<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001104659-26-082014.txt : 20260708
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-26-082014
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20260707
FILED AS OF DATE:		20260708
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20260708

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			CARUSO JAMES V
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001202770
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-36598
		FILM NUMBER:		261163782

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O CELLECTAR BIOSCIENCES, INC.
		STREET 2:		8383 GREENWAY BLVD STE 600
		CITY:			MIDDLETON
		STATE:			WI
		ZIP:			53562

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Cellectar Biosciences, Inc.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001279704
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS [2834]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	03 Life Sciences
		EIN:				043321804
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		100 CAMPUS DRIVE
		CITY:			FLORHAM PARK
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			07932
		BUSINESS PHONE:		(608) 441-8120

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		100 CAMPUS DRIVE
		CITY:			FLORHAM PARK
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			07932

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	NOVELOS THERAPEUTICS, INC.
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20050617

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	COMMON HORIZONS INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20040211
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            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>250000</value>
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                <transactionPricePerShare>
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        <footnote id="F1">This option was contingently granted on May 28, 2026, subject to approval by Cellectar's stockholders of Cellectar's amended 2021 Stock Incentive Plan at Cellectar's 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Such stockholder approval was obtained on July 7, 2026.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">This option shall vest over a period of three years from May 28, 2026, with 1/3 vesting on the first anniversary of May 28, 2026, and the remainder vesting in 24 equal monthly installments over a 24-month period beginning on the first anniversary of May 28, 2026</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Chad Kolean, attorney-in-fact for James V. Caruso</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2026-07-08</signatureDate>
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