As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 6, 2012

Registration No. 333-

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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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FORM F-6

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

under

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

For American Depositary Shares

of


CAN-FITE BIOPHARMA LTD.

(Exact name of issuer of deposited securities as specified in its charter)

N/A

(Translation of issuer's name into English)


ISRAEL

(Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization of issuer)


THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON

(Exact name of depositary as specified in its charter)

One Wall Street, New York, New York 10286

(212) 495-1784

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of depositary's principal executive offices)

_______________________

The Bank of New York Mellon

ADR Division

One Wall Street, 11th Floor

New York, New York 10286

(212) 495-1784

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)


Copies to:

Brian D. Obergfell, Esq.

Emmet, Marvin & Martin, LLP

120 Broadway

New York, New York 10271

(212) 238-3032

It is proposed that this filing become effective under Rule 466

[ ] immediately upon filing

[ ] on (Date) at (Time).

If a separate registration statement has been filed to register the deposited shares, check the following box.  [ ]

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

Title of each class
of Securities to be registered

Amount to be registered

Proposed
maximum aggregate price per unit (1)

Proposed
maximum  aggregate offering price (1)

Amount of registration fee

American Depositary Shares, each American Depositary Share representing Ordinary Shares of Can-Fite BioPharma Ltd.

50,000,000 American Depositary Shares

$5.00

$2,500,000

$286.50

1

For the purpose of this table only the term "unit" is defined as 100 American Depositary Shares.

The registrant hereby amends this registration statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this Registration Statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 or until the Registration Statement shall become effective on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a) may determine.










The prospectus consists of the proposed Form of American Depositary Receipt included as Exhibit A to the Form of Deposit Agreement filed as Exhibit 1 to this Registration Statement which is incorporated herein by reference.





PART I

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS


Item -1.

Description of Securities to be Registered


Cross Reference Sheet



Item Number and Caption

 

Location in Form of Receipt Filed Herewith as Prospectus

1.

Name and address of depositary

 

Introductory Article

2.

Title of American Depositary Receipts and identity of deposited securities

 

Face of Receipt, top center

Terms of Deposit:

  

(i)   The amount of deposited securities represented by one unit of American Depositary Receipts

 

Face of Receipt, upper right corner

(ii)   The procedure for voting, if any, the deposited securities

 

Articles number 15, 16 and 18

(iii)   The collection and distribution of dividends

 

Articles number 4, 12, 13, 15 and 18

(iv)  The transmission of notices, reports and proxy soliciting material

 

Articles number 11, 15, 16 and 18

(v)   The sale or exercise of rights

 

Articles number 13, 14, 15 and 18

(vi)  The deposit or sale of securities resulting from dividends, splits or plans of reorganization

 

Articles number 12, 13, 15, 17 and 18

(vii)  Amendment, extension or termination of the deposit agreement

 

Article number 20 and 21

(viii)  Rights of holders of Receipts to inspect the transfer books of the depositary and the list of holders of Receipts

 

Article number 11

(ix)  Restrictions upon the right to deposit or withdraw the underlying securities

 

Articles number 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8 and 22

(x)   Limitation upon the liability of the depositary

 

Articles number 14, 18 19 and 21

3.

Fees and Charges

 

Articles 7 and 8

 

Item - 2.

Available Information

  
  

Public reports furnished by issuer

 

Article number 11




 












PART II

INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

Item - 3.

Exhibits

a.

Form of Deposit Agreement dated as of ____________, 2012, among Can-Fite BioPharma Ltd., The Bank of New York Mellon as Depositary, and all Owners and Holders from time to time of American Depositary Shares issued thereunder. - Filed herewith as Exhibit 1.

b.

Letter agreement among Can-Fite BioPharma Ltd. and The Bank of New York Mellon relating to pre-release activities. - Filed herewith as Exhibit 2.

c.

Every material contract relating to the deposited securities between the Depositary and the issuer of the deposited securities in effect at any time within the last three years. - See (a) and (b) above.

d.

Opinion of Emmet, Marvin & Martin, LLP, counsel for the Depositary, as to legality of the securities to be registered. – Filed herewith as Exhibit 4.  

e.

Certification under Rule 466. - Not Applicable.


Item - 4.

Undertakings

(a)

The Depositary hereby undertakes to make available at the principal office of the Depositary in the United States, for inspection by holders of the ADSs, any reports and communications received from the issuer of the deposited securities which are both (1) received by the Depositary as the holder of the deposited securities, and (2) made generally available to the holders of the underlying securities by the issuer.

(b)

If the amounts of fees charged are not disclosed in the prospectus, the Depositary undertakes to prepare a separate document stating the amount of any fee charged and describing the service for which it is charged and to deliver promptly a copy of such fee schedule without charge to anyone upon request. The Depositary undertakes to notify each registered holder of an ADS thirty days before any change in the fee schedule.









SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that all the requirements for filing on Form F-6 are met and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York, on September 6, 2012.


Legal entity created by the agreement for the issuance of American Depositary Shares for Ordinary Shares of Can-Fite BioPharma Ltd.

By:

The Bank of New York Mellon,

  As Depositary



By:  /s/ Joanne Di Giovanni Hawke

Name: Joanne Di Giovanni Hawke

Title:   Managing Director








Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, CAN-FITE BIOPHARMA LTD. has caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Petach Tikva, Israel on September 6, 2012.

CAN-FITE BIOPHARMA LTD.


By:  /s/ Pnina Fishman, Ph.D.

Name:  Pnina Fishman, Ph.D.

Title:    Chief Executive Officer, Director



Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on September 6, 2012.


/s/ Avigdor Kaplan

/s/ Pnina Fishman, Ph.D.

Avigdor Kaplan

Pnina Fishman, Ph.D.

Chairman of the Board

Chief Executive Officer, Director

 

(Principal Executive Officer)

  
  

/s/ Ilan Cohn, Ph.D.

/s/ Motti Farbstein

Ilan Cohn, Ph.D.

Motti Farbstein

Vice Chairman of the Board

Chief Operating and Financial Officer

 

(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

  
  

/s/ Guy Regev

/s/ Liora Lev

Guy Regev

Liora Lev

Director

Director, Audit Committee member

  
  
_____________________________ _____________________________ 

Avraham Sartani, M.D.

Yechezkel Barenholz

Director

Director, Audit Committee and Compensation Committee member

  
  

/s/ Gil Oren

 

Gil Oren

 

Director, Audit Committee and Compensation Committee member

 








AUTHORIZED U.S. REPRESENTATIVE

  

PUGLISI & ASSOCIATES

 

as Authorized U.S. Representative

 
  
  

By

/s/ Donald J. Puglisi

 
 

Donald J. Puglisi

 
 

Managing Director, Puglisi & Associates

 









INDEX TO EXHIBITS

Exhibit

Number

Exhibit


1

Form of Deposit Agreement dated as of __________, 2012, among Can-Fite BioPharma Ltd., The Bank of New York Mellon as Depositary, and all Owners and Holders from time to time of American Depositary Shares issued thereunder.

  
  

2

Letter agreement among Can-Fite BioPharma Ltd. and The Bank of New York Mellon relating to pre-release activities

  
  

4

Opinion of Emmet, Marvin & Martin, LLP, counsel for the Depositary, as to legality of the securities to be registered.