---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000784199-21-000198"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AORT"
cik: "0000784199"
company_name: "ARTIVION, INC."
filed_at: "2021-09-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T02:10:00.072305+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CryoLife appoints Anthony Semedo to board; director Ronald McCall passes away

## Summary
- Anthony Semedo appointed as director effective Oct 1, 2021; has 40+ years in med device, most recently at Medtronic.
- Semedo will serve on Compliance Committee; qualifies as independent under NYSE standards.
- Ronald McCall, director since 1984 and Presiding Director until March 2021, unexpectedly died on Sept 20, 2021.
- Semedo receives same equity/cash compensation as other non-employee directors, per 2021 proxy statement.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000784199-21-000198
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AORT
- cik: 0000784199
- company_name: ARTIVION, INC.
- filed_at: 2021-09-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/784199/000078419921000198/0000784199-21-000198-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/784199/000078419921000198/cry-20210920x8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000784199-21-000198.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Anthony B. Semedo was appointed as Director at ARTIVION, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: on September 20, 2021, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of CryoLife, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Anthony B. Semedo as a director and a member of the Compliance Committee of the Board, effective on October 1, 2021.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/784199/000078419921000198/0000784199-21-000198-index.htm
- Executive change
  Ronald D. McCall departed as Director at ARTIVION, INC..
  - Action: passed away
  - Role: Director
  source text: the Company was informed on September 20, 2021 that Ronald D. McCall, Esq., a director of the Company since January 1984 and Presiding Director from December 2005 to March 2021, unexpectedly passed away.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/784199/000078419921000198/0000784199-21-000198-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.