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

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 18, 2013

ORGANOVO HOLDINGS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Commission File Number: 000-54621

Delaware	 	27-1488943	
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)	 	(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)	
6275 Nancy Ridge Dr.
San Diego, California 92121
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
(858) 550-9994
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Item 2.02	Results of Operations and Financial Condition	
On March 18, 2013, Organovo Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), issued a press release announcing financial results for the year ended December 31, 2012 and Corporate highlights for fiscal 2012. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1.
The information in this Item 2.02 is being furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section. The information in this Item 2.02 shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
 
Item 9.01	Financial Statements and Exhibits	
 
(d)	Exhibits	

99.1	  	Press release dated March 18, 2013.	

*	Exhibit 99.1 is being furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section, nor shall it be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.	

SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	 		 		 	ORGANOVO HOLDINGS, INC.	
				
Date: March 18, 2013	 		 		 	/s/ Barry Michaels	
	 		 		 	Barry Michaels	
	 		 		 	Chief Financial Officer	

Exhibit Index

Exhibit No.	  	Description	
		
99.1	  	Press release dated March 18, 2013.	

Exhibit 99.1
Organovo Reports 2012 Financial Results
SAN DIEGO, March 18, 2013 Organovo Holdings, Inc. (OTCQX: ONVO) (“Organovo”), a three-dimensional biology company focused on delivering breakthrough 3D bioprinting technology, has reported on its financial results for the year ended December 31, 2012. The Company also reported on its corporate highlights during fiscal 2012.
2012 Corporate Highlights
 
•	 	Closed $24.6 million in equity financings associated with the Company’s go-public reverse merger;	
•	 	Recorded $1.2 million in revenue, representing a twenty percent (20%) increase over the prior year	
•	 	Received multiple issued patents, including the Company’s first assigned patent, and licensed an additional issued patent	
•	 	Formed a partnership with Autodesk Research to develop 3D bioprinting software	
•	 	Joined QX tier of the OTC Markets	
•	 	Moved to a new larger research and headquarters facility	
•	 	Expanded executive management with the addition of Dr. Eric David as Chief Strategic Officer and Michael Renard as Chief Commercial Officer	
•	 	Appointed an additional independent director to serve as Audit Committee Chairman	
•	 	Reduced its warrant liability by $23.3 million	
•	 	Named in TR50 ,  Technology Review ’s annual list of the world’s most innovative technology companies	
•	 	Featured in Wall Street Journal 	
“Organovo successfully went public, grew substantially, and raised significant financing in 2012,” stated Keith Murphy, chief executive officer of Organovo. “We continue to attract great partners and see tremendous scientific results from our bioprinting efforts. We look forward to continued success in 2013 as we seek to continue to provide long-term shareholder value.”
Financial Results
Revenues
2012 total revenues of $1.2 million, representing an increase of $0.2 million, or 20%, over 2011 revenues of $1.0 million. The increase was due to a $0.3 million increase in collaborative agreement revenues, and a $0.1 million increase in grant revenues, partially offset by a $0.2 million reduction in product revenues. While grant revenues are not expected to increase significantly in 2013, the Company expects that they will continue to represent a portion of total revenues while it focuses its efforts on collaborative agreements and continued development of its research products.

Operating Expenses
Operating expenses increased approximately $7.2 million, or 218%, in 2012 over 2011, from $3.3 million in 2011 to $10.5 million in 2012. Most significant, relative to the prior year, was the Company’s investment in infrastructure and outside services to support its transition from private ownership to a publicly-owned and traded corporation. As expected in such transition, incremental initiatives were established in investor outreach, corporate governance and SEC financial reporting. Non-payroll related incremental public company expenses incurred in 2012 were approximately $3.2 million. Moreover, the Company invested in building its executive and research and development staff, increasing payroll related expenses by $2.0 million, or 154%, over 2011, from $1.3 million to $3.3 million. The increase in payroll-related expenses accounted for approximately 28% of the total year-to-year increase in operating expenses. Stock-based compensation expense increased by approximately $1.4 million compared to the prior year as a result of awards granted to the Company’s new headcount. Additionally, the Company consolidated and relocated its facilities to a larger space to accommodate its growing research and development operations at an incremental cost over 2011 of approximately $0.3 million.
Research and Development Expenses
2012 research and development expenses of $3.4 million increased by approximately $2.0 million, or 143%, over 2011 expenses of $1.4 million as the Company increased its research and development staff to support its obligations under certain collaborative research agreements and to expand product development efforts in preparation for research-derived revenues. Full-time research and development staffing increased from eight scientists and engineers as of December 31, 2011 to nineteen as of December 31, 2012.
Selling, General and Administrative Expenses
Selling, general and administrative expenses grew from $1.7 million in 2011 to $7.1 million in 2012, an increase of $5.4 million, or 318%. This increase was driven by non-recurring charges associated with the Company’s financing transactions, increased payroll and facilities expenses and its transition from operating in a private company environment to operating as a publicly-traded corporation. As expected in such transition, incremental initiatives were established in investor outreach, corporate governance, and SEC financial reporting. Non-payroll related incremental public company expenses incurred in 2012 were approximately $3.2 million, including non-recurring charges associated with the Company’s reverse merger and financing transactions completed during the year. In addition, expanded staff increased payroll and facilities expenses in 2012 over 2011 levels with general and administrative staff increasing from four full-time employees as of December 31, 2011 to ten full-time employees as of December 31, 2012. This increase was primarily due to the addition of two executive positions and an increase in the accounting and administrative staff. In addition, existing executive officers received salary increases as approved by the Board of Directors, reflecting the increased responsibilities assumed as a result of becoming a publicly-traded company and success on the Company’s growth initiatives established by the Board of Directors.
Other Income (Expense)
The $32.2 million increase in other expenses as compared to 2011 was primarily related to the non-cash transaction costs associated with the Company’s reverse merger and financing transactions, including the loss of inducement to encourage investors to exercise their warrants early and to participate in the Company’s tender offer. In connection with its financing

transactions, the Company issued warrants to purchase 6,099,195 shares of common stock to the placement agent and warrants to purchase 15,247,987 of common stock to the investors in the financing transactions. The warrants issued to the placement agent and the investors were determined to be derivative liabilities as a result of the anti-dilution provisions in the warrants that may result in an adjustment to the warrant exercise price. The Company is required to revalue the derivative liability on each subsequent balance sheet date until the warrants are exercised or expire. The fair value of warrant liabilities in excess of proceeds received was $19.0 million, while the change in fair value of warrant liabilities was $9.9 million. Financing transaction costs in excess of proceeds received was $2.1 million, the loss on inducement to exercise warrants under the Company’s tender offer was $1.9 million, and interest expense was $1.1 million. 2012 interest expense was primarily comprised of non-cash components including accretion of debt discounts and amortization of deferred financing costs. The $2.1 million of interest expense in 2011 was primarily comprised of non-cash components, including $1.2 million in amortization of debt discounts, $0.6 million fair value of warrants issued to investors in 2011 and amortization of deferred financing costs of $0.1 million. The Company considers various factors in the pricing models that it uses to value the warrants, including its current stock price, the remaining life of the warrants, the volatility of market price of its common stock, and the risk free interest rate. Future changes in these factors will have a significant impact on the computed fair value of the warrant liability. As such, the Company expects future changes in the fair value of the warrants to continue to vary significantly from quarter to quarter.
About Organovo Holdings, Inc.
Organovo designs and creates functional, three-dimensional human tissues for medical research and therapeutic applications. The Company is collaborating with pharmaceutical and academic partners to develop human biological disease models in three dimensions. These 3D human tissues have the potential to accelerate the drug discovery process, enabling treatments to be developed faster and at lower cost. In addition to numerous scientific publications, their technology has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Time Magazine, The Economist, and numerous others. Organovo is changing the shape of medical research and practice. Learn more at  www.organovo.com .
Safe Harbor Statement
Any statements contained in this press release that do not describe historical facts may constitute forward-looking statements as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Any forward-looking statements contained herein are based on current expectations, but are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties. The factors that could cause actual future results to differ materially from current expectations include, but are not limited to, risks and uncertainties relating to the Company’s ability to develop, market and sell products based on its technology; the expected benefits and efficacy of the Company’s products and technology; the availability of substantial additional funding for the Company to continue its operations and to conduct research and development, clinical studies and future product commercialization; and the Company’s business, research, product development, regulatory approval, marketing and distribution plans and strategies. These and other factors are identified and described in more detail in our filings with the SEC, including our annual report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 15, 2013. You should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date that they were made. These cautionary statements should be

considered with any written or oral forward-looking statements that we may issue in the future. Except as required by applicable law, including the securities laws of the United States, we do not intend to update any of the forward-looking statements to conform these statements to reflect actual results, later events or circumstances or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.
SOURCE Organovo Holdings, Inc.
Investor Contact, Barry Michaels, Chief Financial Officer, 1-858-224-1003, IR@organovo.com; or Gerry Amato, Booke & Company Investor Relations, admin@bookeandco.com; or Media Contacts, Mike Renard, EVP, Commercial Operations, 1-858-224-1006, mrenard@organovo.com

ORGANOVO HOLDINGS, INC.
(A development stage company)
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(in thousands, except per share data)

 	  	December 31,
2012	 	 	December 31,
2011	 	
Assets	  				 				
			
Current Assets	  				 				
Cash and cash equivalents	  	$	14,817	  	 	$	340	  	
Grant receivable	  	 	162	  	 	 	—  	  	
Inventory	  	 	360	  	 	 	292	  	
Deferred financing costs	  	 	—  	  	 	 	319	  	
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	  	 	527	  	 	 	80	  	
	  	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Total current assets	  	 	15,866	  	 	 	1,031	  	
			
Fixed Assets - Net	  	 	714	  	 	 	278	  	
Restricted Cash	  	 	88	  	 	 	—  	  	
Other Assets - Net	  	 	81	  	 	 	100	  	
	  	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Total assets	  	$	16,749	  	 	$	1,409	  	
	  	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Deficit	  				 				
			
Current Liabilities	  				 				
Accounts payable	  	$	425	  	 	$	658	  	
Accrued expenses	  	 	981	  	 	 	438	  	
Deferred revenue	  	 	—  	  	 	 	153	  	
Capital lease obligation, current portion	  	 	10	  	 	 	—  	  	
Accrued interest payable	  	 	—  	  	 	 	24	  	
Convertible notes payable, current portion	  	 	—  	  	 	 	704	  	
Warrant liabilities, current	  	 	20,619	  	 	 	—  	  	
	  	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Total current liabilities	  	 	22,035	  	 	 	1,977	  	
Warrant liabilities, non-current	  	 	—  	  	 	 	1,267	  	
Capital lease obligation, net of current portion	  	 	17	  	 	 	—  	  	
	  	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Total liabilities	  	$	22,052	  	 	$	3,244	  	
			
Commitments and Contingencies (see Note 7)	  				 				
			
Stockholders’ Deficit	  				 				
Common stock, $0.001 par value; 150,000,000 shares authorized, 58,535,411 and 22,445,254 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively	  	 	59	  	 	 	22	  	
Additional paid-in capital	  	 	44,883	  	 	 	4,835	  	
Deficit accumulated during the development stage	  	 	(50,245	) 	 	 	(6,692	) 	
	  	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Total stockholders’ deficit	  	 	(5,303	) 	 	 	(1,835	) 	
	  	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Total Liabilities and Stockholders’ Deficit	  	$	16,749	  	 	$	1,409	  	

ORGANOVO HOLDINGS, INC.
(A development stage company)
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(in thousands except per share data)

 	  	Year Ended
December 31,
2012	 	 	Year Ended
December 31,
2011	 	 	Period from
April 19,
2007
(Inception)
through
December 31,
2012	 	
Revenue	  				 				 				
Product	  	$	—  	  	 	$	224	  	 	$	224	  	
Collaborations	  	 	1,035	  	 	 	688	  	 	 	1,798	  	
Grants	  	 	162	  	 	 	57	  	 	 	826	  	
	  	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Total Revenue	  	 	1,197	  	 	 	969	  	 	 	2,848	  	
				
Cost of product revenue	  	 	—  	  	 	 	121	  	 	 	134	  	
Selling, general, and administrative expenses	  	 	7,080	  	 	 	1,733	  	 	 	9,747	  	
Research and development expenses	  	 	3,436	  	 	 	1,420	  	 	 	6,634	  	
	  	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Loss from Operations	  	 	(9,319	) 	 	 	(2,305	) 	 	 	(13,667	) 	
	  	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Other Income (Expense)	  				 				 				
Fair value of warrant liabilities in excess of proceeds received	  	 	(19,019	) 	 	 	—  	  	 	 	(19,019	) 	
Change in fair value of warrant liabilities	  	 	(9,931	) 	 	 	(7	) 	 	 	(9,938	) 	
Financing transaction costs in excess of proceeds received	  	 	(2,130	) 	 	 	—  	  	 	 	(2,130	) 	
Loss on inducement to exercise warrants	  	 	(1,904	) 	 	 	—  	  	 	 	(1,904	) 	
Loss on disposal of fixed assets	  	 	(158	) 	 	 	—  	  	 	 	(158	) 	
Interest expense	  	 	(1,088	) 	 	 	(2,067	) 	 	 	(3,406	) 	
Interest income	  	 	5	  	 	 	—  	  	 	 	7	  	
Other expense	  	 	(9	) 	 	 	(4	) 	 	 	(30	) 	
	  	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Total Other Income (Expense)	  	 	(34,234	) 	 	 	(2,078	) 	 	 	(36,578	) 	
	  	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Net Loss	  	$	(43,553	) 	 	$	(4,383	) 	 	$	(50,245	) 	
	  	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Net loss per common share - basic and diluted	  	$	(1.01	) 	 	$	(0.19	) 	 				
Weighted average number of shares used in computing net loss per share - basic and diluted	  	 	43,149,657	  	 	 	22,925,694	  	 				

ORGANOVO HOLDINGS, INC.
(A development stage company)
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(in thousands)

 	  	Year Ended
December 31,
2012	 	 	Year Ended
December 31,
2011	 	 	Period from
April 19,
2007
(Inception)
through
December 31,
2012	 	
Cash Flows From Operating Activities	  				 				 				
Net loss	  	$	(43,553	) 	 	$	(4,383	) 	 	$	(50,245	) 	
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:	  				 				 				
Amortization of debt discount	  	 	896	  	 	 	1,188	  	 	 	2,084	  	
Loss on disposal of fixed assets	  	 	158	  	 	 	—  	  	 	 	158	  	
Depreciation and amortization	  	 	195	  	 	 	68	  	 	 	351	  	
Amortization of deferred financing costs	  	 	319	  	 	 	119	  	 	 	438	  	
Amortization of warrants issued for services	  	 	556	  	 	 	—  	  	 	 	556	  	
Interest accrued on convertible notes payable	  	 	12	  	 	 	232	  	 	 	495	  	
Warrants issued in connection with exchange agreement	  	 	—  	  	 	 	528	  	 	 	528	  	
Loss on inducement to exercise warrants	  	 	1,904	  	 	 	—  	  	 	 	1,904	  	
Stock-based compensation	  	 	1,435	  	 	 	9	  	 	 	1,452	  	
Fair value of warrant liabilities in excess of proceeds	  	 	19,019	  	 	 	—  	  	 	 	19,019	  	
Change in fair value of warrant liabilities	  	 	9,931	  	 	 	7	  	 	 	9,938	  	
Increase (decrease) in cash resulting from changes in:	  				 				 				
Grants receivable	  	 	(162	) 	 	 	60	  	 	 	(162	) 	
Inventory	  	 	(459	) 	 	 	(224	) 	 	 	(751	) 	
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	  	 	(101	) 	 	 	(69	) 	 	 	(194	) 	
Accounts payable	  	 	(233	) 	 	 	373	  	 	 	425	  	
Accrued expenses	  	 	543	  	 	 	132	  	 	 	981	  	
Deferred revenue	  	 	(153	) 	 	 	46	  	 	 	—  	  	
	  	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Net cash used in operating activities	  	 	(9,693	) 	 	 	(1,914	) 	 	 	(13,023	) 	
	  	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Cash Flows From Investing Activities	  				 				 				
Restricted cash deposits	  	 	(88	) 	 	 	—  	  	 	 	(88	) 	
Purchases of fixed assets	  	 	(357	) 	 	 	(46	) 	 	 	(784	) 	
Purchases of intangible assets	  	 	—  	  	 	 	(65	) 	 	 	(95	) 	
	  	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Net cash used in investing activities	  	 	(445	) 	 	 	(111	) 	 	 	(967	) 	
	  	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Cash Flows From Financing Activities	  				 				 				
Proceeds from issuance of convertible notes payable	  	 	—  	  	 	 	2,543	  	 	 	4,630	  	
Proceeds from issuance of common stock and exercise of warrants, net	  	 	24,714	  	 	 	—  	  	 	 	24,714	  	
Proceeds from exercise of stock options	  	 	18	  	 				 	 	18	  	
Proceeds from issuance of related party notes payable	  	 	—  	  	 	 	225	  	 	 	250	  	
Repayment of related party notes payable	  	 	—  	  	 	 	(250	) 	 	 	(250	) 	
Repayment of convertible notes and interest payable	  	 	(110	) 	 	 	—  	  	 	 	(110	) 	
Principal payments on capital lease obligations	  	 	(7	) 	 	 	—  	  	 	 	(7	) 	
Deferred financing costs	  	 	—  	  	 	 	(438	) 	 	 	(438	) 	
	  	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Net cash provided by financing activities	  	 	24,615	  	 	 	2,080	  	 	 	28,807	  	
	  	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Net Increase in Cash and Cash Equivalents	  	 	14,477	  	 	 	55	  	 	 	14,817	  	
Cash and Cash Equivalents at Beginning of Period	  	 	340	  	 	 	285	  	 	 	—  	  	
	  	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Cash and Cash Equivalents at End of Period	  	$	14,817	  	 	$	340	  	 	$	14,817	  	
	  	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Supplemental Disclosures of Cash Flow Information:	  				 				 				
Interest	  	$	10	  	 	$	—  	  	 	$	10	  	
Income Taxes	  	$	1	  	 	$	1	  	 	$	3