CaesarStone Sdot-Yam Ltd. (Form: 8-A12B, Received: 03/20/2012 10:45:19)

CAESARSTONE SDOT-YAM LTD.

Date: March 20, 2012

/s/ Yair Averbuch

Name: Yair Averbuch

Title: Chief Financial Officer

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 20, 2012

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-A

FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Caesarstone Sdot-Yam Ltd.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Israel

Not Applicable

(State or Other Jurisdiction of

Incorporation or Organization)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

Kibbutz Sdot-Yam

MP Menashe, 37804

Israel

37804

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(Zip Code)

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:


Title of Each Class to be so Registered				Name of Each Exchange on Which Each Class is to be Registered

Ordinary Shares, par value NIS 0.04				The NASDAQ Global Select Market


If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective upon filing pursuant to General Instruction A.(c), check the following box. x		If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d), check the following box. ¨

Securities Act registration statement file number to which this form relates: 333-179556

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 1. Description of Registrant’s Securities to be Registered.

A description of the ordinary shares of Caesarstone Sdot-Yam Ltd. (the “Registrant”) is set forth under the heading “Description of share capital” in the prospectus forming part of Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form F-1 (File No. 333-179556), as amended from time to time (the “Registration Statement”), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which information is incorporated by reference herein. The final prospectus will be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and, upon filing, shall be deemed to be incorporated herein by reference.

Item 2. Exhibits.

Pursuant to the Instructions as to Exhibits with respect to Form 8-A, no exhibits are required to be filed because no other securities of the Registrant are registered on The NASDAQ Global Select Market and the securities registered hereby are not being registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.