Alan D. Sobel Form 4 Cytosorbents / Alan D. Sobel 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^*

Sobel Alan D.

(Last) (First) (Middle)

C/O CYTOSORBENTS CORPORATION

305 COLLEGE ROAD EAST

(Street)

PRINCETON NJ 08540

(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)

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

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
08/10/2022

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								79,300(1)	D
Common Stock								2,000	I	Bernard Sobel Revocable Trust(2)

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)	$1.95	08/10/2022		A		18,975		(3)	08/10/2032	Common Stock	18,975	$0	18,975	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Includes (i) the following restricted stock units that will be settled into common stock upon vesting upon a "Change in Control" of CytoSorbents Corporation, as defined in the CytoSorbents Corporation 2014 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the "Plan"): (a) 3,300 restricted stock units granted on March 15, 2018, (b) 6,000 restricted stock units granted on February 24, 2017, (c) 5,000 restricted stock units granted on June 7, 2016, and (d) 55,000 restricted stock units granted on April 8, 2015 and (ii) 10,000 shares of common stock owned directly by the reporting person.

2. 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.

3. The stock options were granted pursuant to the Plan. The shares underlying the stock options will vest in four equal parts on 8/10/2022, 9/30/2022, 12/31/2022 and 3/31/2023, subject to the reporting person's continued service as of the applicable vesting date.

	/s/ Kathleen P. Bloch attorney-in-fact for Alan D. Sobel	08/10/2022
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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