<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001144204-15-003389.txt : 20150122
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20150122210213
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001144204-15-003389
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20150122
FILED AS OF DATE:		20150122
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20150122

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			NeoStem, Inc.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000320017
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SERVICES-MISC HEALTH & ALLIED SERVICES, NEC [8090]
		IRS NUMBER:				222343568
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		420 LEXINGTON AVENUE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 350
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10170
		BUSINESS PHONE:		212-584-4171

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		420 LEXINGTON AVENUE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 350
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10170

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	PHASE III MEDICAL INC/DE
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20030819

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	CORNICHE GROUP INC /DE
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19951117

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	FIDELITY MEDICAL INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19951025

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			TRABER PETER G
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001284500

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-33650
		FILM NUMBER:		15543214

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		430 THAMER LANE
		CITY:			HOUSTON
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77025
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    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000320017</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>NeoStem, Inc.</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>NBS</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerName>TRABER PETER G</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O NEOSTEM, INC.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>420 LEXINGTON AVENUE, SUITE 350</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>NEW YORK</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NY</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>10170</rptOwnerZipCode>
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            <isOther>0</isOther>
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    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Stock Option (right to purchase)</value>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>3.56</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2015-01-22</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <deemedExecutionDate></deemedExecutionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
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                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
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            <transactionTimeliness></transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>26500</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
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            <exerciseDate>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
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            <expirationDate>
                <value>2025-01-21</value>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Effective January 22, 2015 (the &quot;Grant Date&quot;), NeoStem, Inc. (the &quot;Company&quot;) appointed Peter G. Traber, MD (the &quot;Reporting Person&quot;) as a director of the Company and the Chair of its Science and Technology Committee. In connection with the appointment, the Reporting Person was granted an option to purchase 26,500 shares of the Company's common stock (the &quot;Option&quot;), subject to all of the terms and conditions of the Company's 2009 Amended &amp; Restated Equity Compensation Plan and pursuant to the Company's Director Compensation Plan.  The Option was fully vested on the Grant Date.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Peter G. Traber, MD By: /s/ Catherine M. Vaczy, Esq., Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2015-01-22</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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