Company: SCYX
Filing Date: 2025-04-30
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001140361-25-016641
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Company: SCYNEXIS INC
Filing Date: 2025-04-30
Form: DEF 14A
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 SCHEDULE 14AINFORMATION Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Amendment No. ) Filed by the Registrant ☒ Filed by a party other than the Registrant☐ Check the appropriate box:

| ☐ |     | Preliminary Proxy Statement                                                     |
| ☐ |     | Confidential, for Use of the Commission Only (as permitted by Rule 14a-6(e)(2)) |
| ☒ |     | Definitive Proxy Statement                                                      |
| ☐ |     | Definitive Additional Materials                                                 |
| ☐ |     | Soliciting Material under §240.14a-12                                           |

SCYNEXIS, INC. (Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter) (Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement, if other than the Registrant) Payment of Filing Fee (Check all boxes that apply):

| ☒ |     | No fee required                                                                                     |
| ☐ |     | Fee paid previously with preliminary materials                                                      |
| ☐ |     | Fee computed on table in exhibit required by Item 25(b) per Exchange Act Rules 14a-6(i)(1) and 0-11 |

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SCYNEXIS, INC. 1 Evertrust Plaza, 13 thFloor Jersey City, New Jersey, 07302 (201) 884-5485 NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS TO BE HELD ON JUNE 25, 2025 Dear Stockholder: You are cordially invited to attend the 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of SCYNEXIS, Inc., a Delaware corporation. The meeting will be held on June 25, 2025, at 9:30 a.m., Eastern time. The annual meeting will be a virtual meeting of stockholders, which will be conducted only via a live audio webcast. Instructions on how to participate in the annual meeting and demonstrate proof of stock ownership are posted at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/SCYX2025. The annual meeting will be held for the following purposes:

| 1. | To elect the SCYNEXIS Board of Directors’ seven nominees as directors to serve until the 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified. |

| 3.