<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000784199-17-000086.txt : 20170907
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000784199-17-000086
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20170907
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
FILED AS OF DATE:		20170907
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20170907

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			CRYOLIFE INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000784199
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SURGICAL & MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS & APPARATUS [3841]
		IRS NUMBER:				592417093
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			FL
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-13165
		FILM NUMBER:		171072980

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1655 ROBERTS BOULEVARD N W
		CITY:			KENNESAW
		STATE:			GA
		ZIP:			30144
		BUSINESS PHONE:		7704193355

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1655 ROBERTS BOULEVARD N W
		CITY:			KENNESAW
		STATE:			GA
		ZIP:			30144
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			<font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; On September 5 and 6, 2017, J. Patrick Mackin, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of CryoLife, Inc., (the &#x201C;Company&#x201D;) sold an aggregate of 125,000 shares of the Company&#x2019;s common stock on the open market at the prevailing prices pursuant to a plan adopted on February 27, 2017, under Rule 10b5-1 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Mr. Mackin sold the shares in order to cover his tax withholding obligations in connection with the vesting of 250,000 shares of restricted stock granted to Mr. Mackin on </font><font style="display: inline;">September 2, 2014</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;as a result of his hire by the Company on that same date. These shares&nbsp;vested in full on </font><font style="display: inline;">September 2, 2017.</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp; The sale constituted </font><font style="display: inline;">12%</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;of the shares either held by </font><font style="display: inline;">Mr. Mackin or which may be acquired by him pursuant to outstanding stock options and other equity awards. </font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; After September 7, 2017, Mr. Mackin retains approximately </font><font style="display: inline;">100%</font><font style="display: inline;"> of the remainder of his current holdings, which are 316,449 shares and </font><font style="display: inline;">604,777</font><font style="display: inline;"> options. Mr. Mackin has not sold any other CryoLife shares or exercised any CryoLife options since becoming the Company&#x2019;s President and Chief Executive Officer.&nbsp; After this sale, Mr. Mackin remains in compliance with the Company&#x2019;s stock ownership guidelines that provide that the Chief Executive Officer shall retain equity holdings in the Company equal to four times his base pay. </font>
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			<font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Mr. Mackin&#x2019;s 10b5-1 plan was adopted in a scheduled open window period under the Company&#x2019;s insider trading policy. The plan was specifically adopted by Mr. Mackin in anticipation of the vesting of the 250,000 shares to cover his tax withholding obligations.&nbsp;</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The sales transaction under Mr. Mackin&#x2019;s 10b5-1 plan described herein was disclosed publicly through a Form 4 that was filed on September 6, 2017, with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Except as may be required by law, the Company does not undertake to report on specific pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 stock trading plans of Company officers, or to report modifications or terminations of the aforementioned plan or the plans of any other individual. </font>
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