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 October 2016

 

Commission file number 0-30070

 

AUDIOCODES LTD.

(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

 

1 Hayarden Street • Airport City, Lod 7019900 • ISRAEL

(Address of principal executive office)

 

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 x      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): ____

 

Note: Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1) only permits the submission in paper of a Form 6-K if submitted solely to provide an attached annual report to security holders.

 

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): ____

 

Note: Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7) only permits the submission in paper of a Form 6-K if submitted to furnish a report or other document that the registrant foreign private issuer must furnish and make public under the laws of the jurisdiction in which the registrant is incorporated, domiciled or legally organized (the registrant's "home country"), or under the rules of the home country exchange on which the registrant's securities are traded, as long as the report or other document is not a press release, is not required to be and has not been distributed to the registrant's security holders, and, if discussing a material event, has already been the subject of a Form 6-K submission or other Commission filing on EDGAR.

 

 

 

 

 

On October 26, 2016, AudioCodes Ltd. (the “Registrant”) issued a press release announcing that it has received court approval for repurchases of up to an additional $15 million of its ordinary shares through April 25, 2017. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 1 and incorporated by reference herein.

 

The information set forth in the press release attached as Exhibit 1 to this Report on Form 6-K are hereby incorporated by reference into (i) the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-8, File No. 333-11894; (ii) the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-8, File No. 333-13268; (iii) the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-8, File No. 333-105473; (iv) the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-8, File No. 333-144825; (v) the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-8, File No. 333-160330; (vi) the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-8, File No. 333-170676; (vii) the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-8, File No. 333-190437; (viii) the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-8, File No. 333-210438; and (ix) the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form F-3, File No. 333-193209.

 

 

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.

 

	AUDIOCODES LTD.
	(Registrant)
	By:	/s/ NIRAN BARUCH
		Niran Baruch Vice President Finance and Chief Financial Officer

 

Dated: October 27, 2016

 

 

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.		Description
1		Press release, dated October 26, 2016, announcing court approval of up to an additional $15 million of share repurchases through April 25, 2017.