SC 13G
SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 13G
Under the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934
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CHECK POINT SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGIES LTD. |
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(Name of Issuer) |
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Ordinary
Shares, NIS .01 nominal value |
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(Title of Class of
Securities) |
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M22465
10 4 |
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December 31, 2008
(Date of Event Which
Requires Filing of this Statement)
Check the appropriate box to
designate the rule pursuant to which this Schedule is filed:
The
information required in the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be
“filed” for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(“Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but
shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act.
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NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
Gil Shwed
I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY)
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CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP
(a) o
(b) o
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SEC Use Only
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CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
Israel
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NUMBER OF
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY
OWNED BY
EACH
REPORTING
PERSON
WITH
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SOLE VOTING POWER
34,314,442 ordinary shares
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SHARED VOTING POWER
0
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SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
34,314,442 ordinary shares
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SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
0
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AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
34,314,442 ordinary shares
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CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES
o
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PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9)
15.6%
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TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
IN
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| Item 1(a). |
Name
of Issuer: |
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Check
Point Software Technologies Ltd. (the “Issuer”) |
| Item 1(b). |
Address
of Issuer’s Principal Executive Offices: |
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5 Ha’solelim Street
Tel
Aviv, Israel
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| Item 2(a). |
Name
of Person Filing: |
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Gil
Shwed (the “Reporting Person”) |
| Item 2(b). |
Address
of Principal Business Office: |
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5 Ha’solelim Street
Tel
Aviv, Israel
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| Item 2(d). |
Title
of Class of Securities: |
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Ordinary
shares, NIS .01 nominal value |
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Set forth below is information with
respect to the Reporting Person’s ownership of ordinary shares as of December 31,
2008:
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(a) |
Amount
Beneficially Owned: |
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34,314,442 ordinary shares |
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The number of ordinary shares set
forth above includes 9,352,150 ordinary shares that the Reporting Person has the right to
acquire pursuant to stock options that are exercisable within 60 days after December 31,
2008. [The exercise price of some of these options is greater than the current market
price of the Issuer’s ordinary shares on the NASDAQ Global Select Market. As of
December 31, 2008, the Issuer had 210,042,282 ordinary shares outstanding. |
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(c) |
Number
of shares as to which the Reporting Person has: |
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(i) |
Sole
power to vote or to direct the vote: |
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34,314,442 ordinary shares |
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(ii) |
Shared
power to vote or to direct the vote: |
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(iii) |
Sole
power to dispose or to direct the disposition of |
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34,314,442 ordinary shares |
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(iv) |
Shared
power to dispose or to direct the disposition of |
| Item 5. |
Ownership
of Five Percent or Less of a Class |
| Item 6. |
Ownership
of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person |
| Item 7. |
Identification
and Classification of the Subsidiary Which Acquired the Security Being Reportedon By the
Parent Holding Company or Control Person |
| Item 8. |
Identification
and Classification of Members of the Group |
| Item 9. |
Notice
of Dissolution of Group |
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SIGNATURE
After
reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the
information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.
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Date: February 10, 2009
/s/ Gil Shwed
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Gil Shwed |
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