ThZeal - The Zeal

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

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FORM 8-K
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CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 20, 2025

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SCILEX HOLDING COMPANY
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	001-39852 (Commission File Number)	92-1062542 (IRS Employer Identification No.)

960 San Antonio Road, Palo Alto, California, 94303
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

(650) 516-4310

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code

N/A
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act:


(Title of each class)	(Trading Symbol)	(Name of exchange on which registered)
Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share	SCLX	The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Warrants to purchase one share of common stock, each at an exercise price of $402.50	SCLXW	The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☒

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☒

Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

On June 20, 2025, Scilex Holding Company (the “Company”) reconvened its 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Meeting”). At the Meeting, a total of (i) 29,057,097 shares of the Company’s Series A preferred stock, $0.0001 par value per share (the “Series A Preferred Stock”), or 100% of the 29,057,097 shares of Series A Preferred Stock, issued and outstanding, and (ii) 4,678,182 shares of the Company’s common stock, $0.0001 par value per share (the “Common Stock”), or approximately 67.3% of the 6,951,622 shares of Common Stock, issued and outstanding, both as of the close of business on May 15, 2025, the record date for the Meeting, were represented virtually or by proxy.

The holder of Series A Preferred Stock was entitled to vote, together with the holders of Common Stock and not separately as a class, on an as converted to Common Stock basis for an aggregate of 922,447 votes as a result of the adjustments to the deemed conversion price of such preferred stock in accordance with the Certificate of Designations of Series A Preferred Stock, filed with the Delaware Secretary of State on November 10, 2022.

At the Meeting, the Company’s stockholders considered two proposals, each of which is described in more detail in the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 16, 2025.

Set forth below is a brief description of each proposal voted upon at the Meeting and the voting results with respect to each proposal.

Proposal No. 1: To elect the following nominees as Class III directors to serve until the Company’s 2028 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.


Nominee	For	Withhold	Broker Non-Votes
Jaisim Shah	3,537,589	323,203	1,739,837
Henry Ji, Ph.D.	3,433,624	427,168	1,739,837

Proposal No. 2: To ratify the appointment of BPM LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the Company’s fiscal year ending December 31, 2025.


For	Against	Abstentions
5,354,958	166,743	78,928

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.


Exhibit Number	Description
104	Cover Page Interactive Data File, formatted in Inline Extensible Business Reporting Language (iXBRL).


	SCILEX HOLDING COMPANY

	By:	/s/ Jaisim Shah
	Name:	Jaisim Shah
Date: June 23, 2025	Title:	Chief Executive Officer and President