SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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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 July
2006
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AMERICAN ISRAELI PAPER
MILLS LTD.
(Translation of
Registrant’s Name into English)
P.O. Box 142, Hadera,
Israel
(Address of Principal Corporate
Offices)
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by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of
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to furnish a report or other document that the registrant foreign private issuer must
furnish and make public under the laws of the jurisdiction in which the registrant is
incorporated, domiciled or legally organized (the registrant’s “home
country”), or under the rules of the home country exchange on which the
registrant’s securities are traded, as long as the report or other document is not a
press release, is not required to be and has not been distributed to the registrant’s
security holders, and, if discussing a material event, has already been the subject of a
Form 6-K submission or other Commission filing on EDGAR. |
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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: |
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Attached
hereto as Exhibit 1 and incorporated herein by reference is the Registrant’s press
release dated July 5, 2006.
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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AMERICAN ISRAELI PAPER MILLS LTD |
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(Registrant) |
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By: /s/ Lea Katz
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Name: Lea Katz |
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Title: Corporate Secretary |
Dated: July 6, 2006
EXHIBIT INDEX
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Exhibit No. |
Description |
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1. |
Press release dated July 5, 2006 |
EXHIBIT 1
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Client: |
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AMERICAN
ISRAELI PAPER MILLS LTD. |
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Agency Contact: |
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PHILIP Y. SARDOFF |
AMERICAN ISRAELI PAPER MILLS LTD.
DETERMINES DOLLAR AMOUNT OF DIVIDEND
Hadera, Israel, July 5, 2006... As previously announced on June 22, 2006, American Israeli Paper Mills Ltd.
(ASE:AIP) declared a cash dividend in the amount of NIS 24.85 per share payable on July 18, 2006 to shareholders
of record on July 5, 2006. The exact dollar payout was to be based on the rate of exchange of the NIS in relation
to the US Dollar in effect on July 5, 2006, the record date, and has now been determined to be $5.6761 per share
before tax. The Income Tax law of the State of Israel requires a deduction of 20 percent from the dividend payment.