Exhibit (a)(1)(E)
Notice of Guaranteed Delivery With
Respect to the Offer to Purchase
All Outstanding Shares of Common Stock
of
LISATA THERAPEUTICS, INC.
at
$4.00 PER SHARE OF COMMON STOCK, NET IN CASH, PLUS ONE CONTINGENT VALUE RIGHT (“CVR”) PER SHARE REPRESENTING THE CONTRACTUAL RIGHT TO RECEIVE TWO CONTINGENT CASH PAYMENTS UP TO AN AGGREGATE OF $3.00 PER CVR SUBJECT TO THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE SPECIFIED MILESTONES
Pursuant to the Offer to Purchase dated June 10, 2026
by
KUVA ACQUISITION CORP.,
a direct wholly owned subsidiary
of
KUVA LABS INC.
 
THE OFFER AND WITHDRAWAL RIGHTS WILL EXPIRE AT ONE MINUTE PAST 11:59 P.M.,
EASTERN TIME, ON JULY 10, 2026, UNLESS THE OFFER IS EXTENDED
OR EARLIER TERMINATED.
This Notice of Guaranteed Delivery, or one substantially in the form hereof, must be used to accept the Offer (as defined below) if the certificates for shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Shares”), of Lisata Therapeutics, Inc., a Delaware corporation, are not immediately available, or you cannot complete the procedure for delivery by book-entry transfer on a timely basis, or you otherwise cannot deliver all required documents to Equiniti Trust Company, LLC, the depositary for the Offer (the “Depositary”), in each case prior to one minute following 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time, on July 10, 2026, unless extended or earlier terminated as permitted by the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of March 6, 2026 (as it may be amended from time to time, the “Merger Agreement”). Such form may be delivered by facsimile transmission or mail to the Depositary. See Section 3 of the Offer to Purchase (as defined below).
The Depositary for the Offer is:

 
Equiniti Trust Company, LLC
 
 
 
 
If delivering by mail:
 
Equiniti Trust Company, LLC
Operations Center
Attn: Onbase - Reorganization Department
1110 Centre Pointe Curve
Suite # 101
Mendota Heights, MN 55120
 
 
If delivering by hand, express mail, courier
or any other expedited service:
 
Equiniti Trust Company, LLC
1110 Centre Pointe Curve
Suite # 101
Mendota Heights, MN 55120
Attn: Onbase - Reorganization Department
 
 
 
 
DELIVERY OF THIS NOTICE OF GUARANTEED DELIVERY TO AN ADDRESS OR FACSIMILE NUMBER OTHER THAN AS SET FORTH ABOVE WILL NOT CONSTITUTE A VALID DELIVERY TO THE DEPOSITARY.
This Notice of Guaranteed Delivery is not to be used to guarantee signatures. If a signature on a Letter of Transmittal is required to be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” (as such term is defined in Rule 17Ad-15 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended), under the instructions thereto, such signature guarantee must appear in the applicable space provided in the signature box on the Letter of Transmittal. Do not send share certificates with this notice. Share certificates should be sent with your Letter of Transmittal.
Ladies and Gentlemen:
The undersigned hereby tenders to Kuva Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (“Purchaser”) and a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of Kuva Labs Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase (as it may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Offer to Purchase”) and in the related Letter of Transmittal (as it may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Letter of Transmittal”) which, together with the Offer to Purchase, as they may be amended or supplemented from time to time, collectively constitute the “Offer,” receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the following Common Shares, pursuant to the guaranteed delivery procedure set forth in Section 3 of the Offer to Purchase.
 
 
 
 
Number of Common Shares Tendered:
 
 
Name(s) of Record Holder(s)
 
 
 
 
 ☐ Check if securities will be tendered by book-entry transfer.
 
 
(please print)
 
 
 
 
Name of Tendering Institution:
 
 
Address(es):
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Account No.:
 
 
(Zip Code)
Dated:     , 20
 
 
 
 
 
 
Area Code and Telephone No(s):
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Signature(s):
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
GUARANTEE
(Not to be used for signature guarantee)
The undersigned, a financial institution that is a member in good standing of a recognized Medallion Program approved by The Securities Transfer Association, Inc., including the Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program (STAMP), the Stock Exchange Medallion Program (SEMP) and the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. Medallion Signature Program (MSP), or any other “eligible guarantor institution” (as such term is defined in Rule 17Ad-15 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)), guarantees (a) that the above-named person(s) “own(s)” the Common Shares tendered hereby within the meaning of Rule 14e-4 under the Exchange Act, (b) that such tender of Common Shares complies with Rule 14e-4 and (c) the delivery to the Depositary of the certificates for all such tendered Common Shares (or a confirmation of a book-entry transfer of such Common Shares into the Depositary’s account at the Book-Entry Transfer Facility in the case of a book-entry delivery), together with a properly completed and duly executed Letter of Transmittal (or a manually signed facsimile thereof) and with any required signature guarantee (or an Agent’s Message (as defined in the Offer to Purchase) in the case of a book-entry delivery) and any other required documents, all within one Nasdaq Capital Market trading day of the date hereof.
 
 
(Name of Firm)
 
(Address)
 
(Zip Code)
 
(Authorized
 
Signature) (Name)
 
(Please Print)
 
(Area Code and Telephone Number)
 
Dated:
DO NOT SEND CERTIFICATES FOR COMMON SHARES WITH THIS NOTICE. CERTIFICATES FOR COMMON SHARES SHOULD BE SENT WITH YOUR LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL.