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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:14pt;">A</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:14pt;">RTIVION, INC.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:11pt;">Kennesaw</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:11pt;">, &nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:11pt;">Georgia</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:11pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:11pt;">30144</font><br /><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;"></font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:8pt;">(Address of principal executive office) (zip code)</font><br /><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:8pt;"></font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:11pt;">AMENDED AND RESTATED</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:11pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:11pt;">EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:11pt;">J. Patrick Mackin</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:11pt;">Chairman, </font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:11pt;">President</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:11pt;">,</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:11pt;"> and Chief Executive Officer</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:11pt;">1655 Roberts Boulevard, N.W.</font>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:8pt;">Jean F. Holloway</font><br /><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:8pt;">General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:8pt;">,</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:8pt;"> and Corporate Secretary</font><br /><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:8pt;"></font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:8pt;">Artivion, Inc.</font><br /><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:8pt;">1655 Roberts Boulevard, NW</font><br /><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:8pt;">Kennesaw, Georgia 30144</font><br /><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:8pt;">Tel: (770) 419-3355</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:8pt;">Andrew </font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:8pt;">M. </font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:8pt;">Nick</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:8pt;">Fredrikson &amp; Byron, P.A.</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:8pt;">Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402</font></p>
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			<font style="display: inline;">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of &#x201C;large accelerated filer,&#x201D; &#x201C;accelerated filer,&#x201D; &#x201C;smaller reporting company,&#x201D; and &#x201C;emerging growth company&#x201D; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;">If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.&nbsp; </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">&#x2610;</font>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:7pt;">Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:7pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:7pt;">(</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:7pt;">2</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:7pt;">)</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-size:8pt;">Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share</font></p>
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			<font style="display: inline;">(1)</font><font style="display: inline;;font-size: 10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;text-indent:0pt;margin-left:0pt;padding:0pt 9pt 0pt 0pt;"></font><font style="display: inline;">This Registration Statement registers 1,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the &#x201C;Common Stock&#x201D;), of Artivion, Inc. (the &#x201C;Company&#x201D;) </font><font style="display: inline;">that are reserved </font><font style="display: inline;">for issuance pursuant to the Artivion, Inc. Amended and Restated Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the &#x201C;Plan&#x201D;).</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;">Pursuant</font><font style="display: inline;"> to Rule 416(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#x201C;Securities Act&#x201D;), this Registration Statement also covers any additional shares of the Company&#x2019;s Common Stock that may become issuable under the Plan by reason of any substitutions or adjustments to shares to account for any change in corporate capitalization, such as a merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization, separation, partial or complete liquidation, stock dividend, stock split, reverse stock split, split up, spin-off, or other distribution of stock or property of the Company, combination</font><font style="display: inline;">,</font><font style="display: inline;"> or exchange of shares of Common Stock, dividend in kind, or other like change in capital structure.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;">(2)</font><font style="display: inline;;font-size: 10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;text-indent:0pt;margin-left:0pt;padding:0pt 9pt 0pt 0pt;"></font><font style="display: inline;">Pursuant to Rules 457(c) and 457(h) of the Securities Act, the Proposed Maximum Offering Price is estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee and is based on the average of the high and low market prices for the Common Stock reported on the New York Stock Exchange on May </font><font style="display: inline;">16</font><font style="display: inline;">, 2022 ($</font><font style="display: inline;">16.91</font><font style="display: inline;">).</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;">The Company previously registered an aggregate</font><font style="display: inline;"> of</font><font style="display: inline;"> 1,</font><font style="display: inline;">9</font><font style="display: inline;">00,000 shares of its Common Stock for issuance </font><font style="display: inline;">under the Plan by a</font><font style="display: inline;"> registration statement on Form S-8 (File No. </font><font style="display: inline;">333-167065</font><font style="display: inline;">) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#x201C;SEC&#x201D;) </font><font style="display: inline;">on May </font><font style="display: inline;">25</font><font style="display: inline;">, 2010 (the</font><font style="display: inline;"> &#x201C;Prior Registration Statement&#x201D;). On </font><font style="display: inline;">March </font><font style="display: inline;">29</font><font style="display: inline;">, 202</font><font style="display: inline;">2</font><font style="display: inline;">, the Company&#x2019;s Board of Directors increased the authorized number of shares under the Plan from 1,</font><font style="display: inline;">9</font><font style="display: inline;">00,000 to </font><font style="display: inline;">2,900,000</font><font style="display: inline;">, which the Company&#x2019;s stockholders approved on May </font><font style="display: inline;">18</font><font style="display: inline;">, 202</font><font style="display: inline;">2</font><font style="display: inline;">. This Registration Statement is being filed pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8 to register such additional </font><font style="display: inline;">1,000,000</font><font style="display: inline;"> shares of Common Stock which may be issued under the Plan.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;">The contents of the Prior Registration Statement are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement in accordance with General Instruction E to Form S-8 to the extent not modified or superseded by the information included herein or by any subsequently filed document that is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement or the Prior Registration Statement.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold;text-transform:uppercase;">Information Required in the Registration Statement</font>
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						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">Artivion, Inc. Amended and Restated Employee Stock Purchase Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">&nbsp;10.1</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;"> to the Company&#x2019;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">20</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">, 2022)</font></p>
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			<font style="display: inline;">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, </font><font style="display: inline;">the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Kennesaw, State of Georgia, on May </font><font style="display: inline;">23</font><font style="display: inline;">, 2022.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;">KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below, hereby constitutes and appoints J. Patrick Mackin and D. Ashley Lee, and each acting alone, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of resubstitution and substitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any or all amendments or supplements to this Registration Statement and to file the same with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing necessary or appropriate to be done with respect to this Registration Statement or any amendments or supplements hereto in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in their respective capacities with Artivion, Inc. and on the dates indicated.</font>
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						<font style="display: inline;">May </font><font style="display: inline;">23</font><font style="display: inline;">, 2022</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;">/s/ D. Ashley Lee</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;">Executive Vice President</font><font style="display: inline;"> and</font><font style="display: inline;"> Chief</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">Financial</font><font style="display: inline;"> Officer</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;">May </font><font style="display: inline;">23</font><font style="display: inline;">, 2022</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;">D. Ashley Lee</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;">/s/ Amy D. Horton</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;">Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;">May </font><font style="display: inline;">23</font><font style="display: inline;">, 2022</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;">Amy D. Horton</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;">(Principal Accounting Officer)</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;">/s/ Thomas F. Ackerman</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;">Director</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;">May </font><font style="display: inline;">23</font><font style="display: inline;">, 2022</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;">Thomas F. Ackerman</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;">/s/ Daniel J. Bevevino</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;">Director</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;">May </font><font style="display: inline;">23</font><font style="display: inline;">, 2022</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;">Daniel J. Bevevino</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;">/s/ Marna P. Borgstrom</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;">Director</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;">May </font><font style="display: inline;">23</font><font style="display: inline;">, 2022</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;">Marna P. Borgstrom</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;">/s/ James W. Bullock</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;">Director</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;">May </font><font style="display: inline;">23</font><font style="display: inline;">, 2022</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;">James W. Bullock</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;">/s/ Jeffrey H. Burbank</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;">May </font><font style="display: inline;">23</font><font style="display: inline;">, 2022</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;">Jeffrey H. Burbank</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;">/s/ Jon W. Salveson</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;">May </font><font style="display: inline;">23</font><font style="display: inline;">, 2022</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;">May </font><font style="display: inline;">23</font><font style="display: inline;">, 2022</font></p>
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S-8
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
___________________________________________
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
___________________________________________
A
RTIVION, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
___________________________________________
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Delaware
1-13165
59-2417093
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
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1655 Roberts Boulevard, N.W.
Kennesaw
,
Georgia
30144
(Address of principal executive office) (zip code)
ARTIVION, INC.
AMENDED AND RESTATED
EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
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J. Patrick Mackin
Chairman,
President
,
and Chief Executive Officer
Artivion, Inc.
1655 Roberts Boulevard, N.W.
Kennesaw, Georgia 30144
(Name and address of agent for service)
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(312) 750-1234
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
___________________________________________
Copies to:
Jean F. Holloway
General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer
,
and Corporate Secretary
Artivion, Inc.
1655 Roberts Boulevard, NW
Kennesaw, Georgia 30144
Tel: (770) 419-3355
Andrew
M.
Nick
Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.
200 S. Sixth Street, Suite 4000
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402
Tel: (612) 492-7000
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company," and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
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Large accelerated filer
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Accelerated filer
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Non-accelerated filer
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Smaller reporting company
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Emerging growth company
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If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Title of Each Class of
Securities to be Registered
Amount to be Registered
(1)
Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share
(
2
)
Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price
Amount of Registration Fee
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share
1,000,000
$16.91
$16,910,000.00
$1,567.56
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(1)
This Registration Statement registers 1,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "Common Stock"), of Artivion, Inc. (the "Company")
that are reserved
for issuance pursuant to the Artivion, Inc. Amended and Restated Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "Plan").
Pursuant
to Rule 416(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), this Registration Statement also covers any additional shares of the Company's Common Stock that may become issuable under the Plan by reason of any substitutions or adjustments to shares to account for any change in corporate capitalization, such as a merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization, separation, partial or complete liquidation, stock dividend, stock split, reverse stock split, split up, spin-off, or other distribution of stock or property of the Company, combination
,
or exchange of shares of Common Stock, dividend in kind, or other like change in capital structure.
(2)
Pursuant to Rules 457(c) and 457(h) of the Securities Act, the Proposed Maximum Offering Price is estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee and is based on the average of the high and low market prices for the Common Stock reported on the New York Stock Exchange on May
16
, 2022 ($
16.91
).
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2
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
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The Company previously registered an aggregate
of
1,
9
00,000 shares of its Common Stock for issuance
under the Plan by a
registration statement on Form S-8 (File No.
333-167065
) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC")
on May
25
, 2010 (the
"Prior Registration Statement"). On
March
29
, 202
2
, the Company's Board of Directors increased the authorized number of shares under the Plan from 1,
9
00,000 to
2,900,000
, which the Company's stockholders approved on May
18
, 202
2
. This Registration Statement is being filed pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8 to register such additional
1,000,000
shares of Common Stock which may be issued under the Plan.
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The contents of the Prior Registration Statement are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement in accordance with General Instruction E to Form S-8 to the extent not modified or superseded by the information included herein or by any subsequently filed document that is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement or the Prior Registration Statement.
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PART II
Information Required in the Registration Statement
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Item
8
Exhibits.
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Exhibit Number
Description
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5.1
Opinion of
Fredrikson & Byron, P.A., filed herewith
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23.1
Consent of
Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.
(included in Exhibit 5.1)
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23.2
Consent of
Ernst and Young LLP, filed herewith
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24.1
Power of Attorney (included in the signature pages hereto)
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99.1
Artivion, Inc. Amended and Restated Employee Stock Purchase Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
10.1
to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May
20
, 2022)
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107
Filing Fee Table
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SIGNATURES
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Kennesaw, State of Georgia, on May
23
, 2022.
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ARTIVION, INC.
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By:
/s/ D. Ashley Lee
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Name:
D. Ashley Lee
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Title:
Executive Vice President
and
Chief
Financial
Officer
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POWER OF ATTORN
EY
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KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below, hereby constitutes and appoints J. Patrick Mackin and D. Ashley Lee, and each acting alone, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of resubstitution and substitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any or all amendments or supplements to this Registration Statement and to file the same with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing necessary or appropriate to be done with respect to this Registration Statement or any amendments or supplements hereto in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in their respective capacities with Artivion, Inc. and on the dates indicated.
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Name
Title
Date
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/s/ J. Patrick Mackin
Chairman of the Board,
Chief Executive Officer,
May
23
, 2022
J. Patrick Mackin
President
,
and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
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/s/ D. Ashley Lee
Executive Vice President
and
Chief
Financial
Officer
May
23
, 2022
D. Ashley Lee
(Principal Financial Officer)
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/s/ Amy D. Horton
Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer
May
23
, 2022
Amy D. Horton
(Principal Accounting Officer)
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/s/ Thomas F. Ackerman
Director
May
23
, 2022
Thomas F. Ackerman
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/s/ Daniel J. Bevevino
Director
May
23
, 2022
Daniel J. Bevevino
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/s/ Marna P. Borgstrom
Director
May
23
, 2022
Marna P. Borgstrom
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/s/ James W. Bullock
Director
May
23
, 2022
James W. Bullock
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/s/ Jeffrey H. Burbank
Director
May
23
, 2022
Jeffrey H. Burbank
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/s/ Jon W. Salveson
Director
May
23
, 2022
Jon W. Salveson
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/s/ Anthony B. Semedo
Director
May
23
, 2022
Anthony B. Semedo
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