On September 27, 2012, Cytori Therapeutics, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), entered into a contract with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Service's Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) for the evaluation and development of Company's cell therapy for the treatment of thermal burns combined with radiation injury.

The contract consists of a guaranteed base period and three optional segments that can be initiated solely at the discretion of BARDA. The Guaranteed Base Period evaluation study is designed to demonstrate proof of concept for use of the Company's Celution System as a countermeasure for a combined injury involving thermal burn and radiation exposure. The base period study will last for two years for a cost plus fixed fee amount of approximately $4.7 million. The three contract options will extend the contract term to up to five years if all options are exercised. The options cover: (i) research and development, regulatory, clinical, and other tasks required for completion of a pilot clinical trial of the Celution System, for a cost plus fixed fee amount of up to $32.6 million; (ii) research and development, regulatory, and clinical activities necessary to achieve regulatory clearances to optimize a treatment for combined injury involving thermal burn and radiation exposure, at a cost plus fixed fee amount of up to $23.4 million and (iii) a pivotal clinical trial for FDA approval of the use of the Celution System for thermal burn injury, at a cost plus fixed fee amount of up to $45.5 million.

The total contract funding amount would be up to $106.2 million if all of the above options are exercised by the BARDA. The Company does not currently have any relationship with BARDA aside from this contract.

The foregoing is only a brief description of the material terms of the contract and does not purport to be a complete description of the rights and obligations of the parties there under. The foregoing description is qualified in its entirety by reference to Contract HHSO100201200008C dated September 27, 2012, which is filed as Exhibit 10.90 to this Current Report and incorporated herein by reference.

(d) Exhibits

 Exhibit No.    Description

      10.90     Contract HHSO100201200008C dated September 27, 2012,
                by and between the Company and the U.S. Department of
                Health and Human Services Biomedical Advanced
                Research and Development Authority (portions of the
                exhibit have been omitted pursuant to a request for
                confidential treatment).