UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM 6-K
Report of Foreign Private Issuer
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the Month of August 2006
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Commission File Number: 000-28998
ELBIT SYSTEMS LTD.
(Translation of Registrant’s Name into English)
Advanced Technology Center, P.O.B. 539, Haifa 31053, Israel
(Address of Principal Corporate Offices)
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Attached hereto as Exhibit 1 and incorporated herein by reference is the Registrant’spress release dated August 17, 2006.
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.
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.
| ELBIT SYSTEMS LTD. (Registrant) By: /s/ Ilan Pacholder Name: Ilan Pacholder Title: Corporate Secretary |
Dated: August 18, 2006
EXHIBIT INDEX
| Exhibit No. 1. |
Description Press release dated August 17, 2006. |
Exhibit 1
Elbit Systems
Announces the Results of its
Annual General Meeting
of Shareholders Held on August 17, 2006
Haifa, Israel, August 17, 2006 Elbit Systems Ltd. (the “Company”) (NASDAQ Global Select Market: ESLT) announced today that at its Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (the “Meeting”) held on August 17, 2006 at the Company’s offices in Haifa, the proposed resolutions described in the Proxy Statement to the Shareholders dated July 13, 2006, (the “Proxy”) described below were approved by the required majority:
| 1. | Election of seven directors to the Company’s Board of Directors; |
| 2. | Election of Mr. Yaacov Lifshitz, who currently serves as an External Director on the Company’s Board of Directors, to an additional three-year term as an External Director; and |
| 3. | Appointment of the Company’s independent auditors for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2006. |
About Elbit Systems Ltd.
Elbit Systems Ltd. is an international defense electronics company engaged in a wide range of defense-related programs throughout the world. The Elbit Systems Group, which includes the company and its subsidiaries, operates in the areas of aerospace, land and naval systems, command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (“C4ISR”), advanced electro-optic and space technologies, EW suites, airborne warning systems, ELINT systems, data links and military communications systems and equipment. The Group also focuses on the upgrading of existing military platforms and developing new technologies for defense and homeland security applications.
| IR Contact: Ilan Pacholder V.P. Finance & Capital Markets and Corporate Secretary Elbit Systems Ltd Tel: +972-4 831-6632 Fax: +972-4 831-6659 E-mail: pacholder@elbit.co.il |
Company Contact: Ehud Helft / Kenny Green GK Investor Relations Tel: 1-866-704-6710 Fax: + 972-3-607- 4711 E-mail: Kenny@gkir.com E-mail: Ehud@gkir.com |
STATEMENTS IN THIS PRESS RELEASE WHICH ARE NOT HISTORICAL DATA ARE FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS WHICH INVOLVE KNOWN AND UNKNOWN RISKS, UNCERTAINTIES OR OTHER FACTORS NOT UNDER THE COMPANY’S CONTROL, WHICH MAY CAUSE ACTUAL RESULTS, PERFORMANCE OR ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE COMPANY TO BE MATERIALLY DIFFERENT FROM THE RESULTS, PERFORMANCE OR OTHER EXPECTATIONS IMPLIED BY THESE FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS. THESE FACTORS INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO, THOSE DETAILED IN THE COMPANY’S PERIODIC FILINGS WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION.
| HAIFA | P.O.B 539 | ISRAEL 31053 | TEL. 972-4-8315315 | FAX. 972-4-8550002 |
| KARMIEL | P.O.B 650 | ISRAEL 20101 | TEL. 972-4-9901111 | FAX. 972-4-9986522 |