SEC Comment Letter for iBio, Inc. (IBIO) (CIK 0001420720) (IBIO) — Feb 3, 2011
iBio, Inc. (IBIO) (CIK 0001420720)
Date: Feb. 3, 2011 · CIK: 0001420720 · Accession: 0000000000-11-007218
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February 3, 2011 Frederick Larcombe Chief Financial Officer iBio, Inc. 9 Innovation Way, Suite 100 Newark, DE 19711 Re: iBio, Inc. Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-1 on Form S-3 Filed January 27, 2011 File No. 333-171315 Dear Mr. Larcombe: We have reviewed your amended filing and your response letter each dated January 27, 2011 and have the following comment. In our comment, we 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 comment applies 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 this comments, we may have additional comments. General 1. We note your response to our prior comment 1. You have described why the registration of the resale of 3,000,000 shares of comm on stock underlying stock options held by private investors to purchase shares currently held by E. Gerald Kay and Carl DeSantis is desirable, but you have not provided a lega l analysis supporting your conclusion that registration of such shares is appropriate at this time. Accordingly, we reissue our comment. Please provide us with a detailed legal analysis under lying your conclusion that it is appropriate under the federal securities laws to register the resale of these shares before exercise of the option takes place and tell us why it is appropriate generally to register the resale of shares underlying an option not issued by the registrant. Your analysis should identify the legal authority upon which you have relied in reaching your conclusion. Alternatively, please revise your registration statement to remove these shares. Frederick Larcombe iBio, Inc. February 3, 2011 Page 2 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 disclosure, they are responsible for the accuracy and adequacy of the disclosures they have made. 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 the above registration stat ement. Please allow adequate time for us to review any amendment prior to the requested effective date of the registration statement. You may contact Karen Ubell at (202) 551-3873 or me at (202) 551-3715 with any other questions. Sincerely, Jeffrey Riedler Assistant Director cc: Andrew Abramowitz, Esq. Andrew Abramowitz, PLLC 565 Fifth Avenue, 9th Floor New York, NY 10017