SEC Comment Letter for CytoDyn Inc. (CYDY) (CIK 0001175680) (CYDY) — Nov 22, 2013
CytoDyn Inc. (CYDY) (CIK 0001175680)
Date: Nov. 22, 2013 · CIK: 0001175680 · Accession: 0000000000-13-064284
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November 22, 2013 Via E -mail Nader Pourhassan President and Chief Executive Officer CytoDyn Inc. 1111 Main Street, Suite 660 Vancouver, Washington 98660 Re: CytoDyn Inc. Registration Statement on Form S-1 Filed November 15, 2013 File No. 333-192361 Dear Dr. Pourhassan : 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 . Where 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. Selling Shareholders, page 17 1. Please disclose , for each selling shareholder, the amount of shares owned by such selling shareholder , the amount to be offered for the selling shareholder’s account, and the amount and ( if one percent or more) the percentage of the shares to be owned by such selling shareholder after completion of the offering in accordance with Item 507 of Regulation S -K. 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 the information the Securities Act of 193 3 and all applicable Securities Act rules require. 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. Nader Pourhassan CytoDyn Inc. November 22, 2013 Page 2 Notwithstanding our comments, in the event you request accelera tion of the effective date of the pending registration statement please provide a written statement from the company acknowledging that: should the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, declare the filing effective, it does not foreclose the 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 fo r the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filing; and the company may not assert staff comments and 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 reques ts for acceleration . We will consider a written request for acceleration of the effective date of the registration statement as confirmation of the fact that those requesting acceleration are aware of their respective responsibilities under the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as they relate to the proposed public offering of the securities specified in the above registration statement. Please allow adequate time for us to review any amendment prior to the requested effective date of the registration statement. Please contact Matthew Jones at (202) 551 -3786, Dan Greenspan at (202) 551 -3623, or me at (202) 551 -3715 with any other questions. Sincerely, /s/ Daniel Greenspan for Jeffrey P. Riedler Assistant Director cc: Mary Ann Frantz Miller Nash LLP 111 S.W. Fifth Avenue, Suite 3400 Portland, Oregon 97204