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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001178913-24-000112
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	6-K
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CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20240109
FILED AS OF DATE:		20240109
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20240109

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	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			NOVA LTD.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001109345
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS & LENSES [3827]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	08 Industrial Applications and Services
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

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		FORM TYPE:		6-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-30668
		FILM NUMBER:		24521740

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		5 DAVID FIKES STREET
		CITY:			REHOVOT
		STATE:			L3
		ZIP:			7610201
		BUSINESS PHONE:		972-73-229-5600

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		STREET 1:		5 DAVID FIKES STREET
		CITY:			REHOVOT
		STATE:			L3
		ZIP:			7610201

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	NOVA MEASURING INSTRUMENTS LTD
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20000315
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    <div style="text-align: center; line-height: 1.25; font-weight: bold;">REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; line-height: 1.25;">For the month of January 2024<br>
      Commission File No.: 000-30668<br>
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    <div style="text-align: center; line-height: 1.25; font-weight: bold;">5 David Fikes Street, Rehovot, Israel</div>
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    <div style="text-indent: 27pt; margin-right: 19.3pt; margin-left: 9pt; line-height: 1.25;">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.&#160;</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 27pt; margin-right: 19.3pt; margin-left: 9pt; line-height: 1.25;">Attached hereto and incorporated by way of reference herein is a press release issued by the Registrant and entitled: &#8220;Nova to Report Fourth
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    <div style="text-indent: 36pt; line-height: 1.25;">Date: January 9, 2024</div>
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    <div style="line-height: 1.25;">Dror David, Chief Financial Officer</div>
    <div style="line-height: 1.25;">Tel: +972-73-229-5760</div>
    <div style="line-height: 1.25;">E-mail: investors@novami.com</div>
    <div style="line-height: 1.25;"><u>Nova Website Link</u> - https://www.novami.com/</div>
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    <div style="line-height: 1.25;">Miri Segal</div>
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      <div style="text-align: center; line-height: 1.25; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Conference call to be held on the same day<sup style="vertical-align: text-top; line-height: 1; font-size: smaller;">&#160;</sup>at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 1.25;"><font style="font-weight: bold;">Rehovot, Israel, January 9, 2024 &#8211; Nova (Nasdaq: NVMI)</font>, a leading innovator and a key provider of metrology solutions for advanced process control used in
      semiconductor manufacturing,&#160;&#160;today announced that it expects to release its financial results for the fourth quarter and full year of 2023 before the Nasdaq market opens on Thursday, February 15, 2024.</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 1.25;">Gaby Waisman, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Dror David, Chief Financial Officer, will host a conference call to review the Company&#8217;s fourth quarter and full year 2023 financial results
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    <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 1.25;">To attend the conference call, please dial one of the following numbers at least five minutes before the conference call commences. If you are unable to connect using the toll-free numbers, please
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    <div style="line-height: 1.25;"><font style="font-weight: bold;">U.S. TOLL-FREE</font>: 1-833-816-1427</div>
    <div style="line-height: 1.25;"><font style="font-weight: bold;">ISRAEL&#160;TOLL-FREE</font>: 1-80-9213284</div>
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    <div style="line-height: 1.25;">At:<br>
      8:30 a.m. Eastern Time<br>
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    <div style="line-height: 1.25;">The conference call will also be available via a live webcast from a link on <u>Nova&#8217;s Investor Relations website</u><font style="font-weight: normal;"> - https://www.novami.com/investors/events/.</font> A replay of the
      conference call will be available from&#160;February 15, 2024 to February 22, 2024. To access the replay, please dial one of the following numbers:&#160;</div>
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      <div style="line-height: 1.25; font-weight: bold;">About Nova:</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 1.25;">Nova is a leading innovator and key provider of material, optical and chemical metrology solutions for advanced process control in semiconductor manufacturing. Nova delivers continuous innovation by
      providing state-of-the-art, high-performance metrology solutions for effective process control throughout the semiconductor fabrication lifecycle. Nova's product portfolio, which combines high-precision hardware and cutting-edge software, provides
      its customers with deep insight into developing and producing the most advanced semiconductor devices. Nova's unique capability to deliver innovative solutions enables its customers to improve performance, enhance product yields and accelerate time
      to market. Nova acts as a partner to semiconductor manufacturers from its offices worldwide. Additional information may be found on <u>Nova's website link</u> - https://www.novami.com/.</div>
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    <div style="line-height: 1.25;">Nova is traded on the Nasdaq and TASE, Nasdaq ticker symbol NVMI.</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 1.25;">This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 relating to future events or our future
      performance, such as statements regarding, but not limited to, anticipated growth opportunities and projections about our business and its future revenues, expenses and profitability. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks,
      uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to differ materially from any future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied in those
      forward-looking statements. Factors that may affect our results, performance, circumstances or achievements include, but are not limited to, the following: political, economic and military instability in Israel, including related to the recent attack
      by Hamas and other terrorist organizations from the Gaza Strip and Israel&#8217;s war against them; increased information technology security threats and sophisticated computer crime; foreign political and economic risks including supply-chain
      difficulties; regulations that could restrict our operations such as economic sanctions and export restrictions; changes in U.S. trade policies; indirect effects of the Russia &#8211; Ukraine conflict; market instability including inflation and
      recessionary pressures; risks related to doing business with China; catastrophic events such as the outbreak of COVID-19; inability to protect our intellectual property; open source technology exposure; failure to compete effectively or to respond to
      rapid technological changes; consolidation in our industry; difficulty in predicting the length and strength of any downturn or expansion period of the market we target; factors that adversely affect the pricing and demand for our product lines;
      dependency on a small number of large customers; dependency on a single manufacturing facility per product line; dependency on a limited number of suppliers; difficulty in integrating current or future acquisitions; lengthy sales cycle and customer
      delays in orders; risks related to our convertible notes; currency fluctuations; and quarterly fluctuations in our operating results. We cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements. The matters discussed in this
      press release also involve risks and uncertainties summarized under the heading "Risk Factors" in Nova's Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2022, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 28, 2023. These
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