0.9pt></KBD>To approve, by advisory vote, the Company&#8217;s executive compensation program;&nbsp;</P>
<P align=center style='font:10pt Times New Roman;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt;color:#000000'><B>FOR &nbsp;<FONT face=Wingdings>&#168;</FONT></B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>AGAINST &nbsp;<FONT face=Wingdings>&#168;</FONT></B>&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>ABSTAIN  <FONT face=Wingdings>&#168;</FONT></B></P>
<P style='font:10pt Times New Roman;margin:0'><B>PLEASE SIGN EXACTLY AS YOUR NAME APPEARS IN THE RECORDS OF THE COMPANY. &nbsp;WHEN SHARES ARE HELD BY JOINT TENANTS, BOTH SHOULD SIGN. &nbsp;IF YOUR SHARES ARE HELD AT A BROKERAGE HOUSE, PLEASE INDICATE THE NAME OF THE BROKERAGE HOUSE AND THE NUMBER OF SHARES HELD.</B></P>
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<P style='font:10pt Times New Roman;margin:0;margin-left:72pt'><KBD style='position:absolute;font:10pt Times New Roman;margin-left:-54pt'>Dated <FONT style='border-bottom:1px solid #000000'> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></KBD><KBD style=margin-left:153pt></KBD>No. of Shares ________________________________&nbsp;</P>
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<P style='font:10pt Times New Roman;margin:0;margin-left:72pt'><KBD style='position:absolute;font:10pt Times New Roman;margin-left:-54pt'>Signature<FONT style='border-bottom:1px solid #000000'> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></KBD><KBD style=margin-left:153pt></KBD>Signature (if held jointly) _______________________<FONT style='border-bottom:1px solid #000000'> &nbsp;</FONT>&nbsp;</P>
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<P style='font:10pt Times New Roman;margin:0;margin-left:72pt'><KBD style='position:absolute;font:10pt Times New Roman;margin-left:-54pt'>Print Name<FONT style='border-bottom:1px solid #000000'> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></KBD><KBD style=margin-left:153pt></KBD>Print Name __________________________________<FONT style='border-bottom:1px solid #000000'> &nbsp;</FONT>&nbsp;</P>
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<P align=center style='font:10pt Times New Roman;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:6pt'><B>PLEASE ACT PROMPTLY</B></P>
<P style='font:10pt Times New Roman;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:6pt'><B>PLEASE MARK, SIGN, DATE, AND RETURN PROXY IN THE BUSINESS REPLY ENVELOPE PROVIDED. &nbsp;NO POSTAGE IS REQUIRED IF MAILED IN THE UNITED STATES.</B></P>
<P style='font:10pt Times New Roman;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:6pt'><B>Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Stockholders Meeting to Be Held on May 3, 2024 - </B>the proxy statement and annual report are available at www.utahmed.com/annual-reports-proxy-materials.html. &nbsp;</P>
<P align=center style='font:16pt Times New Roman;margin:0'>Utah Medical Products, Inc.</P>
<P align=center style='font:10pt Times New Roman;margin:0'>7043 South 300 West</P>
<P align=center style='font:10pt Times New Roman;margin:0'>Midvale, Utah 84047</P>
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