6-K 1 zk2126179.htm 6-K

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 June 2021
Commission File No.:001-35773
 
REDHILL BIOPHARMA LTD.
(Translation of registrant’s name into English)
 
21 Ha'arba'a Street, Tel Aviv, 6473921, 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): ____
 
Attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference is the notice of annual general meeting of the Company scheduled for July 26, 2021.

This Form 6-K is incorporated by reference into the Company's Registration Statements on Form S-8 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 2, 2013 (Registration No. 333-188286), on October 29, 2015 (Registration No. 333-207654), on July 25, 2017 (Registration No. 333-219441), on May 23, 2018 (Registration No. 333-225122), on July 24, 2019 (File No. 333-232776), on March 25, 2021 (File No. 333-254692) and on May 3, 2021 (File No. 333-255710) and its Registration Statements on Form F-3 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 23, 2018 (File No. 333-226278) ,on July 24, 2019 (File No. 333-232777) and March 30, 2021 (333-254848).


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. 
 
 
REDHILL BIOPHARMA LTD.
 
 
(the "Registrant")
 
 
 
 
 
Date: June 10, 2021
By:
 /s/ Dror Ben-Asher 
 
 
Dror Ben-Asher 
 
 
Chief Executive Officer
 
 
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REDHILL BIOPHARMA LTD.
21 Ha'arba'a Street
Tel-Aviv 6473921
Israel

NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
To Be Held on July 26, 2021

The Annual General Meeting of Shareholders of RedHill Biopharma Ltd. (the “Company”), will be held at the offices of the Company, 21 Ha'arba'a Street, 16th Floor, Tel-Aviv, Israel, on July 26, 2021, at 3:00 p.m. Israel time, or at any adjournments thereof (the “General Meeting”), for the following purposes:
 

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To appoint Kesselman & Kesselman, certified public accountants in Israel and a member of PricewaterhouseCoopers International Limited, as the Company’s auditors for the year 2021 and for an additional period until the next Annual General Meeting; and to inform the shareholders of the aggregate compensation paid to the auditors for the year ended December 31, 2020;
 

2.
To approve the re-election of Mr. Ofer Tsimchi and Mr. Eric Swenden to the board of directors of the Company (the "Board of Directors"), and the election of Alessandro Della Chà to the Board of Directors each for a three-year term until the annual general meeting to be held in 2024;
 

3.
To approve amended terms of service of the directors of the Company;
 

4.
To approve amendments to the Company's Compensation Policy;
 

5.
To approve an amendment to the Company’s Letters of Exemption and Indemnification to the Company’s officers and directors;
 

6.
To approve an amendment of the Company’s Amended and Restated Award Plan (2010);
 

7.
To approve a grant of options to purchase American Depository Shares (“ADSs”) (each representing 10 ordinary shares, par value NIS 0.01 per share) (“Ordinary Shares”) of the Company to directors of the Company;
 

8.
To approve a grant of options to purchase ADSs of the Company to Mr. Rick D. Scruggs;
 

9.
To approve a grant of options to purchase ADS’s of the Company to Mr. Dror Ben-Asher;
 

10.
To approve a grant of additional options to U.S. directors of the Company;
 

11.
To approve an annual bonus and an increase in salary to Mr. Rick D. Scruggs, the Company’s Chief Commercial Officer;
 

12.
To approve amended terms of employment of Mr. Rick D. Scruggs; and
 

13.
To approve amended terms of employment of Ms. June Almenoff.
 
In addition, shareholders at the General Meeting will have an opportunity to review and ask questions regarding the financial statements of the Company for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020.
 
The Company is currently unaware of any other matters that may be raised at the General Meeting. Should any other matters be properly raised at the General Meeting, the persons designated as proxies shall vote according to their own judgment on those matters.
 
Only holders of record of Ordinary Shares and holders of record of ADSs, evidenced by American Depositary Receipts issued by The Bank of New York Mellon at the close of business on June 17, 2021 shall be entitled to receive notice of and to vote at the General Meeting.

The Board of Directors recommends that you vote FOR the proposals, as specified on the enclosed form of proxy.

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Whether or not you plan to attend the General Meeting, it is important that your ADSs or Ordinary Shares be represented. Accordingly, you are kindly requested to complete, date, sign and mail the enclosed proxy in the envelope provided at your earliest convenience so that it will be received no later than four hours prior to the General Meeting. Execution of a proxy will not in any way affect a shareholder’s right to attend the General Meeting and vote in person, and any person giving a proxy has the right to revoke it at any time before it is exercised.
 
Shareholders who hold ordinary shares through members of the Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange Ltd. ("TASE"), who did not convert their ordinary shares to ADSs, may vote in the General Meeting in person or vote through the proxy card to be provided separately, which also serves as their voting card, by completing, dating, signing and mailing the proxy card to the Company’s offices so that it is received by the Company no later than July 26, 2021 at 11:00 a.m. Israel time, and must also provide the Company with a copy of their identity card, passport or certificate of incorporation (as the case may be), and an ownership certificate confirming their ownership of the Company’s ordinary shares on the Record Date. Such certificate must be approved by a recognized financial institution, as required by the Israeli Companies Regulations (Proof of Ownership of Shares for Voting at General Meeting) of 2000, as amended.
 
ADS holders should return their proxies by the date set forth on their form of proxy.
 
Shareholders wishing to express their position on an agenda item for this General Meeting may do so by submitting a written statement (“Position Statement”) to the Company’s offices, c/o Mr. Micha Ben Chorin, at 21 Ha'arba'a Street, Tel-Aviv, 6473921 Israel, by no later than July 16, 2021. Any Position Statement received, that is in accordance with the guidelines set by the Israel Companies Law, will be furnished to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on Form 6-K, and will be made available to the public on the Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov.
 
 If within half an hour from the time appointed for the General Meeting a quorum is not present, the General Meeting shall be adjourned to the next business day following the day of the scheduled General Meeting, at the same time and place, or at another day, time and place prescribed by the Board of Directors in a notification to the shareholders.
 
This Notice and the documents mentioned therein, as well as the proposed resolutions on the agenda, will be made available to the public on the Company's website http://www.redhillbio.com and on the Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov.

 
By Order of the Board of Directors,
   
 
Dror Ben-Asher
 
Chairman of the Board of Directors

Tel-Aviv, Israel
June 10, 2021

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