CEL SCI : NEW STORY CEL-SCI Corporation Announces Closing of Public Offering for Gross Proceeds of $6 Million

CEL-SCI CORPORATION ANNOUNCES CLOSING OF PUBLIC OFFERING FOR GROSS PROCEEDS OF $6 MILLION

Vienna, VA, October 24, 2014 -- CEL-SCI Corporation (NYSE MKT: CVM), a late-stage oncology company, today announced that it has closed an underwritten public offering of 7,894,737 shares of common stock and 1,973,684 warrants to purchase shares of common stock. For every four shares of common stock sold, we issued to investors in this offering one warrant to purchase a share of common stock. The common stock and warrants were sold at a combined price of $0.76 and resulted in aggregate gross proceeds of $6 million, prior to deducting underwriting commissions and offering expenses and excluding the exercise of any warrants. The common stock and warrants will separate immediately. The warrants are immediately exercisable, expire October 11, 2018, have an exercise price of $1.25 and trade on the NYSE MKT under the symbol "CVM WS".

CEL-SCI intends to use the net proceeds of the offering for its Phase III clinical trial, other research and development, and general and administrative expenses.

Laidlaw & Company (UK) Ltd. is acting as the sole book-running manager in this offering. Dawson James Securities, Inc. is acting as a co-manager.

A shelf registration statement and accompanying base prospectus on Form S-3 relating to the securities was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and is effective. A final prospectus supplement relating to the offering has been filed with the SEC and is available on the SEC's web site at http://www.sec.gov. Copies of the final prospectus supplement relating to the offering may be obtained from the offices of Laidlaw & Company (UK) Ltd., 546 Fifth Avenue, 5th Floor, New York, NY, 10036, telephone: 212-953-4900, or from the above-mentioned SEC website.

This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy these securities, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.

About CEL-SCI Corporation

CEL-SCI Corporation is dedicated to research and development directed at improving the treatment of cancer and other diseases by utilizing the immune system, the body's natural defense system.

Safe Harbor Statement

When used in this release, the words "intends," "believes," "anticipated" and "expects" and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements include, without limitation, the company's ability to complete the proposed public offering of its common stock and warrants described above. These forward-looking statements are based on our current expectations and actual results could differ materially. Such statements are subject to risks and uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected, including the risk factors set forth in CEL-SCI's Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2013 and other periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly release the result of any revision to these forward-looking statements which may be made to reflect the events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events except as required by law.