SEC Comment Letter for GeoVax Labs, Inc. (GOVX) (CIK 0000832489) (GOVX) — Apr 14, 2010
GeoVax Labs, Inc. (GOVX) (CIK 0000832489)
Date: April 14, 2010 · CIK: 0000832489 · Accession: 0000000000-10-020259
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Mail Stop 4720 April 14, 2010 Dr. Robert T. McNally, Ph.D. President and Chief Executive Officer GeoVax Labs, Inc. 1900 Lake Park Drive, Suite 380 Smyrna, Georgia 30080 Re: GeoVax Labs, Inc. Registration Statement on Form S-1 Filed March 31, 2010 File No. 333-165828 Dear Dr. McNally: We have limited our review of your filing to those issues we have addressed in our comments. Where indicated, we think you should revise your document in response to these comments. If you disagree, we w ill consider your explanation as to why our comment is inapplicable or a revision is unneces sary. Please be as detailed as necessary in your explanation. In some of our comme nts, we may ask you to provide us with information so we may better understand your disclosure. After 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 comments or any other aspect of our review. Feel free to call us at the telephone numbers listed at the end of this letter. General 1. Please revise your disclosure to include a discussion of the allocation of the purchase price between the company and the selling shareholder for each unit consisting of a share of common stock being sold by a selling shareholder and a warrant issued by the company. If the company does not plan to retain any portion of the unit price for units that include a selling shareholder share of Dr. Robert T. McNally, Ph.D. GeoVax Labs, Inc. April 14, 2010 Page 2 common stock, please include di sclosure of the effect to company shareholders who are not selling share holders in the offering. * * * As appropriate, please amend your regist ration statement in response to these comments. You may wish to provide us with marked copies of the amendment to expedite our review. Please furnish a cove r letter with your amendment that keys your responses to our comments and provides any requested information. Detailed cover letters greatly facilitate our review. Please understand that we may have additional comments after reviewing your amendment and responses to our comments. 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 Act of 1933 and that they have provided all information investors require for an informed investment decision. Since the company and its management are in possession of all facts relating to a company’ s disclosure, they are responsible for the accuracy and adequacy of the disclosures they have made. Notwithstanding our comments, in the ev ent the company requests acceleration of the effective date of the pending registration statement, it should furnish a letter, at the time of such request, acknowledging that: • should the Commission or the staff, acting purs uant to delegated authority, declare the filing effective, it does not foreclose th e Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing; • the action of the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, in declaring the filing effective, does not relieve the company from its full responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filing; and • the company may not assert staff comments a nd the declaration of effectiveness 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 advi sed that the Division of En forcement has access to all information you provide to the staff of the Di vision of Corporation Finance in connection with our review of your filing or in response to our comments on your filing. We will consider a written request for acceleration of the effective date of the registration statement as conf irmation of the fact that t hose requesting acceleration are aware of their respective re sponsibilities under the S ecurities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as they rela te to the proposed public offering of the Dr. Robert T. McNally, Ph.D. GeoVax Labs, Inc. April 14, 2010 Page 3 securities specified in the above registration statement. We will act on the request and, pursuant to delegated authority, grant acce leration of the effective date. We direct your attention to Rules 46 0 and 461 regarding requesting acceleration of a registration statement. Please allow ad equate time after the filing of any amendment for further review before submitting a request for acceleration. Please provide this request at least two business days in a dvance of the requested effective date. Please contact Nandini Ac harya at (202) 551-3495 or me at (202) 551-3715 with any questions. S i n c e r e l y , J e f f r e y P . R i e d l e r A s s i s t a n t D i r e c t o r cc: T. Clark Fitzgerald III, Esq. Womble Carlyle Sandr idge & Rice, PLLC 271 17 th Street, NW, Suite 2400 Atlanta, Georgia 30363