UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of

the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): May 23, 2021

 

ORAMED PHARMACEUTICALS INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

DELAWARE		001-35813		98-0376008
(State or Other Jurisdiction		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer
of Incorporation)				Identification No.)

 

1185 Avenue of the Americas, Third Floor, New York, New York		10036
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

 

844-967-2633

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class		Trading symbol		Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $0.012		ORMP		The Nasdaq Capital Market, Tel Aviv Stock Exchange

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

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If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

 

 

 

Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

 

On May 23, 2021, Oramed Pharmaceuticals Inc. (the “Company”) appointed David Silberman, 37, to serve as Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary, effective July 5, 2021. Prior to his appointment, from April 2018 until May 2021, Mr. Silberman served as a Corporate Financial Planning and Analysis associate director and director at Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., a global pharmaceutical company, committed to helping patients around the world to access affordable medicines and benefit from innovations to improve their health. From 2014 to 2018, Mr. Silberman served as Global Internal Audit Senior Manager at Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.. From 2009 to 2014, Mr. Silberman provided internal audit and risk management services in the advisory department of Grant Thornton Fahn Kanne Control Management. From January 2009 until June 2009, Mr. Silberman worked in the audit department of KPMG, a certified public accounting firm. Mr. Silberman holds a DCG and a DSCG degrees from the French Ministry of higher study and research and is a certified public accountant in Israel.

 

Mr. Silberman will be employed by the Company pursuant to an employment agreement with the Company’s wholly-owned Israeli subsidiary, Oramed Ltd. Mr. Silberman’s gross monthly salary will be NIS 37,500, and he will be provided with a company car. Mr. Silberman will be eligible for bonuses and equity grants in amounts to be determined at the discretion of the Company’s Board of Directors and the Compensation Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors, as applicable. In connection with Mr. Silberman’s appointment, the Company expects to enter into its standard indemnification agreement with Mr. Silberman, on substantially the same terms as the indemnification agreements previously entered into between the Company and each of its directors and executive officers. Mr. Silberman is not a party to any transactions that are disclosable under Item 404 of Regulation S-K.

 

 

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 hereunto duly authorized.

 

	ORAMED PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
	By:	/s/ Nadav Kidron
	Name:	Nadav Kidron
	Title:	President and CEO
May 25, 2021

 

 

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