secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     ARTIVION, INC. (AORT)
CIK:        0000784199
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-08-11T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000784199-25-000136
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.55
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Artivion appoints Lance Berry as COO, retains CFO role; CMO Stanton to retire March 2026
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- Lance Berry appointed COO effective Aug 11, 2025, while continuing as CFO and Treasurer.
- Berry receives $540k salary, 70% bonus target, $2.25M equity grant target for 2026.
- Marshall Stanton, SVP Clinical Research and CMO, to retire effective March 31, 2026.
- Stanton will provide transition services for up to one year post-retirement; no disagreement involved.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/784199/000078419925000136/0000784199-25-000136-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/784199/000078419925000136/aort-20250806.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000784199-25-000136

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