CytoSorbents Corporation

01/22/2025 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 01/22/2025 19:32

Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership (Form 4)

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 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 *
Sobel Alan D.
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Cytosorbents Corp [CTSO]
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 CYTOSORBENTS CORPORATION, 305 COLLEGE ROAD EAST
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
01/17/2025
(Street)
PRINCETON, NJ 08540
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 01/17/2025 X(1) 21,950 A $1(1) 123,807(2) D
Common Stock 2,000 I Bernard Sobel Revocable Trust(3)
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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
Subscription Rights (right to buy) $1 01/17/2025 X(1) 21,950 12/09/2024 01/10/2025 Common Stock 21,950 $ 0 0 D
Series A Right Warrants(1) (4) 01/17/2025 J 21,950 01/17/2025 02/24/2025(5) Common Stock 21,950 (4) 21,950 D
Series B Right Warrants(1) (6) 01/17/2025 J 21,950 01/17/2025 04/10/2025(7) Common Stock 21,950 (6) 21,950 D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
Director 10% Owner Officer Other
Sobel Alan D.
C/O CYTOSORBENTS CORPORATION
305 COLLEGE ROAD EAST
PRINCETON, NJ 08540
X

Signatures

/s/ Kathleen P. Bloch attorney-in-fact for Alan D. Sobel 01/22/2025
**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) On January 17, 2025, the reporting person exercised certain subscription rights certificates received pursuant to a rights offering (the "Rights Offering") with CytoSorbents Corporation (the "Issuer") whereby the reporting person received Units consisting of an aggregate of 21,950 (i) shares of Issuer's common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the "Common Stock"), (ii) Series A Warrants to purchase one share of Common Stock, and (iii) Series B Warrants to purchase one share of Common Stock, at a subscription purchase price of $1.00 per unit for an aggregate cost of $21,950. The Rights Offering closed on January 10, 2025 (the "Closing Date").
(2) Includes (i) the following restricted stock units ("RSUs") that will be settled into Common Stock upon vesting upon a "Change in Control" of the Company, as defined in the CytoSorbents Corporation 2014 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the "Plan"): (a) 3,300 RSUs granted on March 15, 2018, (b) 6,000 RSUs granted on February 24, 2017, (c) 5,000 RSUs granted on June 7, 2016, and (d) 55,000 RSUs granted on April 8, 2015 and (ii) 32,557 shares of Common Stock owned directly by the reporting person.
(3) These shares are held in the Bernard Sobel Revocable Trust (the "Trust"), for which the reporting person is a trustee and a named beneficiary. Accordingly, the reporting person may be deemed the beneficial owner of the shares held in the Trust.
(4) The Series A Right Warrants exercise price shall be equal to 90% of the 5-day volume weighted average price of the Issuer's Common Stock over the 5-trading days prior to the expiration date of the Series A Right Warrants, rounded down to the nearest whole cent but (x) not lower than $1.00 and (y) not higher than $2.00.
(5) The Series A Right Warrants expire 45 calendar days following the Closing Date.
(6) The Series B Right Warrants exercise price shall be equal to 90% of the 5-day volume weighted average price of our Common Stock over the 5-trading days prior to the expiration date of the Series B Right Warrants, rounded down to the nearest whole cent but (x) not lower than $2.00 and (y) not higher than $4.00.
(7) The Series B Right Warrants expire 90 calendar days following the Closing Date.
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