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As confidentially submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 10, 2013.
This draft registration statement has not been publicly filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
and all information herein remains strictly confidential.

Registration No. 333-         

 

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



 

FORM F-1

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933



 

ENZYMOTEC LTD.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)



 

   
State of Israel   2833   Not Applicable
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
  (Primary Standard Industrial
Classification Code Number)
  (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

Enzymotec Ltd.
Sagi 2000 Industrial Area
P.O. Box 6
Migdal Ha’Emeq 2310001, Israel
+972-74-717-7177

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of Registrant’s principal executive offices)

Enzymotec USA, Inc.
55 Madison Avenue, Suite 400
Morristown, NJ 07960
Tel: (973) 912-9400

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)



 

Copies of all correspondence to:

     
Colin J. Diamond, Esq.
Joshua G. Kiernan, Esq.
White & Case LLP
1155 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10036
Tel: (212) 819-8200
Fax: (212) 354-8113
  Dan Shamgar, Adv.
David S. Glatt, Adv.
Meitar Liquornik Geva
Leshem Tal
16 Abba Hillel Silver Rd.
Ramat Gan 5250608, Israel
Tel: +972-3-610-3100
Fax: +972-3-610-3111
  Phyllis G. Korff, Esq.
Yossi Vebman, Esq.
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher
& Flom LLP
4 Times Square
New York, NY 10036
Tel: 212-735-3000
Fax: 212-735-2000
  Chaim Friedland, Adv.
Ari Fried, Adv.
Gornitzky & Co.
Zion House, 45 Rothschild Blvd.
Tel Aviv 6578403, Israel
Tel: +972-3-710-9191
Fax: +972-3-560-6555


 

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: As soon as practicable after effectiveness of this registration statement.

If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, check the following box. o

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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

   
Title of each class of securities to be registered   Proposed maximum aggregate offering price(1)(2)   Amount of registration fee
Ordinary shares, par value NIS 0.01 per share   $     $  

(1) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(o) of the Securities Act.
(2) Includes ordinary shares that the underwriters may purchase pursuant to their option to purchase additional ordinary shares, if any.

The Registrant hereby amends this Registration Statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the Registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this Registration Statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act or until the Registration Statement shall become effective on such date as the Securities and Exchange Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.

 

 


 
 

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The information in this prospectus is not complete and may be changed. We may not sell these securities until the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. This prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities and it is not soliciting an offer to buy these securities in any state where the offer or sale is not permitted.

Subject to Completion
Preliminary Prospectus dated July 10, 2013

P R O S P E C T U S

      Shares

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Enzymotec Ltd.

Ordinary Shares



 

This is Enzymotec Ltd.’s initial public offering. We are selling      of our ordinary shares.

We expect the public offering price to be between $     and $     per share. No public market currently exists for the ordinary shares. After pricing of the offering, we expect that the ordinary shares will trade on the NASDAQ Global Market under the symbol “ENZY.”

We are an “emerging growth company” as defined in the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012 and will therefore be subject to reduced reporting requirements.

Investing in the ordinary shares involves risks that are described in the “Risk Factors” section beginning on page 14 of this prospectus.



 

   
  Per Share   Total
Public offering price   $     $  
Underwriting discount(1)   $     $  
Proceeds, before expenses, to us   $     $  

(1) See “Underwriting” for a description of the compensation payable to the underwriters.

The underwriters may also exercise their option to purchase up to an additional      ordinary shares from us, at the public offering price, less the underwriting discount, for 30 days after the date of this prospectus.

Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or determined if this prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

The ordinary shares will be ready for delivery on or about            , 2013.



 
 
BofA Merrill Lynch   Jefferies

Wells Fargo Securities

Canaccord Genuity

Wedbush Securities



 

The date of this prospectus is            , 2013.


 
 

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Prospectus summary     1  
Risk factors     14  
Forward-looking statements; cautionary information     37  
Use of proceeds     38  
Dividend policy     39  
Capitalization     40  
Dilution     41  
Selected consolidated financial data     43  
Management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations     47  
Business     68  
Management     93  
Principal shareholders     113  
Certain relationships and related party transactions     116  
Description of share capital     118  
Shares eligible for future sale     124  
Taxation and government programs     127  
Underwriting     137  
Expenses related to this offering     144  
Experts     144  
Legal matters     144  
Enforceability of civil liabilities     145  
Where you can find additional information     146  
Index to consolidated financial statements     F-1  

Neither we nor the underwriters have authorized anyone to provide information different from that contained in this prospectus, any amendment or supplement to this prospectus or in any free writing prospectus prepared by us or on our behalf. Neither we nor the underwriters take any responsibility for, and can provide no assurance as to the reliability of, any information other than the information in this prospectus,any amendment or supplement to this prospectus, and any free writing prospectus prepared by us or on our behalf. Neither the delivery of this prospectus nor the sale of our ordinary shares means that information contained in this prospectus is correct after the date of this prospectus. This prospectus is not an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy these ordinary shares in any circumstances under which such offer or solicitation is unlawful.

This prospectus includes statistical data, market data and other industry data and forecasts, which we obtained from market research, publicly available information and independent industry publications and reports that we believe to be reliable sources.

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PROSPECTUS SUMMARY

This summary does not contain all of the information you should consider before investing in our ordinary shares. You should read this summary together with the more detailed information appearing in this prospectus, including “Risk factors,” “Selected consolidated financial data,” “Management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations,” “Business” and our consolidated financial statements and the related notes included at the end of this prospectus, before making an investment in our ordinary shares. All references to “Enzymotec,” “we,” “us,” “our,” the “Company” and similar designations refer to Enzymotec Ltd. and its wholly-owned subsidiaries, Enzymotec USA, Inc. and VAYA Pharma, Inc., and, where the context so requires, its 50%-owned joint venture, Advanced Lipids AB, a Swedish company. The terms “shekels,” “Israeli shekels” and “NIS” refer to New Israeli Shekels, the lawful currency of the State of Israel, and the terms “dollar,” “US$” or “$” refer to U.S. dollars, the lawful currency of the United States. Unless derived from our financial statements or otherwise indicated, U.S. dollar translations of NIS amounts presented in this prospectus are translated using the rate of NIS3.648 to US$1.00, the exchange rate reported by the Bank of Israel on March 28, 2013.

Our Company

We are a rapidly growing and profitable nutritional ingredients and medical foods company. Our proprietary technologies, research expertise, and clinical validation process enable us to develop differentiated solutions across a variety of products. Our innovative and diverse product suite addresses the entire human life-cycle — from infancy to old age — and is comprised of novel key ingredients in products ranging from infant formula to nutritional supplements, as well as branded medical foods, sold only under a doctor’s supervision. We market our product portfolio to established global consumer companies and target large and growing consumer health and wellness markets. Our strategic partnerships, state-of-the-art good manufacturing practice (“GMP”)-compliant manufacturing facility, and global sales and marketing infrastructure enable us to develop, manufacture and market our comprehensive product solutions to our customers globally. By leveraging a shared and scalable research and development platform, we are able to grow cost-effectively and profitably.

Our clinically-validated products include bio-functional lipid-based compounds designed to address dietary needs, medical disorders and common diseases. Lipids represent a major structural component of all life and are essential for cell structure and important biological functions, including energy storage and cell signaling. Our proprietary technologies enable us to identify appropriate lipid-modifying enzymes and then improve the activity of these enzymes to enhance their efficiency, stability and recyclability, as well as to enable their use in organic media. These enhanced enzymes are then utilized to restructure lipids found in natural sources including krill, fish, vegetable sources and bovine milk. We transform the lipids from these raw materials into lipids that are familiar to the human body but cannot be extracted efficiently or in sufficient yield, are not provided in sufficient amounts through normal dietary intake or cannot otherwise be manufactured. For example, our leading infant formula ingredient product, InFat, is produced through modifying the molecular structure of vegetable oils to create an ingredient that more closely resembles a key component of human breast milk that is known to facilitate healthy infant development. Similarly, Vayarin, one of our branded medical foods, utilizes the same technologies to create a safe and stimulant-free solution for the dietary management of certain lipid imbalances associated with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (“ADHD”) in children. Our expertise also allows us to produce lipid ingredients that have beneficial secondary characteristics, such as extended shelf life, nutrient absorption and improved scent or taste profile. We leverage our technology platform to develop new products, improve our existing leading product portfolio and create new product categories.

We were founded in 1998, launched our first product in 2003 and since then have designed, developed and launched 11 additional products, generating sales in over 30 countries. Our net revenues, adjusted EBITDA and net income for 2012 were $37.9, $7.0 and $4.8 million, respectively. We have grown net revenues by a compounded annual growth rate of 37% from 2009 to 2012, and grew net revenues by 72% in the first quarter of 2013 compared to the first quarter of 2012.

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We have two reportable segments: Nutrition and VAYA Pharma segments, both of which offer a variety of products that leverage our lipid-related expertise. Our Nutrition and VAYA Pharma segments represented 96% and 4% of net revenues in 2012, respectively.

Nutrition.  Our Nutrition segment develops and manufactures nutritional ingredient products based on lipids, such as phospholipids, which form the structural basis of cell membranes and are easily recognized, incorporated and used by the body. Our customer base for this segment includes leading infant formula and nutritional supplement companies such as Biostime and IVC. Our two best-selling nutritional ingredient products are InFat, a clinically-proven fat ingredient for infant formula, and krill oil.

Our premium infant formula ingredient products seek to more closely resemble the composition and properties of human breast milk fat, which is considered the “gold standard” in infant nutrition because of both its short and long term health and developmental benefits, to facilitate healthy infant development. Peer reviewed clinical studies published in 2012 and 2013 demonstrate that our leading formula ingredient product, InFat, provides unique benefits such as stronger bones, improved intestinal flora and reduced crying, in addition to reduced constipation, improved calcium absorption and more efficient energy intake. As a result, we believe InFat is the most significant development to infant formula ingredients since DHA and ARA were introduced to the market almost 15 years ago. The next generation of our infant formula ingredient products targets additional attributes of key lipids found in human breast milk such as improved brain development. InFat has been achieving rapid penetration in the Chinese and other Asian markets, and we believe that we have significant opportunities in other developing markets and developed markets such as North America and Europe. InFat is sold and marketed through Advanced Lipids AB, or AL, our joint venture with AarhusKarlshamn AB, or AAK, a Sweden-based, global producer of specialty oils.

Our krill oil products, which provide the benefits of Omega-3 fatty acids, have significantly improved bioavailability over competing products in the market. We use our technological and manufacturing know-how to provide additional secondary benefits such as improved scent, taste and shelf life. Our other products in this segment are targeted at improving brain health and providing benefits in memory, learning abilities and concentration. In addition, we add value to our customers through product customization, clinical validation, regulatory expertise and quality control. We believe there are significant growth opportunities in other geographic markets beyond our core markets in the United States and Australia, and also intend to capitalize on consumer trends towards supplementing their diets with premium health and wellness products.

VAYA Pharma.  VAYA Pharma, develops, manufactures and sells branded, prescription-only medical foods for the dietary management of patients with certain medical conditions or diseases having special, medically determined nutrient requirements. Although medical foods must be proven to be safe and effective as demonstrated in human clinical studies, they do not require the same expensive and time consuming regulatory approval process typical of prescription drugs. Our U.S. medical foods business generated its first revenues in 2011 and currently consists of three branded products, all based on our proprietary lipid-based technologies, which address the dietary management of the following conditions: hypertriglyceridemia (Vayarol); lipid imbalances associated with ADHD in children (Vayarin); and lipid imbalances associated with early, age-related memory impairment (Vayacog). Our products are designed to provide a safe, cost-effective, first-line dietary therapy. We are currently planning future clinical studies for two of our medical food products, to reach an expanded consumer market and to support additional marketing claims. In addition to our existing products, we have several other products to address additional indications in the development phase. We currently market VAYA Pharma products in five states in the United States and have plans to expand both in the United States and globally.

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Our Market Opportunity

Our markets are large and growing. We address multiple markets, which all have favorable characteristics:

The nutrition market encompasses a number of product categories including supplements, natural/organic foods, functional foods and natural personal care. According to the Nutrition Business Journal, the global nutrition market was a $301 billion industry in 2010. We operate within two areas of the global nutritional ingredients market, the infant nutrition market and the vitamin, minerals and supplements market:

The infant nutrition market represented approximately $39.6 billion globally in 2010 and is expected to grow at a 10.5% compound annual growth rate, or “CAGR”, in current prices, from 2012 to 2017 according to industry sources. The market is driven by global birth rates, as well as an expanding global middle class with greater financial means to focus on health and nutrition products. The Chinese market, for example, is expected to grow at an 18.6% CAGR, in current prices, from 2012 to 2017, according to the same source. According to industry sources, within infant nutrition, milk formula represented approximately $27.4 billion or 69.2% of the market in 2010. “Premiumisation” is a trend in infant nutrition, resulting from consumers placing a higher value on nutritional benefits than price, a trend that favors us with our premium lipid-based ingredients. Infant nutrition is also on a recurring innovation cycle, as key producers attempt to create excitement for their new products to drive market share. Currently, fats represent approximately 22% of the raw materials in infant formula, mainly in the form of vegetable oil blends, which is the ingredient we seek to replace.
The vitamins, minerals and supplements market represented a diverse global market of approximately $71.4 billion in 2010 and is expected to grow at a CAGR of 5.4% in current prices from 2012 to 2017 according to industry sources. Within the nutritional supplements market, omega-3 products represented $3.2 billion in 2011 and are expected to grow at a 7.3% CAGR from 2011 to 2016 according to the Global Organization for EPA and DHA omega-3s (“GOED”). The market for krill oil is expected to be the fastest growing segment in the global marine omega-3 ingredients market, according to a June 2011 report by Frost & Sullivan, growing at a CAGR of 15.7% from $90.7 million in 2010 to $187.9 million in 2015. We believe the krill oil market will continue to grow at an accelerated rate because of krill oil’s ability to offer benefits in addition to fish oil, due to its astaxanthin, vitamins A and D, and phospholipid content, as well as its relatively better sustainability message.

The medical conditions we address in our portfolio of medical foods impact significant populations:

Triglycerides, or TGs, are fats that are carried in the blood. Elevated levels can cause hypertriglyceridemia, a condition associated with an increased risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. Hypertriglyceridemia can be caused by both genetic and environmental factors, with environmental factors including obesity, sedentary lifestyle and high-caloric diets. According to an April 2011 article by the American Heart Association, about 31% of the U.S. population has elevated triglycerides, defined as TG levels above 150 mg/dL. The hypertriglyceridemia market, defined as TG levels of 200 – 500 mg/dL, comprises approximately 16% of the U.S. population. The severe hypertriglyceridemia market, defined as TG levels above 500 mg/dL, comprises around 2% of the population.
ADHD is one of the most common behavioral disorders, and 2013 data from the Federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that 11% of school-aged children in the United States have received a diagnosis of ADHD. Additionally, according to a November 2010 report by the National Survey of Children’s Health, the percentage of parent-reported ADHD diagnosis increased from 7.8% to 9.5% from 2003 – 2007. Adult diagnosis and treatment is forecast to grow in the near future due to increased disease awareness and reduced stigmatization of the condition. GlobalData estimated in a November 2011 report that the global ADHD therapeutics market was valued at $3.9 billion in 2010, and is forecast to grow at a CAGR of 8.0% over the next eight years to reach $7.1 billion by 2018.

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Memory impairment is a significant issue globally, particularly in developed markets, where the aged population is growing. According to an article published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, in 2002 an estimated 5.4 million people (22.2%) in the United States age 71 years or older had cognitive impairment without dementia. There has also been increased frequency of brain-related disorders in China, affecting 1 in 1,000 of the population, rising to 1 in 50 among those aged over 80.

Our Competitive Strengths

Clinically-proven and safe products supported by proprietary technology.  Our innovative proprietary technology platform is leveraged by our expertise in lipid product development, lipid modification and lipid analysis and characterization. Since our inception, we have focused on identifying, developing and using enzymes as catalysts to support our lipid molecule modification capabilities. Through these highly refined and industrialized modification and purification processes, we have cost-effectively built a large portfolio of high-value products with broad applications in a variety of consumer end markets. The strength of our technology platform reflects over 14 years of industry experience, proprietary know-how, intellectual property and an in-depth understanding of our key end-markets and customer needs. Our products have demonstrated their health benefits to consumers in many pre-clinical and clinical trials: We have successfully completed 10 pivotal controlled randomized clinical trials for our products over the past nine years, as well as an additional four clinical trials that were single-arm open-labeled and have published these data in 20 peer-reviewed articles. Our extensive global regulatory expertise has enabled us to launch products in over 30 markets. We have over 150 patents and patent applications worldwide, which cover our manufacturing processes, products and technologies. We believe the combination of all these factors creates high barriers to entry.

Diversified business model.  We benefit from product, customer and geographical market diversification across our company. We develop and market multiple products that address dietary needs, medical disorders and common diseases using a variety of lipid families. We sell to various customers, consumers and geographies, offering our products globally, with particular strength in the United States, China and Australia/New Zealand as end markets. Though our geographical split by customer headquarters is 46% United States, 31% Australia/New Zealand, 18% Europe, 4% Asia and 1% Israel for fiscal year 2012, we believe our geographical split over the same time period by end consumer location is approximately half in the United States, one-quarter in Asia, one-quarter in Australia/New Zealand and a small percentage in Europe and Israel.

Integrated scalable platform and product offering.  We believe that our integrated platform including technology, research and development, and manufacturing will continue to serve as an engine of growth that feeds our product pipeline. We not only develop and invent products, but also design the processes by which they can be produced at scale, and manufacture both end products and certain catalysts based on enzymes used in our manufacturing processes. Our GMP-compliant manufacturing facility has the ability to be expanded to accommodate significant additional volume. We sell not just a product, but also customized value-added solutions including clinical support for product claims, pharmaceutical-grade manufacturing capabilities, consumer marketing support and access to further innovation.

Culture of profitable innovation.  We are focused across our organization on providing innovative products profitably. Our process development team is highly integrated with our research and development team in order to optimize the gross profit potential and return on investment of any new product. Since our founding in 1998, we have required only approximately $40 million of net investment to develop and grow our business. This investment funded our state of the art manufacturing facility, the development of our technologies and intellectual property, clinical validation and regulatory approvals of our products, and the establishment of our global commercial infrastructure. For products such as our krill oil end product and medical foods that we can manufacture most profitably, we do so ourselves. Where we believe our profits can be maximized by working with partners, we seek to do so. For example we have established a joint venture with AAK, a Sweden-based, global producer of specialty oils, pursuant to which both we and AAK contribute our capabilities — we supply the essential enzymes, science and technology, while AAK produces the end product for InFat.

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Strong customer relationships.  We have long-term relationships with leading infant nutrition, nutritional supplement and pharmaceutical companies, including Biostime, IVC and Teva. We have multi-year contracts with many of our customers and are embedded within their product development cycles, resulting in high switching costs for them and providing us with good visibility on sales. The key to our success is the support we provide across customer organizations including their sales, marketing, R&D and business development departments, as well as their senior management, to help our customers expand their businesses. This approach has led to high customer loyalty and retention and a growing customer base.

Experienced leadership and scientific advisory boards.  Our management team, led by Dr. Ariel Katz, our Chief Executive Officer, has over 130 years of cumulative experience. The majority of our senior management team has worked together for over a decade. Our board includes several industry leaders with experience in high growth companies such as Martek, Teva and Israel Corp. For each of our core product groups, we maintain a dedicated scientific advisory board composed of key opinion leaders (KOL) and industry experts.

Our Growth Strategy

Focus on large and growing consumer-driven end markets.  We focus on rapidly growing consumer end markets, including infant nutrition and consumer health and wellness. Going forward, we intend to leverage our global reach and extensive customer relationships to further penetrate these markets and accelerate our growth. For example, infant nutrition is an attractive category expected to grow at 10.5% CAGR from 2012 to 2017 in current prices according to industry sources. We believe that our infant nutrition products have the potential to outpace this industry growth as they replace conventional vegetable oils traditionally used in most infant formula. The omega-3 market is expected to grow greater than 7% annually from 2011 to 2016 according to the Global Organization for EPA and DHA omega-3s (“GOED”). Today krill oil represents only 1% of the market by volume. Given the additional benefits of our krill products in terms of stability and shelf life, nutrient absorption in the body, and scent/taste profile, we believe we have the potential to outpace industry growth as we continue to take market share. According to a March 2012 report by Biostrategies Group, a healthcare consulting firm, the medical foods market approximated $2.1 billion in the United States in 2011.

Further develop customer relationships and expand global footprint.  We sell our nutrition products to manufacturers of branded products in different markets around the world. We are highly focused on further penetrating existing customers and developing new customer relationships across new geographies. To achieve these goals, we work with our customers to tailor our products and services to meet their individual needs. Our ability to customize nutrition solutions for our existing customers has enabled us to build strong relationships and identify new opportunities to cross-sell additional products. Furthermore, we expect to continue attracting new customers as the strong brand recognition of our existing key customers, such as Biostime and IVC in our Nutrition segment, builds consumer awareness of our premium products. Sales of our infant formula products are currently strongest in China, while sales of our other nutrition products are strongest in the United States and Australia. We plan to utilize our global presence to cross-market products in our different geographies and build awareness of our premium products among branded product manufacturers. We plan to take advantage of our presence and experience selling products in markets outside of the United States to expand the distribution of our VAYA Pharma products.

Grow the medical foods segment.  VAYA Pharma, our medical foods segment, currently targets three large market opportunities relating to: ADD/ADHD, cognitive impairment and cardiovascular health. Given the early acceptance and adoption of our VAYA products by the medical community, we plan to expand our U.S. salesforce and engage in targeted educational activities to increase product awareness and drive sales. In addition, we plan to conduct additional clinical studies appropriately to expand the label claims and market opportunity of our VAYA Pharma products. Currently, approximately 30% of current sales of VAYA Pharma products in the United States receive some form of reimbursement from third-party payers. We are in discussions with both public (Medicare/Medicaid) and private health insurance providers to gain additional coverage for our VAYA Pharma products by demonstrating both cost effectiveness and benefits for patients. We plan to grow our VAYA Pharma sales outside the United States through additional strategic partnerships, such as the relationships we have developed with Teva in Israel, Daiichi Sankyo in Brazil and Elder in India.

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Maximize the potential of our VAYA products and product candidates.  We believe that several of our nutritional and medical food products could represent attractive commercial opportunities if registered and approved as pharmaceutical drugs. As such, we may in the future seek to explore a commercialization path for our products as prescription drugs, either alone or with partners, as these products move closer to full pharmaceutical approval. For example, Vayarol, our Phytosterol-Omega-3 based medical food product, has demonstrated in clinical studies the ability to manage hypertriglyceridemia and unlike some current drugs on the market, or in development, it can decrease triglycerides levels without elevating LDL (bad) cholesterol levels. We recently submitted an Investigational New Drug Application, or IND, and requested an End of Phase 2 meeting in order to ultimately receive a Special Protocol Assessment, or SPA, from the FDA, and proceed to conduct a pivotal Phase 3 clinical trial. We believe that several of our products targeting neurological disorders and diseases could also follow this path and cross over from the medical food market into the prescription drug market.

Invent and market new products.  Our proven research and development platform generates new product candidates in both of our segments. We plan to launch two new products in the next twelve months and have a pipeline of more than 10 additional products in various stages of development. Some of these products address new medical indications or provide new dietary or medical benefits, while others provide different levels/concentrations of active ingredients and offer improved secondary characteristics, such as our krill oil in powder form. We believe our new products will enable us to continue growing in our existing markets and to expand into new markets.

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RISK FACTORS

Investing in our ordinary shares involves risks. You should carefully consider the risks described in “Risk Factors” beginning on page 14 before making a decision to invest in our ordinary shares. The following is a summary of some of the principal risks we face:

We depend on third parties to obtain raw materials, in particular krill, necessary for the production of our products.
A high proportion of the sales of our InFat product is sold to end users by a single company in China.
We rely on our Swedish joint venture partner to manufacture InFat, and certain operational matters related to the joint venture are the subject of a disagreement.
Our gross profits may be adversely affected if we are only able to obtain lower quality krill meal.
Our ability to obtain krill may be affected by conservation regulation or initiatives.
We are dependent on a single facility that houses the majority of our operations.
We may not be able to expand our production or processing capabilities or satisfy growing demand.
Our product development cycle is lengthy and uncertain, and our development or commercialization efforts for our products may be unsuccessful.
We are subject to significant and increasing government regulations regarding the sale and marketing of our products.
We may not be able to protect our proprietary technology or prevent its unauthorized use by third parties.
We are currently subject to litigation, and in the future may become subject to additional litigation, regarding intellectual property rights.

Our corporate information

We were incorporated under the laws of the State of Israel on March 8, 1998. Our principal executive offices are located at the Sagi 2000 Industrial Area, P.O. Box 6, Migdal Ha’Emeq 2310001, Israel, and our telephone number is +972-74-717-7177. We have offices in Israel and the United States and a representative office in China, as well as a joint venture located in Sweden. Our website is www.enzymotec.com. Information contained on, or that can be accessed through, our website does not constitute a part of this prospectus and is not incorporated by reference herein. We have included our website address in this prospectus solely as an inactive textual reference.

Unless the context otherwise indicates or requires, “Enzymotec”, “VAYA”, “InFat”, the InFat logo, “MSO” and all product names and trade names used by us in this prospectus are our trademarks, some of which may be registered in certain jurisdictions. Although we have omitted the “®” and “TM” trademark designations for such marks in this prospectus, all rights to such trademarks are nevertheless reserved. Furthermore, the “Enzymotec” design logo is our property. This prospectus contains additional trade names and trademarks of other companies. We do not intend our use or display of other companies’ trade names, trademarks or service marks to imply a relationship with, or endorsement or sponsorship of us by, these other companies.

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THE OFFERING

Ordinary shares we are offering    
           ordinary shares (or      if the underwriters exercise their option to purchase additional ordinary shares in full)
Ordinary shares to be outstanding immediately after this offering    
          ordinary shares (or      if the underwriters exercise their option to purchase additional ordinary shares in full)
Use of proceeds    
    We estimate that we will receive net proceeds from this offering of approximately $      million, or approximately $      million if the underwriters exercise their option to purchase additional ordinary shares in full, based on an assumed initial public offering price of $      per share, the midpoint of the price range set forth on the cover page of this prospectus, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses.
    We intend to use the net proceeds from this offering to meet our anticipated increased working capital requirements resulting from the expected growth in our business and for other general corporate purposes.
Risk factors    
    Investing in our ordinary shares involves a high degree of risk and purchasers of our ordinary shares may lose part or all of their investment. See “Risk factors” for a discussion of factors you should carefully consider before deciding to invest in our ordinary shares.
Proposed NASDAQ Global Market symbol    
    We intend to apply to have our ordinary shares listed on the NASDAQ Global Market under the symbol “ENZY.”

Unless otherwise stated, the number of ordinary shares to be outstanding after this offering:

is based on 240,949 ordinary shares outstanding as of March 31, 2013 assuming the conversion of all outstanding preferred shares, including preferred shares to be issued immediately prior to the closing of this offering pursuant to the exercise of warrants held by certain of our shareholders, into ordinary shares; and
excludes 28,900 ordinary shares reserved for issuance under our share option plans as of March 31, 2013, of which options to purchase 27,155 ordinary shares have been granted at a weighted average exercise price of $145.26 per share.

As of March 31, 2013, 21,042 of our outstanding options were vested. Pursuant to the terms of our 2003 share option plan, options to purchase 3,057 ordinary shares will vest and become exercisable upon the closing of this offering and options to purchase 3,056 shares will vest and become exercisable no later than one year after that date.

Unless otherwise indicated, all information in this prospectus:

reflects the conversion of all outstanding preferred shares, including preferred shares to be issued immediately prior to the closing of this offering pursuant to the exercise of warrants held by certain of our shareholders, into 196,666 ordinary shares, which will automatically occur immediately prior to the closing of this offering;
assumes an initial public offering price of $      per ordinary share, the midpoint of the range on the cover of this prospectus;
assumes no exercise by the underwriters of their option to purchase up to an additional ordinary shares from us;
reflects the issuance of     bonus shares for each ordinary share then outstanding effected on 2013; and
gives effect to the adoption of our amended articles of association prior to the closing of this offering, which will replace our articles of association currently in effect.

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SUMMARY CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL DATA

The following table is a summary of our historical consolidated financial data, which is derived from our consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, or U.S. GAAP. The summary consolidated financial statement data for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2012 is derived from our audited consolidated financial statements presented elsewhere in this prospectus. The summary consolidated financial statement data for the year ended December 31, 2010 is derived from our audited consolidated financial statements not included in this prospectus. The summary consolidated financial statement data for the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2013, and as of March 31, 2013, is derived from our unaudited interim consolidated financial statements presented elsewhere in this prospectus. In the opinion of management, these unaudited interim consolidated financial statements include all adjustments, consisting of normal recurring adjustments, necessary for a fair statement of our financial position and operating results for these periods. Results for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the entire year.

You should read this summary financial data in conjunction with, and it is qualified in its entirety by, reference to our historical financial information and other information provided in this prospectus including, “Selected consolidated financial data,” “Management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations” and our consolidated financial statements and related notes. The historical results set forth below are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected in future periods.

         
  Year ended
December 31,
  Three months ended March 31,
     2010   2011   2012   2012   2013
     (in thousands, except per share data)
Consolidated statements of operations data:
                                            
Net revenues   $ 17,440     $ 23,019     $ 37,867     $ 8,019     $ 13,830  
Cost of revenues     11,459       13,468       19,815       3,959       7,282  
Gross profit     5,981       9,551       18,052       4,060       6,548  
Operating expenses:
                                            
Research and development, net     3,062       3,860       4,611       1,205       1,445  
Selling and marketing     2,012       3,580       5,191       1,143       1,564  
General and administrative     2,036       2,458       2,935       706       1,117  
Total operating expenses     7,380       9,898       12,737       3,054       4,126  
Income (loss) from operations     (1,399 )      (347 )      5,315       1,006       2,422  
Financial expense, net     (427 )      (416 )      (539 )      (75 )      (81 ) 
Income (loss) before taxes on income     (1826 )      (763 )      4,776       931       2,341  
Taxes on income     (141 )      (137 )      (180 )      (40 )      (75 ) 
Share in profits of equity investee     61       36       186       39       78  
Net income (loss)   $ (1,906 )    $ (864 )    $ 4,782     $ 930     $ 2,344  
Earnings (loss) per ordinary share:(1)
                                            
Basic   $ (52.85 )    $ (19.81 )    $ 22.34     $ 4.40     $ 10.15  
Diluted   $ (52.85 )    $ (19.81 )    $ 19.34     $ 3.93     $ 8.04  
Weighted average number of ordinary shares used in computing earnings (loss) per ordinary share:(1)
                                            
Basic     36,065       43,610       44,068       44,068       44,259  
Diluted     36,065       43,610       50,910       49,336       55,903  

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  Year ended
December 31,
  Three months ended March 31,
     2010   2011   2012   2012   2013
     (in thousands, except per share data)
Pro forma earnings per ordinary share (unaudited):(2)
                                            
Basic               $ 22.34           $ 10.15  
Diluted               $ 21.65           $ 9.66  
Weighted average number of ordinary shares used in computing pro forma earnings per ordinary share (unaudited)(2)
                                            
Basic                 214,079             230,900  
Diluted                 220,921             242,544  

   
  As of March 31, 2013
     Actual   Pro forma as adjusted(3)
     (in thousands)
Consolidated balance sheet data:
                 
Cash and cash equivalents   $ 10,119     $  
Current assets     33,928           
Current liabilities     10,583           
Total assets     59,187           
Total debt     4,725           
Total liabilities     15,719           
Shareholders’ equity     43,468           

(1) Basic and diluted earnings (loss) per ordinary share is computed based on the basic and diluted weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding during each period using the two-class method for participating preferred shares. For additional information, see Notes 1q and 15 to our consolidated annual financial statements included elsewhere in this prospectus.
(2) Pro forma basic and diluted earnings per ordinary share and pro forma basic and diluted weighted average ordinary shares outstanding give effect to the conversion of all outstanding preferred shares into ordinary shares, which will automatically occur immediately prior to the closing of this offering, but does not include (i) the preferred shares to be issued upon the closing of this offering pursuant to the exercise of warrants held by certain of our shareholders, and (ii) the issuance of shares in connection with this offering. For additional information on the conversion of the preferred shares see Notes 1r and 16 to our consolidated annual financial statements included elsewhere in this prospectus.
(3) Pro forma as adjusted gives effect to (i) the issuance and sale of      ordinary shares by us in this offering at an assumed initial public offering price of $     per ordinary share after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us, and (ii) the payment of $     to certain of our employees, including some of our executive officers, for their contribution to completing this offering.

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The following tables summarize segment data for the year ended December 31, 2012 and the three months ended March 31, 2013, which is derived from Note 4a to our audited consolidated financial statements and Note 3 to our unaudited interim consolidated financial statements, respectively, presented elsewhere in this prospectus. The financial information included in this table under the heading “Nutrition segment” includes the results of operations of AL using the proportionate consolidation method. While under the equity method used in the presentation of our consolidated statements of operations, we recognize our share in the net results of AL as a share in profits of equity investee, under U.S. GAAP, for purposes of segment reporting, we are required to present our results of operations on the same basis provided to and utilized by management to analyze the relevant segment’s results of operations, which is achieved using the proportionate consolidation method of reporting. Under the proportionate consolidation method, we recognize our proportionate share of the gross revenues of AL and record our proportionate share of the joint venture’s costs of production in our statement of operations. For more information regarding the accounting treatment of AL in our consolidated and segment statements of operations, see “Management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations — Joint venture accounting.”

         
  Year ended December 31, 2012
     Nutrition Segment   VAYA Pharma Segment   Total Segment Results of Operations   Elimination(1)   Consolidated Results of Operations
     (in thousands) 
Net revenues   $ 44,380     $ 1,832     $ 46,212     $ (8,345 )    $ 37,867  
Cost of revenues(2)     27,297       588       27,885       (8,087 )      19,798  
Gross profit(2)     17,083       1,244       18,327       (258 )      18,069  
Operating expenses(2)     7,850       4,637       12,487             12,487  
Depreciation and amortization     1,304       118       1,422             1,422  
Adjusted EBITDA(3)   $ 10,537     $ (3,275 )    $ 7,262     $ (258 )      7,004  
Depreciation and amortization                                         (1,422 ) 
Share based payment                             (267 ) 
Income from operations                                         5,315  
Financial expenses, net                             (539 ) 
Income before taxes on income                                         4,776  
Taxes on income                                         (180 ) 
Share in profits of equity investee                             186  
Net income                           $ 4,782  

(1) Represents the change from proportionate consolidation to the equity method of accounting.
(2) Includes depreciation and amortization, but excludes share-based payment.
(3) Adjusted EBITDA is a non-GAAP financial measure. For a definition and a reconciliation of adjusted EBITDA to our income from operations, see “— Non-GAAP Financial Measures” below.

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  Three months ended March 31, 2013
     Nutrition Segment   VAYA Pharma Segment   Total Segment Results of Operations   Elimination(1)   Consolidated Results of Operations
     (in thousands)
Net revenues   $ 15,642     $ 884     $ 16,526     $ (2,696 )    $ 13,830  
Cost of revenues(2)     9,639       236       9,875       (2,596 )      7,279  
Gross profit(2)     6,003       648       6,651       (100 )      6,551  
Operating expenses(2)     2,582       1,494       4,076             4,076  
Depreciation and amortization     336       40       376             376  
Adjusted EBITDA(3)   $ 3,757     $ (806 )    $ 2,951     $ (100 )    $ 2,851  
Depreciation and amortization                                         (376 ) 
Share-based payment                             (53 ) 
Income from operations                                       $ 2,422  
Financial expenses, net                             (81 ) 
Income before taxes on income                                         2,341  
Taxes on income                                         (75 ) 
Share in profits of equity investee                             78  
Net income                           $ 2,344  

(1) Represents the change from proportionate consolidation to the equity method of accounting.
(2) Includes depreciation and amortization, but excludes share-based payment.
(3) Adjusted EBITDA is a non-GAAP financial measure. For a definition and a reconciliation of adjusted EBITDA to our income from operations, see “— Non-GAAP Financial Measures” below.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

Adjusted EBITDA is a non-GAAP financial measure that we define as income from operations before depreciation and amortization, share-based payments, interest and taxes. We have provided a reconciliation below of adjusted EBITDA to net income, the most directly comparable U.S. GAAP financial measure.

We have included adjusted EBITDA in this prospectus because it is a key measure used by our management and board of directors to understand and evaluate our core operating performance and trends, to prepare and approve our annual budget and to develop short- and long-term operational plans. In particular, the exclusion of certain expenses in calculating adjusted EBITDA can, in our opinion, provide a useful measure for period-to-period comparisons of our core business. Accordingly, we believe that adjusted EBITDA provides useful information to investors and others in understanding and evaluating our operating results in the same manner as our management and board of directors.

Adjusted EBITDA has limitations as an analytical tool, and you should not consider it in isolation or as a substitute for analysis of our results as reported under U.S. GAAP as the excluded items may have significant effects on our operating results and financial condition. When evaluating our performance, you should consider adjusted EBITDA alongside other financial performance measures, including cash flow metrics, net income, income (loss) from operations and our other U.S. GAAP results.

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The following table presents a reconciliation of adjusted EBITDA to net income for each of the periods indicated:

   
  Year ended December 31, 2012   Three months ended
March 31,
2013
     (in thousands)    
Reconciliation of adjusted EBITDA:
                 
Adjusted EBITDA   $ 7,262     $ 2,951  
Accounting for joint venture     (258 )      (100 ) 
Depreciation and amortization     (1,422 )      (376 ) 
Share-based payments     (267 )      (53 ) 
Income from operations     5,315       2,422  
Financial expenses, net     (539 )      (81 ) 
Income before taxes on income     4,776       2,341  
Taxes on income     (180 )      (75 ) 
Share in profits of equity investee     186       78  
Net income   $ 4,782     $ 2,344  

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Risk factors

Investing in our ordinary shares involves a high degree of risk. You should carefully consider the following risk factors, in addition to the other information set forth in this prospectus, before purchasing our ordinary shares. If any of the following risks actually occurs, our business, financial condition and results of operations could suffer. In that case, the trading price of our ordinary shares would likely decline and you might lose all or part of your investment.

Risks relating to our business and industry

We depend on third parties to obtain raw materials, in particular krill, necessary for the production of our products.

We depend on third parties to supply krill meal, an essential raw material for the production of our krill oil, which accounted for 49.8% of our total net revenues (or 40.8% of our total segment net revenues, based on the proportionate consolidation method) in 2012. Krill are small crustaceans found in oceans throughout the world. There are two primary ocean regions where krill is harvested: the Southern Ocean (Antarctic krill) and the North Pacific Ocean, mainly off the coasts of Japan and Canada (Pacific krill). We currently purchase krill meal pursuant to a memorandum of understanding with the owners of a vessel that harvests Antarctic krill (and which processes the freshly caught krill into krill meal onboard the vessel). We also purchase krill meal from several other suppliers, subject to availability. There are a limited number of vessels capable of producing krill meal onboard. In 2013, a distribution company from which we previously purchased krill meal declared bankruptcy and although no material disruption to our krill meal supply occurred and we were able to make alternative arrangements with the owner of the vessel, if we, for any reason, are no longer able to obtain the krill meal from a supplier on terms reasonable to us, or at all, this would have a material adverse effect on our results of operations and financial condition. While we have identified potential alternative sources of krill meal, including the possibility of our purchasing frozen krill (which is more readily obtainable) and processing the frozen krill into krill meal through third-party processors onshore, this would lengthen the lead time necessary for obtaining krill meal, require us to find new third party contractors and generally create additional logistical challenges in obtaining our krill meal, which could have an adverse effect on our results of operations and financial condition. Furthermore, we cannot give any assurance regarding our ability to secure alternate supply sources at competitive prices and upon fair and reasonable contractual terms and conditions or successfully implement the requisite logistical changes required.

A high proportion of the sales of our InFat product is sold to end users by a single company in China.

In 2012, sales of InFat, the infant formula ingredient product sold by our joint venture, AL, accounted for 21.6% of our total net revenues (or 35.8% of our total segment net revenues based on the proportionate consolidation method). China is the largest market for nutrition products containing InFat. Sales of InFat are spread among a number of different non-Chinese manufacturers primarily producing products containing InFat for Chinese infant formula brands, as well as a number of different Chinese manufacturers. The infant nutrition products produced by such manufacturers and using InFat may be sold under the manufacturers’ own brand name, or manufactured for sale by third parties under such third party’s own brand name, and in some cases, the third parties have their branded product manufactured by several different manufacturers. In 2012, approximately half of total InFat net revenues were to the Chinese end-user market from sales under the brand name of a single large Chinese company. Although we expect this end customer to remain significant in the future, we expect the degree of concentration to decrease because of sales to new InFat end customers based on existing contractual commitments. Nonetheless, were this company, for any reason, to suffer a substantial decrease in sales, or to cease operations, or discontinue the inclusion of our InFat ingredient in all or a significant portion of the infant nutrition products sold under its brand name, this could significantly adversely affect our sales of the InFat product, which could materially adversely impact our business, financial condition and results of operations.

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We rely on our Swedish joint venture partner to manufacture InFat, and certain operational matters related to the joint venture are the subject of a disagreement.

All of the revenues from sales of our InFat product are derived from sales by AL. The term of this joint venture expires on December 31, 2016, subject to extension for additional three-year periods, unless we or AAK terminate the joint venture upon giving notice of termination no later than twelve months prior to the applicable expiration date. Subject to the continuation of the parties’ respective supply obligations to the joint venture agreement following its termination, there can be no assurance that AAK will continue its relationship with us beyond the expiration of the current term of the joint venture.

We are precluded from competing with AL during the term of the relationship. Further, if upon termination of the agreement we sell our share in AL to AAK pursuant to the buy/sell mechanism contained in the joint venture agreement, we would be subject, during the three-year period after the end of provision of services under the agreement, to non-competition obligations. Such obligations would preclude us from developing or producing InFat or competing products. Such non-competition obligations could limit our development and sales of new or existing products and could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Our joint venture is owned 50% by us and 50% by AAK. Under the joint venture arrangement with AAK, we and AAK are each responsible for particular functions related to the production, marketing and sale of the final InFat product. In particular, we are responsible for research and development, business development and marketing, and AAK is responsible for the production, management of inventory and logistics relating to the actual sales and delivery of the InFat product. We have an ongoing disagreement with AAK over certain operational matters, including responsibility for certain functions related to sales of the joint venture’s products. The operations of the joint venture have not been impacted by this disagreement, although we cannot predict whether that will continue in the future.

Irrespective of any disagreement, AAK may have economic or business interests or goals that are inconsistent with ours. Moreover, in the future, we may also participate in other joint ventures to pursue additional business opportunities. AAK or any future joint venture partner may:

take actions contrary to our policies or objectives;
undergo a change of control;
experience financial and other difficulties; or
be unable or unwilling to fulfill its obligations under the joint venture,

each of which may affect our financial condition or results of operations. In addition, no assurance can be given that the actions or decisions of our joint venture partner(s) will not affect our joint ventures in a way that hinders our corporate objectives or that causes material adverse effects on our business, financial condition or results of operations.

Our gross profits may be adversely affected if we are only able to obtain lower quality krill meal.

The quality of the krill meal we source for our krill products, meaning the level of oils found in the krill meal, impacts our gross profit as higher quality krill meal results in greater yield and less processing. The amount of oil we are able to extract from the krill meal we purchase varies based on both seasonal fluctuations in fat percentages of the krill harvested and the extraction procedure used to extract the oil. For example, in the first quarter of 2013, despite gross profits in our Nutrition segment increasing by $2.1 million to $6.0 million from $3.9 million in the first quarter of 2012, gross profit margins of that segment decreased to 38.5% in the first quarter of 2013 from 41.7% in the first quarter of 2012. This decrease was due primarily to the exceptional quality of the krill meal we sourced in the first quarter of 2012 that we were unable to obtain in subsequent periods. As a result, we had to purchase more krill meal to produce an equivalent amount of krill oil.

The first stage of processing krill meal into crude krill oil is currently carried out for us by a dedicated contract manufacturer in India. We are currently expanding our Migdal Ha’Emeq manufacturing facility and equipping it to enable us to complete the first stage of turning krill meal into crude krill oil ourselves using

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technologically advanced equipment and proprietary processes. We expect to complete this project and move a substantial portion of the crude krill oil extraction process in-house by the end of 2013. We believe that the extraction process will be more efficient due to our use of new technologies, so that our yield and extraction process will be less dependent on the quality of the krill meal we source. In addition, we believe that we will be able to sell many of the marketable byproducts of the krill oil extraction process that we currently cannot sell due to Indian export restrictions, thereby further increasing this segment’s revenues and gross profit. We are also exploring the option of sourcing frozen krill, which is more readily obtainable. Sourcing frozen krill would allow us to purchase a greater percentage of the total krill we use in a given year during the winter months when the fat percentage in the krill harvested is highest which would reduce our exposure to seasonal fluctuation. If we are unable to bring the krill oil extraction process in-house or source frozen krill effectively, our gross profit margin may continue to be affected materially by the quality of the krill we source.

Our ability to obtain krill may be affected by conservation regulation or initiatives.

A substantial part of our activities in the Nutrition segment requires the use of krill. Limits on krill harvesting established by the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources may limit our revenue. The commission limits the amount of krill that may be harvested in Antarctic waters according to specific ocean areas. Additionally, the commission regulates the licensing of vessels eligible to harvest krill in these specific Antarctic Ocean areas. In the areas currently being fished for krill, the commission has established a combined annual catch limit of 620,000 metric tons. Presently, approximately 200,000 metric tons are being harvested annually. The substantial majority of harvested krill is used for acquaculture feed and fish bait while only a small portion is used for human consumption, the latter of which offers higher profit margins. The commission has established limits because increases in krill catches could have a negative effect on the ecosystem, including other marine life, particularly birds, seals and fish which mainly depend on krill for food. The lowering of these quotas or other developments impacting the ability to source krill, such as adoption of additional conservation measures, may reduce the future availability of krill and cause significant increases in its price. Any such development could harm our sales and gross profits.

We are dependent on a single facility that houses the majority of our operations.

Our administrative headquarters, all of our research and development laboratories and our production plant are located in a single facility in the Sagi 2000 Industrial Area, near Migdal Ha’Emeq, Israel. The manufacture of all of the products that we sell takes place at this facility, other than the final InFat product, certain grades of our Sharp GPC product, and a portion of the processing of crude krill oil and crude fish oils. Although the InFat product sold by AL is manufactured in Sweden, the production of the InFat enzymes, the core element for the manufacture of InFat, also takes place at our Migdal Ha’Emeq facility. Accordingly, we are highly dependent on the uninterrupted and efficient operation of this facility. If operations at this facility were to be disrupted as a result of equipment failures, earthquakes and other natural disasters, fires, accidents, work stoppages, power outages, acts of war or terrorism or other reasons, our business, financial condition and results of operations could be materially adversely affected. Lost sales or increased costs that we may experience during the disruption of operations may not be recoverable under our insurance policies, and longer-term business disruptions could result in a loss of customers. If this were to occur, our business, financial condition and operations could be materially negatively impacted.

We may not be able to expand our production or processing capabilities or satisfy growing demand.

We are currently expanding our Migdal Ha’Emeq manufacturing facility and equipping it to enable us to extract krill oil from krill meal ourselves using technologically advanced equipment and proprietary processes. We expect to complete this project and move a substantial portion of the krill oil extraction process in-house in the fourth quarter of 2013, after which time we expect to save the majority of the processing costs we currently pay to our Indian manufacturer. We cannot assure you that we will realize the projected cost savings or any other advantage from bringing more of the krill oil extraction process in-house. We also contemplate building an additional production plant adjacent to our existing facility in order to expand our production capacity. We cannot assure you that we will be able to obtain the requisite approvals or have the necessary capital resources for the construction of this plant, or if we do, that the plant will be built or that it will satisfy additional growing demand. Conversely, there can be no assurance, even if we build an additional plant, that

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demand for our products will increase commensurate with the increased production capability. Furthermore, we cannot assure you that these projects will be implemented in a timely and cost efficient manner, and that our current production will not be adversely affected by the operational challenges of implementing the expansion projects.

Our product development cycle is lengthy and uncertain, and our development or commercialization efforts for our products may be unsuccessful.

We are currently working on more than ten products that are in various stages of development. Research and development is a time-consuming, expensive and uncertain process that takes years to complete, with no guarantee of a favorable outcome. Because of the long product development, evolving regulatory environment, changing market conditions and other factors, there is significant uncertainty as to the future development, success and commercialization of any products we may attempt to develop or commercialize. Even if our existing products prove to be successful, we may spend years and dedicate significant financial and other resources, including the proceeds from this offering, developing products that may never be commercialized. If we are unsuccessful in developing promising products, securing any necessary regulatory approvals and commercializing such products after having invested significant resources, efficiently or not at all, such failures could have a material and adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Variations in the cost of raw materials for the production of InFat may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial conditions and results of operations.

The cost and variability in price of raw materials related to the production of InFat, primarily vegetable oil and fatty acids, is a key factor in the profitability of AL and of our Nutrition segment as a whole. In 2012, the cost of raw materials comprised a majority of the costs of revenues of AL. While certain of AL’s customer contracts contain pricing formulae under which the prices of products are adjusted to reflect changes in the costs of raw materials, the adjustments do not fully insulate AL from such changes. In addition, even where InFat prices are adjusted pursuant to customer contracts which contain pricing formulae, increases in price can adversely affect sales, as the increased costs to the end-user may make such products less attractive, thereby reducing demand, and also expose AL to increased competition. Such developments could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

We anticipate that the markets in which we participate will become more competitive and we may be unable to compete effectively.

We believe that the number of companies seeking to develop products in the markets in which we compete will increase in the future. Competitors range in size from small, single product companies to large, multifaceted corporations, which have greater financial, technical, marketing and other resources than those available to us.

Our InFat product is an ingredient used in the general infant nutrition products market. The majority of the oils used in the infant nutrition market are currently vegetable oil blends, although bovine milk fat is also used to some extent. In contrast, InFat addresses the sn-2 palmitate market which currently holds less than 10% share of the infant formula oils market as a whole. We currently compete directly in the sn-2 palmitate market with IOI Loders Croklaan, however, we believe that as the market share of sn-2 palmitate grows, it will encourage more specialty oil producers to seek to develop and offer competitive products, increasing the level of competition that we face.

In the krill oil market, we primarily compete with Aker BioMarine AS (which recently merged with Aker Seafoods Holding AS), Neptune Technologies & Bioressources Inc. and Rimfrost USA, LLC (a joint venture of Avoca, Inc. and Olympic Seafood AS). In the market for our PS product line, our principal competitors are Chemi Nutraceuticals Inc., Lipoid GmbH and Lipogen Ltd.

The “medical food” category was legally established in the United States in 1988. Nevertheless, the medical foods market is relatively new and our VAYA Pharma products currently face little direct competition from other medical food manufacturers. However, as the market develops, we could face future competition from companies seeking to enter the market, in particular, large multi-national nutrition companies, such as Abbott Laboratories, Nestlé and Danone (through its clinical nutrition subsidiary, Numeco N.V.), which have

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expressed interest in the medical food segment. Such potential competitors may have greater financial, technical, marketing and other resources than those available to us and, accordingly, the ability to devote greater resources than we can to the development, promotion, sale and support of products. In addition, physicians may prefer to prescribe prescription drugs produced by pharmaceutical drug manufacturers rather than our medical food products and customers may prefer to use prescription drugs instead of our medical food products due to the present limited reimbursement by third party payers.

Any business combinations or mergers among our competitors that result in larger competitors with greater resources or distribution networks, or the acquisition of a competitor by a major technology, pharmaceutical or nutrition corporation seeking to enter the markets in which we operate, could further result in increased competition and have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

We are generally reliant upon third parties for the distribution and commercialization of our products.

Part of our strategy is to enter into and maintain arrangements that are generally exclusive with respect to a particular territory with third parties related to the marketing, sales and distribution of our products. Our revenues are dependent in part on the successful efforts of these third parties. Entering into strategic relationships can be a complex process and the interests of our distribution partners may not be or may not remain aligned with our interests. There can be no assurance that our distribution partners will market, sell and/or distribute our products successfully or choose the best means for achieving commercialization of our products. Some of our current and future distribution partners may decide to compete with us, refuse or be unable to fulfill or honor their contractual obligations to us, or reduce their commitment to, or even abandon, their relationships with us. Further, there can be no assurance that any such third-party collaboration will be on favorable terms. We may not be able to control the amount and timing of resources our distribution partners devote to our products or the efforts they expend in obtaining any requisite local approvals for our products. In addition, we may incur liabilities relating to the distribution and commercialization by our distributors of our products. While the agreements with such distributors generally include customary indemnification provisions indemnifying us for liabilities relating to the packaging of our products and their use and storage, there can be no assurance that these indemnification rights will be sufficient in amount, scope or duration to fully offset the potential liabilities associated with our distributors handling and use of our products. Any such liabilities, individually or in the aggregate, could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations.

Disruption to our IT system could adversely affect our reputation and have a material adverse impact on our business and results of operations.

Our business operations and research and development technologies rely on our IT system to collect, analyze and store our data. We do not currently utilize an offsite back-up system for our stored data and there can be no guarantee that our existing back-up storage will be effective if it becomes necessary to rely on it. Furthermore, we can provide no assurance that our current IT system is fully protected against third-party intrusions, viruses, hacker attacks, information or data theft or other similar threats. As we continue to develop our technologies, we may need to update our IT system and storage capabilities. However, if our existing or future IT system does not function properly, or if the IT system proves incompatible with new technologies, we could experience interruptions in data transmissions and slow response times, preventing us from completing routine research and business activities. Furthermore, disruption or failure of our IT system due to technical reasons, natural disaster or other unanticipated catastrophic events, including power interruptions, storms, fires, floods, earthquakes, hacker attacks or security breaches, acts of war and terrorism could significantly impair our ability to deliver our products on schedule and materially and adversely affect our relationships with our partners and customers, our business, our reputation and our results of operations.

We are not able to predict the results of clinical trials, which may prove unsuccessful or be delayed by certain factors.

We conduct clinical and pre-clinical studies to support the efficacy and safety of our products and their ingredients during their development, to extend known benefits and to uncover new benefits of our existing ingredients. While clinical trials are not always required with respect to regulatory approvals for our nutrition

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products, we use the results of these trials to maximize the product’s reach to new customers and as a basis for establishing long term supply agreements. Further, we are required to conduct clinical trials to establish the safety and efficacy of products that we seek to market as prescription drugs. It is not possible to predict, based on studies or testing in laboratory conditions, whether a proposed product will prove to be safe or effective in humans. Pre-clinical and clinical data required for FDA drug approval must be developed under strict regulatory standards and may be found, on review by health regulatory authorities, to be of insufficient quality to support an application for commercialization of a product or to substantiate claims concerning a currently marketed product’s safety or effectiveness. In addition, positive results in previous clinical studies of our products may not be predictive of similar results in future clinical trials and interim results during a clinical trial do not necessarily predict final results. A number of companies in the pharmaceutical industry have suffered significant setbacks in late-stage clinical trials even after achieving promising results in early-stage development. Our clinical trials may produce negative or inconclusive results, and we may decide, or regulators may require us, to conduct additional clinical trials. Moreover, clinical data are often susceptible to varying interpretations and analyses, and many companies that have believed their product candidates performed satisfactorily in preclinical studies and clinical trials have nonetheless failed to obtain FDA approval for their products.

Clinical trials require the enrollment of patients or subjects and we may experience difficulties identifying and enrolling suitable patients for ongoing and future trials of our products, in particular for our infant formula ingredient products, where parents are frequently reluctant to permit their children to participate in trials. A number of other factors could affect the feasibility and outcome of clinical trials, including, but not limited to, design protocol, the size of the available patient (or subject) population, the eligibility criteria for participation in the clinical trials, and the availability of clinical trial sites. Administering our product candidates to humans may produce undesirable side effects. These side effects could interrupt, delay or halt clinical trials of our product candidates and could result in the FDA or other regulatory authorities denying approval of our product candidates for any or all targeted indications. Additionally, obtaining ethical review board approval for clinical trials of our products in children will be more difficult than obtaining such approvals for adult clinical trials since the requirements for regulatory approval to conduct pediatric clinical trials are more stringent. Pediatric drug development requires additional non-clinical work (such as animal studies in juvenile animals and additional reproductive toxicity work), as well as staged clinical work in determining safe dosing and monitoring. These additional tasks involve investment of significant additional resources beyond those needed for approval of the drug for adults. Our ability to commercialize any new products is dependent upon the success of product development efforts and the success of clinical studies. Existing products may be the subject of post-marketing clinical trials. If these clinical trials and product development efforts fail to produce satisfactory results, or if we are unable to maintain the financial and operational capability to complete these development efforts, we may be unable to generate revenues for existing products and potential new products.

We may not be able to achieve increased market acceptance for our products.

The degree of market acceptance for our products and those of our customers will depend upon a number of factors, including the receipt of regulatory approvals, the establishment and demonstration in the medical community of the clinical efficacy and safety of the products, and the establishment and demonstration of the potential advantages over competing products. Additionally, to gain market acceptance for our VAYA Pharma products we must establish and demonstrate the potential advantages over existing and new treatment methods and we must expand the reimbursement of government and third-party payers must expand. Based on our data, approximately 30% of current sales of VAYA Pharma products in the United States receive some form of reimbursement. In the case of our Nutrition products, market acceptance is dependent on the acceptance of the product and appropriate distribution with large retailers, competitive pricing and the extent to which the products fulfill customer expectations and demands. There can be no assurance that consumers, physicians, patients, payers, the medical community in general, distributors or retailers will accept and utilize any existing or new products that may be developed by us. Failure to achieve such market acceptance for our products could have a material adverse effect on our growth, business, financial condition or results of operations.

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We could be subject to product liability lawsuits, which could result in costly and time-consuming litigation and significant liabilities.

The development of pharmaceutical, medical food and human nutrition products involves an inherent risk of product liability claims and associated adverse publicity. Our products may be found to be harmful, or to contain harmful substances. This exposes us to substantial risk of litigation and liability and/or may force us to discontinue production of certain products. Although we have product liability insurance, this coverage may not insure us against all claims made. Product liability insurance is costly and often limited in scope. There can be no assurance that we will be able to obtain or maintain insurance on reasonable terms or to otherwise protect ourselves against potential product liability claims that could impede or prevent commercialization of a material product or line of products. Furthermore, a product liability claim could damage our reputation, whether or not such claims are covered by insurance or are with or without merit. A product liability claim against us or the withdrawal of a product from the market could have a material adverse effect on our business or financial condition. Furthermore, product liability lawsuits, regardless of their success, would likely be time consuming and expensive to resolve and would divert management’s time and attention, which could seriously harm our business.

We could incur significant costs in complying with environmental, health and safety laws or permits or as a result of satisfying any liability or obligation imposed under such laws or permits.

We are subject to extensive environmental, health and safety laws and regulations in a number of jurisdictions, primarily Israel, governing, among other things, the use, storage, registration, handling and disposal of chemicals, waste materials and sewage; chemicals, air, water and ground contamination; air emissions and the cleanup of contaminated sites, including any contamination that results from spills due to our failure to properly dispose of chemicals, waste materials and sewage. In particular, our operations at our Migdal Ha’Emeq manufacturing facility use chemicals and produce emissions, waste materials and sewage, and accordingly require permits from various governmental authorities. These authorities conduct periodic inspections in order to review and ensure our compliance with the various regulations. Our manufacturing processes include pollutant emissions which at peak capacity approach maximum permitted levels. Accordingly, we intend to invest approximately $0.9 million in the installation of an emissions treatment solution in our current facility.

These laws, regulations and permits could potentially require the expenditure by us of significant amounts for compliance and/or remediation. Laws and regulations relating to environmental matters are often subject to change. In the event of any changes or new laws or regulations, we could be subject to new compliance measures or to penalties for activities which were previously permitted. If we fail to comply with such laws, regulations or permits, we may be subject to fines and other civil, administrative or criminal sanctions, including the revocation of permits and licenses necessary to continue our business activities. In addition, we may be required to pay damages or civil judgments in respect of third-party claims, including those relating to personal injury (including exposure to hazardous substances we use, store, handle, transport, manufacture or dispose of), property damage or contribution claims. Some environmental laws allow for strict, joint and several liability for remediation costs, regardless of comparative fault. We may be identified as a potentially responsible party under such laws. Such developments could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

We depend on international sales, which expose us to risks associated with the business environment in those countries.

Our revenues are derived from sales in multiple countries around the world, primarily through exports from Israel to distributors. The majority of our sales are to customers outside the United States and less than 1% of our sales are to customers in Israel. We anticipate that international sales will continue to account for the majority of our revenues in the foreseeable future.

Our international operations and sales are subject to a number of risks, including:

potentially longer accounts receivable collection periods and greater difficulties in their collection;
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impact of potential military or civil conflicts and other political risks;
disruptions or delays in shipments caused by customs brokers, work stoppages or government agencies;
potential imposition by governments of controls that prevent or restrict the transfer of funds;
regulatory limitations imposed by foreign governments and unexpected changes in regulatory requirements, tariffs, customs, duties, tax laws and other trade barriers;
difficulties in staffing and managing foreign operations;
laws and business practices favoring local competition and potential preference for locally produced products;
potentially adverse tax consequences;
difficulties in protecting or enforcing intellectual property rights in certain foreign countries, particularly in Asia; and
fluctuations in exchange rates, described below.

If we fail to overcome the challenges that we encounter in our international sales operations, our business and results of operations could be materially adversely affected.

Global economic and social conditions could adversely impact sales of our products, especially if they are branded as premium products.

The uncertain direction and relative weakness of the global economy, difficulties in the financial services sector and credit markets and other macroeconomic factors could adversely affect our business. The prospects for economic growth in the United States, Europe and other countries remain uncertain. Without global economic growth, the anticipated growth in the sales of our products could be adversely affected or delayed, especially given the premium branding of some of our products. For example, the inclusion of our InFat ingredients, which may be twice as expensive as certain vegetable oil blends, in infant nutrition products tends to increase the price of the end product and, in difficult economic times, a manufacturer may be unwilling to take such measures, if its principal competitors continue to sell lower priced products.

We depend on our management team and other skilled personnel to operate our business effectively, and we may be unable to retain existing, or hire additional, skilled personnel.

Our success depends upon the continued service and performance of our senior management and other key personnel. The loss of the services of any of these personnel could delay or prevent the continued successful implementation of our growth strategy, or could otherwise affect our ability to manage our company effectively and to carry out our business plan. Members of our senior management team may resign at any time and there can be no assurance that we will be able to continue to retain such personnel.

Our growth and success also depend on our ability to attract and retain additional highly qualified and skilled technical, scientific, sales, managerial and finance personnel. Competition for skilled personnel is intense and the unexpected loss of an employee with a particular skill could materially adversely affect our operations until a replacement can be found and trained. If we cannot retain our existing skilled scientific and technical personnel and attract and retain sufficiently additional skilled scientific and technical personnel, as required, for our research and development and manufacturing operations on acceptable terms, we may not be able to continue to develop and commercialize our existing products or new products. Further, any failure to effectively integrate new personnel could prevent us from successfully growing our company.

Under applicable employment laws, we may not be able to enforce covenants not to compete.

We generally enter into non-competition agreements with our employees. These agreements prohibit our employees, if they cease working for us, from competing directly with us or working for our competitors or clients for a limited period. We may be unable to enforce these agreements under the laws of the jurisdictions in which our employees work and it may be difficult for us to restrict our competitors from benefitting from

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the expertise our former employees or consultants developed while working for us. For example, Israeli courts have required employers seeking to enforce non-compete undertakings of a former employee to demonstrate that the competitive activities of the former employee will harm one of a limited number of material interests of the employer which have been recognized by the courts, such as the secrecy of a company’s confidential commercial information or the protection of its intellectual property. If we cannot demonstrate that such interests will be harmed, we may be unable to prevent our competitors from benefiting from the expertise of our former employees or consultants and our ability to remain competitive may be diminished.

Potential future acquisitions of companies or technologies may distract our management, may disrupt our business and may not yield the returns expected.

We may acquire or make investments in businesses, technologies or products, whether complementary or otherwise, as a means to expand our business, if appropriate opportunities arise. We cannot give assurances that we will be able to identify future suitable acquisition or investment candidates, or, if we do identify suitable candidates, that we will be able to make the acquisitions or investments on reasonable terms or at all. In addition, we have no prior experience in integrating acquisitions and we could experience difficulties incorporating an acquired company’s personnel, operations, technology or product offerings into our own or in retaining and motivating key personnel from these businesses. We may also incur unanticipated liabilities. The financing of any such acquisition or investment, or of a significant general expansion of our business, may not be readily available on favorable terms. Any significant acquisition or investment, or major expansion of our business, may require us to explore external financing sources, such as an offering of our equity or debt securities. We cannot be certain that these financing sources will be available to us or that we will be able to negotiate commercially reasonable terms for any such financing, or that our actual cash requirements for an acquisition, investment or expansion will not be greater than anticipated. In addition, any indebtedness that we may incur in such a financing may inhibit our operational freedom, while any equity securities that we may issue in connection with such a financing would dilute our shareholders. Any such difficulties could disrupt our ongoing business, distract our management and employees, increase our expenses and adversely affect our results of operations. Furthermore, we cannot provide any assurance that we will realize the anticipated benefits and/or synergies of any such acquisition or investment.

If we fail to manage our growth effectively, our business could be disrupted.

We have experienced growth in our business and our future financial performance and ability to commercialize our products and to compete effectively will depend, in part, on our ability to manage any future growth effectively. We have made and expect to continue to make significant investments to enable our future growth through, among other things, new product innovation, clinical trials for new products and expansion of our manufacturing facility. We must also be prepared to further increase production capabilities, expand our work force and to train, motivate and manage additional employees as the need for additional personnel arises. Our personnel, facilities, systems, procedures and controls may not be adequate to support our future operations. Any failure to manage future growth effectively could have a material adverse effect on our business and results of operations.

The covenants contained in agreements that govern the terms our indebtedness may restrict our future operations.

The agreements that govern the terms of our indebtedness contain a number of restrictive covenants imposing operating and financial restrictions on us, including restrictions that may limit our ability to engage in acts that may be in our long-term best interests, including our ability to:

incur or guarantee additional debt or issue disqualified stock;
create or incur certain liens;
engage in mergers, acquisitions, amalgamations, asset sales or sale and leaseback transactions; and
engage in transactions with affiliates.

These covenants are subject to a number of qualifications and exceptions. The operating and financial restrictions and covenants in our existing debt agreements and any future financing agreements may adversely affect our ability to finance future operations or capital needs or to engage in other business activities.

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Risks related to government regulation

We are subject to significant and increasing government regulations regarding the sale and marketing of our products.

The selling and marketing of our products are generally subject to comprehensive laws, regulations and standards enforced by various regional, national and local regulatory bodies, including the Food and Drug Administration, or FDA, the Federal Trade Commission, or FTC, and U.S. Department of Agriculture, or USDA, in the United States, the European Commission in the European Union, the Therapeutic Goods Administration, or TGA, in Australia, the Ministry of Health in China, and the Ministry of Health in Israel, compliance with which is costly and burdensome. See “Business — Government regulation” below. Furthermore, legal and regulatory demands are increasing in a number of countries with respect to our products, and legislative bodies may repeal laws or enact new laws that would impact the sale and marketing of our products or development of new products. Additionally, regulatory authorities may change processes, regulations, and policies related to our products, which could impact product development, commercialization and business operations and require us to make changes to our products, the claims we make regarding our products or our operations. In addition, there is a lack of harmonization among the laws, regulations and standards in the principal countries in which we sell our products.

Nutrition Segment

Where regulatory approvals are required for our nutrition products, the process of obtaining such approvals can be costly and time consuming and there is no guarantee of approval. Such processes therefore could delay or prevent the production and commercialization of new products. In addition, if we fail to comply with any legal or regulatory requirement, or obtain any necessary regulatory approval we could be subject to various enforcement actions, including warning letters, fines, product recalls or seizures, interruption in or suspension of product manufacturing capabilities, other operating restrictions, injunctions, delays in obtaining or inability to obtain product approvals, other civil penalties and criminal sanctions. Any such enforcement action may result in significant unanticipated expenditures and may have a material adverse effect on our reputation, operations, financial situation or operating results.

The regulatory requirements we face similarly may impact our reputation, operations, financial situation or operating results. For example, legislation in the United States requires companies that manufacture or distribute dietary supplements, including certain products of our Nutrition segment, to report serious adverse events allegedly associated with their products to the FDA and maintain recordkeeping procedures for all alleged adverse events (serious and non-serious). As a result, consumers, the press or government regulators may misinterpret reports of adverse events as evidence that the ingredient or product caused the reported event, which could lead to consumer confusion, damage to our reputation, banned or recalled ingredients or products, increased insurance costs, class action litigation and a potential increase in product liability litigation, among other things.

Further, we comply with current GMP guidelines for food for human consumption and are subject to periodic self-assessment. We are subject to regular inspections with respect to our GMP compliance by the Israeli Ministry of Health. For more information regarding the regulations affecting our nutrition products, see “Business — Government regulation — Nutrition segment.”

VAYA Pharma Segment

The products offered by our VAYA Pharma segment are sold by prescription in the United States as “medical foods,” on the basis of their meeting the criteria for “medical foods” in the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDCA) and FDA regulations. The term medical food is defined in the FDCA as a food which is formulated to be consumed or administered enterally under the supervision of a physician and which is intended for the specific dietary management of a disease or condition for which distinctive nutritional requirements, based on recognized scientific principles, are established by medical evaluation. See “Business — Our products — VAYA Pharma segment” below. Medical foods are not required to undergo premarket review or approval by the FDA.

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requirements. However, our offering of one or more of these products as “medical food” could be challenged by the FDA. The FDA could take the position that one or more of the products may not be lawfully sold in the United States as “medical food.” If such a challenge were to occur and we are not able to demonstrate to the FDA’s satisfaction that the product(s) meet the regulatory requirements for “medical foods,” we would need to suspend further sale and distribution of the alleged violative products in, and could be required to withdraw such product or products from the U.S. market. We could seek to re-position the products as “dietary supplements,” a distinct category of “food” under the FDCA and FDA regulations. This would require new labels, labeling and revised claims for the products, and would impose other regulatory requirements on us not applicable to “medical foods.” In the alternative, we could commence the process of seeking FDA approval of the product(s) as a “drug,” a procedure that requires pre-clinical safety data and clinical studies to show safety and efficacy. The drug development process can be lengthy and may involve the expenditure of substantial monetary and other resources. Furthermore, the process is uncertain, as there can be no assurance that the product or products will ultimately be approved by the FDA as drugs. The United States is the principal market for the sales of the products of our VAYA Pharma segment and the cessation of such sales, even for a limited period, could have a material adverse effect on our operations, financial situation, operating results and business prospects. In addition, were we to be unsuccessful in obtaining FDA approval in the United States, this could significantly adversely affect the sale of the products outside the United States.

The FTC regulates certain aspects of the advertising and marketing of our products. Under the Federal Trade Commission Act, a company must be able to substantiate both the express and implied claims that are conveyed by an advertisement. It is not uncommon for the FTC to conduct an investigation of the claims that are made about products in new and emerging areas of science that involve a potentially vulnerable population such as infants and children, or that relate to conditions impacting significant portions of the population. Any adverse action by the FTC could have a negative impact on our results of operations and financial condition.

Sales in the United States of the products of our VAYA Pharma segment are significantly impacted by the reimbursement policies of government healthcare or private health insurers.

The products offered by our VAYA Pharma segment are sold in the United States on the basis of their meeting the requirements for “medical food,” as interpreted and enforced by the FDA. Medical foods are not required to undergo premarket review or approval by the FDA, as is required for prescription drugs. However, primarily because our VAYA Pharma products are not approved as prescription drugs by the FDA, most consumers purchasing these products in the United States are currently unable to obtain reimbursement from third-party payers under government healthcare or private insurance plans, which generally do not provide reimbursement for medical foods. Based on our data approximately 30% of current sales of VAYA Pharma products in the United States receive some form of reimbursement. While we are attempting to broaden acceptance of our VAYA Pharma products as eligible for reimbursement by third-party payers, no assurance can be given that we will be successful in our efforts. We believe that, unless we are able to obtain widespread reimbursement for our VAYA Pharma products in the United States, future sales and profitability of our VAYA Pharma products will be significantly adversely impacted and we will be unable to achieve our projected sales of these products, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Should any of our products receive FDA approval as a prescription drug, such pharmaceutical products may still not qualify for reimbursement or the terms of such reimbursement may prevent the product from being sold at a cost-effective price.

We have recently started the process of seeking FDA approval for one of our VAYA Pharma products, Vayarol, as a prescription drug. See “Business — Government regulation” below. There can be no assurance that this process will be successful. If we do receive FDA approval for Vayarol, or any of our other VAYA Pharma products, as a prescription drug, consumers purchasing such products in the United States may be able to obtain more easily reimbursement from third-party payers under government healthcare or private insurance plans. However, we would then be subject to the reimbursement policies of such third-party payers and their efforts to contain or reduce the costs of health care. In addition, certain U.S. federal and state laws currently apply to the pricing and reporting of price information for prescription drugs. There also have been, and we

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expect that there will continue to be, a number of U.S. federal and state proposals to further increase government control over pricing and profitability of prescription drugs. Moreover, the emphasis on managed health care in the United States has increased and will continue to increase the pressure on the pricing of pharmaceuticals. Third-party payers are increasingly challenging the prices charged for medical products. To the extent that we succeed in obtaining FDA prescription drug approval for any of our products, there can be no assurance that such product will qualify for reimbursement from third-party payers, or if it does, whether the terms of such reimbursement will be considered cost-effective or will be sufficient to allow the sale of these products by us on a competitive basis.

Risks related to our intellectual property

We may not be able to protect our proprietary technology or prevent its unauthorized use by third parties.

Our commercial success depends in part on our ability to obtain and maintain patent protection and trade secret protection for our intellectual property and proprietary technologies, our products and their uses, as well as our ability to operate without infringing upon the proprietary rights of others. We rely on a combination of patent, copyright, trademark and trade secret laws, non-disclosure and confidentiality agreements, licenses, assignments of invention agreements and other restrictions on disclosure and use to protect our intellectual property rights.

We have been granted over 50 patents in more than a dozen countries and have applications for more than 100 additional patents pending worldwide. However, there can be no assurance that patent applications relating to our products, processes or technologies will result in patents being issued, or that any patents that have been issued will be adequate to protect our intellectual property or that we will enjoy patent protection for any significant period of time. Additionally, any issued patents may be challenged by third parties, and patents that we hold may be found by a judicial authority to be invalid or unenforceable. Other parties may independently develop similar or competing technology or design around any patents that may be issued to or held by us. Our current patents will expire or they may otherwise cease to provide meaningful competitive advantage, and we may be unable to adequately develop new technologies and obtain future patent protection to preserve our competitive advantage or avoid adverse effects on our business.

Composition-of-matter patents are generally considered to be the strongest form of intellectual property protection for products such as ours, as such patents provide protection without regard to any method of use. Certain of our products (such as Vayarol, Vayarin, PS and InFat) are covered by issued composition-of-matter patents in certain jurisdictions and pending applications in other jurisdictions. However, we cannot be certain that the claims in our patent applications covering composition-of-matter of our product candidates will be considered patentable by patent offices and courts in the United States or in foreign countries, nor can we be certain that the claims in our issued composition-of-matter patents will not be found invalid or unenforceable if challenged. If any of our composition-of-matter patents or pending applications was subject to a successful challenge or failed to issue, our business and competitive advantage could be significantly affected.

In addition to seeking patents for some of our proprietary technologies, processes and products, we also rely on trade secrets, including unpatented know-how, technology and other proprietary information in attempting to develop and maintain a competitive position. However, trade secret protection is risky and uncertain and the disclosure or independent development of our proprietary technology could have a material adverse impact on our business and results of operations. Any party with whom we have executed a non-disclosure and non-use agreements may breach those agreements and disclose our proprietary technology, including our trade secrets, and we may not be able to obtain adequate remedies for such breaches. Enforcing a claim that a party illegally disclosed or misappropriated a trade secret is difficult, expensive and time-consuming, and a favorable outcome is not guaranteed. In addition, if any of our trade secrets were to be lawfully obtained or independently developed by a competitor, we would have no right to prevent such third party, or those to whom they communicate such technology or information, from using that technology or information to compete with us.

We cannot be certain that the steps that we have taken will prevent the misappropriation or other violation of our confidential information and other intellectual property, particularly in foreign countries, such as China, in which laws may not protect our proprietary rights as fully as in the United States and other developed economies. Moreover, if we lose any key personnel, we may not be able to prevent the

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unauthorized disclosure or use of our technical knowledge or other trade secrets by those former employees. If we are unable to maintain the security of our proprietary technology, this could materially adversely affect our competitive advantage, business and results of operations.

We are currently subject to litigation, and in the future may become subject to additional litigation, regarding intellectual property rights.

In recent years, there has been significant litigation in the United States and abroad involving patents and other intellectual property rights in the industries in which we operate. We are involved in ongoing legal proceedings in the United States concerning our krill oil products with one of our principal competitors in that market, Neptune (see “Business — Legal proceedings” below). Starting in October 2011, Neptune filed a series of complaints alleging patent infringement by one or more of our krill oil products in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware. In addition, in April 2013, we received a Notice of Institution of Investigation from the U.S. International Trade Commission regarding a similar complaint filed by Neptune in that forum. If any of the patents asserted by Neptune are found to be valid, infringed and enforceable, we may be subject to monetary damages in the form of lost profits or a reasonable royalty, as determined by the District Court. Neptune may also be granted injunctive relief which would prevent us from selling the infringing products in the United States, a significant market for our krill oil products. Moreover, defending against these claims or similar claims in the future may be time-consuming, costly and may divert management’s time and attention from our business. In addition to any monetary damages awarded against us, in some instances we have also agreed to be financially responsible for any damages awarded against certain of our customers as a result of the purchase, importation, use, sale or offer to sell of our products if they are found to infringe certain of Neptune’s intellectual property rights. As a result, and regardless of outcome, these proceedings could materially adversely impact our business and financial results.

We may also, in the future, be a party to litigation to determine the scope and validity of our own intellectual property, which, if resolved adversely to us, could invalidate or render unenforceable our intellectual property or generally preclude us from restraining competitors from commercializing products using technology developed by us. In addition, because patent applications can take many years until the patents issue, there may be applications now pending of which we are unaware, which may later result in issued patents that our products may infringe. If any of our products infringe a valid and enforceable patent, or if we wish to avoid potential intellectual property litigation or alleged infringement, we may not be able to sell applicable products unless and until we can obtain a license, which we may not be able to obtain on commercially reasonable terms, if at all. Alternatively, we could be forced to pay substantial royalties or redesign a product to avoid infringement. A successful claim of infringement against us, or our failure or inability to develop non-infringing technology or license the infringed technology, on acceptable terms and on a timely basis, if at all, could materially adversely affect our business and results of operations. These outcomes could also directly and indirectly benefit our competitors, including, for example, by obtaining judgments against or payments from us, reputational harm to us and our products, and/or gaining market share from us. Furthermore, litigation to establish or challenge the validity of patents, to defend against infringement, enforceability or invalidity claims or to assert infringement, invalidity or enforceability claims against others, if required, regardless of its success, would likely be time-consuming and expensive to resolve and would divert management’s time and attention, which could seriously harm our business.

In addition to our existing agreements related to the Neptune litigation, we may in the future agree to be financially responsible for any damages awarded against certain of our customers, and in some cases the cost of defense for such customers, as a result of the purchase, importation, use, sale or offer to sell of our products that a third party claims infringes its intellectual property rights. If any of the products at issue are found to infringe the valid and enforceable intellectual property right of such third party, the payment of such damages could have a materially adverse impact on our financial results and business.

It is possible that the products currently marketed or under development by us may in the future be found to infringe patents issued or licensed to others or otherwise violate the intellectual property rights of others. Likewise, it is possible that other parties may independently develop similar technologies, duplicate our technologies or, with respect to patents that are issued to us or rights licensed to us, design around the patented aspects of the technologies. Third parties may also obtain patents that we may need to license from them in order to conduct our business.

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Changes in U.S. or foreign patent law could diminish the value of patents in general, thereby impairing our ability to protect our products.

As is the case with other companies in the markets in which we participate, our success is heavily dependent on intellectual property, particularly patents. Obtaining and enforcing patents involves technological and legal complexity, and is costly, time consuming, and inherently uncertain. Patent policy also continues to evolve in the United States and many foreign jurisdictions and the issuance, scope, validity, enforceability and commercial value of our patent rights are highly uncertain. For example, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled on several patent cases in recent years, including narrowing the scope of patent protection available in certain circumstances or weakening the rights or remedies of patent owners in certain situations. In addition to increasing uncertainty with regard to our ability to obtain patents in the future, this combination of events has created uncertainty with respect to the value of patents, once obtained. Furthermore, decisions by the U.S. Congress, the federal courts, and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office or comparable authorities in foreign jurisdictions could change the laws and regulations governing patents in unpredictable ways that may weaken or undermine our ability to obtain new patents or to enforce our existing patents and patents we might obtain in the future.

We may not be able to protect our intellectual property rights throughout the world.

Filing, prosecuting, maintaining and defending patents on each of our products in all countries throughout the world would be prohibitively expensive, and our intellectual property rights in some countries outside the United States are less extensive than those in the United States. In addition, the laws of some foreign countries do not protect intellectual property rights to the same extent as federal and state laws in the United States. Also, it may not be possible to effectively enforce intellectual property rights in some foreign countries at all or to the same extent as in the United States and other countries. Consequently, we are unable to prevent third parties from using our inventions in all countries, or from selling or importing products made using our inventions in the jurisdictions in which we do not have (or are unable to effectively enforce) patent protection. Competitors may use our technologies in jurisdictions where we have not obtained patent protection to develop, market or otherwise commercialize their own products, and we may be unable to prevent those competitors from importing those infringing products into territories where we have patent protection but enforcement is not as strong as in the United States. These products may compete with our products and our patents and other intellectual property rights may not be effective or sufficient to prevent them from competing in those jurisdictions. Moreover, competitors or others in the chain of commerce may raise legal challenges against our intellectual property rights or may infringe upon our intellectual property rights, including through means that may be difficult to prevent or detect.

Many companies have encountered significant problems in protecting and defending intellectual property rights in foreign jurisdictions, including China, a significant market for our InFat and other products. The legal systems of certain countries, including China, have not historically favored the enforcement of patents or other intellectual property rights, which could hinder us from preventing the infringement of our patents or other intellectual property rights in those countries and result in substantial risks to us.

Furthermore, proceedings to enforce our patent rights in the United States or foreign jurisdictions could result in substantial costs and divert our efforts and attention from other aspects of our business, could put our patents at risk of being invalidated or interpreted narrowly and our patent applications at risk of not issuing, and could provoke third parties to assert patent infringement or other claims against us. We may not prevail in any lawsuits that we initiate and the damages or other remedies awarded, if any, may not be commercially meaningful. Accordingly, our efforts to enforce our intellectual property rights in the United States and around the world may be inadequate to obtain a significant commercial advantage from the intellectual property that we develop or license from third parties.

Risks related to an investment in our ordinary shares

An active, liquid and orderly trading market for our ordinary shares may not develop, which may inhibit the ability of our shareholders to sell ordinary shares following this offering.

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it may not be sustained. The lack of an active market may impair your ability to sell your shares at the time you wish to sell them or at a price that you consider reasonable. The lack of an active market may also reduce the fair market value of your shares. An inactive market may also impair our ability to raise capital by selling shares of capital stock and may impair our ability to acquire other companies by using our shares as consideration.

The market price of our ordinary shares may be subject to fluctuation and you could lose all or part of your investment.

The initial public offering price for the shares will be determined by negotiations between us and representatives of the underwriters and may not be indicative of prices that will prevail in the trading market. The price of our ordinary shares may decline following this offering. The stock market in general has been, and the market price of our ordinary shares in particular will likely be, subject to fluctuation, whether due to, or irrespective of, our operating results and financial condition. The market price of our ordinary shares on the NASDAQ Global Market may fluctuate as a result of a number of factors, some of which are beyond our control, including, but not limited to:

actual or anticipated variations in our and our competitors’ results of operations and financial condition;
market acceptance of our products;
the mix of products that we sell, and related services that we provide;
changes in earnings estimates or recommendations by securities analysts, if our ordinary shares are covered by analysts;
the results of operations of AL;
development of technological innovations or new competitive products by others;
announcements of technological innovations or new products by us;
publication of the results of pre-clinical or clinical trials for any of our products or products under development;
failure by us to achieve a publicly announced milestone;
delays between our expenditures to develop and market new or enhanced products and the generation of sales from those products;
developments concerning intellectual property rights, including our involvement in litigation;
regulatory developments and the decisions of regulatory authorities as to the approval or rejection of new or modified products;
changes in the amounts that we spend to develop, acquire or license new products, technologies or businesses;
changes in our expenditures to promote our products;
our sale or proposed sale, or the sale by our significant shareholders, of our ordinary shares or other securities in the future;
changes in key personnel;
success or failure of research and development projects of us or our competitors;
the trading volume of our ordinary shares; and
general economic and market conditions and other factors, including factors unrelated to our operating performance.

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periods of market volatility, public company shareholders have often instituted securities class action litigation. If we were involved in securities litigation, it could impose a substantial cost upon us and divert the resources and attention of our management from our business.

If equity research analysts do not publish research or reports about our business or if they issue unfavorable commentary or downgrade our ordinary shares, the price of our ordinary shares could decline.

The trading market for our ordinary shares will rely in part on the research and reports that equity research analysts publish about us and our business. We do not have control over these analysts and we do not have commitments from them to write research reports about us. The price of our ordinary shares could decline if one or more equity research analysts downgrades our ordinary shares or if those analysts issue other unfavorable commentary or cease publishing reports about us or our business.

Future sales of our ordinary shares could reduce the market price of our ordinary shares.

If our existing shareholders, particularly our directors, their affiliates, or our executive officers, sell a substantial number of our ordinary shares in the public market, the market price of our ordinary shares could decrease significantly. The perception in the public market that our shareholders might sell our ordinary shares could also depress the market price of our ordinary shares and could impair our future ability to obtain capital, especially through an offering of equity securities. Substantially all of our shares outstanding prior to this offering and our shares issuable upon the exercise of vested options are subject to lock-up agreements with the underwriters that restrict the ability of their holders to transfer such shares for 180 days after the date of this prospectus. Consequently, upon expiration of the lock-up agreements, an additional approximately      of our ordinary shares will be eligible for sale in the public market of which approximately      will be subject to restrictions on volume and manner of sale pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act. Furthermore, pursuant to the terms of our 2003 share option plan, options to purchase 3,057 ordinary shares will vest and become exercisable upon the closing of this offering and options to purchase 3,056 shares will vest and become exercisable no later than one year after that date. The holders of substantially all of these options have signed lock-up agreements with the underwriters that restrict their ability to transfer the shares underlying such options for 180 days after the date of this prospectus. However, we intend to file one or more registration statements on Form S-8 with the SEC covering all of the ordinary shares issuable under our share option plans and such shares will be available for resale following the expiration of the restrictions on transfer. The market price of our ordinary shares may drop significantly when the restrictions on resale by our existing shareholders lapse and these shareholders are able to sell our ordinary shares into the market. In addition, a sale by the company of additional ordinary shares or similar securities in order to raise capital might have a similar negative impact on the share price of our ordinary shares. A decline in the price of our ordinary shares might impede our ability to raise capital through the issuance of additional ordinary shares or other equity securities, and may cause you to lose part or all of your investment in our ordinary shares.

Investors in this offering will experience immediate substantial dilution in net tangible book value.

The initial public offering price of our ordinary shares in this offering is considerably greater than the net tangible book value per share of our outstanding ordinary shares immediately after this offering. Accordingly, investors in this offering will incur immediate dilution of $      per share, based on an assumed initial public offering price of $      per share, the midpoint of the estimated initial public offering price range shown on the cover of this prospectus. In addition, if outstanding options to purchase our ordinary shares are exercised in the future, you will experience additional dilution. See “Dilution.”

The significant share ownership positions of Galam and XT Hi-Tech Investments (1992) Ltd. may limit your ability to influence corporate matters.

After giving effect to this offering, Galam Management and Marketing Agricultural Cooperative Society Ltd. and Galam Ltd. (together, “Galam”) and XT Hi-Tech Investments (1992) Ltd. own or control, directly and indirectly,     % and     % of our outstanding ordinary shares respectively (or     % and     % if the underwriters fully exercise their option to purchase additional ordinary shares). Accordingly, if Galam and XT Hi-Tech Investments (1992) Ltd. vote the shares that they own or control together, they will be able to significantly influence the outcome of matters required to be submitted to our shareholders for approval,

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including decisions relating to the election of our board of directors and the outcome of any proposed merger or consolidation of our company. Their interests may not be consistent with those of our other shareholders. In addition, these parties’ significant interest in us may discourage third parties from seeking to acquire control of us, which may adversely affect the market price of our ordinary shares.

We have broad discretion as to the use of the net proceeds from this offering and may not use them effectively.

We currently intend to use the net proceeds from this offering to meet our anticipated increased working capital requirements resulting from the expected growth in our business and for other general corporate purposes. However, our management will have broad discretion in the application of the net proceeds. Our shareholders may not agree with the manner in which our management chooses to allocate the net proceeds from this offering. The failure by our management to apply these funds effectively could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operation. Pending their use, we may invest the net proceeds from this offering in a manner that does not produce income.

We will incur increased costs as a result of operating as a public company, and our management will be required to devote substantial time to new compliance initiatives.

As a public company whose ordinary shares are listed in the United States, we will incur accounting, legal and other expenses that we did not incur as a private company, including costs associated with our reporting requirements under the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act. We also anticipate that we will incur costs associated with corporate governance requirements, including requirements under Section 404 and other provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, or the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, as well as rules implemented by the SEC and the NASDAQ Global Market, and provisions of Israeli corporate law applicable to public companies. We expect that these rules and regulations will increase our legal and financial compliance costs, introduce new costs such as investor relations and stock exchange listing fees, and will make some activities more time-consuming and costly. We are currently evaluating and monitoring developments with respect to these rules, and we cannot predict or estimate the amount of additional costs we may incur or the timing of such costs.

As an “emerging growth company,” as defined in the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012 effective on April 5, 2012, or the JOBS Act, we may take advantage of certain temporary exemptions from various reporting requirements, including, but not limited to, not being required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes Oxley Act (and the rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder). When these exemptions cease to apply, we expect to incur additional expenses and devote increased management effort toward ensuring compliance with them. We cannot predict or estimate the amount of additional costs we may incur as a result of becoming a public company or the timing of such costs.

Changes in the laws and regulations affecting public companies will result in increased costs to us as we respond to their requirements. These laws and regulations could make it more difficult or more costly for us to obtain certain types of insurance, including director and officer liability insurance, and we may be forced to accept reduced policy limits and coverage or incur substantially higher costs to obtain the same or similar coverage. The impact of these requirements could also make it more difficult for us to attract and retain qualified persons to serve on our board of directors, our board committees or as executive officers. We cannot predict or estimate the amount or timing of additional costs we may incur in order to comply with such requirements.

We have never paid cash dividends on our share capital, and we do not anticipate paying any cash dividends in the foreseeable future.

We have never declared or paid cash dividends on our share capital, nor do we anticipate paying any cash dividends on our share capital in the foreseeable future. We currently intend to retain all available funds and any future earnings to fund the development and growth of our business. As a result, capital appreciation, if any, of our ordinary shares will be investors’ sole source of gain for the foreseeable future. In addition, Israeli law limits our ability to declare and pay dividends, and may subject our dividends to Israeli

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withholding taxes and our payment of dividends (out of tax-exempt income) may subject us to certain Israeli taxes, to which we would not otherwise be subject (see “Dividend policy”, “Description of share capital —Dividend and liquidation rights” and “Taxation and government programs — Israeli tax considerations and government programs”).

As a foreign private issuer, we are permitted, and intend, to follow certain home country corporate governance practices instead of otherwise applicable SEC and NASDAQ requirements, which may result in less protection than is accorded to investors under rules applicable to domestic U.S. issuers.

As a foreign private issuer, we will be permitted, and intend, to follow certain home country corporate governance practices instead of those otherwise required under the Listing Rules of the NASDAQ Stock Market for domestic U.S. issuers. For instance, we intend to follow home country practice in Israel with regard to the quorum requirement for shareholder meetings. As permitted under the Israeli Companies Law, our articles of association to be effective upon the closing of this offering will provide that the quorum for any meeting of shareholders shall be the presence of at least two shareholders present in person, by proxy or by a voting instrument, who hold at least 25% of the voting power of our shares instead of 33 1/3% of the issued share capital requirement. We may in the future elect to follow home country practices in Israel with regard to other matters, including the formation of compensation, nominating and corporate governance committees, separate executive sessions of independent directors and non-management directors and the requirement to obtain shareholder approval for certain dilutive events (such as for the establishment or amendment of certain equity-based compensation plans, issuances that will result in a change of control of the company, certain transactions other than a public offering involving issuances of a 20% or more interest in the company and certain acquisitions of the stock or assets of another company). Following our home country governance practices as opposed to the requirements that would otherwise apply to a U.S. company listed on the NASDAQ Global Market may provide less protection to you than what is accorded to investors under the Listing Rules of the NASDAQ Stock Market applicable to domestic U.S. issuers.

In addition, as a foreign private issuer, we will be exempt from the rules and regulations under the Exchange Act related to the furnishing and content of proxy statements, and our officers, directors and principal shareholders will be exempt from the reporting and short-swing profit recovery provisions contained in Section 16 of the Exchange Act. In addition, we will not be required under the Exchange Act to file annual and current reports and financial statements with the SEC as frequently or as promptly as U.S. domestic companies whose securities are registered under the Exchange Act and we will generally be exempt from filing quarterly reports with the SEC under the Exchange Act. These exemptions and leniencies will reduce the frequency and scope of information and protections to which you are entitled as an investor.

We would lose our foreign private issuer status if a majority of our directors or executive officers are U.S. citizens or residents and we fail to meet additional requirements necessary to avoid loss of foreign private issuer status. Although we have elected to comply with certain U.S. regulatory provisions, our loss of foreign private issuer status would make such provisions mandatory. The regulatory and compliance costs to us under U.S. securities laws as a U.S. domestic issuer may be significantly higher. If we are not a foreign private issuer, we will be required to file periodic reports and registration statements on U.S. domestic issuer forms with the SEC, which are more detailed and extensive than the forms available to a foreign private issuer. We may also be required to modify certain of our policies to comply with good governance practices associated with U.S. domestic issuers. Such conversion and modifications will involve additional costs. In addition, we may lose our ability to rely upon exemptions from certain corporate governance requirements on U.S. stock exchanges that are available to foreign private issuers.

We are an “emerging growth company” and the reduced disclosure requirements applicable to emerging growth companies may make our ordinary shares less attractive to investors.

We are an “emerging growth company,” as defined in the JOBS Act, and we may take advantage of certain exemptions from various requirements that are applicable to other public companies that are not “emerging growth companies.” Most of such requirements relate to disclosures that we would only be required to make if we cease to be a foreign private issuer in the future. Nevertheless, as a foreign private issuer that is an emerging growth company, we will not be required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, for up to five fiscal years after the date of this

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offering. We will remain an emerging growth company until the earliest of: (a) the last day of our fiscal year during which we have total annual gross revenues of at least $1.0 billion; (b) the last day of our fiscal year following the fifth anniversary of the closing of this offering; (c) the date on which we have, during the previous three-year period, issued more than $1.0 billion in non-convertible debt; or (d) the date on which we are deemed to be a “large accelerated filer” under the Exchange Act. When we are no longer deemed to be an emerging growth company, we will not be entitled to the exemptions provided in the JOBS Act discussed above. We cannot predict if investors will find our ordinary shares less attractive as a result of our reliance on exemptions under the JOBS Act. If some investors find our ordinary shares less attractive as a result, there may be a less active trading market for our ordinary shares and our share price may be more volatile.

We have not yet determined whether our existing internal controls over financial reporting systems are compliant with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and we cannot provide any assurance that there are no material weaknesses or significant deficiencies in our existing internal controls.

Pursuant to Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the related rules adopted by the SEC and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, starting with the second annual report that we file with the SEC after the closing of this offering, our management will be required to report on the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting. In addition, once we no longer qualify as an “emerging growth company” under the JOBS Act and lose the ability to rely on the exemptions related thereto discussed above, our independent registered public accounting firm will also need to attest to the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting under Section 404. We have not yet commenced the process of determining whether our existing internal controls over financial reporting systems are compliant with Section 404 and whether there are any material weaknesses or significant deficiencies in our existing internal controls. This process will require the investment of substantial time and resources, including by our Chief Financial Officer and other members of our senior management. As a result, this process may divert internal resources and take a significant amount of time and effort to complete. In addition, we cannot predict the outcome of this determination and whether we will need to implement remedial actions in order to implement effective controls over financial reporting. The determination and any remedial actions required could result in us incurring additional costs that we did not anticipate, including the hiring of outside consultants. Irrespective of compliance with Section 404, any failure of our internal controls could have a material adverse effect on our stated results of operations and harm our reputation. As a result, we may experience higher than anticipated operating expenses, as well as higher independent auditor fees during and after the implementation of these changes. If we are unable to implement any of the required changes to our internal control over financial reporting effectively or efficiently or are required to do so earlier than anticipated, it could adversely affect our operations, financial reporting and/or results of operations and could result in an adverse opinion on internal controls from our independent auditors.

Our U.S. shareholders may suffer adverse tax consequences if we are characterized as a passive foreign investment company.

Generally, if for any taxable year 75% or more of our gross income is passive income, or at least 50% of the average quarterly value of our assets (which may be determined in part by the market value of our ordinary shares, which is subject to change) are held for the production of, or produce, passive income, we would be characterized as a passive foreign investment company, or PFIC, for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Our status as a PFIC may also depend on how quickly we use the cash proceeds from this offering in our business. Based on certain estimates of our gross income and gross assets, our intended use of proceeds of this offering, and the nature of our business, we do not expect that we will be classified as a PFIC for the taxable year ending December 31, 2013. However, because PFIC status is based on our income, assets and activities for the entire taxable year, it is not possible to determine whether we will be characterized as a PFIC for the 2013 taxable year until after the close of the year. There can be no assurance that we will not be considered a PFIC for any taxable year. If we are characterized as a PFIC, our U.S. shareholders may suffer adverse tax consequences, including having gains realized on the sale of our ordinary shares treated as ordinary income, rather than a capital gain, the loss of the preferential rate applicable to dividends received on our ordinary shares by individuals who are U.S. Holders (as defined in “Taxation and government programs — U.S. federal income tax consequences”), and having interest charges apply to distributions by us and the proceeds of share sales. Certain elections exist that may alleviate some of the adverse consequences of

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PFIC status and would result in an alternative treatment (such as mark-to-market treatment) of our ordinary shares; however, we do not intend to provide the information necessary for U.S. holders to make qualified electing fund elections if we are classified as a PFIC. See “Taxation and government programs — U.S. federal income tax consequences — Passive foreign investment company consequences.”

Risks primarily related to our operations in Israel

Our headquarters, manufacturing and other significant operations are located in Israel and, therefore, our results may be adversely affected by political, economic and military instability in Israel.

Our headquarters, manufacturing and principal research and development facilities are located in northern Israel. In addition, the majority of our key employees, officers and directors are residents of Israel. Accordingly, political, economic and military conditions in Israel may directly affect our business. Since the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948, a number of armed conflicts have taken place between Israel and its neighboring countries. Any hostilities involving Israel or the interruption or curtailment of trade between Israel and its trading partners could adversely affect our operations and results of operations. In addition, our operations may be adversely affected by the call-up of certain of our employees, including members of our senior management, to active military services in the case of such hostilities.

During the Second Lebanon War of 2006, between Israel and Hezbollah, a militant Islamic movement, rockets were fired from Lebanon into Israel causing casualties and major disruption of economic activities in northern Israel. An escalation in tension and violence between Israel and the militant Hamas movement (which controls the Gaza Strip) and other Palestinian Arab groups, culminated with Israel’s military campaign in Gaza in December 2008 and again in November 2012 in an endeavor to prevent continued rocket attacks against Israel’s southern towns. Direct negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority with the ultimate aim of reaching an official “final status settlement” are currently suspended and it is by no means clear if, and when, they will be restarted. In addition, Israel faces threats from more distant neighbors, in particular, Iran, an ally of Hezbollah and Hamas.

Popular uprisings in various countries in the Middle East and North Africa are affecting the political stability of those countries. Such instability may lead to deterioration in the political and trade relationships that exist between the State of Israel and these countries. Furthermore, several countries, principally in the Middle East, restrict doing business with Israel and Israeli companies, and additional countries may impose restrictions on doing business with Israel and Israeli companies if hostilities in the region continue or intensify. Such restrictions may seriously limit our ability to sell our products to customers in those countries. Any hostilities involving Israel or the interruption or curtailment of trade between Israel and its present trading partners, or significant downturns in the economic or financial condition of Israel, could adversely affect our operations and product development, cause our revenues to decrease and adversely affect the share price of publicly traded companies having operations in Israel, such as us. Similarly, Israeli corporations are limited in conducting business with entities from several countries. For example, in 2008, the Israeli legislator provided a law forbidding any investments in entities that transact business with Iran.

Our commercial insurance does not cover losses that may occur as a result of an event associated with the security situation in the Middle East. Although the Israeli government is currently committed to covering the reinstatement value of direct damages that are caused by terrorist attacks or acts of war, we cannot assure you that this government coverage will be maintained, or if maintained, will be sufficient to compensate us fully for damages incurred. Any losses or damages incurred by us could have a material adverse effect on our business. Any armed conflicts, terrorist activities or political instability in the region would likely negatively affect business conditions generally and could harm our results of operations.

Exchange rate fluctuations between the U.S. dollar and the Israeli shekel, the Euro and other non-U.S. currencies may negatively affect our earnings.

The dollar is our functional and reporting currency. Although most of our revenues and a portion of our expenses are denominated in U.S. dollars, a significant portion of our cost of revenues and operating expenses is incurred in Israeli shekels. As a result, we are exposed to the risks that the shekel may appreciate relative to the dollar, or, if the shekel instead devalues relative to the dollar, that the inflation rate in Israel may exceed such rate of devaluation of the shekel, or that the timing of such devaluation may lag behind inflation in

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Israel. In any such event, the dollar cost of our operations in Israel would increase and our dollar-denominated results of operations would be adversely affected. We cannot predict any future trends in the rate of inflation in Israel or the rate of devaluation (if any) of the shekel against the dollar. For example, although the dollar appreciated against the shekel in 2011, the rate of devaluation of the dollar against the shekel was approximately 2.3% in 2012, which was compounded by inflation in Israel at a rate of approximately 1.6%. This had the effect of increasing the dollar cost of our operations in Israel. If the dollar cost of our operations in Israel increases, our dollar-measured results of operations will be adversely affected. Our operations also could be adversely affected if we are unable to effectively hedge against currency fluctuations in the future.

Although most of our revenues and a portion of our expenses are denominated in dollars, we do have substantial revenues and certain expenses that are denominated in other currencies apart from the dollar and the shekel, particularly the euro. Therefore, our operating results and cash flows are also subject to fluctuations due to changes in the relative values of the dollar and these foreign currencies. These fluctuations could negatively affect our operating results and could cause our revenues and net income or loss to vary from quarter to quarter. Furthermore, to the extent that we increase our revenues in certain countries, such as several countries in the Asia Pacific region, where our sales are denominated in dollars, a strengthening of the dollar versus other currencies could make our products less competitive in those foreign markets and collection of receivables more difficult.

We engage in currency hedging activities. These measures, however, may not adequately protect us from material adverse effects due to the impact of inflation in Israel or from fluctuations in the relative values of the dollar and foreign currencies in which we transact business, and may result in a financial loss. For further information, see “Management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations” elsewhere in this prospectus.

We may become subject to claims for remuneration or royalties for assigned service invention rights by our employees, which could result in litigation and adversely affect our business.

We enter into assignment of invention agreements with our employees pursuant to which such individuals agree to assign to us all rights to any inventions created in the scope of their employment or engagement with us. A significant portion of our intellectual property has been developed by our employees in the course of their employment for us. Under the Israeli Patent Law, 5727-1967, or the Patent Law, inventions conceived by an employee during the scope of his or her employment with a company are regarded as “service inventions,” which belong to the employer, absent a specific agreement between the employee and employer giving the employee service invention rights. The Patent Law also provides that if there is no such agreement between an employer and an employee, the Israeli Compensation and Royalties Committee, or the Committee, a body constituted under the Patent Law, shall determine whether the employee is entitled to remuneration for his inventions. Recent decisions by the Committee have created uncertainty in this area, as it held that employees may be entitled to remuneration for their service inventions despite having specifically waived any such rights. Further, the Committee has not yet determined the method for calculating this Committee-enforced remuneration. Although our employees have agreed to assign to us service invention rights, we may face claims demanding remuneration in consideration for assigned inventions. As a consequence of such claims, we could be required to pay additional remuneration or royalties to our current and/or former employees, or be forced to litigate such claims, which could negatively affect our business.

The government tax benefits that we currently receive require us to meet several conditions and may be terminated or reduced in the future.

Some of our operations in Israel, referred to as “Approved Enterprises” and “Benefited Enterprises,” carry certain tax benefits under the Law for the Encouragement of Capital Investments, 5719-1959, or the Investment Law. Based on an evaluation of the relevant factors under the Investment Law, including the level of foreign (i.e. non-Israeli) investment in our company, we have determined that our effective tax rate to be paid with respect to all Israeli operations under these benefits programs is 0%, based on the available level of benefits under the law. Substantially all of our income before taxes can be attributed to these programs. If we do not meet the requirements for maintaining these benefits, they may be reduced or cancelled and the relevant operations would be subject to Israeli corporate tax at the standard rate, which is currently set at 25% for 2013. The Israeli government has proposed raising the rate to 26.5% in 2014 and thereafter. In addition to

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being subject to the standard corporate tax rate, we could be required to refund any tax benefits that we have already received, plus interest and penalties thereon. Even if we continue to meet the relevant requirements, the tax benefits that our current “Approved Enterprise” and “Benefited Enterprise” receive may not be continued in the future at their current levels or at all. If these tax benefits were reduced or eliminated, the amount of taxes that we pay would likely increase, as all of our operations would consequently be subject to corporate tax at the standard rate, which could adversely affect our results of operations. Additionally, if we increase our activities outside of Israel, for example, by way of acquisitions, our increased activities may not be eligible for inclusion in Israeli tax benefit programs. See “Taxation and government programs — Israeli tax considerations and government programs — Tax benefits under the Law for the Encouragement of Capital Investments, 5719-1959” for additional information concerning these tax benefits.

We received Israeli government grants for certain research and development activities. The terms of those grants require us to satisfy specified conditions and to pay penalties in addition to repayment of the grants upon certain events.

Our research and development efforts were and are financed in part through grants from Israel’s Office of the Chief Scientist, or OCS.

Even following full repayment of any OCS grants, we must nevertheless continue to comply with the requirements of the Israeli Law for the Encouragement of Industrial Research and Development, 1984, and related regulations, or the Research Law. When a company develops know-how, technology or products using OCS grants, the terms of these grants and the Research Law restrict the transfer outside of Israel of such know-how, and the manufacturing or manufacturing rights of such products, technologies or know-how, without the prior approval of the OCS. Therefore, if aspects of our technologies are deemed to have been developed with OCS funding, the discretionary approval of an OCS committee would be required for any transfer to third parties outside of Israel of know-how or manufacturing or manufacturing rights related to those aspects of such technologies. We may not receive those approvals. Furthermore, the OCS may impose certain conditions on any arrangement under which it permits us to transfer technology or development out of Israel.

The transfer of OCS-supported technology or know-how outside of Israel may involve the payment of significant penalties and other amounts, depending upon the value of the transferred technology or know-how, the amount of OCS support, the time of completion of the OCS-supported research project and other factors. These restrictions and requirements for payment may impair our ability to sell our technology assets outside of Israel or to outsource or transfer development or manufacturing activities with respect to any product or technology outside of Israel. Furthermore, the consideration available to our shareholders in a transaction involving the transfer outside of Israel of technology or know-how developed with OCS funding (such as a merger or similar transaction) may be reduced by any amounts that we are required to pay to the OCS.

Provisions of Israeli law, our amended articles of association as well as covenants contained in our loan agreements may delay, prevent or otherwise impede a merger with, or an acquisition of, us, even when the terms of such a transaction are favorable to us and our shareholders.

Israeli corporate law regulates mergers, requires tender offers for acquisitions of shares above specified thresholds, requires special approvals for transactions involving directors, officers or significant shareholders and regulates other matters that may be relevant to such types of transactions. For example, a tender offer for all of a company’s issued and outstanding shares can only be completed if the acquirer receives positive responses from the holders of at least 95% of the issued share capital. Completion of the tender offer also requires approval of a majority of the offerees that do not have a personal interest in the tender offer, unless at least 98% of the company’s outstanding shares are tendered. Furthermore, the shareholders, including those who indicated their acceptance of the tender offer (unless the acquirer stipulated in its tender offer that a shareholder that accepts the offer may not seek appraisal rights), may, at any time within six months following the completion of the tender offer, petition an Israeli court to alter the consideration for the acquisition. See “Description of share capital — Acquisitions under Israeli law” for additional information.

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single annual general shareholder meeting. This could prevent a potential acquiror from receiving Board approval for an acquisition proposal that our Board opposes.

Furthermore, Israeli tax considerations may make potential transactions unappealing to us or to our shareholders whose country of residence does not have a tax treaty with Israel exempting such shareholders from Israeli tax. For example, Israeli tax law does not recognize tax-free share exchanges to the same extent as U.S. tax law. With respect to mergers, Israeli tax law allows for tax deferral in certain circumstances but makes the deferral contingent on the fulfillment of a number of conditions, including, in some cases, a holding period of two years from the date of the transaction during which sales and dispositions of shares of the participating companies are subject to certain restrictions. Moreover, with respect to certain share swap transactions, the tax deferral is limited in time, and when such time expires, the tax becomes payable even if no disposition of the shares has occurred.

Our credit facility agreements also impose limitations on us with respect to mergers, acquisitions and dispositions. These and other similar provisions could delay, prevent or impede an acquisition of us or our merger with another company, even if such an acquisition or merger would be beneficial to us or to our shareholders.

It may be difficult to enforce a judgment of a U.S. court against us, our officers and directors or the Israeli experts named in this prospectus in Israel or the United States, to assert U.S. securities laws claims in Israel or to serve process on our officers and directors and these experts.

We are incorporated in Israel. All of our executive officers and the Israeli experts and all but one of our directors listed in this prospectus reside outside of the United States, and most of our assets and most of the assets of these persons are located outside of the United States. Therefore, a judgment obtained against us, or any of these persons, including a judgment based on the civil liability provisions of the U.S. federal securities laws, may not be collectible in the United States and may not be enforced by an Israeli court. It also may be difficult for you to effect service of process on these persons in the United States or to assert U.S. securities law claims in original actions instituted in Israel. Israeli courts may refuse to hear a claim based on an alleged violation of U.S. securities laws reasoning that Israel is not the most appropriate forum in which to bring such a claim. In addition, even if an Israeli court agrees to hear a claim, it may determine that Israeli law and not U.S. law is applicable to the claim. If U.S. law is found to be applicable, the content of applicable U.S. law must be proven as a fact by expert witnesses, which can be a time consuming and costly process. Certain matters of procedure will also be governed by Israeli law. There is little binding case law in Israel that addresses the matters described above. As a result of the difficulty associated with enforcing a judgment against us in Israel, you may not be able to collect any damages awarded by either a U.S. or foreign court. See “Enforceability of civil liabilities” for additional information on your ability to enforce a civil claim against us and our executive officers or directors named in this prospectus.

Your rights and responsibilities as a shareholder will be governed by Israeli law which differs in some material respects from the rights and responsibilities of shareholders of U.S. companies.

The rights and responsibilities of the holders of our ordinary shares are governed by our amended articles of association and by Israeli law. These rights and responsibilities differ in some material respects from the rights and responsibilities of shareholders in U.S.-based corporations. In particular, a shareholder of an Israeli company has a duty to act in good faith and in a customary manner in exercising its rights and performing its obligations towards the company and other shareholders, and to refrain from abusing its power in the company, including, among other things, in voting at a general meeting of shareholders on matters such as amendments to a company’s articles of association, increases in a company’s authorized share capital, mergers and acquisitions and related party transactions requiring shareholder approval. In addition, a shareholder who is aware that it possesses the power to determine the outcome of a shareholder vote or to appoint or prevent the appointment of a director or executive officer in the company has a duty of fairness toward the company. There is limited case law available to assist us in understanding the nature of this duty or the implications of these provisions. These provisions may be interpreted to impose additional obligations and liabilities on holders of our ordinary shares that are not typically imposed on shareholders of U.S. corporations.

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Forward-looking statements; cautionary information

We make forward-looking statements in this prospectus that are subject to risks and uncertainties. These forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terms including “anticipates,” “believes,” “could,” “estimates,” “expects,” “intends,” “may,” “plans,” “potential,” “predicts,” “projects,” “should,” “will,” “would,” and similar expressions. The statements we make regarding the following matters are forward-looking by their nature:

our expectations regarding future growth, including our ability to develop new products;
our ability to obtain raw materials and manage related costs;
our ability to maintain and expand relationships with our existing customers and to develop relationships with new customers;
our ability to maintain and grow our reputation and the acceptance of our products;
our ability to commercialize our products as prescription drugs;
our expectations regarding the outcome of litigation or other legal proceedings;
our ability to maintain adequate protection of our intellectual property; and
our intended use of proceeds of this offering.

The preceding list is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all of our forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements reflect our current views with respect to future events and are based on assumptions and subject to risks and uncertainties, including those described in “Risk factors.” In addition, the sections of this prospectus entitled “Prospectus summary” and “Business” contain information obtained from independent industry sources that we have not independently verified.

You should not put undue reliance on any forward-looking statements. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot guarantee that future results, levels of activity, performance and events and circumstances reflected in the forward-looking statements will be achieved or will occur. Except as required by law, we undertake no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements for any reason after the date of this prospectus, to conform these statements to actual results or to changes in our expectations.

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Use of proceeds

We estimate that we will receive net proceeds from this offering of approximately $     million, or $     million if the underwriters exercise their option to purchase additional ordinary shares in full, based on an assumed initial public offering price of $     , the midpoint of the price range set forth on the cover page of this prospectus, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses. A $1.00 increase (decrease) in the assumed initial public offering price of $     would increase (decrease) the net proceeds that we receive from the offering by $     million, assuming that the number of ordinary shares offered, as set forth on the cover page of this prospectus, remains the same and after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses.

We expect to use the net proceeds from this offering to meet our anticipated increased working capital requirements resulting from the expected growth in our business and for other general corporate purposes. Our management will have significant flexibility in applying the net proceeds. Pending the uses described above, we intend to invest the net proceeds in interest-bearing investment-grade securities or deposits.

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Dividend policy

We have never declared or paid cash dividends to our shareholders and we do not intend to pay cash dividends in the foreseeable future. We intend to reinvest any earnings in developing and expanding our business. Any future determination relating to our dividend policy will be at the discretion of our board of directors and will depend on a number of factors, including future earnings, our financial condition, operating results, contractual restrictions, capital requirements, business prospects, our strategic goals and plans to expand our business, applicable law and other factors that our board of directors may deem relevant.

See “Risk factors — Risks related to an investment in our ordinary shares — We have never paid cash dividends on our share capital, and we do not anticipate paying any cash dividends in the foreseeable future. Therefore, if our share price does not appreciate, our investors may not gain and could potentially lose their investment in our ordinary shares” for an explanation concerning the payment of dividends under Israeli law.

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Capitalization

The following table presents our capitalization as of March 31, 2013:

on an actual basis;
on a pro forma basis, to give effect to the conversion of all outstanding preferred shares into 189,784 ordinary shares immediately prior to the closing of this offering; and
on a pro forma as adjusted basis, to give further effect to (i) the issuance of 6,882 ordinary shares pursuant to the exercise of warrants held by certain of our shareholders, (ii) the issuance of      ordinary shares in this offering, at an assumed initial public offering price of $     per share, the midpoint of the estimated initial public offering price range, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses and (iii) the payment of $     to certain of our employees, including some of our executive officers, for their contribution to completing this offering.

This table should be read in conjunction with “Management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations” and our consolidated financial statements and related notes included elsewhere in this prospectus.

     
  As of March 31, 2013
     Actual   Pro forma   Pro forma
as adjusted
     (in thousands, except share and per share data)
Shareholders’ equity:
                          
Ordinary shares, NIS 0.01 par value: 3,399,618 shares authorized (actual and pro forma) and     shares authorized (pro forma as adjusted); 44,283 shares issued and outstanding (actual), 234,067 shares issued and outstanding (pro forma) and     shares issued and outstanding (pro forma as adjusted);   $  *     $  *     $  
Preferred shares, NIS 0.01 par value: 225,382 shares authorized, 189,784 issued and outstanding (actual); no shares authorized, issued and outstanding (pro forma and pro forma as
adjusted)
     *        *        
Additional paid-in capital     54,368       54,368  
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)     (215 )      (215 )          
Accumulated deficit     (10,685 )      (10,685 )          
Total shareholders’ equity     43,468       43,468           
Total capitalization   $ 59,187     $ 59,187     $         

* Represents less than one thousand U.S. dollars.

The preceding table excludes 28,900 ordinary shares reserved for issuance under our share option plans as of March 31, 2013, of which options to purchase 27,155 ordinary shares have been granted at a weighted average exercise price of $145.26 per share.

A $1.00 increase (decrease) in the assumed initial public offering price of $     would increase (decrease) the pro forma as adjusted amount of each of additional paid-in capital, total shareholders’ equity and total capitalization by $     million, assuming that the number of ordinary shares offered, as set forth on the cover page of this prospectus, remains the same and after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses.

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Dilution

If you invest in our ordinary shares in this offering, your ownership interest will be immediately diluted to the extent of the difference between the initial public offering price per share and the net tangible book value per ordinary share after this offering. Our pro forma consolidated net tangible book value as of March 31, 2013 was $     million, or $     per ordinary share. Pro forma consolidated net tangible book value per ordinary share was calculated by:

subtracting our consolidated liabilities from our consolidated tangible assets; and
dividing the difference by the number of ordinary shares outstanding.

Pro forma consolidated net tangible book value per ordinary share furthermore reflects the conversion of all outstanding preferred shares, including 6,882 preferred shares to be issued pursuant to the exercise of warrants held by certain of our shareholders, into 196,666 ordinary shares, as if such conversion had occurred as of March 31, 2013.

After giving effect to adjustments relating to this offering, our pro forma consolidated net tangible book value on March 31, 2013 would have been approximately $     million, equivalent to $     per ordinary share. The adjustments made to determine our pro forma consolidated net tangible book value are as follows:

an increase in consolidated tangible assets to reflect the net proceeds of this offering received by us as described under “Use of proceeds;” and
the addition of the      ordinary shares offered in this prospectus to the number of ordinary shares outstanding.

The following table illustrates the immediate increase in our pro forma consolidated net tangible book value of $     per ordinary share and the immediate pro forma dilution to new investors:

   
Assumed initial public offering price per ordinary share            $  
Pro forma consolidated net tangible book value per ordinary share as of March 31, 2013   $           
Increase in consolidated net tangible book value per ordinary share attributable to the offering                  
Pro forma consolidated net tangible book value per ordinary share as of March 31, 2013 after giving effect to the offering                  
Dilution per ordinary share to new investors         $        

A $1.00 increase (decrease) in the assumed initial public offering price of $     per ordinary share (the midpoint of the range on the cover of this prospectus) would increase (decrease) the consolidated net tangible book value attributable to this offering by $     per ordinary share, the pro forma consolidated net tangible book value after giving effect to this offering by $     per ordinary share and the dilution per ordinary share to new investors in this offering by $     , assuming that the number of ordinary shares offered remains the same and after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses.

The table below summarizes, as of March 31, 2013, the differences for our existing shareholders and new investors in this offering, with respect to the number of ordinary shares purchased from us, the total consideration paid and the average per ordinary share price paid before deducting fees and offering expenses.

         
  Shares purchased   Total consideration   Average price per share
     Number   %   Amount   %
Existing shareholders                  %    $                 %    $  
New investors                                             
Total              100 %    $       100 %       

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The above discussion and tables are based on 44,238 ordinary shares issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2013.

The discussion and table above assume no exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase additional ordinary shares. If the underwriters exercise their option to purchase additional ordinary shares in full, the pro forma number of our ordinary shares held by new investors will increase to      , or approximately     %, of the total pro forma number of our ordinary shares outstanding after this offering.

The preceding table excludes 28,900 ordinary shares reserved for issuance under our share option plans as of March 31, 2013, of which options to purchase 27,155 ordinary shares have been granted at a weighted average exercise price of $145.26 per share.

If all of such outstanding options were exercised, pro forma consolidated net tangible book value per share would be $     , dilution per ordinary share to new investors would be $     , the number of shares held by our existing shareholders would increase to     , constituting     % of our total issued shares (while new shareholders in this offering would only hold     % of our issued shares), the total consideration amount paid by existing shareholders would increase to $     , or     % of total consideration received by us for our shares (while the percentage of consideration paid by new shareholders in this offering would decrease to     %) and the average price per share paid by our existing shareholders would instead be $     .

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Selected consolidated financial data

The following table sets forth our selected consolidated financial data, which is derived from our consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP. The selected consolidated financial statement data as of and for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2012 is derived from our audited consolidated financial statements presented elsewhere in this prospectus. The selected consolidated financial statement data as of and for the year ended December 31, 2010 has been derived from audited consolidated financial statements not included in this prospectus. The selected consolidated financial statement data for the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2013, and as of March 31, 2013, has been derived from our unaudited interim consolidated financial statements presented elsewhere in this prospectus. In the opinion of management, these unaudited interim consolidated financial statements include all adjustments, consisting of normal recurring adjustments, necessary for a fair statement of our financial position and operating results for these periods. Results for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the entire year.

You should read this selected financial data in conjunction with, and it is qualified in its entirety by, reference to our historical financial information and other information provided in this prospectus including “Management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations” and our consolidated financial statements and related notes. The historical results set forth below are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected in future periods.

         
  Year ended
December 31,
  Three months ended March 31,
     2010   2011   2012   2012   2013
     (in thousands, except per share data)
Consolidated statements of operations data:
                                            
Net revenues   $ 17,440     $ 23,019     $ 37,867     $ 8,019     $ 13,830  
Cost of revenues     11,459       13,468       19,815       3,959       7,282  
Gross profit     5,981       9,551       18,052       4,060       6,548  
Operating expenses:
                                            
Research and development, net     3,062       3,860       4,611       1,205       1,445  
Selling and marketing     2,012       3,580       5,191       1,143       1,564  
General and administrative     2,036       2,458       2,935       706       1,117  
Total operating expenses     7,380       9,898       12,737       3,054       4,126  
Income (loss) from operations     (1,399 )      (347 )      5,315       1,006       2,422  
Financial expense, net     (427 )      (416 )      (539 )      (75 )      (81 ) 
Income (loss) before taxes on income     (1826 )      (763 )      4,776       931       2,341  
Taxes on income     (141 )      (137 )      (180 )      (40 )      (75 ) 
Share in profits of equity investee     61       36       186       39       78  
Net income (loss)   $ (1,906 )    $ (864 )    $ 4,782     $ 930     $ 2,344  
Earnings (loss) per ordinary share:(1)
                                            
Basic   $ (52.85 )    $ (19.81 )    $ 22.34     $ 4.40     $ 10.15  
Diluted   $ (52.85 )    $ (19.81 )    $ 19.34     $ 3.93     $ 8.04  
Weighted average number of ordinary shares used in computing earnings (loss) per ordinary share:(1)
                                            
Basic     36,065       43,610       44,068       44,068       44,259  
Diluted     36,065       43,610       50,910       49,336       55,903  

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  Year ended
December 31,
  Three months ended March 31,
     2010   2011   2012   2012   2013
     (in thousands, except per share data)
Pro forma earnings per ordinary share (unaudited):(2)
                                            
Basic               $ 22.34           $ 10.15  
Diluted               $ 21.65           $ 9.66  
Weighted average number of ordinary shares used in computing pro forma earnings per ordinary share (unaudited)(2)
                                            
Basic                 214,079             230,900  
Diluted                 220,921             242,544  

       
  As of December 31,   As of March 31,
     2010   2011   2012   2013
     (in thousands)
Consolidated balance sheet data:
                                   
Cash and cash equivalents   $ 1,980     $ 4,787     $ 2,729     $ 10,119  
Current assets     14,900       21,801       26,649       33,928  
Current liabilities     9,132       12,276       11,546       10,583  
Total assets     38,652       45,629       50,970       59,187  
Total debt     9,500       11,200       5,900       4,725  
Total liabilities     15,618       18,100       16,789       15,719  
Shareholders’ equity   $ 23,034     $ 27,529     $ 34,181     $ 43,468  

(1) Basic and diluted earnings (loss) per ordinary share is computed based on the basic and diluted weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding during each period using the two-class method for participating preferred shares. For additional information, see Notes 1q and 15 to our consolidated annual financial statements included elsewhere in this prospectus.
(2) Pro forma basic and diluted earnings per ordinary share and pro forma basic and diluted weighted average ordinary shares outstanding give effect to the conversion of all outstanding preferred shares into ordinary shares, which will automatically occur immediately prior to the closing of this offering, but does not include (i) the preferred shares to be issued upon the closing of this offering pursuant to the exercise of warrants held by certain of our shareholders, and (ii) the issuance of shares in connection with this offering. For additional information on the conversion of the preferred shares see Notes 1r and 16 to our consolidated annual financial statements included elsewhere in this prospectus.

The following tables summarize segment data for the year ended December 31, 2012 and the three months ended March 31, 2013, which is derived from Note 4a to our audited consolidated financial statements and Note 3 to our unaudited interim consolidated financial statements, respectively, presented elsewhere in this prospectus. The financial information included in this table, under the heading “Nutrition segment” includes the results of operations of AL using the proportionate consolidation method. While under the equity method used in the presentation of our consolidated statements of operations, we recognize our share in the net results of AL as a share in profits of equity investee, under U.S. GAAP, for purposes of segment reporting, we are required to present our results of operations on the same basis provided to and utilized by management to analyze the relevant segment’s results of operations, which is achieved using the proportionate consolidation method of reporting. Under the proportionate consolidation method, we recognize our proportionate share of the gross revenues of AL and record our proportionate share of the joint venture’s costs of production in our statement of operations. For more information regarding the accounting treatment of AL in our consolidated and segment statements of operations, see “Management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations — Joint venture accounting.”

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  Year ended December 31, 2012
     Nutrition Segment   VAYA Pharma Segment   Total Segment Results of Operations   Elimination(1)   Consolidated Results of Operations
     (in thousands)
Net revenues   $ 44,380     $ 1,832     $ 46,212     $ (8,345 )    $ 37,867  
Cost of revenues(2)     27,297       588       27,885       (8,087 )      19,798  
Gross profit(2)     17,083       1,244       18,327       (258 )      18,069  
Operating expenses(2)     7,850       4,637       12,487             12,487  
Depreciation and amortization     1,304       118       1,422             1,422  
Adjusted EBITDA(3)   $ 10,537     $ (3,275 )    $ 7,262     $ (258 )      7,004  
Depreciation and amortization                                         (1,422 ) 
Share based payment                             (267 ) 
Income from operations                                         5,315  
Financial expenses, net                             (539 ) 
Income before taxes on income                                         4,776  
Taxes on income                                         (180 ) 
Share in profits of equity investee                             186  
Net income                           $ 4,782  

(1) Represents the change from proportionate consolidation to the equity method of accounting.
(2) Includes depreciation and amortization, but excludes share-based payment.
(3) Adjusted EBITDA is a non-GAAP financial measure. For a definition and a reconciliation of adjusted EBITDA to our income from operations, see “— Non-GAAP Financial Measures” below.

         
  Three months ended March 31, 2013
     Nutrition Segment   VAYA Pharma Segment   Total Segment Results of Operations   Elimination(1)   Consolidated Results of Operations
     (in thousands)
Net revenues   $ 15,642     $ 884     $ 16,526     $ (2,696 )    $ 13,830  
Cost of revenues(2)     9,639       236       9,875       (2,596 )      7,279  
Gross profit(2)     6,003       648       6,651       (100 )      6,551  
Operating expenses(2)     2,582       1,494       4,076             4,076  
Depreciation and amortization     336       40       376             376  
Adjusted EBITDA(3)   $ 3,757     $ (806 )    $ 2,951     $ (100 )    $ 2,851  
Depreciation and amortization                                         (376 ) 
Share-based payment                             (53 ) 
Income from operations                                       $ 2,422  
Financial expenses, net                             (81 ) 
Income before taxes on income                                         2,341  
Taxes on income                                         (75 ) 
Share in profits of equity investee                             78  
Net income                           $ 2,344  

(1) Represents the change from proportionate consolidation to the equity method of accounting.
(2) Includes depreciation and amortization, but excludes share-based payment.
(3) Adjusted EBITDA is a non-GAAP financial measure. For a definition and a reconciliation of adjusted EBITDA to our income from operations, see “— Non-GAAP Financial Measures” below.

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Non-GAAP Financial Measures

Adjusted EBITDA is a non-GAAP financial measure that we define as income from operations before depreciation and amortization, share-based payments, interest and taxes. We have provided a reconciliation below of adjusted EBITDA to net income, the most directly comparable U.S. GAAP financial measure.

We have included adjusted EBITDA in this prospectus because it is a key measure used by our management and board of directors to understand and evaluate our core operating performance and trends, to prepare and approve our annual budget and to develop short- and long-term operational plans. In particular, the exclusion of certain expenses in calculating adjusted EBITDA can, in our opinion, provide a useful measure for period-to-period comparisons of our core business. Accordingly, we believe that adjusted EBITDA provides useful information to investors and others in understanding and evaluating our operating results in the same manner as our management and board of directors.

Adjusted EBITDA has limitations as an analytical tool, and you should not consider it in isolation or as a substitute for analysis of our results as reported under U.S. GAAP as the excluded items may have significant effects on our operating results and financial condition. When evaluating our performance, you should consider adjusted EBITDA alongside other financial performance measures, including cash flow metrics, net income, income (loss) from operations and our other GAAP results.

The following table presents a reconciliation of adjusted EBITDA to income from operations for each of the periods indicated:

   
  Year ended December 31, 2012   Three months ended
March 31,
2013
     (in thousands)
Reconciliation of adjusted EBITDA:
                 
Adjusted EBITDA   $ 7,262     $ 2,951  
Accounting for joint venture     (258 )      (100 ) 
Depreciation and amortization     (1,422 )      (376 ) 
Share-based payments     (267 )      (53 ) 
Income from operations     5,315       2,422  
Financial expenses, net     (539 )      (81 ) 
Income before taxes on income     4,776       2,341  
Taxes on income     (180 )      (75 ) 
Share in profits of equity investee     186       78  
Net income   $ 4,782     $ 2,344  

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Management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations

You should read the following discussion of our financial condition and results of operations in conjunction with the financial statements and the notes thereto included elsewhere in this prospectus. The following discussion contains forward-looking statements that reflect our plans, estimates and beliefs. Our actual results could differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to these differences include those discussed below and elsewhere in this prospectus, particularly those in the “Risk Factors.”

Company overview and development

We are a leading global supplier of specialty lipid-based products and solutions. We develop, manufacture and market innovative bio-functional lipid ingredients, as well as final products, based on sophisticated proprietary processes and technologies. We deliver our products and solutions through the following two reportable segments:

Nutrition segment.  This segment develops and manufactures nutritional ingredients for infant formulas and dietary supplements. These ingredients include InFat, a proprietary, clinically-proven infant formula fat ingredient that more closely resembles human breast milk fat to facilitate healthy infant development and premium phosopholipid-based bioactive ingredients for nutritional supplements. Our best-selling nutritional ingredient for dietary supplements is krill oil, which provides the benefits of omega-3 fatty acids. Our other nutritional ingredients for dietary supplements are targeted at improving brain health and providing benefits in memory, learning abilities and concentration.
VAYA Pharma segment.  This segment develops, manufactures and sells branded lipid-based medical foods for the dietary management of medical disorders and common diseases. This is a research-based, specialty pharmaceutical segment, which currently offers medical foods products for the cardiovascular and neurological markets. Our VAYA Pharma products are currently the only products sold by us for use by end users.

The following are the key milestones in our business and financial development:

We were founded in 1998.
In 2003, we initiated sales of our nutritional ingredients for dietary supplements, our first products offered for sale.
In 2004, we generated our first revenues from InFat.
In 2007, we entered into a joint venture arrangement with our Swedish joint venture partner, AarhusKarlshamn AB, or AAK, a global producer of specialty vegetable fats and established our Swedish joint venture, Advanced Lipids AB or AL. Our InFat product is now offered exclusively through our joint venture.
In 2008, we initiated Enzymotec USA, Inc.’s operations in the United States.
In 2009, we completed the building of our headquarters and manufacturing facility in Migdal Ha’Emeq, Israel, where we produce many of our products. Moving into this facility significantly increased our manufacturing capacity and streamlined our operations.
In the first quarter of 2011, we initiated sales of our VAYA Pharma products in the United States.
In 2012, we initiated our manufacturing facility expansion project. Construction for this expansion began in the first quarter of 2013, and we expect to complete construction in the fourth quarter of 2013. This expansion will enable us to increase our manufacturing capacity and move the majority of the krill oil extraction process, which we currently outsource, in-house.

Our net revenues have grown year over year from $17.4 million in 2010 to $37.9 million in 2012, representing a 47% compound annual growth rate, or CAGR, for that period. Our adjusted EBITDA for that

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period, under the proportionate consolidation method, has grown from approximately $0.4 million in 2010 to approximately $7.3 million in 2012. Our net income has grown from a net loss of $1.9 million in 2010 to net income of $4.8 million in 2012.

Components of our statement of operations

Net revenues

Revenues are recorded net of reserves for returns (primarily related to rights granted to distributors of VAYA Pharma products which have been negligible to date), and net of cash discounts and distribution fees.

Nutrition segment

We sell many of our Nutrition products, including our krill oil, to companies that manufacture and market dietary supplements and to distributors of these ingredients and products. Sales of our InFat product are made through AL to companies that provide balanced infant nutrition products, primarily in China. We expect net revenues to increase as additional infant nutrition brands choose to use InFat as a differentiating factor for their premium products. For an explanation of our commercial arrangement with our joint venture and how we account for our joint venture, see “— Joint venture accounting” below.

VAYA Pharma segment

We sell our VAYA Pharma products in the United States as medical food through wholesalers of pharmaceutical products. Outside of the United States, we sell our VAYA Pharma products to pharmaceutical companies in various countries. We rely upon those pharmaceutical companies not only to distribute our products, but for substantially all selling and marketing activities related to our VAYA Pharma products in those countries. Under U.S. law, distributors of medical food have the right to return unused products. Accordingly, we recognize revenues from the sale of VAYA Pharma products in the United States, net of provisions for returns that can be reasonably estimated, cash discounts and distribution fees to wholesalers.

Net revenues by geographical region

The following table presents net revenues by geographic breakdown of customers in dollars and as a percentage of net revenues for the periods indicated. This data refers to the location of the customer to whom we directly sell and does not take into consideration the location of the end-user (to the extent it is different).

               
  Year ended December 31,   Three months ended March 31,
     2011   2012   2012   2013
     Net revenues   Percentage   Net revenues   Percentage   Net revenues   Percentage   Net revenues   Percentage
     ($ in thousands)
Geographical region
                                                                       
North America   $ 14,394       63 %    $ 17,487       46 %    $ 4,898       61 %    $ 7,933       58 % 
Europe     3,557       16       6,828       18       1,262       16       2,789       20  
Australia and New Zealand     1,474       6       11,763       31       997       12       2,622       19  
Asia     3,094       13       1,497       4       727       9       340       2  
Israel     500       2       292       1       134       2       146       1  
Total   $ 23,019       100 %    $ 37,867       100 %    $ 8,019       100 %    $ 13,830       100 % 

  

Many of the sales made by our European, Australian and New Zealand customers are made into Asia and we believe that approximately one-quarter of our net revenues are derived from end customers in Asia.

Costs of revenues and gross profit

Our costs of revenues consist of costs of raw materials, as well as labor, utility and maintenance costs associated with the operation of our manufacturing facility, depreciation and shipping and handling. We allocate depreciation of our manufacturing facility, which is used by each of our segments, to each segment on the basis of actual use. The key driver of cost of revenues is the level of production, as increased output requires additional raw materials and labor.

Our gross profit is influenced by a number of factors. The most important of these is the cost of raw materials. The main factors influencing the cost of revenues and gross profit of each of our segments are set forth below.

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Nutrition

Gross profit of our Nutrition segment is primarily a function of the cost of raw materials, which comprised 64% of the costs of revenues in the year ended December 31, 2012 under the proportionate consolidation method. With respect to our InFat product, the cost of raw materials comprised a majority of the costs of revenues of AL in 2012. While certain of AL’s customer contracts contain pricing formulae under which the prices of products are adjusted to reflect changes in the costs of raw materials, the adjustments do not fully insulate AL from such changes. In addition, even where InFat prices are adjusted pursuant to customer contracts that contain pricing formulae, increases in price can adversely affect sales and also expose AL to increased competition. AL’s gross profit is also influenced by the mix of products sold, as the InFat products with the higher levels of concentration of our proprietary sn-2 palmitate component carry higher profit margins than the other InFat blends that we offer.

Further, a material portion of our costs of revenues for our nutritional ingredients is comprised of the costs of sourcing raw krill meal and extracting krill oil from the meal. We currently purchase krill meal pursuant to an agreement with the owners of a vessel that harvests Antarctic krill and processes the freshly caught krill into krill meal. Pursuant to this agreement, the price we pay for krill meal is based on a minimum fixed price through the end of 2016 that is subject to upward adjustment depending on the quality of the krill meal.

Currently, our costs related to our krill products also include payments to our Indian manufacturer for processing krill meal and extracting krill oil. In addition, the quality of the krill meal we source, meaning the level of oils found in the krill meal, impacts our gross profit as higher quality krill meal results in greater yield and less processing. We are currently expanding our Migdal Ha’Emeq manufacturing facility and equipping it to enable us to extract krill oil ourselves using technologically advanced equipment and processes. We expect to complete this project and move a substantial portion of the krill oil extraction process in-house in the fourth quarter of 2013, after which time we expect to save the majority of the processing costs, which were approximately $0.9 million in 2012, that we currently pay to our Indian manufacturer. In addition, we believe that we will be able to sell many of the marketable byproducts of the krill oil extraction process that we currently cannot sell due to Indian export restrictions, thereby further increasing revenues and gross profit. We also believe that the extraction process will be more efficient due to our use of new technologies, so that our yield and extraction process will be less dependent on the quality of the krill meal we source. Accordingly, we believe that this move will positively impact the gross profit of our Nutrition segment.

VAYA Pharma

The gross profit of VAYA Pharma is influenced primarily by the sale prices of its products. The gross profit from sales of VAYA Pharma products in the United States is higher than the gross profit from sales in other markets due to the fact that we perform sales and marketing of VAYA Pharma products in the United States through our dedicated sales staff, and accordingly charge higher sales prices to our wholesale distributors than to distributors in other countries who perform sales and marketing functions for us. The costs of revenues are primarily comprised of costs of production, which accounted for 67% of costs of revenues in 2012, and encapsulation, packaging and bottling of these products, which accounted for substantially the entire balance of the segment’s costs of revenues in 2012.

Operating expenses

Research and development expenses

Research and development expenses consist primarily of salaries and other employee benefits of our research and development personnel, costs of clinical trials and laboratory expenses, which include materials and depreciation of laboratory equipment. Research and development expenses are presented net of grants received from Israel’s OCS. For additional information regarding these grants, see “— Government Grants.” We charge all research and development expenses to operations as they are incurred. Currently, the majority of our research and development expenses are incurred by our Nutrition segment. We expect research and development expenses to increase in absolute terms but to remain relatively constant as a percentage of our consolidated net revenues.

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Selling and marketing expenses

Selling and marketing expenses consist primarily of salaries and other employee benefits of our sales and marketing personnel, global marketing expenses and sales commissions. The majority of our selling and marketing expenses are generated by our VAYA Pharma segment, which maintains a dedicated sales and marketing staff in the United States consisting of medical representatives. As part of our growth strategy, we intend to increase our dedicated U.S. VAYA Pharma sales and marketing staff and therefore expect selling and marketing expenses to increase in absolute terms and as a percentage of our consolidated net revenues.

General and administrative expenses

General and administrative expenses consist primarily of salaries and other employee benefits for our managerial and administrative personnel, together with associated overhead costs. Other significant general and administrative costs include professional fees for accounting and legal services. As our sales grow, we expect our general and administrative expenses to increase in absolute terms, but to decrease as a percentage of our consolidated net revenues. We also expect an increase in our general and administrative expenses as a result of the additional costs associated with being a public company in the United States. We have agreed to pay a total of $     to certain of our employees, including some of our executive officers, for their contribution to completing this offering. We have agreed to pay a further bonus of $0.5 million to certain of our employees if our market capitalization exceeds an agreed upon level for at least 30 trading days within 24 months following this offering.

Financial expense, net

Financial expenses consist of foreign currency exchange transactions, interest paid in respect of both long-term liabilities under our September 2009 bank financing agreement and short-term liabilities under our short-term working capital credit facility. Furthermore, in September 2012, we entered into a construction financing agreement, however, we have not yet drawn any amounts under this facility. Financial income has been immaterial to date. For more information regarding these facilities, please see “— Liquidity and capital resources.”

Currency exchange rates

As our functional currency for all of our operations other than AL is the U.S. dollar, any movements in the currencies of other countries in which we operate can have an impact on our operating results. While the majority of our sales are in U.S. dollars and most of our expenses are in U.S. dollars, we do have exposure to the euro and NIS. In addition, the functional currency of AL, is the Swedish Krona, and therefore the results of operations of our Nutrition segment, as reported in Note 4 to our annual consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this prospectus, are also influenced by fluctuations of the U.S. dollar against the Swedish Krona. For a discussion of our efforts to reduce our exposure to exchange rate fluctuations, see “— Quantitative and qualitative disclosure about market risk”.

Taxes on income

The standard corporate tax rate in Israel for the 2013 tax year is 25% and for the 2011 and 2012 tax years it was 24% and 25%, respectively. According to recent announcements by the Israeli Ministry of Finance, the rate may be increased to 26.5% in 2014 and thereafter.

As discussed in greater detail below under “Taxation and government programs — Israeli tax considerations and government programs,” we have received various tax benefits under the Investment Law. Under the Investment Law, our effective tax rate to be paid with respect to our Israeli taxable income under these benefits programs is 0%. The majority of the benefits we receive under the Investment Law are pursuant to programs that are scheduled to expire in 2022.

Under the Investment Law and other Israeli legislation, we are entitled to certain additional tax benefits, including accelerated depreciation and amortization rates for tax purposes on certain assets, deduction of public offering expenses in three equal annual installments and amortization of other intangible property rights for tax purposes.

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Our non-Israeli subsidiaries are taxed according to the tax laws in their respective jurisdictions of organization. We estimate our effective tax rate for the coming years based on our planned future financial results in existing and new markets and the key factors affecting our tax liability. Accordingly, we estimate that our effective tax rate will range between 3% and 5% of our income before taxes on income for the years 2013 through 2016.

Share in profits of equity investee

Under U.S. GAAP, we are required to account for the results of operations of AL, using the equity method, meaning that we recognize our share in the net results of AL as a share in profits of equity investee. See “— Joint venture accounting” below.

Joint venture accounting

Under our joint venture arrangement with AAK, each joint venture partner is responsible for particular functions related to the production, marketing and sale of the final InFat product. The direct costs of production of each partner are factored into the division of the joint venture’s revenues, as described below.

We manufacture enzymes that we supply to AAK, which then produces the final InFat product at its dedicated facility in Sweden using those enzymes together with other raw materials that AAK is responsible for sourcing. AAK is also responsible for all labor and other costs of production, including freight and logistics, as well as for capital expenditures for increased capacity, inventory storage and management, receivables collection and product liability insurance. We are responsible for research and development, as well as business development (including penetration of new markets) and marketing activities.

Once it has produced the final product, AAK sells it to AL, which sells the product to three types of customers: (i) companies that manufacture the end product themselves, (ii) companies that outsource manufacturing of the end product and (iii) outsourced manufacturers of the end product. The difference between revenues from sales and the overall direct production costs of the joint venture partners represents the profit of AL, which is allocated between us and AAK on a 50:50 basis. This settlement does not include our operating expenses incurred in relation to the JV nor does it include depreciation or financing costs of AAK. Therefore, we are responsible for funding our operating expenses associated with our role in the joint venture and AAK is responsible for funding its other operating costs not directly related to the production of InFat, depreciation and financing costs.

Under U.S. GAAP, we are required to account for the results of operation of AL using the equity method, meaning that we recognize our share in the net results of AL as a share of profits of an equity investee. Accordingly, the revenues we recognize from the arrangement under U.S. GAAP are the amounts we charge to AAK, or our direct costs of production plus our share of the JV profits. Revenue from sales to AAK is recognized upon the sale of the product by AL to its customers. For purposes of segment reporting under U.S. GAAP, which requires presentation on the same basis provided to and utilized by management to analyze the relevant segment’s results of operations, we account for the results of operations of AL using the proportionate consolidation method.

Under the proportionate consolidation method, we recognize our proportionate share (50%) of the gross revenues of AL and record our proportionate share (50%) of the joint venture’s costs of production in our income statement.

Since under the equity method we do not include our proportionate share of the revenues, costs of revenues and operating expenses of the JV in our results of operation, our consolidated U.S. GAAP results of operations reflect lower revenues and a higher gross profit margin than our results of operation accounted for on a proportionate consolidation basis, as shown for purposes of segment reporting.

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Results of operations

The following table sets forth certain consolidated statement of income data as a percentage of total net revenues for the periods indicated. All items are included in or derived from our consolidated statements of operations. The period-to-period comparison of financial results is not necessarily indicative of future results.

       
  Year ended December 31,   Three months ended March 31,
     2011   2012   2012   2013
Net revenues     100.0 %      100.0 %      100.0 %      100.0 % 
Cost of revenues     58.5       52.3       49.4       52.7  
Gross profit     41.5       47.7       50.6       47.3  
Operating expenses
                                   
Research and development, net     16.8       12.2       15.0       10.4  
Selling and marketing     15.5       13.7       14.3       11.3  
General and administrative     10.7       7.8       8.8       8.1  
Total operating expenses     43.0       33.7       38.1       29.8  
Income (loss) from operations     (1.5 )      14.0       12.5       17.5  
Financial expense, net     (1.8 )      (1.4 )      (0.9 )      (0.6 ) 
Income (loss) before taxes on income     (3.3 )      12.6       11.6       16.9  
Taxes on income     (0.6 )      (0.5 )      (0.5 )      (0.6 ) 
Share in profits of equity investee     0.1       0.5       0.5       0.6  
Net income (loss)     (3.8 )%      12.6 %      11.6 %      16.9 % 

Three months ended March 31, 2013 compared with three months ended March 31, 2012

Net revenues

Total net revenues increased by $5.8 million, or 72.5%, to $13.8 million in the three months ended March 31, 2013 from $8.0 million in the three months ended March 31, 2012. The increase was due primarily to significant increases in volume of sales in our Nutrition segment.

Nutrition segment

Based on the equity method of accounting for our joint venture, net revenues of our Nutrition segment in the three months ended March 31, 2013 were $12.9 million, representing an increase of 68.4% over net revenues of $7.7 million in the three months ended March 31, 2012. Based on the proportionate consolidation method, net revenues of our Nutrition segment in the three months ended March 31, 2013 were $15.6 million, representing an increase of 66.3% over net revenues of $9.4 million in the three months ended March 31, 2012. The change was due to an increase of $2.7 million in the volume of sales of InFat by AL, reflecting increased market penetration due to growing awareness of the benefits of InFat, especially in the Chinese market, as well an increase of $3.3 million in the volume of sales of krill, driven primarily by increased volume of sales to new customers in the United States and continued increases in the volume of sales in the Australian and New Zealand markets reflecting increased demand for premium omega-3 products in those markets. We expect net revenues to increase as additional infant nutrition brands choose to use InFat as a differentiating factor for their premium products and as a result of the increased demand for premium omega-3 products and global momentum for brain food.

VAYA Pharma segment

Net revenues in the three months ended March 31, 2013 were $0.9 million for our VAYA Pharma segment, representing an increase of 167.9% over net revenues of $0.3 million in the three months ended March 31, 2012. The increase in net revenues was primarily due to increased volume of sales in the United States, reflecting continued execution of our VAYA Pharma U.S. business plan.

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Cost of revenues and gross profit

The following table presents net revenues, cost of revenues and gross profit in dollars and as a percentage of net revenues for the periods indicated, and the percentage change in such amounts period-over-period:

           
  Three months ended March 31,   Increase in   As a percentage of net revenues
Three months ended
March 31,
     2012   2013   dollars   percentage   2012   2013
     ($ in thousands)               
Net revenues   $ 8,019     $ 13,830     $ 5,811       72.5 %                   
Cost of revenues     3,959       7,282       3,323       83.9       49.4 %      52.7 % 
Gross profit   $ 4,060     $ 6,548     $ 2,488       61.3 %      50.6 %      47.3 % 

Gross profit increased by $2.5 million, or 61.3%, to $6.5 million, in the three months ended March 31, 2013, from $4.1 million in the three months ended March 31, 2012. The change in absolute gross profit reflects our increased volume of sales. The decrease in gross profit margin from 50.6% to 47.3% was due primarily to changes in the mix of products sold, as our net revenues in the three months ended March 31, 2013 reflected a significant increase in the volume of sales of our krill products, which carry a lower margin than some of our other products. In addition, gross profit margins were affected by the quality of the krill meal we sourced because higher quality krill meal results in greater krill oil yield, as described above.

Nutrition segment

Based on the equity method of accounting for our joint venture, gross profit of our Nutrition segment in the three months ended March 31, 2013 increased by $2.0 million to $5.9 million from $3.9 million in the three months ended March 31, 2012, and gross profit margin decreased to 45.6% in the three months ended March 31, 2013 from 50.3% in the three months ended March 31, 2012. Based on the proportionate consolidation method, gross profit of our Nutrition segment in the three months ended March 31, 2013 increased by $2.1 million to $6.0 million, from $3.9 million in the three months ended March 31, 2012, and gross profit margin decreased to 38.4% in the three months ended March 31, 2013 from 41.7% in the three months ended March 31, 2012. The increase in absolute gross profit was due to increased volume of sales of our Nutrition products. The decrease in gross profit margin was due primarily to the exceptional quality of the krill meal we sourced in the three months ended March 31, 2012, which resulted in an unusually high production yield. The decrease was also due to changes in the mix of InFat products sold, as InFat concentrate, which carries a higher margin than other InFat products, represented a slightly lower percentage of the quarter’s net revenues.

We believe that gross margins will increase in the future, once we bring the krill oil extraction process in-house, as we expect that our proprietary technological processes for extraction will result in higher production yield than the processes of the third-party Indian manufacturer that we currently use. We also believe that we will be able to sell many of the marketable byproducts of the krill oil extraction process that we currently cannot sell due to Indian export restrictions, which we believe will increase net revenues and gross profit for this segment. Additionally, we had an unusually high volume of sales of InFat concentrate in 2012 in relation to other InFat products, and, unless we enter into a new, large contract that changes the mix of products sold, we do not expect the mix of products sold, and consequently the gross margins, to change this significantly in future periods.

VAYA Pharma segment

Gross profit for our VAYA Pharma segment in the three months ended March 31, 2013 increased by $0.5 million to $0.6 million, from $0.2 million in the three months ended March 31, 2012, due to increased volume of sales. Gross profit margin increased to 73.3% in the three months ended March 31, 2013 from 59.1% in the three months ended March 31, 2012, primarily due to increased volume of sales in the United States, where our gross margins on sales of VAYA Pharma products are higher than those on our sales of these products in other markets.

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Operating expenses

The following table presents the types of operating expenses in dollars and as a percentage of net revenues for the periods indicated, and the percentage change in such amounts period-over-period:

           
  Three months ended March 31, 2012   Period-over-period change   Three months ended March 31, 2013
     ($ in thousands)   Percentage of total net revenues   ($ in thousands)   (Percentage)   ($ in thousands)   Percentage of total net revenues
Research and development, net   $ 1,205       15.0 %    $ 240       19.9 %    $ 1,445       10.4 % 
Selling and marketing     1,143       14.3       421       36.8       1,564       11.3  
General and administrative     706       8.8       411       58.2       1,117       8.1  
Total operating expenses   $ 3,054       38.1 %    $ 1,072       35.1 %    $ 4,126       29.8 % 

Research and development expenses increased by $0.2 million, or 19.9%, to $1.4 million in the three months ended March 31, 2013, from $1.2 million in the three months ended March 31, 2012. As a percentage of net revenues, however, our research and development expenses decreased to 10.4% in 2013 from 15.0% in the three months ended March 31, 2012. The increase in absolute amounts reflected an increase in regulatory expenses of $0.2 million. The decrease in research and development expenses as a percentage of net revenues reflected the increase in net revenues in both segments. Grants from the OCS were $0 in the three months ended March 31, 2013 due to governmental delay in the grant approval process. We expect to receive grants from the OCS during 2013.

Selling and marketing expenses increased by $0.4 million, or 36.8%, to $1.6 million in the three months ended March 31, 2013, from $1.1 million in the three months ended March 31, 2012. As a percentage of net revenues, however, our selling and marketing expenses decreased to 11.3% in the three months ended March 31, 2013 from 14.3% in the three months ended March 31, 2012. The increase in absolute amounts reflected an increase in salaries of $0.3 million, due primarily to the addition of sales personnel for the VAYA Pharma segment in the United States, and an increase of $0.2 million related to VAYA Pharma marketing activities in the United States. The decrease in selling and marketing expenses as a percentage of net revenues reflected the increase in net revenues in both segments.

General and administrative expenses increased by $0.4 million, or 58.2%, to $1.1 million in the three months ended March 31, 2013, from $0.7 million in the three months ended March 31, 2012. As a percentage of net revenues, however, our general and administrative expenses decreased to 8.1% in the three months ended March 31, 2013 from 8.8% in the three months ended March 31, 2012. The increase in absolute amounts reflected primarily costs of $0.3 million incurred in connection with the Neptune patent litigation. The decrease in general and administrative expenses as a percentage of net revenues reflected the increase in net revenues in both segments.

Financial expenses, net

The following table presents our financial expenses, net, in dollars and as a percentage of net revenues for the periods indicated, and the percentage change in such amounts year-over-year:

     
  Three months ended
March 31, 2012
  Period-over-period change   Three months ended
March 31, 2013
     ($ in thousands)
Financial expenses, net   $ 75       8.0 %    $ 81  
Percentage of total net revenues     (0.6 )%               (0.9 )% 

Our financial expenses, net remained essentially unchanged in the three months ended March 31, 2013 in comparison with the three months ended March 31, 2012. As a percentage of net revenues, however, our financial expenses, net decreased to 0.6% in the three months ended March 31, 2013 from 0.9% in the three months ended March 31, 2012 as a result of the increase in net revenues.

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Year ended December 31, 2012 compared with year ended December 31, 2011

Net revenues

Total net revenues increased by $14.9 million, or 64.5%, to $37.9 million in the year ended December 31, 2012 from $23.0 million in the year ended December 31, 2011. The increase was due primarily to significant increases in sales in the Nutrition segment.

Nutrition segment

Based on the equity method of accounting for our joint venture, net revenues of our Nutrition segment in the year ended December 31, 2012 were $36.0 million, representing an increase of 61.7% over net revenues of $22.3 million in the year ended December 31, 2011. Based on the proportionate consolidation method, net revenues of our Nutrition segment in the year ended December 31, 2012 were $44.4 million, representing an increase of 62.8% over net revenues of $27.3 million in the year ended December 31, 2011. The change was due to (i) an increase of $9.1 million in the volume of sales of krill products, representing an increase of 94% in the sales of this product over the year ended December 31, 2011, driven primarily by increased sales to the Australian market reflecting increased demand for premium omega-3 products in that market and (ii) an increase of $6.3 million in the volume of sales of InFat by AL, reflecting increased market penetration due to growing awareness of the benefits of InFat, especially in the Chinese market.

VAYA Pharma segment

Net revenues for our VAYA Pharma segment in the year ended December 31, 2012 were $1.8 million, representing an increase of 148.0% over net revenues of $0.7 million in the year ended December 31, 2011. The increase in net revenues reflected the first full year of VAYA Pharma product sales in the United States after the initiation of sales in that market in the second quarter of 2011. The increase also reflected quarter-over-quarter growth as we began the process of penetrating the U.S. market.

Cost of revenues and gross profit

The following table presents net revenues, cost of revenues and gross profit in dollars and as a percentage of net revenues for the periods indicated, and the percentage change in such amounts year-over-year:

           
  Year ended December 31,   Increase in   As a percentage of net revenues for the year ended December 31,
     2011   2012   dollars   percentage   2011   2012
     ($ in thousands)
Net revenues   $ 23,019     $ 37,867     $ 14,848       64.5 %                   
Cost of revenues     13,468       19,815       6,347       47.1       58.5 %      52.3 % 
Gross profit   $ 9,551     $ 18,052     $ 8,501       89.0 %      41.5 %      47.7 % 

Gross profit increased by $8.5 million, or 89.0%, to $18.1 million, in 2012, from $9.6 million in the year ended December 31, 2011. The change in absolute gross profit reflects our increased volume of sales. The increase in gross profit margin from 41.5% to 47.7% is due primarily to increased volume of sales of InFat concentrate, which carries a higher margin than other InFat products.

Nutrition segment

Based on the equity method of accounting for our joint venture, gross profit of our Nutrition segment in the year ended December 31, 2012 increased by $7.6 million, to $16.8 million, from $9.3 million in the year ended December 31, 2011, and gross profit margin increased to 46.7% in the year ended December 31, 2012 from 41.6% in the year ended December 31, 2011. Based on the proportionate consolidation method, gross profit of our Nutrition segment in the year ended December 31, 2012 increased by $7.8 million to $17.1 million from $9.3 million in the year ended December 31, 2011, and gross profit margin increased to 38.5% in the year ended December 31, 2012 from 34.1% in the year ended December 31, 2011. The increase in absolute gross profit was due to increased volume of sales of our Nutrition products. The increase in gross profit margin was due to a higher volume of sales of InFat concentrate in the year ended December 31, 2012 in relation to other InFat products, as InFat concentrate carries a higher margin than other InFat products, as

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well as to improvements in production efficiency and to the leveraging of fixed production costs. Unless we enter into a new, large contract for our InFat products that changes the mix of products sold, we do not expect the mix of products sold, and consequently the gross profit margins, to change this significantly in the short term. In the long term, we expect margins to decrease as a result of increased competition.

We believe that gross margins will further increase in the future, once we bring the krill oil extraction process in-house, as we expect that our technological processes for extraction will result in higher production yield than our Indian manufacturer’s processes. We also believe that we will be able to sell many of the marketable byproducts of the krill oil extraction process that we currently cannot sell due to Indian export restrictions, which we believe will increase net revenues and gross profit.

VAYA Pharma segment

Gross profit for our VAYA Pharma segment in the year ended December 31, 2012 increased by $0.9 million to $1.2 million from $0.3 million in the year ended December 31, 2011, due to increased volume of sales. Gross profit margin increased to 67.9% in the year ended December 31, 2012 from 39.5% in the year ended December 31, 2011, primarily due to increased volume of sales in the United States, where our gross margins on sales of VAYA Pharma products are higher than those on our sales of these products in other markets.

Operating expenses

The following table presents the types of operating expenses in dollars and as a percentage of net revenues for the periods indicated, and the percentage change in such amounts year-over-year:

           
  Year ended
December 31, 2011
  Year-over-year
change
  Year ended
December 31, 2012
     ($ in thousands)   Percentage of total net revenues   ($ in thousands)   (Percentage)   ($ in thousands)   Percentage of total net revenues
Research and development, net   $ 3,860       16.8 %    $ 751       19.5 %    $ 4,611       12.2 % 
Selling and marketing     3,580       15.5       1,611       45.0       5,191       13.7  
General and administrative     2,458       10.7       477       19.4       2,935       7.8  
Total operating expenses   $ 9,898       43.0 %    $ 2,839       28.7 %    $ 12,737       33.7 % 

Research and development expenses increased by $0.8 million, or 19.5%, to $4.6 million in the year ended December 31, 2012, from $3.9 million in the year ended December 31, 2011. As a percentage of net revenues, however, our research and development expenses decreased to 12.2% in the year ended December 31, 2012 from 16.8% in the year ended December 31, 2011. The increase in absolute amounts reflected an increase of $0.2 million in clinical research expenses, an increase of $0.2 million in regulatory expenses and an increase of $0.2 million in salaries and a decrease of $0.3 million in government participation in the form of grants from the OCS, offset by a decrease of $0.2 million in laboratory expenses. The decrease in research and development expenses as a percentage of net revenues reflected the increase in net revenues in both segments. Grants from the OCS decreased by $0.3 million, or 53.2%, to $0.3 million in the year ended December 31, 2012, from $0.6 million in the year ended December 31, 2011.

Selling and marketing expenses increased by $1.6 million, or 45.0%, to $5.2 million in the year ended December 31, 2012, from $3.6 million in the year ended December 31, 2011. As a percentage of net revenues, however, our selling and marketing expenses decreased to 13.7% in the year ended December 31, 2012 from 15.5% in the year ended December 31, 2011. The increase in absolute amounts reflected an increase of $0.8 million in salaries, due primarily to the addition of sales personnel for the VAYA Pharma segment in the United States and an increase of $0.6 million related to VAYA Pharma marketing activities in the United States. The decrease in selling and marketing expenses as a percentage of net revenues reflected the increase in net revenues in both segments.

General and administrative expenses increased by $0.5 million, or 19.4%, to $2.9 million in the year ended December 31, 2012, from $2.5 million in the year ended December 31, 2011. As a percentage of net revenues, however, our general and administrative expenses decreased to 7.8% in the year ended December 31, 2012 from 10.7% in the year ended December 31, 2011. The increase in absolute amounts

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reflected primarily an increase of $0.5 million in salaries. The decrease in general and administrative expenses as a percentage of net revenues reflected the increase in net revenues in both segments.

Financial expenses, net

The following table presents our financial expenses, net, in dollars and as a percentage of net revenues for the periods indicated, and the percentage change in such amounts year-over-year:

     
  Year ended December 31, 2011   Year-over-year change   Year ended December 31, 2012
     ($ in thousands)
Financial expenses, net   $ 416       29.6 %    $ 539  
Percentage of total net revenues     (1.8 )%               (1.4 )% 

Our financial expenses, net increased by $0.1 million, or 29.6%, to $0.5 million in the year ended December 31, 2012, from $0.4 million in the year ended December 31, 2011, as a result of an increase of $0.1 million in interest expense. As a percentage of net revenues, however, our financial expenses decreased to 1.4% in the year ended December 31, 2012 from 1.8% in the year ended December 31, 2011 due to the increase in net revenues.

Quarterly results of operations and seasonality

The following tables present our unaudited consolidated quarterly results of operations in dollars and as a percentage of net revenues for the periods indicated. This information should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and related notes included elsewhere in this prospectus. We have prepared the unaudited consolidated quarterly financial information for the quarters presented on the same basis as our audited consolidated financial statements. The historical quarterly results presented are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for any future quarters or periods.

                 
  Three months ended
     Mar 31, 2011   June 31, 2011   Sep 30, 2011   Dec 31, 2011   Mar 31, 2012   Jun 30, 2012   Sep 30, 2012   Dec 31, 2012   Mar 31, 2013
     (in thousands)
Consolidated statement of operations:
                                                                                
Net revenues   $ 4,935     $ 5,493     $ 6,022     $ 6,569     $ 8,019     $ 7,531     $ 10,673     $ 11,644     $ 13,830  
Cost of revenues     3,238       3,261       3,373       3,596       3,959       4,376       6,008       5,472       7,282  
Gross profit     1,697       2,232       2,649       2,973       4,060       3,155       4,665       6,172       6,548  
Operating expenses:
                                                                                
Research and development,
net
    813       927       962       1,158       1,205       1,040       1,169       1,197       1,445  
Selling and marketing     730       918       921       1,011       1,143       1,327       1,251       1,470       1,564  
General and administrative     632       549       590       687       706       544       659       1,026       1,117  
Total operating expenses     2,175       2,394       2,473       2,856       3,054       2,911       3,079       3,693       4,126  
Income (loss) from operations     (478 )      (162 )      176       117       1,006       244       1,586       2,479       2,422  
Financial income (expenses),
net
    26       (83 )      (139 )      (220 )      (75 )      (369 )      (152 )      57       (81 ) 
Income (loss) before taxes on income     (452 )      (245 )      37       (103 )      931       (125 )      1,434       2,536       2,341  
Tax benefit (income taxes)     (30 )      (31 )      (30 )      (46 )      (40 )      (41 )      (29 )      (70 )      (75 ) 
Share in profits (losses) of equity investee     (121 )      181       12       (36 )      39       81       334       (268 )      78  
Net income (loss)   $ (603 )    $ (95 )    $ 19     $ (185 )    $ 930     $ (85 )    $ 1,739     $ 2,198     $ 2,344  

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  Three months ended
     Mar 31, 2011   June 31, 2011   Sep 30, 2011   Dec 31, 2011   Mar 31, 2012   Jun 30, 2012   Sep 30, 2012   Dec 31, 2012   Mar 31, 2013
Consolidated statement of operations:
                                                                                
Net revenues     100 %      100 %      100 %      100 %      100 %      100 %      100 %      100 %      100 % 
Cost of revenues     65.6 %      59.4 %      56.0 %      54.7 %      49.4 %      58.1 %      56.3 %      47.0 %      52.7 % 
Gross profit     34.4 %      40.6 %      44.0 %      45.3 %      50.6 %      41.9 %      43.7 %      53.0 %      47.3 % 
Operating expenses:
                                                                                
Research and development,
net
    16.5 %      16.9 %      16.0 %      17.6 %      15.0 %      13.8 %      11.0 %      10.3 %      10.4 % 
Selling and marketing     14.8 %      16.7 %      15.3 %      15.4 %      14.3 %      17.6 %      11.7 %      12.6 %      11.3 % 
General and administrative     12.8 %      10.0 %      9.8 %      10.5 %      8.8 %      7.2 %      6.2 %      8.8 %      8.1 % 
Total operating expenses     44.1 %      43.6 %      41.1 %      43.5 %      38.1 %      38.7 %      28.8 %      31.7 %      29.8 % 
Income (loss) from operations     (9.7 )%      (2.9 )%      2.9 %      1.8 %      12.5 %      3.2 %      14.9 %      21.3 %      17.5 % 
Financial income (expenses),
net
    0.5 %      (1.5 )%      (2.3 )%      (3.3 )%      (0.9 )%      (4.9 )%      (1.4 )%      0.5 %      (0.6 )% 
Income (loss) before taxes on income     (9.2 )%      (4.5 )%      0.6 %      (1.6 )%      11.6 %      (1.7 )%      13.4 %      21.8 %      16.9 % 
Tax benefit (income taxes)     (0.6 )%      (0.6 )%      (0.5 )%      (0.7 )%      (0.5 )%      (0.5 )%      (0.3 )%      (0.6 )%      (0.5 )% 
Share in profits (losses) of equity investee     (2.5 )%      3.3 %      0.2 %      (0.5 )%      0.5 %      1.1 %      3.1 %      (2.3 )%      0.6 % 
Net income (loss)     (12.2 )%      (1.7 )%      0.3 %      (2.8 )%      11.6 %      (1.1 )%      16.3 %      18.9 %      16.9 % 

Liquidity and capital resources

Liquidity

A summary of our statement of cash flows for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2012 and the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2013 is as follows:

       
  Year ended
December 31,
  Three months ended
March 31,
     2011   2012   2012   2013
     (in thousands)
Net income (loss)   $ (864 )    $ 4,782     $ 930     $ 2,344  
Depreciation and amortization     1,233       1,422       348       376  
Change in inventories     (202 )      (3,100 )      114       491  
Change in accounts receivable     (3,892 )      (3,806 )      157       (380 ) 
Change in accounts payable     853       3,590       (643 )      (265 ) 
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities     (2,375 )      3,023       979       2,447  
Net cash used in investing activities     (1,583 )      (1,278 )      (204 )      (740 ) 
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities     6,765       (3,803 )      1,322       5,683  
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents     2,807       (2,058 )      2,097       7,390  
Balance of cash and cash equivalents at end of period     4,787       2,729       4,787       10,119  

Cash flows provided by (used in) operating activities

Cash flows from operating activities consist primarily of net income adjusted for certain non-cash items. Adjustments to net income for non-cash items include depreciation and amortization and share-based compensation. In addition, operating cash flows are impacted by changes in operating assets and liabilities, which include inventories, accounts receivable, prepaid expenses and other assets and accounts payable.

We generated $2.4 million in cash from operating activities in the three months ended March 31, 2013 due primarily to our achieving net income of $2.3 million and a decrease in inventories of $0.5 million as well as $0.4 million in depreciation and amortization. This was partially offset by increases in accounts receivable of $0.4 million due to increased volume of sales and decreases in accounts payable of $0.3 million.

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activities in the year ended December 31, 2012 was due primarily to our achieving net income of $4.8 million and to an increase of $3.6 million in accounts payable reflecting primarily increased purchases of raw materials due to increased activity, as well as $1.4 million in depreciation and amortization. This was partially offset by increased inventories of $3.1 million reflecting our increased activity as well as our strategy of building inventories from certain single source suppliers to partially manage supply risk and increases in accounts receivable of $3.8 million due to increased sales. The $2.4 million in cash used in operating activities in the year ended December 31, 2011 was due to a net loss of $0.9 million and an increase of $3.9 million in accounts receivable, which was partially offset by $1.2 million in depreciation and amortization and an increase in accounts payable of $0.9 million.

Working capital

Our working capital, which we define as accounts receivable plus inventory less accounts payable, increased from $11.0 million at December 31, 2011 to $14.1 million at December 31, 2012 due to increased activity. However, working capital as a percentage of net revenues decreased from 48.0% at December 31, 2011 to 37.2% at December 31, 2012, reflecting decreases in days’ sales outstanding and in our inventories conversion period.

Cash flows used in investing activities

The majority of our investment activities have historically been related to the purchase of manufacturing equipment and components for our production lines. Capital expenditures during the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2012 related primarily to normal capital expenditures, as well as capital expenditures related to the expansion of our manufacturing capacity. Cash used in investing activities decreased slightly in the year ended December 31, 2012 to $1.3 million from $1.6 million in the year ended December 31, 2011. However, we expect cash used in investing activities to increase significantly with the increase in the manufacturing capacity of our existing facility and with the potential commencement of construction on our new manufacturing facility. While we anticipate that construction of this new facility will require significant capital expenditures, we have not yet started construction of the facility or even entered into contracts relating to the construction and therefore it would not be completed, if we do undertake it, before 2014. The timing and amount of the capital expenditures associated with this project, if we do undertake it, is uncertain.

Cash flows provided by (used in) financing activities

We generated $5.7 million in financing activities in the three months ended March 31, 2013, which reflects primarily $6.9 million received in an investment in our preferred shares and warrants, which was partially offset by a repayment of $1.0 million in short-term loans under our working capital credit facility and repayment of $0.2 million under our long-term loan.

Cash used in financing activities in the year ended December 31, 2012 amounted to $3.8 million, which reflects primarily a repayment of $4.6 million in short-term loans under our working capital credit facility and a repayment of $0.7 million on our long-term loan, partially offset by an investment of $1.5 million in our preferred shares and warrants.

Cash provided by financing activities in the year ended December 31, 2011 amounted to $6.8 million, which reflects primarily an investment in our preferred shares and warrants of $5.0 million and an increase of $2.4 million in short-term loans outstanding under our working capital credit facility, partially offset by a repayment of $0.7 million on our long-term loan.

Capital resources

We fund our operations with a combination of cash generated from operating activities, third-party debt consisting mainly of long-term and short-term bank credit facilities, as well as cash generated through the sale of equity securities.

In September 2009, we entered into a credit facility for long-term loans with an Israeli bank. This consisted of (a) a loan of $1.4 million which bore annual interest rate of LIBOR plus 3.6%, and which was repaid in 24 monthly installments starting January 2010, and (b) a loan of $5.6 million, originally due in one installment in October 2011, which was extended, in accordance with the original terms, for an additional eight years. Pursuant to the terms of the extension, we are required to repay this long-term loan in 96 monthly

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installments, beginning in January 2012, in the amount of $0.7 million per year. This loan bears interest at a floating rate of one-month LIBOR plus 5.05%. However, pursuant to an interest rate swap agreement we entered into in 2010 with a third party with respect to this long-term loan, we pay, starting March 2011, an effective interest rate of 8.37% on the $5.6 million principal amount through February 2015, at which time our interest rate will revert to one-month LIBOR plus 5.05%. We are entitled to prepay our obligations under our credit facility at any time during the term of the loan, in full or in part (provided that we prepay no less than 25% of the outstanding debt plus interest), by giving 30 days prior written notice to the bank. However, any such prepayment would be subject to a penalty equal to the difference between (i) the present value of the prepaid amount discounted based on the banks’ base rate of interest set by the Bank of Israel on the day of prepayment and (ii) the present value of the prepaid amount discounted based on the current interest rate of the relevant loan.

As of March 31, 2013, we had $4.7 million in outstanding principal amount, including $0.7 million in current maturities. We intend to service this debt from cash on hand and/or cash from operations. However, if such funds are insufficient we may seek additional equity funding. No assurance can be given that such funding will be available when needed.

Our borrowings under the bank credit facility are secured with general floating and fixed charges on our assets. The agreements governing the loans and credit lines require us to satisfy a number of financial covenants, including the following:

tangible shareholders’ equity (defined as outstanding share capital, undistributed surpluses and subordinated shareholders’ loans less any deferred charges, amounts owed to the company by related parties (or collateral granted by the company to guarantee the debts of related parties) and intangible assets) must exceed the greater of (a) $20 million and (b) 45% of total assets;
EBITDA, which under the facility is calculated on the basis of our financial statements and defined as operating income plus (a) depreciation and amortization, (b) non-cash share-based compensation expenses and (c) shareholder investments and subordinated shareholder loans extended to us to fund ongoing operations in such year, must exceed $1.5 million; and
the ratio between net debt (defined as all liabilities to banks, financial institutions, note holders and other lenders minus our cash and cash equivalents) and EBITDA (as defined above) must be below 4 in 2013 and thereafter.

The agreement also contains the following negative covenants:

a commitment not to repay loans to our shareholders;
negative pledges by us and our wholly-owned subsidiaries, Enzymotec USA, Inc. and VAYA Pharma, Inc.; and
limitations on dissolution, applying for suspension of proceedings, any settlement or creditor arrangement (as defined under the Israeli Companies Law), mergers, acquisitions and dispositions not in the ordinary course of business.

Failure to meet these financial and other covenants would enable the bank to demand immediate repayment of all outstanding balances under the facility. As of March 31, 2013, we were in compliance with all such covenants.

In addition, in the third quarter of 2012 we entered into an additional agreement for a long-term loan of up to $3.75 million with the bank for financing the construction of an extension to our current manufacturing facility and the purchase of equipment for extraction of krill oil. Upon the completion of the construction, which is expected in the fourth quarter of 2013, the actual financing amount drawn by us during the construction period will be converted into a four-year term loan with an interest rate of LIBOR plus 3.35%. As of March 31, 2013, we had not drawn any amounts under this financing agreement. This agreement contains the same financial and other covenants as those described above in connection with our 2009 credit facility.

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We believe that, based on our current business plan, our cash, cash equivalents and short-term bank deposits on hand, cash from operations and borrowings available to us under our short-term facilities, we will be able to meet our capital expenditure and working capital requirements, and liquidity needs for at least the next twelve months. We may require additional capital, and therefore intend to use the net proceeds from this offering, to meet our longer term liquidity and future growth requirements.

Aggregated contractual obligations

Our future contractual cash obligations as of December 31, 2012 are summarized in the following table:

         
  Total(3)   Less than 1 year   1 – 3 years   3 – 5 years   More than 5 years
     (in thousands)
Long-term debt, including interest and current maturities(1)   $ 6,094       1,083     $ 1,910     $ 1,624     $ 1,477  
Purchase commitments(2)     782       782                    
Operating lease obligations     410       295       96       19        
Total   $ 7,286     $ 2,160     $ 2,006     $ 1,643     $ 1,477  

(1) Interest on floating rate debt is based on the interest rate in effect on December 31, 2012.
(2) Consists of commitments to purchase machinery and equipment.
(3) Excludes future projected royalty payments of approximately 3% – 5% of revenues derived from research and development projects that were funded in part by grants received from the OCS.

Government grants

Our research and development efforts are financed, in part, through grants from OCS. From our inception through March 31, 2013, we received a total of $3.8 million in royalty-bearing grants from the OCS. We have applied to receive additional grants to support our research and development activities in 2013.

Under the Law for the Encouragement of Industrial Research and Development of 1984, or the R&D Law, royalties of 3% – 5% on the revenues derived from sales of products or services developed in whole or in part using these OCS grants are payable to the Israeli government. The maximum aggregate royalties paid generally cannot exceed 100% of the grants made to us, plus annual interest generally equal to the 12-month LIBOR applicable to dollar deposits, as published on the first business day of each calendar year. As of March 31, 2013, we had paid royalties of $1.7 million to the OCS and owed the OCS $2.8 million (including applicable interest).

In addition to paying any royalty due, we must abide by other restrictions associated with receiving such grants under the R&D Law that continue to apply following repayment to the OCS. These restrictions may impair our ability to outsource manufacturing, engage in change of control transactions or otherwise transfer our know-how outside of Israel and may require us to obtain the approval of the OCS for certain actions and transactions and pay additional royalties and other amounts to the OCS. In addition, any change of control and any change of ownership of our ordinary shares that would make a non-Israeli citizen or resident an “interested party,” as defined in the R&D Law, requires prior written notice to the OCS. If we fail to comply with the R&D Law, we may be subject to criminal charges.

Quantitative and qualitative disclosure about market risk

Market risk is the risk of loss related to changes in market prices, including interest rates and foreign exchange rates, of financial instruments that may adversely impact our consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

Foreign currency exchange risk.

The U.S. dollar is our functional and reporting currency, with net revenues denominated in U.S. dollars accounting for 81%, 75% and 74% of our net revenues in 2011, 2012 and the first quarter of 2013, respectively. While we incur expenses primarily in U.S. dollars, a significant portion of expenses are denominated in shekels, accounting for 43%, 38% and 27% of our expenses in 2011, 2012 and the

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first quarter of 2013, respectively. We also have expenses, although to a much lesser extent, in other non- dollar currencies, in particular the euro. This exposes us to risk associated with exchange rate fluctuations vis-à-vis the U.S. dollar. Furthermore, we anticipate that a material portion of our expenses, principally of salaries and related personnel expenses, will continue to be denominated in shekels.

To the extent the U.S. dollar weakens against the shekel, we will experience a negative impact on our profit margins. A devaluation of the shekel in relation to the U.S. dollar has the effect of reducing the U.S. dollar amount of our expenses that are payable in shekels, unless those expenses or payables are linked to the U.S. dollar. Conversely, any increase in the value of the shekel in relation to the U.S. dollar has the effect of increasing the U.S. dollar value of our unlinked shekel expenses, which would have a negative impact on our profit margins. In 2012, the value of the shekel appreciated in relation to the U.S. dollar by approximately 2.3%, the effect of which was compounded by inflation in Israel, at the rate of approximately 1.6%. In 2011, the value of the shekel declined in relation to the U.S. dollar by approximately 7.7%, which was partly offset by a 2.2% rate of inflation in Israel.

In Europe, our net revenues are received primarily in euro, accounting for approximately 19%, 25% and 26% of our total net revenues in 2011, 2012 and the first quarter of 2013, respectively, and such net revenues exceed our expenses incurred in euros. Accordingly, if the euro appreciates relative to the U.S. dollar, the U.S. dollar value of our sales is positively impacted, as was the case in 2012, when the euro appreciated by 2.0% in relation to the U.S. dollar. However, if the value of the euro declines relative to the U.S. dollar, the U.S. dollar value of our sales is adversely impacted, as was the case in 2011, during which year the euro declined in value by 3.2% in relation to the U.S. dollar.

Because exchange rates between the U.S. dollar and the shekel (as well as between the U.S. dollar and other currencies) fluctuate continuously, such fluctuations have an impact on our results and period-to-period comparisons of our results. The effects of foreign currency re-measurements are reported in our consolidated financial statements of operations. We engage in currency hedging activities in order to reduce some of this currency exposure. These measures, however, may not adequately protect us from material adverse effects due to the impact of foreign currency fluctuations.

The following table presents information about the changes in the exchange rates of the shekel against the U.S. dollar and changes in the exchange rates of the euro against the U.S. dollar:

   
  Change in Average Exchange Rate
Period   Shekel against the
U.S. dollar (%)
  Euro against the
U.S. dollar (%)
2011     (4.1 )      4.8  
2012     7.8       (7.6 ) 

The net effect of risks stemming from currency exchange rate fluctuations on our operating results can be quantified as follows:

An increase of 10% in the value of the shekel relative to the U.S. dollar in the year ended December 31, 2012 would have resulted in a net decrease in the U.S. dollar reporting value of our operating income of $1.2 million, due to the adverse impact on our operating margins that we would experience as a result of such an increase, while a 10% decrease in value of the shekel relative to the U.S. dollar in the year ended December 31, 2012 would have caused a net increase in the U.S. dollar reporting value of our operating income of $1.2 million for 2012, due to the favorable effect on our operating margins that would result from such devaluation of the shekel.
An increase of 10% in the value of the euro relative to the U.S. dollar in 2012 would have resulted in a net increase in the U.S. dollar reporting value of our operating income of $0.8 million, due to the favorable effect on our operating margins that we would experience as a result of such an increase, while a decrease of 10% in the value of the euro relative to the U.S. dollar in 2012 would have resulted in a net decrease in the U.S. dollar reporting value of our operating income of $0.8 million for 2012, due to the adverse impact on our operating margins that would result from such devaluation of the euro.

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We will continue to monitor exposure to currency fluctuations. Instruments that may be used to hedge future risks may include foreign currency forward and swap contracts. These instruments may be used to selectively manage risks, but there can be no assurance that we will be fully protected against material foreign currency fluctuations.

Inflation-related risks

We do not believe that the rate of inflation in Israel has had a material impact on our business to date, however, our costs in Israel will increase if inflation in Israel exceeds the devaluation of the shekel against the U.S. dollar or if the timing of such devaluation lags behind inflation in Israel.

Off-balance sheet arrangements

Except for standard operating leases, we do not engage in any off-balance sheet arrangements, such as the use of unconsolidated subsidiaries, structured finance, special purpose entities or variable interest entities.

Critical accounting estimates

We have prepared our consolidated financial statements and related disclosures in conformity with U.S. GAAP. This has required us to make estimates based on our judgments and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results may differ from those estimates. Note 1 of the notes to our audited consolidated financial statements contained elsewhere in this prospectus describes the significant accounting policies and principles that are used to prepare our consolidated financial statements.

We have identified several critical accounting estimates that required us to use assumptions about matters that were uncertain at the time of our estimates. Had we used different assumptions, the amounts we recorded could have been significantly different. Additionally, if we had used different assumptions or had different conditions existed, our financial condition or results of operations could have been materially different. The critical accounting policies that were impacted by the estimates, assumptions, and judgments used in the preparation of our consolidated financial statements are discussed below.

Revenue recognition

We recognize revenues from sales of products to customers, including distributors, when persuasive evidence of a sale arrangement exists, delivery has occurred, the sales price is fixed or determinable and collectability is reasonably assured. We recognize revenues related to AL from sales to AAK only upon sales by AL to its customers. Revenues are recorded net of reserves for returns and net of cash discounts and distribution fees.

We provide a right of return to U.S. distributors upon expiration of the medical food products sold in the VAYA Pharma segment, in compliance with applicable regulations. The majority of our product returns are the result of product dating. Accordingly, we record a reserve for estimated sales returns based on historical experience with actual returns, since the beginning of 2011, as well as specific factors, such as levels of inventory in the distribution channel, product dating and expiration. Returns to date have been inconsequential. Revenues from product sales are also recorded net of cash discounts and distribution fees, which can be reasonably estimated.

Segment reporting

We have three operating segments: Infant Nutrition, Bio Active Ingredients and VAYA Pharma. We have aggregated our Infant Nutrition and Bio Active Ingredients operating segments into a single reporting segment. Consistent with the provisions of ASC 280-10-50-11, we aggregate these operating segments because they share similar products, manufacturing processes, customers, distribution methods and regulatory environments and because they have similar economic characteristics.

Share-based payment

Under U.S. GAAP, we account for employee share-based payment awards classified as equity awards in accordance with the provisions of the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s Accounting Standards

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Codification, or ASC, Topic 718, “Compensation — Stock Based Compensation”, which requires us to measure the cost of options based on the fair value of the award on the grant date. We also apply ASC No. 718, “Compensation — Stock Based Compensation” and ASC No. 505-50, “Equity Based Payments to Non-Employees” with respect to options issued to consultants and other non-employees.

We selected the binomial option pricing model as the most appropriate method for determining the estimated fair value of our share-based payment awards. The fair value of share-based payment awards is recognized as an expense over the requisite service period, which is usually the vesting period, net of estimated forfeitures. We estimate forfeitures based on historical experience and anticipated future conditions. We recognize compensation cost for an award with service conditions that has a graded vesting schedule using the straight-line method based on the multiple-option award approach.

When options are granted as consideration for services provided by consultants and other non-employees, the grant is accounted for based on the fair value of the consideration received or the fair value of the options issued, whichever is more reliably measurable. The fair value of the options granted is measured on a final basis at the end of the service period and is recognized over the service period using the straight-line method.

Option valuations.  The determination of the grant date fair value of options using an option pricing model is affected by estimates and assumptions regarding a number of complex and subjective variables. The key variables are as follows:

Fair Value of our Ordinary Shares.  Because our shares are not publicly traded, we must estimate the fair value of our ordinary shares, as discussed in “Ordinary Share Valuations” below.
Volatility.  The expected share price volatility was based on the historical equity volatility of the ordinary shares of publicly traded comparable companies with a trading history as long as the contractual term.
Risk-Free Interest Rate.  The annual risk-free interest rate was based on the interest curve for U.S. government bonds for periods corresponding to the life term of the option on the grant date.
Contractual Term.  The contractual term is 10 years. This was then adjusted based on data regarding our historical post-vesting exit rates. Pre-vesting exit rates were reflected in an adjustment to the number of options recognized in expenses.
Early Exercise Multiple.  The early exercise multiple was based on the early exercise multiple data of the publicly traded comparable companies with a trading history as long as the contractual term.
Dividend Yield.  We have never declared or paid any cash dividends and do not presently plan to pay cash dividends in the foreseeable future. Consequently, we used an expected dividend yield of zero.

If any of the assumptions used change significantly, share-based payment awards for future awards may differ materially compared with the awards granted previously.

The following table presents the weighted-average assumptions used to estimate the fair value of options granted to employees on the dates indicated.

   
  March 29, 2012   April 3, 2013
Expected share price volatility     60.1 %      67.0 % 
Risk-free interest rate     2.2 %      1.8 % 
Contractual term (in years)     10       10  
Early exercise multiple     2.18 – 2.29       2.15 – 2.46  
Dividend yield     0 %      0 % 

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The following table presents the grant dates, number of underlying shares and related exercise prices of awards granted to employees and non-employees, from January 1, 2012 through the date of this prospectus, as well as the estimated fair value of the underlying ordinary shares on the grant date.

     
Date of Grant   Number of Shares Subject to Awards Granted   Exercise Price Per Share   Estimated Fair Value Per Ordinary Share at Grant Date
March 29, 2012     2,485     $ 212.00     $ 55.98  
April 3, 2013     2,365       363.30       271.70  

Based on the initial public offering price of $      per share, the intrinsic value of the awards outstanding as of March 31, 2013 was $      million, of which $      million related to vested options and $      million related to unvested options.

Ordinary Share Valuations.  Due to the absence of an active market for our ordinary shares, the fair value of our ordinary shares for purposes of determining the exercise price for award grants was determined in good faith by our management and approved by our board of directors. In connection with preparing our financial statements, our management considered the fair value of our ordinary shares based on a number of objective and subjective factors consistent with the methodologies outlined in the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Practice Aid, Valuation of Privately-Held-Company Equity Securities Issued as Compensation, referred to as the AICPA Practice Aid.

We have set out below the application of the above methodologies to the valuation of our ordinary shares on each of the grant dates:

March 2012 Grant.  We determined that the fair value of our ordinary shares as of March 29, 2012 was $55.98 per share. As part of this determination, our management considered a third-party valuation dated April 5, 2012 with respect to the value of our ordinary shares as of October 11, 2011. We had granted options in October 2011 and our management believed that the value of our ordinary shares as of October 2011 was appropriate to use for option grants as of March 2012 because between September 27, 2011 and March 8, 2012, we had entered into agreements with our existing shareholders and with new investors (who accounted for approximately 30% of the total investment round) for the sale of our series B preferred shares at a price per share of $363.30.

We used the option pricing methodology, or OPM, to value our ordinary shares based on these bona fide, third party, arms’ length transactions. Under the OPM, ordinary shares only have value if funds available for distribution to the shareholders exceed the value of the liquidation preference at the time of a liquidity event such as a merger, sale or initial public offering, assuming the enterprise has funds available to make a liquidation preference meaningful and collectible to the shareholders. The ordinary shares are modeled as call options that give the owners the right but not the obligation to buy the underlying equity value at a predetermined or exercise price, which is based on the enterprise value. The common shares are considered to be call options with a claim on the enterprise value, at an exercise price equal to the liquidation price immediately after the preferred shares are liquidated. The OPM considers the terms of the shareholders agreements governing each element of our capital structure with respect to seniority among securities, conversion ratios and cash allocations upon liquidation.

For purposes of the valuation, we assumed the following: a liquidation event 3.25 years after the valuation date; volatility of 74.7% based on the historical equity volatility of the ordinary shares of publicly traded comparable companies; and a risk free interest rate of 0.45% based on the interest curve for a U.S. government bond corresponding to the expected liquidation date. These factors resulted in a fair value of $55.98 per ordinary share.

April 2013 Grant.  We determined that the fair value of our ordinary shares as of April 3, 2013 was $271.70 per share. As part of this determination, our management considered a third-party valuation dated June 5, 2013 with respect to the value of our ordinary shares as of March 31, 2013. In the absence of a recent bona fide, third party, arms’ length transaction, we used the discounted cash flow, or DCF, method to determine our enterprise value. Using this method, our projected after-tax cash flows available to return to holders of invested capital are discounted back to present value, using the discount rate. The discount rate,

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known as the weighted cost of capital, accounts for the time value of money and the appropriate degree of risks inherent in the business. We applied the DCF method separately to each of our segments using discount rates of 24% – 25% for our Nutrition segment and 45% for our VAYA Pharma segment. Using the resulting enterprise value, we then allocated the enterprise value to the different components of our capital structure in order to determine the value of our ordinary shares. We considered that there were two possible future scenarios for our company: First, a “deemed liquidation” scenario, which included both continuing to remain as a private company or an acquisition, since the liquidation preferences of our preferred shares would result in the same distributions to ordinary shares in both scenarios. Second, an initial public offering (IPO) scenario. After distribution of the preferred shares’ liquidiation preferences, the deemed liquidation scenario resulted in a value of $239.30 per ordinary share. The IPO scenario assumed the conversion of all preferred shares into ordinary shares and resulted in a value of $512.10 per ordinary share. We determined the value of our ordinary shares using the probability weighted expected return method, or PWERM, pursuant to which we estimated the probability of a deemed liquidation was 60% and the probability of an IPO was 40%. As of April 3, 2013, we had not yet selected investment banks for an IPO. Applying these weightings, we arrived at a value of $348.40 per ordinary share, which we discounted by 22.0% due to lack of marketability, to arrive at a final value of $271.70 per share.

Research and development expenses

Research and development expenses are charged to income as incurred. Participation from government departments and from research foundations for development of approved projects is recognized as a reduction of expense as the related costs are incurred. The main components of the research and development expenses are salaries and related expenses, laboratory, clinical research and regulatory related expenses.

Taxes on income

Deferred income taxes are determined by the asset and liability method based on the estimated future tax effects of differences between the financial accounting and the tax bases of assets and liabilities under the applicable tax law. Deferred tax balances are computed using the tax rates expected to be in effect at the time when these differences reverse. Valuation allowances in respect of the deferred tax assets are provided when it is more likely than not that all or a portion of the deferred income tax assets will not be realized. See Note 10g to our consolidated financial statements contained elsewhere in this prospectus for additional information regarding the composition of the deferred taxes.

We assess our valuation allowance considering different indicators, including profitability of the different entities around the world and the ability to utilize the deferred tax assets in subsequent years.

Tax benefits recognized in our consolidated financial statements are those that our management deems at least more likely than not to be sustained, based on technical merits. The amount of benefits recorded for these tax benefits is measured as the largest benefit our management deems more likely than not to be sustained.

Contingencies

Certain conditions may exist as of the date of our financial statements, which may result in a loss to us but which will only be resolved when one or more future events occur or fail to occur. We assess such contingent liabilities and estimated legal fees, if any, and such assessment inherently involves an exercise of judgment. In assessing loss contingencies related to legal proceedings that are pending against us or unasserted claims that may result in such proceedings, we evaluate the perceived merits of any legal proceedings or unasserted claims as well as the perceived merits of the amount of relief sought or expected to be sought.

We apply the guidance in ASC Topic 450-20-25, issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board, or FASB, when assessing losses resulting from contingencies. If the assessment of a contingency indicates that it is probable that a material loss has been incurred and the amount of the liability can be estimated, then the estimated liability is recorded as accrued expenses in our financial statements. If the assessment indicates that a potential material loss contingency is not probable but is reasonably possible, or is probable but cannot be estimated, then the nature of the contingent liability, together with an estimate of the range of possible loss if determinable and material are disclosed. Loss contingencies considered to be remote are generally not disclosed unless they involve guarantees, in which case the guarantees are disclosed.

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Impairment of long-lived assets

We test long-lived assets for impairment whenever events or circumstances present an indication of impairment. If the sum of expected future cash flows (undiscounted and without interest charges) of the assets is less than the carrying amount of such assets, an impairment loss would be recognized. The assets would be written down to their estimated fair values, calculated based on the present value of expected future cash flows (discounted cash flows), or some other fair value measure. As of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012 and 2011, the Company did not recognize an impairment loss for its long-lived assets.

New and Revised Financial Accounting Standards

The JOBS Act permits emerging growth companies such as us to delay adopting new or revised accounting standards until such time as those standards apply to private companies. We have irrevocably elected not to avail ourselves of this and, therefore, we will be subject to the same new or revised accounting standards as other public companies that are not emerging growth companies.

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Business

Our Company

We are a rapidly growing and profitable nutritional ingredients and medical foods company. Our proprietary technologies, research expertise, and clinical validation process enable us to develop differentiated solutions across a variety of products. Our innovative and diverse product suite addresses the entire human life-cycle — from infancy to old age — and is comprised of novel key ingredients in products ranging from infant formula to nutritional supplements, as well as branded medical foods, sold only under a doctor’s supervision. We market our product portfolio primarily to established global consumer companies and target large and growing consumer health and wellness markets. Our strategic partnerships, state-of-the-art good manufacturing practice (“GMP”)-compliant manufacturing facility, and global sales and marketing infrastructure enable us to develop, manufacture and market our comprehensive product solutions to our customers globally. By leveraging a shared and scalable research and development platform, we are able to grow cost-effectively and profitably.

Our clinically-validated products include bio-functional lipid-based compounds designed to address dietary needs, medical disorders and common diseases. Lipids represent a major structural component of all life and are essential for cell structure and important biological functions, including energy storage and cell signaling. Our proprietary technologies enable us to identify appropriate lipid-modifying enzymes and then improve the activity of these enzymes to enhance their efficiency, stability and recyclability, as well as to enable their use in organic media. These enhanced enzymes are then utilized to restructure lipids found in natural sources including krill, fish, vegetable sources and bovine milk. We transform the lipids from these raw materials into lipids that are familiar to the human body but cannot be extracted efficiently or in sufficient yield, are not provided in sufficient amounts through normal dietary intake or cannot otherwise be manufactured. For example, our leading infant formula ingredient product, InFat, is produced through modifying the molecular structure of vegetable oils to create an ingredient that more closely resembles a key component of human breast milk that is known to facilitate healthy infant development. Similarly, Vayarin, one of our branded medical foods, utilizes the same technologies to create a safe and stimulant-free solution for the dietary management of certain lipid imbalances associated with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (“ADHD”) in children. Our expertise also allows us to produce lipid ingredients that have beneficial secondary characteristics, such as extended shelf life, nutrient absorption and improved scent or taste profile. We leverage our technology platform to develop new products, improve our existing leading product portfolio and create new product categories.

We were founded in 1998, launched our first product in 2003 and since then have designed, developed and launched 11 additional products, generating sales in over 30 countries. Our net revenues, adjusted EBITDA and net income for 2012 were $37.9, $7.0 and $4.8 million, respectively. We have grown net revenues by a compounded annual growth rate of 37% from 2009 to 2012, and grew net revenues by 72% in the first quarter of 2013 compared to the first quarter of 2012.

We have two reportable segments: Nutrition and VAYA Pharma segments, both of which offer a variety of products that leverage our lipid-related expertise. Our Nutrition and VAYA Pharma segments represent 96% and 4% of net revenues in 2012, respectively.

Nutrition.  Our Nutrition segment develops and manufactures nutritional ingredient products based on lipids, such as phospholipids, which form the structural basis of cell membranes and are easily recognized, incorporated and used by the body. Our customer base for this segment includes leading infant formula and nutritional supplement companies such as Biostime and IVC. Our two best-selling nutritional ingredient products are InFat, a clinically-proven fat ingredient for infant formula, and krill oil.

Our premium infant formula ingredient products seek to more closely resemble the composition and properties of human breast milk fat, which is considered the “gold standard” in infant nutrition because of both its short and long term health and developmental benefits, to facilitate healthy infant development. Peer reviewed clinical studies published in 2012 and 2013 demonstrate that our leading formula ingredient product, InFat, provides unique benefits such as stronger bones, improved intestinal flora and reduced crying, in addition to reduced constipation, improved calcium absorption and more efficient energy intake. As a result, we believe InFat is the most significant development to infant formula ingredients since DHA and ARA were

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introduced to the market almost 15 years ago. The next generation of our infant formula ingredient products targets additional attributes of key lipids found in human breast milk such as improved brain development. InFat has been achieving rapid penetration in the Chinese and other Asian markets, and we believe that we have significant opportunities in other developing markets and developed markets such as North America and Europe. InFat is sold and marketed through Advanced Lipids AB, or AL, our joint venture with AAK, a Sweden-based, global producer of specialty oils.

Our krill oil products have significantly improved bioavailability over other omega-3 products in the market. We use our technological and manufacturing know-how to provide additional secondary benefits such as improved scent, taste and shelf life. Our other products in this segment are targeted at improving brain health and providing benefits in memory, learning abilities and concentration. In addition, we add value to our customers through product customization, clinical validation, regulatory expertise and quality control. We believe there are significant growth opportunities in other geographic markets beyond our core markets in the United States and Australia, and also intend to capitalize on consumer trends towards supplementing their diets with premium health and wellness products.

VAYA Pharma.  VAYA Pharma, develops, manufactures and sells branded, prescription-only medical foods for the dietary management of patients with certain medical conditions or diseases having special, medically determined nutrient requirements. Although medical foods must be proven to be safe and effective as demonstrated in human clinical studies, they do not require the same expensive and time consuming regulatory approval process typical of prescription drugs. Our U.S. medical foods business generated its first revenues in 2011 and currently consists of three branded products, all based on our proprietary lipid-based technologies, which address the dietary management of the following conditions: hypertriglyceridemia (Vayarol); lipid imbalances associated with ADHD in children (Vayarin); and lipid imbalances associated with early, age-related memory impairment (Vayacog). Our products are designed to provide a safe, cost-effective, first-line dietary therapy. We are currently planning future clinical studies for two of our medical food products, to reach an expanded consumer market and to support additional marketing claims. In addition to our existing products, we have several other products to address additional indications in the development phase. We currently market VAYA Pharma products in five states in the United States and have plans to expand both in the United States and globally.

Our Market Opportunity

Our markets are large and growing. We address multiple markets, which all have favorable characteristics:

The nutrition market encompasses a number of product categories including supplements, natural/organic foods, functional foods and natural personal care. According to the Nutrition Business Journal, the global nutrition market was a $301 billion industry in 2010. We operate within two areas of the global nutritional ingredients market, the infant nutrition market and the vitamin, minerals and supplements market:

The infant nutrition market represented approximately $39.6 billion globally in 2010 and is expected to grow at a 10.5% compound annual growth rate, or “CAGR”, in current prices, from 2012 to 2017 according to industry sources. The market is driven by global birth rates, as well as an expanding global middle class with greater financial means to focus on health and nutrition products. The Chinese market, for example, is expected to grow at an 18.6% CAGR, in current prices, from 2012 to 2017, according to the same source. According to industry sources, within infant nutrition, milk formula represented approximately $27.4 billion or 69.2% of the market in 2010. “Premiumisation” is a trend in infant nutrition, resulting from consumers placing a higher value on nutritional benefits than price, a trend that favors us with our premium lipid-based ingredients. Infant nutrition is also on a recurring innovation cycle, as key producers attempt to create excitement for their new products to drive market share. Currently, fats represent approximately 22% of the raw materials in infant formula, mainly in the form of vegetable oil blends, which is the ingredient we seek to replace.
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from 2012 to 2017 according to industry sources. Within the nutritional supplements market, omega-3 products represented $3.2 billion in 2011 and are expected to grow at a 7.3% CAGR from 2011 to 2016 according to the Global Organization for EPA and DHA omega-3s (“GOED”). The market for krill oil is expected to be the fastest growing segment in the global marine omega-3 ingredients market, according to a June 2011 report by Frost & Sullivan, growing at a CAGR of 15.7% from $90.7 million in 2010 to $187.9 million in 2015. We believe the krill oil market will continue to grow at an accelerated rate because of krill oil’s ability to offer benefits in addition to fish oil, due to its astaxanthin, vitamins A and D, and phospholipid content, as well as its relatively better sustainability message.

The medical conditions we address in our portfolio of medical foods impact significant populations:

Triglycerides, or TGs, are fats that are carried in the blood. Elevated levels can cause hypertriglyceridemia, a condition associated with an increased risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. Hypertriglyceridemia can be caused by both genetic and environmental factors, with environmental factors including obesity, sedentary lifestyle and high-caloric diets. According to an April 2011 article by the American Heart Association, about 31% of the U.S. population has elevated triglycerides, defined as TG levels above 150 mg/dL. The hypertriglyceridemia market, defined as TG levels of 200 – 500 mg/dL, comprises approximately 16% of the U.S. population. The severe hypertriglyceridemia market, defined as TG levels above 500 mg/dL, comprises around 2% of the population.
ADHD is one of the most common behavioral disorders, and 2013 data from the Federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that 11% of school-aged children in the United States have received a diagnosis of ADHD. Additionally, according to a November 2010 report by the National Survey of Children’s Health, the percentage of parent-reported ADHD diagnosis increased from 7.8% to 9.5% from 2003 – 2007. Adult diagnosis and treatment is forecast to grow in the near future due to increased disease awareness and reduced stigmatization of the condition. GlobalData estimated in a November 2011 report that the global ADHD therapeutics market was valued at $3.9 billion in 2010, and is forecast to grow at a CAGR of 8.0% over eight years to reach $7.1 billion by 2018.
Memory impairment is a significant issue globally, particularly in developed markets, where the aged population is growing. According to an article published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, in 2002 an estimated 5.4 million people (22.2%) in the United States age 71 years or older had cognitive impairment without dementia. There has also been increased frequency of brain-related disorders in China, affecting 1 in 1,000 of the population, rising to 1 in 50 among those aged over 80.

Our Competitive Strengths

Clinically-proven and safe products supported by proprietary technology.  Our innovative proprietary technology platform is leveraged by our expertise in lipid product development, lipid modification and lipid analysis and characterization. Since our inception, we have focused on identifying, developing and using enzymes as catalysts to support our lipid molecule modification capabilities. Through these highly refined and industrialized enzymatic and chromatographic based processes, we have cost-effectively built a large portfolio of high-value products with broad applications in a variety of consumer end markets. The strength of our technology platform reflects over 14 years of industry experience, proprietary know-how, intellectual property and an in-depth understanding of our key end-markets and customer needs. Our products have demonstrated their health benefits to consumers in many pre-clinical and clinical trials: We have successfully completed 10 pivotal controlled randomized clinical trials for our products over the past nine years, as well as an additional four clinical trials that were single-arm open-labeled and have published these data in 20 peer-reviewed articles. Our extensive global regulatory expertise has enabled us to launch products in over 30 markets. We have over 150 patents and patent applications worldwide, which cover our manufacturing processes, products and technologies. We believe the combination of all these factors creates high barriers to entry.

Diversified business model.  We benefit from product, customer and geographical market diversification across our company. We develop and market multiple products that address dietary needs, medical disorders and common diseases using a variety of lipid families. We sell to various customers, consumers and

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geographies, offering our products globally, with particular strength in the United States, China and Australia/New Zealand as end markets. Though our geographical split by customer headquarters is 46% United States, 31% Australia/New Zealand, 18% Europe, 4% Asia and 1% Israel for fiscal year 2012, we believe our geographical split over the same time period by end consumer location is approximately half in the United States, one-quarter in Asia, one-quarter in Australia/New Zealand and a small percentage in Europe and Israel.

Integrated scalable platform and product offering.  We believe that our integrated platform including technology, research and development, and manufacturing will continue to serve as an engine of growth that feeds our product pipeline. We not only develop and invent products, but also design the processes by which they can be produced at scale, and manufacture both end products and certain catalysts based on enzymes used in our manufacturing processes. Our GMP-compliant manufacturing facility has the ability to be expanded to accommodate significant additional volume. We sell not just a product, but also customized value-added solutions including clinical support for product claims, pharmaceutical-grade manufacturing capabilities, consumer marketing support and access to further innovation.

Culture of profitable innovation.  We are focused across our organization on providing innovative products profitably. Our process development team is highly integrated with our research and development team in order to optimize the gross profit potential and return on investment of any new product. Since our founding in 1998, we have required only approximately $40 million of net investment to develop and grow our business. This investment funded our state of the art manufacturing facility, the development of our technologies and intellectual property, clinical validation and regulatory approvals of our products, and the establishment of our global commercial infrastructure. For products such as our krill oil end product and medical foods that we can manufacture most profitably, we do so ourselves. Where we believe our profits can be maximized by working with partners, we seek to do so. For example we have established a joint venture with AAK, a Sweden-based, global producer of specialty oils, pursuant to which both we and AAK contribute our capabilities — we supply the essential enzymes, science and technology, while AAK produces the end product for InFat.

Strong customer relationships.  We have long-term relationships with leading infant nutrition, nutritional supplement and pharmaceutical companies, including Biostime, IVC and Teva. We have multi-year contracts with many of our customers and are embedded within their product development cycles, resulting in high switching costs for them and providing us with good visibility on sales. The key to our success is the support we provide across customer organizations including their sales, marketing, R&D and business development departments, as well as their senior management, to help our customers expand their businesses. This approach has led to high customer loyalty and retention and a growing customer base.

Experienced leadership and scientific advisory boards.  Our management team, led by Dr. Ariel Katz, our Chief Executive Officer, has over 130 years of cumulative experience. The majority of our senior management team has worked together for over a decade. Our board includes several industry leaders with experience in high growth companies such as Martek, Teva and Israel Corp. For each of our core product groups, we maintain a dedicated scientific advisory board composed of key opinion leaders (KOL) and industry experts.

Our Growth Strategy

Focus on large and growing consumer-driven end markets.  We focus on rapidly growing consumer end markets, including infant nutrition and consumer health and wellness. Going forward, we intend to leverage our global reach and extensive customer relationships to further penetrate these markets and accelerate our growth. For example, infant nutrition is an attractive category expected to grow at 10.5% CAGR from 2012 to 2017 in current prices according to industry sources. We believe that our infant nutrition products have the potential to outpace this industry growth as they replace conventional vegetable oils traditionally used in most infant formula. The omega-3 market is expected to grow greater than 7% annually from 2011 to 2016 according to GOED. Today krill oil represents only 1% of the market by volume. Given the additional benefits of our krill products in terms of stability and shelf life, nutrient absorption in the body, and scent/taste profile, we believe we have the potential to outpace industry growth as we continue to take

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market share. According to a March 2010 report by Biostrategies Group, a healthcare consulting firm, the global medical foods market approximated $2.1 billion in the United States in 2011.

Further develop customer relationships and expand global footprint.  We sell our nutrition products to manufacturers of branded products in different markets around the world. We are highly focused on further penetrating existing customers and developing new customer relationships across new geographies. To achieve these goals, we work with our customers to tailor our products and services to meet their individual needs. Our ability to customize nutrition solutions for our existing customers has enabled us to build strong relationships and identify new opportunities to cross-sell additional products. Furthermore, we expect to continue attracting new customers as the strong brand recognition of our existing key customers, such as Biostime and IVC in our Nutrition segment, builds consumer awareness of our premium products. Sales of our infant formula products are currently strongest in China, while sales of our other nutrition products are strongest in the United States and Australia. We plan to utilize our global presence to cross-market products in our different geographies and build awareness of our premium products among branded product manufacturers. We plan to take advantage of our presence and experience selling products in markets outside of the United States to expand the distribution of our VAYA Pharma products.

Grow the medical foods segment.  VAYA Pharma, our medical foods segment, currently targets three large market opportunities relating to: ADD/ADHD, cognitive impairment and cardiovascular health. Given the early acceptance and adoption of our VAYA products by the medical community, we plan to expand our U.S. salesforce and engage in targeted educational activities to increase product awareness and drive sales. In addition, we plan to conduct additional clinical studies appropriately to expand the label claims and market opportunity of our VAYA Pharma products. Currently, approximately 30% of current sales of VAYA Pharma products in the United States receive some form of reimbursement from third-party payers. We are in discussions with both public (Medicare/Medicaid) and private health insurance providers to gain additional coverage for our VAYA Pharma products by demonstrating both cost effectiveness and benefits for patients. We plan to grow our VAYA Pharma sales outside the United States through additional strategic partnerships, such as the relationships we have developed with Teva in Israel, Daiichi Sankyo in Brazil and Elder in India.

Maximize the potential of our VAYA products and product candidates.  We believe that several of our nutritional and medical food products could represent attractive commercial opportunities if registered and approved as pharmaceutical drugs. As such, we may in the future seek to explore a commercialization path for our products as prescription drugs, either alone or with partners, as these products move closer to full pharmaceutical approval. For example, Vayarol, our Phytosterol-Omega-3 based medical food product, has demonstrated in clinical studies the ability to manage hypertriglyceridemia and unlike some current drugs on the market, or in development, it can decrease triglycerides levels without elevating LDL (bad) cholesterol levels. We recently submitted an Investigational New Drug Application, or IND, and requested an End of Phase 2 meeting in order to ultimately receive a Special Protocol Assessment, or SPA, from the FDA, and proceed to conduct a pivotal Phase 3 clinical trial. We believe that several of our products targeting neurological disorders and diseases could also follow this path and cross over from the medical food market into the prescription drug market.

Invent and market new products.  Our proven research and development platform generates new product candidates in both of our segments. We plan to launch two new products in the next twelve months and have a pipeline of more than 10 additional products in various stages of development. Some of these products address new medical indications or provide new dietary or medical benefits, while others provide different levels/concentrations of active ingredients and offer improved secondary characteristics, such as our krill oil in powder form. We believe our new products will enable us to continue growing in our existing markets and to expand into new markets.

Our technology

Our technology and research and development platform supports product development for both of our reportable segments by leveraging our core scientific expertise in lipid and enzymatic technologies. Our research and development activities are directed towards developing bio-functional lipid ingredients and final products. In order to achieve this goal, we have developed and continue to develop and utilize sophisticated proprietary technologies and know-how that enable us to extract lipids from natural sources, separate and

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analyze lipid molecules and use enzymes to synthesize lipid molecules known to the body. We have established a proprietary toolset that allows us to efficiently convert the lipids that we obtain from natural sources into those that have unique structural and functional characteristics.

Our technology encompasses four distinct but interrelated domains, each of which comprises part of our product development cycle:

enzyme processes;
lipid modification;
lipid analysis; and
process technology and development.

In connection with enzyme processes, we have developed a technological platform that modifies crude enzymes which improves their activity and enables their utilization in synthesis in organic media, such as oils and organic solvents, with enhanced efficiency, stability and recyclability.

Using that enzymatic technology platform, we modify lipids found in natural sources such as krill, fish, soybeans, sunflowers, bovine milk and other sources in order to synthesize lipids that mimic the composition and properties of other lipids that are naturally occurring in the human body. For instance, our PS product line involves the synthesis of phosphatidylserine, or PS, a component of brain membranes and brain function, and our InFat product is a sn-2 palmitate oil product which more closely resembles the composition and properties of human breast milk fat.

Our synthesis of lipids is predicated on our expertise in lipid analysis. This expertise enables us to analyze and map the structure of lipid molecules, which also assists us in separating and quantifying different lipid classes within various compounds. We also utilize our lipid analysis expertise for conducting biochemical analysis for the purpose of supporting regulatory applications, designing and conducting preclinical and clinical trials and for the quantification of other elements found in lipids, such as antidioxidants, minor contaminants and other minor components.

We leverage the data and information gained from our enzyme process, lipid modification and lipid analysis technologies in order to extract, purify and synthesize modified lipid fractions which we then use to formulate and produce our products. Our process and engineering know-how includes an emphasis on developing cost effective processes, and focuses on quality, repeatability and safety. Our process know-how relates to the entire production process, from sourcing raw materials and designing technical specifications for use by our suppliers to developing, improving and incorporating various production technologies, such as extraction, filtration, drying, oxidation control and fermentation.

Our products

Nutrition segment

Our Nutrition segment sells lipid compositions and bioactive ingredients as ingredients for infant formula and dietary supplements, which we tailor to the special needs of the nutrition industry. These ingredients are sold by us to three types of customers: (i) companies that manufacture the end-product themselves, (ii) companies that outsource manufacturing of the end product, and (iii) outsourced manufacturers of the end product.

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InFat   Soy-PS   K•REAL, our krill oil   PS Line of Dietary
Supplements
  GPC Line of Dietary
Supplements
• A clinically-proven fat ingredient for infant formula that more closely resembles the composition and properties of human breast milk fat.
• Offered by AL.
  • An infant nutrition ingredient to improve cognitive and mental performance.   • Pure K•REAL
 
• High Potency K•REAL
 
• Custom made K•REAL
  • Sharp PS
 
• Sharp PS SILVER
 
• Sharp PS GOLD
 
• Sharp PS GREEN
  • Sharp GPC
 
• Sharp GPC ACTIVE
                   

Infat — InFat is a clinically-proven lipid ingredient for infant formula that more closely resembles the composition and properties of human breast milk fat. The product was originally developed by us and its initial sales, from 2004 to 2006, were made directly by us. In 2007, we entered into a joint venture with AAK relating to the production, marketing, sale and distribution of InFat. As a result, all sales of the product are now made through AL, the joint venture company. See “— Joint Venture with AAK” below.

Human breast milk is considered the optimum nutrition for infants, as it provides the perfect balanced diet to meet the needs of the growing child. Accordingly, the ultimate goal for every infant formula producer is to offer a product as similar as possible in its ingredients to human breast milk. The special fat structure in human breast milk, which is known as sn-2 palmitate, is found in all women and offers clinically proven benefits for infant development. Through the use of our proprietary technologies, we have developed an enzymatic process to restructure vegetable oils into a sn-2 palmitate enriched fat, our InFat ingredient for infant formula, which more closely resembles the fat composition and properties of human breast milk fat.

Our recently published peer reviewed clinical studies demonstrate that formula containing InFat provides infants with unique benefits, such as stronger bones, improved intestinal flora and reduced crying, in addition to reduced constipation, improved calcium absorption and more efficient energy intake.

The InFat ingredient sold by AL is fully customized according to customers’ requirements, ranging from a concentrate form of InFat to complete blends of InFat with various additional vegetable oils for use by infant nutrition manufacturers.

Soy-PS — Our Soy-PS product is our other lipid ingredient for infant formula. The PS lipid is found naturally in human breast milk and is essential for brain development and normal nerve function. Our PS formulation is derived from soybean lecithin and is designed to improve cognitive and mental performance. Soy-PS is an ingredient product and is available in several different forms.

Krill Oil — We are a leading manufacturer of krill oil, a premium omega-3 bound to phospholipids. Our product, K•REAL, previously known as Krill Oil+, which was first commercialized in 2006, is manufactured by us according to rigorous quality and freshness standards. Our krill oil products account for the majority of our net revenues, totaling $18.8 million in 2012. Krill oil offers advantages over competing products, such as fish oil, due to the bio-availability of krill oil and the ease with which the omega-3 fatty acids are absorbed into the bloodstream. Our krill oil also offers the additional benefits of increased shelf life and improved scent and taste profiles as compared with competitor products.

We offer the following krill oil products:

Pure K•REAL, characterized by its freshness, high stability and low viscosity;
High Potency K•REAL, which contains enriched levels of omega-3 fatty acids, without dilution of the level of phospholipids found in pure krill oil; and
Custom made K•REAL, suited for specific customer needs, including different grades of K•REAL, more cost-effective K•REAL through the reduction of phospholipid levels, and the inclusion of higher levels of certain ingredients as compared to our other K•REAL products.

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also approved by members of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources, an international commission with responsibility for the conservation of Antarctic marine ecosystems. We have conducted comprehensive safety evaluations of K•REAL krill ingredients and have determined them to be “Generally Recognized as Safe” (GRAS) for certain conventional food and medical food uses. We notified the FDA of our GRAS determinations and the FDA issued a “no questions” response letter advising us that the FDA accepts our conclusion that our K•REAL krill ingredients are GRAS. Further, K-REAL krill oil has obtained “Novel Food” status in the European Union.

PS line of products — This consists of a range of food supplements, containing Phosphatidylserine, or PS, a phospholipid component of cell membranes and a building block of the human brain. Research has indicated that PS has a role in the proper signal processing and cell-to-cell communication functions of nerve cells. These products are sold by us as a powder (generally for use in tablets, capsules and functional foods) and as a liquid or dispersion (generally for use in soft gels). This line of products includes the following:

Sharp PS — This is a soybean-derived PS brain nutrient, introduced in 2003. It is a nutritional supplement for adults, intended to improve cognitive capabilities, such as memory. Sharp PS is also shown to benefit other populations, such as young persons, by improving memory, learning abilities and concentration.
Sharp PS SILVER — This is a patent protected blend of two different active ingredients, PS and omega-3, derived from soybean and fish oils, introduced in 2008. It is intended to improve mental and cognitive abilities.
Sharp PS GOLD — This patented compound nutrient, introduced in 2006, offers high potency PS together with targeted deliveries of DHA to the brain. It mimics human PS found in the brain. Two versions of this product are available, one derived from fish oil and the other from krill oil. Clinical trials have shown that Sharp PS GOLD is effective in improving memory in elderly persons suffering from age-associated memory decline.
Sharp PS GREEN — This is a soy-free PS food supplement, derived from sunflowers, introduced in 2010, aimed at the large and growing market of health conscious and environmentally-concerned consumers who demand clean, pure, soy allergen-free and non-GMO (genetically modified organisms) ingredients.

GPC line of products — This consists of a range of food supplements, containing L-Alpha Glycerylphosphorylcholine, or alpha GPC, a natural choline compound found in the brain. Alpha GPC is the simplest phospholipid, and a key metabolite in choline metabolism signaling. In addition, alpha GPC serves as an organic osmolyte and assists in proper kidney function and may play a role in sperm motility. Alpha GPC is naturally occurring in certain foods, such as milk, eggs and meat, in low amounts. Alpha GPC is sold in the United States as a dietary supplement and in Europe and South America as a drug for patients suffering from dementia related to Alzheimer’s disease or cerebovascular conditions, such as strokes.

Our GPC products are sold by us as a powder (generally for use in tablets and capsules) and as a liquid (generally for use in soft gels and drops).

This line of products includes the following:

Sharp GPC — This product, derived from soybeans and introduced in 2011, is used for improving cognitive functions for different age populations. It is also suitable for use by aging persons facing the deterioration of their cognitive functioning. Sharp GPC is available in various forms, including a powder (with 99% maximum purity) and a liquid (with 85% maximum purity) for different applications.
Sharp GPC ACTIVE — This product, derived from soybeans and introduced in 2011, is an alpha-GPC-based complex (comprised of 45% alpha-GPC), which has the known beneficial value of GPC on human health, especially on cognitive function and additional important biological activity, resulting from the presence of other naturally occurring, lecithin-derived compounds. Sharp GPC ACTIVE is a naturally-sweet, water-based platform, which is compatible with a wide range of nutrients and does not require special preservatives.

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We also have two new nutritional ingredient products that we plan to launch in the next twelve months and three in various stages of development.

Clinical Validation

InFat.  From August 2010 to July 2011, we conducted several comparative trials to assess the benefits of InFat compared to standard vegetable fat. The trials divided a sample pool of infants into either two or three groups. In both cases, one group was provided a diet with InFat, while a second group was provided a diet with a control fat, consisting of either standard infant formula or standard vegetable fat. In certain trials, a third group was given human breast milk to serve as a reference point.

•   The first trial showed that infants who were given a diet with InFat rather than the control fat for six weeks had higher counts of Lactobacilli and Bifidobacteria bacteria (P<0.01), suggesting that InFat promotes a healthy intestinal micro flora and might enhance infants’ gut health and immunity. The results of this trial were presented at the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) Conference (United States, July 2011) and the International Conference on Nutrition and Growth (Paris, March 2012) and published in the Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition in 2013. These results support the growing understanding that the composition of the intestinal microbiota is influenced by factors in the milk diet of the young infant. Further, these results support the finding that an increase or decrease in certain types of microbiota can lead to certain diseases such as allergies or inflammatory bowel disease.
•   The second trial revealed that at 12 weeks of life term infants who were provided the InFat enriched formula instead of the control formula had higher bone strength parameters (tested by a non-invasive ultrasound bone sonometry device measuring the speed of sound (“SOS”) along the bone) (P<0.05). The results indicate that the InFat formula increases infants’ bone strength. These results were published in Calcified Tissue International in 2012. A second outcome of this clinical trial revealed that feeding term infants formula with InFat for the 12 weeks after birth decreased the percentage of infants that cried (P=0.087) and crying duration (P<0.05), especially in the evening and night hours, compared to infants fed a standard formula. The results of this trial were presented at the European Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology Hepatology and Nutrition (ESPGHAN) Conference (Italy 2011) and the International Society for the Study of Fatty Acids and Lipids (ISSFAL) Congress (Vancouver, May 2012) and published in Prostaglandins, Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids in 2013.
•   In July 2011, we completed a comparative, open label 12-week trial, comparing the development of 75 Chinese infants divided into two groups. During the trial, the first group was provided with a diet including InFat and the second group served as a reference and was given breast milk. The final results of the trial showed that InFat formula was not statistically significantly different from human breast milk in terms of body growth, prevention of hard stools and infant well-being. These results highlight the comparability of InFat lipids compared to those found in human breast milk. We are currently preparing the results for publication.
•   In October 2012, we completed the clinical phase of a comparative, randomized, double-blinded, multi-centered, 24-week trial, to compare the development of 171 Chinese full term infants, enrolled at five medical centers in different cities in China, divided into three groups. The purpose of the study is to assess the efficacy of infant formula with high percentage of palmitic acid at the sn-2 position (InFat) as compared to standard vegetable oil based infant formula on general gastrointestinal tolerance and fat absorption, reducing calcium soaps formation and stool hardness in Chinese formula-fed term infants. During the trial, the first group was provided with a diet including InFat, the second was provided with a diet including control standard vegetable oil and the third group was given breast milk to serve as a reference for the trial results. The study aimed to identify the advantages of InFat pertaining to fat absorption and gastrointestinal tolerance in full-term infants. We expect to release these results in the second half of 2013.

Krill Oil.  In December 2011, we completed a comparative, double-blind, placebo controlled randomized crossover, three phase clinical trial, to compare the absorption of omega-3 fatty acids in both red blood cells and plasma after consumption of krill oil, fish oil or placebo by 24 healthy adult participants. During the trial,

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each group went through three four-week phases in which they were provided with one of the following three supplements: three grams of our krill oil supplement (K-REAL), three grams of fish oil and three grams of placebo. Between each phase there was an eight-week wash out period before the next supplement was provided. The final results of the trial showed significantly higher levels of absorption of EPA, the sum of EPA and DHA as determined by the omega-3 index, and omega-3 fatty acids in both the plasma and red blood cells when provided krill oil in contrast to either fish oil or the placebo (P<0.05). These results indicate that krill oil has a positive and superior efficacy of the absorption of EPA and omega-3 fatty acids in both the red blood cells and the plasma when compared to fish oil supplements. We are currently in the process of submitting these results for publication in a peer reviewed journal.

In April 2012, we completed a comparative, single-blind crossover, four-week clinical trial consisting of 20 healthy adults, to compare omega-3 fatty acid absorption after the intake of high potency krill oil and the intake of pure krill oil. During the trial, the group was provided with 1.5 grams of our high potency krill oil (K-REAL). Omega-3 fatty acid absorption was then compared to the levels measured when the same group of adults was provided with twice the amount of pure krill oil as given in a previous trial. The results of the trial showed that both supplements had a similar absorption of omega-3 fatty acids, despite the fact that during the trial the participants provided with high potency krill oil were only given half the quantity of supplementation compared to the previous trial (P>0.05). These results enable us to market to our customers high potency krill oil that allows for the reduction of krill oil consumption by half while retaining the benefits of taking a full dose of pure krill oil.

Sharp PS.  In March 2008, we completed a single center, open-label, 12-week clinical trial, to observe the effects of Sharp PS on cognitive functions in elderly volunteers with subjective memory complaints. During the trial, the volunteers were provided with 300 mg/day of soy-PS. The final results of the trial, in which 26 subjects completed the study, demonstrated statistical significance on improving memory recognition, memory recall, executive function and mental flexibility (P<0.05). The results indicate that the daily intake of soy-PS, as found in Sharp PS, has a high efficacy on cognitive function, including memory parameters, executive function, and mental flexibility. These results were published in Clinical Interventions in Aging in 2013.

Sharp PS Gold.  In November 2007, we completed an open-label, six week pilot study, to observe the effects of Sharp PS Gold on cognitive functions in eight elderly volunteers with subjective memory complaints. During the trial, the volunteers were provided with 300 mg/day of PS and 37.5 mg/day of EPA and DHA. The final results of the trial showed positive effects on cognitive function, specifically on memory recall and the ability to store, hold and retrieve information (P<0.05). These results indicate that the daily intake of PS bound to DHA and EPA, which is found in the Sharp PS Gold, over a six-week period, has a positive impact on cognitive functions, including long-term memory processes. These results were published in Clinical Interventions in Aging in 2010.

Cognitex.  In April 2009, we completed an open-label, 12-week clinical trial that observed the effects of Cognitex on cognitive functions in twenty-six elderly volunteers with subjective memory complaints. Cognitex, a premium product manufactured by one of our customers, is a formulation of Sharp PS Gold, glycerylphosphorylcholine (GPC) and other ingredients. During the trial, the volunteers were provided with Cognitex three times a day. The final results of the trial showed positive effects on cognitive function, with significant improvement in memory abilities, attention, visual learning, and daily activities commencing within the first two weeks of the trial and improving throughout its duration (P<0.05). Patients who continued the treatment for a further ten weeks had an additional statistically significant improvement (P<0.05). These results indicate that the daily intake of Cognitex has a positive significant effect on cognitive functions, commencing within the first two weeks of its intake, including improvement in memory abilities, attention, visual learning, and daily activities. These results were published in the Journal of Dietary Supplements in 2011.

VAYA Pharma segment

Our VAYA Pharma segment is dedicated to the discovery, development, manufacture and marketing of innovative clinically-tested, effective and safe natural lipid-based medical foods for the cardiovascular and neurological markets, as well as for the pharmaceutical drug markets. Our VAYA Pharma segment currently offers the following products:

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• Vayarin   • Vayacog   • Vayarol
For clinical dietary management of certain lipid imbalances associated with ADHD.   For clinical dietary management of certain lipid imbalances associated with early memory impairment.   For the clinical dietary management of patients with high triglyceride levels, (particularly those at risk for an increase in blood concentrations of low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) upon omega-3 administration).

In the United States, each of three products currently offered by our VAYA Pharma segment is sold as a “medical food,” available only under the supervision of a physician (either by prescription or acquired directly from a physician in the context of the physician patient-relationship), meeting the criteria for medical foods enumerated by the FDA. See “— Government regulation” below.

Below is a brief description of each of this segment’s current products:

Vayarin — The Vayarin capsule, introduced in Israel in 2010 and in the United States in 2011, is an orally administered prescription medical food for the clinical dietary management of certain lipid imbalances associated with attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD. These capsules are aimed at children and pre-adolescents with ADHD, children who are reluctant to start drug therapy or are intolerant to stimulant therapy, or children with a more pronounced hyperactive-impulsive behavior, as well as mood and behavior dysregulation. Vayarin contains Lipirinen, a proprietary composition containing EPA-enriched PS omega-3, which is derived from krill.
Vayacog — The Vayacog capsule, introduced in 2011, is an orally administered prescription medical food for the clinical dietary management of certain lipid imbalances associated with early memory impairment. These capsules are aimed at people with subjective memory impairment, those suffering from normal age-associated memory decline and people with mild cognitive impairment (MCI). Vayacog contains Lipicogen, a proprietary composition containing DHA-enriched PS omega-3, derived from both fish and soybeans, and which resembles the naturally occurring PS found in human and other mammalian brain cell membranes.
Vayarol — Our Vayarol product, introduced as a dietary supplement in the United States and Israel in 2007 and 2009, respectively and as a medical food in the United States in 2011, is marketed as an orally administered prescription medical food for the clinical dietary management of hypertriglyceridemia. Outside the United States, Vayarol targets those suffering from hypertriglyceridemia, individuals who are reluctant to start drug therapy for this condition, or those with borderline to moderate mixed hyperlipidemia. In the latter case, it is administered to patients with mild elevation of LDL cholesterol or who are intolerant to statins and other medications. Vayarol contains Lipirolen, a proprietary composition containing phytosterol esters of Omega-3, which is derived from fish oils and soybeans.

While our current focus is to expand our three current products, we also have a number of VAYA products in various stages of development.

Clinical Validation

VAYA Pharma's clinical studies have been focused on three therapeutic segments: ADHD, early memory impairment, and Hyperlipidemia. Efficacy was evaluated using validated tools assessed by professional clinicians, raters, and health providers. These studies also monitored safety and tolerability. In light of the positive results of the Vayarol clinical trials, we are currently in discussions with the FDA regarding the development of Vayarol as a full prescription drug for hypertriglyceridemia. For more information regarding the FDA approval process of Vayarol, see “Business — Government regulations.”

Vayarol.  We completed a comparative, semi-randomized, multiple phase, crossover clinical trial, to test the effects of Vayarol on the lipid profiles of 21 mildly overweight, hypercholesterolemic subjects. The trial included four phases of 29 days each, in which the participants' diets were identical except for the differing supplemental treatment oil provided in each phase, which consisted of Vayarol (early formulation), control

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olive oil, fish oil and commercial phytosterols. Following each phase, the participants had a 28-day wash out period before being provided with a different treatment. The final results of the trial showed that Vayarol was safe and well-tolerated by the trial participants and that the administration of Vayarol resulted in lower fasting and postprandial triglyceride levels as compared to any other tested treatments, including fish oil (P=0.025 and 0.0001, respectively). In addition, Vayarol administration resulted in substantial reduction of ApoB levels and total/HDL cholesterol ratio in comparison with fish oil administration (P<0.05). These results were published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition in 2006 and Lipids in Health and Disease in 2007.

We completed a comparative, randomized double-blinded, placebo controlled, multi-centered 12-week clinical trial, to observe the effects of Vayarol on lipid profiles and other coronary heart disease risk factors in 91 mixed hyperlipidemic subjects, who had both elevated low-density lipoprotein triglycerides and elevated cholesterol (“LDL-C”), divided into two groups. During the trial, one group was provided with Vayarol and the second was provided with a placebo. The final results of the trial, which were received in December 2008, showed that Vayarol was found to be safe and well-tolerated by the trial participants and that the Vayarol group had reduced levels of triglycerides (“TG”) by 19% (P=0.025), without experiencing LDL-C elevation. Vayarol was also shown to significantly reduce inflammation, as measured by a decrease in C-reactive protein (P=0.011), and reduce diastolic blood pressure by 7% (P=0.025). We believe these results indicate that the daily intake of Vayarol is beneficial for the dietary management of hypertriglyceridemia. The study results were published in Cardiovascular Drug Therapy in 2010.

Vayarin.  We completed a comparative, double-blinded, randomized placebo controlled 12-week clinical trial, to compare the effects of Vayarin on ADHD symptoms in 83 inattentive children to an omega-3 supplement or a placebo. During the trial, one group was provided with Vayarin (an early formulation), the second was provided with fish oil supplements offered as a competing market product and the third was given a placebo. The Test of Variables of Attention (TOVA), a well-established, computer based assessment of inattention, was used to measure efficacy. The final results of the trial showed that Vayarin was safe and well-tolerated and also demonstrated that it had a significant effect on children’s executive function (P<0.05). The findings also indicated that it had a significant effect on children’s attention performance, demonstrated by superior results in the total TOVA score as compared to those observed in the groups who were provided with either fish oil or a placebo. The findings further suggest that providing inattentive children with high EPA/DHA phosphatidylserine preparation can affect visual, sustained and attention performance. We believe these results indicate that Vayarin might have superior efficacy compared to other competing fish oil supplements and represents an attractive and safe product for the dietary management of ADHD. These results were published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition in 2008.

We completed a comparative, double-blinded, randomized, placebo controlled 15-week clinical trial, followed by a 15-week open-label extension, to observe the effects of Vayarin on ADHD symptoms in 200 children with ADHD. During the trial, one group was provided with Vayarin and the second group was provided with a placebo. The final results of the trial, which were received in 2009, showed that Vayarin had a significant effect on improving several ADHD symptoms and quality of life measures as well as being safe and well-tolerated by the trial participants. A subgroup analysis of children with a hyperactive/impulsive behavior, as well as mood and behavior-dysregulation, revealed a more pronounced reduction in ADHD scores. We believe these results indicate that Vayarin is an effective and safe new approach for the clinical dietary management of ADHD. These results were presented at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) in 2010 and 2011 and published in European Psychiatry in 2012 and 2013.

Vayacog.  We completed a comparative, double-blinded, randomized placebo controlled 15-week clinical trial, followed by a 15-week open-label extension, to observe the effects of Vayacog on cognitive abilities in 157 elderly persons with memory complaints, divided into two groups. During the trial, one group of participants received Vayacog and the second group received a placebo. The purpose of the trial was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of Vayacog in improving the cognitive function of non-demented elderly with memory complaints. The final results of the trial showed that Vayacog had a significant effect, compared to placebo, on improving short term memory (P<0.05) as well as being safe and well-tolerated by the trial participants. In addition, subgroup analysis suggests that participants with relatively good cognitive performance at the beginning of the study were more likely to respond to Vayacog. These results indicate that

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the daily intake of Vayacog can serve as an effective and safe new approach for the clinical dietary management of early memory impairment. The study results were presented in the International Conference on Alzheimer's Disease (ICAD, 2010) and in Alzheimer's Disease International conference (ADI, 2010) and published in Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders in 2010 and BMC Neurology in 2011.

Marketing, sales and distribution

Nutrition segment

We sell our nutrition products to manufacturers of branded products in different markets around the world. Those manufacturers then incorporate them into their own products and sell them to end customers.

Sales and distribution of our InFat product are carried out by AL. In most of our markets sales are conducted directly by AL. See “— Joint Venture with AAK” below. Additionally, AL sells through distributors and agents in Korea, New Zealand and Australia and for certain direct sales to brands in China.

The marketing, sales and distribution of our Soy-PS product is carried out by local distributors.

We sell our krill, PS and GPC products to companies that manufacture and market dietary supplements, to food companies that combine our bioactive ingredients in functional food applications, and to distributors of these products. In North America, the marketing, sales and distribution of these products are carried out through our wholly-owned U.S. subsidiary, Enzymotec USA, Inc. Outside North America, we perform the primary marketing and sales roles, while the distribution and marketing support of these products is generally carried out by local distributors and agents. Invita Australia is the largest distributor of our krill products, accounting for 25% of our consolidated net revenues in 2012.

VAYA Pharma segment

In the United States, which accounted for the majority of our VAYA Pharma sales in 2012, the marketing and sales of these products are carried out directly by the dedicated sales personnel of our wholly-owned U.S. subsidiary, VAYA Pharma Inc. Our VAYA Pharma products are distributed by pharmaceutical wholesalers. We currently market our VAYA products in five states in the United States and plan to expand our marketing efforts, including by hiring additional sales representatives in the United States.

The products offered by our VAYA Pharma segment are sold in the United States on the basis of their meeting the criteria for medical foods, as enumerated by the FDA. Medical foods are not required to undergo premarket review or approval by the FDA. However, primarily because our VAYA Pharma products are not approved as prescription drugs by the FDA, most consumers purchasing these products in the United States are currently unable to obtain reimbursement from third-party payers under government healthcare or private insurance plans, which generally do not provide reimbursement for medical foods. Based on our data approximately 30% of current sales of VAYA Pharma products in the United States receive some form of reimbursement. We are attempting to broaden acceptance of our VAYA Pharma products as eligible for reimbursement by third-party payers. Our growth strategy for our VAYA Pharma products is significantly dependent on convincing third party payers under government or private insurance plans in the United States to provide reimbursement to consumers who purchase these products.

Outside the United States, the sales, marketing and distribution of the VAYA Pharma products is carried out by our local license partners, generally pharmaceutical companies under exclusive license agreements.

Our customers and partners

We sell our nutrition products to manufacturers of branded products in different markets around the world. For example, we have developed relationships with infant formula manufacturers who partner with us in bringing our ingredients for infant formula to the end-user market. With respect to our other Nutrition products, we target customers that have a significant presence in the vitamin and mineral supplement, or VMS, industry within their geographic markets. In our VAYA Pharma segment, the majority of our products are sold directly to customers by our dedicated sales personnel, but we have also partnered with leading pharmaceutical companies to provide our products outside of the United States.

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Nutrition segment

AL, our 50% owned Swedish joint venture company, seeks to position InFat as a strategic ingredient that enables its customers to strengthen their premium brands of infant formula. We believe that this strategy will help create long-term relationships and customer commitments in InFat.

AL is currently party to strategic agreements with two leading providers of infant nutrition products to the Chinese market. AL also seeks to target new infant formula manufacturers and brands to incorporate our InFat products into their products. The agreements include multi-year commitments to purchase InFat. We have also entered into agreements with these customers to collaborate on research activities related to infant nutrition products, including working with customers to upgrade their infant nutrition products.

Sn-2 palmitate has been incorporated in infant formula products by companies such as Danone, Nestlé and Heinz. AL is a major supplier of the sn-2 palmitate in the market.

The other customers in our Nutrition segment include leading VMS manufacturers and retailers. We target customers with well-developed marketing and distribution infrastructure, strong relationships with and knowledge of their end-customers, awareness of global industry trends and scientific expertise in our fields, such as IVC and Pharmavite.

We are currently seeking to establish strategic relationships with customers that market and sell their products to mass market retailers (such as Wal-Mart and Costco). We are also working with leading nutrition companies to combine our ingredients into their products and present our ingredients in new applications, such as gummy bears and powders.

VAYA Pharma segment

In the United States, the marketing and sales of our VAYA Pharma products are carried out directly by the dedicated sales personnel of VAYA Pharma Inc. and the products are distributed by pharmaceutical wholesalers. Outside of the United States, where we are not developing our own specialized marketing and sales staff of medical representatives, we seek to partner with leading providers of pharmaceuticals and other health products in specific geographic markets by licensing our VAYA Pharma brands, often on an exclusive basis, in order to leverage our partners’ market presence and distribution capabilities. To date, we have partnered with Teva Pharmaceuticals in Israel, Daiichi Sankyo Pharmaceuticals in Brazil, Elder Pharmaceuticals in India, Daewon Pharmaceutical in South Korea and PFM Medical in Singapore. We do not currently derive material revenues from these arrangements.

Sourcing, manufacture and production

The principal raw materials used by us in the manufacture of our products consist of krill meal, lecithins and oils derived from fish and certain plants (primarily soybean, canola and sunflower), amino acids, as well as various enzymes.

Krill oil, unlike fish oil, is extracted from its crude biomass in a delicate process as many of its nutrients are extremely sensitive to heat. The krill used by us is harvested in the cold waters of the Southern Ocean and sold to us primarily pursuant to an agreement between us and the owners of a fishing vessel, as described below. Once harvested, the krill is processed into krill meal aboard the trawler, a process that must be carried out within a short time after capture, primarily in order to prevent the enzymes in the krill from causing a rapid breakdown of the valuable nutrients in the krill. We believe there are approximately ten such vessels with the capability to process raw krill into krill meal. We also purchase krill meal from several agents and are considering the possibility of purchasing frozen krill (which is more readily obtainable) and processing it ourselves into krill meal on shore.

We have entered into a binding memorandum of understanding, or MOU, with the owners of the vessel and intend to enter into a final agreement in the future. According to the terms of the MOU, the fishing vessel will operate according to our needs and demands for krill meal during the annual seven month krill harvesting season from 2013 until 2016. The MOU also provides that in the event of a sale of the vessel, we have a right of first refusal to acquire the vessel.

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Currently, the first stage of processing krill meal into crude krill oil is carried out for us by a dedicated contract manufacturer, as described below. The krill meal is delivered initially to a specially adapted warehouse and from there to our contract manufacturer in India, where it is mixed with solvents to extract the crude krill oil from the powdery meal. The crude krill oil is then shipped to our plant in Israel for purification using our proprietary Multi Stage Oil, or MSO, extraction process, which ensures that the krill oil’s natural attributes remain intact for at least two years (its stated shelf life), without diluting efficacy or potency, to produce our K•REAL products.

We entered into a manufacture and supply agreement with an Indian manufacturer in 2009 with an initial term of six years, which agreement will automatically renew, unless terminated, for additional 12 month periods. We have the right to terminate this agreement at any time and for any reason on 90-days prior written notice. Additionally, the agreement may be terminated in customary circumstances by either us or our counterparty.

We are currently expanding our Migdal Ha’Emeq manufacturing facility and equipping it to enable us to perform the first stage of the extraction process, turning krill meal into crude krill oil, ourselves using technologically advanced equipment and our proprietary processes. See “Management’s Discussion and Analysis — Components of our statements of operations — Costs of revenues and gross profit — Nutrition.”

The fish and plant lecithins and oils and the amino acids used by us in the manufacture of our products are readily available and generally sold by multiple suppliers.

The enzymes used by us in connection with the manufacture of the InFat product and our Sharp PS line of products are each purchased from single suppliers. However, in both instances, we maintain a substantial inventory which would enable us sufficient time to find an alternative source, should our current supplier be unable to supply sufficient quantities.

With the exception of processing krill meal into crude krill oil, as discussed above, the manufacture of certain grades of our Sharp GPC product and the manufacture of the final InFat product, all of our products are manufactured at our plant in Migdal Ha’Emeq, Israel. See “— Property and infrastructure” below. In addition, the enzymes used for the manufacture of the InFat product go through a special process, known as immobilization, carried out by us at our Migdal Ha’Emeq plant. We then ship those enzymes to AAK, where they are used as the core element for the production of InFat through the restructuring of the vegetable oils procured by AAK. InFat production currently takes place in the dedicated production facility built and owned by AAK in Karlshamn, Sweden, which has a fully automated production line equipped with the technology to ensure full product consistency. See “— Joint Venture with AAK” below.

The capsulation and packaging of our VAYA Pharma products, which are currently the only products sold by us in final form for use by the end user, is carried out by third-party contractors.

Joint venture with AAK

AL is a joint venture we established with AarhusKarlshamn AB, a Swedish company also known as AAK, regarding the production, marketing, sale and distribution of our InFat product, which is sold to the infant nutrition industry for use in infant formula. AAK is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of specialty vegetable oils and fats. Pursuant to the joint venture agreement, we supply the enzymes used in the manufacture of InFat, and AAK manufactures the final InFat product. For a discussion of the accounting treatment of AL’s results of operations, see “Management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations — Joint venture accounting.”

Supply and production arrangements.  We have agreed to supply exclusively to AAK the enzymes used in the production of InFat. These enzymes represent our proprietary patented production technology for the InFat product. AAK has the sole responsibility over the purchase and procurement of other raw materials, namely the fats, for the InFat product, and is responsible for its production which takes place in a designated facility built by AAK for the joint venture. AAK has agreed to supply exclusively to the joint venture the InFat products produced by it. We do not have a supply agreement with AL. Subject to extension related to the buy/sell mechanism discussed below, both supply agreements terminate upon the termination of the joint venture.

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drawing on AAK’s expertise. We also are responsible for regulatory matters related to the joint venture. We license the InFat trade name to the joint venture.

AAK is responsible for capital expenditures in respect of increased production capacity; the management of inventory and warehousing; logistics relating to the actual sales and delivery of the product; collection of trade receivables from customers of AL; and procuring product liability insurance.

We have an ongoing disagreement with AAK over certain operational matters, including responsibility for certain functions related to sales of the joint venture’s products. The operations of the joint venture have not been impacted by this disagreement.

Joint venture management.  All decisions of AL require mutual consent of us and AAK. AL has a board of directors consisting of four members, two of whom are appointed by AAK and two of whom are appointed by us. Members of the board serve until they are removed by the joint venture partner responsible for appointing them or until they resign. From among the four board members a chairman is chosen to serve for a period of two years. The right to appoint the chairman alternates every two years between AAK and us. All actions taken by the board must be taken unanimously by the board members present at a meeting. In addition to the board of directors of AL, the day-to-day management of AL is the responsibility of a committee comprised of two members, a Managing Director and a Technical Director, one appointed by us and the other appointed by AAK. Members of this committee may not serve concurrently as board members but serve until they are removed by the joint venture partner who appointed them or until they resign. The Managing Director has the power and authority to make all decisions concerning the day-to-day affairs of AL but must discuss and deliberate with the Technical Director prior to taking action. The position of Managing Director is for a period of two years and the right to appoint the Managing Director alternates between AAK and us. Furthermore, the right to appoint the Managing Director belongs to the party not appointing the chairman of the board of directors in that particular year.

Dispute resolution.  If a dispute arises related to the joint venture, we are first required to attempt to resolve the dispute through friendly consultations between us and AAK. If these consultations do not lead to a resolution within 30 days the dispute is referred to our chairman and the chairman of AAK to continue negotiations. If, after an additional 30 days, the dispute is still not resolved, either party may submit the matter to arbitration in accordance with the terms of the agreement.

Restrictions related to the joint venture.  The joint venture agreement includes restrictions on the ability of both joint venture parties to transfer their shares in AL, as well as non-competition obligations, both during the term of the joint venture and after termination of the agreement and the parties’ obligations under the agreement. In the event of the sale of AL pursuant to the buy/sell mechanism discussed below, the party that sells its share in AL will be subject, during the three-year period after the end of provision of services under the joint venture agreement, to non-competition obligations. Pursuant to these obligations, the selling party may not, among other restrictions, develop or sell InFat or products that directly compete with InFat, excluding those competing products that the selling party developed and sold prior to the non-competition period.

Termination.  The joint venture agreement’s initial term runs until December 31, 2016. Thereafter, the agreement will be automatically extended for consecutive periods of three years, unless terminated by notice of either party at least 12 months prior to a term’s expiration. Additionally, the agreement may be terminated in customary circumstances, such as in the case of intentional material breach of the agreement or if a partner becomes controlled by a competitor of AL. The joint venture agreement provides for a mechanism that would allow one partner to acquire all of the shares in AL held by the other partner upon termination of the joint venture. Specifically, in the event of termination (other than in the case of an intentional, material breach that causes grave and serious damage), either party may notify the other of its intent to buy the other party’s shares in AL by making an unconditional, irrevocable offer to purchase the other party’s shares. The agreement also provides for a counteroffer mechanism, such that the party who is willing to pay the highest price for AL will be entitled to purchase the other party’s shares in AL. Additionally, in cases of an intentional material breach of the agreement causing grave and serious damage (subject to a 90-day cure period), the non-breaching party has the right to purchase the shares of the breaching party for no consideration and to continue the business of AL post termination. This includes extending the supply obligations (or any other obligations) of the breaching party necessary to conduct the business of AL post-termination for a period of three years.

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Research and development

We believe that our leading position as a developer and manufacturer of innovative biofunctional ingredients is due in part to our expertise in lipids and enzymes accompanied by our policy of shared research and development resources across our organization and leveraging the significant cross benefits.

We maintain an ongoing program of research and development, or R&D, to enlarge our technological platform and process capabilities in relation to, among other things, lipid chemistry, enzymatic technology and lipid analysis. The primary aim of our R&D program is to develop improved and more affordable products. We therefore focus on the enhancement of our existing product lines in order to reinforce our competitive strengths and expand the scope of our existing products into new indications. We plan to launch two new products in the next twelve months and have a pipeline of more than 10 additional products in various stages of development. In addition to further substantiating the value and efficacy of our existing products, our R&D program also focuses on the development of additional lipid-based products.

As all of our products are derived from our expertise in lipids biochemistry and our capabilities in analyzing lipid structure, composition and performance, much of our R&D is not divided based on segment or product line. Rather, more general R&D is conducted and only after particular R&D is seen to relate to the development of a new product or the enhancement of an existing product does that R&D become associated with a specific product line or segment. We believe that this helps us leverage shared R&D resources across our organization.

We invest a significant amount of our resources in R&D as we believe that superior technology is key to maintaining a leading market position. Our R&D expenses were $3.1 million, $3.9 million and $4.6 million in 2010, 2011 and 2012, respectively, representing 17.6%, 16.8% and 12.2% of net revenues, respectively.

We plan to use our R&D platform to seek to penetrate the prescription pharmaceuticals market. For more information regarding our prescription pharmaceuticals, see “Business — Government regulation — VAYA Pharma — Prescription drugs.”

Clinical Trials

We conduct clinical and pre-clinical studies to support the efficacy and safety of our products and their ingredients and to extend and validate their benefits for human health. Pre-clinical studies allow us to substantiate the safety of our products and obtain preliminarily indications of their pharmacological profile and mechanism of the action. As of June 30, 2013, we had conducted eleven pre-clinical studies, according to the principles of Good Laboratory Practices (GLP) and fourteen clinical studies, according to the principles of Good Clinical Practices (GCP). As a result, we have developed significant experience in planning, designing, executing, analyzing and publishing clinical studies.

Our R&D team manages our clinical studies and is deeply involved with project planning, trial design, execution, outcome analyses and manuscript submission. During the design, execution and publication of our studies, our R&D team consults with key opinion leaders in the relevant field of research to optimize both design and execution, as well as to strengthen the scientific and academic level of the investigational plan. Our clinical studies have been conducted in collaboration with leading medical and research centers in countries such as Israel, Canada, China and The Netherlands including Meir Medical Center, Israel; Sourasky Medical Center, Israel; Sheba Medical Center, Israel; and McGill University, Canada. For information regarding the clinical validation of our various products, see “ — Our products — Nutrition segment — Clinical validation” and “ — Our products — VAYA Pharma segment — Clinical validation.”

Intellectual property

We consider our proprietary technology to be important to the development, manufacture, and sale of our products and seek to protect such technology and other intellectual property through a combination of patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, non-disclosure and confidentiality agreements, licenses, assignments of invention and other contractual arrangements with our employees, consultants, partners, suppliers, customers and others. We rely on our research and development program, clinical trials, production techniques and marketing and distribution programs to advance our products. As of May 1, 2013, we had been granted over 50 patents and had applications for more than 100 additional patents pending worldwide. The principal

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granted patents relate to our uses, processes and composition technologies, with expiration dates ranging from 2020 to 2030. We have also been granted licenses from third parties in respect of certain technologies used by us, pursuant to two worldwide license agreements, and, in at least three instances, we have granted non-exclusive licenses to third parties for the use of certain of our technologies.

Composition-of-matter patents are generally considered to be the strongest form of intellectual property protection for products such as ours, as such patents provide protection without regard to any method of use. Certain of our products (such as Vayarol, Vayarin, PS and InFat) are covered by issued composition-of-matter patents in certain jurisdictions and pending applications in other jurisdictions.

While our policy is to obtain patents by application, license or otherwise, to maintain trade secrets and to seek to operate without infringing on the intellectual property rights of third parties, technologies related to our business have been rapidly developing in recent years. Loss or invalidation of certain of our patents, or a finding of unenforceability or limited scope of certain of our intellectual property, could have a material adverse effect on us. See “— Legal proceedings” below.

In addition to patent protection, we also rely on trade secrets, including unpatented know-how, technology and other proprietary information in attempting to develop and maintain our competitive position.

We also rely on protection available under trademark laws. We currently hold registered trademarks in various jurisdictions for the mark “MSO” and certain other key product names, including “InFat”, “K•REAL”, “Sharp PS”, “Vayarol”, “Vayacog” and “Vayarin”.

We believe that, while our patents provide us with a competitive advantage, our success depends primarily on our marketing, business development, know-how and ongoing research and development efforts. Accordingly, we believe that the expiration of any of our patents, or the failure of any of our patent applications to result in issued patents, would have no more than a short-term adverse effect on our business or financial position. Nevertheless, we are continuously working to generate a new cluster of patents to reinforce our IP position and protect the competitive edge we are creating in the market. In any event, there can be no assurance that our patents or other intellectual property rights will afford us a meaningful competitive advantage.

Competition

The level of competition we face varies from product to product. However, we believe that the number of companies seeking to develop products in the markets in which we compete will increase. Competitors range in size from small, single product companies to large, multifaceted corporations, which may have greater financial, technical, marketing and other resources than those available to us. Many of these competitors or potential competitors may have greater name recognition and broader product lines than we do.

Nutrition

With respect to our InFat product, we currently compete with one other company offering an sn-2 palmitate product, IOI Loders Croklaan, a Malaysian company, which offers a product under the Betapol brand name. We expect that others may seek to enter the sn-2 palmitate market. Further, InFat competes with other products in the general infant nutritional product market. The majority of market participants are currently using various vegetable oils blends, although bovine milk fat is also used to some extent. Accordingly, our main challenge in this market is to enlarge InFat’s market share by convincing customers to use InFat instead of lower-cost regular vegetable oil. We believe that as the sn-2 palmitate market share grows, it will encourage more specialty oil producers to endeavor to develop and offer competitive products.

With respect to our krill products, we believe that in light of the recent strong growth in global krill oil sales, krill oil suppliers are increasing capacity and competition is likely to intensify. Our three principal competitors in the krill oil market are: Aker BioMarine AS (which recently merged with Aker Seafoods Holding AS), a Norwegian company; Neptune Technologies & Bioressources Inc., a Canadian company; and Rimfrost USA, LLC, a joint venture of Avoca, Inc., and Olympic Seafood AS. In the PS market, our principal competitors are Chemi Nutraceuticals Inc., Lipoid GmbH and Lipogen Ltd.

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VAYA Pharma

Our VAYA Pharma products currently face little direct competition in the medical foods market. However, even though we are positioning ourselves as a first line therapy, the present major growth challenge, principally in the United States, which constitutes our largest market for medical foods products, is that physicians may prefer to prescribe prescription drugs produced by pharmaceutical drug manufacturers rather than our medical food products. Further, potential customers may prefer to use prescription drugs instead of our medical foods products, as they may be deterred from purchasing our products due to the present lack of reimbursement from third party payers. The prescriptions likely to be prescribed by physicians and used by patients include drugs produced by large, well-established pharmaceutical companies as well as specialty pharmaceutical sales and marketing companies and specialized cardiovascular disease, or CVD, biopharmaceutical companies. For our Vayarol product, the principal prescription drugs with which we compete include Lovaza, marketed by GlaxoSmithKline plc, Niaspon marketed by Abbott Laboratories, and Vascepa marketed by Amarin Corporation plc; for our Vayarin product, Strattera produced by Eli Lilly & Co., Intuniv (guanfacine) produced by Shire plc, and generic products, such as Ritalin. We believe there are not presently any drugs that address the indication addressed by Vayacog in the market.

Our VAYA Pharma products currently face little direct competition from other medical foods manufacturers, as we believe that there are high barriers to entry in the medical foods market. While they do not currently market medical foods that compete with our products, we are aware that large multi-national nutrition companies, such as Abbott Laboratories, Nestlé and Danone (through its clinical nutrition subsidiary, Numeco N.V.) have expressed interest in the medical food market. Such potential competitors may have greater financial, technical, marketing and other resources than those available to us and, accordingly, the ability to devote greater resources than we can to the development, promotion, sale and support of products. However, even if such companies do enter the medical food market, we would not view them as significant competitors to the extent that their medical foods products address different indications than our medical foods products.

Government regulation

VAYA Pharma segment

Medical foods

In the United States, the products currently offered by our VAYA Pharma segment are sold as medical foods, consistent with the statutory and FDA regulatory criteria for “medical foods.” The products are available only under the supervision of a physician (acquired on prescription or directly from a physician). The term “medical food,” as defined in the Orphan Drug Amendments of 1988 to the FDCA, is a food “which is formulated to be consumed or administered enterally under the supervision of a physician and which is intended for the specific dietary management of a disease or condition for which distinctive nutritional requirements, based on recognized scientific principles, are established by medical evaluation.” The FDA has issued regulations detailing the agency’s interpretation of the characteristics of food products that qualify as “medical foods.” Accordingly, under FDA regulations, a food qualifies as a “medical food” only if:

it is specially formulated and processed (as opposed to a naturally occurring foodstuff used in its natural state), for the partial or exclusive feeding of a patient by means of oral intake or enteral feeding by tube;
it is intended for the dietary management of a patient who, because of therapeutic or chronic medical needs, has limited or impaired capacity to ingest, digest, absorb, or metabolize ordinary foodstuffs or certain nutrients, or who has other special medically determined nutrient requirements, the dietary management of which cannot be achieved by modification of the normal diet alone;
it provides nutritional support specifically modified for the management of the unique nutrient needs that result from the specific disease or condition, as determined by medical evaluation;
it is intended to be used under medical supervision; and
it is intended only for a patient receiving active and ongoing medical supervision wherein the patient requires medical care on a recurring basis for, among other things, instructions on the use of the medical food.

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Outside the United States, the question of whether our VAYA Pharma products are categorized as pharmaceutical drugs, and the extent to which they can be purchased without medical supervision, depends upon national, regional and local laws and regulations, as well as the sales and marketing strategy adopted by our local license partners following discussions with us. For example, in Israel these products may be purchased over the counter, without a prescription, whereas in South Korea, one of our products, Vayarol will be sold and marketed, subject to approval, as a prescription drug.

Prescription drugs

In the United States, the FDA regulates drugs under the FDCA, and implementing regulations. The process of obtaining regulatory approvals and the subsequent compliance with appropriate federal, state, local and foreign statutes and regulations requires the expenditure of substantial time and financial resources. Failure to comply with the applicable U.S. requirements at any time during the product development process, approval process or after approval, may subject an applicant to a variety of administrative or judicial sanctions, such as the FDA’s refusal to approve pending New Drug Applications or NDAs, withdrawal of an approval, imposition of a clinical hold, issuance of warning letters, product recalls, product seizures, total or partial suspension of production or distribution, injunctions, fines, refusals of government contracts, restitution, disgorgement or civil or criminal penalties.

The process required by the FDA before a drug may be marketed in the United States generally involves the following:

completion of preclinical laboratory tests, animal studies and formulation studies in compliance with the FDA’s good laboratory practice, or GLP, regulations;
submission to the FDA of an investigational new drug application, or IND, which must become effective before human clinical trials may begin;
approval by an independent institutional review board, or IRB, at each clinical site before each trial may be initiated;
performance of adequate and well-controlled human clinical trials in accordance with good clinical practices, or GCP, to establish the safety and efficacy of the proposed drug or biological product for each indication;
submission to the FDA of an NDA;
satisfactory completion of an FDA advisory committee review, if applicable;
satisfactory completion of an FDA inspection of the manufacturing facility or facilities at which the product is produced to assess compliance with cGMP, and to assure that the facilities, methods and controls are adequate to preserve the drug’s identity, strength, quality and purity; and
FDA review and approval of the NDA.

We plan to use our R&D platform to seek to penetrate the prescription pharmaceuticals market. In 2010, we commenced the process of seeking FDA approval for Vayarol as a prescription drug for the reduction of triglyceride levels in patients with hypertriglyceridemia. We submitted an Investigational New Drug Application, or IND, briefing package to the FDA in April 2013. The package contains three main sections: (i) a Chemistry, Manufacturing and Controls, or CMC, section that contains a detailed characterization of the raw materials and drug substances of the drug product; (ii) a nonclinical section that includes a comprehensive literature review and the design of a toxicology study in rats; and (iii) a clinical section that contains a detailed description of our Phase 2 studies, a full protocol for one of the proposed Phase 3 studies and a synopsis for a second proposed Phase 3 study. We have also requested an End of Phase 2 meeting in order to discuss the proposed Phase 3 clinical studies and ultimately receive an SPA. Upon receiving the SPA, we intend to commence the suggested Phase 3 clinical trial that would support a New Drug Application, or NDA, a prerequisite for the FDA’s approval of Vayarol as a prescription drug.

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Nutrition Segment

In the United States, two regulatory pathways exist for dietary ingredients, one for ingredients marketed in food and the other for dietary ingredients marketed in nutritional supplements. Dietary ingredients that were marketed in nutritional supplements prior to October 1994 are not subject to premarket authorization requirements. All other dietary ingredients must undergo a “premarket notification” process. This process requires the manufacturer to detail the quality and safety of the ingredient and file such information with the FDA at least 85 days prior to placing the ingredient on the market as a dietary supplement.

Food ingredients must be determined to be safe prior to being added to foods. The following categories of food ingredients are considered to be safe by the FDA:

a food additive that has received pre-market approval from the FDA;
an ingredient that is generally recognized, among qualified experts, as having been adequately shown to be safe under the conditions of its intended use (referred to as generally recognized as safe, or “GRAS”); or
an ingredient that was determined to be safe for use in food prior to September 6, 1958 (a list of these substances that are GRAS are published by the FDA in the Federal Register).

For an ingredient to be considered GRAS, the manufacturer of the ingredient must provide information on the quality and safety of the ingredient for its intended use as well as the results of relevant clinical studies. Such information is reviewed by qualified experts who determine whether the ingredient has been adequately shown to be GRAS. Additionally, such information may be voluntarily submitted to the FDA for review. If the FDA is satisfied with the determination of the new ingredient as GRAS, it will issue an Agency Response Letter advising that the agency has no questions regarding the safety conclusions of the ingredient.

We have conducted comprehensive safety evaluations of our InFat, Sharp PS, Sharp PS Gold and krill oil ingredients, which were found to be GRAS following a review by qualified experts. We have voluntarily notified the FDA of our GRAS determinations and received a “no questions” response letter from the FDA advising us that the FDA accepts our conclusions that these ingredients are GRAS.

The selling and marketing of our nutrition products are generally subject to comprehensive laws, regulations and standards enforced by various regional, national and local regulatory bodies, including the FDA in the United States, the European Commission in the European Union, the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) in Australia, the Ministry of Health in China and the Ministry of Health in Israel.

Property and infrastructure

Our principal executive and administrative offices, research and development laboratories and production plant are in the Sagi 2000 Industrial Area, near Migdal Ha’Emeq, Israel. These facilities are built on a plot of approximately 107,600 square feet, leased in 2007 for approximately $450,000 from the Israel Land Administration pursuant to a 98 year lease (expiring in May 2105). Currently, these facilities consist of approximately 70,000 square feet of built space.

Our production plant is located in a building currently comprising four floors, each of approximately 6,000 square feet. The production process is fully automated. The equipment installed at the production plant includes reactors, solid — liquid separation systems, distillation systems, a deodorization system, drying, blending and packaging systems as well as a pilot plant dedicated to research and experiments.

In addition, we are in the process of building an approximate 7,500 square feet extension to our production plant, which we expect to be completed and operational during the fourth quarter of 2013. This extension will enhance our production capabilities and will be equipped to enable us to extract crude krill oil ourselves from krill meal using new and technologically advanced equipment and proprietary processes. It is our intention to bring in-house a significant portion of the krill oil extraction process currently exclusively performed for us by a contract manufacturer in India.

Our plant utilities infrastructure (including, among other items, a steam boiler, cooling and chilled water systems and a water purification system) are designed to support 100% expansion of production beyond our expected capacity upon the completion of our current expansion, as discussed above.

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In October 2011, we exercised an option for a long-term (98-year) lease for an adjoining plot of approximately 107,600 square feet from the Israel Land Administration for approximately $430,000, upon which we intend to build an additional manufacturing facility. We have not yet determined whether we will fund the cost of construction using debt or equity. This plot is held pursuant to, and for the remainder of the term of, the lease of the plot upon which our current facilities are built. Pursuant to our lease agreement, we are obligated to complete certain construction projects within three years of signing the amendment relating to this adjoining plot.

Office space is also leased by our two U.S. subsidiaries, in Morristown, New Jersey (approximately 300 square feet) and Greenville, South Carolina (approximately 2,312 square feet) and to our Chinese representative office (approximately 560 square feet) in Shanghai. All our facilities are fully utilized.

Environmental matters

We are subject to extensive environmental, health and safety laws and regulations in a number of jurisdictions, primarily Israel, governing, among other things: the use, storage, registration, handling and disposal of chemicals, waste materials and sewage; chemicals, air, water and ground contamination; air emissions and the cleanup of contaminated sites, including any contamination that results from spills due to our failure to properly dispose of chemicals, waste materials and sewage. Our operations at our Migdal Ha’Emeq manufacturing facility use chemicals and produce waste materials and sewage. Our activities require permits from various governmental authorities including, local municipal authorities, the Ministry of Environmental Protection, the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Agriculture. The Ministry of Environmental Protection, the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Agriculture, local authorities and the municipal water and sewage company conduct periodic inspections in order to review and ensure our compliance with the various regulations.

These laws, regulations and permits could potentially require the expenditure by us of significant amounts for compliance and/or remediation. If we fail to comply with such laws, regulations or permits, we may be subject to fines and other civil, administrative or criminal sanctions, including the revocation of permits and licenses necessary to continue our business activities. In addition, we may be required to pay damages or civil judgments in respect of third-party claims, including those relating to personal injury (including exposure to hazardous substances we use, store, handle, transport, manufacture or dispose of), property damage or contribution claims. Some environmental laws allow for strict, joint and several liability for remediation costs, regardless of comparative fault. We may be identified as a potentially responsible party under such laws. Such developments could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

In addition, laws and regulations relating to environmental matters are often subject to change. In the event of any changes or new laws or regulations, we could be subject to new compliance measures or to penalties for activities which were previously permitted. For instance, new Israeli regulations were promulgated in 2012 relating to the discharge of sewage by plants into the sewer system. These regulations establish new and potentially significant fines for discharging forbidden or irregular sewage into the sewage system. In addition, our manufacturing processes include pollutant emissions which at peak capacity approach maximum permitted levels. Accordingly, we intend to invest approximately $0.9 million in the installation of an emissions treatment solution in our current facility.

Legal and corporate structure

Our legal and commercial name is Enzymotec Ltd. We were formed as a limited company in the State of Israel on March 8, 1998.

Our corporate structure consists of Enzymotec Ltd., our Israeli parent company, and our two active wholly-owned U.S. subsidiaries, both of which are Delaware corporations: VAYA Pharma, Inc., incorporated on August 11, 2010, which carries out the U.S. operations for our VAYA Pharma segment; and Enzymotec USA, Inc., incorporated on April 18, 2005 and active since 2008, which carries out our North American operations for our Nutrition segment. We also have a representative office in China, which we established in January 2013. In addition, we have a 50% interest in a Swedish joint venture company, Advanced Lipids AB, which was incorporated in 2007.

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Employees

The total number of our full-time employees and the distribution of our employees (i) geographically and (ii) according to main area of activity, as of the end of each of the last three years and as of March 31, 2013, are set forth in the following two tables, respectively:

       
  Number of full-time employees by region as of
     December 31,   March 31, 2013
Region   2010   2011   2012
Israel     82       88       104       107  
United States     5       12       26       23  
China                       1       1  
Total     87       100       131       131  

       
  Number of full-time employees by
area of activity as of
     December 31,   March 31, 2013
Area of Activity   2010   2011   2012
Management and administrative     15       15       19       20  
Research and development     26       25       27       29  
Operations and manufacture     25       30       37       39  
Sales and marketing     11       21       37       34  
Quality     10       9       11       9  
Total     87       100       131       131  

During the periods covered by the above tables, we did not employ a significant number of temporary employees.

Israeli labor laws govern the length of the workday, minimum wages for employees, procedures for hiring and dismissing employees, determination of severance pay, annual leave, sick days, advance notice of termination, payments to the National Insurance Institute, and other conditions of employment and include equal opportunity and anti-discrimination laws. While none of our employees is party to any collective bargaining agreements, certain provisions of the collective bargaining agreements between the Histadrut (General Federation of Labor in Israel) and the Coordination Bureau of Economic Organizations (including the Industrialists’ Associations) are applicable to our employees in Israel by order of the Israeli Ministry of the Economy (formerly the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor). These provisions primarily concern pension fund benefits for all employees, insurance for work-related accidents, recuperation pay and travel expenses. We generally provide our employees with benefits and working conditions beyond the required minimums.

We have never experienced any employment-related work stoppages and believe our relationships with our employees are good.

Legal proceedings

Patent litigations and proceedings initiated by Neptune Technologies & Bioressources Inc.

We are party to a number of actions initiated by Neptune Technologies & Bioressources Inc., which we refer to as Neptune, in which Neptune has claimed that our krill oil products infringe certain of its patents, namely U.S. Patent Nos. 8,030,348, 8,278,351 and 8,383,675. We refer to these three patents as the ’348 patent, the ’351 patent and the ’675 patent, respectively. The complaints asserting each of these patents were filed against us and certain other parties in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware, which we refer to as the District Court, in October 2011, October 2012 and February 2013, respectively. In each of the complaints, Neptune seeks both permanent injunctions prohibiting us from making or selling the allegedly infringing products and an unspecified amount of monetary damages against us and the other defendants.

Additionally, in April 2013, we received a notice of an investigation by the U.S. International Trade Commission, or ITC, regarding complaints filed before the ITC by Neptune and its subsidiary, Acasi Pharma Inc.. Neptune and its subsidiaries instituted these complaints against us and certain of Neptune’s other

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principal competitors in the United States alleging a violation of Section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930 by reason of alleged infringement of the ’351 patent and the ’675 patent.

The status of each District Court patent litigation is as follows:

348 Patent.  In February 2012, the District Court stayed the ’348 patent litigation against us pending the issuance of an “Action Closing Prosecution,” which is a preliminary decision issued by the United States Patent and Trademark Office, or USPTO, during certain types of re-examinations after considering the issues concerning patentability a second or subsequent time, in a re-examination proceeding by the USPTO of the ’348 patent. This re-examination was initiated by krill oil producer Aker BioMarine ASA. In May 2013, the USPTO issued an “Action Closing Prosecution” that rejected the validity of all of the claims in the 348 patent. However, this action is not final, and Neptune still has an opportunity to file written comments in response. Moreover, even if a final decision is made adversely to Neptune, Neptune may have the opportunity to file an appeal. Because of the issuance of the Action Closing Prosecution, the District Court’s stay has expired. However Neptune has not yet moved to lift the stay and the case has not yet resumed.
351 Patent.  In May 2013, the District Court stayed Neptune’s litigation against us involving the ’351 patent pending the results of the ITC proceeding described above. In addition, in December 2012, the USPTO granted a request by Aker BioMarine ASA to re-examine the ’351 patent.
675 Patent.  Neptune has agreed to stay the ’675 patent litigation pending a decision in the ITC proceeding described above.

We believe that there are several different possible outcomes of the litigations and proceedings in respect of the above three Neptune patents. The USPTO could confirm Neptune’s patent claims in respect of the ’348 patent and/or the ’351 patent or cancel them completely, or reject some and confirm others of these claims, or Neptune could amend its claims in some way to put them in a position for allowance. In addition, the ITC could issue a decision preventing us from importing our krill oil products into the United States; invalidate the ’351 patent and/or the ’675 patent; or decide that either the ’351 patent or the ’675 patent or both are not infringed by our krill oil products imported into the United States. It is not certain whether any of the litigations involving the ’351 patent and ’675 patent will continue at all or to the same extent, or how strong Neptune’s claims will be after the conclusion of the USPTO re-examination(s) of the ’348 patent and/or the ’351 patent or the ITC proceeding. Moreover, it is unclear whether the patent claims asserted against us in these litigations will differ from the ones that are currently in the applicable patents.

We believe that we have meritorious defenses to the patent claims as currently asserted against us in the patent litigations, and we intend to vigorously contest the complaints made by Neptune. If any claim of these patents is found to be infringed, valid and enforceable by the District Court, the District Court could impose on us an injunction prohibiting us from selling the infringing products in the United States, or monetary damages in the form of lost profits or a reasonable royalty, as determined by the District Court (with the possibility of interest and fees). Treble damages may also be awarded if the applicable requirements are found. Calculating the measure of lost profits or a reasonable royalty is complex and would depend in part on aspects of Neptune’s business that are not known to us. In addition, we have agreed to indemnify and be financially responsible for any damages awarded against certain of our customers resulting from the purchase, importation, sale, use or offer to sell of our products in the event such products are found to infringe certain of Neptune’s patent rights. An injunction by the District Court or an exclusion order by the ITC could also be issued against us, either of which could prevent us from selling the allegedly infringing products in the United States, a significant market for our krill oil products. The District Court or ITC could also order other actions that could impose additional costs and expenses upon us. Moreover, we could suffer significant reputational harm from any adverse ruling in these actions, which could significantly affect our market value, and such harms and negative effects could also occur from the mere expectation that an adverse ruling could be issued. We believe an estimate of the likelihood that we might incur financial loss as a result of the litigation with Neptune is currently premature and, accordingly, we have not included any provision in our financial statement for these claims.

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Claim for finder’s fee

In March 2013, a claim was filed against us in the Haifa District Court, Israel, seeking a finder’s fee in connection with funds invested in our company by one of our investors.

The claim is based upon an agreement entered into in March 2000, between us and the plaintiff, pursuant to which we agreed to pay him a finder’s fee should he introduce us to an investor who would invest an amount in excess of $500,000 in our company. In previous litigation between us and the plaintiff concerning this agreement, the plaintiff claimed to have been entitled to a finder’s fee in respect of an investment made by an investor in us, although the investment materialized more than a year later. This previous claim was adjudicated in the plaintiff’s favor and we paid him a fee of $75,000.

In the present claim, the plaintiff alleges that he is entitled to an additional finder’s fee in the amount of NIS 6.2 million (approximately $1.7 million) in connection with the multiple investments made by the same investor over the past 11 years. We believe, based on the language of the agreement, as well as various other documents, that the demonstrable intention of the parties was that he would receive a fee only for the initial investment, and not in respect of any later investments, and we intend to defend this claim vigorously.

In April 2013, we filed a motion to be permitted to defend.

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Management

Executive officers and directors

The following table sets forth information for our executive officers and directors as of the date of this prospectus. Unless otherwise stated, the address for our directors and executive officers is c/o Enzymotec Ltd., Sagi 2000 Industrial Area, P.O. Box 6, Migdal Ha’Emeq 2310001, Israel.

   
Name   Age   Position(s)
Executive officers               
Ariel Katz   54   President and Chief Executive Officer
Oren Bryan   39   Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Gai Ben-Dror   45   Vice President – Process Development
Tzafra Cohen   47   Vice President – Infant Nutrition
Yoav Kahane   39   Chairman of Advanced Lipids AB
Boaz Noy   44   Senior Vice President – BioActive Ingredients
Yoni Twito   47   Chief Operating Officer
Naama Zamir   43   Vice President – Human Resources and Information Systems
Directors          
Yoav Doppelt   44   Chairman of the Board
Steve Dubin   60   Vice Chairman of the Board
Jacob (Yaacov) Bachar   50   Director
Nir Belzer   51   Director
Gilead Fortuna   72   Director
Dov Pekelman   73   Director
Yossi Peled   66   Director
Imanuel (Mani) Wasserman   46   Director

Our executive officers

Dr. Ariel Katz has served as our President and Chief Executive Officer since joining us in 2000. He has also served as the head of our VAYA Pharma segment since January 2012. Prior to joining Enzymotec, Dr. Katz held various positions with the Dead Sea Bromine Group of Israel Chemicals Ltd. over a period of 14 years, including senior positions in research and development, plant management, marketing and business development. Dr. Katz holds a bachelor’s degree in chemistry and a master’s degree in economic management both from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel, and a PhD in engineering in the field of artificial intelligence from Exeter University, UK. Dr. Katz was a guest lecturer in the Biotechnology Department of the Technion — Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel from 2003 to 2010.

Oren Bryan has served as our Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since June 2008. Prior to joining Enzymotec, he served as Chief Financial Officer of MIND C.T.I. Ltd., a global provider of real-time, product-based mediation, billing and customer care solutions for voice, data, video and content service from 2006 to 2008 and Controller of MIND C.T.I. Ltd. from 2005 to 2006. Before working at MIND C.T.I. Ltd., Mr. Bryan served as Controller of both Dor Chemicals Ltd. from 2001 to 2005 and a private software company from 2000 to 2001. Between 1997 and 2000, he was an accountant with Kost, Forer, Gabbay and Kasierer, a member of Ernst & Young Global. Mr. Bryan is a certified public accountant and holds a bachelor’s degree in economics and accounting from Haifa University, Israel.

Gai Ben-Dror has served as our Vice President — Process Development and previously as our Director of Process Development since joining Enzymotec in December 2001. As Director of Process Development, he was responsible for the development and commercialization of all of our products and for the building of our technological and analytical teams. Prior to joining us, Mr. Ben-Dror was a plant and pilot engineer in the Dead Sea Bromine Group of Israel Chemicals Ltd. from 1996 to 2000. Prior to that he worked as a research team leader at Sense-IT Ltd., a hardware development company, and as a project manager at Chimtec Ltd., a water treatment engineering company. He holds a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering and an MBA from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel.

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Dr. Tzafra Cohen joined us in 2005 and has served as Vice President of Infant Nutrition since July 2010. Additionally, Dr. Cohen was Chief Executive Officer of Advanced Lipids AB, our 50% owned Swedish joint venture, from September 2010 to December 2012. From 2005 to 2010, she served as Vice President of Research and Development (R&D) and was responsible for clinical trials, regulatory affairs and intellectual property. Prior to joining Enzymotec, Dr. Cohen was Vice President, Production and Director of R&D at MGVS Ltd., a biotech company that develops cell therapy products for blood vessel disorders, from 2001 to 2004. Before working at MGVS Ltd., she was director of the pathology laboratory at the Carmel Medical Center in Haifa, Israel from 1999 to 2001 and a research associate in the vascular biology laboratory at the Technion — Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel from 1997 to 1999. Dr. Cohen holds a bachelor’s degree, a master’s degree and a Ph.D in biotechnology and food engineering from the Technion — Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.

Yoav Kahane has served as Chairman of our 50% owned Swedish joint venture, Advanced Lipids AB, since January 2013 and as our Director of Business Development, focused on our Infant Nutrition activities, since June 2009. Since joining Enzymotec in January 2006, Mr. Kahane has held a number of managerial positions, including Vice President of Infant Nutrition from 2006 to June 2009, Chief Executive Officer of Advanced Lipids AB from incorporation in June 2007 to June 2009, and Vice President, Sales and Marketing from June 2007 to June 2008. Prior to joining us, he served as Vice President, Sales and Marketing of Elbit Vision Systems Ltd. from 2004 to 2005 and as Manager of Business Development of Denver Holdings and Investments Ltd. from 2001 to 2002. From 1996 to 2001, Mr. Kahane held various positions with Ituran Location and Control Ltd., including Chief Executive Officer of Ituran Florida Corp from 2000 to 2001, Vice President, Operation and Customer Service from 1998 to 2000. He also served as a director of Ituran since 1998. In addition, Mr. Kahane serves as a director of two private companies, Mobydom Ltd. and Spot-On Therapeutics Ltd., and also serves as CEO of the latter. He holds a bachelor’s degree in life sciences from Tel-Aviv University, Israel, a bachelor’s degree in insurance from the Israel Academic School of Insurance (now part of the Netanya Academic College), Netanya, Israel, and an MBA from the University of Haifa, Israel.

Boaz Noy has served as our Senior Vice President of BioActive Ingredients since June 2009. Since joining Enzymotec in 2001, Mr. Noy has served in a number of other senior positions in our company, including Vice President of Marketing and Business Development from June 2008 to June 2009, Vice President of Finance and Operations from 2004 to 2008 and Chief Financial Officer from 2001 to 2004. Prior to joining us, Mr. Noy worked as an independent accountant from 1999 to 2001. Mr. Noy is a certified public accountant and holds a bachelor’s degree in economics and accounting from Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel.

Yoni Twito has served as our Chief Operations Officer since January 2009. Prior thereto, Mr. Twito had been Production Manager of Enzymotec since 2003, with responsibility for planning and operating our new plant. Mr. Twito has over 20 years of experience in process and R&D engineering, production and operations. Prior to joining Enzymotec, he was a research and development engineer at Tower Semiconductor Ltd. from 2000 to 2003 and plants manager at Fertilizers and Chemicals Ltd., a subsidiary of Israel Chemicals Ltd., from 1993 to 2000. Mr. Twito has a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from the Technion Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa Israel, and an MBA from Haifa University, Israel.

Naama Zamir has served as our Vice President — Human Resources and Information Systems since April 2013. From September 2009 to April 2013, she was our Vice President — Human Resources and Special Projects. From 2007 to 2009, Ms. Zamir served as Director of Special Projects, focusing mainly on the planning and construction of our new plant and facilities. Prior to joining Enzymotec in 2007, she served as Chief Financial Officer of Barnev Ltd., a medical device company, from 2003 to 2007. Before working at Barnev Ltd., Ms. Zamir served as a Financial Director of Privia Ltd., a global software company, from 2001 to 2003 and as Controller of Carmel Biosensors Ltd. from 2000 to 2001. She is a certified public accountant and holds an MBA from Hariot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland.

Our directors

Yoav Doppelt has served as Chairman of our board of directors since October 2011 and a director of Enzymotec since 2001. Mr. Doppelt has served as the Chief Executive Officer of XT Investments Ltd. since

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its inception in 2007 and has held various finance and managerial positions within the XT Group (formerly known as the Ofer Group), including Chief Executive Officer of XT Hi-Tech Investments (1992) Ltd., which is an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of XT Investments Ltd. Mr. Doppelt currently serves as a member of the board of directors of a number of companies, including Israel Corporation Ltd., TowerJazz Ltd., Lumenis Ltd., MGVS Ltd., Yozma III Management and Investments Ltd., RayV Inc. and Angioslide Ltd. Mr. Doppelt has been actively involved in numerous investments within the Israeli private equity, healthcare and technology arenas. He has extensive business experience which varies from growth companies to large conglomerates through his board membership in Israel Corporation Ltd. He holds a bachelor’s degree in economics and management from the Faculty of Industrial Management at the Technion — Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel, and an MBA degree from Haifa University, Israel. Mr. Doppelt was appointed as a director pursuant to XT Hi-Tech Investments (1992) Ltd.’s appointment rights under our articles of association in effect prior to the closing of this offering.

Steve Dubin has served as Vice Chairman of our board of directors since his appointment as a director of Enzymotec in April 2013. Since November 2011, Mr. Dubin has been a Principal in SDA Ventures LLC, a firm focused on assisting emerging growth and middle-market companies, primarily in the health & wellness and nutritional products markets, on matters including corporate development, business acquisition, customer relations, growth strategies and corporate finance. In connection with SDA Ventures, Mr. Dubin acts as a Senior Advisor to Paine & Partners, LLC, a global private equity investment firm located in New York, Chicago, and San Francisco, for the purpose of identifying and executing investment opportunities in the global human and animal food and nutritional products industries. From 2006 until its acquisition by Royal DSM N.V. in February 2011, Mr. Dubin served as Chief Executive Officer and a member of the board of directors of Martek Biosciences Corporation. He later served as President of DSM’s Nutritional Lipids Division from February 2011 through October 2011 and as a Senior Advisor to DSM Nutritional Products from November 2011 through October 2012. After joining Martek in 1992 and serving in various management positions, including Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer, Secretary, General Counsel and Senior Vice President, Business Development, he served as President of Martek from 2003 to 2006. From 2000 to 2003, Mr. Dubin co-founded and co-managed a Maryland-based, angel-investing club and was “Of Counsel” to Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C., a U.S. law firm, during part of 2001 and 2002. Mr. Dubin currently serves as a member of the board of several privately held companies, including The Brain Center, LLC (where he serves as Vice Chair of the board of directors), MyCell Technologies and its subsidiary Oceans Omega LLC, and Alcresta, Inc. During 2011 and 2012, he was a member of the board of directors of Scerene Healthcare, Inc. Mr. Dubin holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting from the University of Maryland and a Juris Doctor degree from the National Law Center at George Washington University. He is a certified public accountant and a member of the Maryland Bar.

Jacob (Yaacov) Bachar has served as a director of Enzymotec since October 2011. Mr. Bachar has been the Chief Executive Officer of the Israeli Cattle Breeders Association since February 2008. He served on the board of directors of Galam Ltd. from 1995 until 2012. Mr. Bachar served as Chairman of the real-estate fund of the Israeli Kibbutz Movement (“HaTnua HaKibbutzit”) during the years 2004 – 2008 and as the Chairman of the Settlements Department (“Agaf Hahityashvut”) in the Israeli Ministry of Defense during 2006 – 2007. Prior to that, Mr. Bachar served as the Chief Executive Officer of Granot Central Cooperative from 1999 until 2006. Mr. Bachar was appointed as a director pursuant to Galam’s appointment rights under our articles of association in effect prior to the closing of this offering.

Nir Belzer has served as a director of Enzymotec since January 2007. Mr. Belzer is a co-founder of Aquagro Fund L.P., one of Israel’s first funds to focus on clean technologies, and has served as its Managing Partner since 2007. In addition, he is a co-founder of the Millennium Materials Technologies funds, one of which is a major shareholder of ours, and has served as Managing Partner of the funds since 1998. Mr. Belzer has 20 years of extensive experience in venture capital management, including fund management in Israel’s IDB Group. From 1995 to 1997, Mr. Belzer worked in the Israeli high tech industry, at Globes — a leading Israeli financial newspaper, as a Marketing Manager, and at Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd., as an avionics engineer for the Lavi project. He holds a bachelor’s degree in mathematics and computer science, and

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avionics and an MBA from Tel Aviv University. Mr. Belzer was appointed as a director pursuant to Millennium Materials Technologies’ appointment rights under our articles of association in effect prior to the closing of this offering.

Dr. Gilead Fortuna has served as a member of our board of directors since July 2010. Dr. Fortuna served as a part time senior manager of business development for two companies in the food industry, Frutarom Ltd. from 2010 to 2011 and Gadot Biochemicals Industries Ltd. from 2008 to 2010. From 2001 to 2008, Dr. Fortuna served as Vice President for Business Development of Teva Pharmaceuticals, focusing on the API and Corporate Far East businesses, including China and India. From 1995 to 2001, he served as the Chief Executive Officer and President of IMI TAMI Institute for Research and Development Ltd., where he founded Aquise Ltd. and Novetide Ltd. (also acted as Chairman of the board of directors). Dr. Fortuna also acted as Chief Executive Officer of Chemical and Fertilizers Ltd. from 1998 to 2001, Chairman of the Board of Teva Pharmaceuticals Information Consulting in Beijing, China from 2005 to 2008, and Teva India (renamed Regent Drug) from 2002 to 2006. He is also a member of the board of governors and the management board of the Technion, Israeli Institute of Technology. In addition, Dr. Fortuna is a Senior Research Fellow at the Samuel Neaman Institute for national policy research and a co-founder and head of its Center for Industrial Excellence. He holds a doctorate from the University of Illinois and a master’s degree and a bachelor’s degree from the Technion — Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel. Dr. Fortuna is also a graduate of the AMP program for senior management from Harvard Business School.

Prof. Dov Pekelman has served as a director of Enzymotec since October 2010. In addition, Professor Pekelman currently serves as the Chairman of the special committee of the board of directors of Taro Pharmaceuticals Industries Ltd. (NYSE: TARO), as well as Chairman of Atera Networks Ltd., Chairman of Gilon Investments (TASE: GILN), and Director of Makhteshim Agan Industries Ltd. (TASE: MAIN). He lectures at the Arison School of Business of the Interdisciplinary Center (IDC), Herzliya, Israel and serves on the board of directors of the IDC and is Chairman of the IDC Corporation, the center’s economic arm. From 1985 to 2008, Professor Pekelman served as a senior consultant to Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NASDAQ: TEVA) and also founded and ran a leading, Israeli-based management-consulting firm, P.O.C. Ltd. Previously, he served on the board of directors of several large industrial corporations, including Koor Industries Ltd. (TASE: KOR), and was also a member of the advisory committee of the Bank of Israel. He holds a doctorate from the University of Chicago and a bachelor’s degree from the Technion — Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.

Yossi Peled has served as a director of Enzymotec since June 2001. From June 2009 to October 2011, Mr. Peled was the Chairman of our board of directors. In addition, he has served as the Chief Executive Officer of Galam Ltd. since 1987 and from 1977 until 1984. Mr. Peled is a member of the board of directors of a number of companies within the Galam Group, including Eurosweet GmbH (of which he is Chairman) and Galam Invest Ltd. From 2001 to 2003, Mr. Peled served as the Chairman of the board of directors of Lehavot Fire Protection Ltd., Israel’s leading fire protection equipment manufacturer. Previously, he held various managerial roles in Kibbutz Maanit and HaKibbutz HaArtzi, the national kibbutz organization in Israel, which represents more than 250 kibbutzim. Mr. Peled studied business administration at the Ruppin Academic Center, Israel, and executive business management at “Lahav” of the Faculty of Management Tel Aviv University. Mr. Peled was appointed as a director pursuant to Galam’s appointment rights under our articles of association in effect prior to the closing of this offering.

Dr. Imanuel (Mani) Wasserman has served as a director of Enzymotec since October 2011. Dr. Wasserman is a co-founder of Beresheit General Partner Ltd., the general partner of Manof I funds, a NIS 2 billion Israeli fund, and has served as its managing partner since its inception in 2009. Previously he was a co-founder and managing director of Magna Capital Ltd., an Israeli strategy and M&A consulting firm, from 2000 to 2009. In addition, Dr. Wasserman worked as a lawyer, from 1992 to 1994 and from 1997 to 1999, with Zellermayer Pelossof and Co., an Israeli law firm. From 1995 to 1996, he was a foreign lawyer at Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver and Jacobson, a U.S. law firm. Dr. Wasserman is the Chairman of Zohar Dalia, an Israeli manufacturer of cleaning products and raw materials. He currently serves as a Director for the following companies: Beresheit General Partner Ltd., MN Wasserman Ltd., Galam Ltd., Cargal Ltd., Plasto-sac Ltd., Controp Ltd. and Aeronautics Ltd. Dr. Wasserman holds a bachelor’s degree in industrial

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engineering, an LLB, an LLM and a doctorate in law, all from Tel Aviv University. Dr. Wasserman was appointed as a director pursuant to Galam’s appointment rights under our articles of association in effect prior to the closing of this offering.

Arrangements concerning election of directors; family relationships

Our current board of directors consists of eight directors. Pursuant to our articles of association in effect prior to this offering, certain of our shareholders had rights to appoint members of our board of directors. See “Management — Executive officers and directors.”

All rights to appoint directors and observers will terminate upon the closing of this offering, although currently-serving directors that were appointed prior to this offering will continue to serve pursuant to their appointment until the annual meeting of shareholders at which the term of their class of director expires.

We are not a party to, and are not aware of, any voting agreements among our shareholders. In addition, there are no family relationships among our executive officers and directors.

Corporate governance practices

Under the Israeli Companies Law, companies incorporated under the laws of the State of Israel whose shares are publicly traded, including companies with shares listed on the NASDAQ Global Market, are considered public companies under Israeli law and are required to comply with various corporate governance requirements under Israeli law relating to such matters as external directors, the audit committee and an internal auditor. This is the case even if our shares are not listed on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange. These requirements are in addition to the corporate governance requirements imposed by the Listing Rules of the NASDAQ Stock Market and other applicable provisions of U.S. securities laws to which we will become subject (as a foreign private issuer) upon the closing of this offering and the listing of our ordinary shares on the NASDAQ Global Market. Under the Listing Rules of the NASDAQ Stock Market, a foreign private issuer, such as us, may generally follow its home country rules of corporate governance in lieu of the comparable requirements of the Listing Rules of the NASDAQ Stock Market, except for certain matters including (among others) the composition and responsibilities of the audit committee and the independence of its members within the meaning of the rules and regulations of the SEC.

We intend to rely on this “home country practice exemption” solely with respect to the quorum requirement for shareholder meetings. As permitted under the Israeli Companies Law, pursuant to our amended and restated articles of association to be effective upon the closing of this offering, the quorum required for an ordinary meeting of shareholders will consist of at least two shareholders present in person, by proxy or by other voting instrument in accordance with the Companies Law, who hold at least 25% of the voting power of our shares (and in an adjourned meeting, with some exceptions, any number of shareholders), instead of 33 1/3% of the issued share capital required under the NASDAQ corporate governance rules. We otherwise intend to comply with the rules generally applicable to U.S. domestic companies listed on NASDAQ. We may in the future decide to use the foreign private issuer exemption with respect to some or all of the other NASDAQ corporate governance rules.

Board practices

Board of Directors

Under the Israeli Companies Law, the management of our business is vested in our board of directors. Our board of directors may exercise all powers and may take all actions that are not specifically granted to our shareholders or to management. Our executive officers are responsible for our day-to-day management and have individual responsibilities established by our board of directors. Our Chief Executive Officer is appointed by, and serves at the discretion of, our board of directors, subject to the employment agreement that we have entered into with him. All other executive officers are also appointed by our board of directors, and are subject to the terms of any applicable employment agreements that we may enter into with them.

We comply with the rule of the NASDAQ Stock Market that a majority of our directors are independent. Our board of directors has determined that      of our directors are independent under such rules.

Under our amended articles of association, which will be effective upon the closing of this offering, our board of directors must consist of at least      and not more than      directors, including at least two

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external directors required to be appointed under the Israeli Companies Law. At any time, the minimum number of directors (other than the external directors) may not fall below     . Our board of directors will consist of      directors upon the closing of this offering, including      new directors and two external directors whose service will commence upon the completion of this offering. The appointment of the external directors is subject to ratification at a meeting of our shareholders to be held no later than three months following the closing of this offering. Other than external directors, for whom special election requirements apply under the Israeli Companies Law, as detailed below, our directors are divided into three classes with staggered three-year terms. Each class of directors consists, as nearly as possible, of one-third of the total number of directors constituting the entire board of directors (other than the external directors). At each annual general meeting of our shareholders, the election or re-election of directors following the expiration of the term of office of the directors of that class of directors, will be for a term of office that expires on the third annual general meeting following such election or re-election, such that from 2014 and after, each year the term of office of only one class of directors will expire. Each director will hold office until the annual general meeting of our shareholders for the year in which his or her term expires, unless they are removed for cause by a majority vote of our shareholders at a general meeting of our shareholders or upon the occurrence of certain events, in accordance with the Israeli Companies Law and our amended articles of association.

In addition, our amended articles of association allow our board of directors to appoint directors to fill vacancies on our board of directors, for a term of office equal to the remaining period of the term of office of the director(s) whose office(s) have been vacated. External directors are elected for an initial term of three years and may be elected for up to two additional three-year terms under the circumstances described below. External directors may be removed from office only under the limited circumstances set forth in the Israeli Companies Law. See “— External directors” below.

Under the Israeli Companies Law and our amended articles of association, nominations for directors may be made by any shareholder holding at least 1% of our outstanding voting power. However, any such shareholder may make such a nomination only if a written notice of such shareholder’s intent to make such nomination has been given to our Secretary (or, if we have no Secretary, our Chief Executive Officer). Any such notice must include certain information, the consent of the proposed director nominee(s) to serve as our director(s) if elected and a declaration signed by the nominee(s) declaring that there is no limitation under the Israeli Companies Law preventing their election and that all of the information that is required to be provided to us in connection with such election under the Israeli Companies Law has been provided.

Under the Israeli Companies Law, our board of directors must determine the minimum number of directors who are required to have accounting and financial expertise. See “— External directors.” In determining the number of directors required to have such expertise, our board of directors must consider, among other things, the type and size of the company and the scope and complexity of its operations. Our board of directors has determined that the minimum number of directors of our company who are required to have accounting and financial expertise is one.

External directors

Under the Israeli Companies Law, we are required to include at least two members who qualify as external directors. and      have agreed to serve as our external directors following the closing of this offering, subject to ratification at a meeting of our shareholders to be held no later than three months following the closing of this offering.

The provisions of the Israeli Companies Law set forth special approval requirements for the election of external directors. External directors must be elected by a majority vote of the shares present and voting at a shareholders meeting, provided that either:

such majority includes at least a majority of the shares held by all shareholders who are non-controlling shareholders and do not have a personal interest in the election of the external director (other than a personal interest not deriving from a relationship with a controlling shareholder) that are voted at the meeting, excluding abstentions, to which we refer as a disinterested majority; or

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the total number of shares voted by non-controlling shareholders and by shareholders who do not have a personal interest in the election of the external director against the election of the external director does not exceed 2% of the aggregate voting rights in the company.

The term controlling shareholder is defined in the Israeli Companies Law as a shareholder with the ability to direct the activities of the company, other than by virtue of being an office holder. A shareholder is presumed to be a controlling shareholder if the shareholder holds 50% or more of the voting rights in a company or has the right to appoint the majority of the directors of the company or its general manager. With respect to certain matters, a controlling shareholder is deemed to include a shareholder that holds 25% or more of the voting rights in a public company if no other shareholder holds more than 50% of the voting rights in the company, but excludes a shareholder whose power derives solely from his or her position as a director of the company or from any other position with the company.

The initial term of an external director is three years. Thereafter, an external director may be reelected by shareholders to serve in that capacity for up to two additional three-year terms, provided that either:

(i) his or her service for each such additional term is recommended by one or more shareholders holding at least 1% of the company’s voting rights and is approved at a shareholders meeting by a disinterested majority, where the total number of shares held by non-controlling, disinterested shareholders voting for such reelection exceeds 2% of the aggregate voting rights in the company; or
(ii) his or her service for each such additional term is recommended by the board of directors and is approved at a shareholders meeting by the same majority required for the initial election of an external director (as described above).

The term of office for external directors for Israeli companies traded on certain foreign stock exchanges, including the NASDAQ Global Market, may be extended indefinitely in increments of additional three-year terms, in each case provided that the audit committee and the board of directors of the company confirm that, in light of the external director’s expertise and special contribution to the work of the board of directors and its committees, the reelection for such additional period(s) is beneficial to the company, and provided that the external director is reelected subject to the same shareholder vote requirements as if elected for the first time (as described above). Prior to the approval of the reelection of the external director at a general shareholders meeting, the company’s shareholders must be informed of the term previously served by him or her and of the reasons why the board of directors and audit committee recommended the extension of his or her term.

External directors may be removed from office by a special general meeting of shareholders called by the board of directors, which approves such dismissal by the same shareholder vote percentage required for their election or by a court, in each case, only under limited circumstances, including ceasing to meet the statutory qualifications for appointment, or violating their duty of loyalty to the company. If an external directorship becomes vacant and there are fewer than two external directors on the board of directors at the time, then the board of directors is required under the Israeli Companies Law to call a shareholders’ meeting as soon as practicable to appoint a replacement external director.

Each committee of the board of directors that exercises the powers of the board of directors must include at least one external director, except that the audit committee and the compensation committee must include all external directors then serving on the board of directors. Under the Israeli Companies Law, external directors of a company are prohibited from receiving, directly or indirectly, any compensation from the company other than for their services as external directors pursuant to the Israeli Companies Law and the regulations promulgated thereunder. Compensation of an external director is determined prior to his or her appointment and may not be changed during his or her term subject to certain exceptions.

The Israeli Companies Law provides that a person is not qualified to serve as an external director if (i) the person is a relative of a controlling shareholder of the company, or (ii) if that person or his or her relative, partner, employer, another person to whom he or she was directly or indirectly subordinate, or any entity under the person’s control, has or had, during the two years preceding the date of appointment as an external director: (a) any affiliation or other disqualifying relationship with the company, with any person or entity controlling the company or a relative of such person, or with any entity controlled by or under common control with the company; or (b) in the case of a company with no shareholder holding 25% or more of its

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voting rights, had at the date of appointment as an external director, any affiliation or other disqualifying relationship with a person then serving as chairman of the board or chief executive officer, a holder of 5% or more of the issued share capital or voting power in the company or the most senior financial officer.

The term relative is defined as a spouse, sibling, parent, grandparent or descendant; spouse’s sibling, parent or descendant; and the spouse of each of the foregoing persons.

The term affiliation and the similar types of disqualifying relationships include (subject to certain exceptions):

an employment relationship;
a business or professional relationship even if not maintained on a regular basis (excluding insignificant relationships);
control; and
service as an office holder, excluding service as a director in a private company prior to the initial public offering of its shares if such director was appointed as a director of the private company in order to serve as an external director following the initial public offering.

The term “office holder” is defined under the Israeli Companies Law as a general manager, chief business manager, deputy general manager, vice general manager, any other person assuming the responsibilities of any of these positions regardless of that person’s title, a director and any other manager directly subordinate to the general manager.

In addition, no person may serve as an external director if that person’s position or professional or other activities create, or may create, a conflict of interest with that person’s responsibilities as a director or otherwise interfere with that person’s ability to serve as an external director or if the person is an employee of the Israel Securities Authority or of an Israeli stock exchange. A person may furthermore not continue to serve as an external director if he or she received direct or indirect compensation from the company including amounts paid pursuant to indemnification and/or exculpation contracts or commitments and insurance coverage for his or her service as an external director, other than as permitted by the Israeli Companies Law and the regulations promulgated thereunder.

Following the termination of an external director’s service on a board of directors, such former external director and his or her spouse and children may not be provided a direct or indirect benefit by the company, its controlling shareholder or any entity under its controlling shareholder’s control. This includes engagement as an office holder or director of the company or a company controlled by its controlling shareholder or employment by, or provision of services to, any such company for consideration, either directly or indirectly, including through a corporation controlled by the former external director. This restriction extends for a period of two years with regard to the former external director and his or her spouse or child and for one year with respect to other relatives of the former external director.

If at the time at which an external director is appointed all members of the board of directors who are not controlling shareholders or relatives of controlling shareholders of the company are of the same gender, the external director to be appointed must be of the other gender. A director of one company may not be appointed as an external director of another company if a director of the other company is acting as an external director of the first company at such time.

According to regulations promulgated under the Israeli Companies Law, a person may be appointed as an external director only if he or she has professional qualifications or if he or she has accounting and financial expertise (each, as defined below). In addition, at least one of the external directors must be determined by our board of directors to have accounting and financial expertise. However, if at least one of our other directors (i) meets the independence requirements under the Exchange Act, (ii) meets the standards of the NASDAQ Listing Rules for membership on the audit committee and (iii) has accounting and financial expertise as defined under Israeli Companies law, then neither of our external directors is required to possess accounting and financial expertise as long as each possesses the requisite professional qualifications.

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A director with accounting and financial expertise is a director who, due to his or her education, experience and skills, possesses an expertise in, and an understanding of, financial and accounting matters and financial statements, such that he or she is able to understand the financial statements of the company and initiate a discussion about the presentation of financial data. A director is deemed to have professional qualifications if he or she has any of (i) an academic degree in economics, business management, accounting, law or public administration, (ii) an academic degree or has completed another form of higher education in the primary field of business of the company or in a field which is relevant to his/her position in the company, or (iii) at least five years of experience serving in one of the following capacities, or at least five years of cumulative experience serving in two or more of the following capacities: (a) a senior business management position in a company with a significant volume of business; (b) a senior position in the company’s primary field of business; or (c) a senior position in public administration or service. The board of directors is charged with determining whether a director possesses financial and accounting expertise or professional qualifications.

Our board of directors has determined that      has accounting and financial expertise and possesses professional qualifications as required under the Israeli Companies Law.

Audit Committee

Companies Law Requirements

Under the Israeli Companies Law, we are required to appoint an audit committee. The audit committee must be comprised of at least three directors, including all of the external directors and one of whom must serve as chairman of the committee. The audit committee may not include the chairman of the board, a controlling shareholder of the company or a relative of a controlling shareholder, a director employed by or providing services on a regular basis to the company, to a controlling shareholder or to an entity controlled by a controlling shareholder or a director who derives most of his or her income from a controlling shareholder.

In addition, under the Israeli Companies Law, the audit committee of a publicly traded company must consist of a majority of unaffiliated directors. In general, an “unaffiliated director” under the Israeli Companies Law is defined as either an external director or as a director who meets the following criteria:

he or she meets the qualifications for being appointed as an external director, except for (i) the requirement that the director be an Israeli resident (which does not apply to companies such as ours whose securities have been offered outside of Israel or are listed outside of Israel) and (ii) the requirement for accounting and financial expertise or professional qualifications; and
he or she has not served as a director of the company for a period exceeding nine consecutive years. For this purpose, a break of less than two years in the service shall not be deemed to interrupt the continuation of the service.

Listing Requirements

Under the NASDAQ corporate governance rules, we are required to maintain an audit committee consisting of at least three independent directors, each of whom is financially literate and one of whom has accounting or related financial management expertise.

Following the listing of our ordinary shares on the NASDAQ Global Market, our audit committee will consist of     , along with our two external director nominees,      and     .      will serve as the Chairman of the audit committee. All members of our audit committee meet the requirements for financial literacy under the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the NASDAQ corporate governance rules. Our board of directors has determined that      is an audit committee financial expert as defined by the Securities and Exchange Commission rules and has the requisite financial experience as defined by the NASDAQ corporate governance rules.

Each of the members of the audit committee is “independent” as such term is defined in Rule 10A-3(b)(1) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act, which is different from the general test for independence of board and committee members.

Audit Committee Role

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with the rules of the SEC and the Listing Rules of the NASDAQ Stock Market, as well as the requirements for such committee under the Israeli Companies Law, including the following:

oversight of our independent registered public accounting firm and recommending the engagement, compensation or termination of engagement of our independent registered public accounting firm to the board of directors in accordance with Israeli law;
recommending the engagement or termination of the person filling the office of our internal auditor; and
recommending the terms of audit and non-audit services provided by the independent registered public accounting firm for pre-approval by our board of directors.

Our audit committee provides assistance to our board of directors in fulfilling its legal and fiduciary obligations in matters involving our accounting, auditing, financial reporting, internal control and legal compliance functions by pre-approving the services performed by our independent accountants and reviewing their reports regarding our accounting practices and systems of internal control over financial reporting. Our audit committee also oversees the audit efforts of our independent accountants and takes those actions that it deems necessary to satisfy itself that the accountants are independent of management.

Under the Israeli Companies Law, our audit committee is responsible for:

(i) determining whether there are deficiencies in the business management practices of our company, including in consultation with our internal auditor or the independent auditor, and making recommendations to the board of directors to improve such practices;
(ii) determining whether to approve certain related party transactions (including transactions in which an office holder has a personal interest and whether such transaction is extraordinary or material under Israeli Companies Law) (see “— Approval of related party transactions under Israeli law”);
(iii) where the board of directors approves the working plan of the internal auditor, to examine such working plan before its submission to the Board and proposing amendments thereto;
(iv) examining our internal controls and internal auditor’s performance, including whether the internal auditor has sufficient resources and tools to dispose of its responsibilities;
(v) examining the scope of our auditor’s work and compensation and submitting a recommendation with respect thereto to our board of directors or shareholders, depending on which of them is considering the appointment of our auditor; and
(vi) establishing procedures for the handling of employees’ complaints as to the management of our business and the protection to be provided to such employees.

Our audit committee may not approve any actions requiring its approval (see “— Approval of related party transactions under Israeli law”), unless at the time of the approval a majority of the committee’s members are present, which majority consists of unaffiliated directors including at least one external director.

Compensation Committee and Compensation Policy

Under a recently enacted amendment to the Israeli Companies Law, which became effective in December 2012, the board of directors of a public company must appoint a compensation committee. The compensation committee must be comprised of at least three directors, including all of the external directors, who must constitute a majority of the members of the compensation committee. However, subject to certain exceptions, Israeli companies whose securities are traded on stock exchanges such as NASDAQ, and who do not have a controlling shareholder, do not have to meet this majority requirement; provided, however, that the compensation committee meets other Companies Law composition requirements, as well as the requirements of the jurisdiction where the company’s securities are traded. Each compensation committee member that is not an external director must be a director whose compensation does not exceed an amount that may be paid to an external director. The compensation committee is subject to the same Israeli Companies Law restrictions as the audit committee as to who may not be a member of the committee.

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The duties of the compensation committee include the recommendation to the company’s board of directors of a policy regarding the terms of engagement of office holders, to which we refer as a compensation policy. That policy must be adopted by the company’s board of directors, after considering the recommendations of the compensation committee, and will need to be brought for approval by the company’s shareholders, which approval requires a Special Approval for Compensation (as defined below under “— Approval of related party transactions under Israeli law — Fiduciary duties of directors and executive officers”). We will be required to adopt a compensation policy within nine months following our listing on the NASDAQ Global Market.

The compensation policy must serve as the basis for decisions concerning the financial terms of employment or engagement of office holders, including exculpation, insurance, indemnification or any monetary payment or obligation of payment in respect of employment or engagement. The compensation policy must relate to certain factors, including advancement of the company’s objectives, the company’s business plan and its long-term strategy, and creation of appropriate incentives for office holders. It must also consider, among other things, the company’s risk management, size and the nature of its operations. The compensation policy must furthermore consider the following additional factors:

the knowledge, skills, expertise and accomplishments of the relevant office holder;
the office holder’s roles and responsibilities and prior compensation agreements with him or her;
the relationship between the terms offered and the average compensation of the other employees of the company, including those employed through manpower companies;
the impact of disparities in salary upon work relationships in the company;
the possibility of reducing variable compensation at the discretion of the board of directors; and the possibility of setting a limit on the exercise value of non-cash variable equity-based compensation; and
as to severance compensation, the period of service of the office holder, the terms of his or her compensation during such service period, the company’s performance during that period of service, the person’s contribution towards the company’s achievement of its goals and the maximization of its profits, and the circumstances under which the person is leaving the company.

The compensation policy must also include the following principles:

the link between variable compensation and long-term performance and measurable criteria;
the relationship between variable and fixed compensation, and the ceiling for the value of variable compensation;
the conditions under which an office holder would be required to repay compensation paid to him or her if it was later shown that the data upon which such compensation was based was inaccurate and was required to be restated in the company’s financial statements;
the minimum holding or vesting period for variable, equity-based compensation; and
maximum limits for severance compensation.

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The compensation committee is responsible for (a) recommending the compensation policy to a company’s board of directors for its approval (and subsequent approval by its shareholders) and (b) duties related to the compensation policy and to the compensation of a company’s office holders as well as functions previously fulfilled by a company’s audit committee with respect to matters related to approval of the terms of engagement of office holders, including:

recommending whether a compensation policy should continue in effect, if the then-current policy has a term of greater than three (3) years (approval of either a new compensation policy or the continuation of an existing compensation policy must in any case occur every three years);
recommending to the board of directors periodic updates to the compensation policy;
assessing implementation of the compensation policy; and
determining whether the compensation terms of the chief executive officer of the company need not be brought to approval of the shareholders.

Compensation Committee Role

Following the listing of our ordinary shares on the NASDAQ Global Market, our compensation committee will consist of     ,      and     . Our board of directors has adopted a compensation committee charter setting forth the responsibilities of the committee, which include:

reviewing and recommending overall compensation policies with respect to our Chief Executive Officer and other executive officers;
reviewing and approving corporate goals and objectives relevant to the compensation of our Chief Executive Officer and other executive officers including evaluating their performance in light of such goals and objectives;
reviewing and approving the granting of options and other incentive awards; and
reviewing, evaluating and making recommendations regarding the compensation and benefits for our non-employee directors.

Nominating and governance committee

Following the listing of our ordinary shares on the NASDAQ Global Market, our nominating and governance committee will consist of     ,      and     . Our board of directors has adopted a nominating and governance committee charter to be effective upon the listing of our shares on the NASDAQ Global Market that will set forth the responsibilities of the nominating and governance committee, which include:

overseeing and assisting our board in reviewing and recommending nominees for election as directors;
assessing the performance of the members of our board; and
establishing and maintaining effective corporate governance policies and practices, including, but not limited to, developing and recommending to our board a set of corporate governance guidelines applicable to our company.

Internal auditor

Under the Israeli Companies Law, the board of directors of an Israeli public company must appoint an internal auditor recommended by the audit committee. An internal auditor may not be:

a person (or a relative of a person) who holds more than 5% of the company’s outstanding shares or voting rights;
a person (or a relative of a person) who has the power to appoint a director or the general manager of the company;
an office holder (including a director) of the company (or a relative thereof); or
a member of the company’s independent accounting firm, or anyone on his or her behalf.

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The role of the internal auditor is to examine, among other things, our compliance with applicable law and orderly business procedures. The audit committee is required to oversee the activities and to assess the performance of the internal auditor as well as to review the internal auditor’s work plan.     ,     , has been appointed as our internal auditor.      is a certified internal auditor and a partner of     .

Approval of related party transactions under Israeli law

Fiduciary duties of directors and executive officers

The Israeli Companies Law codifies the fiduciary duties that office holders owe to a company. Each person listed in the table under “Management — Executive officers and directors” is an office holder under the Israeli Companies Law.

An office holder’s fiduciary duties consist of a duty of care and a duty of loyalty. The duty of care requires an office holder to act with the level of care with which a reasonable office holder in the same position would have acted under the same circumstances. The duty of loyalty requires that an office holder act in good faith and in the best interests of the company.

The duty of care includes a duty to use reasonable means to obtain:

information on the advisability of a given action brought for his or her approval or performed by virtue of his or her position; and
all other important information pertaining to any such action.

The duty of loyalty includes a duty to:

refrain from any conflict of interest between the performance of his or her duties to the company and his or her other duties or personal affairs;
refrain from any activity that is competitive with the company;
refrain from exploiting any business opportunity of the company to receive a personal gain for himself or herself or others; and
disclose to the company any information or documents relating to the company’s affairs which the office holder received as a result of his or her position as an office holder.

Disclosure of personal interests of an office holder and approval of certain transactions

The Israeli Companies Law requires that an office holder promptly disclose to the board of directors any personal interest that he or she may be aware of and all related material information or documents concerning any existing or proposed transaction with the company. An interested office holder’s disclosure must be made promptly and in any event no later than the first meeting of the board of directors at which the transaction is considered. A personal interest includes an interest of any person in an act or transaction of a company, including a personal interest of such person’s relative or of a corporate body in which such person or a relative of such person is a 5% or greater shareholder, director or general manager or in which he or she has the right to appoint at least one director or the general manager, but excluding a personal interest stemming from one’s ownership of shares in the company. A personal interest furthermore includes the personal interest of a person for whom the office holder holds a voting proxy or the personal interest of the office holder with respect to his or her vote on behalf of a person for whom he or she holds a proxy even if such shareholder has no personal interest in the matter. An office holder is not, however, obliged to disclose a personal interest if it derives solely from the personal interest of his or her relative in a transaction that is not considered an extraordinary transaction. Under the Israeli Companies Law, an extraordinary transaction is defined as any of the following:

a transaction other than in the ordinary course of business;
a transaction that is not on market terms; or
a transaction that may have a material impact on a company’s profitability, assets or liabilities.

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method of approval. Further, so long as an office holder has disclosed his or her personal interest in a transaction, the board of directors may approve an action by the office holder that would otherwise be deemed a breach of duty of loyalty. However, a company may not approve a transaction or action that is adverse to the company’s interest or that is not performed by the office holder in good faith. An extraordinary transaction in which an office holder has a personal interest requires approval first by the company’s audit committee and subsequently by the board of directors. The compensation of, or an undertaking to indemnify or insure, an office holder who is not a director requires approval first by the company’s compensation committee, then by the company’s board of directors, and, if such compensation arrangement or an undertaking to indemnify or insure is inconsistent with the company’s stated compensation policy or if the office holder is the Chief Executive Officer (apart from a number of specific exceptions), then such arrangement is subject to the approval of a majority vote of the shares present and voting at a shareholders meeting, provided that either: (a) such majority includes at least a majority of the shares held by all shareholders who are not controlling shareholders and do not have a personal interest in such compensation arrangement; or (b) the total number of shares of non-controlling shareholders and shareholders who do not have a personal interest in the compensation arrangement and who vote against the arrangement does not exceed 2% of the company’s aggregate voting rights. We refer to this as the Special Approval for Compensation. Arrangements regarding the compensation, indemnification or insurance of a director require the approval of the compensation committee, board of directors and shareholders by ordinary majority, in that order, and under certain circumstances, a Special Approval for Compensation.

Generally, a person who has a personal interest in a matter which is considered at a meeting of the board of directors or the audit committee may not be present at such a meeting or vote on that matter unless the chairman of the relevant committee or board of directors (as applicable) determines that he or she should be present in order to present the transaction that is subject to approval. If a majority of the members of the audit committee or the board of directors (as applicable) has a personal interest in the approval of a transaction, then all directors may participate in discussions of the audit committee or the board of directors (as applicable) on such transaction and the voting on approval thereof, but shareholder approval is also required for such transaction.

Disclosure of personal interests of controlling shareholders and approval of certain transactions

Pursuant to Israeli law, the disclosure requirements regarding personal interests that apply to directors and executive officers also apply to a controlling shareholder of a public company. In the context of a transaction involving a shareholder of the company, a controlling shareholder also includes a shareholder who holds 25% or more of the voting rights in the company if no other shareholder holds more than 50% of the voting rights in the company. For this purpose, the holdings of all shareholders who have a personal interest in the same transaction will be aggregated. The approval of the audit committee, the board of directors and the shareholders of the company, in that order is required for (a) extraordinary transactions with a controlling shareholder or in which a controlling shareholder has a personal interest, (b) the engagement with a controlling shareholder or his or her relative, directly or indirectly, for the provision of services to the company, (c) the terms of engagement and compensation of a controlling shareholder or his or her relative who is not an office holder or (d) the employment of a controlling shareholder or his or her relative by the company, other than as an office holder. In addition, the shareholder approval requires one of the following, which we refer to as a Special Majority:

at least a majority of the shares held by all shareholders who do not have a personal interest in the transaction and who are present and voting at the meeting approves the transaction, excluding abstentions; or
the shares voted against the transaction by shareholders who have no personal interest in the transaction and who are present and voting at the meeting do not exceed 2% of the voting rights in the company.

To the extent that any such transaction with a controlling shareholder is for a period extending beyond three years, approval is required once every three years, unless, with respect to certain transactions, the audit committee determines that the duration of the transaction is reasonable given the circumstances related thereto.

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Arrangements regarding the compensation, indemnification or insurance of a controlling shareholder in his or her capacity as an office holder require the approval of the compensation committee, board of directors and shareholders by a Special Majority and the terms thereof may not be inconsistent with the company’s stated compensation policy.

Pursuant to regulations promulgated under the Israeli Companies Law, certain transactions with a controlling shareholder or his or her relative, or with directors, that would otherwise require approval of a company’s shareholders may be exempt from shareholder approval upon certain determinations of the audit committee and board of directors. Under these regulations, a shareholder holding at least 1% of the issued share capital of the company may require, within 14 days of the publication of such determinations, that despite such determinations by the audit committee and the board of directors, such transaction will require shareholder approval under the same majority requirements that would otherwise apply to such transactions.

Shareholder duties

Pursuant to the Israeli Companies Law, a shareholder has a duty to act in good faith and in a customary manner toward the company and other shareholders and to refrain from abusing his or her power in the company, including, among other things, in voting at a general meeting and at shareholder class meetings with respect to the following matters:

an amendment to the company’s articles of association;
an increase of the company’s authorized share capital;
a merger; or
the approval of related party transactions and acts of office holders that require shareholder approval.

In addition, a shareholder also has a general duty to refrain from discriminating against other shareholders.

In addition, certain shareholders have a duty of fairness toward the company. These shareholders include any controlling shareholder, any shareholder who knows that he or she has the power to determine the outcome of a shareholder vote and any shareholder who has the power to appoint or to prevent the appointment of an office holder of the company or other power towards the company. The Israeli Companies Law does not define the substance of the duty of fairness, except to state that the remedies generally available upon a breach of contract will also apply in the event of a breach of the duty to act with fairness.

Exculpation, insurance and indemnification of directors and officers

Under the Israeli Companies Law, a company may not exculpate an office holder from liability for a breach of the duty of loyalty. An Israeli company may exculpate an office holder in advance from liability to the company, in whole or in part, for damages caused to the company as a result of a breach of duty of care but only if a provision authorizing such exculpation is included in its articles of association. Our amended articles of association to be effective upon the closing of this offering include such a provision. The company may not exculpate in advance a director from liability arising out of a prohibited dividend or distribution to shareholders.

Under the Israeli Companies Law, a company may indemnify an office holder in respect of the following liabilities and expenses incurred for acts performed by him or her as an office holder, either pursuant to an undertaking made in advance of an event or following an event, provided its articles of association include a provision authorizing such indemnification:

financial liability imposed on him or her in favor of another person pursuant to a judgment, including a settlement or arbitrator’s award approved by a court. However, if an undertaking to indemnify an office holder with respect to such liability is provided in advance, then such an undertaking must be limited to events which, in the opinion of the board of directors, can be foreseen based on the company’s activities when the undertaking to indemnify is given, and to an amount or according to criteria determined by the board of directors as reasonable under the circumstances, and such undertaking shall detail the abovementioned foreseen events and amount or criteria;

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reasonable litigation expenses, including attorneys’ fees, incurred by the office holder (1) as a result of an investigation or proceeding instituted against him or her by an authority authorized to conduct such investigation or proceeding, provided that (i) no indictment was filed against such office holder as a result of such investigation or proceeding; and (ii) no financial liability was imposed upon him or her as a substitute for the criminal proceeding as a result of such investigation or proceeding or, if such financial liability was imposed, it was imposed with respect to an offense that does not require proof of criminal intent; and (2) in connection with a monetary sanction; and
reasonable litigation expenses, including attorneys’ fees, incurred by the office holder or imposed by a court in proceedings instituted against him or her by the company, on its behalf, or by a third party, or in connection with criminal proceedings in which the office holder was acquitted, or as a result of a conviction for an offense that does not require proof of criminal intent.

Under the Israeli Companies Law, a company may insure an office holder against the following liabilities incurred for acts performed by him or her as an office holder if and to the extent provided in the company’s articles of association:

a breach of the duty of loyalty to the company, provided that the office holder acted in good faith and had a reasonable basis to believe that the act would not harm the company;
a breach of duty of care to the company or to a third party, to the extent such a breach arises out of the negligent conduct of the office holder; and
a financial liability imposed on the office holder in favor of a third party.

Under the Israeli Companies Law, a company may not indemnify, exculpate or insure an office holder against any of the following:

a breach of the duty of loyalty, except for indemnification and insurance for a breach of the duty of loyalty to the company to the extent that the office holder acted in good faith and had a reasonable basis to believe that the act would not prejudice the company;
a breach of duty of care committed intentionally or recklessly, excluding a breach arising out of the negligent conduct of the office holder;
an act or omission committed with intent to derive illegal personal benefit; or
a fine or forfeit levied against the office holder.

Under the Israeli Companies Law, exculpation, indemnification and insurance of office holders in a public company must be approved by the compensation committee and the board of directors and, with respect to certain office holders or under certain circumstances, also by the shareholders. See “— Approval of related party transactions under Israeli law.”

Our amended articles of association that will be in effect upon the closing of this offering will permit us to exculpate, indemnify and insure our office holders to the fullest extent permitted or to be permitted by the Israeli Companies Law.

We have obtained directors and officers liability insurance for the benefit of our office holders and intend to continue to maintain such coverage and pay all premiums thereunder to the fullest extent permitted by the Israeli Companies Law. In addition, prior to the closing of this offering, we intend to enter into agreements with each of our office holders undertaking to indemnify them to the fullest extent permitted by the Israeli Companies Law, including with respect to liabilities resulting from this offering to the extent that these liabilities are not covered by insurance.

Code of business conduct and ethics

We intend to adopt a Code of Business Conduct and Ethics applicable to all of our directors and employees, including our Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, controller or principal accounting officer, or other persons performing similar functions, which is a “code of ethics” as defined in Item 16B of Form 20-F promulgated by the SEC. Upon the effectiveness of the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part, the full text of the Code of Business Conduct and Ethics will be posted on our

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website at www.enzymotec.com. Information contained on, or that can be accessed through, our website does not constitute a part of this prospectus and is not incorporated by reference herein. If we make any amendment to the Code of Business Conduct and Ethics or grant any waivers, including any implicit waiver, from a provision of the code of ethics, we will disclose the nature of such amendment or waiver on our website to the extent required by the rules and regulations of the SEC. Under Item 16B of the SEC’s Form 20-F, if a waiver or amendment of the Code of Business Conduct and Ethics applies to our principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller and relates to standards promoting any of the values described in Item 16B(b) of Form 20-F, we are required to disclose such waiver or amendment on our website in accordance with the requirements of Instruction 4 to such Item 16B.

Compensation of executive officers and directors

The aggregate compensation paid and share-based compensation and other payments expensed by us and our subsidiaries to our directors and executive officers with respect to the year ended December 31, 2012 was $1.6 million. This amount includes approximately $114,000 set aside or accrued to provide pension, severance, retirement or similar benefits or expenses, but does not include business travel, relocation, professional and business association dues and expenses reimbursed to office holders, and other benefits commonly reimbursed or paid by companies in our industry. As of December 31, 2012, options to purchase 15,865 ordinary shares granted to our directors and executive officers were outstanding under our share option plans at a weighted average exercise price of $147.67 per share. We do not have any written agreements with any director providing for benefits upon the termination of such director’s relationship with our company or our subsidiaries.

Employment agreements with executive officers; consulting and directorship services provided by directors

We have entered into written employment agreements with all of our executive officers. These agreements contain provisions standard for a company in our industry regarding non-competition, confidentiality of information and assignment of inventions. See “Risk factors — Risks relating to our business and industry — Under current applicable employment laws, we may not be able to enforce covenants not to compete and therefore may be unable to prevent our competitors from benefiting from the expertise of some of our former employees” for a further description of the enforceability of non-competition clauses. These agreements do not provide for benefits upon the termination of these executives’ respective employment with us, other than payment of salary and benefits (but not accrual of vacation days) during the required notice period for termination of these agreements, which varies under these individual agreements. See “Certain relationships and related party transactions — Agreements and arrangements with, and compensation of, directors and executive officers” for additional information.

We receive consulting and directorship services from certain of our directors. The amounts payable pursuant to these arrangements have been approved by our board of directors and shareholders. See “Certain relationships and related party transactions — Agreements and arrangements with, and compensation of, directors and executive officers” for additional information.

Share incentive plans

The following are our share incentive plans:

Employee Share Option Plan (1999).

In 1999, we adopted our Employee Share Option Plan (1999), to which we refer as the 1999 Plan, permitting the grant of options to our officers, key employees and other employees, whether or not a director of our company, for the purchase of our ordinary shares. The 1999 Plan expired in August 2009 and, as of March 2012, there are no outstanding options under this plan. An aggregate of 5,319 ordinary shares were issued to grantees upon the exercise of options under the 1999 Plan.

2003 Israeli Share Option Plan with 2012 U.S. Addendum

In November 2003, we adopted our 2003 Israeli Share Option Plan and in June 2012, we adopted the 2012 U.S. Addendum to this plan. This plan, including the 2012 U.S. Addendum, is referred to as the 2003 Plan. The 2003 Plan permits the grant of options to purchase our ordinary shares to the employees,

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officers, directors and service providers of our company and our subsidiaries (to whom we refer as permitted grantees). The aggregate number of ordinary shares reserved for the grant of options under the 2003 Plan is 49,372. The most recent amendment to the 2003 Plan, together with the 2012 U.S. Addendum, was approved by our shareholders on April 17, 2013. The 2003 Plan expires on November 23, 2013, although any option awards then outstanding will continue in full force in accordance with the terms under which they were granted. Options that expire prior to exercise under the 2003 plan will become available for grant under the plan again.

The 2003 Plan is administered by our board of directors, which determines, subject to Israeli law, the grantees of awards and the terms and provisions of the grant, including, the number of shares, exercise prices, vesting schedules, acceleration of vesting and the other matters necessary in the administration of the 2003 Plan.

The 2003 Plan provides for the grant by us of awards under various tax regimes including, without limitation, pursuant to Sections 102 and 3(i) of the Israeli Income Tax Ordinance, to which we refer as the Ordinance, and Section 422 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, to which we refer as the Code. The Israeli Tax Authority, to which we refer as the ITA, approved the 2003 Plan, as required by applicable law.

Section 102 of the Ordinance allows employees, directors and officers, who are not controlling shareholders and who are Israeli residents, to receive favorable tax treatment for compensation in the form of shares or options. Section 102 of the Ordinance includes two alternatives for tax treatment involving the issuance of options or shares to a trustee for the benefit of the grantees and also includes an additional alternative for the issuance of options or shares directly to the grantee. Section 102(b)(2) of the Ordinance, the most favorable tax treatment for grantees, permits the issuance to a trustee under the “capital gains track.” In order to comply with the terms of the capital gains track, all options granted under a specific plan and subject to the provisions of Section 102 of the Ordinance, as well as the shares issued upon exercise of such options and other shares received subsequently following any realization of rights with respect to such options, such as share dividends and share splits, must be registered in the name of a trustee selected by the board of directors and held in trust for the benefit of the relevant employee, director or officer. The trustee may not release these options or shares to the holders thereof before the second anniversary of the registration of the options in the name of the trustee. However, under this track, we are not allowed to deduct an expense with respect to the issuance of the options or shares.

The 2003 Plan provides that options granted to our employees, directors and officers who are not controlling shareholders and who are considered Israeli residents are intended to qualify for special tax treatment under the “capital gains track” provisions of Section 102(b)(2) of the Ordinance. Our Israeli non-employee service providers and controlling shareholders may only be granted options under Section 3(i) of the Ordinance, which does not provide for similar tax benefits.

Options granted under the 2003 Plan to U.S. residents may qualify as “incentive stock options” within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code, or may be non-qualified. The exercise price for “incentive stock options” must not be less than the fair market value on the date on which an option is granted, or 110% of the fair market value if the option holder holds more than 10% of our share capital.

Options awarded under the 2003 Plan, generally vest over a four-year period from the effective date of grant, 25% on each anniversary of the date of grant. Any option not exercised within ten years from the grant date or within three months from termination of employment (and in certain cases, according to a resolution of the board of directors) will expire, unless extended by the board of directors. All option agreements for outstanding options include provisions for accelerated vesting upon the occurrence of certain events, including the completion of an initial public offering, including this offering, or in the event of change in control, as defined. Pursuant to these provisions, 50% of every grantee’s unvested outstanding options under the 2003 Plan will vest immediately and the vesting of the remaining 50% will be accelerated to the earlier of: (i) one year from the date of closing of such initial public offering or event of change in control, subject to the grantee continuing to serve in the capacity of a permitted grantee under the plan; or (ii) in the event of change in control, the date upon which the grantee’s services are terminated, other than in the event of termination for cause.

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2013 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan

In         , 2013, we adopted our 2013 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan, which we refer to as the 2013 Plan, and which was approved by our shareholders on         , 2013. The 2013 Plan provides for the grant of options, restricted shares, restricted share units and other share-based awards to our company’s and our subsidiaries’ respective directors, employees, officers, consultants, advisors and to any other person whose services are considered valuable to us or any of our affiliates. Following the approval of the 2013 Plan by the Israeli tax authorities, we will only grant options or other equity incentive awards under the 2013 Plan, although previously-granted options and awards will continue to be governed by our 2003 Plan. The initial reserved pool under the 2013 Plan is      ordinary shares, which will be automatically increased annually on January 1 by a number of ordinary shares equal to the lowest of (i)     % of our outstanding shares, (ii) a number of shares determined by our board of directors, if so determined prior to the January 1 on which the increase will occur, and (iii)      shares.

The 2013 Plan will be administered by our board of directors or by a committee designated by the Board, which shall determine, subject to Israeli law, the grantees of awards and the terms of the grant, including, exercise prices, vesting schedules, acceleration of vesting and the other matters necessary in the administration of the 2013 Plan. The 2013 Plan will enable us to issue awards under various tax regimes including, without limitation, pursuant to Sections 102 and 3(i) of the Ordinance, and as “incentive stock options” under Section 422 of the Code and nonqualified stock options, as discussed under “2003 Israeli Share Option Plan with 2012 U.S. Addendum” above.

We currently intend to grant options under the 2013 Plan only to our employees, directors and officers who are not controlling shareholders and are considered Israeli residents, under the capital gains track of Section 102(b)2 of the Ordinance.

Awards under the 2013 Plan may be granted until         , 2023, ten years from the date on which the 2013 Plan was adopted by our board of directors.

Options granted under the 2013 Plan will generally vest over four years commencing on the date of grant such that 25% vest on the first anniversary of the date of grant and an additional 6.25% vest at the end of each subsequent three-month period thereafter for 36 months. Options, other than certain incentive share options, that are not exercised within ten years from the grant date expire, unless otherwise determined by our board of directors or its designated committee, as applicable. Incentive share options granted to a person holding more than 10% of our voting power will expire within five years from the date of the grant. In the event of termination of employment or services for reasons of disability or death, or retirement, the grantee, or in the case of death, his or her legal successor, may exercise options that have vested prior to termination within a period of one year from the date of disability or death, or within three months following retirement. If we terminate a grantee’s employment or service for cause, all of the grantee’s vested and unvested options will expire on the date of termination. If a grantee’s employment or service is terminated for any other reason, the grantee may exercise his or her vested options within 90 days of the date of termination. Any expired or unvested options return to the pool for reissuance.

In the event of a merger or consolidation of our company, or a sale of all, or substantially all, of our shares or assets or other transaction having a similar effect on us, then without the consent of the option holder, our board of directors or its designated committee, as applicable, may but is not required to (i) cause any outstanding award to be assumed or an equivalent award to be substituted by such successor corporation or (ii) in case the successor corporation refuses to assume or substitute the award (a) provide the grantee with the option to exercise the award as to all or part of the shares or (b) cancel the options against payment in cash in an amount determined by the Board or the committee as fair in the circumstances. Notwithstanding the foregoing, our board of directors or its designated committee may upon such event amend or terminate the terms of any award, including conferring the right to purchase any other security or asset that the Board shall deem, in good faith, appropriate.

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The following table presents certain data for our 2003 Plan as at June 30, 2013.

             
      Grants of restricted shares   Grants of share options
Plan   Total of ordinary shares reserved for grants   Shares available for future grants   Number of vested shares   Number
of unvested shares
  Aggregate number exercised   Aggregate number outstanding   Weighted average exercise price of outstanding options
2003 Plan     49,372       4,480        —         —        15,472       29,420     $ 162.57  

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Principal shareholders

The following table sets forth information with respect to the beneficial ownership of our ordinary shares as of the date of this prospectus and after this offering by:

each person or entity known by us to own beneficially more than 5% of our outstanding ordinary shares;
each of our directors and executive officers individually; and
all of our executive officers and directors as a group.

The beneficial ownership of our ordinary shares is determined in accordance with the rules of the SEC and generally includes any shares over which a person exercises sole or shared voting or investment power, or the right to receive the economic benefit of ownership. For purposes of the table below, we deem ordinary shares issuable pursuant to options or warrants that are currently exercisable or exercisable within 60 days of          , 2013 to be outstanding and to be beneficially owned by the person holding the options or warrants for the purposes of computing the percentage ownership of that person, but we do not treat them as outstanding for the purpose of computing the percentage ownership of any other person. The percentage of ordinary shares beneficially owned prior to the offering is based on 234,067 ordinary shares outstanding as of June 30, 2013.

The percentages of ordinary shares beneficially owned after the offering assume that the underwriters will not exercise their option to purchase additional ordinary shares with respect to the offering. Except where otherwise indicated, we believe, based on information furnished to us by such owners, that the beneficial owners of the ordinary shares listed below have sole investment and voting power with respect to such shares.

As of June 30, 2013, we are aware of four U.S. persons that are holders of record of our shares. Such holders of record currently hold, in the aggregate, 1,580 ordinary shares, 15,140 preferred shares and exercisable warrants to purchase an additional 1,101 preferred shares, constituting 7.6% of the beneficial ownership of our outstanding ordinary shares.

Unless otherwise noted below, each shareholder’s address is c/o Enzymotec Ltd., Sagi 2000 Industrial Area, P.O. Box 6, Migdal Ha’Emeq 2310001, Israel.

       
  Number of ordinary shares beneficially owned   Percentage of outstanding
ordinary shares
beneficially owned
Name and address   Prior to the offering   After the offering   Prior to the offering   After the offering
5% or greater shareholders
                                   
Galam(1)     95,910                40.9 %          
XT Hi-Tech Investments (1992) Ltd.(2)     45,706                19.4 %          
Millennium Materials Technologies Fund II L.P.(3)     24,517                10.5 %          
Arancia International, Inc.(4)     16,241                6.9 %          
BIP Venture Partners SA., SICAR(5)     14,415                6.1 %          
Directors and executive officers
                                   
Yoav Doppelt     *                *           
Steve Dubin     *                *           
Yaacov Bachar                              
Nir Belzer(6)     28,260                12.1 %          
Gilead Fortuna     *                *           
Dov Pekelman     *                *           
Yossi Peled     *                *           
Imanuel (Mani) Wasserman                              
Ariel Katz(7)     9,054                3.8 %          
Oren Bryan     *                *           
Gai Ben-Dror     *                *        

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  Number of ordinary shares beneficially owned   Percentage of outstanding
ordinary shares
beneficially owned
Name and address   Prior to the offering   After the offering   Prior to the offering   After the offering
Tzafra Cohen     *                *           
Yoav Kahane     *                *           
Boaz Noy     *                *           
Yoni Twito     *                *           
Naama Zamir     *                *           
All directors and executive officers as a group(8)     48,941                19.8 %          

* Less than 1% of our outstanding ordinary shares.
(1) Consists of 76,178 shares and warrants to purchase 550 shares held by Galam Management and Marketing Agricultural Cooperative Society Ltd. (“Galam M&M”) and 19,044 shares and warrants to purchase 138 shares held by Galam Ltd. (together with Galam M&M, “Galam”), its wholly-owned subsidiary. The warrants will be exercised immediately prior to the closing of this offering. The management boards are comprised of the same people and hold voting and dispositive power over the shares held by Galam M&M and Galam Ltd. As such, the members of the boards may be deemed to be the beneficial owners of those shares. There are 13 members of the management boards, two of which, Imanuel (Mani) Wasserman and Yossi Peled, are also members of our board of directors. A majority of the shares of Galam M&M are held by Ochmanit the Economic Union for Ma’anit Agricultural Cooperative Society Ltd. (“Ochmanit”). Ochmanit is wholly-owned by Kibbutz Ma’anit and its members with 51% of the voting rights held by Kibbutz Ma’anit. A majority of the members of the management boards of Galam M&M and Galam Ltd. are appointed by Ochmanit, in part based on candidates nominated by a vote of the members of Kibbutz Ma’anit. Established in 1935, Kibbutz Ma’anit is a communal society, referred to in Hebrew as a “kibbutz” with approximately 180 members located near Pardes-Hanna between Tel Aviv and Haifa. The Kibbutz is engaged in a number of economic activities, including agriculture and industrial operations, and holds its assets on a communal basis. No members of Kibbutz Ma’anit are employed by us.
(2) Consists of 44,192 shares and warrants to purchase 1,514 shares held by XT Hi-Tech Investments (1992) Ltd. (formerly Ofer Hi-Tech Investments Ltd.). The warrants will be exercised immediately prior to the closing of this offering. Mr. Doppelt, the Chairman of our board of directors, is the Chief Executive Officer of XT Investments Ltd. XT Hi-Tech Investments (1992) Ltd. is an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of XT Investments Ltd., which is a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of XT Holdings Ltd. (formerly Ofer Holdings Group Ltd.), of which Orona Investments Ltd., or Orona, and Lynav Holdings Ltd., or Lynav, are each the direct owners of one-half of the outstanding ordinary shares. Udi Angel indirectly controls Orona. Lynav is held 95% by CIBC Bank and Trust Company (Cayman) Ltd., or CIBC, as trustee of a discretionary trust established in the Cayman Islands. Udi Angel is member of the board of directors of XT Hi-Tech Investments (1992) Ltd. and has a casting vote with respect to various decisions taken by the board, including voting and disposition over our shares. As such, he may be deemed to have beneficial ownership over our shares held by XT Hi-Tech Investments (1992) Ltd. The address of this shareholder is 9 Andre Saharov Street, P.O. Box 15090, Haifa 31905, Israel.
(3) Consists of 24,517 shares held by Millennium Materials Technologies Fund II L.P., or MMT. The general partner of MMT is Millennium Materials II Fund Management Company Ltd., or MMC2. The voting power of MMC2 is held equally by Nir Belzer, Oren Gafri, Zwi Vromen and Clal Industries Ltd. and, accordingly, each such person or entity may be deemed to beneficially own our shares. The address of this shareholder is 6 Koifman Street, Floor 14, Tel Aviv 68012, Israel.
(4) Consists of 15,140 shares and warrants to purchase 1,101 shares held by Arancia International, Inc., or Arancia. The warrants will be exercised immediately prior to the closing of this offering. Arancia is a Nevada corporation that is a wholly owned subsidiary of Arancia, S.A. de C.V., a private company registered in Mexico. Messrs. Luis Aranguren-Trellez, Ignacio Aranguren-Trellez and Santiago Aranguren-Trellez own and control the shares of Arancia, S.A. de C.V., and accordingly, each such person or entity may be deemed to beneficially own our shares. The address of Arancia is 8000 IH-10 West, Ste. 600, San Antonio, Texas 78230.

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(5) Consists of 13,589 shares and warrants to purchase 826 shares held directly by BIP Venture Partners SA., SICAR, or BIP. The warrants will be exercised immediately prior to the closing of this offering. Messrs. Michel Wurth, Romain Bausch, Nicolas Buck, Norbert Becker, Marc Giorgetti, Claude Kremer, Bruno Lambert, Franois Pauly, Georges Prost, Pit Hentgen and Eric Martin are the sole members of the board of directors of BIP, and accordingly, may be deemed to have beneficial ownership over the shares held by that entity. The address of BIP is 1 rue des Coquelicots, L-1356 Luxembourg.
(6) Consists of 24,517 shares held by Millennium Materials Technologies Fund II L.P., or MMT. The general partner of MMT is Millennium Materials II Fund Management Company Ltd., or MMC2. Mr. Belzer is one of four persons that controls MMC2 and, as such, he may be deemed to share beneficial ownership over our shares held by MMT. Also consists of 3,413 shares held of record by M-4 Management L.P., or M-4. Mr. Belzer controls the general partner of M-4 and therefore beneficially owns the shares held by M-4. Mr. Belzer’s address is 6 Koifman Street, Floor 14, Tel Aviv 68012, Israel. Also consists of 330 shares issuable upon the exercise of options. After the offering information also includes an additional      shares issuable upon the exercise of options that vest upon the closing of this offering.
(7) Consists of 5,179 shares held by a trustee on behalf of Mr. Katz and 3,875 shares issuable upon the exercise of options. After the offering information also includes an additional      shares issuable upon the exercise of options that vest upon the closing of this offering.
(8) Consists of 35,331 shares and 13,610 shares issuable upon the exercise of options. After the offering information also includes an additional      shares issuable upon the exercise of options that vest upon the closing of this offering. Please see footnotes (6) and (7) above for further information concerning the composition of the shares beneficially owned by our executive officers and directors.

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Certain relationships and related party transactions

Share purchase agreement

We entered into a Share Purchase Agreement dated as of September 27, 2011, for the private placement of our Preferred B2 shares and warrants for the purchase of our Preferred B2 shares, to which agreement additional investors later became party by joinder agreements.

Pursuant to the 2011 Share Purchase Agreement, including the various joinders thereto, we issued a total of 34,406 Preferred B2 shares for an aggregate purchase price of $12.5 million together with warrants for purchase of 6,882 Preferred B2 shares for an aggregate consideration of $2.5 million. All such warrants are exercisable no later than the closing of this offering.

The 2011 Share Purchase Agreement also provided for the issuance of 6,056 Preferred B2 shares to certain investors who had previously invested an aggregate of $2.2 million in our Company pursuant to the Capital Call Agreement dated December 21, 2009, which was terminated in connection with the 2011 Share Purchase Agreement.

All Preferred B2 shares, including those issued upon the exercise of warrants, will automatically convert to an equal number of ordinary shares immediately prior to the closing of this offering. For the allocation of the Preferred B2 shares and the warrants for the purchase of Preferred B2 shares among our 5% or greater shareholders, see “Principal shareholders”.

Investors’ rights agreement

Contemporaneously with the closing of the 2011 Share Purchase Agreement, we entered into an investors’ rights agreement, to which we refer as the Investors’ Rights Agreement, dated as of September 27, 2011, to which each of the holders of our preferred shares is a party either as an original signatory, as an assignee or by virtue of a joinder thereto. The Investors’ Rights Agreement contains provisions regarding registration rights as follows:

Demand registration rights

At any time after 180 days after the effective date of the registration statement for this offering, at the request of the holders of a majority of the then outstanding ordinary shares that were issued upon the conversion of any of our preferred shares, we must register any or all of these shareholders’ ordinary shares as follows:

before we become eligible under applicable securities laws to file a registration statement on Form F-3, which will not be until at least 12 months after the closing of this offering, we are required to effect up to two such registrations, but only if the minimum anticipated aggregate offering price of the shares to be registered exceeds $5.0 million, and
after we become eligible under applicable securities laws to file a registration statement on Form F-3, we are required to effect an unlimited number of registrations, but only (1) if the minimum anticipated aggregate offering price of the shares to be registered exceeds $1.0 million, and (2) up to two within a period of twelve months.

Such registration must also include any additional registrable securities requested to be included in such registration by any other holders who are party to the Investors’ Rights Agreement or entitled thereunder.

Our obligation to effect a registration is subject to certain qualifications and limitations, including our right to postpone a registration during the period that is 60 days (30 days in the case of a Form F-3 Registration) before our good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on the date 180 days (90 days in the case of a Form F-3 Registration) after the effective date of, a registration statement initiated by us, our right to postpone a registration no more than once in any 12 month period for a period of up to 90 days in the event of our furnishing a certificate signed by the Chairman of our board of directors that states that in the good faith judgment of our board of directors, it would be materially detrimental to us or our shareholders for such registration statement to either become effective or remain effective, because such action would (i) materially interfere with a significant acquisition, corporate reorganization, or other similar transaction involving us; (ii) require premature disclosure of material information that we have a bona fide business

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purpose for preserving as confidential; or (iii) render us unable to comply with requirements under the Securities Act or Exchange Act, and our right not to effect a Form F-1 Registration if the initiating holders propose to dispose of shares that may be immediately registered pursuant to a previously requested Form S-3 Registration.

Piggyback registration rights

Following our initial public offering, all of our shareholders that are a party to the Investors’ Rights Agreement have the right to request that we include their registrable securities in any registration statement that we file in connection with the public offering of our shares solely for cash, except for certain excluded registrations such as registrations of shares issued under employee benefit plans or a registration on a form that does not include substantially the same information as would be required to be included in a registration statement covering the sales of registrable securities. If the public offering that we are effecting is underwritten, the right of any shareholder to include shares in the registration related thereto is conditioned upon the shareholder accepting the terms of the underwriting as agreed between us and the underwriters and then only in such quantity as the underwriters in their sole discretion determine will not jeopardize the success of our offering.

Expenses

We have agreed to pay all expenses incurred in carrying out the above registrations, including the reasonable fees of one counsel chosen by the selling shareholders that are a party to the Investors’ Rights Agreement. However, each shareholder participating in such registration or sale is responsible for its pro rata portion of the customary and standard discounts or commissions payable to any underwriter, as well as transfer taxes owed in connection with the sale of its shares and any individual shareholder or group of shareholders that retains separate advisors is entirely responsible for the fees and expenses related thereto.

Agreements and arrangements with, and compensation of, directors and executive officers

Employment agreements

We have entered into written employment agreements with each of our executive officers. These agreements provide for notice periods of varying duration for termination of the agreement by us or by the relevant executive officer, during which time the executive officer will continue to receive base salary and benefits (except accrual of vacation days). These agreements also contain customary provisions regarding noncompetition, confidentiality of information and assignment of inventions. However, the enforceability of the noncompetition provisions may be limited under applicable law. See “Risk factors — Risks relating to our business and industry — Under current applicable employment laws, we may not be able to enforce covenants not to compete and therefore may be unable to prevent our competitors from benefiting from the expertise of some of our former employees” for a further description of the enforceability of non-competition clauses.

Indemnification agreements

Our amended articles of association permit us to exculpate, indemnify and insure each of our directors and office holders to the fullest extent permitted by the Israeli Companies Law. We have entered into indemnification agreements with each of our directors and executive officers, undertaking to indemnify them to the fullest extent permitted by Israeli law, including with respect to liabilities resulting from a public offering of our shares, to the extent that these liabilities are not covered by insurance. We have also obtained Directors and Officers insurance for each of our executive officers and directors. For further information, see “Management — Exculpation, insurance and indemnification of directors and officers.”

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Description of share capital

The following description of our share capital and provisions of our amended articles of association which will be effective upon the closing of this offering are summaries and do not purport to be complete.

General

Upon the closing of this offering, our authorized share capital will consist solely of      ordinary shares, par value NIS 0.01 per share, of which      shares will be issued and outstanding (assuming that the underwriters do not exercise their option to purchase additional ordinary shares).

All of our outstanding ordinary shares will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable. Our ordinary shares are not redeemable and do not have any preemptive rights.

Registration number and purposes of the company

Our registration number with the Israeli Registrar of Companies is 51-260924-9. Our purpose as set forth in our amended articles of association is to engage in any lawful activity.

Voting rights and conversion

All ordinary shares will have identical voting and other rights in all respects.

Transfer of shares

Our fully paid ordinary shares are issued in registered form and may be freely transferred under our amended articles of association, unless the transfer is restricted or prohibited by another instrument, applicable law or the rules of a stock exchange on which the shares are listed for trade. The ownership or voting of our ordinary shares by non-residents of Israel is not restricted in any way by our amended articles of association or the laws of the State of Israel, except for ownership by nationals of some countries that are, or have been, in a state of war with Israel.

Election of directors

Our ordinary shares do not have cumulative voting rights for the election of directors. As a result, the holders of a majority of the voting power represented at a shareholders meeting have the power to elect all of our directors, subject to the special approval requirements for external directors described under “Management — External directors.”

Under our amended articles of association, our board of directors must consist of not less than      but no more than      directors, not including two external directors as required by the Israeli Companies Law. Pursuant to our amended articles of association, other than the external directors, for whom special election requirements apply under the Israeli Companies Law, the vote required to appoint a director is a simple majority vote of holders of our voting shares, participating and voting at the relevant meeting. In addition, our directors, other than the external directors, are divided into three classes that are each elected at a general meeting of our shareholders every three years, in a staggered fashion (such that one class is elected each year), and serve on our board of directors until they are removed by a vote of the majority voting power of our shareholders at a general or special meeting of our shareholders or upon the occurrence of certain events, in accordance with the Israeli Companies Law and our amended articles of association. In addition, our amended articles of association allow our board of directors to appoint directors to fill vacancies on the board of directors to serve for a term of office equal to the remaining period of the term of office of the directors(s) whose office(s) have been vacated. External directors are elected for an initial term of three years, may be elected for additional terms of three years each under certain circumstances, and may be removed from office pursuant to the terms of the Israeli Companies Law. See “Management — Board practices — External directors.”

Dividend and liquidation rights

We may declare a dividend to be paid to the holders of our ordinary shares in proportion to their respective shareholdings. Under the Israeli Companies Law, dividend distributions are determined by the board of directors and do not require the approval of the shareholders of a company unless the company’s articles of association provide otherwise. Our amended articles of association do not require shareholder approval of a dividend distribution and provide that dividend distributions may be determined by our board of directors.

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Pursuant to the Israeli Companies Law, the distribution amount is limited to the greater of retained earnings or earnings generated over the previous two years, according to our then last reviewed or audited financial statements, provided that the date of the financial statements is not more than six months prior to the date of the distribution, or we may distribute dividends that do not meet such criteria only with court approval. In each case, we are only permitted to distribute a dividend if our Board of Directors and the court, if applicable, determines that there is no reasonable concern that payment of the dividend will prevent us from satisfying our existing and foreseeable obligations as they become due.

In the event of our liquidation, after satisfaction of liabilities to creditors, our assets will be distributed to the holders of our ordinary shares in proportion to their shareholdings. This right, as well as the right to receive dividends, may be affected by the grant of preferential dividend or distribution rights to the holders of a class of shares with preferential rights that may be authorized in the future.

Exchange controls

There are currently no Israeli currency control restrictions on remittances of dividends on our ordinary shares, proceeds from the sale of the shares or interest or other payments to non-residents of Israel, except for shareholders who are subjects of countries that are, or have been, in a state of war with Israel.

Shareholder meetings

Under Israeli law, we are required to hold an annual general meeting of our shareholders once every calendar year that must be held no later than 15 months after the date of the previous annual general meeting. All meetings other than the annual general meeting of shareholders are referred to in our amended articles of association as extraordinary general meetings. Our board of directors may call extraordinary general meetings whenever it sees fit, at such time and place, within or outside of Israel, as it may determine. In addition, the Israeli Companies Law provides that our board of directors is required to convene an extraordinary general meeting upon the written request of (i) any two of our directors or one-quarter of the members of our board of directors or (ii) one or more shareholders holding, in the aggregate, either (a) 5% or more of our outstanding issued shares and 1% of our outstanding voting power or (b) 5% or more of our outstanding voting power.

Subject to the provisions of the Israeli Companies Law and the regulations promulgated thereunder, shareholders entitled to participate and vote at general meetings are the shareholders of record on a date to be decided by the board of directors, which may be between four and 40 days prior to the date of the meeting. Furthermore, the Israeli Companies Law requires that resolutions regarding the following matters must be passed at a general meeting of our shareholders:

amendments to our articles of association;
appointment or termination of our auditors;
appointment of external directors;
approval of certain related party transactions;
increases or reductions of our authorized share capital;
a merger; and
the exercise of our board of director’s powers by a general meeting, if our board of directors is unable to exercise its powers and the exercise of any of its powers is required for our proper management.

The Israeli Companies Law and our amended articles of association require that a notice of any annual general meeting or extraordinary general meeting be provided to shareholders at least 21 days prior to the meeting and if the agenda of the meeting includes the appointment or removal of directors, the approval of transactions with office holders or interested or related parties, or an approval of a merger, notice must be provided at least 35 days prior to the meeting.

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Under the Israeli Companies Law and under our amended articles of association, shareholders are not permitted to take action via written consent in lieu of a meeting.

Voting rights

Quorum requirements

Pursuant to our amended articles of association, holders of our ordinary shares have one vote for each ordinary share held on all matters submitted to a vote before the shareholders at a general meeting. As a foreign private issuer, the quorum required for our general meetings of shareholders consists of at least two shareholders present in person, by proxy or written ballot who hold or represent between them at least 25% of the total outstanding voting rights. A meeting adjourned for lack of a quorum is generally adjourned to the same day in the following week at the same time and place or to a later time or date if so specified in the notice of the meeting. At the reconvened meeting, any two or more shareholders present in person or by proxy shall constitute a lawful quorum.

Vote requirements

Our amended articles of association provide that all resolutions of our shareholders require a simple majority vote, unless otherwise required by the Israeli Companies Law or by our amended articles of association. Under the Israeli Companies Law, each of (i) the approval of an extraordinary transaction with a controlling shareholder and (ii) the terms of employment or other engagement of the controlling shareholder of the company or such controlling shareholder’s relative (even if not extraordinary) requires, the approval described above under “Management — Approval of related party transactions under Israeli law — Disclosure of personal interests of controlling shareholders and approval of certain transactions.” Under our amended articles of association, the alteration of the rights, privileges, preferences or obligations of any class of our shares requires a simple majority of the class so affected (or such other percentage of the relevant class that may be set forth in the governing documents relevant to such class), in addition to the ordinary majority vote of all classes of shares voting together as a single class at a shareholder meeting.

Further exceptions to the simple majority vote requirement are a resolution for the voluntary winding up, or an approval of a scheme of arrangement or reorganization, of the company pursuant to Section 350 of the Israeli Companies Law, which requires the approval of holders of 75% of the voting rights represented at the meeting, in person, by proxy or by voting deed and voting on the resolution and a resolution to amend the staggered board mechanism, which requires           .

Access to Corporate Records

Under the Israeli Companies Law, shareholders are provided access to: minutes of our general meetings; our shareholders register and principal shareholders register, articles of association and financial statements; and any document that we are required by law to file publicly with the Israeli Companies Registrar or the Israel Securities Authority. In addition, shareholders may request to be provided with any document related to an action or transaction requiring shareholder approval under the related party transaction provisions of the Israeli Companies Law. We may deny this request if we believe it has not been made in good faith or if such denial is necessary to protect our interest or protect a trade secret or patent.

Modification of class rights

Under the Israeli Companies Law and our amended articles of association, the rights attached to any class of share, such as voting, liquidation and dividend rights, may be amended by adoption of a resolution by the holders of a majority of the shares of that class present at a separate class meeting, or otherwise in accordance with the rights attached to such class of shares, as set forth in our amended articles of association.

Registration rights

For a discussion of registration rights we have granted to our existing shareholders prior to this offering, please see “Certain relationships and related party transactions — Registration rights agreement.”

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Acquisitions under Israeli law

Full tender offer

A person wishing to acquire shares of an Israeli public company and who would as a result hold over 90% of the target company’s issued and outstanding share capital is required by the Israeli Companies Law to make a tender offer to all of the company’s shareholders for the purchase of all of the issued and outstanding shares of the company. A person wishing to acquire shares of a public Israeli company and who would as a result hold over 90% of the issued and outstanding share capital of a certain class of shares is required to make a tender offer to all of the shareholders who hold shares of the relevant class for the purchase of all of the issued and outstanding shares of that class. If the shareholders who do not accept the offer hold less than 5% of the issued and outstanding share capital of the company or of the applicable class, and more than half of the shareholders who do not have a personal interest in the offer accept the offer, all of the shares that the acquirer offered to purchase will be transferred to the acquirer by operation of law. However, a tender offer will also be accepted if the shareholders who do not accept the offer hold less than 2% of the issued and outstanding share capital of the company or of the applicable class of shares.

Upon a successful completion of such a full tender offer, any shareholder that was an offeree in such tender offer, whether such shareholder accepted the tender offer or not, may, within six months from the date of acceptance of the tender offer, petition an Israeli court to determine whether the tender offer was for less than fair value and that the fair value should be paid as determined by the court. However, under certain conditions, the offeror may include in the terms of the tender offer that an offeree who accepted the offer will not be entitled to petition the Israeli court as described above.

If (a) the shareholders who did not respond or accept the tender offer hold at least 5% of the issued and outstanding share capital of the company or of the applicable class or the shareholders who accept the offer constitute less than a majority of the offerees that do not have a personal interest in the acceptance of the tender offer, or (b) the shareholders who did not accept the tender offer hold 2% or more of the issued and outstanding share capital of the company (or of the applicable class), the acquirer may not acquire shares of the company that will increase its holdings to more than 90% of the company’s issued and outstanding share capital or of the applicable class from shareholders who accepted the tender offer.

Special tender offer

The Israeli Companies Law provides that an acquisition of shares of an Israeli public company must be made by means of a special tender offer if as a result of the acquisition the purchaser would become a holder of 25% or more of the voting rights in the company. This requirement does not apply if there is already another holder of at least 25% of the voting rights in the company. Similarly, the Israeli Companies Law provides that an acquisition of shares in a public company must be made by means of a special tender offer if as a result of the acquisition the purchaser would become a holder of more than 45% of the voting rights in the company, if there is no other shareholder of the company who holds more than 45% of the voting rights in the company, subject to certain exceptions.

A special tender offer must be extended to all shareholders of a company but the offeror is not required to purchase shares representing more than 5% of the voting power attached to the company’s outstanding shares, regardless of how many shares are tendered by shareholders. A special tender offer may be consummated only if (i) at least 5% of the voting power attached to the company’s outstanding shares will be acquired by the offeror and (ii) the number of shares tendered in the offer exceeds the number of shares whose holders objected to the offer (excluding the purchaser, controlling shareholders, holders of 25% or more of the voting rights in the company or any person having a personal interest in the acceptance of the tender offer). If a special tender offer is accepted, then the purchaser or any person or entity controlling it or under common control with the purchaser or such controlling person or entity may not make a subsequent tender offer for the purchase of shares of the target company and may not enter into a merger with the target company for a period of one year from the date of the offer, unless the purchaser or such person or entity undertook to effect such an offer or merger in the initial special tender offer.

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Merger

The Israeli Companies Law permits merger transactions if approved by each party’s board of directors and, unless certain requirements described under the Israeli Companies Law are met, by a majority vote of each party’s shares, and, in the case of the target company, a majority vote of each class of its shares, voted on the proposed merger at a shareholders meeting.

For purposes of the shareholder vote, unless a court rules otherwise, the merger will not be deemed approved if a majority of the votes of shares represented at the shareholders meeting that are held by parties other than the other party to the merger, or by any person (or group of persons acting in concert) who holds (or hold, as the case may be) 25% or more of the voting rights or the right to appoint 25% or more of the directors of the other party, vote against the merger. If, however, the merger involves a merger with a company’s own controlling shareholder or if the controlling shareholder has a personal interest in the merger, then the merger is instead subject to the same Special Majority approval that governs all extraordinary transactions with controlling shareholders (as described under “Management — Approval of related party transactions under Israeli law — Disclosure of personal interests of controlling shareholders and approval of certain transactions.”)

If the transaction would have been approved by the shareholders of a merging company but for the separate approval of each class or the exclusion of the votes of certain shareholders as provided above, a court may still approve the merger upon the request of holders of at least 25% of the voting rights of a company, if the court holds that the merger is fair and reasonable, taking into account the value of the parties to the merger and the consideration offered to the shareholders of the company.

Upon the request of a creditor of either party to the proposed merger, the court may delay or prevent the merger if it concludes that there exists a reasonable concern that, as a result of the merger, the surviving company will be unable to satisfy the obligations of the merging entities, and may further give instructions to secure the rights of creditors.

In addition, a merger may not be consummated unless at least 50 days have passed from the date on which a proposal for approval of the merger was filed by each party with the Israeli Registrar of Companies and at least 30 days have passed from the date on which the merger was approved by the shareholders of each party.

Anti-takeover measures under Israeli law

The Israeli Companies Law allow us to create and issue shares having rights different from those attached to our ordinary shares, including shares providing certain preferred rights with respect to voting, distributions or other matters and shares having preemptive rights. As of the closing of this offering, no preferred shares will be authorized under our amended articles of association. In the future, if we do authorize, create and issue a specific class of preferred shares, such class of shares, depending on the specific rights that may be attached to it, may have the ability to frustrate or prevent a takeover or otherwise prevent our shareholders from realizing a potential premium over the market value of their ordinary shares. The authorization and designation of a class of preferred shares will require an amendment to our amended articles of association, which requires the prior approval of the holders of a majority of the voting power attaching to our issued and outstanding shares at a general meeting. The convening of the meeting, the shareholders entitled to participate and the majority vote required to be obtained at such a meeting will be subject to the requirements set forth in the Israeli Companies Law as described above in “— Voting rights.”

Borrowing powers

Pursuant to the Israeli Companies Law and our amended articles of association, our board of directors may exercise all powers and take all actions that are not required under law or under our amended articles of association to be exercised or taken by our shareholders, including the power to borrow money for company purposes.

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Changes in capital

Our amended articles of association enable us to increase or reduce our share capital. Any such changes are subject to the provisions of the Israeli Companies Law and must be approved by a resolution duly passed by our shareholders at a general meeting by voting on such change in the capital. In addition, transactions that have the effect of reducing capital, such as the declaration and payment of dividends in the absence of sufficient retained earnings or profits, require the approval of both our board of directors and an Israeli court.

Transfer agent and registrar

Upon the listing of our ordinary shares for trading on the NASDAQ Global Market our transfer agent in the United States will be     .

Listing

We intend to apply to have our ordinary shares listed on the NASDAQ Global Market under the symbol “ENZY.”

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Shares eligible for future sale

Prior to this offering, no public market existed for our ordinary shares. Sales of substantial amounts of our ordinary shares following this offering, or the perception that these sales could occur, could adversely affect prevailing market prices of our ordinary shares and could impair our future ability to obtain capital, especially through an offering of equity securities. Assuming that the underwriters do not exercise their option to purchase additional ordinary shares with respect to this offering and assuming no exercise of options outstanding following this offering, we will have an aggregate of      ordinary shares outstanding upon the closing of this offering. Of these shares, the      ordinary shares sold in this offering will be freely tradable without restriction or further registration under the Securities Act, unless purchased by “affiliates” (as that term is defined under Rule 144 of the Securities Act), who may sell only the volume of shares described below and whose sales would be subject to additional restrictions described below.

The remaining      ordinary shares will be held by our existing shareholders and will be deemed to be “restricted securities” under Rule 144. Restricted securities may only be sold in the public market pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act or pursuant to an exemption from registration under Rule 144, Rule 701 or Rule 904 under the Securities Act. These rules are summarized below.

Eligibility of restricted shares for sale in the public market

The following indicates approximately when the ordinary shares that are not being sold in this offering, but which will be outstanding at the time at which this offering is complete, will be eligible for sale into the public market under the provisions of Rule 144 and Rule 701 (but subject to the further contractual restrictions arising under the lock-up agreements described below):

upon the closing of this offering,      ordinary shares held by non-affiliates of our company that have been held for at least one year will be available for resale under Rule 144(b)(1)(ii);
beginning 90 days after the closing of this offering, up to approximately      ordinary shares, constituting shares issuable upon exercise of outstanding options under our 1999 and 2003 Option Plans that have vested as of, or within 60 days of,          , 2013, may be eligible for resale under Rule 701 and Rule 144, approximately          of which are held by our affiliates and would therefore be subject to volume, current public information, manner of sale and other limitations under Rule 144; and
approximately      ordinary shares will be eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144 upon the expiration of various six month holding periods, so long as at least 90 days have elapsed after the closing of this offering, and subject to the current public information requirement under Rule 144 and, in the case of affiliates of our company, also subject to the volume, manner of sale and other limitations under Rule 144.

Lock-up agreements

We, all of our directors and executive officers and holders of substantially all of our outstanding shares and our shares issuable upon the exercise of vested options have signed lock-up agreements pursuant to which, subject to certain exceptions, such persons have agreed not to sell or otherwise dispose of ordinary shares or any securities convertible into or exchangeable for ordinary shares for a period of 180 days after the date of this prospectus without the prior written consent of Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Jefferies LLC. The underwriters may, in their sole discretion, at any time without prior notice, release all or any portion of the ordinary shares from the restrictions in any such agreement.

Rule 144

Shares held for six months

In general, under Rule 144 as currently in effect, and subject to the terms of any lock-up agreement, commencing 90 days after the closing of this offering, a person (or persons whose shares are aggregated), including an affiliate, who has beneficially owned our ordinary shares for six months or more, including the holding period of any prior owner other than one of our affiliates (i.e., commencing when the shares were acquired from our company or from an affiliate of our company as restricted securities), is entitled to sell our

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shares, subject to the availability of current public information about us. In the case of an affiliate shareholder, the right to sell is also subject to the fulfillment of certain additional conditions, including manner of sale provisions and notice requirements, and to a volume limitation that limits the number of shares to be sold thereby, within any three-month period, to the greater of:

1% of the number of ordinary shares then outstanding; or
the average weekly trading volume of our ordinary shares on the NASDAQ Global Market during the four calendar weeks preceding the filing of a notice on Form 144 with respect to the sale.

Rule 144 also provides that affiliates that sell our ordinary shares that are not restricted securities must nonetheless comply with the same restrictions applicable to restricted securities, other than the holding period requirement.

Shares held by non-affiliates for one year

Under Rule 144 as currently in effect, a person (or persons whose shares are aggregated) who is not considered to have been one of our affiliates at any time during the 90 days preceding a sale and who has beneficially owned the shares proposed to be sold for at least one year, including the holding period of any prior owner other than one of our affiliates, is entitled to sell his, her or its shares under Rule 144 without complying with the provisions relating to the availability of current public information or with any other conditions under Rule 144. Therefore, unless subject to a lock-up agreement or otherwise restricted, such shares may be sold immediately upon the closing of this offering.

Rule 701

In general, under Rule 701, any of our employees, directors, officers, consultants or advisors who received or purchased ordinary shares from us under our 1999 Option Plan or our 2003 Option Plan or other written agreement before the closing of this offering is entitled to resell these shares.

The SEC has indicated that Rule 701 will apply to typical share options granted by an issuer before it becomes subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, along with the shares acquired upon exercise of these options, including exercises after the closing of this offering. Securities issued in reliance on Rule 701 are restricted securities and, subject to the contractual restrictions described above (under “Lock-up agreements”), may be sold beginning 90 days after the closing of this offering in reliance on Rule 144 by:

persons other than affiliates, without restriction; and
affiliates, subject to the manner-of-sale, current public information and filing requirements of Rule 144,

in each case, without compliance with the six-month holding period requirement of Rule 144.

As of March 31, 2013, options to purchase a total of 27,155 ordinary shares were issued and outstanding under our 1999 Option Plan and our 2003 Option Plan, 24,099 of which      will be vested upon the closing of this offering. See “Management — Share incentive plans” elsewhere in this prospectus. All of our ordinary shares issuable under these options are subject to contractual lock-up agreements with us or the underwriters.

Form S-8 registration statements

Following the completion of this offering, we intend to file one or more registration statements on Form S-8 under the Securities Act to register up to      ordinary shares, in the aggregate, issued or reserved for issuance under the 1999 Plan, 2003 Plan and 2013 Plan. The registration statement on Form S-8 will become effective automatically upon filing. Ordinary shares issued upon exercise of a share option and registered pursuant to the Form S-8 registration statement will, subject to vesting provisions and Rule 144 volume limitations applicable to our affiliates, be available for sale in the open market immediately unless they are subject to the 180-day lock-up or, if subject to the lock-up, immediately after the 180-day lock-up period expires.

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Registration rights

After the offering, the holders of 196,666 ordinary shares will be entitled to registration rights. For more information on these registration rights, see “Certain relationships and related party transactions —  Registration rights.”

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Taxation and government program

The following description is not intended to constitute a complete analysis of all tax consequences relating to the acquisition, ownership and disposition of our ordinary shares. You should consult your own tax advisor concerning the tax consequences of your particular situation, as well as any tax consequences that may arise under the laws of any state, local, foreign or other taxing jurisdiction.

Israeli tax considerations and government programs

The following is a brief summary of the material Israeli tax laws applicable to us, and certain Israeli Government programs that benefit us. This section also contains a discussion of material Israeli tax consequences concerning the ownership and disposition of our ordinary shares purchased by investors in this offering. This summary does not discuss all the aspects of Israeli tax law that may be relevant to a particular investor in light of his or her personal investment circumstances or to some types of investors subject to special treatment under Israeli law. Examples of such investors include residents of Israel or traders in securities who are subject to special tax regimes not covered in this discussion. Because parts of this discussion are based on new tax legislation that has not yet been subject to judicial or administrative interpretation, we cannot assure you that the appropriate tax authorities or the courts will accept the views expressed in this discussion. The discussion below is subject to change, including due to amendments under Israeli law or changes to the applicable judicial or administrative interpretations of Israeli law, which change could affect the tax consequences described below.

General corporate tax structure in Israel

Israeli companies are generally subject to corporate tax, currently at the rate of 25% of a company’s taxable income. According to recent announcements by the Israeli Ministry of Finance, the corporate tax rate may be increased to 26.5% in 2014 and thereafter. However, the effective tax rate payable by a company that derives income from an Approved Enterprise, a Benefited Enterprise or a Preferred Enterprise (as discussed below) may be considerably less. Capital gains derived by an Israeli company are subject to tax at the prevailing corporate tax rate.

Law for the Encouragement of Industry (Taxes), 5729-1969

The Law for the Encouragement of Industry (Taxes), 5729-1969, generally referred to as the Industry Encouragement Law, provides several tax benefits for “Industrial Companies.” We currently qualify as an Industrial Company within the meaning of the Industry Encouragement Law.

The Industry Encouragement Law defines an “Industrial Company” as a company resident in Israel, of which 90% or more of its income in any tax year, other than income from defense loans, is derived from an “Industrial Enterprise” owned by it. An “Industrial Enterprise” is defined as an enterprise whose principal activity in a given tax year is industrial production.

The following corporate tax benefits, among others, are available to Industrial Companies:

amortization over an eight-year period of the cost of purchased know-how and patents and rights to use a patent and know-how which are used for the development or advancement of the Industrial Enterprise;
under limited conditions, an election to file consolidated tax returns with related Israeli Industrial Companies; and
expenses related to a public offering are deductible in equal amounts over three years.

There can be no assurance that we will continue to qualify as an Industrial Company or that the benefits described above will be available in the future.

Law for the Encouragement of Capital Investments, 5719-1959

The Law for the Encouragement of Capital Investments, 5719-1959, generally referred to as the Investment Law, provides certain incentives for capital investments in production facilities (or other eligible assets) by “Industrial Enterprises” (as defined under the Investment Law).

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The Investment Law was significantly amended effective April 1, 2005 (the “2005 Amendment”), and further amended as of January 1, 2011 (the “2011 Amendment”). Pursuant to the 2005 Amendment, tax benefits granted in accordance with the provisions of the Investment Law prior to its revision by the 2005 Amendment remain in force but any benefits granted subsequently are subject to the provisions of the 2005 Amendment. Similarly, the 2011 Amendment introduced new benefits to replace those granted in accordance with the provisions of the Investment Law in effect prior to the 2011 Amendment. However, companies entitled to benefits under the Investment Law as in effect prior to January 1, 2011 were entitled to choose to continue to enjoy such benefits, provided that certain conditions are met, or elect instead, irrevocably, to forego such benefits and have the benefits of the 2011 Amendment apply. We have examined the possible effect, if any, of these provisions of the 2011 Amendment on our financial statements and have decided, at this time, not to opt to apply the new benefits under the 2011 Amendment.

Tax benefits prior to the 2005 Amendment

An investment program that is implemented in accordance with the provisions of the Investment Law prior to the 2005 Amendment, referred to as an “Approved Enterprise,” is entitled to certain benefits. A company that wished to receive benefits as an Approved Enterprise must have received approval from the Investment Center of the Israeli Ministry of the Economy (formerly the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor), or the Investment Center. Each certificate of approval for an Approved Enterprise relates to a specific investment program in the Approved Enterprise, delineated both by the financial scope of the investment and by the physical characteristics of the facility or the asset.

In general, an Approved Enterprise is entitled to receive a grant from the Government of Israel or an alternative package of tax benefits, known as the alternative benefits track. The tax benefits from any certificate of approval relate only to taxable income attributable to the specific Approved Enterprise. Income derived from activity that is not integral to the activity of the Approved Enterprise does not enjoy tax benefits.

In addition, a company that has an Approved Enterprise program is eligible for further tax benefits if it qualifies as a Foreign Investors’ Company (“FIC”), which is a company with a level of foreign investment, as defined in the Investment Law, of more than 25%. The level of foreign investment is measured as the percentage of rights in the company (in terms of shares, rights to profits, voting and appointment of directors), and of combined share and loan capital, that are owned, directly or indirectly, by persons who are not residents of Israel. The determination as to whether a company qualifies as an FIC is made on an annual basis.

If a company elects the alternative benefits track and distributes a dividend out of income derived by its Approved Enterprise during the tax exemption period it will be subject to corporate tax in respect of the amount of the dividend (grossed-up to reflect the pre-tax income that it would have had to earn in order to distribute the dividend) at the corporate tax rate which would have been applicable without the benefits under the alternative benefits track. In addition, dividends paid out of income attributed to an Approved Enterprise are generally subject to withholding tax at source at the rate of 15% or such lower rate as may be provided in an applicable tax treaty.

The Investment Law also provides that an Approved Enterprise is entitled to accelerated depreciation on its property and equipment that are included in an Approved Enterprise program during the first five years in which the equipment is used.

The benefits available to an Approved Enterprise are subject to the fulfillment of conditions stipulated in the Investment Law and its regulations and the criteria in the specific certificate of approval. If a company does not meet these conditions, it would be required to refund the amount of tax benefits, as adjusted by the Israeli consumer price index, and interest.

We currently have Approved Enterprise programs under the Investment Law, which, we believe, entitle us to certain tax benefits. The tax benefit period for these programs has not yet commenced. We have elected the alternative benefits program which provides for the waiver of grants in return for tax exemptions. Accordingly, taxable income from our Approved Enterprise programs (once generated) will be tax exempt for a period of ten years commencing with the year we will first earn such taxable income.

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Tax benefits subsequent to the 2005 Amendment

The 2005 Amendment applies to new investment programs commencing after 2004, but does not apply to investment programs approved prior to April 1, 2005. The 2005 Amendment provides that terms and benefits included in any certificate of approval that was granted before the 2005 Amendment became effective (April 1, 2005) will remain subject to the provisions of the Investment Law as in effect on the date of such approval. Pursuant to the 2005 Amendment, the Investment Center will continue to grant Approved Enterprise status to qualifying investments. The 2005 Amendment, however, limits the scope of enterprises that may be approved by the Investment Center by setting criteria for the approval of a facility as an Approved Enterprise, such as provisions generally requiring that at least 25% of the Approved Enterprise’s income be derived from exports.

The 2005 Amendment provides that a certificate of approval from the Investment Center will only be necessary for receiving cash grants. As a result, it was no longer necessary for a company to obtain an Approved Enterprise certificate of approval in order to receive the tax benefits previously available under the alternative benefits track. Rather, a company may claim the tax benefits offered by the Investment Law directly in its tax returns, provided that its facilities meet the criteria for tax benefits set forth in the amendment. In order to receive the tax benefits, the 2005 Amendment states that a company must make an investment which meets all of the conditions, including exceeding a minimum investment amount specified in the Investment Law. Such investment allows a company to receive “Benefited Enterprise” status, and may be made over a period of no more than three years from the end of the year in which the company chose to have the tax benefits apply to its Benefited Enterprise.

The extent of the tax benefits available under the 2005 Amendment to qualifying income of a Benefited Enterprise depends on, among other things, the geographic location in Israel of the Benefited Enterprise. The location will also determine the period for which tax benefits are available. Such tax benefits include an exemption from corporate tax on undistributed income generated by the Benefited Enterprise for a period of between two to ten years, depending on the geographic location of the Benefited Enterprise in Israel, and a reduced corporate tax rate of between 10% to 25% for the remainder of the benefits period, depending on the level of foreign investment in the company in each year. The benefits period is limited to 12 or 14 years from the year the company first chose to have the tax benefits apply, depending on the location of the company. A company qualifying for tax benefits under the 2005 Amendment which pays a dividend out of income derived by its Benefited Enterprise during the tax exemption period will be subject to corporate tax in respect of the amount of the dividend (grossed-up to reflect the pre-tax income that it would have had to earn in order to distribute the dividend) at the corporate tax rate which would have otherwise been applicable. Dividends paid out of income attributed to a Benefited Enterprise are generally subject to withholding tax at source at the rate of 15% or such lower rate as may be provided in an applicable tax treaty.

The benefits available to a Benefited Enterprise are subject to the fulfillment of conditions stipulated in the Investment Law and its regulations. If a company does not meet these conditions, it may be required to refund the amount of tax benefits, as adjusted by the Israeli consumer price index, and interest, or other monetary penalties.

We currently have Benefited Enterprise programs under the Investments Law, which, we believe, entitle us to certain tax benefits. The tax benefit period for these programs has not yet commenced but is expected to end in 2022. During the benefits period, the majority of the taxable income from our Benefited Enterprise programs (once generated) will be tax exempt for a period of ten years commencing with the year we will first earn taxable income relating to such enterprises, subject to the 12 or 14 year limitation described above.

Tax benefits under the 2011 Amendment

The 2011 Amendment canceled the availability of the benefits granted to companies under the Investment Law prior to 2011 and, instead, introduced new benefits for income generated by a “Preferred Company” through its “Preferred Enterprise” (as such terms are defined in the Investment Law) as of January 1, 2011. The definition of a Preferred Company includes a company incorporated in Israel that is not wholly-owned by a governmental entity, and that has, among other things, Preferred Enterprise status and is controlled and managed from Israel. Pursuant to the 2011 Amendment, a Preferred Company is entitled to a reduced corporate tax rate of 15% with respect to its income derived by its Preferred Enterprise in 2011 and 2012,

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unless the Preferred Enterprise is located in a specified development zone, in which case the rate will be 10%. Under the 2011 Amendment, such corporate tax rate will be reduced from 15% and 10%, respectively, to 12.5% and 7%, respectively, in 2013 and 2014 and to 12% and 6% in 2015 and thereafter, respectively. However, according to recent announcements by the Israeli Ministry of Finance, such scheduled gradual reduction may be repealed from 2014 and the rates would revert to 15% and 10% (as applicable) in 2014 and thereafter. Our facilities are located in a specified development zone.

Dividends paid out of income attributed to a Preferred Enterprise are generally subject to withholding tax at source at the rate of 15% or such lower rate as may be provided in an applicable tax treaty. However, if such dividends are paid to an Israeli company, no tax is required to be withheld (although, if such dividends are subsequently distributed to individuals or a non-Israeli company, withholding tax at a rate of 15% or such lower rate as may be provided in an applicable tax treaty will apply).

The 2011 Amendment also provided transitional provisions to address companies already enjoying existing tax benefits under the Investment Law. These transitional provisions provide, among other things, that unless an irrevocable request is made to apply the provisions of the Investment Law as amended in 2011 with respect to income to be derived as of January 1, 2011: (i) the terms and benefits included in any certificate of approval that was granted to an Approved Enterprise which chose to receive grants before the 2011 Amendment became effective will remain subject to the provisions of the Investment Law as in effect on the date of such approval, and subject to certain other conditions; (ii) terms and benefits included in any certificate of approval that was granted to an Approved Enterprise which had participated in an alternative benefits track before the 2011 Amendment became effective will remain subject to the provisions of the Investment Law as in effect on the date of such approval, provided that certain conditions are met; and (iii) a Benefited Enterprise can elect to continue to benefit from the benefits provided to it before the 2011 Amendment came into effect, provided that certain conditions are met.

The termination or substantial reduction of any of the benefits available under the Investment Law could materially increase our tax liabilities.

We have examined the possible effect, if any, of the provisions of the 2011 Amendment on our financial statements and have decided, at this time, not to apply the new benefits under the 2011 Amendment.

Taxation of our shareholders

Capital Gains Taxes Applicable to Non-Israeli Resident Shareholders.  A non-Israeli resident who derives capital gains from the sale of shares in an Israeli resident company that were purchased after the company was listed for trading on a stock exchange outside of Israel will be exempt from Israeli tax so long as the shares were not held through a permanent establishment that the non-resident maintains in Israel. However, non-Israeli corporations will not be entitled to the foregoing exemption if Israeli residents: (i) have a controlling interest of 25% or more in such non-Israeli corporation or (ii) are the beneficiaries of, or are entitled to, 25% or more of the revenues or profits of such non-Israeli corporation, whether directly or indirectly. Such exemption is not applicable to a person whose gains from selling or otherwise disposing of the shares are deemed to be business income.

Additionally, a sale of securities by a non-Israeli resident may be exempt from Israeli capital gains tax under the provisions of an applicable tax treaty. For example, under the United States-Israel Tax Treaty, the disposition of shares by a shareholder who (i) is a U.S. resident (for purposes of the treaty), (ii) holds the shares as a capital asset, and (iii) is entitled to claim the benefits afforded to such person by the treaty, is generally exempt from Israeli capital gains tax. Such exemption will not apply if: (i) the capital gain arising from the disposition can be attributed to a permanent establishment in Israel; (ii) the shareholder holds, directly or indirectly, shares representing 10% or more of the voting capital during any part of the 12-month period preceding the disposition, subject to certain conditions; or (iii) such U.S. resident is an individual and was present in Israel for 183 days or more during the relevant taxable year. In such case, the sale, exchange or disposition of our ordinary shares would be subject to Israeli tax, to the extent applicable; however, under the United States-Israel Tax Treaty, the taxpayer would be permitted to claim a credit for such taxes against the U.S. federal income tax imposed with respect to such sale, exchange or disposition, subject to the limitations under U.S. law applicable to foreign tax credits. The United States-Israel Tax Treaty does not relate to U.S. state or local taxes.

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In some instances where our shareholders may be liable for Israeli tax on the sale of their ordinary shares, the payment of the consideration may be subject to the withholding of Israeli tax at source. Shareholders may be required to demonstrate that they are exempt from tax on their capital gains in order to avoid withholding at source at the time of sale.

Taxation of Non-Israeli Shareholders on Receipt of Dividends.  Non-Israeli residents are generally subject to Israeli income tax on the receipt of dividends paid on our ordinary shares at the rate of 25%, unless relief is provided in a treaty between Israel and the shareholder’s country of residence. With respect to a person who is a “substantial shareholder” at the time of receiving the dividend or on any time during the preceding twelve months, the applicable tax rate is 30%. A “substantial shareholder” is generally a person who alone or together with such person’s relative or another person who collaborates with such person on a permanent basis, holds, directly or indirectly, at least 10% of any of the “means of control” of the corporation. “Means of control” generally include the right to vote, receive profits, nominate a director or an executive officer, receive assets upon liquidation, or order someone who holds any of the aforesaid rights how to act, regardless of the source of such right. Dividends paid on publicly traded shares, like our ordinary shares, to non-Israeli residents are generally subject to Israeli withholding tax at a rate of 25%, unless a different rate is provided under an applicable tax treaty, provided that a certificate from the Israeli Tax Authority allowing for a reduced withholding tax rate is obtained in advance. Under the United States-Israel Tax Treaty, the maximum rate of tax withheld at source in Israel on dividends paid to a holder of our ordinary shares who is a U.S. resident (for purposes of the United States-Israel Tax Treaty) is 25%. A distribution of dividends to non-Israeli residents is subject to withholding tax at source at a rate of 15% if the dividend is distributed from income attributed to an Approved Enterprise, a Benefited Enterprise or a Preferred Enterprise, unless a reduced tax rate is provided under an applicable tax treaty. We cannot assure you that in the event we declare a dividend we will designate the income out of which the dividend is paid in a manner that will reduce shareholders’ tax liability.

If the dividend is attributable partly to income derived from an Approved Enterprise, Benefited Enterprise or Preferred Enterprise, and partly to other sources of income, the withholding rate will be a blended rate reflecting the relative portions of the two types of income. U.S. residents who are subject to Israeli withholding tax on a dividend may be entitled to a credit or deduction for Untied States federal income tax purposes in the amount of the taxes withheld, subject to detailed rules contained in U.S. tax legislation.

Estate and gift tax

Israeli law presently does not impose estate or gift taxes.

U.S. federal income tax consequences

The following is a description of the material U.S. federal income tax consequences relating to the acquisition, ownership and disposition of our ordinary shares. This description addresses only the U.S. federal income tax consequences to holders that are initial purchasers of our ordinary shares pursuant to the offering and that will hold such ordinary shares as capital assets. This description does not address tax considerations applicable to holders that may be subject to special tax rules, including, without limitation:

banks, financial institutions or insurance companies;
real estate investment trusts, regulated investment companies or grantor trusts;
dealers or traders in securities, commodities or currencies;
tax exempt entities or organizations, including an “individual retirement account” or “Roth IRA” as defined in Section 408 or 408A of the Code (as defined below), respectively;
certain former citizens or long term residents of the United States;
persons that received our shares as compensation for the performance of services;
persons that will hold our shares as part of a “hedging,” “integrated” or “conversion” transaction or as a position in a “straddle” for U.S. federal income tax purposes;
partnerships (including entities classified as partnerships for U.S. federal income tax purposes) or other pass-through entities, or holders that will hold our shares through such an entity;

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S corporations;
holders that acquire ordinary shares as a result of holding or owning our preferred shares;
U.S. Holders (as defined below) whose “functional currency” is not the U.S. Dollar; or
holders that own directly, indirectly or through attribution 10% or more of the voting power or value of our shares.

Moreover, this description does not address the U.S. federal estate, gift, or alternative minimum tax consequences, or any U.S. state, local or non-U.S. tax consequences of the acquisition, ownership and disposition of our ordinary shares.

This description is based on the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or the Code, existing, proposed and temporary U.S. Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder and administrative and judicial interpretations thereof, in each case as in effect and available on the date hereof. All the foregoing is subject to change, which change could apply retroactively and could affect the tax consequences described below. There can be no assurances that the U.S. Internal Revenue Service, or IRS, will not take a different position concerning the tax consequences of the acquisition, ownership and disposition of our ordinary shares or that such a position would not be sustained. Holders should consult their own tax advisers concerning the U.S. federal, state, local and foreign tax consequences of acquiring, owning and disposing of our ordinary shares in their particular circumstances.

For purposes of this description, the term “U.S. Holder” means a beneficial owner of our ordinary shares that, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, is (i) a citizen or resident of the United States, (ii) a corporation (or entity treated as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes) created or organized in or under the laws of the United States, any state thereof, or the District of Columbia, (iii) an estate the income of which is subject to U.S. federal income tax regardless of its source or (iv) a trust (x) with respect to which a court within the United States is able to exercise primary supervision over its administration and one or more U.S. persons have the authority to control all of its substantial decisions or (y) that has elected to be treated as a domestic trust for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

A “Non-U.S. Holder” is a beneficial owner of our ordinary shares that is neither a U.S. Holder nor a partnership (or other entity treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes).

If a partnership (or any other entity treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes) holds our ordinary shares, the U.S. federal income tax consequences relating to an investment in our ordinary shares will depend in part upon the status of the partner and the activities of the partnership. Such a partner or partnership should consult its tax advisor regarding the U.S. federal income tax consequences of acquiring, owning and disposing of our ordinary shares in its particular circumstances.

Unless otherwise indicated, this discussion assumes that the Company is not, and will not become, a “passive foreign investment company, or a PFIC, for U.S. federal income tax purposes. See “— Passive foreign investment company consequences” below.

Persons considering an investment in our ordinary shares should consult their own tax advisors as to the particular tax consequences applicable to them relating to the acquisition, ownership and disposition of our ordinary shares, including the applicability of U.S. federal, state and local tax laws and non-U.S. tax laws.

Distributions

If you are a U.S. Holder, the gross amount of any distribution made to you with respect to our ordinary shares before reduction for any Israeli taxes withheld therefrom, other than certain distributions, if any, of our ordinary shares distributed pro rata to all our shareholders, generally will be includible in your income as dividend income to the extent such distribution is paid out of our current or accumulated earnings and profits as determined under U.S. federal income tax principles. We do not expect to maintain calculations of our earnings and profits under U.S. federal income tax principles. Therefore, U.S. Holders should expect that the entire amount of any distribution generally will be reported as dividend income. Non-corporate U.S. Holders may qualify for the lower rates of taxation with respect to dividends on ordinary shares applicable to

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long-term capital gains (i.e., gains from the sale of capital assets held for more than one year), provided that certain conditions are met, including certain holding period requirements and the absence of certain risk reduction transactions. However, such dividends will not be eligible for the dividends received deduction generally allowed to corporate U.S. Holders. To the extent that the amount of any distribution by us exceeds our current and accumulated earnings and profits as determined under U.S. federal income tax principles, it will be treated first as a tax-free return of your adjusted tax basis in our ordinary shares and thereafter as either long-term or short-term capital gain depending upon whether the U.S. Holder has held our ordinary shares for more than one year as of the time such distribution is received.

If you are a U.S. Holder, dividends paid to you with respect to our ordinary shares will be foreign source income, which may be relevant in calculating your foreign tax credit limitation. Subject to certain conditions and limitations, Israeli tax withheld on dividends may be deducted from your taxable income or credited against your U.S. federal income tax liability. The limitation on foreign taxes eligible for credit is calculated separately with respect to specific classes of income. For this purpose, dividends that we distribute generally should constitute “passive category income,” or, in the case of certain U.S. Holders, “general category income.” A foreign tax credit for foreign taxes imposed on distributions may be denied if you do not satisfy certain minimum holding period requirements. The rules relating to the determination of the foreign tax credit are complex, and you should consult your tax advisor to determine whether and to what extent you will be entitled to this credit.

The amount of a distribution paid to a U.S. Holder in a foreign currency will be the dollar value of the foreign currency calculated by reference to the spot exchange rate on the day the U.S. Holder receives the distribution, regardless of whether the foreign currency is converted into U.S. dollars at that time. Any foreign currency gain or loss a U.S. Holder realizes on a subsequent conversion of foreign currency into U.S. dollars will be U.S. source ordinary income or loss. If dividends received in foreign currency are converted into U.S. dollars on the day they are received, a U.S. Holder generally should not be required to recognize foreign currency gain or loss in respect of the dividend.

Subject to the discussion below under “Backup Withholding Tax and Information Reporting Requirements,” if you are a Non-U.S. Holder, you generally will not be subject to U.S. federal income (or withholding) tax on dividends received by you on your ordinary shares, unless you conduct a trade or business in the United States and such income is effectively connected with that trade or business (or, if required by an applicable income tax treaty, the dividends are attributable to a permanent establishment or fixed base that such holder maintains in the United States).

Sale, exchange or other disposition of our ordinary shares

Subject to the discussion below under “— Passive foreign investment company consequences,” if you are a U.S. Holder, you generally will recognize gain or loss on the sale, exchange or other disposition of our ordinary shares equal to the difference between the amount realized on such sale, exchange or other disposition and your adjusted tax basis in our ordinary shares, and such gain or loss will be capital gain or loss. The adjusted tax basis in an ordinary share generally will be equal to the cost of such ordinary share. If you are a non-corporate U.S. Holder, capital gain from the sale, exchange or other disposition of ordinary shares is generally eligible for a preferential rate of taxation applicable to capital gains, if your holding period determined at the time of such sale, exchange or other disposition for such ordinary shares exceeds one year (i.e., such gain is long-term capital gain). The deductibility of capital losses for U.S. federal income tax purposes is subject to limitations under the Code. Any such gain or loss that a U.S. Holder recognizes generally will be treated as U.S. source income or loss for foreign tax credit limitation purposes.

For a cash basis taxpayer, units of foreign currency paid or received are translated into U.S. dollars at the spot rate on the settlement date of the purchase or sale. In that case, no foreign currency exchange gain or loss will result from currency fluctuations between the trade date and the settlement date of such a purchase or sale. An accrual basis taxpayer, however, may elect the same treatment required of cash basis taxpayers with respect to purchases and sales of our ordinary shares that are traded on an established securities market, provided the election is applied consistently from year to year. Such election may not be changed without the consent of the IRS. For an accrual basis taxpayer who does not make such election, units of foreign currency paid or received are translated into U.S. dollars at the spot rate on the trade date of the purchase or sale. Such

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an accrual basis taxpayer may recognize exchange gain or loss based on currency fluctuations between the trade date and the settlement date. Any foreign currency gain or loss a U.S. Holder realizes will be U.S. source ordinary income or loss.

The determination of whether our ordinary shares are traded on an established securities market is not entirely clear under current U.S. federal income tax law.

Subject to the discussion below under “Backup Withholding Tax and Information Reporting Requirements,” if you are a Non-U.S. Holder, you generally will not be subject to U.S. federal income or withholding tax on any gain realized on the sale or exchange of such ordinary shares unless:

such gain is effectively connected with your conduct of a trade or business in the United States (or, if required by an applicable income tax treaty, the gain is attributable to a permanent establishment or fixed base that you maintain in the United States); or
you are an individual and have been present in the United States for 183 days or more in the taxable year of such sale or exchange and certain other conditions are met.

Passive foreign investment company consequences

If we were to be classified as a PFIC in any taxable year, a U.S. Holder would be subject to special rules generally intended to reduce or eliminate any benefits from the deferral of U.S. federal income tax that a U.S. Holder could derive from investing in a non-U.S. company that does not distribute all of its earnings on a current basis.

A non-U.S. corporation will be classified as a PFIC for U.S. federal income tax purposes in any taxable year in which, after applying certain look-through rules with respect to the income and assets of subsidiaries, either (i) at least 75% of its gross income is “passive income” or (ii) at least 50% of the average quarterly value of its total gross assets (which may be determined in part by the market value of our ordinary shares, which is subject to change) is attributable to assets that produce “passive income” or are held for the production of passive income.

Passive income for this purpose generally includes dividends, interest, royalties, rents, gains from commodities and securities transactions, the excess of gains over losses from the disposition of assets which produce passive income, and includes amounts derived by reason of the temporary investment of funds raised in offerings of our ordinary shares. If a non-U.S. corporation owns at least 25% by value of the stock of another corporation, the non-U.S. corporation is treated for purposes of the PFIC tests as owning its proportionate share of the assets of the other corporation and as receiving directly its proportionate share of the other corporation’s income. If we are classified as a PFIC in any year with respect to which a U.S. Holder owns our ordinary shares, we will continue to be treated as a PFIC with respect to such U.S. Holder in all succeeding years during which the U.S. Holder owns our ordinary shares, regardless of whether we continue to meet the tests described above.

Based on our intended use of the proceeds of this offering, the nature of our business, the projected composition of our income and the projected composition and estimated fair market values of our assets, we do not expect to be a PFIC for the taxable year ending December 31, 2013 or a subsequent year. However, because PFIC status is based on our income, assets and activities for the entire taxable year, it is not possible to determine whether we will be characterized as a PFIC for the 2013 taxable year until after the close of the year. Moreover, we must determine our PFIC status annually based on tests which are factual in nature, and our status in future years will depend on our income, assets and activities in those years. In addition, our status as a PFIC may depend on how quickly we use the cash proceeds from this offering in our business. There can be no assurance that we will not be considered a PFIC for any taxable year. Even if we determine that we are not a PFIC after the close of our taxable year, there can be no assurance that the IRS will agree with our conclusion.

If we were a PFIC, and you are a U.S. Holder, then unless you make one of the elections described below, a special tax regime will apply to both (a) any “excess distribution” by us to you (generally, your ratable portion of distributions in any year which are greater than 125% of the average annual distribution received by you in the shorter of the three preceding years or your holding period for our ordinary shares) and

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(b) any gain realized on the sale or other disposition of the ordinary shares. Under this regime, any excess distribution and realized gain will be treated as ordinary income and will be subject to tax as if (a) the excess distribution or gain had been realized ratably over your holding period, (b) the amount deemed realized in each year had been subject to tax in each year of that holding period at the highest marginal rate for such year (other than income allocated to the current period or any taxable period before we became a PFIC, which would be subject to tax at the U.S. Holder’s regular ordinary income rate for the current year and would not be subject to the interest charge discussed below), and (c) the interest charge generally applicable to underpayments of tax had been imposed on the taxes deemed to have been payable in those years. In addition, dividend distributions made to you will not qualify for the lower rates of taxation applicable to long-term capital gains discussed above under “Distributions.”

Certain elections exist that may alleviate some of the adverse consequences of PFIC status and would result in an alternative treatment (such as mark-to-market treatment) of our ordinary shares. We do not intend to provide the information necessary for U.S. Holders to make qualified electing fund elections if we are classified as a PFIC. U.S. Holders should consult their tax advisors to determine whether any of these elections would be available and if so, what the consequences of the alternative treatments would be in their particular circumstances.

If we are determined to be a PFIC, the general tax treatment for U.S. Holders described in this paragraph would apply to indirect distributions and gains deemed to be realized by U.S. Holders in respect of any of our subsidiaries that also may be determined to be PFICs.

If a U.S. Holder owns ordinary shares during any year in which we are a PFIC and the U.S. Holder recognizes gain on a disposition of our ordinary shares or receives distributions with respect to our ordinary shares, the U.S. Holder generally will be required to file an IRS Form 8621 (Information Return by a Shareholder of a Passive Foreign Investment Company or Qualified Electing Fund) with respect to the company, generally with the U.S. Holder’s federal income tax return for that year. Additionally, recently enacted legislation creates an additional annual filing requirement for U.S. persons who are shareholders of a PFIC. However, pursuant to recently issued guidance, this additional filing obligation is suspended until the IRS releases the relevant final form. If our company were a PFIC for a given taxable year, then you should consult your tax advisor concerning your annual filing requirements.

The U.S. federal income tax rules relating to PFICs are complex. Prospective U.S. investors are urged to consult their own tax advisers with respect to the acquisition, ownership and disposition of our ordinary shares, the consequences to them of an investment in a PFIC, any elections available with respect to our ordinary shares and the IRS information reporting obligations with respect to the acquisition, ownership and disposition of our ordinary shares.

Medicare tax

Certain U.S. Holders that are individuals, estates or trusts are subject to a 3.8% tax on all or a portion of their “net investment income,” which may include all or a portion of their dividend income and net gains from the disposition of ordinary shares. Each U.S. Holder that is an individual, estate or trust is urged to consult its tax advisors regarding the applicability of the Medicare tax to its income and gains in respect of its investment in our ordinary shares.

Certain reporting requirements with respect to payments of Offer Price

U.S. Holders paying more than U.S. $100,000 for our ordinary shares generally will be required to file IRS Form 926 reporting the payment of the Offer Price for our ordinary shares to us. Substantial penalties may be imposed upon a U.S. Holder that fails to comply. Each U.S. Holder should consult its own tax advisor as to the possible obligation to file IRS Form 926.

Backup withholding tax and information reporting requirements

U.S. backup withholding tax and information reporting requirements may apply to certain payments to certain holders of stock. Information reporting generally will apply to payments of dividends on, and to proceeds from the sale or redemption of, our ordinary shares made within the United States, or by a U.S. payor or U.S. middleman, to a holder of our ordinary shares, other than an exempt recipient (including a payee that is not a U.S.

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person that provides an appropriate certification and certain other persons). A payor will be required to withhold backup withholding tax from any payments of dividends on, or the proceeds from the sale or redemption of, ordinary shares within the United States, or by a U.S. payor or U.S. middleman, to a holder, other than an exempt recipient, if such holder fails to furnish its correct taxpayer identification number or otherwise fails to comply with, or establish an exemption from, such backup withholding tax requirements. Any amounts withheld under the backup withholding rules will be allowed as a credit against the beneficial owner’s U.S. federal income tax liability, if any, and any excess amounts withheld under the backup withholding rules may be refunded, provided that the required information is timely furnished to the IRS.

Foreign asset reporting

Certain U.S. Holders who are individuals are required to report information relating to an interest in our ordinary shares, subject to certain exceptions (including an exception for shares held in accounts maintained by financial institutions) by filing IRS Form 8938 (Statement of Specified Foreign Financial Assets) with their federal income tax return. U.S. Holders are urged to consult their tax advisors regarding their information reporting obligations, if any, with respect to their ownership and disposition of our ordinary shares.

THE DISCUSSION ABOVE IS A GENERAL SUMMARY. IT DOES NOT COVER ALL TAX MATTERS THAT MAY BE OF IMPORTANCE TO A PROSPECTIVE INVESTOR. EACH PROSPECTIVE INVESTOR IS URGED TO CONSULT ITS OWN TAX ADVISOR ABOUT THE TAX CONSEQUENCES TO IT OF AN INVESTMENT IN ORDINARY SHARES IN LIGHT OF THE INVESTOR’S OWN CIRCUMSTANCES.

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UNDERWRITING

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Jefferies LLC are acting as representatives of each of the underwriters named below. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in an underwriting agreement among us and the underwriters, we have agreed to sell to the underwriters, and each of the underwriters has agreed, severally and not jointly, to purchase from us, the number of ordinary shares set forth opposite its name below.

 
Underwriter   Number of
Ordinary Shares
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
                      Incorporated
          
Jefferies LLC         
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC         
Canaccord Genuity Inc.         
Wedbush Securities Inc.         
        Total         

Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the underwriting agreement, the underwriters have agreed, severally and not jointly, to purchase all of the ordinary shares sold under the underwriting agreement if any of these ordinary shares are purchased. If an underwriter defaults, the underwriting agreement provides that the purchase commitments of the nondefaulting underwriters may be increased or the underwriting agreement may be terminated.

We have agreed to indemnify the underwriters against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act, or to contribute to payments the underwriters may be required to make in respect of those liabilities.

The underwriters are offering the ordinary shares, subject to prior sale, when, as and if issued to and accepted by them, subject to approval of legal matters by their counsel, including the validity of the ordinary shares, and other conditions contained in the underwriting agreement, such as the receipt by the underwriters of officer’s certificates and legal opinions. The underwriters reserve the right to withdraw, cancel or modify offers to the public and to reject orders in whole or in part.

Commissions and Discounts

The representatives have advised us that the underwriters propose initially to offer the ordinary shares to the public at the public offering price set forth on the cover page of this prospectus and to dealers at that price less a concession not in excess of $     per ordinary share. After the initial offering, the public offering price, concession or any other term of the offering may be changed.

The following table shows the public offering price, underwriting discount and proceeds before expenses to us. The information assumes either no exercise or full exercise by the underwriters of their option to purchase additional shares.

     
  Per Share   Without Option   With Option
Public offering price   $          $     $  
Underwriting discount   $          $     $  
Proceeds, before expenses, to Enzymotec   $          $     $  

The expenses of the offering, not including the underwriting discount, are estimated at $     and are payable by us. The underwriters have agreed to reimburse us for certain documented expenses incurred in connection with this offering.

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Option to Purchase Additional Ordinary Shares

We have granted an option to the underwriters, exercisable for 30 days after the date of this prospectus, to purchase up to      additional ordinary shares at the public offering price, less the underwriting discount. If the underwriters exercise this option, each will be obligated, subject to conditions contained in the underwriting agreement, to purchase a number of additional ordinary shares proportionate to that underwriter’s initial amount reflected in the above table.

No Sales of Similar Securities

We, our executive officers and directors and our other existing security holders have agreed not to sell or transfer any ordinary shares or securities convertible into, exchangeable for, exercisable for, or repayable with ordinary shares, for 180 days after the date of this prospectus without first obtaining the written consent of Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Jefferies LLC. Specifically, we and these other persons have agreed, with certain limited exceptions, not to directly or indirectly:

offer, pledge, sell or contract to sell any ordinary shares,
sell any option or contract to purchase any ordinary shares,
purchase any option or contract to sell any ordinary shares,
grant any option, right or warrant for the sale of any ordinary shares,
lend or otherwise dispose of or transfer any ordinary shares,
request or demand that we file a registration statement related to the ordinary shares, or
enter into any swap or other agreement that transfers, in whole or in part, the economic consequence of ownership of any ordinary shares whether any such swap or transaction is to be settled by delivery of ordinary shares or other securities, in cash or otherwise.

This lock-up provision applies to ordinary shares and to securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for or repayable with ordinary shares. It also applies to ordinary shares owned now or acquired later by the person executing the agreement or for which the person executing the agreement later acquires the power of disposition.

NASDAQ Global Market Listing

We expect the ordinary shares to be approved for listing on the NASDAQ Global Market, subject to notice of issuance, under the symbol “ENZY.”

Before this offering, there has been no public market for our ordinary shares. The initial public offering price will be determined through negotiations between us and the representatives. In addition to prevailing market conditions, the factors to be considered in determining the initial public offering price are:

the valuation multiples of publicly traded companies that the representatives believe to be comparable to us,
our financial information,
the history of, and the prospects for, our company and the industries in which we compete,
an assessment of our management, its past and present operations, and the prospects for, and timing of, our future revenues,
the present state of our development, and
the above factors in relation to market values and various valuation measures of other companies engaged in activities similar to ours.

An active trading market for the ordinary shares may not develop. It is also possible that after the offering the ordinary shares will not trade in the public market at or above the initial public offering price.

The underwriters do not expect to sell more than 5% of the ordinary shares in the aggregate to accounts over which they exercise discretionary authority.

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Price Stabilization, Short Positions and Penalty Bids

Until the distribution of the ordinary shares is completed, SEC rules may limit underwriters and selling group members from bidding for and purchasing our ordinary shares. However, the representatives may engage in transactions that stabilize the price of the ordinary shares, such as bids or purchases to peg, fix or maintain that price.

In connection with the offering, the underwriters may purchase and sell our ordinary shares in the open market. These transactions may include short sales, purchases on the open market to cover positions created by short sales and stabilizing transactions. Short sales involve the sale by the underwriters of a greater number of ordinary shares than they are required to purchase in the offering. “Covered” short sales are sales made in an amount not greater than the underwriters’ option to purchase additional ordinary shares described above. The underwriters may close out any covered short position by either exercising their option to purchase additional ordinary shares or purchasing ordinary shares in the open market. In determining the source of ordinary shares to close out the covered short position, the underwriters will consider, among other things, the price of ordinary shares available for purchase in the open market as compared to the price at which they may purchase ordinary shares through the option granted to them. “Naked” short sales are sales in excess of such option. The underwriters must close out any naked short position by purchasing ordinary shares in the open market. A naked short position is more likely to be created if the underwriters are concerned that there may be downward pressure on the price of our ordinary shares in the open market after pricing that could adversely affect investors who purchase in the offering. Stabilizing transactions consist of various bids for or purchases of ordinary shares made by the underwriters in the open market prior to the completion of the offering.

The underwriters may also impose a penalty bid. This occurs when a particular underwriter repays to the underwriters a portion of the underwriting discount received by it because the representatives have repurchased ordinary shares sold by or for the account of such underwriter in stabilizing or short covering transactions.

Similar to other purchase transactions, the underwriters’ purchases to cover the syndicate short sales may have the effect of raising or maintaining the market price of our ordinary shares or preventing or retarding a decline in the market price of our ordinary shares. As a result, the price of our ordinary shares may be higher than the price that might otherwise exist in the open market. The underwriters may conduct these transactions on the Nasdaq Global Market, in the over-the-counter market or otherwise.

Neither we nor any of the underwriters make any representation or prediction as to the direction or magnitude of any effect that the transactions described above may have on the price of our ordinary shares. In addition, neither we nor any of the underwriters make any representation that the representatives will engage in these transactions or that these transactions, once commenced, will not be discontinued without notice.

Electronic Distribution

In connection with the offering, certain of the underwriters or securities dealers may distribute prospectuses by electronic means, such as e-mail.

Other Relationships

Some of the underwriters and their affiliates have engaged in, and may in the future engage in, investment banking and other commercial dealings in the ordinary course of business with us or our affiliates. They have received, or may in the future receive, customary fees and commissions for these transactions.

In addition, in the ordinary course of their business activities, the underwriters and their affiliates may make or hold a broad array of investments and actively trade debt and equity securities (or related derivative securities) and financial instruments (including bank loans) for their own account and for the accounts of their customers. Such investments and securities activities may involve securities and/or instruments of ours or our affiliates. The underwriters and their affiliates may also make investment recommendations and/or publish or express independent research views in respect of such securities or financial instruments and may hold, or recommend to clients that they acquire, long and/or short positions in such securities and instruments.

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Rothschild Inc. (“Rothschild”) has acted as our financial advisor in connection with this offering. Rothschild is not acting as an underwriter in connection with this offering, and accordingly, Rothschild is neither purchasing ordinary shares nor offering ordinary shares to the public in connection with this offering.

Notice to Prospective Investors in the European Economic Area

In relation to each Member State of the European Economic Area which has implemented the Prospectus Directive (each, a “Relevant Member State”), with effect from and including the date on which the Prospectus Directive is implemented in that Relevant Member State (the “Relevant Implementation Date”), no offer of shares may be made to the public in that Relevant Member State other than:

A. to any legal entity which is a qualified investor as defined in the Prospectus Directive;
(a) (in the case of Relevant Member States that have not implemented the 2010 PD Amending Directive), legal entities which are authorized or regulated to operate in the financial markets or, if not so authorized or regulated, whose corporate purpose is solely to invest in securities, or any legal entity which has two or more of (1) an average of at least 250 employees during the last financial year; (2) a total balance sheet of more than €43,000,000 and (3) an annual turnover of more than €50,000,000, as shown in its last annual or consolidated accounts; and
(b) (in the case of Relevant Member States that have implemented the 2010 PD Amending Directive), persons or entities that are described in points (1) to (4) of Section I of Annex II to Directive 2004/39/EC, and those who are treated on request as professional clients in accordance with Annex II to Directive 2004/39/EC, or recognized as eligible counterparties in accordance with Article 24 of Directive 2004/39/EC unless they have requested that they be treated as non-professional clients; or
B. to fewer than 100 or, if the Relevant Member State has implemented the relevant provision of the 2010 PD Amending Directive, 150, natural or legal persons (other than qualified investors as defined in the Prospectus Directive), as permitted under the Prospectus Directive, subject to obtaining the prior consent of the representatives; or
C. in any other circumstances falling within Article 3(2) of the Prospectus Directive, provided that no such offer of shares shall require the Company or the representatives to publish a prospectus pursuant to Article 3 of the Prospectus Directive or supplement a prospectus pursuant to Article 16 of the Prospectus Directive.

Each person in a Relevant Member State who initially acquires any shares or to whom any offer is made will be deemed to have represented, acknowledged and agreed that (A) it is a “qualified investor” within the meaning of the law in that Relevant Member State implementing Article 2(1)(e) of the Prospectus Directive, and (B) in the case of any shares acquired by it as a financial intermediary, as that term is used in Article 3(2) of the Prospectus Directive, the shares acquired by it in the offering have not been acquired on behalf of, nor have they been acquired with a view to their offer or resale to, persons in any Relevant Member State other than “qualified investors” as defined in the Prospectus Directive, or in circumstances in which the prior consent of the representatives has been given to the offer or resale. In the case of any shares being offered to a financial intermediary as that term is used in Article 3(2) of the Prospectus Directive, each such financial intermediary will be deemed to have represented, acknowledged and agreed that the shares acquired by it in the offer have not been acquired on a non-discretionary basis on behalf of, nor have they been acquired with a view to their offer or resale to, persons in circumstances which may give rise to an offer of any shares to the public other than their offer or resale in a Relevant Member State to qualified investors as so defined or in circumstances in which the prior consent of the representatives has been obtained to each such proposed offer or resale.

The Company, the representatives and their affiliates will rely upon the truth and accuracy of the foregoing representations, acknowledgements and agreements.

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Member State of shares which are the subject of the offering contemplated in this prospectus may only do so in circumstances in which no obligation arises for the Company or any of the underwriters to publish a prospectus pursuant to Article 3 of the Prospectus Directive in relation to such offer. Neither the Company nor the underwriters have authorized, nor do they authorize, the making of any offer of shares in circumstances in which an obligation arises for the Company or the underwriters to publish a prospectus for such offer.

For the purpose of the above provisions, the expression “an offer to the public” in relation to any shares in any Relevant Member State means the communication in any form and by any means of sufficient information on the terms of the offer and the shares to be offered so as to enable an investor to decide to purchase or subscribe the shares, as the same may be varied in the Relevant Member State by any measure implementing the Prospectus Directive in the Relevant Member State and the expression “Prospectus Directive” means Directive 2003/71/EC (including the 2010 PD Amending Directive, to the extent implemented in the Relevant Member States) and includes any relevant implementing measure in the Relevant Member State and the expression “2010 PD Amending Directive” means Directive 2010/73/EU.

Notice to Prospective Investors in the United Kingdom

In addition, in the United Kingdom, this document is being distributed only to, and is directed only at, and any offer subsequently made may only be directed at persons who are “qualified investors” (as defined in the Prospectus Directive)(i) who have professional experience in matters relating to investments falling within Article 19 (5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005, as amended (the “Order”) and/or (ii) who are high net worth companies (or persons to whom it may otherwise be lawfully communicated) falling within Article 49(2)(a) to (d) of the Order (all such persons together being referred to as “relevant persons”). This document must not be acted on or relied on in the United Kingdom by persons who are not relevant persons. In the United Kingdom, any investment or investment activity to which this document relates is only available to, and will be engaged in with, relevant persons.

Notice to Prospective Investors in Switzerland

The shares may not be publicly offered in Switzerland and will not be listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange (“SIX”) or on any other stock exchange or regulated trading facility in Switzerland. This document has been prepared without regard to the disclosure standards for issuance prospectuses under art. 652a or art. 1156 of the Swiss Code of Obligations or the disclosure standards for listing prospectuses under art. 27 ff. of the SIX Listing Rules or the listing rules of any other stock exchange or regulated trading facility in Switzerland. Neither this document nor any other offering or marketing material relating to the shares or the offering may be publicly distributed or otherwise made publicly available in Switzerland.

Neither this document nor any other offering or marketing material relating to the offering, the Company, the shares have been or will be filed with or approved by any Swiss regulatory authority. In particular, this document will not be filed with, and the offer of shares will not be supervised by, the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA (FINMA), and the offer of shares has not been and will not be authorized under the Swiss Federal Act on Collective Investment Schemes (“CISA”). The investor protection afforded to acquirers of interests in collective investment schemes under the CISA does not extend to acquirers of shares.

Notice to Prospective Investors in the Dubai International Financial Centre

This prospectus supplement relates to an Exempt Offer in accordance with the Offered Securities Rules of the Dubai Financial Services Authority (“DFSA”). This prospectus supplement is intended for distribution only to persons of a type specified in the Offered Securities Rules of the DFSA. It must not be delivered to, or relied on by, any other person. The DFSA has no responsibility for reviewing or verifying any documents in connection with Exempt Offers. The DFSA has not approved this prospectus supplement nor taken steps to verify the information set forth herein and has no responsibility for the prospectus supplement. The shares to which this prospectus supplement relates may be illiquid and/or subject to restrictions on their resale. Prospective purchasers of the shares offered should conduct their own due diligence on the shares. If you do not understand the contents of this prospectus supplement you should consult an authorized financial advisor.

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Notice to Prospective Investors in Israel

This document does not constitute a prospectus under the Israeli Securities Law, 5728-1968, and has not been filed with or approved by the Israel Securities Authority. In Israel, this prospectus is being distributed only to, and is directed only at, investors listed in the first addendum, or the Addendum, to the Israeli Securities Law, consisting primarily of joint investment in trust funds, provident funds, insurance companies, banks, portfolio managers, investment advisors, members of the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, underwriters purchasing for their own account, venture capital funds, entities with equity in excess of NIS 50 million and “qualified individuals”, each as defined in the Addendum (as it may be amended from time to time), collectively referred to as qualified investors. Qualified investors may be required to submit written confirmation that they fall within the scope of the Addendum.

Notice to Prospective Investors in Australia

No placement document, prospectus, product disclosure statement or other disclosure document has been lodged with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (“ASIC”), in relation to the offering. This prospectus does not constitute a prospectus, product disclosure statement or other disclosure document under the Corporations Act 2001 (the “Corporations Act”), and does not purport to include the information required for a prospectus, product disclosure statement or other disclosure document under the Corporations Act.

Any offer in Australia of the shares may only be made to persons (the “Exempt Investors”) who are “sophisticated investors” (within the meaning of section 708(8) of the Corporations Act), “professional investors” (within the meaning of section 708(11) of the Corporations Act) or otherwise pursuant to one or more exemptions contained in section 708 of the Corporations Act so that it is lawful to offer the shares without disclosure to investors under Chapter 6D of the Corporations Act.

The shares applied for by Exempt Investors in Australia must not be offered for sale in Australia in the period of 12 months after the date of allotment under the offering, except in circumstances where disclosure to investors under Chapter 6D of the Corporations Act would not be required pursuant to an exemption under section 708 of the Corporations Act or otherwise or where the offer is pursuant to a disclosure document which complies with Chapter 6D of the Corporations Act. Any person acquiring shares must observe such Australian on-sale restrictions.

This prospectus contains general information only and does not take account of the investment objectives, financial situation or particular needs of any particular person. It does not contain any securities recommendations or financial product advice. Before making an investment decision, investors need to consider whether the information in this prospectus is appropriate to their needs, objectives and circumstances, and, if necessary, seek expert advice on those matters.

Notice to Prospective Investors in Hong Kong

The ordinary shares have not been offered or sold and will not be offered or sold in Hong Kong, by means of any document, other than (a) to “professional investors” as defined in the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap. 571) of Hong Kong and any rules made under that Ordinance; or (b) in other circumstances which do not result in the document being a “prospectus” as defined in the Companies Ordinance (Cap. 32) of Hong Kong or which do not constitute an offer to the public within the meaning of that Ordinance. No advertisement, invitation or document relating to the ordinary shares has been or may be issued or has been or may be in the possession of any person for the purposes of issue, whether in Hong Kong or elsewhere, which is directed at, or the contents of which are likely to be accessed or read by, the public of Hong Kong (except if permitted to do so under the securities laws of Hong Kong) other than with respect to ordinary shares which are or are intended to be disposed of only to persons outside Hong Kong or only to “professional investors” as defined in the Securities and Futures Ordinance and any rules made under that Ordinance.

Notice to Prospective Investors in Japan

The ordinary shares have not been and will not be registered under the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law of Japan (Law No. 25 of 1948, as amended) and, accordingly, will not be offered or sold, directly or indirectly, in Japan, or for the benefit of any Japanese Person or to others for re-offering or resale, directly or indirectly, in Japan or to any Japanese Person, except in compliance with all applicable laws,

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regulations and ministerial guidelines promulgated by relevant Japanese governmental or regulatory authorities in effect at the relevant time. For the purposes of this paragraph, “Japanese Person” shall mean any person resident in Japan, including any corporation or other entity organized under the laws of Japan.

Notice to Prospective Investors in Singapore

This prospectus has not been registered as a prospectus with the Monetary Authority of Singapore. Accordingly, this prospectus and any other document or material in connection with the offer or sale, or invitation for subscription or purchase, of ordinary shares may not be circulated or distributed, nor may the ordinary shares be offered or sold, or be made the subject of an invitation for subscription or purchase, whether directly or indirectly, to persons in Singapore other than (i) to an institutional investor under Section 274 of the Securities and Futures Act, Chapter 289 of Singapore (the “SFA”), (ii) to a relevant person pursuant to Section 275(1), or any person pursuant to Section 275(1A), and in accordance with the conditions specified in Section 275, of the SFA, or (iii) otherwise pursuant to, and in accordance with the conditions of, any other applicable provision of the SFA.

Where the ordinary shares are subscribed or purchased under Section 275 of the SFA by a relevant person which is:

(a) a corporation (which is not an accredited investor (as defined in Section 4A of the SFA)) the sole business of which is to hold investments and the entire share capital of which is owned by one or more individuals, each of whom is an accredited investor; or
(b) a trust (where the trustee is not an accredited investor) whose sole purpose is to hold investments and each beneficiary of the trust is an individual who is an accredited investor,

securities (as defined in Section 239(1) of the SFA) of that corporation or the beneficiaries’ rights and interest (howsoever described) in that trust shall not be transferred within six months after that corporation or that trust has acquired the ordinary shares pursuant to an offer made under Section 275 of the SFA except:

(a) to an institutional investor or to a relevant person defined in Section 275(2) of the SFA, or to any person arising from an offer referred to in Section 275(1A) or Section 276(4)(i)(B) of the SFA;
(b) where no consideration is or will be given for the transfer;
(c) where the transfer is by operation of law;
(d) as specified in Section 276(7) of the SFA; or
(e) as specified in Regulation 32 of the Securities and Futures (Offers of Investments) (Shares and Debentures) Regulations 2005 of Singapore.

Addresses of Representatives

The addresses of the representatives are as follows: Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, One Bryant Park, New York, New York 10036 and Jefferies LLC, 520 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10022.

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Expenses related to this offering

The following table sets forth the costs and expenses, other than underwriting discounts and commissions, payable by us in connection with the offer and sale of ordinary shares in this offering. The underwriting discounts and commissions to be paid to the underwriters represent      of the total amount of the offering. All amounts listed below are estimates except the SEC registration fee, NASDAQ listing fee and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc., or FINRA, filing fee.

 
Itemized expense   Amount
SEC registration fee   $       
FINRA filing fee         
NASDAQ Global Market listing fee         
Printing and engraving expenses         
Legal fees and expenses         
Accounting fees and expenses         
Transfer agent and registrar fees         
Miscellaneous           
Total   $       

Experts

The consolidated financial statements as of December 31, 2012 and 2011, and for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2012, included in this prospectus have been so included in reliance on the report of Kesselman & Kesselman, a member firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers International Limited, an independent registered public accounting firm, given on the authority of said firm as experts in auditing and accounting. The offices of Kesselman & Kesselman are located at Trade Tower, 25 Hamered Street, Tel-Aviv 68125, Israel.

Legal matters

The validity of the ordinary shares being offered by this prospectus and other legal matters concerning this offering relating to Israeli law will be passed upon for us by Meitar Liquornik Geva Leshem Tal, Ramat Gan, Israel. Certain legal matters in connection with this offering relating to U.S. law will be passed upon for us by White & Case LLP, New York, New York. Certain legal matters in connection with this offering will be passed upon for the underwriters by Gornitzky & Co., Tel Aviv, Israel, with respect to Israeli law, and by Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, New York, New York, with respect to U.S. law.

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Enforceability of civil liabilities

We are incorporated under the laws of the State of Israel. Service of process upon us and upon our directors and officers and the Israeli experts named in this registration statement, substantially all of whom reside outside of the United States, may be difficult to obtain within the United States. Furthermore, because substantially all of our assets and substantially all of our directors and officers are located outside of the United States, any judgment obtained in the United States against us or any of our directors and officers may not be collectible within the United States.

We have been informed by our legal counsel in Israel, Meitar Liquornik Geva Leshem Tal, that it may be difficult to assert U.S. securities law claims in original actions instituted in Israel. Israeli courts may refuse to hear a claim based on an alleged violation of U.S. securities laws reasoning that Israel is not the most appropriate forum to bring such a claim. In addition, even if an Israeli court agrees to hear a claim, it may determine that Israeli law and not U.S. law is applicable to the claim. If U.S. law is found to be applicable, the content of applicable U.S. law must be proved as a fact which can be a time-consuming and costly process. Certain matters of procedure will also be governed by Israeli law.

Subject to specified time limitations and legal procedures, Israeli courts may enforce a U.S. judgment in a civil matter which, subject to certain exceptions, is non-appealable, including a judgment based upon the civil liability provisions of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and including a monetary or compensatory judgment in a non-civil matter, provided that among other things:

the judgment was obtained after due process before a court of competent jurisdiction, according to the laws of the state in which the judgment was given and the rules of private international law currently prevailing in Israel;
the prevailing law of the foreign state in which the judgment was rendered allows for the enforcement of judgments of Israeli courts;
adequate service of process has been effected and the defendant has had a reasonable opportunity to be heard and to present his or her evidence;
the judgment is not contrary to public policy of Israel, and the enforcement of the civil liabilities set forth in the judgment is not likely to impair the security or sovereignty of Israel;
the judgment was not obtained by fraud and do not conflict with any other valid judgments in the same matter between the same parties;
an action between the same parties in the same matter is not pending in any Israeli court at the time the lawsuit is instituted in the foreign court; and
the judgment is enforceable according to the laws of Israel and according to the law of the foreign state in which the relief was granted.

If a foreign judgment is enforced by an Israeli court, it generally will be payable in Israeli currency, which can then be converted into non-Israeli currency and transferred out of Israel. The usual practice in an action before an Israeli court to recover an amount in a non-Israeli currency is for the Israeli court to issue a judgment for the equivalent amount in Israeli currency at the rate of exchange in force on the date of the judgment, but the judgment debtor may make payment in foreign currency. Pending collection, the amount of the judgment of an Israeli court stated in Israeli currency ordinarily will be linked to the Israeli consumer price index plus interest at the annual statutory rate set by Israeli regulations prevailing at the time. Judgment creditors must bear the risk of unfavorable exchange rates.

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Where you can find additional information

We have filed with the SEC a registration statement on Form F-1 under the Securities Act relating to this offering of our ordinary shares. This prospectus does not contain all of the information contained in the registration statement. The rules and regulations of the SEC allow us to omit certain information from this prospectus that is included in the registration statement. Statements made in this prospectus concerning the contents of any contract, agreement or other document are summaries of all material information about the documents summarized, but are not complete descriptions of all terms of these documents. If we filed any of these documents as an exhibit to the registration statement, you may read the document itself for a complete description of its terms.

You may read and copy the registration statement, including the related exhibits and schedules, and any document we file with the SEC without charge at the SEC’s public reference room at 100 F Street, N.E., Room 1580, Washington, DC 20549. You may also obtain copies of the documents at prescribed rates by writing to the Public Reference Section of the SEC at 100 F Street, N.E., Room 1580, Washington, DC 20549. Please call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for further information on the public reference room. The SEC also maintains an Internet website that contains reports and other information regarding issuers that file electronically with the SEC. Our filings with the SEC are also available to the public through the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov.

Upon completion of this offering, we will be subject to the information reporting requirements of the Exchange Act that are applicable to foreign private issuers, and under those requirements will file reports with the SEC. Those other reports or other information may be inspected without charge at the locations described above. As a foreign private issuer, we will be exempt from the rules under the Exchange Act related to the furnishing and content of proxy statements, and our officers, directors and principal shareholders will be exempt from the reporting and short-swing profit recovery provisions contained in Section 16 of the Exchange Act. In addition, we will not be required under the Exchange Act to file annual, quarterly and current reports and financial statements with the SEC as frequently or as promptly as U.S. companies whose securities are registered under the Exchange Act. However, we will file with the SEC, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year, or such applicable time as required by the SEC, an annual report on Form 20-F containing financial statements audited by an independent registered public accounting firm, and will submit to the SEC, on Form 6-K, unaudited quarterly financial information for the first three quarters of each fiscal year.

We maintain a corporate website at www.enzymotec.com. Information contained on, or that can be accessed through, our website does not constitute a part of this prospectus. We have included our website address in this prospectus solely as an inactive textual reference.

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INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

ENZYMOTEC LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES

 
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Audited consolidated financial statements
        
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm     F-2  
Balance sheets as of December 31, 2011 and 2012     F-3  
Statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss) for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2012     F-5  
Statements of changes in shareholders' equity for the years ended December 31,
2011 and 2012
    F-6  
Statements of cash flows for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2012     F-7  
Notes to consolidated financial statements     F-8  
Unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements
 
Balance sheets as of March 31, 2013     F-32  
Statements of operations and comprehensive income for the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2013     F-34  
Statements of changes in shareholders' equity for the three months ended March 31,
2012 and 2013
    F-35  
Statements of cash flows for the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2013     F-36  
Notes to consolidated financial statements     F-37  

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
 
To the Shareholders of
 
ENZYMOTEC LTD.

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Enzymotec Ltd. (the “Company”) and its subsidiaries as of December 31, 2012 and 2011 and the related consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss), changes in shareholders' equity and cash flows for the years then ended. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s Board of Directors and management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by the Company’s Board of Directors and management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of the Company at December 31, 2012 and 2011 and the consolidated results of operations, comprehensive income (loss) and cash flows for each of the two years then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

 
 
Tel-Aviv, Israel
July 7, 2013
  /s/ Kesselman & Kesselman

Kesselman & Kesselman
Certified Public Accountants (Isr.)
A member firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers International Limited

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CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

   
  December 31,
     2012   2011
     U.S. dollars in thousands
Assets
                 
CURRENT ASSETS:
                 
Cash and cash equivalents   $ 2,729     $ 4,787  
Accounts receivable:
                 
Trade     11,204       7,240  
Other     3,357       3,515  
Inventories     9,359       6,259  
Total current assets     26,649       21,801  
NON-CURRENT ASSETS:
                 
Investment in equity investee     307       107  
Long-term deposits and other     170       195  
Funds in respect of retirement benefits obligation     880       760  
       1,357       1,062  
PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT:
                 
Cost     28,468       26,864  
Less – accumulated depreciation and amortization     5,504       4,098  
       22,964       22,766  
     $ 50,970     $ 45,629  

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CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

     
      Pro forma shareholders' equity
     December 31,
     2012   2011   2012
         (Unaudited)
     U.S. dollars in thousands
Liabilities and shareholders' equity
                          
CURRENT LIABILITIES:
                          
Short-term loans and current maturity of long-term loans   $ 1,700     $ 6,300           
Accounts payable and accruals:
                          
Trade     6,764       3,969           
Other     3,082       2,007        
Total current liabilities     11,546       12,276        
NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES:
                          
Retirement benefits obligation     1,043       924           
Long-term loans, net of current maturity     4,200       4,900        
Total long-term liabilities     5,243       5,824        
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Note 8)
                          
Total liabilities     16,789       18,100        
SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY:
                          
Ordinary shares of NIS 0.01 par value at December 31, 2012 and 2011: authorized – 3,399,618 shares; issued 44,068 shares     *       *     $ *  
A Preferred shares of NIS 0.01 par value at December 31, 2012 and 2011: authorized and issued – 8,282 shares     *       *        
B Preferred shares of NIS 0.01 par value at December 31, 2012 and 2011: authorized – 15,000 shares; issued 9,952 shares     *       *        
B1 Preferred shares of NIS 0.01 par value at December 31, 2012 and 2011: authorized – 152,100 shares; issued 131,088 shares     *       *        
B2 Preferred shares of NIS 0.01 par value at December 31, 2012 and 2011: authorized – 50,000 shares; issued 21,606 shares and 17,479 shares, respectively     *       *        
Additional paid-in capital     47,457       45,693       47,457  
Accumulated other comprehensive loss     (247 )      (353 )      (247 ) 
Accumulated deficit     (13,029 )      (17,811 )      (13,029 ) 
Total shareholders' equity     34,181       27,529     $ 34,181  
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity   $ 50,970     $ 45,629        

* Represents an amount of less than $1,000.

 
 
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)

   
  Year ended December 31,
     2012   2011
     U.S. dollars in thousands (except per share data)
NET REVENUES   $ 37,867     $ 23,019  
COST OF REVENUES     (19,815 )      (13,468 ) 
GROSS PROFIT     18,052       9,551  
OPERATING EXPENSES:
                 
Research and development – net     (4,611 )      (3,860 ) 
Selling and marketing     (5,191 )      (3,580 ) 
General and administrative     (2,935 )      (2,458 ) 
Total operating expenses     (12,737 )      (9,898 ) 
INCOME (LOSS) FROM OPERATIONS     5,315       (347 ) 
FINANCIAL EXPENSES – net     (539 )      (416 ) 
INCOME (LOSS) BEFORE TAXES ON INCOME     4,776       (763 ) 
TAXES ON INCOME     (180 )      (137 ) 
SHARE IN PROFITS OF EQUITY INVESTEE     186       36  
NET INCOME (LOSS)     4,782       (864 ) 
OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS):
                 
Currency translation adjustments     14       (4 ) 
Cash flow hedge     92       (45 ) 
Total Comprehensive income (loss)   $ 4,888     $ (913 ) 
EARNINGS (LOSS) PER SHARE:
                 
Basic   $ 22.34     $ (19.81 ) 
Diluted   $ 19.34     $ (19.81 ) 
WEIGHTED AVERAGE NUMBER OF ORDINARY SHARES:
                 
Basic     44,068       43,610  
Diluted     50,910       43,610  
PRO FORMA EARNINGS PER SHARE (unaudited):
                 
Basic   $ 22.34        
Diluted   $ 21.65        
WEIGHTED AVERAGE NUMBER OF ORDINARY SHARES USED IN COMPUTING PRO FORMA EARNINGS PER SHARE (unaudited):
                 
Basic     214,079        
Diluted     220,921        

 
 
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY

               
               
  Ordinary shares   Preferred shares   Ordinary shares   Preferred shares   Additional
paid-in capital
  Accumulated
other
comprehensive
(loss)
  Accumulated deficit   Total
     Number of shares   U.S. dollars in thousands
BALANCE AT JANUARY 1, 2011     43,314       149,322     $ *     $ *     $ 40,285     $ (304 )    $ (16,947 )    $ 23,034  
CHANGES IN 2011:
                                                                       
Comprehensive loss                                   (49 )      (864 )      (913 ) 
Issuance of B2 preferred shares, net of issuance costs           17,479             *       5,017                   5,017  
Share-based payment                             343                   343  
Exercise of options by employees     754             *             48                   48  
BALANCE AT DECEMBER 31, 2011     44,068       166,801     $ *     $ *     $ 45,693     $ (353 )    $ (17,811 )    $ 27,529  
CHANGES IN 2012:
                                                                       
Comprehensive income                                 $ 106     $ 4,782     $ 4,888  
Share-based payment                           $ 267                   267  
Issuance of B2 preferred shares and warrants, net of issuance costs           4,127             *       1,497                   1,497  
BALANCE AT DECEMBER 31, 2012      44,068       170,928     $      *     $      *     $ 47,457     $   (247 )    $ (13,029 )    $ 34,181  

* Represents an amount of less than $1,000.

 
 
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

   
  Year ended December 31,
     2012   2011
     U.S. dollars in thousands
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
                 
Net Income (loss) for the year   $ 4,782     $ (864 ) 
Adjustments required to reflect cash flows from operations:
                 
Depreciation and amortization     1,422       1,233  
Change in inventories     (3,100 )      (202 ) 
Change in accounts receivable and other     (3,806 )      (3,892 ) 
Change in accounts payable and other     3,590       853  
Share in profits of equity investee     (186 )      (36 ) 
Share-based payment     267       343  
Change in other non-current assets     9       94  
Liability for employee rights upon retirement     45       96  
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities     3,023       (2,375 ) 
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
                 
Purchase of property, plant and equipment     (1,248 )      (1,515 ) 
Long-term deposits     16       (12 ) 
Funds in respect of retirement benefits obligation     (46 )      (56 ) 
Net cash used in investing activities     (1,278 )      (1,583 ) 
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
                 
Change in short-term loans     (4,600 )      2,400  
Repayment of long-term bank loan     (700 )      (700 ) 
Exercise of options by employees              48  
Issuance of equity and warrants     1,497       5,017  
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities     (3,803 )      6,765  
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS     (2,058 )      2,807  
BALANCE OF CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT BEGINNING OF YEAR     4,787       1,980  
BALANCE OF CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT END OF YEAR   $ 2,729     $ 4,787  
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION:
                 
Interest paid   $ 544     $ 540  
Income taxes paid, net of refunds   $ 135     $ 128  

Supplementary information on financing and investing activities not involving cash flows

At December 31, 2012 and 2011, trade payables include $563,000 and $191,000, respectively in respect of acquisition of property, plant and equipment. These balances will be given recognition in these statements upon payment.

 
 
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

NOTE 1 — SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

The financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in United States (“US GAAP”). The significant accounting policies were applied on a consistent basis, as follows:

a. General

Enzymotec Ltd. (the “Company”) is an Israeli company formed in 1998, which, together with its subsidiaries, develops, manufactures, markets and sells innovative bio-functional lipid ingredients, as well as final products, based on sophisticated proprietary processes and technologies.

The Company's sales are made to companies that market dietary supplements, to distributors related to those companies, to nutrition companies that provide balanced nutrition to babies and to pharmaceutical companies that market the products as treating diseases by providing the body with optimal amounts of substances which are natural to the body. As to sales by geographic locations and major customers, see Note 4.

In June 2007, the Company entered into a joint collaboration agreement with a Swedish vegetable oil company (the “Partner”) for the manufacture, marketing and sale of products to the infant food industry and established Advance Lipids AB, Swedish company jointly owned by both parties in equal proportions (“Advanced Lipids”) for this purpose.

b. Use of estimates in preparation of financial statements

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results may differ from those estimates. As applicable to these financial statements, the most significant estimates and assumptions relate to contingencies.

c. Functional currency

The U.S. dollar (“dollar”) is the currency of the primary economic environment in which the operations of the Company are conducted. The majority of the Company's sales are in dollars; the majority of the Company’s expenses are incurred in dollars; and the majority of the Company’s financing has been provided in dollars.

Transactions and balances originally denominated in dollars are presented at their original amounts. Balances in non-dollar currencies are translated into dollars using historical and current exchange rates for non-monetary and monetary balances, respectively. For non-dollar transactions and other items in the statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss) (indicated below), the following exchange rates are used: (i) for transactions-exchange rates at transaction dates or average rates; and (ii) for other items (derived from non-monetary balance sheet items such as depreciation and amortization, etc.) — historical exchange rates. Currency transaction gains and losses are recorded in financial income (expenses), as appropriate.

The functional currency of the Company's equity investee, Advanced Lipids, is the Swedish Krona, which is the currency of the primary economic environment in which the operations of Advanced Lipids are conducted. Currency translation adjustments are presented within other comprehensive income (loss).

d. Principles of consolidation

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiaries. Intercompany balances and transactions have been fully eliminated. Profits from intercompany sales have also been eliminated.

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NOTE 1 — SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES  – (continued)

e. Investment in equity investee

The investment in Advanced Lipids, which is a less-than-majority-owned entity in which the Company exercises significant influence over operating and financial policies, is accounted for using the equity method of accounting. Under the equity method, original investments are recorded at cost and adjusted by the Company’s share of undistributed profits or losses of such company. The Company’s earnings or losses in Advanced Lipids have been reflected as “share in profits of equity investee” in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss).

f. Cash equivalents

The Company considers all highly liquid investments, which include short-term bank deposits (up to three months from date of deposit) that are not restricted as to withdrawal or use, to be cash equivalents.

g. Inventories

Inventories include raw materials and finished products and are valued at the lower of cost or market. The cost of inventories is determined as follows:

Raw materials and supplies — on the “first-in, first-out” basis;

Products in process and finished products: the raw and packaging materials on the “first-in, first-out” basis; the capitalized production cost — mainly on an average basis over the production period.

h. Property, plant and equipment

These assets are stated at cost, net of accumulated depreciation and amortization.

The assets are depreciated by the straight-line method on the basis of their estimated useful lives.

Annual rates of depreciation are as follows:

 
  %
Computers and software     33  
Buildings     2  
Vehicles     15  
Manufacturing equipment     7 - 10  
Laboratory equipment (mainly 15%)     7 - 20  
Furniture and office equipment     6 - 15  

Leasehold improvements are amortized by the straight-line method over the term of the lease, which is shorter than the estimated useful life of the improvements.

i. Impairment of long-lived assets

The Company tests long-lived assets for impairment whenever events or circumstances present an indication of impairment. If the sum of expected future cash flows (undiscounted and without interest charges) of the assets is less than the carrying amount of such assets, an impairment loss would be recognized. The assets would be written down to their estimated fair values, calculated based on the present value of expected future cash flows (discounted cash flows), or some other fair value measure.

As of December 31, 2012 and 2011, the Company did not recognize an impairment loss for its long-lived assets.

j. Revenue recognition

The Company recognizes revenue from sales of its products to customers, including distributors, when persuasive evidence of sales arrangement exists, delivery has occurred, the sales price is fixed or

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NOTE 1 — SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES  – (continued)

determinable and collectability is reasonably assured. See also Note 3 for timing of revenue recognition related to the Company's joint collaboration agreement. The Company provides a right of return to its U.S. distributors upon expiry of the medical food products sold in the VAYA Pharma segment. Accordingly, the Company records a reserve for estimated sales returns based on historical experience since the beginning of 2011, as well as specific factors, such as levels of inventory in the distribution channel, product dating and expiration. Returns to date have been inconsequential. Revenues from product sales are also recorded net of cash discounts and distribution fees, which can be reasonably estimated.

k. Research and development expenses

Research and development expenses are charged to income as incurred. Participation from government departments and from research foundations for development of approved projects is recognized as a reduction of expense as the related costs are incurred. The main components of the research and development expenses are salaries and related expenses, laboratory, clinical research and regulatory related expenses.

l. Contingencies

Certain conditions may exist as of the date of the financial statements, which may result in a loss to the Company but which will only be resolved when one or more future events occur or fail to occur. Management assesses such contingent liabilities and estimated legal fees, if any, and such assessment inherently involves an exercise of judgment. In assessing loss contingencies related to legal proceedings that are pending against the Company or unasserted claims that may result in such proceedings, management evaluates the perceived merits of any legal proceedings or unasserted claims as well as the perceived merits of the amount of relief sought or expected to be sought.

Management applies the guidance in ASC 450-20-25 when assessing losses resulting from contingencies. If the assessment of a contingency indicates that it is probable that a material loss has been incurred and the amount of the liability can be estimated, then the estimated liability is recorded as accrued expenses in the Company’s financial statements. If the assessment indicates that a potential material loss contingency is not probable but is reasonably possible, or is probable but cannot be estimated, then the nature of the contingent liability, together with an estimate of the range of possible loss if determinable and material are disclosed. Loss contingencies considered to be remote by management are generally not disclosed unless they involve guarantees, in which case the guarantees are disclosed.

m. Income taxes

Deferred income taxes are determined by the asset and liability method based on the estimated future tax effects of differences between the financial accounting and the tax bases of assets and liabilities under the applicable tax law. Deferred tax balances are computed using the tax rates expected to be in effect at the time when these differences reverse. Valuation allowances in respect of the deferred tax assets are provided when it is more likely than not that all or a portion of the deferred income tax assets will not be realized. See Note 11g for additional information regarding deferred taxes.

The Company assesses its valuation allowance considering different indicators, including profitability of the different entities in the different tax jurisdictions, the ability to utilize the deferred tax assets in subsequent years, etc.

Upon the distribution of dividends from the tax-exempt income of an “Approved Enterprise” or “Benefitted Enterprise” (see also Note 11a3), the amount distributed is subject to tax at the rate that would have been applicable had the Company not been exempted from payment thereof. The Company intends to permanently reinvest the amounts of tax exempt income and it does not intend to distribute such dividends. Therefore, no deferred income taxes have been provided in respect of such tax-exempt income.

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NOTE 1 — SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES  – (continued)

The Company may incur an additional tax liability in the event of an inter-company dividend distribution from foreign subsidiaries; no additional deferred income taxes have been provided, since it is the Company’s policy not to distribute dividends in the foreseeable future that may result in additional tax liability.

Taxes that would apply in the event of disposal of investments in foreign subsidiaries have not been taken into account in computing deferred income taxes, as it is the Company’s intent and ability to hold these investments.

Tax benefits recognized in the financial statements are those that management deems at least more likely than not to be sustained, based on technical merits. The amount of benefits recorded for these tax benefits is measured as the largest benefit management deems more likely than not to be sustained.

n. Share-based payment

The Company accounts for employees and directors share-based payment awards classified as equity awards using the grant-date fair value method. The fair value of share-based payment transactions is recognized as an expense over the requisite service period, net of estimated forfeitures. The Company estimates forfeitures based on historical experience and anticipated future conditions.

The Company elected to recognize compensation cost for an award with only service conditions that has a graded vesting schedule using the straight-line method based on the multiple-option award approach.

When options are granted as consideration for services provided by consultants and other non-employees, the grant is accounted for based on the fair value of the consideration received or the fair value of the options issued, whichever is more reliably measurable. The fair value of the options granted is measured on a final basis at the end of the related service period and is recognized over the related service period using the straight-line method.

o. Shipping and handling costs

Shipping and handling costs on sales are classified as a component of cost of revenues.

p. Advertising

Costs related to advertising and promotion of products, are charged to selling and marketing expense as incurred.

q. Earnings (loss) per share

Basic earnings (loss) per share are computed by dividing net income or loss applicable to ordinary shareholders by the weighted average number of shares of the Company's ordinary shares outstanding for each period.

Diluted earnings (loss) per share are calculated by dividing net income or loss applicable to ordinary shareholders by the fully-diluted weighted-average number of ordinary shares outstanding during each period. Potentially dilutive shares comprised of: (i) incremental ordinary shares issuable upon the exercise of share options or warrants, using the treasury stock method; and (ii) shares issuable upon conversion of preferred shares using the “if-converted” method.

The Company applies the two class method as required by ASC 260. Under this method the earnings per share for each class of shares (ordinary shares and preferred shares) are calculated assuming 100% of the Company’s earnings are distributed as dividends to each class of shares based on their contractual rights. In addition, since preferred shareholders do not participate in losses, for the year ended December 31, 2011 preferred shares are not included in the computation of basic and diluted net loss per share.

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NOTE 1 — SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES  – (continued)

r. Unaudited pro forma shareholders' equity information

Upon the completion of the Company's initial public offering, all outstanding convertible preferred stock will automatically convert into ordinary shares. The unaudited pro forma shareholders' equity information gives effect to the conversion of the convertible preferred stock as of December 31, 2012.

s. Derivatives

The Company carries out transactions involving foreign exchange derivative financial instruments (mainly forward exchange contracts, written and purchased currency options). The transactions are designed to hedge the Company’s currency exposure.

Derivatives that do not qualify for hedge accounting are recognized on the balance sheet at their fair value, with changes in the fair value recognized as a component of “financial expenses-net” in the statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss).

For derivatives that qualify as cash-flow hedges, the effective portion of these derivatives’ fair value is initially reported as a component of other comprehensive income.

For derivatives that do not qualify for hedge accounting, the cash flows associated with these derivatives are reflected as cash flows from operating activities in the consolidated statements of cash flows.

For derivatives that qualify for hedge accounting, the cash flows associated with these derivatives are reported in the consolidated statements of cash flows consistently with the classification of cash flows from the underlying hedged items that these derivatives are hedging.

t. Fair value measurement

The Company measures fair value and discloses fair value measurements for financial assets and liabilities. Fair value is based on the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date.

The fair value of the financial instruments included in the working capital of the Company is usually identical or close to their carrying value. The fair value of bank borrowing also approximates the carrying value since it bears interest at rates close to the prevailing market rates.

The three levels of inputs that may be used to measure fair value are as follows:

Level 1 — Quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets that are accessible at the measurement date for assets or liabilities. The fair value hierarchy gives the highest priority to Level 1 inputs.

Level 2 — Observable prices that are based on inputs not quoted on active markets, but corroborated by market data.

Level 3 — Unobservable inputs are used when little or no market data is available. The fair value hierarchy gives the lowest priority to Level 3 inputs.

In determining fair value, the Company utilizes valuation techniques that maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs to the extent possible and considers counterparty credit risk in its assessment of fair value.

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

NOTE 1 — SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES  – (continued)

u. Concentration of credit risks, trade receivables and suppliers.

Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentration of credit risk consist principally of cash and cash equivalents and trade receivables. The Company deposits cash and cash equivalents with highly rated financial institutions, mainly in Israeli and US banks. The Company has not experienced any credit losses in these accounts and does not believe it is exposed to any significant credit risk on these instruments.

The Company performs ongoing credit evaluations to estimate the need for maintaining reserves for potential credit losses. An allowance for doubtful accounts is recognized on a specific basis with respect to those amounts that the Company has determined to be doubtful of collection. No allowance for doubtful accounts was recorded in the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011.

One customer accounted for more than 10% of gross accounts receivable at December 31, 2012 with a balance of $2,440,000 ($702,000 December 31, 2011).

The Company is dependent on third parties to supply krill meal, an essential raw material for the production of krill oil, which accounted for 49.8% of total net revenues in 2012. The Company currently purchases krill meal pursuant to a memorandum of understanding with the owners of a vessel that harvests Antarctic krill. It also purchase kill meal from several other suppliers, subject to availability. There are a limited number of vessels capable of producing krill meal onboard. In 2013, a distribution company from which the Company previously purchased krill meal declared bankruptcy and although no material disruption to the krill meal supply occurred and the Company was able to make alternative arrangements with the owner of the vessel, if the Company, for any reason, is no longer able to obtain the krill meal from a supplier on terms reasonable to it, or at all, this would have a material adverse effect on its results of operations and financial condition.

NOTE 2 — PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

Composition of property and equipment grouped by major classifications is as follows:

   
  December 31,
     2012   2011
     U.S. dollars in thousands
Manufacturing equipment   $ 14,365     $ 13,675  
Buildings     8,985       8,937  
Laboratory equipment     2,442       2,194  
Land*     951       951  
Furniture, office equipment and computers     886       792  
Leasehold improvements     161       161  
Vehicles     42       42  
Advances on account of acquisition of machinery and equipment     636       112  
       28,468       26,864  
Less: accumulated depreciation and amortization     5,504       4,098  
     $ 22,964     $ 22,766  

* Land includes long-term leasehold rights in Israel, with useful lives of 98 years.

Depreciation and amortization expense totaled $1,422,000 and $1,233,000 for the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively.

As to pledges and guarantees, see Note 10.

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

NOTE 3 — JOINT COLLABORATION AGREEMENT

As described in Note 1, the Company has entered into a joint collaboration agreement with a Swedish vegetable oil company. The joint collaboration agreement's initial term ends on December 31, 2016. Thereafter the agreement will be automatically extended for consecutive periods of three years, unless terminated by a notice of either party at least 12 months prior to its expiration. Under the joint collaboration agreement and two related supply agreements signed between the parties, the activities of the joint operations are allocated as follows:

The Company has the responsibility for production of the enzyme, research and development, marketing and business development activities. The Partner has responsibility for the supply chain (purchase and procurement of raw materials, managing stock, delivery and collection). Advanced Lipids operates as a low risk distributor of the joint collaboration. The Company recognizes revenues from its sales to the Partner only upon sale by Advanced Lipids to its customers. As described in Note 1e, the Company accounts for the investment in Advanced Lipids using the equity method of accounting and recognizes its 50% proportionate share of the profit or loss of Advanced Lipids. For the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011, sales of the Company through this joint collaboration amounted to $8,183,000 and $3,533,000, respectively. At December 31, 2012 and 2011, the receivable balance was $3,411,000 and $1,551,000, respectively.

NOTE 4 — SEGMENT INFORMATION

The Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) is the Company’s chief operating decision-maker (“CODM”). Management has determined that there are three operating segments, which are aggregated into two reportable segments based on the information reviewed by the CEO for the purposes of allocating resources and assessing performance.

Nutrition.  This segment develops and manufactures lipid compositions and bioactive ingredients as ingredients for infant formula and dietary supplements, which are tailored to the special needs of the nutrition industry. These ingredients include InFat, a proprietary, clinically-proven infant formula fat ingredient that mimics human breast milk fat to facilitate healthy infant development and premium phospholipids-based bioactive ingredients for nutritional supplements. The best-selling product is krill oil, which provides the benefits of omega-3 fatty acids. Other products are targeted at improving brain health and providing benefits in memory, learning abilities and concentration.

VAYA Pharma.  This segment develops, manufactures and sells branded lipid-based medical foods for the dietary management of medical disorders and common diseases. This is a research-based, specialty pharmaceutical segment, which currently offers medical foods products for the cardiovascular and neurological markets.

The Infant Nutrition and Bio Active Ingredients operating segments of the Company were aggregated into Nutrition. These operating segments were aggregated because they share similar products, manufacturing processes, customers, distribution methods and regulatory environments as well as have similar economic characteristics.

The Nutrition Segment includes the results of Advanced Lipids and other activities performed at the Company level. For accounting purposes, the results of Advanced Lipids are recorded using the equity method of accounting. For management purposes, the results of Advanced Lipids are analyzed based on proportionate consolidation, which represents the Company's share (50%) of the gross results of Advanced Lipids.

The CEO assesses the performance based on a measure of “Adjusted EBITDA” (earnings before financial expenses, tax, depreciation and amortization and excluding share-based payment). This measure is also used in the calculation of the financial covenants as described in Note 8e.

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NOTE 4 — SEGMENT INFORMATION  – (continued)

The measure of assets has not been disclosed for each segment as it is not regularly provided to the CODM.

Segment data for the year ended December 31, 2012 is as follows:

         
  Nutrition   VAYA
Pharma
  Total   Elimination**   Consolidated
Net revenues   $ 44,380     $ 1,832     $ 46,212     $ (8,345 )    $ 37,867  
Cost of revenues*     27,297       588       27,885       (8,087 )      19,798  
Gross profit*     17,083       1,244       18,327       (258 )      18,069  
Operating expenses*     7,850       4,637       12,487                12,487  
Depreciation and amortization     1,304       118                    
Adjusted EBITDA   $ 10,537     $ (3,275 )                   
Share-based payment                             267  
Operating Income                                         5,315  
Financial expenses – net                             539  
Income before taxes on income                           $ 4,776  

* Including depreciation and amortization but excluding share based payment.
** Representing the change from proportionate consolidation to the equity method of accounting.

Segment data for the year ended December 31, 2011 is as follows:

         
  Nutrition   VAYA
Pharma
  Total   Elimination**   Consolidated
Net revenues   $ 27,266     $ 739     $ 28,005     $ (4,986 )    $ 23,019  
Cost of revenues*     17,955       447       18,402       (4,942 )      13,460  
Gross profit*     9,311       292       9,603       (44 )      9,559  
Operating expenses*     7,735       1,828       9,563                9,563  
Depreciation and amortization     1,168       65                    
Adjusted EBITDA   $ 2,744     $ (1,471 )                   
Share-based payment                             343  
Operating loss                                         (347 ) 
Financial expenses – net                             416  
Loss before taxes on income                           $ (763 ) 

* Including depreciation and amortization but excluding share based payment.
** Representing the change from proportionate consolidation to the equity method of accounting.

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b. Entity Wide Information:
1) Net sales by geographic location were as follows:

   
  Year ended December 31,
     2012   2011
     U.S. dollars in thousands
North America   $ 17,487     $ 14,394  
Europe     6,828       3,557  
Australia     11,763       1,474  
Asia     1,497       3,094  
Israel     292       500  
Total revenue   $ 37,867     $ 23,019  
2) Substantially all of the Company's long lived assets are located in Israel.
3) Sales of three products of the Nutrition Segment, which exceed 10% of total sales, are as follows:

   
  Year ended December 31,
     2012   2011
     U.S. dollars in thousands
Krill oil   $ 18,841     $ 9,701  
InFat   $ 8,183     $ 3,533  
Sharp PS   $ 4,978     $ 3,589  
4) Net revenue from principal customers — Net revenues from single customers of the Nutrition Segment that exceed 10% of total net revenue in the relevant year:

   
  Year ended December 31,
     2012   2011
     U.S. dollars in thousands
Customer A   $ 9,426     $ 1,179  
Customer B   $ 2,130     $ 2,801  
Customer C   $ 2,586     $ 2,626  

NOTE 5 — INVENTORIES:

   
  December 31,
     2012   2011
     U.S. dollars in thousands
Raw materials and supplies   $ 4,663     $ 1,870  
In-process inventories     2,360       2,057  
Finished goods     2,336       2,332  
     $ 9,359     $ 6,259  

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NOTE 6 — BORROWINGS

In September 2009, the Company entered into a financing agreement (“the Financing Agreement”) with a bank (“the Bank”), which amounted to $10.6 million and was comprised of the following:

a. Long-term loans

The loans are due for repayment as follows:

1) A loan of $1.4 million which bore annual interest rate of LIBOR +3.6% and was repaid in 24 monthly installments starting January 2010.
2) A loan of $5.6 million which was due in one installment on October 2011 unless extended, upon meeting certain financial and other covenants determined in the Financing Agreement.

In accordance with the original terms, the loan was extended for an additional 8 years (96 monthly installments starting January 2012 — $700,000 annually). The loan bears a floating rate of one month LIBOR plus 5.05%.

In February 2010, the Company entered into an interest rate swap agreement with a third party in respect to its $5.6 million principal amount long term loan. The purpose of the transaction was to change the interest from floating rate to fixed rate. As a result of this agreement, the Company pays, starting March 2011 through February 2015, an effective interest rate of 8.37% on the $5.6 million principal amount, instead of the original floating rate of one month LIBOR plus 5.05%. The above transaction qualified for cash flows hedge accounting.

b. Short-term credit line for financing of working capital

As part of the Financing Agreement, the Company also received a short-term credit line from the Bank of up to $3.6 million. During 2011, the credit line was increased to $5.6 million. In May 2012, the Company signed an amendment to the short-term credit line agreement. The credit line was increased to an amount, which is the lower of $7.6 million or 20% of the consolidated net revenues for the last reported four quarters. As of December 31, 2012, the Company had utilized $1 million from the credit line, which bears an annual average interest rate of LIBOR + 3.25% (approximately 3.5% at December 31, 2012). The short-term credit line expired on April 30, 2013 and the Company is currently negotiating with the Bank the extension of such credit line.

c. Financing agreement for the construction of manufacturing equipment for extraction of Krill oil

In September 2012, the Company signed an additional financing agreement of up to $3.75 million with the Bank for financing the construction of manufacturing equipment for extraction of Krill oil. At the end of the construction period, which is expected to be one year, the actual financing amount drawn by the Company during the construction period will be converted into a four year long term loan with an interest rate of LIBOR +3.35%. Through December 31, 2012, the Company did not draw amounts under this financing agreement.

As to pledges, charges, liens and guarantees relating to all financing agreements, see Note 10.

NOTE 7 — EMPLOYEE RIGHTS UPON RETIREMENT

The Company is required to make severance payments with respect to its Israeli employees upon dismissal of an employee or upon termination of employment in certain circumstances.

In accordance with the current employment agreements with most of its Israeli employees, the Company makes regular deposits with certain insurance companies for accounts controlled by each applicable employee in order to secure the employee’s retirement benefit obligation. The Company is fully relieved from any severance pay liability with respect to each such employee after it makes the payments on behalf of the employee. The liability accrued in respect of these employees and the amounts funded, as of the respective

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agreement dates, are not reflected in the Company balance sheets, as the amounts funded are not under the control and management of the Company and the pension or severance pay risks have been irrevocably transferred to the applicable insurance companies (the “Contribution Plan”).

With regard to the employees without a Contribution Plan, the liability is funded in part by the purchase of insurance policies or by the establishment of pension funds with dedicated deposits in the funds. These policies are the Company's assets. The severance payment liability to the employees (based upon length of service and the latest monthly salary — one month’s salary for each year of employment) is recorded on the Company's balance sheets under “retirement benefits obligation.” The liability is recorded as if it was payable at each balance sheet date on an undiscounted basis. In the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011, the Company deposited $139,000 and $158,000, respectively, with insurance companies and pension funds in connection with its severance payment obligations.

The amounts of severance payment expenses were $284,000 and $317,000 for the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively, of which $145,000 and $120,000 in the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively, were in respect of the Contribution Plan and funded accordingly. Gain (loss) on amounts funded in insurance companies and pension funds, in respect of retirement benefit obligation totaled $74,000 and $(58,000) for the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively.

The Company expects to contribute approximately $341,000 in the year ending December 31, 2013 to insurance companies in connection with its severance liabilities for its operations for that year, $195,000 of which will be contributed to a Contribution Plan.

NOTE 8 — COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES:

a. Operating leases

As of December 31, 2012, minimum future rentals under operating leases of office space, machinery and equipment and vehicles for periods in excess of one year amounted to $410,000 and were to be paid as follows: 2013 — $295,000; 2014 — $86,000; 2015 — $10,000; 2016 — $10,000; 2017 — $9,000. The lease expenses in each of the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011 were $355,000 and $276,000, respectively.

b. Marketing and distribution agreements

The Company has entered into marketing and distribution agreements with commercial entities with respect to its products. Under the terms of the agreements, the distributors have received rights to distribute the products in a defined territory and for various periods.

c. Royalties:
1) The Company is committed to pay royalties to the Office of the Chief Scientist of the Israeli Ministry of Economy (the “Chief Scientist”); the royalties are computed based on the Company’s net revenues arising from know-how in the research and development in which the Chief Scientist participated by way of grants. Under the terms of the Company’s funding from the Chief Scientist, royalties of 3% – 5% are payable on sales of products developed from a project so funded, up to 100% of the amount of the grant received by the Company (dollar linked with the addition of annual interest at LIBOR rate). At the time the grants were received, successful development of the related projects was not assured. In the case of failure of a project that was partly financed by royalty-bearing Government grants, the Company is not obligated to pay any such royalties to the Israeli Government.

At December 31, 2012, the maximum royalty amount payable (including interest) by the Company is approximately $2.75 million.

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2) In 2001, the Company and a third party (the U.S. Partner) entered into an agreement for the development, manufacture and supply of a new product. The development of this product was funded by the BIRD fund. The Company is committed to pay royalties to the BIRD fund, which are computed based on the Company’s net revenues from sale of products in the development of which the BIRD fund participated.

The U.S. Partner has terminated the research project and the BIRD fund gave its consent to the termination as above. Therefore, the Company is not expected to derive any revenues from the said research; however, in case such revenues shall arise to the Company, the maximum royalty amount payable by the Company is $370,000 as of December 31, 2012.

3) Royalty expenses for the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011 were recorded in cost of revenues and amounted to $40,000 and $416,000, respectively.
d. Litigation:
1) The Company is party to a number of actions initiated by Neptune Technologies & Bioressources Inc., (“Neptune”), in which Neptune has claimed that the Company's krill oil products infringe certain of its patents, namely U.S. Patent Nos. 8,030,348, 8,278,351 and 8,383,675, (the “348 patent”, the “351 patent” and the “675 patent”, respectively). The complaints asserting each of these patents were filed against the Company and certain other parties in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware, (the “District Court”), in October 2011, October 2012 and February 2013, respectively. In each of the complaints, Neptune seeks both permanent injunctions prohibiting the Company from making or selling the allegedly infringing products and an unspecified amount of monetary damages against the Company and the other defendants.

Additionally, in April 2013, the Company received a notice of an investigation by the United States International Trade Commission, (“ITC”), regarding complaints filed before the ITC by Neptune and its subsidiary, Acasi Pharma Inc. Neptune and its subsidiaries instituted these complaints against the Company and certain of Neptune’s other principal competitors in the United States alleging a violation of section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930 by reason of alleged infringement of the 351 patent and the 675 patent.

The status of each District Court patent litigation is as follows:

348 Patent — In February 2012, the District Court stayed the 348 patent litigation against the Company pending the issuance of an Action Closing Prosecution which is a preliminary decision issued by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) during certain types of re-examinations after considering the issues concerning patentability a second or subsequent time, in a re-examination proceeding by the USPTO, of the 348 patent. This re-examination was initiated by krill oil producer Aker BioMarine ASA. In May 2013, the USPTO issued an “Action Closing Prosecution” that rejected the validity of all of the claims in the 348 patent. However, this action is not final, and Neptune still has an opportunity to file written comments in response. Moreover, even if a final decision is made adversely to Neptune, Neptune may have the opportunity to file an appeal. Because of the issuance of the Action Closing Prosecution, the District Court’s stay has expired. However, Neptune has not yet moved to lift the stay and the case has not yet resumed.

351 Patent — In May 2013, the District Court stayed Neptune’s litigation against the Company involving the 351 patent pending the results of the ITC proceeding described above. In addition, in December 2012, the USPTO granted a request by Aker BioMarine ASA to re-examine the 351 patent.

675 Patent — Neptune has agreed to stay the 675 patent litigation pending a decision in the ITC proceeding described above.

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Management believes that there are several different possible outcomes of the litigations and proceedings in respect of the above three Neptune patents. The USPTO could confirm Neptune’s patent claims in respect of the 348 patent and/or the 351 patent or cancel them completely, or reject some and confirm others of these claims, or Neptune could amend its claims in some way to put them in a position for allowance. In addition, the ITC could issue a decision preventing the Company from importing krill oil products into the United States; invalidate the 351 patent and/or the 675 patent; or decide that either the 351 patent or the 675 patent or both are not infringed by krill oil products imported into the United States. It is not certain whether any of the litigations involving the 351 patent and 675 patent will continue at all or to the same extent, or how strong Neptune’s claims will be after the conclusion of the USPTO re-examinations of the 348 patent and/or the 351 patent or the ITC proceeding. Moreover, it is unclear whether the patent claims asserted against the Company in these litigations will differ from the ones that are currently in the applicable patents.

Management believes that the Company has meritorious defenses to the patent claims as currently asserted against the Company in the patent litigations, and it intends to vigorously contest the complaints made by Neptune. If any claim of these patents is found to be infringed, valid and enforceable by the District Court, the District Court could impose on the Company an injunction prohibiting the Company from selling the infringing products in the United States, or monetary damages in the form of lost profits or a reasonable royalty, as determined by the District Court (with the possibility of interest and fees). Treble damages may also be awarded if the applicable requirements are found. Calculating the measure of lost profits or a reasonable royalty is complex and would depend in part on aspects of Neptune’s business that are not known to the Company. In addition, the Company has agreed to indemnify and be financially responsible for any damages awarded against certain of its customers resulting from the purchase, importation, sale or use of the Company's products in the event such products are found to infringe certain of Neptune’s patent rights. An injunction by the District Court or an exclusion order by the ITC could also be issued against the Company, either of which could prevent the Company from selling the allegedly infringing products in the United States, a significant market for the Company's krill oil products. The District Court or ITC could also order other actions that could impose additional costs and expenses upon the Company. Moreover, the Company could suffer significant reputational harm from any adverse ruling in these actions, which could significantly affect its market value, and such harms and negative effects could also occur from the mere expectation that an adverse ruling could be issued. Management believes an estimate of the likelihood that the Company might incur financial loss as a result of the litigation with Neptune is currently premature. Accordingly, the Company has not included any provision in its financial statements for these claims.

2) In March 2013, a claim was filed against the Company in the Haifa District Court, Israel, seeking a finder’s fee in connection with funds invested in the Company by one of its investors (the “Claim”).

The Claim is based upon an agreement, dated March 2000, between the Company and the plaintiff, pursuant to which the Company agreed to pay him a finder’s fee, should he introduce the Company to an investor who would invest an amount in excess of $500,000 in the Company. In previous litigation between the Company and the plaintiff concerning this agreement, the plaintiff claimed to have been entitled to a finder’s fee in respect of an investment made by an investor in the Company, although the investment materialized more than a year later. This previous claim was adjudicated in his favor and the Company paid him a fee of $75,000.

In the present Claim, the plaintiff alleges that he is entitled to an additional finder’s fee in the amount of NIS 6.2 million (approximately $1.7 million) in connection with the multiple investments made by the same investor over the past 11 years. Management believes, based on the language of

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the agreement, as well as various other documents that the demonstrable intention of the parties was that he would receive a fee only for the initial investment, and not in respect of any later investments, and it intends to defend this Claim vigorously. Accordingly, the Company has not included any provision in its accounts for this Claim.

In April 2013, we filed a motion to be permitted to defend.

e. Financial and other Covenants

As part of the Financing Agreement (see Note 6 above), the Company committed to meet certain financial and other covenants determined in the Financing Agreement. The major financial covenants are:

1) Shareholders’ equity must exceed $20 million.
2) Shareholders’ equity must exceed 45% of total assets.
3) EBITDA, as defined in the Financing Agreement, must exceed $1.5 million.
4) The ratio between Net Debt (defined as all liabilities to banks and financial institutions minus the company’s cash and cash equivalents) and EBITDA (as defined in the Financing Agreement) must be below 5 in 2012 and below 4 in 2013 and thereafter.

Should the Company fail to meet the agreed covenants, the Bank will be able to demand an immediate repayment of all outstanding balances and cancel the short-term credit line.

As of December 31, 2012, the Company was in compliance with all covenants.

f. As to pledges and guarantees, see Note 10.

NOTE 9 — SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY:

a. Share capital:
1) Ordinary shares

The ordinary shares confer upon their holders voting rights and the right to participate in shareholders' meetings (the holders of shares of NIS 0.01 par values are entitled to one vote per share), the right to receive profits and the right to a share in excess assets upon liquidation of the Company.

2) Preferred shares

The A, B, B1 and B2 preferred shares (“PS”) confer upon their holders voting rights similar to the ordinary shares and the right to participate in dividends in priority to holders of ordinary shares. The holders of PS have a veto right when certain issues are brought to vote. In a Liquidation Event as defined below, the PS are entitled to their liquidation preference, which is defined as the amount received at the time of their issuance, with the addition of annual interest of LIBOR +2% (“Liquidation Preference”).

The PS are convertible at the option of the holder, at any time, into such number of ordinary shares of the Company as is determined by dividing the respective price per share by the conversion price (as defined in the articles of association of the Company (“the Articles”)) at the time in effect for each such PS. All PS shall be automatically converted into ordinary shares at the respective conversion price, at the time in effect for each such PS upon the earlier of: (A) a Qualified IPO (as defined in the Articles), or (B) the date specified in a written notice received by the Company from the holders of at least 75% of the PS, voting together as a single class.

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The conversion price may be adjusted upon any recapitalization event and also in accordance with certain anti-dilution protections in the event that the Company issues additional securities at a price per share lower than the then applicable conversion price of the applicable series of the PS, as defined in the Articles.

In the event of any liquidation, bankruptcy, winding up, or reorganization of the Company and deemed liquidation (change in control events upon merger or acquisition as defined in the Articles) — collectively “Liquidation Event”, the amount of distributions of legally available funds and/or assets to the shareholders of the Company shall be distributed pursuant to the following order of preference: (i) holders of the Series B2 Preferred Shares — their Liquidation Preference; (ii) holders of the Series B1 Preferred Shares — their Liquidation Preference; (iii) holders of Series A and B Preferred Shares on a pro rata basis — their Liquidation Preference; (iv) the employees of the Company will be entitled to receive special consideration as defined in the Articles; and (v) after payment in full all of the respective PS Liquidation Preference amounts and the employee special consideration, all shareholders of the Company shall be entitled to receive their pro rata part in the distribution of the remaining assets on an as converted basis. The reorganization events of the Company mentioned above (change in control events upon merger or acquisition) will not result in redemption of the shares of the Company, which would still be outstanding.

3) Share Purchase Agreement (“SPA”)

In September 2011, the Company signed an SPA with certain of its shareholders. Following this SPA and certain amendments signed by the Company, certain shareholders and a new investor (the “New Investor”) undertook to invest in the Company $11.3 million (the “Investment Amount”) in exchange for Series B2 Preferred shares NIS 0.01 par value and at a price per share equal to $363.3.

The Investment Amount was paid in two equal installments, as follows: (i) upon signing the SPA (ii) the remaining portion will be transferred and paid to the Company from time to time but no later than December 31, 2012. Through March 31, 2012, the first installment ($5.65 million) was fully paid. In addition, the New Investor received an option to invest, in accordance with the same terms and conditions of the SPA, an additional amount of $1.2 million (the “Additional Amount”), which option is exercisable at the same price per share by him not later than December 31, 2012 (potentially increasing the amount of this financial round to $12.5 million). In December 2012, the New Investor exercised its option to invest the Additional Amount of $1.2 million. On November 20, 2012, the Company's Board of Directors approved the extension of the payment of the second installment (including the Additional Amount) through January 15, 2013. Through January 15, 2013, the second installment, including the Additional Amount, was fully paid.

In addition, the Company issued to each of the investors warrants to purchase additional Series B2 Preferred shares amounting to 20% of the number of Series B2 Preferred shares purchased by them as part of the investment round. Such warrants may be exercised, in whole or in part, (A) for cash, at any time but prior to the earlier to occur of: (i) the closing of an IPO (ii) the closing of a Deemed Liquidation Event; or (iii) the fifth anniversary of the Closing, as defined; or (B) on a cashless basis immediately prior to an IPO or a Deemed Liquidation.

The fair value of warrants issued through December 31, 2012 was estimated at $176,000 and was determined by a valuation model.

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b. Option plans

In 1999 and 2003 the Company’s Board of Directors approved option plans for employees, directors and service providers (hereafter — the Plans). Through December 31, 2012, the Company granted as part of those Plans 55,331 options to employees, directors and service providers. Each option is exercisable into one ordinary share of NIS 0.01 par value. At December 31, 2012, 1,660 options remained available for grant under the Plans.

From the effective date of grant, options generally vest over a 4-year period 25% each year. Currently, all of the option agreements include provisions for accelerated vesting at the occurrence of certain events including events of change in control (including IPO), as defined. Immediately upon exercise, the ordinary shares issued will have the same rights as all other ordinary shares. In general, any option not exercised within 10 years from grant date or within three months from termination of employment (and in certain cases according to a resolution of the Board of Directors) will expire, unless extended by the Board of Directors.

The Plans with respect to Israeli employees are intended to be governed by the terms stipulated by Section 102 of the Israeli Income Tax Ordinance. In accordance with the capital gain track chosen by the Company and pursuant to the terms thereof, the Company is not allowed to claim, as an expense for tax purposes, the amounts credited to employees as a benefit, including amounts recorded as salary benefits in the Company’s accounts, in respect of options granted to employees under the Plan — with the exception of the work-income benefit component, if any, determined on the grant date. Options granted to employees from other countries are subject to similar terms with some amendments required for local regulations.

The fair value of options granted during the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011 was $15.39 and $22.48, respectively.

The fair value of each option granted is estimated on the date of grant using the binomial option-pricing model, with the following assumptions:

   
  2012   2011
Dividend yield   0%   0%
Expected volatility   60%   77%
Risk-free interest rate   2.2%   1.8%
Contractual term   10 years   10 years
Early exercise multiple   218% – 229%   218% – 229%

The expected volatility is based on the historical volatility of comparable companies. The risk-free interest rate assumption is derived from the interest curve for U.S. government bonds for periods corresponding to the life term of the option on the grant date. The early exercise multiple was based on data of comparable companies.

The total unrecognized compensation cost of employee options at December 31, 2012 is $277,000, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 1.25 years.

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A summary of share option plans, and related information, under all of the Company’s equity incentive plans for the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011 are as follows:

Options granted to employees, directors and service providers:

       
  Year ended December 31,
     2012   2011
     Number of options   Weighted average exercise price*   Number of options   Weighted average exercise
price*
Outstanding at beginning of year     26,320       141.70       23,186       130.22  
Changes during the year:
                                   
Granted     2,485       212.00       4,150       195.81  
Exercised                       (754 )      63.96  
Forfeited     (1,350 )      212.00       (262 )      206.87  
Outstanding at end of year     27,455       144.60       26,320       141.70  
Exercisable at end of year     19,634       118.34       15,701       98.76  

* In dollars per share.

At December 31, 2012, there were 900 options outstanding with an average exercise price of $117.82 and average remaining contractual life of 5.13 years, which were granted to service providers. At December 31, 2012, 750 of these options were exercisable.

The following table summarizes information concerning outstanding and exercisable options as of December 31, 2012:

       
Options outstanding
  Options exercisable
Exercise prices*   Number of options outstanding at end of year   Weighted average remaining contractual life   Number of options exercisable
at end of
year
  Weighted average remaining contractual
life
  0.01     4,870       2.54       4,870       2.54  
  0.10     400       1.96       400       1.96  
100.00     6,000       5.93       5,850       5.86  
110.00     600       5.62       600       5.62  
212.00     15,585       8.00       7,914       8.02  
Total     27,455       6.44       19,634       5.82  

* In dollars per share.

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The following table illustrates the effect of share-based compensation on the statement of operations and comprehensive income (loss):

   
  Year ended December 31,
     2012   2011
     U.S. dollars in thousands
Cost of revenues   $ 17     $ 8  
Research and development expenses – net     60       72  
Selling and marketing expenses     40       84  
General and administrative expenses     150       179  
     $ 267     $ 343  
c. Accumulated other comprehensive loss:

   
  December 31,
     2012   2011
     U.S. dollars in thousands
Currency translation adjustment   $ 14           
Unrealized loss from cash flow hedge     (261 )    $ (353 ) 
     $ (247 )    $ (353 ) 

NOTE 10 — PLEDGES AND GUARANTEES:

a. In connection with the Financing Agreement mentioned in Note 6 above, the Company registered floating charges in favor of the Bank on all of their assets. The Company also registered fixed liens on its land, property, plant and equipment and on its shares in Enzymotec Inc. (its wholly owned U.S. subsidiary).
b. As to indemnification provided to several customers and distributors in connection with litigation, see Note 8.

NOTE 11 — TAXES ON INCOME:

a. Enzymotec Ltd.

The Company is taxed according to Israeli tax laws:

1) Measurement of results for tax purposes

As explained in Note 1c, the functional currency of the Company is the Dollar, and the Company's financial statements are measured in Dollars. The difference between the changes in the Israeli currency (NIS) and the exchange rate of the dollar, both on an annual and a cumulative basis causes a difference between taxable income and income reflected in these financial statements.

ASC 740-10-25 prohibits the recognition of deferred tax liabilities or assets that arise from differences between the financial reporting and tax bases of assets and liabilities that are remeasured from the local currency into dollars using historical exchange rates, and that result from changes in exchange rates or indexing for tax purposes.

Consequently, the abovementioned differences were not reflected in the computation of deferred tax assets and liabilities.

2) Tax rates

The income of the Company (other than income from “Approved Enterprise” or “Benefited Enterprise”, see 3. below) is taxed at the regular rate. The regular corporate tax rate in Israel in 2011 was 24%. On December 6, 2011, the “Tax Burden Distribution Law” Legislation Amendments

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NOTE 11 — TAXES ON INCOME:  – (continued)

(2011) was published. Under this law, the previously approved gradual decrease in corporate tax was discontinued and the corporate tax rate increased to 25% as from 2012 and thereafter.

3) Tax benefits under the Law for the Encouragement of Capital Investments, 1959 (hereafter — the law)

Under the law, including Amendment No. 60 to the law that as published in April 2005, by virtue of the Approved Enterprise or Benefited Enterprise status granted to certain of its production facilities the Company is entitled to various tax benefits.

The main benefit arising from such status is the reduction in tax rates on income derived from an approved enterprise. Income derived from approved or benefited enterprises is tax exempt for a period of up to ten years period of benefits. The period of tax benefits, as described above, is generally subject to limitations of the earlier of 12 years from the commencement of production, or 14 years from the date of approval. As of December 31, 2012, the period of benefits has not yet commenced.

In the event of distribution of cash dividends from income which was tax exempt as above, the amount distributed will be subject to the tax rate it was exempted from.

The Company is entitled to claim accelerated depreciation in respect of equipment used by the approved enterprises during five tax years.

The entitlement to the above benefits is conditional upon the Company fulfilling the conditions stipulated by the Approved Enterprise Law and regulations published thereunder, and in the certificate of approval for the specific investments in approved enterprises. In the event of failure to comply with these conditions, the benefits may be canceled and the Company may be required to refund the amount of the benefits, in whole or in part, with the addition of linkage differences to the Israeli CPI and interest.

4) Amendment of the Law for the Encouragement of Capital Investments, 1959

The Law for Encouragement of Capital Investments, 1959 (hereafter — the law) was amended as part of the Economic Policy Law for the years 2011 – 2012 (hereafter — the amendment), which becomes effective on January 1, 2011.

The amendment sets alternative benefit tracks to the ones currently in place under the provisions of the Law, including a reduced corporate tax rate for companies located in national development zone A of 10% in 2011 – 2012, 7% in 2013-2014 and 6% at 2015 and thereafter.

The benefits are granted to companies that qualify under criteria set in the law; for the most part, those criteria are similar to the criteria that have existed in the law prior to its amendment and the benefit period is unlimited in time.

Under the transitional provisions of the law, a company is allowed to continue to enjoy the tax benefits available under the law prior to its amendment until the end of the period of benefits, as defined in the law. In each year during the period of benefits of its Approved or Benefitted Enterprises, the Company will be able to opt for application of the amendment, thereby making available to itself the tax rates as above. The Company's election to apply the amendment is irrevocable.

As of December 31, 2012 the, Company's management decided not to adopt the application of the amendment.

5) Losses for tax purposes, carried forward to future years

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Carry forward tax losses of the Company at December 31, 2012, approximated $14 million.

b. Non-Israeli Subsidiaries

Subsidiaries that are incorporated outside of Israel are assessed for tax under the tax laws in their countries of residence. The principal tax rates (Federal and State) applicable to the subsidiaries incorporated in the U.S. is approximately 40%.

c. Tax assessments

The Company and its subsidiaries have not been assessed since incorporation. In accordance with the Income Tax Ordinance in Israel, tax assessments of the Company through tax year 2007 are considered final.

d. Income (loss) before income taxes is composed of the following:

   
  Year ended December 31,
     2012   2011
     U.S. dollars in thousands
Israel   $ 4,360     $ (1,036 ) 
Non-Israeli Subsidiaries     416       273  
     $ 4,776     $ (763 ) 
e. Taxes on income — current

   
Non-Israeli Subsidiaries     180       137  
     $   180     $   137  
f. Uncertain tax positions

As of December 31, 2012 and 2011, the Company had not accrued a provision for uncertain tax positions.

g. Deferred income taxes

Deferred taxes are computed using the tax rates expected to be in effect when those differences reverse. Since the Company is entitled to a tax exemption for a period of ten years, the tax rate used in computation of deferred taxes on its carry forward losses and timing differences is zero.

h. Reconciliation of theoretical tax expense to actual tax expense

   
  Year ended December 31,
     2012   2011
     U.S. dollars in thousands
Income (loss) before taxes on income   $ 4,776     $ (763 ) 
Theoretical tax expenses (benefit) at the statutory rate (2012 – 25%; 2011 – 24%)     1,194       (183 ) 
Increase (decrease) in taxes on income due to:
                 
Computation of deferred taxes at a rate, which is different than statutory rate     (1,157 )      166  
Non-deductible expenses – mainly share-based payment     74       89  
Different effective tax rates applicable to the subsidiaries     69       65  
     $ 180     $   137  

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NOTE 12 — SUPPLEMENTARY FINANCIAL STATEMENT INFORMATION:

a. Accounts receivable — other:

   
  December 31,
     2012   2011
     U.S. dollars in thousands
Advance to supplier   $ 1,695     $ 1,942  
Institutions     1,024       702  
Chief Scientist     153       759  
Fair value of derivatives     251       2  
Prepaid expenses and other     234       110  
     $ 3,357     $ 3,515  
b. Accounts payable and accruals — other:

   
Employees and payroll related institutions   $ 1,515     $ 615  
Provision for vacation and recreation pay     373       324  
Royalties payable     23       155  
Fair value of derivatives     261       367  
Accrued expenses and sundry     910       546  
     $ 3,082     $ 2,007  
c. Research and development expenses — net

   
  Year ended December 31,
     2012   2011
     U.S. dollars in thousands
Total expenses   $ 4,876     $ 4,426  
Less – participation and grants     265       566  
     $ 4,611     $ 3,860  
d. Finance expenses — net:

   
Interest expenses and other bank charges   $ (657 )    $ (590 ) 
Foreign exchange gain (losses) – net     (102 )      22  
Derivatives gain (losses) – net     220       152  
     $  (539 )    $  (416 ) 

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NOTE 13 — FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENT

Financial items carried at fair value as of December 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011 are classified in the tables below in one of the three categories described in Note 1t:

   
  December 31, 2012
     U.S. dollars in thousands
     Level 1   Level 2
Cash and cash equivalents – cash deposits and other   $ 2,729           
Derivatives:
                 
Interest rate swap (liabilities)            $ (261 ) 
Forward contracts and currency options(assets)              251  
Total   $ 2,729     $  (10 ) 

   
  December 31, 2011
     U.S. dollars in thousands
     Level 1   Level 2
Cash and cash equivalents – cash deposit and other   $ 4,787           
Derivatives:
                 
Interest rate swap (liabilities)            $ (353 ) 
Forward contracts and currency options (liabilities)              (14 ) 
Forward contracts and currency options (assets)              2  
Total   $ 4,787     $  (365 ) 
a. Foreign exchange risk management

The Company enters into forward exchange contracts in non-functional currencies and purchases and writes non-functional currency options in order to hedge the currency exposure on identifiable balance sheet items. In addition, the Company takes steps to reduce exposure by using “natural” hedging. The currency hedged items are usually denominated in New Israeli Shekel (NIS). The writing of options is part of a comprehensive currency hedging strategy. These transactions are for periods of less than one year. The counterparties to the derivatives is comprised of major banks and, in view of the current financial environment, the Company is monitoring the associated inherent credit risks. The above transactions do not qualify for hedge accounting.

b. Interest rate swaps

In February 2010, the Company entered into an interest rate swap agreement with a third party in respect to its $5.6 million principal amount long term loan. The purpose of the transaction was to change the interest from floating rate to fixed rate. As a result of this agreement, the Company pays, starting March 2011 through February 2015, an effective interest rate of 8.37%, as compared to the original floating rate of one month LIBOR plus 5.05%. The above transaction qualified for hedge accounting.

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NOTE 14 — RELATED PARTIES:

   
  Year ended December 31,
     2012   2011
     U.S. dollars in thousands
Management fees to members of the Board   $ 21     $ 6  

At December 31, 2012, there were 3,080 options outstanding with an average exercise price of $212, which were granted to members of the Board. At December 31, 2012, 1,540 of these options were exercisable.

NOTE 15 — EARNINGS (LOSS) PER SHARE

The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted earnings (loss) per share for the years indicated (in thousands, except per share amounts):

Basic earnings (loss) per share

   
  Year ended December 31,
     2012   2011
Net income (loss)   $ 4,782     $ (864 ) 
Amount allocated to participating preferred shareholders     (3,798 )       
Net income (loss) applicable to ordinary shareholders – basic   $ 984     $ (864 ) 
Weighted average ordinary shares outstanding     44,068       43,610  
Basic earnings (loss) per share   $ 22.34     $ (19.81 ) 

Diluted earnings (loss) per share

   
  Year ended December 31,
     2012   2011
Net income (loss) applicable to ordinary shareholders – diluted   $ 984     $ (864 ) 
Weighted average number of shares used in the computation of basic earnings per share     44,068       43,610  
Add – 
                 
additional shares from the assumed exercise of employee stock options     6,842        
Weighted average number of shares used in the computation of diluted earnings (loss) per share     50,910       43,610  
Diluted earnings (loss) per share   $ 19.34     $ (19.81 ) 

In the year ended December 31, 2011, all outstanding options to employees (26,320), warrants to preferred shareholders (2,286) and preferred shares (166,801) have been excluded from the calculation of the diluted loss per share for the year since their effect was anti-dilutive.

In the year ended December 31, 2012, 16,185 options to employees and all warrants to preferred shareholders (3,111) and preferred shares (170,928) have been excluded from the calculation of the diluted earnings per share for the year since their effect was anti-dilutive.

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NOTE 16 — PRO FORMA EARNINGS PER SHARE (unaudited)

The following unaudited calculation of basic and diluted earnings per share gives effect to the automatic conversion of all outstanding shares of the Company's preferred shares (using the if-converted method) into ordinary shares as though the conversion had occurred as of the beginning of the period or the original date of issuance, if later.

Pro forma basic earnings per share (unaudited):

 
  Year ended December 31, 2012
Net income   $ 4,782  
Weighted average number of shares used in the computation of basic earnings per share     44,068  
Add – 
        
Pro forma adjustment to reflect assumed conversion of preferred shares to ordinary shares     170,011  
Weighted average number of shares used in the computation of pro forma basic earnings per share     214,079  
Pro forma basic earnings per share (unaudited)   $ 22.34  

 
  Year ended December 31, 2012
Pro forma diluted earnings per share (unaudited):
        
Net income   $ 4,782  
Weighted average number of shares used in the computation of pro forma basic earnings per share     214,079  
Add – 
        
additional shares from the assumed exercise of employee stock options     6,842  
Weighted average number of shares used in the computation of pro forma diluted earnings per share     220,921  
Diluted earnings per share (unaudited)   $ 21.65  

NOTE 17 — SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

The Company evaluated subsequent events through July 7, 2013, the date on which the December 31, 2012 consolidated financial statements were issued.

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED UNAUDITED BALANCE SHEETS

   
  March 31, 2013   December 31, 2012
     U.S. dollars in thousands
Assets
                 
CURRENT ASSETS:
                 
Cash and cash equivalents   $ 10,119     $ 2,729  
Accounts receivable:
                 
Trade     11,695       11,204  
Other     3,246       3,357  
Inventories     8,868       9,359  
Total current assets     33,928       26,649  
NON-CURRENT ASSETS:
                 
Investment in equity investee     383       307  
Long-term deposits and other     314       170  
Funds in respect of retirement benefits obligation     934       880  
       1,631       1,357  
PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT:
                 
Cost     29,507       28,468  
Less – accumulated depreciation and amortization     5,879       5,504  
       23,628       22,964  
     $ 59,187     $ 50,970  

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      Pro forma shareholders' equity
     March 31, 2013   December 31, 2012   March 31, 2013
     U.S. dollars in thousands
Liabilities and shareholders' equity
                          
CURRENT LIABILITIES:
                          
Short-term loans and current maturity of long-term loans   $ 700     $ 1,700           
Accounts payable and accruals:
                          
Trade     6,650       6,764           
Other     3,233       3,082        
Total current liabilities     10,583       11,546        
NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES:
                          
Retirement benefits obligation     1,111       1,043           
Long-term loans, net of current maturity     4,025       4,200        
Total long-term liabilities     5,136       5,243        
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (note 5)
                          
Total liabilities     15,719       16,789        
SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY:
                          
Ordinary shares of NIS 0.01 par value at March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012: authorized – 3,399,618 shares; issued 44,283 shares and 44,068 shares, respectively     *       *     $ *  
A Preferred shares of NIS 0.01 par value at March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012: authorized and issued – 8,282 shares     *       *        
B Preferred shares of NIS 0.01 par value at March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012: authorized – 15,000 shares; issued 9,952 shares     *       *        
B1 Preferred shares of NIS 0.01 par value at March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012: authorized – 152,100 shares; issued 131,088 shares     *       *        
B2 Preferred shares of NIS 0.01 par value at March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012: authorized – 50,000 shares; issued 40,462 shares and 21,606 shares, respectively     *       *        
Additional paid-in capital     54,368       47,457       54,368  
Accumulated other comprehensive loss     (215 )      (247 )      (215 ) 
Accumulated deficit     (10,685 )      (13,029 )      (10,685 ) 
Total shareholders' equity     43,468       34,181     $ 43,468  
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity   $ 59,187     $ 50,970        

* Represents an amount of less than $1,000.

 
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed financial statements.

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED UNAUDITED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND
COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

   
  Three months ended
March 31,
     2013   2012
     U.S. dollars in thousands (except per share data)
NET REVENUES   $ 13,830     $ 8,019  
COST OF REVENUES     (7,282 )      (3,959 ) 
GROSS PROFIT     6,548       4,060  
OPERATING EXPENSES:
                 
Research and development – net     (1,445 )      (1,205 ) 
Selling and marketing     (1,564 )      (1,143 ) 
General and administrative     (1,117 )      (706 ) 
Total operating expenses     4,126       3,054  
INCOME FROM OPERATIONS     2,422       1,006  
FINANCIAL EXPENSES – net     (81 )      (75 ) 
INCOME BEFORE TAXES ON INCOME     2,341       931  
TAXES ON INCOME     (75 )      (40 ) 
SHARE IN PROFITS OF EQUITY INVESTEE     78       39  
NET INCOME   $ 2,344     $ 930  
OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME:
                 
Currency translation adjustments     (2 )      5  
Cash flow hedge     34       17  
Total comprehensive income   $ 2,376     $ 952  
EARNINGS PER SHARE:
                 
Basic   $ 10.15     $ 4.40  
Diluted   $ 8.04     $ 3.93  
WEIGHTED AVERAGE NUMBER OF ORDINARY SHARES:
                 
Basic     44,259       44,068  
Diluted     55,903        49,336  
PRO FORMA EARNINGS PER SHARE:
                 
Basic   $ 10.15        
Diluted   $ 9.66        
WEIGHTED AVERAGE NUMBER OF ORDINARY SHARES USED IN COMPUTING PRO FORMA EARNINGS PER SHARE:
                 
Basic     230,900        
Diluted     242,544        

 
 
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SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY

               
               
  Ordinary shares   Preferred shares   Ordinary shares   Preferred shares   Additional paid-in capital   Accumulated other comprehensive (loss)   Accumulated deficit   Total
     Number of shares   U.S. dollars in thousands
BALANCE AT JANUARY 1, 2012     44,068       166,801     $ *     $ *     $ 45,693     $ (353 )    $ (17,811 )    $ 27,529  
CHANGES DURING 3 MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2012:
                                                                       
Comprehensive income                                   22       930       952  
Issuance of B2 preferred shares, net of issuance costs           4,127             *       1,497                   1,497  
Share-based payment                             63                   63  
BALANCE AT MARCH 31, 2012     44,068       170,928     $ *     $ *     $ 47,253     $ (331 )    $ (16,881 )    $ 30,041  
BALANCE AT JANUARY 1, 2013     44,068       170,928     $ *       *     $ 47,457     $ (247 )    $ (13,029 )    $ 34,181  
CHANGES DURING 3 MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2013:
                                                                       
Comprehensive income                                   32       2,344       2,376  
Exercise of options by employees     215             *             8                   8  
Share-based payment                             53                   53  
Issuance of B2 preferred shares and warrants           18,856             *       6,850                   6,850  
BALANCE AT MARCH 31, 2013      44,283       189,784     $     *     $     *     $ 54,368     $   (215 )    $ (10,685 )    $ 43,468  

* Represents an amount of less than $1,000.

 
 
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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED UNAUDITED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

   
  Three months ended
March 31,
     2013   2012
     U.S. dollars in thousands
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
                 
Net income   $ 2,344     $ 930  
Adjustments required to reflect cash flows from operations:
                 
Depreciation and amortization     376       348  
Change in inventories     491       114  
Change in accounts receivable and other     (380 )      157  
Change in accounts payable and other     (265 )      (643 ) 
Share in profits of equity investee     (78 )      (39 ) 
Share-based payment     53       63  
Change in other non-current assets     (144 )      (40 ) 
Liability for employee rights upon retirement     50       89  
Net cash provided by operating activities     2,447       979  
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
                 
Purchase of property, plant and equipment     (704 )      (174 ) 
Funds in respect of retirement benefits obligation     (36 )      (30 ) 
Net cash used in investing activities     (740 )      (204 ) 
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
                 
Change in short-term loans     (1,000 )       
Repayment of long-term bank loan     (175 )      (175 ) 
Exercise of options by employees     8           
Issuance of equity and warrants     6,850       1,497  
Net cash provided by financing activities     5,683       1,322  
INCREASE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS     7,390       2,097  
BALANCE OF CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT BEGINNING
OF PERIOD
    2,729       4,787  
BALANCE OF CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT END
OF PERIOD
  $ 10,119     $  6,884  

Supplementary information on financing and investing activities not involving cash flows

At March 31, 2013 and 2012, trade payables include $899,000 and $230,000, respectively, in respect of acquisition of property, plant and equipment. These balances will be given recognition in these statements upon payment.

 
 
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NOTE 1 — BASIS OF PRESENTATION

These unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements of Enzymotec Ltd. (the “Company”) and its subsidiaries have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) for interim financial statements, and on the same basis as the annual consolidated financial statements. Accordingly, they do not contain all information and notes required by U.S. GAAP for annual financial statements. In the opinion of management, these unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements reflect all adjustments, which include normal recurring adjustments, necessary for a fair statement of the Company’s consolidated financial position as of March 31, 2013, the consolidated results of operations and comprehensive income and cash flows for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2013 and 2012.

These condensed consolidated financial statements and notes thereto are unaudited and should be read in conjunction with the Company’s audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2012. The condensed consolidated balance sheet data as of December 31, 2012 was derived from the audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2012, but does not include all disclosures required by U.S. GAAP.

The results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2013 are not necessarily indicative of results that could be expected for the year ending December 31, 2013.

NOTE 2 — JOINT COLLABORATION AGREEMENT

In June 2007, the Company entered into a joint collaboration agreement with a Swedish oil company (the “Partner”) for the manufacture, marketing and sale of products to the infant food industry and established an equally owned Swedish company (Advanced Lipids AB; hereafter: “Advanced Lipids”). Under the joint collaboration agreement and two related supply agreements signed between the parties, the activities of the joint operations are allocated as follows:

The Company has the responsibility for production of the enzyme, research and development, marketing and business development activities. The Partner has responsibility over the supply chain (purchase and procurement of raw materials, managing stock, delivery and collection). Advanced Lipids operates as a low risk distributor of the joint collaboration. The Company recognizes revenues from its sales to the Partner only upon sale by Advanced Lipids to its customers. The Company accounts for the investment in Advanced Lipids using the equity method, and recognizes its 50% proportionate share of the profit or loss of Advanced Lipids. For the three-month periods ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, sales of the Company through this joint collaboration amounted to $3,382,000 and $1,653,000, respectively. At March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, the receivable balance was $3,394,000 and $3,411,000, respectively.

NOTE 3 — SEGMENT INFORMATION

The Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) is the Company’s chief operating decision-maker (“CODM”). Management has determined that there are three operating segments, which are aggregated into two reportable segments based on the information reviewed by the CEO for the purposes of allocating resources and assessing performance.

Nutrition.  This segment develops and manufactures lipid compositions and bioactive ingredients as ingredients for infant formula and dietary supplements, which are tailored to the special needs of the nutrition industry. These ingredients include InFat, a proprietary, clinically-proven infant formula fat ingredient that mimics human breast milk fat to facilitate healthy infant development and premium phospholipids-based bioactive ingredients for nutritional supplements. The best-selling product is krill oil, which provides the benefits of omega-3 fatty acids. Other products are targeted at improving brain health and providing benefits in memory, learning abilities and concentration.

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NOTE 3 — SEGMENT INFORMATION  – (continued)

VAYA Pharma.  This segment develops, manufactures and sells branded lipid-based medical foods for the dietary management of medical disorders and common diseases. This is a research-based, specialty pharmaceutical segment, which currently offers medical foods products for the cardiovascular and neurological markets.

The Infant Nutrition and Bio Active Ingredients operating segments of the Company were aggregated into Nutrition. These operating segments were aggregated because they share similar products, manufacturing processes, customers, distribution methods and regulatory environments as well as have similar economic characteristics.

The Nutrition Segment includes the results of Advanced Lipids and other activities performed at the Company level. For accounting purposes, the results of Advanced Lipids are recorded using the equity method of accounting. For management purposes, the results of Advanced Lipids are analyzed based on proportionate consolidation, which represents the Company's share (50%) of the gross results of Advanced Lipids.

The CEO assesses the performance based on a measure of “Adjusted EBITDA” (earnings before financial expenses, tax, depreciation and amortization and excluding share-based payment). This measure is also used in the calculation of the financial covenants as described in Note 8e.

The measure of assets has not been disclosed for each segment as it is not regularly provided to the CODM.

Segment data for the three months ended March 31, 2013 is as follows:

         
  Nutrition   VAYA Pharma   Total   Elimination**   Consolidated
Net revenues   $ 15,642     $ 884     $ 16,526     $ (2,696 )    $ 13,830  
Cost of revenues*     9,639       236       9,875       (2,596 )      7,279  
Gross profit*     6,003       648       6,651       (100 )      6,551  
Operating expenses*     2,582       1,494       4,076                4,076  
Depreciation and amortization     336       40                    
Adjusted EBITDA   $  3,757     $  (806 )                   
Share-based payment                             53  
Operating Income                                         2,422  
Financial expenses – net                             81  
Income before taxes on income                           $  2,341  

* Including depreciation and amortization but excluding share based payment.
** Representing the change from proportionate consolidation to the equity method of accounting.

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NOTE 3 — SEGMENT INFORMATION  – (continued)

Segment data for the three months ended March 31, 2012 is as follows:

         
  Nutrition   VAYA Pharma   Total   Elimination**   Consolidated
Net revenues   $ 9,407     $ 330     $ 9,737     $ (1,718 )    $ 8,019  
Cost of revenues*     5,486       135       5,621       (1,665 )      3,956  
Gross profit*     3,921       195       4,116       (53 )      4,063  
Operating expenses*     2,084       910       2,994                2,994  
Depreciation and amortization     321       27                    
Adjusted EBITDA   $  2,158     $  (688 )                   
Share-based payment                             63  
Operating income                                         1,006  
Financial expenses – net                             75  
Income before taxes on income                           $  931  

* Including depreciation and amortization but excluding share based payment.
** Representing the change from proportionate consolidation to the equity method of accounting.

NOTE 4 — INVENTORIES:

   
  March 31, 2013   December 31, 2012
     U.S. dollars in thousands
Raw materials and supplies   $ 4,231     $ 4,663  
In-process inventories     2,617       2,360  
Finished goods     2,020       2,336  
     $ 8,868     $ 9,359  

NOTE 5 — COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES:

a. Litigations:
1) The Company is party to a number of actions initiated by Neptune Technologies & Bioressources Inc., (“Neptune”), in which Neptune has claimed that the Company's krill oil products infringe certain of its patents, namely U.S. Patent Nos. 8,030,348, 8,278,351 and 8,383,675, ( the “348 patent”, the “351 patent” and the “675 patent”, respectively). The complaints asserting each of these patents were filed against the Company and certain other parties in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware, (the “District Court”), in October 2011, October 2012 and February 2013, respectively. In each of the complaints, Neptune seeks both permanent injunctions prohibiting the Company from making or selling the allegedly infringing products and an unspecified amount of monetary damages against the Company and the other defendants.

Additionally, in April 2013, the Company received a notice of an investigation by the United States International Trade Commission, (“ITC”), regarding complaints filed before the ITC by Neptune and its subsidiary, Acasi Pharma Inc. Neptune and its subsidiaries instituted these complaints against the Company and certain of Neptune’s other principal competitors in the United States alleging a violation of section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930 by reason of alleged infringement of the 351 patent and the 675 patent.

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The status of each District Court patent litigation is as follows:

348 Patent — In February 2012, the District Court stayed the 348 patent litigation against the Company pending the issuance of an Action Closing Prosecution which is a preliminary decision issued by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) during certain types of re-examinations after considering the issues concerning patentability a second or subsequent time, in a re-examination proceeding by the USPTO, of the 348 patent. This re-examination was initiated by krill oil producer Aker BioMarine ASA. In May 2013, the USPTO issued an “Action Closing Prosecution” that rejected the validity of all of the claims in the 348 patent. However, this action is not final, and Neptune still has an opportunity to file written comments in response. Moreover, even if a final decision is made adversely to Neptune, Neptune may have the opportunity to file an appeal. Because of the issuance of the Action Closing Prosecution, the District Court’s stay has expired. However, Neptune has not yet moved to lift the stay and the case has not yet resumed.

351 Patent — In May 2013, the District Court stayed Neptune’s litigation against the Company involving the 351 patent pending the results of the ITC proceeding described above. In addition, in December 2012, the USPTO granted a request by Aker BioMarine ASA to re-examine the 351 patent.

675 Patent — Neptune has agreed to stay the 675 patent litigation pending a decision in the ITC proceeding described above.

Management believes that there are several different possible outcomes of the litigations and proceedings in respect of the above three Neptune patents. The USPTO could confirm Neptune’s patent claims in respect of the 348 patent and/or the 351 patent or cancel them completely, or reject some and confirm others of these claims, or Neptune could amend its claims in some way to put them in a position for allowance. In addition, the ITC could issue a decision preventing the Company from importing krill oil products into the United States; invalidate the 351 patent and/or the 675 patent; or decide that either the 351 patent or the 675 patent or both are not infringed by krill oil products imported into the United States. It is not certain whether any of the litigations involving the 351 patent and 675 patent will continue at all or to the same extent, or how strong Neptune’s claims will be after the conclusion of the USPTO re-examinations of the 348 patent and/or the 351 patent or the ITC proceeding. Moreover, it is unclear whether the patent claims asserted against the Company in these litigations will differ from the ones that are currently in the applicable patents.

Management believes that the Company has meritorious defenses to the patent claims as currently asserted against the Company in the patent litigations, and it intends to vigorously contest the complaints made by Neptune. If any claim of these patents is found to be infringed, valid and enforceable by the District Court, the District Court could impose on the Company an injunction prohibiting the Company from selling the infringing products in the United States, or monetary damages in the form of lost profits or a reasonable royalty, as determined by the District Court (with the possibility of interest and fees). Treble damages may also be awarded if the applicable requirements are found. Calculating the measure of lost profits or a reasonable royalty is complex and would depend in part on aspects of Neptune’s business that are not known to the Company. In addition, the Company has agreed to indemnify and be financially responsible for any damages awarded against certain of its customers resulting from the purchase, importation, sale or use of the Company's products in the event such products are found to infringe certain of Neptune’s patent rights. An injunction by the District Court or an exclusion order by the ITC could also be issued against the Company, either of which could prevent the Company from selling the allegedly infringing products in the United States, a significant market for the Company's krill oil products. The District Court or ITC could also order other actions that could impose additional costs and

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expenses upon the Company. Moreover, the Company could suffer significant reputational harm from any adverse ruling in these actions, which could significantly affect its market value, and such harms and negative effects could also occur from the mere expectation that an adverse ruling could be issued. Management believes an estimate of the likelihood that the Company might incur financial loss as a result of the litigation with Neptune is currently premature. Accordingly, the Company has not included any provision in its financial statements for these claims.

2) In March 2013, a claim was filed against the Company in the Haifa District Court, Israel, seeking a finder’s fee in connection with funds invested in the Company by one of its investors (the “Claim”).

The Claim is based upon an agreement, dated March 2000, between the Company and the plaintiff, pursuant to which the Company agreed to pay him a finder’s fee, should he introduce the Company to an investor who would invest an amount in excess of $500,000 in the Company. In previous litigation between the Company and the plaintiff concerning this agreement, the plaintiff claimed to have been entitled to a finder’s fee in respect of an investment made by an investor in the Company, although the investment materialized more than a year later. This previous claim was adjudicated in his favor and the Company paid him a fee of $75,000.

In the present Claim, the plaintiff alleges that he is entitled to an additional finder’s fee in the amount of NIS 6.2 million (approximately $1.7 million) in connection with the multiple investments made by the same investor over the past 11 years. Management believes, based on the language of the agreement, as well as various other documents that the demonstrable intention of the parties was that he would receive a fee only for the initial investment, and not in respect of any later investments, and it intends to defend this Claim vigorously. Accordingly, the Company has not included any provision in its accounts for this Claim.

In April 2013, we filed a motion to be permitted to defend.

b. Financial and other covenants

As part of a financing agreement, the Company committed to meet certain quarterly and annual financial and other covenants determined in such financing agreement. The major financial covenants are:

1) Shareholders’ equity must exceed $20 million.
2) Shareholders’ equity must exceed 45% of total assets.
3) Annual EBITDA, as defined in the Financing Agreement, must exceed $1.5 million.
4) The ratio between Net Debt (defined as all liabilities to banks and financial institutions minus the company’s cash and cash equivalents) and annual EBITDA (as defined in the Financing Agreement) must be below 5 in 2012 and below 4 in 2013 and thereafter.

Should the Company fail to meet the agreed covenants, the Bank will be able to demand an immediate repayment of all outstanding balances and cancel the short-term credit line.

As of March 31, 2013, the Company was in compliance with all relevant quarterly covenants.

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NOTE 6 — SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY:

a. Share purchase agreement (“SPA”)

In September 2011, the Company signed an SPA with certain of its shareholders. Following this SPA and certain amendments signed by the Company, certain shareholders and a new investor (the “New Investor”) undertook to invest in the Company $11.3 million (the “Investment Amount”) in exchange for Series B2 Preferred shares NIS 0.01 par value and at a price per share equal to $363.3.The Investment Amount was to be paid in two equal installments, as follows: (i) upon signing the SPA (ii) the remaining portion will be transferred and paid to the Company from time to time but no later than December 31, 2012. Through March 31, 2012, the first installment ($5.65 million) was fully paid. In addition, the New Investor received an option to invest, in accordance with the same terms and conditions of the SPA, an additional amount of $1.2 million (the “Additional Amount”), which option is exercisable at the same price per share by him not later than December 31, 2012 (increasing the amount of this financial round to $12.5 million). In December 2012, the New Investor exercised its option to invest the Additional Amount of $1.2 million. On November 20, 2012, the Company's Board of Directors approved the extension of the payment of the second installment (including the Additional Amount) through January 15, 2013. Through January 15, 2013, the second installment, including the Additional Amount, was fully paid.

In addition, the Company issued to each of the investors warrants to purchase additional Series B2 Preferred shares amounting to 20% of the number of Series B2 Preferred shares purchased by them as part of the investment round. Such warrants may be exercised, in whole or in part, (A) for cash, at any time but prior to the earlier to occur of: (i) the closing of an IPO (ii) the closing of a Deemed Liquidation Event; or (iii) the fifth anniversary of the Closing, as defined; or (B) on a cashless basis immediately prior to an IPO or a Deemed Liquidation.

The fair value of warrants issued was estimated at $390,000 and was determined by a valuation model.

NOTE 7 — FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENT

Financial items carried at fair value as of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012 are classified in the tables below in one of the three categories which are described below:

Level 1:  Quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets that are accessible at the measurement date for assets or liabilities. The fair value hierarchy gives the highest priority to Level 1 inputs.

Level 2:  Observable prices that are based on inputs not quoted on active markets, but corroborated by market data.

   
  March 31, 2013
     U.S. dollars in thousands
     Level 1   Level 2
Cash and cash equivalents – cash deposits and other   $ 10,119        
Derivatives:
                 
Interest rate swap (liabilities)         $ (227 ) 
Forward contracts and currency options (assets)           229  
Total   $ 10,119     $      2  

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NOTE 7 — FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENT  – (continued)

   
  December 31, 2012
     U.S. dollars in thousands
     Level 1   Level 2
Cash and cash equivalents – cash deposit and other   $ 2,729        
Derivatives:
                 
Interest rate swap (liabilities)         $ (261 ) 
Forward contracts and currency options (assets)           251  
Total   $ 2,729     $   (10 ) 
a. Foreign exchange risk management

The Company enters into forward exchange contracts in non-functional currencies and purchases and writes non-functional currency options in order to hedge the currency exposure on identifiable balance sheet items. In addition, the Company takes steps to reduce exposure by using “natural” hedging. The currency hedged items are usually denominated in New Israeli Shekel (NIS). The writing of options is part of a comprehensive currency hedging strategy. These transactions are for periods of less than one year. The counterparties to the derivatives is comprised of major banks and, in view of the current financial environment, the Company is monitoring the associated inherent credit risks. The above transactions do not qualify for hedge accounting.

b. Interest rate swaps

In February 2010, the Company entered into an interest rate swap agreement with a third party with respect to its $5.6 million principal amount long term loan. The purpose of the transaction was to change the interest from floating rate to fixed rate. As a result of this agreement, the Company pays, starting March 2011 through February 2015, an effective interest rate of 8.37%, as compared to the original floating rate of one month LIBOR plus 5.05%. The above transaction qualified for hedge accounting.

NOTE 8 — EARNINGS PER SHARE

The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted earnings per share for the periods indicated (in thousands, except per share amounts):

Basic earnings per share:

   
  Three months ended March 31,
     2013   2012
Net income   $ 2,344     $ 930  
Amount allocated to participating preferred shareholders     (1,895 )      (736 ) 
Net income applicable to ordinary shareholders – basic   $ 449     $ 194  
Weighted average ordinary shares outstanding     44,259       44,068  
Basic earnings per share   $ 10.15     $ 4.40  

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NOTE 8 — EARNINGS PER SHARE  – (continued)

Diluted earnings per share:

   
  Three months ended
March 31,
     2013   2012
Net income applicable to ordinary shareholders – diluted   $ 449     $ 194  
Weighted average number of shares used in the computation of basic earnings per share     44,259       44,068  
Add – 
                 
additional shares from the assumed exercise of employee
stock options
    11,644       5,268  
Weighted average number of shares used in the computation of diluted earnings per share     55,903       49,336  
Diluted earnings per share   $ 8.04     $ 3.93  

In the three months ended March 31, 2012, 23,485 options to employees, warrants to preferred shareholders (3,111) and preferred shares (170,928) have been excluded from the calculation of the diluted earnings per share for the period since their effect was anti-dilutive.

In the three months ended March 31, 2013, all warrants to preferred shareholders (6,882) and preferred shares (189,784) have been excluded from the calculation of the diluted earnings per share for the period since their effect was anti-dilutive.

NOTE 9 — PRO FORMA EARNINGS PER SHARE

The following unaudited calculation of basic and diluted earnings per share gives effect to the automatic conversion of all outstanding shares of the Company's preferred shares (using the if-converted method) into ordinary shares as though the conversion had occurred as of the beginning of the period or the original date of issuance, if later.

Pro forma basic earnings per share (unaudited):

 
  Three months
ended
March 31,
2013
Net income   $ 2,344  
Weighted average number of shares used in the computation of basic earnings per share     44,259  
Add – 
        
pro forma adjustment to reflect assumed conversion of preferred shares to ordinary shares     186,641  
Weighted average number of shares used in the computation of pro forma basic earnings per share     230,900  
Pro forma basic earnings per share   $ 10.15  

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NOTE 9 — PRO FORMA EARNINGS PER SHARE  – (continued)

 
  Three months
ended
March 31,
2013
Pro forma diluted earnings per share:
        
Net income   $ 2,344  
Weighted average number of shares used in the computation of pro forma basic earnings per share     230,900  
Add – 
        
additional shares from the assumed exercise of employee stock options     11,644  
Weighted average number of shares used in the computation of pro forma diluted earnings per share     242,544  
Diluted earnings per share   $ 9.66  

NOTE 10 — SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

The Company evaluated subsequent events through July 7, 2013, the date on which the March 31, 2013 unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements were issued.

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Through and including            , 2013 (the 25th day after the date of this prospectus), all dealers effecting transactions in the ordinary shares, whether or not participating in this offering, may be required to deliver a prospectus. This delivery requirement is in addition to a dealer’s obligation to deliver a prospectus when acting as an underwriter and with respect to an unsold allotment or subscription.

 
 
 

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Information not required in prospectus

Item 6. Exculpation, insurance and indemnification of directors and officers

Under the Israeli Companies Law, a company may not exculpate an office holder from liability for a breach of the duty of loyalty. An Israeli company may exculpate an office holder in advance from liability to the company, in whole or in part, for damages caused to the company as a result of a breach of duty of care but only if a provision authorizing such exculpation is included in its articles of association. Our amended articles of association to be effective upon the closing of this offering include such a provision. The company may not exculpate in advance a director from liability arising out of a prohibited dividend or distribution to shareholders.

Under the Israeli Companies Law, a company may indemnify an office holder in respect of the following liabilities and expenses incurred for acts performed by him or her as an office holder, either pursuant to an undertaking made in advance of an event or following an event, provided its articles of association include a provision authorizing such indemnification:

•   financial liability imposed on him or her in favor of another person pursuant to a judgment, including a settlement or arbitrator’s award approved by a court. However, if an undertaking to indemnify an office holder with respect to such liability is provided in advance, then such an undertaking must be limited to events which, in the opinion of the board of directors, can be foreseen based on the company’s activities when the undertaking to indemnify is given, and to an amount or according to criteria determined by the board of directors as reasonable under the circumstances, and such undertaking shall detail the abovementioned foreseen events and amount or criteria;
•   reasonable litigation expenses, including attorneys’ fees, incurred by the office holder (1) as a result of an investigation or proceeding instituted against him or her by an authority authorized to conduct such investigation or proceeding, provided that (i) no indictment was filed against such office holder as a result of such investigation or proceeding; and (ii) no financial liability was imposed upon him or her as a substitute for the criminal proceeding as a result of such investigation or proceeding or, if such financial liability was imposed, it was imposed with respect to an offense that does not require proof of criminal intent; and (2) in connection with a monetary sanction; and
•   reasonable litigation expenses, including attorneys’ fees, incurred by the office holder or imposed by a court in proceedings instituted against him or her by the company, on its behalf, or by a third party, or in connection with criminal proceedings in which the office holder was acquitted, or as a result of a conviction for an offense that does not require proof of criminal intent.

Under the Israeli Companies Law, a company may insure an office holder against the following liabilities incurred for acts performed by him or her as an office holder if and to the extent provided in the company’s articles of association:

•   a breach of the duty of loyalty to the company, provided that the office holder acted in good faith and had a reasonable basis to believe that the act would not harm the company;
•   a breach of duty of care to the company or to a third party, to the extent such a breach arises out of the negligent conduct of the office holder; and
•   a financial liability imposed on the office holder in favor of a third party.

Under the Israeli Companies Law, a company may not indemnify, exculpate or insure an office holder against any of the following:

•   a breach of the duty of loyalty, except for indemnification and insurance for a breach of the duty of loyalty to the company to the extent that the office holder acted in good faith and had a reasonable basis to believe that the act would not prejudice the company;
•   a breach of duty of care committed intentionally or recklessly, excluding a breach arising out of the negligent conduct of the office holder;

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•   an act or omission committed with intent to derive illegal personal benefit; or
•   a fine or forfeit levied against the office holder.

Under the Israeli Companies Law, exculpation, indemnification and insurance of office holders in a public company must be approved by the compensation committee and the board of directors and, with respect to certain office holders or under certain circumstances, also by the shareholders. See “—Approval of related party transactions under Israeli law.”

Our amended articles of association that will be in effect upon the closing of this offering will permit us to exculpate, indemnify and insure our office holders to the fullest extent permitted or to be permitted by the Israeli Companies Law.

We have obtained directors and officers liability insurance for the benefit of our office holders and intend to continue to maintain such coverage and pay all premiums thereunder to the fullest extent permitted by the Israeli Companies Law. In addition, prior to the closing of this offering, we intend to enter into agreements with each of our office holders undertaking to indemnify them to the fullest extent permitted by the Israeli Companies Law, including with respect to liabilities resulting from this offering to the extent that these liabilities are not covered by insurance.

Item 7. Recent sales of unregistered securities

Set forth below are the sales of all securities of the registrant sold by the registrant within the past three years (i.e., since January 1, 2010, up to the date of this registration statement) which were not registered under the Securities Act:

We granted share options to employees, directors and consultants under our 2003 Israeli Share Option Plan covering an aggregate of 20,950 ordinary shares, with exercise prices of $212.00 and $363.30 per share. As of the date of this registration statement 2,785 of these options have been forfeited and cancelled without being exercised. We claimed exemption from registration under the Securities Act for these option grants under Section 4(a)(2), Regulation S or Rule 701 of the Securities Act as transactions pursuant to written compensatory plans or pursuant to a written contract relating to compensation.
Pursuant to a Share Purchase Agreement between us and the investors identified therein, dated September 27, 2011, and various joinders thereto, we issued a total of 34,406 Preferred B2 shares for an aggregate consideration of $12.5 million and 6,882 warrants to purchase our Preferred B2 shares for an aggregate consideration of $2.5 million. We claimed exemption from registration under the Securities Act for the sale of these shares under Section 4(a)(2) or Regulation S of the Securities Act.

No underwriters were employed in connection with the securities issuances set forth in this Item 7.

Item 8. Exhibits and financial statement schedules

(a) Exhibits

 
Exhibit no.   Description of exhibit
 1.1   Form of Underwriting Agreement by and among Enzymotec Ltd. and the underwriters named therein*
 3.1   Third Amended and Restated Articles of Association of the Registrant, as amended April 17, 2013
 3.2   Extract showing changes to the Third Amended and Restated Articles of Association, adopted by the Board of Directors on May 29, 2012
 3.3   Extract showing changes to the Third Amended and Restated Articles of Association, adopted by the Board of Directors on April 17, 2013
 3.4   Form of Amended and Restated Articles of Association of the Registrant, to be effective upon closing of this offering*

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Exhibit no.   Description of exhibit
 4.1   Specimen share certificate*
 5.1   Opinion of Meitar Liquornik Geva Leshem Tal, Israeli counsel to the Registrant, as to the validity of the ordinary shares (including consent)*
10.1   Agreement between the Israel Land Administration and Registrant, dated September 17, 2009 relating to Registrant’s facility at the Sagi 2000 Industrial Area, Migdal Ha’Emeq, Israel, together with Addendum No. 1 thereto*|My
10.2   Shareholders’ Agreement between AarhusKarlshamn AB (publ) and Enzymotec Ltd. regarding the joint venture company Advanced Lipids AB dated June 14, 2007†
10.3   Share Purchase Agreement, dated September 27, 2011, among Enzymotec Ltd. and the investors identified therein
10.4   Joinder to Share Purchase Agreement between Enzymotec Ltd. and Glenrock dated December 29, 2011
10.5   Joinder to Share Purchase Agreement between Enzymotec Ltd. and Israel Secondary Fund (ISR) L.P. dated December 29, 2011
10.6   Joinder to Share Purchase Agreement between Enzymotec Ltd. and Israel Secondary Investments (BVI) L.P. dated December 29, 2011
10.7   Form of Joinder to Share Purchase Agreement between Enzymotec Ltd. and each of five Vintage entities dated January 31, 2012
10.8   Amendment and Joinder to Share Purchase Agreement among Enzymotec Ltd., certain Vintage Venture entities and TPY Capital SA dated March 8, 2012
10.9   Investors’ Rights Agreement, dated September 27, 2011, among Enzymotec Ltd. and the investors identified therein
10.10   Joinder to Investors’ Rights Agreement between Enzymotec Ltd. and Israel Secondary Fund (ISR) L.P. and Israel Secondary Investments (BVI) L.P. dated December 29, 2011
10.11   Joinder to Investors’ Rights Agreement between Enzymotec Ltd. and TPY Capital SA dated March 8, 2012
10.12   Enzymotec Ltd. Employee Share Option Plan (1999)
10.13   Enzymotec Ltd. 2003 Israeli Share Option Plan, as amended as of April 17, 2013
10.14   2012 U.S. Addendum to 2003 Israeli Share Option Plan
10.15   Enzymotec Ltd. 2013 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan*
10.16   Form of indemnification agreement by and between Enzymotec Ltd. and each of its directors and executive officers*
10.17   Manufacture and Supply Agreement by and between Enzymotec Ltd. and Punjab Chemicals and Corp Protection Ltd., dated February 15, 2009†
10.18   Amendment to Manufacture and Supply Agreement by and between Enzymotec Ltd. and Punjab Chemicals and Corp Protection Ltd., dated February 12, 2012†
10.19   Memorandum of Understanding by and among Antarctic Sea Fisheries S.A. and Enzymotec Ltd. dated April 23, 2013†
10.20   Amendment to Memorandum of Understanding by and among Antarctic Sea Fisheries S.A. and Enzymotec Ltd. dated June 14, 2013
10.21   Loan Agreement, dated as of September 21, 2009, by and between Bank Discount Ltd. and Registrant*|My
10.22   Irrevocable Undertaking and Credit Line Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2012, by and between Bank Discount Ltd. and Registrant*|My
10.23   Irrevocable Undertaking and Credit Line Agreement, dated as of September 9, 2012, by and between Bank Discount Ltd. and Registrant*|My

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Exhibit no.   Description of exhibit
21.1    List of subsidiaries of the Registrant
23.1    Consent of Kesselman & Kesselman, a member firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers International Limited, an independent registered public accounting firm*
23.2    Consent of Meitar Liquornik Geva Leshem Tal (included in Exhibit 5.1)*
24.1    Power of Attorney (included in signature pages of Registration Statement)*

* To be filed by amendment.
English translation of original Hebrew document.
Portions of this exhibit have been omitted and filed separately with the SEC pursuant to a confidential treatment request.
(b) Financial Statement Schedules

All financial statement schedules have been omitted because either they are not required, are not applicable or the information required therein is otherwise set forth in the Registrant’s consolidated financial statements and related notes thereto.

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Item 9. Undertakings

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the provisions described in Item 6 hereof, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

1. To provide the underwriters specified in the Underwriting Agreement, at the closing, certificates in such denominations and registered in such names as required by the underwriters to permit prompt delivery to each purchaser.
2. That for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, the information omitted from the form of prospectus filed as part of this registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A and contained in a form of prospectus filed by the Registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(1) or (4), or 497(h) under the Securities Act shall be deemed to be part of this registration statement as of the time it was declared effective.
3. That for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each post-effective amendment that contains a form of prospectus shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and this offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

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Signatures

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form F-1 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Migdal Ha’Emeq, Israel on this    day of      , 2013.

ENZYMOTEC LTD.

By:  

Ariel Katz
Chief Executive Officer

Power of attorney

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTED, that each director and officer of ENZYMOTEC LTD. whose signature appears below hereby appoints Ariel Katz and Oren Bryan, and each of them severally, acting alone and without the other, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact with full power of substitution or re-substitution, for such person and in such person’s name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign on such person’s behalf, individually and in each capacity stated below, any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments to this Registration Statement, and to sign any and all additional registration statements relating to the same offering of securities of the Registration Statement that are filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the Securities Act of 1933, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as such person might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact, or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated:

   
Signature and Name   Title   Date
            
 

Ariel Katz
  President and Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer)           , 2013
 

Oren Bryan
  Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer and principal accounting officer)           , 2013
 

Yoav Doppelt
  Chairman of the Board           , 2013
 

Steve Dubin
  Vice Chairman of the Board           , 2013
 

Jacob (Yaacov) Bachar
  Director           , 2013
 

Nir Belzer
  Director           , 2013
 

Gilead Fortuna
  Director           , 2013
 

Dov Pekelman
  Director           , 2013
 

Yossi Peled
  Director           , 2013
 

Imanuel Wasserman
  Director           , 2013

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Signature of authorized representative in the United States

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant’s duly authorized representative has signed this registration statement on Form F-1 in      on this    day of      , 2013.

By:  

Name:
Title: President, Enzymotec USA, Inc.

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