ARTIVION, INC.
For the period ended Mar 31, 2026. Filed May 8, 2026.
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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
- Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
The accompanying Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements include the accounts of Artivion, Inc. and its subsidiaries (“Artivion,” the “Company,” “we,” or “us”). All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. The accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheet as of December 31, 2025 has been derived from audited financial statements. The accompanying unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements as of, and for the three months ended, March 31, 2026 and 2025 have been prepared in accordance with (i) accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“US GAAP”) for interim financial information and (ii) the instructions to Form 10-Q and Rule 10-01 of Regulation S-X of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). Accordingly, such statements do not include all the information and disclosures that are required by US GAAP for a complete presentation of financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (including those of a normal, recurring nature) considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included. Operating results for the three months ended March 31, 2026 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2026. These Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements should be read in conjunction with the Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes included in Artivion’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025 filed with the SEC on February 18, 2026.
Foreign Currency Translation and Transactions
Assets and liabilities of international subsidiaries whose functional currency is the local currency are translated at the rate of exchange in effect on the balance sheet date; income and expenses are translated at the average exchange rates throughout the year. Foreign currency exchange rate realized and unrealized gains and losses resulting from transactions are included in Other expense (income), net in our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive (Loss) Income and resulted in a net loss of$0.8 million and anet gain of $2.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively. Currency translation adjustments resulting from intra-entity loans that are of a long-term investment nature, net of tax, are included in Accumulated other comprehensive loss and resulted in a net loss of$7.4 million and a netgain of$3.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively.
Significant Accounting Policies
A summary of our significant accounting policies is included in Note 1 of the “Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements” contained in our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025. Management believes that the consistent application of these policies enables us to provide users of the financial statements with useful and reliable information about our operating results and financial condition. The Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements are prepared in accordance with US GAAP, which require us to make estimates and assumptions. We did not experience any significant changes during the three months ended March 31, 2026 in any of our Significant Accounting Policies from those contained in our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025.
New Accounting Pronouncements
Recently Adopted
In July 2025 the FASB issued ASU No. 2025-05 – Financial Instruments – Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses for Accounts Receivable and Contract Assets, which provides a practical expedient for estimating expected credit losses on current accounts receivable and current contract assets arising from transactions accounted for under Topic 606 – Revenue from Contracts with Customers. Under this practical expedient, entities may assume that current conditions as of the balance sheet date do not change for the remaining life of the asset. The updated standard is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2025. We adopted ASU 2025-05 on a prospective basis effective January 1, 2026. The adoption of ASU 2025-05 did not have a material impact on our financial condition or results of operations.
Not Yet Effective
In September 2025 the FASB issued ASU No. 2025-06, Intangibles—Goodwill and Other—Internal-Use Software (Subtopic 350-40): Targeted Improvements to the Accounting for Internal-Use Software, which modernizes the accounting for internal-use software costs under Subtopic 350-40. The amendments remove references to prescriptive and sequential software development stages and clarify when entities begin capitalizing internal-use software costs. The updated standard is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2027. We are currently evaluating the impacts of the new standard.
In November 2024 the FASB issued ASU No. 2024-03, Income Statement—Reporting Comprehensive Income—Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40): Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses to improve the disclosures about a public business entity’s expenses for more detailed information about the types of expenses in commonly presented expense captions such as cost of sales; selling, general, and administrative expenses; and research and development. The updated accounting guidance, among other things, requires quantitative disclosures for employee compensation, selling expenses, and purchases of inventory. The updated guidance is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2026. We are currently evaluating the impacts of the new standard.
- Sale of PerClot
On July 28, 2021 we entered into an asset purchase agreement, Transitional Manufacturing and Supply Agreement (“TMSA”), and other ancillary agreements related to the sale of PerClot®, a polysaccharide hemostatic agent used in surgery (“PerClot”), to a subsidiary of Baxter International, Inc. (“Baxter”) and an agreement to terminate all of our material agreements with Starch Medical, Inc. (“SMI”) related to PerClot (collectively the “Baxter Transaction”). Under the terms of the Baxter Transaction, Baxter will pay an aggregate of up to $54.5 million in consideration (we will receive up to $41.0 million and SMI will receive up to $13.5 million), consisting of (i) $25.0 million at closing, of which $6.0 million was paid to SMI; (ii) $18.8 million upon our receipt of Premarket Approval (“PMA”) from the US Food and Drug Administration (the “FDA”) for PerClot and our transfer of the PMA to Baxter, of which $4.5 million was paid to SMI; and (iii) up to $10.0 million upon Baxter’s achievement of certain cumulative worldwide net sales of PerClot prior to December 31, 2026 and December 31, 2027, of which up to $3.0 million is payable to SMI. In addition, at the conclusion of our manufacturing and supply services for Baxter, Baxter will pay $0.8 million upon transfer of our PerClot manufacturing equipment. Under the terms of the Baxter Transaction, we will continue to provide to Baxter certain transition services relating to the sale of SMI PerClot outside of the US. Within the terms of the TMSA, we will manufacture and supply PerClot for Baxter post PMA for a contractual period. The TMSA has been extended for an additional 24-month term and will expire in February 2027.
PerClot PMA
Upon receipt of the PMA in May 2023, under the terms of the TMSA, we began manufacturing and supplying PerClot for Baxter and recorded $0.6 million and $0.8 million of PerClot revenues on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive (Loss) Income during the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively.
PerClot Sales Milestone
During the second half of 2025, upon Baxter’s achievement of certain cumulative worldwide net sales of PerClot, we recorded a pre-tax gain of $7.0 million included as Gain from sale of non-financial assets within the Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss) for the year ended December 31, 2025. The gain is comprised of a cash payment of $5.0 million from Baxter, a receivable of $5.0 million due from Baxter, and a payable of $3.0 million due to SMI. The receivable and payable are reflected in Other receivables and Other current liabilities, respectively, in the Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2025. Pursuant to the terms of the Baxter Transaction, we made a payment of $1.5 million to SMI in January 2026 in connection with Baxter’s achievement of the PerClot sales milestone. As of March 31, 2026, $1.5 million remained payable to SMI and $5.0 million was receivable from Baxter, which were reflected in Other current liabilities and Other receivables, respectively, in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.
- Agreements with Endospan
On September 11, 2019 Artivion’s wholly owned subsidiary, JOTEC, entered into an exclusive distribution agreement (“Endospan Distribution Agreement”) with Endospan Ltd. (“Endospan”), an Israeli corporation, pursuant to which JOTEC obtained exclusive distribution rights for NEXUS ONE, and under subsequent amendments, the NEXUS DUO and NEXUS TRE(collectively the “NEXUS family of products”) and accessories in certain countries in Europe in exchange for a fixed distribution fee of $9.0 million paid in September 2019. The Endospan Distribution Agreement was fully amortized as of December 31, 2024.
Additionally, we entered into a loan agreement to provide Endospan a secured loan of up to $15.0 million (“Endospan Loan”) and a securities purchase option agreement (“Endospan Option”) with Endospan for$1.0 million paid in September 2019. The Endospan Option Agreement, prior to amendment described below, provides Artivion the option to purchase all the outstanding securities of Endospan from Endospan’s securityholders at the time of acquisition, or the option to acquire all of Endospan’s assets, in each case, for a price between $350.0 and$450.0 million before, or within a certain period of time after FDA approval of NEXUS, with such option expiring if notexercised within 90 days after receiving notice that Endospan has received approval from the FDA for NEXUS.
On July 1, 2024 Artivion and Endospan entered into an amendment to the Endospan Option (“Endospan Option Amendment”) which amended the terms of the previously existing Endospan Option. Under the terms of the Endospan Option Amendment, the price to acquire all of Endospan’s outstanding securities from Endospan’s securityholders at the time of acquisition, or the option to acquire all of Endospan’s assets under the Endospan Option was reduced from$250.0 million to$175.0 million, resulting in an upfront acquisition purchase price of$135.0 million, inclusive of the loan off-set. There isno longer a minimum earnout payment of $100.0 million and the maximum earnout payment of$200.0 million remains the same. As described in more detail below, we also entered into an amendment to the Endospan Loan (the “Endospan Loan Amendment”) whereby we agreed to fund Endospan additional secured loans of up to $25.0 million (“Additional Endospan Loan” and together with the Endospan Loan, the “Endospan Loans”).
Valuation
The agreements with Endospan were entered into concurrently and had certain terms that are interrelated. In our evaluation of the initial relative fair value of each of the Endospan agreements to determine the amount to record, we utilized discounted cash flows to estimate the fair market value for the Endospan Loan and for the Endospan Distribution Agreement. We estimated the fair value of the Endospan Option utilizing a Monte Carlo simulation model. Inputs in our valuation of the Endospan agreements included cash payments and anticipated payments based on the executed agreements with Endospan, projected discounted cash flows in connection with the Endospan transaction, our expected internal rate of return and discount rates, and our assessed probability and timing of receipt of certification of certain approvals and milestones in obtaining FDA approval.
Endospan Option
In July 2024, in conjunction with the Endospan Option Amendment, we performed a fair value measurement utilizing a Monte Carlo simulation model and determined that the value of the Endospan Option was $3.1 million. The Endospan Option was valued at$3.1 million as of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, which is reflected in Other current assets in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.
In April 2026 the FDA approved the PMA for the NEXUS® Aortic Arch System. On May 7, 2026, following such approval, we elected to exercise the option to acquire Endospan pursuant to the Endospan Option Amendment. We will fund the upfront purchase price of$135.0 million using proceeds from the New Delayed Draw Term Loan Facility, as described in Note 8 – “Debt” in Part I, Item 1 of this Form 10-Q.
Endospan Loans
Artivion and Endospan also entered into a loan agreement (the “Endospan Loan”), dated September 11, 2019, in which Artivion agreed to provide Endospan a secured loan of up to $15.0 million to be funded inthree tranches of $5.0 million each in 2019, 2020, and 2023, respectively.
We elected the fair value option for recording the Endospan Loan. We assess the fair value of the Endospan Loan based on quantitative and qualitative characteristics, and adjust the amount recorded to its current fair market value at each reporting period. We performed assessments of the fair value of the Endospan Loan in previous periods and determined that the Endospan Loan had no fair value. After entering into the Endospan Loan Amendment in July 2024, we determined that the Endospan Loan had a fair value of $0.8 million as of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025.
As a part of the Endospan Loan Amendment, Artivion agreed to fund the Additional Endospan Loan up to $25.0 million. The Additional Endospan Loan is contracted to be funded inthree tranches of $7.0 million, $10.0 million, and $8.0 million, subject to Endospan’s achievement of milestones related to its pursuit of regulatory approval for NEXUS ONE that are specified in the Endospan Loan Amendment. The first two tranches totaling $17.0 million were funded during theyear ended December 31, 2024. The third tranche of $8.0 million was funded in November 2025. We performed a fair value assessment of the Additional Endospan Loan and determined that the fair value was $19.6 million and $19.1 million as of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, respectively, which is reflected in Other current assets in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.
- Financial Instruments
A summary of financial instruments measured at fair value was as follows (in thousands):
| March 31, 2026 | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash equivalents | ||||
| Money market funds | $24,304 | $— | $— | $24,304 |
| Certificates of deposit | 1,094 | — | — | 1,094 |
| Endospan Loans | — | — | 20,402 | 20,402 |
| Total assets | $25,398 | $— | $20,402 | $45,800 |
| Liabilities | ||||
| Current portion of contingent consideration | $— | $— | $21,490 | $21,490 |
| Non-current contingent consideration | — | — | 40,830 | 40,830 |
| Total liabilities | $— | $— | $62,320 | $62,320 |
| December 31, 2025 | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash equivalents | ||||
| Money market funds | $20,725 | $— | $— | $20,725 |
| Certificates of deposit | 1,080 | — | — | 1,080 |
| Endospan Loans | — | — | 19,872 | 19,872 |
| Total assets | $21,805 | $— | $19,872 | $41,677 |
| Liabilities | ||||
| Current portion of contingent consideration | $— | $— | $20,690 | $20,690 |
| Non-current contingent consideration | — | — | 39,890 | 39,890 |
| Total liabilities | $— | $— | $60,580 | $60,580 |
We used prices quoted from our investment advisors to determine the Level 1 valuation of our investments in money market funds and certificates of deposit. The estimated market value of all cash equivalents is equal to the cost basis as there wereno gross realized gains or losses on cash equivalents for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025.
On September 2, 2020 we entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement to acquire 100% of the outstanding equity interests of Ascyrus Medical LLC (“Ascyrus”). Ascyrus developed the Ascyrus Medical Dissection Stent hybrid prosthesis (“AMDS”), the world’s first aortic arch remodeling device for use in the treatment of acute Type A aortic dissections. As part of the acquisition, we may be required to pay additional consideration in cash of up to $100.0 million to the former shareholders of Ascyrus upon the achievement of certain milestones and the sales-based additional earnout.
The contingent consideration represents the estimated fair value of future potential payments. The fair value of the contingent consideration liability was estimated by discounting to present value the contingent payments expected to be made based on a probability-weighted scenario approach. We applied a discount rate based on our unsecured credit spread and the term commensurate risk-free rate to the additional consideration to be paid, and then applied a risk-based estimate of the probability of achieving each scenario to calculate the fair value of the contingent consideration. This fair value measurement was based on unobservable inputs, including management estimates and assumptions about the future achievement of milestones and future estimate of revenues, and is, therefore, classified as Level 3 within the fair value hierarchy. We used a discount rate of approximately 17% and estimated future achievement of milestone dates to calculate the fair value of contingent consideration as of March 31, 2026. We remeasure this liability at each reporting date and record changes in the fair value of the contingent consideration in General, administrative, and marketing expenses in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive (Loss) Income. Increases or decreases in the fair value of the contingent consideration liability can result from changes in the passage of time, discount rates, the timing and amount of our revenue estimates, and the timing and expectation of regulatory approvals.
We perform quarterly assessments of the fair value of the contingent consideration and recorded a net fair value loss of $1.7 million and a net fair value gain of $2.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively, in General, administrative, and marketing expenses in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive (Loss) Income. The $1.7 million increase in the fair value of liability for the three months ended March 31, 2026 was primarily due to the passage of time. The contingent consideration liability reflected in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2026 was $62.3 million, of which $21.5 million was included in current liabilities. The $21.5 million represents the fair value of the $25.0 million contingent payment associated with FDA approval of the PMA application, which is expected to be achieved in mid-2026. The contingent consideration liability reflected in the Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2025 was $60.6 million.
The fair value of the contingent consideration component of the Ascyrus acquisition and Endospan Loans were updated using Level 3 inputs. Changes in fair value of Level 3 assets and liabilities are listed in the tables below (in thousands):
| Contingent Consideration | |
|---|---|
| Balance as of December 31, 2025 | $60,580 |
| Change in valuation | 1,740 |
| Balance as of March 31, 2026 | $62,320 |
| Endospan Loans | |
|---|---|
| Balance as of December 31, 2025 | $19,872 |
| Change in valuation | 530 |
| Balance as of March 31, 2026 | $20,402 |
The determination of fair value and the assessment of a measurement’s placement within the hierarchy requires judgment. Level 3 valuations often involve a higher degree of judgment and complexity. Although we believe that the recorded fair values of our financial instruments are appropriate, these fair values may not be reflective of future fair values.
- Inventories and Deferred Preservation Costs
Inventories consist of the following (in thousands):
| March 31,2026 | December 31,2025 | |
|---|---|---|
| Raw materials and supplies | $37,897 | $36,355 |
| Work-in-process | 20,399 | 17,133 |
| Finished goods | 39,699 | 38,939 |
| Inventories | $97,995 | $92,427 |
To facilitate product usage, we maintain consignment inventory of On-X heart valves at domestic hospital locations and On-X heart valves, aortic stent grafts, and AMDS products at international hospital locations. We retain title and control over this consignment inventory until we receive a notification of implantation, at which time we invoice the hospital and recognize revenue. As of March 31, 2026 we had $15.6 million in consignment inventory, with approximately 36% in domestic locations and 64% in international locations. As of December 31, 2025 we had $14.9 million in consignment inventory, with approximately 33% in domestic locations and 67% in foreign locations.
Total deferred preservation costs were $53.4 million and $54.5 million as of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, respectively.
- Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets
Indefinite Lived Intangible Assets
The carrying values of our indefinite lived intangible assets were as follows (in thousands):
| March 31,2026 | December 31,2025 | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodwill | $251,660 | $254,091 |
| In-process R&D | 2,242 | 2,291 |
| Procurement contracts and agreements | 2,013 | 2,013 |
We monitor the phases of development of our acquired in-process research and development projects, including the risks associated with further development and the amount and timing of benefits expected to be derived from the completed projects. Incremental costs associated with development are charged to expense as incurred. Capitalized costs are amortized over the estimated useful life of the developed asset once completed. Our in-process research and development projects are reviewed for impairment annually, or more frequently, if events or changes in circumstances indicate that the asset might be impaired. We evaluate our goodwill and indefinite lived intangible assets for impairment on an annual basis during the fourth quarter of the year, and, if necessary, during interim periods if factors indicate that an impairment review is warranted. We didnot record any impairment of indefinite lived intangible assets, including goodwill, during the three months ended March 31, 2026. In-process research and development, procurement contracts and agreements are included in Other intangibles, net in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025.
Based on our experience with similar agreements, we believe that our acquired procurement contracts and agreements have indefinite useful lives, as we expect to continue to renew these contracts for the foreseeable future.
Changes in the carrying value of our goodwill, all of which was related to our Medical Devices segment, were as follows (in thousands):
| March 31,2026 | |
|---|---|
| Balance as of December 31, 2025 | $254,091 |
| Foreign currency translation | (2,431) |
| Balance as of March 31, 2026 | $251,660 |
Definite Lived Intangible Assets
The definite lived intangible assets balance includes balances related to acquired technology, customer relationships, distribution and manufacturing rights and know-how, patents, and other definite lived intangible assets. The major intangible asset classes consist of the following (in thousands, except weighted average useful life):
| March 31, 2026 | Gross CarryingValue | AccumulatedAmortization | Net Carrying Value | Weighted AverageUseful Life(Years) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acquired technology | $206,300 | $86,299 | $120,001 | 18.2 |
| Other intangibles: | ||||
| Customer lists and relationships | $28,808 | $13,369 | $15,439 | 21.6 |
| Patents | 1,379 | 258 | 1,121 | 17.0 |
| Other | 19,683 | 5,612 | 14,071 | 5.0 |
| Other intangibles, net | $49,870 | $19,239 | $30,631 | 9.3 |
| December 31, 2025 | Gross CarryingValue | AccumulatedAmortization | Net Carrying Value | Weighted AverageUseful Life(Years) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acquired technology | $208,235 | $84,571 | $123,664 | 18.1 |
| Other intangibles: | ||||
| Customer lists and relationships | $28,853 | $13,057 | $15,796 | 21.5 |
| Patents | 4,658 | 3,523 | 1,135 | 17.0 |
| Other | 18,552 | 6,956 | 11,596 | 5.0 |
| Other intangibles, net | $52,063 | $23,536 | $28,527 | 9.8 |
Amortization Expense
Amortization expense recorded in General, administrative, and marketing expenses in our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive (Loss) Income was as follows (in thousands):
| Three Months EndedMarch 31, | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2025 | |
| Amortization expense | $3,911 | $3,388 |
- Income Taxes
Income Tax Expense
Our effective income tax rate was a benefit of 318% and 78% for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively. The effective income tax rate for the three months ended March 31, 2026 was primarily impacted by excess tax deductions on stock-based compensation, partially offset by state income taxes, non-deductible executive compensation, and changes in our valuation allowance against net deferred tax assets.
On July 4, 2025 the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (“OBBBA”) was enacted in the U.S. The OBBBA includes significant provisions, such as the permanent extension of certain expiring provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, modifications to the international tax framework and the restoration of favorable tax treatment for certain business provisions. The legislation has multiple effective dates, with certain provisions effective in 2025 and others implemented through 2027. We have reflected the impact of the enactment in our results for the three months ended March 31, 2026.
- Debt
Debt consists of the following (in thousands):
| March 31,2026 | December 31,2025 | |
|---|---|---|
| Term Loan Facility | $190,000 | $190,000 |
| Revolving Credit Facility | 30,000 | 30,000 |
| Total principal debt | 220,000 | 220,000 |
| Less: Unamortized debt issuance costs(a) | (4,648) | (4,886) |
| Total debt | 215,352 | 215,114 |
| Less: Current portion of long-term debt | — | — |
| Long-term debt, net | $215,352 | $215,114 |
(a) Additional unamortized debt issuance costs totaling $1.5 million related to the Revolving Credit Facility are included in “Other long-term assets” in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025. Additional unamortized debt issuance costs totaling $1.1 million related to the New Delayed Draw Term Loan Facility are included in “Other long-term assets” in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025 as a result of the Amendment discussed below.
Our liquidity needs arise from the funding of our cost of operations and capital expenditures and from debt service on our indebtedness. We believe that cash generated from operations, together with amounts available under our Term Loan Facilities, as defined below, will be adequate to permit us to meet our obligations over the next twelve months from the date of this report.
Credit Facilities
On January 18, 2024 we entered into a credit and guaranty agreement with Ares Management Credit funds for $350.0 million of senior secured, interest-only, credit facilities, consisting of a $190.0 million secured term loan facility (the “Term Loan Facility”), a $100.0 million secured delayed draw term loan facility (the “Delayed Draw Term Loan Facility” and, together with the Term Loan Facility, the “Term Loan Facilities”) and a $60.0 million “senior-priority” secured revolving credit facility which has a priority claim ahead of the other secured facilities (the “Revolving Credit Facility” and, together with the Term Loan Facilities, the “Credit Facilities”). Upon closing, we borrowed $190.0 million under the Term Loan Facility and $30.0 million under the Revolving Credit Facility. The proceeds of the borrowings were used along with cash on hand to pay off our previously existing credit agreement and pay related fees and expenses.
The remaining $30.0 million of undrawn availability under the Revolving Credit Facility as of March 31, 2026 may be drawn for working capital, capital expenditures, and other general corporate purposes. The Delayed Draw Term Loan Facility remained undrawn and was terminated on July 2, 2025 as we entered into separate, privately negotiated exchange agreements with the Holders of the Convertible Senior Notes as discussed below.
On September 12, 2025 (the “Second Amendment Effective Date”) we entered into a Second Amendment to the credit and guaranty agreement (the “Amendment”), with Ares Management Credit funds, which amends the credit and guaranty agreement dated as of January 18, 2024. The Amendment provides for (i) an extension of the maturity date of the existing term loans (the “Existing Term Loan Facility”) and the existing revolving credit facility (the “Existing Revolving Credit Facility”) under the Credit Agreement byone year to January 18, 2031, (ii) a reduction in the interest rate margin applicable to the Existing Term Loan Facility and the Existing Revolving Credit Facility and (iii) a new $150.0 million secured delayed draw term loan facility (the “New Delayed Draw Term Loan Facility” and, together with the Existing Term Loan Facility, the “Term Loan Facilities”).
Subject to the satisfaction of a specified maximum total net leverage ratio and other customary conditions, we may borrow under the New Delayed Draw Term Loan Facility at any time and from time to time on or prior to September 12, 2027. The proceeds of borrowings under the New Delayed Draw Term Loan Facility may be used to fund permitted acquisitions (including any earnouts and other similar payments in connection therewith), other investments permitted by the Credit Agreement and capital expenditures, among other things. Loans borrowed under the New Delayed Draw Term Loan Facility will have the same terms and interest rate margins as the loans under the Existing Term Loan Facility.
In May 2026, in connection with our election to exercise the Endospan Option, we borrowed $150.0 million under the New Delayed Draw Term Loan Facility, of which $135.0 million will be used to fund the upfront purchase price for the acquisition of Endospan. See Part I, Item 1, Note 3– “Agreements with Endospan” for further discussion of the Endospan Option acquisition.
Ranking; Guarantees
The Credit Facilities are secured by a security interest in substantially all existing and after-acquired real and personal property (subject to certain exceptions and exclusions) of us and the Guarantors.
Maturity and Prepayment
The final scheduled maturity date of the amended Credit Facilities is January 18, 2031. There are no scheduled repayments of principal required to be made prior to the final maturity date. We have the right to prepay loans under the Credit Agreement in whole or in part at any time, provided that any prepayment of loans under the Term Loan Facilities (or loans under the Revolving Credit Facility to the extent of reducing the balance of outstanding loans below $30.0 million) will be subject to a prepayment premium of 1.00% if the prepayment occurs prior to July 18, 2027. Amounts repaid in respect of loans under the Term Loan Facilities may not be reborrowed.
Covenants
The Credit Facilities contain certain customary affirmative and negative covenants, including covenants that limit our ability and the ability of our subsidiaries to, among other things, grant liens, incur debt, dispose of assets, make loans and investments, make acquisitions, make certain restricted payments (including cash dividends), merge or consolidate, change business or accounting or reporting practices, in each case subject to customary exceptions for a credit facility of this size and type. The covenants include a financial maintenance covenant that requires the company’s total net leverage ratio, as defined in the agreement, to be not greater than 6.25 x for the test periods from the second quarter of fiscal year 2024 through the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2024 and not greater than 5.75 x from the first quarter of fiscal year 2025 and thereafter. As of March 31, 2026 we are in compliance with our debt covenants.
Interest
On and after the Second Amendment Effective Date, the Revolving Credit Facility bears interest, at our option, at a floating annual rate equal to either the base rate plus a margin of 2.50%, or the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (“SOFR”) plus a margin of 3.50%. In addition, we will be required to pay fees of 0.50% per annum on the daily unused amount of the Revolving Credit Facility and 1.00% per annum on the daily unused amount of the New Delayed Draw Term Loan Facility. The Term Loan Facilities initially bear interest, at our option, at a floating annual rate equal to either the base rate plus a margin of 3.75%, or SOFR plus a margin of 4.75%. As of March 31, 2026 the stated and effective interest rate for the Term Loan Facility was 8.41% and 9.05%, respectively. As of March 31, 2026 the stated interest rate was 7.16% per annum for the Revolving Credit Facility.
Debt Discount and Debt Issuance Costs
In connection with the Amendment, we capitalized $0.5 million in debt issuance costs under the Existing Term Loan Facility, $0.2 million in other long-term assets under the Existing Revolving Credit Facility, and $1.1 million in other long-term assets under the New Delayed Draw Term Loan Facility. Non-cash amortization of debt issuance costs and debt discounts for our Credit Facilities totaled $0.3 million and $0.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively.
Convertible Senior Notes
On June 18, 2020 we issued $100.0 million aggregate principal amount of 4.25% Convertible Senior Notes with a maturity date of July 1, 2025 (the “Convertible Senior Notes”). The net proceeds from this offering, after deducting initial purchasers’ discounts and costs directly related to this offering, were approximately $96.5 million. On January 1, 2021 we adopted ASU 2020-06 and adjusted the carrying balance of the Convertible Senior Notes to notional.
In May 2025 we entered into separate, privately negotiated exchange agreements (“Exchange Agreements”) with the Holders ofthe Convertible Senior Notes. The transactions contemplated by the Exchange Agreements closed on May 28, 2025. Under the terms of the Exchange Agreements, the Holders exchanged an aggregate principal amount of approximately $99.5 million of the Convertible Senior Notes held by the Holders in exchange for an aggregate of 4,334,347 shares of our common stock. In addition, pursuant to the Exchange Agreements, we made a cash payment of approximately $1.7 million to the Holders in respect of accrued and unpaid interest on the exchanged Convertible Senior Notes. The remaining$0.5 million in aggregate principal amount of the Convertible Senior Notes was settled on July 1, 2025 resulting in the issuance of 19,605 shares of our common stock. The Delayed Draw Term Loan Facility was terminated on July 2, 2025 after all of the Convertible Senior Notes were settled.
The Convertible Senior Notes could have been settled in cash, stock, or a combination thereof, solely at our discretion. The initial conversion rate of the Convertible Senior Notes is 42.6203 shares per $1,000 principal amount, which is equivalent to a conversion price of approximately $23.46 per share, subject to adjustments. We used the if-converted method for assumed conversion of the Convertible Senior Notes for the diluted earnings per share calculation in periods prior to inducement.
We didnot incur interest expense for the three months ended March 31, 2026 due to the Convertible Senior Notes settlement in July 2025, as discussed above. We incurred $1.3 million of interest expense on the Convertible Senior Notes for the three months ended March 31, 2025. Interest on the Convertible Senior Notes began accruing upon issuance and was payable semi-annually.
- Commitments and Contingencies
Liability Claims
In the normal course of business, we are made aware of adverse events involving our products and tissues. Future adverse events could ultimately give rise to a lawsuit against us, and liability claims may be asserted against us in the future based on past events that we are not aware of at the present time. We maintain claims-made insurance policies to mitigate our financial exposure to product and tissue processing liability claims. Claims-made insurance policies generally cover only those asserted claims and incidents that are reported to the insurance carrier while the policy is in effect. The amounts recorded in these Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements as of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025 represent our estimate of the probable losses and anticipated recoveries for incurred but not reported claims related to products sold and services performed prior to the balance sheet date.
- Revenue Recognition
Disaggregation of Revenue
Revenues are disaggregated by the following geographic regions:
North America: consists of the US and Canada. We market our approved medical device products and preservation services (predominantly in the US), primarily to physicians through our direct sales representatives who are managed by regional managers.
Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (“EMEA”): in certain countries, we market approved medical device products to physicians, hospitals, and distributors through our direct sales force. In countries where we have no direct sales forces, regional sales managers market to distributors who buy medical device products directly from us and sell to hospitals in their respective countries.
Asia Pacific (“APAC”): we market medical device products that are approved in each country to distributors in the region.
Latin America (“LATAM”): we market medical device products that are approved in each country to distributors in the region except for Brazil where we sell directly to end customers and distributors.
Net revenues by geographic location based on the location of the customer were as follows (in thousands):
| Three Months EndedMarch 31, | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2025 | |
| North America | $58,695 | $47,793 |
| EMEA | 43,986 | 37,045 |
| APAC | 8,690 | 8,214 |
| LATAM | 4,966 | 5,926 |
| Total revenues | $116,337 | $98,978 |
Also see segment disaggregation information in Note 13 below.
- Stock Compensation
We have stock option and stock incentive plans for employees and non-employee directors that provide for grants of restricted stock awards (“RSAs”), restricted stock units (“RSUs”), performance stock units (“PSUs”), and options to purchase shares of our common stock at exercise prices generally equal to the fair value of such stock at the dates of grant. We also maintain a stockholder-approved Employee Stock Purchase Plan (“ESPP”) for the benefit of our employees. The ESPP allows eligible employees to purchase common stock on a regular basis at the lower of 85% of the market price at the beginning or end of each offering period.
Equity Grants
During the three months ended March 31, 2026 the Compensation Committee of our Board of Directors (the “Committee”) authorized awards from approved stock incentive plans of RSUs and PSUs to certain employees and company officers, which, assuming that performance under the PSUs will be achieved at target levels, together totaled 761,000 shares and had an aggregate grant date fair value of $27.0 million.
During the three months ended March 31, 2025 the Committee authorized awards from approved stock incentive plans of RSUs and PSUs to certain employees and company officers, which, assuming that performance under the PSUs were to be achieved at target levels, together totaled 748,000 shares and had an aggregate grant date fair value of $19.0 million.
The Committee didnot authorize any grants of stock options during the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025.
Employees purchased common stock totaling 41,000 and 44,000 shares in the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively, through the ESPP.
- Income (Loss) Per Common Share
The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted income (loss) per common share (in thousands, except per share data):
| Three Months EndedMarch 31, | ||
|---|---|---|
| Basic income (loss) per common share | 2026 | 2025 |
| Net income (loss) | $1,417 | $(505) |
| Net (income) loss allocated to participating securities | (1) | 1 |
| Net income (loss) allocated to common stockholders | $1,416 | $(504) |
| Basic weighted-average common shares outstanding | 48,074 | 42,232 |
| Basic income (loss) per common share | $0.03 | $(0.01) |
| Three Months EndedMarch 31, | ||
|---|---|---|
| Diluted income (loss) per common share | 2026 | 2025 |
| Net income (loss) | $1,417 | $(505) |
| Net (income) loss allocated to participating securities | (1) | 1 |
| Net income (loss) allocated to common stockholders | $1,416 | $(504) |
| Basic weighted-average common shares outstanding | 48,074 | 42,232 |
| Effect of dilutive stock options and awards | 1,657 | — |
| Diluted weighted-average common shares outstanding | 49,731 | 42,232 |
| Diluted income (loss) per common share | $0.03 | $(0.01) |
We excluded stock options and awards from the calculation of diluted weighted-average common shares outstanding if the per share value, including the sum of (i) the exercise price of the options and (ii) the amount of the compensation cost attributed to future services and not yet recognized, was greater than the average market price of the shares because the inclusion of these stock options would be antidilutive to loss per common share. For thethree months ended March 31, 2026 only dilutive stock options and awards were included in the calculation of diluted weighted-average common shares outstanding. Antidilutive potential common shares were immaterial and excluded from the calculation of diluted weighted-average common shares outstanding. For the three months ended March 31, 2025 all stock options and awards were excluded from the calculation of diluted weighted-average common shares outstanding as these would be antidilutive due to the net loss.
- Segment Information
We havetwo reportable segments organized according to our products and services: Medical Devices and Preservation Services. The Medical Devices segment includes external revenues from product sales of aortic stent grafts, On-X®, surgical sealants, and other product revenues. Aortic stent grafts include aortic arch stent grafts, abdominal stent grafts, and synthetic vascular grafts. Aortic arch stent grafts include our E-vita® Open NEO, E-vita Open Plus, Arcevo LSA, AMDSTM, the NEXUS ONETM, NEXUS DUOTM, and NEXUS TRETM aortic arch stent graft systems (the “NEXUS family of products”), and E-vita Thoracic 3G. Abdominal stent grafts include our E-xtra Design Engineering, E-nside TM, Artivex TM, E-tegra TM, E-ventus TM BX, Tuva TMBX, and E-liac TM products. Surgical sealants include BioGlue® Surgical Adhesive products. The Preservation Services segment includes external services revenues from the preservation of cardiac and vascular tissues. There areno intersegment revenues.
Our Chief Operating Decision Maker (“CODM”) is the Company’s Chairman, President, and CEO. The CODM reviews financial information to assess segment performance and determine how to allocate resources across segments.
The primary measure of segment performance, as assessed by our management, is segment gross margin or net external revenues less cost of products and preservation services. The CODM regularly reviews these costs, recognizing them as significant segment expenses. We do not segregate assets by segment; therefore, asset information is excluded from the segment disclosures below.
The following table summarizes revenues, cost of products and preservation services, and gross margins for our reportable segments (in thousands):
| Three Months EndedMarch 31, | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2025 | |
| Revenues: | ||
| Medical devices | $91,442 | $78,798 |
| Preservation services | 24,895 | 20,180 |
| Total revenues | 116,337 | 98,978 |
| Cost of products and preservation services: | ||
| Medical devices | 29,697 | 25,263 |
| Preservation services | 11,192 | 10,138 |
| Total cost of products and preservation services | 40,889 | 35,401 |
| Gross margin: | ||
| Medical devices | 61,745 | 53,535 |
| Preservation services | 13,703 | 10,042 |
| Total gross margin | $75,448 | $63,577 |
Net revenues by product were as follows (in thousands):
| Three Months EndedMarch 31, | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2025 | |
| Products: | ||
| Aortic stent grafts | $44,397 | $36,602 |
| On-X | 25,951 | 21,574 |
| Surgical sealants | 18,805 | 18,106 |
| Other | 2,289 | 2,516 |
| Total products | 91,442 | 78,798 |
| Preservation services | 24,895 | 20,180 |
| Total revenues | $116,337 | $98,978 |
Forward-Looking Statements
This Form 10-Q includes “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”). Forward-looking statements give our expectations or forecasts of future events as of the date of this Form 10-Q. In some cases, words such as “could,” “may,” “might,” “will,” “would,” “shall,” “should,” “pro forma,” “potential,” “pending,” “intend,” “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “plan,” “future,” “assume,” and variations of these types of words or other similar expressions identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which are made as of the date of this Form 10-Q.
All statements included herein, other than statements of historical facts, that address activities, events, or developments that we expect or anticipate will or may occur in the future, or that reflect our beliefs about the future and/or expectations, are forward-looking statements, including statements about the following:
The potential impact that public health crises and geopolitical conflicts may have on demand for and sales of our products and services, business operations, manufacturing operations, supply chain, cash flow, workforce, clinical and regulatory timelines, and our research and development projects;
The potential impact of general global, regional, or national economic downturns and macroeconomic trends, including heightened inflation, interest rate, currency fluctuations, and proposed and enacted tariffs, as well as general or localized economic slowdowns or recessions may have on demand for and sales of our products and services, including ordering trends for international distributors based on currency fluctuations against the US dollar, and our business operations, manufacturing operations, supply chain, and workforce;
Our beliefs about the robustness of our global supply chain in light of current global and macroeconomic conditions and about the potential impact of supply chain disruptions, particularly disruptions to single and sole source suppliers and third-party manufacturing partners;
Our beliefs about our R&D and product pipeline, including our beliefs about the timing and results of our clinical trials, approvals, and product commercialization and launches;
Our expectations related to anticipated expansion of our business and the sufficiency of our leased and recently acquired properties for such expansion;
Our beliefs and anticipation regarding the favorable attributes, benefits, and clinical advantages of our products and services, the basis on which our products and services compete, the benefits of our physician education activities, and the advantages of our relationships with organ and tissue procurement organizations and tissue banks;
Our beliefs about the future regulatory status of our medical devices and processed tissues, our compliance with applicable laws and regulations, and our ability to make timely transitions to our Notified Bodies and obtain renewals for our Conformité Européenne Mark (“CE Mark”) product certification impacted by the transition to the Medical Device Regulation in Europe, and the impact these transitions, renewals, and related processes may have on our business, including any impact on our customers’ ordering patterns and our ability to supply products;
Our beliefs regarding our global expansion efforts;
Our beliefs about the potential impact on our business of changes to regulations, regulators, Notified Bodies, and related matters;
Our beliefs about the advantages of our intellectual property and its significance to our segments and our business as a whole, and our beliefs about the present value and potential impairment of our intangible assets and leases;
Our beliefs about our workforce, including our ability to attract and retain talent at all levels, and about our relationship with our workforce, including our works council in Germany and union in Brazil;
Our beliefs about potential information security vulnerabilities, and the associated potential adverse effects on our business;
Our beliefs about the business impact of, and expenses associated with, the 2024 cybersecurity incident, and our beliefs about the cybersecurity threat environment;
The dependencies affecting our ability to realize the anticipated business opportunities, growth prospects, synergies, and other benefits of the agreement with Baxter, the now-exercised Option Amendment with Endospan, and our acquisition of Ascyrus, and our beliefs about the costs and timelines for certain regulatory approvals and clinical trial milestones;
Our beliefs regarding the fair value of our acquisitions, divestitures, and other business development activities and the estimates and assumptions about the future achievements of milestones and future revenues and cash flows related to those business development activities, including our ability to achieve the milestones in the Ascyrus and Baxter transactions;
Our belief that revenues for preservation services, particularly revenues for certain high-demand cardiac tissues, can vary from quarter-to-quarter and year-to-year due to a variety of factors including: quantity and type of incoming tissues, yields of tissue through the preservation process, timing of receipt of donor information, staffing levels, timing of the release of tissues to an implantable status, demand for certain tissue types due to the number and type of procedures being performed, and pressures from competing products or services;
Our beliefs regarding the seasonal nature of the demand for some of our products and services and the reasons for such seasonality, if any, and regarding the impact of consignment inventory on product sales, if any;
Our belief that our cash from operations and existing cash and cash equivalents will enable us to meet our current operational liquidity needs for at least the next twelve months, our expectations regarding future cash requirements and expenditures, and the impact that our cash requirements might have on our cash flows for the next twelve months;
Our expectation regarding the impact on cash flows of undertaking significant business development activities and the potential need to obtain additional debt financing or equity financing;
Our belief that we will incur expenses for research and development projects, including for clinical research projects to gain regulatory approvals for products or indications, including existing products, and for new products and technologies that will likely require additional investment, research, and new clinical studies or data;
Our beliefs about market opportunity and our ability to capture market share;
Our beliefs about pending and potential legal or other governmental or regulatory proceedings;
Our expectations regarding the timing and impact of clinical research work and regulatory approvals for certain products or indications, including On-X products, aortic stent grafts, and surgical sealants, and the CryoValve SG pulmonary heart valve if the US Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) reclassifies allograft heart valves as Class III medical devices;
Our beliefs and expectations regarding the utilization of net operating loss carryforwards from our acquisitions of JOTEC GmbH, On-X Life Technologies, Inc., Hemosphere, Inc., and Cardiogenesis Corporation;
Our belief regarding the impact of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act on our tax obligations for the 2025 tax year and beyond;
Our beliefs about our operating results which may fluctuate significantly on a periodic basis as a result of internal and external factors, including reduced demand for our products, the potential impact of new therapies, healthcare workforce trends and labor disputes, regulatory challenges, the availability of products, materials, and supplies, strategic actions we take such as acquisitions or divestitures, unanticipated costs and expenses, market reception of our new or improved product offerings, and interest rate and currency fluctuations; and
Other statements regarding projections of future financial and business performance; anticipated growth and trends in our business and the markets relevant to our business, including how our growth relates to our competitors; the robustness and reliability of our workforce and supply chain; future production capacity and product supply; the availability and benefits of our products in the future; and the expected timing and impact of our strategic initiatives.
These and other forward-looking statements reflect the views of management at the time and such statements are originally made based on certain assumptions and analyses made by us in light of our experience and our perception of historical trends, current conditions, and expected future developments as well as other factors we believe are appropriate in the circumstances and are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties, estimates, and assumptions. Whether actual results and developments will conform with our expectations and predictions is subject to a number of risks and uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ materially and adversely from our expectations, including, without limitation, in addition to those specified in the text surrounding such statements, the risks described in Part II, Item 1A, “Risk Factors” in this Form 10-Q and elsewhere throughout this report, the risks described in our other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission including the risks described in Part I, Item 1A, “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025 and elsewhere throughout that report, and other risks which we may not be able to identify in advance, many of which are beyond our control. Consequently, all of the forward-looking statements made in this Form 10-Q are qualified by these cautionary statements, and there can be no assurance that the actual results or developments anticipated by us will be realized or, even if substantially realized, that they will have the expected consequences to, or effects on, us or our business or operations. We assume no obligation, and expressly disclaim any duty, to update publicly any such forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.
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