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FORM 6-K

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

For the month of August 2012 No. 1
 
TOWER SEMICONDUCTOR LTD.
(Translation of registrant's name into English)

Ramat Gavriel Industrial Park
P.O. Box 619, Migdal Haemek, Israel 23105
(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 o
 
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 o   No x
 
 
 

 
 
On August 02, 2012, the registrant announces Reverse Share Split approval.

This Form 6-K is being incorporated by reference into all effective registration statements filed by us under the Securities Act of 1933.

 
 

 
 
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.
 
 
TOWER SEMICONDUCTOR LTD.
 
       
Date: August 02, 2012
By:
/s/ Nati Somekh  
    Nati Somekh  
    Corporate Secretary  
       

 
 

 
 
TowerJazz Announces Reverse Share Split Approved

Trade On Split-Adjusted Basis at a 1 for 15 Ratio to Commence on the NASDAQ
 Capital Market and the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange

MIGDAL HAEMEK, Israel – August 02, 2012 – TowerJazz (Nasdaq: TSEM; TASE: TSEM), the global specialty foundry leader, today announced that its reverse split of its ordinary shares has become effective as it was approved in its shareholders' meeting held today.

The Company's ordinary shares will begin trading on a split-adjusted basis on NASDAQ commencing August 6, 2012 and on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange commencing August 5, 2012.

As previously announced, the reverse split ratio will be 1 for 15 and will reduce the number of outstanding ordinary shares of the Company to approximately 22 million shares. Fractional shares as a result of the reverse share split will be rounded up to the next whole number. Proportional adjustments will be made to all of TowerJazz’s outstanding convertible securities.

The reverse share split is intended to enable TowerJazz to regain compliance with the NASDAQ minimum bid requirement to maintain the Company's stock listing on NASDAQ.

About TowerJazz
Tower Semiconductor  Ltd. (NASDAQ: TSEM, TASE: TSEM), the global specialty foundry leader, its fully owned U.S. subsidiary Jazz Semiconductor  Ltd., and its fully owned Japanese subsidiary TowerJazz Japan, LTD, operate collectively under the brand name TowerJazz, manufacturing integrated circuits  with geometries ranging  from  1.0  to  0.13-micron. TowerJazz provides industry leading design enablement tools to allow complex designs to be achieved quickly and more accurately and offers a broad range of customizable process technologies including SiGe, BiCMOS, Mixed-Signal and RFCMOS, CMOS Image Sensor, Power Management (BCD), and Non-Volatile Memory (NVM) as well as MEMS capabilities. To provide multi-fab sourcing, TowerJazz maintains two manufacturing facilities in Israel, one in the U.S., and one in Japan with additional capacity available in China through manufacturing partnerships. For more information, please visit www.towerjazz.com.
 
Safe Harbor Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes forward-looking statements, which are subject to risks and uncertainties. Actual results may vary from those projected or implied by such forward-looking statements. A complete discussion of risks and uncertainties that may affect the accuracy of forward-looking statements included in this press release or which may otherwise affect TowerJazz’s business is included under the heading "Risk Factors" in Tower’s most recent filings on Forms 20-F, F-3, F-4 and 6-K, as were filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and the Israel Securities Authority and Jazz’s most recent filings on Forms 10-K and 10-Q, as were filed with the SEC, respectively. Tower and Jazz do not intend to update, and expressly disclaim any obligation to update, the information contained in this release.

Contacts

 TowerJazz Investor Relations
     Noit Levi, +972 4 604 7066
     Noit.levi@towerjazz.com
CCG Investor Relations
    Ehud Helft / Kenny Green, (646) 201 9246
    towersemi@ccgisrael.com