FORM 6-K

  

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION 

Washington, D.C. 20549

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Report of Foreign Private Issuer

 

Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of 

the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

For May 18, 2016

 

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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CELLCOM ISRAEL ANNOUNCES RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL

MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

 

NETANYA, Israel, May 18, 2016 – Cellcom Israel Ltd. (NYSE: CEL) (the “Company”) announced today that its Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (the “Meeting”) was held as planned on May 17, 2016, at which the following items were voted upon and duly approved by the Company’s shareholders:

 

(1-2)

re-election of Shlomo Waxe and Ephraim Kunda as directors;

 

(3-4)

re-election of Ronit Baytel and Joseph Barnea as external directors; and

 

(5)

appointment of Somekh Chaikin, a member of KPMG International, and Keselman & Keselman, a member of PricewaterhouseCoopers International Limited, as our joint independent auditors.

 

For more information, please see the Company’s Proxy Statement relating to the Meeting, which was filed on Form 6-K on April 7, 2016.

 

About Cellcom Israel

 

Cellcom Israel Ltd., established in 1994, is the largest Israeli cellular provider; Cellcom Israel provides its approximately 2.835 million cellular subscribers (as at December 31, 2015) with a broad range of value added services including cellular 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 LTE 4 generation network and an HSPA 3.5 Generation network enabling advanced high speed broadband multimedia services, in addition to GSM/GPRS/EDGE 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 technical support, account information, direct to the door parcel delivery services, internet and fax services, dedicated centers for hearing impaired, etc. Cellcom Israel further provides OTT TV services (as of December 2014), internet infrastructure (as of February 2015) and connectivity services and international calling services, as well as 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.cellcom.co.il/

 

Company Contact Shlomi Fruhling Chief Financial Officer investors@cellcom.co.il Tel: +972 52 998 9755

Investor Relations Contact Ehud Helft GK Investor & Public Relations In partnership with LHA cellcom@GKIR.com Tel: +1 617 418 3096

 

 

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.

 

			CELLCOM ISRAEL LTD.
Date:	May 18, 2016		By:	/s/  Liat Menahemi Stadler
				Name:	Liat Menahemi Stadler
				Title:	VP Legal and Corporate Secretary