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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001140361-26-023397"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LSTA"
cik: "0000320017"
company_name: "LISATA THERAPEUTICS, INC."
filed_at: "2026-06-01T10:03:38+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T10:10:29.601857+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Kuva Labs notifies Lisata it will not commence tender offer on June 1 as agreed; deal uncertain

## Summary
- On May 31, Kuva Labs told Lisata it will not start the tender offer on June 1 as previously agreed and amended.
- No assurance on when or if the tender offer will commence; Kuva is still negotiating financing sources.
- Merger Agreement signed March 6, 2026; amendment on May 29 extended start date to June 1.
- Parent's failure to commence as agreed raises concern about deal completion.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001140361-26-023397
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LSTA
- cik: 0000320017
- company_name: LISATA THERAPEUTICS, INC.
- filed_at: 2026-06-01T10:03:38+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/320017/000114036126023397/0001140361-26-023397-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/320017/000114036126023397/ef20075280_8k.htm

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