PLX Protalix BioTherapeutics Inc

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of

the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): August 13, 2019

 

 

Protalix BioTherapeutics, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Delaware		001-33357				65-0643773
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(Commission File Number)				(IRS Employer Identification No.)
2 Snunit Street				20100
Science Park, POB 455
Carmiel, Israel
(Address of principal executive offices)				(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code +972-4-988-9488

  

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

 

 

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

 

Title of each class		Trading Symbol(s)		Name of each exchange on which registered
Common stock, $0.001 par value		PLX		NYSE American

 

Item 5.02

Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

 

On August 13, 2019, Protalix BioTherapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) announced that Shlomo Yanai has resigned from the Company’s Board of Directors for personal reasons, effective August 13, 2019. The Company’s Board of Directors appointed Zeev Bronfeld, a current independent director, to serve as Chairman of the Board. A copy of a press release announcing Mr. Yanai’s resignation is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report.

 

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(d)		Exhibits
99.1		Press release dated August 13, 2019.

 

 

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 hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

Date: August 13, 2019	PROTALIX BIOTHERAPEUTICS, INC.
	By:	/s/ Dror Bashan
		Name: Dror Bashan Title: President and Chief Executive Officer