# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0000784199
**File Stem:** 0001628280-25-039226
**Filing Date:** 2025-8
**Character Count:** 18166
**Document Hash:** dae6bb0a8e4808a85af8cd80ad0dbe4e
**Contains OCR:** False
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001628280-25-039226.hdr.sgml**: 20250808

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001628280-25-039226

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: S-8

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 14

**REFERENCES 429**: 333-244319

**REFERENCES 429**: 333-272557

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20250808

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20250808

**EFFECTIVENESS DATE**: 20250808

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** ARTIVION, INC.
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0000784199
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** SURGICAL & MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS & APPARATUS [3841]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 08 Industrial Applications and Services
- **EIN:** 592417093
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** DE
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** S-8
- **SEC ACT:** 1933 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 333-289410
- **FILM NUMBER:** 251197798

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 1655 ROBERTS BOULEVARD N W
- **CITY:** KENNESAW
- **STATE:** GA
- **ZIP:** 30144
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 7704193355

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 1655 ROBERTS BOULEVARD N W
- **CITY:** KENNESAW
- **STATE:** GA
- **ZIP:** 30144

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** CRYOLIFE INC
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 19940526

**UNITED STATES**

**SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<br>Washington, D.C. 20549<br>___________________________________________**

**FORM S-8**

**REGISTRATION STATEMENT**

***UNDER***

***THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933***

**___________________________________________**

**ARTIVION, INC.**

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)**<br>___________________________________________**

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| **Delaware** | **1-13165** | **59-2417093** |
| (State or Other Jurisdiction<br>of Incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer<br>Identification No.) |

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| **1655 Roberts Boulevard, N.W., Kennesaw, Georgia** | **30144** |
| (Address of principal executive office) | (Zip Code) |

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**ARTIVION, INC.** 

**2020 EQUITY AND CASH INCENTIVE PLAN**

(Full title of the plan)

**J. Patrick Mackin**

**Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer**

**Artivion, Inc.**

**1655 Roberts Boulevard, N.W.**

**Kennesaw, Georgia 30144**

(Name and address of agent for service)

**(312) 750-1234**

(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

**___________________________________________**

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| ***Copies to:*** | ***Copies to:*** |
| **Jean F. Holloway<br>Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer, and Corporate Secretary<br>Artivion, Inc.<br>1655 Roberts Boulevard, NW<br>Kennesaw, Georgia 30144<br>Tel: (770) 419-3355** | **Christopher J. Melsha, Esq.**<br>**Emily E. Moss, Esq.**<br>**Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.**<br>**60 S. Sixth Street, Suite 1500**<br>**Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402**<br>**Tel: (612) 492-7000**<br>**Facsimile: (612) 492-7077** |

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**___________________________________________**

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company," and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

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| Large Accelerated Filer | ⌧ | Accelerated Filer | □ |
| Non-accelerated Filer | □ | Smaller Reporting Company | □ |
| | | Emerging Growth Company | □  |

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If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. □

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**EXPLANATORY NOTE**

Artivion, Inc. (the "Company") is filing this registration statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement") pursuant to and in accordance with General Instruction E of Form S-8 to register 3,570,000 additional shares of its common stock, par value $0.01 per share ("Common Stock"), for issuance under the 2020 Equity and Cash Incentive Plan (the "Plan"). On March 26, 2025, the Company's Board of Directors increased the number of authorized shares under the Plan by 3,570,000, which the Company's stockholders approved on May 13, 2025. The Company first registered 2,675,000 shares of its Common Stock, for issuance under the Plan by a registration statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-244319) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on August 11, 2020 and subsequently registered 3,040,000 shares of Common Stock for issuance under the Plan on Form S-8 (File No. 333-272557) filed with the SEC on June 9, 2023 (together, the "Prior Registration Statements").

The contents of the Prior Registration Statements are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement in accordance with General Instruction E to Form S-8 to the extent not modified or superseded by the information included herein or by any subsequently filed document that is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement or the Prior Registration Statements. Only those items of Form S-8 containing new information not contained in the Prior Registration Statements are presented herein.

**PART II**

**INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT**

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| **Item 3.** | **Incorporation of Documents by Reference.** |

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The following documents filed by the Company with the SEC are incorporated by reference to this Registration Statement:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024, filed with the SEC on February 28, 2025 (File No. 001-13165);

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2025, filed with the SEC on May 6, 2025 and the quarter ended June 30, 2025, filed with the SEC on August 8, 2025;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)The Company's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on May 14, 2025, May 16, 2025, and May 29, 2025;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d)The Company's Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed in connection with its 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on May 13, 2025, filed with the SEC on April 1, 2025; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e)The description of the Company's Common Stock, which is contained in the Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A, originally filed with the SEC on July 2, 1997, including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description, including, without limitation, the description of the Common Stock contained in Exhibit 4.2 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024, filed with the SEC on February 28, 2025.

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In addition, all documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14, and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of filing or furnishing of such documents; provided, however, that information deemed to have been furnished and not filed shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document that also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.

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| **Item 8.** | **Exhibits.** |

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| <u>Exhibit Number</u> | <u>Description</u> |
| <u>[5.1](ex51.htm)</u>\* | Opinion of Fredrikson & Byron, P.A., filed herewith |
| <u>[23.1](ex51.htm)</u>\* | Consent of Fredrikson & Byron, P.A. (included in Exhibit 5.1) |
| <u>[23.2](ex232.htm)</u>\* | Consent of Ernst and Young LLP, filed herewith |
| <u>[24.1](#i978436c903b342f48099d240e0d6e95b_4)</u>\* | Power of Attorney (included in the signature pages hereto) |
| <u>[99.1](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/784199/000078419925000083/form8-kxex101.htm)</u> | Amended and Restated Artivion, Inc. 2020 Equity and Cash Incentive Plan, (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on May 16, 2025) |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101) |
| <u>[107](exfilingfees.htm)</u>\* | Filing Fee Table |

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\* Filed herewith

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**SIGNATURES**

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Kennesaw, State of Georgia, on August 8, 2025.

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| ARTIVION, INC. | ARTIVION, INC. |
| By: | /s/ Lance A. Berry |
| Name: | Lance A. Berry |
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer and<br>Executive Vice President, Finance |

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**POWER OF ATTORNEY**

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below, hereby constitutes and appoints J. Patrick Mackin and Lance A. Berry, and each acting alone, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of resubstitution and substitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any or all amendments or supplements to this Registration Statement and to file the same with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the SEC, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing necessary or appropriate to be done with respect to this Registration Statement or any amendments or supplements hereto in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in their respective capacities with Artivion, Inc. and on the dates indicated.

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| **Name** | **Title** | **Date** |
| /s/ J. Patrick Mackin | Chairman of the Board,<br>Chief Executive Officer, and President | August 8, 2025 |
| J. Patrick Mackin | (Principal Executive Officer) |  |
| /s/ Lance A. Berry | Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President, Finance | August 8, 2025 |
| Lance A. Berry | (Principal Financial Officer) |  |
| /s/ Amy D. Horton | Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer | August 8, 2025 |
| Amy D. Horton | (Principal Accounting Officer) |  |
| /s/ Thomas F. Ackerman | Director | August 8, 2025 |
| Thomas F. Ackerman |  |  |
| /s/ Daniel J. Bevevino | Director | August 8, 2025 |
| Daniel J. Bevevino |  |  |
| /s/ Marna P. Borgstrom | Director | August 8, 2025 |
| Marna P. Borgstrom |  |  |
| /s/ James W. Bullock | Director | August 8, 2025 |
| James W. Bullock |  |  |
| /s/ Jeffrey H. Burbank | Director | August 8, 2025 |
| Jeffrey H. Burbank |  |  |
| /s/ Elizabeth A. Hoff | Director | August 8, 2025 |
| Elizabeth A. Hoff |  |  |
| /s/ Jon W. Salveson | Director | August 8, 2025 |
| Jon W. Salveson |  |  |
| /s/ Anthony B. Semedo | Director | August 8, 2025 |
| Anthony B. Semedo |  |  |

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## Ex-Filing

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**Exhibit 107**

**Calculation of Filing Fee Tables**

**FORM S-8**

(Form Type)

**ARTIVION, INC.**

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

<u>Table 1: Newly Registered Securities</u>

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| **Security Type** | **Security Class Title** | **Fee Calculation Rule** | **Amount Registered (1)** | **Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Unit (2)** | **Maximum Aggregate Offering Price** | **Fee Rate** | **Amount of Registration Fee** |
| Equity | Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share | Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h) | 3570000 | $30.68 | $109527600.00 | 0.0001531 | $16768.68 |
| Total Offering Amounts | Total Offering Amounts | Total Offering Amounts | Total Offering Amounts |  | $109527600.00 |  | $16768.68 |
| Total Fee Offsets | Total Fee Offsets | Total Fee Offsets | Total Fee Offsets |  |  |  | – |
| Net Fee Due | Net Fee Due | Net Fee Due | Net Fee Due |  |  |  | $16768.68 |

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(1) The Registration Statement registers 3,570,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "Common Stock"), of Artivion, Inc. (the "Company") that are reserved for issuance pursuant to the Artivion, Inc. 2020 Equity and Cash Incentive Plan (the "Plan").

Pursuant to Rule 416(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), the Registration Statement also covers any additional shares of the Company's Common Stock that may become issuable under the Plan by reason of any substitutions or adjustments to shares to account for any change in corporate capitalization, such as a merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization, separation, partial or complete liquidation, stock dividend, stock split, reverse stock split, split up, spin-off, or other distribution of stock or property of the Company, combination, or exchange of shares of Common Stock, dividend in kind, or other like change in capital structure.

(2) Pursuant to Rules 457(c) and 457(h) of the Securities Act, the Proposed Maximum Offering Price is estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee and is based on the average of the high and low market prices for the Common Stock reported on the New York Stock Exchange on August 1, 2025 ($30.68).

## Exhibit 5.1

**Exhibit 5.1**

<u>OPINION OF FREDRIKSON & BYRON, P.A.</u> 

**FREDRIKSON & BYRON, P.A.** 

60 South Sixth Street, Suite 1500

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402

Telephone: (612) 492-7000

Facsimile: (612) 492-7077

August 8, 2025

Artivion, Inc.

1655 Roberts Boulevard, N.W.

Kennesaw, Georgia 30144

Re: <u>Registration Statement on Form S-8</u> 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We are acting as corporate counsel to Artivion, Inc. (the "**Company**") in connection with the filing by the Company of a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the "**Registration Statement**") under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "**Act**"), to register 3,570,000 additional shares (plus any additional shares as described in footnote (1) to the Calculation of Registration Fee table) of Common Stock, par value $0.01, of the Company (the "**Shares**"), which we have been advised by the Company may be issued from time to time pursuant to the Artivion, Inc. 2020 Equity and Cash Incentive Plan, as amended to date (the "**Plan**").

In acting as such counsel and for the purpose of rendering this opinion, we have reviewed copies of the following, as presented, and represented as being such, to us by the Company: (i) the Company's Certificate of Incorporation, as amended; (ii) the Company's Amended and Restated Bylaws; (iii) certain corporate resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors and stockholders of the Company pertaining to approval of the Plan; (iv) the Plan; and (v) the Registration Statement. In our examination, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals and the conformity with the original of all documents submitted to us as copies thereof.

Based on, and subject to, the foregoing and upon representations and information provided by the Company or its officers or directors or by public officials or their staffs, it is our opinion as of this date that, the Shares have been duly authorized under the Plan by the Company and upon issuance and delivery of the Shares against receipt by the Company of the consideration for the Shares pursuant to the terms of the Plan, the Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. This opinion is limited to the Delaware General Corporation Law.

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. In giving such consent, we do not hereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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| Very truly yours,<br>Fredrikson & Byron, P.A. | Very truly yours,<br>Fredrikson & Byron, P.A. |
| By: | /s/ Christopher J. Melsha |
|  | Christopher J. Melsha<br>*Vice President* |

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## Exhibit 23.2

**Exhibit 23.2**

**Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm**

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement (Form S-8) pertaining to the 2020 Equity and Cash Incentive Plan of Artivion, Inc. of our reports dated February 28, 2025, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of Artivion, Inc. and Subsidiaries and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting of Artivion, Inc. and Subsidiaries included in its Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended December 31, 2024, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP

Atlanta, Georgia

August 8, 2025

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