CTSO CytoSorbents Corporation

UNITED STATES  

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

 

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): April 19, 2017

 

 

CYTOSORBENTS CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Delaware		001-36792		98-0373793
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

7 Deer Park Drive, Suite K, Monmouth Junction, New Jersey	08852
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

  

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: ( 732) 329-8885

 

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

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Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

Emerging growth company  ¨

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  ¨

 

 

Item 8.01

Other Events.

 

On April 19, 2017, CytoSorbents Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), issued a press release containing a letter to stockholders and friends of the Company which discussed, among other topics, the Company’s financial health and material events.

 

The full text of the press release is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

 

Item 9.01	Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
Exhibit No.	Description.
99.1	CytoSorbents Corporation Press Release, dated April 19, 2017.

 

 

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

Dated:  April 24, 2017	CYTOSORBENTS CORPORATION
	By:	/s/ Dr. Phillip P. Chan
	Name:	Dr. Phillip P. Chan
	Title:	President and  Chief Executive Officer