Item 1.01. |
Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. |
As previously disclosed in the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by Scilex Holding Company (the Company)
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) on March 21, 2023 (the March Form 8-K), the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement (the Purchase
Agreement) and a registration rights agreement (the Registration Rights Agreement), each dated March 21, 2023 (the Agreement Date), with YA II PN, Ltd. (Yorkville), in connection with the issuance and
sale by the Company, from time to time, of convertible debentures in a principal amount of up to $25,000,000 (the Convertible Debentures). The Convertible Debentures have been issued, sold and funded in three tranches as follows: (i)
$10,000,000, funded on March 21, 2023 (the First Closing Date), upon the signing of the Purchase Agreement (the First Closing), (ii) $7,500,000, funded on April 11, 2023, following the filing of the Registration
Statement (as defined below) with the SEC (the Second Closing) and (iii) $7,500,000, funded on April 20, 2023, following the date on which the Registration Statement was declared effective by the SEC (the Third Closing).
The Company previously announced the First Closing in the March Form 8-K and the Second Closing in its Current
Report on Form 8-K filed by the Company with the SEC on April 11, 2023.
Pursuant to the terms of the
Registration Rights Agreement, the Company filed a registration statement on Form S-1 (the Registration Statement) on April 10, 2023, registering the resale by Yorkville of any shares of the
Companys common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the Common Stock), issuable upon conversion of the Convertible Debentures under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), which Registration
Statement was declared effective by the SEC on April 19, 2023.
Pursuant to the terms of the Purchase Agreement, on April 20, 2023, the Company
consummated the Third Closing and issued a third convertible debenture dated as of such date (the Third Convertible Debenture) to Yorkville in the principal amount of $7,500,000.
The Third Convertible Debenture has the same terms as the Convertible Debentures issued at the First Closing and the Second Closing. The Third Convertible
Debenture bears interest at an annual rate of 7.00% and will mature on December 21, 2023, the date that is nine months following the First Closing Date. The Third Convertible Debenture provides a conversion right, in which any portion of the
outstanding and unpaid principal amount of the Convertible Debentures, together with any accrued but unpaid interest, may be converted into shares of Common Stock at a conversion price of $8.00 per share (the Conversion Price), which
shall be subject to adjustment by reason of stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.
The Convertible Debentures may not be converted into
shares of Common Stock to the extent such conversion would result in Yorkville and its affiliates having beneficial ownership of more than 4.99% of the Companys then outstanding shares of Common Stock; provided that this limitation may be
waived by Yorkville upon not less than 65 days prior notice to the Company. In addition, the Company shall not issue any Common Stock pursuant to the transactions contemplated by the Third Convertible Debenture or any other transaction
documents executed in connection therewith (including any shares issued pursuant to a conversion) if the issuance of such shares of Common Stock would exceed 29,016,448 (which number of shares represents 19.9% of the aggregate number of shares of
Common Stock issued and outstanding as of the Agreement Date) (the Exchange Cap). The Exchange Cap will not apply under certain circumstances, including if the Company obtains the approval of its stockholders as required by the
applicable rules of the Nasdaq Capital Market for issuances of shares of Common Stock in excess of such amount. The Third Convertible Debenture provides the Company, subject to certain conditions, with an optional redemption right pursuant to which
the Company, upon five business days prior written notice to Yorkville (the Redemption Notice), may redeem, in whole or in part, all amounts outstanding under the Third Convertible Debenture; provided that the trading price of the
Common Stock is less than the Conversion Price at the time of the Redemption Notice. The redemption amount shall be equal to the outstanding principal balance being redeemed by the Company, plus the redemption premium of 10% of the principal amount
being redeemed, plus all accrued and unpaid interest in respect of such redeemed principal amount.
The Third Convertible Debenture also contains certain
representations, warranties, covenants, and events of default including, among other things, if the Company becomes delinquent in its periodic report filings with the SEC. If an
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