Sec Form 13D Filing - NOVARTIS PHARMA AG filing for Gamida Cell Ltd. (GMDA) - 2023-05-26

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UNITED STATES

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

 

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

SCHEDULE 13D  

 

Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. 4)*

 

Gamida Cell Ltd.

(Name of Issuer)

 

Ordinary shares, par value NIS 0.01 per share (“Ordinary Shares”)

(Title of Class of Securities)

 

M47364100

(CUSIP Number)

 

Karen L. Hale
Chief Legal Officer
Novartis AG
Lichtstrasse 35
CH-4056 Basel
Switzerland

 

With a copy to:

 

David M. Lynn
Morrison & Foerster LLP
2100 L Street NW, Suite 900
Washington, D.C. 20037
(202) 887-1500

(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person
Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)

 

May 10, 2023

(Date of Event Which Requires Filing of this Statement)
 

If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition that is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of §§240.13d-1(e), 240.13d-l(f) or 240.13d-l(g), check the following box. ¨

 

*The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person’s initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

 

The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).

 

 

 

 

 

 

CUSIP No. M47364100

 

1.

 

Names of Reporting Persons
Novartis Pharma AG

 

2.

 

Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See Instructions)

 

 

(a)  ¨
(b)  ¨

 

3.

 

SEC Use Only

 

 

4.

 

Source of Funds (See Instructions)
WC

 

5.

 

Check if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings Is Required Pursuant to Items 2(d) or 2(e)     o

 

6.

 

Citizenship or Place of Organization
Switzerland
Number of
Shares
Beneficially
Owned by
Each
Reporting
Person
With
7. Sole Voting Power
0
8. Shared Voting Power
4,336,759
9. Sole Dispositive Power
0
10. Shared Dispositive Power
4,336,759

 

11.

 

Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person
4,336,759

 

12.

 

Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares (See Instructions)   ¨

 

13.

 

Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (11)
4.1%*

 

14.

 

Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions)
CO
         

 

* This calculation is based on an aggregate of 105,586,746 Ordinary Shares issued and outstanding as of May 10, 2023, as reported by the Issuer in its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 15, 2023.

 

 

 

 

CUSIP No. M47364100

 

1.

 

Names of Reporting Persons
Novartis AG

 

2.

 

Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See Instructions)

 

 

(a)  ¨
(b)  ¨

 

3.

 

SEC Use Only

 

4.

 

Source of Funds (See Instructions)
WC

 

5.

 

Check if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings Is Required Pursuant to Items 2(d) or 2(e)     ¨

 

6.

 

Citizenship or Place of Organization
Switzerland
Number of
Shares
Beneficially
Owned by
Each
Reporting
Person
With
7. Sole Voting Power
0
8. Shared Voting Power
4,336,759
9. Sole Dispositive Power
0
10. Shared Dispositive Power
4,336,759

 

11.

 

Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person
4,336,759

 

12.

 

Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares (See Instructions)   ¨

 

13.

 

Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (11)
4.1%*

 

14.

 

Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions)
CO, HC
         

 

* This calculation is based on an aggregate of 105,586,746 Ordinary Shares issued and outstanding as of May 10, 2023, as reported by the Issuer in its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 15, 2023.

 

 

 

 

Explanatory Note

 

This Amendment No. 4 (the “Amendment No. 4”) amends the statement on Schedule 13D originally filed by the Reporting Persons on November 8, 2018, as amended on August 14, 2020, March 11, 2021 and March 3, 2023 (the “Schedule 13D”). This Amendment No. 4 is being filed to reflect a reduction in the Reporting Persons’ beneficial ownership of more than 1% of the Issuer’s outstanding Ordinary Shares, resulting from an increase in the Issuer’s outstanding Ordinary Shares. Such reduction in beneficial ownership of the Issuer’s outstanding Ordinary Shares has resulted in each of the Reporting Persons ceasing to be the beneficial owner of more than five percent of the Issuer’s outstanding Ordinary Shares. The Items below amend the information disclosed under the corresponding Item of the Schedule 13D as described below. Except as specifically provided herein, this Amendment No. 4 does not modify any of the information previously reported in the Schedule 13D. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings attributed to them in the Schedule 13D.

 

Item 2. Identity and Background

 

Item 2 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended such that all references to Schedule I contained within Item 2 and otherwise within the Schedule 13D shall refer to the Schedule I included in this Amendment No. 4. 

 

Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer

 

Items 5(a) and (b) of the Schedule 13D are hereby amended and restated in their entirety to read as follows:

 

“(a) — (b) As of the date hereof, each of the Reporting Persons may be deemed, for purposes of Rule 13d-3 of the Act, directly or indirectly, including by reason of their mutual affiliation, to be the beneficial owners of 4,336,759 Ordinary Shares. Each Reporting Person has shared voting and dispositive power with the other Reporting Person.

 

Based on the 105,586,746 Ordinary Shares issued and outstanding as of May 10, 2023, as reported by the Issuer in its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 15, 2023, the Ordinary Shares beneficially owned by the Reporting Persons constituted 4.1% of the issued and outstanding Ordinary Shares of the Issuer.

 

Novartis Pharma AG is a wholly owned direct subsidiary of Novartis AG. Novartis AG, as the publicly owned parent company of Novartis Pharma AG, may be deemed to beneficially own all of the Ordinary Shares held directly by Novartis Pharma AG.”

 

Item 5(e) of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follow:

 

“(e) As a result of the increase in the Issuer’s outstanding Ordinary Shares, on May 10, 2023, each of the Reporting Persons ceased to be the beneficial owner of more than five percent of the Ordinary Shares of the Issuer. The filing of this Amendment No. 4 represents the final amendment to the Schedule 13D and constitutes an exit filing for the Reporting Persons.”

 

Item 7. Materials to be Filed as Exhibits

 

Exhibit Number Description
4 Evidence of Signatory Authority

 

 

 

 

SIGNATURE

 

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

 

Pursuant to Rule 13d-1(k)(1)(iii) of Regulation 13D-G of the General Rules and Regulations of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the undersigned agree that the attached statement is filed on behalf of each of them.

 

Dated: May 26, 2023

 

  NOVARTIS PHARMA AG
   
  By:  /s/ Luca Hammel
    Name: Luca Hammel
    Title: Authorized Signatory
   
  By:  /s/ Stefan Thommen
    Name: Stefan Thommen
    Title: Authorized Signatory
   
  NOVARTIS AG
   
  By:  /s/ Lukas Förtsch
    Name: Lukas Förtsch
    Title: Authorized Signatory
   
  By:  /s/ Bertrand Bugnon
    Name: Bertrand Bugnon
    Title: Authorized Signatory

 

 

 

 

Schedule I

 

DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF

NOVARTIS AG AND NOVARTIS PHARMA AG

 

DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF NOVARTIS AG

 

The name, function, citizenship and present principal occupation or employment of each of the directors and executive officers of Novartis AG are set forth below. Unless otherwise indicated below, (i) each occupation set forth opposite an individual’s name refers to employment with Novartis AG and (ii) the business address of each director and executive officer of Novartis AG is Novartis Campus, Lichtstrasse 35, CH-4056, Basel, Switzerland.

 

Name  Relationship to
Novartis AG
  Present Principal Occupation  Citizenship
Joerg Reinhardt, Ph.D.  Chairman of the Board of Directors  Chairman of the Board of Directors  German
          
Simon Moroney, D.Phil.  Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors  Independent Director  German/New Zealander
          
Nancy C. Andrews, M.D., Ph.D.  Director  Executive vice president and chief scientific officer, Boston Children's Hospital, US  American/Swiss
          
Ton Buechner  Director  Independent Director  Dutch/Swiss
          
Patrice Bula  Director  Lead Independent Director  Swiss
          
Elizabeth (Liz) Doherty  Director  Independent Director  British
          
Bridgette Heller  Director  Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Shirley Proctor Puller Foundation, US  American
          
Daniel Hochstrasser  Director  Independent Director  Swiss
          
Frans van Houten  Director  Independent Director  Dutch
          
Ana de Pro Gonzalo  Director  Independent Director  Spanish

 

 

 

 

Charles L. Sawyers, M.D.  Director  Chair of the Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, US; Professor of Medicine and of Cell and Developmental Biology, Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences, US  American
          
William T. Winters  Director  Chief Executive Officer and director of Standard Chartered PLC, UK  British/American
          
John D. Young  Director  Independent Director  British/American
          
Vasant (Vas) Narasimhan, M.D.  Member of the Executive Committee; Chief Executive Officer  Member of the Executive Committee; Chief Executive Officer  American
          
Shreeram Aradhye, M.D.  Member of the Executive Committee; Chief Medical Officer  Member of the Executive Committee; President, Global Drug Development & Chief Medical Officer  American
          
Victor Bulto  Member of the Executive Committee; President, Innovative Medicines US  Member of the Executive Committee; President, Innovative Medicines US  American
          
Aharon (Ronny) Gal, Ph.D.  Member of the Executive Committee; Chief Strategy Officer  Member of the Executive Committee; Chief Strategy & Growth Officer  Israeli/American
          
Karen L. Hale  Member of the Executive Committee; Chief Legal Officer  Member of the Executive Committee; Chief Legal Officer  American
          
Harry Kirsch  Member of the Executive Committee; Chief Financial Officer  Member of the Executive Committee; Chief Financial Officer  German/Swiss
          
Robert (Rob) Kowalski  Member of the Executive Committee; Chief People & Organization Officer  Member of the Executive Committee; Chief People & Organization Officer  American
          
Steffen Lang, Ph.D.  Member of the Executive Committee; President, Operations  Member of the Executive Committee; President, Operations   German/Swiss
          
Fiona H. Marshall, Ph.D.  Member of the Executive Committee; President, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research (NIBR)  Member of the Executive Committee; President, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research (NIBR)  British

 

 

 

 

Klaus Moosmayer, Ph.D.  Member of the Executive Committee; Chief Ethics, Risk and Compliance Officer  Member of the Executive Committee; Chief Ethics, Risk and Compliance Officer  German
          
Marie-France Tschudin  Member of the Executive Committee; President, Novartis Pharmaceuticals  Member of the Executive Committee; President, Novartis Pharmaceuticals International & Chief Commercial Officer  Swiss

 

DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF NOVARTIS PHARMA AG

 

The name, function, citizenship and present principal occupation or employment of each of the directors and executive officers of Novartis Pharma AG are set forth below. Unless otherwise indicated below, (i) each occupation set forth opposite an individual’s name refers to employment with Novartis Pharma AG and (ii) the business address of each director and executive officer of Novartis Pharma AG is Novartis Campus, Lichtstrasse 35, CH-4056, Basel, Switzerland.

 

Name  Relationship to Novartis
Pharma AG
  Present Principal Occupation   Citizenship 
Joerg Reinhardt, Ph.D.  President of the Board of Directors  Chairman of the Board of Directors of Novartis AG   German 
            
Karen L. Hale  Director  Member of the Novartis AG Executive Committee; Chief Legal Officer of Novartis AG   American 
            
Harry Kirsch  Director  Member of the Novartis AG Executive Committee; Chief Financial Officer of Novartis AG   German/Swiss