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        <issuerName>RTI Surgical Holdings, Inc.</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>RTIX</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerName>Singer Jonathon M</rptOwnerName>
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        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>520 LAKE COOK ROAD</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>SUITE 315</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>DEERFIELD</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>IL</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>60015</rptOwnerZipCode>
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            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>COO</officerTitle>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">The reporting person received an award that is equal to the number of the issuer's restricted shares equal to $950,000 divided by the volume weighted average price per share of the Company's common stock on Nasdaq Stock Market for the fifteen trading days beginning on the close of the market on January 10, 2020.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">One half the award shall vest on January 10, 2021, the remainder shall vest quarterly commencing on the fifteenth month following the grant date and ending on January 10, 2022.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">The reporting person received an award that is equal to the number of the issuer's restricted shares equal to $225,000 divided by the volume weighted average price per share of the Company's common stock on Nasdaq Stock Market for the fifteen trading days beginning on the close of the market on January 10, 2020.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">One half the award shall vest on January 10, 2021, the remainder shall vest quarterly commencing on the fifteenth month following the grant date and ending on January 10, 2022.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">The reporting person shall file an amended Form 4 when the volume weighted average price per share of the Company's common stock on Nasdaq Stock Market for the fifteen trading days beginning on the close of the market on January 10, 2020 is determined.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/Jonathon M. Singer</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2020-01-14</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
