8-K

NovoCure Ltd (NVCR)

8-K 2021-06-11 For: 2021-06-09
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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

June 9, 2021

Date of Report (date of earliest event reported)

NovoCure Limited

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Jersey 001-37565 98-1057807
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) (Commission File Number) (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
No. 4 The Forum, Grenville Street St. Helier Jersey JE2 4UF
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

+44 (0) 15 3475 6700

Registrant's telephone number, including area code

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class Trading Symbol(s) Name of each exchange on which registered
Ordinary Shares, no par value NVCR The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

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If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.

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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

Election of Directors

On June 9, 2021, NovoCure Limited (the “Company”) held its annual general meeting of shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”).  The Company’s shareholders elected Asaf Danziger, William Doyle, Jeryl Hilleman, David Hung, Kinyip Gabriel Leung, Martin Madden, Sherilyn McCoy, Timothy Scannell and William Vernon as directors, effective immediately, with a term expiring at the annual meeting of shareholders in 2022. The election of these directors was not pursuant to any arrangement or understanding between any of them and any third party. As of the date of this report, none of these directors, nor any of their immediate family members, is a party, either directly or indirectly, to any transaction that would be required to be reported pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K. These directors will be compensated consistent with the compensation programs for non-employee directors.

Item 5.07.  Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

At the Annual Meeting, proxies and in-person shareholders representing 90,677,622 shares of the Company’s ordinary shares, or approximately 87.87% of the total shares entitled to vote, were present in person or by proxy and voted on the following proposals, each of which is described in more detail in the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission on April 27, 2021.

  1. Election of Directors . The five nominees for election to the Company’s Board of Directors were elected as directors to hold office until the Company’s 2021 Annual Meeting of Shareholders or until their successors are duly elected and qualified or until their offices are vacated, based upon the following votes:
For Against Abstain Broker non-votes
Asaf Danziger 82,920,076 182,595 37,355 7,537,596
William Doyle 81,879,493 1,223,165 37,368 7,537,596
Jeryl Hilleman 82,913,275 180,827 45,924 7,537,596
David Hung 82,699,463 395,053 45,510 7,537,596
Kinyip Gabriel Leung 82,789,815 312,570 37,641 7,537,596
Martin Madden 82,909,463 184,070 46,493 7,537,596
Sherilyn McCoy 67,894,584 15,200,551 44,891 7,537,596
Timothy Scannell 81,722,694 1,372,005 45,327 7,537,596
William Vernon 80,118,299 2,975,455 46,272 7,537,596
  1. Ratification of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.   The proposal to approve and ratify the appointment, by the audit committee of the Company’s Board of Directors, of Kost Forer Gabbay & Kasierer, a member of Ernst & Young Global, as the auditor and independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2021 was approved based upon the following votes:
For Against Abstain
89,961,931 667,878 47,813
  1. Approval of a non-binding advisory vote to approve executive compensation. The proposal to approve executive compensation on a non-binding advisory basis was approved based upon the following votes:
For Against Abstain Broker non-votes
63,522,659 19,533,075 84,292 7,537,596

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

NovoCure Limited

(Registrant)

Date: June 11, 2021

By: /s/ Ashley Cordova

Name: Ashley Cordova

Title: Chief Financial Officer