UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 4
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STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act
of 1935 or Section 30(f)of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol 6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s)
BioTime, Inc. (BTIM) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
Barkin Ronald S. __X__ Director _____ 10% Owner
(Last) (First) (Middle) 3. IRS or Social Security 4. Statement for __X__ Officer(give _____ Other
Number of Reporting Month/Year title below) specify below)
Person (Voluntary) 3/99 President
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935 Pardee Street
(Street) 5. If Amendment, 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing
Date of Original (Check Applicable Line)
(Month/Year) _X_Form filed by One Reporting Person
Berkeley CA 94710 ___Form filed by More than One
(City) (State) (Zip) Reporting Person
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Table 1 -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
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1. Title of Security 2. Trans- 3. Trans- 4. Securities Acquired(A) 5. Amount of 6. Owner- 7. Nature of
(Instr. 3) action action or Disposed of (D) Securities ship Indirect
Date Code (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Beneficially Form: Beneficial
(Instr. 8) Owned at Direct Ownership
End of Month (D) or
(Month/ Indirect
Day/ Inst. 3 and 4) (I)
Year) (A)or
Amount (D) Price (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4)
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Common Shares, 3/9/99 X 2,750 A $9.75 192,761* D
no par value
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities
beneficially owned directly or indirectly.
*If the form is filed by more than one reporting person,see Instruction 4(b)(v).
(Over)
SEC 1471(7-96)
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FORM 4 (continued)
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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
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1. Title of Derivative Security 2. Conver- 3. Trans- 4. Trans- 5. Number of Deriv- 6. Date Exer-
(Instr. 3) sion or action action ative Securities Ac- cisable and
Exercise Date Code quired (A) or Dis- Expiration
Price of (Instr. 8) posed of (D) Date
Deri- (Month/ (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) (Month/Day/
vative Day/ Year)
Security Year)
Date Expir-
(A) (D) Exer- ation
cisable Date
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Common Shares Subscription Rights $9.75 3/9/99 X 55,011 2/12/99 3/9/99
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7. Title and Amount 8. Price 9. Number 10.Owner- 11. Nature
of Underlying of of deriv- ship of
Securities Deriv- ative Form of Indirect
(Instr. 3 and 4) ative Secur- Deriv- Benefi-
Secur- ities ative cial
ity Bene- Security: Owner-
Amount or (Instr. ficially Direct ship
Title Number of 5) Owned (D)or (Instr.4)
Shares at End Indirect
of Month (I)
(Instr. 4) (Instr. 4)
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Common 2,750 N/A 0 D
Shares
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Explanation of Responses:
Mr. Barkin acquired 2,750 shares through the exercise of 55,011 subscription
rights. The subscription rights were distributed on a pro rata basis to all
BioTime shareholders.
*includes 135,000 shares that may be purchased through the exercise of stock
options.
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal
Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If
space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.
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/s/Ronald S. Barkin April 6, 1999
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**Signature of Reporting Person Date
