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SUBSEQUENT EVENTS | 9. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS Series A Distribution The Nasdaq Stock Market fixed July 22, 2014 as the ex-dividend date for the Series A Distribution. Commencing on this date, our shares of common stock traded without the right to receive shares of Asterias Series A common stock, or cash in lieu thereof, in the Series A Distribution. We do not expect the completion of the Series A Distribution to have any impact on our financial statements. Transfer Agreement On July 31, 2014, we and Mayo Clinic entered into an agreement, or the Transfer Agreement, whereby the Investigational New Drug application, or IND, for imetelstat under which the investigator-sponsored clinical trial of imetelstat in myelofibrosis, or the Myelofibrosis IST, has been conducted will be transferred to Geron. In addition, the parties have agreed that Geron will assume responsibility for the conduct of the Myelofibrosis IST as the trial sponsor. In connection with entering into the Transfer Agreement, Mayo Clinic transferred to us data available as of that date from the clinical trial database for the Myelofibrosis IST. Subject to completion of certain obligations and deliverables defined in the Transfer Agreement, we and Mayo Clinic project that the IND and responsibility for the Myelofibrosis IST as the trial sponsor will be transferred to Geron by September 30, 2014. We plan to continue to conduct the Myelofibrosis IST at Mayo Clinic until the trial is closed, and we do not intend to enroll additional patients in the Myelofibrosis IST.

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