SEC Comment Letter for CEL SCI CORP (CVM) (CIK 0000725363) (CVM) — Mar 28, 2007
CEL SCI CORP (CVM) (CIK 0000725363)
Date: March 28, 2007 · CIK: 0000725363 · Accession: 0000000000-07-015626
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Via Facsimile and U.S. Mail Mail Stop 6010 March 28, 2007 Mr. Geert Kersten Chief Financial Officer CEL-SCI Corporation 8229 Boone Blvd., Suite 802 Vienna, VA 22182 Re: CEL-SCI Corporation Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2006 Filed December 21, 2006 File No. 001-11889 Dear Mr. Kersten: We have reviewed your filing and have the following comment. We have limited our review to only your financia l statements and related disclosures and do not intend to expand our review to other portions of your documents. In our comment, we ask you to provide us with information so we may bette r understand your disclosure. Please be as detailed as necessary in your explanation. Af ter reviewing this information, we may raise additional comments. Please understand that the purpose of our re view process is to assist you in your compliance with the applicable disclosure requirements and to enhance the overall disclosure in your filing. We look forward to working with you in these respects. We welcome any questions you may have about our comment or any other aspect of our review. Feel free to call us at the telephone numbers listed at the end of this letter. Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2006 Item 9A. Disclosure Controls and Procedures 1. You do not clearly conclude whether or not your disclosure controls and procedures are effective. Please provid e us clarification in a disclosure-type format. Mr. Geert Kersten CEL-SCI Corporation March 28, 2007 Page 2 As appropriate, please respond to this comm ent within 10 business days or tell us when you will provide us with a response. Please furnish a letter that keys your response to our comment and provide the requested information. Detailed letters greatly facilitate our review. Please furnish the letter to us via EDGAR under the form type label CORRESP. We urge all persons who are responsible for the accuracy and adequacy of the disclosure in the filing to be certain that the filing includes all in formation required under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and th at they have provided all information investors require for an informed invest ment decision. Since the company and its management are in possession of all facts re lating to a company’s disclosure, they are responsible for the accuracy and adequacy of the disclosures they have made. In connection with responding to our comment, please provide , in your letter, a statement from the company acknowledging that: the company is responsible for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filing; staff comments or changes to disclosure in response to staff comments do not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing; and the company may not assert staff comments as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States. In addition, please be advise d that the Division of Enfo rcement has access to all information you provide to the staff of the Divi sion of Corporation Fi nance in our review of your filing or in response to our comment on your filings. You may contact Dana Hartz, Staff Accountant, at ( 202) 551-3648 or Mary Mast, Review Accountant, at (202) 551-3613 if you ha ve questions regardi ng the comment. In this regard, please do not hesitate to contact me at (202) 551-3679. Sincerely, Jim B. Rosenberg Senior Assistant Chief Accountant