ORAMED PHARMACEUTICALS INC. Fair Value Disclosure

NOTE 4 - INVESTMENTS, AT FAIR VALUE:

 

Scilex Transaction

 

On September 21, 2023 (the “Closing Date”), the Company entered into and consummated the transactions (collectively, the “Transaction”) contemplated by the Scilex SPA with Scilex and Acquiom Agency Services LLC. Pursuant to the Scilex SPA, in exchange for the DIP Assumption and for the ability to credit the amounts assumed under the DIP Assumption in exchange for certain equity securities of Scilex owned by Sorrento, Scilex (i) issued to the Company (A) the Note, (B) a warrant to purchase up to an aggregate of 4,500,000 shares of common stock of Scilex, par value $0.0001 per share (“Scilex Common Stock”), with an exercise price of $0.01 per share and containing certain restrictions on exercisability (the “Closing Penny Warrant”), and (C) warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 8,500,000 shares of Scilex Common Stock (the “Subsequent Penny Warrants” and together with the Closing Penny Warrant, the “Penny Warrants”), each with an exercise price of $0.01 per share and each with certain restrictions on exercisability, and (ii) caused certain outstanding warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 4,000,000 shares of Scilex Common Stock with an exercise price of $11.50 per share to be transferred to the Company (the “Transferred Warrants” and together with the Penny Warrants, the “Warrants”). In addition, on the Closing Date, Scilex reimbursed $1,910 of the Company’s Transaction expenses pursuant to the Scilex SPA.

 

Pursuant to the terms of the Scilex SPA, Scilex agreed to certain restrictions on additional issuances of equity securities. In connection with the Transaction, the Company and Sorrento mutually agreed to terminate the Sorrento SPA and to release all claims the Company and Sorrento may have against one another, and Scilex completed the acquisition of the Purchased Securities.

 

The Note

 

The principal of the Note issued on September 21, 2023 is $101,875, which includes accrued and unpaid interest of $875 under the Senior DIP Loan Agreement and $1,000 of fees added to the principal amount of the Note. The Note matures on March 21, 2025 or upon an uncured event of default, subject to certain mandatory prepayments, and bears interest at a rate per annum equal to Term SOFR (as defined in the Note) plus 8.5% (subject to a Term SOFR floor of 4.0%), to be paid in-kind, by being capitalized and added to the principal amount of the Note on a monthly basis. The Scilex SPA provides for principal payments of (i) $5,000 on December 21, 2023, (ii) $15,000 on March 21, 2024, and (iii) $20,000 on each of June 21, 2024, September 21, 2024, and December 21, 2024, and for the entire remaining principal balance of the Note to be paid on March 21, 2025. If the Note is not repaid in full on or prior to March 21, 2024, an exit fee equal to approximately $3,056 shall be payable upon repayment of the Note in full.

 

The Note constitutes senior secured indebtedness of Scilex and is guaranteed by all existing or future formed, direct and indirect, domestic subsidiaries of Scilex and is secured by a first priority security interest in and liens on all of the assets of Scilex, subject to customary and mutually agreed permitted liens and except for certain specified exemptions.

 

Mandatory prepayments under the Note are required following the earlier of (a) April 1, 2024 and (b) the date upon which certain of Scilex’s outstanding indebtedness are repaid in full. Mandatory prepayments may be triggered by certain future equity and debt issuances by Scilex. Voluntary prepayments may be made at Scilex’s discretion; provided that, if made prior to the one-year anniversary of the Closing Date, Scilex will also be required to pay a 50% interest make-whole on the portion of the Note so prepaid.

 

The Note includes customary events of default, upon which the Note will bear interest at a default rate of Term SOFR plus 15.0%, which shall be payable in-kind, by being capitalized and added to the principal amount of the Note on a monthly basis. If the Note is accelerated upon an event of default, Scilex is required to repay the principal amount of the Note at a mandatory default rate of 125% of such principal amount (together with 100% of accrued and unpaid interest thereon and all other amounts due in respect of the Note).

 

Until the obligations under the Note are repaid in full, the Company has the right to designate one non-voting observer to attend meetings of the board of directors and committees of Scilex and its subsidiaries.

 

Pursuant to the terms of the Scilex SPA, the Company received the first principal payment of $5,000 on December 21, 2023.

 

Closing Penny Warrant

 

The Closing Penny Warrant will be exercisable upon the earliest of (i) March 14, 2025, (ii) the date on which the Senior Secured Note has been repaid in full and (iii) the Management Sale Trigger Date (as defined therein), if any, and will expire on the date that is the fifth anniversary of the issuance date (i.e., September 21, 2028). For purposes of the Closing Penny Warrant (as well as the Subsequent Penny Warrants), the Management Sale Trigger Date is generally the first date that either Dr. Henry Ji, Scilex’s Executive Chairperson, or Mr. Jaisim Shah, Scilex’s Chief Executive Officer and President and a member of Scilex’s Board of Directors, engages in certain sales or other similar transfers of shares of Common Stock or other of the Issuer’s or any of its subsidiaries’ securities, subject to certain exceptions in connection with financings or similar transactions. The exercise price of the Closing Penny Warrant is $0.01 per share, subject to adjustment.

 

Subsequent Penny Warrants

 

Scilex issued four Subsequent Penny Warrants to the Company, each for 2,125,000 shares of Scilex Common Stock, one of which shall vest and become exercisable on the date that is the later of (i) each of March 19, 2024, June 17, 2024, September 15, 2024 or December 14, 2024 (the “Subsequent Penny Warrant Vesting Date”) and (ii) the earliest of (A) March 14, 2025, (B) the date on which the Senior Secured Note has been repaid in full and (C) the Management Sale Trigger Date (as defined therein), if any. Each Subsequent Penny Warrant will expire on the date that is the fifth anniversary of the issuance date; provided that, if the Senior Secured Note is repaid in full prior to the Subsequent Penny Warrant Vesting Date applicable to such Subsequent Penny Warrant, such Subsequent Penny Warrant will expire on the date the Senior Secured Note is repaid in full. The Company may exercise the Penny Warrants by means of a “cashless exercise.”

 

The Penny Warrants may not be exercised if the Company, together with its affiliates, would beneficially own in excess of 9.9% of the number of shares of Scilex Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to such exercise; provided, that the Company may increase or decrease such limitation upon 61 days’ prior notice to Scilex.

 

Transferred Warrants

 

The Transferred Warrants are listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market, have an exercise price of $11.50 per share, are fully exercisable and expire on November 10, 2027.

 

The Company accounted for the Transferred Warrants as derivatives measured at fair value.

 

The Company elected the fair value option for the Note and the Penny Warrants in order to reduce operational complexity of bifurcating embedded derivatives. Changes in fair value are recorded under financial income, net and include interest income on the Note.

 

The valuation was performed, as of December 31, 2023, based on several scenarios which some of them took into account a partial or full early repayment of the Note. Each scenario took into consideration the present value of the Note’s cash flows (including the exit fee and the prepayment premium) and the Warrants’ value. The total value of the Transaction (and of each of its components) was valued on a weighted average of the different scenarios.

 

The discount rate of the Note was based on the B- rating Zero curve in addition to a risk premium which takes into account the credit risk of Scilex and ranged between 51.92% to 52.84%.

 

The fair value of the Transferred Warrants was based on their closing price on the Nasdaq Capital Market.

 

The fair value of the Penny Warrants was calculated based on the closing price of the Scilex stock on the Nasdaq Capital Market, taking into account several scenarios which assume a partial or full early repayment of the Note, when applicable.

 

On the Closing Date, the fair value of the Transaction was $101,875. As of December 31, 2023, the fair value of the Transaction was $110,188, split between the Note ($93,066, of which $57,713 is presented under short-term investments at fair value and $35,353 is presented under long-term investments at fair value), the Closing Penny Warrant ($9,180), the Subsequent Penny Warrants ($6,502), both presented under long-term investments at fair value and the Transferred Warrants ($1,440) presented under long-term marketable securities. This resulted in a gain of $15,638, attributed mainly to the change in fair value of the Note and the Warrants. The difference between the Note’s fair value and aggregate unpaid principal balance (which includes interest payable on maturity) is $7,801.