SeaStar Medical Holding Corporation filed SEC Form 8-K: Leadership Update, Financial Statements and Exhibits

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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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On November 12, 2025, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of SeaStar Medical Holding Corporation (the “Company”) appointed Michael Messinger age 51, as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, effective November 14, 2025.

 

Mr. Messinger has more than two decades of experience and leadership in financing and accounting for drug discovery and development organizations. He has served as a member of the board of directors of Filament Health Corp. since March 2024 and a strategic consultant to various biotechnology companies since January of 2024. Mr. Messinger most recently served as Chief Financial Officer of ContraFect Corporation, a biotechnology company focused on treatments for life-threatening bacterial infections in the hospital setting, from October 2018 to November 2023, where he led the company through multiple financing rounds, including investments from Pfizer Inc., and a contract with BARDA (Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority). Prior to becoming the Chief Financial Officer of ContraFect, Mr. Messinger held senior financial roles at ContraFect, Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Coelacanth Corporation. He started his career as an auditor at Ernst & Young LLP. Mr. Messinger received his B.B.A. degree in accounting from the University of Michigan.

 

Pursuant to the terms of the consulting agreement between Mr. Messinger and the Company, dated October 31, 2025 (the “Consulting Agreement”), Mr. Messinger will receive a monthly fee of $15,000, and the Company can terminate the Consulting Agreement at any time with 30 days' notice. 

 

The foregoing summary of the Consulting Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Consulting Agreement, which is attached as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

A copy of the press release issued by the Company announcing the appointment of Michael Messinger is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

 

 

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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.