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−Removed: Departure of Directors or Certain Officers
−Removed: On October 26, 2023, the Company announced that Pritesh Shah will resign as Chief Growth Officer, effective January 1, 2024, and will remain with the Company in a non-executive capacity
+Added: Entry Into a Material Definitive Agreement;
+Added: Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement
+Added: On May 1, 2024, Novocure Luxembourg S.a.r.l.
+Added: ("Borrower"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, entered into a new five-year senior secured credit facility of up to $400.0 million (the "Facility") with BPCR Limited Partnership and BioPharma Credit Investments V (Master) LP, (collectively, the "Lenders"), BioPharma Credit PLC, as collateral agent for the Lenders, and the guarantors party to such agreement (the “Loan Agreement”).
+Added: The Facility may be funded in up to four drawings.
+Added: The Loan Agreement provides for an initial term loan in the principal amount of $100 million (the “Tranche A Loan”), which was funded to the Borrower on May 1, 2024 (the "Tranche A Funding Date").
+Added: Under the Loan Agreement, the Borrower is required to draw $100.0 million of the Facility on or before June 30, 2025 (the "Tranche B Loan"), subject to customary conditions precedent as set forth in the Loan Agreement.
+Added: Not later than December 31, 2025, the Borrower has the option to draw an additional $100.0 million of the Facility (the "Tranche C Loan") if (i) (A) the Company has received positive results from its PANOVA-3 phase 3 clinical trial or (B) the Company's trailing net revenues for the most recently completed four quarters as reported by the Company in its financial statements filed with the U.S.
+Added: Securities and Exchange Commission ("Trailing Four Quarters of Net Revenue") are greater than $575.0 million and (ii) the Company's Convertible Notes due 2025 are extinguished in full and are no longer outstanding.
+Added: Not later than March 31, 2026, the Borrower has the option to draw an additional $100.0 million of the Facility (the "Tranche D Loan") if (i) the Company receives an approval or clearance from the U.S.
+Added: Food and Drug Administration for the Company's Tumor Treating Fields device for a pancreatic cancer indication or (ii) Trailing Four Quarters of Net Revenue is greater than $625.0 million.
+Added: The obligations under the Loan Agreement are guaranteed by certain of the Company's subsidiaries and secured by a first lien on the Borrower's and certain of the Company's other subsidiaries’ assets.
+Added: Outstanding term loans under the Loan Agreement will bear interest at an annual rate equal to 6.25% plus the three-month SOFR (subject to a 3.25% floor), payable quarterly in arrears and calculated on the basis of actual days elapsed in a 360-day year.
+Added: The Borrower must pay 2.5% of additional consideration on each principal draw, with payment for the Tranche A Loan and the Tranche B Loan paid on the Tranche A Funding Date, and payments for the Tranche C Loan and the Tranche D Loan on their respective funding dates.
+Added: Principal under the Facility will be repaid in eight equal quarterly
+Added: repayments commencing with the third quarter in 2027 and continuing each quarter thereafter, with the final payment of outstanding principal due on the fifth anniversary of the Tranche A Funding Date.
+Added: Voluntary prepayment of all, but not less than all, of the term loans outstanding is permitted at any time, subject to make-whole and prepayment premiums as set forth in the Loan Agreement.
+Added: Prepayment of all term loans outstanding, subject to make-whole and prepayment premiums, is due and payable upon a change-in-control as defined in the Loan Agreement.
+Added: Make-whole and prepayment premiums are due and payable for the Tranche B Loans for any voluntary prepayment of the term loans outstanding, upon a change-in-control (as defined in the Loan Agreement), and upon any acceleration of the maturity date, in each case regardless of whether the Tranche B Loans are drawn.
+Added: The Loan Agreement contains a financial covenant only if the Tranche C Loan and/or the Tranche D Loan are funded, in which case the Company is required to maintain at least Trailing Four Quarters of Net Revenue of at least $500.0 million, calculated on a trailing twelve-month basis as of the end of each fiscal quarter, beginning with the first quarter of 2027 based on year-end 2026 audited financial statements.
Securities Trading Plans of Executive Officers and Directors
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Our Insider Trading Policy permits our executive officers and directors to enter into trading plans designed to comply with Rule 10b5-1.
−Removed: The following table describes contracts, instructions or written plans for the purchase or sale of our securities that are intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule 10b5–1(c) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (each a "Rule 10b5-1 Plan") adopted by our executive officers and directors during the three month period ending September 30, 2023:
−Removed: Title Date of Adoption Duration of Rule 10b5-1 Plan Aggregate Number of Securities to be Purchased Pursuant to the Rule 10b5-1 Plan Aggregate Number of Securities to be Sold Pursuant to the Rule 10b5-1 Plan
−Removed: Chief Growth Officer
−Removed: August 8, 2023 8/30/2024 — 103,304
−Removed: During the three-month period ending September 30, 2023, none of our executive officers or directors terminated a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan or adopted or terminated a non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement (as defined in Item 408(c) of Regulation S-K).
+Added: During the three-month period ending March 31, 2024, neither we nor any of our executive officers or directors adopted or terminated any contract, instruction or written plan for the purchase or sale of our securities that are intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule 10b5–1(c) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended or adopted or terminated a non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement (as defined in Item 408(c) of Regulation S-K).
EXHIBIT INDEX
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Exhibit Description Form Date Number
+Added: Loan Agreement dated April 29.
+Added: 2024 among Novocure Luxembourg S.a.r.l., the subsidiary guarantors party thereto, BPCR Limited Partnership and BioPharma Credit Investments V (Master) LP, and BioPharma Credit PLC, as collateral agent .
31.1 Certification of Principal Executive Officer Required Under Rule 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
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+Added: 1 Schedules and exhibits have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(b)(2) of Regulation S-K.
+Added: The Company agrees to furnish supplementally a copy of any omitted schedules or exhibits to the SEC upon request.
* The certifications attached as Exhibits 32.1 and 32.2 that accompany this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q are not deemed filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and are not to be incorporated by reference into any filing of NovoCure Limited under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, whether made before or after the date of this Form 10-Q, irrespective of any general incorporation language contained in such filing.
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NovoCure Limited
−Removed: October 26, 2023 /s/ Ashley Cordova
+Added: May 2, 2024 /s/ Ashley Cordova
Ashley Cordova
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