Company Continues to Strengthen Balance Sheet VIENNA, Va., Sept. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CEL-SCI Corporation (NYSE AMEX: CVM), a developer of vaccines for the prevention and treatment of infectious diseases and a late-stage oncology company, announced today the elimination of Series K convertible notes (the "Notes"). The Notes, which had an initial principal value of $8.3 million, were issued in August 2006, and were convertible into common stock. "The elimination of the Notes significantly strengthens the Company's balance sheet and removes a potential overhang for our shareholders," said Geert Kersten, CEL-SCI Corporation's Chief Executive Officer. "Over the past three months, we have considerably improved our financial condition, allowing us to move forward in the development of several of our promising clinical platforms." About CEL-SCI Corporation CEL-SCI Corporation is developing products that empower immune defenses. Its lead product is Multikine which is being readied for a global Phase III trial in advanced primary head and neck cancer. CEL-SCI is also developing a vaccine to prevent and treat swine and other influenzas using its L.E.A.P.S.(TM) technology platform and expects to soon finish the validation of its state-of-the-art facility in Maryland which it expects to utilize to launch aseptic filling for stem cell produced therapies and other biological products. The Company has operations in Vienna, Virginia, and Baltimore, Maryland. For more information, please visit http://www.cel-sci.com/. When used in this report, the words "intends," "believes," "anticipated" and "expects" and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Such statements are subject to risks and uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, an inability to duplicate the clinical results demonstrated in clinical studies, timely development of any potential products that can be shown to be safe and effective, receiving necessary regulatory approvals, difficulties in manufacturing any of the Company's potential products, inability to raise the necessary capital and the risk factors set forth from time to time in CEL-SCI Corporation's SEC filings, including but not limited to its report on Form 10- K/A for the year ended September 30, 2008. 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. DATASOURCE: CEL-SCI Corporation CONTACT: Gavin de Windt of CEL-SCI Corporation, +1-703-506-9460 Web Site: http://www.cel-sci.com/

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