Scilex Holding Company Announces Extension of the Maturity Date of its Secured Promissory Note Issued to Oramed Pharmaceuticals Inc. to December 31, 2025

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Scilex Holding Company (SCLX) has announced an agreement to extend the maturity date of its Senior Secured Promissory Note issued to Oramed Pharmaceuticals. The note, originally issued on September 21, 2023, will now mature on December 31, 2025, instead of the previous date of March 21, 2025.

The extension agreement includes additional covenants regarding the conduct of the Company's business. Scilex is a revenue-generating company that focuses on non-opioid pain management products for acute and chronic pain treatment. The company is also planning to expand into neurodegenerative and cardiometabolic disease treatments through a proposed joint venture with IPMC Company.

Positive

• Extension of debt maturity provides additional financial flexibility
• Company maintains revenue-generating status

Negative

• Additional business conduct covenants may restrict operational flexibility
• Continued debt obligations indicate ongoing financial liabilities

Insights

Financial Analyst

The extension of the Senior Secured Promissory Note maturity date from March 2025 to December 2025 represents a nine-month breathing room for Scilex's debt obligations. For a small-cap company with a market cap of about $72 million, debt management is important for financial stability. The additional covenants regarding business conduct suggest tighter operational restrictions in exchange for this extension.

This development could be interpreted two ways: positively as proactive debt management giving the company more time to execute its business strategy, or negatively as a potential sign of cash flow challenges requiring debt restructuring. Given the company's focus on revenue-generating pain management products and its expansion into neurodegenerative and cardiometabolic diseases through the IPMC joint venture, this extension might provide necessary flexibility for their growth initiatives.

In simple terms: Imagine having a credit card payment due in March, but the bank agrees to let you pay in December instead. While this gives you more time to gather funds, it also means the bank might put more restrictions on how you can spend your money. For Scilex, this could either be a smart move to better align their debt payments with future revenue streams, or it might indicate they need more time to strengthen their financial position.

PALO ALTO, Calif., Jan. 21, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Scilex Holding Company (Nasdaq: SCLX, “Scilex” or “Company”), an innovative revenue-generating company focused on acquiring, developing and commercializing non-opioid pain management products for the treatment of acute and chronic pain and, following the formation of its proposed joint venture with IPMC Company, neurodegenerative and cardiometabolic disease, today announced that it has signed an agreement to extend the maturity date of its Senior Secured Promissory Note issued to Oramed Pharmaceuticals Inc. on September 21, 2023 (the “Oramed Note”), from March 21, 2025 to December 31, 2025, which extension shall provide for, among other things, additional covenants with respect to the conduct of the Company’s business.

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About Scilex Holding Company

Scilex Holding Company is an innovative revenue-generating company focused on acquiring, developing and commercializing non-opioid pain management products for the treatment of acute and chronic pain and, following the formation of its proposed joint venture with IPMC Company, neurodegenerative and cardiometabolic disease. Scilex targets indications with high unmet needs and large market opportunities with non-opioid therapies for the treatment of patients with acute and chronic pain and is dedicated to advancing and improving patient outcomes. Scilex’s commercial products include: (i) ZTlido^® (lidocaine topical system) 1.8%, a prescription lidocaine topical product approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (the “FDA”) for the relief of neuropathic pain associated with postherpetic neuralgia, which is a form of post-shingles nerve pain; (ii) ELYXYB^®, a potential first-line treatment and the only FDA-approved, ready-to-use oral solution for the acute treatment of migraine, with or without aura, in adults; and (iii) Gloperba^®, the first and only liquid oral version of the anti-gout medicine colchicine indicated for the prophylaxis of painful gout flares in adults.

In addition, Scilex has three product candidates: (i) SP-102 (10 mg, dexamethasone sodium phosphate viscous gel) (“SEMDEXATM” or “SP-102”), a novel, viscous gel formulation of a widely used corticosteroid for epidural injections to treat lumbosacral radicular pain, or sciatica, for which Scilex has completed a Phase 3 study and was granted Fast Track status from the FDA in 2017; (ii) SP-103 (lidocaine topical system) 5.4%, (“SP-103”), a next-generation, triple-strength formulation of ZTlido, for the treatment of acute pain and for which Scilex has recently completed a Phase 2 trial in acute low back pain. SP-103 has been granted Fast Track status from the FDA in low back pain; and (iii) SP-104 (4.5 mg, low-dose naltrexone hydrochloride delayed-release capsules) (“SP-104”), a novel low-dose delayed-release naltrexone hydrochloride being developed for the treatment of fibromyalgia.

Scilex Holding Company is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

About Semnur Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Semnur Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Semnur”) is a clinical late-stage specialty pharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of novel non-opioid pain therapies. Semnur’s product candidate, SP-102 (SEMDEXA™), is the first non-opioid novel gel formulation administered epidurally in development for patients with moderate to severe chronic radicular pain/sciatica.

Semnur Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release and any statements made for and during any presentation or meeting concerning the matters discussed in this press release contain forward-looking statements related to Scilex and its subsidiaries under the safe harbor provisions of Section 21E of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected. Forward-looking statements include statements regarding Scilex’s ability to repay the remaining balance of the Oramed Note, Scilex’s proposed joint venture with IPMC Company and the potential development and commercialization of treatments for obesity, neurodegenerative, cardiometabolic disease, Scilex’s plans to launch GLOPERBA^® in 2024 and plans to initiate Phase 2 trial in 2024 for SP-104.

Risks and uncertainties that could cause Scilex’s actual results to differ materially and adversely from those expressed in our forward-looking statements, include, but are not limited to: Scilex’s ability to make the final installment payment on the Oramed Note, Scilex’s ability to consummate a joint venture or any other transaction with IPMC Company and develop and commercialize treatments for obesity, neurodegenerative, cardiometabolic disease; risks associated with the unpredictability of trading markets and whether a market will be established for Scilex’s common stock; general economic, political and business conditions; risks related to COVID-19 (and other similar disruptions); the risk that the potential product candidates that Scilex develops may not progress through clinical development or receive required regulatory approvals within expected timelines or at all; risks relating to uncertainty regarding the regulatory pathway for Scilex’s product candidates; the risk that Scilex will be unable to successfully market or gain market acceptance of its product candidates; the risk that Scilex’s product candidates may not be beneficial to patients or successfully commercialized; the risk that Scilex has overestimated the size of the target patient population, their willingness to try new therapies and the willingness of physicians to prescribe these therapies; risks that the outcome of the trials and studies for SP-102, SP-103 or SP-104 may not be successful or reflect positive outcomes; risks that the prior results of the clinical and investigator-initiated trials of SP-102 (SEMDEXA™), SP-103 or SP-104 may not be replicated; regulatory and intellectual property risks; and other risks and uncertainties indicated from time to time and other risks described in Scilex’s most recent periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including Scilex’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023 and subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q that the Company has filed or may file with the SEC, including the risk factors set forth in those filings. Investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this release, and Scilex undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement in this press release except as may be required by law.

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SEMDEXA™ (SP-102) is a trademark owned by Semnur Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Scilex Holding Company. A proprietary name review by the FDA is planned.

ZTlido^® is a registered trademark owned by Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Scilex Holding Company.

Gloperba^® is the subject of an exclusive, transferable license to Scilex Holding Company to use the registered trademark.

ELYXYB^® is a registered trademark owned by Scilex Holding Company.

All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

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FAQ

When is the new maturity date for SCLX's Senior Secured Promissory Note to Oramed?

The new maturity date for SCLX's Senior Secured Promissory Note has been extended to December 31, 2025.

What was the original maturity date of SCLX's Oramed Note?

The original maturity date of the Oramed Note was March 21, 2025.

When was SCLX's Oramed Note initially issued?

The Senior Secured Promissory Note was initially issued to Oramed Pharmaceuticals on September 21, 2023.

What additional terms come with SCLX's note extension?

The extension includes additional covenants with respect to the conduct of the Company's business.