---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000805928-22-000045"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AXGN"
cik: "0000805928"
company_name: "Axogen, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-04-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T11:17:55.938423+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Director Blackford resigns; Axogen grants PSUs, RSUs, and options to executives

## Summary
- Quentin S. Blackford resigned from Board effective March 30, 2022; no dispute cited.
- John H. Johnson appointed Audit Committee chair; Alan M. Levine appointed to Compensation Committee.
- CEO Zaderej receives target PSUs of 89,467; CFO Mariani 60,000; CCO Sandberg 40,000; plus RSUs and options.
- PSUs vest over 2022-2024 based on annual revenue growth goals; top execs get premium options at 125% of FMV.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000805928-22-000045
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AXGN
- cik: 0000805928
- company_name: Axogen, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-04-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/805928/000080592822000045/0000805928-22-000045-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/805928/000080592822000045/axgn-20220316.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000805928-22-000045
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000805928-22-000045.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000805928-22-000045.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Quentin S. Blackford resigned as Director at Axogen, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: On March 29, 2022, Quentin S. Blackford notified Axogen, Inc. (the “Company”) of his decision to resign as a member of the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”), including as a member of the Audit Committee and Compensation Committee, effective as of 11:59 PM EST on Wednesday, March 30, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/805928/000080592822000045/0000805928-22-000045-index.htm

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