---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000784199-24-000181"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AORT"
cik: "0000784199"
company_name: "ARTIVION, INC."
filed_at: "2024-05-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T22:11:36.014957+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Artivion stockholders approve officer exculpation charter amendment at 2024 annual meeting

## Summary
- Stockholders approved amendment to certificate of incorporation allowing officer exculpation under Delaware law; effective May 15, 2024.
- All nine director nominees elected; non-binding say-on-pay and auditor ratification also approved.
- Officer exculpation vote: 30,848,088 For, 1,866,048 Against, 4,121,060 broker non-votes.
- Ernst & Young LLP ratified as independent auditor for fiscal year ending December 31, 2024.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000784199-24-000181
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AORT
- cik: 0000784199
- company_name: ARTIVION, INC.
- filed_at: 2024-05-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/784199/000078419924000181/0000784199-24-000181-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/784199/000078419924000181/aort-20240514.htm

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## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 06eedc332493cca35ca250c77c00f303f79d1201
  claim: ARTIVION, INC.: Amended and restated certificate of incorporation to allow for officer exculpation under Delaware law (effective 2024-05-15).
  evidence_excerpt: the Company’s stockholders approved the amendment and restatement of Artivion’s Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, to allow for officer exculpation as provided for under Delaware law (the “Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation”). The Company filed the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware with an effective date of May 15, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/784199/000078419924000181/0000784199-24-000181-index.htm
- claim_id: 08cc503b863aa8f8975cd7a2eaef57ab6526d02e
  claim: ARTIVION, INC. shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2024-05-14 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: Name Votes For Votes Withheld Broker Non-Votes Thomas F. Ackerman 32,376,633 474,844 4,121,060 Daniel J. Bevevino 32,307,634 543,843 4,121,060 Marna P. Borgstrom 32,222,514 628,963 4,121,060 James W. Bullock 32,759,408 92,069 4,121,060 Jeffrey H. Burbank 27,413,096 5,438,381 4,121,060 Elizabeth A. Hoff 32,222,137 629,340 4,121,060 J. Patrick Mackin 32,526,399 325,078 4,121,060 Jon W. Salveson 32,254,634 596,843 4,121,060 Anthony B. Semedo 32,759,935 91,542 4,121,060
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/784199/000078419924000181/0000784199-24-000181-index.htm
- claim_id: 40ff05ee3ec199fa0f0989fdf465629e73a780ab
  claim: ARTIVION, INC. shareholders approved Ratification of the preliminary selection of Ernst & Young LLP as independent registered public accounting firm at the 2024-05-14 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: 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, 2024 Votes For Votes Against Votes Abstain 36,785,277 64,594 122,666
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/784199/000078419924000181/0000784199-24-000181-index.htm
- claim_id: 41da8c30ba70e26642f77e4e651ca5221af000a8
  claim: ARTIVION, INC. shareholders approved Approval of the amendment and restatement of Artivion's Certificate of Incorporation to allow for officer exculpation at the 2024-05-14 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: Approval of the amendment and restatement of Artivion’s Certificate of Incorporation to allow for officer exculpation as provided for under Delaware law Votes For Votes Against Votes Abstain Broker Non-Votes 30,848,088 1,866,048 137,341 4,121,060
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/784199/000078419924000181/0000784199-24-000181-index.htm
- claim_id: 4f1258afc47a5ec7e1fe529053d2790a2297ddef
  claim: ARTIVION, INC. shareholders approved Approval, by non-binding vote, of the compensation paid to Artivion's named executive officers at the 2024-05-14 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: 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 Votes For Votes Against Votes Abstain Broker Non-Votes 31,886,469 807,171 157,837 4,121,060
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/784199/000078419924000181/0000784199-24-000181-index.htm

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