cryolife8k110411.htm
 

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
washington, d.c. 20549
 
 
 
FORM 8-K
 


CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  November 4, 2011

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CRYOLIFE, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Florida
1-13165
59-2417093
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

1655 Roberts Boulevard, N.W., Kennesaw, Georgia  30144
(Address of principal executive office) (zip code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (770) 419-3355

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(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Section 5  Corporate Governance and Management

Item 5.02  Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On November 4, 2011, CryoLife, Inc. (the “Company”) received notice from Albert E. Heacox, Ph.D., Senior Vice President, Research and Development, of his intention to retire from his employment with the Company effective December 31, 2011, the last day of the Company’s current fiscal year.


 
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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, CryoLife, Inc. has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
  CRYOLIFE, INC.  
       
       
       
Date:  November 9, 2011
By:
/s/ Steven G. Anderson  
  Name: Steven G. Anderson  
  Title: Chairman, President and Chief  
    Executive Officer  
 
 
 


 
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