Scilex agrees to exchange $200 million Semnur stock for bitcoin

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Scilex Holding Company Announces Signing of a Securities Purchase Agreement with an Institutional Investor to Exchange $200 Million of Common Stock of Semnur Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Held By Scilex Holdi

September 23, 2025 10:00 AM EDT

PALO ALTO, Calif., Sept. 23, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Scilex Holding Company (Scilex or the Company) (Nasdaq: SCLX), an innovative revenue-generating company focused on acquiring, developing and commercializing non-opioid pain management products for the treatment of acute and chronic pain and neurodegenerative and cardiometabolic disease, today announced that it has signed a Securities Purchase Agreement (SPA) with the institutional investor to exchange $200 million of common stock of its majority owned subsidiary, Semnur Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Semnur) (OTC: SMNR, SMNRW), held by Scilex for $200 million in Bitcoin (BTC).

The institutional investor will purchase a total of 12,500,000... More