Ownership Submission
FORM 4
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

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(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
SHAPIRO ALAN C
  2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
ADVANCED CELL TECHNOLOGY, INC. [ACTC]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
__X__ Director _____ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
C/O ADVANCED CELL TECHNOLOGY, INC., 33 LOCKE DRIVE
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
08/01/2005
(Street)

MARLBOROUGH, MA 01752
4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction 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, par value $0.001 02/01/2010   A   437,494 (1) A (1) 4,588,312 I See Footnote (21)
Common Stock, par value $0.001 03/01/2010   A   424,736 (2) A (2) 5,013,048 I See Footnote (21)
Common Stock, par value $0.001 03/10/2010   A   5,000,000 (3) A (3) 10,013,048 D  
Common Stock, par value $0.001 03/31/2010   A   882,604 (4) A (4) 10,895,652 I See Footnote (21)
Common Stock, par value $0.001 04/01/2010   A   416,229 (5) A (5) 11,311,881 I See Footnote (21)
Common Stock, par value $0.001 05/01/2010   A   447,376 (6) A (6) 11,759,257 I See Footnote (21)
Common Stock, par value $0.001 06/01/2010   A   584,310 (7) A (7) 12,343,567 I See Footnote (21)
Common Stock, par value $0.001 07/01/2010   A   473,649 (8) A (8) 12,817,216 I See Footnote (21)
Common Stock, par value $0.001 08/01/2010   A   593,662 (9) A (9) 13,410,878 I See Footnote (21)
Common Stock, par value $0.001 09/01/2010   A   559,979 (10) A (10) 13,970,857 I See Footnote (21)
Common Stock, par value $0.001 10/01/2010   A   683,273 (11) A (11) 14,654,130 I See Footnote (21)
Common Stock, par value $0.001 11/01/2010   A   798,184 (12) A (12) 15,452,314 I See Footnote (21)
Common Stock, par value $0.001 12/01/2010   A   554,845 (13) A (13) 16,007,159 I See Footnote (21)
Common Stock, par value $0.001 02/16/2011   A   406,324 (14) A (14) 16,413,483 D  
Common Stock, par value $0.001 09/02/2011   A   100,982 (15) A (15) 16,514,465 I See Footnote (21)
Common Stock, par value $0.001 11/02/2011   A   500,000 (16) A (16) 17,014,465 I See Footnote (21)
Common Stock, par value $0.001 11/14/2011   A   13,846 (17) A (17) 17,028,311 I See Footnote (21)
Common Stock, par value $0.001 01/31/2012   A   5,532,198 (18) A (18) 22,560,509 I See Footnote (21)
Common Stock, par value $0.001 03/30/2012   A   125,000 (19) A (19) 22,685,529 I See Footnote (21)
Common Stock, par value $0.001 03/30/2012   A   292,832 (20) A (20) 22,978,341 I See Footnote (21)
Common Stock, par value $0.001 06/29/2012   A   509,720 (23) A (23) 23,488,061 D  

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction 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
(Month/Day/Year)
7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(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
Options $ 2.48 08/01/2005   A   50,000   08/01/2005 08/01/2015 Common Stock 50,000 (22) 50,000 D  
Options $ 1.35 04/20/2006   A   50,000   04/20/2006 04/20/2016 Common Stock 50,000 (22) 50,000 D  
Options $ 0.19 08/01/2011   A   500,000   08/01/2011 08/21/2011 Common Stock 500,000 (22) 500,000 D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
SHAPIRO ALAN C
C/O ADVANCED CELL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
33 LOCKE DRIVE
MARLBOROUGH, MA 01752
  X      

Signatures

 /s/ Alan Shapiro   07/09/2012
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) Issued in accordance with the terms of the 2006 Convertible Debenture. The Issuer effected the redemption using shares of Common Stock having a value of $.09 per share, resulting in the issuance to the reporting person of 437,494 shares of Common Stock.
(2) Issued in accordance with the terms of the 2006 Convertible Debenture and 2007 Convertible Debenture. The Issuer effected the redemption using shares of Common Stock having a value of $.09 per share, resulting in the issuance to the reporting person of 424,736 shares of Common Stock.
(3) Granted directly from issuer pursuant to the A.C.T. Holdings, Inc. 2005 Stock Option Plan
(4) Granted directly from issuer as compensation for Board of Director fees for 2010 and 2011, and 2010 annual retainer due Reporting to Person with 124,362 of the issued shares at a price per share value of $0.098 and 758,242 of the issued shares at a price per share of $0.091.
(5) Issued in accordance with the terms of the 2007 Convertible Debenture. The Issuer effected the redemption using shares of Common Stock having a value of $.09 per share, resulting in the issuance to the reporting person of 416,229 shares of Common Stock.
(6) Issued in accordance with the terms of the 2007 Convertible Debenture. The Issuer effected the redemption using shares of Common Stock having a value of $.09 per share, resulting in the issuance to the reporting person of 447,376 shares of Common Stock.
(7) Issued in accordance with the terms of the 2007 Convertible Debenture. The Issuer effected the redemption using shares of Common Stock having a value of $.07 per share, resulting in the issuance to the reporting person of 584,310 shares of Common Stock.
(8) Issued in accordance with the terms of the 2007 Convertible Debenture. The Issuer effected the redemption using shares of Common Stock having a value of $.08 per share, resulting in the issuance to the reporting person of 473,649 shares of Common Stock.
(9) Issued in accordance with the terms of the 2007 Convertible Debenture. The Issuer effected the redemption using shares of Common Stock having a value of $.06 per share, resulting in the issuance to the reporting person of 593,662 shares of Common Stock.
(10) Issued in accordance with the terms of the 2007 Convertible Debenture. The Issuer effected the redemption using shares of Common Stock having a value of $.07 per share, resulting in the issuance to the reporting person of 559,979 shares of Common Stock.
(11) Issued in accordance with the terms of the 2007 Convertible Debenture and 2008 Convertible Debenture. The Issuer effected the redemption using shares of Common Stock having a value of $.06 per share, resulting in the issuance to the reporting person of 683,273 shares of Common Stock.
(12) Issued in accordance with the terms of the 2008 Convertible Debenture. The Issuer effected the redemption using shares of Common Stock having a value of $.05 per share, resulting in the issuance to the reporting person of 798,845 shares of Common Stock.
(13) Issued in accordance with the terms of the 2008 Convertible Debenture. The Issuer effected the redemption using shares of Common Stock having a value of $.07 per share, resulting in the issuance to the reporting person of 554,845 shares of Common Stock.
(14) Granted directly from issuer as compensation for Board of Director fees for 2010 and 2011, and 2011 annual retainer due Reporting to Person with a price per share of $0.1998.
(15) Granted directly from issuer as compensation for Board of Director fees 2011 due to Reporting Person with a price per share of $0.163.
(16) Granted directly from issuer as annual independent director compensation with a per share value of $0.1845.
(17) Granted directly from issuer as compensation for Board of Director fees 2011 and 2012, and 2012 annual retainer due to Reporting Person with a per share value of $0.1625.
(18) Restricted shares issued directly from the Issuer pursuant to the anti-dilution provisions of certain convertible promissory notes and warrants in the Issuer owned by the Reporting Person.
(19) Granted directly from issuer as annual independent director compensation with a per share value of $$0.087.
(20) Granted directly from issuer as compensation for Board of Director fees 2011 and 2012, and 2012 annual retainer due to Reporting Person with a per share value of $0.087.
(21) Issued to the Alan Shapiro & Diane Ronningen TTEES FBO Shapiro Family Trust UAD 9/25/89, of which the Reporting Person is a trustee.
(22) Issued directly to the Reporting Person by issuer pursuant to the A.C.T. Holdings, Inc. 2005 Stock Option Plan.
(23) Issued directly to Reporting person by issuer representing Board of Director fees for 2012 with a per share value of $0.0749.

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