Vincent Capponi Form 4 Cytosorbents / Vincent Capponi ownership change

SEC Form 4

FORM 4

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

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

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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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

Capponi Vincent

(Last) (First) (Middle)

C/O CYTOSORBENTS CORPORATION

7 DEER PARK DRIVE, SUITE K

(Street)

MONMOUTH JUNCTION NJ 08852

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Cytosorbents Corp [ CTSO ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
Chief Operating Officer

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
05/17/2018

4. If Amendment, Date of 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

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	05/17/2018		M(1)		8,000	A	$4.2	325,551	D
Common Stock	05/17/2018		M(1)		20,000	A	$0.875	345,551	D
Common Stock	05/17/2018		S(1)		8,000	D	$10	337,551	D
Common Stock	05/17/2018		S(1)		20,000	D	$10	317,551(2)	D

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 Securities Underlying Derivative Security (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: 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
Stock Option (right to buy)	$4.2	05/17/2018		M(1)			8,000	01/28/2012	01/28/2019	Common Stock	8,000	$0	0	D
Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$0.875	05/17/2018		M(1)			20,000	06/25/2011	06/25/2018	Common Stock	20,000	$0	48,000	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Stock option exercise and open market sale conducted pursuant to a 10b5-1 trading plan adopted by the Reporting Person in accordance with Rule 10b5-1 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

2. Includes (i) the following RSUs that will be settled into common stock upon vesting upon a "Change In Control" of the Company: (a) 17,900 RSUs granted on February 24, 2017, (b) 54,000 RSUs granted on June 7, 2016, (c) 125,000 RSUs granted on April 8, 2015 and (d) 10,100 RSUs granted on March 15, 2018 and reported on this Form 4, (ii) the following RSUs subject to vesting as to one-third of the award on each of the date of grant, the first anniversary of the date of grant, and the second anniversary of the date of grant, subject to the reporting person's continued service as of the applicable vesting date, and will be settled into common stock upon vesting: (a) 11,980 of the RSUs granted to the reporting person on February 24, 2017 and unvested as of the date hereof, (b) 7,667 of the RSUs granted on June 7, 2016 and unvested as of the date hereof and (c) 38,000 RSUs granted on February 28, 2018 and (iii) 52,904 shares of common stock owned by the reporting person.

	/s/ Vincent Capponi	05/18/2018
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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