nvcr-8k_20160504.htm

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

 

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 4, 2016

 

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)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

 

 

 

Le Masurier House

La Rue Le Masurier

St. Helier, Jersey JE2 4YE

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

 

 

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: +44 (0)15 3475 6700

 

 

 

N/A

 

(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. to Form 8-K):

 

[ ] Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

[ ] Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

[ ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

[ ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))


 

 


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

 

NovoCure Limited (the “Company”) held its annual general meeting of shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) on May 4, 2016. At the Annual Meeting, proxies and in-person shareholders representing 58,535,725 shares of the Company’s ordinary shares, or approximately 69.33% of the total shares entitled to vote, were present in person or by proxy and voted on the following two 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 March 24, 2016.  

1.   Election of Directors.  The nominees for election to the Company’s Board of Directors were elected as Class I directors to hold office until the Company’s 2019 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

Withheld

Broker non-votes

William Burkoth

56,273,503

¾

40,286

2,221,936

Yoram Palti

56,196,153

¾

117,636

2,221,936

 

2.  Ratification of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.  The proposal to 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 (“Kost Forer”), as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2016 was approved based upon the following votes:

 

For

Against

Abstain

58,498,316

35,632 

1,777 

 

 


 

 


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: May 6, 2016

 

 

By: /s/ Wilhelmus Groenhuysen         

       Name: Wilhelmus Groenhuysen

       Title: Chief Financial Officer