U.S. Stem Cell (USRM) 10-K 2012 FY Annual report

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-K

(Mark One)

x ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012

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o TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

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Commission File Number 001-33718

BIOHEART, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Florida	65-0945967
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

13794 NW 4^th Street, Suite 212, Sunrise, Florida 33325
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

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As of June 30, 2012, the last day of registrant’s second fiscal quarter, the aggregate market value of the registrant’s common stock, $0.001 par value, held by non-affiliates, computed by reference to the closing sale price of the common stock reported on the OTCBB as of June 30, 2012, was approximately $3,082,555. For purposes of the above statement only, all directors, executive officers and 10% shareholders are assumed to be affiliates. This determination of affiliate status is not necessarily a conclusive determination for other purposes.

The number of shares outstanding of the registrant’s Common Stock, $0.001 par value, as of March 26, 2013 was 190,496,693.

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BIOHEART, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

INDEX TO ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K
Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2012

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PART I
Item 1.	Business		1
Item 1A.	Risk Factors		24
Item 1B.	Unresolved Staff Comments		48
Item 2.	Properties		48
Item 3.	Legal Proceedings		48
Item 4.	Mine Safety Disclosures		48
PART II
Item 5.	Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities		49
Item 6.	Selected Financial Data		52
Item 7.	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations		52
Item 7A.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk		62
Item 8.	Financial Statements and Supplementary Data		62
Item 9.	Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure		62
Item 9A.	Controls and Procedures		62
Item 9B.	Other Information		64
PART III
Item 10.	Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance		65
Item 11.	Executive Compensation		70
Item 12.	Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters		73
Item 13.	Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence		77
Item 14.	Principal Accounting Fees and Services		78
PART IV
Item 15.	Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules		81

 

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Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This report may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Act, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act, and we intend that such forward-looking statements be subject to the safe harbors created thereby. These forward-looking statements are based on our management’s beliefs and assumptions and on information currently available to our management. Any such forward-looking statements would be contained principally in “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and “Risk Factors.” Forward-looking statements include information concerning our possible or assumed future results of operations, business strategies, financing plans, competitive position, industry environment, potential growth opportunities and the effects of regulation. Forward-looking statements include all statements that are not historical facts and can be identified by terms such as “anticipates,” “believes,” “could,” “estimates,” “expects,” “hopes,” “intends,” “may,” “plans,” “potential,” “predicts,” “projects,” “should,” “will,” “would” or similar expressions.

Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. We discuss many of these risks in greater detail in “Risk Factors.” Given these uncertainties, you should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. Also, forward-looking statements represent our management’s beliefs and assumptions only as of the date of this report. You should read this report and the documents that we reference in this report and have filed as exhibits to the report completely and with the understanding that our actual future results may be materially different from what we expect. Except as required by law, we assume no obligation to update these forward-looking statements publicly, or to update the reasons actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements, even if new information becomes available in the future.

Unless otherwise indicated or the context otherwise requires, all references in this Form 10-K to “we,” “us,” “our,” “Bioheart” or the “Company” refer to Bioheart, Inc.

PART I

Item 1.   Business

Overview

We are a biotechnology company focused on the discovery, development and, subject to regulatory approval, commercialization of autologous cell therapies for the treatment of chronic and acute heart damage. Our lead product candidate is MyoCell, an innovative clinical therapy designed to populate regions of scar tissue within a patient’s heart with autologous muscle cells, or cells from a patient’s body, for the purpose of improving cardiac function in chronic heart failure patients.

We were incorporated in the State of Florida in August 1999. Our principal executive offices are located at 13794 NW 4th Street, Suite 212, Sunrise, Florida 33325 and our telephone number is (954) 835-1500. Information about us is available on our corporate web site at www.bioheartinc.com. Information contained on the web site does not constitute part of, and is not incorporated by reference in, this report.

Biotechnology Product Candidates

We are focused on the discovery, development and, subject to regulatory approval, commercialization of autologous cell therapies for the treatment of chronic and acute heart damage. In our pipeline, we have multiple product candidates for the treatment of heart damage, including MyoCell, Myocell SDF-1, and Lipicell. MyoCell and MyoCell SDF-1 are clinical muscle-derived cell therapies designed to populate regions of scar tissue within a patient’s heart with new living cells for the purpose of improving cardiac function in chronic heart failure patients.

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MyoCell SDF-1 is intended to be an improvement to MyoCell. MyoCell SDF-1 is similar to MyoCell except that the myoblast cells to be injected for use in MyoCell SDF-1 will be modified prior to injection by an adenovirus vector or non-viral vector so that they will release extra quantities of the SDF-1 protein, which expresses angiogenic factors. LipiCell is a patient-derived cell therapy proposed for the treatment of acute myocardial infarction, chronic heart ischemia, and lower limb ischemia. We hope to demonstrate that these product candidates are safe and effective complements to existing therapies for chronic and acute heart damage.

Our most recent completed clinical trials of MyoCell are the SEISMIC Trial, a 40-patient, randomized, multicenter, controlled, Phase II-a study conducted in Europe and the MYOHEART Trial, a 20-patient, multicenter, Phase I dose-escalation trial conducted in the United States. We were approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, or the “FDA”, to proceed with a 330-patient, multicenter Phase II/III trial of MyoCell in North America and Europe, or the MARVEL Trial. We completed the MyoCell implantation procedure on the first patient in the MARVEL Trial on October 24, 2007. Thus far, 20 patients, including 6 control patients, have been treated. Initial results for the 20 patients were released at the Heart Failure Society of American meeting in September, 2009, showing a significant (35%) improvement in the 6 minute walk for those patients who were treated, and no improvement for those who received a placebo. On the basis of these results, we have applied for and received approval from the FDA to reduce the number of additional patients in the trial to 134, for a total of 154 patients. The SEISMIC, MYOHEART and MARVEL Trials have been designed to test the safety and efficacy of MyoCell in treating patients with severe, chronic damage to the heart. Upon regulatory approval of MyoCell, we intend to generate revenue in the United States from the sale of MyoCell cell-culturing services for treatment of patients by qualified physicians.

We received approval from the FDA in July of 2009 to conduct a Phase I safety study on 15 patients of a combined therapy (Myocell with SDF-1), which we believe was the first approval of a study combining gene and cell therapies. We initially commenced work on this study, called the REGEN Trial, during the first quarter of 2010. We suspended activity on the trial in 2010 while seeking additional funding necessary to conduct the trial.

We are seeking to secure sufficient funds to reinitiate enrollment in the MARVEL and REGEN trials. If we successfully secure such funds, we intend to re-engage a contract research organization, or CRO, investigators and certain suppliers to advance such trials.

In August 2011, we applied to the FDA to conduct a Phase I study, called the ANGEL Trial, utilizing LipiCell in chronic ischemia heart patients. The ANGEL Trial is a Phase I trial and is expected to be conducted at the University of Miami. We are seeking to secure sufficient funds to initiate enrollment in such trial. If we successfully secure such funds, we intend to engage a CRO and certain suppliers to advance the trial.

MyoCell

MyoCell is a clinical therapy intended to improve cardiac function and is designed to be utilized months or even years after a patient has suffered severe heart damage due to a heart attack or other cause. We believe that MyoCell has the potential to become a leading treatment for severe, chronic damage to the heart due to its perceived ability to satisfy, at least in part, what we believe to be an unmet demand for more effective and/or more affordable therapies for chronic heart damage. MyoCell uses myoblasts, cells that are precursors to muscle cells, from the patient’s own body. The myoblasts are removed from a patient’s thigh muscle, isolated, grown through our proprietary cell culturing process, and injected directly in the scar tissue of a patient’s heart. A qualified physician performs this minimally invasive procedure using an endoventricular catheter. We entered into an agreement with a Johnson & Johnson company to use its NOGA® Cardiac Navigation System along with its MyoStar injection catheter for the delivery of MyoCell in the MARVEL Trial

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When injected into scar tissue within the heart wall, myoblasts have been shown to be capable of engrafting in the damaged tissue and differentiating into mature muscle cells. In a number of clinical and animal studies, the engrafted skeletal muscle cells have been shown to express various proteins that are important components of contractile function. By using myoblasts obtained from a patient’s own body, we believe MyoCell is able to avoid certain challenges currently faced by other types of cell-based clinical therapies, including tissue rejection and instances of the cells differentiating into cells other than muscle. Although a number of therapies have proven to improve the cardiac function of a damaged heart, no currently available treatment has demonstrated an ability to generate new muscle tissue within the scarred regions of a heart.

Our completed clinical trials of MyoCell to date, including the SEISMIC Trial and the MYOHEART Trial have been primarily targeted to patients with severe, chronic damage to the heart who are in Class II or Class III heart failure according to the New York Heart Association, or NYHA, heart failure classification system. The NYHA system classifies patients in one of four categories based on how limited they are during physical activity. NYHA Class II heart failure patients have a mild limitation of activity and are generally comfortable at rest or with mild exertion while NYHA Class III heart failure patients suffer from a marked limitation of activity and are generally comfortable only at rest.

In addition to studies we have sponsored, we understand that myoblast-based clinical therapies have been the subject of at least eleven clinical trials involving more than 325 enrollees, including at least 235 treated patients. Although we believe many of the trials are different from the trials sponsored by us in a number of important respects, it is our view that the trials have advanced the cell therapy industry’s understanding of the potential opportunities and limitations of myoblast-based therapies.

We believe the market for treating patients in NYHA Class II or NYHA Class III heart failure is significant. According to the American Heart Association Heart Disease Statistics — 2012 Update, or the AHA Statistics in the United States there are approximately 5.7 million patients with heart failure. The AHA Statistics further indicate that patients who experience heart failure generally experience high mortality rates, with one in five of such patients dying within one year and 70-80% of such patients under age 65 dying within eight years. We believe that approximately 60% of heart failure patients are in either NYHA Class II or NYHA Class III heart failure based upon a 1999 study entitled “Congestive Heart Failure Due to Diastolic or Systolic Dysfunction — Frequency and Patient Characteristics in an Ambulatory Setting” by Diller, PM, et. al.

MyoCath Product Candidate

The MyoCath is a deflecting tip needle injection catheter that has a larger (25 gauge) needle to allow for better flow rates and less leakage than systems that are 27 gauge. This larger needle allows for thicker compositions to be injected, which helps with cell retention in the heart. Also, the MyoCath needle has more fluoroscopic brightness than the normally used nitinol needle, enabling superior visualization during the procedure. Seeing the needle well during injections enables the physician who is operating the catheter to pinpoint targeted areas more precisely. The MyoCath is used to inject cells into cardiac tissue in therapeutic procedures to treat chronic heart ischemia and congestive heart failure. Investigators in our MARVEL Trial may use either our MyoCath catheters or Biosense Webster’s (a Johnson & Johnson company) NOGA® Cardiac Navigation System along with the MyoStar injection catheter for the delivery of MyoCell to patients enrolled in the trial.

Business Strategy

The number of heart failure patients is expected to increase from 25 million worldwide today to over 50 million in five years. Our focus is on serving these patients. To achieve this objective, we plan to pursue the following key strategies:

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•    Obtain initial regulatory approval of MyoCell and/or MyoCell SDF-1 by targeting patients with severe heart damage.

•    Obtain regulatory approval of MyoCell and/or MyoCell SDF-1 to treat patients with less severe heart damage. If we obtain initial regulatory approval of MyoCell for the Class III Subgroup, we intend to continue to sponsor clinical trials in an effort to demonstrate that MyoCell and/or MyoCell SDF-1 should receive regulatory approval to treat all patients in NYHA Class II, Class III and Class IV heart failure and, provided we believe we have a reasonable basis to support such an indication, we intend to seek regulatory approval for these patients.

•    Continue to develop our pipeline of cell-based therapies and related devices for the treatment of chronic and acute heart damage. In parallel with our efforts to secure regulatory approval of MyoCell, we intend to continue to develop and test other product candidates for the treatment of chronic and acute heart damage. These efforts are expected to initially focus on the MyoCell SDF-1 product candidate.

•    Continue to refine our MyoCell and MyoCell SDF-1 cell culturing processes.

•    Expand and enhance our intellectual property rights. We intend to expand and enhance our intellectual property rights.

•    License, acquire and/or develop complementary products and technologies. We intend to strengthen and expand our product development efforts through the license, acquisition and/or development of products and technologies that support our business strategy.

Industry Background

Myocardial Infarction (Heart Attack)

Myocardial infarction, or MI, commonly known as a heart attack, occurs when a blockage in a coronary artery severely restricts or completely stops blood flow to a portion of the heart. When blood supply is greatly reduced or blocked for more than a short period of time, heart muscle cells die. If the healthy heart muscle cells do not replace the dead cells within approximately two months, the injured area of the heart becomes unable to function properly. In the healing phase after a heart attack, white blood cells migrate into the affected area and remove the dead heart muscle cells. Then, fibroblasts, the connective tissue cells of the human body, proliferate and form a collagen scar in the affected region of the heart. Following a heart attack, the heart’s ability to maintain normal function will depend on the location and amount of damaged tissue. The remaining initially undamaged heart muscle tissue must perform more work to adequately maintain cardiac output. Because the uninjured region is then compelled to work harder than normal, the heart can progressively deteriorate until it is unable to pump adequate blood to oxygenate the body properly, leading to heart failure and ultimately death.

Congestive Heart Failure (CHF)

Congestive heart failure, or CHF, is a debilitating condition that occurs as the heart becomes progressively less able to pump an adequate supply of blood throughout the body, resulting in fluid accumulation in the lungs, kidneys and other body tissues. Persons suffering from NYHA Class II or worse heart failure experience high rates of mortality, frequent hospitalization and poor quality of life. CHF has many causes, generally beginning in patients with a life-long history of high blood pressure or after a patient has suffered a major heart attack or some other heart-damaging event. CHF itself may lead to other complicating factors such as pulmonary hypertension, edema, pulmonary edema, liver dysfunction and kidney failure. Although medical therapy for CHF is improving, it remains a major debilitating condition.

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Classifying Heart Failure

The NYHA heart failure classification system provides a simple and widely recognized way of classifying the extent of heart failure. It places patients in one of four categories based on how limited they are during physical activity. NYHA Class I heart failure patients have no limitation of activities and suffer no symptoms from ordinary activities. NYHA Class II heart failure patients have a mild limitation of activity and are generally comfortable at rest or with mild exertion. NYHA Class III heart failure patients suffer from a marked limitation of activity and are generally comfortable only at rest. NYHA Class IV heart failure patients generally suffer discomfort and symptoms at rest and should remain confined to a bed or chair.

The risk of hospitalization and death increases as patients’ progress through the various stages of heart failure. The risk of hospitalization due to heart failure for patients in NYHA Class II, NYHA Class III and NYHA Class IV is approximately 1.2, 2.3 and 3.7 times greater than for patients in NYHA Class I heart failure, according to a 2006 American Heart Journal article entitled “Higher New York Heart Association Classes and Increased Mortality and Hospitalization in Patients with Heart Failure and Preserved Left Ventricular Function”’ by Ahmed, A et al. Similarly, according to this same article, the risk of death from all causes for patients in NYHA Class II, NYHA Class III and NYHA Class IV is approximately 1.5, 2.6 and 8.5 times greater than for patients in NYHA Class I heart failure.

The following chart illustrates the various stages of heart failure, their NYHA classifications and the associated current standard of treatment.

NYHA Class	NYHA Functional Classification(1)	Specific Activity Scale(2)(3)	Current Standard of Treatment(4)
I	Symptoms only with above normal physical activity	Can perform more than 7 metabolic equivalents	ACE Inhibitor, Beta-Blocker
II	Symptoms with normal physical activity	Can perform more than 5 metabolic equivalents	ACE Inhibitor, Beta-Blocker, Diuretics
III	Symptoms with minimal physical activity	Can perform more than 2 metabolic equivalents	ACE Inhibitor, Beta-Blocker, Diuretics, Digoxin, Bi-ventricular pacers
IV	Symptoms at rest	Cannot perform more than 2 metabolic equivalents	ACE Inhibitor, Beta-Blocker, Diuretics, Digoxin, Hemodynamic Support, Mechanical Assist Devices, Bi-ventricular pacers, Transplant

 

(1)    Symptoms include fatigue, palpitations, shortness of breath and chest pain; normal activity is equivalent to walking one flight of stairs or several blocks.

(2)    Based upon the Goldman Activity Classification of Heart Failure, which classifies severity of heart failure based on estimated metabolic cost of various activities; the four classes of the Goldman Activity Classification system correlate to the NYHA Classes.

(3)    7 metabolic equivalents = shovel snow, carry 24 lbs. up 8 stairs, recreational sports; 5 metabolic equivalents = garden, rake, dance, walk 4 mph on level ground, have intercourse; 2 metabolic equivalents = shower without stopping, strip and make bed, dress without stopping.

(4)    Source: American College of Cardiology/ American Heart Association 2005 Guideline Update for the Diagnosis and Management of Chronic Heart Failure in the Adult.

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Diagnosis and Management of Heart Failure

Heart disease has been the leading cause of death from 1950 on within the United States, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. In addition, heart failure is the single most frequent reason for hospitalization of the elderly according to a 2007 study entitled “Long-Term Costs and Resource Use in Elderly Participants with Congestive Heart Failure” by Liao, L., et al. The American College of Cardiology/ American Heart Association 2005 Guideline Update for the Diagnosis and Management of Chronic Heart Failure in the Adult, or the ACC/ AHA Guidelines, provides recommendations for the treatment of chronic heart failure in adults with normal or low left ventricular ejection fraction, or LVEF. The treatment escalates and becomes more invasive as the heart failure worsens. Current treatment options for severe, chronic heart damage include, but are not limited to, heart transplantation and other surgical procedures, bi-ventricular pacers, drug therapies, Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators, or ICDs, and ventricular assist devices. Therapies utilizing drugs, ICDs and bi-ventricular pacers are currently by far the most commonly prescribed treatments for patients suffering from NYHA Class II or NYHA Class III heart failure. Since these therapies generally each address a particular feature of heart disease or a specific subgroup of heart failure patients, they are often complementary and used in combination.

Drug Therapies. The ACC/AHA Guidelines recommend that most patients with heart failure should be routinely managed with a combination of ACE inhibitors, beta-blockers and diuretics. The value of these drugs has been established by the results of numerous large-scale clinical trials and the evidence supporting a central role for their use is, according to the ACC/AHA Guidelines, compelling and persuasive. ACE inhibitors and beta blockers have been shown to improve a patient’s clinical status and overall sense of well-being and reduce the risk of death and hospitalization. Side effects of ACE inhibitors include hypotension, worsening kidney function, potassium retention, cough and angioedema. Side effects of beta-blockers include fluid retention, fatigue, bradycardia and heart block and hypotension.

Bi-Ventricular Pacers. The ACC/AHA Guidelines recommend bi-ventricular pacers for persons who, in addition to suffering from heart failure, have left and right ventricles that do not contract in sync, known as ventricular dyssynchrony, and who have a LVEF less than or equal to 35%, sinus rhythm and NYHA Class III or NYHA Class IV symptoms. Bi-ventricular pacers are surgically implanted electrical generators that function primarily by stimulating the un-damaged portion of the heart to beat more strongly using controlled bursts of electrical currents in synchrony. Compared with optimal medical therapy alone, bi-ventricular pacers have been shown in a number of clinical trials to significantly decrease the risk of all-cause hospitalization and all-cause mortality as well as to improve LVEF, NYHA Class and quality of life. According to the ACC/AHA Guidelines, there are certain risks associated with the bi-ventricular pacer, including risks associated with implantation and device-related problems.

Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators. ACC/AHA Guidelines recommend ICDs primarily for patients who have experienced a life-threatening clinical event associated with a sustained irregular heartbeat and in patients who have had a prior heart attack and a reduced LVEF. ICDs are surgically implanted devices that continually monitor patients at high risk of sudden heart attack. When an irregular rhythm is detected, the device sends an electric shock to the heart to restore normal rhythm. In 2009, ICDs were implanted in approximately 133 patients in the United States. Although ICDs have not demonstrated an ability to improve cardiac function, according to the ACC/AHA Guidelines, ICDs are highly effective in preventing sudden death due to irregular heartbeats. However, according to the ACC/AHA Guidelines, frequent shocks from an ICD can lead to a reduced quality of life, whether triggered appropriately or inappropriately. In addition, according to the ACC/AHA Guidelines, ICDs have the potential to aggravate heart failure and have been associated with an increase in heart failure hospitalizations.

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Heart Transplantation and Other Surgical Procedures. According to the ACC/AHA Guidelines, heart transplantation is currently the only established surgical approach for the treatment of severe heart failure that is not responsive to other therapies. Heart transplantation is a major surgical procedure in which the diseased heart is removed from a patient and replaced with a healthy donor heart. Heart transplantation has proven to dramatically improve cardiac function in a majority of the patients treated and most heart transplant recipients return to work, travel and normal activities within three to six months after the surgery. In addition, the risk of hospitalization and mortality for transplant recipients is dramatically lower than the risk faced by patients with NYHA Class III or NYHA Class IV heart failure. For a variety of reasons, heart transplants are not readily available to all patients with severe heart damage. The availability of heart transplants is limited by, among other things, cost and donor availability. In addition to the significant cost involved and the chronic shortage of donor hearts, one of the serious challenges in heart transplantation is potential rejection of the donor heart. For many heart transplant recipients, chronic rejection significantly shortens the length of time the donated heart can function effectively and such recipients are generally administered costly anti-rejection drug regimens that can have adverse and potentially severe side effects.

Ventricular Assist Devices. Ventricular assist devices are mechanical heart pumps that replace or assist the pumping role of the left ventricle of a damaged heart too weak to pump blood through the body. Ventricular assist devices are primarily used as a bridge for patients on the waiting list for a heart transplant and have been shown in published studies to be effective at halting further deterioration of the patient’s condition and decreasing the likelihood of death before transplantation. In addition, ventricular assist devices are a destination therapy for patients who are in NYHA Class IV heart failure despite optimal medical therapy and who are not eligible for heart transplant. According to the ACC/AHA Guidelines, device-related adverse events are reported to be numerous and include bleeding, infection, blood clots and device failure. In addition, ventricular assist devices are very expensive, with, we believe, the average first-year cost estimated at approximately $225,000.

We believe the heart failure treatment industry generally has a history of adopting therapies that have proven to be safe and effective complements to existing therapies and using them in combination with existing therapies. It is our understanding that there are no one or two measurement criteria, either quantitative or qualitative, which define when a therapy for treating heart failure will be deemed safe and effective by the FDA. We believe that the safety and efficacy of certain existing FDA approved therapies for heart damage were demonstrated based upon a variety of endpoints, including certain endpoints (such as LVEF) that individually did not demonstrate large numerical differences between the treated patients and untreated patients. For instance, the use of bi-ventricular pacers with optimal drug therapy has proven to significantly decrease the risk of all-cause hospitalization and all-cause-mortality as well as to improve LVEF, NYHA Class and quality of life as compared to the use of optimal drug therapy alone. In the Multicenter InSync Randomized Clinical Evaluation (MIRACLE) trial, one of the first large studies to measure the therapeutic benefits of bi-ventricular pacing, 69% of the patients in the treatment group experienced an improvement in NYHA Class by one or more classes at six-month follow-up versus a 34% improvement in the control group. However, patients in the treatment group experienced on average only a 2.1% improvement in LVEF as compared with a 1.7% improvement for patients in the control group. Although a number of the therapies described above have proven to improve the cardiac function of a damaged heart, no currently available heart failure treatment has demonstrated an ability to generate new muscle tissue within the scarred regions of a heart.

Our Proposed Solution

We believe MyoCell has the potential to become a leading treatment for severe chronic damage to the heart due to its perceived ability to satisfy, at least in part, what we believe to be a presently unmet demand for more effective and/or more affordable therapies for chronic heart damage.

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MyoCell

The human heart does not have cells that naturally repair or replace damaged heart muscle. Accordingly, the human body cannot, without medical assistance, populate regions of scar tissue within the heart with functioning muscle. MyoCell is a clinical therapy designed to improve cardiac function by populating regions of scar tissue within a patient’s heart with myoblasts derived from a biopsy of a patient’s thigh muscle. Myoblasts are precursors to muscle cells that have the capacity to fuse with other myoblasts or with damaged muscle fibers to generate skeletal muscle. When injected into scar tissue within the heart wall, myoblasts have been shown to be capable of engrafting in the damaged tissue and differentiating into mature skeletal muscle cells. In a number of clinical and animal studies, the engrafted skeletal muscle cells have been shown to express various proteins that are important components of contractile function. By using myoblasts obtained from a patient’s own body, we believe MyoCell is able to avoid certain challenges currently faced by other cell-based clinical therapies intended to be used for the treatment of chronic heart damage, including tissue rejection and instances of the cells differentiating into cells other than muscle.

Our clinical research to date suggests that MyoCell may improve the contractile function of the heart. However, we have not yet been able to demonstrate a mechanism of action. The engrafted skeletal muscle tissues are not believed to be coupled with the surrounding heart muscle by the same chemicals that allow heart muscle cells to contract simultaneously. The theories regarding why contractile function may improve include:

•    the engrafted muscle tissue can contract in unison with the other muscles in the heart by stretching or by the channeling of electric currents;

•    the myoblasts acquire certain characteristics of heart muscle or fuse with them; and/or

•    the injected myoblasts release various proteins that indirectly result in a limit on further scar tissue formation.

As part of the MyoCell therapy, a general surgeon removes approximately five to ten grams of thigh muscle tissue from the patient utilizing local anesthesia, typically on an outpatient basis. The muscle tissue is then express-shipped to a cell culturing site. At the cell culturing site, our proprietary techniques are used to isolate and remove myoblasts from the muscle tissue. We typically produce enough cells to treat a patient within approximately 21 days of his or her biopsy. Such production time is expected to continue to decrease as we continue to refine our cell culturing processes. After the cells are subjected to a variety of tests, the cultured cells are packaged in injectate media and express shipped to the interventional cardiologist. Within four days of packaging, the cultured myoblasts are injected via catheter directly into the scar tissue of the patient’s heart. The injection process takes an average about one hour and can be performed with or without general anesthesia. Following treatment, patients generally remain in the hospital for approximately 48-72 hours for monitoring.

The MyoCell injection process is a minimally invasive procedure that presents less risk and considerably less trauma to a patient than conventional (open) heart surgery. Patients are able to walk immediately following the injection process and require significantly less time in the hospital as compared to surgically treated patients. In the 79 patients who have received MyoCell injections delivered via percutaneous catheter, only two minor procedure-related events (2.5%) have been reported. In each of these two cases, the patient did not experience any complications as a result of the event and remained asymptomatic at all times during and after the procedure.

We have developed and/or licensed a number of proprietary processes and techniques to:

•    create therapeutic quantities of myoblasts from a patient’s thigh muscle biopsy;

•    transport muscle tissue and cultured cells;

•    disassociate muscle tissue with manual and chemical processes;

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•    separate myoblasts from other muscle cells;

•    culture and grow myoblasts;

•    identify a cell population with the propensity to engraft, proliferate and adapt to the cardiac environment, including areas of scar tissue; and

•    maintain and test the cell quality and purity.

We have also developed and/or licensed a number of proprietary processes related to the injection of myoblasts into damaged heart muscle, including the following:

•    package the cultured cells in a manner that facilitates shipping and use by the physician administering MyoCell;

•    methods of using MyoCath;

•    the use of an injectate media that assists in the engraftment of myoblasts;

•    cell injection techniques utilizing contrast media to assist in the cell injection process; and

•    cell injection protocols related to the number and location of injections.

Assuming we secure regulatory approval of MyoCell for the treatment of all NYHA Class II and Class III patients, we believe MyoCell will provide a treatment alternative for the millions of NYHA Class II and Class III patients in the United States and Europe who either do not qualify for or do not have access to heart transplant therapy. Furthermore, we anticipate that the time incurred and cost of identifying patients qualified to receive MyoCell as well as the cost of MyoCell, including any ICD, drug and bi-ventricular pacer therapies that are simultaneously prescribed, if any, will be less expensive than the current cost of heart transplant therapy. Moreover, MyoCell is less invasive than a heart transplant and is not subject to the tissue rejection and immune system suppression issues associated with heart transplants.

We believe there is still a large population of patients exhibiting symptoms consistent with NYHA Class II and Class III heart failure that are seeking an effective or more effective therapy for chronic heart damage than ICDs, bi-ventricular pacers and drug therapies. We hope to demonstrate that MyoCell is complementary to various therapies using ICDs, bi-ventricular pacers and drugs. In the MYOHEART and SEISMIC Trials, enrolled patients were required to have an ICD and to be on optimal drug therapy to be included in the study. While we do not require patients to have previously received a bi-ventricular pacer to participate in our clinical trials, we will accept patients in our MARVEL Trial who have had prior placement of a bi-ventricular pacer. We are hopeful that the results of our future clinical trials will demonstrate that MyoCell is complementary to existing therapies for treating heart damage.

Metrics Used to Evaluate Safety and Efficacy of Heart Failure Treatments

The performance of therapies used to treat damage to the heart is assessed using a number of metrics, which compare data collected at the time of initial treatment to data collected when a patient is re-assessed at follow-up. The time periods for follow-up are usually three, six and twelve months. Statistical data is often accompanied by a p-value, which is the mathematical probability that the data are the result of random chance. A result is considered statistically significant if the p-value is less than or equal to 5%. The common metrics used to evaluate the efficacy of these therapies include:

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Metric	Description
NYHA Class	The NYHA heart failure classification system is a functional and therapeutic classification system based on how much cardiac patients are limited during physical activity.
Six-Minute Walk Distance	Six-Minute Walk Distance is an objective evaluation of functional exercise capacity that measures the distance a patient can walk in six minutes. The distance walked during this test has been shown to correlate with the severity of heart failure.
LVEF	LVEF is a measure of the heart’s efficiency and can be used to estimate the function of the left ventricle, which pumps blood to the rest of the body. The LVEF is the amount of blood pumped divided by the amount of blood the ventricle contains. A normal LVEF is more than 55% of the blood volume. Damage to the heart impairs the heart’s ability to efficiently pump and therefore reduces LVEF.
Quality of Life	Quality of Life is evaluated by administration of a patient questionnaire that asks questions designed to measure subjective aspects of health status in heart failure patients.
Number of Hospital Admissions and Mean Length of Stay	The Number of Hospital Admissions and Mean Length of Stay measure the aggregate number of times that a patient is admitted to the hospital during a defined period and the number of days a patient remains in the hospital during each such admission.
Total Days Hospitalized	The Total Days Hospitalized measures the aggregate number of days a patient is admitted to the hospital during a defined period.
End-Systolic Volume	End-Systolic Volume is a measurement of the adequacy of cardiac emptying, related to the function of the heart during contraction.
End-Diastolic Volume	End-Diastolic Volume is the amount of blood in the ventricle immediately before a cardiac contraction begins and is used as a measurement of the function of the heart at rest.
LV Volume	Left Ventricular Volume, or LV Volume, is measured in terms of left ventricular End-Diastolic Volume and left ventricular End-Systolic Volume. Both measure the reduction in volume of blood in the left ventricle of the heart following expansion and contraction, respectively. Reduction in volume generally is reflective of positive ventricular remodeling and improvement in the heart’s ability to circulate oxygenated blood through the arteries.
Wall Motion	Wall Motion is a test designed to show whether the heart is receiving adequate quantities of oxygen-rich blood. Wall motion is generally measured by a stress echocardiography test.
Cardiac Output	Cardiac Output is a measure of the amount of blood that is pumped by the heart per unit time, measured in liters per minute.
BNP Level	B-Type Natriuretic Peptide, or BNP, is a substance secreted from the ventricles or lower chambers of the heart in response to changes in pressure that occur when heart failure develops and worsens. The level of BNP in the blood increases when heart failure symptoms worsen and decreases when the heart failure condition is stable.

 

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MARVEL Phase II/III Clinical Trial in the United States

The MARVEL Trial is designed to be a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled multicenter trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy of MyoCell. In August 2007, we received clearance from the FDA to proceed with the trial. We completed the MyoCell implantation procedure on the first patient in the MARVEL Trial on October 24, 2007. Thus far, 20 patients, including 6 control patients, have been treated. Initial results for the 20 patients were released at the Heart Failure Society of American meeting in September 2009, showing a dramatic (35%) improvement in the 6 minute walk for those patients who were treated, and no improvement for those who received a placebo. On the basis of these results, we have applied for and received approval from the FDA to reduce the number of additional patients in the trial to 134, for a total of 154 patients. We have suspended activity on this trial while seeking additional funding necessary to conduct the trial. The SEISMIC, MYOHEART and MARVEL Trials have been designed to test the safety and efficacy of MyoCell in treating patients with severe, chronic damage to the heart. Upon regulatory approval of MyoCell, we intend to generate revenue in the United States from the sale of MyoCell cell-culturing services for treatment of patients by qualified physicians. Abroad, we are identifying centers where it is already acceptable to use the Myocell treatment so that greater numbers of patients with this problem can have access to treatment.

We received approval from the FDA in July of 2009 to conduct a Phase I safety study on 15 patients of a combined therapy (Myocell with SDF-1), the first approval of a study combining gene and cell therapies. We initially commenced work on this study, called the REGEN trial, during the first quarter of 2010. We suspended activity on the trial in 2010 while seeking additional funding necessary to conduct the trial. Based on the results of the trial, we intend to either incorporate the combined treatment into the MARVEL Trial, or continue with the MARVEL Trial based on the use of Myocell alone.

We are seeking to secure sufficient funds to reinitiate enrollment in the MARVEL and REGEN trials. If we successfully secure such funds, we intend to re-engage a CRO, investigators and certain suppliers to advance such trials.

All of the patients selected for enrollment in the MARVEL Trial have (i) symptoms associated with NYHA Class II or Class III heart failure, (ii) suffered a previous heart attack at least 90 days prior to the date of treatment, (iii) a LVEF of less than or equal to 35%, (iv) been on optimal drug therapy for at least two months prior to enrollment and (v) had prior placement of an ICD at least 60 days prior to enrollment. Patients were required to use Amiodarone, an anti-arrhythmic drug therapy, at least 24 hours prior to MyoCell implantation. This prophylactic treatment successfully ameliorated the problem with arrhythmias in patients treated with Myocell and the placebo, which, although it never lead to any deterioration in the patients, was considered a serious adverse event.

The patients were divided into three groups. Patients in the first group underwent treatment consisting of 16 injections of an aggregate dosage of approximately 800 million myoblast cells. Patients in the second group underwent treatment consisting of 16 injections of an aggregate dosage of approximately 400 million myoblast cells. Patients in the third group received 16 placebo injections.

The MARVEL Trial measures the following safety and efficacy endpoints of the MyoCell treatment:

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Primary Safety Endpoint	Primary Efficacy Endpoints	Secondary Efficacy Endpoints	Tertiary Efficacy Endpoints
Number of serious adverse events in treatment group as compared to control group	Change in Six-Minute Walk Distance from baseline to six months as compared to control group, or Quality of Life scores assessed using Minnesota Living with Heart Failure questionnaire from baseline to six months as compared to control group Proportion of patients with an improved NYHA Class from baseline to six months as compared to control group Total days alive out of hospital over the six-month study period Change in LVEF from baseline to six months as compared to control group Change in LV Volume and wall motion from baseline to six months as compared to control group Change in BNP Level from baseline to six months as compared to control group	Total Days Hospitalized in treatment group as compared to control group Cause-specific hospitalizations in treatment group as compared to control group	Total cost and healthcare utilization within six months Time to death or CHF hospitalization Change in degree of mitral regurgitation from baseline to six months Change in Six-Minute Walk Distance from baseline to three months as compared to control group Quality of Life scores assessed using Minnesota Living with Heart Failure questionnaire from baseline to three months as compared to control group Proportion of patients with improved NYHA Class from baseline to three months as compared to control group

 

With respect to the 20 patients that have been treated in the MARVEL Trial to date, we have only received and analyzed data regarding the primary efficacy endpoint—improvement in the 6 minute walk. Our CRO for the MARVEL Trial has collected data for all endpoints in the study, but has not releases such data pending our payment of certain past due balances owed to them. We intend to analyze the results for all other endpoints if and when they are release to us by the CRO.

Pipeline

In addition to MyoCell, we have multiple cell therapies and related devices for the treatment of chronic and acute heart damage in various stages of development. We intend to allocate our capital, material and personnel resources among MyoCell and the product candidates described below, a number of which may have complementary therapeutic applications. For each product candidate, we have developed or are in the process of developing a regulatory approval plan.

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Candidate	Proposed Use or Indication	Status/Phase	Comments
MyoCath	Disposable endoventricular catheter used for the delivery of biologic solutions to the myocardium.	Used in European Phase II clinical trials of MyoCell; used in Phase I clinical trials of MyoCell.
LipiCell	Adipose Derived Stem Cells derived from fat tissue for use in acute MI, lower limb ischemia and chronic ischemia.	IND application filed in 2011. Waiting for FDA response.	Trial to be completed at University of Miami, subject to the receipt of additional financing.
MyoCell SDF-1	Autologous cell therapy treatment for severe chronic damage to the heart; cells modified to express angiogenic factors.	IND application filed in May 2007. Additional animal studies complete. Phase I trial approved by FDA in July of 2009.	Trial commenced in April 1, 2010. Anticipate enrolling patients in 2012, subject to the receipt of additional financing.

 

MyoCath

The MyoCath was developed by Bioheart co-founder Robert Lashinski specifically for delivering new cells to damaged tissue. It is a deflecting tip needle injection catheter that has a larger (25 gauge) needle to allow for better flow rates and less leakage than systems that are 27 gauge. This larger needle allows for thicker compositions to be injected, which helps with cell retention in the heart. Also, the MyoCath needle has more fluoroscopic brightness than the normally used nitinol needle, enabling superior visualization during the procedure. Seeing the needle well during injections enables the physician who is operating the catheter to pinpoint targeted areas more precisely. The MyoCath is used to inject cells into cardiac tissue in therapeutic procedures to treat chronic heart ischemic and congestive heart failure. Investigators in our MARVEL Trial may use either our MyoCath catheters or Biosense Webster’s (a Johnson & Johnson company) NOGA® Cardiac Navigation System along with the MyoStar injection catheter for the delivery of MyoCell to patients enrolled in the trial. We do not currently have any inventory of MyoCath catheters available for use in pre-clinical and clinical trials and none are currently in production. Although we are considering several contract manufacturers to produce additional inventory, we do not currently have any MyoCath catheters available for use by investigators in the MARVEL Trial or for sale for other pre-clinical and clinical uses.

LipiCell

LipiCell is a patient-derived cell therapy proposed for the treatment of acute myocardial infarction, chronic heart ischemia, and lower limb ischemia in which the patient derived adipose cells can be purified and administered bed-side to the patient in a single visit. In December 2011, we licensed worldwide exclusive rights of Ageless Regenerative Institute’s adipose (fat) derived therapeutic cell technology for use in the cardiac field. Under the terms of the agreement, we will have a worldwide exclusive license to all of Ageless technology for use in the heart attack and heart failure markets. The agreement provides for upfront and milestone equity payments to the Ageless Regenerative Institute.

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Unlike MyoCell, which is intended to be used to treat deep scar tissue and focus on new muscle creation, LipiCell can create angiogenesis and focus on new blood vessel creation. We hope to demonstrate that the injection of endothelial progenitor and stem cells derived from fat tissue is a safe and effective means of limiting or reversing some of the effects of acute myocardial infarction and preventing or slowing a patient’s progression from initial heart attack to congestive heart failure. Similarly, we are working to introduce the system as a treatment for lower limb ischemia and chronic heart ischemia, to regenerate tissue. Fat tissue is an abundant and readily available source of endothelial progenitor and stem cells and is easily extractable from a patient using minimally invasive techniques.

MyoCell SDF-1

Our MyoCell SDF-1 product candidate, which has completed preclinical testing, is intended to be an improvement to MyoCell. In February 2006, we signed a patent licensing agreement with the Cleveland Clinic of Cleveland, Ohio which gave us exclusive license rights to pending patent applications in connection with MyoCell SDF-1. Dr. Marc Penn, the Medical Director of the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit at the Cleveland Clinic and a staff cardiologist in the Departments of Cardiovascular Medicine and Cell Biology, joined our Scientific Advisory Board. The license for SDF-1 was expired and was turned over to a Cleveland Clinic affiliate, Juventas, in July of 2009. We have an oral, non-binding understanding with Juventas pursuant to which the license with Bioheart will be reinstated upon completion of certain financial milestones. Without an agreement from Juventas, we may not be able to commercialize our MyoCell SDF-1 product following regulatory approval. We believe we will also need to, among other things, license some additional intellectual property to commercialize MyoCell SDF-1 in the form we believe may prove to be the most safe and/or effective.

We anticipate that MyoCell SDF-1 will be similar to MyoCell, except that the myoblast cells to be injected will be modified prior to injection by an adenovirus vector or non-viral vector so that they will release extra quantities of the SDF-1 protein, which expresses angiogenic factors. Following injury which results in inadequate blood flow to the heart, such as a heart attack, the human body naturally increases the level of SDF-1 protein in the heart. By modifying the myoblasts to express additional SDF-1 prior to injection, we are seeking to increase the SDF-1 protein levels present in the heart. We are seeking to demonstrate that the presence of additional quantities of SDF-1 protein released by the myoblasts will stimulate the recruitment of the patient’s existing stem cells to the cell transplanted area and, thereafter, the recruited stem cells will assist in the tissue repair and blood vessel formation process. Preclinical animal studies showed a definite improvement of cardiac function when the myoblasts were modified to express additional SDF-1 protein prior to injection as compared to when the myoblasts were injected without modification.

Our Phase I safety study, the REGEN Trial, was approved by the FDA in July of 2009 and work commenced on the trial during the first quarter of 2010. We are seeking to secure sufficient funds to reinitiate enrollment in the REGEN Trial. If we successfully secure such funds, we intend to re-engage a CRO, investigators and certain suppliers to advance such trial.

Center of Excellence Program

On March 23, 2010, we announced plans for establishing Centers of Excellence in Latin America to provide cell therapy procedures to patients suffering from congestive heart failure (CHF) and peripheral arterial disease (PAD). The LipiCell product is currently being utilized by the Regenerative Medicine Institute of Tijuana, Mexico. Therapies for CHF and PAD patients are available at the Hospital Angeles Tijuana, a fully equipped state-of-the-art private specialties hospital. The center in Mexico has completed treatment of approximately 15 heart failure patients. On average, these patients have demonstrated an absolute improvement of 13 percentage points in ejection fraction and an increase of 100 meters in their 6 minute walk distance.

The Centers of Excellence purchase catheters for use in trials. There are using LipiCell product and they have an agreement with Ageless to purchase kits to produce LipiCell. Bioheart licensed the LipiCell product from Ageless for cardiac indications. Bioheart owns the cardiac data coming out of Regenerative Medicine Institute.

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We also completed a trial with the University Hospital Ostrava for end stage critical limb patients who have been listed on the amputation list. These patients are being treated with adipose derived stem cells in the Czech Republic. Follow up showed that, in our observation, 75% of the patients demonstrated healing and pain reduction while only 25% of the patients required amputation.

Research

We supervise and perform experimental work in the areas of improving cell culturing, cell engraftment, and other advanced research projects related to our product candidates from our cell culturing facility in Sunrise, Florida. The primary focus of a substantial majority of our employees is advancing our clinical trials, preclinical studies, research and product development.

In addition, we work with a number of third parties within and outside the United States on various research and product development projects, including:

•    preclinical small and large animal testing for product candidate enhancements and pipeline product candidate development; and

•    contract research for clinical and preclinical testing of our pipeline product candidates.

Cell Culturing

We have an approximately 2,000 square foot cell culturing facility at our headquarters in Sunrise, Florida. We began culturing cells at this facility for preclinical uses in the third quarter of 2006. Upon commencement of the MARVEL Trial in the fourth quarter of 2007, we began culturing cells at this facility for clinical uses.

We have significantly improved our ability to:

•    culture in excess of 800 million myoblast cells per biopsy; and

•    produce cell cultures with a high percentage of viable myoblast cells.

Accordingly, we were able to increase the maximum dosage of myoblast cells injected as part of the MyoCell therapy to approximately 800 million myoblast cells. We continually refine our MyoCell cell culturing processes.

We have historically met and, with respect to the cell culturing of our product candidates in Europe, expect to meet, our cell culturing needs internally.

Third Party Reimbursement

Government and private insurance programs, such as Medicare, Medicaid, health maintenance organizations and private insurers, fund the cost of a significant portion of medical care in the United States. As a result, government imposed limits on reimbursement of hospitals and other healthcare providers have significantly impacted their spending budgets and buying decisions. Under certain government insurance programs, a healthcare provider is reimbursed a fixed sum for services rendered in treating a patient, regardless of the actual cost of such treatment incurred by the healthcare provider. Private third party reimbursement plans are also developing increasingly sophisticated methods of controlling healthcare costs through redesign of benefits and exploration of more cost-effective methods of delivering healthcare. In general, we believe that these government and private measures have caused healthcare providers to be more selective in the purchase of medical products.

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As of the date of this report, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, or CMS, has agreed to reimburse some of the costs at the centers that are participating in the MARVEL Trial. Specifically, CMS will reimburse costs deemed “routine” in nature for patients suffering from heart failure. Examples of these reimbursable costs include, but are not limited to, costs associated with physical examination of the patients, x-rays, holter monitoring, MUGA scan and echocardiography. However, at present, CMS reimbursement does not cover the cost of MyoCell implantation.

Reimbursement for healthcare costs outside the United States varies from country to country. In European countries, the pricing of prescription pharmaceutical products and services and the level of government reimbursement are subject to governmental control. In these countries, pricing negotiations with governmental authorities can take six to twelve months or longer after the receipt of marketing approval for a product. To obtain reimbursement or pricing approval in some countries, we may be required to conduct one or more clinical trials that compare the cost effectiveness of our product candidates to other available therapies. Conducting one or more clinical trials would be expensive and result in delays in commercialization of our product candidates.

Research Grants

Historically, part of our research and development efforts have been indirectly funded by research grants to various centers and/or physicians that have participated in our MyoCell and MyoCath clinical trials. As part of our development strategy, we intend to continue to seek to develop research partnerships with centers and/or physicians. On November 9, 2010, we received a grant in the amount of $244,500 under the qualifying therapeutic discovery project under section 48D of the Internal Revenue code. We have not received any research grant income in recent years.

Patents and Proprietary Rights

We hold limited patent rights in our product candidates. Our MyoCath product candidate is protected by a patent, expiring in September 2017, in which we have an irrevocable co-exclusive license. Our MyoCell product candidate is no longer protected by patents, which means that competitors will be free to sell products that incorporate the same or similar technologies that are used in MyoCell without infringing our patent rights. As a result, MyoCell, if approved for use, may be vulnerable to competition in the form of products that use the same or similar technologies. We have previously licenses certain patents and patent applications relating to our MyoCell product candidate. These licenses have all lapsed as of the date of this report, although we have had discussions with the relevant licensor regarding a potential reinstatement of our rights in such licenses.

In addition to patented intellectual property, we also rely on our own trade secrets and proprietary know-how to protect our technology and maintain our competitive position, since patent protection may not be available or applicable to our technology. Our policy is to require each of our employees, consultants and advisors to execute a confidentiality and inventions assignment agreement before beginning their employment, consulting or advisory relationship with us.

The agreements generally provide that the individual must keep confidential and not disclose to other parties any confidential information developed or learned by the individual during the course of the individual’s relationship with us except in limited circumstances. These agreements generally also provide that we shall own all inventions conceived by the individual in the course of rendering services to us. Moreover, some of our academic institution licensors, collaborators and scientific advisors have rights to publish data and information to which we have rights, which may impair our ability to protect our proprietary information or obtain patent protection in the future.

We work with others in our research and development activities and one of our strategies is to enter into collaborative agreements with third parties to develop our proposed products. Disputes may arise about inventorship and corresponding rights in know-how and inventions resulting from the joint creation or use of intellectual property by us and our licensors, collaborators, consultants and others. In addition, other parties may circumvent any proprietary protection we do have. As a result, we may not be able to maintain our proprietary position.

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Our commercial success will depend to a significant degree on our ability to:

•    compel the owners of the patents licensed to us to defend and enforce such patents, to the extent such patents may be applicable to our products and material to their commercialization;

•    obtain new patent and other proprietary protection for MyoCell and our other product candidates;

•    obtain and/or maintain appropriate licenses to patents, patent applications or other proprietary rights held by others with respect to our technology, both in the United States and other countries;

•    preserve Company trade secrets and other intellectual property rights relating to our product candidates; and

•    operate without infringing the patents and proprietary rights of third parties.

We are not currently a party to any litigation or other adverse proceeding related to our patents, patent licenses or intellectual property rights. However, if we become involved in litigation or any other adverse intellectual property proceeding, for example, as a result of an alleged infringement, or a third party alleging an earlier date of invention, we may have to spend significant amounts of money and time and, in the event of an adverse ruling, we could be subject to liability for damages, including treble damages, invalidation of our intellectual property and injunctive relief that could prevent us from using technologies or developing products, any of which could have a significant adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operation. In addition, any claims relating to the infringement of third party proprietary rights, or earlier date of invention, even if not meritorious, could result in costly litigation, lengthy governmental proceedings, divert management’s attention and resources and require us to enter royalty or license agreements which are not advantageous, if available at all.

See Item 1A. “Risk Factors — Risks Related to Our Intellectual Property” for a discussion of additional risks we face with respect to our intellectual property rights.

MyoCell SDF-1 Patents

To develop our MyoCell SDF-1 product candidate, we have relied primarily on certain patents which we had previously licensed but with respect to which our license has lapsed. These patents relate to methods of repairing damaged heart tissue by transplanting myoblasts that express SDF-1 and other therapeutic proteins capable of recruiting other stem cells within a patient’s own body to the cell transplant area. We believe we will also need to, among other things, license some additional intellectual property to commercialize MyoCell SDF-1 in the form we believe may prove to be the most safe and/or effective.

In February 2006, we signed a patent licensing agreement with the Cleveland Clinic which provided us with the worldwide, exclusive rights to three pending U.S. patent applications and certain corresponding foreign filings in the following jurisdictions: Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Europe and Japan, or, collectively, the Cleveland Clinic IP, related to methods of repairing damaged heart tissue by transplanting myoblasts that express SDF-1 and other therapeutic proteins capable of recruiting other stem cells within a patient’s own body to the cell transplant area.

The term of our agreement with the Cleveland Clinic expired in July of 2009, when the license to the patents was turned over to a Cleveland Clinic affiliate, Juventas. We have an understanding with Juventas to restore the license to the patents once certain milestones have been achieved by us.

In 2007, we signed a Letter of Intent with Ono Pharmaceutical which provided rights to conduct clinical development and testing of SDF-1 to determine the effectiveness of SDF-1 for the treatment of damaged myocardium and tissues following acute myocardial infarction, coronary arterial diseases or heart failure. If the results of this testing is deemed successful then we and Ono Pharmaceuticals have agreed to enter into good faith negotiations in an effort to reach a definitive license agreement that will allow us to commercialize our SDF-1 product candidate in all territories of the world except Japan. The Letter of Intent is still in effect.

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Primary MyoCath Patent

The primary MyoCath patent includes device claims that we believe covers, among other things, the structure of MyoCath. The primary MyoCath patent expires in the United States in September 2017.

In January 2000, we entered into a license agreement with Comedicus Incorporated pursuant to which Comedicus granted us a royalty-free, fully paid-up, non-exclusive and irrevocable license to the primary MyoCath patent in exchange for a payment of $50,000. This agreement was amended in August 2000 to provide us an exclusive license to the primary MyoCath patent in exchange for a payment of $100,000 and our loan of $250,000 to Comedicus. Pursuant to this amendment we also received the right, but not the obligation, with Comedicus’ consent, which consent is not to be unreasonably withheld, to defend the primary MyoCath patent against third party infringers.

In June 2003, we entered into agreements with Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc., or ACS, originally a subsidiary of Guidant Corporation and now d/b/a Abbott Vascular, a division of Abbott Laboratories, pursuant to which we assigned our rights under the license agreement with Comedicus, as amended, and committed to deliver 160 units of MyoCath (of which 88 have been delivered to date) and sold certain of our other catheter related intellectual property, or, collectively with the Primary MyoCath Patent (the Catheter IP), for aggregate consideration of $900,000. In connection with these agreements, ACS granted to us a co-exclusive, irrevocable, fully paid-up license to the Catheter IP for the life of the patents related to the Catheter IP.

ACS has the exclusive right, at its own expense, to file, prosecute, issue, maintain, license, and defend the Catheter IP, and the primary right to enforce the Catheter IP against third party infringers. If ACS fails to enforce the Catheter IP against a third party infringer within a specified period of time, we have the right to do so at our expense. The party enforcing the Catheter IP is entitled to retain any recoveries resulting from such enforcement. The asset purchase agreement only pertains to the Catheter IP developed or acquired by us prior to June 24, 2003. Our subsequent catheter related developments and/or acquisitions, such as MyoCath II, were not sold or licensed to ACS.

Sales and Marketing

MyoCell

In advance of any expected commercial approval of our MyoCell product candidate in the United States, we intend to internally develop a direct sales and marketing force. We anticipate the team will be comprised of salespeople, clinical and reimbursement specialists and product marketing managers.

We intend to market MyoCell to interventional cardiologists and heart failure specialists. In the typical healthcare system, the interventional cardiologist functions as a “gatekeeper” for determining the course of appropriate medical care for our target patient population. We anticipate our marketing efforts will be focused on informing interventional cardiologists of the availability of our treatment alternative through the following channels of communication: (i) articles published in medical journals by widely recognized interventional cardiologists, including cardiologists that have participated in our clinical trials; (ii) seminars and speeches featuring widely recognized interventional cardiologists; and (iii) advertisements in medical journals.

Government Regulation

The research and development, preclinical studies and clinical trials, and ultimately, the culturing, manufacturing, marketing and labeling of our product candidates are subject to extensive regulation by the FDA and other regulatory authorities in the United States and other countries. We believe MyoCell and Lipicell are subject to regulation in the United States and Europe as a biological products and our MyoCath product candidate is subject to regulation in the United States and Europe as a medical device.

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Biological products are subject to regulation under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, or the “FD&C Act”, the Public Health Service Act, or the “PHS Act”, and the regulations promulgated thereunder as well as other federal, state, and local statutes and regulations. Medical devices are subject to regulation under the FD&C Act and the regulations promulgated hereunder as well as other federal, state, and local statutes and regulations. The FD&C Act and the PHS Act and the regulations promulgated hereunder govern, among other things, the testing, cell culturing, manufacturing, safety, efficacy, labeling, storage, record keeping, approval, clearance, advertising and promotion of our product candidates. Preclinical studies, clinical trials and the regulatory approval process typically take years and require the expenditure of substantial resources. If regulatory approval or clearance of a product is granted, the approval or clearance may include significant limitations on the indicated uses for which the product may be marketed.

FDA Regulation — Approval of Biological Products

The steps ordinarily required before a biological product may be marketed in the United States include:

•    completion of preclinical studies according to good laboratory practice regulations;

•    the submission of an investigational new drug, or IND, application to the FDA, which must become effective before human clinical trials may commence;

•    performance of adequate and well-controlled human clinical trials according to good clinical practices to establish the safety and efficacy of the proposed biological product for its intended use;

•    satisfactory completion of an FDA pre-approval inspection of the manufacturing facility or facilities at which the product is manufactured, processes, packaged or held to assess compliance with clinical good manufacturing practices, or cGMPs; and

•    the submission to, and review and approval by, the FDA of a biologics license application, or BLA, that includes satisfactory results of preclinical testing and clinical trials.

Preclinical tests include laboratory evaluation of the product candidate, its formulation and stability, as well as animal studies to assess the potential safety and efficacy of the product candidate. The FDA requires that preclinical tests be conducted in compliance with good laboratory practice regulations. The results of preclinical testing are submitted as part of an IND application to the FDA together with manufacturing information for the clinical supply, analytical data, the protocol for the initial clinical trials and any available clinical data or literature. A 30-day waiting period after the filing of each IND application is required by the FDA prior to the commencement of clinical testing in humans. In addition, the FDA may, at any time during this 30-day waiting period or any time thereafter, impose a clinical hold on proposed or ongoing clinical trials. If the FDA imposes a clinical hold, clinical trials cannot commence or recommence without FDA authorization.

Clinical trials to support BLAs involve the administration of the investigational product to human subjects under the supervision of qualified investigators. Clinical trials are conducted under protocols detailing, among other things, the objectives of the study, the parameters to be used in monitoring safety and the efficacy criteria to be evaluated.

Clinical trials are typically conducted in three sequential phases, but the phases may overlap.

In Phase I clinical trials, the initial introduction of the biological product candidate into human subjects or patients, the product candidate is tested to assess safety, dosage tolerance, absorption, metabolism, distribution and excretion, including any side effects associated with increasing doses.

Phase II clinical trials usually involve studies in a limited patient population to identify possible adverse effects and safety risks, preliminarily assess the efficacy of the product candidate in specific, targeted indications; and assess dosage tolerance and optimal dosage.

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If a product candidate is found to be potentially effective and to have an acceptable safety profile in Phase II evaluations, Phase III trials are undertaken within an expanded patient population at multiple study sites to further demonstrate clinical efficacy and safety, further evaluate dosage and establish the risk-benefit ratio of the product and an adequate basis for product labeling.

Phase IV, or post-marketing, trials may be mandated by regulatory authorities or may be conducted voluntarily. Phase IV trials are typically initiated to monitor the safety and efficacy of a biological product in its approved population and indication but over a longer period of time, so that rare or long-term adverse effects can be detected over a much larger patient population and time than was possible during prior clinical trials. Alternatively, Phase IV trials may be used to test a new method of product administration, or to investigate a product’s use in other indications. Adverse effects detected by Phase IV trials may result in the withdrawal or restriction of a drug.

If the required Phase I, II and III clinical testing is completed successfully, the results of the required clinical trials, the results of product development, preclinical studies and clinical trials, descriptions of the manufacturing process and other relevant information concerning the safety and effectiveness of the biological product candidate are submitted to the FDA in the form of a BLA. In most cases, the BLA must be accompanied by a substantial user fee. The FDA may deny a BLA if all applicable regulatory criteria are not satisfied or may require additional data, including clinical, toxicology, safety or manufacturing data. It can take several years for the FDA to approve a BLA once it is submitted, and the actual time required for any product candidate may vary substantially, depending upon the nature, complexity and novelty of the product candidate.

Before approving an application, the FDA will inspect the facility or facilities where the product is manufactured. The FDA will not approve a BLA unless it determines that the manufacturing processes and facilities are in compliance with cGMP requirements.

If the FDA evaluations of the BLA and the manufacturing facilities are favorable, the FDA may issue either an approval letter or an approvable letter. The approvable letter usually contains a number of conditions that must be met to secure final FDA approval of the BLA. When, and if, those conditions have been met to the FDA’s satisfaction, the FDA will issue an approval letter. If the FDA’s evaluation of the BLA or manufacturing facility is not favorable, the FDA may refuse to approve the BLA or issue a non-approvable letter that often requires additional testing or information.

FDA Regulation — Approval of Medical Devices

Medical devices are also subject to extensive regulation by the FDA. To be commercially distributed in the United States, medical devices must receive either 510(k) clearance or pre-market approval, or PMA, from the FDA prior to marketing. Devices deemed to pose relatively low risk are placed in either Class I or II, which requires the manufacturer to submit a pre-market notification requesting permission for commercial distribution, or 510(k) clearance. Devices deemed by the FDA to pose the greatest risk, such as life-sustaining, life-supporting or implantable devices, devices deemed not substantially equivalent to a previously 510(k) cleared device and certain other devices are placed in Class III which requires PMA. We anticipate that MyoCath will be classified as a Class III device.

To obtain 510(k) clearance, a manufacturer must submit a pre-market notification demonstrating that the proposed device is substantially equivalent in intended use and in safety and efficacy to a previously 510(k) cleared device, a device that has received PMA or a device that was in commercial distribution before May 28, 1976. The FDA’s 510(k) clearance pathway usually takes from four to twelve months, but it can last longer.

After a device receives 510(k) clearance, any modification that could significantly affect its safety or efficacy, or that would constitute a major change in its intended use, requires a new 510(k) clearance or could require PMA. The FDA requires each manufacturer to make this determination, but the FDA can review any such

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decision. If the FDA disagrees with a manufacturer’s decision not to seek a new 510(k) clearance, the agency may retroactively require the manufacturer to seek 510(k) clearance or PMA. The FDA also can require the manufacturer to cease marketing and/or recall the modified device until 510(k) clearance or PMA is obtained.

A product not eligible for 510(k) clearance must follow the PMA pathway, which requires proof of the safety and efficacy of the device to the FDA’s satisfaction. The PMA pathway is much more costly, lengthy and uncertain than the 510(k) approval pathway. A PMA application must provide extensive preclinical and clinical trial data and also information about the device and its components regarding, among other things, device design, manufacturing and labeling. As part of the PMA review, the FDA will typically inspect the manufacturer’s facilities for compliance with quality system regulation requirements, which impose elaborate testing, control, documentation and other quality assurance procedures. Upon acceptance by the FDA of what it considers a completed filing, the FDA commences an in-depth review of the PMA application, which typically takes from one to two years, but may last longer. The review time is often significantly extended as a result of the FDA asking for more information or clarification of information already provided.

If the FDA’s evaluation of the PMA application is favorable, and the applicant satisfies any specific conditions (e.g., changes in labeling) and provides any specific additional information (e.g., submission of final labeling), the FDA will issue a PMA for the approved indications, which can be more limited than those originally sought by the manufacturer. The PMA can include post-approval conditions that the FDA believes necessary to ensure the safety and efficacy of the device including, among other things, restrictions on labeling, promotion, sale and distribution. Failure to comply with the conditions of approval can result in an enforcement action, which could have material adverse consequences, including the loss or withdrawal of the approval.

Even after approval of a pre-market application, a new PMA or PMA supplement is required in the event of a modification to the device, its labeling or its manufacturing process.

FDA Regulation — Post-Approval Requirements

Even if regulatory clearances or approvals for our product candidates are obtained, our products and the facilities manufacturing our products will be subject to continued review and periodic inspections by the FDA. For example, as a condition of approval of a new drug application, the FDA may require us to engage in post-marketing testing and surveillance and to monitor the safety and efficacy of our products. Holders of an approved new BLA, PMA or 510(k) clearance product are subject to several post-market requirements, including the reporting of certain adverse events involving their products to the FDA, provision of updated safety and efficacy information, and compliance with requirements concerning the advertising and promotion of their products.

In addition, manufacturing facilities are subject to periodic inspections by the FDA to confirm the facilities comply with cGMP requirements. In complying with cGMP, manufacturers must expend money, time and effort in the area of production and quality control to ensure full compliance. For example, manufacturers of biologic products must establish validated systems to ensure that products meet high standards of sterility, safety, purity, potency and identity. Manufacturers must report to the FDA any deviations from cGMP or any unexpected or unforeseeable event that may affect the safety, quality, or potency of a product. The regulations also require investigation and correction of any deviations from cGMP and impose documentation requirements.

In addition to regulations enforced by the FDA, we are also subject to regulation under the Occupational Safety and Health Act, the Environmental Protection Act, the Toxic Substances Control Act, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act and other federal, state and local regulations. Our research and development activities involve the controlled use of hazardous materials, chemicals, biological materials and radioactive compounds.

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International Regulation

Our product candidates are subject to regulation in every country where they will be tested or used. Whether or not we obtain FDA approval for a product candidate, we must obtain the necessary approvals from the comparable regulatory authorities of foreign countries before we can commence testing or marketing of a product candidate in those countries. The requirements governing the conduct of clinical trials and the approval processes vary from country to country and the time required may be longer or shorter than that associated with FDA approval.

The European Economic Area requires that manufacturers of medical devices obtain the right to affix the CE mark to their products before selling them in member countries. The CE mark is an international symbol of adherence to quality assurance standards and compliance with applicable European medical device directives. In order to obtain the right to affix the CE mark to a medical device, the medical device in question must meet the essential requirements defined under the Medical Device Directive (93/42/ EEC) relating to safety and performance, and the manufacturer of the device must undergo verification of regulatory compliance by a third party standards certification provider, known as a notified body.

In addition to regulatory clearance, the conduct of clinical trials in the European Union is governed by the European Clinical Trials Directive (2001/20/ EC), which was implemented in May 2004. This directive governs how regulatory bodies in member states may control clinical trials. No clinical trial may be started without authorization by the national competent authority and favorable ethics approval.

Manufacturing facilities are subject to the requirements of the International Standards Organization. In complying with these requirements, manufacturers must expend money, time and effort in the area of production and quality control to ensure full compliance.

In some cases, we plan to submit applications with different endpoints or other elements outside the United States due to differing practices and requirements in particular jurisdictions. However, in cases where different endpoints will be used outside the United States, we expect that such submissions will be discussed with the FDA to ensure that the FDA is comfortable with the nature of human trials being conducted in any part of the world. As in the United States, post-approval regulatory requirements, such as those regarding product manufacture, marketing, or distribution, would apply to any product that is approved in Europe.

Competition

Our industry is subject to rapid and intense technological change. We face, and will continue to face, competition from pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical, medical device and biotechnology companies developing heart failure treatments both in the United States and abroad, as well as numerous academic and research institutions, governmental agencies and private organizations engaged in drug funding or discovery activities both in the United States and abroad. We also face competition from entities and healthcare providers using more traditional methods, such as surgery and pharmaceutical regimens, to treat heart failure. We believe there are a substantial number of heart failure products under development by numerous pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical, medical device and biotechnology companies, and it is likely that other competitors will emerge.

Many of our existing and potential competitors have substantially greater research and product development capabilities and financial, scientific, marketing and human resources than we do. As a result, these competitors may succeed in developing competing therapies earlier than we do; obtain patents that block or otherwise inhibit our ability to further develop and commercialize our product candidates; obtain approvals from the FDA or other regulatory agencies for products more rapidly than we do; or develop treatments or cures that are safer or more effective than those we propose to develop. These competitors may also devote greater resources to marketing or selling their products and may be better able to withstand price competition.

In addition, these competitors may introduce or adapt more quickly to new technologies or scientific advances, which could render our technologies obsolete, and may introduce products that make the continued

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development of our product candidates uneconomical. These competitors may also be more successful in negotiating third party licensing or collaborative arrangements and may be able to take advantage of acquisitions or other strategic opportunities more readily than we can.

Our ability to compete successfully will depend on our continued ability to attract and retain skilled and experienced scientific, clinical development and executive personnel, to identify and develop viable heart failure product candidates and to exploit these products and compounds commercially before others are able to develop competitive products.

We believe the principal competitive factors affecting our markets include, but are not limited to:

•    the safety and efficacy of our product candidates;

•    the freedom to develop and commercialize cell-based therapies, including appropriate patent and proprietary rights protection;

•    the timing and scope of regulatory approvals;

•    the cost and availability of our products;

•    the availability and scope of third party reimbursement programs; and

•    the availability of alternative treatments.

We are still in the process of determining, among other things:

•    if MyoCell and MyoCell SDF-1 are both safe and effective;

•    the timing and scope of regulatory approvals; and

•    the availability and scope of third party reimbursement programs.

Accordingly, we have a limited ability to predict how competitive MyoCell will be relative to existing treatment alternatives and/or treatment alternatives that are under development. See “Business — Diagnosis and Management of Heart Failure.”

If approved, MyoCell will compete with surgical, pharmaceutical and mechanical based therapies. Surgical options include heart transplantation and left ventricular reconstructive surgery. Although not readily accessible, heart transplantation has proven to be an effective treatment for patients with severe damage to the heart who locate a donor match and are in sufficiently good health to undergo major surgery. Mechanical therapies such as biventricular pacing, ventricular restraint devices and mitral valve therapies have been developed by companies such as Medtronic, Inc., Acorn Cardiovascular, Inc., St. Jude Medical, Inc., World Heart Corporation, Guidant Corporation, a part of Boston Scientific, and Edwards Lifesciences Corp. Pharmaceutical therapies include anti-thrombotics, calcium channel blockers such as Pfizer’s Norvasc® and ACE inhibitors such as Sanofi’s Delix®.

The field of regenerative medicine is rapidly progressing, as many organizations are initiating or expanding their research efforts in this area. We are also aware of several competitors seeking to develop cell-based therapies for the treatment of cardiovascular disease, including Aastrom Biosciences, Inc., Aldagen, Inc., Angioblast Systems, Inc., Athersys, Inc., Baxter International, Inc., Cytori Therapeutics, Inc., MG Biotherapeutics, LLC (a joint venture between Genzyme Corporation and Medtronic, Inc.), Mytogen, Inc. (a wholly-owned subsidiary of Advanced Cell Technology, Inc.), Osiris Therapeutics, Inc., ViaCell, Inc. (a wholly-owned subsidiary of PerkinElmer, Inc.), and potentially others.

It is our understanding that some of our large competitors have devoted considerable resources to developing a myoblast-based cell therapy for treating severe damage to the heart.

Some organizations are involved in research using alternative cell sources, including bone marrow, embryonic and fetal tissue, umbilical cord and peripheral blood, and adipose tissue.

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Item 1A. Risk Factors

The risks and uncertainties described below are not the only ones facing us. Other events that we do not currently anticipate or that we currently deem immaterial also may affect our results of operations and financial condition. If any events described in the risk factors actually occur, our business, operating results, prospects and financial condition could be materially harmed. In connection with the forward looking statements that appear elsewhere in this quarterly report, you should also carefully review the cautionary statement referred to under “Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward Looking Statements.”

Risks Related to Our Financial Position and Need for Additional Financing

We will need to secure additional financing in 2013 in order to continue to finance our operations. If we are unable to secure additional financing on acceptable terms, or at all, we may be forced to curtail or cease our operations.

As of February 28, 2013, we had cash and cash equivalents of approximately $11,346 and a working capital deficit of approximately $14.1 million. As such, our existing cash resources are insufficient to finance even our immediate operations. Accordingly, we will need to secure additional sources of capital to develop our business and product candidates as planned. We are seeking substantial additional financing through public and/or private financing, which may include equity and/or debt financings, research grants and through other arrangements, including collaborative arrangements. As part of such efforts, we may seek loans from certain of our executive officers, directors and/or current shareholders. We may also seek to satisfy some of our obligations to the guarantors of our loan with Seaside National Bank & Trust, or the Guarantors, through the issuance of various forms of securities or debt on negotiated terms. However, financing and/or alternative arrangements with the Guarantors may not be available when we need it, or may not be available on acceptable terms.

If we are unable to secure additional financing in the near term, we may be forced to:

•    curtail or abandon our existing business plan;

•    reduce our headcount;

•    default on our debt obligations;

•    file for bankruptcy;

•    seek to sell some or all of our assets; and/or

•    cease our operations.

If we are forced to take any of these steps, any investment in our common stock may be worthless.

Our ability to obtain additional debt financing and/or alternative arrangements, with the Guarantors or otherwise, may be limited by the amount of, terms and restrictions of our then current debt. For instance, we do not anticipate repaying our Northstar loan (described below) until its scheduled maturity. Accordingly, until such time, we will generally be restricted from, among other things, incurring additional indebtedness or liens, with limited exceptions. See “We have a substantial amount of debt...” Additional debt financing, if available, may involve restrictive covenants that limit or further limit our operating and financial flexibility and prohibit us from making distributions to shareholders.

If we raise additional capital and/or secure alternative arrangements, with the Guarantors or otherwise, by issuing equity, equity-related or convertible securities, the economic, voting and other rights of our existing shareholders may be diluted, and those newly issued securities may be issued at prices that are a significant discount

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to current and/or then prevailing market prices. In addition, any such newly issued securities may have rights superior to those of our common stock. If we obtain additional capital through collaborative arrangements, we may be required to relinquish greater rights to our technologies or product candidates than we might otherwise have or become subject to restrictive covenants that may affect our business.

Our independent registered public accounting firm has expressed substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern.

Our independent registered public accounting firm issued its report dated March 28, 2013 in connection with the audit of our financial statements as of December 31, 2012, which included an explanatory paragraph describing the existence of conditions that raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. If we are not able to continue as a going concern, it is likely that holders of our common stock will lose all of their investment. Our financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

Current Adverse Economic Conditions have had a negative impact on our ability to obtain additional financing. Our inability to obtain additional financing would have a significant adverse effect on our operations.

In early 2008, as the United States economy began to weaken and there were increased doubts about the ability of borrowers to pay debts. Housing values began to fall and marginal loans were first to default, triggering the sub-prime lending crisis. Financial institutions responded by tightening their lending policies with respect to counterparties determined to have sub-prime mortgage risk. This tightening of institutional lending policies led to the failure of major financial institutions late in the third quarter of 2008. Continued failures, losses, and write-downs at major financial institutions through 2012 intensified concerns about credit and liquidity risks and have resulted in a sharp reduction in overall market liquidity. The global credit crisis threatens the stability of the global economy and has adversely impacted consumer confidence and spending. We believe this global credit crisis has also had a negative impact on our ability to obtain additional financing. As discussed above, our inability to obtain additional financing would have a significant adverse effect on our operations, results and financial condition.

We are a development stage life sciences company with a limited operating history and a history of net losses and negative cash flows from operations. We may never be profitable, and if we incur operating losses and generate negative cash flows from operations for longer than expected, we may be unable to continue operations.

We are a development stage life sciences company and have a limited operating history, limited capital, limited sources of revenue and have incurred losses since inception. Our operations to date have been limited to organizing our company, developing and engaging in clinical trials of our MyoCell product candidate, expanding our pipeline of complementary product candidates through internal development and third party licenses, expanding and strengthening our intellectual property position through internal programs and third party licenses and recruiting management, research and clinical personnel. Consequently, it may be difficult to predict our future success or viability due to our lack of operating history. As of December 31, 2012, we have accumulated a deficit during our development stage of approximately $115.0 million. Our MyoCell product candidate has not received regulatory approval or generated any material revenues and is not expected to generate any material revenues until commercialization of MyoCell, if ever. Since inception, we have generated substantial net losses, including net losses of approximately $4.0 million, $4.7 million, $5.2 million and $4.4 million in 2012, 2011, 2010 and 2009, respectively and substantial negative cash flows from operations. We anticipate that we will continue to incur significant and increasing net losses and negative cash flows from operations for the foreseeable future as we:

•    establish a distribution network for and commence distribution of certain products for which we have acquired distribution rights;

•    resume full scale enrollment of the MARVEL and REGEN Trials;

•    commence enrollment in our ANGEL Trial;

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•    continue research and development and undertake new clinical trials with respect to our pipeline product candidates, including clinical trials related to MyoCell SDF-1;

•    seek to raise additional capital;

•    apply for regulatory approvals;

•    make capital expenditures to increase our research and development and cell culturing capabilities;

•    add operational, financial and management information systems and personnel and develop and protect our intellectual property;

•    make payments pursuant to license agreements upon achievement of certain milestones; and

•    establish sales and marketing capabilities to commercialize products for which we obtain regulatory approval, if any.

Our limited experience in conducting and managing preclinical development activities, clinical trials and the application process necessary to obtain regulatory approvals might prevent us from successfully designing or implementing a preclinical study or clinical trial. If we do not succeed in conducting and managing our preclinical development activities or clinical trials, or in obtaining regulatory approvals, we might not be able to commercialize our product candidates, or might be significantly delayed in doing so, which will materially harm our business.

None of the products that we are currently developing has been approved by the FDA or any similar regulatory authority in any foreign country. Our ability to generate revenues from any of our product candidates will depend on a number of factors, including our ability to successfully complete clinical trials, obtain necessary regulatory approvals and implement our commercialization strategy. In addition, even if we are successful in obtaining necessary regulatory approvals and bringing one or more product candidates to market, we will be subject to the risk that the marketplace will not accept those products. We may, and anticipate that we will need to, transition from a company with a research and development focus to a company capable of supporting commercial activities and we may not succeed in such a transition.

Because of the numerous risks and uncertainties associated with our product development and commercialization efforts, we are unable to predict the extent of our future losses or when or if we will become profitable. Our failure to successfully commercialize our product candidates or to become and remain profitable could impair our ability to raise capital, expand our business, diversify our product offerings and continue our operations.

We have a substantial amount of debt and may incur substantial additional debt, which could adversely affect our ability to pursue certain business objectives, obtain financing in the future and/or react to changes in our business.

As of December 31, 2012, we had an aggregate of $5.7 million in principal amount of outstanding indebtedness, excluding accounts payable and accruals. This amount includes approximately $601,000 outstanding indebtedness pursuant to a loan and security agreement formerly held by BlueCrest Venture Master Fund Limited (and now held by NorthStar Biotech Group, LLC, or Northstar, which is owned in part by certain of our existing directors and shareholders, including Dr. William P. Murphy Jr., Dr. Samuel Ahn and Charles Hart), approximately $980,000 outstanding pursuant to a Loan Agreement with Seaside National Bank, and approximately $1.5 million outstanding to the Guarantors in respect of payments made by them on our behalf in connection with our original loan with Bank of America.

The Loan and Security Agreement relating to the Northstar loan contains various provisions that restrict our operating flexibility. Pursuant to the agreement, we may not, without Northstar’s authorization, among other things:

•    incur additional indebtedness, except for certain permitted indebtedness (generally, accounts payable incurred in the ordinary course of business, leases of equipment or property incurred in the ordinary course of business not to exceed, in the aggregate, $250,000, any unsecured debt less than $20,000 or any debt not secured by the collateral

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pledged to Northstar that is subordinated to the rights of Northstar pursuant to a subordination agreement satisfactory to Northstar in its sole discretion);

•    make any principal, interest or other payments arising under or in connection with our loan from Seaside National Bank or any other debt subordinate to Northstar loan;

•    incur additional liens on any of our assets, including any liens on our intellectual property, except for certain permitted liens including but not limited to non-exclusive licenses or sub-licenses of our intellectual property in the ordinary course of business and licenses or sub-licenses of intellectual property in connection with joint ventures and corporate collaborations (provided that any proceeds from such licenses be used to pay down the Northstar loan);

•    voluntarily prepay any debt prior to maturity, except for accounts payable incurred in the ordinary course of business, leases of equipment or property incurred in the ordinary course of business not to exceed, in the aggregate, $250,000 and any unsecured debt less than $20,000;

•    convey, sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of property, except for sales of inventory in the ordinary course of business, sales of obsolete or unneeded equipment and transfers or our intellectual property related to product candidates other than MyoCell or MyoCell SDF-1 to a currently operating or newly formed wholly owned subsidiary;

•    merge with or acquire any other entity if we would not be the surviving person following such transaction;

•    pay dividends (other than stock dividends) to our shareholders;

•    redeem any outstanding shares of our common stock or any outstanding options or warrants to purchase shares of our common stock except in connection with a share repurchase pursuant to which we offer to pay our then existing shareholders not more than $250,000;

•    enter into transactions with affiliates other than on arms-length terms; and

•    make any change in any of our business objectives, purposes and operations which has or could be reasonably expected to have a material adverse effect on our business.

These provisions could have important consequences for us, including (i) making it more difficult for us to obtain additional debt financing from another lender, or obtain new debt financing on terms favorable to us, because such new lender will have to be willing to be subordinate to Northstar, (ii) causing us to use a portion of our available cash for debt repayment and service rather than other perceived needs and/or (iii) impacting our ability to take advantage of significant, perceived business opportunities. Our failure to timely repay our obligations under the Northstar loan or meet the covenants set forth in the Loan and Security Agreement could give rise to a default under the agreement. In the event of an uncured default, the agreement provides that all amounts owed to Northstar are immediately due and payable and that Northstar has the right to enforce its security interest in the assets securing the Northstar loan. In such event, Northstar could take possession of any or all of our assets in which they hold a security interest, and dispose of those assets to the extent necessary to pay off our debts, which would materially harm our business. On March 30, 2012, we entered into an extension and waiver with Northstar pursuant to which Northstar agreed to extend until May 1, 2012 the due date for any and all principal and interest payments that were due and payable with respect to the Northstar loan on March 1, 2012 and to waive any and all defaults and/or events of default with respect to such payments.

On October 1, 2012, the Company and Northstar entered into a limited waiver and forbearance agreement whereby the Company agreed to issue 5,000,000 shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock and 10,000,000 of common stock in exchange for $210,000 as payment towards outstanding debt, default interest, penalties,

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professional fees outstanding and due Northstar. In addition, the Company executed a security agreement granting Northstar a lien on all patents, patent applications, trademarks, service marks, copyrights and intellectual property rights of any nature, as well as the results of all clinical trials, know-how for preparing Myblasts, old and new clinical data, existing approved trials, all right and title to Myoblasts, clinical trial protocols and other property rights. In addition, the Company granted Northstar a perpetual license on products as described for resale, relicensing and commercialization outside the United States. In connection with the granted license, Northstar shall pay the Company a royalty of up to 8% on revenues generated.

In addition to the limitations imposed on our operational flexibility by the Northstar loan as described above, the Northstar loan, the Seaside National Bank loan, our obligations to the Guarantors, and any other indebtedness incurred by us could have significant additional negative consequences, including, without limitation:

•    requiring the dedication of a portion of our available cash to service our indebtedness, thereby reducing the amount of our cash available for other purposes, including funding our research and development programs and other capital expenditures;

•    increasing our vulnerability to general adverse economic and industry conditions;

•    limiting our ability to obtain additional financing;

•    limiting our ability to react to changes in technology or our business; and

•    placing us at a possible competitive disadvantage to less leveraged competitors.

In fiscal 2012, the Company paid $263,560 in principal and $15,897 in interest. As of December 31, 2012 the balance due Northstar under the Loan is $601,227.

Risks Related to Product Development

All of our product candidates are in an early stage of development and we may never succeed in developing and/or commercializing them. We depend heavily on the success of our MyoCell product candidate. If we are unable to commercialize MyoCell or any of our other product candidates or experience significant delays in doing so, our business may fail.

•    We have invested a significant portion of our efforts and financial resources in our MyoCell product candidate and depend heavily on its success. MyoCell is currently in the clinical testing stage of development, although we have suspended work under our clinical trials as we seek to raise sufficient funds to complete the trials.

•    We need to devote significant additional research and development, financial resources and personnel to develop commercially viable products, obtain regulatory approvals and establish a sales and marketing infrastructure.

•    We are likely to encounter hurdles and unexpected issues as we proceed in the development of MyoCell and our other product candidates. There are many reasons that we may not succeed in our efforts to develop our product candidates, including the possibility that:

•    our product candidates will be deemed ineffective, unsafe or will not receive regulatory approvals;

•    our product candidates will be too expensive to manufacture or market or will not achieve broad market acceptance;

•    others will hold proprietary rights that will prevent us from marketing our product candidates; or

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•    our competitors will market products that are perceived as equivalent or superior.

Our approach of using cell-based therapy for the treatment of heart damage is risky and unproven and no products using this approach have received regulatory approval in the United States or Europe.

No company has yet been successful in its efforts to obtain regulatory approval in the United States or Europe of a cell-based therapy product for the treatment of heart damage. Cell-based therapy products, in general, may be susceptible to various risks, including undesirable and unintended side effects, unintended immune system responses, inadequate therapeutic efficacy or other characteristics that may prevent or limit their approval by regulators or commercial use. Many companies in the industry have suffered significant setbacks in advanced clinical trials, despite promising results in earlier trials. One of our competitors exploring the use of skeletal myoblasts ceased enrolling new patients in its European Phase II clinical trial based on the determination of its monitoring committee that there was a low likelihood that the trial would result in the hypothesized improvement in heart function. Although our clinical research to date suggests that MyoCell may improve the contractile function of the heart, we have not yet been able to demonstrate a mechanism of action and additional research is needed to precisely identify such mechanism.

If our clinical trials are unsuccessful or significantly delayed, or if we do not complete our clinical trials, we will not receive regulatory approval for or be able to commercialize our product candidates.

We cannot market any product candidate until regulatory agencies grant approval or licensure. In order to obtain regulatory approval for the sale of any product candidate, we must, among other requirements, provide the FDA and similar foreign regulatory authorities with preclinical and clinical data that demonstrate to the satisfaction of regulatory authorities that our product candidates are safe and effective for each indication under the applicable standards relating to such product candidate. The preclinical studies and clinical trials of any product candidates must comply with the regulations of the FDA and other governmental authorities in the United States and similar agencies in other countries.

Even if we achieve positive interim results in clinical trials, these results do not necessarily predict final results, and positive results in early trials may not be indicative of success in later trials. For example, MyoCell has been studied in a limited number of patients to date. Even though our early data has been promising, we have not yet completed any large-scale pivotal trials to establish the safety and efficacy of MyoCell. A number of participants in our clinical trials have experienced serious adverse events adjudicated or determined by trial investigators to be potentially attributable to MyoCell. See “ —Our product candidates may never be commercialized due to unacceptable side effects and increased mortality that may be associated with such product candidates.” There is a risk that safety concerns relating to our product candidates or cell-based therapies in general will result in the suspension or termination of our clinical trials.

We may experience numerous unforeseen events during, or as a result of, the clinical trial process that could delay or prevent regulatory approval and/or commercialization of our product candidates, including the following:

•    the FDA or similar foreign regulatory authorities may find that our product candidates are not sufficiently safe or effective or may find our cell culturing processes or facilities unsatisfactory;

•    officials at the FDA or similar foreign regulatory authorities may interpret data from preclinical studies and clinical trials differently than we do;

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•    our clinical trials may produce negative or inconclusive results or may not meet the level of statistical significance required by the FDA or other regulatory authorities, and we may decide, or regulators may require us, to conduct additional preclinical studies and/or clinical trials or to abandon one or more of our development programs;

•    the FDA or similar foreign regulatory authorities may change their approval policies or adopt new regulations;

•    there may be delays or failure in obtaining approval of our clinical trial protocols from the FDA or other regulatory authorities or obtaining institutional review board approvals or government approvals to conduct clinical trials at prospective sites;

•    we, or regulators, may suspend or terminate our clinical trials because the participating patients are being exposed to unacceptable health risks or undesirable side effects;

•    we may experience difficulties in managing multiple clinical sites;

•    enrollment in our clinical trials for our product candidates may occur more slowly than we anticipate, or we may experience high drop-out rates of subjects in our clinical trials, resulting in significant delays;

•    we may be unable to manufacture or obtain from third party manufacturers sufficient quantities of our product candidates for use in clinical trials; and

•    our product candidates may be deemed unsafe or ineffective, or may be perceived as being unsafe or ineffective, by healthcare providers for a particular indication.

In the SEISMIC Trial, we experienced delays attributable to slower than anticipated enrollment of patients. We may continue to experience difficulties in enrolling patients in our clinical trials, which could increase the costs or affect the timing or outcome of these trials and could prevent us from completing these trials.

Failures or perceived failures in our clinical trials would delay and may prevent our product development and regulatory approval process, make it difficult for us to establish collaborations, negatively affect our reputation and competitive position and otherwise have a material adverse effect on our business.

Our product candidates may never be commercialized due to unacceptable side effects and increased mortality that may be associated with such product candidates.

Possible side effects of our product candidates may be serious and life-threatening. A number of participants in our clinical trials of MyoCell have experienced serious adverse events potentially attributable to MyoCell, including six patient deaths and 18 patients experiencing irregular heartbeats. A serious adverse event is generally an event that results in significant medical consequences, such as hospitalization, disability or death, and must be reported to the FDA. The occurrence of any unacceptable serious adverse events during or after preclinical and clinical testing of our product candidates could temporarily delay or negate the possibility of regulatory approval of our product candidates and adversely affect our business. Both our trials and independent trials have reported the occurrence of irregular heartbeats in treated patients, a significant risk to patient safety. We and our competitors have also, at times, suspended trials studying the effects of myoblasts, at least temporarily, to assess the risk of irregular heartbeats, and it has been reported that one of our competitors studying the effect of myoblast implantation prematurely discontinued a study because of the high incidence of irregular heartbeats. While we believe irregular heartbeats may be manageable with the use of certain prophylactic measures including an ICD, and antiarrhythmic drug therapy, these risk management techniques may not prove to sufficiently reduce the risk of unacceptable side effects.

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Although our early results suggest that patients treated with MyoCell do not face materially different health risks than heart failure patients with similar levels of damage to the heart who have not been treated with MyoCell, we are still in the process of seeking to demonstrate that our product candidates do not pose unacceptable health risks. We have not yet treated a sufficient number of patients to allow us to make a determination that serious unintended consequences will not occur.

We depend on third parties to assist us in the conduct of our preclinical studies and clinical trials, and any failure of those parties to fulfill their obligations could result in costs and delays and prevent us from obtaining regulatory approval or successfully commercializing our product candidates on a timely basis, if at all.

We engage consultants and CROs to help design, and to assist us in conducting, our preclinical studies and clinical trials and to collect and analyze data from those studies and trials. The consultants and contract research organizations we engage interact with clinical investigators to enroll patients in our clinical trials. As a result, we depend on these consultants and CROs to perform the studies and trials in accordance with the investigational plan and protocol for each product candidate and in compliance with regulations and standards, commonly referred to as “good clinical practice”, for conducting, recording and reporting results of clinical trials to assure that the data and results are credible and accurate and the trial participants are adequately protected, as required by the FDA and foreign regulatory agencies. We may face delays in our regulatory approval process if these parties do not perform their obligations in a timely or competent fashion or if we are forced to change service providers. The risk of delays is heightened for our clinical trials conducted outside of the United States, where it may be more difficult for us to ensure that studies are conducted in compliance with foreign regulatory requirements. Any third parties that we hire to conduct clinical trials may also provide services to our competitors, which could compromise the performance of their obligations to us. If these third parties do not successfully carry out their duties or meet expected deadlines, or if the quality, completeness or accuracy of the data they obtain is compromised due to their failure to adhere to our clinical trial protocols or for other reasons, our clinical trials may be extended, delayed or terminated or may otherwise prove to be unsuccessful. If there are delays or failures in clinical trials or regulatory approvals as a result of the failure to perform by third parties, our development costs will increase, and we may not be able to obtain regulatory approval for our product candidates. In addition, we may not be able to establish or maintain relationships with these third parties on favorable terms, if at all. If we need to enter into replacement arrangements because a third party is not performing in accordance with our expectations, we may not be able to do so without undue delays or considerable expenditures or at all.

Risks Related to Government Regulation and Regulatory Approvals

Our cell-based product candidates are based on novel technologies and the FDA and regulatory agencies in other countries have limited experience reviewing product candidates using these technologies.

We are subject to the risks of failure inherent in the development of product candidates based on new technologies. The novel nature of our product candidates creates significant challenges in regards to product development and optimization, government regulation, third party reimbursement and market acceptance. These include:

•    the scientific basis of our technology could be determined to be less sound than we believe;

•    the time and effort required to solve novel technical problems could delay the development of our product candidates;

•    the FDA and regulatory agencies in other countries have relatively limited experience with therapies based upon cellular medicine generally and, as a result, the pathway to regulatory approval for our cell-based product candidates may be more complex and lengthy; and

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•    the healthcare community has relatively little experience with therapies based upon cellular medicine and, accordingly, following regulatory approval, if any, our product candidates may not become widely accepted by physicians, patients, third party payors or the healthcare community.

As a result, the development and commercialization pathway for our cell-based therapies may be subject to increased uncertainty, as compared to the pathway for new conventional drugs.

We are subject to numerous risks associated with seeking regulatory approval of MyoCell pursuant to a protocol that permits the use of a catheter system which is still subject to FDA approval. The catheter system we intend to use in connection with our MARVEL Trial is owned by an unaffiliated third party. Although we have entered into a two-year supply agreement for delivery of the catheter system for use in the MARVEL Trial, we are subject to a number of risks not addressed by the parties in the supply agreement.

We have been cleared by the FDA to proceed under the protocol for our MARVEL Trial, which protocol permits participating trial investigators to use either our MyoCath catheters Biosense Webster’s (a Johnson & Johnson company) NOGA® Cardiac Navigation System along with the MyoStar injection catheter for the delivery of MyoCell to patients enrolled in the trial. We do not currently have any inventory of MyoCath catheters available for use in pre-clinical and clinical trials and none are currently in production. Although we are considering several contract manufacturers to produce additional inventory, we do not currently have any MyoCath catheters available for use by investigators in the MARVEL Trial or for sale for other pre-clinical and clinical uses. As a result, if we were to reinitiate the MARVEL Trial in the immediate future, investigators in the trial would practically be limited to using the NOGA Cardiac Navigation System along with the MyoStar injection catheter for the delivery of MyoCell to patients enrolled in the trial. We further anticipate that if MyoCell receives regulatory approval, such approval will require MyoCell to be injected with a catheter system that has also secured regulatory approval. Accordingly, the commercial deployment of MyoCell is dependent upon MyoStar, MyoCath or some other catheter system securing regulatory approval for use with MyoCell. Although MyoStar has received CE mark approval in Europe, neither MyoStar, MyoCath nor any other catheter system is commercially available in the United States and they may only be used pursuant to FDA approved investigational protocols. Notwithstanding the devotion of considerable resources to the development and testing of MyoStar and MyoCath, they may never receive additional or any, respectively, regulatory approval that will allow for their commercial use with MyoCell.

We are not affiliated with Biosense Webster, the Cordis Corporation or any other Johnson & Johnson company. Although we entered into a supply agreement with Biosense Webster on May 10, 2007 pursuant to which it has agreed to deliver MyoStar to us for a two year period at an agreed upon price as and when required by the MARVEL Trial, we currently have no right to control the further development, clinical testing and/or refinement of MyoStar. Biosense Webster currently has the right to make the following types of decisions without consulting with or even considering our views, which decisions could directly or indirectly negatively impact our efforts and/or ability to secure regulatory approval of MyoCell:

•    the terms and conditions under which MyoStar will be made available for use to trial investigators, if at all, after the term of the supply agreement;

•    the terms and conditions under which the diagnostic consoles that are part of the NOGA® Cardiac Navigation System will be made available for use to trial investigators, if at all;

•    the modification or not of the MyoStar System or any of its components and its protocol for use as a result of information obtained during trials;

•    the license or sale of the MyoStar System related intellectual property to a third party, potentially including our competitors;

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•    the use of the MyoStar System or any of its components in myoblast-based clinical therapies other than ours; and the suspension or abandonment of other clinical trials involving MyoStar.

The unavailability of the MyoStar System, for any reason, would have a material adverse effect on our product development and commercialization efforts as we will be unable to recover the time and money expended on the MARVEL Trial prior to such determination of unavailability.

We must comply with extensive government regulations in order to obtain and maintain marketing approval for our products in the United States and abroad. If we do not obtain regulatory approval for our product candidates, we may be forced to cease our operations.

Our product candidates are subject to extensive regulation in the United States and in every other country where they will be tested or used. These regulations are wide-ranging and govern, among other things:

•    product design, development, manufacture and testing;

•    product safety and efficacy;

•    product labeling;

•    product storage and shipping;

•    record keeping;

•    pre-market clearance or approval;

•    advertising and promotion; and

•    product sales and distribution.

We cannot market our product candidates until we receive regulatory approval. The process of obtaining regulatory approval is lengthy, expensive and uncertain. Any difficulties that we encounter in obtaining regulatory approval may have a substantial adverse impact on our business and cause our stock price to decline significantly.

In the United States, the FDA imposes substantial requirements on the introduction of biological products and many medical devices through lengthy and detailed laboratory and clinical testing procedures, sampling activities and other costly and time-consuming procedures. Satisfaction of these requirements typically takes several years and the time required to do so may vary substantially based upon the type and complexity of the biological product or medical device.

In addition, product candidates that we believe should be classified as medical devices for purposes of the FDA regulatory pathway may be determined by the FDA to be biologic products subject to the satisfaction of significantly more stringent requirements for FDA approval.

The requirements governing the conduct of clinical trials and cell culturing and marketing of our product candidates outside the United States vary widely from country to country. Foreign approvals may take longer to obtain than FDA approvals and can require, among other things, additional testing and different clinical trial designs. Foreign regulatory approval processes generally include all of the risks associated with the FDA approval processes. Some foreign regulatory agencies also must approve prices of the products. Regulatory approval in one country does not ensure regulatory approval in another, but a failure or delay in obtaining regulatory approval in one country may negatively impact the regulatory process in others. We may not be able to file for regulatory approvals and may not receive necessary approvals to market our product candidates in any foreign country. If we fail to comply with these regulatory requirements or fail to obtain and maintain required approvals in any foreign country, we will not be able to sell our product candidates in that country and our ability to generate revenue will be adversely affected.

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We cannot assure you that we will obtain FDA or foreign regulatory approval to market any of our product candidates for any indication in a timely manner or at all. If we fail to obtain regulatory approval of any of our product candidates for at least one indication, we will not be permitted to market our product candidates and may be forced to cease our operations.

Even if some of our product candidates receive regulatory approval, these approvals may be subject to conditions, and we and our third party manufacturers will in any event be subject to significant ongoing regulatory obligations and oversight.

Even if any of our product candidates receives regulatory approval, the manufacturing, marketing and sale of our product candidates will be subject to stringent and ongoing government regulation. Conditions of approval, such as limiting the category of patients who can use the product, may significantly impact our ability to commercialize the product and may make it difficult or impossible for us to market a product profitably. Changes we may desire to make to an approved product, such as cell culturing changes or revised labeling, may require further regulatory review and approval, which could prevent us from updating or otherwise changing an approved product. If our product candidates are approved by the FDA or other regulatory authorities for the treatment of any indications, regulatory labeling may specify that our product candidates be used in conjunction with other therapies. For instance, we currently anticipate that prior implantation of an ICD and treatment with optimal drug therapy will be required at least initially as a condition to treatment with MyoCell.

Once obtained, regulatory approvals may be withdrawn for a number of reasons, including the later discovery of previously unknown problems with the product. Regulatory approval may also require costly post-marketing follow-up studies, and failure of our product candidates to demonstrate sufficient efficacy and safety in these studies may result in either withdrawal of marketing approval or severe limitations on permitted product usage. In addition, numerous additional regulatory requirements relating to, among other processes, the labeling, packaging, adverse event reporting, storage, advertising, promotion and record-keeping will also apply. Furthermore, regulatory agencies subject a marketed product, its manufacturer and the manufacturer’s facilities to continual review and periodic inspections. Compliance with these regulatory requirements is time consuming and requires the expenditure of substantial resources.

If any of our product candidates is approved, we will be required to report certain adverse events involving our products to the FDA, to provide updated safety and efficacy information and to comply with requirements concerning the advertisement and promotional labeling of our products. As a result, even if we obtain necessary regulatory approvals to market our product candidates for any indication, any adverse results, circumstances or events that are subsequently discovered could require that we cease marketing the product for that indication or expend money, time and effort to ensure full compliance, which could have a material adverse effect on our business.

In response to recent events regarding questions about the safety of certain approved prescription products, including the lack of adequate warnings, the FDA and the U.S. Congress are currently considering new regulatory and legislative approaches to advertising, monitoring and assessing the safety of marketed drugs, including legislation authorizing the FDA to mandate labeling changes for approved products, particularly those related to safety. It is possible that congressional and FDA initiatives pertaining to ensuring the safety of marketed biologics and similar initiatives in other countries, or other developments pertaining to the pharmaceutical industry, could require us to expend additional resources to comply with such initiatives and could adversely affect our operations.

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In addition, the FDA and similar foreign governmental authorities have the authority to require the recall of commercialized products in the event of any failure to comply with applicable laws and regulations or defects in design or manufacture. In the event any of our product candidates receives approval and is commercialized, a government-mandated or voluntary product recall by us could occur as a result of component failures, device malfunctions, or other negative events such as serious injuries or deaths, or quality-related issues such as cell culturing errors or design or labeling defects. Recalls of any of our potential products could divert managerial and financial resources, harm our reputation and adversely affect our financial condition, results of operations and stock price.

Any failure by us, or by any third parties that may manufacture or market our products, to comply with the law, including statutes and regulations administered by the FDA or other U.S. or foreign regulatory authorities, could result in, among other things, warning letters, fines and other civil penalties, suspension of regulatory approvals and the resulting requirement that we suspend sales of our products, refusal to approve pending applications or supplements to approved applications, export or import restrictions, interruption of production, operating restrictions, closure of the facilities used by us or third parties to manufacture our product candidates, injunctions or criminal prosecution. Any of the foregoing actions could have a material adverse effect on our business.

We must comply with federal, state and foreign laws, regulations and other rules relating to the healthcare business, and, if we do not fully comply with such laws, regulations and other rules, we could face substantial penalties.

We are, or will be directly or indirectly through our customers, subject to extensive regulation by the federal government, the states and foreign countries in which we may conduct our business. The laws that directly or indirectly affect our ability to operate our business include the following:

•    the federal Medicare and Medicaid Anti-Kickback law, which prohibits persons from knowingly and willfully soliciting, offering, receiving or providing remuneration, directly or indirectly, in cash or in kind, to induce either the referral of an individual or furnishing or arranging for a good or service, for which payment may be made under federal healthcare programs such as Medicare and Medicaid;

•    other Medicare laws, regulations, rules, manual provisions and policies that prescribe the requirements for coverage and payment for services performed by our customers, including the amount of such payment;

•    the Federal False Claims Act, which imposes civil and criminal liability on individuals and entities who submit, or cause to be submitted, false or fraudulent claims for payment to the government;

•    the Federal False Statements Act, which prohibits knowingly and willfully falsifying, concealing or covering up a material fact or making any materially false statement in connection with delivery of or payment for healthcare benefits, items or services; and

•    state and foreign law equivalents of the foregoing.

If our operations are found to be in violation of any of the laws, regulations, rules or policies described above or any other law or governmental regulation to which we or our customers are or will be subject, or if the interpretation of the foregoing changes, we may be subject to civil and criminal penalties, damages, fines, exclusion from the Medicare and Medicaid programs and the curtailment or restructuring of our operations. Similarly, if our customers are found non-compliant with applicable laws, they may be subject to sanctions, which could also have a negative impact on us. Any penalties, damages, fines, curtailment or restructuring of our operations would adversely affect our ability to operate our business and our financial results. The risk of our being found in violation of these laws is increased by the fact that many of them have not been fully interpreted by the regulatory authorities or the courts, and their provisions are open to a variety of interpretations, and additional legal or regulatory change.

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Any action against us for violation of these laws, even if we successfully defend against it, could cause us to incur significant legal expenses, divert our management’s attention from the operation of our business and damage our reputation.

Our business involves the use of hazardous materials that could expose us to environmental and other liability.

Our facility in Sunrise, Florida is subject to various local, state and federal laws and regulations relating to the use and disposal of hazardous or potentially hazardous substances, including chemicals and microorganisms used in connection with our research and development activities. In the United States, these laws include the Occupational Safety and Health Act, the Toxic Test Substances Control Act and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. Although we believe that our safety procedures for handling and disposing of these materials comply with the standards prescribed by these regulations, we cannot assure you that accidental contamination or injury to employees and third parties from these materials will not occur.

Risks Related to Commercialization of our Product Candidates

The healthcare community has relatively little experience with therapies based on cellular medicine and, accordingly, if our product candidates do not become widely accepted by physicians, patients, third party payors or the healthcare community, we may be unable to generate significant revenue, if any.

We are developing cell-based therapy product candidates for the treatment of heart damage that represent novel and unproven treatments and, if approved, will compete with a number of more conventional products and therapies manufactured and marketed by others, including major pharmaceutical companies. We cannot predict or guarantee that physicians, patients, healthcare insurers, third party payors or health maintenance organizations, or the healthcare community in general, will accept or utilize any of our product candidates. We anticipate that, if approved, we will market MyoCell primarily to interventional cardiologists, who are generally not the primary care physicians for patients who may be eligible for treatment with MyoCell. Accordingly, our commercial success may be dependent on third party physicians referring their patients to interventional cardiologists for MyoCell treatment.

If we are successful in obtaining regulatory approval for any of our product candidates, the degree of market acceptance of those products will depend on many factors, including:

•    our ability to provide acceptable evidence and the perception of patients and the healthcare community, including third party payors, of the positive characteristics of our product candidates relative to existing treatment methods, including their safety, efficacy, cost effectiveness and/or other potential advantages;

•    the incidence and severity of any adverse side effects of our product candidates;

•    the availability of alternative treatments;

•    the labeling requirements imposed by the FDA and foreign regulatory agencies, including the scope of approved indications and any safety warnings;

•    our ability to obtain sufficient third party insurance coverage or reimbursement for our products candidates;

•    the inclusion of our products on insurance company coverage policies;

•    the willingness and ability of patients and the healthcare community to adopt new technologies;

•    the procedure time associated with the use of our product candidates;

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•    our ability to manufacture or obtain from third party manufacturers sufficient quantities of our product candidates with acceptable quality and at an acceptable cost to meet demand; and

•    marketing and distribution support for our products.

Failure to achieve market acceptance would limit our ability to generate revenue and would have a material adverse effect on our business. In addition, if any of our product candidates achieve market acceptance, we may not be able to maintain that market acceptance over time if competing products or technologies are introduced that are received more favorably or are more cost-effective.

There is substantial uncertainty as to the coverage that may be available and the reimbursement rates that may be established for our product candidates. Any failure to obtain third party coverage or an adequate level of reimbursement for our product candidates will likely have a material adverse effect on our business.

If we successfully develop, and obtain necessary regulatory approvals for, our product candidates we intend to sell them initially in Europe and the United States. We have not yet submitted any of our product candidates to CMS or any private or governmental third party payor in the United States to determine whether or not our product candidates will be covered under private or public health insurance plans or, if they are covered, what coverage or reimbursement rates may be available. Although we believe hospitals may be entitled to some procedure reimbursement for MyoCell, we cannot assure you that such reimbursement will be adequate or available at all.

In Europe, the pricing of prescription pharmaceutical products and services and the level of government reimbursement generally are subject to governmental control. Reimbursement and healthcare payment systems in European markets vary significantly by country, and may include both government-sponsored healthcare and private insurance. In these countries, pricing negotiations with governmental authorities can take six to twelve months or longer after the receipt of marketing approval for a product. To obtain reimbursement or pricing approval in some countries, we may be required to conduct one or more clinical trials that compare the cost effectiveness of our product candidates to other available therapies. Conducting one or more clinical trials for this purpose would be expensive and result in delays in commercialization of our product candidates. We may not obtain coverage or reimbursement or pricing approvals from countries in Europe in a timely manner, or at all. Any failure to receive coverage or reimbursement or pricing approvals from one or more European countries could effectively prevent us from selling our product candidates in those countries, which could materially adversely affect our business.

In the United States, our revenues will depend upon the coverage and reimbursement rates and policies established for our product candidates by third party payors, including governmental authorities, managed-care providers, public health insurers, private health insurers and other organizations. These third party payors are increasingly attempting to contain healthcare costs by limiting both coverage and the level of reimbursement for new healthcare products approved for marketing by the FDA or regulatory agencies in other countries. As a result, significant uncertainty exists as to whether newly approved medical products will be eligible for coverage by third party payors or, if eligible for coverage, what the reimbursement rates will be for those products. Furthermore, cell-based therapies like MyoCell may be more expensive than pharmaceuticals due to, among other things, the higher cost and complexity associated with the research, development and production of these therapies. This, in turn, may make it more difficult for us to obtain adequate reimbursement from third party payors, particularly if we cannot demonstrate a favorable cost-benefit relationship. Third party payors may also deny coverage or offer inadequate levels of reimbursement for our potential products if they determine that the product has not received appropriate clearances from the FDA or other government regulators or is experimental, unnecessary or inappropriate. Accordingly, we cannot assure you that adequate third party coverage or reimbursement will be available for any of our product candidates to allow us to successfully commercialize these product candidates.

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Coverage and reimbursement rates for our product candidates may be subject to increased restrictions both in the United States and in other countries in the future. Coverage policies and reimbursement rates are subject to change and we cannot guarantee that current coverage policies and reimbursement rates will be applicable to our product candidates in the future. U.S. federal, state and foreign agencies and legislatures from time to time may seek to impose restrictions on coverage, pricing, and reimbursement level of drugs, devices and healthcare services in order to contain healthcare costs.

If we are unable to establish sales and marketing capabilities or enter into agreements with third parties to market and sell our product candidates, we may be unable to generate product revenues.

We do not have a sales and marketing force and related infrastructure and have limited experience in the sales, marketing and distribution of our product candidates. To achieve commercial success for any approved product, we must either develop a sales and marketing force or outsource these functions to third parties. Currently, we intend to internally develop a direct sales and marketing force in both Europe and the United States as we approach commercial approval of our product candidates. In other regions, we intend to seek to enter into exclusive or non-exclusive distribution arrangements. The development of our own sales and marketing force will result in us incurring significant costs before the time that we may generate revenues. We may not be able to attract, hire, train and retain qualified sales and marketing personnel to build a significant or effective marketing and sales force for sales of our product candidates.

Product liability and other claims against us may reduce demand for our products or result in substantial damages. We anticipate that we will need to obtain and maintain additional or increased insurance coverage, and we may not be able to obtain or maintain such coverage on commercially reasonable terms, if at all.

A product liability claim, a clinical trial liability claim or other claim with respect to uninsured liabilities or for amounts in excess of insured liabilities could have a material adverse effect on our business. Our business exposes us to potential liability risks that may arise from the clinical testing of our product candidates in human clinical trials and the manufacture and sale of any approved products. Any clinical trial liability or product liability claim or series of claims or class actions brought against us, with or without merit, could result in:

•    liabilities that substantially exceed our existing clinical trial liability insurance, or any clinical trial liability or product liability insurance that we may obtain in the future, which we would then be required to pay from other sources, if available;

•    an increase in the premiums we pay for our clinical trial liability insurance and any clinical trial liability or product liability insurance we may obtain in the future or the inability to renew or obtain clinical trial liability or product liability insurance coverage in the future on acceptable terms, or at all;

•    withdrawal of clinical trial volunteers or patients;

•    damage to our reputation and the reputation of our products, including loss of market share;

•    regulatory investigations that could require costly recalls or product modifications;

•    litigation costs; and

•    diversion of management’s attention from managing our business.

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We do not currently have product liability insurance because none of our product candidates has yet been approved for commercialization. While we plan to seek product liability insurance coverage if any of our product candidates are sold commercially, we cannot assure you that we will be able to obtain product liability insurance on commercially acceptable terms, if at all, or that we will be able to maintain such insurance at a reasonable cost or in sufficient amounts to protect against potential losses.

Claims may be made by consumers, healthcare providers, third party strategic collaborators or others selling our products if one of our products or product candidates causes, or appears to have caused, an injury. We may be subject to claims against us even if an alleged injury is due to the actions of others. For example, we rely on the expertise of physicians, nurses and other associated medical personnel to perform the medical procedures and processes related to our product candidates. If these medical personnel are not properly trained or are negligent in using our product candidates, the therapeutic effect of our product candidates may be diminished or the patient may suffer injury, which may subject us to liability. In addition, an injury resulting from the activities of our suppliers may serve as a basis for a claim against us.

We do not intend to promote, or to in any way support or encourage the promotion of, our product candidates for off-label or otherwise unapproved uses. However, if our product candidates are approved by the FDA or similar foreign regulatory authorities, we cannot prevent a physician from using them for any off-label applications. If injury to a patient results from such an inappropriate use, we may become involved in a product liability suit, which will likely be expensive to defend.

These liabilities could prevent or interfere with our clinical efforts, product development efforts and any subsequent product commercialization efforts, all of which could have a material adverse effect on our business.

Our success will depend in part on establishing and maintaining effective strategic partnerships, collaborations and licensing agreements.

Our strategy for the development, testing, culturing and commercialization of our product candidates relies on establishing and maintaining numerous collaborations with various corporate partners, consultants, scientists, researchers, licensors, licensees and others. While we are continually in discussions with a number of companies, universities, research institutions, consultants, scientists, researchers, licensors, licensees and others to establish additional relationships and collaborations, which are typically complex and time consuming to negotiate, document and implement, we may not reach definitive agreements with any of them. Even if we enter into these arrangements, we may not be able to maintain these relationships or establish new ones in the future on acceptable terms.

Furthermore, any collaboration that we enter into may not be successful. The success of our collaboration arrangements, if any, will depend heavily on the efforts and activities of our collaborators. Possible future collaborations have risks, including the following:

•    our collaboration agreements are likely to be for fixed terms and subject to termination by our collaborators in the event of a material breach or lack of scientific progress by us;

•    our collaborators are likely to have the first right to maintain or defend our intellectual property rights and, although we would likely seek to secure the right to assume the maintenance and defense of our intellectual property rights if our collaborators do not, our ability to do so may be compromised by our collaborators’ acts or omissions;

•    our collaborators may utilize our intellectual property rights in such a way as to invite litigation that could jeopardize or invalidate our intellectual property rights or expose us to potential liability;

•    our collaborators may underfund or not commit sufficient resources to the testing, marketing, distribution or development of our product candidates; and

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•    our collaborators may develop alternative products either on their own or in collaboration with others, or encounter conflicts of interest or changes in business strategy or other business issues, which could adversely affect their willingness or ability to fulfill their obligations to us.

These arrangements also may require us to grant certain rights to third parties, including exclusive marketing rights to one or more products, or may have other terms that are burdensome to us, and may involve the issuance of our securities. If any of our partners terminates its relationship with us or fails to perform its obligations in a timely manner, the development or commercialization of our technology and product candidates may be substantially delayed. Further, disputes may arise with our collaborators about inventorship and corresponding rights in know-how and inventions resulting from the joint creation or use of intellectual property by us and our collaborators.

Risks Related to Our Intellectual Property

We hold limited patent and other intellectual property rights, and our success will be dependent in large part on safeguarding our existing intellectual property rights and obtaining patent and other proprietary protection for our product candidates.

We hold limited patent rights in our product candidates. Our MyoCath product candidate is protected by a patent, expiring in September 2017, in which we have an irrevocable co-exclusive license. Our MyoCell product candidate is no longer protected by patents, which means that competitors will be free to sell products that incorporate the same or similar technologies that are used in MyoCell without infringing our patent rights. As a result, MyoCell, if approved for use, may be vulnerable to competition in the form of products that use the same or similar technologies. We have previously licensed certain patents and patent applications relating to our MyoCell product candidate. These licenses have all lapsed as of the date of this report, although we have had discussions with the relevant licensor regarding a potential reinstatement of our rights in such licenses.

Our commercial success will depend to a significant degree on our ability to:

•    compel the owners of the patents licensed to us to defend and enforce such patents, to the extent such patents may be applicable to our products and material to their commercialization;

•    obtain new patent and other proprietary protection for MyoCell and our other product candidates;

•    obtain and/or maintain appropriate licenses to patents, patent applications or other proprietary rights held by others with respect to our technology, both in the United States and other countries;

•    preserve intellectual property rights relating to our product candidates; and

•    operate without infringing the patents and proprietary rights of third parties.

Failure to obtain adequate patent protection for our product candidates, or the failure to protect our existing patent rights, may impair our ability to be competitive. The availability of infringing products in markets where we have patent protection, or the availability of competing products in markets where we do not have adequate patent protection, could erode the market for our product candidates, negatively impact the prices we can charge for our product candidates, and harm our reputation if infringing or competing products are manufactured to inferior standards.

Our most important license agreement with respect to MyoCath is co-exclusive and the co-licensor of the intellectual property, a division of Abbott Laboratories, may also seek to commercialize MyoCath.

In June 2003, we assigned our exclusive license to the primary patent protecting MyoCath to ACS, originally a subsidiary of Guidant Corporation and now d/b/a Abbott Vascular, a division of Abbott Laboratories. In connection with this agreement, ACS granted to us a co-exclusive, irrevocable, fully paid-up license to this patent for the life of the patent. Because our license is co-exclusive with ACS, ACS may, parallel to our efforts, seek to commercialize MyoCath if MyoCath secures regulatory approval.

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Accordingly, even if ACS does nothing to assist us to secure regulatory approval of MyoCath, ACS may become a direct competitor in the MyoCath manufacturing and supply business. In addition, pursuant to our agreement with ACS, we are prohibited from contracting with third parties for the distribution of MyoCath.

Our patents may not be valid or enforceable, and may be challenged by third parties.

We cannot assure you that any patents issued or licensed to us would be held valid by a court or administrative body or that we would be able to successfully enforce our patents against infringers, including our competitors. The issuance of a patent is not conclusive as to its validity or enforceability, and the validity and enforceability of a patent is susceptible to challenge on numerous legal grounds. Challenges raised in patent infringement litigation brought by or against us may result in determinations that patents that have been issued or licensed to us or any patents that may be issued to us or our licensors in the future are invalid, unenforceable or otherwise subject to limitations. In the event of any such determinations, third parties may be able to use the discoveries or technologies claimed in these patents without paying licensing fees or royalties to us, which could significantly diminish the value of our intellectual property and our competitive advantage. Even if our patents are held to be enforceable, others may be able to design around our patents or develop products similar to our products that are not within the scope of any of our patents.

In addition, enforcing the patents that have been licensed to us and any patents that may be issued to us in the future against third parties may require significant expenditures regardless of the outcome of such efforts. Our inability to enforce our patents against infringers and competitors may impair our ability to be competitive and could have a material adverse effect on our business.

If we are not able to protect and control unpatented trade secrets, know-how and other technological innovation, we may suffer competitive harm.

We rely to a large extent on unpatented technology, trade secrets, confidential information and proprietary know-how to protect our technology and maintain our competitive position, especially when we do not believe that patent protection is appropriate or can be obtained. Trade secrets are difficult to protect. In order to protect proprietary technology and processes, we rely in part on confidentiality and intellectual property assignment agreements with our employees, consultants and others. These agreements generally provide that the individual must keep confidential and not disclose to other parties any confidential information developed or learned by the individual during the course of the individual’s relationship with us except in limited circumstances. These agreements generally also provide that we shall own all inventions conceived by the individual in the course of rendering services to us. These agreements may not effectively prevent disclosure of confidential information or result in the effective assignment to us of intellectual property, and may not provide an adequate remedy in the event of unauthorized disclosure of confidential information or other breaches of the agreements. In addition, others may independently discover trade secrets and proprietary information that have been licensed to us or that we own, and in such case we could not assert any trade secret rights against such party.

Enforcing a claim that a party illegally obtained and is using trade secrets that have been licensed to us or that we own is difficult, expensive and time-consuming, and the outcome is unpredictable. In addition, courts outside the United States may be less willing to protect trade secrets. Costly and time-consuming litigation could be necessary to seek to enforce and determine the scope of our proprietary rights, and failure to obtain or maintain trade secret protection could have a material adverse effect on our business. Moreover, some of our academic institution licensors, collaborators and scientific advisors have rights to publish data and information to which we have rights. If we cannot maintain the confidentiality of our technologies and other confidential information in connection with our collaborations, our ability to protect our proprietary information or obtain patent protection in the future may be impaired, which could have a material adverse effect on our business.

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Other Risks Related to Our Business

We depend on attracting and retaining key management and scientific personnel and the loss of these personnel could impair the development of our products candidates.

Our success depends on our continued ability to attract, retain and motivate highly qualified management, clinical and scientific personnel and on our ability to develop and maintain important relationships with academic institutions, clinicians and scientists. We are highly dependent upon our senior scientific staff, many of whom have developed very specialized expertise in their position. The loss of services of one or more members of our senior scientific staff could significantly delay or prevent the successful completion of our clinical trials or commercialization of our product candidates. The employment of each of our employees with us is “at will,” and each employee can terminate his or her employment with us at any time. We do not have a succession plan in place for any of our officers and key employees. We do not carry insurance on any of our other key employees and, accordingly, their death or disability may have a material adverse effect on our business.

The competition for qualified personnel in the life sciences field is intense. We will need to hire additional personnel, including regulatory and sales personnel, as we continue to expand our development activities. We may not be able to attract and retain quality personnel on acceptable terms given our geographic location and the competition for such personnel among life sciences, biotechnology, pharmaceutical and other companies. If we are unable to attract new employees and retain existing employees, we may be unable to continue our development and commercialization activities and our business may be harmed.

We face intense competition in the biotechnology and healthcare industries.

We face, and will continue to face, intense competition from pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical, medical device and biotechnology companies developing heart failure treatments both in the United States and abroad, as well as numerous academic and research institutions, governmental agencies and private organizations engaged in drug discovery activities or funding both in the United States and abroad. We also face competition from entities and healthcare providers using more traditional methods, such as surgery and pharmaceutical regimens, to treat heart failure. We believe there are a substantial number of heart failure products under development by numerous pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical, medical device and biotechnology companies, and it is likely that other competitors will emerge. We are also aware of several competitors developing cell-based therapies for the treatment of heart damage, including Aastrom Bioscience, Inc., Aldagen, Inc., Angioblast Systems, Inc., Athersys, Inc., Baxter International, Inc., Cytori Therapeutics, Inc., MG Biotherapeutics, LLC (a joint venture between Genzyme Corporation and Medtronic, Inc.), Mytogen, Inc. (a wholly-owned subsidiary of Advanced Cell Technology, Inc.), Osiris Therapeutics, Inc., ViaCell, Inc. (a wholly-owned subsidiary of PerkinElmer, Inc.) and potentially others. We also recognize that there may be competitors and competing technologies, therapies and/or products that we are not aware of.

These third parties also compete with us in recruiting and retaining qualified personnel, establishing clinical trial sites and registering patients for clinical trials, as well as acquiring or licensing intellectual property and technology.

Many competitors have more experience than we do in research and development, marketing, cell culturing, manufacturing, preclinical testing, conducting clinical trials, obtaining FDA and foreign regulatory approvals and marketing approved products. The competitors, some of which have their own sales and marketing organizations, have greater financial and technical resources than we do and may be better equipped than we are to sell competing products, obtain patents that block or otherwise inhibit our ability to further develop and commercialize our product candidates, obtain approvals from the FDA or other regulatory agencies for products more rapidly than we do, or develop treatments or cures that are safer or more effective than those we propose to develop.

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In addition, academic institutions, governmental agencies, and other public and private organizations conducting research in the field of heart damage may seek patent protection with respect to potentially competitive products or technologies and may establish exclusive collaborative or licensing relationships with our competitors.

MyoCell is a clinical therapy designed to be utilized at least a few months after a patient has suffered heart damage. Our competitors may discover technologies and techniques for the acute treatment of heart failure, which, if successful in treating heart failure shortly after its occurrence, may reduce the market size for treatments for chronic heart damage, including MyoCell.

Our industry is subject to rapid technological change.

Our industry is subject to rapid technological change and our cellular-based therapies involve new and rapidly developing technology. Our competitors may discover and develop new technologies and techniques, or enter into partnerships with collaborators in order to develop, competing products that are more effective or less costly than the product candidates we hope to secure regulatory approval for. In light of the industry’s limited experience with cell-based therapies and the dedication of significant resources to a better understanding of this field, we expect these cell-based technologies to undergo significant change in the future. For example, some of our competitors are exploring whether the use of cells, other than myoblasts, is safer or more effective than MyoCell. If there is rapid technological development or new product introductions, our current and future product candidates or methods may become obsolete or noncompetitive before or after we commercialize them.

Risks Related to Our Common Stock

An active, liquid and orderly trading market for our common stock may not develop or continue.

Prior to our initial public offering, there was no public market for our common stock. Following our initial public offering, our common stock was traded on the NASDAQ Global Market and, subsequently, the NASDAQ Capital Market. On February 25, 2009, we received notification from The NASDAQ Stock Market of its determination to discontinue our NASDAQ listing effective February 27, 2009. We filed for quotation of our common stock on the Over-The-Counter Bulletin Board and that application was approved by FINRA on May 13, 2009. On February 23, 2011 we received notice of FINRA’s determination of our ineligibility for continued quotation of our shares on the OTCBB due to quoting inactivity under SEC Rule 15c2-11. On March 9, 2011 we again filed for quotation of our common stock on the Over-The-Counter Bulletin Board and that application was approved by FINRA on March 29, 2011.

We cannot offer any assurance that an active trading market for our common stock will continue or how liquid that market may be. As a result, relatively small trades may have a disproportionate impact on the price of our common stock, which may contribute to the price volatility of our common stock and could limit your ability to sell your shares.

The market price of our common stock could also be subject to wide fluctuations in response to many risk factors described in this section and other matters, including:

•    publications of clinical trial results by clinical investigators or others about our products and competitors’ products and/or our industry;

•    changes by securities analysts in financial estimates of our operating results and the operating results of our competitors;

•    publications of research reports by securities analysts about us, our competitors or our industry;

•    fluctuations in the valuation of companies perceived by investors to be comparable to us;

•    actual or anticipated fluctuations in our quarterly or annual operating results;

•    retention and departures of key personnel;

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•    our failure or the failure of our competitors to meet analysts’ projections or guidance that we or our competitors may give to the market;

•    strategic decisions by us or our competitors, such as acquisitions, divestitures, spin-offs, joint ventures, strategic investments or changes in business strategy;

•    the passage of legislation or other regulatory developments affecting us or our industry;

•    speculation in the press or investment community; and

•    natural disasters, terrorist acts, acts of war or periods of widespread civil unrest.

Furthermore, the stock markets have experienced extreme price and volume fluctuations that have affected and continue to affect the market prices of equity securities of many companies, especially life sciences and pharmaceutical companies. These fluctuations often have been unrelated or disproportionate to the operating performance of those companies. These broad market and industry fluctuations, as well as general economic, political and market conditions, may negatively affect the market price of our common stock. As a result, the market price of our common stock is likely to be similarly volatile and investors in our common stock may experience a decrease, which could be substantial, in the value of their stock. In the past, many companies that have experienced volatility in the market price of their stock have been subject to securities class action litigation. We may be the target of this type of litigation in the future. Securities litigation against us could result in substantial costs and divert our management’s attention from other business concerns, which could have a material adverse effect on our business.

Anti-takeover provisions of Florida law, our articles of incorporation and our bylaws may prevent or delay an acquisition of us that shareholders may consider favorable or attempts to replace or remove our management that could be beneficial to our shareholders.

Our articles of incorporation and bylaws contain provisions, such as the right of our directors to issue preferred stock from time to time with voting, economic and other rights superior to those of our common stock without the consent of our shareholders, all of which could make it more difficult for a third party to acquire us without the consent of our board of directors. In addition, our bylaws impose restrictions on the persons who may call special shareholder meetings. Furthermore, the Florida Business Corporation Act contains an “affiliated transaction” provision that prohibits a publicly-held Florida corporation from engaging in a broad range of business combinations or other extraordinary corporate transactions with an “interested shareholder” unless, among others, (i) the transaction is approved by a majority of disinterested directors before the person becomes an interested shareholder; (ii) the interested shareholder has owned at least 80% of the corporation’s outstanding voting shares for at least five years; or (iii) the transaction is approved by the holders of two-thirds of the corporation’s voting shares other than those owned by the interested shareholder. An interested shareholder is defined as a person who together with affiliates and associates beneficially owns more than 10% of the corporation’s outstanding voting shares. The Florida Business Corporation Act also prohibits the voting of shares in a publicly-held Florida corporation that are acquired in a “control share acquisition” unless the holders of a majority of the corporation’s voting shares (exclusive of shares held by officers of the corporation, inside directors or the acquiring party) approve the granting of voting rights as to the shares acquired in the control share acquisition or unless the acquisition is approved by the corporation’s Board of Directors. These provisions may have the effect of delaying or preventing a change of control of our company even if this change of control would benefit our shareholders.

We do not intend to pay cash dividends on our common stock in the foreseeable future and, accordingly, capital appreciation of our common stock, if any, will be a shareholder’s sole source of gain from an investment in our common stock.

Our policy is to retain earnings to provide funds for the operation and expansion of our business and, accordingly, we have never declared or paid any cash dividends on our common stock or other securities and do not currently anticipate paying any cash dividends in the foreseeable future. Consequently, shareholders will need to sell shares of our common stock to realize a return on their investments, if any, and this capital appreciation, if any, will be a shareholder’s sole source of gain from an investment in the common stock.

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The declaration and payment of dividends by us are subject to the discretion of our Board of Directors and the restrictions specified in our articles of incorporation and by applicable law. In addition, under the terms of the Northstar Loan, we are restricted from paying cash dividends to our shareholders while this loan is outstanding. Any future determination to pay cash dividends will depend on our results of operations, financial condition, capital requirements, contractual restrictions and other factors deemed relevant by our Board of Directors.

Our common stock may be considered a “penny stock,” and thereby be subject to additional sale and trading regulations that may make it more difficult to sell.

Our common stock is considered to be a “penny stock.” It does not qualify for one of the exemptions from the definition of “penny stock” under Section 3a51-1 of the Exchange Act. Our common stock is a “penny stock” because it meets one or more of the following conditions (i) the stock trades at a price less than $5.00 per share; (ii) it is not traded on a “recognized” national exchange or (iii) it is not quoted on the NASDAQ Global Market, or has a price less than $5.00 per share. The principal result or effect of being designated a “penny stock” is that securities broker-dealers participating in sales of our common stock are subject to the “penny stock” regulations set forth in Rules 15-2 through 15g-9 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act. For example, Rule 15g-2 requires broker-dealers dealing in penny stocks to provide potential investors with a document disclosing the risks of penny stocks and to obtain a manually signed and dated written receipt of the document at least two business days before effecting any transaction in a penny stock for the investor’s account. Moreover, Rule 15g-9 requires broker-dealers in penny stocks to approve the account of any investor for transactions in such stocks before selling any penny stock to that investor. This procedure requires the broker-dealer to (i) obtain from the investor information concerning his or her financial situation, investment experience and investment objectives; (ii) reasonably determine, based on that information, that transactions in penny stocks are suitable for the investor and that the investor has sufficient knowledge and experience as to be reasonably capable of evaluating the risks of penny stock transactions; (iii) provide the investor with a written statement setting forth the basis on which the broker-dealer made the determination in (ii) above; and (iv) receive a signed and dated copy of such statement from the investor, confirming that it accurately reflects the investor’s financial situation, investment experience and investment objectives. Compliance with these requirements may make it more difficult and time consuming for holders of our common stock to resell their shares to third parties or to otherwise dispose of them in the market or otherwise.

FINRA sales practice requirements may limit a shareholder’s ability to buy and sell our common shares.

In addition to the “penny stock” rules described above, FINRA has adopted rules that require that in recommending an investment to a customer, a broker-dealer must have reasonable grounds for believing that the investment is suitable for that customer. Prior to recommending speculative low priced securities to their non-institutional customers, broker-dealers must make reasonable efforts to obtain information about the customer’s financial status, tax status, investment objectives and other information. Under interpretations of these rules, FINRA believes that there is a high probability that speculative low priced securities will not be suitable for at least some customers. FINRA requirements make it more difficult for broker-dealers to recommend that their customers buy our common shares, which may limit your ability to buy and sell our stock and have an adverse effect on the market for our shares.

Rule 144 sales in the future may have a depressive effect on the company’s stock price as an increase in supply of shares for sale, with no corresponding increase in demand will cause prices to fall.

All of the outstanding shares of common stock held by the present officers, directors, and affiliate stockholders are “restricted securities” within the meaning of Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. As restricted shares, these shares may be resold only pursuant to an effective registration statement or under the requirements of Rule 144 or other applicable exemptions from registration under the Securities Act of 1933 and as required under applicable state securities laws. Rule 144 provides in essence that a person who is an affiliate or officer or director who has held restricted securities for six months may, under certain conditions, sell every three months, in brokerage transactions, a number of shares that does not exceed the greater of 1.0% of a Company’s issued and outstanding common stock. There is no limit on the amount of restricted securities that may be sold by a non-affiliate after the owner has held the restricted securities for a period of six months if the Company is a current reporting company under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. A sale under Rule 144 or under any other exemption from the Securities Act of 1933 , if available, or pursuant to subsequent registration of shares of

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common stock of present stockholders, may have a depressive effect upon the price of the common stock in any market that may develop. In addition, if we are deemed a shell company pursuant to Section 12(b)-2 of the Act, our “restricted securities”, whether held by affiliates or non-affiliates, may not be re-sold for a period of 12 months following the filing of a Form 10 level disclosure or registration pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933.

Future issuances of shares for various considerations including working capital and operating expenses will increase the number of shares outstanding which will dilute existing investors and may have a depressive effect on the company’s stock price.

There may be substantial dilution to our shareholders purchasing in future offerings as a result of future decisions of the Board to issue shares without shareholder approval for cash, services, payment of debt or acquisitions.

There may in all likelihood be little demand for shares of our common stock and as a result investors may be unable to sell at or near ask prices or at all if they need to liquidate their investment.

There may be little demand for shares of our common stock on the OTC Bulletin Board, or OTC Markets.com, meaning that the number of persons interested in purchasing our common shares at or near ask prices at any given time may be relatively small or non-existent. This situation is attributable to a number of factors, including the fact that it is a small company which is relatively unknown to stock analysts, stock brokers, institutional investors and others in the investment community that generate or influence sales volume, and that even if the Company came to the attention of such persons, they tend to be risk-averse and would be reluctant to follow an unproven, early stage company such as ours or purchase or recommend the purchase of any of our Securities until such time as it became more seasoned and viable. As a consequence, there may be periods of several days or more when trading activity in the Company’s securities is minimal or non-existent, as compared to a seasoned issuer which has a large and steady volume of trading activity that will generally support continuous sales without an adverse effect on the securities price. We cannot give investors any assurance that a broader or more active public trading market for the Company’s common securities will develop or be sustained, or that any trading levels will be sustained. Due to these conditions, we can give investors no assurance that they will be able to sell their shares at or near ask prices or at all if they need money or otherwise desire to liquidate their securities of the Company.

Failure to achieve and maintain effective internal controls in accordance with section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act could have a material adverse effect on our business and operating results.

It is time consuming, difficult and costly for us to develop and maintain the internal controls, processes and reporting procedures required by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and as our business develops, we may need to hire additional financial reporting, internal auditing and other finance staff in order to remain compliant. The cost of compliance will adversely affect our financial results, while, if we are unable to comply, we may not be able to obtain the independent accountant certifications that the Sarbanes-Oxley Act requires of publicly traded companies.

If we fail to comply in a timely manner with the requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act regarding internal control over financial reporting or to remedy any material weaknesses in our internal controls that we may identify, such failure could result in material misstatements in our financial statements, cause investors to lose confidence in our reported financial information and have a negative effect on the trading price of our common stock.

Pursuant to Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and current SEC regulations, we are required to prepare assessments regarding internal controls over financial reporting and furnish a report by our management on our internal control over financial reporting. Failure to achieve and maintain an effective internal control environment or complete our Section 404 certifications could have a material adverse effect on our stock price.

In addition, in connection with our on-going assessment of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting, we may discover “material weaknesses” in our internal controls as defined in standards established by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, or the PCAOB. A material weakness is a significant deficiency, or combination of significant deficiencies, that results in more than a remote likelihood that a material misstatement of the annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected. The PCAOB defines “significant

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deficiency” as a deficiency that results in more than a remote likelihood that a misstatement of the financial statements that is more than inconsequential will not be prevented or detected.

In the event that a material weakness is identified, upon receiving sufficient financing or generating sufficient revenues, we will employ qualified personnel and adopt and implement policies and procedures to address any such material weaknesses. However, the process of designing and implementing effective internal controls is a continuous effort that requires us to anticipate and react to changes in our business and the economic and regulatory environments and to expend significant resources to maintain a system of internal controls that is adequate to satisfy our reporting obligations as a public company. We cannot assure you that the measures we will take will remediate any material weaknesses that we may identify or that we will implement and maintain adequate controls over our financial process and reporting in the future.

Any failure to complete our assessment of our internal control over financial reporting, to remediate any material weaknesses that we may identify or to implement new or improved controls, or difficulties encountered in their implementation, could harm our operating results, cause us to fail to meet our reporting obligations or result in material misstatements in our financial statements. Any such failure could also adversely affect the results of the periodic management evaluations of our internal controls and, in the case of a failure to remediate any material weaknesses that we may identify, would adversely affect the annual auditor attestation reports regarding the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting that are required under Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Inadequate internal controls could also cause investors to lose confidence in our reported financial information, which could have a negative effect on the trading price of our common stock.

The systems of internal controls and procedures that we have developed and implemented to date are adequate in a business that has no revenue, few purchase and expense transactions, and little in the way of tangible assets and working capital. However, the reliance on third party sub-contractors and lack of employees makes it difficult to ensure segregation of key duties, provide multiple levels of review, and ensure that specified checks and balances exist and are enforced and acted upon where necessary. The current transaction volume and limited transaction channels mean that operating management, financial management, board members and auditor can, and do, efficiently perform a very extensive and detailed transaction review to ensure compliance with the Company’s established procedures and controls. When we secure purchase orders and start purchasing product from our sub-contract manufacturers, shipping product to our customers, collecting receivables, and paying our vendors we will need to apply significantly more resources to the management of our controls and procedures and to ensure and continue effective compliance. If our business grows rapidly, we may not be able to keep up with recruiting and training personnel, and enhancing our systems of internal control in line with the growth in transaction volumes and compliance risks which could result in loss of assets, profit, and ability to manage the daily operations of our Company.

Public disclosure requirements and compliance with changing regulation of corporate governance pose challenges for our management team and result in additional expenses and costs which may reduce the focus of management and the profitabality of our company.

Changing laws, regulations and standards relating to corporate governance and public disclosure, including the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and SEC regulations, have created uncertainty for public companies and significantly increased the costs and risks associated with accessing the U.S. public markets. Our management team will need to devote significant time and financial resources to comply with both existing and evolving standards for public companies, which will lead to increased general and administrative expenses and a diversion of management time and attention from revenue generating activities to compliance activities.

SHOULD ONE OR MORE OF THE FOREGOING RISKS OR UNCERTAINTIES MATERIALIZE, OR SHOULD THE UNDERLYING ASSUMPTIONS PROVE INCORRECT, ACTUAL RESULTS MAY DIFFER SIGNIFICANTLY FROM THOSE ANTICIPATED, BELIEVED, ESTIMATED, EXPECTED, INTENDED OR PLANNED

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Item 1B.   Unresolved Staff Comments

This Item is not applicable to us as we are not an accelerated filer, a large accelerated filer, or a well-seasoned issuer.

Item 2.   Properties

Our headquarters are located in Sunrise, Florida and consists of 4,860 square feet of space, which we lease at a current rent of approximately $65,124 per year. The lease expired in January 2013. In January 2013, the Company amended its facility lease to extend the term of the lease until April 30, 2013. In addition to our corporate offices, at this location, we maintain:

•    our MyoCell cell culturing facility for supply within the United States; and

•    a fully equipped cell culturing laboratory where we perform experimental work in the areas of cell culturing, cell engraftment, and other advanced research projects related to our core business.

We believe the space available at our headquarters will be sufficient to meet the needs of our operations for the foreseeable future.

Item 3.   Legal Proceedings

We are not presently engaged in any material litigation and are unaware of any threatened material litigation. However, the biotechnology and medical device industries have been characterized by extensive litigation regarding patents and other intellectual property rights. In addition, from time to time, we may become involved in litigation relating to claims arising from the ordinary course of our business.

In Jnauary2013, the Company filed an action entitled Bioheart, Inc. v. Andre Peschong, Urban Smedy, Jack Thomsen, Stephen Kann, and Hector Martinez Reding Cevallo, Case No. 12-030588 in the Seventh Judicial Court for the southern District of Florida requesting monetary damages and injunctive relief for the injuries from the Defendants as a result of statements that Company contends were made by Andre Peschong on internet message boards, his alleged relationship with the other defendants, and all defendants alleged relationship with a company called Vitalmex. The matter is ongoing and the Company is pursuing this matter vigorously.

Item 4.   Mine Safety Disclosures.

Not applicable.

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PART II

Item 5.  Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

Market Information

Our common stock is listed on the Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board under the symbol “BHRT.OB”. For the periods indicated, the following table sets forth the high and low bid prices per share of common stock, as reported by the Over the Counter Bulletin Board. These prices represent inter-dealer quotations without retail markup, markdown, or commission and may not necessarily represent actual transactions.

	High		Low
Period
Quarter ended December 31, 2012	$	0.029	$	0.005
Quarter ended September 30, 2012	$	0.050	$	0.020
Quarter ended June 30, 2012	$	0.041	$	0.0192
Quarter ended March 31, 2012	$	0.079	$	0.035
Quarter ended December 31, 2011	$	0.090	$	0.036
Quarter ended September 30, 2011	$	0.260	$	0.066
Quarter ended June 30, 2011	$	0.260	$	0.0731
Quarter ended March 31, 2011	$	0.380	$	0.175

 

Holders

As of March 15, 2013, there were approximately 359 shareholders of record of our common stock.

Dividends

We have never declared or paid any cash dividends on our common stock or other securities and do not currently anticipate paying any cash dividends in the foreseeable future. The declaration and payment of dividends by us are subject to the discretion of our Board of Directors and the restrictions specified in our articles of incorporation and by applicable law. In addition, under the terms of the Northstar loan, we are restricted from paying cash dividends to our shareholders while the loan is outstanding. Any future determination to pay cash dividends will depend on our results of operations, financial condition, capital requirements, contractual restrictions and other factors deemed relevant by our Board of Directors.

Securities Authorized For Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans

The following table provides certain information regarding our existing equity compensation plans as of December 31, 2012:

	Number of securities to be issued upon exercise of outstanding options		Weighted- average exercise price of outstanding options		Number of securities remaining available for issuance under equity compensation plans
Equity compensation plans approved by security holders (1)		7,853,376	$	0.67		0
Equity compensation plans not approved by security holders (2)		74,073,322	$	0.37		0

 

(1)    Consists of our 1999 Officers and Employees Stock Option Plan, 1999 Directors and Consultants Stock Option Plan and Omnibus Equity Compensation Plan.

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(2)    Includes:

•    a warrant issued to Tissue Genesis, Inc. to purchase 1,544,450 shares of our common stock at $7.69 per share, which expires in December 2026 (See Note 3 “Collaborative License and Research/Development Agreements”of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements);

•    warrants issued to the Guarantors in connection with the former Bank of America Loan to purchase an aggregate of 764,519 shares of our common stock at $7.69 per share, which expire at various dates from May 2017 through October 2017 (See Note 6 “Notes Payable — Seaside Bank” of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements);

•    a warrant issued to one of our officers to purchase 188,423 shares of our common stock at $5.67 per share, which expires in August 2016;

•    warrants issued to BlueCrest Capital in connection with the BlueCrest Loan to purchase an aggregate of 3,137,838 shares of our common stock at prices ranging from $7.69 to $0.53 per share, which expire at various dates April 2019 through December 2019 (See Note 6“Notes Payable — BlueCrest Capital Finance Note Payable” of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements);

•    a warrant issued to a strategic partner to purchase 32,515 shares of our common stock at $7.69 per share, which expires in February 2016;

•    warrants issued to consultants to purchase an aggregate of 154,411 shares of our common stock at prices ranging from $1.09 to $6.00 per share, which expire at various dates from April 2013 through September 2017;

•    warrants issued to the underwriters of our initial public offering in February 2008 to purchase an aggregate of 77,000 shares of our common stock at $6.56 per share, which expire in February 2013; and

•    warrants issued in connection with our private placement in October 2008 to purchase an aggregate of 1,172,845 shares of our common stock at prices ranging from $0.59 to $2.60 per share, which expire at various dates October 2011 through October 2012;

•    warrants issued in connection with our private placement in December 2009 to purchase an aggregate of 2,127,786 shares of our common stock at prices ranging from $0.54 to $0.95 per share, which expire at various dates from December 2012 through June 2013;

•    warrants issued in connection with our private placement completed in September 2010 to purchase an aggregate of 170,180 shares of our common stock at price of $0.18 per share, which expire in September 2013;

•    warrants issued in connection with Short Term Payables to purchase an aggregate of 475,043 shares of our common stock at prices ranging from $0.61 to $0.5321 per share, which expire at various dates April 2019 through September 2019 (See Note 6“Notes Payable — Short-term Note Payable” of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements);

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•    warrants issued in connection with our private placements in 2011 to purchase an aggregate of 20,437,034 shares of our common stock at prices from $0.03 to $0.65 per share expiring three to six years from the date of issuance.

•    warrants issued in connection with our private placements in 2012 to purchase an aggregate of 22,396,432 shares of our common stock at prices from $0.02 to $0.04 per share expiring three years from the date of issuance.

•    warrants issued in connection with Northstar forbearance agreement relating to our debt obligations in 2012 to purchase an aggregate of 20,000,000 shares of our common stock at prices from $0.014 to $0.02 per share expiring ten years from the date of issuance.

Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities

During 2012, we issued the following unregistered securities, all previously disclosed in our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2012, June 30, 2012 and September 30, 2012:

In January 2012, the Company sold an aggregate of 5,750,000 shares of the Company’s common stock and warrants to purchase 5,750,000 shares of the Company’s common stock for aggregate gross cash proceeds of $117,500. The warrants are (i) exercisable solely for cash at an exercise prices of $0.02 to $0.03 per share, (ii) non-transferable for six months following issuance and (iii) exercisable, in whole or in part, at any time during the period commencing on the date that is six months and one day following the date of issuance and ending on the third year anniversary of the date of issuance.

In February 2012, the Company sold an aggregate of 3,571,430 shares of the Company’s common stock and warrants to purchase 3,571,430 shares of the Company’s common stock for aggregate gross cash proceeds of $50,000. The warrants are (i) exercisable solely for cash at an exercise price of $0.014 per share, (ii) non-transferable for six months following issuance and (iii) exercisable, in whole or in part, at any time during the period commencing on the date that is six months and one day following the date of issuance and ending on the third year anniversary of the date of issuance.

In April 2012, the Company sold an aggregate of 3,216,667 shares of the Company’s common stock and warrants to purchase 2,933,334 shares of the Company’s common stock for aggregate gross cash proceeds of $98,300. The warrants are (i) exercisable solely for cash at an exercise price of $0.03 per share, (ii) non-transferable for six months following issuance and (iii) exercisable, in whole or in part, at any time during the period commencing on the date that is six months and one day following the date of issuance and ending on the third year anniversary of the date of issuance.

In May 2012, the Company sold an aggregate of 4,114,286 shares of the Company’s common stock and warrants to purchase 3,899,999 shares of the Company’s common stock for aggregate gross cash proceeds of $90,000. The warrants are (i) exercisable solely for cash at an exercise price from $0.02 to $0.03 per share, (ii) non-transferable for six months following issuance and (iii) exercisable, in whole or in part, at any time during the period commencing on the date that is six months and one day following the date of issuance and ending on the third year anniversary of the date of issuance.

In June 2012, the Company sold an aggregate of 3,650,000 shares of the Company’s common stock and warrants to purchase 3,075,000 shares of the Company’s common stock for aggregate gross cash proceeds of $73,000. The warrants are (i) exercisable solely for cash at an exercise price of $0.02 per share, (ii) non-transferable

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for six months following issuance and (iii) exercisable, in whole or in part, at any time during the period commencing on the date that is six months and one day following the date of issuance and ending on the third year anniversary of the date of issuance.

In July 2012, the Company sold an aggregate of 3,016,667 shares of the Company’s common stock and warrants to purchase 2,500,000 shares of the Company’s common stock for aggregate gross cash proceeds of $63,000. The warrants are (i) exercisable solely for cash at an exercise price of $0.02 per share, (ii) non-transferable for six months following issuance and (iii) exercisable, in whole or in part, at any time during the period commencing on the date that is six months and one day following the date of issuance and ending on the third year anniversary of the date of issuance.

In August 2012, the Company sold an aggregate of 766,667 shares of the Company’s common stock and warrants to purchase 500,000 shares of the Company’s common stock for aggregate gross cash proceeds of $18,000. The warrants are (i) exercisable solely for cash at an exercise price of $0.02 per share, (ii) non-transferable for six months following issuance and (iii) exercisable, in whole or in part, at any time during the period commencing on the date that is six months and one day following the date of issuance and ending on the third year anniversary of the date of issuance.

The offer and sale of all such shares of our common stock were effected in reliance on the exemptions for sales of securities not involving a public offering, as set forth in Rule 506 promulgated under the Securities Act and in Section 4(2) of the Securities Act, based on the following: (a) the investors confirmed to us that they were “accredited investors,” as defined in Rule 501 of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act and had such background, education and experience in financial and business matters as to be able to evaluate the merits and risks of an investment in the securities; (b) there was no public offering or general solicitation with respect to the offering; (c) the investors were provided with certain disclosure materials and all other information requested with respect to our Company; (d) the investors acknowledged that all securities being purchased were “restricted securities” for purposes of the Securities Act, and agreed to transfer such securities only in a transaction registered under the Securities Act or exempt from registration under the Securities Act; and (e) a legend was placed on the certificates representing each such security stating that it was restricted and could only be transferred if subsequently registered under the Securities Act or transferred in a transaction exempt from registration under the Securities Act.

Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

None.

Transfer Agent

Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, 17 Battery Place, 8th Floor, New York, NY 10004 acts as transfer agent for our common stock.

Item 6.  Selected Financial Data

Not required under Regulation S-K for “smaller reporting companies.”

Item 7.  Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

Operations (“MD&A”)

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The following is management’s discussion and analysis (¦MD&A“) of certain significant factors that have affected our financial position and operating results during the periods included in the accompanying consolidated financial statements, as well as information relating to the plans of our current management. This report includes forward-looking statements. Generally, the words ”believes,“ ”anticipates,“ ”may,“ ”will,“ ”should,“ ”expect,“ ”intend,“ ”estimate,“ ”continue,“ and similar expressions or the negative thereof or comparable terminology are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Such statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties, including the matters set forth in this report or other reports or documents we file with the Securities and Exchange Commission from time to time, which could cause actual results or outcomes to differ materially from those projected. Undue reliance should not be placed on these forward-looking statements which speak only as of the date hereof. We undertake no obligation to update these forward-looking statements.

The following discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and the related notes thereto and other financial information contained elsewhere in this Form 10-K

The Company’s MD&A is comprised of significant accounting estimates made in the normal course of its operations, overview of the Company’s business conditions, results of operations, liquidity and capital resources and contractual obligations. The Company did not have any off balance sheet arrangements as of December 31, 2011 or 2012.

The discussion and analysis of the Company’s financial condition and results of operations is based upon its financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (or “GAAP”). The preparation of those financial statements requires us to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amount of assets and liabilities at the date of its financial statements. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.

Our Ability To Continue as a Going Concern

Our independent registered public accounting firm has issued its report dated, March 28, 2013 in connection with the audit of our financial statements as of December 31, 2012 that included an explanatory paragraph describing the existence of conditions that raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. Our consolidated financial statements as of December 31, 2012 have been prepared under the assumption that we will continue as a going concern. If we are not able to continue as a going concern, it is likely that holders of our common stock will lose all of their investment. Our financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

Overview

We are a biotechnology company focused on the discovery, development and, subject to regulatory approval, commercialization of autologous cell therapies for the treatment of chronic and acute heart damage. Our lead product candidate is MyoCell, an innovative clinical therapy designed to populate regions of scar tissue within a patient’s heart with autologous muscle cells, or cells from a patient’s body, for the purpose of improving cardiac function in chronic heart failure patients.

Biotechnology Product Candidates

We are focused on the discovery, development and, subject to regulatory approval, commercialization of autologous cell therapies for the treatment of chronic and acute heart damage. In our pipeline, we have multiple product candidates for the treatment of heart damage, including MyoCell, Myocell SDF-1 and Lipicell. MyoCell and MyoCell SDF-1 are clinical muscle-derived cell therapies designed to populate regions of scar tissue within a patient’s heart with new living cells for the purpose of improving cardiac function in chronic heart failure patients.

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MyoCell SDF-1 is intended to be an improvement to MyoCell. MyoCell SDF-1 is similar to MyoCell except that the myoblast cells to be injected for use in MyoCell SDF-1 will be modified prior to injection by an adenovirus vector or non-viral vector so that they will release extra quantities of the SDF-1 protein, which expresses angiogenic factors. LipiCell is a patient-derived cell therapy proposed for the treatment of acute myocardial infarction, chronic heart ischemia, and lower limb ischemia. We hope to demonstrate that these product candidates are safe and effective complements to existing therapies for chronic and acute heart damage.

Our most recent completed clinical trials of MyoCell are the SEISMIC Trial, a 40-patient, randomized, multicenter, controlled, Phase II-a study conducted in Europe and the MYOHEART Trial, a 20-patient, multicenter, Phase I dose-escalation trial conducted in the United States. We were approved by the FDA, to proceed with a 330-patient, multicenter Phase II/III trial of MyoCell in North America and Europe, or the MARVEL Trial. We completed the MyoCell implantation procedure on the first patient in the MARVEL Trial on October 24, 2007. Thus far, 20 patients, including 6 control patients, have been treated. Initial results for the 20 patients were released at the Heart Failure Society of American meeting in September, 2009, showing a significant (35%) improvement in the 6 minute walk for those patients who were treated, and no improvement for those who received a placebo. On the basis of these results, we have applied for and received approval from the FDA to reduce the number of additional patients in the trial to 134, for a total of 154 patients. The SEISMIC, MYOHEART and MARVEL Trials have been designed to test the safety and efficacy of MyoCell in treating patients with severe, chronic damage to the heart. Upon regulatory approval of MyoCell, we intend to generate revenue in the United States from the sale of MyoCell cell-culturing services for treatment of patients by qualified physicians.

We received approval from the FDA in July of 2009 to conduct a Phase I safety study on 15 patients of a combined therapy (Myocell with SDF-1), which we believe was the first approval of a study combining gene and cell therapies. We initially commenced work on this study, called the REGEN Trial, during the first quarter of 2010. We suspended activity on the trial in 2010 while seeking additional funding necessary to conduct the trial.

We are seeking to secure sufficient funds to reinitiate enrollment in the MARVEL and REGEN trials. If we successfully secure such funds, we intend to re-engage a contract research organization, or CRO, investigators and certain suppliers to advance such trials.

In August 2011, we applied to the FDA to conduct a Phase I study, called the ANGEL Trial, utilizing LipiCell in chronic ischemia heart patients. The ANGEL Trial is a Phase I trial and is expected to be conducted at the University of Miami. We are seeking to secure sufficient funds to initiate enrollment in such trial. If we successfully secure such funds, we intend to engage a CRO and certain suppliers to advance the trial.

MyoCath Product Candidate

The MyoCath is a deflecting tip needle injection catheter that has a larger (25 gauge) needle to allow for better flow rates and less leakage than systems that are 27 gauge. This larger needle allows for thicker compositions to be injected, which helps with cell retention in the heart. Also, the MyoCath needle has more fluoroscopic brightness than the normally used nitinol needle, enabling superior visualization during the procedure. Seeing the needle well during injections enables the physician who is operating the catheter to pinpoint targeted areas more precisely. The MyoCath is used to inject cells into cardiac tissue in therapeutic procedures to treat chronic heart ischemia and congestive heart failure. Investigators in our MARVEL Trial may use either our MyoCath catheters or Biosense Webster’s (a Johnson & Johnson company) NOGA® Cardiac Navigation System along with the MyoStar injection catheter for the delivery of MyoCell to patients enrolled in the trial. We do not currently have any inventory of MyoCath catheters available for use in pre-clinical and clinical trials and none are currently in production. Although we are considering several contract manufacturers to produce additional inventory, we do not currently have any MyoCath catheters available for use by investigators in the MARVEL Trial or for sale for other pre-clinical and clinical uses.

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We conduct operations in one business segment. We may organize our business into more discrete business units when and if we generate significant revenue from the sale of our product candidates. Our revenue since inception has been generated inside and outside the United States, and the majority of our long-lived assets are located in the United States.

Results of Operations Overview

Revenues

We have not generated any material revenues from our MyoCell product candidate. The revenues we have recognized to date are related to (i) sales of MyoCath to ACS and other parties, (ii) fees associated with our assignment to ACS of our rights relating to the Primary MyoCath Patent, (iii) revenues generated from paid registry trials, (iv) revenues from the sale of our now discontinued tissue genesis system and related supplies and (v) revenues generated for providing cell culturing services under exclusive supply agreements. We did not generate significant revenue in 2012 and do not expect to do so in 2013. Our revenue may vary substantially from quarter to quarter and from year to year. We believe that period-to-period comparisons of our results of operations are not meaningful and should not be relied upon as indicative of our future performance. We do not expect to generate substantial revenues until we obtain regulatory approval for and commercialize our product candidates, which we do not expect to occur before 2014.

We recognized revenues of $61,109 in 2012 compared to revenues of $17,475 in 2011. Our revenue in 2012 was generated from the sale of MyoCath catheters and laboratory services. Our revenues for 2011 were generated from the sale of MyoCath Catheters.

Cost of Sales

Cost of sales consists of the costs associated with the production of MyoCath.

Cost of sales was $1,070 in the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2012 compared to $694 in the twelve-months ended December 31, 2011. The decrease in cost of sales was due to the decrease in sales.

Research and Development

Our research and development expenses consist of costs incurred in identifying, developing and testing our product candidates. These expenses consist primarily of costs related to our clinical trials, the acquisition of intellectual property licenses and preclinical studies. We expense research and development costs as incurred.

Clinical trial expenses include costs related to the culture and preparation of cells in connection with our clinical trials, costs of contract research, costs of clinical trial facilities, costs of delivery systems, salaries and related expenses for clinical personnel and insurance costs. Preclinical study expenses include costs of contract research, salaries and related expenses for personnel, costs of development biopsies, costs of delivery systems and costs of lab supplies.

We are focused on the development of a number of autologous cell-based therapies, and related devices, for the treatment of heart damage. Accordingly, many of our costs are not attributable to a specifically identified product candidate. We use our employee and infrastructure resources across several projects, and we do not account for internal research and development costs on a product candidate by product candidate basis. From inception through December 31, 2012, we incurred aggregate research and development costs of approximately $64.7 million (unaudited) related to our product candidates We estimate that at least $48.4 million (unaudited) of these expenses relate to our preclinical and clinical development of MyoCell and at least $5.2 million of these expenses relate to our preclinical and clinical development of MyoCath.

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During the third quarter 2009, we received notification that approximately $630,000 in pending projects (Indiana University, University of Florida, Northwestern University, and other sites) were completed . As of December 31, 2012, of the $630,000, we still have an accrual of $54,000 for the completed contracts.

Clinical trials and preclinical studies are time-consuming and expensive. Our expenditures on current and future preclinical and clinical development programs are subject to many uncertainties. We generally test our products in several preclinical studies and then conduct clinical trials for those product candidates that we determine to be the most promising. As we obtain results from clinical trials, we may elect to discontinue or delay trials for some product candidates in order to focus our resources on more promising product candidates. Completion of clinical trials may take several years or more, but the length of time generally varies substantially according to the type, size of trial and intended use of the product candidate.

Due to the risks inherent in the clinical trial process, development completion dates and costs vary significantly for each product candidate, are difficult to estimate and are likely to change as clinical trials progress.

The cost of clinical trials may vary significantly over the life of a project as a result of a variety of factors, including the number of patients who participate in the clinical trials, the number of sites included in the clinical trials, the length of time required to enroll trial participants, the efficacy and safety profile of our product candidates and the costs and timing of and our ability to secure regulatory approvals.

Marketing, General and Administrative

Our marketing, general and administrative expenses primarily consist of the costs associated with our general management and clinical marketing and trade programs, including, but not limited to, salaries and related expenses for executive, administrative and marketing personnel, rent, insurance, legal and accounting fees, consulting fees, travel and entertainment expenses, conference costs and other clinical marketing and trade program expenses.

Stock-Based Compensation

Stock-based compensation reflects our recognition as an expense of the value of stock options and other equity instruments issued to our employees and non-employees over the vesting period of the options and other equity instruments. We have granted to our employees options to purchase shares of common stock at exercise prices equal to the fair market value of the underlying shares of common stock at the time of each grant, as determined by our Board of Directors, with input from management.

In valuing our common stock, our Board of Directors considered a number of factors, including, but not limited to:

•    our financial position and historical financial performance;

•    the illiquidity of our capital stock as a private company prior to our IPO;

•    arm’s length sales of our common stock;

•    the development status of our product candidates;

•    the business risks we face;

•    vesting restrictions imposed upon the equity awards;

•    an evaluation and benchmark of our competitors; and

•    the prospects of a liquidity event, such as our initial public offering in February 2008.

During 2012 and 2011, we recognized stock-based compensation expense of $76,674 and $409,314, respectively. The decrease in stock based compensation from 2011 to 2012 was primarily due a lower valuation for stock options granted to officers, consultants and key employees. We intend to grant stock options and other stock-based compensation in the future and we may therefore recognize additional stock-based compensation in connection with these future grants.

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Interest Expense

Interest expense in 2012 and 2011 primarily consists of interest incurred on the principal amount of the Northstar loan, our former Bank of America loan, the Seaside National Bank loan, accrued fees and interest payable to the Guarantors, the amortization of related deferred loan costs and the amortization of the fair value of warrants issued in connection with the loans. The deferred loan costs and fair value of warrants issued in connection with the loans are being amortized to interest expense over the terms of the respective loans using the effective interest method.

Critical Accounting Policies

Our discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations is based upon our consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. The preparation of these financial statements requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses. We base our estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions. While our critical accounting policies are described in Note 1 to our consolidated financial statements appearing elsewhere in this report, we believe the following policies are important to understanding and evaluating our reported financial results:

Revenue Recognition

Since inception, we have not generated any material revenues from our MyoCell product candidate. In accordance with Accounting standards Codification subtopic 605-10, Revenue Recognition (”ASC605-10“), our revenue policy is to recognize revenues from product sales and service transactions generally when persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, the price is fixed or determined, collection is reasonably assured and delivery of product or service has occurred.

We initially recorded payments received by us pursuant to our agreements with ACS as deferred revenue. Revenues are recognized on a pro rata basis as the catheters are delivered pursuant to those agreements.

Derivative Instrument Liability

The Company accounts for derivative instruments in accordance with ASC 815, which establishes accounting and reporting standards for derivative instruments and hedging activities, including certain derivative instruments embedded in other financial instruments or contracts and requires recognition of all derivatives on the balance sheet at fair value, regardless of the hedging relationship designation.  Accounting for changes in the fair value of the derivative instruments depends on whether the derivatives qualify as hedge relationships and the types of relationships designated are based on the exposures hedged.  At December 31, 2012 and 2011, the Company did not have derivative instruments that were designated hedges.

Stock-based compensation

(Included in Accounting Standards Codification (”ASC“) 718 ”Share Based Payment“, previously SFAS No. 123(R) ”Accounting for stock based compensation“)

The Company will account for its employee stock based compensation arrangements in accordance with the provisions of Accounting Principles Board (”APB“) Opinion No. 25. ”Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees“, and related interpretations. As such, compensation expense for stock options, common stock and other equity instruments issued to non-employees for services received will be based upon the fair value of the equity instruments issued, as the services are provided and the securities earned. SFAS No. 123, ”Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation“, requires entities that continue to apply the provisions of APB Opinion No. 25 for transactions with employees to provide pro forma net earnings (loss) and pro forma earnings (loss) per share disclosures for employee stock option grants as if the fair-value-based method defined in SFAS No. 123 had been applied to these transactions. For the period from inception (March 12, 2004) to December 31, 2012, no stock options were committed to be issued to employees.

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Income taxes

Income taxes are accounted for under the asset and liability method. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases and operating loss carry forwards that are available to be carried forward to future years for tax purposes. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date. When it is not considered to be more likely than not that a deferred tax asset will be realized, a valuation allowance is provided for the excess. Although the Company has significant loss carry forwards available to reduce future income for tax purposes, no amount has been reflected on the balance sheet for deferred income taxes as any deferred tax asset has been fully offset by a valuation allowance.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of the financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make certain estimates and assumptions, where applicable, that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, as well as the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. While actual results could differ from those estimates, management does not expect such variances, if any, to have a material effect on the financial statements.

Research and Development Costs

Research and development costs are expensed as incurred in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America. Research is planned search or critical investigation aimed at discovery of new knowledge with the hope that such knowledge will be useful in developing a new product or service or a new process or technique or in bringing about a significant improvement to an existing product or process. Development is the translation of research findings or other knowledge into a plan or design for a new product or process or for a significant improvement to an existing product or process whether intended for sale or use. It includes the conceptual formulation, design, and testing of product alternatives, construction of prototypes, and operation of pilot plants. It does not include routine or periodic alterations to existing products, production lines, manufacturing processes, and other on-going operations even though those alterations may represent improvements and it does not include market research or market testing activities. Elements of costs shall be identified with research and development activities as follows: The costs of materials and equipment or facilities that are acquired or constructed for research and development activities and that have alternative future uses shall be capitalized as tangible assets when acquired or constructed. The cost of such materials consumed in research and development activities and the depreciation of such equipment or facilities used in those activities are research and development costs. However, the costs of materials, equipment, or facilities that are acquired or constructed for a particular research and development project and that have no alternative future uses and therefore no separate economic values are research and development costs at the time the costs are incurred. Salaries, wages, and other related costs of personnel engaged in research and development activities shall be included in research and development costs. The costs of contract services performed by others in connection with the research and development activities of an enterprise, including research and development conducted by others in behalf of the enterprise, shall be included in research and development costs.

Depreciation

Depreciation is computed using the straight-line method over the assets’ expected useful lives.

Amortization

Deferred charges are amortized using the straight-line method over five and six years.

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Cash and Cash Equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents include cash on hand, deposits in banks with maturities of three months or less, and all highly liquid investments which are unrestricted as to withdrawal or use, and which have original maturities of three months or less.

Options and warrants issued

The Company allocates the proceeds received from equity financing and the attached options and warrants issued, based on their relative fair values, at the time of issuance. The amount allocated to the options and warrants is recorded as additional paid in capital.

Related Parties

For the purposes of these financial statements, parties are considered to be related if one party has the ability, directly or indirectly, to control the party or exercise significant influence over the party in making financial and operating decisions, or vice versa, or where the Company and the party are subject to common control or common significant influence. Related parties may be individuals or other entities.

Results of Operations

We are a development stage company and our MyoCell product candidate has not received regulatory approval or generated any material revenues and is not expected to until 2015, if ever. We have generated substantial net losses and negative cash flow from operations since inception and anticipate incurring significant net losses and negative cash flows from operations for the foreseeable future as we continue clinical trials, undertake new clinical trials, apply for regulatory approvals, make capital expenditures, add information systems and personnel, make payments pursuant to our license agreements upon our achievement of certain milestones, continue development of additional product candidates using our technology, establish sales and marketing capabilities and incur the additional cost of operating as a public company.

Comparison of Years Ended December 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011

Revenues

We recognized revenues of $61,109 in 2012, revenues generated from the sale of MyoCath Catheters and laboratory services. In 2011 we recognized revenues of $17,475, revenues generated from the sales of MyoCath Catheters.

Cost of Sales

Cost of sales was $1,070 in 2012 and $694 in 2011. Decrease in cost of sales was due to the decrease in sales.

Research and Development

Research and development expenses were $0.4 million in 2012, a decrease of $0.1 million from research and development expenses of $0.5 million in 2011. The decrease was primarily attributable to a reduction in the amount of available funds.

The timing and amount of our planned research and development expenditures is dependent on our ability to obtain additional financing. See ”-Existing Capital Resources and Future Capital Requirements“ and Item 1A.”Risk Factors—We will need to secure additional financing in 2013 in order to continue to finance our operations. If we are unable to secure additional financing on acceptable terms, or at all, we may be forced to curtail or cease our operations.

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Marketing, General and Administrative

Marketing, general and administrative expenses were $2.2 million in 2012, an increase of $0.1 million from marketing, general and administrative expenses of $2.1 million in 2011. The increase in marketing, general and administrative expenses is attributable, in part, to an increase in legal fees, salaries, bonuses and insurance expenses.

Interest Expense

Interest expense was $1.6 million in 2012 compared to interest expense of $2.0 million in 2011. Interest incurred on the principal amount of our outstanding loans and interest and fees earned by the guarantors totaled approximately $543,000 in 2012 and $819,000 million in 2011. Amortization of deferred loan costs and amortization of the fair value of warrants issued in connection with the BlueCrest, Bank of America and other loans totaled approximately $1,165,430 in 2012, compared to $1,194,000 in 2011.

Inflation

Our opinion is that inflation has not had, and is not expected to have, a material effect on our operations.

Climate Change

Our opinion is that neither climate change, nor governmental regulations related to climate change, have had, or are expected to have, any material effect on our operations.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

In 2012, we continued to finance our considerable operational cash needs with cash generated from financing activities.

Operating Activities

Net cash used in operating activities was $1.1 million in 2012 as compared to $1.7 million of cash used in 2011. Our use of cash for operations in 2012 reflected a net loss generated during the period of $4.0 million, adjusted for non-cash items such as stock-based compensation of $76,674, amortization of debt discounts associated with our convertible notes of $468,581, amortization of the fair value of warrants granted in connection with the BlueCrest loan and Bank of America loan of $95,291, amortization of loan costs incurred in connection with the BlueCrest loan and Bank of America loan of $927 and non-cash interest payments of $93,209 and depreciation expense of $14,589. A decrease in prepaid and other current assets of $8,295, an increase in accrued expenses of $1,481,902, a decrease in inventory of $749, a decrease in receivables of $2,153 and an increase in accounts payable of $324,264 contributed to our use of operating cash in 2012.

Investing Activities

Net cash used in investing activities was $933 in 2012 and $0 in 2011.

Financing Activities

Net cash provided by financing activities was $1.1 million in 2012 as compared to $1.7 million in 2011. In 2012 ,we sold, in a private placement, shares of common stock and warrants for aggregate net cash proceeds of approximately $0.6 million. In addition, we received an aggregate of $411,000 related party loans and advances and $63,000 from issuance of notes payable.

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Existing Capital Resources and Future Capital Requirements

Our MyoCell product candidate has not received regulatory approval or generated any material revenues. We do not expect to generate any material revenues or cash from sales of our MyoCell product candidate until commercialization of MyoCell, if ever. We have generated substantial net losses and negative cash flow from operations since inception and anticipate incurring significant net losses and negative cash flows from operations for the foreseeable future. Historically, we have relied on proceeds from the sale of our common stock and our incurrence of debt to provide the funds necessary to conduct our research and development activities and to meet our other cash needs.

At December 31, 2012, we had cash and cash equivalents totaling $-0-; our working capital deficit as of such date was $14.6 million. Our independent registered public accounting firm has issued its report dated March 28, 2013 in connection with the audit of our financial statements as of December 31, 2012 that included an explanatory paragraph describing the existence of conditions that raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern.

As of December 31, 2012, we had $5.7 million in outstanding loans.

On April 30, 2012, we were informed that Northstar assumed all amounts outstanding under the BlueCrest loan. On April 30, 2012, Northstar agreed with us to extend until May 1, 2012 the initial payment date for any and all required monthly payments and payable with respect to the BlueCrest loan and to waive any and all defaults and/or events of default with respect to such payments. We are currently in discussions regarding certain additional amendments to the terms of the loan.

On November 2, 2011, we entered into a Standby Equity Distribution Agreement, or the SEDA, with Greystone Capital Partners, or GCP. Pursuant to the SEDA’s terms, we may, at our sole discretion and upon giving written notice to GCP, each an “Advance Notice”, periodically sell shares of our common stock to GCP. For each share of Common Stock purchased under the SEDA, GCP will pay us an amount, referred to as the “Purchase Price”, that is eighty percent (80%) of the lowest daily volume weighted average price of the Common Stock as quoted by Bloomberg, LP, during the five (5) consecutive Trading Days (as such term is defined in the SEDA) immediately subsequent to the date of the relevant Advance Notice. We are not obligated to sell any shares of common stock to GCP but may, over the term of the SEDA and in our sole discretion, sell to GCP that number of shares of common stock valued at the Purchase Price from time to time in effect that equals up to one million dollars ($1,000,000) in the aggregate. GCP’s obligation to purchase shares of Common Stock under the SEDA is subject to certain conditions, including (i) periodic sales of shares of our common stock to GCP must be separated by a time period equal to five Trading Days, and (ii) the amount of any individual periodic sale designated by us in any Advance Notice shall not exceed fifty percent (50%) of the average weekly volume of shares of our common stock traded during the two (2) week period immediately prior to an Advance Notice, where a “week” is five (5) consecutive Trading Days. GCP’s obligations under the SEDA are not transferable.

Other than the SEDA, we have no commitments or arrangements from third parties for any additional financing to fund our research and development and/or other operations. We will need to seek substantial additional financing through public and/or private financing, which may include equity and/or debt financings, and through other arrangements, including collaborative arrangements. We may also seek to satisfy some of our obligations to the Guarantors through the issuance of various forms of securities or debt on negotiated terms. However, financing and/or alternative arrangements with the Guarantors may not be available when we need it, or may not be available on acceptable terms. In addition, our ability to obtain additional debt financing and/or alternative arrangements with the Guarantors may be limited by the amount of, terms and restrictions of our then current debt. Accordingly, we will generally be restricted from, among other things, incurring additional indebtedness or liens, with limited exceptions. Additional debt financing, if available, may involve restrictive covenants that limit or further limit our operating and financial flexibility and prohibit us from making distributions to shareholders.

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If we raise additional funds and/or secure alternative arrangements with the Guarantors by issuing equity, equity-related or convertible securities, the economic, voting and other rights of our existing shareholders may be diluted, and those securities may have rights superior to those of our common stock. If we obtain additional capital through collaborative arrangements, we may be required to relinquish greater rights to our technologies or product candidates than we might otherwise have or become subject to restrictive covenants that may affect our business.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

We do not have any off-balance sheet arrangements that have or are reasonably likely to have a current or future effect on our financial condition, changes in financial condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources that are material to investors.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

Refer to Note 1.Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies in the notes to our consolidated financial statements for a discussion of recent accounting pronouncements.

Item 7A.  Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

Not required for smaller reporting companies.

Item 8.  Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

Our Financial Statements begin on page F-1 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K and are incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.  Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure

None.

Item 9A.  Controls and Procedures.

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

We maintain disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that material information required to be disclosed in our periodic reports filed under the Exchange Act, as amended, or 1934 Act, is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms and to ensure that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our chief executive officer and chief financial officer (principal financial officer) as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. During the quarter ended December 31, 2012 we carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including the principal executive officer and the principal financial officer (principal financial officer), of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures, as defined in Rule 13(a)-15(e) under the Exchange Act. Based on this evaluation, because of the Company’s limited resources and limited number of employees, management concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were ineffective as of December 31, 2012.

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Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting

Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting. Our internal control over financial reporting is designed to provide reasonable assurances regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of our financial statements in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, or GAAP. Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree or compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

With the participation of our Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer, currently the same person, our management conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2012 based on the framework in Internal Control—Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission, or COSO. Based on our evaluation and the material weaknesses described below, management concluded that the Company did not maintain effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2012, based on the COSO framework criteria. Management has identified control deficiencies regarding the lack of segregation of duties and the need for a stronger internal control environment. Our management believes that these material weaknesses are due to the small size of our accounting staff. The small size of our accounting staff may prevent adequate controls in the future, such as segregation of duties, due to the high cost of such remediation relative the benefit expected to be derived thereby.

To mitigate the current limited resources and limited employees, we rely heavily on direct management oversight of transactions, along with the use of external legal and accounting professionals. As we grow, we expect to increase our number of employees, which will enable us to implement adequate segregation of duties within the internal control framework. These control deficiencies could result in a misstatement of account balances that would result in a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement to our consolidated financial statements may not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. Accordingly, we have determined that these control deficiencies as described above together constitute a material weakness.

In light of this material weakness, we performed additional analyses and procedures in order to conclude that our consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2012 included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K were fairly stated in accordance with US GAAP. Accordingly, management believes that despite our material weaknesses, our consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2012 are fairly stated, in all material respects, in accordance with US GAAP.

This annual report does not include an attestation report of our registered public accounting firm regarding internal control over financial reporting. Management’s report was not subject to attestation by our registered public accounting firm.

Limitations on Effectiveness of Controls and Procedures

Our management, including our Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer, does not expect that our disclosure controls and procedures or our internal controls will prevent all errors and all fraud. A control system, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the control system are met. Further, the design of a control system must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints and the benefits of controls must be considered relative to their costs. Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within the Company have been detected. These inherent limitations include, but are not limited to, the realities that judgments in decision-making can be faulty and that breakdowns can occur because of simple error or mistake. Additionally, controls can be circumvented by the individual acts of some persons, by collusion of two or more people, or by management override of the control. The design of any system of controls also is based in part upon certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events and there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions.

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Over time, controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate. Because of the inherent limitations in a cost-effective control system, misstatements due to error or fraud may occur and not be detected.

Changes in Internal Controls

During the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2012, there have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting that have materially affected or are reasonably likely to materially affect our internal controls over financial reporting.

Item 9B.  Other Information

None.

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PART III

Item 10.  Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance

Executive Officers and Directors

Set forth below is information regarding our executive officers and directors as of March 26, 2012

Mike Tomas	47	Director, President and Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer
William P. Murphy, Jr., M.D.	89	Director, Chairman of the Board
Richard T. Spencer	77	Director *
Mark P. Borman	58	Director
Charles A. Hart	52	Director
Sam Ahn	59	Director
Kristin Comella	35	Director*, Chief Scientific Officer

 

*    On March 12, 2013, Richard T. Spencer III resigned as a member of the Board of Directors. On March 12, 2013, Kristin Comella was appointed to serve as a member of our Board of Directors to serve until the next annual meeting, her earlier resignation or death.

Our Bylaws provide that we shall have that number of directors determined by the majority vote of the board of directors. Currently we have six directors. Each director will serve until our next annual shareholder meeting. Directors are elected for one-year terms. Our Board of Directors elects our officers at the regular annual meeting of the Board of Directors following the annual meeting of shareholders. Vacancies may be filled by a majority vote of the remaining directors then in office. Our directors and executive officers are as follows:

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Executive Officers and Directors

Mike Tomas. Mr. Mike Tomas was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer and a member of our Board of Directors on June 19, 2010. Mike Tomas was appointed as the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer, and as a director on June 19, 2010. Mr. Tomas has been President for the past nine years of The ASTRI Group, an early stage private equity investment company in Florida with an investment in Bioheart since 2001. In 2003, he joined Bioheart’s board as the independent representative of The ASTRI Group. ASTRI provides capital, business development and strategic marketing support to emerging private companies. Mr. Tomas will continue to serve as President of The ASTRI Group. Previously from 1983 to 2001, Mr. Tomas held ascending executive positions including Chief Marketing Officer at Avantel, a $1 billion dollar joint venture with MCI. Upon retiring from MCI and WorldCom, Tomas joined other ex-MCI executives and helped raise $40M in venture capital to form Ineto, an integrated customer communications software solution that was successfully sold in 2001.

Today Mr. Tomas sits on the boards of Perimeter Internetworking (SaaS providing secure transfer of information for medical and financial institutions) and Avisena (revenue cycle management for medical practices). Mr. Tomas is also the current chairman of the Global Entrepreneurship Center at Florida International University and a founding coach/mentor at the University of Miami’s Launch Pad at the Toppel Center. Mr. Tomas holds a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Miami and a Bachelor’s degree from Florida International University.

William P. Murphy, Jr., M.D. Dr. Murphy has served as a member of our Board of Directors since June 2003. Dr. Murphy founded Small Parts, Inc., a supplier of high quality mechanical components for design engineers, in 1964 and served as its Chairman until his retirement in April 2005. Small Parts, Inc. was acquired by Amazon.com, Inc. in March 2005. From October 1999 until October 2004, Dr. Murphy served as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Hyperion, Inc., a medical diagnosis company which had an involuntary bankruptcy filed against it in December 2003. Dr. Murphy is the founder of Cordis Corporation (now Cordis Johnson & Johnson) which he led as President, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer at various times during his 28 years at Cordis until his retirement in October 1985. Cordis Johnson & Johnson is a leading firm in cardiovascular instrumentation. Dr. Murphy received an M.D. in 1947 from the University of Illinois and a B.S in pre-medicine from Harvard College in 1946. He also studied physiologic instrumentation at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, or MIT. After a two year rotating internship at St. Francis Hospital in Honolulu, he became a Research Fellow in Medicine at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston where he was the dialysis engineer on the first clinical dialysis team in the United States. He continued as an Instructor in Medicine and then a research associate in Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Murphy is the author of numerous papers and owns 17 patents. He is the recipient of a number of honors, including the prestigious Lemelson-MIT Lifetime Achievement Award, the MIT Corporate Leadership Award, the Distinguished Service Award from North American Society of Pacing and Electrophysiology, and the Jay Malina Award from the Beacon Council of Miami, Florida.

Richard T. Spencer, III. Mr. Spencer has served as a member of our Board of Directors since December 2001. From April 1982 until July 1987, Mr. Spencer was President of the Marketing Division of Cordis Corporation (now Cordis Johnson & Johnson) and a member of its executive committee and a Vice President of Cordis Dow Corporation, a joint venture of the Dow Chemical Company and Cordis to manufacture hollow fiber dialysers and machinery for dialysis.

Mr. Spencer was Chief Operating Officer and held other executive positions with World Medical from 1993 to January 1999. Mr. Spencer received a B.A. in Economics in 1959 from the University of Michigan. He has studied business theory, case studies and financial management while attending executive programs at the Stanford University School of Business, the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business and the Clemson University School of Business. Between his University of Michigan studies and embarking on a career in healthcare, Mr. Spencer served in Europe with the U.S. Army Counter Intelligence Corps as a military intelligence analyst with top secret security clearance. Mr. Spencer is also the founder and a member of the board of directors of Viacor, Inc.,

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a private company that is developing techniques for the percutaneous repair of heart mitral valves. On March 12, 2013, Richard T. Spencer III resigned as a member of the Board of Directors.

Mark P. Borman. Mr. Borman has served as a member of the Company’s Board of Directors since May 2009. He is a seasoned financial officer with more than 30 years of broad-based financial and investor relations experience. Mr. Borman brings small-company entrepreneurial passion and larger-company disciplines. In addition to the valuable experience he gained working with entrepreneurs and their startups from 2009 to present, Mr. Borman has experience with global, NASDAQ- and NYSE-listed companies in various executive and financial roles. He most recently served as Corporate Officer, Treasurer and Vice President of Investor Relations with ADC Telecommunications. During his career, Mr. Borman has held positions with General Instrument Corporation, First Chicago Corporation, FMC Corporation, Price Waterhouse, and KPMG. Mr. Borman received his B.A. in Accounting from Michigan State University and his M.B.A. from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business. He is a Certified Public Accountant and Chartered Financial Analyst and has experience as an advisor, board member, faculty, speaker, and mentor.

Charles A. Hart. Mr. Hart has served as a member of our Board of Directors since May 2009. Mr. Hart has more than 20 years of entrepreneurial experience. Mr. Hart founded Hart Masonry, Inc. in 1986 and has served as its President since then. He is also the Founder and President of Wildridge Enterprises. Mr. Hart is a member of the Board of Directors for Eagle Street Properties LLP.

Sam Ahn. Dr. Ahn previously served as a member of the Company’s Board of Directors from January 2001 thru September 2008. Dr Ahn was one of the early pioneers in developing the field of endovascular surgery by coordinating and leading the first endovascular training courses in the US and Europe as well as developing some of the endovascular devices and techniques currently in clinical use today. He is a former Professor of Surgery in the Division of Vascular Surgery at UCLA, where he was also the Director of the Endovascular Surgery Program. In 2006 Dr. Ahn founded Vascular Management Associates, Inc., a consulting and management firm that sets up outpatient endovascular centers across the US. VMA has set up 8 such sites to date and is on track to set up two more this year. In 2008, he co-founded Wright-Ahn Technology, LLC, to develop and commercialize endovascular devices. In 2009, he co-founded MediBank International, LLC, a global healthcare IT Company. Dr. Ahn graduated from the University of Texas, Southwestern Medical School in Dallas, and received his general and vascular surgical residency training at UCLA. He also earned his MBA from the UCLA Anderson School of Management in August, 2004. Dr. Ahn sits on five vascular journal editorial boards, and has published over 120 peer-reviewed manuscripts, 50 book chapters, and five textbooks, including the first and definitive textbook on Endovascular Surgery. During the past eighteen years he has consulted for over 50 biomedical companies, both new and established, and has authored over 15 patents.

Kristin Comella. Ms. Comella was appointed Chief Scientific Officer in September 2010. Ms. Comella has served as our Vice President of R&D and Corporate Development since December 2008 and has played a major role in managing our product development, manufacturing and quality systems since joining Bioheart in 2004. Ms. Comella has 12 years of industry experience with expertise in regenerative medicine, training and education, research and product development, and currently serves on multiple advisory boards in the stem cell arena. Ms. Comella has over ten years of cell culturing experience including building and managing the stem cell laboratory at Tulane University’s Center for Gene Therapy and developing stem cell therapies for osteoarthritis at Osiris Therapeutics. Ms. Comella holds an M.S. in Chemical Engineering from The Ohio State University and a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of South Florida. On March 12, 2013, Kristin Comella was appointed to serve as a member of our Board of Directors.

Family Relationships

There are no family relationships among our executive officers and directors.

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Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance

Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act requires our directors and executive officers, and persons who own more than ten percent (10%) of our outstanding Common Stock, or the Reporting Persons, to file with the SEC initial reports of ownership on Form 3 and reports of changes in ownership of Common Stock on Forms 4 or 5. Such persons are required by SEC regulation to furnish us with copies of all such reports they file. Based solely on a review of Forms 3 and 4 furnished to us by the Reporting Persons or prepared on behalf of the Reporting Persons by the Company and on written representations from certain Reporting Persons that no Forms 5 were required, the Company believes that the Reporting Persons have complied on a timely basis with reporting requirements applicable to them for transactions during 2012.

Conflicts of Interest

Members of our management are associated with other firms involved in a range of business activities. Consequently, there are potential inherent conflicts of interest in their acting as officers and directors of our company. Although the officers and directors are engaged in other business activities, we anticipate they will devote an important amount of time to our affairs.

Our officers and directors are now and may in the future become shareholders, officers or directors of other companies, which may be formed for the purpose of engaging in business activities similar to ours. Accordingly, additional direct conflicts of interest may arise in the future with respect to such individuals acting on behalf of us or other entities. Moreover, additional conflicts of interest may arise with respect to opportunities which come to the attention of such individuals in the performance of their duties or otherwise. Currently, we do not have a right of first refusal pertaining to opportunities that come to their attention and may relate to our business operations.

Our officers and directors are, so long as they are our officers or directors, subject to the restriction that all opportunities contemplated by our plan of operation which come to their attention, either in the performance of their duties or in any other manner, will be considered opportunities of, and be made available to us and the companies that they are affiliated with on an equal basis. A breach of this requirement will be a breach of the fiduciary duties of the officer or director. If we or the companies with which the officers and directors are affiliated both desire to take advantage of an opportunity, then said officers and directors would abstain from negotiating and voting upon the opportunity. However, all directors may still individually take advantage of opportunities if we should decline to do so. Except as set forth above, we have not adopted any other conflict of interest policy with respect to such transactions.

Involvement in Certain Legal Proceedings

None of the following events have occurred during the past ten years and are material to an evaluation of the ability or integrity of any director or officer of the Company:

1.    A petition under the Federal bankruptcy laws or any state insolvency law was filed by or against, or a receiver, fiscal agent or similar officer was appointed by a court for the business or property of such person, or any partnership in which he was a general partner at or within two years before the time of such filing, or any corporation or business association of which he was an executive officer at or within two years before the time of such filing;

2.    Such person was convicted in a criminal proceeding or is a named subject of a pending criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations and other minor offenses);

3.    Such person was the subject of any order, judgment, or decree, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated, of any court of competent jurisdiction, permanently or temporarily enjoining him from, or otherwise limiting, the following activities:

a.    Acting as a futures commission merchant, introducing broker, commodity trading advisor, commodity pool operator, floor broker, leverage transaction merchant, any other person regulated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, or an associated person of any of the foregoing, or as an investment adviser, underwriter, broker or dealer in securities, or as an affiliated person, director or employee of any investment company, bank, savings and loan association or insurance company, or engaging in or continuing any conduct or practice in connection with such activity;

b.    Engaging in any type of business practice; or

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c.    Engaging in any activity in connection with the purchase or sale of any security or commodity or in connection with any violation of Federal or State securities laws or Federal commodities laws;

4.    Such person was the subject of any order, judgment or decree, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated, of any Federal or State authority barring, suspending or otherwise limiting for more than 60 days the right of such person to engage in any activity described in paragraph (f)(3)(i) of this section, or to be associated with persons engaged in any such activity;

5.    Such person was found by a court of competent jurisdiction in a civil action or by the Commission to have violated any Federal or State securities law, and the judgment in such civil action or finding by the Commission has not been subsequently reversed, suspended, or vacated;

6.    Such person was found by a court of competent jurisdiction in a civil action or by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to have violated any Federal commodities law, and the judgment in such civil action or finding by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission has not been subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated;

7.    Such person was the subject of, or a party to, any Federal or State judicial or administrative order, judgment, decree, or finding, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated, relating to an alleged violation of:

a.    Any Federal or State securities or commodities law or regulation; or

b.    Any law or regulation respecting financial institutions or insurance companies including, but not limited to, a temporary or permanent injunction, order of disgorgement or restitution, civil money penalty or temporary or permanent cease-and-desist order, or removal or prohibition order; or

c.    Any law or regulation prohibiting mail or wire fraud or fraud in connection with any business entity; or

8.    Such person was the subject of, or a party to, any sanction or order, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated, of any self-regulatory organization (as defined in Section 3(a)(26) of the Exchange Act (15 U.S.C. 78c(a)(26))), any registered entity (as defined in Section 1(a)(29) of the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 1(a)(29)), or any equivalent exchange, association, entity or organization that has disciplinary authority over its members or persons associated with a member.

Code of Ethics

As part of our system of corporate governance, our Board of Directors has adopted a code of ethics that is specifically applicable to our Chief Executive Officer and senior financial officers. This Code of Ethics for Senior Financial Officers, as well as our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, applicable to all directors, officers and employees, are available on our web site at http://www.bioheartinc.com/investorrelations.html. If we make substantive amendments to the Code of Ethics for Senior Financial Officers or the Code of Business Conduct and Ethics or grant any waiver, including any implicit waiver, we will disclose the nature of such amendment or waiver on our website or in a report on Form 8-K within four days of such amendment or waiver.

Shareholder Recommendations for Board Nominees

There have been no material changes to the procedures by which security holders may recommend nominees to the Company’s board of directors from the procedures described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010.

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Audit Committee

The Board of Directors has a separately-designated standing Audit Committee established in accordance with Section 3(a)(58)(A) of the Exchange Act. The members of our Audit Committee are Mr. Borman, who serves as Chairperson of the Audit Committee, Dr. Murphy and Mr. Hart. Our Board of Directors has determined that Mr. Borman qualifies as a “financial expert” as that term is defined in the rules of the SEC implementing requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

Item 11.  Executive Compensation.

Summary Compensation Table

The following table sets forth, for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011, the aggregate compensation awarded to, earned by or paid to our Chief Executive Officer and our two most highly compensated officers (other than the Chief Executive Officer), who were serving as executive officers as of December 31, 2012, or the Named Executive Officers.

Name and Principal Position	Year		Salary ($)		Option Awards ($) (1)			Total ($)
Mike Tomas (1)		2012		247,585		100,000	(7)
President, Chief Executive Officer		2011		230,599		40,000	(2)		270,599
Catherine Sulawaske-Guck (4)		2012		42,599		—			—
Former Chief Operating Officer		2011		108,892		20,000	(3)		128,892
Kristin Comella (6)		2012		105,671		15,000	(5)
Chief Scientific Officer		2011		106,204		20,000	(3)		126,204

 

(1)    Mr. Tomas was appointed Chief Executive Officer & President on June 18, 2010.

(2)    Amounts reflects the fair value of stock options granted in 2011.

(3)    Represents 2010 expensed fair value of options to purchase 500,000 shares of our common stock granted September 18, 2010, with an exercise price of $0.50 per share, vesting in four equal installments on each of June 18, 2011, June 18, 2012, June 18, 2013 and June 18, 2014.

(4)    Ms. Sulawske-Guck was appointed Chief Operating Officer on July 1, 2010 and was terminated on March 20, 2012.

(5)    Represents 2010 expensed fair value of options to purchase 22,584 shares of our common stock granted February 10, 2010, with an exercise price of $0.68 per share, vesting in four equal installments on each of February 10, 2011, February 10, 2012, February 10, 2013 and February 10, 2014.

(6)    Ms. Comella was appointed Chief Scientific Officer on September 24, 2010.

(7)    Represents the fair value of options to purchase 500,000 shares of our common stock granted on January 16, 2012, with an exercise price of $0.10 per share, vesting in vesting in four equal installments on each of January 16, 2013, January 16, 2014, January 16, 2015 and January 16, 2016 and the fair value of options to purchase 2,000,000 shares of our common stock granted on August 6, 2012, with an exercise price of $0.03 per share, vesting in vesting in four equal installments on each of August 6, 2013, August 6, 2014, August 6, 2015 and August 6, 2016

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Our Stock Option Plans

In December 1999, our Board of Directors and shareholders adopted our 1999 Officers and Employees Stock Option Plan, or the Employee Plan, and the 1999 Directors and Consultants Stock Option Plan, or the Director Plan. The Employee Plan and the Director Plan are collectively referred to herein as “the Plans”. The Plans are administered by the Board of Directors and the Compensation Committee. The objectives of the Plans include attracting and retaining key personnel by encouraging stock ownership in the Company by such persons. In February 2010 the Directors & Consultants Plan was amended to extend the termination date of the Plan to December 1, 2011.

In July 2008, the Board of Directors approved, subject to shareholder approval, the establishment of the Bioheart Omnibus Equity Compensation Plan, or the “Omnibus Plan. The establishment of the Omnibus Plan was approved by the Company’s shareholders at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on July 30, 2008. Pursuant to the Omnibus Plan, the Company may grant restricted stock, incentive stock options, non-statutory stock options, stock appreciation rights, deferred stock, stock awards, performance shares, and other stock-based awards consisting of cash, restricted stock or unrestricted stock in various combinations to the Company’s employees, directors and consultants. 5,000,000 shares of common stock have been reserved for issuance under the Omnibus Plan. As of December 31, 2011, an option to purchase 500,000 shares of our common stock has been issued under the Omnibus Plan. As of December 31, 2012, an option to purchase 3,500,000 shares of our common stock has been issued under the Omnibus Plan.

Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year End

The following table sets forth outstanding equity awards held by our Named Executive Officers as of December 31, 2012:

	Number of Securities Underlying Unexercised Options and Warrants				Option Exercise Price		Option Expiration
Name	Exercisable (#)		Unexercisable (#)		($/per share)		Date
Mike Tomas		—		500,000		0.10		1/16/2022
		—		1,000,000		0.03		8/6/2022
Mike Tomas		250,000		250,000		0.50		06/18/2020
		125,000		375,000		0.10		08/12/2021
Kristin Comella		—		500,000		0.03		8/6/2022
		12,356		—		0.71		08/31/2014
		24,712		—		0.71		02/19/2015
		618		—		0.71		12/30/2015

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	Number of Securities Underlying Unexercised Options and Warrants				Option Exercise Price		Option Expiration
Name	Exercisable (#)		Unexercisable (#)		($/per share)		Date
		9,267		—		0.71		04/18/2016
		6,178		—		0.71		01/01/2017
		6,500		—		0.71		10/16/2017
		19,700		—		0.71		01/09/2019
		2,218		738		0.74		03/13/2019
		22,500		7,500		0.85		05/28/2019
		62,500		187,500		0.10		08/21/2021

 

Option Exercises

In 2012 and 2011, none of our Named Executive Officers exercised any options to purchase shares of our common stock.

Pension Benefits

We do not have any plan that provides for payments or other benefits at, following, or in connection with the retirement of any of our employees.

Nonqualified Defined Contribution and Other Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plans

We do not have any defined contribution or other plan that provides for the deferral of compensation on a basis that is not tax-qualified.

Potential Payments upon Termination or Change in Control

We do not have any contract, agreement, plan or arrangement that provides for any payment to any of our Named Executive Officers at, following, or in connection with a termination of the employment of such Named Executive Officer, a change in control of the Company or a change in such Named Executive Officer’s responsibilities.

Director Compensation

As of December 31, 2012, we had six non-employee directors that qualified for compensation. Our non-employee directors do not receive cash compensation for their services as directors. However, it is generally our policy to annually grant each non-employee director options to purchase shares of our common stock provided that he or she has served as a member of our Board of Directors for at least six months and one day of the twelve month period immediately preceding the date of grant. In addition, we reimburse non-employee directors for actual out-of-pocket expenses incurred.

Employment Agreements

As of this time, there are no employment agreements with any named executive officer.

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Item 12.  Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters.

The following table sets forth the beneficial ownership⁽¹⁾ of our common stock as of March 26, 2013, based on an aggregate of 718,017,017common shares issued and outstanding and 41,240,542 shares issuance upon the conversion of securities, for each of our greater than 5% shareholders, directors, named executive officers that continue to serve as executive officers of Bioheart and by all of our directors and named executive officers as a group. Unless otherwise indicated, the address of each of the individuals and entities named below is: c/o Bioheart, Inc., 13794 NW 4th Street, Suite 212, Sunrise, Florida 33325. Except as noted below, to our knowledge, each person named in the table has sole voting and investment power with respect to all shares of our common stock beneficially owned by them.

Name and Address of Beneficial Owner	Amount and Nature of Beneficial Ownership			Percent of Class
Mike Tomas, President, CEO and Director		419,738	(1)		*
Kristin Comella, Chief Scientific Officer and Director		175,578	(2)		*
William P. Murphy, Director***		13,407,272	(3)		1.7
Charles A. Hart, Director***		8,152,580	(4)		1.1
Sam Ahn, Director***		18,814,889	(5)		2.4
Mark P. Borman, Director		270,485	(6)		*
All officers and directors as a group (6 persons)		41,240,542			5.4

 

*    less than 1%

**    On March 12, 2013, Richard T. Spencer III resigned as a member of the Board of Directors.

***    Excludes Northstar Biotechnology Group, LLC (”Northstar“), owned partly by certain directors and existing shareholders of the Company, including Dr. William P. Murphy Jr., Dr. Samuel Ahn and Charles Hart.

(1)    (i) Shares are held by The Astri Group over which Mr. Tomas has shared voting and investment power.(ii) 250,000 and 125,000 shares issuable upon exercise of presently exercisable stock options at an exercise price of $0.50 and $0.10 per share, respectively

(2)    Includes (i) 88,360 shares issuable upon the exercise of presently exercisable stock options at an exercise price of $0.71 per share (ii) 2,218 shares issuable upon the exercise of presently exercisable stock options at an exercise price of $0.74 per share (iii) 22,500 shares issuable upon the exercise of presently exercisable stock options at an exercise price of $0.85 per share (iv) 62,500 shares issuable upon the exercise of presently exercisable stock options at an exercise price of $0.10 per share

(3)    Shares are directly owned by trusts controlled by Dr. Murphy and his spouse. Includes (i) 12,356 shares issuable upon the exercise of presently exercisable stock options at an exercise price of $5.67 per share,

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(ii) 6,178 shares issuable upon the exercise of presently exercisable stock options at an exercise price of $7.69 per share, (iii) 35,000 shares issuable upon the exercise of presently exercisable stock options at an exercise price of $5.25 per share, (iv) 40,000 shares issuable upon the exercise of presently exercisable stock options at an exercise price of $0.68 per share , (iv) 40,000 shares issuable upon exercise of presently exercisable stock options at an exercise price of $0.21 per share, (v) 300,000 shares issuable upon exercise of presently exercisable stock options at an exercise price of $0.07 per share, and , (vi) 27,000 shares issuable upon the exercise of presently exercisable warrants at an exercise price of $0.70 per share, (vii) 69,503 shares issuable upon the exercise of presently exercisable warrants at an exercise price of $0.69 per share, (viii) 3,079,540 shares issuable upon the exercise of presently exercisable warrants at an exercise price of $0.18 per share, (ix) 162 shares issuable upon the exercise of presently exercisable warrants at an exercise price of $0.65 per share, (x) 1,666,670 shares issuable upon exercise of presently exercisable warrants at an exercise price of $0.06 per share.

(4)    Consists of (i) 129,734 shares issuable upon the exercise of presently exercisable stock options at an exercise price of $5.67 per share, (ii) 6,178 shares issuable upon the exercise of presently exercisable stock options at an exercise price of $7.69 per share, (iii) 35,000 shares issuable upon the exercise of presently exercisable stock options at an exercise price of $5.25 per share, (iv) 40,000 shares issuable upon exercise of presently exercisable stock options at an exercise price of $0.68 per share, (v) 40,000 shares issuable upon exercise of presently exercisable stock options at an exercise price of $0.21 per share and (vi) 100,000 shares issuable upon exercise of presently exercisable stock options at an exercise price of $0.07 per share.

(5)    Includes (i) 20,000 shares issuable upon the exercise of presently exercisable stock options at an exercise price of $0.68 per share, (ii) 50,000 shares issuable upon the exercise of presently exercisable stock options at an exercise price of $0.92 per share, (iii) 40,000 shares issuable upon the exercise of presently exercisable stock options at an exercise price of $0.21 per share, (iv) 460,000 shares issuable upon the exercise of presently exercisable stock options at an exercise price of $0.07 per share, and (v) 428,100 shares issuable upon the exercise of presently exercisable warrants at an exercise price of $0.18 per share.

(6)    Includes (i) 67,956 shares issuable upon the exercise of presently exercisable stock options at an exercise price of $5.67 per share, (ii) 6,178 shares issuable upon the exercise of presently exercisable stock options at an exercise price of $7.69 per share, (iii) 35,000 shares issuable upon the exercise of presently exercisable stock options at an exercise price of $5.25 per share, (iv) 10,000 shares issuable upon the exercise of presently exercisable stock options at an exercise price of $0.21 per share, (v) 100,000 shares issuable upon the exercise of presently exercisable stock options at an exercise price of $0.07 per share, (vi) 34,752 shares issuable upon the exercise of presently exercisable warrants at an exercise price of $7.69 per share, (vii) 209,508 shares issuable upon the exercise of presently exercisable warrants at an exercise price of $0.14 per share, (viii) 221,680 shares issuable upon the exercise of presently exercisable warrants at an exercise price of $0.15 per share, (ix) 497,373 shares issuable upon the exercise of presently exercisable warrants at an exercise price of $0.65 per share (x) 5,500,000 shares issuable upon the exercise of presently exercisable warrants at an exercise price of $0.02 per share and (xi) 542,100 shares issuable upon the exercise of presently exercisable warrants at an exercise price of $0.06 per share.

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DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES

On February 4, 2013, effective with the filing of the amendment to the Company’s Articles of Incorporation with the Florida Secretary of State (confirmed as filed on February 11, 2013), the Company amended its Articles of Incorporation to increase the authorized shares of capital stock of the Company to nine hundred and seventy million (970,000,000) shares of capital stock consisting of nine hundred and fifty million (950,000,000) shares of common stock and twenty million (20,000,000) shares of preferred stock, both $.001 par value respectively.

The following statements relating to the capital stock set forth the material terms of our securities; however, reference is made to the more detailed provisions of, and such statements are qualified in their entirety by reference to, the Certificate of Incorporation, amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation and the By-laws, copies of which are filed as exhibits to this registration statement.

COMMON STOCK

The holders of our Common Stock are entitled to one vote per share on all matters to be voted on by our stockholders, including the election of directors. Our stockholders are not entitled to cumulative voting rights, and, accordingly, the holders of a majority of the shares voting for the election of directors can elect the entire board of directors if they choose to do so and, in that event, the holders of the remaining shares will not be able to elect any person to our board of directors.

The holders of the Company’s Common Stock are entitled to receive ratably such dividends, if any, as may be declared from time to time by the board of directors, in its discretion, from funds legally available there for and subject to prior dividend rights of holders of any shares of our Preferred Stock which may be outstanding. Upon the Company’s liquidation, dissolution or winding up, subject to prior liquidation rights of the holders of our Preferred Stock, if any, the holders of our Common Stock are entitled to receive on a pro rata basis our remaining assets available for distribution. Holders of the Company’s Common Stock have no preemptive or other subscription rights, and there are no conversion rights or redemption or sinking fund provisions with respect to such shares. All outstanding shares of the Company’s Common Stock are, and all shares being offered by this prospectus will be, fully paid and not liable to further calls or assessment by the Company.

Preferred Stock

The Company is authorized to issue 20,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.001. The designations, rights, and preferences of such preferred stock are to be determined by the Board of Directors. Subsequently, 20,000,000 shares were designated as Series A Preferred Stock.

The Series A Preferred Stock collectively has voting rights equal to 20 votes on all matters presented to be voted by the holders of common stock per share of preferred stock and the right to convert to one share of common stock for each share of preferred stock. Northstar Biotechnology Group, LLC was issued an aggregate of 20,000,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock.

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DIVIDENDS

Dividends, if any, will be contingent upon our revenues and earnings, if any, capital requirements and financial conditions. The payment of dividends, if any, will be within the discretion of our Board of Directors. We presently intend to retain all earnings, if any, for use in its business operations and accordingly, the Board of Directors does not anticipate declaring any dividends prior to a business combination.

INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.

We are incorporated under the laws of the State of Florida. Our articles of incorporation require us to indemnify and limit the liability of directors to the fullest extent permitted by the Florida Business Corporation Act, or the ”FBCA“, as it currently exists or as it may be amended in the future.

Pursuant to the FBCA, a Florida corporation may indemnify any person who may be a party to any third party proceeding by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee, or agent of another entity, against liability incurred in connection with such proceeding (including any appeal thereof) if he or she acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful.

In addition, in accordance with the FBCA, a Florida corporation is permitted to indemnify any person who may be a party to a derivative action if such person acted in any of the capacities set forth in the preceding paragraph, against expenses and amounts paid in settlement not exceeding, in the judgment of the board of directors, the estimated expenses of litigating the proceeding to conclusion, actually and reasonably incurred in connection with the defense or settlement of such proceeding (including appeals), provided that the person acted under the standards set forth in the preceding paragraph. However, no indemnification shall be made for any claim, issue, or matter for which such person is found to be liable unless, and only to the extent that, the court determines that, despite the adjudication of liability, but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnification for such expenses which the court deems proper.

Any indemnification made under the above provisions, unless pursuant to a court’s determination, may be made only after a determination that the person to be indemnified has met the standard of conduct described above. This determination is to be made by a majority vote of a quorum consisting of the disinterested directors of the board of directors, by duly selected independent legal counsel, or by a majority vote of the disinterested shareholders. The board of directors also may designate a special committee of disinterested directors to make this determination. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Florida corporation must indemnify any director, officer, employee or agent of a corporation who has been successful in the defense of any proceeding referred to above.

Generally, pursuant to the FBCA, a director of a Florida corporation is not personally liable for monetary damages to our company or any other person for any statement, vote, decision, or failure to act, regarding corporate management or policy, unless: (a) the director breached or failed to perform his duties as a director; and (b) the director’s breach of, or failure to perform, those duties constitutes (i) a violation of criminal law, unless the director had reasonable cause to believe his conduct was lawful or had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful, (ii) a transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit, either directly or indirectly, (iii) an approval of an unlawful distribution, (iv) with respect to a proceeding by or in the right of the company to procure a judgment in its favor or by or in the right of a shareholder, conscious disregard for the best interest of the company, or willful misconduct, or (v) with respect to a proceeding by or in the right of someone other than the company or a shareholder, recklessness or an act or omission which was committed in bad faith or with malicious purpose or in a manner exhibiting wanton and willful disregard of human rights, safety, or property. The term ”recklessness,“ as used above, means the action, or omission to act, in conscious disregard of a risk: (a) known, or so obvious that it should have been known, to the directors; and (b) known to the director, or so obvious that it should have been known, to be so great as to make it highly probable that harm would follow from such action or omission.

Furthermore, under the FBCA, a Florida corporation is authorized to make any other further indemnification or advancement of expenses of any of its directors, officers, employees or agents under any bylaw, agreement, vote of

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shareholders or disinterested directors, or otherwise, both for actions taken in an official capacity and for actions taken in other capacities while holding such office. However, a corporation cannot indemnify or advance expenses if a judgment or other final adjudication establishes that the actions of the director, officer, employee, or agent were material to the adjudicated cause of action and the director, officer, employee, or agent (a) violated criminal law, unless the director, officer, employee, or agent had reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful, (b) derived an improper personal benefit from a transaction, (c) was or is a director in a circumstance where the liability for unlawful distributions applies, or (d) engaged in willful misconduct or conscious disregard for the best interests of the corporation in a proceeding by or in right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor.

At present, there is no pending litigation or proceeding involving any of our directors or executive officers as to which indemnification is required or permitted and we are not aware of any threatened litigation or proceeding that may result in a claim for indemnification.

We maintain a liability insurance policy, pursuant to which our directors and officers may be insured against liability they incur for serving in their capacities as directors and officers of our company, including liabilities arising under the Securities Act or otherwise.

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers or persons controlling us pursuant to the foregoing provisions, we have been informed that, in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission, such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, we will, unless in the opinion of our counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by us is against public policy as expressed hereby in the Securities Act and we will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

Amendment of our Bylaws

Our bylaws may be adopted, amended or repealed by the affirmative vote of a majority of our outstanding shares. Subject to applicable law, our bylaws also may be adopted, amended or repealed by our Board of Directors.

Item 13.  Certain Relationships and Related Transactions and Director Independence.

Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions

On February 29, 2012, the Note issued to BlueCrest Master Fund Limited (as described above) was assigned to Northstar Biotechnology Group, LLC (”Northstar“), owned partly by certain directors and existing shareholders of the Company, including Dr. William P. Murphy Jr., Dr. Samuel Ahn and Charles Hart. At the date of the assignment, the principal amount of the BlueCrest note was $544,267.

On March 30, 2012, the Company and Northstar agreed to extend until May 1, 2012 the initial payment date for any and all required monthly under the Note, such that the first of the four monthly payments required under the Note will be due and payable on May, 2012 and all subsequent payments will be due on a monthly basis thereafter commencing on June 1, 2012, and to waive any and all defaults and/or events of default under the Note with respect to such payments. As of September 30, 2012, the Company was in default, however, subsequent to September 30, 2012, the Company renegotiated the terms of the note, Northstar has agreed to suspend the requirement of principal payments by the Company and allow payment of interest-only in restricted stock.

On October 1, 2012, the Company and Northstar entered into a limited waiver and forbearance agreement whereby the Company agreed to issue 5,000,000 shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock and 10,000,000 of common

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stock in exchange for $210,000 as payment towards outstanding debt, default interest, penalties, professional fees outstanding and due Northstar. In addition, the Company executed a security agreement granting Northstar a lien on all patents, patent applications, trademarks, service marks, copyrights and intellectual property rights of any nature, as well as the results of all clinical trials, know-how for preparing Myoblasts, old and new clinical data, existing approved trials, all right and title to Myoblasts, clinical trial protocols and other property rights. As of December 31, 2012, the principle of this note was $601,227.

In addition, the Company granted Northstar a perpetual license on products as described for resale, relicensing and commercialization outside the United States. In connection with the granted license, Northstar shall pay the Company a royalty of up to 8% on revenues generated.

Effective October 1, 2012, the effective interest rate will be 12.85% per annum.

In connection with the consideration paid, Northstar shall waive, from the effective date through the earlier of termination or expiration of the agreement, or satisfaction of the obligations as described in the forbearance agreement. In 2012, 5,000,000 shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock was been issued. In addition, the Company is obligated to issue additional preferred stock equal in lieu of payment of cash of accrued and unpaid interest on each six month anniversary of the effective date (October 1, 2012). Subsequently, in consideration for continuing to forbear the Note, Northstar was to be issued an additional 15,000,000 shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock.

Subordinated debt, related party

As of December 31, 2012 and 2011, the Company officers and directors have provided notes in aggregate of $1,500,000. The notes are at 8% per annum and are due upon payoff of the Northstar note payable described above.

Officer and Director Notes

At December 31, 2012 and 2011, the Company has outstanding notes payable to officers and directors with interest at 8% per annum due at maturity. The three subordinated notes, $125,000, $100,000 and $140,000 were previously due on October 22, 2012, November 30, 2012 and June 4, 2011 respectively, and are unsecured. The company is not obligated to make payment until Northstar loan is paid off.

Item 14.  Principal Accounting Fees and Services.

Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm Fees

In December of 2012, Bioheart engaged Fiondella, Milone, LaSaracina LLP (FML) to perform the 2012 audit. Aggregate fees billed to us for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011 by our independent registered public accounting firms are as follows:

Types of Fees	2012		2011
Audit Fees (1)	$	65,500	$	85,000
Audit Related Fees		—		—

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Tax Fees	—	—
All Other Fees	—	—

 

(1)    This category also includes advice on audit and accounting matters that arose during, or as a result of, the audit of the annual consolidated financial statements or the reviews of the interim financial statements.

Audit Committee Pre-Approval Policy

Consistent with policies of the SEC regarding auditor independence, the Audit Committee has responsibility for the appointment, compensation and oversight of the work of the independent auditor. As part of this responsibility, the Audit Committee has adopted, and our Board has ratified, an Audit and Non-Audit Services Pre-Approval Policy pursuant to which the Audit Committee is required to pre-approve the audit and non-audit services performed by our independent registered public accounting firm in order to assure that these services do not impair the auditor’s independence from us.

Prior to engagement of the independent auditor for the next year’s audit, the independent auditor and the Audit Committee will review a list of services and related fees expected to be rendered during that year within each of four categories of services to the Audit Committee for approval:

(i) Audit Services: Audit services include the annual financial statement audit (including required quarterly reviews), subsidiary audits, equity investment audits and other procedures required to be performed by the independent auditor to be able to form an opinion on our consolidated financial statements. Audit Services also include information systems and procedural reviews and testing performed in order to understand and place reliance on the systems of internal control, and consultations relating to the audit or quarterly review as well as the attestation engagement for the independent auditor’s report on management’s report on internal controls for financial reporting.

(ii) Audit-Related Services: Audit-related services are assurance and related services that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit or review of our financial statements, including due diligence related to potential business acquisitions/dispositions, accounting consultations related to accounting, financial reporting or disclosure matters not classified as ”Audit Services,“ assistance with understanding and implementing new accounting and financial reporting guidance from rulemaking authorities, financial audits of employee benefit plans, agreed-upon or expanded audit procedures related to accounting and/or billing records required to respond to or comply with financial, accounting or regulatory reporting matters and assistance with internal control reporting requirements.

(iii) Tax Services: Tax services include services such as tax compliance, tax planning and tax advice; however, the Audit Committee will not permit the retention of the independent registered public accounting firm in connection with a transaction initially recommended by the independent registered public accounting firm, the sole business purpose of which may be tax avoidance and treatment which may not be supported in the Internal Revenue Code and related regulations.

(iv) All Other Services: All other services are those permissible non-audit services that the Audit Committee believes are routine and recurring and would not impair the independence of the auditor and are consistent with the SEC’s rules on auditor independence.

Prior to engagement, the Audit Committee pre-approves the services and fees of the independent auditor within each of the above categories. During the year, it may become necessary to engage the independent auditor for additional

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services not previously contemplated as part of the engagement. In those instances, the Audit and Non-Audit Services Pre-Approval Policy requires that the Audit Committee specifically approve the services prior to the independent auditor’s commencement of those additional services. Under the Audit and Non-Audit Services Pre-Approval Policy, the Audit Committee may delegate the ability to pre-approve audit and non-audit services to one or more of its members provided the delegate reports any pre-approval decision to the Audit Committee at its next scheduled meeting. As of the date hereof, the Audit Committee has not delegated its ability to pre-approve audit services.

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PART IV

Item 15.  Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules.

(a)(1) Financial Statements

See Item 8. ”Financial Statements and Supplementary Data“ for Financial Statements included with this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

(a)(2) Financial Statement Schedules

All schedules have been omitted because the required information is not applicable or the information is included in the consolidated financial statements or the notes thereto.

(a)(3) Exhibits

Exhibit No.	Exhibit Description
3.1(6)	Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the registrant, as amended
3.2(9)	Articles of Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation of the registrant
3.3(8)	Amended and Restated Bylaws
4.1(5)	Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of May 31, 2007 by and between BlueCrest Capital Finance, L.P. and the registrant
4.2(12)	Notice of Event of Default, from BlueCrest Venture Finance Master Fund Limited to the Company, dated January 28, 2009
4.3(12)	Notice of Acceleration, from BlueCrest Venture Finance Master Fund Limited to the Company, dated February 2, 2009
4.4(13)	Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement, between the Company and BlueCrest Venture Finance Master Fund Limited, dated as of April 2, 2009
4.5(13)	Grant of Security Interest (Patents), between the Company and BlueCrest Venture Finance Master Fund Limited, dated as of April 2, 2009
4.6(13)	Security Agreement (Intellectual Property), between the Company and BlueCrest Venture Finance Master Fund Limited, dated as of April 2, 2009
4.7(13)	Subordination Agreement, by Hunton & Williams, LLP in favor of BlueCrest Venture Finance Master Fund Limited, entered into and effective April 2, 2009

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4.8(13)	Amended and Restated Promissory Note, dated April 2, 2009, by the Company to BlueCrest Venture Finance Master Fund Limited
4.9(13)	Warrant to purchase 1,315,542 shares of the registrant’s common stock, dated April 2, 2009, issued to BlueCrest Venture Finance Master Fund Limited
4.10(14)	Warrant to purchase 451,043 shares of the registrant’s common stock, dated April 2, 2009, issued to Rogers Telecommunications Limited
4.11(14)	Warrant to purchase 173,638 shares of the registrant’s common stock, dated April 2, 2009, issued to Hunton & Williams, LLP
4.12(4)	Warrant to purchase shares of the registrant’s common stock issued to Howard J. Leonhardt and Brenda Leonhardt
4.12(19)	10% Convertible Promissory Note Due July 23, 2010, in the amount of $20,000, payable to Dana Smith
4.13(19)	10% Convertible Promissory Note Due July 23, 2010, in the amount of $100,000, payable to Bruce Meyers
4.14(19)	Registration Rights Agreement, dated July 23, 2009
4.15(4)	Warrant to purchase shares of the registrant’s common stock issued to the R&A Spencer Family Limited Partnership
4.15(19)	Subordination Agreement, dated July 23, 2009
4.16(19)	Note Purchase Agreement, dated July 23, 2009
4.17(19)	Closing Confirmation of Conversion Election, dated July 23, 2009
4.20(6)	Warrant to purchase shares of the registrant’s common stock issued to Samuel S. Ahn, M.D.
4.23(7)	Warrant to purchase shares of the registrant’s common stock issued to Howard and Brenda Leonhardt
4.27(11)	Form of Warrant Agreement for October 2008 Private Placement
4.30(19)	10% Convertible Promissory Note Due July 23, 2010, in the amount of $100,000, payable to Bruce Meyers
10.1**(1)	1999 Officers and Employees Stock Option Plan
10.2**(1)	1999 Directors and Consultants Stock Option Plan
10.3(1)	Form of Option Agreement under 1999 Officers and Employees Stock Option Plan
10.4(3)	Form of Option Agreement under 1999 Directors and Consultants Stock Option Plan
10.5**(4)	Employment Letter Agreement between the registrant and Scott Bromley, dated August 24, 2006.
10.6(1)	Lease Agreement between the registrant and Sawgrass Business Plaza, LLC, as amended, dated November 14, 2006.
10.7(1)	Asset Purchase Agreement between the registrant and Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc., dated June 24, 2003.
10.8(4)	Conditionally Exclusive License Agreement between the registrant, Dr. Peter Law and Cell Transplants International, LLC, dated February 7, 2000, as amended.
10.9(4)	Loan Guarantee, Payment and Security Agreement, dated as of June 1, 2007, by and between the registrant, Howard J. Leonhardt and Brenda Leonhardt
10.10(4)	Loan Guarantee, Payment and Security Agreement, dated as of June 1, 2007, by and between the registrant and William P. Murphy Jr., M.D.
10.11(4)	Loan Agreement, dated as of June 1, 2007, by and between the registrant and Bank of America, N.A.
10.13(4)	Warrant to purchase shares of the registrant’s common stock issued to Howard J. Leonhardt and Brenda Leonhardt
10.14(4)	Warrant to purchase shares of the registrant’s common stock issued to William P. Murphy, Jr., M.D.
10.16(4)	Material Supply Agreement, dated May 10, 2007, by and between the registrant and Biosense Webster
10.17(5)	Warrant to purchase shares of the registrant’s common stock issued to BlueCrest Capital Finance, L.P.
10.18(6)	Loan Guarantee, Payment and Security Agreement, dated as of September 12, 2007, by and between the registrant and Samuel S. Ahn, M.D.
10.19(6)	Loan Guarantee, Payment and Security Agreement, dated as of September 12, 2007, by and between the registrant and Dan Marino

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10.21(6)	Loan Guarantee, Payment and Security Agreement, dated as of September 19, 2007, by and between the registrant and Jason Taylor
10.22(7)	Loan Guarantee, Payment and Security Agreement, dated as of October 10, 2007, by and between the registrant and Howard and Brenda Leonhardt
10.24(7)	Second Amendment to Loan Guarantee, Payment and Security Agreement, dated as of October 10, 2007, by and between the registrant and Howard and Brenda Leonhardt
10.25(7)	Second Amendment to Loan Guarantee, Payment and Security Agreement, dated as of October 10, 2007, by and between the registrant and William P. Murphy, Jr., M.D.
10.26**(10)	Bioheart, Inc. Omnibus Equity Compensation Plan
10.28(11)	Form of Registration Rights Agreement for October 2008 Private Placement
10.29(19)	10% Convertible Promissory Note Due July 23, 2010, in the amount of $20,000, payable to Dana Smith
10.31(19)	Registration Rights Agreement, dated July 23, 2009
10.32(19)	Subordination Agreement, dated July 23, 2009
10.33(19)	Note Purchase Agreement, dated July 23, 2009
10.34(19)	Closing Confirmation of Conversion Election, dated July 23, 2009
10.35**(20)	Amended and Restated 1999 Directors and Consultants Stock Option Plan
10.36(21)	Preliminary Commitment Letter with Seaside National Bank and Trust, dated September 30, 2010.
10.37(22)	Loan Agreement with Seaside National Bank and Trust, dated October 25, 2010.
10.38(22)	Promissory Note with Seaside National Bank and Trust, dated October 25, 2010.
10.39(22)	Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement with BlueCrest Venture Finance Master Fund Limited, dated October 25, 2010.
10.40(23)	Form of Subscription Agreement, executed November 30, 2010.
10.41(23)	Form of Common Stock Purchase Warrant, issued November 30, 2010.
10.42(23)	Form of Registration Rights Agreement, dated November 30, 2010.
10.43(24)	Unsecured Convertible Promissory Note for $25,000, with Magna Group, LLC, dated January 3, 2011.
10.44(24)	Promissory Note for $139,728.82 with Magna Group, LLC, dated January 3, 2011.
10.45(24)	Securities Purchase Agreement with Magna Group, LLC, dated January 3, 2011.
10.46(24)	Subordination Agreement, dated January 3, 2011.
10.47(24)	Notice of Conversion Election, dated January 3, 2011.
10.48(25)	Unsecured Convertible Promissory Note for $34,750, with Magna Group, LLC, dated May 16, 2011.
10.49(25)	Promissory Note for $139,728.82 with Magna Group, LLC, dated May 16, 2011.
10.50(25)	Securities Purchase Agreement with Magna Group, LLC, dated May 16, 2011.
10.51(25)	Subordination Agreement, dated May 16, 2011.
10.52(26)	Promissory Note for $139,728.82 with Lotus Funding Group, LLC, dated June 15, 2011.
10.53(26)	Partial Assignment and Modification Agreement, dated June 15, 2011.
10.54(26)	Subordination Agreement, dated June 15, 2011.

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10.55(27)	Promissory Note for $140,380.21 with Greystone Capital Partners, dated July 8, 2011.
10.56(27)	Partial Assignment and Modification Agreement, dated July 8, 2011.
10.57(28)	Subordination Agreement, dated July 8, 2011.
10.58(29)	Promissory Note for $139,728.82 with Greystone Capital Partners, dated August 1, 2011.
10.59(29)	Partial Assignment and Modification Agreement, dated August 1, 2011.
10.60(29)	Subordination Agreement, dated August 1, 2011.
10.61)(30)	Promissory Note for $139,728.82 with Greystone Capital Partners, dated September 1, 2011.
10.62(30)	Partial Assignment and Modification Agreement, dated September 1, 2011.
10.63(30)	Subordination Agreement, dated September 1, 2011.
10.64(31)	Promissory Note for $139,728.82 with Greystone Capital Partners, dated October 1, 2011.
10.65(31)	Partial Assignment and Modification Agreement, dated October 1, 2011.
10.66(31)	Subordination Agreement, dated October 1, 2011.
10.67(30)	Right of First Refusal with Greystone Capital Partners dated September 28, 2011
10.68(30)	Promissory Note for $35,000 with Thalia Woods Management, Inc. dated September 28, 2011.
10.69(30)	Subordination Agreement, dated September 28, 2011
10.70(32)	Promissory Note for $139,728.82 with Greystone Capital Partners, dated November 1, 2011.
10.71(33)	Partial Assignment and Modification Agreement, dated November 1, 2011.
10.72(33)	Subordination Agreement, dated November 1, 2011.
10.73(34)	Promissory Note for $139,728.82 with Greystone Capital Partners, dated December 1, 2011
10.74(35)	Form of Partial Assignment and Modification Agreement.
10.75(35)	Form of Subordination Agreement.
10.76(36)	Standby Equity Distribution Agreement dated as of November 2, 2011.
10.77(37)	Registration Rights Agreement dated as of November 2, 2011.
10.78*	Promissory Note for $139,728.82 with Greystone Capital Partners, dated January 3, 2012
10.79*	Promissory Note for $139,728.82 with Mr. Charles Hart and Mr. Greg Knutson dated February 6, 2012
10.80*	Unsecured Convertible Promissory Note for $63,000, with Asher Enterprises, Inc. dated April 2, 2012
10.81*	Unsecured Convertible Promissory Note for $125,000, with IBC Funds, LLC, dated January 10, 2013
10.82*	Unsecured Convertible Promissory Note for $42,500, with Asher Enterprises, Inc. dated January 23, 2013
10.83*	Unsecured Convertible Promissory Note for $37,500, with Asher Enterprises, Inc. dated February 27, 2013
14.1(2)	Code of Ethics for Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Accounting Officer and persons performing similar functions
14.2(2)	Code of Business Conduct and Ethics

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23.1*	Consent of Fiondella, Milone, LaSaracina LLP
31.1*	Certification Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, As Adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
32.1*	Certification Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, As Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
*	Filed herewith
**	Indicates management contract or compensatory plan.
(1)	Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Form S-1 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the ”SEC“) on February 13, 2007.
(2)	Incorporated by reference to Amendment No. 1 to the Company’s Form S-1 filed with the SEC on June 5, 2007.
(3)	Incorporated by reference to Amendment No. 2 to the Company’s Form S-1 filed with the SEC on July 12, 2007.
(4)	Incorporated by reference to Amendment No. 3 to the Company’s Form S-1 filed with the SEC on August 9, 2007.
(5)	Incorporated by reference to Amendment No. 4 to the Company’s Form S-1 filed with the SEC on September 6, 2007.
(6)	Incorporated by reference to Amendment No. 5 to the Company’s Form S-1 filed with the SEC on October 1, 2007.
(7)	Incorporated by reference to Post-effective Amendment No. 1 to the Company’s Form S-1 filed with the SEC on October 11, 2007.
(8)	Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on July 3, 2008.
(9)	Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on August 8, 2008.
(10)	Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on August 14, 2008.
(11)	Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on November 14, 2008.
(12)	Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on February 3, 2009.
(13)	Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on April 8, 2009.
(14)	Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on April 15, 2009.
(15)	Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K/A filed with the SEC on April 30, 2009.
(16)	Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on May 18, 2009.

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(17)	Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on May 20, 2009.
(18)	Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on July 9, 2009.
(19)	Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on August 3, 2009.
(20)	Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.6 to the Company’s Post-Effective Amendment to Registration Statement on Form S-8/A, filed with the SEC on June 2, 2010.
(21)	Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on October 6, 2010.
(22)	Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on October 29, 2010.
(23)	Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 6, 2010.
(24)	Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on January 12, 2011.
(25)	Incorporated by reference to the Company Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on May 25, 2011
(26)	Incorporated by reference to the Company Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on June 21,2011
(27)	Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 15. 2011
(28)	Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 14, 2011
(29)	Incorporated by reference to the Company Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on January 13, 2012
(30)	Incorporated by reference to the Company Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on January 30, 2012
(31)	Incorporated by reference to the Company Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on March 23, 2012
(32)	Incorporated by reference to the Company Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on March 30, 2012
(33)	Incorporated by reference to the Company Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on April 4, 2012
(34)	Incorporated by reference to the Company Current Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on April 12, 2012
(35)	Incorporated by reference to the Company Current Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on May 14, 2012
(36)	Incorporated by reference to the Company Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on June 26, 2012
(37)	Incorporated by reference to the Company Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on August 1,, 2012
(38)	Incorporated by reference to the Company Current Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on August 14, 2012
(39)	Incorporated by reference to the Company Current Report on Form 10-Q/A filed with the SEC on November 09, 2012
(40)	Incorporated by reference to the Company Current Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on November 14, 2012
(41)	Incorporated by reference to the Company Current Report on Form Pre-14C filed with the SEC onDecember 18, 2012

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

BIOHEART, INC.

By:  /s/ Mike Tomas                       
Mike Tomas
Chief Executive Officer & President

 

Dated: March 28, 2013

By:  /s/ Mike Tomas                       
Mike Tomas
Chief Financial Officer (Principal
Accounting Officer)

 

Dated: March 28, 2013

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Each person whose signature appears below, hereby authorizes Mike Tomas, as attorney in fact to sign on his or her behalf, individually, in each capacity stated below, and to file all amendments or supplements to this annual report on Form 10-K.

SIGNATURE	TITLE	DATE
/s/ William P. Murphy, Jr., M.D.William P. Murphy, Jr., M.D.	Chairman of the Board	March 28, 2013
/s/ Mike TomasMike Tomas	Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial officer, & Director	March 28, 2013
/s/ Mark P. BormanMark Borman	Director	March 28, 2013
/s/ Kristin ComellaKristin Comella	Director	March 28, 2013
/s/ Charles A. HartCharles A. Hart	Director	March 28, 2013
/s/ Samuel S. Ahn, MD, MBASamuel S. Ahn, MD, MBA	Director	March 28, 2013

 

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INDEX OF EXHIBITS

As required under Item 15. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules, the exhibits filed as part of this report are provided in this separate section. The exhibits included in this section are as follows:

Exhibit No.	Description
23.1	Consent of Fiondella, Milone, LaSaracina, LLP
31.1	Certification Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, As Adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
32.1	Certification Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, As Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

 

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FORM 10-K—ITEM 8
BIOHEART, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
INDEX TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm	F-2
Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2012 and 2011	F-3
Consolidated Statements of Operations for the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011 and the cumulative period from August 12, 1999 (date of inception) to December 31, 2012	F-4
Consolidated Statement of Shareholders’ (Deficit) Equity for the period from August 12, 1999 (date of inception) through December 31, 2012	F-5
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011 and the cumulative period from August 12, 1999 (date of inception) to December 31, 2012	F-12
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements	F-14

 

F-1

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

To the Board of Directors and
Stockholders of Bioheart, Inc. 13794 NW 4^th Street, Suite 212,
Sunrise, Florida 33325

We have audited the accompanying balance sheets of Bioheart, Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiaries (the ”Company“) (a development stage company) as of December 31, 2012 and 2011, and the related statements of income, comprehensive income, stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the two ended December 31, 2012. The Company’s management is responsible for these financial statements. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. The company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our audit included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Bioheart, Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiaries (a development stage enterprise) as of December 31, 2012 and 2011, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the two years ended December 31, 2012.

The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared assuming the Company will continue as a going concern. As discussed in Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company is in the development stage, and has incurred net losses of $115,037,724 since inception. In addition, as of December 31, 2012 the Company’s current liabilities exceed its current assets by $14,040,822. These conditions raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. The consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

/s/ Fiondella, Milone and LaSaracina LLP

Glastonbury, Connecticut

March 28, 2013

F-2

BIOHEART, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
(a development stage company)
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
DECEMBER 31, 2012 AND 2011

	2012			2011
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	—		$	36,828
Accounts receivable, net		1,342			3,495
Inventory		62,953			63,702
Prepaid and other		41,533			49,828
Total current assets		105,828			153,853
Property and equipment, net		1,820			15,476
Other assets		54,662			99,164
Total assets	$	162,310		$	268,493
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT
Current liabilities:
Bank overdraft	$	89		$	—
Accounts payable		2,618,567			2,377,807
Accrued expenses		5,364,017			3,882,115
Advances, related party		867,492			456,000
Deferred revenue		465,286			465,286
Subordinated debt, related party		1,500,000			1,500,000
Notes payable, related party		966,227			365,000
Notes payable, net of debt discount		2,364,972			3,232,762
Total current liabilities		14,146,650			12,278,970
Derivative liability		611,227			—
Stockholders’ deficit:
Preferred stock, par value $0.001; 5,000,000 shares authorized, -0- issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2012 and 2011		—			—
Common stock, par value $0.001; 195,000,000 shares authorized, 182,062,802 and 95,625,236 shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively		182,063			95,625
Additional paid in capital		100,260,094			98,915,155
Deficit accumulated during development stage		(115,037,724	)		(111,021,257	)
Total stockholders’ deficit		(14,595,567	)		(12,010,477	)
Total liabilities and stockholders’ deficit	$	162,310		$	268,493

 

See the accompanying notes to these consolidated financial statements.

F-3

BIOHEART, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
(a development stage company)
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

	Year ended December 31,						From August 12, 1999 (date of Inception) to
	2012			2011			December 31, 2012
							(Unaudited)
Revenue	$	61,109		$	17,475		$	1,269,640
Cost of sales		1,070			694			551,904
Gross profit		60,039			16,781			717,736
Operating expenses:
Research and development		401,941			465,461			64,693,052
Marketing, general and administrative		2,178,352			2,126,546			36,837,836
Impairment of investment		—			58,695			58,695
Depreciation and amortization		14,589			31,963			897,914
Total operating expenses		2,594,882			2,682,665			102,487,497
Net loss from operations		(2,534,843	)		(2,665,884	)		(101,769,761	)
Other income (expenses):
Development revenues		—			—			117,500
Gain on change of fair value of derivative liability		119,795			(25,026	)		94,769
Interest income		—			—			762,277
Other income		18,234			7,277			271,065
Interest expense		(1,619,653	)		(2,013,404	)		(14,513,574	)
Total other income (expenses)		(1,481,624	)		(2,031,153	)		(13,267,963	)
Net loss before income taxes		(4,016,467	)		(4,697,037	)		(115,037,724	)
Income taxes (benefit)		—			—			—
Net Loss	$	(4,016,467	)	$	(4,697,037	)	$	(115,037,724	)
Net loss per common share, basic and diluted	$	(0.03	)	$	(0.08	)
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding, basic and diluted		146,463,828			57,089,902

 

See the accompanying notes to these consolidated financial statements.

F-4

BIOHEART, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
(a development stage company)
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT
FROM AUGUST 12, 1999 (DATE OF INCEPTION) THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2010 (Unaudited)

	Preferred stock				Common stock				Additional Paid in			Deferred			Subscription		Deficit Accumulated During Development
	Shares		Amount		Shares		Amount		Capital			Compensation			Receivable		Stage			Total
Balance, August 12, 1999 (date of inception) (Unaudited)		—	$	—		—	$	—	$	—		$	—		$	—	$	—		$	—
Issuance of common stock		—		—		4,324,458		4,324		395,676			—			—		—			400,000
Stock based compensation		—		—		—		—		98,000			(98,000	)		—		—			—
Amortization of stock based compensation		—		—		—		—		—			49,000			—		—			49,000
Net loss		—		—		—		—		—			—			—		(903,290	)		(903,290	)
Balance, December 31, 1999 (Unaudited)		—		—		4,324,458		4,324		493,676			(49,000	)		—		(903,290	)		(454,290	)
Issuance of common stock, net of issuance costs of $61,905		—		—		1,493,575		1,494		9,607,201			—			—		—			9,608,695
Stock based compensation		—		—		—		—		2,559,000			(2,559,000	)		—		—			—
Fair value of warrants issued in exchange for licenses and intellectual property		—		—		—		—		5,220,000			—			—		—			5,220,000
Amortization of stock based compensation		—		—		—		—		—			1,080,692			—		—			1,080,692
Contributed capital		—		—		—		—		1,050,000			—			—		—			1,050,000
Common stock issued in exchange for services		—		—		7,964		8		51,993			—			—		—			52,001
Net loss		—		—		—		—		—			—			—		(14,113,933	)		(14,113,933	)
Balance, December 31, 2000 (Unaudited)		—		—		5,825,997		5,826		18,981,870			(1,527,308	)		—		(15,017,223	)		2,443,165
Issuance of common stock, net of issuance costs of $98,996		—		—		985,667		986		6,282,018			—			—		—			6,283,004
Stock based compensation		—		—		—		—		779,000			(779,000	)		—		—			—
Amortization of stock based compensation		—		—		—		—		—			1,523,000			—		—			1,523,000
Conversion of contributed capital to common stock		—		—		81,084		81		(81	)		—			—		—			—
Common stock issued in exchange for services		—		—		8,291		8		53,993			—			—		—			54,001
Net loss		—		—		—		—		—			—			—		(8,173,464	)		(8,173,464	)
Balance, December 31, 2001 (Unaudited)		—	$	—		6,901,039	$	6,901	$	26,096,800		$	(783,308	)	$	—	$	(23,190,687	)	$	2,129,706

 

See the accompanying notes to these consolidated financial statements.

F-5

BIOHEART, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
(a development stage company)
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT
FROM AUGUST 12, 1999 (DATE OF INCEPTION) THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2010 (Unaudited)

	Preferred stock				Common stock				Additional Paid in			Deferred			Subscription		Deficit Accumulated During Development
	Shares		Amount		Shares		Amount		Capital			Compensation			Receivable		Stage			Total
Balance, December 31, 2001 (Unaudited)		—	$	—		6,901,039	$	6,901	$	26,096,800		$	(783,308	)	$	—	$	(23,190,687	)	$	2,129,706
Issuance of common stock		—		—		1,092,883		1,093		7,075,105			—			—		—			7,076,198
Stock based compensation		—		—		—		—		143,521			(143,521	)		—		—			—
Amortization of stock based compensation		—		—		—		—		—			613,083			—		—			613,083
Common stock issued in exchange for services		—		—		35,137		35		227,468			—			—		—			227,503
Net loss		—		—		—		—		—			—			—		(9,257,954	)		(9,257,954	)
Balance, December 31, 2002 (Unaudited)		—		—		8,029,059		8,029		33,542,894			(313,746	)		—		(32,448,641	)		788,536
Issuance of common stock		—		—		561,701		562		3,181,712			—			—		—			3,182,274
Stock based compensation		—		—		—		—		(155,893	)		155,893			—		—			—
Amortization of stock based compensation		—		—		—		—		—			79,371			—		—			79,371
Common stock issued in exchange for services		—		—		144,300		144		823,743			—			—		—			823,887
Net loss		—		—		—		—		—			—			—		(6,037,528	)		(6,037,528	)
Balance, December 31, 2003 (Unaudited)		—		—		8,735,060		8,735		37,392,456			(78,482	)		—		(38,486,169	)		(1,163,460	)
Issuance of common stock		—		—		808,570		809		4,580,104			—			—		—			4,580,913
Stock based compensation		—		—		—		—		637,858			(637,858	)		—		—			—
Amortization of stock based compensation		—		—		—		—		—			148,812			—		—			148,812
Common stock issued in exchange for services		—		—		17,004		17		96,314			—			—		—			96,331
Net loss		—		—		—		—		—			—			—		(5,519,151	)		(5,519,151	)
Balance, December 31, 2004 (Unaudited)		—		—		9,560,634		9,561		42,706,732			(567,528	)		—		(44,005,320	)		(1,856,555	)
Issuance of common stock, net of issuance costs of $32,507		—		—		1,994,556		1,994		11,265,560			—			—		—			11,267,554
Issuance of common stock in lieu of cash compensation		—		—		1,210		1		6,852			—			—		—			6,853
Stock based compensation		—		—		—		—		1,566,147			(1,566,147	)		—		—			—
Amortization of stock based compensation		—		—		—		—		—			1,952,350			—		—			1,952,350
Issuance of common stock in exchange for release of accrued liabilities		—		—		95,807		96		542,691			—			—		—			542,787
Net loss		—		—		—		—		—			—			—		(7,326,557	)		(7,326,557	)
Balance, December 31, 2005 (Unaudited)		—	$	—		11,652,207	$	11,652	$	56,087,982		$	(181,325	)	$	—	$	(51,331,877	)	$	4,586,432

 

See the accompanying notes to these consolidated financial statements.

F-6

BIOHEART, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
(a development stage company)
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT
FROM AUGUST 12, 1999 (DATE OF INCEPTION) THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2010 (Unaudited)

	Preferred stock				Common stock				Additional Paid in			Deferred			Subscription		Deficit Accumulated During Development
	Shares		Amount		Shares		Amount		Capital			Compensation			Receivable		Stage			Total
Balance, December 31, 2005 (Unaudited)		—	$	—		11,652,207	$	11,652	$	56,087,982		$	(181,325	)	$	—	$	(51,331,877	)	$	4,586,432
Reclassification of deferred compensation due to adoption of SFAS No. 123 (R)		—		—		—		—		(181,325	)		181,325			—		—			—
Issuance of common stock, net of issuance costs of $100,038		—		—		1,069,699		1,069		8,123,623			—			—		—			8,124,692
Equity instruments issued in connection with settlement agreement		—		—		47,657		48		3,294,381			—			—		—			3,294,429
Common stock issued in exchange for services		—		—		2,903		3		16,440			—			—		—			16,443
Common stock issued in exchange for distribution rights and intellectual property		—		—		13,006		13		99,984			—			—		—			99,997
Warrants issued in exchange for licenses and intellectual property		—		—		—		—		144,867			—			—		—			144,867
Stock based compensation		—		—		—		—		1,224,430			—			—		—			1,224,430
Net loss		—		—		—		—		—			—			—		(13,180,646	)		(13,180,646	)
Balance, December 31, 2006 (Unaudited)		—		—		12,785,472		12,785		68,810,382			—			—		(64,512,523	)		4,310,644
Issuance of common stock, net of issuance costs of $150,000		—		—		529,432		530		3,920,186			—			—		—			3,920,716
Exercise of stock options		—		—		31,955		32		181,008			—			—		—			181,040
Warrants issued in connection with notes payable		—		—		—		—		3,162,488			—			—		—			3,162,488
Warrants issued in exchange for services		—		—		—		—		30,559			—			—		—			30,559
Warrants issued in exchange for licenses and intellectual property		—		—		—		—		48,289			—			—		—			48,289
Shares issued in connection with reverse stock split		—		—		279		—		—			—			—		—			—
Stock based compensation		—		—		—		—		931,233			—			—		—			931,233
Net loss		—		—		—		—		—			—			—		(18,067,084	)		(18,067,084	)
Balance, December 31, 2007 (Unaudited)		—	$	—		13,347,138	$	13,347	$	77,084,145		$	—		$	—	$	(82,579,607	)	$	(5,482,115	)

 

See the accompanying notes to these consolidated financial statements.

F-7

BIOHEART, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
(a development stage company)
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT
FROM AUGUST 12, 1999 (DATE OF INCEPTION) THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2010 (Unaudited)

	Preferred stock				Common stock				Additional Paid in		Deferred		Subscription			Deficit Accumulated During Development
	Shares		Amount		Shares		Amount		Capital		Compensation		Receivable			Stage			Total
Balance, December 31, 2007 (Unaudited)		—	$	—		13,347,138	$	13,347	$	77,084,145	$	—	$	—		$	(82,579,607	)	$	(5,482,115	)
Initial public offering of common stock, net of offering costs of $4,327,171		—		—		1,100,000		1,100		1,446,729		—		—			—			1,447,829
Issuance of common stock, net of issuance costs of $24,325		—		—		1,230,280		1,230		2,117,275		—		—			—			2,118,505
Stock based compensation		—		—		—		—		1,320,995		—		—			—			1,320,995
Warrants issued in exchange for services		—		—		—		—		251,850		—		—			—			251,850
Warrants issued in exchange for notes payable		—		—		—		—		168,387		—		—			—			168,387
Warrants issued in connection with settlement agreement		—		—		—		—		87,200		—		—			—			87,200
Exercise of stock options		—		—		61,778		62		79,014		—		—			—			79,076
Net loss		—		—		—		—		—		—		—			(14,149,401	)		(14,149,401	)
Balance, December 31, 2008 (Unaudited)		—		—		15,739,196		15,739		82,555,595		—		—			(96,729,008	)		(14,157,674	)
Issuance of common stock, net of issuance costs of $13,664		—		—		2,680,230		2,682		1,857,140		—		—			—			1,859,822
Subscription receivable		—		—		85,090		85		59,451		—		(59,536	)		—			—
Stock based compensation		—		—		—		—		296,838		—		—			—			296,838
Common stock in exchange for services		—		—		45,000		45		45,855		—		—			—			45,900
Common stock issued in connection with the settlement of accounts payable		—		—		519,460		519		456,275		—		—			—			456,794
Common stock issued in connection with issuance of note payable		—		—		320,000		320		297,681		—		—			—			298,001
Common stock issued upon conversion of notes payable		—		—		606,708		606		261,618		—		—			—			262,224
Warrants issued in connection with notes payable		—		—		—		—		1,913,487		—		—			—			1,913,487
Exercise of stock options		—		—		40,000		40		31,960		—		—			—			32,000
Net loss		—		—		—		—		—		—		—			(4,435,756	)		(4,435,756	)
Balance, December 31, 2009 (Unaudited)		—	$	—		20,035,684	$	20,036	$	87,775,900	$	—	$	(59,536	)	$	(101,164,764	)	$	(13,428,364	)

 

See the accompanying notes to these consolidated financial statements.

F-8

BIOHEART, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
(a development stage company)
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT
FROM AUGUST 12, 1999 (DATE OF INCEPTION) THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2010 (Unaudited)

	Preferred stock				Common stock				Additional Paid in		Deferred		Subscription			Deficit Accumulated During Development
	Shares		Amount		Shares		Amount		Capital		Compensation		Receivable			Stage			Total
Balance, December 31, 2009 (Unaudited)		—	$	—		20,035,684	$	20,036	$	87,775,900	$	—	$	(59,536	)	$	(101,164,764	)	$	(13,428,364	)
Issuance of common stock, net of issuance costs of $2,950		—		—		11,334,705		11,335		2,328,929				59,536			—			2,399,800
Subscription receivable		—		—		20,000		20		3,780		—		(3,800	)		—			—
Stock based compensation		—		—		—		—		248,457		—		—			—			248,457
Common stock in exchange for services		—		—		529,520		529		359,503		—		—			—			360,032
Common stock issued in connection with settlement of accounts payable		—		—		831,526		831		411,829		—		—			—			412,660
Common stock issued in connection with bank guarantor liabilities		—		—		4,794,430		4,794		2,960,576		—		—			—			2,965,370
Warrants issued in connection with notes payable		—		—		—		—		185,307		—		—			—			185,307
Net loss		—		—		—		—		—		—		—			(5,159,456	)		(5,159,456	)
Balance, December 31, 2010 (Unaudited)		—	$	—		37,545,865	$	37,545	$	94,274,281	$	—	$	(3,800	)	$	(106,324,220	)	$	(12,016,194	)

 

See the accompanying notes to these consolidated financial statements.

F-9

BIOHEART, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
(a development stage company)
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT
FROM AUGUST 12, 1999 (DATE OF INCEPTION) THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2012
FROM AUGUST 12, 1999 (DATE OF INCEPTION) THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2010 (Unaudited)

	Preferred stock				Common stock						Additional Paid in			Deferred		Subscription			Deficit Accumulated During Development
	Shares		Amount		Shares			Amount			Capital			Compensation		Receivable			Stage			Total
Balance, December 31, 2010 (Unaudited)		—	$	—		37,545,865		$	37,545		$	94,274,281		$	—	$	(3,800	)	$	(106,324,220	)	$	(12,016,194	)
Cancellation of previously issued shares		—		—		(3,450	)		(3	)		3			—		—			—			—
Proceeds from common stock subscription		—		—		—			—			—			—		3,800			—			3,800
Common stock issued in exchanged of options exercised		—		—		1,982,995			1,983			(351	)		—		—			—			1,632
Common stock in exchange for services		—		—		1,000,000			1,000			114,035			—		—			—			115,035
Common stock issued upon conversion of notes payable		—		—		27,120,856			27,121			1,514,988			—		—			—			1,542,109
Common stock in connection with settlement agreement		—		—		4,521,700			4,522			312,997			—		—			—			317,519
Issuance of common stock, net of issuance costs of $40,000		—		—		22,184,540			22,184			1,402,616			—		—			—			1,424,800
Common stock issued in settlement of related party advance		—		—		1,272,730			1,273			138,727			—		—			—			140,000
Stock based compensation		—		—		—			—			409,314			—		—			—			409,314
Beneficial conversion feature connection with issuance of convertible note		—		—		—			—			748,545			—		—			—			748,545
Net loss		—		—		—			—			—			—		—			(4,697,037	)		(4,697,037	)
Balance, December 31, 2011		—	$	—		95,625,236		$	95,625		$	98,915,155		$	—	$	—		$	(111,021,257	)	$	(12,010,477	)

 

See the accompanying notes to these consolidated financial statements.

F-10

BIOHEART, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
(a development stage company)
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT
FROM AUGUST 12, 1999 (DATE OF INCEPTION) THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2012
FROM AUGUST 12, 1999 (DATE OF INCEPTION) THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2010 (Unaudited)

	Preferred stock					Common stock				Additional Paid in			Deferred		Subscription		Deficit Accumulated During Development
	Shares			Amount		Shares		Amount		Capital			Compensation		Receivable		Stage			Total
Balance, December 31, 2011		—		$	—		95,625,236	$	95,625	$	98,915,155		$	—	$	—	$	(111,021,257	)	$	(12,010,477	)
Issuance of common stock		—			—		24,085,718		24,085		485,715			—		—		—			509,800
Common stock issued for services		—			—		952,851		953		33,647			—		—		—			34,600
Common stock issued under put agreement		—			—		8,947,859		8,948		141,052			—		—		—			150,000
Common stock issued upon conversion of notes payable		—			—		51,751,138		51,752		668,462										720,214
Common stock issued for accrued liabilities							700,000		700		13,300			—		—		—			14,000
Stock based compensation		—	��		—		—		—		76,674			—		—		—			76,674
Fair value of warrants issued in connection with forbearance agreement		—			—		—		—		119,023			—		—		—			119,023
Beneficial conversion feature connection with issuance of convertible note		—			—		—		—		234,739			—		—		—			234,739
Reclassify committed common shares in excess of authorized amount to liability		—			—		—		—		(427,663	)		—		—		—			(427,663	)
Net loss		—			—		—		—		—			—		—		(4,016,467	)		(4,016,467	)
Balance, December 31, 2012		—		$	—		182,062,802	$	182,063	$	100,260,094		$	—	$	—	$	(115,037,724	)	$	(14,595,567	)

 

See the accompanying notes to these consolidated financial statements.

F-11

BIOHEART, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
(a development stage company)
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

	Year ended December 31,						From August 12, 1999 (date of Inception) to
	2012			2011			December 31, 2012
							(Unaudited)
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
Net loss	$	(4,016,467	)	$	(4,697,037	)	$	(115,037,724	)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization		14,589			31,963			897,914
Bad debt expense		—			1,266			166,266
Discount on convertible debt		468,581			880,763			1,611,568
(Gain) loss on change in fair value of derivative liability		(119,795	)		25,026			(94,769	)
Non cash payment of interest		93,209			177,901			271,110
Amortization of warrants issued in exchange for licenses and intellectual property		—			—			5,413,156
Amortization of warrants issued in connection with notes payable		95,291			278,213			5,437,604
Amortization of loan costs		927			12,207			1,228,717
Warrants issued in exchange for services		—			—			285,659
Warrants issued in exchange for forbearance agreement		430,213			—			430,213
Equity instruments issued in connection with R&D agreement		—			—			360,032
Equity instruments issued in connection with settlement agreement		—			—			3,381,629
Common stock issued in connection with accounts payable		—			101,434			756,816
Common stock issued in exchange for services		34,600			125,005			1,482,522
Common stock issued in connection with amounts due to guarantors of Bank of America loan		—			—			69,159
Common stock issued in exchange for distribution rights and intellectual property		—			—			99,997
Warrants issued in connection with accounts payable					—			7,758
Stock based compensation		76,674			409,314			9,951,002
(Increase) decrease in:
Receivables		2,153			(3,495	)		(2,607	)
Inventory		749			89,915			(62,954	)
Prepaid and other current assets		8,295			(25,476	)		(51,502	)
Other assets		—			—			(28,854	)
Increase (decrease) in:
Accounts payable		324,264			301,136			3,259,679
Accrued expenses		1,491,441			597,961			6,738,244
Deferred revenue		—			—			465,287
Net cash used in operating activities		(1,095,276	)		(1,693,904	)		(72,964,078	)

 

See the accompanying notes to these consolidated financial statements.

F-12

BIOHEART, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
(a development stage company)
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

	Year ended December 31,						From August 12, 1999 (date of Inception) to
	2012			2011			December 31, 2012
							(Unaudited)
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
Acquisitions of property and equipment		(933	)		—			(899,733	)
Net cash used by investing activities		(933	)		—			(899,733	)
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
Bank overdraft		89			—			89
Proceeds from issuance of common stock, net		584,800			1,424,800			63,881,775
Proceeds from (payments for) initial public offering of common stock, net		—			—			1,447,829
Proceeds from subordinated related party note		—			—			3,000,000
Payment of note payable		—			—			(3,000,000	)
Proceeds from notes payable, related party		—			280,000			505,000
Proceeds from related party advances		411,492			218,000			867,492
Proceeds from exercise of stock options		—			1,632			293,749
Proceeds from notes payable		63,000			59,750			11,620,750
Repayments of notes payable		—			(256,748	)		(3,533,605	)
Payment of loan costs		—			—			(1,219,268	)
Net cash provided in financing activities		1,059,381			1,727,434			73,863,811
Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents		(36,828	)		33,530			—
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period		36,828			3,298			—
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	$	—		$	36,828		$	—
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURES OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION
Interest paid	$	403,618		$	173,863		$	2,184,082
Income taxes paid	$	—		$	—		$	—
Non cash financing activities:
Common stock issued in settlement of notes payable	$	720,214		$	1,360,745		$	4,252,959
Common stock issued in settlement of accounts payable	$	14,000		$	—		$	14,000
Reclassification from note payable to related party	$	544,267		$	—		$	544,267

 

See the accompanying notes to these consolidated financial statements.

F-13

BIOHEART, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
(a development stage company)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2012

NOTE 1 — SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

A summary of the significant accounting policies applied in the presentation of the accompanying consolidated financial statements follows:

Basis and business presentation

Bioheart, Inc (the “Company”) was incorporated under the laws of the State of Florida in August 1999. The Company is in the development stage, as defined by Accounting Standards Codification subtopic 915-10, Development Stage Entities (“ASC 915-10”) and is the cardiovascular sector of the cell technology industry delivering cell therapies and biologics that help address congestive heart failure, lower limb ischemia, chronic heart ischemia, acute myocardial infarctions and other issues. To date, the Company has not generated significant sales revenues, has incurred expenses and has sustained losses. Consequently, its operations are subject to all the risks inherent in the establishment of a new business enterprise. For the period from inception through December 31, 2012, the Company has accumulated a deficit through its development stage of $115,037,724.

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company, and its wholly-owned subsidiaries. All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

Estimates

The preparation of the consolidated financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect certain reported amounts and disclosures. The most significant estimates are those used in determination of derivative liabilities and stock compensation. Accordingly, actual results could differ from those estimates.

Revenue Recognition

The Company recognizes revenue in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification subtopic 605-10, Revenue Recognition (“ASC 605-10”) which requires that four basic criteria must be met before revenue can be recognized: (1) persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists; (2) delivery has occurred; (3) the selling price is fixed and determinable; and (4) collectability is reasonably assured. Determination of criteria (3) and (4) are based on management’s judgments regarding the fixed nature of the selling prices of the products delivered and the collectability of those amounts. Provisions for discounts and rebates to customers, estimated returns and allowances, and other adjustments are provided for in the same period the related sales are recorded.

At the time of each transaction, management assesses whether the fee associated with the transaction is fixed or determinable and whether or not collection is reasonably assured. The assessment of whether the fee is fixed or determinable is based upon the payment terms of the transaction. If a significant portion of a fee is due after our normal payment terms or upon implementation or client acceptance, the fee is accounted for as not being fixed or determinable and revenue is recognized as the fees become due or after implementation or client acceptance has occurred. Collectability is assessed based on a number of factors, including past transaction history with the client and the creditworthiness of the client.

The Company accounts for Multiple-Element Arrangements under ASC 605-10 which incorporates Accounting Standards Codification subtopic 605-25, Multiple-Element Arrangements (“ASC 605-25”). ASC 605-25 addresses accounting for arrangements that may involve the delivery or performance of multiple products, services and/or rights to use assets.

F-14

BIOHEART, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
(a development stage company)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2012

Unbilled revenue is revenue that is recognized but is not currently billable to the customer pursuant to contractual terms. In general, such amounts become billable in accordance with predetermined payment schedules, but recognized as revenue as services are performed. Amounts included in unbilled revenue are expected to be collected within one year and are included within current assets.

Cash

The Company considers cash to consist of cash on hand and temporary investments having an original maturity of 90 days or less that are readily convertible into cash.

Accounts Receivable

Trade receivables are carried at their estimated collectible amounts. Trade credit is generally extended on a short-term basis; thus trade receivables do not bear interest. Trade accounts receivable are periodically evaluated for collectability based on past credit history with customers and their current financial condition.

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

Any changes to the allowance for doubtful accounts on accounts receivable are charged to operations in amounts sufficient to maintain the allowance for uncollectible accounts at a level management believes is adequate to cover any probable losses. Management determines the adequacy of the allowance based on historical write-off percentages and the current status of accounts receivable. Accounts receivable are charged off against the allowance when collectability is determined to be permanently impaired. As of December 31, 2012 and 2011, allowance for doubtful accounts was $-0- and $8,751, respectively.

Long-Lived Assets

The Company follows FASB ASC 360-10-15-3, “Impairment or Disposal of Long-lived Assets,” which established a “primary asset” approach to determine the cash flow estimation period for a group of assets and liabilities that represents the unit of accounting for a long-lived asset to be held and used. Long-lived assets to be held and used are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. The carrying amount of a long-lived asset is not recoverable if it exceeds the sum of the undiscounted cash flows expected to result from the use and eventual disposition of the asset. Long-lived assets to be disposed of are reported at the lower of carrying amount or fair value less cost to sell.

Other assets

During the year ended December 2011, the Company’s management performed an evaluation of its other assets (cost basis investment) for purposes of determining the implied fair value of the asset at December 31, 2011, respectively. In 2011, the test indicated that the recorded remaining book value of its investment exceeded its fair value for the year ended December 31, 2011, as determined by discounted future cash flows. As a result, upon completion of the assessment, management recorded a non-cash impairment charge of $58,695, net of tax during the year ended December 31, 2011 to reduce the carrying value of the investment to $-0-. Considerable management judgment is necessary to estimate the fair value. Accordingly, actual results could vary significantly from management’s estimates.

F-15

BIOHEART, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
(a development stage company)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2012

Property and Equipment

Property and equipment are stated at cost. When retired or otherwise disposed, the related carrying value and accumulated depreciation are removed from the respective accounts and the net difference less any amount realized from disposition, is reflected in earnings. For financial statement purposes, property and equipment are recorded at cost and depreciated using the straight-line method over their estimated useful lives of 3 to 15 years.

Income Taxes

The Company has adopted Accounting Standards Codification subtopic 740-10, Income Taxes (“ASC 740-10”) which requires the recognition of deferred tax liabilities and assets for the expected future tax consequences of events that have been included in the financial statement or tax returns. Under this method, deferred tax liabilities and assets are determined based on the difference between financial statements and tax basis of assets and liabilities using enacted tax rates in effect for the year in which the differences are expected to reverse. Temporary differences between taxable income reported for financial reporting purposes and income tax purposes consist primarily of derivative liability and stock compensation accounting versus tax differences.

Comprehensive Income

The Company does not have any items of comprehensive income in any of the periods presented.

Net Loss per Common Share, basic and diluted

The Company has adopted Accounting Standards Codification subtopic 260-10, Earnings Per Share (“ASC 260-10”) specifying the computation, presentation and disclosure requirements of earnings per share information. Basic loss per share has been calculated based upon the weighted average number of common shares outstanding. Stock options and warrants have been excluded as common stock equivalents in the diluted loss per share because their effect is anti-dilutive on the computation. Fully diluted shares outstanding were 195,204,110 and 73,546,787 for the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively.

Stock based compensation

The Company follows Accounting Standards Codification subtopic 718-10, Compensation (“ASC 718-10”) which requires that all share-based payments to both employees and non-employees be recognized in the income statement based on their fair values. (See note 10)

As of December 31, 2012, there were outstanding stock options to purchase 7,853,376 shares of common stock, 3,694,199 shares of which were vested.

Concentrations of Credit Risk

The Company’s financial instruments that are exposed to a concentration of credit risk are cash and accounts receivable. Effective December 31, 2010 and extending through December 31, 2012, all non-interest-bearing transaction accounts are fully insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), regardless of the balance of the account. Generally, the Company’s cash and cash equivalents in interest-bearing accounts does not exceed FDIC insurance limits. The financial stability of these institutions is periodically reviewed by senior management.

As of December 31, 2012, one customer represented 96% of the Company’s accounts receivable. As of December 31, 2011, three customers represented 88% of the Company’s accounts receivable

F-16

BIOHEART, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
(a development stage company)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2012

The Company’s revenues earned from sale of products and services for the year ended December 31, 2012 included 80% of the Company’s total revenues from two customers. For the year ended December 31, 2011, Company’s revenues earned from sale of products and services included 100% of the Company’s total revenues from one customer.

Reliance on Key Personnel and Consultants

The Company has three full-time employees and no part-time employees. The Company is heavily dependent on the continued active participation of these current executive officers, employees and key consultants. The loss of any of the senior management or key consultants could significantly and negatively impact the business until adequate replacements can be identified and put in place.

Research and Development

The Company accounts for research and development costs in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification subtopic 730-10, Research and Development (“ASC 730-10”). Under ASC 730-10, all research and development costs must be charged to expense as incurred. Accordingly, internal research and development costs are expensed as incurred. Third-party research and development costs are expensed when the contracted work has been performed or as milestone results have been achieved as defined under the applicable agreement. Company-sponsored research and development costs related to both present and future products are expensed in the period incurred. The Company incurred research and development expenses of $401,941, $465,461 and $64,693,052 (unaudited) for the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011, and from August 12, 1999 (date of inception) to December 31, 2012, respectively.

Derivative Instrument Liability

The Company accounts for derivative instruments in accordance with ASC 815, which establishes accounting and reporting standards for derivative instruments and hedging activities, including certain derivative instruments embedded in other financial instruments or contracts and requires recognition of all derivatives on the balance sheet at fair value, regardless of hedging relationship designation. Accounting for changes in fair value of the derivative instruments depends on whether the derivatives qualify as hedge relationships and the types of relationships designated are based on the exposures hedged. At December 31, 2012 and 2011, the Company did not have any derivative instruments that were designated as hedges.

Research Grants

On November 9, 2010, we received a grant in the amount of $244,500 under the qualifying therapeutic discovery project under section 48D of the Internal Revenue code. We have not received any research grant income in recent years.

Fair Value

Accounting Standards Codification subtopic 825-10, Financial Instruments (“ASC 825-10”) requires disclosure of the fair value of certain financial instruments. The carrying value of cash and cash equivalents, accounts payable and accrued liabilities, and short-term borrowings, as reflected in the balance sheets, approximate fair value because of the short-term maturity of these instruments. All other significant financial assets, financial liabilities and equity instruments of the Company are either recognized or disclosed in the financial statements together with other information relevant for making a reasonable assessment of future cash flows, interest rate risk and credit risk. Where practicable the fair values of financial assets and financial liabilities have been determined and disclosed; otherwise only available information pertinent to fair value has been disclosed.

F-17

BIOHEART, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
(a development stage company)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2012

The company follows Accounting Standards Codification subtopic 820-10, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures (“ASC 820-10”) and Accounting Standards Codification subtopic 825-10, Financial Instruments (“ASC 825-10”), which permits entities to choose to measure many financial instruments and certain other items at fair value. Neither of these statements had an impact on the Company’s financial position, results of operations nor cash flows.

Reclassification

Certain reclassifications have been made to prior periods’ data to conform with the current year’s presentation. These reclassifications had no effect on reported income or losses.

F-18

BIOHEART, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
(a development stage company)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2012

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

There were various updates recently issued, most of which represented technical corrections to the accounting literature or application to specific industries and are not expected to a have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

NOTE 2 — GOING CONCERN MATTERS

The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, which contemplates the realization of assets and the satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business. As shown in the accompanying consolidated financial statements during year ended December 31, 2012, the Company incurred net losses attributable to common shareholders of $4,016,467 and used $1,095,276 in cash for operating activities. These factors among others may indicate that the Company will be unable to continue as a going concern for a reasonable period of time.

The Company’s existence is dependent upon management’s ability to develop profitable operations and to obtain additional funding sources. There can be no assurance that the Company’s financing efforts will result in profitable operations or the resolution of the Company’s liquidity problems. The accompanying statements do not include any adjustments that might result should the Company be unable to continue as a going concern.

The Company’s ability to obtain additional debt financing and/or alternative arrangements, with the Guarantors or otherwise, may be limited by the amount of, terms and restrictions of our then current debt. Accordingly, until such time, we will generally be restricted from, among other things, incurring additional indebtedness or liens, with limited exceptions. Additional debt financing, if available, may involve restrictive covenants that limit or further limit our operating and financial flexibility and prohibit us from making distributions to shareholders.

NOTE 3 — INVENTORY

Inventory consists of raw materials. Costs of raw materials are determined using the FIFO method. Inventory is stated at the lower of costs or market (estimated net realizable value).

NOTE 4 — PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT

Property and equipment as of December 31, 2012 and 2011 is summarized as follows:

	2012			2011
Laboratory and medical equipment	$	352,358		$	352,358
Furniture, fixtures and equipment		130,916			130,916
Computer equipment		54,414			53,481
Leasehold improvements		362,046			362,046
		899,734			898,801
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization		(897,914	)		(883,325	)
	$	1,820		$	15,476

 

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BIOHEART, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
(a development stage company)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2012

Property and equipment are recorded on the basis of cost. For financial statement purposes, property, plant and equipment are depreciated using the straight-line method over their estimated useful lives.

Expenditures for repair and maintenance which do not materially extend the useful lives of property and equipment are charged to operations. When property or equipment is sold or otherwise disposed of, the cost and related accumulated depreciation are removed from the respective accounts with the resulting gain or loss reflected in operations. Management periodically reviews the carrying value of its property and equipment for impairment in accordance with the guidance for impairment of long lived assets.

NOTE 5 — ACCRUED EXPENSES

Accrued expenses consisted of the following as of December 31, 2012 and 2011:

	2012		2011
License and royalty fees	$	1,825,675	$	1,540,204
Amounts payable to the Guarantors of the Company’s loan agreement with Bank of America and Seaside Bank, including fees and interest		1,284,705		1,164,306
Interest payable on notes payable		1,100,174		732,556
Vendor accruals and other		120,133		115,312
Employee commissions, compensation, etc.		1,033,330		329,737
	$	5,364,017	$	3,882,115

 

NOTE 6 — STANDBY EQUITY DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT

On November 2, 2011, the Company and Greystone Capital Partners (“Greystone”) entered into a Standby Equity Distribution Agreement (the “Agreement”). Pursuant to the Agreement, Greystone has agreed to provide the Company with up to $1,000,000 of funding for the 24-month period following the date a registration statement of the Company’s common stock is declared effective by the SEC (the ”Equity Line“). During this 24-month period, commencing on the date on which the SEC first declares effective our registration statement, the Company may request a draw down under the Equity Line by which the Company would sell shares of its common stock to Greystone, which is obligated to purchase the shares under the Agreement. For each share of our common stock purchased under the Agreement, Greystone will pay eighty percent (80%) of the average of the lowest daily volume weighted average price for five consecutive trading days immediately preceding Advance Notice (the “Valuation Period”) commencing the date of an Advance Notice (the “Advance Notice”) is delivered to Greystone in a manner provided by the Agreement. Subject to certain limitations and floor price reductions, the Company may, at its sole discretion, issue a Put Notice to Greystone and Greystone will then be irrevocably bound to acquire such shares. The registration statement relating to the requested bond of the Company’s common stock pursuant to the Agreement was declared effective on February 10, 2012.

During the year ended December 31, 2012, the Company “put” 8,947,859 shares of common stock for a total of $150,000.

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BIOHEART, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
(a development stage company)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2012

NOTE 7 — NOTES PAYABLE

Notes payable were comprised of the following as of December 31, 2012 and 2011:

	2012		2011
Seaside Bank note payable.	$	980,000	$	980,000
BlueCrest Capital Finance note payable.		—		807,827
Rogers Telecomm note payable		1,000,000		1,000,000
Hunton & Williams notes payable		384,972		384,972
Greystone notes payable		—		241,508
Total notes payable		2,364,972		3,414,307
Less unamortized debt discount		—		(181,545	)
Total notes payable net of unamortized debt discount	$	2,364,972	$	3,232,762

 

Seaside Bank

On October 25, 2010, the Company entered into a Loan Agreement with Seaside National Bank and Trust for a $980,000 loan at 4.25% per annum interest that was used to refinance the Company’s loan with Bank of America. The obligation is guaranteed by shareholders of the Company.

BlueCrest Capital Finance Note Payable

On June 1, 2007, the Company closed on a $5.0 million senior loan from BlueCrest Capital Finance, L.P. with a term of 36 months which bears interest at an annual rate of 12.85% (the “BlueCrest Loan”). The first three months required payment of interest only with equal principal and interest payments over the remaining 33 months. As consideration for the loan, the Company issued to BlueCrest Capital Finance, L.P. a warrant to purchase 65,030 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $7.69 per share. The warrant, which became exercisable one year following the date the warrant was issued, has a ten year term. This warrant had a fair value of $455,483, which was accounted for as additional paid in capital and reflected as a component of debt discount and was being amortized as interest expense ratably over the term of the loan. On August 31, 2007, BlueCrest Capital Finance, L.P. assigned its rights, liabilities, duties and obligations under the BlueCrest Loan and warrant to BlueCrest Venture Finance Master Fund Limited (“BlueCrest”).

The loan may be prepaid in whole but not in part. As collateral to secure its repayment obligations under the loan, the Company granted BlueCrest a first priority security interest in all of the Company’s assets, excluding intellectual property but including the proceeds from any sale of any of the Company’s intellectual property. The loan has certain restrictive terms and covenants including among others, restrictions on the Company’s ability to incur additional senior or pari-passu indebtedness or make interest or principal payments on other subordinate loans.

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BIOHEART, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
(a development stage company)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2012

In the event of an uncured event of default under the loan, all amounts owed to BlueCrest are immediately due and payable and BlueCrest has the right to enforce its security interest in the assets securing the loan. During the continuance of an event of default, all outstanding amounts under the loan will bear interest (payable on demand) at an annual rate of the 14.85%. In addition, any unpaid amounts are subject, until paid, to a service charge in an amount equal to two percent (2%) of the unpaid amount. Events of default include, among others, the Company’s failure to timely make payments of principal when due, the Company’s uncured failure to timely pay any other amounts owing to BlueCrest under the loan, the Company’s material breach of the representations and warranties contained in the loan agreement and the Company’s default in the payment of any debt to any of its other lenders in excess of $100,000 or any other default or breach under any agreement relating to such debt, which gives the holders of such debt the right to accelerate the debt.

The Company and BlueCrest entered into an amendment to the BlueCrest Loan as of April 2, 2009 (the “BlueCrest Loan Amendment”), that, among other things, includes BlueCrest’s agreement to forbear from exercising any of its rights or remedies regarding the defaults described in Notices (the “Forbearance”) as long as there are no new defaults under the BlueCrest Loan, as amended.The BlueCrest Loan Amendment, (a) increases the amount of permitted unsecured indebtedness of the Company, (b) amended the amortization schedule for the Loan to provide for interest-only payments until July 1, 2009, at which time monthly principal and interest payments of $262,692 will commence, and (c) prohibits the Company from granting any lien against its intellectual property and grants to BlueCrest a lien against the Company’s intellectual property that will become effective in the event of a default. In addition, the Company issued BlueCrest a warrant to purchase 1,315,542 shares of the Company’s common stock at $0.53 per share. The fair value of the issued warrants of $539,676 was determined using the Black Scholes Option Pricing Model and was recorded as a debt discount and amortized ratably over the remaining term of the loan.

Effective July 1, 2009, the Company and BlueCrest agreed to enter into an amendment to the BlueCrest Loan to amend the amortization schedule for the Loan to provide for interest-only payments until January 1, 2010, at which time monthly principal and interest payments of $139,728 were to commence. In connection with that Amendment the Company issued BlueCrest a warrant to purchase $600,000 of the Company’s common shares and paid a fee of $29,435. The fair value of the issued warrants of $575,529 was determined using the Black Scholes Option Pricing Model and was recorded as a debt discount and amortized ratably over the term of the loan.

Effective December 31, 2009, the Company and BlueCrest entered into an amendment to the BlueCrest Loan to further amend the amortization schedule for the Loan to provide for interest-only payments until July 1, 2010, at which time monthly principal and interest payments of $139,728.82 were to commence. In connection with that Amendment, the Company issued BlueCrest a warrant to purchase $600,000 of the Company’s common shares and paid a fee of $20,000. The Company also provided BlueCrest with a lien on its Intellectual Property. The fair value of the issued warrants of $507,606 was determined using the Black Scholes Option Pricing Model and was recorded as a debt discount and amortized ratably over the remaining term of the loan.

The outstanding principal amount of the Loan as of December 31, 2010 was $2,276,543. On January 7, 2011, BlueCrest agreed with the Company and Magna Group, LLC (“Magna”) to split the note evidencing the Loan into two notes aggregating the outstanding principal balance, with the new note being in the principal amount of $139,729, the amount of the monthly payment due on the BlueCrest loan (the “New Note”). The Company exchanged the BlueCrest note for a convertible note with Magna in consideration for a payment by Magna to BlueCrest of $139,729. Additionally, Magna purchased a $25,000 convertible note from the Company (the “Convertible Note”). On July 18, 2011, the Company issued 625,000 shares of its common stock in settlement of the convertible note and related accrued interest.

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BIOHEART, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
(a development stage company)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2012

On May 16, 2011, BlueCrest agreed with the Company and Magna Group, LLC (“Magna”) to again split the note evidencing the Loan into two notes aggregating the outstanding principal balance, with the new note being in the principal amount of $139,729, the amount of the monthly payment due on the BlueCrest loan (the “New Note”). The New Note was assigned to Magna in consideration for a payment by them to BlueCrest of $139,729, and thereafter exchanged for a new Convertible Note. Additionally, Magna purchased a $34,750 convertible note from the Company (the “Convertible Note”). In June and July of 2011 the Company issued 3,431,233 shares of common stock in connection with the conversion of the notes.

On June 15, 2011, BlueCrest agreed with the Company and Lotus Funding Group, LLC (“Lotus”) to again split the note evidencing the Loan into two notes aggregating the outstanding principal balance, with the new note being in the principal amount of $139,729, the amount of the monthly payment due on the BlueCrest loan (the “New Note”). The New Note was assigned to Lotus in consideration for a payment by them to BlueCrest of $139,729, and thereafter exchanged for a new Convertible Note. In June and July of 2011 the Company issued an aggregate of 3,431,233 shares of common stock in connection with the conversion of these notes.

On July 8, 2011, BlueCrest agreed with the Company and Greystone Capital (“Greystone”) to split the note evidencing the Loan into two notes aggregating the outstanding principal balance, with the new note being in the principal amount of $140,380, the amount of the monthly payment due on the BlueCrest loan (the “New Note”). The New Note was assigned to Greystone in consideration for a payment by them to BlueCrest of $140,380, and thereafter exchanged for a new Convertible Note. In July 2011, the Company issued an aggregate of 3,829,001 shares of our common stock in connection with the conversion of the $140,380 convertible note.

On August 1, 2011, BlueCrest agreed with the Company and Greystone Capital (“Greystone”) to again split the note evidencing the Loan into two notes aggregating the outstanding principal balance, with the new note being in the principal amount of $139,728, the amount of the monthly payment due on the BlueCrest loan (the “New Note”). The New Note was assigned to Greystone in consideration for a payment by them to BlueCrest of $139,728, and thereafter exchanged for a new Convertible Note. In August 2011, the Company issued an aggregate of 3,358,866 shares of our common stock in connection with the conversion of the $139,729 convertible note.

On September 1, 2011, BlueCrest agreed with the Company and Greystone Capital (“Greystone”) to again split the note evidencing the Loan into two notes aggregating the outstanding principal balance, with the new note being in the principal amount of $139,728, the amount of the monthly payment due on the BlueCrest loan (the “New Note”). The New Note was assigned to Greystone in consideration for a payment by them to BlueCrest of $139,728, and thereafter exchanged for a new Convertible Note. In September 2011, the Company issued an aggregate of 5,769,150 shares of our common stock in connection with the conversion of the $139,729 convertible note.

On October 1, 2011, BlueCrest agreed with the Company and Greystone Capital (“Greystone”) to again split the note evidencing the Loan into two notes aggregating the outstanding principal balance, with the new note being in the principal amount of $139,728, the amount of the monthly payment due on the BlueCrest loan (the “New Note”). The New Note was assigned to Greystone in consideration for a payment by them to BlueCrest of $139,728, and thereafter exchanged for a new unsecured convertible promissory note, bearing interest at the rate of 8% per annum, payable at maturity and convertible into common stock of the Company at a price that is 65% of the average of the closing prices for the Company’s shares for the ten (10) days prior to the Lenders’ election to exercise its conversion right.

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BIOHEART, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
(a development stage company)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2012

•    In October and November of 2011, we issued an aggregate of 5,497,487 shares of our common stock in connection with the conversion of the $126,154 convertible note.

•    In January 2012, we issued an aggregate of 937,242 shares of our common stock in connection with the conversion of $12,575 convertible note.

On November 1, 2011, BlueCrest agreed with the Company and Greystone Capital (“Greystone”) to again split the note evidencing the Loan into two notes aggregating the outstanding principal balance, with the new note being in the principal amount of $139,728, the amount of the monthly payment due on the BlueCrest loan (the “New Note”). The New Note was assigned to Greystone in consideration for a payment by them to BlueCrest of $139,728, and thereafter exchanged for a new unsecured convertible promissory note, bearing interest at the rate of 8% per annum, payable at maturity and convertible into common stock of the Company at a price that is 65% of the average of the closing prices for the Company’s shares for the ten (10) days prior to the Lenders’ election to exercise its conversion right.

•    In January and February of 2012, we issued an aggregate of 10,161,166 shares of our common stock in connection with the conversion of the $139,724 convertible note.

On December 1, 2011, BlueCrest agreed with the Company and Greystone Capital (“Greystone”) to again split the note evidencing the Loan into two notes aggregating the outstanding principal balance, with the new note being in the principal amount of $139,728, the amount of the monthly payment due on the BlueCrest loan (the “New Note”). The New Note was assigned to Greystone in consideration for a payment by them to BlueCrest of $139,728.82, and thereafter exchanged for a new Convertible Note. In February and March of 2012, we issued an aggregate of 9,838,710 shares of our common stock in connection with the conversion of the $139,728 convertible note.

On January 3, 2012, BlueCrest agreed with the Company and Greystone Capital (“Greystone”) to again split the note evidencing the Loan into two notes aggregating the outstanding principal balance, with the new note being in the principal amount of $139,728, the amount of the monthly payment due on the BlueCrest loan (the “New Note”). The New Note was assigned to Greystone in consideration for a payment by them to BlueCrest of $139,728, and thereafter exchanged for a new Convertible Note.

The loan evidenced by the New Note is in the nature of convertible debt evidenced by an unsecured convertible promissory note, bearing interest at the rate of 8% per annum, payable at maturity and convertible into common stock of the Company at a price that is 65% of the average of the closing prices for the Company’s shares for the ten (10) days prior to the Lenders’ election to exercise its conversion right.

•    In July through September of 2012, we issued an aggregate of 14,674,900 shares of our common stock in connection with the conversion of the $139,728 convertible note.

On February 6, 2012, BlueCrest agreed with the Company and Greg Knutson to again split the note evidencing the Loan into two notes aggregating the outstanding principal balance, with the new note being in the principal amount of $95,000.00, the amount of the monthly payment due on the BlueCrest loan (the “New Note”) after combined with payment of $50,000 by a common stock subscription. The New Note was assigned to Greystone in consideration for a payment by them to BlueCrest of $95,000.00, and thereafter exchanged for a new unsecured convertible promissory note, bearing interest at the rate of 8% per annum, payable at maturity and convertible into common stock of the Company at a price that is 65% of the average of the closing prices for the Company’s shares for the ten (10) days prior to the Lenders’ election to exercise its conversion right, but in no event lower than $0.01 per share.

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BIOHEART, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
(a development stage company)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2012

On February 29, 2012, the Note issued to BlueCrest Master Fund Limited was assigned to Northstar Biotechnology Group, LLC (“Northstar”), owned partly by certain directors and existing shareholders of the Company, including Dr. William P. Murphy Jr., Dr. Samuel Ahn and Charles Hart. At the date of the assignment, the principal amount of the BlueCrest note was $544,267. See Note 8 below.

For the year ended December 31, 2012 the Company paid $263,560 in principal and $11,641 in interest.

Rogers Telecom Note

On August 20, 2008, the Company borrowed $1.0 million from a third party pursuant to the terms of an unsecured Promissory Note and Agreement. Outstanding principal and interest on the loan, which accrues at the rate of 13.5% per annum, is payable in one balloon payment upon the Company’s repayment of the BlueCrest Loan, which is scheduled to mature in May 2010, however the Company is not obligated to make payments until BlueCrest Loan is paid off. In the event the Company completes a private placement of its common stock and/or securities exercisable for or convertible into its common stock which generates at least $19.0 million of gross proceeds, the Company may prepay, without penalty, all outstanding principal and interest due under the loan using the same type of securities issued in the subject private placement. Because repayment of the loan could occur within 12 months from the date of the balance sheet, the Company has classified this loan as short term. Subject to certain conditions, at the end of each calendar quarter during the time the loan is outstanding, the Company may, but is not required to, pay all or any portion of the interest accrued but unpaid as of such date with shares of its common stock. In April 2009, as consideration for the authorization to amend certain documents related to the Note, the Company issued to the Noteholder a warrant to purchase 451,053 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $0.5321 per share.

The warrant, which became exercisable immediately upon issuance, has a ten year term. This warrant had a fair value of $195,694, which was accounted for as additional paid in capital and reflected as a component of debt discount and is being amortized as interest expense ratably over the term of the loan.

Hunton & Williams Notes

At December 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011, the Company has two outstanding notes payable with interest at 8% per annum due at maturity. The two notes, $61,150 and $323,822 are payable in one balloon payment upon the date the Noteholder provides written demand, however the Company is not obligated to make payments until the Northstar Loan is paid off.

Greystone Notes

On January 3, 2012, the Company issued a $139,729 Unsecured Convertible Note that matures in January 3, 2013 in exchange for Bluecrest Capital Finance note payable. Note bears interest at a rate of 8% per annum and is convertible into shares of the Company’s common stock, at a conversion rate of 65% of the average of the three lowest closing prices for the common stock during the ten trading day period prior to date of conversion, but in no event lower than $0.01 per share.

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BIOHEART, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
(a development stage company)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2012

In accordance with ASC 470-20, the Company recognized an embedded beneficial conversion feature present in Convertible Note. The Company allocated a portion of the proceeds equal to the intrinsic value of that feature to additional paid-in capital and a discount against the Convertible Note. The total debt discount attributed to the beneficial conversion feature and common stock issued in the amount of $139,729 is charged operations ratably over the note term as interest expense. For the year ended December 31, 2012, the Company amortized and wrote off $139,729 to current period operations as interest expense. As described above, during the year ended December 31, 2012, the Company issued an aggregate of 14,674,900 shares of common stock in settlement of the outstanding Note and related accrued interest.

On February 6, 2012, the Company issued a $95,000 Unsecured Convertible Note that matures in February 6, 2013 in exchange for Bluecrest Capital Finance note payable. Note bears interest at a rate of 8% per annum and is convertible into shares of the Company’s common stock, at a conversion rate of 65% of the average of the three lowest closing prices for the common stock during the ten trading day period prior to date of conversion, but in no event lower than $0.01 per share. In accordance with ASC 470-20, the Company recognized an embedded beneficial conversion feature present in Convertible Note. The Company allocated a portion of the proceeds equal to the intrinsic value of that feature to additional paid-in capital and a discount against the Convertible Note. The total debt discount attributed to the beneficial conversion feature and common stock issued in the amount of $95,000 is charged operations ratably over the note term as interest expense. On February 21, 2012, the Company issued 6,785,714 shares of common stock in settlement of the Unsecured Convertible Note. For the year ended December 31, 2012, the Company amortized $95,000 to current period operations as interest expense.

On September 28, 2011, the Company issued a $35,000 Unsecured Convertible Note that matures in September 2012. Note bears interest at a rate of 8% per annum and is convertible into shares of the Company’s common stock, at a conversion rate of the lower of $0.13 per share or 65% of the three lowest closing prices for the common stock during the ten trading day period prior to date of conversion, minimum conversion rate of $0.01 per share. In accordance with ASC 470-20, the Company recognized an embedded beneficial conversion feature present in the New Note. The Company allocated a portion of the proceeds equal to the intrinsic value of that feature to additional paid-in capital and a discount against the New Note. The total debt discount attributed to the beneficial conversion feature and common stock issued in the amount of $15,342 is charged to operations ratably over the note term as interest expense. For the year ended December 31, 2012, the Company amortized and wrote off $11,391 to current period operations as interest expense. During the year ended December 31, 2012, the Company issued 3,055,828 shares of its common stock in settlement of the September 28, 2011 Unsecured Convertible Note and related accrued interest.

Asher Note

On April 2, 2012, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement with Asher Enterprises, Inc. (“Asher”), for the sale of an 8% convertible note in the principal amount of $63,000 (the “Note”).

The Note bears interest at the rate of 8% per annum. All interest and principal must be repaid on January 3, 2013. The Note is convertible into common stock, at Asher’s option, at a 42% discount to the average of the three lowest closing bid prices of the common stock during the 10 trading day period prior to conversion. The Company has identified the embedded derivatives related to the Asher Note. These embedded derivatives included certain conversion features and reset provision. The accounting treatment of derivative financial instruments requires that the Company record fair value of the derivatives as of the inception date of Asher Note and to fair value as of each subsequent reporting date. At the inception of the Asher Note, the Company determined the aggregate fair value of $76,682 of the embedded derivatives.

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BIOHEART, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
(a development stage company)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2012

The fair value of the embedded derivatives was determined using the Binomial Option Pricing Model based on the following assumptions: (1) dividend yield of 0%; (2) expected volatility of 222.81%, (3) weighted average risk-free interest rate of 0.18%, (4) expected life of 0.76 year, and (5) estimated fair value of the Company’s common stock of $0.0373 per share. The initial fair value of the embedded debt derivative of $76,682 was allocated as a debt discount up to the proceeds of the note ($63,000) with the remainder ($13,682) charged to current period operations as interest expense. For the year ended December 31, 2012, the Company amortized or wrote off $63,000 of debt discount to current period operations as interest expense. During the year ended December 31, 2012, the Company issued 6,297,578 shares of its common stock in settlement of the April 2, 2012 Unsecured Convertible Note and related accrued interest.

NOTE 8 — RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

Lease Guarantee

The Company’s former Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Technology Officer has personally guaranteed the Company’s obligations under its lease for its facilities in Sunrise, Florida and has provided a personal guarantee for the Company credit card, which is for his own use only.

Advances

As of December 31, 2012 and 2011, the Company officers and directors have provided advances in the aggregate of 867,492 and 456,000 respectively, for working capital purposes. The advances are due on demand and non-interest bearing.

Notes payable-related party

Northstar Biotechnology Group, LLC

On February 29, 2012, the Note issued to BlueCrest Master Fund Limited (as described above) was assigned to Northstar Biotechnology Group, LLC (“Northstar”), owned partly by certain directors and existing shareholders of the Company, including Dr. William P. Murphy Jr., Dr. Samuel Ahn and Charles Hart. At the date of the assignment, the principal amount of the BlueCrest note was $544,267.

On March 30, 2012, the Company and Northstar agreed to extend until May 1, 2012 the initial payment date for any and all required monthly under the Note, such that the first of the four monthly payments required under the Note will be due and payable on May, 2012 and all subsequent payments will be due on a monthly basis thereafter commencing on June 1, 2012, and to waive any and all defaults and/or events of default under the Note with respect to such payments. As of September 30, 2012, the Company was in default, however, subsequent to September 30, 2012, the Company renegotiated the terms of the note, Northstar has agreed to suspend the requirement of principal payments by the Company and allow payment of interest-only in restricted stock.

On September 21, 2012, the company issued 5,000,000 warrants to Northstar that was treated as Additional interest expense upon issuance.

On October 1, 2012, the Company and Northstar entered into a limited waiver and forbearance agreement whereby the Company agreed to issue 5,000,000 shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock and 10,000,000 of common stock in exchange for $210,000 as payment towards outstanding debt, default interest, penalties, professional fees outstanding and due Northstar. In addition, the Company executed a security agreement granting Northstar a lien on all patents, patent applications, trademarks, service marks, copyrights and intellectual property rights of any nature, as well as the results of all clinical trials, know-how for preparing Myoblasts, old and new clinical data, existing

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BIOHEART, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
(a development stage company)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2012

approved trials, all right and title to Myoblasts, clinical trial protocols and other property rights. As of December 31, 2012 the principle of this note was $601,227. In addition to the above consideration of preferred and common stock, the company issued 15,000,000 million warrants pursuant to the agreement.

In addition, the Company granted Northstar a perpetual license on products as described for resale, relicensing and commercialization outside the United States. In connection with the granted license, Northstar shall pay the Company a royalty of up to 8% on revenues generated.

Effective October 1, 2012, the effective interest rate will be 12.85% per annum.

In connection with the consideration paid, Northstar shall waive, from the effective date through the earlier of termination or expiration of the agreement, or satisfaction of the obligations as described in the forbearance agreement. In 2012, 5,000,000 shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock was been issued . In addition, the Company is obligated to issue additional preferred stock equal in lieu of payment of cash of accrued and unpaid interest on each six month anniversary of the effective date (October 1, 2012).

Subordinated debt, related party

As of December 31, 2012 and 2011, the Company officers and directors have provided notes in aggregate of $1,500,000. The notes are at 8% per annum and are due upon payoff of the Northstar note payable described above.

Officer and Director Notes

At December 31, 2012 and 2011, the Company has outstanding notes payable to officers and directors with interest at 8% per annum due at maturity. The three subordinated notes, $125,000, $100,000 and $140,000 were previously due on October 22, 2012, November 30, 2012 and June 4, 2011 respectively, and are unsecured. The company is not obligated to make payment until Northstar loan is paid off.

NOTE 9 — DERIVATIVE LIABILITIES

During 2011, in connection with the issuance of convertible notes, the Company had the possibility of exceeding their common shares authorized when considering the number of possible shares that may be issuable to satisfy settlement provisions of these agreements after consideration of all existing instruments that could be settled in shares. The accounting treatment of derivative financial instruments required that the Company reclassify the derivative from equity to a liability at their fair values as of the date possible issuable shares exceeded the authorized level and at fair value as of each subsequent balance sheet date. Any change in fair value was recorded as non-operating, non-cash income or expense at each reporting date. If the fair value of the derivatives was higher at the subsequent balance sheet date, the Company recorded a non-operating, non-cash charge. If the fair value of the derivatives was lower at the subsequent balance sheet date, the Company recorded non-operating, non-cash income.

On September 19, 2011, in conjunction with the increase in authorized number of shares to 195,000,000, the Company determined it had adequate authorized shares to settle all agreements. As such, the Company adjusted the fair value of the remaining derivative liability after note conversions to equity.

During 2012, the Company issued a $63,000 Convertible Promissory Note to Asher Enterprises, Inc. (“Asher Note”) that mature January 3, 2013. The Asher Notes bear interest at a rate of 8% per annum and can be convertible into the Company’s common shares, at the holder’s option, at the conversion rates of 42% discount to the market price of the

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BIOHEART, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
(a development stage company)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2012

lowest three trading prices of the Company’s common shares during the ten-day period ending one trading day prior to the date of the conversion.

The Company has identified the embedded derivatives related to the Asher Notes. These embedded derivatives included certain conversion features and reset provision. The accounting treatment of derivative financial instruments requires that the Company record fair value of the derivatives as of the inception date of Asher Notes and to fair value as of each subsequent reporting date.

At October 23, 2012, in connection with the conversion of the above described note, the Company amortized the remainder of the debt discount of approximately $49K from derivative liability to APIC.

On October 1, 2012, in connection with the forbearance agreement with Northstar as discussed in Note 7 above, the Company issued an aggregate of 15,000,000 warrants to purchase the Company’s common stock with an exercise price of $0.014 per share for ten years.

The Company has identified embedded derivatives related to the issued warrants Notes. These embedded derivatives included certain and anti-dilutive (reset) provisions. The accounting treatment of derivative financial instruments requires that the Company record fair value of the derivatives as of the inception date of Asher Notes and to fair value as of each subsequent reporting date.

The fair value of the reset provisions at inception was determined using the Binomial Option Pricing model with the following assumptions: dividend yield: 0%; volatility: 155.41%; risk free rate: 1.64%; and expected life: 10.0 years. The Company charged to interest expense the determined fair value of $311,190 during the year ended December 31, 2012.

At December 31, 2012, the fair value of the reset provision of $221,179 was determined using the Binomial Option Pricing model with the following assumptions: dividend yield: 0%; volatility: 154.94%; risk free rate: 1.78%; and expected life: 9.75 years.

On September 30, 2012, in connection with the issuance of warrants and options, the Company has the possibility of exceeding their common shares authorized when considering the number of possible shares that may be issuable to satisfy settlement provisions of these agreements after consideration of all existing instruments that could be settled in shares. The accounting treatment of derivative financial instruments required that the Company reclassify the derivative from equity to a liability at their fair values as of the date possible issuable shares exceeded the authorized level and at fair value as of each subsequent balance sheet date. Any change in fair value was recorded as non-operating, non-cash income or expense at each reporting date. If the fair value of the derivatives was higher at the subsequent balance sheet date, the Company recorded a non-operating, non-cash charge. If the fair value of the derivatives was lower at the subsequent balance sheet date, the Company recorded non-operating, non-cash income.

The fair value of the derivative at inception was determined using the Binomial Option Pricing model with the following assumptions: dividend yield: 0%; volatility: 155.71%; risk free rate: 0.31%; and expected life: 3.50 years. The Company reclassified the determined fair value of $427,663 from equity to a liability as of September 30, 2012.

At December 31, 2012, the fair value of the derivative of $390,048 was determined using the Binomial Option Pricing model with the following assumptions: dividend yield: 0%; volatility: 154.94%; risk free rate: 0.72%; and expected life: 3.50 years.

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BIOHEART, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
(a development stage company)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2012

Based upon ASC 840-15-25 (EITF Issue 00-19, paragraph 11) the Company has adopted a sequencing approach regarding the application of ASC 815-40 to its outstanding convertible notes. Pursuant to the sequencing approach, the Company evaluates its contracts based upon earliest issuance date.

At December 31, 2012, the aggregate derivative liabilities was valued at $611,227, the Company believes an event under the contract that would create an obligation to settle in cash or other current assets is remote and has classified the obligation as a long term liability.

NOTE 10 — STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

Preferred stock

The Company is authorized to issue 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock at a par value of $0.001. On August 17, 2012, the Company designated 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock as Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (“Series A Preferred”)

Each share of Series A Preferred is convertible into one share of common stock at any time at the option of the holder, is entitled to 10 votes on all matters presented to the holders of the Company’s common stock, is entitled to participate in any declared dividends to the Company’s common stockholders and is entitled, in the event of liquidation, to an amount equal to the Stated Value per share plus any accrued and unpaid dividends before any payments to any Junior Securities.

As of December 31, 2012 and 2011, no shares of the Series A Preferred stock are issued or outstanding

Common stock

On September 19, 2011, the Company amended its Articles of Incorporation to increase the number of authorized shares to 200,000,000, consisting of 5,000,000 $0.001 par value preferred stock and 195,000,000 $0.001 common stock.

On August 6, 2008, the Company amended its Articles of Incorporation to increase the number of authorized shares of its common stock from 50 million to 75 million shares. This amendment was approved by the Company’s shareholders at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on July 30, 2008.

In September 2007, by way of a written consent, the Company’s shareholders holding a majority of its outstanding shares of common stock, the Company’s shareholders approved an amendment to Bioheart’s Articles of Incorporation, increasing the number of authorized shares of capital stock so that, following the reverse stock split that was effectuated on September 27, 2007, the Company had 50 million shares of common stock authorized with a par value of $0.001 per share and five million shares of preferred stock authorized with a par value of $0.001 per share.

On February 22, 2008 the Company completed its initial public offering (“IPO”) pursuant to which it sold 1,100,000 shares of common stock at a price per share of $5.25 for net proceeds of approximately $1.45 million after deducting underwriter discounts of approximately $400,000 and offering costs of approximately $3.92 million. The Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows for the year ended December 31, 2008 reflects the Company’s receipt of approximately $4.24 million of “Proceeds from (payments for) initial public offering of common stock, net”. The $4.24 million cash proceeds figure is approximately $2.79 million higher than the $1.45 million net proceeds figure identified above due to payment of $2.79 million of various offering expenses prior to January 1, 2008.

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BIOHEART, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
(a development stage company)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2012

During the year ended December 31, 2012, the Company issued an aggregate of 952,851 shares of its common stock, valued at $34,600, in exchange for services rendered.

During the year ended December 31, 2012, the Company issued an aggregate of 51,751,138 shares of its common stock in exchange for $720,214 of outstanding notes payable and related accrued interest.

During the year ended December 31, 2012, the Company issued an aggregate of 700,000 shares of its common stock in exchange for $14,000 of accrued liabilities.

During the year ended December 31, 2011, the Company issued an aggregate of 1,982,995 shares of its common stock on exercise of options.

During the year ended December 31, 2011, the Company issued an aggregate of 27,120,856 shares of its common stock in exchange for $1,542,109 of outstanding notes payable and related accrued interest.

During the year ended December 31, 2011, the Company issued an aggregate of 1,000,000 shares of its common stock, valued at $115,035, in exchange for services rendered.

During the year ended December 31, 2011, the Company issued an aggregate of 1,272,730 shares of its common stock in settlement of outstanding related party advance in the amount of $140,000.

In 2010, the Company also sold, in a private placement initiated in 2009, an aggregate of 1,512,890 shares of its common stock and warrants (the “Warrants”) to purchase 453,867 shares of its common stock for aggregate gross cash proceeds of approximately $852,964. The Warrants are (i) exercisable solely for cash at a weighted average exercise price of $0.68 per share, (ii) non-transferable for six months following issuance and (iii) exercisable, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time during the period commencing on the date that is six months and one day following the date of issuance and ending on the third year anniversary of the date of issuance. (Unaudited)

In 2010, the Company issued, in connection with the conversion of $1,121,195 of debt an aggregate of 7,459,720 shares of its common stock and warrants (the “Warrants”) to purchase 3,729,860 shares of its common stock. The Warrants are (i) exercisable solely for cash at an exercise price of $0.15 per share, (ii) non-transferable for six months following issuance and (iii) exercisable, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time during the period commencing on the date that is six months and one day following the date of issuance and ending on the third year anniversary of the date of issuance. The shares were issued under the same terms as the above mentioned private placement and therefore are included in issuance of common stock in the consolidated statement of shareholders deficit. (Unaudited)

In 2010, the Company also sold, in a private placement, an aggregate of 1,553,885 shares of its common stock for aggregate gross cash proceeds of approximately $234,020. (Unaudited)

In 2010, the Company also sold, in a private placement, an aggregate of 808,210 shares of its common stock and warrants (the “Warrants”) to purchase 404,105 shares of its common stock for aggregate gross cash proceeds of approximately $135,885. The Warrants are (i) exercisable solely for cash at a weighted average exercise price of $0.20 per share, (ii) non-transferable for six months following issuance and (iii) exercisable, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time during the period commencing on the date that is six months and one day following the date of issuance and ending on the third year anniversary of the date of issuance. (Unaudited)

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BIOHEART, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
(a development stage company)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2012

As of December 31, 2010 the Company recorded a Subscription Receivable, under the above mentioned private placement, of 20,000 shares of its common stock and warrants (the “Warrants”) to purchase 10,000 shares of its common stock for aggregate gross cash proceeds of approximately $3,800. The Warrants are (i) exercisable solely for cash at a weighted average exercise price of $0.23 per share, (ii) non-transferable for six months following issuance and (iii) exercisable, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time during the period commencing on the date that is six months and one day following the date of issuance and ending on the third year anniversary of the date of issuance. (Unaudited)

In 2010, the Company issued, in connection with services, an aggregate of 529,520 shares of its common stock and warrants (the “Warrants”) to purchase 158,856 shares of its common stock. The Warrants are (i) exercisable solely for cash at a weighted average exercise price of $0.78 per share, (ii) non-transferable for six months following issuance and (iii) exercisable, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time during the period commencing on the date that is six months and one day following the date of issuance and ending on the third year anniversary of the date of issuance. (Unaudited)

In 2010, the Company issued an aggregate of 831,526 shares of its common stock, in connection with the exercise of stock options, issued for Accounts Payables. (Unaudited)

In 2010, the Company issued, in connection with the Bank of America guarantor’s liability of $2,172,000 principal along with accrued expenses, an aggregate of 4,794,430 shares of its common stock and warrants (the “Warrants”) to purchase 1,438,329 shares of its common stock. The Warrants are (i) exercisable solely for cash at an weighted average exercise price of $0.74 per share, (ii) non-transferable for six months following issuance and (iii) exercisable, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time during the period commencing on the date that is six months and one day following the date of issuance and ending on the third year anniversary of the date of issuance. (Unaudited)

In December 2009, the Company also sold, in a private placement an aggregate of 255,830 shares of its common stock and warrants (the “Warrants”) to purchase 76,749 shares of its common stock for aggregate gross cash proceeds of approximately $188,996. The Warrants are (i) exercisable solely for cash at a weighted average exercise price of $0.89 per share, (ii) non-transferable for six months following issuance and (iii) exercisable, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time during the period commencing on the date that is six months and one day following the date of issuance and ending on the third year anniversary of the date of issuance. (Unaudited)

In 2009, the Company also sold, in a private placement initiated in 2008, an aggregate of 2,509,480 shares of its common stock and warrants (the “Warrants”) to purchase 752,844 shares of its common stock for aggregate gross cash proceeds of approximately $1.74 million. The Warrants are (i) exercisable solely for cash at a weighted average exercise price of $0.83 per share, (ii) non-transferable for six months following issuance and (iii) exercisable, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time during the period commencing on the date that is six months and one day following the date of issuance and ending on the third year anniversary of the date of issuance. In connection with the private placement, the Company paid to a finder who introduced certain investors to the Company aggregate cash fees of $17,856 and warrants to purchase 26,592 shares of common stock at a weighted average exercise price of $0.89 per share. The warrants issued to the finder have the same terms and conditions as the Warrants issued in the private placement. The 2008 private placement was closed on October 31, 2009, with total capital raised of $3,887,032. (Unaudited)

In 2008, the Company also sold, in a private placement, an aggregate of 1,230,280 shares of its common stock and warrants (the “Warrants”) to purchase 369,084 shares of its common stock for aggregate gross cash proceeds of approximately $2.14 million. The Warrants are (i) exercisable solely for cash at a weighted average exercise price of $2.09 per share, (ii) non-transferable for six months following issuance and (iii) exercisable, in whole or in part, at

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(a development stage company)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2012

any time and from time to time during the period commencing on the date that is six months and one day following the date of issuance and ending on the third year anniversary of the date of issuance. In connection with the private placement, the Company paid to a finder who introduced certain investors to the Company aggregate cash fees of $24,325 and warrants to purchase 24,325 shares of common stock at a weighted average exercise price of $1.95 per share. The warrants issued to the finder have the same terms and conditions as the Warrants issued in the private placement. (Unaudited)

In 2007, the Company sold 529,432 shares of common stock at a price of $7.69 per share to various investors for net proceeds of approximately $3.9 million. (Unaudited)

In 2006, the Company sold 1,069,699 shares of common stock at a price of $7.69 per share to various investors. The Company also issued 63,566 shares in exchange for services at a price ranging from $5.67 to $7.69 per share. (Unaudited)

In 2005, the Company sold 1,994,556 shares of common stock at a price of $5.67 per share to various investors. The Company also issued 1,210 shares in exchange for services and issued 95,807 shares in exchange for debt at a price of $5.67 per share. (Unaudited)

In 2004, the Company sold 808,570 shares of common stock at a price of $5.67 per share to various investors. The Company also issued 1,854 shares to various vendors in exchange for services valued at $10,500. The Company also issued 15,150 shares to the Company’s Chairman of the Board as compensation for services valued at $85,830. (Unaudited)

In March 2003, the Company effected a recapitalization. The recapitalization provided two shares of common stock for every one share issued as of that date. The Company’s former Chairman of the Board and founding shareholder, who owned 4,405,541 shares of common stock, did not participate in the recapitalization. The number of shares and prices per share in the accompanying financial statements has been retroactively adjusted to reflect the effect of the recapitalization. (Unaudited)

After the 2003 recapitalization, the Company sold 561,701 shares of common stock at a price of $5.67 per share to various investors. The Company issued 72,980 shares valued at $416,383 to employees as compensation for services related to the closing of various locations. The Company also issued 4,248 shares to various vendors in exchange for services valued at $24,066 and issued 67,073 shares to the Company’s former Chairman of the Board as compensation for services provided to the Company during 2003 and 2002. The shares were valued based on the underlying market price of the common stock and did not differ materially from the fair value of the common stock issued. (Unaudited)

In 2002, the Company sold 1,092,883 shares of common stock at a price of $6.47 per share to various investors. The Company also issued 35,137 shares to various vendors in exchange for services valued at $227,503. (Unaudited)

In 2001, the Company sold 985,668 shares of common stock at a price of $6.47 per share to various investors. The Company also issued 8,291 shares to various vendors in exchange for services valued at $54,001 and issued 81,084 shares to the Company’s Chairman of the Board as compensation for services provided to the Company during 2001. (Unaudited)

In 2000, the Company sold 1,493,575 shares of common stock at a price of $6.47 per share to various investors. Of the 1,493,575 shares sold in 2000, payment on 77,222 of these shares was not received until January 2001. The Company also issued 7,964 shares to various vendors in exchange for services valued at $52,001. (Unaudited)

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BIOHEART, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
(a development stage company)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2012

In 1999, the Company’s former Chairman of the Board and founding shareholder contributed $400,000 to the Company in exchange for 4,324,458 shares of common stock. (Unaudited)

Former Chairman of the Board Paid in and Contributed Capital

In 2006, the Company’s former Chairman of the Board was issued 2,903 shares of the Company’s common stock at a price of $5.67 per share in exchange for $16,443 of services provided during the year. (Unaudited)

In 2005, the Company’s former Chairman of the Board was issued 95,807 shares of the Company’s common stock at a price of $5.67 per share in exchange for $542,787 of debt due to travel and other related expenses advanced by the Company’s Chairman of the Board during the previous three years. (Unaudited)

The Company’s former Chairman of the Board elected not to receive salary payments of $85,830, $130,000 and $250,000 for services provided to the Company during 2004, 2003 and 2002, respectively. Such amounts were converted into 15,150, 22,946 and 44,127 shares of the Company’s common stock at a price of $5.67 per share on December 31, 2004 and 2003, respectively, where the 2003 and 2002 shares were both issued in 2003. The shares were valued based on the underlying market price of the common stock and did not differ materially from the fair value of the common stock issued.

In 2001, the Company’s former Chairman of the Board also elected not to receive a salary payment or a stock conversion of $250,000 for services provided during 2001.

In 2000, the Company’s former Chairman of the Board contributed $800,000 to the Company and elected not to receive payment for $250,000 of salary related to services provided to the Company during 2000. Such amounts were recorded as contributed capital during 2000. On June 28, 2001, the Company’s Board of Directors approved the conversion of this contributed capital and salary deferral into 81,084 shares of the Company’s common stock at a price of $12.94 per share.

NOTE 11 — STOCK OPTIONS AND WARRANTS

Stock Options

In December 1999, our Board of Directors and shareholders adopted our 1999 Officers and Employees Stock Option Plan, or the Employee Plan, and the 1999 Directors and Consultants Stock Option Plan, or the Director Plan. The Employee Plan and the Director Plan are collectively referred to herein as the Plans. The Plans are administered by the Board of Directors and the Compensation Committee. The objectives of the Plans include attracting and retaining key personnel by encouraging stock ownership in the Company by such persons. In February 2010, the Directors & Consultants Plan was amended to extend the termination date of the Plan to December 1, 2011.

As of December 31, 2012, the Company does not have a stock option plan.

A summary of options at December 31, 2012 and activity during the year then ended is presented below:

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(a development stage company)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2012

	Shares			Weighted- Average Exercise Price		Weighted- Average Remaining Contractual Term (in years)
Options outstanding at January 1, 2011		2,158,447		$	2.79		6.8
Granted		4,620,092		$	0.057
Exercised		(1,982,995	)	$	0.001
Forfeited/Expired		(159,226	)	$	1.80
Options outstanding at December 31, 2011		4,636,318		$	1.20		8.1
Granted		3,300,000		$	0.04
Exercised
Forfeited/Expired		(82,942	)	$	5.57
Options outstanding at December 31, 2012		7,853,376		$	0.67		8.2
Options exercisable at December 31, 2012		3,694,199		$	1.32
Available for grant at December 31, 2012		0

 

The following information applies to options outstanding and exercisable at December 31, 2012:

	Options Outstanding							Options Exercisable
	Shares		Weighted- Average Remaining Contractual Term		Weighted- Average Exercise Price		Shares			Weighted- Average Exercise Price
$0.00 – $0.70		6,794,360		8.9	$	0.12			2,591,394		$	0.17
$0.71 – $1.28		324,471		5.3	$	0.77			377,260		$	0.76
$5.25 – $5.67		688,177		2.7	$	5.57			679,177		$	5.57
$7.69		39,572		3.7	$	7.69			39,572		$	7.69
$8.47		6,796		4.3	$	8.47			6,796		$	8.47
		7,853,376		8.2	$	0.67			3,694,199		$	1.32

 

During the year ended December 31, 2011, the Company granted an aggregate of 4,620,092 non-employee stock options in connection with services rendered at the exercise price of $0.001 per share.

The fair values of the vesting non-employee options for the year ended December 31, 2011 were determined using the Black Scholes option pricing model with the following assumptions: Dividend yield: 0%; Volatility: 143.99% to 164.59%; and Risk free rate: 1.80% to 3.48%.

During the year ended December 31, 2011, the Company granted an aggregate of 2,770,000 employee and director stock options in connection services rendered at the exercise prices from of $0.07 to $0.21 per share vesting immediate to four years from the date of issuance.

The fair values of the employee and Director options granted were determined using the Black Scholes option pricing model with the following assumptions: Dividend yield: 0%; Volatility: 164.73% to 165.36%; and Risk free rate: 2.24% to 2.28%.

On January 16, 2012, the Company granted 500,000 employee stock options in connection services rendered at the exercise price of $0.10 per share vesting over four years from the date of issuance.

The fair values of the employee options issued on January 16, 2012 were determined using the Black Scholes option pricing model with the following assumptions: Dividend yield: 0%; Volatility: 164.79% and Risk free rate: 1.89%.

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BIOHEART, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
(a development stage company)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2012

On August 6, 2012, the Company granted an aggregate 2,800,000 employee stock options in connection services rendered at the exercise price of $0.03 per share vesting over four years from the date of issuance.

The fair values of the employee options issued on August 6, 2012 were determined using the Black Scholes option pricing model with the following assumptions: Dividend yield: 0%; Volatility: 164.91% and Risk free rate: 1.59%.

Board approved an additional 1,100,000 employee stock options in connection with services rendered that have not been issued as of December 31,2012.

The fair value of all options vesting during the year ended December 31, 2012 and 2011 of $76,674 and $409,314, respectively, was charged to current period operations.

Warrants

A summary of warrants at December 31, 2012 and activity during the year then ended is presented below:

	Shares			Weighted- Average Exercise Price		Weighted- Average Remaining Contractual Term (in years)
Outstanding at January 1, 2011		13,920,729		$	1.98		5.8
Issued		20,817,034		$	0.07
Exercised		—		$	0.00
Forfeited		(2,127,688	)	$	0.69
Outstanding at December 31, 2011		32,610,075		$	0.86		3.8
Issued		42,396,432		$	0.018		5.78
Exercised		—		$
Expired		(933,185	)	$			0.76
Outstanding at December 31, 2012		74,073,322		$	0.37		4.5
Exercisable at December 31, 2012		72,528,872		$	0.22		4.5

 

The following information applies to warrants outstanding and exercisable at December 31, 2012:

	Warrants Outstanding						Warrants Exercisable
	Shares		Weighted- Average Remaining Contractual Term		Weighted- Average Exercise Price		Shares		Weighted- Average Exercise Price
0.01 – $0.50		65,623,152		4.4	$	0.04		65,623,152		$	0.04
0.52 – $0.68		3,481,127		5.0	$	0.59		3,481,127		$	0.59
0.70 – $1.62		2,122,761		2.9	$	0.76		2,122,761		$	0.76
3.60 – $4.93		105,000		0.7	$	4.87		105,000		$	4.87
5.67 – $7.69		2,741,282		9.7	$	7.52		1,196,832		$	7.31
		74,073,322		4.5	$	0.37		72,528,872		$	0.22

 

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BIOHEART, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
(a development stage company)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2012

During the year ended December 31, 2011, the Company issued an aggregate of 20,817,034 warrants to purchase the Company’s common stock from $0.03 to $0.65 per share expiring three years from the date of issuance in connection with the sale of the Company’s common stock.

During the year ended December 31, 2012, in connection with the sale of common stock, the Company issued an aggregate of 22,396,432 warrants to purchase the Company’s common stock at an exercise prices from $0.014 to $0.03 per shares exercisable in six months and expiring three years from issuance.

On September 21, 2012, the Company issued 5,000,000 warrants to purchase the Company’s common stock at $0.02 per share, expiring 10 years from the date of issuance as payment of interest.

The fair value of $119,023, determined using the Black Scholes option pricing model with the following assumptions: Dividend yield: 0%; Volatility: 163.45% and Risk free rate: 1.779%, was charged to current period operations.

On October 1, 2012, the Company issued 15,000,000 warrants to purchase the Company’s common stock at $0.014 per share, expiring 10 years from the date of issuance as payment of interest with certain reset provisions.

The fair value of $311,190, determined using the Binomial lattice option pricing model with the following assumptions: Dividend yield: 0%; Volatility: 155.41% and Risk free rate: 1.64%, was charged to current period operations.

NOTE 12 — COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Leases

The Company entered into several operating lease agreements for facilities and equipment. Terms of certain lease arrangements include renewal options, escalation clauses, payment of executory costs such as real estate taxes, insurance and common area maintenance.

In February 2010, the Company amended its facility lease to extend the term of the lease until January 2013.

In August 2011, the Company amended its facility lease to eliminate excess space. The amendment contains terms similar to the terms of the existing facility lease, including escalation clauses.

In January 2013, the Company amended its facility lease to extend the term of the lease until April 30, 2013.

Approximate annual future minimum lease obligations under non-cancelable operating lease agreements as of December 31, 2012 are as follows:

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(a development stage company)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2012

Year ending December 31,
2013	$	41,500
Total	$	41,500

 

Rent expense was $89,507 and $126,829 for the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively and $1,978,846 for the cumulative period from August 12, 1999 (date of inception) to December 31, 2012.

Royalty Payments

The Company is obligated to pay royalties on commercial sales of certain products that may be developed and sold under various licenses and agreements that have been obtained by the Company.

The Company has entered into various licensing agreements, which include the potential for royalty payments, as follows:

William Beaumont Hospital

In June 2000, the Company entered into an exclusive license agreement to use certain patents for the life of the patents in future projects. The patents expire in 2015. In addition to a payment of $55,000 the Company made to acquire the license, the Company is required to pay an annual license fee of $10,000 and royalties ranging from 2% to 4% of net sales of products that are covered by the patents. In order to maintain the exclusive license rights, the agreement also calls for a minimum annual royalty threshold. The minimum royalty threshold was $200,000 for 2011 and $200,000 for 2010. This minimum royalty threshold will remain $200,000 for 2012 and thereafter. As of December 31, 2012, the Company has not made any payments other than the initial payment to acquire the license. At December 31, 2012 and 2011, the Company’s liability under this agreement was $1,825,675 and $1,540,204, respectively, which is reflected as a component of accrued expenses on the consolidated balance sheets (see Note 5). During the year ended December 31, 2012 and 2011, the Company incurred expenses of $210,000, $210,000, and $1,540,204 from August 12, 1999 (date of inception) to December 31, 2012. The Company has accrued interest for the past due commitment at 2% over the prime rate per the terms of the agreement. The Company has included $315,675 in accrued expenses as of December 31, 2012.

Approximate annual future minimum obligations under this agreement as of December 31, 2012 are as follows:

Year Ending December 31,
2013	$	210,000
2014		210,000
2015		210,000
Total	$	630,000

 

Contingency for Registration of the Company’s common stock

The Company believes that it may have issued options to purchase common stock to certain of its employees, directors and consultants in California in violation of the registration or qualification provisions of applicable California securities laws. As a result, the Company intends to make a rescission offer to these persons. The Company will make this offer to all persons who have a continuing right to rescission, which it believes to include two persons. In the rescission offer, in accordance with California law, the Company will offer to repurchase all unexercised options issued to these persons at 77% of the option exercise price multiplied by the number of option

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(a development stage company)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2012

shares, plus interest at the rate of 7% from the date the options were granted. Based upon the number of options that were subject to rescission as of December 31, 2009, assuming that all such options are tendered in the rescission offer, the Company estimated that its total rescission liability would be up to approximately $371,000. However, as the Company believes there is only a remote likelihood the rescission offer will be accepted by any of these persons in an amount that would result in a material expenditure by the Company, no liability was recorded as of December 31, 2012 or 2011.

Litigation

The Company is subject to other legal proceedings that arise in the ordinary course of business. In the opinion of management, as of December 31, 2011, the amount of ultimate liability with respect to such matters, if any, in excess of applicable insurance coverage, is not likely to have a material impact on the Company’s business, financial position, consolidated results of operations or liquidity. However, as the outcome of litigation and other claims is difficult to predict significant changes in the estimated exposures could exist.

NOTE 13 -INCOME TAXES

The Company follows Accounting Standards Codification subtopic 740, Income Taxes (“ASC 740”) which requires the recognition of deferred tax liabilities and assets for the expected future tax consequences of events that have been included in the financial statements or tax returns. Under such method, deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases using enacted tax rates in effect for the year in which the differences are expected to reverse.

The difference between income tax expense computed by applying the federal statutory corporate tax rate and actual income tax expense is as follows:

	2012			2011
Income taxes using U.S. federal statutory rate	$	(1,365,599	)		(1,596,993	)
State income taxes, net of federal benefit		(80,708	)		176,770
Stock Option Expirations		326,995			—
Net Operating Loss adjustments		196,416			—
Nontaxable Gain on Derivative Instrument		(40,730	)		—
Change in Valuation Allowance		974,536			1,414,842
Other		(10,910	)		5,381
	$	—		$	—

 

At December 31, 2012, the significant components of the deferred tax assets (liabilities) are summarized below:

	2012		2011
Deferred tax assets:
Stock Based Compensation	$	4,505,907	$	4,789,550
Net Operating Losses		34,266,157		33,124,707
Other		120,661		141,834
Total deferred tax assets		38,892,725		38,056,091

 

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(a development stage company)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2012

Deferred tax liabilities:		—		—
Total deferred tax liabilities		—		—
Valuation allowance		38,892,725		38,056,091
Net deferred tax assets	$	—	$	—

 

As of December 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011, the Company had U.S. federal net operating loss carryforwards of approximately $91.1 million and $88.0 million, respectively, which expire at various dates from 2019 through 2032. These net operating loss carryforwards may be used to offset future taxable income and thereby reduce the Company’s U.S. federal income taxes. Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the “Code”) imposes an annual limit on the ability of a corporation that undergoes a greater than 50% ownership change to use its net operating loss carry forwards to reduce its tax liability. If in the future the Company issues common stock or additional equity instruments convertible in common shares which result in an ownership change exceeding the 50% limitation threshold imposed by section 382 of the Code, the Company’s net operating loss carry-forwards may be significantly limited as to the amount of use in a particular years. In addition, all or a portion of the Company’s net operating loss carryforwards may expire unutilized. As of December 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011, the Company had net operating loss carryforwards for state income tax purposes of approximately $91.1 million and $88.0 million, respectively, which expire at various dates from 2019 through 2032.

The Company has provided a full valuation allowance against its net deferred tax assets, since in the opinion of management based upon the earnings history of the Company; it is more likely than not that the benefits of these assets will not be realized.

The Company complies with the provisions of FASB ASC 740-10 in accounting for its uncertain tax positions. ASC 740-10 addresses the determination of whether tax benefits claimed or expected to be claimed on a tax return should be recorded in the financial statements. Under ASC 740-10, the Company may recognize the tax benefit from an uncertain tax position only if it is more likely that not that the tax position will be sustained on examination by the taxing authorities, based on the technical merits of the position. Management has determined that the Company has no significant uncertain tax positions requiring recognition under ASC 740-10.

The Company is subject to income tax in the U.S., and certain state jurisdictions. The Company has not been audited by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service, or any states in connection with income taxes. The periods from December 31, 2005 to December 31, 2012 remain open to examination by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service, and state tax authorities. In addition, federal and state tax authorities can generally reduce a net operating loss (but not create taxable income) for a period outside the statute of limitations in order to determine the correct amount of net operating loss which may be allowed as a deduction against income for a period within the statute of limitations.

The Company recognizes interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits, if incurred, as a component of income tax expense.

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BIOHEART, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
(a development stage company)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2012

NOTE 14 — FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENT

The Company adopted the provisions of Accounting Standards Codification subtopic 825-10, Financial Instruments (“ASC 825-10”) on January 1, 2008. ASC 825-10 defines fair value as the price that would be received from selling an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. When determining the fair value measurements for assets and liabilities required or permitted to be recorded at fair value, the Company considers the principal or most advantageous market in which it would transact and considers assumptions that market participants would use when pricing the asset or liability, such as inherent risk, transfer restrictions, and risk of nonperformance. ASC 825-10 establishes a fair value hierarchy that requires an entity to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs when measuring fair value. ASC 825-10 establishes three levels of inputs that may be used to measure fair value:

Level 1 – Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.

Level 2 – Observable inputs other than Level 1 prices such as quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities; quoted prices in markets with insufficient volume or infrequent transactions (less active markets); or model-derived valuations in which all significant inputs are observable or can be derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data for substantially the full term of the assets or liabilities.

Level 3 – Unobservable inputs to the valuation methodology that are significant to the measurement of fair value of assets or liabilities.

All items required to be recorded or measured on a recurring basis are base upon level 3 inputs.

To the extent that valuation is based on models or inputs that are less observable or unobservable in the market, the determination of fair value requires more judgment. In certain cases, the inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, for disclosure purposes, the level in the fair value hierarchy within which the fair value measurement is disclosed and is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement.

Upon adoption of ASC 825-10, there was no cumulative effect adjustment to beginning retained earnings and no impact on the consolidated financial statements.

The carrying value of the Company’s cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, accounts payable, short-term borrowings (including convertible notes payable), and other current assets and liabilities approximate fair value because of their short-term maturity.

As of December 31, 2012, the Company did not have any items that would be classified as level 1 or 2 disclosure.

The Company recognizes its derivative liabilities as level 3 and values its derivatives using the methods discussed in note 9 above. While the Company believes that its valuation methods are appropriate and consistent with other market participants, it recognizes that the use of different methodologies or assumptions to determine the fair value of certain financial instruments could result in a different estimate of fair value at the reporting date.

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BIOHEART, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
(a development stage company)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2012

December 31, 2012 and 2011, the Company did not have any derivative instruments that were designated as hedges.

The derivative liability as of December 31, 2012, in the amount of $611,227 has a level 3 classification.

The following table provides a summary of changes in fair value of the Company’s Level 3 financial liabilities as of December 31, 2012:

	Derivative Liability
Balance, December 31, 2011	$	—
Total (gains) losses
Initial fair value of debt derivative at note issuance		76,682
Initial fair value of derivative relating to reset warrants		311,190
Initial fair value of derivative relating to exceeding authorized common shares		427,663
Mark-to-market at December 31, 2012:		(119,975	)
Transfers out of Level 3 upon conversion and settlement of notes		(84,513	)
Balance, December 31, 2012	$	611,227
Net Gain for the period included in earnings relating to the liabilities held at December 31, 2012	$	119,795

 

NOTE 15 — SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

On January 7, 2013, ratification of the increase of the authorized shares of capital stock of the Company from two hundred million (200,000,000) shares of capital stock consisting of one hundred and ninety-five million (195,000,000) shares of common stock and five million (5,000,000) shares of preferred stock, both $.001 par value respectively, to nine hundred and seventy million (970,000,000) shares of capital stock consisting of nine hundred and fifty million (950,000,000) shares of common stock and twenty million (20,000,000) shares of preferred stock, both $.001 par value respectively, effective as of the filing of an amendment to the Company’s Articles of Incorporation with the Florida Secretary of State.

On February 4, 2013, effective with the filing of the amendment to the Company’s Articles of Incorporation with the Florida Secretary of State (confirmed as filed on February 11, 2013), the Company amended its Articles of Incorporation to increase the authorized shares of capital stock of the Company to nine hundred and seventy million

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(a development stage company)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2012

(970,000,000) shares of capital stock consisting of nine hundred and fifty million (950,000,000) shares of common stock and twenty million (20,000,000) shares of preferred stock, both $.001 par value respectively.

On February 6, 2016, Howard J. Leonhardt resigned as Chief Technology Officer, Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board, and as a member of the Board of Directors to pursue other business matters. In tendering his resignation, Mr. Leonhardt did not express any disagreement with the Company on any matter relating to its operations, policies or practices.

On February 11, 2013 a Form 10-K/A No.3 was filed to amend our December 31, 2011 Form 10-K (as previously amended by Form 10-K/A No. 1 and No. 2) and deem certain historical financials as un-audited, which would include deeming the Company’s inception to date cumulative financial information as unaudited (as the prior auditor has ceased operations and that firm’s PCAOB registration has been revoked). The 2010 and 2011, excluding the inception to date cumulative date financial data, remains audited.

On January 10, 2013, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement with IBC, LLC, for the sale of an 8% convertible note in the principal amount of $125,000, the note bears interest at a rate of 8% per anum, 2,500,000 restricted shares were issued.

On January 23, 2013, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement with (restricted shares) Asher Enterprises, Inc., for the sale of an 8% convertible note in the principal amount of $42,500, the note bears interest at a rate of 8% per anum.

On February 27, 2013, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement with (restricted shares) Asher Enterprises, Inc., for the sale of an 8% convertible note in the principal amount of $37,500, the note bears interest at a rate of 8% per anum.

On March 12, 2013, Richard T. Spencer III resigned as a member of the Board of Directors. In tendering his resignation, Mr. Spencer did not express any disagreement with the Company on any matter relating to its operations, policies or practices.

On March 12, 2013, Kristin Comella was appointed to serve as a member of our Board of Directors to serve until the next annual meeting, her earlier resignation or death.

During February and March 2013, 5,933,891 restricted shares were issued for the settlement of interest/debt and accounts payable.

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