UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
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FORM
15F
CERTIFICATION
OF A FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER’S TERMINATION OF REGISTRATION
OF
A CLASS OF SECURITIES UNDER SECTION 12(g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT
OF
1934
OR ITS TERMINATION OF THE DUTY TO FILE REPORTS UNDER
SECTION
13(a) OR SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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Commission
File Number 000-30020
Delta
Galil Industries Ltd.
(Exact
name of Company as specified in its charter)
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Textile
Building, 2 Kaufman Street
Tel Aviv
68012, Israel
+972-3-519-3636
(Address,
including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s
principal executive offices)
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American
Depositary Shares (as evidenced by American Depositary Receipts),
each
representing one fully paid Ordinary Share, par value NIS 1.00 per
share
Ordinary Shares, par value NIS 1.00 per share
(Title
of each class of securities covered by this Form)
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Place an
X in the appropriate box(es) to indicate the provision(s) relied upon to
terminate the duty to file reports under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934:
Rule 12h-6(a) x
(for
equity securities)
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Rule 12h-6(d) o
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successor registrants)
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Rule 12h-6(c) o
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debt securities)
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Rule 12h-6(i) o
(for
prior Form 15 filers)
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PART
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Item
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Exchange
Act Reporting History
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A. Delta
Galil Industries Ltd. (the “Company”) first incurred the duty to file reports
under section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the
“Exchange Act”) on March 22, 1999 when the registration statement on Form F-1
originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”)
on February 26, 1999 became effective.
B. The
Company has filed or submitted all reports required under section 13(a) and
15(d) of the Exchange Act and corresponding Commission rules for the 12 months
preceding the filing of this Form and has filed at least one annual report under
section 13(a).
Item
2.
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Recent
United States Market Activity
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The
Company’s securities were last offered in the United States (other than in
offerings limited to employees of the Company and its subsidiaries) in a
registered offering under the Securities Act of 1933 pursuant to Form F-3 filed
on December 19, 2000.
Prior to
the filing of this Form 15F, the Company filed post-effective amendments to
terminate the registration of unsold securities under its registration
statements filed on Form F-3, as described above, and filed on Form S-8 on
September 26, 2000, July 13, 2001, December 30, 2002, and November 22, 2006,
pursuant to which securities were offered to employees of the
Company.
Item
3.
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Foreign
Listing and Primary Trading Market
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A. The
Company maintains a listing of its ordinary shares on the Tel Aviv Stock
Exchange (the “TASE”), which is located in Israel. The TASE
constitutes the primary trading market for the ordinary shares.
B. The
Company’s ordinary shares were initially listed on the TASE in1982. The Company
has maintained a listing of its ordinary shares on the TASE for at least the 12
months preceding the filing of this Form.
C. During
the 12-month period beginning January 29, 2007 and ending January 28, 2008,
65.566% of trading in the Company’s ordinary shares occurred through the
TASE.
Item
4.
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Comparative
Trading Volume Data
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The
Company’s trading volume data used to rely on Rule 12h-6(a)(4)(i) are as
follows:
A. The
recent 12-month period used to meet the requirements of Rule 12h-6(a)(4)(i) is
January 29, 2007 to January 28, 2008.
B. During
the 12-month period beginning January 29, 2007 and ending January 28, 2008, the
average daily trading volume of the Company's American Depositary Shares (the
"ADSs") in the United States was 1,790.6 and the average daily trading
volume of the Company's ordinary shares on a worldwide basis was
35,015.3.
C. During
the 12-month period beginning January 29, 2007 and ending January 28, 2008, the
average daily trading volume of Company's ADSs in the United States was 4.865%
as a percentage of the average daily trading volume of the Company's ordinary
shares on a worldwide basis.
D. Not
applicable.1
1 On
March 17, 2008, the Company filed a Form 25 with the Commission to delist its
ADSs from the NASDAQ Global Market effective simultaneous with the filing of
this Form 15.
E. Not
applicable.
F. The
Company used trading data from Bloomberg, the TASE, and publicly-available
beneficial ownership reporting forms filed in the U.S. and Israel to determine
whether it meets the requirements of Rule 12h-6. The Company used the
sources for trading volume information that it viewed as likely to have reliable
information.
Item
5.
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Alternative
Record Holder Information
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Not
applicable.
Not
applicable.
Item
7.
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Notice
Requirement
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A. As
required by Rule 12h-6(h), the Company published a notice disclosing its intent
to terminate its duty to file reports under section 13(a) and section 15(d) of
the Exchange Act March 4, 2008, which was submitted under cover of a Form 6-K on
March 5, 2008.
B. This
notice was disseminated by the major newswire services the Company typically
uses to publish its press releases, such as Marketwire. In addition,
this notice was posted on the Company’s website.
Item
8.
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Prior
Form 15 Filers
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Not
applicable.
PART
II
Item
9.
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Rule
12g3-2(b) Exemption
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The
Company will publish the information required by Rule 12g3-2(b)(1)(iii) on its
Internet Web site at http://www.deltagalil.com.
PART
III
None.
The
undersigned issuer hereby undertakes to withdraw this Form 15F if, at any time
before the effectiveness of its termination of reporting under Rule 12h-6, it
has actual knowledge of information that causes it reasonably to believe that,
at the time of filing the Form 15F:
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(1)
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The
average daily trading volume of its subject class of securities in the
United States exceeded 5 percent of the average daily trading volume of
that class of securities on a worldwide basis for the same recent 12-month
period that the issuer used for purposes of Rule
12h-6(a)(4)(i);
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(2)
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Its
subject class of securities was held of record by 300 or more United
States residents or 300 or more persons worldwide, if proceeding under
Rule 12h-6(a)(4)(ii) or Rule 12h-6(c);
or
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(3)
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It
otherwise did not qualify for termination of its Exchange Act reporting
obligations under Rule 12h-6.
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Delta Galil
Industries Ltd. has duly authorized the undersigned persons to sign on its
behalf this certification on Form 15F. In so doing, Delta Galil Industries Ltd.
certifies that, as represented on this Form, it has complied with all of the
conditions set forth in Rule 12h-6 for terminating its registration under
section 12(g) of the Exchange Act, or its duty to file reports under section
13(a) or section 15(d) of the Exchange Act, or both.
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Delta
Galil Industries Ltd.
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Dated:
March 27, 2008
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By:
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/s/ Yossi
Hajaj
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Name:
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Yossi
Hajaj
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Title:
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Chief
Financial Officer
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