NeoGenomics, Inc. (the “Company”) announces that William B. Bonello, age 53, has been appointed Vice President of Strategy, Corporate Development and Investor Relations effective April 19, 2018. Mr. Bonello has served the Company since April 2017 as Vice President, Treasurer and Director of Corporate Development. Prior to joining the Company, from 2012 to 2017, Mr. Bonello worked with Craig-Hallum as a healthcare equity analyst covering diagnostic services and product stocks. Prior to joining Craig-Hallum, Mr. Bonello spent nearly 15 years as an equity analyst at Piper Jaffray, Wachovia Securities and RBC Capital Markets. Mr. Bonello was also the Senior Vice President for Investor Relations at LabCorp. Mr. Bonello received his B.A. degree from Carleton College and his M.B.A. from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.

The Company and Mr. Bonello entered into an employment agreement in April 2017, which provided that Mr. Bonello's salary would be $325,000 per year, which was subsequently increased to $340,000. Mr. Bonello is also eligible to receive a performance based bonus which was targeted at 35% of his base salary, and subsequently increased to 40% of his base salary upon completion of specific metrics established by the Board or the Compensation Committee for such fiscal year. In the event that Mr. Bonello's performance exceeds the thresholds for the target bonus, he may be eligible to receive up to 200% of the target bonus. Mr. Bonello is entitled to participate in all medical and other benefits that the Company has established for its employees and is eligible for up to 4 weeks of paid time off per year. If Mr. Bonello is terminated without cause the Company agrees to maintain his base salary for a period of twelve months.

Upon hire, Mr. Bonello was granted an option to purchase up to 100,000 shares of the Company’s common stock. Subsequently, Mr. Bonello was granted an additional option to purchase up to 120,500 shares of the Company’s common stock. Both option grants have an exercise price equal to the closing price per share at which such stock was quoted on the NASDAQ Stock Market on the date prior to the grant date. The option grants each have five year terms, subject to continued employment, and will vest ratably over the first three anniversary dates of the grant date.

There were no amendments to Mr. Bonello's employment agreement or options granted as a result of his change in position. Mr. Bonello does not have any family relationships with any of the Company’s other officers or directors.

On April 18, 2018, the Board of Directors of NeoGenomics Inc. (the "Board") accepted notice from William J. Robison of his decision not to stand for re-election as a director of the Company at the next annual meeting of shareholders. Mr. Robison served as a member of the Board, as well as a member of the Compensation Committee and Chairman of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Mr. Robison's decision not to stand for re-election as a director was not the result of any disagreement with the Company or any matter relating to its operations, policies or practices. As of June 1, 2018, the date of the next annual meeting of stockholders, Stephen M. Kanovsky, a member of the Board, will serve as Chairman of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. On April 18, 2018, the Board approved a reduction in the size of the Board from nine to eight directors effective as of June 1, 2018, the date of the next annual meeting of stckholders.

The 2017 Annual Report and Letter to Shareholders, dated April 20, 2018, will be made available to shareholders of the Company, along with the definitive proxy material, and is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

This information shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, and it shall not be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

99.1 Annual Report and Letter to Shareholders dated April 20, 2018.

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About NEOGENOMICS, INC. (NASDAQ:NEO)

NeoGenomics, Inc. is an operator of a network of cancer-focused genetic testing laboratories. The Company operates in Laboratory Testing Segment. Its Laboratory Testing segment delivers testing services to hospitals, pathologists, oncologists, other clinicians and researchers. The Company offers testing services, which includes Cytogenetics testing, which is the study of normal and abnormal chromosomes and their relationship to disease; fluorescence in-situ hybridization (FISH) testing, which is a branch of cancer genetics that focuses on detecting and locating the presence or absence of specific deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) sequences and genes on chromosomes; flow cytometry testing, which is a way to measure the characteristics of cell populations, and immunohistochemistry (IHC), and digital imaging, which is a process of localizing proteins in cells of a tissue section and relies on the principle of antibodies binding specifically to antigens in biological tissues.