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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
FORM 20-F/A
(Amendment No. 1)

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REGISTRATION STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
OR
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ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
   
 
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2015
OR
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TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
OR
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SHELL COMPANY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
   
 
for the transition period from __________ to ___________
   

Commission file number 001-36848
 
Check-Cap Ltd.
________________________________
(Exact name of the Registrant as specified in its charter)
 
Israel
_____________________________
(Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
 
Check-Cap Building
Abba Hushi Avenue
P.O. Box 1271
Isfiya, 30090
Mount Carmel, Israel
___________________________
(Address of principal executive offices)
Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
 
Title of Each Class  
 
Ordinary Shares, par value NIS 0.20

Name of each exchange on which registered 
 
NASDAQ Capital Market
 
Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

None
  
Securities for which there is a reporting obligation pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Act: None

As of December 31, 2015, the registrant had 11,811,709 ordinary shares outstanding, NIS 0.2 par value per share.

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.
 
o Yes    No x
 
If this report is an annual or transition report, indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
 
o Yes    No x

 
 

 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.
 
x Yes    No o
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).
 
x Yes    No o
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer or a non-accelerated filer.

o  Large Accelerated filer
o  Accelerated filer
x  Non-accelerated filer
                               
Indicate by check mark which basis of accounting the registrant has used to prepare the financial statements included in this filing:
 
x US GAAP
 o International Financial Reporting
Standards as issued by the International
Accounting Standards Board
o  Other
 
If “Other” has been checked in response to the previous question, indicate by check mark which financial statement item the registrant has elected to follow.
 
o Item 17   o Item 18
 
 If this is an annual report, indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).
 
o Yes    No x
 
(APPLICABLE ONLY TO ISSUERS INVOLVED IN BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDINGS DURING THE PAST FIVE YEARS)
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed all documents and reports required to be filed by Sections 12, 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 subsequent to the distribution of the securities under a plan confirmed by a court.
 
o Yes    No o
 
 
 

 
EXPLANATORY NOTE
 
This Amendment No. 1 to the Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2015, originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 15, 2016 (the "2015 Form 20-F"), is being filed solely for the purposes of adding Exhibit 101 to Item 19 "Exhibits" and furnishing the Interactive Data File disclosure as Exhibit 101 in accordance with Rule 405 of Regulation S-T. This Exhibit was not previously filed.
 
Other than as expressly set forth above, this Amendment No. 1 to the 2015 Form 20-F does not, and does not purport to, amend, update or restate the information in any other item of the 2015 Form 20-F, or reflect any events that have occurred after the 2015 Form 20-F was originally filed.
 
PART III.
 
Item 19. Exhibits.
 
Exhibit
Number
 
Description of Document
     
101.INS*
 
XBRL Instance Document
101.SCH*
 
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
101.CAL*
 
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
101.DEF*
 
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase
101.LAB*
 
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase
101.PRE*
 
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase
 
* Pursuant to Rule 406T of SEC Regulation S-T, these interactive data files are deemed not filed or part of a registration statement or prospectus for purposes of Section II or 12 of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and are deemed not filed for purposes of Section 18 of the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and otherwise are not subject to liability under these sections.
 
 
 

 
SIGNATURES
 
The registrant hereby certifies that it meets all of the requirements for filing Form 20-F and has duly caused and authorized the undersigned to sign this Amendment No. 1 to its Annual Report on its behalf.

 
CHECK-CAP LTD.
 
       
Date: April 7, 2016
By:
/s/ William Densel  
    Name: William Densel  
   
Title: Chief Executive Officer and Director
          (Principal Executive Officer)
 
       
 
By:
/s/ Lior Torem  
    Name: Lior Torem  
    Title: Chief Financial Officer  
              (Principal Financial Officer
          and Principal Accounting Officer)