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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Report of Foreign Private Issuer
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the month of September 2020
Commission File No.:001-35773
REDHILL BIOPHARMA LTD.
(Translation of registrant's name into English)
21 Ha'arba'a Street, Tel Aviv, 6473921, Israel
(Address of principal executive offices)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant
files or will file annual reports under cover Form 20-F or 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): ____
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): ____
Attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference is the notice
and proxy statement for the extraordinary general meeting of shareholders of the Company scheduled for October 26, 2020.
This Form 6-K is incorporated by reference into the Company's Registration
Statements on Form S-8 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 2, 2013 (Registration No. 333-188286), on October
29, 2015 (Registration No. 333-207654), on July 25, 2017 (Registration No. 333-219441), on May 23, 2018 (Registration No. 333-225122)
and on July 24, 2019 (File No. 333-232776) and its Registration Statements on Form F-3 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on February 25, 2016 (Registration No. 333-209702), on July 23, 2018 (File No. 333-226278) and on July 24, 2019 (File No. 333-232777).
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.
| REDHILL BIOPHARMA LTD. | |||
| (the "Registrant") | |||
| Date: September 22, 2020 | By: | /s/ Dror Ben-Asher | |
| Dror Ben-Asher | |||
| Chief Executive Officer |
REDHILL BIOPHARMA LTD.
NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
To Be Held on October 26, 2020
The Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders
of RedHill Biopharma Ltd. (the "Company"), will be held at the offices of the Company, 21 Ha'arba'a Street, 16th
Floor, Tel-Aviv, Israel, on October 26, 2020, at 3:00 p.m. Israel time, or at any adjournments thereof (the "General Meeting"),
for the following purposes:
The Company is currently unaware of any other
matters that may be raised at the General Meeting. Should any other matters be properly raised at the General Meeting, the persons
designated as proxies shall vote according to their own judgment on those matters.
Only holders of record of ordinary shares, par
value NIS 0.01 per share (the "Ordinary Shares"), and holders of record of ADSs, evidenced by American Depositary Receipts
issued by The Bank of New York Mellon at the close of business on September 22, 2020 shall be entitled to receive notice of and
to vote at the General Meeting.
The Board of Directors recommends that you vote
FOR the proposals, as specified on the enclosed form of proxy.
Whether or not you plan to attend the General
Meeting, it is important that your ADSs or ordinary shares be represented. Accordingly, you are kindly requested to complete, date,
sign and mail the enclosed proxy in the envelope provided at your earliest convenience so that it will be received no later than
four hours prior to the General Meeting. Execution of a proxy will not in any way affect a shareholder's right to attend
the General Meeting and vote in person, and any person giving a proxy has the right to revoke it at any time before it is exercised.
who hold Ordinary Shares through members of the Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange and intend to vote their Ordinary Shares either in person
or by proxy must deliver to the Company, no later than October 26, 2020, at 11:00 a.m. Israel time, an ownership certificate confirming
their ownership of the Ordinary Shares on September 22, 2020 (the "Record Date"), which certificate must be approved
by a recognized financial institution, as required by the Israeli Companies Regulations (Proof of Ownership of Shares for Voting
at General Meeting) of 2000, as amended.
holders should return their proxies by the date set forth on their form of proxy.
Shareholders wishing to express their position
on an agenda item for this General Meeting may do so by submitting a written statement ("Position Statement") to the
Company's offices, c/o Mr. Micha Ben Chorin, at 21 Ha'arba'a Street, Tel-Aviv, 6473921 Israel, by no later than October 18,
2020. Any Position Statement received, that is in accordance with the guidelines set by the Companies Law, will be furnished to
the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on Form 6-K, and will be made available to the public
on the Commission's website at http://www.sec.gov.
If within half an hour from the time
appointed for the General Meeting a quorum is not present, the General Meeting shall be adjourned to the next business day following
the day of the scheduled General Meeting, at the same time and place, or at another day, time and place prescribed by the Board
of Directors in a notification to the shareholders.
This Notice and the documents mentioned therein,
as well as the proposed resolutions on the agenda, can be viewed at the Company's registered office on 21 Ha'arba'a Street, Tel-Aviv,
Tel: +972 3 541 3131, Sunday through Thursday between 10:00-15:00, and also will be made available to the public on the Commission's
website at http://www.sec.gov.
| By Order of the Board of Directors, | |
| Dror Ben-Asher | |
| Chairman of the Board of Directors | |
| Tel-Aviv, Israel | |
| September 22, 2020 |
REDHILL BIOPHARMA LTD.
FOR EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
To Be Held on October 26, 2020
This Proxy Statement is furnished to the
holders of ordinary shares, par value NIS 0.01 per share (the "Ordinary Shares"), and to holders of American
Depository Shares ("ADSs"), evidenced by American Depositary Receipts issued by The Bank of New York Mellon
("BNY Mellon"), of RedHill Biopharma Ltd. (the "Company" or "RedHill") in connection with
the solicitation by the board of directors of the Company (the "Board of Directors" or the "Board")
of proxies for use at the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders (the "General Meeting"), to be held on
Monday, October 26, 2020, at 3:00 p.m. Israel time at the offices of the Company, 21 Ha'arba'a Street, 16th Floor,
Tel-Aviv, Israel, or at any adjournments thereof.
It is proposed at the General Meeting to adopt the following proposals or
to consider the following items:
The Company is currently unaware of any other
matters that may be raised at the General Meeting. Should any other matters be properly raised at the General Meeting, the persons
designated as proxies shall vote according to their own judgment on those matters.
Shareholders may present proposals for consideration
at the General Meeting by submitting their proposals to the Company no later than Sunday, October 18, 2020 in accordance with applicable
Shareholders Entitled to Vote
Only holders of ADSs and Ordinary Shares
of record at the close of business on September 22, 2020 (the "Record Date"), shall be entitled to receive notice of
and to vote at the General Meeting. At the close of business on September 21, 2020, the Company had outstanding 374,086,048 Ordinary
Shares (represented by 37,408,604 ADSs), each of which is entitled to one vote on each of the matters to be presented at the General
A form of proxy card for use at the General
Meeting is attached to this Proxy Statement and has been sent to the holders of ADSs together with a prepaid return envelope for
the proxy. By executing the proxy card and appointing "proxies", holders of ADSs and Ordinary Shares may vote at the
General Meeting, whether or not they attend.
ADS holders should return their proxies
in the enclosed form to BNY Mellon by the date set forth on the proxy card. If a properly executed proxy is received by the BNY
Mellon by the date set forth on the proxy card, all of the Ordinary Shares represented by the proxy shall be voted as indicated
Shareholders who hold ordinary shares