Regulatory Filings • May 19, 2010
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M intz L evin 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
May 19, 2010
CORRESPONDENCE FILED VIA EDGAR TRANSMISSION
Securities and Exchange Commission Division of Corporation Finance 100 F Street, N.W. Mail Stop 4720 Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: Cyclacel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Current Report on Form 8-K Filed on May 13, 2010 File No. 000-50626
Ladies and Gentlemen:
On behalf of Cyclacel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the Company ), we hereby respond to the letter sent by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission ) dated May 14, 2010 from Tabitha Akins, Staff Accountant, Division of Corporate Finance (the Comment Letter ) regarding the Companys Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on May 13, 2010 (the Form 8-K ).
Set forth below are the Companys responses to the Commissions Comment Letter. 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.
Item 4.02 Non-Reliance on Previously Issued Financial Statements or a Related Audit Report or Completed Interim Review.
Response: The Company acknowledges the Commissions comment. However, on May 17, 2010, the Company filed Amendment No. 1 to its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009 (the Form 10-K/A , which was again amended on May 19, 2010 to correct the date of the report of the Companys auditor) and, as explained in the Explanatory Note to the Form 10-K/A, in addition to identifying the error in the Companys calculation and disclosures in the consolidated statements of cash flows related to the payment of preferred dividends, the Companys management in parallel identified a related deficiency with respect to its internal controls over financial reporting, specifically in its controls over the computation of net loss per share and the financial statement presentation of its preferred stock dividends in the statement of cash flows, that constitutes a material weakness. As a result, the Company has amended Part I, Item 9T, of the Form 10-K/A, captioned Controls and Procedures , under which item management revised its previous assessment of its internal
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controls, described the deficiency that constituted a material weakness, and concluded that its internal controls over financial reporting were deficient as of December 31, 2009 (see page 90 of the Form 10-K/A). Corresponding changes were also made under Part I, Item 1A, captioned Risk FactorsFailure to achieve and maintain internal controls in accordance with Sections 302 and 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 could have a material adverse effect on our business and stock price and We incur increased costs and management resources as a result of being a public company, and we still may fail to comply with public company obligations, (see page 17 of the Form 10-K/A); Part II, Item 6, captioned Selected Financial Data (see starting page 25 of the Form 10-K/A); Part II, Item 7, captioned Managements Discussion and Analysis of Results of Operations and Financial Condition (see starting page 28 of the Form 10-K/A); and Part II, Item 8, captioned Financial Statements and Supplementary Data (see starting page 45 of the Form 10-K/A).
Because the Company has already filed the Form 10-K/A and its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2010, each of which addresses the issues raised in, and contain the disclosures requested by, this comment, the Company respectfully requests that it not be required to amend its Form 8-K, as the Company believes that amending its Form 8-K to contain duplicative disclosures that are already on file with the Commission may create confusion in the market.
Response: The Company acknowledges the Commissions comment and respectfully refers the Commission to the Companys response to comment 1 above.
Response: The Company acknowledges the Commissions comment and respectfully refers the Commission to the Companys response to comment 1 above.
Please call Todd Mason at (212) 692-6731 or the undersigned at (212) 692-6774 with any comments or questions regarding this letter 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 Fax: (212) 983-3115
| Very truly yours, |
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| /s/Joel I. Papernik |
| Joel I. Papernik |
cc: Securities and Exchange Commission (Tabitha Akins, Staff Accountant, Division of Corporation Finance) Cyclacel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Messrs. Spiro Rombotis and Paul McBarron)
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