UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): January 3, 2023

UTG, INC
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware
 
0-16867
 
20-2907892
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
 
(Commission
File Number)
 
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

205 North Depot Street
Stanford, Kentucky 40484
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

(217) 323-6300
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Section 5 – Corporate Governance and Management

Item 5.02.  Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

At a meeting of the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors on January 3, 2023, bonuses were approved for Mr. Jesse T. Correll, CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors, Mr. Douglas P. Ditto, Vice President, Mr. James P. Rousey, President and Mr. Theodore C. Miller, CFO.

 
 
Cash Bonus
  
Stock Bonus*
Total Bonus
Jesse T. Correll
             $            6
$ 289,994
$ 290,000
Douglas P. Ditto
$   99,991
$ 150,009
$ 250,000
James P. Rousey
$ 224,991
$   35,009
$ 260,000
Theodore C. Miller
$   49,880
$   50,120
$ 100,000
Total
$ 374,868
$ 525,132
$ 900,000

* UTG stock is valued at $25.06 per share, the current market value reported on the date of bonus approval.

The bonuses are based on the Company’s 2022 operating results and are not the result of any written agreement or specific formula.

Additionally, a salary increase was approved for the below executive officer of the Company.  The new salary becomes effective January 1, 2023.  All other executive officer salaries remained unchanged.

Mr. Theodore C. Miller, CFO, annual increase of $5,000 making his new annual salary $117,500.

Messrs. Correll and Rousey are members of the Board of Directors but are not members of the Compensation Committee.  The Company continues to have neither written employment agreements nor oral arrangements with any of its corporate officers.


SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

UTG, INC.

Date:
January 3, 2023
  
By:
/s/ Theodore C. Miller
       
Theodore C. Miller
       
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer