FORM
6-K
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
Report
of Foreign Private Issuer
Pursuant
to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of
the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For
February 20, 2008
Commission
File Number: 001-33271
CELLCOM
ISRAEL LTD.
10
Hagavish Street
Netanya,
Israel 42140
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(Address
of principal executive offices)
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connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): Not Applicable
CELLCOM
ISRAEL ANNOUNCES RESULTS OF EXTRAORDINARY
GENERAL
MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
NETANYA,
Israel, February 20, 2008 – Cellcom Israel Ltd. (NYSE: CEL) (the “Company”)
announced today that its Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders (the
“Meeting”) was held as planned on February 19, 2008, at which the following
items were voted upon and duly approved by the Company’s
shareholders:
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(1)
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to
approve the sale of property to Bayside Land Corporation Ltd.;
and
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(2)
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to
approve an amendment of the letter of exemption and indemnification
to
office holders.
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For
more
information, please see the Company’s Proxy Statement relating to the Meeting,
which was filed on Form 6-K on January 8, 2008.
About
Cellcom Israel
Cellcom
Israel Ltd., established in 1994, is the leading Israeli cellular provider;
Cellcom Israel provides its 3 million subscribers with a broad range of value
added services including cellular and landline telephony, roaming services
for
tourists in Israel and for its subscribers abroad and additional services
in the
areas of music, video, mobile office etc., based on Cellcom Israel's
technologically advanced infrastructure. The Company operates an HSPA 3.5
Generation network enabling the fastest high speed content transmission
available in the world, in addition to GSM/GPRS/EDGE and TDMA networks. Cellcom
Israel offers Israel's broadest and largest customer service infrastructure
including telephone customer service centers, retail stores, and service
and
sale centers, distributed nationwide. Through its broad customer service
network
Cellcom Israel offers its customers technical support, account information,
direct to the door parcel services, internet and fax services, dedicated
centers
for the hearing impaired, etc. In April 2006 Cellcom Israel, through Cellcom
Fixed Line Communications L.P., a limited partnership wholly-owned by Cellcom
Israel, became the first cellular operator to be granted a special general
license for the provision of landline telephone communication services in
Israel, in addition to data communication services. Cellcom Israel's shares
are
traded both on the New York Stock Exchange (CEL) and the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange
(CEL).
For
additional information please visit the Company's website
http://investors.ircellcom.co.il
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Company
Contact
Shiri
Israeli
Investor
Relations Coordinator
investors@cellcom.co.il
Tel:
+972 52 998 9755
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Investor
Relations Contact
Ehud
Helft / Ed Job
CCGK
Investor Relations
info@gkir.com
/ ed.job@ccgir.com
Tel:
(US) 1 866 704 6710 / 1 646 213
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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.
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CELLCOM
ISRAEL LTD.
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Date:
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February 20,
2008
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By:
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/s/ Liat
Menahemi Stadler
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Name:
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Liat
Menahemi Stadler
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Title:
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General
Counsel
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