6-K 1 zk2329898.htm 6-K

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 June 2023
 
Commission File Number: 001-36187

EVOGENE LTD.
  (Translation of Registrant’s Name into English)
 
13 Gad Feinstein Street, Park Rehovot, Rehovot
P.O.B 4173, Ness Ziona, 7414002, 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 ☐

 
CONTENTS
 
On June 21, 2023 Evogene Ltd., or Evogene, announced that its subsidiary, Casterra Ag Ltd., or Casterra, signed a framework agreement with a world leading oil and gas company to sell its castor seeds for sustainable biofuel production, with initial purchase orders of $9.1 million. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Report of Foreign Private Issuer on Form 6-K, or this Form 6-K, and is incorporated herein by reference.
 
The contents of Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 6-K, excluding the statement of Casterra’s Chief Executive Officer, are incorporated by reference into the registration statements on Form F-3 (File No. 333-253300) and on Form S-8 (File Nos. 333-193788, 333-201443, 333-203856 and 333-259215) of Evogene, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, to be a part thereof from the date on which this report is submitted, to the extent not superseded by documents or reports subsequently filed or furnished.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: June 21, 2023
 
EVOGENE LTD.
(Registrant)

By: /s/ Yaron Eldad
Yaron Eldad
Chief Financial Officer

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