UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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| Item 7.01. | Regulation FD Disclosure. |
On May 24, 2024, Scilex Holding Company (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that the Company had sent a letter to the U.S House of Representatives on illegal market manipulation of its common stock. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K (the “Current Report”).
The information under this Item 7.01 of this Current Report 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, or the Exchange Act, whether made before or after the date hereof, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing. This Current 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.
| Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits.
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| 99.1 | Press Release, dated May 24, 2024. | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File, 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.
| SCILEX HOLDING COMPANY | ||
| By: | /s/ Jaisim Shah | |
| Name: | Jaisim Shah | |
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer and President | |
Date: May 24, 2024
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