0001178913-22-001079.txt : 20220315 0001178913-22-001079.hdr.sgml : 20220315 20220315075116 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001178913-22-001079 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 6-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20220315 FILED AS OF DATE: 20220315 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20220315 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: G WILLI FOOD INTERNATIONAL LTD CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001030997 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: WHOLESALE-GROCERIES & GENERAL LINE [5141] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 6-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-29256 FILM NUMBER: 22739148 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 24 HAMETSUDA ST INDUSTRIAL ZONE CITY: AZUR ISRAEL STATE: L3 ZIP: 58001 6-K 1 zk2227480.htm 6-K

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 March 2022 

COMMISSION FILE NUMBER 000-29256
 
G. WILLI-FOOD INTERNATIONAL LTD.
(Translation of registrant's name into English)

4 Nahal Harif St., Yavne, Israel 81106
(Address of principal executive offices)

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On March 15, 2022, G. Willi-Food International Ltd. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing a cash dividend distribution. A copy of the press release is filed herewith as Exhibit 99.1.
 
Exhibit Index
 
Exhibit No.
 
Description
     
 

 
SIGNATURES
 
In accordance with 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.
 
 
G. WILLI-FOOD INTERNATIONAL LTD.
 
 
 
 
 
Dated:  March 15, 2022
By:
/s/ Yitzchak Barabi
 
 
 
Name: Yitzchak Barabi
 
 
 
Title: Chief Financial Officer
 
 
 EX-99.1 2 exhibit_99-1.htm EXHIBIT 99.1
Exhibit 99.1

G. WILLI FOOD INTERNATIONAL ANNOUNCES DIVIDEND
 
YAVNE, Israel – March 15, 2022 - G. Willi-Food International Ltd. (NASDAQ: WILC) (TASE: WILF) (the “Company” or “Willi-Food”), a global company that specializes in the development, marketing and international distribution of kosher foods, today announced that the Company's Board of Directors has declared a cash dividend distribution of approximately NIS 1.44 per ordinary share and an aggregate dividend of NIS 20 million (approximately US$0.44 and  USD 6,119,951, respectively, based on representative rate of exchange as of March 14, 2022).
 
The dividend is payable to shareholders of record as of the close of business on March 28, 2022 and will be payable on April 11, 2022.
 
For shareholders who will receive the dividend payment in US dollars, the amount of the dividend per share is not final and is subject to change due to the need to convert the amount from NIS to US dollars in accordance with the Bank of Israel's representative rate of exchange on March 14, 2022.  The final dividend amount is also subject to change based on the number of ordinary shares outstanding on the record date.
 
ABOUT G. WILLI-FOOD INTERNATIONAL LTD.
 
G. Willi-Food International Ltd. (http://www.willi-food.com) is an Israeli-based company specializing in high-quality, great-tasting kosher food products. Willi-Food is engaged directly and through its subsidiaries in the design, import, marketing and distribution of over 600 food products worldwide. As one of Israel's leading food importers, Willi-Food markets and sells its food products to over 1,600 customers and 3,200 selling points in Israel and around the world including large retail and private supermarket chains, wholesalers and institutional consumers. The Company's operating divisions include Willi-Food in Israel and Euro European Dairies (Gold-Frost) Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary who designs, develops and distributes branded kosher, dairy-food products.
 
FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENT
 
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 relating to future events or our future performance, such as statements regarding trends, demand for our products and expected sales, operating results, and earnings. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied in those forward-looking statements. These risks and other factors include but are not limited to: monetary risks including changes in marketable securities or changes in currency exchange rates- especially the NIS/U.S. Dollar exchange rate, payment default by any of our major clients, the loss of one of more of our key personnel, changes in laws and regulations, including those relating to the food distribution industry, and inability to meet and maintain regulatory qualifications and approvals for our products, termination of arrangements with our suppliers, loss of one or more of our principal clients, increase or decrease in global purchase prices of food products, increasing levels of competition in Israel and other markets in which we do business, changes in economic conditions in Israel, including in particular economic conditions in the Company's core markets, our inability to accurately predict consumption of our products and changes in consumer preferences, our inability to protect our intellectual property rights, our inability to successfully integrate our recent acquisitions, insurance coverage not sufficient enough to cover losses of product liability claims, risks associated with product liability claims and risks associated with the start of credit extension activity. We cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements. The matters discussed in this press release also involve risks and uncertainties summarized under the heading "Risk Factors" in the Company's Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2020, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 25, 2021. These factors are updated from time to time through the filing of reports and registration statements with the Securities and Exchange Commission. We do not assume any obligation to update the forward-looking information contained in this press release.
 
Company Contact:
G. Willi - Food International Ltd.
Yitschak Barabi, Chief Financial Officer
(+972) 8-932-1000
itsik.b@willi-food.co.il