On September 12, 2022, Scilex and Scilex Pharma entered into a Contribution and Satisfaction of Indebtedness Agreement (the “Debt Exchange Agreement”) with Sorrento, pursuant to which (i) Sorrento contributed to Scilex all amounts (including accrued interest thereon, if any) for certain loans and other amounts provided by Sorrento to Scilex and Scilex Pharma that remained outstanding as of immediately prior to the Closing of the Business Combination (the “Aggregate Outstanding Amount” or “Outstanding Indebtedness,”) in exchange for the issuance by Scilex to Sorrento of preferred stock of Scilex, (ii) Scilex contributed to Scilex Pharma the portion of such Outstanding Indebtedness that is owed by Scilex Pharma to Sorrento as a contribution of capital for no consideration, and (iii) upon the occurrence of the events described in clauses (i) and (ii), the Aggregate Outstanding Amount and the Outstanding Indebtedness was deemed satisfied in full.
Pursuant to the terms of the Debt Exchange Agreement effective as of immediately prior to, and contingent upon, the Closing of the Business Combination, Sorrento elected to contribute the Outstanding Indebtedness to Scilex in exchange for the issuance by Scilex to Sorrento of that number of shares of preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of Scilex (subject to adjustment for recapitalizations, stock splits, stock dividends and similar transactions) (the “Exchange Shares” and such transaction, the “Debt Contribution”) that was equal to (i) the Aggregate Outstanding Amount plus the amount equal to 10% of the Aggregate Outstanding Amount divided by (ii) $11.00 (rounded up to the nearest whole share). In addition, prior to the Closing, Scilex entered into agreements with certain creditors and Sorrento in which Scilex was legally released from being the primary obligor under certain liabilities from the creditors. The obligations to these creditors were transferred to Sorrento. Immediately prior to the Closing, the total amount of liabilities transferred from Scilex to Sorrento was $11,880,945, which were also subject to the Debt Exchange Agreement. The Aggregate Outstanding Amount subject to this conversion at Closing was $290,570,964 which was converted to aggregate number of shares of Scilex Preferred Stock issued to Sorrento prior to the Effective Time pursuant to the Debt Exchange Agreement of 29,057,097 shares and then at the Effective Time such shares were exchanged for 29,057,097 shares of New Scilex Series A Preferred Stock and 2,905,710 shares of New Scilex Common Stock.
On October 17, 2022, Sorrento and Scilex entered into a letter agreement (the “Funding Commitment Letter”). Pursuant to the terms of the Funding Commitment Letter, to the extent necessary to satisfy the closing condition in the Merger Agreement that requires the combined company to have $5,000,001 in net tangible assets as of immediately following the time in which the Business Combination becomes effective (the “Net Tangible Assets Condition”), Sorrento would fund one or more loans to Scilex up to (a) $10,000,000 and (b) an amount that, when taken together with all other Outstanding Indebtedness, will result in the Aggregate Outstanding Amount equaling $310,000,000. At Closing, New Scilex was able to achieve the Net Tangible Assets Condition without requiring a loan from Sorrento under the Funding Commitment Letter. As such, no amount was requested by Scilex under the Funding Commitment Letter.
The table below illustrates the number of shares of New Scilex Series A Preferred Stock and New Scilex Common Stock held by Scilex stockholders at the Closing.
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| | New Scilex Series A Preferred Stock | | | New Scilex Common Stock | |
(a) Merger Consideration | | | — | | | | 133,060,532 | |
(b) Aggregate Outstanding Amount converted under the Debt Exchange Agreement | | | 29,057,097 | | | | 2,905,710 | |
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Total | | | 29,057,097 | | | | 135,966,242 | |
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