Company: SMNR
Filing Date: 2025-07-23
Form Type: S-4/A
Source: 0001193125-25-163401
Chunk: 230

Company: Semnur Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-07-23
Form: S-4/A
Chunk 230
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 or appear to create, conflicts of interest with respect to matters involving or affecting more than one of the companies to which such directors or officers owe fiduciary duties. For example, these matters could relate to potential acquisitions of businesses or products, the development and ownership of technologies and product candidates, the sale of products, markets and other matters in which our best interest and the best interests of our stockholders may conflict with the best interests of Scilex and its stockholders. In particular, it is possible that we may be precluded from participating in certain business opportunities that we might otherwise have participated in as those opportunities may be presented to Scilex because such directors may deem such opportunities to have a greater benefit to Scilex than to us.

In addition, such directors and officers may own shares of Scilex common stock, options to purchase shares of Scilex common stock or other Scilex equity awards. These individuals’ holdings of Scilex common stock, options to purchase shares of Scilex common stock or other equity awards of Scilex may be significant for some of these persons compared to these persons’ total assets. Their position at Scilex and the ownership of any Scilex equity or equity awards creates, or may create the appearance of, conflicts of interest when these directors and officers are faced with decisions that could have different implications for Scilex than the decisions have for us. For example, potential conflicts of interest could arise in connection with the resolution of any dispute that may arise between Scilex and us regarding the terms of the agreements governing the transition services and the relationship thereafter between the companies. Potential conflicts of interest may also arise if we enter into commercial arrangements with Scilex in the future. As a result of these actual or apparent conflicts, we may be precluded from pursuing certain growth initiatives.

Any potential conflict that qualifies as a “related party transaction” (as defined in Item 404 of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act) is subject to review by our audit committee in accordance with our related person transaction policy. There can be no assurance that the terms of any such transactions will be as favorable to us or our stockholders as would be the case where there are no overlapping officers or directors.

Scilex currently performs or supports many of our important corporate functions. Accordingly, our financial statements may not necessarily be indicative of the conditions that would have existed or our results of operations if we had been operated as an unaffiliated company of Scilex, and we will incur significant charges in connection