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Table of Contents ☐ UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington , D.C. 20549 FORM 20 - F REGISTRATION STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 12 ( b ) OR ( g ) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 ☑ ☐ OR ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 ( d ) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the fiscal year ended December 31 , 2020 OR TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 ( d ) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the transition period from to OR SHELL COMPANY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 ( d ) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 Date of event requiring this shell company report . Commission file number 000-28584 CHECK POINT SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGIES LTD . ( Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter ) Title of each class ISRAEL ( Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization ) 5 Shlomo Kaplan Street Tel Aviv 6789159 , Israel ( Address of principal executive offices ) John Slavitt , Esq . General Counsel Check Point Software Technologies , Inc. 959 Skyway Road , Suite 300 San Carlos , CA 94070 U.S.A. Tel : ( 650 ) 628-2000 ( Name , Telephone , E - mail and / or Facsimile number and Address of Company Contact Person ) Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12 ( b ) of the Act . Ordinary shares , NIS 0.01 nominal value Trading symbol ( s ) CHKP Name of each exchange on which registered NASDAQ Global Select 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 Indicate the number of outstanding shares of each of the issuer's classes of capital or common stock as of December 31 , 2020. 137,151,930 ordinary shares , nominal value NIS 0.01 per share Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well - known seasoned issuer , as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act : Yes > No ☐ 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 : Yes □ No ☑ 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 . Yes ☑ No □ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted 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 such files ) . Yes ☑ No □