CEL‑SCI (CVM) SVP John Cipriano Receives 80,000 Stock Options

What Happened John Cipriano, Senior Vice President of CEL‑SCI Corp. (CVM), was granted 80,000 stock options on 2026-08-14. The options have an exercise price of $0.01 per share (reported aggregate value $800) and were reported on a Form 4 filed 2026-08-17. This is a grant/award (an acquisition of a derivative), typically a compensation-related transaction rather than an open-market purchase.

Key Details

• Transaction date and price: 2026-08-14; 80,000 options at $0.01 per share (aggregate $800 reported).
• Filing date: 2026-08-17 (filed within the standard reporting window).
• Shares owned after transaction: Not specified in the filing.
• Footnote: Options vest in three equal annual installments beginning one year after the grant date.
• Transaction type: Derivative grant (code A on Form 4).

Context These were stock option awards that vest over time — they give the holder the right to buy shares at $0.01 each once vested. The reported $800 is the simple strike*shares calculation and does not reflect the market value of the underlying stock. Grants like this are common as compensation and do not by themselves indicate that the insider bought or sold shares on the open market.