Scilex Holding (SCLX) Closes $17M Offering

Scilex Holding Company (Nasdaq: SCLX) today announced the closing of its previously announced registered direct offering of an aggregate of 26,355,347 shares of its common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, pre-funded warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 2,401,132 shares of common stock, and common warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 57,512,958 shares of common stock. The shares of common stock and accompanying common warrants (for which there will be two accompanying warrants for each share of common stock) were sold at a combined offering price of $0.59 per share, and the pre-funded warrants and accompanying common warrants (for which there will be two accompanying warrants for each pre-funded warrant to purchase one share of common stock) were sold at a combined offering price of $0.5899 per pre-funded warrant. All of the shares of common stock, pre-funded warrants and accompanying common warrants sold in the offering were sold directly by Scilex.

The pre-funded warrants have an exercise price of $0.0001 per share and are immediately exercisable following the closing of the offering. The common warrants have an exercise price of $0.6490 per share. Common warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 57,512,958 shares of common stock will become exercisable on the six month anniversary from the date of issuance and one-half of such warrants will have a term that expires on the date that is five years after the date of issuance and the remaining one-half of such warrants will have a term that expires on the date that is two and one-half years after the date of issuance.

The gross proceeds for the offering were approximately $17.0 million, prior to deducting the fees and other offering expenses payable by the Company. The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the offering, together with its existing cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments, for working capital and general corporate purposes, which may include capital expenditures, commercialization expenditures, research and development expenditures, regulatory affairs expenditures, clinical trial expenditures, acquisitions of new technologies and investments, business combinations and the repayment, refinancing, redemption or repurchase of indebtedness or capital stock.

The securities described above were offered by the Company pursuant to a “shelf” registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-276245), as amended, which was originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on December 22, 2023, and declared effective by the SEC on January 11, 2024. The securities were offered only by means of a prospectus, including a prospectus supplement, forming a part of the effective registration statement. A prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus relating to, and describing the terms of, the offering have been filed with the SEC and are available on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov.

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

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