---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001654954-26-006015"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CVM"
cik: "0000725363"
company_name: "CEL SCI CORP"
filed_at: "2026-06-16T21:03:40+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-16T21:04:33.951520+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CEL-SCI raises $2.5M in common stock offering for Multikine development

## Summary
- 2.5M shares sold at $1.00/share, gross proceeds $2.5M; offering closed June 16, 2026.
- Proceeds to fund continued development of Multikine, general corporate purposes, and working capital.
- ThinkEquity acted as placement agent; fee of 7% of gross proceeds plus up to $67K expense reimbursement.
- Directors and officers subject to 45-day lock-up; company subject to 30-day lock-up on further issuance.
- Offered under effective shelf registration (333-288515) with prospectus supplement filed June 14, 2026.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001654954-26-006015
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CVM
- cik: 0000725363
- company_name: CEL SCI CORP
- filed_at: 2026-06-16T21:03:40+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/725363/000165495426006015/0001654954-26-006015-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/725363/000165495426006015/cvm_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001654954-26-006015.txt

## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  CEL SCI CORP entered into Placement Agency Agreement with ThinkEquity LLC valued at $2,500,000 (effective 2026-06-14).
  - Action: entry
  - Agreement: underwriting
  - Counterparty: ThinkEquity LLC
  - Value: $2,500,000
  - Effective: 2026-06-14
  source text: On June 14, 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 2,500,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, at an offering price of $1.00 per share (the "Shares").
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/725363/000165495426006015/0001654954-26-006015-index.htm

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