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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001558370-17-000004
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20161229
ITEM INFORMATION:		Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
FILED AS OF DATE:		20170103
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20170103

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			AxoGen, Inc.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000805928
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	ELECTROMEDICAL & ELECTROTHERAPEUTIC APPARATUS [3845]
		IRS NUMBER:				411301878
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MN
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-36046
		FILM NUMBER:		17502373

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		13631 PROGRESS BLVD.
		STREET 2:		SUITE 400
		CITY:			ALACHUA
		STATE:			FL
		ZIP:			32615
		BUSINESS PHONE:		(386) 462-6817

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		13631 PROGRESS BLVD.
		STREET 2:		SUITE 400
		CITY:			ALACHUA
		STATE:			FL
		ZIP:			32615

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	LECTEC CORP /MN/
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703
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			<font style="display:inline;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;color:#000000;font-size:11pt;">On December 29, 2016, the Compensation Committee (the &#x201C;Compensation Committee&#x201D;) of the Board of Directors (the &#x201C;Board&#x201D;) of AxoGen, Inc. (the &#x201C;Company&#x201D;), approved and the Board ratified the following executive officer compensation:</font>
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						<font style="display:inline;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;">Karen Zaderej </font></p>
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						<font style="display:inline;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;CEO </font></p>
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						<font style="display:inline;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;">$462,500</font></p>
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						<font style="display:inline;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;">209,500 shares</font></p>
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						<font style="display:inline;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;">74,500 Units </font><font style="display:inline;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size:5pt;top:-4pt;position:relative;line-height:100%">(5)</font></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;overflow: hidden;font-size:0pt;">
						<font style="display:inline;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size: 10pt;">
						<font style="display:inline;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;">Peter Mariani</font></p>
					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size: 10pt;">
						<font style="display:inline;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;CFO</font></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;overflow: hidden;font-size:0pt;">
						<font style="display:inline;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size: 10pt;">
						<font style="display:inline;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;">$336,000</font></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size: 10pt;">
						<font style="display:inline;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;">40%</font></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;overflow: hidden;font-size:0pt;">
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						<font style="display:inline;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;">110,000 shares</font></p>
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						<font style="display:inline;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;">35,700 Units </font><font style="display:inline;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size:5pt;top:-4pt;position:relative;line-height:100%">(5)</font></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.1pt;text-indent: -0.1pt;text-align:center;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;overflow: hidden;font-size:0pt;">
						<font style="display:inline;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;overflow: hidden;font-size:0pt;">
						<font style="display:inline;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size: 10pt;">
						<font style="display:inline;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;">N/A</font></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;overflow: hidden;font-size:0pt;">
						<font style="display:inline;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 9pt;text-indent: -9pt;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size: 10pt;">
						<font style="display:inline;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;">Gregory G. Freitag <br />General Counsel &amp; SVP of Business Development</font></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;overflow: hidden;font-size:0pt;">
						<font style="display:inline;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size: 10pt;">
						<font style="display:inline;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;">$189,000</font></p>
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						<font style="display:inline;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size: 10pt;">
						<font style="display:inline;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;">40%</font></p>
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						<font style="display:inline;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;">50,000 shares</font></p>
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						<font style="display:inline;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;">15,750 Units </font><font style="display:inline;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size:5pt;top:-4pt;position:relative;line-height:100%">(5)</font></p>
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						<font style="display:inline;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size: 10pt;">
						<font style="display:inline;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;">N/A</font></p>
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						<font style="display:inline;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;overflow: hidden;font-size:0pt;">
						<font style="display:inline;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size: 10pt;">
						<font style="display:inline;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;">Shawn McCarrey</font></p>
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 9pt;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size: 10pt;">
						<font style="display:inline;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;">SVP Sales</font></p>
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						<font style="display:inline;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;">$206,000</font></p>
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						<font style="display:inline;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;">$0 </font></p>
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						<font style="display:inline;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;">50,000 shares</font></p>
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						<font style="display:inline;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;">28,600 Units </font><font style="display:inline;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size:5pt;top:-4pt;position:relative;line-height:100%">(6)</font></p>
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						<font style="display:inline;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;">N/A</font></p>
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				<font style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size:10pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;color:#000000;;"> 1.</font>
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			<font style="display:inline;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;color:#000000;font-size:11pt;">The Compensation Committee established a bonus award plan for the Company&#x2019;s officers (the &#x201C;2017 Bonus Award Plan&#x201D;), including certain Executive Officers provided in the table (collectively, the &#x201C;Executive Officers&#x201D;), based upon the Company meeting certain established corporate key objectives (the &#x201C;Key Objectives&#x201D;) and a final determination by the Board, in its sole discretion, that a bonus granted to a Company officer is appropriate based upon the Company&#x2019;s 2017 performance.&nbsp;&nbsp;The Key Objectives: (1) relate to revenue, expense management and certain operational goals; (2) have established thresholds and target levels; and (3) are weighted and measured separately in terms of actual level of attainment.&nbsp;&nbsp;The amount of any such bonus for a particular eligible officer is based upon an assigned percentage of such officer&#x2019;s 2017 base salary. Mr. McCarry is not included in the 2017 Bonus Award Plan. He has a commission program pursuant to which he receives, in addition to his base salary, a percentage of 2017 monthly United States and Canada revenue and an additional amount based on a percentage of the difference between such monthly revenue compared to the same month in 2016. </font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display:inline;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;color:#000000;font-size:11pt;">Stock option awards were granted to Company officers, including the Executive Officers provided in the table.&nbsp;&nbsp;The stock option awards were in the form of incentive stock options and were granted pursuant to the AxoGen, Inc. 2010 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended (the &#x201C;Plan&#x201D;).&nbsp;&nbsp;All of the granted options have a ten-year term and an exercise price of $8.95 per share of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the &#x201C;Common Stock&#x201D;), underlying the options, which was the closing price of the Common Stock as reported on the NASDAQ Capital Market on December 29, 2016, and vest as to 25% of option shares one year after the grant date, and as to the remaining 75% of option shares in 12.5% increments every six months thereafter until fully vested on December 29, 2020.</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display:inline;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;color:#000000;font-size:11pt;">2017 performance stock units were granted to Company officers, including the Executive Officers provided in the table (the &#x201C;PSU Agreements&#x201D;).&nbsp;&nbsp;The performance stock unit awards were in the form of performance-based restricted stock units (the &#x201C;Units&#x201D;) and were granted pursuant to the Plan.&nbsp;&nbsp;Each </font></p></td></tr></table></div></div><div style="margin-left:10.2941176470588%;margin-right:10.2941176470588%;">
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				<font style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size:10pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;color:#000000;;"> 4.</font>
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			<font style="display:inline;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;color:#000000;font-size:11pt;">Ms. Zaderej was provided a retention stock unit award in the form of retention-based restricted stock units (the &#x201C;Retention Units&#x201D;) which were granted pursuant to the Plan.&nbsp;&nbsp;The award was for a total of 40,000 Retention Units, with each Retention Unit representing the Company&#x2019;s commitment to issue one Share.&nbsp;&nbsp;So long as Ms. Zaderej&#x2019;s employment is continuous through January 1, 2020, all of the Units will become vested and 40,000 Shares will be issued by the Company to Ms. Zaderej. In the event of a &#x201C;Change in Control&#x201D; (as defined in the award agreement) of the Company, all of the Retention Units shall fully accelerate. </font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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				<font style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size:10pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;color:#000000;;"> 5.</font>
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			<font style="display:inline;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;color:#000000;font-size:11pt;">For each of Ms. Zaderej, Mr. Mariani and Mr. Freitag, by February 15, 2019 the Compensation Committee of the Board will review the Company&#x2019;s gross revenue for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2018.&nbsp;&nbsp;Upon such review, and based upon revenue performance criteria in each PSU Agreement for such officers, a determination of the number of Shares that may be issued pursuant to the PSU Agreements will be made, which amount could range between zero to 100% of the Units granted.&nbsp;&nbsp;Once the number of Shares has been determined, 33.33% will vest on each of February 15, 2019 and 2020 and 33.34% will vest on February 15, 2021, provided that the particular officer has been continuously employed through each vesting date as to the particular number of Shares vesting. In the event of a &#x201C;Change in Control&#x201D; (as defined in each PSU Agreement), all or a portion of the Units shall accelerate. </font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display:inline;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;color:#000000;font-size:11pt;">Within 45 days of the end of the quarters ending March 31, 2017, June 30, 2017, September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2017 (each, a &#x201C;Quarter&#x201D;), the Compensation Committee of the Board will review the Company&#x2019;s gross revenue in the United States and Canada as of the end of each such quarter.&nbsp;&nbsp;Upon such review, and based upon the revenue performance criteria in his PSU Agreement, a determination of the number of Shares that may be issued pursuant to his PSU Agreement will be made, which could range between zero to 25% of the Units granted.&nbsp;&nbsp;Once the number of Shares has been determined, such Shares shall be immediately vested.&nbsp;&nbsp;If the Company&#x2019;s performance goals are not attained in a particular Quarter, the applicable tranche of Units eligible to vest in that quarter will not vest in subsequent quarters.&nbsp;&nbsp;In the event of a &#x201C;Change in Control&#x201D; (as defined in Mr. McCarry&#x2019;s PSU Agreement), all or a portion of the Units shall accelerate.&nbsp;&nbsp; </font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display:inline;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;color:#000000;font-size:11pt;">A copy of the form of PSU Agreement will be filed as an exhibit to the Company&#x2019;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2016.&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company intends to seek confidential treatment for certain terms of the PSU Agreement in connection with its filing in accordance with the procedures of the Securities and Exchange Commission. The foregoing description of the terms of the PSU Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of such exhibit.</font>
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			<font style="display:inline;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;color:#000000;font-size:11pt;">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized. </font>
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			<font style="display:inline;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size:11pt;">Dated:&nbsp;&nbsp;January 3, 2017</font>
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