UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
Form 6-K
 
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
 
 
For the month of March 2020
 
Commission File Number 001-15170
 
 
GlaxoSmithKline plc
(Translation of registrant's name into English)
 
 
980 Great West Road, Brentford, Middlesex, TW8 9GS
(Address of principal executive office)
 
 
 
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 . . . .X. . . . Form 40-F . . . . . . . .
 
 
 
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): ____
 
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GlaxoSmithKline plc
 
Annual Report 2019 on Form 20-F
 
 
 
In accordance with Section 203.01 of the New York Stock Exchange Listed Company Manual, GlaxoSmithKline plc ("GSK") announces that on 06 March 2020 it filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission an Annual Report on Form 20-F that included audited financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2019. GSK's 2019 Annual Report on Form 20-F is available online at GSK's website at www.gsk.com/corporatereporting and also online at www.sec.gov.
 
Ordinary Shareholders may also elect to receive notification by email of the publication of financial reports by registering on www.shareview.co.uk.
 
A hard copy version of the GSK 2019 Annual Report, together with the Notice of Annual General Meeting will be available on or about 23 March 2020.
 
Shareholders have the ability to receive, upon request, a hard copy version of GSK's complete audited financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2020, free of charge, by either:
 
(i)      writing to Equiniti Limited, our registrars in the UK, at the following address: Equiniti Limited, Aspect House, Spencer Road, Lancing, West Sussex BN99 6DA, or by telephone on 0371 384 2991 (inside the UK) or +44 (0)121 415 7067 (outside the UK);
(ii)      writing to J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. our ADR depositary in the US, at the following address: EQ Shareowner Services, P.O. Box 64504, St. Paul, MN 55164-0504, or by telephone on +1 800 990 1135 (US toll free) or +1 651 453 2128 (outside the US); or
(iii)     contacting the GSK Response Center in the USA at +1 888 825 5249 (US toll free).
 
 
 
 
 
Victoria Whyte
 
Company Secretary
 
06 March 2020
 
 
 
Cautionary statement regarding forward-looking statements
 
GSK cautions investors that any forward-looking statements or projections made by GSK, including those made in this announcement, are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from those projected. Such factors include, but are not limited to, those described under Item 3.D 'Risk factors" in the company's Annual Report on Form 20-F for 2019.
 
 
 
 
 
SIGNATURES
 
 
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 authorised.
 
GlaxoSmithKline plc
 
(Registrant)
 
 
Date: March 09, 2020
 
 
 
 
By:/s/ VICTORIA WHYTE
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Victoria Whyte
 
Authorised Signatory for and on
 
behalf of GlaxoSmithKline plc