BioTime Subsidiary Asterias Biotherapeutics Announces Investment By CEO

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ALAMEDA, Calif. & MENLO PARK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BioTime, Inc. (NYSE MKT: BTX) today announced that on June 12, 2014, Pedro Lichtinger, President and Chief Executive Officer of its subsidiary Asterias Biotherapeutics, Inc. (“Asterias”) purchased from Asterias 200,000 shares of Asterias Series B common stock at a price of $2.34 per share. The funds raised by this purchase will be used in part to finance Asterias’ therapeutic product development programs, which are based on the potential of using human embryonic stem (hES) cells to create innovative new therapies for diseases and conditions for which effective treatments are not presently available.

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