UNITED STATES
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 July 2021
Commission File Number: 001-36187
EVOGENE LTD.
(Translation of Registrant’s Name into English)
13 Gad Feinstein Street
Park Rehovot P.O.B 4173
Ness Ziona 7414003, Israel
(Address of principal executive offices)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
Form 20-F ☒ Form 40-F ☐
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CONTENTS
On July 6, 2021, Evogene Ltd. (“Evogene”) announced positive results for a herbicide resistance trait to a leading herbicide product candidate of its subsidiary Ag Plenus Ltd. (“AgPlenus”). A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Report of Foreign Private Issuer on Form 6-K (this “Form 6-K”) and is incorporated herein by reference.
The contents of Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 6-K, excluding the statements of AgPlenus’ CEO and Evogene’s President and CEO, contained therein, are incorporated by reference in the registration statements on Form F-3 (Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) File No. 333-253300), and Form S-8 (SEC File Nos. 333-193788, 333-201443 and 333-203856) of Evogene, and will be a part thereof from the date on which this Form 6-K is submitted, to the extent not superseded by documents or reports subsequently filed or furnished.
SIGNATURE
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.
Date: July 6, 2021 | EVOGENE LTD. (Registrant) By: /s/ Dorit Kreiner Dorit Kreiner Chief Financial Officer |
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