Scilex Holding Company - Common Stock (SCLX)

NEW YORK, NEW YORK, Jan. 08, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Denali Capital Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQDECA) (the “Company”) announced today that it has deposited into the Company’s trust account (the “Trust Account”) an aggregate of $15,063.74 to fund the one-month extension from January 11, 2025 to February 11, 2025. This deposit was funded via a convertible promissory note with a principal amount of up to $180,000 issued by the Company to Scilex Holding Company (Nasdaq: SCLX, “Scilex”), which bears no interest and is repayable on the earlier of the effective date of the consummation of the Company’s initial business combination or the date of the liquidation of the Company. Upon the closing of a business combination, the note is convertible, at Scilex’s discretion, into the Company’s Class A ordinary shares at a conversion price of $10.00 per share. Any future drawdowns of the remaining $89,672.56 principal amount available under the convertible promissory note are expected to fund future one-month extensions as necessary to provide additional time for the Company to complete a business combination.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK, Nov. 11, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Denali Capital Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQDECA) (the “Company”) announced today that it has deposited into the Company’s trust account (the “Trust Account”) an aggregate of $15,063.74 to fund the one-month extension from November 11, 2024, to December 11, 2024. This deposit was funded via a convertible promissory note with a principal amount of up to $180,000 issued by the Company to Scilex Holding Company (Nasdaq: SCLX, “Scilex”), which bears no interest and is repayable on the earlier of the effective date of the consummation of the Company’s initial business combination or the date of the liquidation of the Company. Upon the closing of a business combination, the note is convertible, at Scilex’s discretion, into the Company’s Class A ordinary shares at a conversion price of $10.00 per share. Any future drawdowns of the remaining $119,772.04 principal amount available under the convertible promissory note are expected to fund future one-month extensions as necessary to provide additional time for the Company to complete a business combination.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK, Sept. 03, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Semnur Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Semnur”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Scilex Holding Company (Nasdaq: SCLX, “Scilex”), 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 Denali Capital Acquisition Corp., a Cayman Islands exempted company and special purpose acquisition company (Nasdaq: DECA, the “SPAC”), today announced the signing of an agreement and plan of merger for a proposed business combination , by and among Semnur, the SPAC and Denali Merger Sub Inc., a Delaware Corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of the SPAC, which provides for a pre-transaction equity value of Semnur at $2.5 billion.  Prior to the closing of the transaction, the SPAC will be redomesticated as a Delaware corporation. Upon closing of the transaction, the combined company (the “Combined Company”) will be renamed Semnur Pharmaceuticals, Inc., and its common stock and warrants are expected to be listed on Nasdaq under the ticker symbols “SMNR” and “SMNRW”, respectively. The boards of directors of each of the SPAC, Semnur and Scilex have unanimously approved the proposed transaction. The closing of the transaction, which is expected to occur by the first quarter of 2025, is subject to the approval of the SPAC’s shareholders, any applicable regulatory approval, and the satisfaction or waiver of certain other closing conditions.

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