SEC Form 424B3 filed by Scilex Holding Company

Filed Pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3)

Registration No. 333-268603

PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT NO. 16

(to Prospectus dated March 29, 2024)

Scilex Holding Company

Up to 71,459,469 Shares of Common Stock

Up to 11,003,988 Shares of Common Stock Issuable Upon the Exercise of Warrants

Up to 5,490,617 Warrants

This prospectus supplement supplements the prospectus dated March 29, 2024 (the “Prospectus”), which forms a part of our registration statement on Form S-1 (No. 333-268603) for which Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 27, 2024 and declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 29, 2024. This prospectus supplement is being filed to update and supplement the information in the Prospectus with the information contained in our Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 29, 2024 (the “Current Report”). Accordingly, we have attached the Current Report to this prospectus supplement.

The Prospectus and this prospectus supplement relate to the issuance by us of up to an aggregate of 11,003,988 shares of our common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“Common Stock”), issuable upon the exercise of (i) 4,104,000 private placement warrants (the “Private Warrant Shares”) originally sold in a private placement at a price of $0.75 per warrant in connection with the initial public offering of Vickers Vantage Corp. I (“Vickers”) (and a portion of which were subsequently transferred to Sorrento Therapeutics, Inc. (“Sorrento”) at no cost in connection with the Business Combination (as defined below)) (the “Private Warrants”) and (ii) 6,899,988 public warrants (the “Public Warrant Shares”) originally sold to the public investors in connection with the initial public offering of units of Vickers (the “Public Warrants” and together with the Private Warrants, the “Warrants”) at a price of $10.00 per unit, with each unit consisting of one ordinary share of Vickers and one-half of one warrant to purchase one ordinary share of Vickers. As previously disclosed in prospectus supplement no. 16 to the Prospectus, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 6, 2023, Sorrento subsequently sold (a) 60,068,585 shares of Common Stock; (b) 29,057,097 shares of Series A Preferred Stock; and (c) warrants exercisable for 4,490,617 shares of Common Stock, in each case to us by delivery of such purchased securities to SCLX Stock Acquisition JV LLC, a Texas limited liability company (“SCLX JV”) and our indirect wholly-owned subsidiary, of which warrants exercisable for 4,000,000 shares of Common Stock were subsequently transferred by SCLX JV to Oramed Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Oramed”).

Each Warrant entitles the holder thereof to purchase one share of our Common Stock at a price of $11.50 per share. We will not receive the proceeds from the resale of the Private Warrant Shares or the Public Warrant Shares hereunder; however, we will receive the proceeds from any exercise of the Private Warrants and the Public Warrants.

The Prospectus and this prospectus supplement also relates to the offer and sale from time to time by:

(a) the selling stockholders named in this prospectus (including their permitted transferees, donees, pledgees and other successors-in-interest) (collectively, the “Selling Stockholders”) of up to an aggregate of 71,459,469 shares (the “Resale Shares”) of our Common Stock, consisting of:

(i) up to 3,983,057 shares of Common Stock (the “Sponsor Shares”) held by Vickers Venture Fund VI Pte Ltd, Vickers Venture Fund VI (Plan) Pte Ltd, Pei Wei Woo, Suneel Kaji and Steve Myint (collectively, the “Sponsors”), comprised of 3,450,000 shares that were issued on November 9, 2022 upon conversion of the same number of our former ordinary shares (initially acquired by the Sponsors prior to the initial public offering of units of Vickers Vantage Corp. I at a purchase price of $0.007 per ordinary share) in connection with the Domestication and the Business Combination (each as defined below) and 533,057 shares that were also issued on November 9, 2022 upon the contribution of certain indebtedness by Vickers Venture Fund VI Pte Ltd and Vickers Venture Fund VI (Plan) Pte Ltd at a contribution value of $10.00 per share, in connection with the Business Combination pursuant to a debt contribution agreement;

(ii) up to 61,985,795 shares of Common Stock (the “Merger Shares”) issued to Sorrento on November 10, 2022 in connection with the Business Combination at an equity consideration value of $10.00 per share, of which 60,068,585 are now held by SCLX JV;

(iii) up to 4,104,000 Private Warrant Shares issuable to certain Selling Securityholders upon the exercise of the Private Warrants at an exercise price of $11.50 per share; and

(iv) up to 1,386,617 Public Warrant Shares issuable to certain Selling Securityholders upon the exercise of the Public Warrants at an exercise price of $11.50 per share; and

(b) the selling warrantholders named in this prospectus (including their permitted transferees, donees, pledgees and other successors-in-interest) (collectively, the “Selling Warrantholders” and, together with the Selling Stockholders, the “Selling Securityholders”) of up to 4,104,000 Private Warrants (which were originally issued at a price of $0.75 per Private Warrant, of which 3,104,000 were transferred from the Sponsors to Sorrento at no cost in connection with the Business Combination), and 1,386,617 Public Warrants (which were acquired by Sorrento in open-market purchases at a weighted average purchase price of $0.3078 per Public Warrant). Sorrento subsequently transferred 4,490,617 warrants held by it to SCLX JV, of which 4,000,000 warrants were subsequently transferred by SCLX JV to Oramed and then subsequently repurchased by us from Oramed.

Our Common Stock is listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol “SCLX”. On November 27, 2024, the last reported sales price per share of our Common Stock was $0.61. Our Public Warrants are listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol “SCLXW.” On November 27, 2024, the closing sale price per warrant of our Public Warrants was $0.29.

This prospectus supplement updates and supplements the information in the Prospectus and is not complete without, and may not be delivered or utilized except in combination with, the Prospectus, including any amendments or supplements thereto. This prospectus supplement should be read in conjunction with the Prospectus and if there is any inconsistency between the information in the Prospectus and this prospectus supplement, you should rely on the information in this prospectus supplement.

See the section entitled “Risk Factors” beginning on page 14 of the Prospectus as well as risks and uncertainties described under similar headings in any amendments or supplements to the Prospectus to read about factors you should consider before buying our securities.

Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or passed upon the accuracy or adequacy of this prospectus supplement or the Prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

The date of this prospectus supplement is November 29, 2024

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): November 27, 2024

SCILEX HOLDING COMPANY

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

960 San Antonio Road, Palo Alto, California, 94303

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (650) 516-4310

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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

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 5.02.   Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On November 27, 2024, David Lemus notified the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Scilex Holding Company (the “Company”) that he was resigning from the Board, all committees of the Board and any director or officer position held with any subsidiary of the Company, effective as of November 27, 2024, for personal and professional reasons. A copy of Mr. Lemus’s resignation letter is attached hereto as Exhibit 17.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01.   Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Date: November 29, 2024

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Exhibit 17.1

David Lemus

SCILEX HOLDING COMPANY

960 San Antonio Road

Palo Alto, CA 94303

November 27, 2024

Henry Ji

Executive Chairman

SCILEX HOLDING COMPANY

960 San Antonio Road

Palo Alto, CA 94303

Dear Henry,

Please accept this letter as formal notification that I am resigning for personal and professional reasons from my position as Non-Executive Director of SCILEX HOLDING COMPANY, effective immediately.

I wish you, the board, and the entire company all the best in the future.

Thank you very much for the opportunity to serve Scilex and its patients.