Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership (4)

FORM 4

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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

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Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * Campbell Laura K	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol ATHERSYS, INC / NEW [ ATHX ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director                    _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below)    _____ Other (specify below) Senior Vice Pres Finance
(Last)          (First)          (Middle) 3201 CARNEGIE AVENUE	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (MM/DD/YYYY) 3/30/2020
(Street) CLEVELAND, OH 44115-2634 (City)        (State)        (Zip)	4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (MM/DD/YYYY)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) _X _ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Trans. Date	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any	3. Trans. Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	3/30/2020		S		44929 (1)	D	$2.4001 (2)	561005	D
Common Stock	3/31/2020		S		51483 (1)	D	$2.9011 (3)	509522	D
Common Stock	4/1/2020		S		47339 (1)	D	$3.4035 (4)	462183	D
Common Stock	4/1/2020		S		47474 (1)	D	$3.8111 (5)	414709	D
Common Stock	4/1/2020		S		43081 (1)	D	$4.2559 (6)	371628 (7)	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivate Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Trans. Date	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any	4. Trans. Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:
(1)	Shares sold pursuant to a predefined Rule 10b5-1 trading plan that commenced in July 2018. A predefined number of shares may be sold from time-to-time based on predefined price increases over a two-year period.
(2)	The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $2.40 to $2.405, inclusive.
(3)	The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $2.90 to $2.909, inclusive.
(4)	The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $3.40 to $3.44, inclusive.
(5)	The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $3.80 to $3.84, inclusive.
(6)	The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $4.25 to $4.285, inclusive.
(7)	Securities beneficially owned are comprised of (1) 250,072 shares of common stock owned and (2) unvested restricted stock units aggregating 121,556 related to annual awards, which vest quarterly over a three or four-year period from date of grant.

Reporting Owners
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Campbell Laura K 3201 CARNEGIE AVENUE CLEVELAND, OH 44115-2634			Senior Vice Pres Finance

Signatures
/s/ Laura K. Campbell		4/1/2020
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date