SEC Form 4

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Smith Robin L (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O NEOSTEM, INC. 420 LEXINGTON AVENUE, SUITE 450 (Street) NEW YORK NY 10170 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol NeoStem, Inc. [ NBS ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) Chairman of the Board and CEO
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 07/05/2012
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock, $0.001 par value(1)	07/05/2012		A(1)		150,000	A	$0.52	1,659,533	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Stock Option (Right to Buy)(2)	$0.52	07/05/2012		A		700,000		07/05/2012	07/04/2022	Common stock, par value $0.001 per share	700,000	$0	700,000	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. On July 5, 2012, the date of grant ("Grant Date"), the reporting person was granted 150,000 shares of restricted common stock, par value $0.001 per share ('Common Stock") of NeoStem, Inc. (the "Company") pursuant and subject to the Company's 2009 Equity Compensation Plan. The Common Stock was fully vested on the Grant Date.

2. On the Grant Date, the reporting person was granted an option (the "Option") to purchase 700,000 shares of Common Stock of the Company, pursuant and subject to the terms and conditions of the Company's 2009 Equity Compensation Plan. The per share exercise price was equal to the closing price of a share of Common Stock on the Grant Date and the Option shall have a term of ten years despite termination of employment.

	Robin L. Smith By: /s/ Catherine M. Vaczy, Esq., Attorney-in-Fact	07/06/2012
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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