SEC Comment Letter for Tonix Pharmaceuticals Holding Corp. (TNXP) (CIK 0001430306) (TNXP) — Jun 21, 2013
Tonix Pharmaceuticals Holding Corp. (TNXP) (CIK 0001430306)
Date: June 21, 2013 · CIK: 0001430306 · Accession: 0000000000-13-034079
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File numbers found in text: 333-188547
Referenced dates: May 31, 2013
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June 21, 2013 Via Email Seth Lederman Chief Executive Officer Tonix Pharmaceuticals Holding Corp. 509 Madison Avenue, Suite 306 New York, New York 10022 Re: Tonix Pharmaceuticals Holding Corp. Amended Registration Statement on Form S-1 Filed June 20 , 2013 File No. 333-188547 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 re sponse to these comments, we may have additional comments. Underwriting, page 89 1. We continue to note your statement within this section that t he underwriters are offering the units “subject to prior sale. ” Please revise to clarify this feature of your plan of distribution, consistent with your response to comment 4 of our letter dated May 31, 2013. Also, please advise us if and where the “subject to prior sale” understanding is addressed in the underwriting agreement . Seth Lederman Tonix Pharmaceuticals Holding Corp. June 21, 2013 Page 2 We urge all persons who are re sponsible 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 possessi on 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 registrati on 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 t o 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 effect iveness 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 acceler ation 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 Adam F. Tu rk at (202) 551 -3657 or James Lopez at (202) 551 -3536 with any questions. Sincerely, /s/ James Lopez (for) John Reynolds Assistant Director cc: Marc J. Ross Sichenzia Ross Friedman Ference LLP