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 February, 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 46140, Israel

(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 x               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): ____

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by 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.

 

Yes ¨                  No x

 

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

 

 

 

Incorporation by Reference: This Form 6-K of XTL Biopharmaceuticals Ltd. dated February 7, 2013 is hereby incorporated by reference into the registration statements on Form F-3 (File No. 333-141529, File No. 333-147024 and File No. 333-153055) filed by XTL Biopharmaceuticals Ltd. with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 23, 2007, October 30, 2007 and August 15, 2008, respectively, and 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.

 

XTL Biopharmaceuticals – Immediate Report

 

Below is a summary English translation (from Hebrew) of an immediate report by XTL Biopharmaceuticals Ltd. as published on the Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange Ltd.

 

 

 

 

  

Herzliya, Israel – February 7, 2013 – XTL Biopharmaceuticals Ltd. (the “Company”) announced yesterday that the District Court of Tel Aviv-Jaffa approved on February 6, 2013 its request for a temporary order extending the expiration its warrants (Series 2) (the “Warrants”) until April 30, 2013 in order to provide sufficient time to complete the necessary procedures for settlement between the Company and its shareholders and (series 2) warrantholders (the “Warrantholders”) pursuant to Section 350 of the Israeli Companies Law-1999.

 

As detailed in our announcement of February 4, 2013, the Company approved an Extraordinary General Meeting of shareholders and Warrantholders, which will be held on February 21, 2013, in order to extend the period of exercise of the Warrants until December 31, 2013.

 

The Company will update on any developments by way of issuing a 6-K.

 

 

 

About XTL Biopharmaceuticals Ltd. (“XTL”)

 

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, schizophrenia, and hepatitis C.

 

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 holds the controlling stake in Proteologics Ltd. (TASE: PRTL), a drug discovery company, and 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 Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE: XTL) and its ADRs are quoted in the US on the Pink Sheets (OTC: XTLBY). 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: February 7, 2013	By:	/s/ David Grossman
		Name: David Grossman Title: Chief Executive Officer