Company: SCLXW
Filing Date: 2025-02-27
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001193125-25-039223
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Company: Scilex Holding Co
Filing Date: 2025-02-27
Form: DEF 14A
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 on November 10, 2022 (the “Certificate of Designations”)) by $10.00 and, as of the Record Date, such preferred stock is entitled to an aggregate of 32,596,371 votes as a result of adjustments to the deemed conversion price of such preferred stock in accordance with the terms of the Certificate of Designations. The shares of Common Stock and Series A Preferred Stock are the only shares of capital stock of the Company presently outstanding and entitled to vote at the Special Meeting. Registered Stockholders. If shares of our Common Stock and/or Series A Preferred Stock are registered directly in your name with our transfer agent, you are considered the stockholder of record with respect to those shares, and these proxy materials have been provided to you directly by us. As the stockholder of record, you have the right to grant your voting proxy directly to the individuals listed on the proxy card, vote live at the Special Meeting, or vote by proxy via the Internet. Throughout this Proxy Statement, we refer to these registered stockholders as “stockholders of record.” Street Name Stockholders. If shares of our Common Stock are held on your behalf in a brokerage account or by a bank or other nominee, you are considered to be the beneficial owner of shares that are held in “street name,” and these proxy materials have been forwarded to you by your broker or nominee, who is considered the stockholder 2

of record with respect to those shares. As the beneficial owner, you have the right to direct your broker, bank or other nominee as to how to vote your shares. Beneficial owners are also invited to attend the Special Meeting. However, since a beneficial owner is not the stockholder of record, you should follow your broker’s procedures for obtaining a legal proxy to vote your shares of our Common Stock live at the Special Meeting. If you request a printed copy of our proxy materials by mail, your broker, bank or other nominee will provide a voting instruction form for you to use. Throughout this Proxy Statement, we refer to stockholders who hold their shares through a broker, bank or other nominee as “street name stockholders.” How many votes are needed for approval of each proposal?

| • |     | Proposal No. 1: The approval of the Reverse Stock Split Proposal requires that the                                                                                                                                                
 votes cast “For” the Reverse Stock Split Proposal exceed the votes cast “Against” the Reverse Stock Split Proposal. Stockholder abstentions are considered shares present and entitled to vote on this proposal, but they are not