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 June 2018

 

001-37353

(Commission File Number)

 

BIONDVAX PHARMACEUTICALS LTD.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

14 Einstein St.

Ness Ziona

Israel 74036

(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 ☐

 

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Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): ____

 

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Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7): ____

 

Indicate by check mark whether by furnishing the information contained in this Form, the registrant is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

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If “Yes” is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): 82-N/A

 

 

 

 

 

 

On June 28, 2018, BiondVax Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (“BiondVax”) issued a press release announcing the appointment of Mark Germain as a director and Vice Chairman of the board.

 

Mr. Mark Germain has been involved as a founder, director, chairman of the board of, and/or investor in, over twenty companies in the biotech field and assisted many of them in arranging corporate partnerships, acquiring technology, entering into mergers and acquisitions, and executing financings and going public transactions.  He graduated from New York University School of Law in 1975, Order of the Coif, and was a partner in a New York law firm practicing corporate and securities law before leaving in 1986. Since then, and until he entered the biotech field in 1991, he served in senior executive capacities, including as president of a public company that was sold in 1991.  In addition to being a director of BiondVax, Mr. Germain is a Managing Director at The Aentib Group, a boutique merchant bank, and has served as a director on the board of Pluristem Therapeutics since 2007, including time as Co-Chairman. Mr. Germain also serves or served as a director of the following companies that were reporting companies in the past: ChromaDex, Inc., Stem Cell Innovations, Inc., Omnimmune Corp. and Collexis Holdings, Inc.  He is also a co-founder and director of a number of private companies in and outside the biotech field.

 

A copy of this press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference. 

 

Exhibit Index

 

Exhibit No.   Description
     
99.1   Press Release dated June 28, 2018.

 

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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.

 

  BiondVax Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
     
Date: June 28, 2018 By: /s/ Ron Babecoff
    Ron Babecoff
    Chief Executive Officer

 

 

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