SEC Comment Letter for Tonix Pharmaceuticals Holding Corp. (TNXP) (CIK 0001430306) (TNXP) — Feb 19, 2013
Tonix Pharmaceuticals Holding Corp. (TNXP) (CIK 0001430306)
Date: Feb. 19, 2013 · CIK: 0001430306 · Accession: 0000000000-13-009179
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February 19 , 2013 Via E -mail Mr. Seth Lederman, Chief Executive Officer Tonix Pharmaceuticals Holding Corp. 509 Madison Avenue, Suite 306 New York, New York 10022 Re: Tonix Pharmaceuticals Holding Corp. Registration Statement on Form S-1 Filed January 25, 2013 File No. 333-186223 Dear Mr. Lederman : 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. 1. We note that you are filing a combined prospectus pursuant to Rule 429 of Regulation C. We further note that your prospectus does not appear to include all of the information that currently would be required in a pros pectus relating to the offerings that it covers. For instance, your cover page and selling shareholder table do not appear to reflect your previous offering (333 -180964). Please revise accordingly. 2. Please revise to provide the interactive data required by Item 601(b)(101) of Regulation S-K. 3. We note that you have not included all required undertakings in your filing. In this regard, we note that you have not provided the undertaking set forth in Item 512(a)(5)(ii) of Regulation S -K. Please revise to inc lude all relevant undertakings required by Item 512. Seth Lederman Tonix Pharmaceuticals Holding Corp. February 1 9, 2013 Page 2 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 applicab le 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. Notwithstanding our comments, in the event you request acceleration 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 for 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 requests 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 Erin Wilson at (202) 551 -6047 or James Lopez at (202) 551 -3536 with any other questions. Sincerely, /s/ James Lopez (for) John Reynolds Assistant Director