SEC Comment Letter for NANOVIRICIDES, INC. (NNVC) (CIK 0001379006) (NNVC) — Mar 11, 2010
NANOVIRICIDES, INC. (NNVC) (CIK 0001379006)
Date: March 11, 2010 · CIK: 0001379006 · Accession: 0000000000-10-013630
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Mail Stop 4720 March 11, 2010 Eugene Seymour Chief Executive Officer and Acting Financial Officer Nanoviricides, Inc. 135 Wood Street Suite 205 West Haven, Connecticut 06516 Re: Nanoviricides, Inc. Registration Statement on Form S-3 Filed March 4, 2010 File No. 333-165221 Dear Mr. Seymour: We have limited our review of the above referenced registration statement to only those issues identified herein. Where indicated, we think you should provide additional disclosure in response to these comment. If you disagree, we will consider your explanation as to why our comments are in applicable or additi onal disclosure is unnecessary. Please be as detailed as necessary in your explanation. 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 number listed at the end of this letter. Form S-3 filed March 4, 2010 Incorporation of Certain Docu ments by Reference, page 19 1. We note that the list of documents to be incorporated by reference into the filing does not incorporate by re ference the following: • Form 8-K (Items 1.01, 3.02 and 9.01) filed July 10, 2009; and • Form 8-K (Items 1.01, 3.02 and 9.01) filed October 5, 2009. Please revise the list of documents to be incorporated by reference on page 19 to include these filings. Eugene Seymour Nanoviricides, Inc. March 11, 2010 Page 2 Signatures, page 25 2. We note that you, as chief executive offi cer and acting chief financial officer, have signed the Form S-3 on behalf of the registrant and in each of those capacities, but that the filing has not b een signed by the company’s controller or principal accounting officer as required by Form S-3. Please amend your filing to include the signature of the company’s c ontroller or principa l accounting officer. If you are also the company’s controlle r or principal accounting officer, please indicate beneath your signature that you are also si gning the Form S-3 in the capacity of controller or principal accounti ng officer. See Instructions 1 and 2 to the Signatures section of Form S-3 for further information. Exhibit Index, page 26 3. We note that you have not indicated where th e form of indenture listed as Exhibit 4.2 is filed. If the form of indenture has previously been filed by the company, please revise your exhibit index to inco rporate the document by reference from a previous filing. If the document has not ye t been filed, please file a copy with your amendment to the Form S-3. * * * 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 amendm ent and response 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 pursuant to delegated authority, declare the filing effective, it does not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing; Eugene Seymour Nanoviricides, Inc. March 11, 2010 Page 3 • 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 comment s and the declaration of effectiveness as a defense in any proceeding initiat ed 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 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 Laura Crotty at (202) 551-3563 or myself 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 Assistant Director cc: Peter Campitiello, Esq. Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP 1350 Broadway New York, New York 10018