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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-19-137519
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	DEFA14A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
FILED AS OF DATE:		20190506
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20190506
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20190506

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Integer Holdings Corp
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001114483
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	MISCELLANEOUS ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES [3690]
		IRS NUMBER:				161531026
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0103

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		DEFA14A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-16137
		FILM NUMBER:		19798073

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		5830 GRANITE PARKWAY., SUITE 1150
		CITY:			PLANO
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			75024
		BUSINESS PHONE:		(214) 618-5243

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		5830 GRANITE PARKWAY., SUITE 1150
		CITY:			PLANO
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			75024

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	GREATBATCH, INC.
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20050531

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	WILSON GREATBATCH TECHNOLOGIES INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20000511
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Registrant&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9746;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Filed by a Party other than the
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><B>Confidential, for Use of the Commission Only (as permitted by Rule 14a-6(e)(2))</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Soliciting Material Pursuant to &#167;240.14a-12</TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:22pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>INTEGER
HOLDINGS CORPORATION </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter) </B></P>
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Filing Proxy Statement, if other than the Registrant) </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Payment of Filing Fee (Check the appropriate box): </P>
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 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">May&nbsp;6, 2019 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Dear
Stockholders: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Within the past few weeks you should have received the Proxy Statement and related materials for Integer Holding Corporation&#146;s (the
&#147;Company&#148;) Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held on Wednesday, May&nbsp;22, 2019. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We ask for your support by voting in accordance with the
recommendations of our Board of Directors on all proposals. In particular, we ask that you vote &#147;FOR&#148; Proposal 3, the advisory resolution to approve the compensation of the Company&#146;s named executive officers (the <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">&#147;say-on-pay</FONT></FONT> proposal&#148;). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">As summarized in our proxy statement, in
2018, we exceeded our financial guidance, executed a strategic divestiture, strengthened our leadership team and, in September, launched our operational strategic imperatives designed to achieve excellence in everything we do. Furthermore: </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">Our strong financial and operational results were also reflected in our total stockholder return, or TSR, of
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">Our 2018 short-term and long-term incentive pay programs were designed to support key elements of our strategic
imperatives, and the maximum potential payouts were limited to 150% of the target amounts; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">Our long-term incentive grants were predominantly performance-based and measured over multi-year periods, and our
short-term incentive plan was also based on rigorous financial goals; and </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">Our Compensation and Organization Committee designed our compensation program to be strongly aligned with the
interests of stockholders. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Despite the Company&#146;s success in 2018, a proxy advisory firm recently issued a report in which it
focused on the retirement of Jeremy Friedman, the Company&#146;s former chief operating officer. In particular, the report concentrated on what we believe it misinterpreted as the granting of severance benefits to Mr.&nbsp;Friedman for a voluntary
retirement. We therefore think it is important to reiterate and further clarify the information that was previously publicly disclosed by the Company regarding Mr.&nbsp;Friedman&#146;s departure from the Company: </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">On October&nbsp;7, 2016, Mr. Friedman entered into an employment offer letter with the Company (the &#147;Offer
Letter&#148;), which provided him a right to terminate his employment for &#147;good reason.&#148; &#147;Good reason&#148; was defined in the Offer Letter to include a substantial reduction in Mr. Friedman&#146;s duties, authorities and
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was entitled to receive a cash severance amount and an equity award vesting acceleration benefit. The definition of &#147;good reason&#148; and the severance benefits due upon a termination for
&#147;good reason&#148; as specified in the Offer Letter, aligned to common market practice for key senior executives. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">In connection with the Company&#146;s shift in strategy and accompanying leadership transitions,
Mr.&nbsp;Friedman&#146;s duties were substantially reduced effective February&nbsp;18, 2018, as described in a letter agreement between the Company and Mr.&nbsp;Friedman, dated February&nbsp;18, 2018 (the &#147;February 2018 Letter&#148;). As a
result, as of February&nbsp;18, 2018, Mr.&nbsp;Friedman would have had the right to terminate his employment with Company for &#147;good reason&#148; and receive the severance benefits specified in the Offer Letter. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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agreement under the February 2018 Letter to remain employed by the Company for an additional 10 months until the end of December 2018 to assist with two key initiatives to drive stockholder value &#151; the completion of the Lake Region Medical
acquisition integration (the largest acquisition in the Company&#146;s history, with a total purchase price including debt assumed of approximately $1.77 billion) and the sale of the Company&#146;s advanced surgical and orthopedics product line for
net cash proceeds of approximately $581&nbsp;million that helped pay down a significant portion of the debt incurred with the Lake Region Medical acquisition. In addition, during his extended employment, Mr.&nbsp;Friedman also served as the
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securing Mr.&nbsp;Friedman&#146;s valuable continued employment with the Company through the end of 2018, the Company did not provide any substantial enhancement to the benefits payable to Mr.&nbsp;Friedman upon retirement under the February 2018
Letter as compared to the benefits that he was already entitled to receive upon a termination of employment for &#147;good reason&#148; under the Offer Letter. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">The cash severance amount payable to Mr.&nbsp;Friedman stayed the same. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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unit award (from approximately 93.3% vesting to 100% vesting) assuming Mr.&nbsp;Friedman had exercised his right for &#147;good reason&#148; termination immediately in February 2018. However, assuming Mr.&nbsp;Friedman had waited to exercise his
&#147;good reason&#148; termination right for two (2)&nbsp;months, which he had a right to do under the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">90-day</FONT> termination exercise period provided for in the Offer Letter, there was no increase in the vesting
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">The incremental compensation Mr.&nbsp;Friedman received in exchange for agreeing to remain with the Company until
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