# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001574565
**File Stem:** 0001178913-23-001212
**Filing Date:** 2023-3
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
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**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001178913-23-001212

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 6-K/A

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 4

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**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20230330

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**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** Evogene Ltd.
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001574565
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** AGRICULTURE CHEMICALS [2870]
- **IRS NUMBER:** 000000000
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** L3
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 6-K/A
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-36187
- **FILM NUMBER:** 23777529

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 13 GAD FEINSTEIN STREET
- **STREET 2:** PARK REHOVOT P.O.B 2100
- **CITY:** REHOVOT
- **STATE:** L3
- **ZIP:** 76121
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 97289311900

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 13 GAD FEINSTEIN STREET
- **STREET 2:** PARK REHOVOT P.O.B 2100
- **CITY:** REHOVOT
- **STATE:** L3
- **ZIP:** 76121

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### UNITED STATES
**SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION**

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

### FORM 6-K/A

#### 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 2023**

Commission File Number: **001-36187**

### EVOGENE LTD.
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(Translation of Registrant's Name into English)

#### 13 Gad Feinstein Street, Park Rehovot, Rehovot

#### P.O.B 4173, Ness Ziona, 7414002, Israel
(Address of principal executive offices)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

Form 20-F ☒&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Form 40-F ☐

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**#### EXPLANATORY NOTE
Evogene Ltd. is filing this Amendment No. 1 on Form 6-K/A ("Amendment") to its Form 6-K originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 29, 2023 ("Form 6-K"). In the Form 6-K, a certain typographical error was made. This Amendment corrects the typographical error that was made on the Form 6-K. This Amendment should supersede the Form 6-K in its entirety, however it does not reflect events occurring after the filing of the Form 6-K. Except as set forth herein, there are no other changes to the Form 6-K.** 

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#### CONTENTS

#### Changes in Management
Evogene Ltd., or Evogene, reports changes in the management of its subsidiary, Lavie Bio Ltd., or Lavie Bio, a leading ag-biologicals company focusing on improving food quality, sustainability, and agriculture productivity through the introduction of microbiome-based products:

Mr. Amit Noam will be appointed as Chief Executive Officer, or CEO, of Lavie Bio effective as of April 16, 2023. A copy of the press release is furnished as <u>Exhibit 99.1</u> to this Report of Foreign Private Issuer on Form 6-K, or this Form 6-K.

The contents of <u>Exhibit 99.1</u> to this Form 6-K, excluding the statement of the incoming CEO of Lavie Bio and of the CEO of Evogene, is incorporated by reference into the registration statements on Form F-3 (File No. 333-253300) and on Form S-8 (File Nos. 333-193788, 333-201443, 333-203856 and 333-259215) of Evogene, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, to be a part thereof from the date on which this report is submitted, to the extent not superseded by documents or reports subsequently filed or furnished.

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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.

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| <br>Date: March 30, 2023 | <u>EVOGENE LTD.</u><br> (Registrant)<br>By: <u>/s/ Yaron Eldad</u><br> Yaron Eldad<br> Chief Financial Officer |

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<u>EXHIBIT INDEX</u>

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| <u>EXHIBIT NO.</u> | <u>DESCRIPTION</u> |
| [99.1](exhibit_99-1.htm) | [<u>Press Release: Lavie Bio Announces Appointment of Amit Noam as its Incoming Chief Executive Officer</u>](exhibit_99-1.htm) |

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## Exhibit 99.1

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<u>**Exhibit 99.1**</u>

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| ![](image00002.jpg) | ![](image00003.jpg) |

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#### Lavie Bio Announces Appointment of Amit Noam

#### as its Incoming Chief Executive Officer
**Rehovot, Israel** – **March 29, 2023** — Lavie Bio Ltd. ("Lavie Bio"), a subsidiary of Evogene Ltd. ("Evogene") (Nasdaq: EVGN, TASE: EVGN), and a leading ag-biologicals company focusing on improving food quality, sustainability, and agriculture productivity through the introduction of microbiome-based products, today is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Amit Noam as Chief Executive Officer ("CEO") of Lavie Bio, effective as of April 16, 2023.

Mr. Noam has extensive experience as a senior executive, particularly in the agriculture and healthcare sectors, leading teams in the development and execution of commercialization strategies, driving long-term growth and value-creation for businesses. Since 2018, Mr. Noam served as Chief Operating Officer of AgriTask, an ag-tech company, leading the company's commercial and operational strategies, as well as successfully supporting multiple fund-raising rounds. He also has previous experience with leading pharma company, Teva Pharmaceuticals, as well as Shaldor, an Israeli consulting firm, and Themis UAV, providing robotics solutions.

Mr. Noam holds an MBA from Tel Aviv University and a BSc in Industrial and Management Engineering from Ben-Gurion University in Beer Sheva, Israel.

**Amit Noam, incoming CEO of Lavie Bio**, stated, "I have a passion for technological innovation that positively impacts society. I strongly believe in Lavie Bio's vision of improving food quality, agricultural sustainability, and productivity through ag-biological products, built using Evogene's strong underlying AI tech-engines. Furthermore, Lavie Bio has a string of impressive achievements, as well as world leading partners and investors supporting it, namely Corteva and ICL Group. I am honored to have been given this opportunity to assume the CEO position of Lavie Bio, and I am excited to be joining the company at this key juncture in its development."

**Ofer Haviv, Lavie Bio Chairperson & Evogene's President and CEO**, added, "We are delighted to welcome Amit to the Evogene Group, to assume the leadership of Lavie Bio. Amit has a strong track record in leading early-stage companies through their commercial development stages, and I believe he is the right candidate to lead Lavie Bio. I believe he will prove instrumental in advancing the goals of the company, especially as we scale up manufacturing and increase sales for our bio-stimulant, Thrivus™, advance our pipeline including LAV311 (Lavie Bio's novel bio-fungicide targeted for a commercial launch in 2024), and extend the scope of our collaborations with our leading global partners".

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#### About Lavie Bio Ltd.

For more information, please visit <u>www.lavie-bio.com</u>

#### About Evogene Ltd.:
Evogene (Nasdaq: EVGN, TASE: EVGN) is a computational biology company aiming to revolutionize the development of life-science based products by utilizing cutting edge technologies to increase the probability of success while reducing development time and cost. Evogene established three unique tech-engines - *MicroBoost AI*, *ChemPass AI* and *GeneRator AI* – leveraging Big Data and Artificial Intelligence and incorporating deep multidisciplinary understanding in life sciences. Each tech-engine is focused on the discovery and development of products based on one of the following core components: microbes (*MicroBoost AI*), small molecules (*ChemPass AI*), and genetic elements (*GeneRator AI*).

Evogene uses its tech-engines to develop products through subsidiaries and strategic partnerships. Evogene's subsidiaries currently utilize the tech-engines to develop human microbiome-based therapeutics by Biomica, ag-biologicals by Lavie Bio, ag-chemicals by AgPlenus, medical cannabis products by Canonic and castor varieties, for the biofuel and other industries, by Casterra.

For more information, please visit: <u>www.evogene.com</u>.

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#### Forward Looking Statements
*This press release contains "forward-looking statements" relating to future events. These statements may be identified by words such as "may", "could", "expects", "hopes" "intends", "anticipates", "plans", "believes", "scheduled", "estimates", "demonstrates" or words of similar meaning. For example, Evogene and its subsidiaries are using forward-looking statement in this press release when it discusses* scale up manufacturing and increase sales for Thrivus™, advance our pipeline including LAV311, and extend the scope of collaborations with Lavie Bio's leading global partners*. Such statements are based on current expectations, estimates, projections and assumptions, describe opinions about future events, involve certain risks and uncertainties which are difficult to predict and are not guarantees of future performance. Therefore, actual future results, performance or achievements of Evogene and its subsidiaries may differ materially from what is expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements due to a variety of factors, many of which are beyond the control of Evogene and its subsidiaries, including, without limitation, those risk factors contained in Evogene's reports filed with the applicable securities authority. In addition, Evogene and its subsidiaries rely, and expect to continue to rely, on third parties to conduct certain activities, such as their field-trials and pre-clinical studies, and if these third parties do not successfully carry out their contractual duties, comply with regulatory requirements or meet expected deadlines, Evogene and its subsidiaries may experience significant delays in the conduct of their activities. Evogene and its subsidiaries disclaim any obligation or commitment to update these forward-looking statements to reflect future events or developments or changes in expectations, estimates, projections and assumptions.*

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| **Contacts**<br> **** <br>|
| Kenny Green, Investor Relations<br> E: kenny.green@evogene.com <br> T: +1 212 378 8040 |

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