Management Change/Compensation Form 8 K

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

Effective August 30th, the following leadership change will take place. Thomas Spoerel will serve as the Senior Vice President, CFO Regions along with finance leadership for the finance integration of the recently announced agreement for Becton Dickinson to acquire the Edwards Life Sciences' Critical Care product group. Tom will no longer serve as the Company's principal accounting officer as set forth under Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and Christopher DelOrefice, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will assume the responsibilities of principal accounting officer on an interim basis.