Scilex Announces Closing of Previously Announced Non-Dilutive Value Enhancing Transaction with an Institutional Investor for the Exchange of $200 Million of Common Stock of Semnur Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Held by Scilex Holding Company for $200 Million in

PALO ALTO, Calif., Sept. 25, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Scilex Holding Company (“Scilex” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: SCLX), 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 neurodegenerative and cardiometabolic disease, today announced that it has closed its previously disclosed transaction pursuant to a Securities Purchase Agreement (“SPA”) with an institutional investor for the exchange of $200 million of common stock of its majority owned subsidiary, Semnur Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Semnur”) (OTC: SMNR, SMNRW), held by Scilex for $200 million in Bitcoin (BTC), representing a total of 12,500,000 shares of Semnur common stock at a price of $16.00 per Semnur share. Scilex has now received $200 million in Bitcoin in its cryptocurrency account.

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