State of Israel
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2834
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Not Applicable
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(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
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(Primary Standard Industrial
Classification Code Number)
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(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
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65 Yigal Alon St.
Tel Aviv, Israel 6744316
Tel: +972 3 7177051
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Puglisi & Associates
850 Library Avenue
Newark, DE 19711
Tel: (302) 738-6680
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(Address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices) |
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(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone
number, including area code, of agent for service) |
Mark Selinger, Esq.
Gary Emmanuel, Esq.
Eyal Peled, Esq.
Greenberg Traurig LLP
One Vanderbilt Ave
New York, NY 10017
+1 212 801 9200
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Ronen Kantor, Esq.
Doron Tikotzky Kantor
Gutman & Amit Gross & Co.
B.S.R. 4 Tower, 33 Floor
7 Metsada Street,
Bnei Brak 5126112 Israel
Tel: +972 3 613 3371
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Robert F. Charron, Esq.
Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP
1345 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10105
Tel: (212) 370-1300
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PRELIMINARY PROSPECTUS
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SUBJECT TO COMPLETION
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DATED APRIL 15, 2024
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Per Ordinary Share and Accompanying Common Warrant
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Per Pre-funded Warrant and Accompanying Common Warrant
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Public offering price
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Proceeds to us (before expenses) (2) (3)
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(1)
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We have agreed to pay the Placement Agent cash fee equal to 7.0% of the gross proceeds raised in this offering. We have also agreed to reimburse the Placement Agent for certain of its
offering-related expenses, including a management fee of 1.0% of the gross proceeds raised in this offering, to reimburse the Placement Agent for its non-accountable expenses in the amount of $50,000, for its legal fees and expenses and
other out-of-pocket expenses in an amount up to $100,000, and for its clearing expenses in the amount of up to $15,950. In addition, we have agreed to issue to the Placement Agent, or its designees, warrants to purchase up to a number of
our ordinary shares equal to 7.0% of the number of ordinary shares, including ordinary shares underlying the pre-funded warrants being offered at an exercise price equal to 125% of the combined public offering price per ordinary share and
accompanying common warrant. See “Plan of Distribution” for additional information and a description of the compensation payable to the Placement Agent.
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(2)
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We estimate the total expenses of this offering payable by us, excluding the Placement Agent fee, will be approximately $0.12 million. Because there is no minimum number of securities or
amount of proceeds required as a condition to closing in this offering, the actual public offering amount, Placement Agent fees, and proceeds to us, if any, are not presently determinable and may be substantially less than the total maximum
offering amounts set forth above. For more information, see “Plan of Distribution.”
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(3)
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Does not include proceeds from the cash exercise of the pre-funded warrants or common warrants, if any. Assumes no pre-funded warrants are issued.
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Ordinary Shares to be offered
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Up to 4,132,231 ordinary shares on a best-efforts basis based on an assumed public offering price of $1.21 per ordinary share (the last reported sale price of our
ordinary shares on the Nasdaq on April 11, 2024).
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Pre-funded warrants
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We are also offering to certain purchasers whose purchase of ordinary shares in this offering would otherwise result in the purchaser, together with its affiliates
and certain related parties, beneficially owning more than 4.99% (or, at the election of each purchaser, 9.99%) of our outstanding ordinary shares immediately following the consummation of this offering, the opportunity to purchase, if
any such purchaser so chooses, pre-funded warrants, or the pre-funded warrants, in lieu of ordinary shares that would otherwise result in such purchaser’s beneficial ownership exceeding 4.99% (or, at the election of each purchaser, 9.99%)
of our outstanding ordinary shares. The purchase price of each pre-funded warrant is $1.2099 (which is equal to the assumed public offering price per ordinary share to be sold in this offering minus $0.0001,
the exercise price per ordinary share of each pre-funded warrant). The pre-funded warrants are immediately exercisable (subject to the beneficial ownership cap) and may be exercised at any time until all of the pre-funded warrants are
exercised in full. For each pre-funded warrant we sell (without regard to any limitation on exercise set forth therein), the number of ordinary shares we are offering will be decreased on a one-for-one basis. We are also registering the
ordinary shares issuable from time to time upon the exercise of the pre-funded warrants offered hereby. See “Description of the Offered Securities” for more information.
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Common Warrants
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Each ordinary share and each pre-funded warrant will be sold together with one common warrant. Each common warrant has an exercise price per ordinary share equal to
$1.21 and expires on the fifth anniversary of the original issuance date. Because we will issue a common warrant for each ordinary share and for each pre-funded warrant sold in this offering, the number of common warrants sold in this
offering will not change as a result of a change in the mix of ordinary shares and pre-funded warrants sold. This offering also relates to the ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of any common warrants sold in this offering. See
“Description of the Offered Securities” for more information.
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Ordinary shares outstanding after this offering
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6,158,474 ordinary shares (assuming no sale of any pre-funded warrants and no exercise of the common warrants).
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Use of proceeds
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Assuming the maximum number of ordinary shares are sold in this offering at an assumed public offering price of $1.21 per ordinary share, which represents the
closing price of our ordinary shares on Nasdaq on April 11, 2024, and assuming no issuance of pre-funded warrants and no exercise of the common warrants in connection with this offering, we estimate the net proceeds of the offering will
be approximately $4.3 million, after deducting the placement agent fees and estimated offering expenses payable by us. However, this is a best efforts offering with no minimum number of securities or amount of proceeds as a condition to
closing, and we may not sell all or any of these securities offered pursuant to this prospectus; as a result, we may receive significantly less in net proceeds.
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We currently intend to use the net proceeds from this offering to advance our clinical studies, and for general corporate purposes. Pending such uses, we intend to invest the net proceeds
in bank deposits. We have not determined the amount of net proceeds to be used specifically for such purposes. As a result, our management will have broad discretion in the application of the net proceeds of this offering. See “Use of
Proceeds” for additional information.
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Risk factors
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Investing in our securities involves a high degree of risk. You should read the “Risk Factors” section starting on page 5 of this prospectus and “Item 3. - Key Information – D. Risk
Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023, or the 2023 Annual Report, incorporated by reference herein, and other information included or incorporated by reference in this prospectus for a
discussion of factors to consider carefully before deciding to invest in our securities.
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Nasdaq Capital Market symbol
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“PRFX”. There is no established public trading market for the pre-funded warrants and the common warrants, and we do not expect a market to develop. In addition, we do not intend to apply
for listing of the pre-funded warrants and the common warrants on any securities exchange or recognized trading system. Without an active trading market, the liquidity of the pre-funded warrants and the common warrants will be limited.
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Best efforts offering
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We have agreed to offer and sell the securities offered hereby to the purchasers through the Placement Agent. The Placement Agent is not required to buy or sell any specific number or
dollar amount of the securities offered hereby, but it will use its reasonable best efforts to solicit offers to purchase the securities offered by this prospectus. See “Plan of Distribution” on page 25 of this prospectus.
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options to purchase 203,382 ordinary shares with a weighted average exercise price of $11.21 per share, granted under the 2008 PainReform Ltd. Option Plan and the 2019 PainReform Ltd. Option Plan, or together, our equity incentive
plans;
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13,952 ordinary shares reserved for future awards under our equity incentive plans; and
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warrants to purchase 1,398,902 ordinary shares at a weighted average exercise price of $69.03.
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no exercise of the options and the warrants described above;
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no sale of pre-funded warrants in this offering;
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no exercise of the common warrants and the placement agent warrants; and
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the reverse share split effected on June 8, 2023.
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our ability to continue as a going concern;
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our history of losses and need for additional capital to fund our operations and our ability to obtain additional capital on acceptable terms, or at all;
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our dependence on the success of our initial product candidate, PRF-110;
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the outcomes of preclinical studies, clinical trials and other research regarding PRF-110 and future product candidates;
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fluctuations in inflation and interest in Israel and the United States;
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our limited experience managing clinical trials;
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our ability to retain key personnel and recruit additional employees;
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our reliance on third parties for the conduct of clinical trials, product manufacturing and development;
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the impact of competition and new technologies;
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our ability to comply with regulatory requirements relating to the development and marketing of our product candidates;
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our ability to establish and maintain strategic partnerships and other corporate collaborations;
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the implementation of our business model and strategic plans for our business and product candidates;
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the scope of protection we are able to establish and maintain for intellectual property rights covering our product candidates and our ability to operate our business without infringing the intellectual property rights of others;
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the overall global economic environment;
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our ability to develop an active trading market for our ordinary shares and whether the market price of our ordinary shares is volatile;
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statements as to the impact of the political and security situation in Israel on our business, including due to the current war between Israel and Hamas; and
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those factors referred to in our 2023 Annual Report incorporated by reference herein in “Item 3. Key Information - D. Risk Factors,” “Item 4. Information on the Company,” and “Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects,” as
well as in our 2023 Annual Report generally, which is incorporated by reference into this prospectus.
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As of December 31, 2023
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(U.S. dollars in thousands)
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Actual(1)
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As Adjusted
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Cash and cash equivalents, including restricted cash
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$
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8,036
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12,371
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Shareholders’ equity:
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Ordinary shares par value NIS 0.30 per share; authorized 5,000,000; issued and outstanding 1,728,347 ordinary shares (actual) and ordinary shares (as adjusted)
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$
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147
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Additional paid in capital
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$
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48,955
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52,960
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Accumulated deficit
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$
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(41,863
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Total shareholders’ equity
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$
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7,239
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(1)
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Each $0.10 increase or decrease in the assumed public offering price of $1.21 per ordinary share (the last reported sale price of our ordinary shares on the Nasdaq on April 11, 2024), would increase or
decrease, respectively, the amount of cash and cash equivalents and total shareholders’ equity by $0.41 million, assuming the number of ordinary shares offered by us, as set forth on the cover page of this prospectus, remains the same,
and after deducting the estimated placement agent fees and estimated offering expenses payable by us. We may also increase or decrease the number of ordinary shares we are offering. An increase (decrease) of 100,000 in the number of
ordinary shares we are offering would increase (decrease) the net proceeds to us from this offering, after deducting the placement agent fees and estimated offering expenses payable by us, by $0.12 million, assuming the assumed public
offering price stays the same.
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options to purchase 203,382 ordinary shares with a weighted average exercise price of $11.21 per share, granted under our equity incentive plans;
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13,952 ordinary shares reserved for future awards under our equity incentive plans;
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warrants to purchase 1,398,902 ordinary shares at a weighted average exercise price of $69.03; and
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the issuance of 297,897 ordinary shares upon the exercise of warrants after such date.
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information on the advisability of a given action brought for his or her approval or performed by virtue of his or her position; and
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all other important information pertaining to these actions.
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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;
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refrain from any activity that is competitive with the company;
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refrain from exploiting any business opportunity of the company to receive a personal gain for himself or herself or others; and
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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.
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a transaction other than in the ordinary course of business;
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a transaction that is not on market terms; or
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a transaction that may have a material impact on a company’s profitability, assets or liabilities.
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an amendment to the company’s articles of association;
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an increase of the company’s authorized share capital;
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a merger; or
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approval of interested party transactions and acts of Office Holders that require shareholder approval.
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standard issuer representations and warranties on matters such as organization, qualification, authorization, no conflict, no governmental filings required, current in SEC filings, no litigation, labor or other compliance issues,
environmental, intellectual property and title matters and compliance with various laws such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act; and
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covenants regarding matters such as registration of warrant shares, no integration with other offerings, filing of a 6-K to disclose entering into these securities purchase agreements, no shareholder rights plans, no material nonpublic
information, use of proceeds, indemnification of purchasers and reservation and listing of ordinary shares.
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Per ordinary share and
Common Warrant |
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Warrant and Common Warrant |
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Proceeds to us (before expenses)
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amortization over an eight year period of the cost of purchasing a patent, rights to use a patent and rights to know-how, which are used for the development or advancement of the company, commencing in the year in which such rights were
first exercised;
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under limited conditions, an election to file consolidated tax returns with related Industrial Companies controlled by it; and
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deductions of expenses related to a public offering in equal amounts over a three year period commencing on the year of the offering.
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the excess distribution or gain would be allocated ratably over the Non-Electing U.S. Holder’s holding period for such ordinary shares, pre-funded warrants or common warrants;
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the amount allocated to the current taxable year and any year prior to us becoming a PFIC would be taxed as ordinary income; and
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the amount allocated to each of the other taxable years would be subject to tax at the highest rate of tax in effect for the applicable class of taxpayer for that year, and an interest charge for the deemed deferral benefit would be
imposed with respect to the resulting tax attributable to each such other taxable year.
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SEC registration fee
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$
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1,540.58
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FINRA filing fee
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Transfer agent fees and expenses
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5,000
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Printer fees and expenses
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Legal fees and expenses
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85,000 | |||
Accounting fees and expenses
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25,000 | |||
Miscellaneous
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Total
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120,790.58
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our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023,
filed with the SEC on February 29, 2024;
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Our Reports on Form 6-K filed with the SEC
on March 7, 2024, April 2, 2024 (solely with respect to the
first paragraph of the press release attached thereto as Exhibit 99.1), April 8,
2024 and April 9, 2024 (solely with respect to the first and second paragraphs of the press release attached thereto as Exhibit 99.1); and
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the description of our ordinary shares contained in Exhibit 2.1 to our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2023, filed
with the SEC on February 29, 2024, and any amendment or report filed for the purpose of further updating that description.
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the judgment was rendered by a court which was, according to the laws of the state of the court, competent to render the judgment,
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the obligation imposed by the judgment is enforceable according to the rules relating to the enforceability of judgments in Israel and the substance of the judgment is not contrary to public policy, and
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the judgment is executory in the state in which it was given.
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the judgement was given in a state whose laws do not provide for the enforcement of judgments of Israeli courts (subject to exceptional cases);
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the enforcement of the judgement is likely to prejudice the sovereignty or security of the State of Israel;
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the judgment was obtained by fraud,
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the opportunity given to the defendant to bring its arguments and evidence before the court was not reasonable in the opinion of the Israeli court,
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the judgment was rendered by a court not competent to render it according to the laws of private international law in Israel,
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the judgment is at variance with another judgment that was given in the same matter between the same parties and which is still valid, or
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at the time the action was brought in the foreign court a suit in the same matter and between the same parties was pending before a court or tribunal in Israel.
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monetary liability incurred by or 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 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 or as a monetary sanction;
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a monetary liability imposed on him or her in favor of an injured party at an Administrative Procedure (as defined below) pursuant to Section 52(54)(a)(1)(a) of the Securities Law;
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expenses incurred by an office holder in connection with an Administrative Procedure under the Securities Law, including reasonable litigation expenses and reasonable attorneys’ fees; and
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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.
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An “Administrative Procedure” is defined as a procedure pursuant to chapters H3 (Monetary Sanction by the Israeli Securities Authority), H4 (Administrative Enforcement Procedures of the Administrative Enforcement Committee) or I1
(Arrangement to prevent Procedures or Interruption of procedures subject to conditions) to the Securities Law.
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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 such act would not prejudice the company;
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a breach of the duty of care to the company or to a third-party;
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a monetary liability imposed on the office holder in favor of a third-party;
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a monetary liability imposed on the office holder in favor of an injured party at an Administrative Procedure pursuant to Section 52(54)(a)(1)(a) of the Securities Law; and
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expenses incurred by an office holder in connection with an Administrative Procedure, including reasonable litigation expenses and reasonable attorneys’ fees.
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a breach of the duty of loyalty, except for indemnification and insurance for a breach of the duty of loyalty to the company in the event office holder acted in good faith and had a reasonable basis to believe that the act would not
prejudice the company;
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a breach of the 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 unlawful personal benefit; or
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a fine, monetary sanction, penalty or forfeit levied against the office holder.
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(a)
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The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
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(1)
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To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
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To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
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ii.
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To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in
the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered
would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate,
the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement;
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iii.
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To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the
registration statement.
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(2)
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That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities
offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
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(3)
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To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
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(4)
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To file a post-effective amendment to the registration statement to include any financial statements required by Item 8.A. of Form 20-F at the start of any delayed offering or throughout a
continuous offering. Financial statements and information otherwise required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act need not be furnished, provided that the registrant includes in the prospectus, by means of a post-effective amendment,
financial statements required pursuant to this paragraph (a)(4) and other information necessary to ensure that all other information in the prospectus is at least as current as the date of those financial statements. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, with respect to registration statements on Form F-3, a post-effective amendment need not be filed to include financial statements and information required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act or Rule 3-19 of this chapter if
such financial statements and information are contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by
reference in the Form F-3.
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(5)
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That, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act to any purchaser:
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If the registrant is relying on Rule 430B:
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Each prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) shall be deemed to be part of the registration statement as of the date the filed prospectus was deemed part of and included
in the registration statement; and
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B.
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Each prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5), or (b)(7) as part of a registration statement in reliance on Rule 430B relating to an offering made pursuant to Rule
415(a)(1)(i), (vii), or (x) for the purpose of providing the information required by section 10(a) of the Securities Act shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the earlier of the date such form of
prospectus is first used after effectiveness of the date of the first contract or sale of securities in the offering described in the prospectus. As provided in Rule 430B, for liability purposes of the issuer and any person that is at that
date and placement agent, such date shall be deemed to be a new effective date of the registration statement relating to the securities in the registration statement to which that prospectus relates, and the offering of such securities at
that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. Provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or
deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract sale prior to such effective date, supersede or modify any statement
that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such effective date; or
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If the registrant is subject to Rule 430C, each prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) as part of a registration statement relating to an offering, other than registration statements
relying on Rule 430B or other prospectuses filed in reliance on Rule 430A, shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the date it is first used after effectiveness. Provided, however, that no statement made
in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration
statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such first use, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any
such document immediately prior to such date of first use.
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That, for the purpose of determining liability of the registrant under the Securities Act to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities, the undersigned registrant undertakes
that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the placement agent method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to
such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell securities to such purchaser:
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Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;
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ii.
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Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned registrant;
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The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the undersigned registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of the
undersigned registrant; and
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iv.
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Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned registrant to the purchaser.
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(b)
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The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes to provide to the placement agent at the closing specified in the placement agent agreements, certificates in such denominations and registered in
such names as required by the placement agent to permit prompt delivery to each purchaser.
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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 SEC 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.
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(d)
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The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that:
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That for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, 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.
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That for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, 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 the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
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EXHIBIT DESCRIPTION
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Filed herewith.
Previously filed.
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PAINREFORM LTD.
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By:
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/s/ Ilan Hadar
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Ilan Hadar
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Chief Executive Officer
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/s/ Ilan Hadar
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Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer
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April 15, 2024
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Ilan Hadar
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(principal executive, financial and accounting officer)
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Chairman of the Board and Director
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April 15, 2024
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Ehud Geller
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Director
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April 15, 2024
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Prof. Eli Hazum
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Director
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April 15, 2024
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Efi Cohen-Arazi
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April 15, 2024
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Dr. Ellen S. Baron
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April 15, 2024
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Augustine Lawlor
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Puglisi & Associates
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/s/ Donald J. Puglisi
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Donald J. Puglisi
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Managing Director
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Part no. | Article no. | Subject | Page | |||
Part One | Preamble | |||||
1. |
Name of the company
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2. | Objectives of the company | 2 |
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3. | Liability of shareholders | 2 |
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4. | The Capital | 2 |
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Part Two | General Provisions | |||||
5. | Definitions and interpretations | 2 |
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6. |
Change of articles | 3 |
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Part Three
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Capital of the Company | |||||
7. |
Ordinary shares | 4 |
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8. |
Redeemable securities | 5 |
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9. |
Capital of the Company, increase of capital and its cancellation | 5 |
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10. |
Issuance of securities | 6 |
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Part Four | Shareholders | |||||
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Shareholders and share certificates | 7 |
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Calls for payment | 9 |
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13. |
Forfeiture | 10 |
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Part Five | Transfer of shares | |||||
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Transfer of shares | 12 |
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15. |
Share transfer deed | 12 |
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16. |
Assignment of shares by law | 13 |
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Registration of transfer of shares | 14 |
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Part Six | General Meetings | |||||
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Annual General Meetings | 14 |
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19. |
Convening special meetings | 15 |
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Agenda | 15 |
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21. |
Notice of meeting | 16 |
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Quorum | 17 |
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Chairman of general meeting | 17 |
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Voting in a general meeting | 18 |
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Vote count and secret ballot | 18 |
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Vote by proxy; vote by corporation Partners | 19 |
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Voting instrument | 21 |
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28. |
Protocols | 21 |
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Meetings of a class | 21 |
Part Seven | The Board of Directors | |||||
30. | Members of the Board | 22 | ||||
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Restrictions on appointment Of directors | 22 |
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External director | 22 | ||||
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Revoked. | 23 | ||||
34. | An alternate director |
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Vacancy of office of director | ||||||
35. | Dismissal of a director | 24 |
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Authorities of the Board of Directors | 25 |
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Assumption of authorities of the Board | 38 |
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Rights of a director | 29 |
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Chairman of the Board | 29 |
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Convening a meeting of the Board | 30 | ||||
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Agenda | 31 |
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Notice of a meeting of the Board of Directors | 31 | ||||
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Quorum | 31 |
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Voting on the Board | 32 |
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Protocols in meetings of the Board | 33 |
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Defects in convening the meeting | 34 |
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Committees of the Board | 34 |
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Part Eight | Audit Committee | |||||
48. | Appointment of an audit committee |
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Positions and work procedures of The Audit Committee | 35 |
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Part Nine | Exemption, indemnification and liability insurance | |||||
50. | Exemption and indemnification |
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51. | Liability insurance |
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Part Ten | General Manager | |||||
52. | General Manager |
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Removal of Authorities of the general manager | 39 | ||||
Part Eleven | Management of the company | |||||
54. | Registered office |
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Register of shareholders and register of material shareholders |
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Auditor | 40 |
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57. | Expiration of the term of the auditor | 41 | ||||
58. | Wages of auditor | 41 |
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59. | Authorities, obligations and Responsibility of auditor | 42 |
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60. | Internal auditor | 43 |
Part Twelve | Financial statements, accounts and signature | |||||
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Financial statements | 43 |
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Stamp and signatory rights | 43 |
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Dividends and bonus shares | |||||
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Dividends and bonus shares | 44 |
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Part Fourteen | Notices and Dissolution | |||||
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Notices | 45 |
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Dissolution | 46 |
1. | Name of the Company: |
In Hebrew:פיינרפורם בע"ם
In English: PainReform Ltd. |
2. |
Objectives of the Company
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To engage in any lawful business.
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The Company may donate from time to time reasonable sums for appropriate causes, even if the donations are not within the framework of the business considerations of
the Company.
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Liability of the shareholders
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(a) |
The liability of a shareholder for the debts of the Company is limited to the payment of the unpaid portion which he undertook to pay for the share held by him in
accordance with the terms of issuance of said share.
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4. |
The capital
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Definitions and interpretations
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“Written”: |
In writing or any other term with the same meaning including handwritten, engraved, printed, typewritten, photocopied, or copied in any other manner that is visible,
including telex, fax, telegraph, by cable or any other duplication method through electronic means.
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“Shareholder”:
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Under its definition in Article 11 herein.
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“The Board of Directors”:
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The Board of Directors of the Company who was duly elected in accordance with the provisions of these articles.
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“The Company”: |
PainReform Ltd., or any other name which it will be called, if its name is changed.
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“Law”: |
Companies Law, the Companies Ordinance or any other Israeli law, which is valid, as warranted, from time to time including the provisions of any stock exchange that
applies to the Company.
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“Regular Resolution”: |
A resolution adopted by a regular majority of shareholders, voting in the general meeting by a voting instrument (on topics for which according to these articles can be
adopted through a voting instrument) on their own or though proxies.
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“The Office”: |
The registered office of the Company at such time in Israel about which the Company notified the Companies Registrar.
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“The Articles”: |
The articles of association of the Company, as they will be amended from time to time by the general meeting.
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“Companies Law”: |
Companies Law, 5759 – 1999, as amended from time to time, and any regulations that are promulgated thereunder.
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“Securities Law”: |
Securities Law, 5728 – 1968, as amended from time to time, and any regulations that are promulgated thereunder.
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“Vote count”: |
Vote count of those voters, in accordance with the voting rights established for the shares by virtue of which the shareholders participating in the general meeting are
voting. In the count of all the votes of shareholders, abstentions shall not be taken into account.
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“Shareholder Register”: |
A shareholder register that must be kept in accordance with section 127 of the Companies Law.
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“Register of Material Shareholders”: |
A register of material shareholders that must be kept in accordance with section 128 of the Companies Law.
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“Office holder”: |
As the term “senior office holder” is defined in Part 6 of the Securities Law.
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“Companies Ordinance”: |
The Companies Ordinance [New Version], 5743 – 1983, as amended from time to time, and all the regulations that are promulgated thereunder.
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Interpretation
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Each term in these articles that is not defined above, shall be attributed the meaning that is afforded it by law unless the context dictates otherwise.
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References made in the singular shall include the plural and vice versa. Reference made in the masculine gender shall include the feminine (and vice versa), and words
that connote persons shall include also corporations, unless the context dictates another interpretation.
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The headings of the sections in these articles are for the purpose of convenience only and shall not be used as an accessory to interpret or for the interpretation of
these articles.
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The articles which may be stipulated in the Companies Law shall apply to the Company, insofar as there is no contradiction between them and the provisions of these
articles.
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In the case of a contradiction between the provisions of the law which may not be stipulated in bylaws and any of the provisions of these articles – the provisions of
the law shall prevail in such case, without impairing from the remainder of the provisions of the articles.
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These articles are the same as a contract between the Company and its shareholders and between the shareholders and themselves.
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Change of articles
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Ordinary shares
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All the ordinary shares shall have equal rights among them and each regular share shall confer upon its holder the following rights:
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The right to receive invitations or notices about all general meetings of the Company, to participate in the meetings and to vote in them on any matter that is raised
in the meeting, where each ordinary share confers on its holder one vote on every vote on a resolution;
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The right to participate in any distribution that the Company makes to its shareholders, and to receive dividends and/or bonus shares, if they are distributed in
accordance with the provisions of these articles and the provisions of the Companies Law, proportionate to the number of the shares allocated and the rate that they are paid up by the shareholders, if they are not are not fully paid up; and
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The right to participate in the dissolution of the Company, in the distribution of the assets of the Company, that remain to be distributed, after the Company meets all
of its obligations and payment of all its debts in any case, proportionate to the number of the shares allocated and the rate that such shares are paid up by the shareholders, if they are not fully paid up, and subject to the provisions of
these articles and without prejudicing existing rights of all the shareholders in the Company of any kind or class.
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The Company may pay a person a commission for signing or underwriting, or agreement to sign or underwrite securities of the Company, conditional or otherwise, provided
that the amount or the sum of the commission does not exceed the sum of the commission permitted by relevant law at the time of payment.
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Redeemable securities
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Capital of the Company, increase of capital and its cancellation
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The Company may have shares, bonds, or other securities, each with different rights.
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The Company will not issue bearer shares or stock that state that their holder is a holder of bearer stock.
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The Company is entitled from time to time by a regular resolution adopted in a general meeting:
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To increase the registered share capital of the Company by classes of shares, as determined;
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To cancel registered share capital that has not yet been allocated, provided that there is no commitment by the Company, including a conditional commitment, to allocate
the shares;
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To consolidate and redistribute its share capital into shares of a nominal value;
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To convert, from time to time, part of the allocated shares into shares with other rights.
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Unless established otherwise in a resolution approving the change of share capital, the new shares shall be subject to the provisions of these articles regarding calls
for payment, forfeiture, transfer, delivery etc., applicable to the shares of the original share capital.
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Without derogating from the generality of the authority of the Board of Directors, if as a result of a consolidation or division of shares the shareholders are left
with fractional shares, the Board may in its discretion, act as follows:
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Allocate to each shareholder, whom the consolidation and/or division left him with a fractional share, shares of the class of shares that exists in the capital of the
Company prior to the consolidation, in such number, that together with the fractional share will create one consolidated, complete share, and said allocation shall be considered as valid immediately prior to the consolidation or distribution,
as warranted;
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Determine that holders of fractional shares shall not be entitled to receive a consolidated share for the fraction of a consolidated share.
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Allocate additional shares in the same number that would prevent the creation of fractional shares for consideration, as established by the Board of Directors; and
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Cause a transfer of shares between the shareholders for a fair price in order to efficiently prevent fractional shares. The Board is authorized to appoint a trustee to
conduct such share transfer among the shareholders.
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Issuance of securities
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The Board may issue or allocate shares or other securities, that are convertible or may be exercised into shares (including bonds and warrants), until a limit of the
registered share capital of the Company, under the terms, dates and for a specific sum or for a sum that is established according to an accepted formula; for this purpose convertible securities or securities which may be exercised into shares
shall be deemed as if they were converted or exercised on the date of their issuance.
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The authority of the Board as set forth in article 10(a) may be delegated as enumerated in articles 10(b)(1) or 10(b)(2) herein:
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To a committee of the Board – by an issuance or allocation of securities as part of a workers compensation plan or employment agreements or wage agreements between the
Company and its employees, or between the Company and the employees of an affiliated Company to which its Board agreed in advance, provided that the issuance or allocation is according to a plan that includes detailed criteria, that is
delineated and approved by the Board;
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To a committee of the Board, to the general manager, to the secretary of the Company or a deputy of such position, or to another person whom the general manager
recommends – in an allocation of shares following an exercise or conversion of securities of the Company.
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The Board of Directors may decide to issue a series of bonds as part of its authority to borrow on behalf of the Company, within the limits set by said authority.
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The provision of article 10(c) above does not negate the authority of the general manager or someone who is so authorized, to borrow on behalf of the Company, to issue
individual bonds, promissory notes and bills of exchange, within the limits set by said authority.
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The Company shall not allocate a share the consideration of which, in full or in part, is not paid in cash, unless the consideration for the share is specified in a
written document.
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If the Company decides to allocate shares with a nominal value insofar as there will be shares with a nominal value as part of the capital of the Company, for a lower
amount than the nominal value, including bonus shares, it must change part of its profits into share capital (under such meaning in section 302(b) of the Companies Law), from a premium on shares, or from any other source included in its
equity capital, that are listed in its last financial statements, for a sum equal to the differential between the nominal value and the amount.
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Shareholder and share certificates
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A shareholder of the Company is any one of the following:
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A person in whose benefit a share is registered with a member of the stock exchange and said share is included among the shares registered in the shareholder register
by the relevant nominee Company; and/or
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A person who is registered as a shareholder in the shareholder register.
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Other than as stated in article 11(a) above, a person or legal entity shall not be recognized by the Company as having any right to a share, and the Company shall not
be bound or recognize any benefit in equity or trust relationships or chose in action, planned or partial, but only the right of a shareholder, to a complete share, and all – unless a competent court of the law orders otherwise.
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If two or more holders are registered as joint owners of a share:
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In respect to a vote, giving proxies, and notices, the shareholder who is registered first in the shareholder register shall be considered as the sole shareholder,
unless all the holders of the joint share give written notice to the Company that another person should be referred as sole shareholder.
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Each of the holders may give a valid receipt in respect to all the joint holders for each dividend, other money or property that is received from the Company for the
share or in respect thereto, and the Company is entitled to pay a dividend, the other money or the property for the share to one or more shareholder of the joint holders of the share, as it chooses to do.
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Subject to the provisions of relevant law, a shareholder who is a trustee shall be registered in the shareholder register, as a shareholder, with a statement concerning
his trusteeship status. Without derogating from the foregoing, the Company will recognize the trustee as a shareholder, for all intents and purposes, and will not recognize another person, including the beneficiary, as holding any right to
the share.
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A shareholder registered in the shareholder register is entitled to receive from the Company one share certificate testifying to his ownership of the share.
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Share certificates shall be issued with the stamp of the Company and with the signatures of two directors of the Company or in any other manner determined by the Board
of Directors of the Company.
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A share certificate in the name of two or more persons in the name of two or more persons, shall be delivered to the person whose name appears first in the shareholder
register among the names of the joint holders.
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A new share certificate may be issued in place of a share certificate that was destroyed, lost or ruined, for the payment and under the terms regarding evidence,
indemnification, guarantee against damages and/or issuance of an affidavit, as determined by the Board of Directors in its sole discretion from time to time.
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The Company shall keep a register of material shareholders in addition to the shareholder register. The material shareholder register shall contain reports that the
Company received pursuant to the Securities Law about the holdings of the material shareholders in Company shares.
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Calls for payment
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A shareholder shall not be entitled to a dividend or participate in the allocation of bonus shares or exercise any right of a shareholder in the Company, unless he has
paid up all the sums and calls for payment that he owes the Company until said time in respect to his shares in the Company.
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The Board of Directors may, from time to time, in its discretion, make calls for payment on shareholders for any sums that have not been paid up in respect to shares
held by each of the shareholders, and for which pursuant to the terms of the allocation of the shares are not payable at a fixed time, and each shareholder shall pay the amount of the call made upon him, at the time and place designated by
the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may instruct that a call for payment be made in installments.
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Notice of a call for payment shall be given and shall specify the amount of payment (no less than 14 days from the date of the notice) and the place for payment
provided that prior to the time of payment for the call for payment, the Board of Directors may, by written notice to the shareholders, cancel the call or extend the time for payment or payment for any part thereof.
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Joint holders of a share shall be jointly and severally liable to pay all amounts and calls for payment in respect to such share held jointly. Without derogating from
the aforesaid generality, a call for payment delivered to one of the holders shall be deemed as having been delivered to all the owners.
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If pursuant to the terms of the issuance of a share or otherwise, an amount is made payable at a fixed time or in installments at fixed times, whether on account of the
share capital or by way of premium, such amount or installment shall be payable at such time as if it were payable by virtue of a call duly made by the Board of Directors for which notice was duly given, and all the provisions of these
Articles in respect to calls for payment shall be applicable to such amount or installment.
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If a call for payment or an installment is not paid on the due date or prior to such time, then the person who at such time is the holder of the share for which the
call for payment was made, or for which the installment is due, shall pay interest on such sum at the maximum amount practiced at such time in Bank Leumi of Israel Ltd for unauthorized overdrafts, or at a lower rate that the Board will
determine from time to time, from the date designated for its payment until the actual payment thereof, however the Board may waive the payment of interest, in whole or in part.
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The Board of Directors may decide to accept money from a shareholder who wishes to advance payments, in whole or in part, on account of shares which have not been fully
paid up and in respect to which the time for their payment has not yet matured, and to pay interest on such sums for a period not to exceed the period between the date of payment and the date on which this sum was designated to be paid, at
the rate agreed by the Board of Directors and the shareholder.
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Forfeiture
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A shareholder who has not fully paid up a sum for which a call has been made by the designated date, may be furnished with a written notice by the Board of Directors
demanding that he pay the unpaid sum with interest and any expenses which the Company incurs due to the default in payment on the designated date for payment.
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The notice shall specify another date for payment, which shall not be earlier than seven days after the notice, and it shall state that if the amount is not paid up by
this date the share for which such notice is given may be forfeited.
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If the demands in the notice are not satisfied, the Board of Directors may, so long as the sum is not paid up, including the interest and expenses, decide to forfeit
the share. The forfeiture shall also apply to any dividends announced in respect to the forfeited shares (insofar as they are eligible for dividends) which were not actually paid out prior to the forfeiture.
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A share that has been forfeited shall be deemed the property of the Company, and the Board of Directors may, taking into account the provisions of these articles, sell
or transfer it or reallocate it in another manner, under such terms and manner as decided by the directors. A share so forfeited so long as it has not been sold, transferred or allocated again as stated, shall become a dormant share under
such meaning in section 308 of the Companies Law which shall not confer any rights at all so long as it is owned by the Company.
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Insofar as nothing has been done with the forfeited share, the Board of Directors may cancel the forfeiture under the terms that it establishes.
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A shareholder whose shares have been forfeited:
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Shall cease being a shareholder in respect to the shares that were forfeited and upon the forfeiture all of his rights and obligations for the forfeited shares shall be
revoked and any action and/or demand against the Company regarding the forfeited shares shall be cancelled, other than those rights and obligations which are excepted from this rule by these articles and/or which are imposed on the former
shareholder by law; however
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He shall continue to be obligated to pay the Company and will pay the Company, without delay, all the calls for payment, payment installments, interest and expenses
owed on account of the forfeited shares or for them at the time of the forfeiture, together with interest on those sums from the date of the forfeiture until the date of actual payment, at the maximum rate permitted at that time by law,
provided that if the shares that were forfeited are sold, transferred or reissued, the shareholder’s debt will be reduced by the sum actually received by the Company (after the expenses of the sale), from their sale, transfer or reissuance,
as warranted.
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The provisions in these articles regarding forfeiture shall apply to the default of payment of any sum that is to be paid on a designated date according to the terms of
issuance of the share, whether on account of the share or in the form of a premium, as if it was a sum that was meant to be defrayed by virtue of a call for payment and a duly delivered notice.
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In the case of a sale after forfeiture, the Board of Directors may appoint a person to sign a transfer instrument of the share that was sold and to arrange (subject to
the provisions of relevant law) so that the buyer will be registered in the shareholder register as the owner of the shares that were sold or which will be received by him in any other manner. The recipient of the share that was sold,
transferred, allocated or sent shall not be responsible for how the consideration for the sale is used, if received, his right to the share shall not be harmed due to a defect or a disqualification in the forfeiture, sale, allocation or
transfer process, and after he is registered in the register (subject to the provisions of relevant law) or he receives the share into his possession in any other manner, no such claim shall be raised, and the validity of the sale or the
transfer shall not be appealed.
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An affidavit duly made by a director of the Company that a certain share of the Company has been duly forfeited on the date specified in the affidavit shall serve as
conclusive proof of its content against any person who asserts a claim to the share. The affidavit with a Company receipt for the consideration, if given, for the share, in its sale or transfer, shall confer a right to the share on the
transferee.
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The net proceeds of any sale following a forfeiture after the discharge of the sale expenses, shall be applied in discharging the debts and the fulfillment of the
obligations of such shareholder (including the debts, obligations and agreements for which the date of discharge or maturity have not yet come due), and the balance (if any) shall be paid to him or to whoever is conferred a right to the
shares following the death, bankruptcy or dissolution of the shareholder.
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The provisions of this article shall not be construed as derogating from any other relief available to the Company against the debtor shareholder.
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Transfer of shares
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(a) |
Subject to the provisions of relevant law, the Board of Directors may stop the registration in the register of transfers of shares for a specific period of time, that
will not exceed 30 days per year, provided that it will not do so during the 14 days prior to the determining date for ownership of a share to establish eligibility to the rights for the share (such as the determining date for eligibility to
vote in a general meeting or to receive a dividend or other distribution from the Company).
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Part of a share may not be transferred, but a share which is jointly held by a number of owners, each may transfer their right to the share.
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In the case of a transfer of shares, the transferee shareholder shall have all the rights that were attached to the transferred shares and all the obligations related
to them according to these articles, unless otherwise agreed in writing, between the transferor shareholder and the transferee shareholder.
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15. |
Share transfer deed
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(a) |
A transfer of shares shall not be registered in the shareholder register unless a transfer instrument is delivered to the office. A share transfer deed in the Company
shall be signed by the transferor and the transferee, and the transferor will be deemed the owner of the share until the name of the transferee is registered in the shareholder register in respect to the transferred share.
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(b) |
The instrument of transfer of a share shall be in the following form or as near thereto as possible, or in the usual or common form as the Board of Directors may
approve:
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(c) |
A transfer deed shall be submitted to the office for registration, along with the share certificates that are being transferred (if there are certificates) and/or any
other evidence required by the Board regarding the proprietary right of the transferor or in respect to his right to transfer the shares. Transfer deeds that are registered shall remain with the Company but any transfer deed in respect to
which the Board refuses to register, shall be returned upon request, to the person who so delivered them, together with the share certificate (if delivered).
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16. |
Assignment of shares by law
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(a) |
The Board of Directors may, at any time and subject to the provisions of relevant law, register as a shareholder a person who is entitled to a share by law, including
an heir, executor of an estate, liquidator or a trustee in a bankruptcy, after the Company is presented with a probate order, a succession order or any other sufficient evidence, as the Board deems fit, demonstrating the right to the shares.
An eligible person who is so registered as a shareholder in the Company, is entitled, subject to the provisions of these articles dealing with the transfer of shares and the provisions of relevant law, to transfer these shares to another.
Without derogating from the above, the Board may refuse to perform such registration or may delay it, as it is entitled to do, as if the registered owner himself transferred the share, prior to the assignment of the right.
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(b) |
Subject to the provisions of the Companies Law and these articles:
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(1) |
The executors of an estate of a shareholder who died, or in the absence of an executor of estate or administrator of an estate, persons who have a right by virtue of
being heirs of the shareholder who died, shall be the only ones to be recognized by the Company as right holders to the share. A share registered in the name of two or more persons and one died, the Company shall recognize only the
shareholders who are alive as the persons with rights to the share or benefits to it. Nonetheless the aforesaid shall not be construed as releasing the estate of the joint shareholder who died from all the obligations for the shares.
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(2) |
A person who is entitled to a share by law but has yet to be registered in the shareholder register is not entitled: (1) to receive dividends or any other money and/or
property paid for said share as if he was the registered owner of the share; and (2) by virtue of said share to benefit from all rights of a
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17. |
Registration of transfer of shares
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(a) |
Subject to the provisions of relevant law, the Company shall change the registration of ownership in the shareholder register if each of the following is present:
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(1) |
The Company is delivered a transfer deed of the share with the signatures of the transferor and the transferee as stated in article 15 above, and the requirements of
these articles are satisfied;
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(2) |
The Company is delivered a court order to amend the register;
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(3) |
It is proven to the Company that the conditions in the law to assign the right have been satisfied; or
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(4) |
Another condition is satisfied which according to these articles is sufficient to that the change can be registered in the shareholder register.
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(b) |
The transferor of the shares shall be considered the shareholder until the registration of the share transfer in the shareholder register in the name of the transferee
in respect to the transferred share.
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(c) |
The Company will keep all the registration in the shareholder register as stated in this article 17. The Company may destroy share transfer instruments and share
certificates that were cancelled after the expiration of 7 years from the date of registration of the revision in the shareholder register, where there will be an absolute presumption that the destroyed documents as stated above were binding
and valid and that the transfers, the revocations and the registrations, as warranted, were lawfully made.
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18. |
Annual general meetings
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(a) |
The Company shall convene an annual meeting each year but no later than 15 months after the previous annual meeting.
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(b) |
The agenda at the annual meeting shall include deliberation of the financial statements of the Company and may include appointment of directors, appointment of an
auditor, or any other matter that is scheduled for the agenda as set forth in article 20 herein.
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19. |
Convening special meetings
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(a) |
The Board of Directors must convene a special meeting by a resolution of the Board and must convene a special meeting upon the demand of each of the following:
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(1) |
Two directors or a quarter of the directors then serving;
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(2) |
One or more shareholders, who hold at least five percent (5%) of the issued capital and at least one percent of the voting rights in the Company or one or more
shareholders who hold at least five percent (5%) of the voting rights in the Company.
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(b) |
A Board of Directors that is requested to convene a special meeting will convene such a meeting within twenty one (21) days from the date that it received the demand to
convene, and the provisions of section 63(c) of the Companies Law shall apply.
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(c) |
If the Board of Directors omits to convene a special meeting as stated, the person demanding said meeting, and if shareholders – even some of them who have more than
half of the voting rights, convene the meeting on his own, provided that it is not convened more than three months from the date such demand was submitted, and it shall be convened, insofar as possible, in the same manner that meetings are
convened by the Board of Directors.
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(d) |
Annual general meetings of shareholders shall be called "annual meetings"
and all other meetings of the Company shall be called "special meetings".
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(e) |
A flaw in the convening of a general meeting or in the management thereof, including a flaw resulting from the non-satisfaction of a provision or term that was fixed by
the Companies Law or in these articles, shall not invalidate any resolution adopted by the general meeting and shall not render defective the discussions that took place in it.
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(f) |
The general meeting of the Company shall be convened in Israel, at a location to be established in the notice of the meeting.
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20. |
Agenda
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(a) |
The agenda in a general meeting shall be set by the Board of Directors and shall include also topics for which a special meeting was demanded to be convened pursuant to
article 29 above as well as any subject that is required as set forth in article 20(b) herein.
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(b) |
The general meeting shall adopt resolutions on subjects that are specified on the agenda only. Notwithstanding the above, it is understood that the general meeting,
may, inter alia, adopt resolutions related to other subjects that were not included on the original agenda of the general meeting in respect to matters:
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(1) |
Which the law permits to be raised even if they are not included on the original agenda of the general meeting; and –
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(2) |
Which in light of the circumstances for which the general meeting is convened, the chairman of the general meeting believes is proper and correct to be discussed; or
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(3) |
Which a shareholder as stated in article 19(a)(2) above, asked in writing, at least seven (7) days prior to the meeting, to raise and attached the language of the
resolution, provided that the subject is appropriate to be discussed in a shareholder meeting.
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21. |
Notice of a meeting
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(a) |
Prior notice of at least 14 days or, if required by law, at least 35 days (as warranted by the circumstances), other than the day on which the notice is delivered and
inclusive of the day for which the notice is delivered, about the convening of a general meeting, shall be given in the manner set forth in section 69 of the Companies Law and shall include the details as stated in the provisions of the
aforesaid section or the provisions of any other relevant law.
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(b) |
The notice shall be publicized in at least two daily newspapers with a broad readership, which are published in the Hebrew language. Other than such notice (and without
derogating from the duty of reporting applicable to a company as a public company pursuant to the Securities Law), a notice or invitation to a meeting shall not be delivered to each of the shareholders of the Company, whether registered or
not.
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(c) |
A shareholder who is interested in voting in a general meeting will prove to the Company that he owns the share in accordance with the Companies Law.
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(d) |
A general meeting with a quorum present may decide to adjourn the meeting, the discussion or adoption of a resolution on a topic that is on the agenda to another time
or place that it determines; at the adjourned meeting no subject shall be discussed other than a subject that was on the agenda and which was not resolved.
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22. |
Quorum
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(a) |
Proceedings in the general meeting shall not commence until a quorum is present at the start of the proceedings.
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(b) |
A quorum shall be the presence of at least two (2) shareholders who hold at least twenty five percent (25%) of the voting rights (including through a proxy or voting
instrument) within one half hour from the time the meeting was designated to start.
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(c) |
If a quorum is not present after one half hour from the time the general meeting was designated to start, the meeting shall be adjourned for one week, to the same day,
same time and place or to a later date if specified in the invitation to the general meeting or to another day and/or place as will be determined by the Board of Directors in a notice to shareholders who are eligible to vote.
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(d) |
If a quorum is not present at the adjourned meeting as set forth in article 22(c) above, after a half hour from the time designated for its start, the meeting shall
take place with any number of participants, even if the general meeting was convened at the demand of shareholders as set forth article 19 above.
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(e) |
“Presence” – means the presence of the shareholder himself,
through a voting instrument or proxy or a representative as set forth in article 26 herein.
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23. |
Chairman of the general meeting
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(a) |
The chairman of the Board of Directors shall serve as chairman of each general meeting.
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(b) |
If the chairman of the Board of Directors is absent from the meeting within 15 minutes from the time designated for the meeting or if he refuses to sit as chair of the
general meeting, the general meeting shall elect one of the shareholders present, to serve as chairman of the meeting.
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(c) |
The chairman of the general meeting shall conduct the general meeting.
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24. |
Voting in the general meeting
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(a) |
Subject to the provisions of relevant law and unless established otherwise in these articles, a resolution shall be considered adopted by a regular majority of votes of
shareholders present at the meeting and voting on the resolution.
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(b) |
The chairman of the general meeting shall not have an additional or conclusive vote.
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(c) |
A declaration by the chairman of the general meeting that a resolution was unanimously adopted or adopted by a specific majority, or that it was adjourned shall be
conclusive evidence of the accuracy of the declaration and there will be no need to prove the number of votes or the votes that were given for or against the resolution.
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25. |
Vote count or secret ballot
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(a) |
Any resolution put to a vote in a general meeting shall be decided by counting votes, unless at least one shareholder present on his own or through a proxy and who
holds at least five percent (5%) of the voting rights in the Company, demands, a secret ballot.
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(b) |
If a demand is made for a secret ballot, the vote will take place in the same manner, time and place as the chairman of the general meeting instructs, whether
immediately or after a recess or adjournment or in another manner and the results of the secret ballot shall be considered a resolution of the general meeting in which the secret ballot was demanded. Those demanding a secret ballot may cancel
the demand at any time prior to the secret ballot.
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(c) |
A demand for a secret ballot shall not prevent the continuation of the general meeting and discussion on any issue other than the one in respect to which the secret
ballot was demanded.
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26. |
Vote by proxy; vote of a corporation; partners
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(a) |
A shareholder may vote personally or by proxy, through an instrument appointing the proxy as set forth below, or in the case of a corporation – by a representative
through an instrument of appointment as set forth below. Likewise a shareholder may vote by a voting instrument, as set forth in article 27 herein. A representative or proxy does not need to be a shareholder of the Company.
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(b) |
A corporation being a shareholder of the Company may, by a resolution of its Board of Directors, directors, or any other managing body competent under the bylaws of the
corporation or in accordance with a resolution of its Board of Directors, give an instrument of appointment to a representative and empower such person whom it finds suitable to be its representative at every meeting of the Company.
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(c) |
The instrument appointing a proxy shall be signed by the principal or his agent who is so authorized by a duly written instrument, and if the principal is a corporation
– by the signature of the person authorized to issue an instrument of appointment for the corporation as set forth in article 26(b) above or by the signature of an authorized signatory of the corporation. An instrument of appointment of a
representative or proxy in effect for a non-specified period, shall expire following 12 months from the date of the last signature on it.
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(d) |
The instrument to appoint a proxy or a copy certified by an attorney or certified in another manner to the satisfaction of the Company, and confirmation of the
ownership of a share as set forth in section 71 of the Companies Law, shall be deposited in the office or in another location as the Board will establish from time to time in a general manner or for a specific case, no less than forty eight
(48) hours prior to the date designated for the meeting or the adjourned meeting for which the instrument of proxy is written, or on a date established by the Board in its discretion, provided that it is received in the Company prior to the
time set for the general meeting or the adjourned meeting in which the person mentioned in this document intends to vote. If it is not so deposited, the instrument shall not be valid for said general meeting or an adjourned general meeting.
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(e) |
Any document appointing a proxy for a particular meeting, or for a specific time frame, shall be written in the format below insofar as possible or in another format
approved by the Company:
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Signature |
(f) |
If the statement of appointment does not specify the number of shares for which it is given or it specifies a number of shares that is higher than the number of shares
registered in the name of the shareholder (in the register or title certificate), the instrument of appointment shall be considered as if it was given for all of the shares registered in the name of the shareholder. If the instrument of
appointment is given for a number of shares that are lower than the number of shares registered in the name of the shareholder, the shareholder shall be considered as abstaining from being present at the vote for the remainder of the shares
which are registered in the name of the shareholder, and the instrument of appointment will be valid only for the number of the shares listed in it.
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(g) |
A vote in accordance with an instrument of appointment shall be lawful even if the instrument has a defect that is not immediately apparent and/or if prior to said vote
the principal died or became legally incompetent and/or the instrument of appointment was revoked or the power of attorney by which the instrument was signed was revoked and/or the share in respect to which the instrument was given was
transferred, unless a written notice was received in the office and/or by the chairman of the general meeting prior to the meeting of the defect, the death, disqualification, revocation or transfer.
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(h) |
Without derogating from the aforesaid, a shareholder holding more than one share shall be entitled to appoint more than one proxy or representative, subject to the
following provisions:
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(1) |
Each instrument of appointment will specify the class of the shares and the number of shares for which it is given.
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(2) |
If the total number of shares of any class listed in the instrument of appointment is greater than the number of shares of said class registered in the name of said
shareholder, the entire instrument of appointment will be null in respect to the shares of said class that was given by the shareholder.
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(3) |
A shareholder or proxy or representative for the vote, nay vote by virtue of some of the shares that are in his possession or for which he is serving as a proxy or
representative, and he may vote by virtue of these shares in one manner and by virtue of some shares in another manner.
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(i) |
In a vote by joint holders of a share an instrument of appointment to a proxy shall be signed by the person who is authorized to vote as set forth in article 11(c)(1)
above.
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(j) |
A shareholder who is incompetent may vote through his lawful guardians or another person appointed by a court, and they may vote for him through proxies or instruments
of appointment as stated in the provisions of these articles.
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27. |
Voting instrument
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(a) |
A shareholder may vote in the general meeting and in meetings of a class of shares through a voting instrument in which the shareholder will specify the manner of his
vote, on resolutions on topics that the law permits voting on them through a voting instrument, and for any other subject with the Board of Directors decides that a vote in the general meeting on a specific subject may also be adopted by way
of a voting instrument.
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(b) |
A voting instrument in which a shareholder indicates the manner of his vote and which he completes as required, which reaches the Company by the final time established
for such in the invitation to the general meeting, shall be considered as a presence in the general meeting for purposes of a quorum as set forth in article 22 above and for the purpose of counting the votes.
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(c) |
A voting instrument that is received by the Company as set forth in article 27(b) above, for a specific matter for which a vote was not taken in the general meeting,
shall be considered as abstaining on the vote in that general meeting on the resolution for an adjourned meeting pursuant to the provisions of section 74 of the Companies Law, and it will be counted in the adjourned meeting that will be held
pursuant to the provisions of 74 or 79 of the Companies Law.
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28. |
Protocols
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(a) |
The Company shall keep protocols of the proceedings in the general meeting, and shall keep them in the office, for a period of at least seven years from the date of the
general meeting.
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(b) |
A protocol signed by the chairman of the general meeting, constitutes conclusive proof of the contents therein.
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29. |
Meetings of a class
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30. |
Members of the Board
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(a) |
The number of directors in the Company, shall be determined from time to time by a resolution of the annual general meeting, provided that the number of directors
(including outside directors) shall not be less than five (5) directors and no more than eight (8) directors.
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(b) |
The directors, other than outside directors and until their maximum number as set forth in subsection (a) above, shall be elected by a regular resolution of the general
meeting, and shall function in their capacity until his office is vacated or another director is chosen in his stead. A member of the Board whose term of office has ended, may be reelected.
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(c) |
In addition to the outside director with accounting and financial expertise, directors with accounting and financial expertise in such number as determined by the Board
of Directors of the Company from time to time.
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(d) |
The office of a director shall begin from the date of his appointment or a later date if the resolution of his appointment establishes such.
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(e) |
The Board of Directors is entitled at any time and from time to time to appoint any person as a director, provided that the number of directors does not exceed at any
time the maximum number as specified above. A director who is so appointed, shall serve insofar as his office is not vacated in accordance with the provisions of article 35 herein.
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(f) |
The Company will maintain in the office a register of directors and their alternates, if they have alternates pursuant to the provisions of article 34 herein, which
will be open for inspection by any person.
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(g) |
Subject to the provisions of relevant law, all the activities and resolutions of the Board, a committee of the Board or a director who is acting by virtue of his
office, as well as any act that is taken according to their instructions, shall be valid, even if it is discovered afterwards that there was a defect in the appointment of a director/directors or if all or one of them were unfit from serving
as directors, as if each of them was appointed lawfully and as if they all had the necessary qualifications to be a member of the Board or committee.
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31. |
Restrictions on the appointment of directors
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(a) |
A candidate for director must disclose to his appointer if he was convicted in a judgment of an offense as described below, and five years have not yet passed since the
judgment of conviction was issued or – in respect to sub article (3) herein – the period that was established by the court according to that sub article:
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(1) |
Offenses according to sections 290 to 297, 392, 415, 418 to 420 and 422 to 428, of the Penal Law, 5737 – 1977, and according to sections 52c, 52d, 53(a) and 54 of the
Securities Law;
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(2) |
A conviction in a foreign court for the offenses of bribery, fraud, corporate administrative offenses or insider trading; or
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(3) |
A conviction for another offense which the court holds that due to its nature, severity or circumstances, he is not fit to serve as a director in a public company, for
the period that the court determines which shall not exceed five years from the date of the judgment.
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(b) |
A candidate for director in the Company will disclose if the administrative enforcement Board imposed on him any enforcement measures that prevent him from serving as a
director of a public company or a private company which is a bonds company, and the period established by the administrative enforcement board in its decision has not yet passed.
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(c) |
A person convicted by a judgment of an offense enumerated in article 31(a) above shall not be appointed as a director, unless the period stated in said article passed
(unless a court establishes otherwise as stated in section 226(b) of the Companies Law), and a person shall not be appointed as director if the administrative enforcement board imposed on him enforcement measures prohibiting him from serving
as a director in a company, for a period determined by the Board.
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(d) |
A director shall not be appointed if he is a minor, legally incompetent, or declared bankrupt so long as he has not been absolved.
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(e) |
A candidate for director who is one of the above in sub article (d) shall disclose this to the Company.
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32. |
External director
|
(a) |
Two external directors shall serve in the Company, who satisfy the conditions set forth in the Companies Law, who will be appointed by the general meeting in accordance
with the provisions of the Companies Law.
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(b) |
At least one external director shall serve in each committee that is entitled to exercise one of the authorities of a director.
|
(c) |
The terms of office of external director shall be three years, and the Company may appoint him for two additional terms of three years each.
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(d) |
External director shall not be removed and his term of office shall not be stopped except according to the provisions of the Companies Law.
|
33. |
Revoked.
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34. |
Alternate director
|
(a) |
Subject to the provisions of the Companies Law, each director may appoint another as an alternate director and may revoke his appointment.
|
(b) |
An appointment of an alternate director and the revocation of his appointment shall be done by written notice to the Company by the appointing director or in another
manner as decided by the Board of Directors. The appointment will enter into effect upon receipt of the notice by the Company or a later date as stated in the notice.
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(c) |
An alternate director is the same as a director.
|
(d) |
The appointment of an alternate does not negate the liability of the director for whom he is serving as alternate, and it will apply taking into account the
circumstances of the situation, including the appointment of the alternate director and the term of his office.
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(e) |
The alternate director shall have all the authorities belonging to the director for whom is serving as the alternate. It is understood that the authorities of the
alternate director shall not prejudice his authorities as director.
|
(f) |
An alternate director shall not be entitled to participate and vote in a meeting of the Board in which the director who appointed him participates.
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(g) |
An alternate director may be appointed as a member of the Board of Directors, who is already a director, provided that the candidate for alternate director for a member
of a committee, does not serve on that same committee of the Board and if he is an alternate director for an outside director, the candidate must be an outside director with accounting and financial expertise or with professional ability, in
accordance with the qualifications of the director for whom he is serving as an alternate.
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(h) |
The office of an alternate director or an attorney shall be vacated:
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(1) |
Automatically if the office of the director, for whom he is serving as the alternate, is vacated for any reason;
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(2) |
If the alternate director experiences any of the instances enumerated in article 35 herein or if for another reason established in the Companies Law he is not fit to
serve as an alternate director; or
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(3) |
His appointment as an alternate director is cancelled by the person who so appointed him.
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35. |
Dismissal of a director
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(a) |
The office of director shall be automatically vacated upon the occurrence of each of the following instances:
|
(1) |
Upon his death;
|
(2) |
He is found to be legally or mentally incompetent or mentally ill.
|
(3) |
He is declared to be bankrupt;
|
(4) |
If he resigns by written notice to the Company as stated in article 35(b) herein;
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(5) |
If he is dismissed by a resolution of the general meeting as set forth in article 35(c) herein or is dismissed as stated in article 35(d) herein;
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(6) |
On the date of the issuance of the notice of a conviction for an offense as set forth in article 35(e) herein;
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(7) |
According to a decision by a court pursuant to the provisions of section 233 of the Companies Law;
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(8) |
On the date of the notice about the imposition of enforcement measures by an administrative enforcement Board prohibiting him to serve as director of a public company
or in the Company, as set forth in section 232a of the Companies Law; or
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(9) |
A condition needed pursuant to the Companies Law no longer exists in regard to the director in order for him to serve as director or a cause for the expiration of his
term as director exists.
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(b) |
A director or an alternate director may resign by delivery of written notice to the Board of Directors, the chairman of the Board or the Company and his resignation
shall enter into effect on the date the notice is delivered, unless another date is specified in the letter. A director or alternate director shall state the reasons for his resignation.
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(c) |
The general meeting may at any time dismiss a director, by a regular resolution, provided that the director is given a reasonable opportunity to bring his position
before the general meeting.
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(d) |
If the Company becomes aware that a director or an alternate director was appointed contrary to the provisions of article 31(d) above (namely section 227(a) of the
Companies Law) or contrary to the provisions of article 31(c) above (namely sections 226(a) and (a1) and 226a of the Companies Law), or that the director violated the provisions of article 31(a) above (namely section 225 of the Companies
Law), article 31(e) above (namely section 227(b) of the Companies Law), or the provisions of article 35€ herein (namely section 232 of the Companies Law), the Board must decide in the meeting of the Board convened right after it becomes aware
of such, to end the service of said director, if it finds, that the stated conditions are present, and from the date of the resolution the service shall expire.
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(e) |
A director who is convicted of an offense as stated in articles 31(a) above shall notify the Company of such and his service will end on the date of the delivery of the
notice, and he may not be re-appointed as director, unless the period in which the director may not serve has passed, as stated in article 31(c) above (namely section 226(a) and (a1) of the Companies Law). If the administrative enforcement
Board decides to impose on a person enforcement measures which prohibit him to serve as director in any public company or the Company, he will notify the Company and his term will expire on the date of the delivery of the notice, and he may
not be reappointed as director, unless the period of the prohibition has passed as set forth in article 31(c) above (namely section 226a of the Companies Law).
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(f) |
A director (including an outside director) who no longer meets a requirements pursuant to the Companies Law in order to serve as a director (including an outside
director) or if a reason for his service as director to expire exists, he will notify of such immediately to the Company, and his service shall expire on the date of the delivery of said notice.
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(f)
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A director who violates the duty of disclosure pursuant to article 31(a) above (namely section 225 of the Companies
Law), article 31(f) above (namely sections 227a and 245a of the Companies Law), article 31(e) above (namely section 227(b) of the Companies Law), or article 35(e) above (namely sections 232 and 232a of the Companies Law), shall be
considered as someone who violated his fiduciary duty to the Company.
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36. |
Authorities of the Board of Directors
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(a) |
The Board shall delineate the policy of the Company and supervise the performance of the general manager and his activities, including the authorities listed in section
92(a) of the Companies Law.
|
(b) |
The authorities of the Board of Directors pursuant to article 36(a) above may not be delegated to the general manager other than as set forth in article 10(b) above.
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(c) |
Without derogating from the authorities conferred on the Board of Directors pursuant to article 36(a) above and the rest of the authorities conferred on it by these
articles, and without restricting or reducing in any manner these or any of the authorities, the Board of Directors shall have the following authorities:
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(1) |
To appoint a person or persons (incorporated or otherwise), to receive and hold in trust for the Company any property belonging to the Company or in which the Company
has an interest, or for any other purpose, and to do or perform any activity, act or things needed in respect to any such trust, and to act to pay the salaries of the trustee or trustees;
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(2) |
To establish the authorized signatories of the Company for bills of exchange, promissory notes, receipts, endorsements, checks, dividend certificates, releases,
contracts and other documents of any kind;
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(3) |
To appoint, and in its discretion, to remove or suspend a general manager, manager, secretary, clerk, employee or agent, whether if they are employed on a permanent or
interim basis or for special services, as the Board of Directors sees fit from time to time, and to define their authorities and obligations and to set their salaries and wages and to demand guarantees, in the cases and in the amounts that
the Board deems fit;
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(4) |
To establish local management for the management of any of the businesses of the Company in a specific place in Israel or abroad, and to appoint any persons to be local
managers and to determine their wages or to dismiss any of these people from their service, and from time to time and at any time delegate to any person who is so appointed any powers or authorities or discretion that is conferred at such
time on the Board, and to authorize the members at that time in any local committee, all or some, to fill any vacancy in it and to act notwithstanding the vacancies;
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(5) |
Subject to the provisions of relevant law, to appoint by power of attorney any person or persons to be the attorney or attorneys of the Company for the purposes and
with the powers, authorities and discretion (which shall not exceed those given or conferred for use by the Board according to these articles or by law) for a period of time and subject to the same terms as the Board deems proper from time to
time, and any such appointment may be given (if the Board sees fit to do so) to any local manager, or any Company or its members, its directors, agents or managers of any Company or firm or a person who is established by any Company or firm.
Any such power of attorney may contain in it authorities for the protection or convenience of persons who come into contact or these attorneys as the Board deems fit;
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(6) |
To open, manager, defend, compromise, or neglect any legal proceedings on behalf of or against the Company or against its officials or related in another manner to its
affairs and to compromise or extend the time for payment or defrayal of any debt owed or actions or demands by the Company or against it;
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(7) |
To deliver for arbitration any action or demand of the Company or against it;
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(8) |
To appoint on behalf of the Company an attorney or attorneys in Israel or abroad to represent the Company before any court, legal and quasi legal bodies, government
offices or bodies, municipal or otherwise in Israel or abroad and to confer on such attorney the authorities that the Board feels proper to give, including the authority to delegate his authorities, in whole or in part, to another or others;
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(9) |
Subject to the provisions of the law (including section 113 of the Companies Law) and these articles, to delegate to any person, firm, Company or group of persons as
stated, the powers, authorities and discretion conferred on the Board of Directors;
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(10) |
The Board is entitled to exercise any authority of the Company which was not conferred by law or these articles to another organ of the Company.
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37. |
Assumption of authorities of the Board
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(a) |
The general meeting may assume authorities given to the Board for a specific matter, or for a specific time frame, that does not exceed the time required under the
circumstances. The assumption of authorities shall be done after the Company adopts a resolution about the assumption in the general meeting.
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(b) |
If the Board cannot exercise its authorities and the exercise of any of its authorities is essential for the proper management of the Company, the general meeting may
exercise it in its stead, so long as the Board is prevented from doing so, provided that the general meeting establishes, that in fact the Board cannot do so and that the exercise of the authority is essential as stated.
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(c) |
If the general meeting assumes authorities conferred by law on the Board, the shareholders shall have the rights, duties and liability applicable to the directors for
the matter of the exercise of those authorities, mutatis mutandis, and, the provisions of chapters three, four and five of the Sixth Part of the Companies Law shall apply to them, taking into account their holdings in the Company, their
participation in the meeting and the manner of their vote.
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38. |
The rights of a director
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39. |
Chairman of the Board
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(a) |
The Board of Directors will choose, dismiss, with a normal majority of votes, one of the members of the Board to serve as chairman of the Board, and the provisions in
articles 39(b) – (f) below will apply to him.
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(b) |
The term of service of the chairman of the Board shall be until a resolution of the Board of the termination of his service and appointment of another chairman in his
stead. However, it is understood, that an outgoing chairman may be re- appointed as chairman.
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(c) |
If the service of a director is vacated for one of the instances listed in these articles and said director is the chairman of the Board, his appointment as chairman
shall automatically expire, and another chairman shall be chosen in his stead.
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(d) |
The chairman of the Board shall set the agenda as set forth in article 41 herein and will preside over the meetings of the Board.
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(e) |
If the chairman of the Board of Directors is absent from a meeting 15 minutes from the designated time for the meeting or if he is unwilling to preside over the
meeting, the Board of Directors shall elect one of its members to preside over the meeting and sign the protocol of the meeting. The chairman of the Board in such instance shall not have an extra or casting vote in any vote by the Board of
Directors in the event of a tie vote.
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(f) |
The chairman of the Board may serve as the CEO of the Company, or exercise his authorities for periods that do not exceed three years each from the date of the
resolution, subject to and in accordance with the provisions of section 121(c) of the Companies Law.
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40. |
Convening a meeting of the Board
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(a) |
The Board of Directors will convene for meetings pursuant to the needs of the Company and at least once every three months.
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(b) |
The Board will be convened according to one of the following methods:
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(1) |
The chairman is entitled to convene a meeting at any time.
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(2) |
In the following instances, the chairman of the Board will convene the Board without delay:
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1. |
A notice or report by the general manager to the chairman of the Board about any irregular matter that is material for the Company that requires an act by the Board;
and
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2. |
Notice by the auditor of the Company to the chairman of the Board that he became aware during the audit of material deficiencies in the accounting audit of the Company.
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(2)
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The chairman of the Board will convene the Board, at the demand of any of the directors at any time, including if a
director becomes aware of a matter of the Company in which there may be an apparent violation of the law or may harm proper corporate governance, whereby he will act without delay to convene a meeting of the Board.
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(c) |
If a meeting of the Board is not convened within seven days from the date of the notice or report by the general manager or the auditor as stated in article 40(b)(2)
above or from the date of the demand as set forth in article 40(b)(2) above, each of those listed above, may convene a meeting of the Board to discuss the subject specified in the demand, notice or report, as the case warrants, within at
least two business days prior to the date of the meeting.
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(d) |
The Board may hold meetings through the use of any communications devices, provided that all the directors participating can hear each other simultaneously.
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(e) |
The Board may adopt resolutions even without an actual meeting (such as in writing, fax or email), provided that all the directors who are entitled to participate in
the meeting and vote on the matter brought for a resolution agree to do so.
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(f) |
Resolutions adopted in the manner specified in subsection (e), shall be formalized in a protocol, including the resolution not to convene a meeting, and the protocol
shall be signed by the chairman of the Board.
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41. |
Agenda
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(a) |
Subjects set by the chairman of the Board;
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(b) |
Subjects that were set as set forth in article 40 above; and
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(c) |
Any subject that a director, the general manager and/or the auditor asks of the chairman of the Board, a reasonable time prior to the meeting, to include on the agenda.
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42. |
Notice of a meeting of the Board of Directors
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(a) |
Notice of a meeting of the Board shall be delivered to all the directors at least seventy two (72) hours prior to the date designated for the meeting, unless all the
directors gave prior written consent to convene the meeting within a shorter time frame, or in urgent cases – and with the consent of a majority of the directors – even without such notice.
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(b) |
Notice pursuant to article 42(a) above shall be delivered to the address of the director in Israel that was previously delivered to the Company by the director in
writing and which shall state the date of the meeting and the location, and a reasonable description of all the subjects on the agenda. It is understood that the dispatch of such notice covers the liability of the Company and the director is
solely responsible to update the Company about a change of his address for the purpose of the sending of such notices. A change of address of the director shall be done by him in writing provided that it is delivered a reasonable time prior
to the date designated for a meeting of the Board of Directors.
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43. |
Quorum
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(a) |
A quorum for discussion in meetings of the Board shall be determined, from time to time, by the general meeting and until decided otherwise it shall be at least the
presence of half of the directors, who serve at the time of the meeting, on their own or through alternates. The quorum shall be established at the start of each meeting of the Board and shall constitute a quorum for the entire duration of
the meeting, for all the resolutions that are on the agenda, even in the case or cases where a quorum is not present during the continuation of the meeting.
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(b) |
If a half hour passes from the time designated for the start of the meeting of the Board and a quorum is not present, the meeting shall be adjourned for twenty four
(24) hours exactly (after the original time designated for the meeting) or to another time set by the chairman of the Board (but in any case no earlier than twenty four (24) hours). The quorum at an adjourned meeting shall be the presence of
at least two directors, who are serving at the time of the meeting, on their own or through an alternate. If the Board cannot act due to the absence of a quorum at the adjourned meeting, the general meeting may exercise the authorities of the
Board for the purpose/s for which the meeting of the Board was convened and the provisions of article 37 above will apply.
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(c) |
Each duly convened meeting of the Board of Directors, in which a quorum is present, shall have all the authorities, powers of attorney and discretion given to it at
such time, according to the provisions of the Company, to the Board of Directors or those exercised by it in general.
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(d) |
If a specific member is not appointed to the Board or if the office of a director is vacated, the remaining directors may operate for all matters, so long as their
number is not less than the minimum fixed in article 30(a) above. If the number is less than the minimum, they may not exercise their authorities according to these articles, except to convene a general meeting with an agenda to appoint
additional directors or to establish a lower minimum of directors or to appoint additional directors themselves. The general meeting may decide not to approve acts of the directors when their number falls below the minimum number and to
exercise on its own the authorities of the Board, until the number of directors again reaches the minimum as set forth in article 30(a) above.
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44. |
Voting on the Board
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(a) |
Each director shall have one vote in each vote on a resolution.
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(b) |
Resolutions of the Board shall be adopted by a regular majority of those present participating in the vote.
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(c) |
If the votes are tied in a Board meeting, the proposed resolution shall be considered as rejected.
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(d) |
Notwithstanding the aforesaid, resolutions on the subjects listed below shall not be adopted unless the subjects were on the agenda of the meeting that was duly
convened, and there was no objection to the resolution by two or more of the members of the Board who participated in the meeting:
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(1) |
Entering into new fields of activity and the expansion of the geographical field of activity of the Company;
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(2) |
Investments in the field of activity of the Company (namely, not including investments in equipment) and the exercise of such investments;
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(3) |
The transfer of any of the subjects mentioned in sections (1) and (2) to the authority of committees of the Board;
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(4) |
Acquisition of Company shares, as defined in section 1 of the Companies Law, in a manner in which following the acquisition the Company will no longer be a public
company, insofar as this resolution is brought for approval of the Board of the Company in accordance with the provisions of relevant law.
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(e) |
A director (or alternate director) is entitled to vote on his own, in writing (inclusive of by fax or email) or verbally if the meeting takes place through means of
communication where the directors who are participating can hear each other simultaneously.
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45. |
Protocols in a meeting of the Board
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(a) |
The Company will keep protocols of the proceedings in meetings of the Board and its committees and will keep them and the resolutions adopted without actual meetings of
the Board, in the office for a period of seven years from the date of the meeting or adoption of the resolution, as the case warrants.
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(b) |
A protocol approved and signed by the director who presided over the meeting, shall serve as prima facie proof of its contents.
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(c) |
An announcement by the chairman of the Board, that a resolution was adopted unanimously or by a specific majority, or was rejected and a notation recorded in this
matter in the protocol of the meeting of the Board, shall serve as prima facie proof of the authenticity of its contents, and it is not necessary to prove how many votes there were or how many were for or against the resolution.
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46. |
Defects in the convening of a meeting
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(a) |
A resolution adopted in a meeting of the Board that was convened without the prior conditions satisfied for its convening (hereinafter – “Defect in the Convening”) may be revoked at the demand of each of the following:
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(1) |
A director who was present at the meeting, provided that he demanded that a resolution for which the defect was present not be adopted, prior to the adoption of the
resolution; or
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(2) |
A director who was entitled to be invited to a meeting but was not present, within a reasonable time after he was informed about the adoption of the resolution and no
later than the first Board meeting that was held after he was informed of the resolution;
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(b) |
The provisions of article 46(a) above shall not impair from the validity of an act done for the Company which was retroactively approved by the Board or if the party
with whom the act was done did not know or could not have known about the irregularity or lack of authorization.
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47. |
Committees of the Board
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(a) |
Subject to the provisions of section 112 of the Companies Law which prohibits the delegation of authorities and the provisions of these articles (including article
44(d) above), the Board may establish committees of the Board and appoint members from among the Board only to them (hereinafter: “Board Committee”)
and delegate all or some of its authorities to a Board committee. The Board may from time to time cancel the delegation of said authority,
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(b) |
A Board committee will report to the Board on a regular basis about its decisions or recommendations. Decisions or recommendations of a Board committee which requires
the approval of the Board, will be brought to the attention of the directors a reasonable time prior to the deliberations on the Board.
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(c) |
The meetings of a Board committee and its management shall be in accordance with the provisions of procedures and management of meetings of the Board, as set forth in
the provisions of these articles, mutatis mutandis, so long as they are appropriate and if they do not replace the instructions that are given by the Board according to this section.
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(d) |
A committee of the Board whose job is to provide counsel or recommendations to the Board can be comprised of a person who is not a member of the Board.
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(e) |
A resolution that is adopted or an act that is done by a committee of the Board, according to an authority that was delegated to it from the authorities of the Board,
shall be the same as a resolution adopted or an act that was done by the Board. However, the Board may evoke any decision of a committee that it appointed, but such cancellation shall not harm the validity of a decision of a committee where
the Company acted in accordance thereto with another person, who was not aware of the revocation.
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48. |
Appointment of an audit committee
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(a) |
The Board of the Company shall appoint among its members an audit committee. The number of members of the audit committee shall be determined by the Board, from time to
time provided that it shall not be less than three members and that all the outside directors will be members of the committee. The chairman of the Board and any director who is employed by the Company or by a controlling holder or by a
corporation under the control of a controlling holder, a director who provides services, on a regular basis, to the Company, to a controlling holder in it or to a corporation under the control of a controlling holder, as well as a director
whose main income is on the controlling holder, shall not be members of the audit committee. Likewise, a controlling holder or a relative thereof shall not be members of the audit committee.
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(b) |
The audit committee shall choose one of its members who is an outside director to serve as chairman of the audit committee, by a resolution adopted by a regular
majority of the audit committee present at such meeting.
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(c) |
The term of office of the chairman of the audit committee shall be until a resolution of the audit committee about the termination of his term and the appointment of a
chairman for the audit committee in his stead. However, it is understood that a chairman of the audit committee who ended his term of service may be reappointed.
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49. |
Positions and work procedures of the audit committee
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(a) |
Subject to relevant law, the positions of the audit committee shall be as described in section 117 of the Companies Law.
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(b) |
The internal auditor of the Company shall receive notices about meetings of the audit committee and may participate in them. The internal auditor may ask the chairman
of the audit committee to convene the committee to discuss a subject that he describes in his request, and the chairman of the audit committee will convene the meeting within a reasonable time from the request, if he sees a reason to do so.
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(c) |
A notice of a meeting of the audit committee, in which a subject related to the audit of the financial statements is raised, shall be delivered to the internal auditor
who is entitled to participate in it.
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(d) |
Subject to the provisions of the Companies Law (including section 116a dealing with a quorum to deliberate and adopt resolutions in the audit committee and section
115(e) dealing with presence in meetings of the audit committee), the procedures of the meetings and activities of the audit committee and its management shall be in accordance with the provisions of the procedures and management of meetings
of the Board of Directors, as described in these articles, mutatis mutandis, insofar as they are appropriate and insofar as they do not replace instructions given by the Board pursuant to this section.
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50. |
Exemption and indemnification
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(a) |
The Company is entitled to exempt in advance an office holder from his liability, in whole or in part, for damage due to a breach of the duty of care to the Company,
other than a breach of the duty of care in a distribution.
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(b) |
The Company may indemnify an office holder for an obligation or expense as described in paragraphs (1) – (6) herein, imposed on him following an act that he did by
virtue of his being an office holder:
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(1) |
A monetary duty imposed on him or expended in favor of another person by a court judgment, including a judgment issued as a settlement or a ruling of an arbitrator that
is ratified by a court;
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(2) |
Reasonable litigation costs, including legal fees, expended by the office holder following an investigation or proceeding that was conducted against him by the
competent authority to carry out an investigation or proceeding, and which concluded without the filing of an indictment against him and without having imposed on him a monetary obligation as an alternative to a criminal proceeding, or which
ended without an indictment against him but with the imposition of a monetary obligation as an alternative to a criminal proceeding for an offense that does not require proof of criminal intent or in connection to a monetary sanction;
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(3) |
Reasonable litigation costs, including legal fees that the officer expended or which he was charged to pay by a court, in a proceeding filed against him by the Company
or on its behalf or by another person, or in a criminal indictment for which he was acquitted, or an indictment for which he was convicted of a crime that does not require proof of criminal intent.
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(4) |
Other expenses expended in respect to an administrative proceeding that was conducted on his case, including reasonable litigation costs, including legal fees.
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(5) |
Payment to a person injured by a violation as stated in section 52(54)(a)(1)(a) of the Securities Law.
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(6) |
Any other obligation or expense imposed on him or expended, following an act that he did by virtue of his being an officer in it, for which indemnification can be made
according to the provisions of relevant law.
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(c) |
The Company may give indemnification in one of the following ways:
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(1) |
By giving an undertaking in advance to indemnify an office holder of the Company in each of the following (hereinafter: “Undertaking to Indemnify”):
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(a) |
As set forth in article 50(b)(1) above, provided that the undertaking for indemnification for a monetary obligation is limited to events which according to the Board of
Directors are foreseeable in light of the Company’s actual activity at the time of the giving of the undertaking for indemnification and for a sum or criteria that the Board of Directors establishes is reasonable under the circumstances, and
where the undertaking for indemnification will state the events which the Board of Directors feel are foreseeable in light of the Company’s actual activity at the time of the giving of the undertaking as well as the sum or the criteria which
the Board establishes are reasonable under the circumstances.
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(b) |
As set forth in Articles 50(b)(2), 50(b)(3), 50(b)(4), 50(b)(5), and 50(b)(6).
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(2) |
To indemnify the office holder of the Company retroactively.
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51. |
Liability insurance
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(a) |
The Company may enter into a contract for liability insurance for an officer of the Company for a liability that will be imposed on said officer for an act taken by
virtue of his being an officer in the Company, for each of the following:
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(1) |
A breach of the duty of care towards the Company or another person;
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(2) |
Breach of a fiduciary duty against the Company provided that the officer acted in good faith and had reasonable grounds to assume that the action would not harm the
welfare of the Company;
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(3) |
A monetary obligation that is imposed on him in favor of another person;
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(4) |
Other expenses expended by the office holder in respect to an administrative proceeding conducted in his case, including reasonable litigation expenses, including legal
fees;
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(5) |
Payment to a victim of a breach as contemplated by section 52(54)(a)(1)(a) of the Securities Law;
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(6) |
Any additional obligation that may be insured by law.
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(b) |
In any case where the insurance contract will have coverage for the Company itself, the office holder shall have the preemptive right instead of the Company in
receiving insurance compensation.
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52. |
General Manager
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(a) |
A general manager of the Company will be appointed and dismissed according to a resolution adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company, and it may appoint more
than one general manager, for a fixed period of time or without any time limitation, and it may from time to time dismiss or release him or them from their office and appoint another or others in his or their stead.
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(b) |
Subject to the provisions of an employment agreement between the general manager and the Company, the general manager is responsible for the ongoing management of the
affairs of the Company as part of the policy set by the Board and subject to its instructions.
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(d) |
Subject to the provisions of the law and articles 36(a) and 36(b) above, the Board of Directors may from time to time deliver and confer on the general manager at such
time, some of those authorities by which it acts according to these articles, as it deems fit to manage the ordinary business of the Company and it may confer authorities for a period of time, and for certain purposes and needs for those
times and under such conditions and restrictions as it deems fit as stated above.
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(e) |
The general manager must notify the chairman of the Board of Directors about any irregular matter that is material to the Company; if the Company does not have a
chairman of the Board or if he is prevented from serving in such capacity, the general manager will notify all the directors.
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(f) |
Office holders of the Company, other than directors and the general manager (namely, a chief business manager, deputy to the general manager, legal advisor, any
replacement as stated in the Company even if his title is different, and another manager subject directly to the general manager) shall be appointed and dismissed by the general manager, without derogating from the provisions of the Companies
Law dealing with the approval of the terms of service and employment of an office holder.
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53. |
Removal of authorities from the general manager
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54. |
Registered office
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(a) |
The Company will maintain an office in Israel, to which any notice to the Company can be sent. Without derogating from the provisions of any law, the Company will keep
in its registered office documents as set forth in section 124 of the Companies Law.
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(b) |
Delivery of a document to the Company shall be to the office as it is registered with the Companies Registrar at the time it is sent to the Company by mail.
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(c) |
A person who is entitled to inspect documents, is entitled to receive a copy of them for a fee that the Board or the general manager establishes.
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55. |
Register of shareholders and register of material shareholders
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(a) |
The Company shall keep a register of shareholders and a register of material shareholders and will update the changes to them as soon as possible after it becomes aware
of them.
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(b) |
The shareholder register and the material shareholder register shall be open for inspection by any person.
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(c) |
The details enumerated in section 130(a) of the Companies Law shall be recorded in the shareholder register.
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(d) |
The material shareholder register shall contain reports that the Company received pursuant to the Securities Law about the holdings of the material shareholders in
Company shares.
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(e) |
The Company will keep all the records that are recorded in the shareholder register as set forth in article 55(c) above.
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(f) |
The shareholder register will be prima facie proof of the contents recorded in it.
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(g) |
In the case of a contradiction between the shareholder register and a share certificate, the shareholder register shall have more evidentiary value than that of the
share certificate.
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56. |
Auditor
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(a) |
The Company will appoint an auditor who will audit the annual financial statements of the Company and give his opinion about them (hereinafter: “Audit Activity”).
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(b) |
An auditor will be appointed at each annual meeting and shall serve in his capacity until the end of the following annual meeting; however, the general meeting may
appoint an auditor who will serve in his position for a longer period of time, that shall not be longer than the end of the third annual meeting after the one in which he is appointed.
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(c) |
The Company may appoint a number of auditors to carry out the audit activity together.
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(d) |
If the office of the auditor is vacated and the Company does not have another auditor, the Board will convene a special meeting, as soon as possible, with the agenda of
appointing an auditor.
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57. |
Expiration of the term of the auditor
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(a) |
The general meeting may terminate the service of the auditor.
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(b) |
If the Board becomes aware that there are dependent relationships pursuant to the provisions of section 160 of the Companies Law, it will notify the auditor without
delay that he must act to cease such dependency immediately; if the dependency continues, the Board will convene a special meeting within a reasonable time period, with the agenda to terminate the service of the auditor.
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(c) |
The general meeting that is convened as set forth in article 57(b) above, shall decide on the termination of the service of the auditor; however, the general meeting
may, after the auditor brings his position before it, decide not to accept the recommendation of the Board to end his service, if it finds that the auditor has no dependency in the Company.
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(d) |
The Board of Directors will give the auditor a reasonable opportunity to bring his position before the general meeting with the agenda of ending or not renewing his
service, and for this purpose the auditor will be invited to participate in the general meeting.
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(e) |
If the auditor resigns for reasons that involve an interest for shareholders in the Company, the Board will notify the Company of such.
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(f) |
Without derogating from the provisions of relevant law, the Board of Directors will notify the shareholders about the reasons for the resignation of the auditor as it
deems fit, and it may also give notice about its position in the matter.
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58. |
Wages of the auditor
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(a) |
The salary of the auditor for the audit activity and for additional services, shall be set by the Board of Directors, in accordance with the extent of the work, the
duration of his employment and any additional relevant term related to his employment.
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(b) |
The Company will not stipulate the payment of the fee of the auditor on terms that limit the manner of his performance of the audit activity or which make a connection
between the results of the audit and his fees.
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(c) |
The Company or anyone on its behalf shall not indemnify, directly or indirectly, the auditor, for an obligation imposed on him due to a breach of his professional
responsibility in providing services that must be provided by an accountant auditor by law, or following the violation of another duty imposed on him by law.
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59. |
Authorities, duties and responsibility of the accountant auditor
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(a) |
The auditor may at any time inspect documents of the Company required by him to perform his job and receive explanations about them.
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(b) |
The auditor may participate in any general meeting in which financial statements are submitted for which he conducted audit activity and any meeting of the Board which
deliberates the approval of the financial statements, in meetings of the committee to inspect the financial statements and in meetings of the Board convened pursuant to article 40(b)(2)2 above; the Board of Directors will notify the auditor
of the place and time of the general meeting or the Board or committee meeting for the examination of the financial statements.
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(c) |
If the auditor becomes aware during his audit activity about material defects in the accounting audit of the Company, he will notify the chairman of the Board of such.
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60. |
Internal auditor
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(a) |
The Board of Directors of the Company will appoint an internal auditor; the internal auditor will be appointed in accordance with the recommendation of the audit
committee.
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(b) |
The organizational supervisor over the internal auditor shall be the chairman of the Board, or whoever the Board of the Company determines from time to time.
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(c) |
The internal auditor will check, inter alia, the validity of the activities of the Company in respect to compliance with the law and proper corporate governance.
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(d) |
The term of service of the internal auditor shall not be terminated without his consent and he shall not be suspended, unless the Board decides on such after obtaining
the position of the audit committee, and after giving the internal auditor a reasonable opportunity to state his position before the Board and before the audit committee.
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61. |
Financial statements
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62. |
Stamp and signatory right
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(a) |
The Company may establish a stamp or rubber stamps for sealing documents.
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(b) |
The Board will determine the person or persons (even if they are not directors) who are authorized to sign on behalf of the Company, and their signatures together with
the stamp of the Company or its printed name shall bind the Company, provided that he or they acted and signed within their authority or authorities.
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63. |
Dividends and bonus shares
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(a) |
A resolution by the Company to distribute dividends or allocate bonus shares shall be adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company. The Board of the Company shall
decide on the date for payment of the dividend.
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(b) |
In addition, the Board may, prior to offering a dividend, allocate from the profits of the Company, amounts, as it deems fit, as a reserve fund or funds as they
establish, in the sole discretion of the Board of Directors, for unforeseeable needs or to equalize dividends with special dividends to correct, to improve or to maintain any property of the Company, and for many other types of purposes, as
the Board, according to their absolute discretion, believes is beneficial for the affairs of the Company, and it may invest these allocated sums in investments that they feel are proper (other than in shares of the Company), and from time to
time manage these investments or change them and use all or some of them for the benefit of the Company, and it may divide the reserve fund into special funds, as it deems fit, and use the fund or any part of it for the Company’s business,
without having to keep the monies separate from the rest of the assets of the Company.
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A Board of Directors which announces the distribution of dividends may decide that this dividend be paid in full or in part by distribution of certain assets, in
particular by the distribution of fully paid up shares, bonds or a series of bonds of any other company, or in one or more of these methods.
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In order to validate a resolution of the Board (including according to article 63(c) above), the Board may:
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Resolve any difficulty that may arise in respect to the distribution of a dividend and/or allocation of bonus shares as it deems fit;
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Issue partial certificates, including certificates for fractional shares or decide not to count fractions under a certain amount, or sell fractions and transfer their
consideration to those eligible to receive them;
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To establish for the distribution of a dividend and/or allocation of bonus shares the value of any specific asset;
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To decide that payment in cash will be done for shareholders on the basis of the value that will be so established, or that parts the value of which are less than one
shekel will not be taken into account in order to adjust the rights of all the parties;
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To deposit such monies or specific assets with trustees against securities, for persons eligible to receive dividends and/or bonus shares or to a fund that was
converted into capital;
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If required, a proper contract will be drawn up and the Board may appoint a person to sign such contract on behalf of those eligible to receive dividends, bonus shares
and/or fund converted into capital and such appointment will be valid; and/or
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To make any other arrangement (in respect to the distribution of dividends and/or allocation of bonus shares), as the Board of Directors deems fit according to its sole
discretion.
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The Board of Directors may deduct and offset from any dividend, bonus or other monies that are due to be paid for shares held by a shareholder, whether or not he is the
sole owner or holds the share jointly with others, all sums of money owed from him which he must defray on his own or jointly with any other person to the Company on account of calls for payment etc.
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A shareholder shall not be entitled to a dividend if he has not delivered by the date designated for such, a bank account into which the relevant sums are to be
transferred. Further, a shareholder is not entitled to change the bank account number a reasonable time (to be set by the Board) prior to the date for the actual distribution of the dividend by the Company.
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The Board may invest each dividend that is not claimed within one year from the announcement of its distribution or to use it in another manner for the benefit of the
Company until it is claimed. The Company is not obligated to pay interest or linkage for an unclaimed dividend.
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Shareholders entitled to a dividend, are shareholders as of the designated date for the distribution of the dividend as established in the resolution of the Board of
Directors or by virtue thereof, and subject to the provisions of relevant law.
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Notices
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The Company is entitled to deliver notice to any shareholder by personal delivery, by fax, by email or by dispatch by mail in a letter, prepaid envelope or packaging
intended for the shareholder, to the address as delivered to the Company at the time of the allocation of the shares or transfer of the shares, unless said shareholder gave written notice of a change of his address (hereinafter: “Registered Address”).
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A shareholder shoes registered address is outside of Israel may, from time to time, give written notice to the Company about an address in Israel, and that address will
be considered as his address for the delivery of notices – as stated above.
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All notices regarding shares, to which persons are jointly entitled, shall be delivered to the person who appears first in the shareholder register, unless they
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Any notice sent to a shareholder to his registered address, by Israel post to an address in Israel shall be considered as having been delivered three (3) business days
from the day dispatch of the letter or envelope or other packaging containing the letter was delivered to the post office properly bearing the registered address of the recipient and delivered to the post office. A written certificate signed
by the secretary or manager or other official of the Company that the letter, envelope or packaging containing the notice with the registered address was delivered to the post office as stated, shall serve as prima facie proof of the fact.
Any notice sent by fax shall be considered as having been delivered one (1) day from the day it was sent, provided that confirmation of the dispatch of the fax is presented, and if hand delivered – at the time of delivery.
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A person who becomes eligible to a share by virtue of the law, a transfer or in any other manner, shall be copied on every notice for such share, that was duly
delivered to the registered address of the shareholder (from whom the right to the share is derived) registered in the shareholder register.
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Any notice or document sent by post to a shareholder or left at his registered address, then notwithstanding the fact that said shareholder died – and it does not
matter if the Company knew of the death or not – shall be seen as having been duly delivered in respect to all the shares registered, whether if they were held by the same shareholder separately or jointly with other persons, until the other
person will be registered in his place as the owner or the joint owner of the shares, and such delivery will be seen, for the purposes of these articles, as sufficient delivery of the notice or the document to the personal representative, or
all persons, if any, jointly interested in the same shares. Without derogating from the foregoing generality, a notice to a shareholder shall be delivered also to persons who have a right to a share due to the death or bankruptcy of a
shareholder or if the shareholder is a corporation – in the event of its receivership or dissolution, after the receiver or liquidator, as warranted, is registered as the shareholder in the shareholder register.
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Dissolution
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Without derogating from the authority of the liquidator pursuant to section 334 of the Companies Ordinance and subject to special conditions, benefits and restrictions
attached to shares of the Company, shares of the Company shall have equal rights regarding the return of the capital and participation in the distribution of surplus assets of the Company whether if the Company winds up voluntarily or whether
in any other manner, after defrayal of all the obligations of the Company, its assets shall be distributed, among all the shareholders, proportionate to the nominal value of their shares without taking into account any premium paid on them.
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For the purpose of article 65(a) above, a person who is entitled to shares but have not yet been allocated the shares, shall be considered as if the shares to which he
is entitled were allocated to him prior to the dissolution, and that the amount paid on account of the nominal value of the shares has been paid up. In this case one who is entitled to the shares, is entitled to payment of an equal sum to the
amount that he would have received in a dissolution if he would have held the shares of the Company on the eve of the adoption of the resolution of the dissolution, with a deduction of the price of the exercise that he would have had to pay
if he would have exercised his right to the shares of the Company on the eve of the resolution of the dissolution.
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If the Company winds up and the property of the Company that is to be distributed among the members is not enough to return all the paid up capital, these assets will
be distributed inasmuch as possible in a proportionate manner to the paid up capital, or which is considered paid up at the start of the dissolution, of the shares held by each of the members.
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Initial Exercise Date: _______, 2024
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= as applicable: the VWAP on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise if such Notice of Exercise is (1) both executed and delivered pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof on a day that is not a Trading
Day or (2) both executed and delivered pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof on a Trading Day prior to the opening of “regular trading hours” (as defined in Rule 600(b) of Regulation NMS promulgated under the federal securities laws) on such
Trading Day;
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Mechanics of Exercise.
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Delivery of Warrant Shares Upon Exercise. The Company shall cause the Warrant Shares purchased hereunder to be transmitted by the Transfer Agent to the Holder by crediting the account of the Holder’s or its designee’s balance
account with The Depository Trust Company through its Deposit or Withdrawal at Custodian system (“DWAC”) if the Company is then a participant in such system and either (A) there is an effective registration statement permitting the
issuance of the Warrant Shares to or resale of the Warrant Shares by the Holder or (B) this Warrant is being exercised via cashless exercise, and otherwise by physical delivery of a certificate, registered in the Company’s share register in
the name of the Holder or its designee, for the number of Warrant Shares to which the Holder is entitled pursuant to such exercise to the address specified by the Holder in the Notice of Exercise by the date that is the earliest of (i) two
(2) Trading Days after the delivery to the Company of the Notice of Exercise, (ii) one (1) Trading Day after delivery of the aggregate Exercise Price to the Company and (iii) the number of Trading Days comprising the Standard Settlement
Period after the delivery to the Company of the Notice of Exercise (such date, the “Warrant Share Delivery Date”). Upon delivery of the Notice of Exercise, the Holder shall be deemed for all corporate purposes to have become the
holder of record of the Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant has been exercised, irrespective of the date of delivery of the Warrant Shares, provided that payment of the aggregate Exercise Price (other than in the case of a
cashless exercise) is received within the earlier of (i) two (2) Trading Days and (ii) the number of Trading Days comprising the Standard Settlement Period following delivery of the Notice of Exercise. If the Company fails for any reason to
deliver to the Holder the Warrant Shares subject to a Notice of Exercise by the Warrant Share Delivery Date, the Company shall pay to the Holder, in cash, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, for each $1,000 of Warrant Shares subject
to such exercise (based on the VWAP of the Ordinary Shares on the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise), $10 per Trading Day (increasing to $20 per Trading Day on the third Trading Day after the Warrant Share Delivery Date) for each
Trading Day after such Warrant Share Delivery Date until such Warrant Shares are delivered or Holder rescinds such exercise. The Company agrees to maintain a transfer agent that is a participant in the FAST program so long as this Warrant
remains outstanding and exercisable. As used herein, “Standard Settlement Period” means the standard settlement period, expressed in a number of Trading Days, on the Company’s primary Trading Market with respect to the Ordinary Shares
as in effect on the date of delivery of the Notice of Exercise. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any Notice(s) of Exercise delivered on or prior to 12:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Initial Exercise Date, which may be
delivered at any time after the time of execution of the Purchase Agreement, the Company agrees to deliver the Warrant Shares subject to such notice(s) by 4:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Initial Exercise Date and the Initial Exercise
Date shall be the Warrant Share Delivery Date for purposes hereunder, provided that payment of the aggregate Exercise Price (other than in the case of a cashless exercise) is received by such Warrant Share Delivery Date.
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= as applicable: the VWAP on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise if such Notice of Exercise is (1) both executed and
delivered pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof on a day that is not a Trading Day or (2) both executed and delivered pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof on a Trading Day prior to the opening of “regular trading hours” (as defined in Rule 600(b) of
Regulation NMS promulgated under the federal securities laws) on such Trading Day;
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Mechanics of Exercise.
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Delivery of Warrant Shares Upon Exercise. The Company shall cause the
Warrant Shares purchased hereunder to be transmitted by the Transfer Agent to the Holder by crediting the account of the Holder’s or its designee’s balance account with The Depository Trust Company through its Deposit or Withdrawal at
Custodian system (“DWAC”) if the Company is then a participant in such system and either (A) there is an effective registration statement permitting
the issuance of the Warrant Shares to or resale of the Warrant Shares by the Holder or (B) this Warrant is being exercised via cashless exercise, and otherwise by physical delivery of a certificate, registered in the Company’s share register
in the name of the Holder or its designee, for the number of Warrant Shares to which the Holder is entitled pursuant to such exercise to the address specified by the Holder in the Notice of Exercise by the date that is the earliest of (i) two
(2) Trading Days after the delivery to the Company of the Notice of Exercise, (ii) one (1) Trading Day after delivery of the aggregate Exercise Price to the Company and (iii) the number of Trading Days comprising the Standard Settlement
Period after the delivery to the Company of the Notice of Exercise (such date, the “Warrant Share Delivery Date”). Upon delivery of the Notice of
Exercise, the Holder shall be deemed for all corporate purposes to have become the holder of record of the Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant has been exercised, irrespective of the date of delivery of the Warrant Shares,
provided that payment of the aggregate Exercise Price (other than in the case of a cashless exercise) is received within the earlier of (i) two (2) Trading Days and (ii) the number of Trading Days comprising the Standard Settlement Period
following delivery of the Notice of Exercise. If the Company fails for any reason to deliver to the Holder the Warrant Shares subject to a Notice of Exercise by the Warrant Share Delivery Date, the Company shall pay to the Holder, in cash,
as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, for each $1,000 of Warrant Shares subject to such exercise (based on the VWAP of the Ordinary Shares on the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise), $10 per Trading Day (increasing to $20 per
Trading Day on the third Trading Day after the Warrant Share Delivery Date) for each Trading Day after such Warrant Share Delivery Date until such Warrant Shares are delivered or Holder rescinds such exercise. The Company agrees to maintain a
transfer agent that is a participant in the FAST program so long as this Warrant remains outstanding and exercisable. As used herein, “Standard Settlement Period”
means the standard settlement period, expressed in a number of Trading Days, on the Company’s primary Trading Market with respect to the Ordinary Shares as in effect on the date of delivery of the Notice of Exercise. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, with respect to any Notice(s) of Exercise delivered on or prior to 12:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Initial Exercise Date, which may be delivered at any time after the time of execution of the Purchase Agreement, the Company
agrees to deliver the Warrant Shares subject to such notice(s) by 4:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Initial Exercise Date and the Initial Exercise Date shall be the Warrant Share Delivery Date for purposes hereunder, provided that payment
of the aggregate Exercise Price (other than in the case of a cashless exercise) is received by such Warrant Share Delivery Date.
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Name:
Title:
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= as applicable: the VWAP on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise if such Notice of Exercise is (1) both executed and delivered pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof on a day that is not a
Trading Day or (2) both executed and delivered pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof on a Trading Day prior to the opening of “regular trading hours” (as defined in Rule 600(b) of Regulation NMS promulgated under the federal securities laws) on
such Trading Day;
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Mechanics of Exercise.
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Delivery of Warrant Shares Upon Exercise. The Company shall cause the Warrant Shares purchased hereunder to be transmitted by the Transfer Agent to the Holder by crediting the account of the Holder’s or its designee’s balance
account with The Depository Trust Company through its Deposit or Withdrawal at Custodian system (“DWAC”) if the Company is then a participant in such system and either (A) there is an effective registration statement permitting the
issuance of the Warrant Shares to or resale of the Warrant Shares by the Holder or (B) this Warrant is being exercised via cashless exercise, and otherwise by physical delivery of a certificate, registered in the Company’s share register in
the name of the Holder or its designee, for the number of Warrant Shares to which the Holder is entitled pursuant to such exercise to the address specified by the Holder in the Notice of Exercise by the date that is the earliest of (i) two
(2) Trading Days after the delivery to the Company of the Notice of Exercise, (ii) one (1) Trading Day after delivery of the aggregate Exercise Price to the Company and (iii) the number of Trading Days comprising the Standard Settlement
Period after the delivery to the Company of the Notice of Exercise (such date, the “Warrant Share Delivery Date”). Upon delivery of the Notice of Exercise, the Holder shall be deemed for all corporate purposes to have become the
holder of record of the Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant has been exercised, irrespective of the date of delivery of the Warrant Shares, provided that payment of the aggregate Exercise Price (other than in the case of a
cashless exercise) is received within the earlier of (i) two (2) Trading Days and (ii) the number of Trading Days comprising the Standard Settlement Period following delivery of the Notice of Exercise. If the Company fails for any reason
to deliver to the Holder the Warrant Shares subject to a Notice of Exercise by the Warrant Share Delivery Date, the Company shall pay to the Holder, in cash, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, for each $1,000 of Warrant Shares
subject to such exercise (based on the VWAP of the Ordinary Shares on the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise), $10 per Trading Day (increasing to $20 per Trading Day on the third Trading Day after the Warrant Share Delivery Date) for
each Trading Day after such Warrant Share Delivery Date until such Warrant Shares are delivered or Holder rescinds such exercise. The Company agrees to maintain a transfer agent that is a participant in the FAST program so long as this
Warrant remains outstanding and exercisable. As used herein, “Standard Settlement Period” means the standard settlement period, expressed in a number of Trading Days, on the Company’s primary Trading Market with respect to the
Ordinary Shares as in effect on the date of delivery of the Notice of Exercise. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any Notice(s) of Exercise delivered on or prior to 12:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Initial Exercise Date,
which may be delivered at any time after the time of execution of the Purchase Agreement, the Company agrees to deliver the Warrant Shares subject to such notice(s) by 4:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Initial Exercise Date and the
Initial Exercise Date shall be the Warrant Share Delivery Date for purposes hereunder, provided that payment of the aggregate Exercise Price (other than in the case of a cashless exercise) is received by such Warrant Share Delivery Date.
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Yaron Tikotzky, Adv. (CPA)*
Eli Doron, Adv. & Notary
Ronen Kantor, Adv.
Amit Gross, Adv. & Notary
Giora Gutman, Adv.
Rami Arie, Adv. (CPA)
Rachel (Goren) Cavallero, Adv.
Gil Mor, Adv. & Notary**
Sharon Fishman, Adv. & Notary
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Efrat Hamami, Adv.
Tamir Kalderon, Adv.
Asaf Gershgoren, Adv. & economist
Efi Ohana, Adv. & economist
Asaf Hofman, Adv. & economist
Moti Philip, Adv.
Shai Glikman, Adv.
Rotem Nissim, Adv.
Hadas Garoosi, Adv.
Shmulik Cohen, Adv.
Izhak Lax, Adv.
Amit Moshe Cohen, Adv.
Shimon Gros, Adv. & Notary
Shahar Noah, Adv. (Tax advisor)
Igal Rosenberg, Adv.
Ori Perel, Adv.
Shai Pnini, Adv.
Sandrine Dray, Adv. Mediator & Notary***
Nahi Hamud, Adv.
Yair Messalem, Adv.
Maayan Peled, Adv.
Liav Menachem, Adv. Notary & Mediator
Israel Asraf, Adv. & Notary
Gali Ganoni, Adv.
Odelia Cohen-Schondorf, Adv.
Yana Shapiro Orbach, Adv.
Roy Galis, Adv.
Oren Geni, Adv.
Moran Ovadia, Adv.
Sonny Knaz, Adv.
Bat-El Ovadia, Adv.
Aharon Eitan, Adv.
Rania Elime, Adv.
Haim Pesenzon, Adv.
Shaike Rakovsky, Adv.
Ronit Rabinovich, Adv.
Iris Borcom, Adv.
Omri Alter, Adv.
Shira Ben dov levi, Adv.
Inbal Naim, Adv.
Yonatan Gamarnik, Adv.
Ben Mugraby, Adv.
Shirli Shlezinger, Adv.
Michael Misul , Adv.
Jacob Bayarsky, Adv. & economist
Matan Hemo, Adv.
Tamir Shenhav, Adv.
Adi Ben yair- Yosef, Adv
Moshe Zoaretz, Adv.
Nina Aharonov, Adv.
Rozit kabudi Doron, Adv.
Doron Pesso, Adv.
Adi Barnes-Ovdat, Adv.
Omri Yacov, Adv.
Noy Keren, Adv.
Liat Ingber, Adv.
Lipaz Elimelch-Karni, Adv.
Eli Hirsch, Adv.
Maayan Gadalov,Adv.
Dov Alter, Adv.
Monica kevorkian karawani, Adv.
Shahaf Zuker, Adv.
Alexey Kvaktoun, Adv.
Elinor Yaakobi, Adv.
Dor Elkrif; Adv.
Netanel Rozenberg, Adv.
Gil Friedman, Adv.
Hadar Raz, Adv.
Ilia Parkhomyuk, Adv.
Dana Hofman, Adv.
shirly Lipovetsky, Adv.
Yamit Halperin, Adv.
Moran Alezra, Adv.
Elinor Palma, Adv.
Lidor Amar, Adv.
Tali Kadosh, Adv.
Rami Zoabi, Adv.
Michelle Zohar-Peer, Adv.
Barak Harari, Adv.
Ayala Meidan-Greenshpan, Adv.
Coral Opal, Adv.
Eden Eliad, Adv.
Eli Kulas. Adv. Notary & Mediator – Of
Counsel
Eli Chenchinski, Adv. - Of Counsel
Yaacov Wagner, Senior judge (retired), Adv.- L.L.M, Mediator & Arbitrator- Of Counsel
Jan Robinsohn, M.Jur. Adv. & Notary - Of Counsel
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Giora Amir (1928-2020)
* Member of the New York State Bar
** Member of the Law Society in
England & Wales
*** Accredited by the consulate of France
**** Honorary Consul Of The Republic
Of Poland (ret.)
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April 15, 2024
PainReform Ltd.
65 Yigal Alon St.
Tel Aviv, 6744316
Israel
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as Israeli counsel to PainReform Ltd., a company organized under the laws of the
State of Israel (the “Company”), in connection with its issuance and sale (the “Offering”) of up to: (i) $10,000,000 of (A) ordinary shares,
par value NIS 0.3 per share (the “Ordinary Shares”); (B) 4,132,231 pre-funded warrants to purchase 4,132,231 Ordinary Shares (the “Pre-Funded Warrants”); (C) 4,132,231 warrants to purchase Ordinary Shares (the “Common Warrants”); and (ii) $437,500 of warrants to purchase Ordinary Shares (the “Placement Agent Warrants” and
together with the Pre-Funded Warrants and the Common Warrants, the “Warrants”) that are issued by the Company to H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC,
the placement agent of the Offering, as described in the Registration Statement, each as further described in the Registration Statement. The Ordinary Shares underlying the Warrants are referred herein as the “Warrant Shares”.
The Offering is being effected pursuant registration statement on Form F-1 (No. 333-277594) (as amended to date, the “Registration Statement”) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on the date hereof under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), including the prospectus contained therein (the “Prospectus”).
In connection herewith, we have examined the originals, or photocopies or copies, certified or
otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of: (i) the form of the Registration Statement, to which this opinion letter is attached as an exhibit; (ii) the Prospectus , (iii) the articles of association of the Company, as currently
in effect (the “Articles”); (iv) resolutions of the board of directors (the “Board”) of the Company which have heretofore been approved and relate to the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and other actions to be taken in connection with the Offering; and (v) such other
corporate records, agreements, documents and other instruments, and such certificates or comparable documents of public officials and of officers and representatives of the Company as we have deemed relevant and necessary as a basis
for the opinions hereafter set forth. We have also made inquiries of such officers and representatives as we have deemed relevant and necessary as a basis for the opinions hereafter set forth.
In such examination, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity of all natural persons, the
authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as certified, confirmed as photostatic copies and the authenticity of the originals of such latter
documents. As to all questions of fact material to these opinions that have not been independently established, we have relied upon certificates or comparable documents of officers and representatives of the Company.
Based upon and subject to the foregoing, we are of the opinion that (i) upon payment to the Company of the consideration per
Ordinary Share in such amount and form as has been determined by the Board, the Ordinary Shares, when issued and sold in the Offering as described in the Registration Statement and Prospectus, will be duly authorized, validly issued,
fully paid and non-assessable and (ii) the Warrant Shares, when issued and sold by the Company and delivered by the Company against receipt of the exercise price therefor as shall be determined by the Board, in accordance with and in
the manner described in the Registration Statement, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable
We have further assumed that, at the time of issuance and to the extent any such issuance would exceed the maximum share capital
of the Company currently authorized, the number of Ordinary Shares that the Company is authorized to issue shall have been increased in accordance with the Company’s Articles such that a sufficient number of Ordinary Shares is
authorized and available for issuance under the Articles.
Members of our firm are admitted to the Bar in the State of Israel, and we do not express any opinion as to the laws of any other
jurisdiction. This opinion is limited to the matters stated herein and no opinion is implied or may be inferred beyond the matters expressly stated.
We consent to the filing of this opinion as Exhibit 5.1 to the Registration Statement and to the reference to our firm appearing
under the caption “Legal Matters” and, if applicable “Enforceability of Civil Liabilities” in the Prospectus forming part of the Registration Statement. In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we are within the category of
persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the Rules and Regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.
This opinion letter is rendered as of the date hereof and we disclaim any obligation to advise you of facts, circumstances, events
or developments that may be brought to our attention after the effective date of the Registration Statement that may alter, affect or modify the opinions expressed herein.
Sincerely,
/s/ Doron, Tikotzky, Kantor, Gutman, Amit Gross & Co
Advocates & Notaries
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Address for Notice:
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By:__________________________________________
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With a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):
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E-Mail:
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/s/ Kesselman & Kesselman
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Certified Public Accountants (Isr.)
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A member of PricewaterhouseCoopers International Limited
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Tel-Aviv, Israel
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April 15, 2024
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