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, 2013
Commission File Number: 000-51310
XTL Biopharmaceuticals Ltd.
(Translation of registrant’s name into English)
85 Medinat Hayehudim St., Herzliya
Pituach, PO Box 4033,
Herzliya 4614001, Israel
(Address of principal executive offices)
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Incorporation by Reference: This Form 6-K of XTL Biopharmaceuticals Ltd. dated November 25, 2013 is hereby incorporated by reference into the registration statements on Form S-8 (File No. 333-148085, File No. 333-148754 and File No. 333-154795) filed by XTL Biopharmaceuticals Ltd. with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 14, 2007, January 18, 2008, and October 28, 2008, respectively.
Below is a summary of an immediate report by InterCure Ltd. (“InterCure”) that was published on the Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange Ltd. according to the Israeli Security Regulations.
Re: Immediate Report
On July 22, 2013, InterCure published an immediate report announcing that they had entered into a blind trust agreement to sell shares of XTL Biopharmaceuticals Ltd. (“XTL”) held by InterCure. On November 24, 2013, InterCure published an immediate report announcing that InterCure’s board of directors’ resolved on November 21, 2013, to instruct the trustee to delay the sale of any more of such shares until further notice.
According to InterCure’s immediate report, the resolution was based, among other things, upon InterCure’s current cash balances and its estimates regarding future cash flow.
InterCure further announced it will assess, from time to time, its policy regarding the sale of XTL shares held by InterCure.
The statements regarding InterCure’s estimated future cash flow may constitute forward-looking information by InterCure, as that term is defined under the Israeli Securities Law – 1968. These estimates may not occur, in part or their entirety, or occur in a materially different manner than projected by InterCure, due to various factors, including such factors as are out of InterCure’s control.
About XTL Biopharmaceuticals Ltd.
XTL Biopharmaceuticals Ltd., a biopharmaceutical company, focuses on the acquisition, development, and commercialization of pharmaceutical products for the treatment of clinical unmet needs. XTL is focused on late stage clinical development of drugs for the treatment of multiple myeloma and schizophrenia.
XTL’s lead drug candidate, rHuEPO, for the treatment of multiple myeloma blood cancer, was granted an orphan drug designation from the FDA. rHuEPO has been approved for marketing by the FDA and has for many years been sold for billions of dollars across the world for the treatment of severe anemia.
XTL controls InterCure Ltd. (TASE: INCR), a company which has disrupted the $42 billion hypertension industry with the world's first FDA-cleared, OTC blood pressure treatment device, RESPeRATE® (www.resperate.com).
XTL is a public company traded on the Nasdaq Capital Market (NASDAQ: XTLB) and the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE: XTL). XTL shares are included in the following indices: Tel-Aviv MidCap-50, Tel-Aviv Biomed, Tel-Aviv MidCap, and Tel-Aviv Bluetech-50.
Contact:
Investor Relations, XTL Biopharmaceuticals Ltd.
Tel: +972 9 955 7080, Email: ir@xtlbio.com, www.xtlbio.com
Cautionary Statement
Some of the statements included in this Form 6-K may be forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. For those statements, we claim the protection of the safe harbor for forward-looking statements contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
| XTL BIOPHARMACEUTICALS LTD. | ||
| Date: November 25, 2013 | By: | /s/ Josh Levine |
| Josh Levine | ||
| Chief Executive Officer | ||