{"url_path":"/sec/aort/8-k/2026-05-18/item-9-01","section_key":"item-9-01","section_title":"Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"8-K","doc_date":"2026-05-18","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/784199/0001628280-26-035798-index.html","accession_number":"0001628280-26-035798","cik":"0000784199","ticker":"AORT","issuer_name":"ARTIVION, INC.","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/784199/0001628280-26-035798-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0000784199","primary_entity_name":"ARTIVION, INC."},"word_count":306,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"Item 9.01    Financial Statements and Exhibits.\n\n(d)Exhibits.\n\nExhibit NumberDescription\n\n[10.1](aort-2026x8k03312026ex101.htm)[+^](aort-2026x8k03312026ex101.htm)\nSecurities Purchase Option Agreement, dated as of September 11, 2019, by and among CryoLife, Inc., Endospan Ltd., the securityholders of Endospan listed on Schedule 1 thereto (together with any additional securityholder that becomes a party by joinder) and Shareholder Representative Services LLC, as the Securityholder representative (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Artivion’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 7, 2026).\n\n[10.2](aort-2026x8k03312026ex102.htm)[^](aort-2026x8k03312026ex102.htm)\nAmendment No. 1 to Securities Purchase Option Agreement, dated July 1, 2024, by and among Artivion, Inc., Endospan Ltd. and Shareholder Representative Services LLC, as the securityholder representative (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to Artivion’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 7, 2026).\n\n[10.3](aort-2026x8k03312026ex103.htm)[^](aort-2026x8k03312026ex103.htm)\nAmendment No. 2 to Securities Purchase Option Agreement, dated January 9, 2026, by and among Artivion, Inc., Endospan Ltd. and Shareholder Representative Services LLC, as the securityholder representative (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to Artivion’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 7, 2026).\n\n[99.1*](aort-2026x8k051826ex991.htm)\n\nPress Release dated May 18, 2026.\n\n104Cover Page Interactive Data File (the Cover Page Interactive Data File is embedded within the Inline XBRL document).\n\n______________________\n\n*Furnished herewith.\n\n+Schedules or similar attachments have been omitted from this filing pursuant to Item 601(a)(5) of Regulation S-K. The Registrant agrees to furnish a copy of any omitted schedule to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon request.\n\n^Certain personally identifiable information has been omitted from this exhibit pursuant to Item 601(a)(6) of Regulation S-K.\n\n-3-\n\nSIGNATURES\n\nPursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Artivion, Inc. has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.\n\nDate: May 18, 2026\n\nARTIVION, INC.\n\nBy:/s/ Lance A. Berry\n\nName:Lance A. Berry\n\nTitle:Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer\n\n-4-"}