SIGA Technologies, Inc.
420 Lexington Avenue, Suite 601
New York, New York 10170
January 12, 2005
VIA EDGAR AND FACSIMILE
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Division of Corporation Finance
United States Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Attention: Anne Nguyen, Esq., Michael Reedich, Esq.
Re: SIGA Technologies, Inc.
Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-120742)
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Dear Mr. Reedich:
On behalf of SIGA Technologies, Inc., (the "Company") pursuant to Rule 461
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the undersigned hereby
respectfully requests that the effective date of the above-referenced
Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-120742) be accelerated so that
it will become effective on January 14, 2005 at 3:00 p.m. (Eastern standard
time), or as soon thereafter as is practicable.
The undersigned, on behalf of the Company, hereby acknowledges that:
o should the Commission or the Staff, acting pursuant to delegated
authority, declare this filing effective, it does not foreclose the
Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing;
o the action of the Commission or the Staff, acting pursuant to
delegated authority, in declaring the filing effective, does not
relieve the company from its full responsibility for the adequacy
and accuracy of the disclosure of the filing; and
o the Company may not assert the declaration of effectiveness as a
defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person
under the federal securities laws of the United States.
Please contact James Grayer of Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP,
corporate counsel to SIGA Technologies, Inc., at (212) 715-7616 upon the
Registration Statement becoming effective.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Thomas N. Konatich
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Thomas N. Konatich
Chief Financial Officer
SIGA Technologies, Inc.