UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 6-K

  

Report of Foreign Private Issuer

Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

For the month of November 2019

 

Commission File Number: 001-37643

 

KITOV PHARMA LTD.

(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

 

One Azrieli Center, Round Tower,

132 Menachem Begin Road, Tel Aviv 6701101, Israel

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

 

Form 20-F ☒    Form 40-F ☐

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): ____

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7): ____

 

 

 

 

 

Kitov Pharma Ltd. (the “Company” or the “Registrant”) is announcing that it has published a Notice of 2019 Annual General Meeting of the Shareholders of the Company to be held on Monday, December 23, 2019, at 4:30 p.m. local Israeli time, at the offices of the Company, One Azrieli Center, Round Tower, 19th Floor, 132 Menachem Begin Road, Tel Aviv, Israel. The Notice of 2019 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders is attached to this Form 6-K.

 

We will also publish the Notice of 2019 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders on our corporate website at http://kitovpharma.investorroom.com/Shareholder-Meetings.

 

The full set of Proxy Materials is expected to be furnished to the SEC on Form 6-K on or before November 20, 2019, and will be available to the public on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov. The Proxy Materials will also be submitted to the Israeli Securities Authority and TASE, and available on the websites: www.magna.isa.gov.il or www.maya.tase.co.il. The Proxy Materials will also be made available on our website.

 

Following publication by the Company of the Proxy Materials, BNY Mellon, the Depositary of the Company’s American Depositary Shares (“ADSs”) program will distribute a form of the Voting Instruction Form for holders of the Company’s ADSs, which will be distributed to holders of the Company’s ADSs by BNY Mellon, and a copy of which will be furnished to the SEC on Form 6-K, and will also be submitted by the Company to the Israeli Securities Authority and TASE, and available on the websites: www.magna.isa.gov.il or www.maya.tase.co.il.

 

This report on Form 6-K of the Registrant consists of the following documents, which are attached hereto and incorporated by reference herein:

 

Exhibit 99.1 Notice of 2019 Annual General Meeting of the Shareholders of Kitov Pharma Ltd.

 

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Forward-Looking Statements and Registrant's Safe Harbor Statement

Certain statements in this Report on Form 6-K are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and other applicable securities laws. Forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking words such as "believe", "expect", "intend", "plan", "may", "should", "could", "might", "seek", "target", "will", "project", "forecast", "continue" or "anticipate" or their negatives or variations of these words or other comparable words or by the fact that these statements do not relate strictly to historical matters. You should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which are not guarantees of future performance. Forward-looking statements reflect our current views, expectations, beliefs or intentions with respect to future events, and are subject to a number of assumptions, involve known and unknown risks, many of which are beyond our control, as well as uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be significantly different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Any forward-looking statement in this Report on Form 6-K speaks only as of the date which it is made. We disclaim any intention or obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement, or other information contained herein, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by applicable law. You are advised, however, to consult any additional disclosures we make in our reports to the SEC, which are available on the SEC's website, http://www.sec.gov

This Form 6-K, including the entire Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto, is hereby incorporated by reference into each of the Registrant’s Registration Statements on Form F-3 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 12, 2016 (Registration file numbers 333-207117, 333-211477 and 333-215037), the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 20, 2016 (Registration file number 333-211478), the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 6, 2017 (Registration file number 333-218538), the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form F-3, as amended, originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 16, 2018 (Registration file number 333-226195), the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 28, 2019 (Registration file number 333-230584) and the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form F-3 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 16, 2019 (Registration file number 333-233795).

 

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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, thereunto duly authorized.

 

  KITOV PHARMA LTD.
     
November 12, 2019 By: /s/ Isaac Israel
    Isaac Israel
    CEO & Director

 

 

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Exhibit 99.1

LOGO2019_FINAL_SIGNATURE ON MAILS

 

KITOV PHARMA LIMITED

 

Notice of 2019 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders 

 

Notice is hereby given that the 2019 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (the “Meeting” or the “Annual Meeting”) of Kitov Pharma Limited (“Kitov” or the “Company”) will be held at Kitov’s executive offices at One Azrieli Center, Round Tower, 19th Floor, Tel Aviv, Israel on Monday, December 23, 2019, at 4:30 p.m. local Israeli time, for the following purposes:

 

  1. To review the Company’s Financial Statements and Annual Report for the year ended December 31, 2018.
     
  2. To review the compensation paid by the Company during 2018 to Somekh Chaikin, Certified Public Accountants (Israel), a member of KPMG International, the independent public accountants of the Company.
     
  3. To approve nominees for appointment as members of the first class of directors on the Board of Directors of the Company, each to serve for a three-year term until the 2022 Annual General Meeting, and until their successors have been duly elected.
     
  4. To approve the terms of office and employment of the appointed directors.
     
  5. To transact such other business as may properly come before the Meeting

 

Only shareholders of record at the close of business in New York on Monday, November 18, 2019 will be entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. Two shareholders who are present at the Annual Meeting, in person or by proxy or represented by their authorized persons, and who hold in the aggregate twenty-five percent or more of the paid-up share capital of the Company, shall constitute a legal quorum. Should no legal quorum be present one half hour after the scheduled time, the Meeting shall be adjourned to one week from that day, at the same time and place.

  

As permitted under the Israeli Companies Law 5759-1999 and Regulations enacted pursuant to such law, and as set forth in our Amended and Restated Articles of Association, we are not required to physically deliver a notice of a shareholders meeting and a proxy statement. We have prepared this Notice of Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, and will prepare the Proxy Statement, Voting Slip and Voting Instruction Forms, (collectively, the “Proxy Materials”) in accordance with applicable rules, regulations and disclosure requirements in the State of Israel, as such are applicable to a Company whose securities are traded on both the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange and the NASDAQ. Our Proxy Materials may not necessarily be mailed to beneficial shareholders in Israel, nor to beneficial ADS holders in the United States.

 

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The full set of Proxy Materials are expected to be furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on Form 6-K on or before November 20, 2019, and will be available to the public on the SEC’s website at https://www.sec.gov. The Proxy Materials will also be submitted to the Israeli Securities Authority and TASE, and available on the websites: www.magna.isa.gov.il or www.maya.tase.co.il. This Notice of Annual General Meeting of Shareholders and the Proxy Materials will also be made available on our corporate website at http://kitovpharma.investorroom.com/Shareholder-Meetings, as required under the Companies Law and Regulations governing publication of this Notice of Annual General Meeting of Shareholders and distribution of the Proxy Materials.

 

Under Israeli law, one or more shareholders holding 1% or more of the voting rights of the Company may request to include a proposal on the agenda of a shareholders meeting (including proposing the nomination of a candidate to the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board of Directors”) for consideration by the Board of Directors) by submitting such proposal within seven days of publication of the Company’s notice with respect to its general meeting of shareholders (a “Meeting Agenda Addition”). Accordingly, any shareholder, or group of shareholders, holding 1% or more of the voting rights of the Company may request to include a Meeting Agenda Addition proposal on the agenda of this Meeting by submitting such proposal in writing to the Company no later than 4:30 p.m. Israel time on Wednesday, November 20, 2019, at the Company Offices, Attn: Mr. Gil Efron, Deputy CEO and CFO. If a Meeting Agenda Addition is to nominate a candidate for election to the Board of Directors, the proposing shareholder(s) must provide (a) a declaration signed by the nominee and any other information required under the Companies Law, (b) all of the information set forth under Regulation 26(a) of the Securities Regulations (Periodic and Immediate Reports), 5730-1970, (c) additional information in respect of the nominee as would be required in response to the applicable disclosure requirements in Israel or abroad, including those of Item 6A (directors and senior management), Item 6E (share ownership) and Item 7B (related party transactions) of Form 20-F of the SEC, to the extent applicable, (d) a representation made by the nominee of whether the nominee meets the objective criteria for an independent director and/or statutory unaffiliated director of a company such as the Company under the Companies Law and/or under any applicable law, regulation or stock exchange rules, in Israel or abroad, and if not, then an explanation of why not, and (e) details of all relationships and understandings between the proposing shareholder(s) and the nominee.

 

Under Israeli law, shareholders wishing to express their position on an agenda item for this Meeting may do so by submitting a written Position Statement (“Position Statement”) to the Company Offices, Attn: Mr. Gil Efron, Deputy CEO and CFO. Any Position Statement received will be furnished to the SEC on Form 6-K, and will be made available to the public on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov, and in addition at http://www.magna.isa.gov.il or http://maya.tase.co.il. Position Statements should be submitted to the Company no later than 13:30 p.m. Israel time on Friday, December 13, 2019. Any Position Statements so submitted must comply with the requirements set forth under the Companies Law and any applicable regulations, including the Companies Regulations (Voting in Writing and Position Statements), 5766-2005.

 

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Beneficial ADS holders in the United States should return their form of Voting Instruction Form for holders of the Company’s ADSs by no later than the date and time which will be set forth on such Voting Instruction Form. Proxies must be deposited at the Company Offices or the place designated for the Meeting no later than 48 hours prior to the time scheduled for the Meeting. However, the Meeting chairman is entitled to waive this requirement with respect to all participants at the Meeting, and to accept all the proxies at the commencement of the Meeting, subject to the presentation of proof of share ownership.

 

All Voting Slips (together with proofs of share ownership, and all documents required to be submitted therewith) must be delivered to the Company Offices set forth above, such that the Voting Slip arrives no later 4 hours prior to the designated time of the Meeting, namely by no later than 12:30 p.m. Israel Time on Monday, December 23, 2019. Voting via Electronic Voting Slips, which will be delivered to the Company via the Electronic Voting System being operated pursuant to Section B of Chapter G’2 of the Securities Law, 5728-1968, will be allowed until six (6) hours prior to the Meeting commencement, namely by no later than 10:30 a.m. Israel Time on Monday, December 23, 2019.

 

 

  By Order of the Board of Directors,  
   
  /s/ Gil Efron
  Gil Efron
 

On behalf of

Kitov Pharma Ltd.

 

November 12, 2019

 

 

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