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 UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
 
WASHINGTON, DC  20549
 
FORM 8-K
 
CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT
TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): December 31, 2015

PLURISTEM THERAPEUTICS INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Nevada
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

001-31392
 
98-0351734
(Commission File Number)
 
(IRS Employer Identification No.)

MATAM Advanced Technology Park
Building No. 5
Haifa, Israel
 
31905
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 
(Zip Code)

011 972 74 7108607
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

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Item 8.01.  Other Events.
 
On December 31, 2015, the registrant announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted the registrant’s PLX-PAD cells Orphan Drug Designation in the treatment of severe preeclampsia.
 
 
 

 
SIGNATURES
 
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 hereunto duly authorized.
 
 
PLURISTEM THERAPEUTICS INC.
 
       
Date: December 31, 2015
By:
/s/ Yaky Yanay
 
   
Name:  Yaky Yanay
 
   
Title:    President, Chief Financial
Officer and Chief Operating Officer