Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Share Repurchase Plan

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Share Repurchase Plan
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Feb. 28, 2018
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Share Repurchase Plan

Note 9– Share Repurchase Plan

In December 2011, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized management at its discretion to repurchase up to one million (1,000,000) shares of the Company’s outstanding common stock. On June 6, 2012, the Board of Directors of the Company increased the number of shares of the Company’s outstanding common stock that management is authorized to repurchase to up to three million (3,000,000). On April 8, 2015, the Board of Directors of the Company increased the number of shares of the Company’s outstanding common stock that management is authorized to repurchase to up to six million (6,000,000) shares. On October 6, 2016, the Board of Directors of the Company increased the number of shares of the Company’s outstanding common stock that management is authorized to repurchase to up to eight million (8,000,000) shares. The repurchases must be effectuated through open market purchases, privately negotiated block trades, unsolicited negotiated transactions, and/or pursuant to any trading plan that may be adopted in accordance with Rule 10b5-1 of the Securities and Exchange Commission or in such other manner as will comply with the provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

On June 30, 2015, the Company commenced a partial tender offer to purchase up to 750,000 shares of its common stock, at a price of $3.25 per share. The maximum number of shares proposed to be purchased in the tender offer represented 7.76% of Cryo-Cell’s outstanding common shares (including shares of unvested restricted stock) as of June 30, 2015. On June 29, 2015, the last trading day prior to the commencement of the tender offer, the last sale price of Cryo-Cell’s shares reported on the OTCBB was $2.29 per share. The tender offer expired on July 28, 2015.

As of February 28, 2018, the Company had repurchased an aggregate of 5,801,086 shares of the Company’s common stock at an average price of $3.37 per share through open market and privately negotiated transactions. The Company purchased 0 and 19,729 shares of the Company’s common stock during the first quarters of fiscal 2018 and 2017, respectively, at an average price of $0 per share and $4.50 per share, respectively.

The repurchased shares will be held as treasury stock at cost and have been removed from common shares outstanding as of February 28, 2018 and November 30, 2017. As of February 28, 2018 and November 30, 2017, 5,801,086 and 5,801,086 shares, respectively, were held as treasury stock.

Subsequent to the balance sheet date, the Company has not repurchased any additional shares of the Company’s common stock.