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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 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 May 2015
Commission File No. 001-
Check-Cap Building
Abba Hushi Avenue
P.O. Box 1271
Isfiya, 30090
Mount Carmel, Israel
(ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES.)
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This Form 6-K is being incorporated by reference into the Registrant’s Form S-8 Registration Statement File No. 333-203384.
On May 19, 2015, Check-Cap Ltd. (the “Company”) issued a press release to announce that Mr. Bill Densel has joined the Company as President of U.S. operations. Mr. Densel will lead the Company’s U.S. operations out of Boston, Massachusetts. In this role, he will be responsible for overseeing the Company’s clinical program in the United States, including the Company’s planned U.S. pivotal trial. Additionally, Mr. Densel will be involved in planning the Company’s regulatory program for the United States and Canada and will lead the development of the global sales and marketing strategy in the United States, Canada and Latin America.
Mr. Densel has a 25-year leadership career in health care, including in his most recent role as Chief Executive Officer of Beacon Endoscopic, Inc., a company specializing in advanced endoscopy devices, which was acquired by Covidien plc. Mr. Densel has also served as General Manager, CardioSCORE for BG Medicine Inc., a cardiovascular diagnostics company, and Chief Executive Officer of Dune Medical Devices, Inc., a company focusing on devices for the intraoperative identification of cancerous tissues. In addition, Mr. Densel has held senior management positions at Hologic Corporation (formerly Cytyc Corporation), Boston Scientific Corporation, and Genzyme Biosurgery. Mr. Densel served as a Special Operations Officer in the U.S. Navy, and received a BA degree in Economics from Duke University.
At an Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders that was held earlier today, shareholders approved the terms of Mr. Densel’s engagement, in addition to the ratification of the election of Mr. Yuval Yanai and the election of Ms. Mary Jo Gorman as external directors for an initial three-year term, and also ratified and approved the compensation to be paid to each of them during such term, consisting of an annual fee and a one-time option grant.
A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
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99.1
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Press Release, dated May 19, 2015.
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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.
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Check-Cap Ltd.
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By:
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/s/ Guy Neev |
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Guy Neev |
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Chief Executive Officer |
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