# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0000850261
**File Stem:** 0001104659-23-001596
**Filing Date:** 2023-1
**Character Count:** 7300
**Document Hash:** 0b17be548a08007a1fbe9d8d5f59d0f3
**Contains OCR:** False
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001104659-23-001596.hdr.sgml**: 20230106

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001104659-23-001596

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 8-K

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 12

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20230105

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Regulation FD Disclosure

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Financial Statements and Exhibits

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20230106

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20230105

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** Sorrento Therapeutics, Inc.
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0000850261
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS (NO DIAGNOSTIC SUBSTANCES) [2836]
- **IRS NUMBER:** 330344842
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** DE
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 8-K
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-36150
- **FILM NUMBER:** 23513346

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 4955 DIRECTORS PLACE
- **CITY:** SAN DIEGO
- **STATE:** CA
- **ZIP:** 92121
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 858-203-4100

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 4955 DIRECTORS PLACE
- **CITY:** SAN DIEGO
- **STATE:** CA
- **ZIP:** 92121

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** QUIKBYTE SOFTWARE INC
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 19920703

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**UNITED STATES** 

**SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION** 

**Washington, D.C. 20549** 

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**FORM 8-K**

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**CURRENT REPORT**

**PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)** 

**OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934** 

**Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): January 5, 2023**

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**SORRENTO THERAPEUTICS, INC.**

**(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)**

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| **Delaware** | **001-36150** | **33-0344842** |
| **(State or Other Jurisdiction**<br> **of Incorporation)** | **(Commission**<br> **File Number)** | **(IRS Employer**<br> **Identification No.)** |

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**4955 Directors Place**

**San Diego** **, CA 92121**

**(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)** 

**Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (858) 203-4100**

**N/A** 

**(Former Name, or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)** 

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Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

◻ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

◻ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

◻ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

◻ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

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| <u>**<u>Title of each class</u>**</u> | <u>**<u>Trading Symbol</u>**</u> | <u>**<u>Name of each exchange on which registered</u>**</u> |
| Common Stock, $0.0001 par value | SRNE | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC |

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ◻

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ◻

**Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.**

As previously reported on the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 30, 2022, the board of directors (the "Board") of Sorrento Therapeutics, Inc. (the "Company") declared a stock dividend (the "Dividend") consisting of an aggregate of 76,000,000 shares (the "Dividend Stock") of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of Scilex Holding Company (the "Scilex Common Stock") held by the Company to record holders of (i) the Company's common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (such stock, the "Company Common Stock" and such record holders, the "Record Common Holders") as of the close of business on January 9, 2023 (the "Record Date"), and (ii) certain warrants to purchase Company Common Stock that, among other things, have not been exercised prior to the ex-dividend date under the rules of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (and which have or may have the right to participate in the Dividend pursuant to the terms of their respective warrants).

On January 5, 2023, the Board fixed the date on which the Dividend shall be paid to be January 19, 2023 (the "Payment Date"), such Payment Date being within 60 days following the Record Date.

The Dividend Stock will be subject to certain transfer restrictions through May 11, 2023. Payment of the Dividend is conditioned upon the Board not revoking the dividend prior to the Payment Date.

The information under this Item 7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is being furnished and shall not be deemed filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall such information be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), whether made before or after the date hereof, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing. This report will not be deemed an admission as to the materiality of any information required to be disclosed solely to satisfy the requirements of Regulation FD.

The information in this Current Report on Form 8-K may contain "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act. All statements, other than statements of historical or current fact, are statements that could be deemed forward-looking statements, including, without limitation, statements relating to our declaration and payment of dividends. Forward-looking statements are based on the current beliefs, assumptions, and expectations of management and current market conditions. There can be no assurance that future dividends will be declared, and the payment of this dividend is expressly conditioned on the Board not revoking the dividend before the Payment Date.

**Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.**

(d) Exhibit.

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| &nbsp;&nbsp; **Exhibit No.** | &nbsp;&nbsp; **Description** |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;104 | &nbsp;&nbsp;Cover Page Interactive Data, formatted in Inline Extensible Business Reporting Language (iXBRL). |

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**SIGNATURES**

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

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|  | **SORRENTO THERAPEUTICS, INC.** | **SORRENTO THERAPEUTICS, INC.** |
| Date: January 5, 2023 | By: | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ Henry Ji, Ph.D. |
|  |  | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Name: Henry Ji, Ph.D. |
|  |  | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Title: Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer |

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