Form 6-K - Report of foreign issuer [Rules 13a-16 and 15d-16]

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 2023

Commission file number 0-30070

AUDIOCODES LTD.

(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

1 Hayarden Street • Airport City, Lod 7019900 • ISRAEL

(Address of principal executive office)

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

Form 20-F x 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): ¨

Note: Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1) only permits the submission in paper of a Form 6-K if submitted solely to provide an attached annual report to security holders.

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): ¨

Note: Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7) only permits the submission in paper of a Form 6-K if submitted to furnish a report or other document that the registrant foreign private issuer must furnish and make public under the laws of the jurisdiction in which the registrant is incorporated, domiciled or legally organized (the registrant's "home country"), or under the rules of the home country exchange on which the registrant's securities are traded, as long as the report or other document is not a press release, is not required to be and has not been distributed to the registrant's security holders, and, if discussing a material event, has already been the subject of a Form 6-K submission or other Commission filing on EDGAR.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

AudioCodes Ltd. (the "Company") announced today that it adopted and approved a stock trading plan in accordance with Rule 10b5-1 (“Rule 10b5-1 Plan”) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, to repurchase ordinary shares of the Company when it otherwise might be prevented from doing so under applicable insider trading laws or because of a self-imposed trading blackout period. Repurchases are subject to the regulations promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission as well as certain price, market volume and timing constraints specified in the Rule 10b5-1 Plan. An independent broker selected by the Company will have the authority under the pricing parameters and other terms and limitations specified in the Rule 10b5-1 Plan to repurchase ordinary shares on the Company’s behalf.

SIGNATURE

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.