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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 June 2018

 

(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

  

 (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 ☒          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 ☒

 

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

 

Attached hereto and incorporated by reference herein is a press release, dated June 5, 2018, titled "G. Willi-Food Announces Cessation of Relationship with Its Independent Accountants Due to Lack of Independence".

This Form 6-K is hereby incorporated by reference in the Registration Statements on Form F-3 (File No. 333-11848 and 333-138200) of the Registrant.

 

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. 

 

G. Willi-Food International Ltd.              By: /s/ Amir Kaplan        Name: Amir Kaplan        Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

Date: June 5, 2018

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G. WILLI-FOOD ANNOUNCES CESSATION OF RELATIONSHIP WITH ITS

INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS DUE TO LACK OF INDEPENDENCE

 

The inability to satisfy independence requirements results from a notice Brightman recently received from BSD stating that the Board of Directors of BSD had resolved to file a claim in the coming days against Brightman and others based on the causes of action included in the application for a derivative action filed in July 2016 against BSD, the former controlling shareholders of BSD, directors and managers of BSD (none of whom is a director or officer of the Company or the Parent) and the auditors of BSD.

In light of the notice of resignation from Brightman, the Board of Directors of the Company has resolved to call a general meeting of shareholders to recommend that the shareholders of the Company appoint BDO Israel as the new independent public accountant of the Company.

 

ABOUT G. WILLI-FOOD INTERNATIONAL LTD.:

 

 

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 and risks associated with product liability claims 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, 2017, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 30, 2018. 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.

 

This information is intended to be reviewed in conjunction with the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

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SOURCE: G. Willi-Food International Ltd.

 

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