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 September, 2017 Commission File Number: 001-16174

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.
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(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

Israel
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(Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

5 Basel Street, P.O. Box 3190
Petach Tikva 4951033 Israel

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(Address of principal executive office)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F:  [x] Form 20-F    [] Form 40-F

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1):  []

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934:  [] Yes    [x] No

If "Yes" is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b):    n/a 

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.

		Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.
Date: 09/25/2017	By:	Michael McClellan
	Name:	Michael McClellan
	Title:	Interim Chief Financial Officer

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.	Description
99.1	Teva announced board of directors appointment

EX-99.1 2 exhibit1.htm EX-99.1

Teva  announced that Dan S. Suesskind was appointed to the board of directors as of September 25th to serve until the 2018 annual meeting of shareholders.

Bio:
Mr. Suesskind previously served as a director of Teva from 1981 to 2001 and from 2010 to 2014. He was Teva’s Chief Financial Officer from 1977 until 2008. Currently, Mr. Suesskind serves as a director of Israel Corporation Ltd. and Redhill Biopharma Ltd., as well as a member on the Board of the Jerusalem Foundation, as a member of the Investment Committee of Ben Gurion University, as a member of the Investment Committee of the Israel Academy of Science and Humanities and as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Hebrew University. He served on the Board of Gefen Biomed Investments Ltd. from 2010 until March 2013, on the Board of Migdal Insurance Company Ltd. from 2002 until 2013, and on the Board of Syneron Medical Ltd. from 2004 until July 2017. He served prior to that on the boards of several other companies, including the Board of the First International Bank of Israel from 2002 until 2003.  Mr. Suesskind is one of the founders and a member of the steering committee of the Israeli Forum of Chief Financial Officers. Mr. Suesskind received a B.A. in economics and political science from the Hebrew University in 1965 and an M.B.A. from the University of Massachusetts in 1969.

EX-99.1

Teva  announced that Dan S. Suesskind was appointed to the board of directors as of September 25th to serve until the 2018 annual meeting of shareholders.

Bio:
Mr. Suesskind previously served as a director of Teva from 1981 to 2001 and from 2010 to 2014. He was Teva’s Chief Financial Officer from 1977 until 2008. Currently, Mr. Suesskind serves as a director of Israel Corporation Ltd. and Redhill Biopharma Ltd., as well as a member on the Board of the Jerusalem Foundation, as a member of the Investment Committee of Ben Gurion University, as a member of the Investment Committee of the Israel Academy of Science and Humanities and as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Hebrew University. He served on the Board of Gefen Biomed Investments Ltd. from 2010 until March 2013, on the Board of Migdal Insurance Company Ltd. from 2002 until 2013, and on the Board of Syneron Medical Ltd. from 2004 until July 2017. He served prior to that on the boards of several other companies, including the Board of the First International Bank of Israel from 2002 until 2003.  Mr. Suesskind is one of the founders and a member of the steering committee of the Israeli Forum of Chief Financial Officers. Mr. Suesskind received a B.A. in economics and political science from the Hebrew University in 1965 and an M.B.A. from the University of Massachusetts in 1969.