Initial Statement of Beneficial Ownership (Form 3)

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES 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 * LOVE TED W 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 09/17/2026 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol LISATA THERAPEUTICS, INC. [LSTA] (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O LISATA THERAPEUTICS, INC., P.O. BOX 173 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) __X__ Director _____ 10% Owner _____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) 5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (Month/Day/Year) (Street) LIBERTY CORNER, NJ 07938 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 4) 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5) Common Stock 19,260(1)(2) D

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Series C Non-Voting Convertible Preferred Stock	(3)	(3)	Common Stock	2,270,316(1)(2)	(3)	D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
LOVE TED W C/O LISATA THERAPEUTICS, INC. P.O. BOX 173 LIBERTY CORNER, NJ 07938	X

Signatures

/s/ James Nisco, Attorney-in-Fact for Ted W. Love		09/28/2026
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	The reported shares of Common Stock and shares of Common Stock underlying shares of Series C Non-Voting Convertible Preferred Stock represent shares received in exchange for 2,354,899 shares of common stock of Marea Therapeutics, Inc. ("Marea") in connection with the Issuer's merger (the "Merger") with Marea pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger (the "Merger Agreement"), dated September 17, 2026, by and among the Issuer, Marea, Mariner Merger Sub I, Inc. and Mariner Merger Sub II, LLC. Under the terms of the Merger Agreement, at the effective time of the Merger, each outstanding share of Marea's
(2)	(continued from Footnote 1) common stock was cancelled and converted into the right to receive 0.9723 shares of Common Stock or, in lieu thereof, 0.0009723 shares of Series C Non-Voting Convertible Preferred Stock (representing 0.9723 shares of Common Stock on an as-converted basis). A portion of the reported shares of Common Stock and Series C Non-Voting Convertible Preferred Stock are subject to an Issuer right of repurchase that lapses in accordance with time- or milestone-based vesting conditions set forth in the applicable stock purchase agreements.
(3)	Each share of Series C Non-Voting Convertible Preferred Stock will automatically convert into 1,000 shares of Common Stock upon the approval of such conversion by the Issuer's stockholders in accordance with the rules of the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC, subject to a beneficial ownership limitation to be established by the holder of between 4.9% and 19.99% of the outstanding Common Stock. The Series C Non-Voting Convertible Preferred Stock does not have a conversion price and has no expiration date.
Remarks: Power of Attorney attached as Exhibit 24.

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