s8posam-11282011.htm
Registration No. 333-139512

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 30, 2011


UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549


POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
__________________

ELBIT SYSTEMS LTD.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Israel
N/A
(State or other jurisdiction of
(I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)
Identification No.)
   
Advanced Technology Center
  
P.O. Box 539
  
Haifa 31053 Israel
31053
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
________________

2007 STOCK OPTION PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
________________

Elbit Systems of America, LLC
4700 Marine Creek Parkway
Fort Worth, Texas 76136
(Name and address of agent for service)
________________

(817) 234-6600
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
________________


Copies to:

Timothy I. Kahler, Esq.
Troutman Sanders LLP
405 Lexington Avenue
New York, New York 10174
(212) 704-6000

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EXPLANATORY NOTE

Elbit Systems Ltd. (the “Registrant”) hereby amends its registration statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-139512) (the “Registration Statement”) by filing this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to reflect the amendment of the Registrant’s 2007 Stock Option Plan.  The Amended 2007 Stock Option Plan filed herewith as Exhibit 4.3 replaces the Exhibit 4.3 previously filed with the Registration Statement.  No additional securities are being registered.












 
 
 




Exhibit Number
Description
 24.1
Power of Attorney (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 24.1 of the Elbit Systems Ltd. Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed December 20, 2006 (SEC file number 333-139512)).



 
 
 


SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Haifa, Israel on this 30th day of November 2011.
 
 
ELBIT SYSTEMS LTD.
   
  By:  /s/ Joseph Ackerman    
                            
 
Name: Joseph Ackerman
 
Title:   President and Chief Executive Officer
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated:

Signature
  
Title
  
Date
         
*
        
Michael Federmann
  
Chairman of the Board of Directors
  
November 30, 2011
         
/s/ Joseph Ackerman
  
President, Chief Executive Officer
  
November 30, 2011
Joseph Ackerman
  
(Principal Executive Officer)
    
         
/s/ Joseph Gaspar
  
Chief Financial Officer
  
November 30, 2011
Joseph Gaspar
  
(Principal Financial and Accounting officer)
    
         
*
        
Moshe Arad
  
Director
  
November 30, 2011
         
*
        
Avraham Asheri
  
Director
  
November 30, 2011
         
*
        
Rina Baum
  
Director
  
November 30, 2011
         
         
David Federmann
  
Director
  
 
         
         
Yehoshua Gleitman 
  
Director
  
 
         
*
        
Yigal Ne’eman
  
Director
  
November 30, 2011
         
*
        
Dov Ninveh
  
Director
  
November 30, 2011
         
         
Dalia Rabin
  
Director
  
 
         
/s/ Raanan Horowitz        
Raanan Horowitz
  
President, Elbit Systems of America, LLC,
 
November 30, 2011
    Authorized Representative in the United States    
         
         
*By:
/s/ Joseph Ackerman
        
November 30, 2011
 
Joseph Ackerman
        
 
Attorney-in-Fact