---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001654954-26-004823"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CVM"
cik: "0000725363"
company_name: "CEL SCI CORP"
filed_at: "2026-05-13T20:44:06+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-13T21:19:58.637769+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CEL-SCI raises $7.2M in public offering of 6M shares at $1.20/share

## Summary
- Gross proceeds of $7.2 million from 6,000,000 shares at $1.20 per share.
- Net proceeds to fund continued development of Multikine, working capital, and general corporate purposes.
- ThinkEquity as sole placement agent; 7.0% cash fee plus up to $150,000 expense reimbursement.
- Lock-up: Company 30-day issuance ban; directors/officers 45-day sale ban from May 11, 2026.
- Offering closed May 13, 2026; registered under effective S-1 (333-295168).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001654954-26-004823
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CVM
- cik: 0000725363
- company_name: CEL SCI CORP
- filed_at: 2026-05-13T20:44:06+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/725363/000165495426004823/0001654954-26-004823-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/725363/000165495426004823/cvm_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  CEL SCI CORP entered into Placement Agency Agreement with ThinkEquity LLC valued at $7,200,000 gross proceeds from offering of 6,000,000 shares at $1.20 per share (effective 2026-05-11).
  - Action: entry
  - Agreement: underwriting
  - Counterparty: ThinkEquity LLC
  - Value: $7,200,000 gross proceeds from offering of 6,000,000 shares at $1.20 per share
  - Effective: 2026-05-11
  source text: On May 11, 2026, CEL-SCI Corporation, a Colorado corporation (the “Company”), entered into a Placement Agency Agreement with ThinkEquity LLC (the “Placement Agent”) relating to the sale and issuance of 6,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, at an offering price of $1.20 per share (the “Shares”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/725363/000165495426004823/0001654954-26-004823-index.htm

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