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SEC Comment Letter for AETHLON MEDICAL INC (AEMD) (CIK 0000882291) (AEMD) — Jun 6, 2019

AETHLON MEDICAL INC (AEMD) (CIK 0000882291)
Date: June 6, 2019 · CIK: 0000882291 · Accession: 0000000000-19-009544

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File numbers found in text: 333-231397

Date
June 6, 2019
Author
James B. Frakes
Form
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AETHLON MEDICAL INC (AEMD) (CIK 0000882291)

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June 6, 2019 James B. Frakes Chief Financial Officer Aethlon Medical, Inc. 9635 Granite Ridge Drive, Suite 100 San Diego, California 92123 Re:Aethlon Medical, Inc. Registration Statement on Form S-3 Filed May 10, 2019 File No. 333-231397 Dear Mr. Frakes: We have limited our review of your registration statement to those issues we have addressed in our comments. In some of our comments, we may ask you to provide us with information so we may better understand your disclosure. Please respond to this letter by amending your registration statement and providing the requested information. If you do not believe our comments apply to your facts and circumstances or do not believe an amendment is appropriate, please tell us why in your response. After reviewing any amendment to your registration statement and the information you provide in response to these comments, we may have additional comments. Form S-3 filed May 10, 2019 Cover Page 1.Please provide the disclosures required by Instruction 7 to Form S-3 General Instruction I.B.6. Risk Factors, page 4 2.Please include a risk factor to highlight the risk mentioned in Item 3.01 of your Form 8-K filed on May 8, 2019. Incorporation of Certain Information by Reference, page 48 3.We note that you filed a Form 8-K on May 8, 2019. Please ensure that you specifically incorporate this filing by reference into your registration statement. When amending your

FirstName LastNameJames B. Frakes Comapany NameAethlon Medical, Inc. June 6, 2019 Page 2 FirstName LastName James B. Frakes Aethlon Medical, Inc. June 6, 2019 Page 2 Form S-3, consider including a statement to the effect that all filings that you file pursuant to the Exchange Act "after the date of the registration statement and prior to effectiveness of the registration statement" shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into the prospectus. Exhibits 4.Please have counsel provide an opinion as to the legality of the debt securities, warrants, and units as required by Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K. In this regard, we note that counsel has only opined that the securities will be duly authorized. For guidance, refer to Section II.B.1 of Staff Legal Bulletin No. 19 (October 14, 2011). 5.Please have counsel file a legal opinion that does not exclude or "carve out" relevant law, including relevant contract law. In this regard, we note that counsel has limited its legal opinion to the "general corporate" laws of the State of Nevada and that you have not yet specified the relevant governing jurisdiction pursuant to section 14.04 of the Form of Indenture filed as exhibit 4.4. We remind you that the company and its management are responsible for the accuracy and adequacy of their disclosures, notwithstanding any review, comments, action or absence of action by the staff. Refer to Rules 460 and 461 regarding requests for acceleration. Please allow adequate time for us to review any amendment prior to the requested effective date of the registration statement. Please contact Thomas Jones at 202-551-3602 or Heather Percival, Senior Attorney, at 202-551-3498 with any questions. Sincerely, Division of Corporation Finance Office of Electronics and Machinery cc: Julie Robinson, Esq.

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June 6, 2019
James B. Frakes
Chief Financial Officer
Aethlon Medical, Inc.
9635 Granite Ridge Drive, Suite 100
San Diego, California 92123
Re:Aethlon Medical, Inc.
Registration Statement on Form S-3
Filed May 10, 2019
File No. 333-231397
Dear Mr. Frakes:
            We have limited our review of your registration statement to those issues we have
addressed in our comments.  In some of our comments, we may ask you to provide us with
information so we may better understand your disclosure.
            Please respond to this letter by amending your registration statement and providing the
requested information.  If you do not believe our comments apply to your facts and
circumstances or do not believe an amendment is appropriate, please tell us why in your
response.
            After reviewing any amendment to your registration statement and the information you
provide in response to these comments, we may have additional comments.
Form S-3 filed May 10, 2019
Cover Page
1.Please provide the disclosures required by Instruction 7 to Form S-3 General Instruction
I.B.6.
Risk Factors, page 4
2.Please include a risk factor to highlight the risk mentioned in Item 3.01 of your Form 8-K
filed on May 8, 2019.
Incorporation of Certain Information by Reference, page 48
3.We note that you filed a Form 8-K on May 8, 2019.  Please ensure that you specifically
incorporate this filing by reference into your registration statement. When amending your

 FirstName LastNameJames B.  Frakes
 Comapany NameAethlon Medical, Inc.
 June 6, 2019 Page 2
 FirstName LastName
James B.  Frakes
Aethlon Medical, Inc.
June 6, 2019
Page 2
Form S-3, consider including a statement to the effect that all filings that you file pursuant
to the Exchange Act "after the date of the registration statement and prior to effectiveness
of the registration statement" shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into the
prospectus.
Exhibits
4.Please have counsel provide an opinion as to the legality of the debt securities, warrants,
and units as required by Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K.  In this regard, we note that
counsel has only opined that the securities will be duly authorized.  For guidance, refer to
Section II.B.1 of Staff Legal Bulletin No. 19 (October 14, 2011).
5.Please have counsel file a legal opinion that does not exclude or "carve out" relevant law,
including relevant contract law.  In this regard, we note that counsel has limited its legal
opinion to the "general corporate" laws of the State of Nevada and that you have not yet
specified the relevant governing jurisdiction pursuant to section 14.04 of the Form of
Indenture filed as exhibit 4.4.
            We remind you that the company and its management are responsible for the accuracy
and adequacy of their disclosures, notwithstanding any review, comments, action or absence of
action by the staff.
            Refer to Rules 460 and 461 regarding requests for acceleration.  Please allow adequate
time for us to review any amendment prior to the requested effective date of the registration
statement.
            Please contact Thomas Jones at 202-551-3602 or Heather Percival, Senior Attorney, at
202-551-3498 with any questions.
Sincerely,
Division of Corporation Finance
Office of Electronics and Machinery
cc:       Julie Robinson, Esq.