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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000784199-24-000184"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AORT"
cik: "0000784199"
company_name: "ARTIVION, INC."
filed_at: "2024-05-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T17:50:07.148884+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Artivion amends bylaws, narrows stockholder advance notice requirements

## Summary
- Board approved amended bylaws effective May 15, 2024; updates advance notice rules for stockholder nominations and proposals.
- Removed requirements to disclose performance fees, interests in contracts with affiliates/competitors, and info on 'others acting in concert'.
- Narrowed 'Stockholder Associated Person' definition to beneficial owner only; removed requirement for nominee interviews.
- Updated provisions for committee appointments and board consent effectiveness under DGCL Sections 141(c) and 141(f).
- Clarified indemnification expenses exclude settlement payments for actions by/right of corporation per DGCL Section 145(b).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000784199-24-000184
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AORT
- cik: 0000784199
- company_name: ARTIVION, INC.
- filed_at: 2024-05-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/784199/000078419924000184/0000784199-24-000184-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/784199/000078419924000184/aort-20240515.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000784199-24-000184.txt

## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  ARTIVION, INC.: Amended and restated bylaws, updating advance notice provisions and making other changes in line with DGCL (effective 2024-05-15).
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  - Effective: 2024-05-15
  source text: On May 15, 2024, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Artivion, Inc. (the “Company”) approved amending and restating the Company’s amended and restated bylaws (the “Amended & Restated Bylaws”), effective immediately upon approval by the Board.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/784199/000078419924000184/0000784199-24-000184-index.htm

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