---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-240648"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SCLX"
cik: "0001820190"
company_name: "Scilex Holding Co"
filed_at: "2023-09-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-10T09:50:19.003355+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Scilex CFO resigns, replaced by Stephen Ma; new directors appointed; executive chairman named

## Summary
- CFO Elizabeth Czerepak resigned Sept 20; consulting agreement at $26,093.15/month for 12 months.
- Stephen Ma appointed CFO effective Sept 22; previously Chief Accounting Officer since Nov 2022.
- Director Laura Hamill resigned Sept 21; also entered consulting agreement for 12 months.
- Oramed transaction terminated Sept 21; contingent resignations of Henry Ji, Jaisim Shah, etc. did not take effect.
- Three new directors appointed Sept 22: Jay Chun (Class II), Henry Ji (Class III), Yue Alexander Wu (Class II); Ji named Executive Chairman; each gets option for 250,000 shares vesting 48 months.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-240648
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SCLX
- cik: 0001820190
- company_name: Scilex Holding Co
- filed_at: 2023-09-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1820190/000119312523240648/0001193125-23-240648-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1820190/000119312523240648/d440182d8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-240648.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Laura J. Hamill resigned as Director at Scilex Holding Co.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: On September 21, 2023, Laura J. Hamill notified the Board of Directors (the “ Board ”) of the Company that she was resigning from the Board, all committees of the Board and any director or officer position held with any subsidiary of the Company, effective as of September 21, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1820190/000119312523240648/0001193125-23-240648-index.htm
- Executive change
  Elizabeth Czerepak resigned as Chief Financial Officer at Scilex Holding Co.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On September 20, 2023, Elizabeth Czerepak, the Executive Vice President, Chief Business Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Principal Accounting Officer, Principal Financial Officer and Secretary of Scilex Holding Company (the “ Company ”), resigned from the Company, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1820190/000119312523240648/0001193125-23-240648-index.htm
- Executive change
  Stephen Ma was appointed as Chief Financial Officer at Scilex Holding Co.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On September 22, 2023, the Company appointed Stephen Ma, age 51, as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1820190/000119312523240648/0001193125-23-240648-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.