SEC Company Response from Scinai Immunotherapeutics Ltd. (SCNI) (CIK 0001611747) (SCNI) — Apr 6, 2015
Scinai Immunotherapeutics Ltd. (SCNI) (CIK 0001611747)
Date: April 6, 2015 · CIK: 0001611747 · Accession: 0001213900-15-002472
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April 6,
2015
VIA
EDGAR AND FEDERAL EXPRESS
Securities
and Exchange Commission
Division
of Corporation Finance
100 F Street,
NE
Washington,
DC 20549
Attn: Jeffrey
P. Riedler, Assistant Director
Re:
BiondVax
Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
Registration
Statement on Form F-1
Filed
December 29, 2014
File
No. 333-201283
Dear
Mr. Riedler:
On
behalf of BiondVax Pharmaceuticals Ltd., an Israeli company publicly traded on The Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange Ltd. (the “Company”),
I am writing to respond to the comments of the staff (the “Staff”) of the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission (the “SEC”) contained in its letter to the Company, dated January 15, 2015, regarding the Company’s
Registration Statement on Form F-1, filed with the SEC on December 29, 2014 (File No. 333-201283) (the “Registration
Statement”).
Concurrently
with this response, the Company is also publicly filing Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement (the “Amendment
No. 1”), which reflects the revisions to the Registration Statement described herein. To expedite your review, we have
enclosed with this letter a clean copy of Amendment No. 1, as well as a marked copy of Amendment No. 1 showing all changes from
the Registration Statement.
For
your convenience, we have set forth the text of each of the Staff’s comments in bold, followed in each case by the Company’s
response thereto.
Risk
Factors, page 6
1. We
note your response to prior comment 12. Please expand your disclosure on page 6 to include
a bullet point stating that your U.S. shareholders may suffer adverse tax consequences
if you are characterized as a passive foreign investment company.
Company's
response:
In
response to the Staff’s comment, the Company has expanded the disclosure on page 6 to include a bullet point stating that
its U.S. shareholders may suffer adverse tax consequences if the Company is characterized as a passive foreign investment company.
Compensation,
page 88
2. Please
update your executive and director compensation disclosure to include the registrant’s
last completed fiscal year. You should continue to provide 2013 executive compensation
information.
Company's
response:
In
response to the Staff’s comment, the Company has updated the executive and director compensation disclosure on page 94 of
the prospectus to include compensation information with respect to the last completed fiscal year in addition to 2013 executive
compensation information.
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* * * *
In
addition to the revisions included in the Registration Statement in response to the Staff’s comments and certain non-substantive
conforming changes, the Company has revised the Registration Statement to: (1) replace the financial statements with audited annual
financial statements for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2012, 2013 and 2014; (2) include a disclosure 0n pages 23 and 88 of
the prospectus regarding the cancellation of a Consulting Services Agreement; (3) reflect the resignation of Benad Goldwasser
from our board of directors on January 8, 2015 and the passing of our advisory board member Prof. Eitan Rubinstein; (4) include
disclosure on pages 93-94 and 96 of the prospectus regarding the compensation of certain members of the board and Chief Scientific
Officer Tamar Ben Yedidia; (5) update the information contained on page 138 of the prospectus regarding the underwriting and related
arrangements for the offering; (6) include certain additional exhibits not included with the Registration Statement; (7) include
a revised auditor’s consent reflecting the date of filing of Amendment No. 1; and (8) reflect events since the filing of
the Registration Statement. In addition, attached to this letter as Appendix A are visual information to be provided
in the printed prospectus.
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On
behalf of the Company, I acknowledge that:
● should
the SEC or the Staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, declare the filing effective,
it does not foreclose the SEC from taking any action with respect to the filing;
● the
action of the SEC 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 SEC or any person under the federal securities laws
of the United States.
We
appreciate your time and attention to the Company’s responses to the Staff’s comments. If you have any questions regarding
this response, please call the Company’s outside counsel, Ilan Gerzi, Adv. of Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer Baratz at +972 (3)
607-3777, or Victor F. Semah, Esq. of Greenberg Traurig, P.A. at (305) 579-7897.
Sincerely,
/s/
Ron Babecoff
Ron
Babecoff
Chief
Executive Officer
Cc:
Ilan
Gerzi, Adv.
Tammy
Zoppo, Esq.
Pearl
Cohen Zedek Latzer Baratz
David
Gitlin, Esq.
Victor
F. Semah, Esq.
Greenberg
Traurig, P.A.
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Appendix
A
Universal Pandemic
Primer Indication
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The following graph demonstrates our pandemic preparedness plan according to this indication:
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