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Long-term debt, net
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Long-term debt, net Long-term debt, net
The following table sets forth the Company’s long-term debt, net:
December 31,
 20242023
0% Convertible Senior Notes (a)
$— $568,822 
Senior secured credit facility, net (b)
97,300 — 
 $97,300 $568,822 

a.Convertible Notes
On November 5, 2020, the Company issued $575,000 aggregate principal amount of 0% Convertible Senior Notes due 2025 (the “Notes”). The net proceeds from the offering were approximately $558,400.
The Notes are senior unsecured obligations of the Company. The Notes do not bear regular interest, and the principal amount of the Notes will not accrete. Special interest, if any, payable in accordance with the terms of the Notes will be payable in cash semi-annually in arrears on May 1 and November 1 of each year, beginning on May 1, 2021. The Notes mature on November 1, 2025, unless earlier repurchased, redeemed or converted.
The Notes are convertible into cash, the Company’s ordinary shares or a combination of cash and the Company’s ordinary shares at the Company’s election at an initial conversion rate of 5.9439 ordinary shares per $1,000 principal amount of the Notes, which is equivalent to an initial conversion price of approximately $168.24 per ordinary share.
In January 2021, the Company irrevocably elected to settle all conversions of Notes by a combination of cash and the Company's ordinary shares and that the cash portion per $1,000 principal amount of Notes for all conversion settlements shall be $1,000. Accordingly, from and after the date of the election, upon conversion of any Notes,
holders of Notes will receive, with respect to each $1,000 principal amount of Notes converted, cash in an amount up to $1,000 and the balance of the conversion value, if any, in ordinary shares (the "Conversion Shares").
The Notes are not redeemable prior to November 6, 2023, except in the event of certain tax law changes. The Company may redeem for cash all or any portion of the Notes, at the Company’s option, on or after November 6, 2023 if the last reported sale price of the Company’s ordinary shares has been at least 130% of the conversion price then in effect for at least 20 trading days (whether or not consecutive) during any 30 consecutive trading day period (including the last trading day of such period) ending on, and including, the trading day immediately preceding the date on which the Company provides notice of redemption at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid special interest, if any, to, but excluding, the redemption date. No sinking fund is provided for the Notes.
Prior to the close of business on the business day immediately preceding August 1, 2025, the Notes are convertible at the option of the holders only upon the satisfaction of certain conditions and during certain periods as described below and if the Company exercises its right to redeem the Notes as permitted or required by the Indenture as described below. On or after August 1, 2025 until the close of the business on the business day immediately preceding the maturity date, holders may convert all or any portion of their Notes at the conversion rate at any time irrespective of the foregoing conditions.
If holders of at least $3,000 aggregate principal amount of the Notes provide the Company with reasonable evidence that the trading price per $1,000 principal amount of Notes (the “Note Trading Price”) on any trading day would be less than 98% of the product of the last reported sale price of the Ordinary Shares on such trading day and the conversion rate on such trading day (the “Trigger Note Price”), the Company shall follow the process for obtaining the Note Trading Price as provided in the Indenture on a daily basis until the Note Trading Price exceeds the Trigger Notice Price. During this time, if during any five consecutive trading day period (the “Measurement Period”) the Note Trading Price is less than 98% of the Trigger Notice Price, the Company must notify the holders and the trustee of such an event and the holders may convert their Notes into Ordinary Shares at any time during the five business day period immediately after.
If the Company intends to (i) issue warrants/rights/options to existing shareholders with an exercise price less than the ten-day trailing last trading price average or (ii) distribute to shareholders assets, securities or rights with a value per share greater than 10% of the last reported trading price, then the Company must give holders of the Notes thirty-five (35) trading days’ notice of such event, at which time a holder may convert their Notes during such 35 trading day period (or until the Company revokes its decision to issue/distribute the securities, whichever comes sooner).
In addition, upon the occurrence of a fundamental change (as defined in the indenture), holders may require the Company to repurchase for cash all or any portion of their Notes at a fundamental change repurchase price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid special interest, if any, to, but excluding, the fundamental change repurchase date. In addition, following certain corporate events that occur prior to the maturity date or if the Company delivers a notice of redemption, the Company will, in certain circumstances, increase the conversion rate for a holder who elects to convert its Notes in connection with such a corporate event or notice of redemption, as the case may be.
The Notes mature on November 1, 2025, unless earlier repurchased, redeemed or converted as set forth in the Notes. As of December 31, 2024, the conditions allowing holders of the Notes to convert were not met.
In June 2024 the Company redeemed $14,055 of Notes in consideration of $12,913. The gain from redemption was reported as finance income in accordance with ASC 470 "Debt with Conversion and Other Options".
The net carrying amount of the liability of the Convertible Notes (see note 2(y) for additional information) as of December 31, 2024 and 2023 are as follows:
December 31,
20242023
Principal amount$560,945 $575,000 
Unamortized issuance costs(2,785)(6,178)
Net carrying amount of liability component (1)$558,160 $568,822 
Presented as:
Short-term liability (2)
$558,160 $— 
Long-term liability
$— $568,822 
(1)    An effective interest rate determines the fair value of the Notes, therefore they are categorized as Level 3 in accordance with ASC 820, "Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures." The estimated fair value of the Net carrying amount of liability component of the Notes as of December 31, 2024 and 2023 were $526,434 and $515,962, respectively.
The net carrying amount of the liability is represented by the principal amount of the Notes, less total issuance costs plus any amortization of issuance costs. The total issuance costs upon issuance of the Notes were $16,561 and are amortized to interest expense using the effective interest rate method over the contractual term of the Notes. Interest expense is recognized at an annual effective interest rate of 0.59% over the contractual term of the Notes. Amortization of debt issuance costs, included in finance expenses.
(2) In January 2021, the Company elected to settle all conversions of Notes by a combination of cash and its ordinary shares and the cash portion per $1,000 principal amount of Notes for all conversion settlements shall be $1,000. Holders have the right to convert Notes beginning in August 2025. Since any conversion will result in the payment of cash as described above, the liability has been reclassified as current.
Finance expense related to the Notes was as follows:
Year ended December 31,
202420232022
Gain from redemption of Notes
$(1,142)$— $— 
Amortization of debt issuance costs
3,393 3,313 3,293 
Total finance expenses (income) recognized
$2,251$2,251$3,313$3,293

b. Senior secured credit facility, net
On May 1, 2024 Novocure Luxembourg S.a.r.l. ("Borrower"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, entered into a new five-year senior secured credit facility of up to $400.0 million (the "Facility") with BPCR Limited Partnership and BioPharma Credit Investments V (Master) LP (collectively, the "Lenders"), BioPharma Credit PLC, as collateral agent for the Lenders, and the guarantors party to such agreement (the "Loan Agreement"). The Facility may be drawn in up to four drawings. The Loan Agreement provides for an initial term loan in the principal amount of $100.0 million (the "Tranche A Loan"), which was funded to the Borrower on May 1, 2024 (the "Tranche A Funding Date"). Under the Loan Agreement, the Borrower is required to draw $100.0 million on the Facility on or before September 30, 2025 (the "Tranche B Loan"), subject to customary conditions precedent as set forth in the Loan Agreement. Not later than December 31, 2025, the Borrower has the option to draw an additional $100.0 million of the Facility (the "Tranche C Loan") if (i) (A) the Company has received positive results from its PANOVA-3 phase 3 clinical trial or (B) the Company's trailing net revenues for the most recently completed four quarters as reported by the Company in its financial statements filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("Trailing Four Quarters of Net Revenue") are greater than $575.0 million and (ii) the Notes are extinguished in full and are no longer outstanding. Not later than March 31, 2026, the Borrower has the option to draw an additional $100.0 million of the Facility (the "Tranche D Loan") if (i) the Company receives an approval or clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the Company's Tumor Treating Fields device for a
pancreatic cancer indication or (ii) Trailing Four Quarters of Net Revenue is greater than $625.0 million. The obligations under the Loan Agreement are guaranteed by certain of the Company's subsidiaries and secured by a first lien on the Borrower's and certain of the Company's other subsidiaries’ assets. Outstanding term loans under the Loan Agreement will bear interest at an annual rate equal to 6.25% plus the three-months SOFR (subject to a 3.25% floor), payable quarterly in arrears and calculated on the basis of actual days elapsed in a 360-day year. The Borrower must pay 2.5% of additional consideration on each principal draw, with payment for the Tranche A Loan and the Tranche B Loan paid on the Tranche A Funding Date, and payments for the Tranche C Loan and the Tranche D Loan on their respective funding dates. Principal under the Facility will be repaid in eight equal quarterly repayments commencing with the third quarter of 2027 and continuing each quarter thereafter, with the final payment of outstanding principal due on the fifth anniversary of the Tranche A Funding Date. Voluntary prepayment of all, but not less than all, of the term loans outstanding is permitted at any time, subject to make-whole and prepayment premiums as set forth in the Loan Agreement. Prepayment of all term loans outstanding, subject to make-whole and prepayment premiums, is due and payable upon a change-in-control as defined in the Loan Agreement. Make-whole and prepayment premiums are due and payable for the Tranche B Loans for any voluntary prepayment of the term loans outstanding, upon a change-in-control (as defined in the Loan Agreement), and upon any acceleration of the maturity date, in each case regardless of whether the Tranche B Loan is drawn. The Loan Agreement contains a financial covenant only if the Tranche C Loan and/or Tranche D Loan are funded, in which case the Company is required to maintain at least Trailing Four Quarters of Net Revenue of at least $500.0 million, calculated on a trailing twelve-month basis as of the end of each fiscal quarter, beginning with the first quarter of 2027 based on year-end 2026 audited financial statements.
As of December 31, 2024 the Company had borrowed the Tranche A Loan in the principal amount of $100,000.
The net carrying amount of the liability of the Facility as of December 31, 2024 and 2023 is as follows:
December 31,
20242023
Principal amount$100,000 $— 
Unamortized issuance costs(2,700)— 
Net carrying amount of liability component (1)$97,300 $— 
(1)     An effective interest rate determines the fair value of the Facility, therefore they are categorized as Level 3 in accordance with ASC 820. The estimated fair value of the net carrying amount of liability component of the Facility as of December 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023 were $112,836 and $0, respectively.
The net carrying amount of the liability is represented by the principal amount of the Facility, less total issuance costs plus any amortization of issuance costs. The total issuance costs upon issuance of the Facility were $3,078 and are amortized to interest expense using the effective interest rate method over the contractual term of the Facility. For purposes of calculating the net carrying amount, the annual effective interest rate is assumed to be 12.5% over the remaining contractual term of the Facility.
Finance expense related to the Facility was as follows:
Year ended December 31,
202420232022
Interest
$7,693 $— $— 
Amortization of debt issuance costs
378 — — 
Total finance expenses (income) recognized
$8,071 $— $—