Regulatory Filings • Nov 29, 2010
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Joel I. Papernik | 212 692 6774 | [email protected] Chrysler Center 666 Third Avenue New York, NY 10017 212-935-3000 212-983-3115 fax www.mintz.com
November 29, 2010
Via EDGAR and by Federal Express
Securities and Exchange Commission Division of Corporation Finance 100 F Street, N.E. Mail Stop 3561 Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: Cyclacel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Registration Statement on Form S-1 Filed on November 5, 2010 File Number 333-170421
Ladies and Gentleman:
On behalf of Cyclacel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the Company ), we hereby file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission ) Amendment No. 1 (the Amendment ) to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-170421) filed with the Commission on November 5, 2010 (the Registration Statement ). We are also delivering five clean and marked complete courtesy copies of the Amendment to the attention of Jeffrey P. Riedler, Esq. of the Commission.
Set forth below are the Companys responses to the Commissions comments provided by a letter (the Comment Letter ) dated November 16, 2010, from Jeffrey P. Riedler, Esq., Assistant Director of the Division of Corporation Finance. The Companys responses are numbered to correspond to the comments, as set forth in the Comment Letter, which, for convenience, we have incorporated into this response letter.
General
1. We note that this transaction relates to the resale of up to a total of 18,727,183 shares of common stock by the selling stockholders, which shares are comprised partly of 2,080,803 shares issuable upon exercise of the Option Warrants issuable upon exercise of the Options. The company is not eligible to register the 2,080,803 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the Options, as they are not outstanding or issuable upon the exercise of an outstanding security. Please remove these shares from the registration statement.
Response : In response to the Commissions comment, the Company has removed the shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the Option Warrants from the Registration Statement.
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. Boston | Washington | New York | Stamford | Los Angeles | Palo Alto | San Diego | London
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2. Please file, and include in your Exhibit Index as Exhibit 5.1, a legal opinion in compliance with Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K.
Response : Our firms legal opinion has been filed as Exhibit 5.1 to the Registration Statement in compliance with Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K.
Please call Todd Mason at (212) 692-6731 or the undersigned at (212) 692-6774 with any comments or questions and please send a copy of any written comments to the following parties:
Joel I. Papernik, Esq. Todd E. Mason, Esq. Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 666 Third Avenue New York, NY 10017 Phone: (212) 935-3000 Fax: (212) 983-3115
| Very truly yours, |
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| /s/ Joel I. Papernik |
| Joel I. Papernik |
cc: Securities and Exchange Commission (Jeffrey P. Riedler, Esq., Assistant Director) Cyclacel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Spiro Rombotis, President and Chief Executive Officer; Paul McBarron, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President, Finance)
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