Form: 3

Initial statement of beneficial ownership of securities

May 21, 2012

FORM 3
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 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 *
  KINDERHOOK PARTNERS, LP
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
05/14/2012
3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
NEOGENOMICS INC [NGNM]
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
2 EXECUTIVE DRIVE, SUITE 585
4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director __X__ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
(Street)

FORT LEE, NJ 07024
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
___ Form filed by One Reporting Person
_X_ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 4)
2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned
(Instr. 4)
3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)
4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Common Stock, par value $0.001 4,489,297
D (1) (2)
 

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)
2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)
3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)
4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)
6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
Director 10% Owner Officer Other
KINDERHOOK PARTNERS, LP
2 EXECUTIVE DRIVE, SUITE 585
FORT LEE, NJ 07024
    X    
KINDERHOOK GP LLC
2 EXECUTIVE DRIVE, SUITE 585
FORT LEE, NJ 07024
    X    
KINDERHOOK CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC
2 EXECUTIVE DRIVE, SUITE 585
FORT LEE, NJ 07024
    X    
Shah Tushar
2 EXECUTIVE DRIVE, SUITE 585
FORT LEE, NJ 07024
    X    
CLEARMAN STEPHEN J
2 EXECUTIVE DRIVE, SUITE 585
FORT LEE, NJ 07024
    X    

Signatures

By: /s/ Tushar Shah, Managing Member of Kinderhook GP, LLC, the General Partner of Kinderhook Partners, LP 05/21/2012
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

By: /s/ Tushar Shah, Managing Member of Kinderhook GP, LLC 05/21/2012
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

By: /s/ Tushar Shah, Managing Member of Kinderhook Capital Management, LLC 05/21/2012
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

By: /s/ Tushar Shah 05/21/2012
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

By: /s/ Stephen J. Clearman 05/21/2012
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(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) Mr. Tushar Shah and Mr. Stephen J. Clearman are the co-managing members of Kinderhook GP, LLC (the "General Partner"), which is responsible for making investment decisions with respect to Kinderhook Partners, LP (the "Partnership") as its general partner. In addition, Mr. Shah and Mr. Clearman are the co-managing members of Kinderhook Capital Management, LLC (the "Investment Adviser"), which serves as the Partnership's investment adviser, and they are responsible for making investment recommendations on behalf of the Investment Adviser. As a result, Mr. Shah and Mr. Clearman may be deemed to control the Partnership, the General Partner, and the Investment Adviser, and may be deemed to have a beneficial interest in the shares of Common Stock by virtue of their indirect control of the Partnership's, the General Partner's, and the Investment Adviser's power to vote and/or dispose of the shares of Common Stock.
(2) Mr. Shah and Mr. Clearman disclaim beneficial ownership of the shares of Common Stock except to the extent of his respective pecuniary interest, if any, therein. Kinderhook Capital Management, LLC and Kinderhook GP, LLC specifically disclaim beneficial ownership in the shares of Common Stock reported herein except to the extent of its pecuniary interest therein, if any.

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