# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0000784199
**File Stem:** 0001628280-26-035507
**Filing Date:** 2026-5
**Character Count:** 6611
**Document Hash:** 41eff134b0c39279bb9fb05732261b7f
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001628280-26-035507.hdr.sgml**: 20260515

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001628280-26-035507

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 8-K

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 11

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20260512

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20260515

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20260515

**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:** 8-K
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-13165
- **FILM NUMBER:** 26986106

**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

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**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): May 12, 2026**

**___________________________________________**

**ARTIVION, INC.**

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

**___________________________________________**

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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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**Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (770) 419-3355**

**___________________________________________________________________________________**

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

☐ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

☐ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

**Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:**

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| **Title of each class** | **Trading Symbol(s)** | **Name of each exchange <br>on which registered** |
| Common Stock, $0.01 par value | AORT | NYSE |

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

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 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

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**Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders**

At Artivion, Inc.'s (the "Company" or "Artivion") 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on May 12, 2026 (the "Annual Meeting"), Artivion's stockholders elected each individual that was nominated for election as director of the Company to serve until the next annual meeting or until their successors are elected and qualified. The stockholders also (i) approved, by non-binding vote, the compensation paid to Artivion's named executive officers, including the Compensation Discussion and Analysis, compensation tables, and narrative discussion, and (ii) ratified the preliminary selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for the Company for the year ending December 31, 2026.

The final results of the voting on each matter of business at the Annual Meeting are as follows:

**(i) Election of Directors**

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| **Name** | **Votes For** | **Votes Withheld** | **Broker Non-Votes** |
| Thomas F. Ackerman | 38066579 | 1252482 | 5607747 |
| Daniel J. Bevevino | 38110073 | 1208988 | 5607747 |
| Marna P. Borgstrom | 37419676 | 1899385 | 5607747 |
| James W. Bullock | 39238538 | 80523 | 5607747 |
| Jeffrey H. Burbank | 34250202 | 5068859 | 5607747 |
| Elizabeth A. Hoff | 37418885 | 1900176 | 5607747 |
| J. Patrick Mackin | 38215070 | 1103991 | 5607747 |
| Jon W. Salveson | 37312804 | 2006257 | 5607747 |
| Anthony B. Semedo | 39241704 | 77357 | 5607747 |

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**(ii) Approval, by non-binding vote, of the compensation paid to Artivion's named executive officers, including the Compensation Discussion and Analysis, compensation tables, and narrative discussion**

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| **<u>Votes For</u>** | **<u>Votes Against</u>** | **<u>Votes Abstain</u>** | **<u>Broker Non-Votes</u>** |
| 36,876,134 | 2,291,059 | 151,868 | 5,607,747 |

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**(iii) Ratification of the preliminary selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for the Company for the year ending December 31, 2026**

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|:---|:---|:---|
| **<u>Votes For</u>** | **<u>Votes Against</u>** | **<u>Votes Abstain</u>** |
| 44,294,062 | 625,438 | 7,308 |

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**Item 9.01(d) Exhibits**

(d)Exhibits.

<u>Exhibit Number</u> <u>Description</u> <br> 104 Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101).

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**SIGNATURES**

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

Date: May 15, 2026

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|:---|:---|
| ARTIVION, INC. | ARTIVION, INC. |
| By: | /s/ Lance A. Berry |
| Name: | Lance A. Berry |
| Title: | Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer |

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