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accession: "0001628280-23-024952"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001597313"
company_name: "ViewRay, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-07-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-13T07:42:09.656570+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.95
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.95
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# ViewRay files Chapter 11, secures $6M DIP financing; CEO and board replaced

## Summary
- Filed Chapter 11 on July 16, 2023; intends to sell substantially all assets under Section 363.
- Secured $6M debtor-in-possession financing from MidCap Financial to support operations.
- CEO Scott Drake terminated without cause; Paul Ziegler appointed CEO and to the board.
- Directors Phillip Spencer and Gail Wilensky resigned; board reduced from 9 to 7 members.
- About $57.5M in debt accelerated upon bankruptcy filing; interim CFO and other changes.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-23-024952
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001597313
- company_name: ViewRay, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-07-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.95
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.95
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 1.03, 2.04, 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1597313/000162828023024952/0001628280-23-024952-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1597313/000162828023024952/vray-20230715.htm

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## Key facts
- Debt Financings
  ViewRay, Inc. faced acceleration on credit facility of $57.5 million with Midcap Funding IV Trust, as agent, MidCap Financial Trust, as term loan servicer, Silicon Valley Bank and MidCap Financial Trust, as co-lead arrangers.
  - Instrument: credit facility
  - Principal: $57.5 million
  - Counterparty: Midcap Funding IV Trust, as agent, MidCap Financial Trust, as term loan servicer, Silicon Valley Bank and MidCap Financial Trust, as co-lead arrangers
  - Event: acceleration
  source text: institutions party thereto from time to time as lenders (the “Credit, Security and Guaranty Agreement”). As of the Petition Date, the Debtors had an aggregate of approximately $57.5 million in outstanding principal under and accrued interest under the Credit, Security and Guaranty Agreement.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1597313/000162828023024952/0001628280-23-024952-index.htm
- Distress & Bankruptcy
  ViewRay, Inc. entered chapter 11 in U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware (petition 2023-07-16).
  - Proceeding: chapter 11
  - Court: U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware
  - Petition: 2023-07-16
  source text: On July 16, 2023 (the “Petition Date”), ViewRay, Inc. (the “Company”) and its subsidiary, ViewRay Technologies, Inc. (together with the Company, the “Debtors”), filed voluntary petitions for relief (the “Petitions”) under Chapter 11 of Title 11 (“Chapter 11”) of the United States Code (the “Bankruptcy Code”) in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware (the “Bankruptcy Court”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1597313/000162828023024952/0001628280-23-024952-index.htm
- Executive change
  Phillip M. Spencer resigned as Director at ViewRay, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: Phillip M. Spencer and Gail Wilensky, Ph.D., advised the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the Company of their resignations from the Board, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1597313/000162828023024952/0001628280-23-024952-index.htm
- Executive change
  Paul Ziegler was appointed as Chief Executive Officer at ViewRay, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: the Company appointed Paul Ziegler as CEO
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1597313/000162828023024952/0001628280-23-024952-index.htm
- Executive change
  Paul Ziegler was appointed as Class II Director at ViewRay, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Class II Director
  source text: the Board appointed Mr. Ziegler as a Class II director
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1597313/000162828023024952/0001628280-23-024952-index.htm
- Executive change
  Gail Wilensky resigned as Director at ViewRay, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: Phillip M. Spencer and Gail Wilensky, Ph.D., advised the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the Company of their resignations from the Board, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1597313/000162828023024952/0001628280-23-024952-index.htm
- Executive change
  Adam Podbelski was appointed as Senior Vice President, Commercial Operations at ViewRay, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Senior Vice President, Commercial Operations
  source text: Adam Podbelski as Senior Vice President (“SVP”), Commercial Operations of the Company
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1597313/000162828023024952/0001628280-23-024952-index.htm
- Executive change
  Cassie Mahar was appointed as Interim Chief Financial Officer at ViewRay, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Interim Chief Financial Officer
  source text: Cassie Mahar, currently VP of Accounting and Corporate Controller, to serve as the Company's interim CFO
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1597313/000162828023024952/0001628280-23-024952-index.htm
- Executive change
  Jake Signoriello was terminated as Interim Chief Financial Officer at ViewRay, Inc..
  - Action: terminated
  - Role: Interim Chief Financial Officer
  source text: the employments of Scott Drake as Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”), Jake Signoriello as Interim Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) and Robert McCormack as Chief Legal Officer of the Company were terminated.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1597313/000162828023024952/0001628280-23-024952-index.htm
- Executive change
  Robert McCormack was terminated as Chief Legal Officer at ViewRay, Inc..
  - Action: terminated
  - Role: Chief Legal Officer
  source text: the employments of Scott Drake as Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”), Jake Signoriello as Interim Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) and Robert McCormack as Chief Legal Officer of the Company were terminated.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1597313/000162828023024952/0001628280-23-024952-index.htm
- Executive change
  Scott Drake was terminated as Chief Executive Officer at ViewRay, Inc..
  - Action: terminated
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: the employments of Scott Drake as Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”), Jake Signoriello as Interim Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) and Robert McCormack as Chief Legal Officer of the Company were terminated.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1597313/000162828023024952/0001628280-23-024952-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.
