| [October 26, 2015] |  |
RTI Surgical Inc. (RTI) (Nasdaq: RTIX), a global surgical implant company, announced today that Christopher R. Sweeney, a partner with Water Street Healthcare Partners, a strategic investor focused exclusively on the health care industry, has joined the company's board of directors as a designee of its preferred shareholder, Water Street, effective immediately. Additionally, the company announced that Thomas A. McEachin, formerly vice president and group chief financial officer of Covidien Surgical Solutions, the largest division of Covidien, plc, which is now part of Medtronic, has been appointed to the company's board of directors effective Dec.
