ANN ARBOR, Mich., Feb. 9, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Aastrom Biosciences (Nasdaq:ASTM) announced today that its board of directors has approved a one-for-eight reverse stock split of the company’s common stock effective on February 18, 2010. The company has filed an amendment to its articles of incorporation to effect the reverse stock split, which was authorized by shareholders at Aastrom’s annual meeting in December 2009. Following the reverse stock split, the company expects to have approximately 28.3 million shares of common stock outstanding.