6-K 1 ea0122077-6k_gamida.htm REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

 

FORM 6-K

 

 

 

Report of Foreign Private Issuer

Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16

Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

For the month of May 2020

 

Commission File Number 001-38716

 

 

 

GAMIDA CELL LTD.

(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

 

 

 

Nahum Heftsadie Street

Givaat Shaul, Jerusalem 91340 Israel

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

 

Form 20-F ☒          Form 40-F ☐

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): ☐

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7): ☐

 

 

 

 

 

 

On May 18, 2020, we entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with Piper Sandler & Co. and Evercore Group L.L.C., as representatives of the several underwriters named therein, pursuant to which we agreed to issue and sell, in an underwritten public offering, an aggregate of 13,333,334 ordinary shares (the “Shares”) at a public offering price of $4.50 per share, for aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $60 million, before deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses.

 

Under the terms of the Underwriting Agreement, the Shares were offered pursuant to a registration statement on Form F-3 (File No. 333-234701), which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 14, 2019 and was declared effective on November 27, 2019. A copy of the Underwriting Agreement is filed as Exhibit 1.1 to this report, and the foregoing description of the terms of the Underwriting Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to such exhibit. A copy of the opinion of Meitar │ Law Offices relating to the legality of the issuance and sale of the shares in the offering is attached as Exhibit 5.1. A copy of the press release announcing the offering is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 6-K.

 

This report on Form 6-K is hereby incorporated by reference into the Company’s Registration Statement on Form F-3 (File No. 333-234701).

 

Exhibits    
   
1.1   Underwriting Agreement, dated as of May 18, 2020, by and among Gamida Cell Ltd. and Piper Sandler & Co., Evercore Group L.L.C., as representatives of the several underwriters named therein.
5.1   Opinion of Meitar │Law Offices.
23.1   Consent of Meitar │Law Offices (included in Exhibit 5.1).
99.1   Press Release, dated May 18, 2020: Gamida Cell Announces Pricing of $60 Million Public Offering of Ordinary Shares.

 

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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, thereunto duly authorized.

 

  GAMIDA CELL LTD.
     
May 20, 2020 By: /s/ Shai Lankry
    Shai Lankry
    Chief Financial Officer

 

 

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