Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement On July 16, 2026, Lisata Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company” or “Lisata”) and Kuva Labs Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), together with Kuva Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“Purchaser”), entered into an amendment (the “Amendment”) to the previously announced Agreement and Plan of Merger, da…
Lisata Therapeutics is a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company. Following its acquisition of Marea Therapeutics, Lisata’s lead product candidate is MAR001, which is in Phase 2b clinical development for the treatment of severe hypertriglyceridemia (sHTG), a condition characterized by very high triglyceride levels. The Company is also advancing MAR002 for the treatment of acromegaly. Lisata’s cyclic peptide product candidate, certepetide, is an investigational drug designed to activate a novel uptake pathway that allows co-administered or tethered anti-cancer drugs to selectively target and penetrate solid tumors more effectively. For more information on the Company, please visit www.lisata.com.
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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
On July 16, 2026, Lisata Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company” or “Lisata”) and Kuva Labs Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), together with Kuva Acquisition Corp., a
Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“Purchaser”), entered into an amendment (the “Amendment”) to the previously announced Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of March 6, 2026, by and among Parent, Purchaser and the
Company (as it may be amended from time to time, the “Merger Agreement”). Pursuant to the Amendment, the Company, Parent and Purchaser extended the Outside Date (as defined in the Merger Agreement) from July 17, 2026 to July 21, 2026.
A copy of the Amendment is attached as Exhibit 2.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference. The foregoing description of the Amendment
does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Amendment.