Company: SCLXW
Filing Date: 2025-05-16
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000950170-25-073612
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Company: Scilex Holding Co
Filing Date: 2025-05-16
Form: DEF 14A
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 the Annual Meeting online? If you encounter any difficulties accessing the virtual platform for the Annual Meeting during the check-in or the Annual Meeting, please call the technical support number that will be posted on the Virtual Shareholder Meeting log-in page. What is the effect of giving a proxy? Proxies are solicited by and on behalf of our Board. Jaisim Shah and Henry Ji, Ph.D., have been designated as proxy holders by our Board. When proxies are properly dated, executed and returned, the shares represented by such proxies

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will be voted at the Annual Meeting in accordance with the instructions of the stockholder. If no specific instructions are given, however, the shares will be voted in accordance with the recommendations of our Board as described above. If any matters not described in this Proxy Statement are properly presented at the Annual Meeting, the proxy holders will use their own judgment to determine how to vote the shares. If the Annual Meeting is adjourned, the proxy holders can vote the shares on the new Annual Meeting date as well, unless you have properly revoked your proxy instructions, as described above.

How are proxies solicited for the Annual Meeting?

Our Board is soliciting proxies for use at the Annual Meeting. In addition to these proxy materials, our directors and employees may also solicit proxies in person, by telephone or by other means of communication. Our directors and employees will not be paid any additional compensation for soliciting proxies.

Who is paying for this proxy solicitation?

We will pay for the entire cost of soliciting proxies. Proxies may be solicited on our behalf by our directors, officers or employees in person or by telephone, mail, electronic transmission and/or facsimile transmission. We may also reimburse brokerage firms, banks and other nominees for the cost of forwarding proxy materials to beneficial owners.

What does it mean if I receive more than one proxy card?

If you receive more than one proxy card, your shares may be registered in more than one name or in different accounts. Please follow the voting instructions on each of the proxy cards you receive to ensure that all of your shares are voted.

How may my brokerage firm or other intermediary vote my shares if I fail to provide timely directions?

Brokerage firms and other intermediaries holding shares of our Common Stock in street name for their customers are generally required to vote such shares in the manner directed by their customers. In the absence of timely directions from you, your broker will have discretion to vote your shares on our sole “routine” matter, Proposal