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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000784199-22-000132
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	SD
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FILED AS OF DATE:		20220526
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20220526

FILER:

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

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		SD
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-13165
		FILM NUMBER:		22970211

	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

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	CRYOLIFE INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19940526
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			<a name="_DV_M6"></a><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:11pt;">ARTIVION</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:11pt;">, INC.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:11pt;">1655 Roberts Boulevard, N.W., Kennesaw, Georgia 30144</font><br /><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">(Address of principal executive office) (zip code)</font><br /><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;"></font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:11pt;">CryoLife, Inc.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:11pt;">Item 1.01&nbsp; </font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:11pt;">Conflict Minerals Disclosure and Report</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:11pt;">This Form SD of </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:11pt;">Artivion</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:11pt;">, Inc. (the </font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:11pt;">&#x201C;Company&#x201D;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:11pt;">) is filed pursuant to Rule 13p-1 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, for the reporting period January 1, </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:11pt;">20</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:11pt;">2</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:11pt;">1</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:11pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:11pt;">to December 31, </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:11pt;">20</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:11pt;">2</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:11pt;">1</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:11pt;">.</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:11pt;"> &nbsp; &nbsp;</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:11pt;">A copy of the Company&#x2019;s Conflict Minerals Report is provided as Exhibit 1.01. This Form SD and the Conflict Minerals Report is publicly available on the Company&#x2019;s website at http://</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:11pt;">investors.artivion.com.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:11pt;">As specified in Section 2, Item 2.01</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:11pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:11pt;">of this Form SD, the Company is hereby filing its Conflict Minerals Report as Exhibit </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:11pt;">1</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:11pt;">.</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:11pt;">0</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:11pt;">1</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:11pt;"> to this </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:11pt;">Form</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:11pt;"> SD</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:11pt;">.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:11pt;">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:11pt;">Artivion</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:11pt;">, Inc. has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.</font>
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			<a name="_GoBack"></a><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">Exhibit 1</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">.</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">0</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">1</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">For the reporting period January 1, </font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">20</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">2</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">1</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;"> to December 31, </font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">20</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">2</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">1</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">This Conflict Minerals Report (the &#x201C;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">Report</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">&#x201D;) of </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">Artivion</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">, Inc. </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">(</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">&#x201C;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">Artivion</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">,&#x201D; </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">the &#x201C;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">Company</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">,</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">&#x201D;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;"> &nbsp;&#x201C;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">we</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">,&#x201D; or &#x201C;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">us</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">&#x201D;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">) &nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">has been prepared pursuant to Rule 13p-1 and Form SD (the &#x201C;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">Rule</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">&#x201D;) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, for the reporting period January 1, </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">20</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">2</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">1</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">to December 31, </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">20</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">2</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">1</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">.</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">The Rule requires disclosure of certain information when a company manufactures or contracts to manufacture products</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">,</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;"> and the minerals specified in the Rule are necessary to the functionality or production of those products.</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;"> The specified minerals, which we collectively refer to in this Report as the &#x201C;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">Conflict Minerals</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">,&#x201D; are gold, columbite-tantalite (coltan), cassiterite, and wolframite </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">(</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">including their derivatives, which are limited to tantalum, tin, and tungsten</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">)</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">. The &#x201C;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">Covered Countries</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">,</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">&#x201D; for purposes of the Rule and this Report</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">,</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;"> are the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, South Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Zambia, and Angola. </font>
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			<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">The Company</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">, incorporated in 1984 in Florida</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;"> and currently incorporated in Delaware</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">, is a leader in the manufacturing, processing, and distribution of medical devices and implantable human tissues used in cardiac and vascular surgical procedures focused on aortic repair. Our medical devices and processed tissues primarily include fo</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">ur product families: BioGlue</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-size:4pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:115%">&#xAE;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">Surgical Adhesive; On-X</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-size:4pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:115%">&#xAE;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;"> mechanical heart valves and surgical products; JOTEC endovascular and surgical products; and cardiac and vascular human ti</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">ssues including the CryoValve</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-size:4pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:115%">&#xAE;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;"> SG pulmonar</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">y heart valve and the CryoPatch</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-size:4pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:115%">&#xAE;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;"> SG pulmonary cardiac patch, both of which are processed usi</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">ng our proprietary SynerGraft</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-size:4pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:115%">&#xAE;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;"> technology. </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">In addition to these four major product families, we sell or distribute</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">the </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">NEXUS endovascular stent graft system,</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">CardioGenesis c</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">ardiac laser therapy,</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">and Photo</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">Fix</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-size:4pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:115%">&#xAE;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">bovine surgical patch</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">.</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">&nbsp;</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">Our approach to Conflict Minerals is based, to the extent applicable and feasible, on the framework set forth in the </font><font style="display: inline;font-style:italic;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">Organi</font><font style="display: inline;font-style:italic;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">z</font><font style="display: inline;font-style:italic;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">ation for Economic Co-operation</font><font style="display: inline;font-style:italic;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-style:italic;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">and Development Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chain of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High Risk Areas: </font><font style="display: inline;font-style:italic;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">Third</font><font style="display: inline;font-style:italic;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;"> Edition</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">, including the related supplements on gold, tin, tantalum, and tungsten (the &#x201C;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">Guidance</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">&#x201D;). As part of our approach, we maintain a Conflict Minerals Policy (the &#x201C;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">Policy</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">&#x201D;), which incorporates the standards set forth in the Guidance. The Policy has been reviewed and approved by senior management and presented to the Audit Committee of the Company&#x2019;s Board of Directors. In addition, our Purchasing and Legal and Compliance departments have been directed by management to communicate the Policy to employees who have responsibilities for applying, enforcing, or communicating it internally or to relevant outside parties. The Policy is maintained on our website. </font>
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			<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">Under the Rule, if any Conflict Minerals are necessary to the functionality or production of a product manufactured by a company</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">or contracted by the company to be manufactured, the company must conduct, in good faith, a reasonable country of origin inquiry</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">(&#x201C;RCOI&#x201D;) </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">regarding those Conflict </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">Minerals to determine if the Conflict Minerals originated from a Covered Country or are from</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">recycled or scrap sources. We undertook a process to identify any necessary Conflict Minerals</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;"> and conducted </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">a RCOI to determine whether any of these Conflict Minerals originated from the Covered Countries or are from recycled or scrap sources</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">. &nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">Through that process, </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">ten</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">of our suppliers indicated </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">that Conflict Minerals are </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">added or used in the product or in the production process</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">. &nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">Five</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">of </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">these </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">suppliers certified to our reasonable satisfaction that the Conflict Minerals</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">did not originate in the Covered Countries. </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">Four</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">of </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">these </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">suppliers indicated that </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">they </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">obtain Conflict Minerals </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">indirectly</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">from the Covered Countries</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">, and </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">one</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;"> of these suppliers, notwithstanding </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">its</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;"> due diligence, </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">were </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">unable to determine whethe</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">r &nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">it obtains</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;"> Conflict Minerals from the Covered Countries</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">. &nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">As of May </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">2</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">5</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">, &nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">202</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">2</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">, the Company had an overall supplier response rate </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">of </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">5</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">9</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">%.</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">&nbsp;</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">Based on our RCOI, </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">with respect to our suppliers who had obtained</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">Conflict Minerals indirectly from the Covered Countries, </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">we exercised reasonable due diligence </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">on</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;"> the source and chain of custody of the Conflict Minerals. </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">Regarding all of the companies reporting the use of smelters </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">or other sources </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">that reportedly obtain Conflict Minerals from Covered Countries,</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">it is our reasonable understanding based on the information provided that </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">each smelter</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;"> participates in</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;"> the</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">Responsible Mineral Initiative (&#x201C;RMI&#x201D;) independent third party audit that examines the purchasing activities, processes, and systems</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">associated with </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">their</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;"> smelting pursuant to the Responsible Minerals Assurance Process (&#x201C;RMAP&#x201D;). As of the date of this</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">report, </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">it is our reasonable understanding that </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">each</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;"> is listed as </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">a &nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">conformant smelter by RMI. </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">With respect to our supplier who </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">w</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">as</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">unable to determine whether </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">it obtains</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;"> Conflict Minerals from the Covered Countries, we </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">exercised reasonable due diligence and </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">received information about our supplier</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">&#x2019;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">s</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;"> Conflict Minerals policies and due diligence procedures</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">, as well as </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">its</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">efforts to determine the country of origin of all </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">its</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">Conflict Minerals. For the reporting period, however, our supplier</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;"> was</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">unable </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">to </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">conclusively determine the country of origin of all </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">these minerals</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">T</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">here are many third parties in the supply chain between </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">our direct </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">supplier</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">s</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;"> and the original sources of </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">any </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">actual </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">or </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">potential </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">Conflict Minerals. In this regard, </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">we do</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;"> not purchase Conflict Minerals directly from mines, smelters, or refiners. </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">We </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">must therefore rely on </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">our </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">suppliers </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">and their upstream supplier </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">to provide information regarding the origin of </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">any </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">Conflict Minerals.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">R</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">isk Mitigation</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">We intend to take the following steps to mitigate the risk that our necessary Conflict Minerals benefit armed groups:</font>
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						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">We will continue to work with our suppliers to obtain complete and accurate information for 20</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">22</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">; &nbsp;</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">We will continue to follow our due diligence process and make improvements in our due diligence process as warranted</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">; and</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">We will continue to inform our suppliers about the principles set forth in our Policy</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;">.</font></p>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-style:italic;font-size:8pt;">Statements made in this Report that look forward in time or that express management's beliefs, expectations, or hopes are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.&nbsp; Such forward-looking statements reflect the views of management at the time such statements are made.&nbsp; These statements include those regarding </font><font style="display: inline;font-style:italic;font-size:8pt;">the</font><font style="display: inline;font-style:italic;font-size:8pt;"> steps the Company expects to take to improve its due diligence measures and further mitigate the risk that necessary Conflict Minerals contained in the Company&#x2019;s products finance or benefit armed groups in the Covered Countries. These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties, estimates, and assumptions that may cause actual results to differ materially from current expectations.&nbsp;&nbsp;These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, internal and external resource constraints, the continued implementation of satisfactory traceability and other compliance measures by our direct and indirect suppliers on a timely basis or at all, whether smelters, refiners and other market participants responsibly source Conflict Minerals, and political and regulatory developments, whether in the Covered Countries, the United States or elsewhere. These risks and uncertainties include the risk factors detailed in our Securities and Exchange Commission filings, including our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, </font><font style="display: inline;font-style:italic;font-size:8pt;">20</font><font style="display: inline;font-style:italic;font-size:8pt;">2</font><font style="display: inline;font-style:italic;font-size:8pt;">1</font><font style="display: inline;font-style:italic;font-size:8pt;">, and our subsequent filings with the SEC.&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-style:italic;font-size:8pt;">Artivion</font><font style="display: inline;font-style:italic;font-size:8pt;"> does not undertake to update its forward-looking statements.</font>
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