FORM
6-K
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
September 3, 2009
Commission
File Number: 001-33271
CELLCOM
ISRAEL LTD.
10
Hagavish Street
Netanya,
Israel 42140
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(Address
of principal executive offices)
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by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under
cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
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20-F
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to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
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connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): Not
Applicable
CELLCOM
ISRAEL ANNOUNCES RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
NETANYA,
Israel, September 3, 2009 – Cellcom Israel Ltd. (NYSE: CEL) (the “Company”)
announced today that its Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (the “Meeting”)
was held as planned on September 2, 2009, at which the following items were
voted upon and duly approved by the Company’s shareholders:
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(1)
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to
approve the reelection of Ami Erel, Shay Livnat, Raanan Cohen, Avraham
Bigger, Rafi Bisker, Shlomo Waxe, Haim Gavrieli and Ari Bronshtein as
directors; and the election of Tal Raz as a director (effective September
21, 2009); and
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(2)
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to
approve the reappointment of Somekh Chaikin, a member of KPMG
International, as the Company's independent
auditors;
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For more
information, please see the Company’s Proxy Statement relating to the Meeting,
which was filed on Form 6-K on July 21, 2009.
About Cellcom
Israel
Cellcom
Israel Ltd., established in 1994, is the leading Israeli cellular provider;
Cellcom Israel provides its approximately 3.228 million subscribers (as at June
30, 2009) with a broad range of value added services including cellular and
landline telephony, roaming services for tourists in Israel and for its
subscribers abroad and additional services in the areas of music, video, mobile
office etc., based on Cellcom Israel's technologically advanced infrastructure.
The Company operates an HSPA 3.5 Generation network enabling advanced high speed
broadband multimedia services, in addition to GSM/GPRS/EDGE and TDMA networks.
Cellcom Israel offers Israel's broadest and largest customer service
infrastructure including telephone customer service centers, retail stores, and
service and sale centers, distributed nationwide. Through its broad customer
service network Cellcom Israel offers its customers technical support, account
information, direct to the door parcel services, internet and fax services,
dedicated centers for the hearing impaired, etc. As of 2006, Cellcom Israel,
through its wholly owned subsidiary Cellcom Fixed Line Communications L.P.,
provides landline telephone communication services in Israel, in addition to
data communication services. Cellcom Israel's shares are traded both on the New
York Stock Exchange (CEL) and the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (CEL). For additional
information please visit the Company's website www.cellcom.co.il
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Company
Contact
Shiri
Israeli
Investor
Relations Coordinator
investors@cellcom.co.il
Tel:
+972 52 998 9755
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Investor Relations
Contact
Ehud
Helft / Ed Job
CCGK
Investor Relations
ehud@gkir.com
/ ed.job@ccgir.com
Tel:
(US) 1 866 704 6710 / 1 646 213
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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, thereunto
duly authorized.
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CELLCOM
ISRAEL LTD.
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Date:
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September
3, 2009
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By:
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/s/ Liat Menahemi Stadler
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Name:
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Liat
Menahemi Stadler
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Title:
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General
Counsel
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