Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

Effective as of October 14, 2009, the Board of Directors of Aastrom Biosciences, Inc. (the "Company") elected Harold C. Urschel, Jr., MD, to the Board. Dr. Urschel's term will expire on December 14, 2009, the date of the Company's next Annual Meeting of Shareholders, the same time as the rest of the Board. Dr. Urschel will also be added to the list of nominees standing for re-election at the Company's 2009 Annual Meeting of Shareholders on December 14, 2009. The Board of Directors has not yet determined the committees on which Dr. Urschel will serve. A press release announcing this election is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(c) Exhibits.

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