SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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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 March 2005
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ELBIT SYSTEMS LTD.
(Translation of Registrant's Name into English)
Advanced Technology Center, P.O.B. 539, Haifa 31053, Israel
(Address of Principal Corporate Offices)
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12g3-2(b): 82-______________
Attached hereto as Exhibit 1 and incorporated by reference herein is the
Registrant's press release, dated February 28, 2005.
SIGNATURE
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.
ELBIT SYSTEMS LTD.
(Registrant)
By: /s/ Ilan Pacholder
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Name: Ilan Pacholder
Title: Corporate Secretary
Dated: March 1, 2005
Exhibit No. Description
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1. Press release, dated February 28, 2005.
EXHIBIT A
Elbit Systems Shareholders Approve the Agreements Related to the Purchase
of Tadiran Communications Shares from Koor
February 28, 2005, Elbit Systems Ltd. (the "Company") (Nasdaq NM: ESLT)
announced that at its Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders held today
at the Company's offices in Haifa, all of the proposed resolutions described in
the Proxy Statement to Shareholders dated February 7, 2005, were approved by the
required majority. The items included:
1. The approval and ratification of the agreements entered into by the Company
on December 27, 2004 regarding the purchase from Koor Industries Ltd.
("Koor") of Koor's ordinary shares in Tadiran Communications Ltd.
("Tadiran"); and
2. The election of Mr. Nathan Sharony, who currently serves as an External
Director on the Company's Board of Directors, to an additional three-year
term as an External Director.
This approval by the Company's shareholders of the agreements relating to the
purchase of the Tadiran shares is one of the conditions required for the
completion of the transaction relating to the purchase of the Tadiran shares.
The transaction had previously been approved by the Company's Audit Committee
and Board of Directors. The parties are in the process of obtaining the
remaining required approvals to complete the transaction.