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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 29, 2026 |
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
The Securities Act of 1933
NovoCure Limited
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Jersey (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | 98-1057807 (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) |
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NovoCure Limited
No.4 The Forum
Grenville Street
St. Helier, Jersey JE2 4UF
(Address, including zip Code, of Principal Executive Offices)
NovoCure Limited Amended and Restated 2024 Omnibus Incentive Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Christoph Brackmann
Chief Financial Officer
NovoCure Limited
c/o Novocure Inc.
1150 Liberty Ridge Drive
Suite 115
Wayne, PA 19087
(212) 767-7530
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to :
Pran Jha
Sidley Austin LLP
One South Dearborn Street
Chicago, Illinois 60603
(312) 853-7000
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
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| Large Accelerated Filer | ☒ | Accelerated Filer | ☐ |
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| Non-Accelerated Filer | ☐ | Smaller Reporting Company | ☐ |
| | Emerging Growth Company | ☐ |
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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 7(a)(2)B) of the Securities Act. ☐
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 (this “Registration Statement”) is being filed to register an additional 13,133,749 ordinary shares issuable under the NovoCure Limited Amended and Restated 2024 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the "2024 Plan"). Registration Statements on Form S-8 (File Nos. 333-209854, 333-217619, 333-224606, 333-232896, 333-236862, 333-253499, 333-262965, 333-269926, 333-277240 and 333-293770) were filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") by NovoCure Limited (the "Registrant") on March 1, 2016, May 3, 2017, May 1, 2018, July 30, 2019, March 3, 2020, February 25, 2021, February 24, 2022, February 23, 2023, February 22, 2024 and February 26, 2026, respectively, as each, other than Registration Statement 333-293770, was amended by Post Effective Amendment No. 1 filed with the Commission on July 25, 2024, covering ordinary shares issuable under the 2024 Plan (as amended, the "Previous Registration Statements"). These additional shares represent 9,000,000 ordinary shares under the 2024 Plan pursuant to an amendment and restatement of the 2024 Plan approved by the Company's shareholders on June 3, 2026 and 4,133,749 ordinary shares under the 2024 Plan and the NovoCure Limited 2015 Omnibus Incentive Plan that will become available for re-grant under the 2024 Plan in accordance with the share recycling provisions set forth in the 2024 Plan.
The contents of the Previous Registration Statements are hereby incorporated by reference pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, except for Items 3 and 8 of Part II, which are being updated by this Registration Statement.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents, which previously have been filed with the Commission, are hereby incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:
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| (b) | The Registrant's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q (i) for the quarter ended March 31, 2026, filed on April 30, 2026, (ii) for the quarter ended June 30, 2026, filed on July 23, 2026, and (iii) for the quarter ended September 30, 2026, filed on October 29, 2026; and |
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All documents filed by the Registrant with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement that indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or that deregisters all offerings of securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
In no event, however, will any information that the Registrant discloses under Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of any Current Report on Form 8-K that the Registrant may from time to time furnish to the Commission be incorporated by reference into, or otherwise become a part of, this Registration Statement. Any statement contained in a document that is deemed to be incorporated by reference or deemed to be part of this Registration Statement after the most recent effective date may modify or replace existing statements contained in this Registration Statement.
Item 8. Exhibits.
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Exhibit
Number | | | | Incorporated by Reference | | Filed
Herewith |
| Exhibit Description | | Form | | Date | | Number | |
| 4.1 | | | | S-1/A | | 9/21/2015 | | 3.3 | | |
| 4.2 | | | | 8-K | | 6/10/2022 | | 3.1 | | |
| 5.1 | | | | | | | | | | X |
| 10.1 | | | | 8-K | | 6/05/2026 | | 10.1 | | |
| 23.1 | | | | | | | | | | X |
| 23.2 | | Consent of Ogier (Jersey) LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1) | | | | | | | | X |
| 24.1 | | Power of Attorney (included in signature page) | | | | | | | | X |
| 107 | | | | | | | | | | X |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Baar, Switzerland, on October 29, 2026.
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| NOVOCURE LIMITED |
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| By: | /s/ Christoph Brackmann |
| | Christoph Brackmann |
| | Chief Financial Officer |
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby severally constitutes and appoints Christoph Brackmann and Steven Robbins, and each of them individually, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, his or her true and lawful attorney-in fact and agent, with full powers to each of them to sign for such persons below, in his or her name and in the capacities indicated below, and any and all amendments to this Registration Statement on Form S-8 (including post-effective amendments), and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, with the Commission, and granting unto said attorneys, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as each of such person below might or could do in person, and hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys, and each of them, or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney. This power of attorney may be executed in counterparts.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
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| Signatures | | Title | | Date |
By: | /s/ Frank Leonard | | Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) and Director | | October 29, 2026 |
Frank Leonard
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By: | /s/ Christoph Brackmann | | Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) and Authorized Representative in the United States | | October 29, 2026 |
Christoph Brackmann | | |
| By: | /s/ William F. Doyle | | Executive Chairman and Director | | October 29, 2026 |
William F. Doyle
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By: | /s/ Asaf Danziger | | Director | | October 29, 2026 |
Asaf Danziger | | |
By: | /s/ Kinyip Gabriel Leung | | Director | | October 29, 2026 |
Kinyip Gabriel Leung
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| By: | /s/ Jeryl L. Hilleman | | Director | | October 29, 2026 |
Jeryl L. Hilleman
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| By: | /s/ David T. Hung | | Director | | October 29, 2026 |
David T. Hung
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| By: | /s/ Martin J. Madden | | Director | | October 29, 2026 |
Martin J. Madden
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By: | /s/ Allyson Ocean | | Director | | October 29, 2026 |
Allyson Ocean | | |
By: | /s/ Kristin Stafford | | Director | | October 29, 2026 |
Kristin Stafford | | |
| By: | /s/ William A. Vernon | | Director | | October 29, 2026 |
William A. Vernon | | |