# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001635088
**File Stem:** 0001140361-26-007548
**Filing Date:** 2026-3
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001140361-26-007548.hdr.sgml**: 20260303

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001140361-26-007548

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 8-K

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 13

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20260303

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Regulation FD Disclosure

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Other Events

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Financial Statements and Exhibits

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20260303

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20260303

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** Roivant Sciences Ltd.
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001635088
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS [2834]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 03 Life Sciences
- **EIN:** 981173944
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** D0
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 0331

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 8-K
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-40782
- **FILM NUMBER:** 26714365

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **ADDRESS IS A NON US LOCATION:** YES
- **STREET 1:** 7TH FLOOR, 50 BROADWAY
- **CITY:** LONDON
- **NON US STATE TERRITORY:** UNITED KINGDOM
- **PROVINCE COUNTRY:** X0
- **ZIP:** SW1H 0DB
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 441-295-5950

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **ADDRESS IS A NON US LOCATION:** YES
- **STREET 1:** 7TH FLOOR, 50 BROADWAY
- **CITY:** LONDON
- **NON US STATE TERRITORY:** UNITED KINGDOM
- **PROVINCE COUNTRY:** X0
- **ZIP:** SW1H 0DB

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### 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): March 3, 2026

## Roivant Sciences Ltd.

#### (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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| **Bermuda** | 001-40782 <br>| **98-1173944**  |
| **(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)** | **(Commission File Number)** <br>| **(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)** |

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#### 7th Floor

#### 50 Broadway

#### London SW1H 0DB

#### United Kingdom

#### 1 Pennsylvania Plaza

#### Floor 54

#### New York, NY 10119

#### United States<sup>1</sup>

#### Viaduktstrasse 8

#### 4051 Basel

#### Switzerland<sup>1</sup>

#### (Address of principal executive offices, and Zip Code)

#### +44 207 400-3347

#### Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code

#### Not Applicable

#### (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (*see* General Instruction A.2. below):

☐ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c)) Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

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| **Title of each class** | **Trading Symbol(s)** | **Name of each exchange on which registered** |
| **Common Shares, $0.0000000341740141 per share**<br>| **ROIV**  | **The Nasdaq Global Select Market**<br>|

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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).

Emerging growth company ☐

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 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

<sup>1</sup> Addresses of wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Registrant.

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| **Item 1.01.** | **Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement** |

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On March 3, 2026 (the "Effective Date"), Genevant Sciences GmbH ("Genevant"), a subsidiary of Roivant Sciences Ltd. (the "Company" or "Roivant"), Arbutus Biopharma Corp. (together with Genevant, "Genevant/Arbutus"), and, solely for certain purposes, Genevant Sciences Ltd., and Moderna, Inc. and ModernaTx, Inc. (together, "Moderna") entered into a settlement agreement (the "Settlement Agreement") to resolve all patent infringement litigation between Genevant/Arbutus and Moderna pending in the U.S. and internationally relating to Moderna's unauthorized use of Genevant/Arbutus' lipid nanoparticle ("LNP") delivery technology in its vaccines, including Spikevax® (the "LNP Litigation"). The Settlement Agreement requires each of Genevant/Arbutus and Moderna to file stipulated judgments and stipulations of dismissal for the respective courts or tribunals to enter judgment or dismiss with prejudice or withdraw (as the case may be) all claims in the LNP Litigation. Moderna may appeal from the stipulated judgments solely with respect to whether 28 U.S.C. §1498 ("§ 1498") bars Genevant/Arbutus' claims for direct infringement and indirect infringement against Moderna for vaccine doses that were sold to the United States Government under a particular contract and characterized by the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware as "vaccines that did not go directly to United States Government employees."

Under the terms of the settlement, Moderna will make a $950.0 million noncontingent lump sum payment to Genevant/Arbutus on or before July 8, 2026.

In addition, as described in more detail in, and subject to the terms of, the Settlement Agreement, Moderna will make an additional $1.3 billion contingent lump sum payment to Genevant/Arbutus (i) if the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (whether by the initial panel, upon panel rehearing or *en banc*) affirms, or if there is a final non-appealable judgment that affirms, the rejection of Moderna's affirmative defense pursuant to § 1498 by the District Court in its entirety or otherwise holds that § 1498 does not bar Genevant/Arbutus' claim against Moderna as to either or both of direct infringement and indirect infringement with respect to all of the doses subject to Moderna's appeal, or (ii) upon a failure to timely file, or voluntary dismissal of, Moderna's appeal (any of the foregoing under (i) or (ii), a "Genevant/Arbutus § 1498 Victory"). If the appellate court instead determines that § 1498 bars Genevant/Arbutus' infringement claims as to some, but not all, of the doses subject to Moderna's appeal, the Settlement Agreement provides that Moderna will pay Genevant/Arbutus a prorated amount of $1.3 billion, calculated based on the number of doses for which § 1498 bars Genevant/Arbutus' infringement claims as clearly articulated by the Federal Circuit, or if not clearly articulated by the Federal Circuit, as mutually agreed by the parties or determined in an accelerated binding arbitration process. Any payment from Moderna to Genevant/Arbutus as described in this paragraph is referred to herein as the "Contingent Payment."

Under certain circumstances, as described in more detail in, and subject to the terms of, the Settlement Agreement, if the Genevant/Arbutus § 1498 Victory is subsequently overturned in Moderna's favor in a final nonappealable decision, Genevant/Arbutus is required to return the Contingent Payment to Moderna, plus interest. If, following a Genevant/Arbutus § 1498 Victory, either (i) Moderna does not timely appeal such Genevant/Arbutus § 1498 Victory or (ii) such Genevant/Arbutus § 1498 Victory is subsequently affirmed in a final nonappealable decision, Moderna will have no further right to a potential repayment of the Contingent Payment.

The Settlement Agreement includes mutual financial covenants to ensure payment or repayment of the Contingent Payment, as described above.

The Settlement Agreement also contains customary mutual releases in favor of each of Genevant/Arbutus and Moderna in respect of the LNP Litigation. In addition, the Settlement Agreement includes a fully paid-up, royalty free, irrevocable, non-exclusive, worldwide license and covenant not to sue granted by Genevant/Arbutus to Moderna under any patents and patent applications owned or licensable by Genevant/Arbutus or their respective direct and indirect wholly owned subsidiaries to make, sell and generally otherwise exploit Moderna's SPIKEVAX, mNEXSPIKE and mRESVIA vaccines and any other mRNA vaccines that include a lipid SM-102-based LNP formulation against an infectious disease and meet certain conditions, as well as a covenant not to sue with respect to certain other Genevant/Arbutus patents and Moderna products.

The foregoing description of the Settlement Agreement does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by reference to, the full text of such agreement, a copy of which will be filed as an exhibit to Roivant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ending on March 31, 2026 (or earlier filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC")).

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| **Item 7.01.** | **Regulation FD Disclosure** |

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On March 3, 2026, Roivant issued a press release announcing entry into the Settlement Agreement. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and is incorporated by reference in this Item 7.01.

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The information furnished under this Item 7.01, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or subject to the liabilities of that section or Sections 11 and 12(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933. The information in this Item 7.01, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed incorporated by reference into any other filing with the SEC made by the Company, whether made before or after the date hereof, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing

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| **Item 8.01.** | **Other Information** |

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On March 3, 2026, Roivant's board of directors authorized an increase in the size of the previously approved common share repurchase program allowing for repurchases of the Company's common shares in an aggregate amount of up to $1.0 billion (excluding fees and expenses), inclusive of the previously announced $500 million repurchase authorization.

The repurchase program will be funded with available cash and cash equivalents on hand and does not have an expiration date. The timing and total amount of common shares to be repurchased will depend on several factors, including the market price of the Company's common shares, general business, macroeconomic and market conditions and other investment opportunities. Under the repurchase program, purchases may be conducted through tender offers, open market repurchases or privately negotiated transactions, including the use of trading plans under Rule 10b5-1 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The share repurchase program may be suspended or discontinued at any time. There can be no assurances as to how many additional common shares the Company will repurchase under the program, if any, or at what prices any purchases will be made.

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| **Item 9.01.** | **Financial Statements and Exhibits** |

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(d) Exhibits.

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| **Exhibit No.**  | Description of Exhibit |
| [99.1](ef20067067_ex99-1.htm) | Press Release, dated March 3, 2026. |
| 104<br>| Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded with Inline XBRL document). |

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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.

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| ROIVANT SCIENCES LTD. | ROIVANT SCIENCES LTD. |
| By: <br>| /s/ Keyur Parekh |
| Name: Keyur Parekh | Name: Keyur Parekh |
| Title: Authorized Signatory | Title: Authorized Signatory |
| Dated: March 3, 2026 | Dated: March 3, 2026 |

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## Exhibit 99.1

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 **Exhibit 99.1**<br>

Roivant Announces Genevant Sciences' and Arbutus Biopharma's $2.25 Billion Global Settlement With Moderna

• Moderna to pay Genevant and Arbutus $950 million upfront and an additional $1.3 billion contingent upon a favorable resolution of Moderna's Section 1498 appeal

• If the $1.3 billion payment is realized, this settlement will be the largest disclosed patent settlement paid in the pharmaceutical industry and the second largest in any industry

<br> • Settlement holds Moderna accountable for infringement and provides for the court to enter judgment of no invalidity on the four Genevant/Arbutus patents asserted in the case

• Genevant grants Moderna a global non-exclusive license to its LNP delivery technology for SM-102-containing mRNA vaccines for infectious disease and a covenant not to sue for certain Genevant/Arbutus patents and Moderna products, ending all patent-infringement litigation against Moderna arising from its unauthorized use of the technology in its COVID-19 vaccines

<br> • Pfizer/BioNTech litigation is ongoing in the United States following a favorable Markman ruling issued in September 2025; Comirnaty sales represent ~2/3 of global COVID-mRNA vaccine sales to date

• Roivant's board of directors has approved a $1 billion share repurchase program, inclusive of the $500 million authorization that was approved in June 2025

<br> • Roivant will host an investor call to discuss these updates today, March 3, 2026, at 4:45 p.m. ET

BASEL, Switzerland and LONDON and NEW YORK, March 3, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) – Roivant (Nasdaq: ROIV) today announced that Genevant Sciences, a leading nucleic acid delivery company with world-class platforms and a robust lipid nanoparticle (LNP) patent portfolio and a subsidiary of Roivant, and Arbutus Biopharma Corporation (Nasdaq: ABUS), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on infectious disease, have entered into a $2.25 billion global settlement with Moderna, Inc. to resolve all U.S. and international enforcement actions involving Moderna's unauthorized use of Genevant's and Arbutus' LNP delivery technology in its COVID-19 vaccines, including Spikevax<sup>®</sup>.

As part of the settlement, Moderna will pay Genevant and Arbutus $950 million upfront in July 2026 and an additional $1.3 billion contingent upon an appellate ruling that 28 U.S.C. § 1498 (Section 1498) does not bar Genevant's and Arbutus' claims against Moderna for patent infringement, except as to doses characterized by the district court as having gone to U.S. government employees. In asserting that defense, Moderna argued that Section 1498 applies such that U.S. taxpayers should assume liability for its infringement of Genevant's and Arbutus' patents for sales made under one of its government contracts. Moderna has also consented to entry of a judgment of infringement and of a judgment of no invalidity of four Genevant/Arbutus patents. Additionally, as a part of this settlement, Genevant has agreed to grant Moderna a global non-exclusive license to LNP delivery technology for infectious disease applications and a covenant not to sue for certain Genevant/Arbutus patents and Moderna products. For more information about the terms and conditions of the settlement with Moderna, including the contingent payment, please refer to Roivant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on March 3, 2026.

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"We are pleased with this settlement, which allows us to put this lengthy dispute behind us and remain focused on our mission to leverage our world-class nucleic acid delivery systems to bring innovative medicines to people who need them," said James Heyes, CEO of Genevant Sciences. "At the same time, it is enormously gratifying for the Genevant team to, at long last, be recognized for our pivotal contribution to restoring normalcy around the world in the face of a once-in-a-lifetime pandemic."

"Nobel laureates, industry executives, and prominent researchers have long recognized that Arbutus scientists changed the drug development landscape when they invented LNP delivery technology, enabling nucleic acids including mRNA to be used for medicines and opening a new world of possibilities," said Lindsay Androski, President and Chief Executive Officer of Arbutus. "Today, Moderna has finally acknowledged the same. This is a transformative outcome for Arbutus as a company, but more importantly, it is a long-overdue recognition that the COVID-19 vaccines would never have made it to the world without the seminal work of Ian MacLachlan, Ed Yaworski, Lloyd Jeffs, Kieu Lam, Lorne Palmer, and Cory Giesbrecht. Today, above all else, we celebrate – and in the case of Cory, remember – them."

"This outcome speaks to the fundamental role that Genevant's foundational LNP technology played in enabling the world's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. As we continue to pursue our ongoing litigation against Pfizer/BioNTech, whose Comirnaty sales represent ~2/3 of global COVID vaccine sales, this resolution with Moderna reduces uncertainty, validates our IP estate and provides near term significant cash inflow," said Matt Gline, CEO of Roivant. "We will continue to be capital efficient with these proceeds with an additional $500 million authorized by our board for share repurchases."

#### Investor Conference Call Information

Roivant will host a live conference call and webcast at 4:45 p.m. ET on Tuesday, March 3, 2026, to discuss Genevant's and Arbutus' $2.25 billion global settlement with Moderna. To access the conference call by phone, please register online using this <u>registration link</u>. The presentation and webcast details will also be available under "Events & Presentations" in the Investors section of the Roivant website at https://investor.roivant.com/news-events/events. The archived webcast will be available on Roivant's website after the conference call.

#### About Roivant

Roivant (Nasdaq: ROIV) is a biopharmaceutical company that aims to improve the lives of patients by accelerating the development and commercialization of medicines that matter. Roivant's pipeline includes brepocitinib, a potent small molecule inhibitor of TYK2 and JAK1 in development for the treatment of dermatomyositis, non-infectious uveitis and cutaneous sarcoidosis; IMVT-1402 and batoclimab, fully human monoclonal antibodies targeting FcRn in development across several IgG-mediated autoimmune indications; and mosliciguat, an inhaled sGC activator in development for pulmonary hypertension associated with interstitial lung disease. We advance our pipeline by creating nimble subsidiaries or "Vants" to develop and commercialize our medicines and technologies. Beyond therapeutics, Roivant also incubates discovery-stage companies and health technology startups complementary to its biopharmaceutical business. For more information, visit www.roivant.com.

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**About Genevant Sciences**

Genevant Sciences, a subsidiary of Roivant, is a leading nucleic acid delivery company with world-class platforms, a robust lipid nanoparticle (LNP) patent portfolio, and decades of experience and expertise in nucleic acid drug delivery and development. Genevant's scientists have pioneered LNP delivery of nucleic acids for over 20 years, and Genevant's LNP platform, which has been studied across more than a dozen discrete product candidates and is the delivery technology behind the first and only approved systemic RNA-LNP product (patisiran), enables a wide array of RNA-based applications, including vaccines, therapeutic protein production, and gene editing. For more information, please visit <u>www.genevant.com</u>.

#### About Arbutus

Arbutus Biopharma Corporation (Nasdaq: ABUS) is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on infectious disease. The company is currently developing imdusiran (AB-729) and an oral PD-L1 inhibitor (AB-101) for the treatment of chronic hepatitis B (cHBV) infection. Arbutus is also consulting closely with and supporting its exclusive licensee, Genevant Sciences, to protect and defend its intellectual property, which is the subject of an on-going lawsuit against Pfizer/BioNTech for use of Arbutus' patented LNP technology in their COVID-19 vaccines. For more information, visit <u>www.arbutusbio.com</u>.

#### Forward-Looking Statements and Information

This press release contains forward-looking statements. Statements in this press release may include statements that are not historical facts and are considered forward-looking within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), which are usually identified by the use of words such as "anticipate," "believe," "continue," "could," "estimate," "expect," "intends," "may," "might," "plan," "possible," "potential," "predict," "project," "should," "would" and variations of such words or similar expressions. The words may identify forward-looking statements, but the absence of these words does not mean that a statement is not forward-looking. We intend these forward-looking statements to be covered by the safe harbor provisions for forward-looking statements contained in Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act.

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Our forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding our or our management team's expectations, hopes, beliefs, intentions or strategies regarding the future, and statements that are not historical facts, including statements about the clinical and therapeutic potential of our product candidates, the availability and success of topline results from our ongoing clinical trials and any commercial potential of our product candidates following applicable regulatory approvals. In addition, any statements that refer to projections, forecasts or other characterizations of future events, results or circumstances, including any underlying assumptions, are forward-looking statements. Actual results may differ materially from those contemplated in these statements due to a variety of risks, uncertainties and other factors.

Although we believe that our plans, intentions, expectations and strategies as reflected in or suggested by those forward-looking statements are reasonable, we can give no assurance that the plans, intentions, expectations or strategies will be attained or achieved. Furthermore, actual results may differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements and will be affected by a number of risks, uncertainties and assumptions, including, but not limited to, those risks set forth in the Risk Factors section of our filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Moreover, we operate in a very competitive and rapidly changing environment in which new risks emerge from time to time. These forward-looking statements are based upon the current expectations and beliefs of our management as of the date of this press release, and are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements. Except as required by applicable law, we assume no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

#### Contacts:

<u>Investors</u>

Keyur Parekh

keyur.parekh@roivant.com

<u>Media</u>

Stephanie Lee

stephanie.lee@roivant.com

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