CESCA THERAPEUTICS INC. (Form: S-8, Received: 05/18/2017 16:15:02)

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 18, 2017
Registration No. 333-

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

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

CESCA THERAPEUTICS INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware			94-3018487
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)			(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

2711 Citrus Road Rancho Cordova, California			95742
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)			(Zip Code)

CESCA THERAPEUTICS INC.

2016 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN (AS AMENDED)

(Full title of the plan)

Vivian Liu

Chief Operating Officer

2711 Citrus Road

Rancho Cordova, California
(916) 858-5100

(Name, address and telephone number, including area

code, of agent for service)

With a copy to:

Curt P. Creely , Esquire
Foley & Lardner LLP

100 North Tampa Street, Suite 2700

Tampa, Florida 33602

Phone: (813) 229-2300

Fax: (813) 221-4210

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer ☐	Accelerated filer ☐
Non-accelerated filer ☐	Smaller reporting company ☒	Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

Title of

S ecurities to be

R egistered

Amount

t o be

R egistered ⁽¹⁾

Proposed M aximum

O ffering P rice

P er S hare ⁽²⁾

Proposed M aximum

A ggregate Offering

Price

Amount of

R egistration F ee

Common Stock, par

value $0.001 per share

600,000 shares

$3.14

$1,884,000

$218.36

⁽¹⁾

Represents 600,000 shares of common stock of the Company, $0.001 par value, reserved for issuance under the Cesca Therapeutics Inc. 2016 Equity Incentive Plan (as amended) (the “Plan”). Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), this registration statement shall be deemed to cover such indeterminate number of additional shares as may be issued under the Plan as a result of the anti-dilution provisions contained therein.

⁽²⁾	Estimated solely for the purposes of calculating the registration fee under Rules 457(c) and 457(h) under the Securities Act, and based on the average of the high and low sales prices of a share of common stock of the Company, as reported on the Nasdaq Capital Market on May 16, 2017, which is within five business days prior to the filing date of this registration statement.

P art I

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

The documents containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8 will be sent or given to the participants in the Cesca Therapeutics Inc. 2016 Equity Incentive Plan (as amended) (the “Plan”), as required by Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). Such documents need not be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“Commission”) either as part of this registration statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act. These documents and the documents incorporated by reference in this registration statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of Form S-8, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.

Part II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3.

Incorporation of Documents by Reference .

The following documents filed by Cesca Therapeutics Inc. (the “Company” or the “Registrant”) with the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), are incorporated by reference herein:

The Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2016, filed with the Commission on September 21, 2016, as amended by the Company’s Form 10-K/A (Amendment No. 1) filed with the Commission on October 28, 2016;

The Company’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended September 30, 2016, December 31, 2016, and March 31, 2017, filed with the Commission on November 17, 2016, February 13, 2017, and May 12, 2017, respectively;

The Company’s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on July 12, 2016, August 1, 2016, August 4, 2016, August 25, 2016, September 21, 2016, September 26, 2016, November 9, 2016 (as amended by the Form 8-K/A filed on November 17, 2016), November 17, 2016, November 22, 2016, December 20, 2016, January 17, 2017, February 13, 2017, February 17, 2017, March 2, 2017, March 10, 2017, May 11, 2017, and May 18, 2017;

Any other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since June 30, 2016; and

The description of the Company’s common stock in Item 1 of the Registration Statement on Form 8-A for registration of the Company’s common stock pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act, as updated by the description included in the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 18, 2017, including any other amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, information furnished under Items 2.02 and 7.01 of any Current Report on Form 8-K, including the related exhibits under Item 9.01, is not incorporated herein by reference.

All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date of filing of this registration statement and prior to such time as the Company files a post-effective amendment to this registration statement which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this registration statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.

Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated herein by reference shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this registration statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is, or is deemed to be, incorporated herein by reference modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this registration statement.

Item 4.

Description of Securities .

Not applicable.

Item 5.

Interests of Named Experts and Counsel .

Not applicable.

Item 6.

Indemnification of Directors and Officers .

Section 102(b)(7) of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “Delaware Law”) enables a corporation, in its original certificate of incorporation or an amendment thereto, to eliminate or limit the personal liability of a director for monetary damages for breach of the director’s fiduciary duty, except (i) for any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) pursuant to Section 174 of the Delaware Law (providing for liability of directors for unlawful payment of dividends or unlawful stock purchases or redemptions), or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. The Company’s Sixth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended (“Certificate of Incorporation”), contains such a provision.

In addition, Section 145 of the Delaware Law provides that a corporation may indemnify any persons, including officers and directors, who are, or are threatened to be made, party to any threatened, pending or completed legal action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation), by reason of the fact that such person is or was an officer, director, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or enterprise. The indemnity may include expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, provided such officer, director, employee or agent acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the corporation’s best interests and, with respect to criminal proceedings, had no reasonable cause to believe that the person’s conduct was unlawful. A Delaware corporation may indemnify officers or directors in an action by or in the right of the corporation under the same conditions, except that no indemnification is permitted without judicial approval if the officer or director is adjudged to be liable to the corporation. Where an officer or director is successful on the merits or otherwise in the defense of any action referred to above, the corporation must indemnify him or her against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) that he or she actually and reasonably incurred. The Company’s Certificate of Incorporation and Restated Bylaws provide for indemnification of directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware Law.

Item 7.

Exemption from Registration Claimed .

Not applicable.

Item 8.

Exhibits .

The exhibits filed herewith or incorporated herein by reference are set forth in the attached Exhibit Index.

Item 9.

Undertakings .

(a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;

(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement; and

(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement;

provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) above do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.

(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

(b) The Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in this registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered herein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the 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, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Rancho Cordova, State of California, on May 18, 2017.

	Cesca Therapeutics Inc.


	By:	/s/ Xiaochun (Chris) Xu
		Xiaochun (Chris) Xu
		Chairman of the Board of Directors and
		Interim Chief Executive Officer

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Xiaochun (Chris) Xu and Vivian Liu and each of them, the true and lawful attorneys-in-fact of the undersigned, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign this registration statement and any or all amendments to this registration statement, including post-effective amendments, and registration statements filed pursuant to Rules 413 or 462 under the Securities Act, and to file or cause to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys or attorneys-in-fact or any of them or their substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons on May 18, 2017 in the capacities indicated.

Signature		Title

/s/ Xiaochun (Chris) Xu		Chairman of the Board of Directors and
Xiaochun (Chris) Xu		Interim Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)

/s/ Jeff Cauble		Principal Financial and Accounting Officer
Jeff Cauble		(Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)

/s/ Vivian Liu		Chief Operating Officer and Director
Vivian Liu

/s/ Russell Medford		Director
Russell Medford

/s/ Mahendra S. Rao		Director
Mahendra S. Rao

/s/ Joseph Thomis		Director
Joseph Thomis

/s/ Mark Westgate		Director
Mark Westgate

/s/ James Xu		Director
James Xu

S-1

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit Number	Exhibit Description

3.1	Sixth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended.

3.2	Restated Bylaws of Cesca Therapeutics Inc. ⁽ ¹ ⁾

5.1	Opinion of Foley & Lardner LLP.

10.1	Cesca Therapeutics Inc. 2016 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended.

23.1	Consent of Marcum LLP.

23.2	Consent of Foley & Lardner LLP. ⁽²⁾

24.1	Powers of Attorney. ⁽³⁾

Footnotes to Exhibit Index

⁽¹⁾ Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2.2 to Form 8-K filed on October 30, 2014.

⁽²⁾ Contained in Exhibit 5.1.

⁽³⁾ Included on the signature page to this registration statement.

E-1

Exhibit 3.1

CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT TO THE
SIXTH AMENDED AND RESTATED
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
CESCA THERAPEUTICS INC.

Adopted in accordance with the provisions
of Section 242 of the General Corporation
Law of the State of Delaware

Cesca Therapeutics Inc., (the “Corporation”), a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, by its duly authorized officer, does hereby certify:

FIRST : That the Board of Directors of the Corporation has duly adopted resolutions (i) authorizing the Corporation to execute and file with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware an amendment of the Corporation’s Sixth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to reclassify, change, and convert each twenty (20) outstanding shares of the Corporation’s Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, into one (1) share of Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share; (ii) declaring such amendment to be advisable and (iii) directing that such amendment be considered at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on March 2, 2016.

SECOND : That upon the effectiveness of this Certificate of Amendment to the Sixth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, the Sixth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation is hereby amended by adding a new paragraph after the first paragraph of Article FOURTH to read as follows:

“Each twenty (20) shares of the Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Corporation issued and outstanding or held in treasury as of 5:00 p.m. Pacific Time on the date this Certificate of Amendment to the Sixth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation is filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware (the “Effective Time”) shall be reclassified as and changed into one (1) share of Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Corporation, without any action by the holders thereof. The fractional interest held by each Stockholder who, immediately prior to the Effective Time, owns a number of shares of Common Stock which is not evenly divisible by 20, shall be reclassified as and changed into one (1) share of Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share.”

THIRD : That, in accordance with the provisions of the Delaware General Corporation Law, the holders of a majority of the outstanding Common Stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon affirmatively voted in favor of the amendment at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on March 2, 2016.

FOURTH : That the amendment was duly adopted in accordance with the provisions of Section 242 of the Delaware General Corporation Law by the Board of Directors and stockholders of the Corporation.

* * *

IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the Corporation has caused this Certificate of Amendment to the Sixth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to be executed by Robin Stracey, its Chief Executive Officer, this 4th day of March, 2016.

	CESCA THERAPEUTICS INC.



	By:	/s/ Robin Stracey
		Robin Stracey
		Chief Executive Officer

CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT
TO THE SIXTH AMENDED AND RESTATED
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF
CESCA THERAPEUTICS INC.

Cesca Therapeutics Inc., a corporation organized under and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Corporation”), hereby certifies that:

FIRST : The name of the Corporation is CESCA THERAPEUTICS INC.

SECOND : The Board of Directors of the Corporation, acting in accordance with the provisions of Sections 141 and 242 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, adopted resolutions to amend the first paragraph of Article FOURTH of the Sixth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation to read in its entirety:

“The Corporation is authorized to issue two classes of stock, designated Common Stock, $0.001 par value (“Common Stock”) and Preferred Stock, $0.001 par value (“Preferred Stock”). The total number of shares which the Corporation is authorized to issue is Three Hundred Fifty Two million (352,000,000). The total number of shares of Common Stock is Three Hundred Fifty Million (350,000,000) and the total number of Shares of Preferred Stock is Two Million (2,000,000).”

THIRD : This Certificate of Amendment to the Restated Certificate of Incorporation was submitted to the stockholders of the Corporation and was duly approved by the required vote of stockholders of the Corporation in accordance with Sections 222 and 242 of the Delaware General Corporation Law.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF , said Certificate of Amendment to the Restated Certificate of Incorporation has been duly executed by its authorized officer this 30 ^th day of October 2015.

		CESCA THERAPEUTICS INC.



		/s/ Robin C. Stracey
		Robin C. Stracey, Chief Executive Officer

CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT

TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF

CESCA THERAPEUTICS INC.

Cesca Therapeutics Inc., a corporation organized under and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Corporation”), hereby certifies that:

FIRST : The name of the Corporation is CESCA THERAPEUTICS INC.

SECOND : The Board of Directors of the Corporation, acting in accordance with the provisions of Sections 141 and 242 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, adopted resolutions to amend the first paragraph of Article FOURTH of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation to read in its entirety:

“The Corporation is authorized to issue two classes of stock designated Common Stock, $0.001 par value (“Common Stock”) and Preferred Stock, $0.001 par value. The total number of shares of Common Stock that the Corporation shall have authority to issue is One Hundred Fifty Million (150,000,000) and the total number of Shares of Preferred Stock that the Corporation shall have authority to issue is Two Million (2,000,000).

THIRD : This Certificate of Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation was submitted to the stockholders of the Corporation and was duly approved by the required vote of stockholders of the Corporation in accordance with Sections 222 and 242 of the Delaware General Corporation Law.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF , said Certificate of Amendment to the Restated Certificate of Incorporation has been duly executed by its authorized officer this 19th day of June 2015.

		CESCA THERAPEUTICS INC.


		/s/ Robin Stracey
		Robin Stracey, Chief Executive Officer

CERTIFICATE OF MERGER

TOTIPOTENTRX CORPORATION,

A CALIFORNIA CORPORATION,

INTO

THERMOGENESIS CORP.,

A DELAWARE CORPORATION

Pursuant to Title 8, Section 252 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, the undersigned hereby executed the following Certificate of Merger:

First: The name of surviving corporation is ThermoGenesis Corp., a Delaware corporation (“ Surviving Company ”).

Second: The name of the corporation being merged into this surviving corporation is TotipotentRX Corporation, a California corporation (“ Disappearing Company ”).

Third: The agreement of merger or consolidation has been approved and executed by each of the business entities which are to merge or consolidate (the “ Merger Agreement ”).

Fourth: The Certificate of Incorporation of the Surviving Corporation in effect immediately prior to the filing of this Certificate shall be its Certificate of Incorporation; provided , however , that at the Effective Time, Article I of the certificate of incorporation of the Surviving Corporation shall be amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:

“The name of the corporation (hereinafter called the “corporation”) is Cesca Therapeutics Inc.”

Fifth: The merger is to become effective upon filing.

Sixth: The agreement of merger is on file at the place of business of the Surviving Corporation and the principal address thereof is 2711 Citrus Road, Rancho Cordova, CA 95742.

Seventh: A copy of the Merger Agreement will be furnished by the Surviving Corporation, on request and without cost, to any member of any stockholder or any person holding an interest in Disappearing Corporation.

Eighth: The Surviving Corporation agrees that it may be served with process in the State of Delaware in any proceeding for enforcement of any obligation of the Surviving Corporation arising from this merger, including any suit or other proceeding to enforce the rights of any stockholders as determined in appraisal proceedings pursuant to the provisions of Section 262 of the Delaware General Corporation laws, and irrevocably appoints the Secretary of State of Delaware as its agent to accept services of process in any such suit or proceeding. The Secretary of State shall mail any such process to the Surviving Corporation at 2711 Citrus Road, Rancho Cordova, CA 95742.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, as the Surviving Corporation of the merger, has caused this certificate to be signed by an authorized officer this 13 day of February, 2014.

	THERMOGENESIS CORP.


	By:	/s/ Matthew T. Plavan
	Name:	Matthew T. Plavan
	Title:	CEO

[Signature Page to the Certificate of Merger]

CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT
TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF
THERMOGENESIS CORP.

ThermoGenesis Corp., a corporation organized under and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Corporation”), hereby certifies that:

FIRST : The name of the Corporation is THERMOGENESIS CORP.

SECOND : The Board of Directors of the Corporation, acting in accordance with the provisions of Sections 141 and 242 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, adopted resolutions to amend the first paragraph of Article FOURTH of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation to read in its entirety:

“The Corporation is authorized to issue two classes of stock, designated Common Stock, $0.001 par value (“Common Stock”) and Preferred Stock, $0.001 par value. The total number of shares of Common Stock that the Corporation shall have authority to issue is Eighty Million (80,000,000) and the total number of Shares of Preferred Stock that the Corporation shall have authority to issue is Two Million (2,000,000). Effective as of 5:00 pm, Eastern time, on the date this Certificate of Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation is filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, each four (4) shares of the Corporation’s Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, issued and outstanding shall, automatically and without any action on the part of the respective holders thereof, be combined and converted into one (1) share of Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Corporation. No fractional shares shall be issued and, in lieu thereof, any holder of less than one (1) share of Common Stock shall be entitled to receive one (1) whole share of Common Stock, as of the date this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation is filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.”

IN WITNESS WHEREOF , said Certificate of Amendment to the Restated Certificate of Incorporation has been duly executed by its authorized officer this 9th day of August, 2010.

THERMOGENESIS CORP.

/s/ J. Melville Engle
J. Melville Engle
Chief Executive Officer

Sixth Amended and Restated
Certificate of Incorporation
of Thermogenesis Corp.

ThermoGenesis Corp., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, (the “Corporation”) hereby certifies as follows:

1. The original Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on July 3, 1986, under the corporate name Refrigeration Systems International, Inc

2. A Certificate of Merger was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on September 26, 1986, whereupon the Corporation’s name changed to Insta Cool Inc. of North America.

3. A Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on March 24, 1994.

4. An Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on January 12, 1995, changing the Corporation’s name to THERMOGENESIS CORP.

5. An Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on June 5, 1996.

6. An Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on August 2, 1999.

7. A Fifth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on October 28, 2005.

8. This Sixth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation was duly adopted by the Board of Directors and stockholders of the Corporation in accordance with Sections 242 and 245 of the Delaware General Corporation Law and restates and integrates and further amends the provisions of the previous filed Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of this Corporation.

9. The current Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation is hereby amended and restated in its entirely to read as follows:

FIRST : The name of the corporation is: THERMOGENESIS CORP.

SECOND : The address, including street, number, city and county, of the registered office of the Corporation in the State of Delaware is 2711 Centerville Road, Suite 400, Wilmington, County of Newcastle, Delaware 19808; and the name of the registered agent of the Corporation in the State of Delaware at such address is The Company Corporation.

THIRD : The nature of the business or purposes to be conducted or promoted of this Corporation shall be to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of Delaware

FOURTH : The Corporation is authorized to issue two classes of stock, designated Common Stock, $0.001 par value (“Common Stock”) and Preferred Stock, $0.001 par value. The total number of shares of Common Stock that the Corporation shall have authority to issue is Eighty Million (80,000,000) and the total number of Shares of Preferred Stock that the Corporation shall have authority to issue is Two Million (2,000,000).

The Corporation has no issued or outstanding shares of its previously authorized Series A Convertible Preferred Stock. Accordingly, all rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions granted to or imposed upon such series of shares have been omitted from this Sixth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation.

Shares of Preferred Stock may be issued from time to time in one or more series. The Board of Directors shall determine the designation of each series and the authorized number of shares of each series. The Board of Directors is authorized to determine and alter the rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions granted to or imposed upon any wholly unissued series of shares of Preferred Stock and to increase or decrease (but not below the number of shares of such series then outstanding) the number of shares of any such series subsequent to the issue of shares of that series. If the number of shares of any series of Preferred Stock shall be so decreased, the shares constituting such decrease shall resume the status which they had prior to the adoption of the resolution originally fixing the number of shares of such series.

FIFTH : Whenever a compromise or arrangement is proposed between this Corporation and its creditors or any class of them and/or between this Corporation and its stockholders or any class of them, any court or equitable jurisdiction within the State of Delaware may, on the application in a summary way of this Corporation or of any creditor or stockholder thereof or on the application of any receiver or receivers appointed for this Corporation under the provisions of Section 291 of Title 8 of the Delaware Code or on the application of trustees in dissolution or of any receiver or receivers appointed for this Corporation under Section 279 of Title 8 of the Delaware Code order a meeting of the creditors or class of creditors, and/or of the stockholders or class of stockholders of this Corporation, as the case may be, to be summoned in such manner as the said court directs. If a majority in number representing three fourths in value of the creditors or class of creditors, and/or of the stockholders or class of stockholders of this Corporation, as the case may be, agree to: any compromise or arrangement and to any reorganization of this Corporation as consequence of such compromise or arrangement, the said compromise or arrangement and the said reorganization shall, if sanctioned by the court to which said application has been made, be binding on all the creditors or class of creditors, and/or on all the stockholders or class of stockholders, of this Corporation, as the case may be, and also on this Corporation.

SIXTH : The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of its Board of Directors. The number of directors which shall constitute the entire Board of Directors shall be fixed by, or in the manner provided in, the bylaws of this Corporation. The election of directors of the Corporation need not be by written ballot, unless the bylaws so provide.

SEVENTH : The Board of Directors is authorized to adopt, amend or repeal the bylaws of the Corporation. The stockholders shall also have the power to adopt, amend or repeal the bylaws of the Corporation. Notwithstanding, any provision for the classification of directors for staggered terms pursuant to Section 141(d) of the Delaware General Corporation Law shall be set forth in the bylaws adopted by the stockholders unless provisions for such classification shall be set forth in the Corporation’s certificate of incorporation.

EIGHTH : A director of the Corporation shall not be personally liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director except to the extent such exemption from liability or limitation thereof is not permitted under the Delaware General Corporation Law as the same exists or may hereafter be amended.

Any repeal or modification of the foregoing paragraph shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director of the Corporation existing hereunder with respect to any act or omission occurring prior to such repeal or modification.

NINTH : To the fullest extent permitted by Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware as the same exists or may hereafter be amended, the Corporation shall indemnify any and all persons whom it shall have power to indemnify under said section from and against any and all of the expenses, liabilities or other matters referred to in or covered by said section, and the indemnification provided for hereby shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those indemnified may be entitled under any bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to any action such person may have performed in current official capacity or in another capacity while holding such office, and shall continue as to any person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of heirs, executors and administrators of such person. No repeal or modification of this Section by the stockholders of the Corporation shall adversely affect any right of protection existing by virtue of this Section at the time of such repeal or modification.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the Corporation has caused this Sixth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to be signed by its duly authorized officer this 6th day of December 2005.

THERMOGENESIS CORP.

/s/ Philip H. Coelho

Philip H. Coelho, Chairman & CEO

Exhibit 5.1

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CLIENT/MATTER NUMBER

115846-0103

May 18, 2017

Cesca Therapeutics Inc.

2711 Citrus Road

Rancho Cordova, California 95742

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as counsel for Cesca Therapeutics Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), in connection with the preparation of a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the “ Registration Statement ”) to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”), relating to 600,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, $0.001 par value (the “ Shares ”), issuable pursuant to the Cesca Therapeutics Inc. 2016 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended (the “ Plan ”).

As counsel for the Company, we have examined originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of such documents, corporate records, certificates of public officials and other instruments as we have deemed necessary for the purposes of rendering this opinion, and we are familiar with the proceedings taken and proposed to be taken by the Company in connection with the authorization, issuance and sale of the Shares. In our examination, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity and competency of all natural persons, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals and the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as copies. We have also assumed the accuracy of all other information provided to us by the Company during the course of our investigations, on which we have relied in issuing the opinion expressed below.

For the purpose of the opinion rendered below, we have assumed that in connection with the issuance of the Shares under the Plan, the Company will receive consideration in an amount not less than the aggregate par value of the Shares covered by each such issuance.

It is understood that this opinion is to be used only in connection with the offer and sale of the Shares while the Registration Statement is effective.

We express no opinion herein as to the laws of any state or jurisdiction other than the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware and the federal laws of the United States of America.

Based upon the foregoing, we are of the opinion that the Shares, when issued by the Company pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Plan, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

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May 18, 2017

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We consent to the use of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. In giving our consent, we do not admit that we are “experts” within the meaning of Section 11 of the Securities Act or within the category of persons whose consent is required by Section 7 of the Securities Act.

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	Foley & Lardner LLP

Exhibit 10.1

CESCA Therapeutics Inc.
2016 equity INCENTIVE PLAN
(As amended)

Section 1.

Purpose and Effective Date

(a) Purpose . The purpose of the Plan is to promote the interests of the Company and its stockholders by aiding the Company in attracting and retaining employees, officers, consultants, advisors and non-employee Directors capable of assuring the future success of the Company, to offer such persons incentives to put forth maximum efforts for the success of the Company’s business and to compensate such persons through various stock and cash-based arrangements and provide them with opportunities for stock ownership in the Company, thereby aligning the interests of such persons with the Company’s stockholders.

(b) Effective Date . The Plan was adopted by the Board on July 7, 2016 (the “ Effective Date ”), subject to approval by the Company’s stockholders within twelve (12) months following the Effective Date. Awards may be granted under this Plan on and after the Effective Date, provided that any Awards granted prior to the date that the Plan is approved by the Company’s stockholders shall be conditioned on such stockholder approval. If the Plan is not approved by the Company’s stockholders within (12) months following the Effective Date, the the Plan shall be terminated without further action, and any Awards granted prior to such stockholder approval date shall be forfeited and canceled. Under the terms of all Awards granted prior to stockholder approval of the Plan, no exercise of Options nor the issuance of any Shares thereunder shall be permitted until stockholder approval of the Plan is attained.

(c) Prior Plan . If the Company’s stockholders approve this Plan, then the Prior Plan will terminate on the date of such stockholder approval, and no new awards will be granted under the Prior Plan after such termination date; provided that the Prior Plan will continue to govern awards outstanding as of the date of the Prior Plan’s termination and such awards shall continue in force and effect until fully distributed or terminated pursuant to their terms.

Section 2. Definitions

As used in the Plan, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:

(a) “ Affiliate ” shall mean any entity that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, is controlled by the Company.

(b) “ Award ” shall mean any Option, Stock Appreciation Right, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Unit, Performance Award, Dividend Equivalent or Other Stock-Based Award granted under the Plan.

(c) “ Award Agreement ” shall mean any written agreement, contract or other instrument or document evidencing an Award granted under the Plan (including a document in an electronic medium) executed in accordance with the requirements of Section 9(b).

(d) “ Board ” shall mean the Board of Directors of the Company.

(e) “ Code ” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, and any regulations promulgated thereunder.

(f) “ Committee ” shall mean the Compensation Committee of the Board or such other committee designated by the Board to administer the Plan. The Committee shall be comprised of not less than such number of Directors as shall be required to permit Awards granted under the Plan to qualify under Rule 16b-3, and each member of the Committee shall be a “non-employee director” within the meaning of Rule 16b-3 and an “outside director” within the meaning of Section 162(m).

(g) “ Company ” shall mean Cesca Therapeutics Inc. and any successor corporation.

(h) “ Director ” shall mean a member of the Board.

(i) “ Dividend Equivalent ” shall mean any right granted under Section 6(e) of the Plan.

(j) “ Eligible Person ” shall mean any employee, officer, non-employee Director, consultant, independent contractor or advisor providing services to the Company or any Affiliate, or any such person to whom an offer of employment or engagement with the Company or any Affiliate is extended.

(k) “ Exchange Act ” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

(l) “ Fair Market Value ” shall mean, with respect to any property (including, without limitation, any Shares or other securities), the fair market value of such property determined by such methods or procedures as shall be established from time to time by the Committee. Notwithstanding the foregoing, unless otherwise determined by the Committee, the Fair Market Value of a Share as of a given date shall be the closing price of one Share as reported on the NASDAQ Capital Market or any other securities exchange where the Shares are then listed on such date or, if the applicable securities exchange is not open for trading on such date, on the most recent preceding date when such exchange is open for trading.

(m) “ Full Value Award ” shall mean any Award other than an Option, Stock Appreciation Right or similar Award, the value of which is based solely on an increase in the value of the Shares after the date of grant of such Award.

(n) “ Incentive Stock Option ” shall mean an option granted under Section 6(a) of the Plan that is intended to meet the requirements of Section 422 of the Code or any successor provision.

(o) “ Non-Qualified Stock Option ” shall mean an option granted under Section 6(a) of the Plan that is not intended to be an Incentive Stock Option.

(p) “ Option ” shall mean an Incentive Stock Option or a Non-Qualified Stock Option to purchase shares of the Company.

(q) “ Other Stock-Based Award ” shall mean any right granted under Section 6(f) of the Plan.

(r) “ Participant ” shall mean an Eligible Person designated to be granted an Award under the Plan.

(s) “ Performance Award ” shall mean any right granted under Section 6(d) of the Plan.

(t) “ Performance Goal ” shall mean one or more of the following performance goals, either individually, alternatively or in any combination, applied on a corporate, subsidiary, division, business unit or line of business basis:

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economic value added (EVA);

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sales or revenue;

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costs or expenses;

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net profit after tax;

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gross profit;

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income (including without limitation operating income, pre-tax income and income attributable to the Company);

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cash flow (including without limitation free cash flow and cash flow from operating, investing or financing activities or any combination thereof);

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earnings (including without limitation earnings before or after taxes, earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT), earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) and earnings (whether before or after taxes), EBIT or EBITDA as a percentage of net sales;

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earnings per share (EPS) (basic or diluted);

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earnings per share from continuing operations;

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returns (including one or more of return on actual or pro forma assets, net assets, equity, investment, revenue, sales, capital and net capital employed, total shareholder return (TSR) and total business return (TBR));

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margins (including one or more of gross, operating and net income margin);

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ratios (including one or more of price-to-earnings, debt-to-assets, debt-to-net assets and ratios regarding liquidity, solvency, fiscal capacity, productivity or risk);

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budget comparisons;

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unit volume;

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stock price;

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net working capital;

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value creation;

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market share;

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market capitalization;

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workforce satisfaction and diversity goals;

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employee retention;

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production metrics;

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development milestones for clinical therapies;

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development;

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implementation or completion of key projects;

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strategic plan development and implementation.

Each such Performance Goal may be based (i) solely by reference to absolute results of individual performance or organizational performance at various levels (e.g., the Company’s performance or the performance of a subsidiary, division, business segment or business unit of the Company) or (ii) upon organizational performance relative to the comparable performance of other companies selected by the Committee. To the extent consistent with Section 162(m), the Committee may, when it establishes performance criteria, also provide for the exclusion of charges related to an event or occurrence which the Committee determines should appropriately be excluded, including but not limited to (X) asset-write downs, litigation or claim judgments or settlements, reorganizations, the impact of acquisitions and divestitures, restructurings, discontinued operations, extraordinary items, and other unusual or non-recurring charges, (Y) foreign exchange gains and losses or an event either not directly related to the operations of the Company or not within the reasonable control of the Company’s management, or (Z) the cumulative effects of tax or accounting changes in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (or other accounting principles which may then be in effect). To the extent that Section 162(m) or applicable tax and/or securities laws change to permit Committee discretion to alter the governing performance measures without disclosing to stockholders and obtaining stockholder approval of such changes and without thereby exposing the Company to potentially adverse tax or other legal consequences, the Committee shall have the sole discretion to make such changes without obtaining stockholder approval.

(u) “ Person ” shall mean any individual or entity, including a corporation, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture or trust.

(v) “ Plan ” shall mean the Cesca Therapeutics Inc. 2016 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended from time to time.

(w) “ Prior Plan ” shall mean the Amended and Restated Cesca Therapeutics Inc. 2006 Equity Incentive Plan.

(x) “ Restricted Stock ” shall mean any Share granted under Section 6(c) of the Plan.

(y) “ Restricted Stock Unit ” shall mean any unit granted under Section 6(c) of the Plan evidencing the right to receive a Share (or a cash payment equal to the Fair Market Value of a Share) at some future date.

(z) “ Rule 16b-3 ” shall mean Rule 16b-3 promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any successor rule or regulation.

(aa) “Section 162(m)” shall mean Section 162(m) of the Code, or any successor provision, and the applicable Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder.

(bb) “Section 409A” shall mean Section 409A of the Code, or any successor provision, and applicable Treasury Regulations and other applicable guidance thereunder.

(cc) “ Securities Act ” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

(dd) “ Share ” or “ Shares ” shall mean common shares $.001 par value in the capital of the Company (or such other securities or property as may become subject to Awards pursuant to an adjustment made under Section 4(c) of the Plan).

(ee) “Specified Employee” shall mean a specified employee as defined in Section 409A(a)(2)(B) of the Code or applicable proposed or final regulations under Section 409A, determined in accordance with procedures established by the Company and applied uniformly with respect to all plans maintained by the Company that are subject to Section 409A.

(ff) “ Stock Appreciation Right ” shall mean any right granted under Section 6(b) of the Plan.

Section 3. Administration

(a) Power and Authority of the Committee . The Plan shall be administered by the Committee. Subject to the express provisions of the Plan and to applicable law, the Committee shall have full power and authority to: (i) designate Participants; (ii) determine the type or types of Awards to be granted to each Participant under the Plan; (iii) determine the number of Shares to be covered by (or the method by which payments or other rights are to be calculated in connection with) each Award; (iv) determine the terms and conditions of any Award or Award Agreement, including any terms relating to the forfeiture of any Award and the forfeiture, recapture or disgorgement of any cash, Shares or other amounts payable with respect to any Award; (v) amend the terms and conditions of any Award or Award Agreement, subject to the limitations under Section 7; (vi) accelerate the exercisability of any Award or the lapse of any restrictions relating to any Award, subject to the limitations in Section 7, (vii) determine whether, to what extent and under what circumstances Awards may be exercised in cash, Shares, other securities, other Awards or other property (excluding promissory notes), or canceled, forfeited or suspended, subject to the limitations in Section 7; (viii) determine whether, to what extent and under what circumstances amounts payable with respect to an Award under the Plan shall be deferred either automatically or at the election of the holder thereof or the Committee, subject to the requirements of Section 409A; (ix) interpret and administer the Plan and any instrument or agreement, including an Award Agreement, relating to the Plan; (x) establish, amend, suspend or waive such rules and regulations and appoint such agents as it shall deem appropriate for the proper administration of the Plan; (xi) make any other determination and take any other action that the Committee deems necessary or desirable for the administration of the Plan; and (xii) adopt such modifications, rules, procedures and subplans as may be necessary or desirable to comply with provisions of the laws of non-U.S. jurisdictions in which the Company or an Affiliate may operate, including, without limitation, establishing any special rules for Affiliates, Eligible Persons or Participants located in any particular country, in order to meet the objectives of the Plan and to ensure the viability of the intended benefits of Awards granted to Participants located in such non-United States jurisdictions. Unless otherwise expressly provided in the Plan, all designations, determinations, interpretations and other decisions under or with respect to the Plan or any Award or Award Agreement shall be within the sole discretion of the Committee, may be made at any time and shall be final, conclusive and binding upon any Participant, any holder or beneficiary of any Award or Award Agreement, and any employee of the Company or any Affiliate.

(b) Delegation . The Committee may delegate to one or more officers or Directors of the Company, subject to such terms, conditions and limitations as the Committee may establish in its sole discretion, the authority to grant Awards; provided , however , that the Committee shall not delegate such authority (i) with regard to grants of Awards to be made to officers of the Company or any Affiliate who are subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act or (ii) in such a manner as would cause the Plan not to comply with the requirements of Section 162(m), applicable exchange rules or applicable corporate law.

(c) Power and Authority of the Board . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, (i) the Board may, at any time and from time to time, without any further action of the Committee, exercise the powers and duties of the Committee under the Plan, unless the exercise of such powers and duties by the Board would cause the Plan not to comply with the requirements of Rule 16b-3 or Section 162(m); and (ii) only the Committee (or another committee of the Board comprised of directors who qualify as independent directors within the meaning of the independence rules of any applicable securities exchange where the Shares are then listed) may grant Awards to Directors who are not also employees of the Company or an Affiliate.

(d) Indemnification . To the full extent permitted by law, (i) no member of the Board, the Committee or any person to whom the Committee delegates authority under the Plan shall be liable for any action or determination taken or made in good faith with respect to the Plan or any Award made under the Plan, and (ii) the members of the Board, the Committee and each person to whom the Committee delegates authority under the Plan shall be entitled to indemnification by the Company with regard to such actions and determinations. The provisions of this paragraph shall be in addition to such other rights of indemnification as a member of the Board, the Committee or any other person may have by virtue of such person’s position with the Company.

Section 4. Shares Available for Awards

(a) Shares Available . Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 4(c) of the Plan, the aggregate number of Shares that may be issued under all Awards under the Plan shall be 600,000 Shares. In addition, after the termination date of the Prior Plan, if any Shares subject to awards granted under the Prior Plan would again become available for new grants under the terms of such plan if such plan were still in effect (taking into account such plan’s provisions concerning forfeiture, cancellation, termination or expiration), then those Shares will be available for the purpose of granting Awards under this Plan, thereby increasing the number of Shares available for issuance under this Section 4(a). Any such Shares will not be available for future awards under the Prior Plan.

(b) Counting Shares . For purposes of this Section 4, except as set forth in this Section 4(b), if an Award entitles the holder thereof to receive or purchase Shares, the number of Shares covered by such Award or to which such Award relates shall be counted on the date of grant of such Award against the aggregate number of Shares available for granting Awards under the Plan. For purposes of determining the number of Shares covered on the date of grant by an Option or a Stock Appreciation Right, the aggregate number of Shares with respect to which the Option or Stock Appreciation Right is to be exercised shall be counted against the number of Shares available for Awards under the Plan (without regard to the number of actual Shares issued upon exercise or settlement). With respect to any Full Value Award, the number of Shares available for Awards under the Plan shall be reduced by 2 Shares for each Share covered by the Full Value Award.

(i)

Shares Added Back to Reserve . Subject to the limitations in (ii) below, if any Shares covered by an Award or to which an Award relates are not purchased or are forfeited or are reacquired by the Company (except as otherwise provided under Section 4(b)(ii) below), or if an Award otherwise terminates or is cancelled without delivery of any Shares, then the number of Shares counted pursuant to this Section 4(b) against the aggregate number of Shares available under the Plan with respect to such Award, to the extent of any such forfeiture, reacquisition by the Company, termination or cancellation, shall again be available for granting Awards under the Plan.

(ii)

Shares Not Added Back to Reserve . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in (i) above, the following Shares will not again become available for issuance under the Plan: (a) any Shares which would have been issued upon any exercise of an Option but for the fact that the exercise price was paid by a “net exercise” pursuant to Section 6(a)(iii)(B) or any Shares tendered in payment of the exercise price of an Option; (b) any Shares withheld by the Company or Shares tendered to satisfy any tax withholding obligation with respect to an Award; (c) Shares covered by a stock-settled Stock Appreciation Right issued under the Plan that are not issued in connection with settlement in Shares upon exercise; or (d) Shares that are repurchased by the Company using Option exercise proceeds.

(iii)

Cash-Only Awards . Awards that do not entitle the holder thereof to receive or purchase Shares shall not be counted against the aggregate number of Shares available for Awards under the Plan.

(iv)

Substitute Awards Relating to Acquired Entities . Shares issued under Awards granted in substitution for awards previously granted by an entity that is acquired by or merged with the Company or an Affiliate shall not be counted against the aggregate number of Shares available for Awards under the Plan.

(c) Adjustments . In the event that any dividend (other than a regular cash dividend) or other distribution (whether in the form of cash, Shares, other securities or other property), recapitalization, stock split, reverse stock split, reorganization, merger, consolidation, split-up, spin-off, combination, repurchase or exchange of Shares or other securities of the Company, issuance of warrants or other rights to purchase Shares or other securities of the Company or other similar corporate transaction or event affects the Shares such that an adjustment is necessary in order to prevent dilution or enlargement of the benefits or potential benefits intended to be made available under the Plan, then the Committee shall, in such manner as it may deem equitable, adjust any or all of (i) the number and type of Shares (or other securities or other property) that thereafter may be made the subject of Awards, (ii) the number and type of Shares (or other securities or other property) subject to outstanding Awards, (iii) the purchase price or exercise price with respect to any Award and (iv) the limitations contained in Section 4(d)(i) below; provided , however , that the number of Shares covered by any Award or to which such Award relates shall always be a whole number. Such adjustment shall be made by the Committee or the Board, whose determination in that respect shall be final, binding and conclusive.

(d) Award Limitations Under the Plan . The limitation contained in this Section 4(d) shall apply only with respect to any Award or Awards granted under this Plan, and limitations on awards granted under any other stockholder-approved incentive plan maintained by the Company will be governed solely by the terms of such other plan.

(i)

Section 162(m) Limitation for Awards Denominated in Shares . No Eligible Person may be granted any Stock Options, Stock Appreciation Rights or Performance Awards denominated in Shares, for more than 215,000 Shares (subject to adjustment as provided for in Section 4(c) of the Plan), in the aggregate in any calendar year.

(ii)

Section 162(m) Limitation for Performance Awards Denominated in Cash . The maximum amount payable pursuant to all Performance Awards denominated in cash to any Eligible Person in the aggregate in any calendar year shall be $6,000,000 in value. This limitation contained in this Section 4(d)(ii) does not apply to any Award or Awards subject to the limitation contained in Section 4(d)(i).

(iii)

Limitation for Awards Granted to Non-Employee Directors . No Director who is not also an employee of the Company or an Affiliate may be granted any Award or Awards denominated in Shares that exceed in the aggregate 13,500 Shares in any calendar year. The foregoing limit shall not apply to any Award made pursuant to any election by the Director to receive an Award in lieu of all or a portion of annual and committee retainers and annual meeting fees.

Section 5. Eligibility

Any Eligible Person shall be eligible to be designated as a Participant. In determining which Eligible Persons shall receive an Award and the terms of any Award, the Committee may take into account the nature of the services rendered by the respective Eligible Persons, their present and potential contributions to the success of the Company or such other factors as the Committee, in its discretion, shall deem relevant. Notwithstanding the foregoing, an Incentive Stock Option may only be granted to full-time or part-time employees (which term as used herein includes, without limitation, officers and Directors who are also employees), and an Incentive Stock Option shall not be granted to an employee of an Affiliate unless such Affiliate is also a “subsidiary corporation” of the Company within the meaning of Section 424(f) of the Code or any successor provision.

Section 6. Awards

(a) Options . The Committee is hereby authorized to grant Options to Eligible Persons with the following terms and conditions and with such additional terms and conditions not inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan as the Committee shall determine:

(i)

Exercise Price . The purchase price per Share purchasable under an Option shall be determined by the Committee and shall not be less than 100% of the Fair Market Value of a Share on the date of grant of such Option; provided, however, that the Committee may designate a purchase price below Fair Market Value on the date of grant if the Option is granted in substitution for a stock option previously granted by an entity that is acquired by or merged with the Company or an Affiliate.

(ii)

Option Term . The term of each Option shall be fixed by the Committee at the date of grant but shall not be longer than 10 years from the date of grant.

(iii)

Time and Method of Exercise . The Committee shall determine the time or times at which an Option may be exercised in whole or in part and the method or methods by which, and the form or forms, including, but not limited to, cash, Shares (actually or by attestation), other securities, other Awards or other property, or any combination thereof, having a Fair Market Value on the exercise date equal to the applicable exercise price, in which, payment of the exercise price with respect thereto may be made or deemed to have been made.

(A)

Promissory Notes . Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee may not accept a promissory note as consideration.

(B)

Net Exercises . The Committee may, in its discretion, permit an Option to be exercised by delivering to the Participant a number of Shares having an aggregate Fair Market Value (determined as of the date of exercise) equal to the excess, if positive, of the Fair Market Value of the Shares underlying the Option being exercised on the date of exercise, over the exercise price of the Option for such Shares.

(iv)

Incentive Stock Options . Notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the contrary, the following additional provisions shall apply to the grant of stock options which are intended to qualify as Incentive Stock Options:

(A)

The aggregate number of Shares that may be issued under all Incentive Stock Options under the Plan shall be 1,000,000 Shares.

(B)

The Committee will not grant Incentive Stock Options in which the aggregate Fair Market Value (determined as of the time the Option is granted) of the Shares with respect to which Incentive Stock Options are exercisable for the first time by any Participant during any calendar year (under this Plan and all other plans of the Company and its Affiliates) shall exceed $100,000.

(C)

All Incentive Stock Options must be granted within ten years from the earlier of the date on which this Plan was adopted by the Board or the date this Plan was approved by the stockholders of the Company.

(D)

Unless sooner exercised, all Incentive Stock Options shall expire and no longer be exercisable no later than 10 years after the date of grant; provided , however , that in the case of a grant of an Incentive Stock Option to a Participant who, at the time such Option is granted, owns (within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code) stock possessing more than 10% of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or of its Affiliates, such Incentive Stock Option shall expire and no longer be exercisable no later than five years from the date of grant.

(E)

The purchase price per Share for an Incentive Stock Option shall be not less than 100% of the Fair Market Value of a Share on the date of grant of the Incentive Stock Option; provided , however , that, in the case of the grant of an Incentive Stock Option to a Participant who, at the time such Option is granted, owns (within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code) stock possessing more than 10% of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or of its Affiliates, the purchase price per Share purchasable under an Incentive Stock Option shall be not less than 110% of the Fair Market Value of a Share on the date of grant of the Incentive Stock Option.

(F)

Any Incentive Stock Option authorized under the Plan shall contain such other provisions as the Committee shall deem advisable, but shall in all events be consistent with and contain all provisions required in order to qualify the Option as an Incentive Stock Option.

(b) Stock Appreciation Rights . The Committee is hereby authorized to grant Stock Appreciation Rights to Eligible Persons subject to the terms of the Plan and any applicable Award Agreement. A Stock Appreciation Right granted under the Plan shall confer on the holder thereof a right to receive upon exercise thereof the excess of (i) the Fair Market Value of one Share on the date of exercise over (ii) the grant price of the Stock Appreciation Right as specified by the Committee, which price shall not be less than 100% of the Fair Market Value of one Share on the date of grant of the Stock Appreciation Right; provided, however, that the Committee may designate a grant price below Fair Market Value on the date of grant if the Stock Appreciation Right is granted in substitution for a stock appreciation right previously granted by an entity that is acquired by or merged with the Company or an Affiliate. Subject to the terms of the Plan and any applicable Award Agreement, the grant price, term, methods of exercise, dates of exercise, methods of settlement and any other terms and conditions of any Stock Appreciation Right shall be as determined by the Committee (except that the term of each Stock Appreciation Right shall be subject to the same limitations in Section 6(a)(ii) applicable to Options). The Committee may impose such conditions or restrictions on the exercise of any Stock Appreciation Right as it may deem appropriate.

(c) Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units . The Committee is hereby authorized to grant an Award of Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units to Eligible Persons with the following terms and conditions and with such additional terms and conditions not inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan as the Committee shall determine:

(i)

Restrictions . Shares of Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units shall be subject to such restrictions as the Committee may impose (including, without limitation, any limitation on the right to vote a Share of Restricted Stock or the right to receive any dividend or other right or property with respect thereto), which restrictions may lapse separately or in combination at such time or times, in such installments or otherwise as the Committee may deem appropriate. Notwithstanding the foregoing, rights to dividend or Dividend Equivalent payments shall be subject to the limitations described in Section 6(e).

(ii)

Issuance and Delivery of Shares . Any Restricted Stock granted under the Plan shall be issued at the time such Awards are granted and may be evidenced in such manner as the Committee may deem appropriate, including book-entry registration or issuance of a stock certificate or certificates, which certificate or certificates shall be held by the Company or held in nominee name by the stock transfer agent or brokerage service selected by the Company to provide such services for the Plan. Such certificate or certificates shall be registered in the name of the Participant and shall bear an appropriate legend referring to the restrictions applicable to such Restricted Stock. Shares representing Restricted Stock that are no longer subject to restrictions shall be delivered (including by updating the book-entry registration) to the Participant promptly after the applicable restrictions lapse or are waived. In the case of Restricted Stock Units, no Shares shall be issued at the time such Awards are granted. Upon the lapse or waiver of restrictions and the restricted period relating to Restricted Stock Units evidencing the right to receive Shares, such Shares shall be issued and delivered to the holder of the Restricted Stock Units.

(iii)

Forfeiture . Except as otherwise determined by the Committee or as provided in an Award Agreement, upon a Participant’s termination of employment or service or resignation or removal as a Director (in either case, as determined under criteria established by the Committee) during the applicable restriction period, all Shares of Restricted Stock and all Restricted Stock Units held by such Participant at such time shall be forfeited and reacquired by the Company; provided , however , that the Committee may waive in whole or in part any or all remaining restrictions with respect to Shares of Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units.

(d) Performance Awards . The Committee is hereby authorized to grant to Eligible Persons Performance Awards that are intended to be “qualified performance-based compensation” within the meaning of Section 162(m). A Performance Award granted under the Plan (i) may be denominated or payable in cash, Shares (including, without limitation, Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units), other securities, other Awards or other property and (ii) shall confer on the holder thereof the right to receive payments, in whole or in part, upon the achievement of one or more objective Performance Goals during such performance periods as the Committee shall establish. Subject to the terms of the Plan, the Performance Goals to be achieved during any performance period, the length of any performance period, the amount of any Performance Award granted, the amount of any payment or transfer to be made pursuant to any Performance Award and any other terms and conditions of any Performance Award shall be determined by the Committee. Performance Awards shall be conditioned solely on the achievement of one or more objective Performance Goals established by the Committee within the time prescribed by Section 162(m), and shall otherwise comply with the requirements of Section 162(m), as described below.

(i)

Timing of Designations; Duration of Performance Periods . For each Performance Award, the Committee shall, not later than 90 days after the beginning of each performance period, (i) designate all Participants for such performance period and (ii) establish the objective performance factors for each Participant for that performance period on the basis of one or more of the Performance Goals, the outcome of which is substantially uncertain at the time the Committee actually establishes the Performance Goal. The Committee shall have sole discretion to determine the applicable performance period, provided that in the case of a performance period less than 12 months, in no event shall a performance goal be considered to be pre-established if it is established after 25 percent of the performance period (as scheduled in good faith at the time the Performance Goal is established) has elapsed. To the extent required under Section 162(m), the terms of the objective performance factors must preclude discretion to increase an amount paid in connection with an Award, but may permit discretion to reduce such amount.

(ii)

Certification . Following the close of each performance period and prior to payment of any amount to a Participant with respect to a Performance Award, the Committee shall certify in writing as to the attainment of all factors (including the performance factors for a Participant) upon which any payments to a Participant for that performance period are to be based.

(e) Dividend Equivalents . The Committee is hereby authorized to grant Dividend Equivalents to Eligible Persons under which the Participant shall be entitled to receive payments (in cash, Shares, other securities, other Awards or other property as determined in the discretion of the Committee) equivalent to the amount of cash dividends paid by the Company to holders of Shares with respect to a number of Shares determined by the Committee. Subject to the terms of the Plan and any applicable Award Agreement, such Dividend Equivalents may have such terms and conditions as the Committee shall determine. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the Committee may not grant Dividend Equivalents to Eligible Persons in connection with grants of Options, Stock Appreciation Rights or other Awards the value of which is based solely on an increase in the value of the Shares after the date of grant of such Award, and (ii) no dividend or Dividend Equivalent payments shall be made to a Participant with respect to any Performance Award or other Award subject to performance-based vesting conditions prior to the date on which all conditions or restrictions relating to such Award (or portion thereof to which the dividend or Dividend Equivalent relates) have been satisfied, waived or lapsed.

(f) Other Stock-Based Awards . The Committee is hereby authorized to grant to Eligible Persons such other Awards that are denominated or payable in, valued in whole or in part by reference to, or otherwise based on or related to, Shares (including, without limitation, securities convertible into Shares), as are deemed by the Committee to be consistent with the purpose of the Plan. The Committee shall determine the terms and conditions of such Awards, subject to the terms of the Plan and any applicable Award Agreement. No Award issued under this Section 6(f) shall contain a purchase right or an option-like exercise feature.

(g) General .

(i)

Consideration for Awards . Awards may be granted for no cash consideration or for any cash or other consideration as may be determined by the Committee or required by applicable law.

(ii)

Awards May Be Granted Separately or Together . Awards may, in the discretion of the Committee, be granted either alone or in addition to, in tandem with or in substitution for any other Award or any award granted under any other plan of the Company or any Affiliate. Awards granted in addition to or in tandem with other Awards or in addition to or in tandem with awards granted under any other plan of the Company or any Affiliate may be granted either at the same time as or at a different time from the grant of such other Awards or awards.

(iii)

Forms of Payment under Awards . Subject to the terms of the Plan and of any applicable Award Agreement, payments or transfers to be made by the Company or an Affiliate upon the grant, exercise or payment of an Award may be made in such form or forms as the Committee shall determine (including, without limitation, cash, Shares, other securities (but excluding promissory notes), other Awards or other property or any combination thereof), and may be made in a single payment or transfer, in installments or on a deferred basis, in each case in accordance with rules and procedures established by the Committee. Such rules and procedures may include, without limitation, provisions for the payment or crediting of reasonable interest on installment or deferred payments or the grant or crediting of Dividend Equivalents with respect to installment or deferred payments.

(iv)

Limits on Transfer of Awards . Except as otherwise provided by the Committee in its discretion and subject to such additional terms and conditions as it determines, no Award (other than fully vested and unrestricted Shares issued pursuant to any Award) and no right under any such Award shall be transferable by a Participant other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution, and no Award (other than fully vested and unrestricted Shares issued pursuant to any Award) or right under any such Award may be pledged, alienated, attached or otherwise encumbered, and any purported pledge, alienation, attachment or encumbrance thereof shall be void and unenforceable against the Company or any Affiliate. Where the Committee does permit the transfer of an Award other than a fully vested and unrestricted Share, such permitted transfer shall be for no value and in accordance with the rules of Form S-8. The Committee may also establish procedures as it deems appropriate for a Participant to designate a person or persons, as beneficiary or beneficiaries, to exercise the rights of the Participant and receive any property distributable with respect to any Award in the event of the Participant’s death.

(v)

Restrictions; Securities Exchange Listing . All Shares or other securities delivered under the Plan pursuant to any Award or the exercise thereof shall be subject to such restrictions as the Committee may deem advisable under the Plan, applicable federal or state securities laws and regulatory requirements, and the Committee may cause appropriate entries to be made with respect to, or legends to be placed on the certificates for, such Shares or other securities to reflect such restrictions. The Company shall not be required to deliver any Shares or other securities covered by an Award unless and until the requirements of any federal or state securities or other laws, rules or regulations (including the rules of any securities exchange) as may be determined by the Company to be applicable are satisfied.

(vi)

Prohibition on Option and Stock Appreciation Right Repricing . Except as provided in Section 4(c) hereof, the Committee may not, without prior approval of the Company’s stockholders, seek to effect any re-pricing of any previously granted, “underwater” Option or Stock Appreciation Right by: (i) amending or modifying the terms of the Option or Stock Appreciation Right to lower the exercise price; (ii) canceling the underwater Option or Stock Appreciation Right and granting either (A) replacement Options or Stock Appreciation Rights having a lower exercise price; or (B) Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units, Performance Award or Other Stock-Based Award in exchange; or (iii) cancelling or repurchasing the underwater Option or Stock Appreciation Right for cash or other securities. An Option or Stock Appreciation Right will be deemed to be “underwater” at any time when the Fair Market Value of the Shares covered by such Award is less than the exercise price of the Award.

(vii)

Section 409A Provisions . Notwithstanding anything in the Plan or any Award Agreement to the contrary, to the extent that any amount or benefit that constitutes “deferred compensation” to a Participant under Section 409A and applicable guidance thereunder is otherwise payable or distributable to a Participant under the Plan or any Award Agreement solely by reason of the occurrence of a change in control or due to the Participant’s disability or “separation from service” (as such term is defined under Section 409A), such amount or benefit will not be payable or distributable to the Participant by reason of such circumstance unless the Committee determines in good faith that (i) the circumstances giving rise to such change in control event, disability or separation from service meet the definition of a change in control event, disability, or separation from service, as the case may be, in Section 409A(a)(2)(A) of the Code and applicable proposed or final regulations, or (ii) the payment or distribution of such amount or benefit would be exempt from the application of Section 409A by reason of the short-term deferral exemption or otherwise. Any payment or distribution that otherwise would be made to a Participant who is a Specified Employee (as determined by the Committee in good faith) on account of separation from service may not be made before the date which is six months after the date of the Specified Employee’s separation from service (or if earlier, upon the Specified Employee’s death) unless the payment or distribution is exempt from the application of Section 409A by reason of the short-term deferral exemption or otherwise.

(viii)

Acceleration of Vesting or Exercisability . No Award Agreement shall accelerate the exercisability of any Award or the lapse of restrictions relating to any Award in connection with a change-in-control event unless such acceleration occurs upon the consummation of (or effective immediately prior to the consummation of, provided that the consummation subsequently occurs) such change-in-control event.

Section 7. Amendment and Termination; Corrections

(a) Amendments to the Plan and Awards . The Board may from time to time amend, suspend or terminate this Plan, and the Committee may amend the terms of any previously granted Award, provided that no amendment to the terms of any previously granted Award may, (except as expressly provided in the Plan) materially and adversely alter or impair the terms or conditions of the Award previously granted to a Participant under this Plan without the written consent of the Participant or holder thereof. Any amendment to this Plan, or to the terms of any Award previously granted, is subject to compliance with all applicable laws, rules, regulations and policies of any applicable governmental entity or securities exchange, including receipt of any required approval from the governmental entity or stock exchange. For greater certainty and without limiting the foregoing, the Board may amend, suspend, terminate or discontinue the Plan, and the Committee may amend or alter any previously granted Award, as applicable, without obtaining the approval of stockholders of the Company in order to:

(i)

amend the eligibility for, and limitations or conditions imposed upon, participation in the Plan;

(ii)

amend any terms relating to the granting or exercise of Awards, including but not limited to terms relating to the amount and payment of the exercise price, or the vesting, expiry, assignment or adjustment of Awards, or otherwise waive any conditions of or rights of the Company under any outstanding Award, prospectively or retroactively;

(iii)

make changes that are necessary or desirable to comply with applicable laws, rules, regulations and policies of any applicable governmental entity or stock exchange (including amendments to Awards necessary or desirable to avoid any adverse tax results under Section 409A), and no action taken to comply shall be deemed to impair or otherwise adversely alter or impair the rights of any holder of an Award or beneficiary thereof; or

(iv)

amend any terms relating to the administration of the Plan, including the terms of any administrative guidelines or other rules related to the Plan.

For greater certainty, prior approval of the stockholders of the Company shall be required for any amendment to the Plan or an Award that would:

(i)

require stockholder approval under the rules or regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission, the New York Stock Exchange or any other securities exchange that are applicable to the Company;

(ii)

increase the number of shares authorized under the Plan as specified in Section 4(a) of the Plan;

(iii)

increase the number of shares or value subject to the limitations contained in Section 4(d) of the Plan or otherwise cause the Section 162(m) exemption for qualified performance-based compensation to become unavailable with respect to the Plan;

(iv)

permit repricing of Options or Stock Appreciation Rights, which is currently prohibited by Section 6(g)(vi) of the Plan;

(v)

permit the award of Options or Stock Appreciation Rights at a price less than 100% of the Fair Market Value of a Share on the date of grant of such Option or Stock Appreciation Right, contrary to the provisions of Section 6(a)(i) and Section 6(b) of the Plan; or

(vi)

increase the maximum term permitted for Options and Stock Appreciation Rights as specified in Section 6(a) and Section 6(b).

(b) Corporate Transactions . In the event of any reorganization, merger, consolidation, split-up, spin-off, combination, plan of arrangement, take-over bid or tender offer, repurchase or exchange of Shares or other securities of the Company or any other similar corporate transaction or event involving the Company (or the Company shall enter into a written agreement to undergo such a transaction or event), the Committee or the Board may, in its sole discretion, provide for any of the following to be effective upon the consummation of the event (or effective immediately prior to the consummation of the event, provided that the consummation of the event subsequently occurs), and no action taken under this Section 7(b) shall be deemed to impair or otherwise adversely alter the rights of any holder of an Award or beneficiary thereof:

(i)

either (A) termination of the Award, whether or not vested, in exchange for an amount of cash and/or other property, if any, equal to the amount that would have been attained upon the exercise of the vested portion of the Award or realization of the Participant’s vested rights (and, for the avoidance of doubt, if, as of the date of the occurrence of the transaction or event described in this Section 7(b)(i)(A), the Committee or the Board determines in good faith that no amount would have been attained upon the exercise of the Award or realization of the Participant’s rights, then the Award may be terminated by the Company without any payment) or (B) the replacement of the Award with other rights or property selected by the Committee or the Board, in its sole discretion;

(ii)

that the Award be assumed by the successor or survivor corporation, or a parent or subsidiary thereof, or shall be substituted for by similar options, rights or awards covering the stock of the successor or survivor corporation, or a parent or subsidiary thereof, with appropriate adjustments as to the number and kind of shares and prices;

(iii)

that, subject to Section 6(g)(viii), the Award shall be exercisable or payable or fully vested with respect to all Shares covered thereby, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the applicable Award Agreement; or

(iv)

that the Award cannot vest, be exercised or become payable after a date certain in the future, which may be the effective date of the event.

(c) Correction of Defects, Omissions and Inconsistencies . The Committee may, without prior approval of the stockholders of the Company, correct any defect, supply any omission or reconcile any inconsistency in the Plan or in any Award or Award Agreement in the manner and to the extent it shall deem desirable to implement or maintain the effectiveness of the Plan.

Section 8. Income Tax Withholding

In order to comply with all applicable federal, state, local or foreign income tax laws or regulations, the Company may take such action as it deems appropriate to ensure that all applicable federal, state, local or foreign payroll, withholding, income or other taxes, which are the sole and absolute responsibility of a Participant, are withheld or collected from such Participant. In order to assist a Participant in paying all or a portion of the applicable taxes to be withheld or collected upon exercise or receipt of (or the lapse of restrictions relating to) an Award, the Committee, in its discretion and subject to such additional terms and conditions as it may adopt, may permit the Participant to satisfy such tax obligation by (a) electing to have the Company withhold a portion of the Shares otherwise to be delivered upon exercise or receipt of (or the lapse of restrictions relating to) such Award with a Fair Market Value equal to the amount of such taxes (but only to the extent necessary to satisfy minimum statutory withholding requirements if required by ASC Topic 718 to avoid adverse accounting treatment) or (b) delivering to the Company Shares other than Shares issuable upon exercise or receipt of (or the lapse of restrictions relating to) such Award with a Fair Market Value equal to the amount of such taxes.

Section 9. General Provisions

(a) No Rights to Awards . No Eligible Person, Participant or other Person shall have any claim to be granted any Award under the Plan, and there is no obligation for uniformity of treatment of Eligible Persons, Participants or holders or beneficiaries of Awards under the Plan. The terms and conditions of Awards need not be the same with respect to any Participant or with respect to different Participants.

(b) Award Agreements . No Participant shall have rights under an Award granted to such Participant unless and until an Award Agreement shall have been signed by the Participant (if requested by the Company), or until such Award Agreement is delivered and accepted through an electronic medium in accordance with procedures established by the Company. An Award Agreement need not be signed by a representative of the Company unless required by the Committee. Each Award Agreement shall be subject to the applicable terms and conditions of the Plan and any other terms and conditions (not inconsistent with the Plan) determined by the Committee.

(c) Plan Provisions Control . In the event that any provision of an Award Agreement conflicts with or is inconsistent in any respect with the terms of the Plan as set forth herein or subsequently amended, the terms of the Plan shall control.

(d) No Rights of Stockholders . Except with respect to Shares issued under Awards (and subject to such conditions as the Committee may impose on such Awards pursuant to Section 6(c)(i) or Section 6(e)), neither a Participant nor the Participant’s legal representative shall be, or have any of the rights and privileges of, a stockholder of the Company with respect to any Shares issuable upon the exercise or payment of any Award, in whole or in part, unless and until such Shares have been issued.

(e) No Limit on Other Compensation Arrangements . Nothing contained in the Plan shall prevent the Company or any Affiliate from adopting or continuing in effect other or additional compensation plans or arrangements, and such plans or arrangements may be either generally applicable or applicable only in specific cases.

(f) No Right to Employment . The grant of an Award shall not be construed as giving a Participant the right to be retained as an employee of the Company or any Affiliate, nor will it affect in any way the right of the Company or an Affiliate to terminate a Participant’s employment at any time, with or without cause, in accordance with applicable law. In addition, the Company or an Affiliate may at any time dismiss a Participant from employment free from any liability or any claim under the Plan or any Award, unless otherwise expressly provided in the Plan or in any Award Agreement. Nothing in this Plan shall confer on any person any legal or equitable right against the Company or any Affiliate, directly or indirectly, or give rise to any cause of action at law or in equity against the Company or an Affiliate. Under no circumstances shall any person ceasing to be an employee of the Company or any Affiliate be entitled to any compensation for any loss of any right or benefit under the Plan which such employee might otherwise have enjoyed but for termination of employment, whether such compensation is claimed by way of damages for wrongful or unfair dismissal, breach of contract or otherwise. By participating in the Plan, each Participant shall be deemed to have accepted all the conditions of the Plan and the terms and conditions of any rules and regulations adopted by the Committee and shall be fully bound thereby.

(g) Governing Law . The internal law, and not the law of conflicts, of the State of Delaware shall govern all questions concerning the validity, construction and effect of the Plan or any Award, and any rules and regulations relating to the Plan or any Award.

(h) Severability . If any provision of the Plan or any Award is or becomes or is deemed to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction or would disqualify the Plan or any Award under any law deemed applicable by the Committee, such provision shall be construed or deemed amended to conform to applicable laws, or if it cannot be so construed or deemed amended without, in the determination of the Committee, materially altering the purpose or intent of the Plan or the Award, such provision shall be stricken as to such jurisdiction or Award, and the remainder of the Plan or any such Award shall remain in full force and effect.

(i) No Trust or Fund Created . Neither the Plan nor any Award shall create or be construed to create a trust or separate fund of any kind or a fiduciary relationship between the Company or any Affiliate and a Participant or any other Person. To the extent that any Person acquires a right to receive payments from the Company or any Affiliate pursuant to an Award, such right shall be no greater than the right of any unsecured general creditor of the Company or any Affiliate.

(j) Other Benefits . No compensation or benefit awarded to or realized by any Participant under the Plan shall be included for the purpose of computing such Participant’s compensation or benefits under any pension, retirement, savings, profit sharing, group insurance, disability, severance, termination pay, welfare or other benefit plan of the Company, unless required by law or otherwise provided by such other plan.

(k) No Fractional Shares . No fractional Shares shall be issued or delivered pursuant to the Plan or any Award, and the Committee shall determine whether cash shall be paid in lieu of any fractional Share or whether such fractional Share or any rights thereto shall be canceled, terminated or otherwise eliminated.

(l) Headings . Headings are given to the sections and subsections of the Plan solely as a convenience to facilitate reference. Such headings shall not be deemed in any way material or relevant to the construction or interpretation of the Plan or any provision thereof.

Section 10. Clawback or Recoupment

All Awards under this Plan shall be subject to recovery or other penalties pursuant to (i) any Company clawback policy, as may be adopted or amended from time to time, or (ii) any applicable law, rule or regulation or applicable stock exchange rule, including, without limitation, Section 304 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, Section 954 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and any applicable stock exchange listing rule adopted pursuant thereto.

Section 11. Term of the Plan

No Award shall be granted under the Plan after, and the Plan shall terminate, on July 7, 2026 or any earlier date of discontinuation or termination established pursuant to Section 7(a) of the Plan; provided, however , that no Performance Award shall be granted under the Plan after the first stockholder meeting to occur in the fifth year following the year in which stockholders approved the Performance Goals unless and until the Performance Goals or the Plan is re-approved by the stockholders. Unless otherwise expressly provided in the Plan or in an applicable Award Agreement, any Award theretofore granted may extend beyond such dates, and the authority of the Committee provided for hereunder with respect to the Plan and any Awards, and the authority of the Board to amend the Plan, shall extend beyond the termination of the Plan.

Exhibit 23.1

Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm’s Consent

We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement of Cesca Therapeutics, Inc. on Form S-8 of our report dated September 20, 2016, with respect to our audits of the consolidated financial statements of Cesca Therapeutics, Inc . as of June 30, 2016 and 2015 and for the years then ended appearing in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Cesca Therapeutics, Inc . for the year ended June 30, 2016.

/s/ Marcum llp

Marcum llp

New York, NY

May 18, 2017