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): April 22, 2024
Gamida Cell Ltd.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its Charter)
| Israel | 001-38716 | Not Applicable | ||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
| 116 Huntington Avenue, 7th Floor, Boston, MA | 02116 | |
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
(617) 892-9080
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Not Applicable
(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 class | Trading Symbol(s) | Name of each exchange on which registered | ||
| Ordinary Shares, NIS 0.01 par value | GMDA | 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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Item 1.03 Bankruptcy or Receivership.
On April 22, 2024, Abigail Jenkins, solely in her capacity as a duly authorized foreign representative (the “Foreign Representative”) of Gamida Cell Ltd. (the “Debtor”) filed a petition for recognition for relief under Chapter 15 of Title 11 (“Chapter 15”) of the United States Bankruptcy Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware (the “US Court”). The Foreign Representative seeks recognition of the Debtor’s debt arrangement proceeding commenced under Israel’s Bankruptcy and Economic Rehabilitation Law, 5778-2018 and Economic Rehabilitation Regulations, 5779-2019 pending before the District Court in Beersheba (the “Israeli Court”), Case No. 63461-03-24, as (i) a foreign main proceeding or, (ii) in the alternative, a foreign nonmain proceeding. The Foreign Representative additionally seeks recognition and enforcement of the Israeli Court’s order approving the debt arrangement in Israel. The case is pending in the US Court under Case No. 24-10847.
Additional information about the Chapter 15 case, including access to the US Court documents, is available online at https://cases.ra.kroll.com/Gamida15, a website administered by Kroll, a third-party bankruptcy claims and noticing agent. The information on Kroll’s website is not incorporated by reference into, and does not constitute part of, this Current Report on Form 8-K.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
The Company cautions that trading in its ordinary shares during the pendency of the Chapter 15 case is highly speculative and poses substantial risks. Trading prices for the ordinary shares may bear little or no relationship to the actual recovery, if any, by holders of the ordinary shares in the Chapter 15 case. The Company expects that holders of the ordinary shares could experience a significant or complete loss on their investment, depending on the outcome of the Chapter 15 case.
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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.
| GAMIDA CELL LTD. | ||
| April 22, 2024 | By: | /s/ Josh Patterson |
| Josh Patterson | ||
| General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer | ||
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