Regulatory Filings • Oct 23, 2017
Regulatory Filings
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(Name of Registrant)
2 Dov Friedman Street, Ramat Gan 5250301, 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 ☒ 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): ☐
Indicate by check mark whether by furnishing the information contained in this Form, the registrant is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
If "Yes" is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): 82- __________
The following exhibit is attached:
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.
Internet Gold-Golden Lines Ltd. (Registrant)
By /s/ Doron Turgeman
Doron Turgeman Chief Executive Officer
Date: October 22, 2017
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| 99.1 | A reports of Bezeq - The Israel Telecommunication Corp. Ltd., a controlled subsidiary of B Communications, itself a subsidiary of |
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| Internet Gold. | |
| 99.2 | A reports of Bezeq - The Israel Telecommunication Corp. Ltd., a controlled subsidiary of B Communications, itself a subsidiary of |
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| The Israel Securities Authority | The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange Ltd. |
Further to the description in of the chapter containing a description of the Company's business affairs in the periodic report for 2016 regarding the Ministry of Communications' decision of July 2016 whereby work on the Company's physical infrastructure for other communications providers would be performed by the Company itself or a number of companies whose services the Company uses in exceptional circumstances, immediate notification is hereby provided that in the evening hours of October 19, 2017, the Company received a notice from the Ministry of Communications stating that the Company must allow certain contractors to enter Bezeq's infrastructure and perform work related to the physical infrastructure service portfolio for the service providers, instead of Bezeq employees, and not only in exceptional cases (hereinafter, the "Notice").
The Company disputes the Notice and the reasons provided therein, and views this a violation of its property and security exposure, and intends to contest it with the legal tools available to it.
It should be noted that following the issuance of the Notice, on October 21, 2017, the Company received a letter from the chairman of the State Employees Union and the holder of the Bezeq portfolio at the New Histadrut-General Federation of Labor regarding a "labor dispute with respect to the entry of workers who are not Bezeq employees for core work," which clarifies that the labor dispute declared by the Histadrut in December 2016 (see the Company's immediate report of December 11, 2016, reference no. 2016-01-087252) is still in effect, and that if an attempt is made by external parties to perform work within the ordinary and routine area of the Company's business such that the work is performed by employees who are not Company employees (including contractor workers), the Histadrut will be forced to activate the aforementioned labor dispute. The Company is following developments in the matter.
The above information constitutes a translation of the Immediate Report published by the Company. The Hebrew version was submitted by the Company to the relevant authorities pursuant to Israeli law, and represents the binding version and the only one having legal effect. This translation was prepared for convenience purposes only.
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| The Israel Securities Authority | The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange Ltd. |
Immediate notification is hereby provided that on October 19, 2017, the Company received a final supervision report from the Ministry of Communications regarding the implementation of a wholesale telephony service (the "Supervision Report") (after the Company responded to an initial inspection report during June 2015) and a notice by the Ministry of Communications of its intention to impose a financial sanction in connection with the implementation of wholesale telephony services (the "Notice"), both dated October 19, 2017.
In accordance with the Supervision Report, after the Supervision and Enforcement Division at the Ministry of Communications examined whether the Company implemented the provisions detailed in the Minister of Communications' decision of November 17, 2014, regarding the regulation of wholesale services, in the "Bitstream Access (BSA) and Wholesale Telephony" service portfolio, in the Communications (Telecommunications and Broadcasting) (Use of a Public Telecommunications Network of an Instrastate Operator) Regulations, 5775-2014, and in the Company's license, whereby the Company was required to provide wholesale telephony services as of May 17, 2017 (the "Directives"), and after examining and rejecting all of the Company's arguments in response to the initial supervision report in the matter, it was found that the Company had violated the Directives by failing to provide the wholesale telephony service.
Concurrently with the Supervision Report, the Company was issued the Notice whereby, after the Company had been found to have violated the Directives and in accordance with the authority vested by the Communications (Telecommunications and Broadcasting) Law, 5742-1982, the Company was notified of the intention to impose a financial sanction on the Company in the amount of NIS 11,343,800. The Notice also stated that the Company must take affirmative action to comply with the instructions of the Ministry of Communications in the matter, since the Ministry of Communications is considering instituting another proceeding in the same matter. The Company has a right (which it intends to exercise) to submit its arguments in writing, within 30 days of the Notice, against the intention to impose a financial sanction and against the amount of the financial sanction.
With respect to the wholesale telephony service, see also section 1.7.3.5 of the chapter containing a description of the Company's business affairs in the Company's periodic report for 2016, as well as the update to that section in the Company's quarterly report as of June 30, 2017.
The above information constitutes a translation of the Immediate Report published by the Company. The Hebrew version was submitted by the Company to the relevant authorities pursuant to Israeli law, and represents the binding version and the only one having legal effect. This translation was prepared for convenience purposes only.
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