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        <footnote id="F1">In response to the Company's efforts to conserve cash, Dr. Smith agreed to accept $50,000 of her 2008 salary in shares of the
 Company's Common Stock valued at the closing price of the Common Stock on December 19, 2007, net of shares in payment of
 applicable withholding taxes valued at the closing price of the Common Stock on the date of issuance.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Granted under NeoStem, Inc.'s 2003 Equity Participation Plan.</footnote>
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