Report of Foreign Issuer (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

Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the Month of December 2017

001-36345

(Commission File Number)

GALMED PHARMACEUTICALS LTD.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

16 Tiomkin St.

Tel Aviv 6578317, 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 x Form 40-F ¨

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Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): ____

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On December 22, 2017, Galmed Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (the “Company”) entered into an At-the-Market Equity Offering Sales Agreement (the “Sales Agreement”) with Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated (“Stifel”), pursuant to which the Company may offer and sell ordinary shares, par value NIS 0.01 per share, of the Company (the “Ordinary Shares”), having an aggregate offering price of up to $35.0 million (the “Shares”) from time to time through Stifel, acting as sales agent (the “Offering”). Any Shares offered and sold will be issued pursuant to the Company’s shelf registration statement on Form F-3 (Registration No. 333-203133) and the related prospectus previously declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on July 1, 2015, as amended on August 4, 2017 (the “Registration Statement”), as supplemented by a prospectus supplement, dated December 22, 2017, which the Company will file with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b)(5) under the Securities Act.

Upon delivery of a placement notice and subject to the terms and conditions of the Sales Agreement, Stifel may sell the Shares by methods deemed to be an “at the market offering” as defined in Rule 415(a)(4) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). The Company may sell the Shares in amounts and at times to be determined by the Company from time to time subject to the terms and conditions of the Sales Agreement, but it has no obligation to sell any of the Shares in the Offering.

The Company or Stifel may suspend or terminate the offering of Shares upon notice to the other party and subject to other conditions. Stifel will act as sales agent on a commercially reasonable efforts basis consistent with its normal trading and sales practices and applicable state and federal law, rules and regulations and the rules of Nasdaq.

The Company has agreed to pay Stifel a commission rate of up to 3.0% of the aggregate gross proceeds from each sale of Shares and has agreed to provide Stifel with customary indemnification and contribution rights. The Company has also agreed to reimburse Stifel for certain specified expenses.

The foregoing description of the Sales Agreement is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of such agreement, a copy of which is furnished herewith as Exhibit 1.1 to this Current Report on Form 6-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

Meitar Liquornik Geva Leshem Tal, Israeli counsel to the Company, has issued a legal opinion relating to the Shares. A copy of such legal opinion, including the consent included therein, is attached as Exhibit 5.1 hereto.

This Current Report on Form 6-K shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the Shares, nor shall there be any offer, solicitation, or sale of the Shares in any state in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state.

On December 21, 2017, the Company delivered written notice to Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. (“Cantor”) that it was terminating, with immediate effect, its Controlled Equity Offering ^SM Sales Agreement dated May 31, 2016 (the “2016 Agreement”). Under the 2016 Agreement, the Company was entitled to issue and sell, from time to time, through Cantor, Ordinary Shares, having an aggregate offering price of up to $16 million in an “at the market offering” program (the “Former ATM Program”). From May 31, 2016, when the Former ATM Program was announced, until its termination on December 21, 2017, the Company sold an aggregate of 1,711,769 Ordinary Shares under the Former ATM Program for net proceeds of approximately $11.1 million, including an aggregate of 779,209 Ordinary Shares for net proceeds of approximately $6.5 million sold after September 30, 2017.

This Form 6-K (including exhibits) is incorporated by reference into the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 11, 2015 (Registration No. 333-206292) and its Registration Statement on Form F-3 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 31, 2015 (Registration No. 333- 203133) except that Exhibit 5.1 is only incorporated by reference into the foregoing Form F-3.

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.		Description

1.1		At-the-Market Equity Offering Sales Agreement, dated December 22, 2017, by and between Galmed Pharmaceuticals Ltd. and Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated

5.1		Opinion of Meitar Liquornik Geva Leshem Tal

23.1		Consent of Meitar Liquornik Geva Leshem Tal (contained in Exhibit 5.1)

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.