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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 3, 2014</font></b></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></b></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Washington, D.C.&#160; 20549</font></b></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;">THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</font></b></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">OSIRIS THERAPEUTICS, INC.</font></b></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">71-0881115</font></b></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">7015 Albert   Einstein Drive</font></b></p>    </td>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Osiris Therapeutics, Inc.</font></b></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Amended and Restated 2006 Omnibus Plan</font></b></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Lode Debrabandere, Ph.D.</font></b></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Osiris Therapeutics, Inc.</font></b></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">7015 Albert Einstein Drive</font></b></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Columbia, MD&#160; 21046</font></b></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">(443) 545-1819</font></b></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Douglas M. Fox, Esquire</font></b></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Ballard Spahr LLP</font></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">18th Floor</font></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">300 East Lombard Street</font></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Baltimore, MD 21202-3268</font></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(410) 528-5600</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">750,000 shares</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">12.655</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">9,491,250</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1,102.88</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant to Rule 416(a) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), this Registration Statement shall be deemed to cover an indeterminate number of additional shares of Common Stock issuable in the event the number of outstanding shares of the Registrant is increased by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization, merger, consolidation or reorganization or similar transaction.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee.&#160; In accordance with Rule 457(h) promulgated under the Securities Act, the price shown is based upon the average of the high and low prices reported for the Common Stock on the NASDAQ Global Market on September 29, 2014.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(3)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Calculated under Section 6(b) of the Securities Act as .0001162 of the aggregate offering price.</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Osiris Therapeutics,&nbsp;Inc. (the &#147;Registrant&#148;) is filing this Registration Statement to register an additional 750,000 shares of the Registrant&#146;s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the &#147;Common Stock&#148;), for issuance under the Osiris Therapeutics,&nbsp;Inc. Amended and Restated 2006 Omnibus Plan (as previously existing or as amended, or amended and restated, from time to time, as the context so dictates, the &#147;Plan&#148;).&#160; The increase in the number of shares authorized for issuance under the Plan, as well as certain other amendments to the Plan that are described in the Registrant&#146;s definitive proxy statement, filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) on March&nbsp;28, 2014, was approved by the Registrant&#146;s stockholders on May&nbsp;6, 2014.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Registrant previously filed a registration statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 (File No.&nbsp;333-137952), a Post-Effective Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 (File No.&nbsp;333-137952), a registration statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 (File No.&nbsp;333-167652), and a registration statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 (File No.&nbsp;333-184838) covering an aggregate of 2,250,000 shares of Common Stock authorized for issuance under the Plan.&#160; Upon the effectiveness of this Registration Statement, an aggregate of 3,000,000 shares of Common Stock will have been registered for issuance from time to time under the Plan.&#160; Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form&nbsp;S-8, the contents of the earlier registration statements (including the post-effective amendment) are incorporated herein by reference except to the extent supplemented, amended or superseded by the information set forth in one or more of the earlier registration statements, or herein.&#160; Only those items of Form&nbsp;S-8 containing new information not contained in the earlier registration statements are presented herein.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 3.</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font></b><b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The following documents, which have previously been filed with the Commission by the Registrant, are hereby incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and made a part hereof:</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Symbol" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2013, filed with the Commission on March&nbsp;31, 2014 (File No.&nbsp;001-32966);</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Symbol" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended March&nbsp;31, 2014, filed with the Commission on May&nbsp;12, 2014 (File No.&nbsp;001-32966);</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Symbol" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended June&nbsp;30, 2014, filed with the Commission on August&nbsp;11, 2014 (File No.&nbsp;001-32966);</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Symbol" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">All other reports of the Registrant filed pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a)&nbsp;or 15(d)&nbsp;of the Exchange Act since the end of Registrant&#146;s most recent fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2013 (except for any reports, or portions of reports, that are not deemed &#147;filed&#148; with the Commission); and</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Symbol" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The description of the Common Stock contained in the Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;8-A/A, filed with the Commission on June&nbsp;18, 2010 (File No.&nbsp;001-32966), pursuant to Section&nbsp;12(b)&nbsp;of the Exchange Act, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In addition, all reports and other documents subsequently filed by the Registrant after the date hereof pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d)&nbsp;of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and shall be part hereof from the date of filing of such document.&#160; Any statement contained in a document, all or a portion of which is incorporated by reference herein, shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained or incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement.&#160; Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.&#160; The Registrant is not, however, incorporating by reference any documents, or portions of</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.3</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Amended   and Restated 2006 Omnibus Plan, effective as of May&nbsp;27, 2010.   (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.1 to the Registrant&#146;s   Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed by the Registrant with the Commission   on June&nbsp;2, 2010).</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">First   Amendment to Amended and Restated 2006 Omnibus Plan, effective as of   June&nbsp;11, 2012. (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.4 to   the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 filed by the   Registrant with the Commission on November&nbsp;9, 2012).</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Second   Amendment to Amended and Restated 2006 Omnibus Plan, effective May&nbsp;6,   2014. (Filed herewith).</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Opinion   of Ballard Spahr LLP. (Filed herewith).</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent   of BDO USA, LLP. (Filed herewith).</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent   of Ballard Spahr LLP. (Included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</font></p>    </td>   </tr>  </table>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, 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 County of Howard, State of Maryland, on October 3, 2014.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Lode Debrabandere</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Lode Debrabandere, Ph.D.</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">President and Chief Executive   Officer</font></p>    </td>   </tr>  </table>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">President, Chief Executive   Officer and Director</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">October 3, 2014</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Lode Debrabandere, Ph.D.</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Principal Executive Officer)</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Philip R. Jacoby, Jr.</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Chief Financial Officer and   Corporate Secretary</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">October 3, 2014</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Philip R. Jacoby, Jr.</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Principal Financial Officer   and Principal Accounting Officer)</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Peter Friedli</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">October 3, 2014</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Peter Friedli</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Felix Gutzwiller</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">October 3, 2014</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Felix Gutzwiller, M.D.,   Dr.P.H.</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Jay M. Moyes</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">October 3, 2014</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Jay M. Moyes</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Hans Klingemann</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">October 3, 2014</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Hans Klingemann, M.D.,   Ph.D.</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Articles   of Restatement of the Registrant as filed with the State Department of   Assessments and Taxation of Maryland on June&nbsp;4, 2010 (Incorporated   herein by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the Quarterly Report on   Form&nbsp;10-Q filed by the Registrant with the Commission on August&nbsp;6,   2010).</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Bylaws   of the Registrant. (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.3 to   the Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed by the Registrant with the   Commission on June&nbsp;2, 2010).</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Amended   and Restated 2006 Omnibus Plan, effective as of May&nbsp;27, 2010.   (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.1 to the Registrant&#146;s   Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed by the Registrant with the Commission   on June&nbsp;2, 2010).</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">First   Amendment to Amended and Restated 2006 Omnibus Plan, effective as of   June&nbsp;11, 2012. (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.4 to   the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 filed by the   Registrant with the Commission on November&nbsp;9, 2012).</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent   of Ballard Spahr LLP. (Included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</font></p>    </td>   </tr>  </table>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 3, 2014
Registration No.
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.  20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
OSIRIS THERAPEUTICS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Maryland
71-0881115
(State   or other jurisdiction of
(I.R.S.   Employer Identification No.)
incorporation   or organization)
7015 Albert   Einstein Drive
Columbia,   Maryland
21046
(Address   of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip   Code)
Osiris Therapeutics, Inc.
Amended and Restated 2006 Omnibus Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Lode Debrabandere, Ph.D.
President and Chief Executive Officer
Osiris Therapeutics, Inc.
7015 Albert Einstein Drive
Columbia, MD  21046
(Name and address of agent for service)
(443) 545-1819
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
with a copy to:
Douglas M. Fox, Esquire
Ballard Spahr LLP
18th Floor
300 East Lombard Street
Baltimore, MD 21202-3268
(410) 528-5600
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer
o
Accelerated filer
x
Non-accelerated filer
o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company
o
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title   of Securities to
be Registered
Amount   to be
Registered(1)
Proposed Maximum
Offering Price Per
Share(2)
Proposed   Maximum
Aggregate Offering
Price(2)
Amount   of
Registration Fee(3)
Common   Stock, par value $0.001 per share
750,000 shares
$
12.655
$
9,491,250
$
1,102.88
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), this Registration Statement shall be deemed to cover an indeterminate number of additional shares of Common Stock issuable in the event the number of outstanding shares of the Registrant is increased by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization, merger, consolidation or reorganization or similar transaction.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee.  In accordance with Rule 457(h) promulgated under the Securities Act, the price shown is based upon the average of the high and low prices reported for the Common Stock on the NASDAQ Global Market on September 29, 2014.
(3)
Calculated under Section 6(b) of the Securities Act as .0001162 of the aggregate offering price.
PART II -
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Explanatory Note
Osiris Therapeutics, Inc. (the "Registrant") is filing this Registration Statement to register an additional 750,000 shares of the Registrant's common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the "Common Stock"), for issuance under the Osiris Therapeutics, Inc. Amended and Restated 2006 Omnibus Plan (as previously existing or as amended, or amended and restated, from time to time, as the context so dictates, the "Plan").  The increase in the number of shares authorized for issuance under the Plan, as well as certain other amendments to the Plan that are described in the Registrant's definitive proxy statement, filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on March 28, 2014, was approved by the Registrant's stockholders on May 6, 2014.
The Registrant previously filed a registration statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-137952), a Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-137952), a registration statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-167652), and a registration statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-184838) covering an aggregate of 2,250,000 shares of Common Stock authorized for issuance under the Plan.  Upon the effectiveness of this Registration Statement, an aggregate of 3,000,000 shares of Common Stock will have been registered for issuance from time to time under the Plan.  Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, the contents of the earlier registration statements (including the post-effective amendment) are incorporated herein by reference except to the extent supplemented, amended or superseded by the information set forth in one or more of the earlier registration statements, or herein.  Only those items of Form S-8 containing new information not contained in the earlier registration statements are presented herein.
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents, which have previously been filed with the Commission by the Registrant, are hereby incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and made a part hereof:
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The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013, filed with the Commission on March 31, 2014 (File No. 001-32966);
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The Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2014, filed with the Commission on May 12, 2014 (File No. 001-32966);
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The Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2014, filed with the Commission on August 11, 2014 (File No. 001-32966);
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All other reports of the Registrant filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since the end of Registrant's most recent fiscal year ended December 31, 2013 (except for any reports, or portions of reports, that are not deemed "filed" with the Commission); and
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The description of the Common Stock contained in the Registration Statement on Form 8-A/A, filed with the Commission on June 18, 2010 (File No. 001-32966), pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
In addition, all reports and other documents subsequently filed by the Registrant after the date hereof pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and shall be part hereof from the date of filing of such document.  Any statement contained in a document, all or a portion of which is incorporated by reference herein, shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained or incorporated by reference herein 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.  The Registrant is not, however, incorporating by reference any documents, or portions of
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documents, that are not deemed "filed" with the Commission.
Item 8.
Exhibits.
Exhibit
Number
Description
4.1
Articles   of Restatement of the Registrant as filed with the State Department of   Assessments and Taxation of Maryland on June 4, 2010 (Incorporated   herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Quarterly Report on   Form 10-Q filed by the Registrant with the Commission on August 6,   2010).
4.2
Bylaws   of the Registrant. (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.3 to   the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Registrant with the   Commission on June 2, 2010).
4.3
Amended   and Restated 2006 Omnibus Plan, effective as of May 27, 2010.   (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant's   Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Registrant with the Commission   on June 2, 2010).
4.4
First   Amendment to Amended and Restated 2006 Omnibus Plan, effective as of   June 11, 2012. (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to   the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed by the   Registrant with the Commission on November 9, 2012).
4.5
Second   Amendment to Amended and Restated 2006 Omnibus Plan, effective May 6,   2014. (Filed herewith).
5.1
Opinion   of Ballard Spahr LLP. (Filed herewith).
23.1
Consent   of BDO USA, LLP. (Filed herewith).
23.2
Consent   of Ballard Spahr LLP. (Included in Exhibit 5.1).
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, 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 County of Howard, State of Maryland, on October 3, 2014.
Osiris Therapeutics, Inc.
By:
/s/ Lode Debrabandere
Name:
Lode Debrabandere, Ph.D.
Title:
President and Chief Executive   Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Lode Debrabandere
President, Chief Executive   Officer and Director
October 3, 2014
Lode Debrabandere, Ph.D.
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Philip R. Jacoby, Jr.
Chief Financial Officer and   Corporate Secretary
October 3, 2014
Philip R. Jacoby, Jr.
(Principal Financial Officer   and Principal Accounting Officer)
/s/ Peter Friedli
Director
October 3, 2014
Peter Friedli
/s/ Felix Gutzwiller
Director
October 3, 2014
Felix Gutzwiller, M.D.,   Dr.P.H.
/s/ Jay M. Moyes
Director
October 3, 2014
Jay M. Moyes
/s/ Hans Klingemann
Director
October 3, 2014
Hans Klingemann, M.D.,   Ph.D.
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Description
4.1
Articles   of Restatement of the Registrant as filed with the State Department of   Assessments and Taxation of Maryland on June 4, 2010 (Incorporated   herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Quarterly Report on   Form 10-Q filed by the Registrant with the Commission on August 6,   2010).
4.2
Bylaws   of the Registrant. (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.3 to   the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Registrant with the   Commission on June 2, 2010).
4.3
Amended   and Restated 2006 Omnibus Plan, effective as of May 27, 2010.   (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant's   Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Registrant with the Commission   on June 2, 2010).
4.4
First   Amendment to Amended and Restated 2006 Omnibus Plan, effective as of   June 11, 2012. (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to   the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed by the   Registrant with the Commission on November 9, 2012).
4.5
Second   Amendment to Amended and Restated 2006 Omnibus Plan, effective May 6,   2014. (Filed herewith).
5.1
Opinion   of Ballard Spahr LLP. (Filed herewith).
23.1
Consent   of BDO USA, LLP. (Filed herewith).
23.2
Consent   of Ballard Spahr LLP. (Included in Exhibit 5.1).
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