---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001654954-21-007536"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CVM"
cik: "0000725363"
company_name: "CEL SCI CORP"
filed_at: "2021-07-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-30T07:45:33.696360+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CEL-SCI shareholders elect directors, approve stock option plan and auditor at annual meeting

## Summary
- Directors Geert Kersten, Peter Young, Bruno Baillavoine, and Robert Watson re-elected with votes ranging from 12.9M to 14.8M for.
- 2021 Non-Qualified Stock Option Plan adopted; up to 1,800,000 common shares authorized for option grants.
- BDO USA, LLP appointed as independent auditor for fiscal year ending September 30, 2021, with 25.1M votes for.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001654954-21-007536
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CVM
- cik: 0000725363
- company_name: CEL SCI CORP
- filed_at: 2021-07-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/725363/000165495421007536/0001654954-21-007536-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/725363/000165495421007536/cvm_8k.htm

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