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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001558370-18-000042
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20171229
ITEM INFORMATION:		Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
FILED AS OF DATE:		20180105
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20180105

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:		18513728

	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;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;">Item 5.02&nbsp;&nbsp;Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.</font>
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			<font style="display:inline;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;color:#000000;">On December 29, 2017, the Compensation Committee (the &#x201C;Compensation Committee&#x201D;) of the Board of Directors (the &#x201C;Board&#x201D;) of AxoGen, Inc. (the &#x201C;Company&#x201D;)&nbsp;approved&nbsp;certain elements of the compensation payable to the officers named in the table below (collectively, the &#x201C;Executive Officers&#x201D;). The following table sets forth the aggregate compensation payable to the Executive Officers for fiscal year 2018, as approved by the Compensation Committee and ratified by the Board.</font>
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						<font style="display:inline;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></p>
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						<font style="display:inline;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-weight:bold;">2018&nbsp;Base<br />Salary</font></p>
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						<font style="display:inline;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-weight:bold;">2018&nbsp;Target&nbsp;Bonus<br />as&nbsp;Percentage&nbsp;of<br />Base Salary&nbsp;</font><font style="display:inline;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:5pt;top:-4pt;position:relative;line-height:100%">(1)</font></p>
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						<font style="display:inline;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-weight:bold;">Stock&nbsp;Option Award&nbsp;</font><font style="display:inline;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:5pt;top:-4pt;position:relative;line-height:100%">(2)</font></p>
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						<font style="display:inline;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></p>
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						<font style="display:inline;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-weight:bold;">2018&nbsp;Performance<br />Stock&nbsp;Unit<br />Award&nbsp;</font><font style="display:inline;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:5pt;top:-4pt;position:relative;line-height:100%">(3)</font></p>
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						<font style="display:inline;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-weight:bold;">2018&nbsp;Restricted<br />Stock&nbsp;Unit<br />Award&nbsp;</font><font style="display:inline;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:5pt;top:-4pt;position:relative;line-height:100%">(4)</font></p>
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						<font style="display:inline;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;">Karen Zaderej<br />CEO and President </font></p>
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						<font style="display:inline;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;">$575,000</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;">75%</font></p>
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						<font style="display:inline;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;">75,000 shares</font></p>
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						<font style="display:inline;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;">58,000 Units </font></p>
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						<font style="display:inline;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;">12,500 Units</font></p>
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						<font style="display:inline;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;">Peter Mariani<br />CFO</font></p>
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						<font style="display:inline;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;">$361,200</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;">45%</font></p>
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						<font style="display:inline;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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						<font style="display:inline;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;">45,000 shares</font></p>
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						<font style="display:inline;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;">13.100 Units </font></p>
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						<font style="display:inline;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;">7,600 Units</font></p>
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						<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;">
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						<font style="display:inline;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;">$259,600</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;">45%</font></p>
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						<font style="display:inline;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;">22,100 shares</font></p>
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						<font style="display:inline;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;">7,400 Units </font></p>
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						<font style="display:inline;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;">3,700 Units</font></p>
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			<font style="display:inline;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;color:#000000;">The Compensation Committee established a bonus award plan for the Company&#x2019;s officers (the &#x201C;2018 Bonus Award Plan&#x201D;), including the Executive Officers, 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 2018 performance.&nbsp;&nbsp;The Key Objectives: (1) relate to revenue 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 2018 base salary. </font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display:inline;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;color:#000000;">Stock option awards were granted to Company officers, including the Executive Officers.&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 $27.00 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 18, 2017, the date on which the Compensation Committee approved such grants, and vest as to 50% of the shares subject to the option on the second anniversary of the grant date, and as to the remaining 50% of the shares&nbsp;subject to the option in 12.5% increments every six months thereafter until fully vested on December 18, 2021.</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<a name="_Hlk501623136"></a><font style="display:inline;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;color:#000000;">2018 performance stock units were granted to Company officers, including the Executive Officers (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 Unit represents the Company&#x2019;s commitment to issue one share of Common Stock (each such share of Common Stock, the &#x201C;Share&#x201D;) at a future date, subject to certain eligibility, performance, vesting and other conditions set forth in the Plan and PSU Agreements.&nbsp;For each of Ms. Zaderej, Mr. Mariani and Mr. Freitag, by February 15, 2020, the Compensation Committee of the Board will review the Company&#x2019;s gross revenue for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2019.&nbsp;&nbsp;Upon such review, and based upon revenue performance criteria in each PSU Agreement, 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 150% of the Units granted.&nbsp;&nbsp;Once the number of Shares has been determined, 33.33% will vest on each of February 15, 2020 and February 15, 2021 and 33.34% will vest on February 15, 2022, provided that the particular Executive 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;">2018 restricted stock units were granted to Company officers, including the Executive Officers (the &#x201C;RSU Agreements&#x201D;).&nbsp;&nbsp;The restricted stock unit awards were in the form of retention-based restricted stock units (the &#x201C;Units&#x201D;) and were granted pursuant to the Plan.&nbsp;&nbsp;Each Unit represents the Company&#x2019;s commitment to issue one Share of Common Stock at a future date, subject to certain eligibility, vesting and other conditions set forth in the Plan and RSU Agreements.</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display:inline;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;color:#000000;">A copy of the form of PSU and RSU Agreements will be filed as an exhibit to the Company&#x2019;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2017.&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;">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;">Dated:&nbsp;&nbsp;January 5, &nbsp;2018</font>
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