---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000784199-23-000092"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AORT"
cik: "0000784199"
company_name: "ARTIVION, INC."
filed_at: "2023-05-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T20:21:43.513903+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Artivion shareholders approve additional 3.04M shares for equity plan, re-elect directors

## Summary
- Stockholders approved 3,040,000 additional shares for the 2020 Equity and Cash Incentive Plan (30,752,663 for, 886,740 against).
- All 9 director nominees elected; each received >26M votes for (broker non-votes 3,436,309).
- Say-on-pay approved with 27,174,737 votes for, 4,460,348 against; one-year frequency for future votes approved.
- Ernst & Young LLP ratified as independent auditor for FY 2023 (35,117,916 for, 104,825 against).
- Plan details filed as Exhibit 10.1; maximum shares available adjusted to 5,715,000 plus remainder from previous plan.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000784199-23-000092
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AORT
- cik: 0000784199
- company_name: ARTIVION, INC.
- filed_at: 2023-05-19T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/784199/000078419923000092/0000784199-23-000092-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/784199/000078419923000092/aort-20230519.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  ARTIVION, INC. shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2023-05-16 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-16
  source text: Thomas F. Ackerman 30,738,849 1,051,052 3,436,309
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/784199/000078419923000092/0000784199-23-000092-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  ARTIVION, INC. shareholders approved Approval of additional funding of 3,040,000 shares for the Artivion, Inc. 2020 Equity and Cash Incentive Plan at the 2023-05-16 meeting.
  - Proposal: equity plan
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-16
  source text: Approval of additional funding of 3,040,000 shares for the Artivion, Inc. 2020 Equity and Cash Incentive Plan
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/784199/000078419923000092/0000784199-23-000092-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  ARTIVION, INC. shareholders approved Approval, by non-binding vote, of one-year frequency for stockholder advisory votes on the compensation paid to Artivion’s named executive officers at the 2023-05-16 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-16
  source text: Approval, by non-binding vote, of one-year frequency for stockholder advisory votes on the compensation paid to Artivion’s named executive officers
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/784199/000078419923000092/0000784199-23-000092-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  ARTIVION, INC. shareholders approved 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 at the 2023-05-16 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-16
  source text: 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
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/784199/000078419923000092/0000784199-23-000092-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  ARTIVION, INC. shareholders approved 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, 2023 at the 2023-05-16 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-16
  source text: 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, 2023
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/784199/000078419923000092/0000784199-23-000092-index.htm

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