DENVER, July 10, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- SeaStar Medical Holding Corporation (NASDAQ:ICU), a commercial-stage healthcare company focused on transforming treatments for critically ill patients facing organ failure and potential loss of life, today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement for the issuance and sale of an aggregate of 5,242,464 shares of its common stock (or common stock equivalents in lieu thereof) at a purchase price of $0.763 per share of common stock (or per common stock equivalent in lieu thereof), in a registered direct offering priced at-the-market under Nasdaq rules. In addition, in a concurrent private placement, SeaStar Medical will issue and sell unregistered warrants to purchase up to 5,242,464 shares of common stock. The warrants will have an exercise price of $0.638 per share, will be exercisable immediately upon issuance and will expire five years following the effective date of the resale registration statement registering the shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants.

H.C. Wainwright & Co. is acting as the exclusive placement agent for the offering.

The closing of the offering is expected to occur on or about July 10, 2025, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions. The gross proceeds from the offering are expected to be approximately $4 million. SeaStar Medical intends to use the net proceeds of this offering for general corporate purposes, which may include additions to working capital and capital expenditures.

The shares of common stock (or common stock equivalents) described above (but not the unregistered warrants issued in the concurrent private placement or the shares of common stock underlying such unregistered warrants) are being offered by SeaStar Medical pursuant to a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-275968) that was previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") on December 8, 2023, and subsequently declared effective on December 22, 2023. The shares of common stock (or common stock equivalents) offered in the registered direct offering are being offered only by means of a prospectus, including a prospectus supplement, forming a part of the effective registration statement. A final prospectus supplement and accompanying base prospectus relating to, and describing the terms of, the registered direct offering will be filed with the SEC and will be available on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. Electronic ...