---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-26-035507"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AORT"
cik: "0000784199"
company_name: "ARTIVION, INC."
filed_at: "2026-05-15T19:13:32+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T19:14:36.029302+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Artivion stockholders elect all nine director nominees and approve say-on-pay at 2026 annual meeting

## Summary
- All nine nominees elected; highest vote count for Anthony B. Semedo (39,241,704 for) and lowest for Jeffrey H. Burbank (34,250,202 for).
- Say-on-pay passed with 36,876,134 votes for, 2,291,059 against, and 151,868 abstentions.
- Ernst & Young LLP ratified as independent auditor for FY 2026 with 44,294,062 for, 625,438 against.
- Broker non-votes of 5,607,747 on director elections and say-on-pay were reported.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-26-035507
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AORT
- cik: 0000784199
- company_name: ARTIVION, INC.
- filed_at: 2026-05-15T19:13:32+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/784199/000162828026035507/0001628280-26-035507-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/784199/000162828026035507/aort-20260512.htm

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## Key facts
- 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, 2026 at the 2026-05-12 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-12
  source text: The stockholders also (i) approved, by non-binding vote, the compensation paid to Artivion’s named executive officers, including the Compensation Discussion and Analysis, compensation tables, and narrative discussion, and (ii) ratified the preliminary selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for the Company for the year ending December 31, 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/784199/000162828026035507/0001628280-26-035507-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 2026-05-12 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-12
  source text: The stockholders also (i) approved, by non-binding vote, the compensation paid to Artivion’s named executive officers, including the Compensation Discussion and Analysis, compensation tables, and narrative discussion, and (ii) ratified the preliminary selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for the Company for the year ending December 31, 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/784199/000162828026035507/0001628280-26-035507-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  ARTIVION, INC. shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2026-05-12 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-12
  source text: At Artivion, Inc.’s (the “Company” or “Artivion”) 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on May 12, 2026 (the “Annual Meeting”), Artivion’s stockholders elected each individual that was nominated for election as director of the Company to serve until the next annual meeting or until their successors are elected and qualified.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/784199/000162828026035507/0001628280-26-035507-index.htm

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