SEC Comment Letter for BRAINSTORM CELL THERAPEUTICS INC. (BCLI) (CIK 0001137883) (BCLI) — Feb 14, 2012
BRAINSTORM CELL THERAPEUTICS INC. (BCLI) (CIK 0001137883)
Date: Feb. 14, 2012 · CIK: 0001137883 · Accession: 0000000000-12-008063
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February 14, 2012 Via Email Liat Sossover Chief Financial Officer Brainstorm Cell Therapeutics Inc. 605 Third Avenue, 34th Floor New York, NY 10158 Re: Brainstorm Cell Therapeutics Inc. Registration Statement on Form S-1 Filed February 3, 2012 File No. 333-179331 Dear Ms. Sossover: We have limited our review of your registra tion 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. Where you do not beli eve 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 re gistration statement and the information you provide in response to these comments, we may have additional comments. General 1. Please amend your filing pre-effectively to incl ude the principal amount of securities to be offered, including the total number of sh ares of common stock and the number of shares of common stock underlying the warrants. We advise you that we will not be in a position to declare the registration statement e ffective until such information is included in the filing. See C&DI 227.02, Securities Act Rules, available at www.sec.gov for guidance. 2. Please clarify, if true, that investors must purchase a mini mum amount of securities in order to receive warrants in the offering a nd that the amount of warrants received will be the same for each investor who meets the minimum investment threshold. As such, please also disclose that inve stors who purchase less shares th an others will be entitled to proportionately more warrants per dollar invested, assuming they make the minimum threshold investment. Liat Sossover Brainstorm Cell Therapeutics Inc. February 14, 2012 Page 2 Risk Factors, page 4 “ACCBT Corp. holds equity particip ation rights that could affect our ability to raise funds.” page 13 3. Please expand your disclosure in this risk factor to describe the terms of the company’s subscription agreement with ACCBT Corp., namely, the amount of shares ACCBT may purchase, at what price they may purchase the shares and any other ma terial terms of the agreement. Plan of Distribution, page 18 4. We note the following statement on page 18: “We intend to engage one or more underwriters, broker-dealers or selling agents to sell th e securities.” Prior to effectiveness, please update th is section to identify any unde rwriters, broker-dealers or selling agents engaged and provide a summary of the specific terms of the arrangement. Also, please file a copy of any rela ted agreements as an exhibit. Item 16. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules, page II-7 5. Please file as an exhibit the legal opinion liste d as Exhibit 5.1 in your exhibit list opining as to each of the securities included in th e offering. Please note that we may have additional comments based on our review of the opinion. We urge all persons who are responsible for th e accuracy and adequacy of the disclosure in the filing to be certain that the filing incl udes the information the Securities Act of 1933 and all applicable Securities Act rules require. Since the company and its management are in possession of all facts relating to a company’s disc losure, they are responsible for the accuracy and adequacy of the disclosures they have made. Notwithstanding our comments, in the event you request acceleration of the effective date of the pending registration statement please pr ovide a written statement from the company acknowledging that: should the Commission or the staff, acting purs uant to delegated authority, declare the filing effective, it does not foreclose the Co mmission 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 Liat Sossover Brainstorm Cell Therapeutics Inc. February 14, 2012 Page 3 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. Please refer to Rules 460 and 461 regarding re quests for acceleration. We will consider a written request for acceleration of the effective date of the regi stration statement as confirmation of the fact that those reques ting acceleration are aware of thei r respective responsibilities under the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Excha nge Act of 1934 as they relate to the proposed public offering of the securities specified in th e above registration stat ement. Please allow adequate time for us to review any amendment prior to the requested effective date of the registration statement. Please contact Laura Crotty at (202) 551-3563 or me at (202) 551-3715 with any questions. Sincerely, /s/ Jeffrey P. Riedler Jeffrey P. Riedler Assistant Director cc: Thomas B. Rosedale, Esq. (BRL Law Group LLC)