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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.)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each classTrading Symbol(s)Name of each exchange on which registered
Ordinary Shares, no par valueNVCRThe 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).
Emerging growth company
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:
 
 ForAgainstAbstainBroker non-votes
Asaf Danziger82,920,076182,59537,3557,537,596
William Doyle81,879,4931,223,16537,3687,537,596
Jeryl Hilleman82,913,275180,82745,9247,537,596
David Hung82,699,463395,05345,5107,537,596
Kinyip Gabriel Leung82,789,815312,57037,6417,537,596
Martin Madden82,909,463184,07046,4937,537,596
Sherilyn McCoy67,894,58415,200,55144,8917,537,596
Timothy Scannell81,722,6941,372,00545,3277,537,596
William Vernon80,118,2992,975,45546,2727,537,596
 

2.   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:
 
ForAgainstAbstain
89,961,931667,87847,813
 
 



3.   Approval of a non-binding advisory vote to approve executive compensationThe proposal to approve executive compensation on a non-binding advisory basis was approved based upon the following votes:
 
ForAgainstAbstainBroker non-votes
63,522,65919,533,07584,2927,537,596
 




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