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	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Capponi Vincent (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) Director 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) President and COO
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 04/02/2024
	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	04/02/2024		A		81,000(1)	A	$0	665,134(2)(3)(4)(5)	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)	$0.955	04/02/2024		A		101,000		(6)	04/02/2034	Common Stock	101,000	(6)	101,000	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. These shares represent restricted stock units ("RSUs") which shall vest in equal parts at the first and second year anniversaries of the date of grant, subject to the reporting person's continued service as of the applicable vesting date.

2. Includes: (i) the following RSUs, which vest as to two-thirds of the award on the first year anniversary of the date of grant and one-third of the award on the second year anniversary of the date of grant, subject to the reporting person's continued service as of the applicable vesting date) and will settle into shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the "Common Stock"), of the Company upon vesting: 73,000 RSUs granted on July 7, 2023 and unvested as of the date hereof;

3. (continued from footnote 2) (ii) the following RSUs that will be settled into Common Stock upon vesting upon a "Change In Control" of the Company as defined in the Amended and Restated CytoSorbents Corporation 2014 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the "Plan"): (a) 10,100 RSUs granted on March 15, 2018, (b) 17,900 RSUs granted on February 24, 2017, (c) 54,000 RSUs granted on June 7, 2016 and (d) 125,000 RSUs granted on April 8, 2015;

4. (continued from footnote 3) (iii) the following RSUs (which vest 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 settle into Common Stock upon vesting: 23,000 RSUs granted on August 10, 2022 and unvested as of the date hereof; and

5. (continued from footnote 4) (iv) 281,134 shares of Common Stock owned by the reporting person.

6. These stock options were granted pursuant to the Plan. The shares underlying these stock options vest as to one-half of the award on the first year anniversary of the date of grant, one-fourth of the award on the second year anniversary of the date of grant, and one-fourth of the award on the third year anniversary of the date of grant, subject to the reporting person's continued service as of the applicable vesting date.

	/s/ Kathleen P. Bloch attorney-in-fact for Vincent Capponi	04/04/2024
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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