zk1110322.htm
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 August, 2011
Commission File Number 000-29992
OPTIBASE LTD.
(Translation of registrant's name into English)
2 Gav Yam Center, 7 Shenkar Street, Herzliya 46120, Israel
(Address of principal executive offices)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
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Attached hereto and incorporated by reference herein is a is a press release issued by the Registrant and entitled
"Optibase Ltd. announces dismissal of Vsoft Ltd. lawsuit".
This report is hereby incorporated by reference to the Registration Statements on Form S-8 (File Nos. 333-10840;333-12814;333-13186;333-91650;333-122128;333-137644;333-139688; 333-148774) of the Company.
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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OPTIBASE LTD.
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By:
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/s/ Amir Philips |
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Name: Amir Philips |
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Title: Chief Executive Officer |
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Date: August 19, 2011
Media Contacts:
Amir Philips, CEO, Optibase Ltd.
011-972-73-7073-700
info@optibase-holdings.com
Investor Relations Contact:
Marybeth Csaby, KCSA for Optibase
+1-212-896-1236
mcsaby@kcsa.com
OPTIBASE LTD. ANNOUNCES DISMISSAL OF VSOFT LTD. LAWSUIT
HERZLIYA, Israel, August 19, 2011 – Optibase Ltd. (NASDAQ: OBAS) today announced the dismissal by the Tel-Aviv District Court of the lawsuit filed against the Company by Vsoft Ltd., or Vsoft, a company that is undergoing liquidation proceedings.
In its lawsuit, Vsoft has claimed that during 2002 the Company negotiated with Vsoft in bad faith regarding a potential purchase of its share capital, which led to Vsoft’s entering into bankruptcy proceedings. Such claims were rejected by the Tel-Aviv District Court. In addition to the dismissal of the lawsuit, the Tel-Aviv District Court awarded the Company with expenses in the sum of NIS 150,000.
About Optibase
Optibase invests in the fixed-income real estate field and currently holds properties in Switzerland and Miami, FL, USA and is currently looking for additional real estate investment opportunities. Optibase was previously engaged in the field of digital video technologies until the sale of its video solutions business to Optibase Technologies Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of VITEC Multimedia ("Vitec") in July 2010. For further information, please visit www.optibase-holdings.com.
This press release contains forward-looking statements concerning our marketing and operations plans. All statements other than statements of historical fact are statements that could be deemed forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements in this press release are made based on management's current expectations which involve risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause results to differ materially from those expressed in forward-looking statements. These statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties including, but not limited to, difficulties in finding suitable real-estate properties for investment, availability of financing for the acquisition of real-estate, difficulties in leasing of real-estate properties, insolvency of tenants, difficulties in the disposition of real-estate projects, risk relating to collaborative arrangements with our partners relating to our real-estate properties, risks relating to the full consummation of the transaction for the sale of our video solutions business, general economic conditions and other risk factors. For a more detailed discussion of these and other risks that may cause actual results to differ from the forward looking statements in this news release, please refer to Optibase's most recent annual report on Form 20-F. The Company does not undertake any obligation to update forward-looking statements made herein.
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