EX-3.1 3 ea020218904ex3-1_gauzy.htm AMENDED AND RESTATED ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION OF GAUZY LTD., AS CURRENTLY IN EFFECT

Exhibit 3.1

 

THE COMPANIES LAW - 1999

 

A COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION

 

OF

 

GAUZY LTD.

 

Adopted by the Shareholders on May 15, 2024

 

Preliminary

 

1.Definitions.

 

1.1Capitalized terms used in these Articles shall bear the meanings ascribed to such terms as set forth in this Article 1, unless inconsistent with the context:

 

Term Definition
   
Affiliate With respect to any person, is any other person, which, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by or is under common control with such person. For the purposes of these Articles, “Control” shall mean with respect to any entity, the power to elect the majority of the directors of a person or otherwise to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise, including without limitation the ownership of the majority of the voting stock of any such entity. The term “Controlled” shall have a correlative meaning.
   
Articles These Amended and Restated Articles of Association as amended from time to time as provided for herein.
   
Auditors The auditors of the Company.
   
ADI Avery Dennison Israel Ltd. (or its successor) and each of its Permitted Transferees that is a successor to its shares.
   
Blue-Red Blue-Red Capital Fund LP, a limited liability partnership registered in the Cayman Islands.
   
Board of Directors The Board of Directors of the Company.

 

 

 

 

Chairman The Chairman of the Board of Directors, as may be appointed from time to time (if appointed).
   
Companies Law The Companies Law, 5759-1999, or any statutory re-enactment or modification thereof being in force at the time; and any reference to any section or provision of the Companies Law shall be deemed to include a reference to any statutory re-enactment or modification thereof being in force at the time.
   
Companies Ordinance The Companies Ordinance (New Version), 5743-1983, or any statutory re-enactment or modification thereof being in force at the time; and any reference to any section or provision of the Companies Ordinance shall be deemed to include a reference to any statutory re-enactment or modification thereof being in force at the time.
   
Company Gauzy Ltd.
   
Deemed Liquidation (i) a sale, license (which has the same effect or economic impact as the disposition or sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company) or other disposition of all or a substantial majority of the assets of the Company, (ii) an exclusive license of all or a substantial majority of the Company’s intellectual property, (iii) a merger of the Company in which the shareholders of the Company immediately prior to such merger do not hold a majority of the shares and voting rights of the surviving entity, or (iv) any transaction or series of transactions in which a person or entity or group of person or entities acquire more than fifty percent (50%) of the issued and outstanding shares of the Company, on an as-converted basis; provided, however, that neither (A) a bona fide private equity financing of the Company whose purpose is the financing of the Company’s ongoing activities, nor (B) a reincorporation transaction whose sole purpose is the changing of the Company’s domicile in which the Company’s then-current shareholders retain full ownership in the acquiring entity in accordance to their respective holdings just prior to the reincorporation, shall constitute a Deemed Liquidation.

 

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Designated IPO (i) A non-Qualified IPO, unless a Preferred Supermajority votes against the approval of such non-Qualified IPO; and (ii) a Qualified IPO.
   
Director(s) The member(s) of the Board of Directors elected or appointed in accordance with these Articles holding office at any given time.
   
Distribution Any distribution of dividends in cash or in kind and any Repurchase directly or indirectly, by the Company.
   
CLA The Convertible Loan Agreement by and among the Company and the Lenders (as defined therein), dated as of March 31, 2023 including the form of warrant attached thereto as Exhibit A.
   
Entitled Holder Each: (i) Preferred Shareholder; and (ii) Ordinary Shareholder holding shares of the Company reflecting at least 2% of the Company’s issued and outstanding shares, on an as-converted basis.
   
Exempted Securities Any securities issued: (i) to directors or employees of or consultants, contractors or advisors to, the Company or its wholly-owned subsidiaries (if any) in connection with their service to the Company or its wholly-owned subsidiaries, pursuant to a share incentive plan or agreement approved in advance by the Board of Directors with the affirmative vote of the Investor Director; (ii) upon share splits, share dividend, reclassification and similar recapitalization events that apply proportionately to all outstanding shares; (iii) as part of an acquisition by the Company of another entity, as approved by the majority of the Directors, provided that such majority includes the affirmative vote of the majority of the Investor Directors; (iv) with respect to which the Preferred Majority has resolved that such issuances shall be an issuance of an Exempted Security; (v) as part of credit arrangements with Financial Institutions pursuant to credit arrangements entered into primarily for non-equity financing purposes, approved by the majority of the Directors, provided that such majority includes the majority of Investor Directors, provided, further, that all securities issued as exempted under this clause (v) shall not exceed in value, in the aggregate, ten percent (10%) of the aggregate credit facilities made available under such arrangements and shall not exceed five percent (5%) of the Company’s issued and outstanding shares, on an as converted basis, at the time of issuance; (vi) issuance of Preferred D Class Shares and Warrants pursuant to the Series D SPA; (vii) upon conversion of any securities issued under clauses (i) - (vi) above; (viii) issuance or conversion of the Preferred Debt Class Shares and warrants pursuant to the CLA; and (ix) solely with respect to Article 15 (and not, for the avoidance of any doubt, with respect to Article 10.3.5), in an IPO.

 

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Financial Institution Bank Institution, as such term is defined in the Banking (Licensing) Law, 5741-1981; and Institutional Body as such term is defined in the Control of Financial Services (Insurance) Law, 5741-1961.
   
Founders Eyal Peso, Adrian Lofer, and Dimitry Dobrenko.
   
Ibex Ibex Partners (Gauzy) LP, Ibex Israel Fund LLLP and Ibex Partners (MW) LLLP and each of their Permitted Transferees that is a successor to their shares.
   
in writing Written, printed, photocopied, typed, sent via email, facsimile or produced by any visible substitute for writing, or partly one and partly another, and signed shall be construed accordingly.
   
Investors Directors The Directors appointed by Ibex, Olive Tree and ADI in accordance with the provisions of Article 46 and holding office at any given time.
   
Infinity Infinity Holding Ventures PTE. Limited and each of their Permitted Transferees that is a successor to their shares
   
IPO The initial underwritten public offering of Ordinary Shares of the Company pursuant to an effective registration statement under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or equivalent law of another jurisdiction on an internationally-recognized stock exchange (or such other stock exchange as may be approved by the Preferred Majority) (each, a “Recognized Exchange”).
   
Majority Investors Directors The majority of the Investor Directors.
   
New Preferred D Shareholders The holders of Preferred D Class Shares purchased pursuant to the Series D SPA and which did not hold any other Shares prior to their investment pursuant to the Series D SPA.
   
New Preferred D Shareholders Majority The majority of Preferred D Class Shares held by the New Preferred D Shareholders.
   
New Securities Any shares in the Company, whether now or hereafter authorized, and any rights, options or warrants to purchase such shares, and securities of any type or nature whatsoever that are convertible or exercisable, directly or indirectly, into such shares, other than Exempted Securities.

 

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Office The Registered Office of the Company at any given time.
   
Officer (‘Nose Misra’) As such term is defined in the Companies Law.
   
Olive Tree Olive Tree V Limited Partnership and each of its Permitted Transferees that is a successor to its shares.
   
Ordinary Shareholder The holder of any Ordinary Shares.
   
Ordinary Shares The ordinary shares of the Company, par value of NIS 1.00 per share.
   
Original Issue Price

US$23.536 for the Preferred A Shares; US$23.679 for the Preferred A-1 Shares; US$17.081 for the Preferred A-2 Shares; US$25.97 for the Preferred A-3 Shares; US$32.12 for the Preferred B Shares; US$67.2672 for the Preferred C Shares.

 

For the Preferred D Shares, the Original Issue Price shall be US$137.36 and for the Preferred D-1 Shares, the Original Issue Price shall be US$151.09; provided however that such figures shall be subject to adjustment from time to time in accordance with these Article 10.3.6 below, the Series D SPA and (in the case of the Preferred D-1 Shares) the Warrants.

 

For the Preferred Debt Class Shares, the Original Issue Price shall be the price per share upon conversion pursuant to the CLA; solely with respect to the Preferred D-5 Shares and the Preferred D-6 Shares, the Original Issue Price shall be the exercise price of such shares as determined in accordance with the terms of warrants issued by the Company for the issuance and purchase of such shares.

   
Preferred A Shares The Series A convertible preferred shares of the Company, par value of NIS 1.00 per share.
   
Preferred A-1 Shares The Series A-1 convertible preferred shares of the Company, par value of NIS 1.00 per share.
   
Preferred A-2 Shares The Series A-2 convertible preferred shares of the Company, par value of NIS 1.00 per share.

 

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Preferred A-3 Shares The Series A-3 convertible preferred shares of the Company, par value of NIS 1.00 per share.
   
Preferred B Shares The Series B convertible preferred shares of the Company, par value of NIS 1.00 per share.
   
Preferred C Shares The Series C convertible preferred shares of the Company, par value of NIS 1.00 per share.
   
Preferred D Class Shares The Preferred D Shares and the Preferred D-1 Shares.
   
Preferred D Holder A holder of Preferred D Shares or Preferred D-1 Shares.
   
Preferred D Shares The Series D convertible preferred shares of the Company, par value of NIS 1.00 per share.
   
Preferred D-1 Shares The Series D-1 convertible preferred shares of the Company, par value of NIS 1.00 per share.
   
Preferred Debt Majority The holders of at least fifty-one percent (51%) of the issued and outstanding Preferred Debt Class Shares
   
Preferred Debt Class Shares The Preferred D-2 Shares, the Preferred D-3 Shares, the Preferred D-4 Shares, the Preferred D-5 Shares, and the Preferred D-6 Shares.
   
Preferred Debt Holder A holder of Preferred D-2 Shares, the Preferred D-3 Shares, the Preferred D-4 Shares, the Preferred D-5 Shares, or the Preferred D-6 Shares.
   
Preferred D-2 Shares The Series D-2 convertible preferred shares of the Company, par value of NIS 1.00 per share.
   
Preferred D-3 Shares The Series D-3 convertible preferred shares of the Company, par value of NIS 1.00 per share.
   
Preferred D-4 Shares The Series D-4 convertible preferred shares of the Company, par value of NIS 1.00 per share.
   
Preferred D-5 Shares The Series D-5 convertible preferred shares of the Company, par value of NIS 1.00 per share.
   
Preferred D-6 Shares The Series D-6 convertible preferred shares of the Company, par value of NIS 1.00 per share.
   
Preferred Majority The holders of at least fifty-one percent (51%) of the issued and outstanding Preferred Shares.

 

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Preferred Shares The Preferred A Shares, Preferred A-1 Shares, Preferred A-2 Shares, Preferred A-3 Shares, Preferred B Shares, Preferred C Shares, Preferred D Shares, Preferred D-1 Shares, Preferred D-2 Shares, Preferred D-3 Shares, Preferred D-4 Shares, Preferred D-5 Shares, and Preferred D-6 Shares.
   
Preferred Shareholder The holder of any Preferred A Shares, Preferred A-1 Shares, Preferred A-2 Shares, Preferred A-3 Shares Preferred B Shares, Preferred C Shares, Preferred D Shares, Preferred D-1 Shares, Preferred D-2 Shares, Preferred D-3 Shares, Preferred D-4 Shares, Preferred D-5 Shares, and Preferred D-6 Shares.
   
Preferred Supermajority The holders of at least sixty-six percent (66%) of the issued and outstanding Preferred Shares.
   
Purchasers Shares The Preferred D Shares issued to the investors under and pursuant to the Series D SPA (“Purchasers”).
   
Recapitalization Event Any event of share combination or subdivision, distribution of bonus shares or any other reclassification, reorganization or recapitalization of the Company’s shares where the Shareholders retain their proportionate holdings in the Company on an as-converted basis.
   
Register of Shareholders The Register of Shareholders of the Company administered in accordance with the provisions of Section 127 of the Companies Law.
   
Repurchase The purchase or redemption or the provision of financing for the purchase or redemption, directly or indirectly, by the Company or by a subsidiary of the Company or other corporate entity under the Company’s control, of shares of the Company or securities convertible into or exercisable for shares of the Company, other than any repurchase in accordance with any repurchase right granted to the Company under any equity incentive plan adopted by the Company or repurchase agreements entered into with Founders and any employee or service provider of the Company.
   
Securities Law The Israeli Securities Law, 5728-1968.
   
Qualified IPO An (i) IPO yielding net proceeds to the Company of at least US$50,000,000 and reflecting a pre-money Company valuation as the Board of Directors shall approve or (ii) a SPAC Transaction in which the combined company’s net cash position after the merger is increased by at least US$50,000,000 (including funds from the SPAC entity and/or a concurrent PIPE investment) and which reflects a pre-money Company valuation as the Board of Directors shall approve.

 

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Series A SPA The Series A Preferred Share Purchase Agreement by and among the Company, the Founders, the Investors (as defined therein) and Sollange Investments Ltd., dated as of October 25, 2016 as amended on September 19, 2017.
   
Series D SPA The Series D Securities Purchase Agreement by and among the Company and the Investors (as defined therein), dated as of December 17, 2021.
   
Shareholders The shareholders of the Company, at any given time.
   
SLO South Lake One LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
   
SPAC Transaction A transaction between the Company and/or its Shareholders on the one hand, and a special purpose acquisition company (“SPAC”) on the other hand, following which the Ordinary Shares of the Company are either publicly traded on a Recognized Exchange or entitle an exchange of such shares for shares that are publicly traded on a Recognized Exchange (or another kind of transaction structure with a SPAC having substantially the same result).
   
Target Value US$450,000,000.
   
Walleye Walleye Capital and each of its Permitted Transferees that is a successor to its shares.
   
Warrant Shares The Preferred D-1 Shares which may be issued upon the exercise of warrants to purchase such shares granted by the Company to any holder thereof pursuant to the Series D SPA (“Warrants”).
   
Year Calendar year commencing on January 1st and ending on December 31st.

 

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1.2Words denoting the singular number shall include the plural number and vice versa; words denoting the masculine gender shall include the feminine gender; words denoting persons shall include corporations.

 

1.3Save as aforesaid, any words or expressions defined in the Companies Law or in the Companies Ordinance (to the extent still in effect according to the provisions of the Companies Law), shall, if not inconsistent with the subject or context, bear the same meaning in these Articles.

 

1.4The captions in these Articles are for convenience only and shall not be deemed a part hereof or affect the construction of any provision hereof.

 

1.5For purposes of these Articles, the phrase “on an as-converted basis” shall mean that with respect to any given right in question, and for any calculation of shareholdings in the Company, Preferred Shares shall be calculated and treated as, and have the effect of, such number of Ordinary Shares into which such Preferred Shares are convertible at that time.

 

1.6All Shares held (beneficially or of record), at the time of applicable calculation, by a Shareholder, and all other Shareholders who are Permitted Transferees of such Shareholder (a “Shareholder Group”), shall be aggregated together for the purpose of determining (i) whether such Shareholder constitutes an Entitled Holder and (ii) the availability to such holders of any other rights under these Articles, and the rights of an Entitled Holder and such other rights - to the extent they are determined to be available at such time - may be exercised (up to the maximum extent so determined to be available in the aggregate to all such Shareholders) by any, some or all of such Shareholders who are part of such Shareholder Group.

 

1.7In the event that a Hebrew version of these Articles is filed with any regulatory or governmental agency, including the Israeli Registrar of Companies, then whether such Hebrew version contains signatures of Shareholders, such Hebrew version shall be considered solely a convenience translation and shall have no binding effect, as between the Shareholders of the Company and with respect to any third party. The English version shall be the only binding version of these Articles, and in the event of any contradiction or inconsistency between the meaning of the English version and the meaning of the Hebrew version of these Articles, the Hebrew version shall be disregarded, shall have no binding effect and shall have no impact on the interpretation of these Articles or any provision hereof.

 

2.Certain Limitations.

 

The following limitations shall apply to the Company:

 

2.1the right to transfer Shares is restricted in the manner hereinafter prescribed;

 

2.2the number of Shareholders (exclusive of persons who are in the employment of the Company, or of persons who having been formerly in the employment of the Company were, while in such employment, and have continued after the termination of such employment to be, Shareholders of the Company) is limited to fifty (50); provided that where two or more persons hold one or more shares in the Company jointly they shall, for the purpose of this Article, be treated as a single Shareholder; and

 

2.3any invitation to the public to subscribe for any shares or debentures of the Company is prohibited.

 

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Limited Liability

 

3.The Company is a limited liability company and therefore each Shareholder’s obligations to the Company shall be limited to the payment of the par value of the shares held by such Shareholder, subject to the provisions of the Companies Law; provided, however, that if at any time the Company shall issue shares with no par value, or for consideration which is below the par value, the liability of that Shareholder in respect of each share issued to it will be limited to the payment of the lower of: (i) NIS 0.01, and (ii) the consideration such Shareholder agreed to pay to the Company for the issuance of such share and which remains unpaid.

 

Company’s Objectives

 

4.The Company’s objectives are to carry on any business, and do any act, which is not prohibited by law.

 

5.The Company may donate a reasonable amount of money for any purpose that the Board of Directors finds appropriate, even if the donation is not for business considerations for the purpose of achieving profits to the Company.

 

Authorized Number of Shares

 

6.Authorized Shares.

 

The authorized share capital of the Company shall be NIS 11,205,,000 comprised of an aggregate of 11,205,000 shares, divided into: 7,268,742 Ordinary Shares, 305,912 Preferred A Shares, 53,674 Preferred A-1 Shares, 58,544 Preferred A-2 Shares, 418,128 Preferred A-3 Shares, 100,000 Preferred B Shares, 500,000 Preferred C Shares, 715,000 Preferred D Shares, 465,000 Preferred D-1 Shares, 375,000 Preferred D-2 Shares, 200,000 Preferred D-3 Shares, 285,000 Preferred D-4 Shares, 375,000 Preferred D-5 Shares, and 85,000 Preferred D-6 Shares. The Ordinary Shares, the Preferred A Shares, the Preferred A-1 Shares, the Preferred A-2 Shares, the Preferred A-3 Shares, the Preferred B Shares, the Preferred C Shares, the Preferred D Shares, the Preferred D-1 Shares, the Preferred D-2 Shares, the Preferred D-3 Shares, the Preferred D-4 Shares, the Preferred D-5 Shares, the Preferred D-6 Shares, shall be collectively referred to herein as the “Shares”. The powers, preferences, rights, restrictions and other matters relating to the Shares of the Company are set forth in these Articles.

 

7.Increase of Number of Authorized Shares.

 

Subject to and in addition to any other special requirement set forth in these Articles conferring special rights as to voting, or restricting the right to vote (including but not limited to pursuant to the provisions of Articles 82 through 84), the Company may, from time to time, by a Shareholders resolution, whether or not all the shares then authorized have been issued, and whether or not all the shares theretofore issued have been called up for payment, increase the number of its authorized shares by the creation of new shares. Any such increase shall be in such number and shall be divided into shares of such classes, and such shares shall confer such rights and preferences (subject to the special rights conferred upon any existing classes of shares), and shall be subject to such restrictions, as the Shareholders’ resolution shall provide.

 

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8.Consolidation, Subdivision, Cancellation and Reduction of Authorized Shares.

 

8.1Subject to and in addition to any other special requirement set forth in these Articles (including but not limited to pursuant to the provisions of Articles 82 through 84), and in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Companies Law, the Company may, by a Shareholders’ resolution, from time to time:

 

8.1.1consolidate all or any of its issued or unissued shares into a smaller number of shares;

 

8.1.2subdivide its shares (issued or unissued) or any of them, into a smaller number of shares, and the resolution whereby any share is subdivided may determine that, as among the holders of the shares resulting from such subdivision, one or more of the shares may, in contrast to others, have any such preferred or deferred rights or rights of redemption or other special rights, or be subject to any such restrictions, as the Company may attach to unissued or new shares;

 

8.1.3cancel any shares which, at the date of the adoption of such resolution, have not been taken or agreed to be taken by any person, and diminish the number of its authorized shares by the amount of the shares so canceled; or

 

8.1.4reduce its authorized number of shares in any manner.

 

8.2With respect to any consolidation of issued shares into a smaller number of shares, and with respect to any other action which may result in fractional shares, the Board of Directors may settle any difficulty which may arise with regard thereto, as it deems fit, including, inter alia, resort to one or more of the following actions:

 

8.2.1determine, as to the holder of shares so consolidated, which issued shares shall be consolidated into each share;

 

8.2.2allot, in contemplation of or subsequent to such consolidation or other action, such shares or fractional shares sufficient to preclude or remove fractional shareholdings;

 

8.2.3redeem, in the case of redeemable shares, and subject to applicable law, such shares or fractional shares sufficient to preclude or remove fractional shareholdings; and

 

8.2.4cause the transfer of fractional shares by certain Shareholders to other Shareholders so as to most expediently preclude or remove any fractional shareholdings, and cause the transferees to pay the transferors the fair value of fractional shares so transferred, and the Board of Directors is hereby authorized to act as agent for the transferors and transferees with power of substitution for purposes of implementing the provisions of this Article 8.2.4; and

 

8.2.5cancel any securities that are repurchased by the Company, in accordance with Section 308 of the Companies Law.

 

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Shares

 

9.Rights Attached to Ordinary Shares.

 

9.1Each Ordinary Share in respect of which all calls have been fully paid, shall confer on its holder the right to receive notice of, and to participate and vote in, all General Meetings (as such term is defined in the Companies Law), to receive dividends, and to participate in the distribution of the assets and funds of the Company legally available for distribution to such Shareholder in the event of the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company as set forth in these Articles.

 

9.2Ordinary Shares subject to redemption or repurchase by the Company pursuant to a written instrument between the Company and the holder thereof, may be, subject to the provisions of the Companies Law, redeemed or repurchased by the Company pursuant to the terms set forth in the applicable written instrument.

 

10.Rights Attached to Preferred Shares.

 

The Preferred Shares shall confer upon the holders thereof all of the rights accruing to holders of Ordinary Shares, on an as-converted basis, and, in addition, shall confer the following powers, preferences and rights and any other special rights set forth in these Articles:

 

10.1Voting Rights.

 

Subject to any provision hereof conferring special rights as to voting, or restricting the right to vote (including but not limited to pursuant to the provisions of Articles 82 through 84), each holder of Preferred Shares shall have one vote for each Ordinary Share into which the Preferred Shares held by such holder of record could be converted (with any fractional share determined on an aggregate basis for each single holder, being rounded to the nearest whole share with one half of a share being rounded up), on every resolution, regardless of whether the vote thereon is conducted by a show of hands, by written consent in lieu of a meeting or by any other means, on all matters entitled to be voted on by the Shareholders or by the Preferred Shareholders voting together as a single class, or by the holders of a particular class of Preferred Shares (except as otherwise expressly provided herein or as required by law).

 

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10.2Distribution Preference. Unless otherwise agreed to in writing by the Preferred Debt Majority, in the event (i) of any dissolution, liquidation or winding-up of the Company, (ii) any bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization proceeding under any bankruptcy or insolvency or similar law, whether voluntary or involuntary, is properly commenced against the Company and is not annulled or revoked within forty-five (45) days, or is commenced by the Company, (iii) a receiver or liquidator is appointed to all or substantially all of the Company’s assets and such appointment is not withdrawn or vacated within forty-five (45) days ((i), (ii) and (iii) above, collectively, a “Liquidation”), or (iv) a Distribution, then the assets or proceeds available for distribution to the shareholders (the “Distributable Proceeds”) shall be distributed among the shareholders on a pro rata basis amongst themselves (on an as-converted basis) according to the following order of preference:

 

10.2.1First, the Preferred Debt Holders shall be entitled to receive, from the Distributable Proceeds, on a pro-rata, pari passu basis (on an as-converted basis) among the holders of the Preferred Debt Class Shares, prior and in preference to the holders of all other classes of Shares, for each Preferred Debt Class Share held by them, (I) an amount equal to (x) the Original Issue Price of each Preferred Debt Class Share (as adjusted for any recapitalization, share combinations, share dividends, share splits and the like with respect to such shares) multiplied by (y) with respect to the Preferred D-2 Shares and the Preferred D-3 Shares, 1.5, and with respect to the Preferred D-4 Shares, the Preferred D-5 Shares, and the Preferred D-6 Shares, 2, plus (II) any declared and unpaid dividend, from the date of issuance of such share until the date of Distribution of such Distributable Proceeds, less (III) any amount previously paid in respect of the Preferred Debt Class Shares pursuant to this Distribution preference (the “Preferred Debt Preference Amount”); In the event that the Distributable Proceeds shall be insufficient for the distribution of the Preferred Debt Preference Amount in full to all of the Preferred Debt Holders, the Distributable Proceeds shall be distributed among the Preferred Debt Holders on a pro rata basis in proportion to the amounts such holders would have received had the remaining Distributable Proceeds been sufficient for the distribution of the Preferred Debt Preference Amount in full.

 

10.2.2Second, the Preferred D Holders shall be entitled to receive, from the Distributable Proceeds, on a pro-rata, pari passu basis (on an as-converted basis) among the holders of the Preferred D Class Shares, prior and in preference to the holders of the Preferred C Shares, the Preferred B Shares, the Preferred A-3 Shares, the Preferred A-2 Shares, the Preferred A-1 Shares, the Preferred A Shares and the holders of Ordinary Shares, for each Preferred D Class Share held by them, (I) an amount equal to (x) the Original Issue Price of each Preferred D Class Share (as adjusted for any recapitalization, share combinations, share dividends, share splits and the like with respect to such shares) times (y) 1.3, plus (II) any declared and unpaid dividend, from the date of issuance of such share until the date of Distribution of such Distributable Proceeds, less (III) any amount previously paid in respect of the Preferred D Class Shares pursuant to this Distribution preference (the “Preferred D Preference Amount”); In the event that the Distributable Proceeds shall be insufficient for the distribution of the Preferred D Preference Amount in full to all of the Preferred D Holders, the Distributable Proceeds shall be distributed among the Preferred D Holders on a pro rata basis in proportion to the amounts such holders would have received had the remaining Distributable Proceeds been sufficient for the distribution of the Preferred D Preference Amount in full.

 

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10.2.3Third, the holders of Preferred C Shares (the “Preferred C Holders”), following payment in full of the Preferred D Preference Amount, shall be entitled to receive, from the Distributable Proceeds, on a pro-rata, pari passu basis (on an as-converted basis) among the holders of the Preferred C Shares, prior and in preference to the holders of the Preferred B Shares, the Preferred A-3 Shares, the Preferred A-2 Shares, the Preferred A-1 Shares, the Preferred A Shares and the holders of Ordinary Shares, for each Preferred C Share held by them, an amount equal to the Original Issue Price of each Preferred C Share (as adjusted for any recapitalization, share combinations, share dividends, share splits and the like with respect to such shares), plus any declared an unpaid dividend, from the date of issuance of such share until the date of Distribution of such Distributable Proceeds, less any amount previously paid in respect of the Preferred C Shares pursuant to this Distribution preference (the “Preferred C Preference Amount”); In the event that the Distributable Proceeds shall be insufficient for the distribution of the Preferred C Preference Amount in full to all of the Preferred C Holders, the Distributable Proceeds shall be distributed among the Preferred C Holders on a pro rata basis in proportion to the amounts such holders would have received had the remaining Distributable Proceeds been sufficient for the distribution of the Preferred C Preference Amount in full.

 

10.2.4Thereafter, after payment in full of the Preferred D Preference Amount and the Preferred C Preference Amount, the remaining Distributable Proceeds, if any, shall be distributed pro-rata (treating the Preferred Shares on an as-converted basis) among all the holders of all Preferred Shares (other than the Preferred Debt Class Shares, the Preferred D Class Shares and the Preferred C Shares which will receive Distributions pursuant to Articles 10.2.1, 10.2.2 and 10.2.3) and the holders of Ordinary Shares.

 

10.2.5Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event the Distributable Proceeds are in an amount which - had all of the Preferred Debt Class Shares, Preferred D Class Shares and Preferred C Shares been converted into Ordinary Shares immediately prior to such Distribution, and all Distributable Proceeds distributed among all holders of Shares of the Company on a pro-rata basis - would provide an amount of Distributable Proceeds to the Preferred Debt Holders, Preferred D Holders and the Preferred C Holders equal to or greater than the Preferred Debt Preference Amount, Preferred D Preference Amount and the Preferred C Preference Amount, then all Distributable Proceeds shall be distributed amongst all holders of Shares of the Company on a pro-rata basis and Sections 10.2.1, 10.2.2, and 10.2.3 shall not apply.

 

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10.2.6Allocation of Escrow and Contingent Consideration. In the event of a Deemed Liquidation, if any portion of the consideration payable to the Shareholders of the Company is payable only upon satisfaction of contingencies (the “Additional Consideration”), the definitive agreement shall provide that (a) the portion of such consideration that is not Additional Consideration (such portion, the “Initial Consideration”) shall be allocated among the Shareholders of the Company in accordance with this Article 10.2 as if the Initial Consideration were the only consideration payable in connection with such Deemed Liquidation; and (b) any Additional Consideration which becomes payable to the Shareholders of the Company upon satisfaction of such contingencies shall be allocated among the shareholders of the Company in accordance with this Article 10.2 after taking into account the previous payment of the Initial Consideration as part of the same transaction. For the purposes of this Article 10.2.5, consideration placed into escrow or retained as holdback to be available for satisfaction of indemnification or similar obligations in connection with such Deemed Liquidation shall be deemed to be Additional Consideration.

 

10.2.7The provisions of this Article 10.2 shall apply to a distribution of the Distributable Proceeds received by the Company or the Shareholders in connection with a Deemed Liquidation. In any Deemed Liquidation in which the Shareholders (and not the Company) are the intended recipients of the proceeds resulting therefrom, the Company will not register or otherwise give effect to any transfer of securities pursuant to such Deemed Liquidation, nor will any such transfer of securities be considered valid - unless appropriate measures have been taken in order to ensure the full implementation of the provisions of this Article 10.2.

 

10.2.8If the amount deemed paid or distributed under this Article 10.2, or any part thereof, is made in property other than in cash, then the value of such distribution shall be the fair market value of such property, determined as follows:

 

10.2.9For securities not subject to restrictions on free marketability,

 

10.2.9.1if traded on a securities exchange or the NASDAQ Stock Market, the value shall be deemed to be the average of the closing prices of the securities on such exchange or market over the twenty (20) trading day period ending three (3) trading days prior to the date of distribution; or

 

10.2.9.2if actively traded over-the-counter, the value shall be deemed to be the average of the closing bid prices over the twenty (20) trading day period ending three (3) trading days prior to the date of distribution; or

 

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10.2.9.3if there is no active public market, the value shall be the fair market value thereof, as determined in good faith by the Board.

 

10.2.10The valuation of securities subject to restrictions on free marketability shall be determined in good faith by the Board with the consent of at least one Preferred Director.

 

10.2.11The valuation of any property other than cash shall be computed at the fair value of that property as reasonably determined in good faith by the Board.

 

10.3Conversion Rights.

 

10.3.1Right to Convert. Subject to the applicable provisions of the Companies Law, each Preferred Share shall be convertible at the option of the holder thereof, at any time after the date of issuance of such share, into such number of duly and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable Ordinary Shares as is determined by dividing the applicable Original Issue Price by the Preferred Conversion Price (as defined below) at the time in effect for the relevant Preferred Share. The Preferred Conversion Price with respect to a particular Preferred Share shall initially be the applicable Original Issue Price of such Preferred Share; provided, however, that the Preferred Conversion Price for each Preferred Share shall be subject to adjustments as provided below (the “Preferred Conversion Price”).

 

10.3.2Automatic Conversion. Each Preferred Share shall automatically be converted, without payment of additional consideration by the holder thereof, at the then applicable conversion ratio (subject to adjustment as set forth below) into Ordinary Shares immediately upon the earlier to occur of (i) a Designated IPO, and (ii) written consent or written agreement or affirmative vote of the Preferred Majority.

 

10.3.3Special Mandatory Conversion.

 

10.3.3.1Trigger Event. In the event that a Preferred Shareholder does not participate in a Qualified Financing (as defined below), by purchasing in the aggregate, in such Qualified Financing, and within the time period specified by the Company (provided that, the Company has sent to each Preferred Shareholder at least fourteen (14) days written notice of, and the opportunity to purchase its Required Portion (as defined below) of the Offered Securities (as defined below) in such Qualified Financing), such holder’s Required Portion of the Offered Securities in such Qualified Financing, then the Applicable Portion (as defined below) of the Preferred Shares held by such Preferred Shareholder shall automatically, and without any further action on the part of such Preferred Shareholder or the Company, be converted into Ordinary Shares at the Preferred Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to the consummation of such Qualified Financing, effective upon, subject to, and concurrently with, the consummation of the Qualified Financing. For purposes of determining the number of Preferred Shares owned by a Preferred Shareholder, and for determining the Required Portion of Preferred Shareholder with respect to the Offered Securities in a Qualified Financing, in each case, all Preferred Shares held by Affiliates of such Preferred Shareholder shall be aggregated with such Preferred Shareholder shares and any portion of the Offered Securities purchased by any Affiliates of such Preferred Shareholder shall be aggregated with any portion of Offered Securities purchased by such Preferred Shareholder (provided that no Preferred Shares shall be attributed to more than one (1) entity or person within any such group of affiliated entities or persons). Such conversion is referred to as a “Special Mandatory Conversion.”

 

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10.3.3.2Definitions. For purposes of this Article 10.3.3, the following definitions shall apply:

 

10.3.3.2.1Applicable Portion” shall mean, with respect to any Preferred Shareholder, such number of Preferred Shares calculated by multiplying the aggregate number of Preferred Shares held by such Preferred Shareholder immediately prior to the relevant Qualified Financing by a fraction, the numerator of which is equal to the amount, by which such Preferred Shareholder’s Required Portion exceeds the number of Offered Securities actually purchased by such Preferred Shareholder (or its Affiliates) in such Qualified Financing, and the denominator of which is equal to such Preferred Shareholder’s Required Portion;

 

10.3.3.2.2Offered Securities” shall mean a class of shares or such other securities of the Company to be offered by a notice to the Preferred Shareholders in connection with a Qualified Financing; and

 

10.3.3.2.3Required Portion” shall mean, with respect to a Preferred Shareholder, either (A) if such Qualified Financing is based on total securities being offered, such number of Offered Securities calculated by multiplying the aggregate number of Offered Securities by a fraction, the numerator of which is equal to the number of Preferred Shares owned by such holder, and the denominator of which is equal to the aggregate number of outstanding shares of Preferred Shares; or (B) if such Qualified Financing is based on total amount being invested in the Company, such investment (including debt) amount calculated by multiplying the aggregate amount to be invested (including debt) in the Company in such Qualified Financing, by a fraction, the numerator of which is equal to the number of Preferred Shares owned by such holder, and the denominator of which is equal to the aggregate number of outstanding shares of Preferred Shares.

 

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10.3.3.2.4Qualified Financing” shall mean any transaction involving the issuance or sale of securities of the Company that would result in at least $20,000,000 in gross proceeds to the Company, including by way of convertible debt, and which: (i) the Board resolved shall be subject to the provisions of Article 10.3.3.1 and such other terms as it may determine in its sole discretion; and (ii) the Preferred Supermajority did not object that such transaction be treated as a Qualified Financing for purposes of Article 10.3.3.1.

 

10.3.4Mechanics of Conversion. In the case of a Special Mandatory Conversion, or conversion under Article 10.3.1 or 10.3.2(ii), the conversion shall be deemed to occur immediately upon the business day specified in a written notice of conversion received from the Company, or by the Company from the converting holder or the Preferred Majority, as applicable, and the Person(s) entitled to receive the Ordinary Shares issuable upon such conversion shall be treated for all purposes as the record holder of such Ordinary Shares as of such date. In case of conversion under Article 10.3.2(i), the conversion shall be deemed to occur immediately prior to and contingent upon the closing of the Designated IPO, and the person(s) entitled to receive the Ordinary Shares issuable upon such conversion shall be treated for all purposes as the record holder of such Ordinary Shares as of such date. From and after conversion, any share certificates evidencing the converted Preferred Shares shall be deemed cancelled and shall only evidence the Ordinary Shares issued upon conversion of the applicable Preferred Shares and the right to receive share certificates for Ordinary Shares upon their return to the Company (or the provision of an affirmation of lost certificate if the certificate was lost or destroyed). All rights with respect to the Preferred Shares converted pursuant to Articles 10.3.1, 10.3.2 and 10.3.3, including the rights, if any, to receive notices and vote (other than as a shareholder of Ordinary Shares), will terminate at the time of conversion. A conversion of Preferred Shares into Ordinary Shares in the manner specified above shall not require any additional corporate action by the Company in order to become effective and shall not affect the number of authorized Ordinary Shares or Preferred Shares of the Company.

 

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10.3.5Adjustments to the Preferred Conversion Price for Anti-Dilution Purposes.

 

10.3.5.1Other than with respect to the Preferred Conversion Price of the Preferred D Class Shares (which shall have the rights under Article 10.3.6), in the event that the Company, at any time or from time to time, prior to a Qualified IPO, shall issue New Securities, for a consideration per share lower than the applicable Preferred Conversion Price in effect on the date of and immediately prior to such issuance (including issuances at no consideration) (the “Reduced Issuance Price”), then in such event the applicable Preferred Conversion Price shall be reduced, concurrently with such issuance, to a number (rounded to the nearest whole US cent) equal to a fraction (i) the numerator of which is the sum of (A) the number of shares of the Company, on a fully diluted, and on an as-converted basis (as if all securities (including without limitation, Preferred Shares, options, warrants and convertible notes) directly or indirectly exercisable or convertible into any shares of the Company had been fully exercised and converted into Ordinary Shares, as of such date), outstanding immediately prior to the relevant issuance of the New Securities multiplied by the applicable Preferred Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to the issuance of such New Securities plus (B) the total amount of the consideration received by the Company for such New Securities and (ii) the denominator of which is the sum of the number of shares of the Company, on a fully diluted, and on an as-converted basis (as if all securities (including without limitation, Preferred Shares, options, warrants and convertible notes) directly or indirectly exercisable or convertible into any shares of the Company had been fully exercised and converted into Ordinary Shares, as of such date), outstanding immediately prior to the relevant issuance of the New Securities plus the number of New Securities issued. The formula may be expressed algebraically as follows:

 

 

where:

 

P = The Conversion Price of the Preferred Share prior to the relevant issuance.

 

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P’ = The Conversion Price of the applicable Preferred Share after the relevant issuance.

 

N = Number of shares (on a fully-diluted basis and on an as-converted basis as if all securities had been fully exercised and converted into Ordinary Shares) outstanding immediately prior to the relevant issuance of the New Securities.

 

n = Number of New Securities issued.

 

C = Total amount of the consideration received by the Company for such New Securities.

 

10.3.5.2In the event that the New Securities issued by the Company are rights, options or warrants to purchase equity interests, or securities of any type whatsoever that are convertible into equity interests (“Convertible Securities”), then the maximum number of shares directly or indirectly deliverable upon exercise (assuming the satisfaction of any conditions to exercisability, including without limitation the passage of time, but without taking into account potential anti-dilution adjustments), conversion or exchange of such Convertible Securities shall be deemed to have been issued at the time of issuance of such Convertible Securities, at a consideration equal to the consideration (determined in the manner provided in Article 10.3.5.3) if any, received by the Company for such Convertible Securities upon the issuance of such Convertible Securities plus the minimum consideration payable to the Company pursuant to the terms of such Convertible Securities, if any (without taking into account potential anti-dilution adjustments) for the issuance of shares covered thereby; provided, however, that in any such case in which Convertible Securities are issued: (i) no further adjustment in the applicable Preferred Conversion Price shall be made upon the subsequent issuance of shares upon the exercise or conversion of such Convertible Securities, pursuant to their terms; provided that one adjustment is made in accordance with Article 10.3.5.1 above; (ii) if such Convertible Securities by their terms provide, with the passage of time or otherwise, for any increase in the consideration payable to the Company, or decrease in the number of shares issuable, upon the exercise, conversion or exchange thereof, the applicable Preferred Conversion Price computed upon the original issue thereof, and any subsequent adjustments based thereon, shall, upon any such increase or decrease becoming effective, be recomputed to reflect such increase or decrease insofar as it affects such Convertible Securities; (iii) upon the expiration or termination of any such Convertible Securities which shall not have been exercised or converted, the applicable Preferred Conversion Price shall be readjusted (but to no greater extent than originally adjusted, and any subsequent adjustments based thereon) in order to eliminate from the adjustment the effect of any such New Securities as shall have expired or terminated, and adjust only to the extent of such New Securities actually issued, if any, and the consideration actually received by the Company therefor.

 

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 10.3.5.3For the purpose of making any adjustment required under Article 10.3.5 above, the consideration received by the Company for any issue or sale of securities shall (x) to the extent it consists of cash, be computed at the gross amount of cash received by the Company in consideration for such issuance or sale, (y) to the extent it consists of property other than cash, be computed at the fair market value of that property as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors, and (z) if New Securities or rights or options to purchase New Securities are issued or sold together with other shares or securities or other assets of the Company for a consideration which covers both, be computed as the portion of the consideration so received that may be reasonably determined in good faith by the Board of Directors to be allocable to such New Securities or rights or options.

 

10.3.6Adjustments to the Preferred Conversion Price of the Preferred D Class Shares for Price Protection Purposes.

 

10.3.6.1Until immediately following the earlier of a Qualified IPO and a Deemed Liquidation, upon the first event (and in each such event) of (1) a Deemed Liquidation; or (2) the issuance or grant of New Securities by the Company (including, for the avoidance of doubt, (A) any issuance of New Securities in or as part of an IPO or Qualified IPO, and (B) the transactions constituting the Deemed Liquidation) (each of (1) and (2), an “Issuance”), in each case, at a pre-money Company valuation of less than the Target Value, the Conversion Price applicable to:

 

(i) the Purchasers Shares (the “Purchasers’ Conversion Price”) shall be reduced (and, for the avoidance of doubt, in no event increased) to a price equal to a twenty percent (20%) discount (the “Discount”) on the lowest price per share for which the Company issued New Securities in such transaction (including the discount price of any convertible securities then issued, if any) (such lowest Issuance price, the “New Price”, and such adjusted Purchasers’ Conversion Price, as adjusted from time to time hereunder, the “Adjusted Purchasers Conversion Price”); alternatively, if requested by the Preferred D Holders, holding a majority of the Preferred D Class Shares, the Company shall issue to the Preferred D Holders at such time, for no additional consideration, additional Preferred D Shares by also adjusting the Original Issue Price of the Purchasers Shares, retroactive to the Closing, to equal the Adjusted Purchasers’ Conversion Price (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall also be reduced at such time as described herein); and

 

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(ii) the Warrant Shares (the “Warrant Shares Conversion Price”) shall be reduced (and, for the avoidance of doubt, in no event increased) so that it equals the product of (x) the Adjusted Purchasers’ Conversion Price as determined under clause (i) above times (y) 1.1 (the “Adjusted Warrant Shares Conversion Price”).

 

For example: if the Original Issue Price of the Purchasers Shares and the Purchasers’ Conversion Price immediately before the Issuance is US$ 0.45 and the New Price is US$ 0.50, the Adjusted Purchasers’ Conversion Price shall be US$ 0.40, and the Adjusted Warrant Shares Conversion Price shall be US$ 0.44. Alternatively, if requested by Shavit as above, and with respect to the Purchasers Shares only, the Company shall issue to the Purchasers additional Preferred D Shares, for no additional consideration, as if the Original Issue Price of the Purchasers Shares as of the Series D Closing had been US$ 0.40; and, with respect to any Warrants exercised in whole or in part prior to such Issuance, additional Warrant Shares as if the Original Issue Price (i.e. exercise price) thereof had been US$ 0.44.

 

10.3.6.2Trigger Event Adjustment. In the event that, prior to August 31, 2023, the consummation of the Qualified IPO has not occurred (the “Trigger Event”), then at such time the Warrant Shares Conversion Price shall be reduced (and, for the avoidance of doubt, in no event increased) to an Adjusted Warrant Shares Conversion Price equal to the Adjusted Purchasers’ Conversion Price. In the event of any Issuances after the Trigger Event, the Adjusted Warrant Shares Conversion Price under Article 10.3.6.1(ii) above shall, notwithstanding the provisions of such clause, be reduced (and, for the avoidance of doubt, in no event increased) so that it equals the Adjusted Purchasers’ Conversion Price as determined in such event under Article 10.3.6.1(i) above.

 

10.3.6.3For the purpose of this Article 10.3.6, the consideration of any New Securities shall be calculated at the U.S. dollar equivalent thereof, on the day such New Securities are issued or deemed to be issued pursuant to Article 10.3.6.6.

 

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10.3.6.4In the event of a Deemed Liquidation, there shall be deemed to have been an Issuance by the Company at the price per share of Company shares reflected by the valuation attributed to the Company in such transaction, on an as-converted and fully-diluted basis (but not including for such purpose the additional securities to be issued by the Company in conjunction with such transaction pursuant to this Article 10.3.6).

 

10.3.6.5Adjustment to Discount. In the event that prior to August 31, 2022, the consummation of a Designated IPO or a SPAC Transaction has not occurred (the “Adjustment Date”), then (upon and applicable to such SPAC Transaction, or immediately following the Adjustment Date, as the case may be) the Discount shall be amended to thirty percent (30%).

 

10.3.6.6The provisions of Articles 10.3.5.2 and 10.3.5.3 shall apply to this Article 10.4.5 mutatis mutandis.

 

10.3.7Adjustments to the Preferred Conversion Price for Splits and Combinations.

 

10.3.7.1Should the Company at any time or from time to time fix a record date for the effectuation of a split, subdivision or similar Recapitalization Event of the outstanding Ordinary Shares or for the determination of the outstanding Ordinary Shares entitled to receive a dividend or other distribution payable in additional Ordinary Shares without payment of any consideration by such holder for the additional Ordinary Shares, then, as of such record date (or the date of such dividend, distribution, split or subdivision if no record date is fixed), the Preferred Conversion Price shall be appropriately decreased to ensure no dilution takes place such that the number of Ordinary Shares issuable on conversion of each Preferred Share shall be increased in proportion to such increase of the aggregate number of Ordinary Shares outstanding.

 

 10.3.7.2If the number of Ordinary Shares outstanding at any time or from time to time is decreased by a combination of the outstanding Ordinary Shares, reverse stock split, or similar recapitalization events then, following the record date of such combination or reverse stock split, the applicable Preferred Conversion Price shall be appropriately increased to ensure no dilution takes place such that the number of Ordinary Shares issuable on conversion of each Preferred Share shall be decreased in proportion to such decrease in the aggregate number of Ordinary Shares outstanding.

 

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10.3.8Other Distributions. In the event the Company shall declare a distribution payable in securities of other corporations, evidences of indebtedness issued by the Company or other corporations, assets (excluding cash dividends) or options or rights not referred to in Article 10.3.7 above, then, in each such case for the purpose of this Article, the holders of Preferred Shares shall be entitled to a proportionate share of any such distribution as though they were the holders of the number of Ordinary Shares of the Company into which their Preferred Shares are convertible as of the record date fixed for such distribution.

 

10.3.9Adjustments to the Preferred Conversion Price Upon Recapitalization Events. If at any time or from time to time there shall be a recapitalization or exchange of the Ordinary Shares (other than as provided for elsewhere in this Article 10.3), provision shall be made so that the holders of Preferred Shares shall thereafter be entitled to receive, upon conversion of the Preferred Shares, the number of shares or other securities or property of the Company or otherwise, which a holder of Ordinary Shares deliverable upon conversion immediately prior to such recapitalization or exchange would have been entitled to receive on such recapitalization or exchange. In any such case, appropriate adjustment shall be made in the application of the provisions of this Article 10.3 with respect to the rights of the holders of Preferred Shares after the recapitalization to the end that the provisions of this Article 10.3 (including adjustment of the Preferred Conversion Price then in effect and the number of shares purchasable upon conversion of the Preferred Shares) shall be applicable after that event as nearly equivalently as may be practicable.

 

10.3.10No Impairment. The Company will not, by amendment of these Articles or through any reorganization, recapitalization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, dissolution, issue or sale of securities or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms to be observed or performed under this Article 10.3 by the Company, but will at all times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all the provisions of this Article 10.3 and in the taking of all such actions as may be necessary or appropriate in order to protect the conversion rights under this Article 10.3 of the Preferred Shareholders against impairment.

 

10.3.11No Fractional Shares. No fractional shares shall be issued upon conversion of the Preferred Shares, and the number of Ordinary Shares to be issued shall be rounded to the nearest whole share (after aggregating all fractions held by each single shareholder and with one half of a share being rounded up).

 

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10.3.12Certificate as to Adjustment. Upon the occurrence of each adjustment of the Preferred Conversion Price pursuant to this Article 10.3, the Company, at its expense, shall promptly compute such adjustment in accordance with the terms hereof and prepare and furnish to each Preferred Shareholder a certificate setting forth such adjustment and showing in detail the facts upon which such adjustment is based. The Company shall, upon the reasonable written request at any time of any Preferred Shareholder, furnish or cause to be furnished to such holder a like certificate setting forth (i) such adjustment, (ii) the Preferred Conversion Price in effect at the time, and (iii) the number of Ordinary Shares and the amount, if any, of other property which at the time would be received upon the conversion of a Preferred Share.

 

10.3.13Reservation of Shares Issuable Upon Conversion. The Company shall at all times reserve and keep available out of its authorized but unissued Ordinary Shares, solely for the purpose of effecting the conversion of the Preferred Shares, such number of its Ordinary Shares as shall from time to time be sufficient to effect the conversion of all outstanding Preferred Shares; and if at any time the number of authorized but unissued Ordinary Shares shall not be sufficient to effect the conversion of all then outstanding Preferred Shares, including for such purpose all Warrant Shares which may be acquired pursuant to the exercise of Warrants and all Preferred D-5 Shares and Preferred D-6 Shares which may be acquired pursuant to the exercise of warrants granted by the Company for the issuance and purchase of such shares, in addition to such other remedies as shall be available to the holder of such Preferred Shares, the Company will take such corporate action as may, in the opinion of its counsel, be necessary to increase its authorized but unissued Ordinary Shares to such number of shares as shall be sufficient for such purposes. Without derogating from the aforesaid, in the event that in the opinion of the Company’s legal counsel, any conversion of Preferred Shares shall require additional shareholders’ resolutions or consents, each shareholder shall execute any such document and/or resolutions reasonably necessary to effectuate such conversion.

 

11.Special Rights; Modifications of Rights.

 

Subject to the provisions of these Articles (including but not limited to Articles 82 and 83) and the applicable provisions of the Companies Law, the Company may, from time to time, issue shares with such preferred or deferred rights or rights of redemption or other special rights and/or such restrictions, whether in regard to dividends, voting, repayment or otherwise, as may be stipulated in such resolution.

 

11.1Subject to the provisions of these Articles (including but not limited to Articles 82 and 83) and to applicable law: if at any time, the authorized shares of the Company are divided into different classes of shares, the Company may modify, convert, broaden, add or otherwise alter the rights, privileges, advantages, restrictions and provisions related at that time to the shares of any class by a resolution passed at a General Meeting of the holders of all the Shares voting as one class, and subject to applicable law, the Ordinary Shareholders and Preferred Shareholders, shall not be entitled to any class vote; provided, however, that any direct amendment, modification or abrogation to the rights, preferences, privileges or powers of, or the restrictions provided for the benefit of a specific class of shares or specific Shareholders, other than under a Special Mandatory Conversion pursuant to Article 10.3.13, which (A) adversely change such rights, preferences, privileges or powers and do not apply in the same manner to the other classes of shares of the Company or do not apply in the same manner to the other Shareholders of the Company, or (B) improve such rights without improving in the same manner the rights of the other classes of shares of the Company or the other Shareholders of the Company, shall require the consent of the holders of at least a majority (or, in case of Preferred Shares, at least a Preferred Majority) of the issued and outstanding shares of such class the rights of which were so adversely changed or the consent of the Shareholders the rights of which have been adversely changed, in the case of clause (A) above, or not improved, in the case of clause (B) above. Notwithstanding anything in these Articles to the contrary, any right, limitation or restriction expressly provided for the benefit or protection of, or applying to a specifically named Shareholder (a “Specifically Named Shareholder”) (including this Article 11.1) may not be modified, abrogated or waived without the prior written consent of such Specifically Named Shareholder.

 

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11.2The provisions of these Articles relating to General Meetings of the Shareholders, to the convening thereof, notices in respect of and resolutions to be passes thereat, shall mutatis mutandis, apply to any separate General Meeting of the holders of the shares of a particular class.

 

11.3Unless otherwise provided by these Articles, and in all events subject to the provisions of Articles 82 and 83, it is hereby clarified that any Special Mandatory Conversion (pursuant to Article 10.3.13), the enlargement of an existing class of shares, or the issuance or allotment of additional shares thereof, or the creation of a new class of shares ranking pari passu with an existing class of shares or superior to any existing class of shares, shall not be deemed, for purposes of this Article 11 to be an adverse change or affect to the rights attached to any one class of shares, or to modify or abrogate the rights attached to the previously issued shares of such class or of any other class.

 

12.Share Certificates

 

12.1Share certificates shall be issued under the name of the Company and shall bear the signatures of a Director and/or of any other person or persons authorized thereto by the Board of Directors.

 

12.2Each shareholder shall be entitled to one numbered certificate for all the shares of any class registered in his name, and if the Board of Directors so approves, to several certificates, each for one or more of such shares.

 

12.3A share certificate registered in the names of two or more persons shall be delivered to the person first named in the Register of Shareholders in respect of such co-ownership.

 

12.4If a share certificate is defaced, lost or destroyed, it may be replaced upon the furnishing of such evidence of ownership, as the Board of Directors may think fit.

 

13.Registered Holder.

 

Except as otherwise provided in these Articles, the Company shall be entitled to treat the registered holder of any share as the absolute owner thereof, and, accordingly, shall not, except as ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction, or as required by statute, be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to, or interest in such share on the part of any other person.

 

14.Allotment of Shares.

 

Subject to the provisions of these Articles (including but not limited to Articles 82 and 83), the Company’s authorized shares, other than the issued and outstanding shares, shall be under the control of the Board of Directors, who shall have the power to allot shares or otherwise dispose of them to such persons, on such terms and conditions (including inter alia terms relating to calls as set forth in Article 17 herein), either at par or at a premium, or, subject to the provisions of the Companies Law, at a discount, and at such times, as the Board of Directors may think fit, and the power to give to any person the option to acquire from the Company any shares, either at par or at a premium, or, subject as aforesaid, at a discount, during such time and for such consideration as the Board of Directors may think fit. Such issuance may be made in cash, cash equivalents or for in kind consideration or for no consideration.

 

15.Pre-Emptive Rights.

 

15.1Prior to a Qualified IPO, each Entitled Holder (in this Article 15, each an “Offeree”) shall have a right of pre-emption (which it may share with any of its Permitted Transferees) to purchase its Pro Rata Share (as defined below) of all New Securities that the Company may, from time to time, propose to issue after the adoption of these Articles and shall also have a right of over-allotment such that if any Entitled Holder declines or fails to exercise its right hereunder to purchase its Pro Rata Share, each other Entitled Holder exercising its right hereunder may purchase such declining Entitled Holder’s portion, on a pro-rata basis to those Entitled Holders exercising their right of over-allotment, up to a maximum of an additional fifty percent (50%) of such Entitled Holder’s pro–rata share. Each Offeree’s “Pro Rata Share” shall be equal to the ratio of (A) the number of the Company’s issued and outstanding Ordinary Shares on as-converted and fully-diluted basis (including all Ordinary Shares issued or issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Shares and warrants ) held by such Offeree immediately prior to the issuance of such New Securities to (B) the total number of the Company’s issued and outstanding Ordinary Shares on an as-converted and fully-diluted basis (including all Ordinary Shares issued or issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Shares and warrants) immediately prior to the issuance of such New Securities.

 

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15.2If the Company proposes to issue any New Securities, it shall give each Offeree written notice of its intention, describing the New Securities, the price and the terms and conditions upon which the Company proposes to issue the same. Each Offeree shall have fourteen (14) days from the giving of such notice to agree to purchase up to its Pro Rata Share of the New Securities.

 

15.3If the Offerees fail to exercise in full their preemptive rights within the period specified herein, then the Company shall have ninety (90) days thereafter to sell the New Securities in respect of which the Offerees’ rights were not exercised, at a price and upon general terms and conditions no more favorable to the purchasers thereof than specified in the Company’s notice to the Offerees pursuant to Article 14(b) hereof. If the Company has not sold such New Securities within such period, the Company shall not thereafter issue or sell any New Securities, without first offering such securities to the Offerees in the manner provided in this Article.

 

16.Payment in Installments.

 

If by the terms of allotment of any share, the whole or any part of the price thereof shall be payable in installments, every such installment shall, when due, be paid to the Company by the then registered holder(s) of the share of the person(s) entitled thereto.

 

17.Calls on Shares.

 

17.1The Board of Directors may, from time to time make such calls as it may think fit upon Shareholders in respect of any sum unpaid in respect of shares held by such Shareholders which is not, by the terms of allotment thereof or otherwise, payable at a fixed time, and each shareholder shall pay the amount of every call so made upon him (and of each installment thereof if the same is payable in installments), to the person(s) and at the time(s) and place(s) designated by the Board of Directors, as any such time(s) may be thereafter extended and/or such person(s) or place(s) changed. Unless otherwise stipulated in the resolution of the Board of Directors (and in the notice hereafter referred to), each payment in response to a call shall be deemed to constitute a pro rata payment on account of all shares in respect of which such call was made.

 

17.2Notice of any call shall be given in writing to the Shareholder(s) in question no less than fourteen (14) days prior to the time of payment, specifying the time and place of payment, and designating the person to whom such payment shall be made; provided, however, that before the time for any such payment, the Board of Directors may, by notice in writing to such Shareholder(s), revoke such call in whole or in part, extend such time, or alter such person and/or place. In the event of a call payable in installments, only one notice thereof needs be given.

 

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17.3If, by the terms of allotment of any share or otherwise, any amount is made payable at any fixed time, every such amount shall be payable at such time as if it were a call duly made by the Board of Directors and of which due notice had been given, and all the provisions herein contained with respect to such calls shall apply to each such amount.

 

17.4The joint holders of a share shall be jointly and severally liable to pay all calls in respect thereof and all interest payable thereon.

 

17.5Any amount unpaid in respect of a call shall bear interest from the date on which it is payable until actual payment thereof, at such rate (not exceeding the then prevailing debitory rate charged by leading commercial banks in Israel), and at such time(s) as the Board of Directors may prescribe.

 

17.6Upon the allotment of shares, the Board of Directors may provide for differences among the allottees of such shares as to the amount of calls and/or the times of payment thereof.

 

18.Prepayment.

 

With the approval of the Board of Directors, any Shareholder may pay to the Company any amount not yet payable in respect of his shares, and the Board of Directors may approve the payment of interest on any such amount until the same would be payable if it had not been paid in advance, at such rate and time(s) as may be approved by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may at any time cause the Company to repay all or any part of the money so advanced, without premium or penalty. Nothing in this Article 18 shall derogate from the right of the Board of Directors to make any call before or after receipt by the Company of any such advance.

 

19.Forfeiture and Surrender.

 

19.1If any Shareholder fails to pay any amount payable in respect of a call, or interest thereon as provided for herein, on or before the day fixed for payment of the same, the Company, by resolution of the Board of Directors, and subject to the provisions of Section 181 of the Companies Law, may at any time thereafter, so long as the said amount or interest remains unpaid, forfeit all or any of the shares in respect of which said call had been made. Any expense incurred by the Company in attempting to collect any such amount or interest, including, inter alia, attorneys’ fees and costs of suit, shall be added to, and shall, for all purposes (including the accrual of interest thereon), constitute a part of the amount payable to the Company in respect of such call.

 

19.2Upon the adoption of a resolution of forfeiture, the Board of Directors shall cause notice thereof to be given to such shareholder, which notice shall state that, in the event of the failure to pay the entire amount so payable within a period stipulated in the notice (which period shall not be less than fourteen (14) days and which may be extended by the Board of Directors), such shares shall be ipso facto forfeited; provided, however, that, prior to the expiration of such period, the Board of Directors may nullify such resolution of forfeiture, but no such nullification shall stop the Board of Directors from adopting a further resolution of forfeiture in respect of the non-payment of the same amount.

 

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19.3Whenever shares are forfeited as herein provided, all dividends theretofore declared in respect thereof and not actually paid shall be deemed to have been forfeited at the same time.

 

19.4The Company, by resolution of the Board of Directors, may accept the voluntary surrender of any share.

 

19.5Any share forfeited or surrendered as provided herein shall become dormant shares (as defined in Section 308 of the Companies Law), and the same, subject to the provisions of these Articles, may be sold, re-allotted or otherwise disposed of as the Board of Directors thinks fit.

 

19.6Any Shareholder whose shares have been forfeited or surrendered shall cease to be a shareholder in respect of the forfeited or surrendered shares, but shall, notwithstanding, be liable to pay, and shall forthwith pay, to the Company, all calls, interest and expenses owing upon or in respect of such shares at the time of forfeiture or surrender, together with interest thereon from the time of forfeiture or surrender until actual payment, at the rate prescribed in Article 17.5 above, unless such shares were sold by the Company, and the Company shall have received in full the amounts specified above in addition to any additional costs of such sale of shares, and the Board of Directors, in its discretion, may enforce the payment of such moneys, or any part thereof, but shall not be under any obligation to do so. In the event of such forfeiture or surrender, the Company, by resolution of the Board of Directors, may accelerate the date(s) of payment of any or all amounts then owing by the shareholder in question (but not yet due) in respect of all shares owned by such shareholder, solely or jointly with another, and in respect of any other matter or transaction whatsoever.

 

19.7The Board of Directors may at any time, before any share so forfeited or surrendered shall have been sold, re-allotted or otherwise disposed of, nullify the forfeiture or surrender on such conditions as it thinks fit, but no such nullification shall stop the Board of Directors from re-exercising its powers of forfeiture pursuant to this Article 19.7.

 

20.Lien.

 

20.1Except to the extent the same may be waived or subordinated in writing, the Company shall have a first and paramount lien upon all the shares registered in the name of each Shareholder on which a call was duly made by the Board of Directors (without regard to any equitable or other claim or interest in such shares on the part of any other person), and upon the proceeds of the sale thereof, in respect of unpaid sum relating to shares held by such Shareholder. Such lien shall extend to all dividends from time to time declared in respect of such unpaid for shares. Unless otherwise provided, the registration by the Company of a transfer of shares shall not be deemed to be a waiver on the part of the Company of the lien (if any) existing on such shares immediately prior to such transfer.

 

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20.2The Board of Directors may cause the Company to sell any shares subject to such lien when any such debt, liability or engagement has matured, in such manner as the Board of Directors may think fit, but no such sale shall be made unless such debt, liability or engagement has not been satisfied within fourteen (14) days after written notice of the intention to sell shall have been served on such shareholder, his executors or administrators.

 

20.3The net proceeds of any such sale, after payment of the costs thereof, shall be applied in or toward satisfaction of the debts, liabilities or engagements of such Shareholder (whether or not the same have matured), or any specific part of the same (as the Company may determine), and the residue (if any) shall be paid to the Shareholder, his executors, administrators or assigns.

 

20.4Except for the lien set forth herein, no shareholder may create or permit the existence of any lien over its shares.

 

21.Sale after Forfeiture or Surrender or in Enforcement of Lien.

 

Upon any sale of shares after forfeiture or surrender or for enforcing a lien, the Board of Directors may appoint any person to execute an instrument of transfer of the shares so sold and cause the purchaser’s name to be entered in the Register of Shareholders in respect of such shares, and the purchaser shall not be bound to see to the regularity of the proceedings, or to the application of the purchase money, and after his name has been entered in the Register of Shareholders in respect of such shares, the validity of the sale shall not be impeached by any person, and the remedy of any person aggrieved by the sale shall be in damages only and against the Company exclusively.

 

22.Redeemable Shares.

 

The Company may, subject to applicable law, issue redeemable shares and redeem the same.

 

Transfer Of Shares

 

23.Effectiveness and Registration.

 

23.1Any transfer of shares of the Company shall be subject to the provisions of Articles 23 and 26 through 29 herein; provided, however, that any transfer of shares (other than a Permitted Transfer) shall require the approval of the Board of Directors, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, and the Board of Directors shall be entitled to withhold its approval only if: (i) the transferee is a competitor of the Company or a person convicted of a criminal offense involving moral turpitude, (ii) as a result of such transfer the number of shareholders of the Company shall exceed the permitted number pursuant to Article 2.2, (iii) the proposed transfer does not comply with the terms of these Articles, or (iv) the proposed transfer violates any law applicable to the Company (including any applicable securities law). In the event that the Board of Directors does not notify the transferor of its refusal to allow a transfer together with a detailed reasoning for such refusal (which shall be based on items (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) above) within fourteen (14) days of receipt by the Company of a request for transfer which includes the identity of the transferee, then the Board of Directors shall be deemed to have approved such transfer, provided that any approval by the Board of Directors will be deemed to be subject to compliance by the transferor and the transferee with the terms of these Articles related to a transfer. Notwithstanding the above, the approval of the Board of Directors shall not be required for a transfer by a Person to a Permitted Transferee of such Person which does not fall within clauses (i) to (iv) above.

 

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23.2No transfer of shares shall be approved or registered unless a proper instrument of transfer has been submitted to the Company (or its transfer agent) together with the share certificate for the transferred shares (if such has been issued) or an affirmation of lost certificate in its stead, and with any other evidence the Board of Directors may require in order to prove to its satisfaction the rights of the transferor in the transferred shares. Subject to the transfer limitations set forth in these Articles, a Shareholder shall not make any transfer of the shares, unless (i) such transfer is in compliance with these Articles, as shall be amended from time to time and any other agreement governing the subject matter and to which the transferring Shareholder is subject, as shall be from time to time; and (ii) such transferee undertook in advance in writing to be bound by and to be subject to the terms and conditions of these Articles as shall be amended from time to time and any other agreement governing the transferred shares and to which the transferring Shareholder is subject, as shall be amended from time to time, as if it were an original party thereunder, and accepts and assumes any and all liabilities and obligations of the transferring Shareholder under said agreements with respect to the transferred shares.

 

23.3The instrument of transfer shall be signed by the transferor and the transferee, and the transferor shall be considered the owner of the shares until the transferee is registered in the Register of Shareholders in respect of the shares transferred to him. The instrument of transfer of any share shall be in writing in the following form or as near thereto as possible, or in a usual or accepted form that shall be approved by the Board of Directors:

 

“I ________________ (the “Transferor”) hereby transfer to _______________ (the “Transferee”) __________ [Ordinary Shares] / [Preferred A/A-1/A-2/A-3/B/C/D Shares] of Gauzy Ltd., to be held by the Transferee, the executors and administrators of his estate, his custodian and his legal personal representative, under the same conditions under which I myself held them immediately prior to signing this instrument of transfer, and I, the Transferee, hereby agree to accept the above mentioned shares in accordance with the above mentioned conditions.

 

IN WITNESS THEREOF we hereby affix our signatures this [●] day of [●] 20[●].

 

        
 The Transferor   The Transferee”  

 

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23.4The Board of Directors may suspend the registration of transfers during the fourteen (14) days immediately preceding the ordinary General Meeting in each year.

 

23.5Instruments of transfer that are registered shall remain in the Company’s possession; however, instruments of transfer which the Board of Directors refuses to register in accordance with this Article 23, shall be returned, on demand, to whomever delivered them along with the share certificate (if delivered).

 

Transmission of Shares

 

24.Decedent’s Shares.

 

24.1The executors and administrators of a deceased sole holder of a share, or, if there are no executors or administrators, the persons beneficially entitled as heirs of a deceased sole holder, shall be the only persons recognized by the Company as having any title to the share. In case of a share registered in the names of two or more holders, the Company shall recognize the survivor or survivors as the only persons having any title to or benefit in the share. Nothing herein contained shall release the estate of a deceased joint holder from any liability in respect of any share jointly held by him.

 

24.2Any person becoming entitled to a share in consequence of the death of any person, upon producing evidence of the grant of probate or letters of administration or declaration of succession or such other evidence as the Board of Directors may deem sufficient that he sustains the character in respect of which he proposes to act under this Article 24 or of his title, shall be registered as a Shareholder in respect of such shares, or may, subject to the regulations as to transfer herein contained, transfer such shares.

 

24.3A person upon whom the ownership of a share devolves by transmission shall be entitled to receive, and may give a discharge for any dividends or other monies payable in respect of the share but he shall not be entitled in respect of it to receive notices, or to attend or vote at meetings of the Company, or, save as otherwise provided herein, to exercise any of the rights or privileges of a Shareholder unless and until he shall be registered in the Register of Shareholders.

 

25.Receivers and Liquidators.

 

25.1The Company may recognize the receiver or liquidator of any corporate shareholder in winding up or dissolution, or the receiver or trustee in bankruptcy of any Shareholder, as being entitled to the shares registered in the name of such Shareholder.

 

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25.2The receiver or liquidator of a corporate Shareholder in winding up or dissolution, or the receiver or trustee in bankruptcy of any Shareholder, upon producing such evidence as the Board of Directors may deem sufficient that he sustains the character in respect of which he proposes to act under this Article 25 or of his title, shall with the consent of the Board of Directors (which the Board of Directors may grant or refuse in its absolute discretion), be registered as a Shareholder in respect of such shares, or may, subject to the regulations as to transfer herein contained, transfer such shares.

 

26.Right of First Refusal.

 

26.1The term “Permitted Transferee” of a Shareholder shall mean any of the following (no section shall derogate from the applicability of any other section):

 

26.1.1As to any Shareholder that is an individual, a trust which does not permit any of the settled property or the income therefrom to be applied otherwise than for the benefit of such Shareholder and no power of control over the voting powers conferred by any shares are subject to the consent of any person other than the trustees of such Shareholder.

 

26.1.2As to any Shareholder which is a general or limited partnership, its partners or members, as the case may be; its management company; limited or general partnerships managed by its management company or its managing general partner; or limited or general partnerships managed by an Affiliate of its management company or the managing general partner of its general or limited partnership in question (e.g. managed by general partners which are under similar control as the general partner of such Shareholder).

 

26.1.3As to each Shareholder which is a hedge fund or a venture capital fund, transferees that become transferees either in (i) a disposition which is part of a disposition of a significant portion of the investments of such fund, (ii) a disposition in connection with the dissolution of the fund, or (iii) a disposition resulting from a regulatory or tax constraint applicable to the fund or any of the partners in the fund.

 

26.1.4With respect to Ibex, any Ibex Additional Investor (as defined in the Series A SPA), provided that (i) Ibex GP LLC and/or Ibex and/or any affiliated entities or persons of Ibex continues to perform investment management services to such Ibex Additional Investor, and (ii) Ibex, for all purposes, represents and acts (including vote) for such Ibex Additional Investor, which shall grant Ibex as many powers of attorney or proxies as may be required to enable such representation.

 

26.1.5As to any Shareholder, an entity or person which is an Affiliate of such Shareholder.

 

26.1.6As to any Shareholder that is an individual, such Shareholder’s spouse, children, lineal descendant or antecedent.

 

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26.1.7As to the Founders, only wholly owned companies and immediate family members.

 

26.2Subject to any terms and conditions contained in these Articles and any ancillary agreement with respect to the transferred securities, the term “Permitted Transfer” shall mean a transfer to a Permitted Transferee; provided that a transfer of any share pursuant to this Article 26.2 shall only be treated as a Permitted Transfer if the transferee agrees in writing to be bound by the terms and conditions of these Articles and any ancillary agreement with respect to the transferred securities.

 

26.3Subject to the provisions of Article 25 and except for: (i) Permitted Transfers in accordance with Article 26, (ii) a transfer as part of a Deemed Liquidation, or (iii) a repurchase by the Company of its own shares or a surrender to the Company of shares, if at any time prior to a Qualified IPO a Shareholder (in this Article 26, the “Selling Shareholder”) desires to transfer to any person (including another shareholder) any or all of his or its securities of the Company, whether in a voluntary or involuntary transfer (the “Offered Shares”), such Selling Shareholder shall first give written notice to the Company, which shall promptly thereafter deliver such notice (“Notice of Sale”) to all of the Entitled Holders.

 

 26.3.1The Notice of Sale shall state the following: the number of Offered Shares; that the Offered Shares will, upon transfer, be free of all liens, charges and encumbrances; that a bona fide offer has been received from a third party whose identity is disclosed; and the price and other material terms. Upon receipt of the Notice of Sale, the Entitled Holders shall have the right to exercise the option (the “Option”) set forth in Article 26.3.2.

 

26.3.2For a period of twenty-one (21) days after receipt of the Notice of Sale, each Entitled Holder may elect to purchase all or a part of its pro rata share of the Offered Shares and shall also have a right of over-allotment such that if any Entitled Holder declines or fails to exercise its right hereunder to purchase its pro-rata share of the Offered Shares, each other Entitled Holder exercising its right of first refusal hereunder may purchase such declining Entitled Holder’s portion, on a pro-rata basis to those Entitled Holders exercising their right of over-allotment, up to a maximum of an additional fifty percent (50%) of such Entitled Holder’s pro–rata share. Any Entitled Holder that fails to respond to the Notice of Sale within said twenty-one (21). Any Entitled Holder that fails to respond to the Notice of Sale within said twenty-one (21) days period shall be deemed to have waived its right of first refusal to exercise the Option in full.

 

 26.3.3An Entitled Holder’s “pro-rata share”, for purposes of this Article 26, is the ratio of the number of Shares held by such Entitled Holder immediately prior to the proposed transfer of the Offered Shares (on an as-converted and fully-diluted basis) in relation to the total number of Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the disposition of the Offered Shares (on an as-converted and fully-diluted basis) held by all the Entitled Holders (excluding the Selling Shareholder). For clarification purposes, a warrant holder who is an Entitled Holder may exercise any warrant it holds prior to the proposed transfer of the Offered Shares (including after receipt of the Notice of Sale), and such shares issued in connection with the exercise of such warrants shall be included in the relevant Entitled Holder’s pro-rata share.

 

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26.3.4The Option shall be exercised by delivery of a notice to the Selling Shareholder and the Company within twenty-one (21) days of receipt of the Notice of Sale, stating its desire to purchase all or a portion of its pro-rata share of such Offered Shares, and to the extent applicable, any additional shares as may be available for over-allotment, and stating therein the maximum amount of Offered Shares desired to be purchased (up to the maximum available to such Entitled Holder to purchase pursuant to Article 26.3.2 above). If the Entitled Holder(s) exercised the Option to purchase all but not less than all of the Offered Shares (the “Buying Shareholders”), they shall acquire all of the Offered Shares, in proportion to their respective pro rata shares; provided that no Buying Shareholder shall be entitled to acquire under the provisions of this Article 26 more than the number of Offered Shares initially accepted by such Buying Shareholder, and upon the allocation to that Buying Shareholder of the full number of shares so accepted, the Buying Shareholder shall be disregarded in any subsequent computations and allocations hereunder. Any shares remaining after the computation of such respective entitlements shall be re-allocated among the Buying Shareholders (other than those to be disregarded as aforesaid), in the same manner, until 100% (one hundred percent) of the Offered Shares have been allocated as aforesaid. The purchase of the Offered Shares shall be on the same terms and conditions as stated in the Notice of Sale.

 

26.3.5If the Entitled Holders: (i) did not exercise the Option, (ii) exercised the Option to purchase less than all of the Offered Shares, or (iii) signed waivers of the rights hereunder by such number of Entitled Holders owning such number of shares of the Company such that it would not be possible for the remaining Entitled Holders to exercise all of the Offered Shares (and in such case, the Selling Shareholder would not need to wait for the notice period in Article 26.3.4 above to expire), then the Selling Shareholder shall be free, within ninety (90) days of the earlier of the date of expiration of the Option and the date on which sufficient waivers of rights are received by Entitled Holders as set forth above, to sell all such shares to the prospective buyer set forth in the Notice of Sale at the price and on the terms contained in the Notice of Sale. If such sale is not consummated within such ninety (90) days period, or if any of the terms and conditions stated in the Notice of Sale is materially altered in favor of the prospective buyer, the Selling Shareholder shall not sell or transfer the Offered Shares, or any other shares acquired before or after the date hereof, without again complying with the provisions of this Article 26.

 

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 26.3.6An Entitled Holder may assign its right under this Article 26.3 to any Person who is a Permitted Transferee thereof.

 

26.4In the event that fractional shares will need to be transferred, the number of shares will be rounded to the nearest whole number so that only full shares will be transferred.

 

26.5The provisions of Article 26 shall be of no further force and effect immediately prior to and conditioned upon the consummation of a Qualified IPO.

 

27.Co-Sale Rights.

 

27.1Subject to Article 26 above, if at any time prior to a Qualified IPO, any Selling Shareholder desires or proposes to effect a transfer any Offered Shares to any Person, whether voluntary or involuntary, except for Permitted Transfers as provided in Article 26.2 (a “Covered Sale”) then any Entitled Holder shall have the right to participate on a pro rata basis in such Covered Sale and shall be entitled to sell such Entitled Holder’s pro rata portion, as such term is defined below.

 

27.2Such right of an Entitled Holder to participate in such Covered Sale, shall be exercisable by a written notice to the Company and the Selling Shareholder within twenty-one (21) days after receipt of the Notice of Sale (as defined in Article 26.3 above), in which each Entitled Holder wishing to participate in a Covered Sale and sell all or part of its shares (each, a “Participating Shareholder”) shall notify the Company and the Selling Shareholder, of the number of shares or securities it wishes to sell on the same terms and conditions as the Selling Shareholder proposes to sell its Offered Shares. For the purpose of this Article 27, the term “Participating Shareholder’s pro rata portion” shall mean the number of shares owned at such time by the Participating Shareholder (on an as-converted and fully-diluted basis), in proportion to the respective number of shares owned at such time by the Selling Shareholder and all other Participating Shareholders. If such option is exercised by the Participating Shareholders, the Selling Shareholder, as applicable, shall not proceed with such sale or transfer unless each Participating Shareholder is given the right to participate and the number of Offered Shares that the Selling Shareholder, as applicable, may sell in such Covered Sale shall be correspondingly reduced.

 

27.3In the event that fractional shares will need to be transferred, the number of shares will be rounded to the nearest whole number so that only full shares will be transferred.

 

27.4The provisions of this Article 27 shall be of no further force and effect immediately prior to and conditioned upon the consummation of a Qualified IPO.

 

28.Bring Along.

 

28.1Notwithstanding the provisions of Articles 26 and 27 above, and subject to the provisions of Articles 82 and 83, without limitation of any provision of applicable law and Section 4 of the Side Letter by and between the Company and Hyundai Motor Company, dated March 25, 2020, if at any time prior to an IPO, Shareholders holding at least sixty-five percent (65%) of the Company’s issued and outstanding shares (calculated on an as-converted basis) (the “Proposing Shareholders”, and the “Requisite Majority” respectively), shall have approved and accepted in writing a transaction or series of related transactions with any person or persons (in this Article 28 each a “Buyer”) regarding a sale, whether through a purchase, merger or otherwise, of all the Company securities or a sale of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets (the “Transaction”), then

 

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28.1.1at every meeting of the Shareholders called with respect to any of the following, and at every adjournment or postponement thereof, and on every action or approval by written consent of the Proposing Shareholders with respect to any of the following, the other Shareholders (such other Shareholders, collectively, the “Remaining Holders”) shall vote all shares of the Company that such Remaining Holders then hold or for which such Remaining Holders otherwise then have voting power: (A) in favor of approval of the Transaction and any matter that could reasonably be expected to facilitate the Transaction, and (B) against any proposal for any recapitalization, merger, sale of assets or other business combination (other than the Transaction) between the Company and any person or entity other than the party or parties to the Transaction or any other action or agreement that would result in a breach of any covenant, representation or warranty or any other obligation or agreement of the Company under the definitive agreement(s) related to the Transaction or which could result in any of the conditions to the Company’s obligations under such agreement(s) not being fulfilled. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the proceeds received in any Transaction shall be distributed pursuant to the order of precedence and the provisions of Article 10.2, including in the event where the application of such preferences and order of precedence results in certain shareholders receiving no consideration for their shares; provided, that if the proceeds received in any Transaction do not consist entirely of cash or cash equivalents, each such type of non-cash consideration shall be allocated so that all shareholders receiving distributions of the Transaction proceeds receive equal portions of each such type of non-cash consideration on a pro rata basis based on the consideration to be received by each such shareholder.

 

28.1.2If the Transaction is structured as (A) a merger or consolidation, each Remaining Holder shall waive any dissenting minority or similar rights in connection with such merger or consolidation, or (B) a sale of shares, each Remaining Holder shall agree to sell all of the shares and rights to acquire shares of the Company held by such Remaining Holder on the terms and conditions approved by the Participating Holders; provided, however, that notwithstanding anything stated to the contrary in these Articles, the Preferred Shareholders will not be required to participate, agree to, and/or sell their Company’s shares in the Transaction unless, with respect to any share purchase agreement, merger agreement and indemnification agreements to be entered into pursuant to the Transaction: (i) the liabilities set forth in such agreement will be several and not joint (other than, subject to and without derogating from Article 10.2.5, with respect to funds that are placed in escrow to cover breach of representations, warranties and covenants of the Company) and will in no event (other than fraud, willful misrepresentation or intentional breach) exceed the amount paid to each Preferred Shareholder pursuant to the Transaction and (ii) the representations and warranties each Preferred Shareholder will be required to make will be limited to his, her or its: (aa) authority to enter into the Transaction; (bb) ownership of its shares; (cc) shares being free and clear of any liens; and (dd) non contravention and no breach of any applicable law or agreement and (ee) when consideration is in the form of Buyer’s equity, standard representations relating to securities law matters.

 

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28.1.3Each Remaining Holder shall take all necessary actions in connection with the consummation of the Transaction as requested by the Company or the Participating Holders and shall, if requested by the Participating Holders, execute and deliver any agreements and instruments prepared in connection with such Transaction which agreements are executed by the Participating Holders.

 

28.1.4Subject to the limitations set forth in Article 28.1.2, if any of the Remaining Holders fail to execute and/or deliver the appropriate documentation required to effect the Transaction as set out in this Article 28, it is hereby agreed that such Remaining Holders shall be deemed to have given an irrevocable power of attorney to such person as shall be designated by the Board of Directors to accept the Transaction on behalf of such Remaining Holder and any additional obligations, and to execute and deliver any agreements and instruments prepared in connection with such Transaction applicable to all shareholders (including without limitation, any purchase agreements, indemnity agreements, escrow agreements, transfer instruments and deeds, any and all waivers, or related documents), and at the closing of the Transaction, to transfer all its shares to the third party. Each Remaining Holder hereby irrevocably appoints, to the full extent permitted by applicable law, any officer or shareholder of the Company designated by the Board of Directors, as the sole and exclusive attorney and proxy of such Remaining Holder, to: (i) vote (at any General Meeting or class meeting or any written consent in lieu of the same) and exercise all voting and related rights, to the full extent the Remaining Holder is entitled to do so, with respect to all of the shares in the Company that are beneficially owned by such Remaining Holder, and all other securities of the Company that are beneficially owned or will be owned by such Remaining Holder, and all other securities of the Company issued or issuable in respect thereof (the “Securities”) in favor of any matter necessary to complete the Transaction; and (ii) execute and/or deliver the appropriate documentation required to effect the Transaction as set out in this Article 28, all if and to the extent such Remaining Holder fails to vote all of such Remaining Holder’s Securities or execute and deliver such documents and instruments in accordance with the provisions of this Article within three (3) days of the Company’s or the Participating Holders’ written request. This irrevocable consent shall be valid and in full force and effect for the purposes of this Article 28, and/or for the purposes of Section 341 of the Companies Law (“Section 341”), should it be applicable to such transaction.

 

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28.1.5In the event that a Remaining Holder fails to surrender its certificate in connection with the consummation of a Transaction, such certificate shall be deemed cancelled and the Company shall be authorized to issue a new certificate in the name of the Remaining Holder and the Board of Directors shall be authorized to establish an escrow account, for the benefit of such Remaining Holder into which the consideration for such securities represented by such cancelled certificate shall be deposited and to appoint a trustee to administer such account.

 

28.2The provisions of this Article 28 are in addition to (but may not be acted upon simultaneously with) the provisions of Section 341 and not in substitution of such provisions, and the Proposing Shareholders at their sole discretion may elect whether to act upon the provisions of this Article 28 and/or of Section 341. No Shareholder shall be entitled to request the Company, the other shareholders of the Company or any other party to the Transaction (e.g. the Buyer) to act upon the provisions of Section 341 and to object to the execution and delivery of any transaction documentation pertaining to the Transaction. The aforesaid Requisite Majority is hereby determined also for the purposes of Section 341.

 

29.Share Incentive Plans

 

The Company shall not issue any securities, or any other right to subscribe for, or convert to, securities (including options or shares issued or granted under stock option or share incentive plan approved by the Board of Directors (the “Plan”)), unless the Plan shall include provisions that such securities are subject to the provisions of these Articles, including without limitation, Articles 26 and 28 herein.

 

General Meetings

 

30.Annual General Meeting.

 

The Company does not have to hold an annual General Meeting of the Company’s Shareholders except to the extent that is necessary in order to appoint the Company’s auditors. The function of the annual General Meeting shall be to receive and consider the profit and loss account, the balance sheet and the ordinary reports and accounts of the Directors and auditors; to appoint auditors and to fix their remuneration; and to transact any other business which under these Articles or applicable law may be transacted by a General Meeting. All general meetings other than the annual General Meetings shall be called “Extraordinary General Meetings”.

 

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31.Extraordinary General Meetings.

 

The Board of Directors may, whenever it thinks fit, convene an Extraordinary General Meeting at such time and place, within or outside the State of Israel, as may be determined by the Board of Directors, and shall be obliged to do so upon a requisition in writing in accordance with Section 63 of the Companies Law or upon receipt of a written and duly justified request of an Entitled Holder.

 

32.Notice of General Meetings; Omission to Give Notice; Record Date.

 

32.1No less than fourteen (14) days prior notice shall be given of every general meeting. Each such notice shall specify the place, date and hour of the meeting and the general nature of each item to be acted upon thereat. Notice shall be given to all Shareholders who would be entitled to attend and vote at such meeting, if it were held on the date when such notice is issued. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, with the consent of all Shareholders entitled to vote thereon, a resolution may be proposed and passed at such meeting although a lesser notice than hereinabove prescribed has been given.

 

32.2Unless otherwise specified in these Articles, the Board of Directors shall specify a record date for determining the identity of the Shareholders entitled to receive notices of general meetings, vote in such meetings and for any other matter with regard to the rights of the Shareholders, including without limitation, the rights with regard to distribution of dividends.

 

Proceedings at General Meetings

 

33.Quorum.

 

33.1No business shall be transacted at a General Meeting, or at any adjournment thereof, unless the requisite quorum is present when the meeting proceeds to business, and, without derogating from any other provision hereof, including but not limited to Articles 82 through 84, no resolution shall be passed unless the requisite quorum is present when the resolution is voted upon. Unless otherwise provided in these Articles, any two (2) or more shareholder(s) (not in default in payment of any sum referred to in Article 39.1 below), present in person, by audio or video conference so long as each Shareholder participating in such call can hear, and be heard by, each other Shareholder participating in such General Meeting, or by proxy and holding shares conferring in the aggregate a majority of the voting power of the Company, including the Preferred Majority, shall constitute a quorum.

 

33.2Shareholders entitled to be present and vote at a General Meeting may participate in a General Meeting by means of audio or video conference or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other and such participation in a meeting shall constitute attendance in person at the meeting.

 

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33.3If within half an hour from the time appointed for the meeting a quorum is not present, the meeting, if convened upon requisition under Sections 63 or 64 of the Companies Law, shall be dissolved, but in any other case it shall stand adjourned to the same day in the next week, at the same time and place, or to such day and at such time and place as the Chairman may determine with the consent of the holders of a majority of the voting power represented at the meeting in person or by proxy and voting on the question of adjournment. No business shall be transacted at any adjourned meeting except business, which might lawfully have been transacted at the meeting as originally called. If at such adjourned meeting the quorum specified in Article 33.1 is not present half an hour from the time stated, then, without derogating from any other provision hereof, including but not limited to Articles 82 through 84, any one or more Shareholders present in person or by proxy shall constitute a quorum, and shall be entitled to deliberate and to resolve in respect of the matters for which the meeting was convened. If such quorum is not present the adjourned meeting shall be cancelled.

 

34.Chairman.

 

The Chairman will serve as the chairman of the General Meetings of the Company. If the Board of Directors has no Chairman or if he is not present fifteen (15) minutes from the time stated for the commencement of the meeting, the Shareholders present at the meeting may choose someone amongst them to chair the meeting. The office of Chairman shall not, by itself, entitle the holder thereof to vote at any General Meeting nor shall it entitle such holder to a second or casting vote (without derogating, however, from the rights of such Chairman to vote as a shareholder or proxy of a shareholder if, in fact, he is also a shareholder or such proxy).

 

35.Adoption of resolutions at General Meetings.

 

35.1Unless otherwise prescribed by applicable law or by these Articles (including but not limited to Articles 82 through 84), Shareholders resolution shall be deemed adopted if approved by the holders of a majority of the voting power represented at the Shareholders meeting in person or by proxy and voting thereon.

 

35.2Every question submitted to a General Meeting shall be decided by a show of hands, but if a written ballot is demanded by any Shareholder, present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote at the meeting, the same shall be decided by such ballot. A written ballot may be demanded before the proposed resolution is voted upon or immediately after the declaration by the Chairman of the results of the vote by a show of hands. If a vote by written ballot is taken after such declaration, the results of the vote by a show of hands shall be of no effect, and the proposed resolution shall be decided by such written ballot. The demand for a written ballot may be withdrawn at any time before the same is conducted, in which event another shareholder may then demand such written ballot. The demand for a written ballot shall not prevent the continuance of the meeting for the transaction of business other than the question on which the written ballot has been demanded. A written ballot demanded on the election of a Chairman and on a question of an adjournment of a meeting shall be taken forthwith.

 

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35.3A declaration by the Chairman of the meeting that a resolution has been carried unanimously, or carried by a particular majority, or lost, and an entry to that effect in the minute book of the Company, shall be a prima facie evidence of the fact without proof of the number or proportion of the votes recorded in favor of or against such resolution.

 

36.resolutions in Writing.

 

A resolution in writing signed by all of the Shareholders then entitled to attend and vote at general meetings or to which all such Shareholders have given their written consent (by letter, facsimile, e-mail or otherwise) shall be deemed to have been unanimously adopted as a regular, special or extraordinary resolution (as the case may be) at a General Meeting duly convened and held. Any such resolution may consist of several documents in like form and signed or consented to as aforesaid, by one or more Shareholders.

 

37.Power to Adjourn.

 

37.1The Chairman of a General Meeting at which a quorum is present may, with the consent of the holders of a majority of the voting power represented in person or by proxy and voting on the question of adjournment (and shall if so directed by the meeting), adjourn the meeting from time to time and from place to place, but no business shall be transacted at any adjourned meeting except business which might lawfully have been transacted at the meeting as originally called.

 

37.2It shall not be necessary to give any notice of an adjournment, unless the meeting is adjourned for a date which is more than twenty-one (21) days, in which event notice thereof shall be given in the manner required for the meeting as originally called.

 

38.Voting Power.

 

Subject to any provision hereof conferring special rights as to voting, or restricting the right to vote, every Shareholder present in person or by proxy, whether in a vote by a show of hands or by written ballot or by any other means, shall have one vote for each Ordinary Share held by such Shareholder of record and in the case of a Preferred Shareholder, one vote for each Ordinary Share into which the Preferred Shares held by such Shareholder of record could be converted.

 

39.Voting Rights.

 

39.1No shareholder shall be entitled to vote at any General Meeting (or be counted as a part of the quorum thereat), with respect to shares for which duly made calls have not been paid.

 

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39.2A company or other corporate body being a Shareholder of the Company may authorize any person to be its representative at any meeting of the Company. Any person so authorized shall be entitled to exercise on behalf of such Shareholder all the power, which the latter could have exercised if it were an individual shareholder. Upon the request of the Chairman of the meeting, written evidence of such authorization (in form acceptable to the Chairman) shall be delivered to the Chairman.

 

39.3Any Shareholder entitled to vote may vote either personally or by proxy (who need not be a shareholder of the Company), or, if the Shareholder is a company or other corporate body, by a representative authorized pursuant to Article 39.2 above.

 

39.4If two or more persons are registered as joint holders of any share, the vote of the senior who tenders a vote, in person or by proxy, shall be accepted to the exclusion of the vote(s) of the other joint holder(s); and for this purpose, seniority shall be determined by the orders in which the names stand in the Register of Shareholders.

 

40.Class Meetings.

 

The provisions of these Articles relating to general meetings shall apply mutatis mutandis to any separate General Meeting of the holders of shares of a particular class; provided, however, that the requisite quorum at such separate meeting, without derogating from any other provision hereof, including but not limited to Articles 82 through 84, shall be Shareholder(s) present in person or proxy holding shares conferring in the aggregate a majority of the voting power of the shares of such class, on an as-converted basis.

 

Proxies

 

41.Instrument of Appointment.

 

41.1The instrument appointing a proxy shall be in writing and shall be substantially in the following form or in any usual or common form or in such other form as may be approved by the Board of Directors. It shall be duly signed by the appointer or his duly authorized attorney or, if such appointer is a company or other corporate body, under its common seal or stamp by its duly authorized agent(s) or attorney(s):

 

“I, ____________________________________ of ____________________________________

(Name of Shareholder) (Address of Shareholder)

 

being a shareholder of Gauzy Ltd. (the “Company”),

 

hereby appoint(s) _________________________ of ______________________________________
(Name of Proxy) (Address of Proxy)

 

As my proxy, to vote for me and on my behalf at the General Meeting of the Company to be held on the [●] day of [●], 20, and at any adjournment(s) thereof.

 

Signed this [●] day of [●], 20[●].

 

______________________________________________

(Signature of Appointer)”

 

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41.2The instrument appointing a proxy (and the power of attorney or other authority, if any, under which such instrument has been signed) shall either be delivered to the Company (at its Office, or at its principal place of business or at such place as the Board of Directors may specify) before the time fixed for the meeting at which the person named in the instrument proposes to vote, or presented to the Chairman at such meeting.

 

42.Effect of Death of Appointer or Revocation of Appointment.

 

A vote cast pursuant to an instrument appointing a proxy shall be valid notwithstanding the previous death of the appointing shareholder (or of his attorney-in-fact, if any, who signed such instrument), or the revocation of the appointment or the transfer of the share in respect of which the vote is cast; provided no written intimation of such death, revocation or transfer shall have been received by the Company or by the Chairman of the meeting before such vote is cast and provided, further, that the appointing shareholder, if present in person at said meeting, may revoke the appointment by means of a writing, oral notification to the Chairman, or otherwise.

 

Board Of Directors

 

43.Powers of Board of Directors.

 

43.1In General. In addition to all powers and authorities of the Board of Directors as specified in the Companies Law or these Articles, the determination of the Company’s policy, and the supervision of the General Manager (as defined below) and the Company’s officers shall be vested in the Board of Directors. In addition, the Board of Directors may exercise all such powers and do all such acts and things as the Company is authorized to exercise and do, and are not hereby or by law required to be exercised or done by the Company in General Meeting or by the General Manager or the Chief Executive Officer of the Company (in these Articles referred to as the “General Manager”) under his express or residual authority. The authority conferred on the Board of Directors by this Article 43.1 shall be subject to the provisions of the Companies Law, these Articles and any regulation or resolution consistent with these Articles adopted from time to time by the Company in General Meeting in accordance with these Articles; provided, however, that no such regulation or resolution shall invalidate any prior act done by or pursuant to a decision of the Board of Directors which would have been valid if such regulation or resolution had not been adopted.

 

43.2Borrowing Power. The Board of Directors may from time to time, in its discretion, cause the Company to borrow or secure the payment of any sum or sums of money for the purposes of the Company, and may secure or provide for the repayment of such sum or sums in such manner, at such times and upon such terms and conditions in all respects as it may think fit, and, in particular, by the issuance of bonds, perpetual or redeemable debentures, debenture stock, or any mortgages, charges, or other securities on the undertaking or the whole or any part of the property of the Company, both present and future, including its uncalled or called but unpaid capital for the time being.

 

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43.3Reserves. The Board of Directors may, from time to time, set aside any amount(s) out of the profits of the Company as a reserve or reserves for any purpose(s) which the Board of Directors, in its absolute discretion, shall think fit, and may invest any sum so set aside in any manner and from time to time deal with and vary such investments, and dispose of all or any part thereof, and employ any such reserve or any part thereof in the business of the Company without being bound to keep the same separate from other assets of the Company, and may subdivide or re-designate any reserve or cancel the same or apply the funds therein for another purpose, all as the Board of Directors may from time to time think fit.

 

44.Exercise Of Powers Of Directors; Written Resolution. Without derogating from any other provision hereof, including but not limited to Articles 82 through 84:

 

44.1A meeting of the Board of Directors at which a Quorum (as defined in Article 55 below) is present shall be competent to exercise all the authorities, powers and discretion vested in or exercisable by the Board of Directors.

 

44.2Subject to the provisions of Article 46.1.9 below, a resolution proposed at any meeting of the Board of Directors shall be deemed adopted if approved by a majority of the Directors present when such resolution is put to a vote and voting thereon. The office of Chairman shall not, by itself, entitle the holder thereof to a second or a casting vote.

 

44.3The Board of Directors may operate and adopt resolutions in writing, including by facsimile or other electronic means, or by telephone or any other means of communication, without convening a meeting of the Board of Directors; provided that all Directors then in office and lawfully entitled to participate in the discussion on the proposed matter and to vote thereon (as conclusively determined by the Chairman) have given their written consent not to convene a meeting on such matters. Minutes of such resolutions, including the resolution not to convene a meeting, shall be signed by the chairman of the Board of Directors.

 

45.Delegation of Powers; Committees.

 

45.1Subject to the provisions of the Companies Law and these Articles, the Board of Directors may delegate any or all of its powers to committees, each consisting of two or more Directors and it may from time to time revoke such delegation or alter the composition of any such committee, provided that in any event such committee shall include, to the extent then in office, the Investor Directors and a Director appointed by the Founders. Any committee of the Board of the Directors so formed (a “Committee”), shall, in the exercise of the powers so delegated, conform to any regulations imposed on it by the Board of Directors. The meeting and proceeding of any such Committee shall be governed, in the relevant changes, by the provisions herein contained for regulating the meetings of the Board of Directors, so far as not superseded by any regulations adopted by the Board of Directors under this Article 45. Unless otherwise expressly provided by the Board of Directors in delegating powers to a Committee, such Committee shall not be empowered to further delegate powers.

 

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45.2The Board of Directors may, subject to the provisions of the Companies Law and these Articles, from time to time, appoint a Secretary to the Company, as well as Officers, agents, employees and independent contractors, as the Board of Directors may think fit, and may terminate the service of any such person. The Board of Directors may, subject to the provisions of the Companies Law, determine the powers and duties, as well as the salaries and emoluments, of all such persons, and may require security in such cases and in such amounts as it thinks fit.

 

45.3Subject to the provisions of these Articles, the Board of Directors may from time to time by power of attorney or otherwise, appoint any person, company, firm or body of persons to be the attorney or attorneys of the Company at law or in fact for such purpose(s) and with such powers, authorities and discretion, and for such period and subject to such conditions, as it thinks fit, and any such power of attorney or other appointment may contain such provisions for the protection and convenience of persons dealing with any such attorney as the Board of Directors may think fit, and may also authorize any such attorney to delegate all or any of the powers, authorities and discretion vested in him.

 

46.Composition.

 

46.1The Board of Directors and the board of directors of each subsidiary thereof, if any, shall consist of a total of up to eight (8) members as follows:

 

46.1.1As long as Ibex holds (a) at least ten percent (10%) of the issued share capital of the Company on as-converted basis, two (2) Directors shall be appointed dismissed and replaced at any time by Ibex, by written notice to the Company and (b) at least five percent (5%) of the issued share capital of the Company, on an as-converted basis, one (1) Director shall be appointed, dismissed and replaced at any time by Ibex, by written notice to the Company;

 

46.1.2As long as Olive Tree holds at least five percent (5%) of the issued share capital of the Company on an as-converted basis, one (1) Director shall be appointed, dismissed and replaced at any time by Olive Tree, by written notice to the Company;

 

46.1.3As long as ADI holds at least five percent (5%) of the issued share capital of the Company, on an as-converted basis, one (1) Director shall be appointed, dismissed and replaced at any time by ADI by written notice to the Company (the “ADI Director”);

 

46.1.4As long as Blue-Red hold at least five percent (5%) of the issued share capital of the Company on an as-converted basis, one (1) Director shall be appointed, dismissed and replaced at any time by Blue-Red by written notice to the Company;

 

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46.1.5As long as the Founders hold at least five percent (5%) of the issued share capital of the Company, on an as-converted basis, one (1) Director shall be appointed, dismissed and replaced at any time by the Founders (acting together) by written notice to the Company; and

 

46.1.6As long as Infinity holds at least five percent (5%) of the issued share capital of the Company, on an as-converted basis, one (1) Director shall be appointed, dismissed and replaced at any time by Infinity by written notice to the Company;

 

46.1.7As long as SLO holds at least five percent (5%) of the issued share capital of the Company, on an as-converted basis, one (1) Director shall be appointed, dismissed and replaced at any time by SLO by written notice to the Company;

 

46.1.8Ibex, Olive Tree, ADI, Infinity, Blue-Red, SLO and the Founders may assign their rights under this Article 46.1 to any transferee of their shares; provided that, if not transferring all of their shares to the transferee, the relevant Selling Shareholder and the transferee may agree to jointly exercise its right under Section 46.1 with the transferee;

 

46.1.9No change, modification, revision, waiver, termination with respect to any provision or term of this Article 46.1.1, Article 46.1.2 and Article 46.1.3 shall be effective unless set forth in writing specifying such amendment and made in accordance with these Articles and shall require the affirmative vote, written consent or written waiver of Ibex (in case of Article 46.1.1), Olive Tree (in case of Article 46.1.2), ADI (in case of Article 46.1.3), Blue-Red (in case of Article 46.1.6), Infinity (in case of Article 46.1.6) and SLO (in case of Article 46.1.7 and 46.2), and the New Preferred D Shareholders Majority (in case of Article 46.1.8); and

 

46.1.10Each Director that has not been provided and indemnification letter as of the date of adoption of these Articles shall be provided an indemnification letter under the same terms applicable to all Directors, effective as of the date of such Director’s appointment to the Board.

 

46.2Each of ADI, SLO and Walleye, shall each be entitled to appoint one (1) non-voting observer to the Board of Directors, provided that, with respect to each of ADI and SLO with respect to their separate right, it holds together with its Permitted Transferees, at least five percent (5%) of the Company’s issued share capital on an as-converted basis (the “Observers”); and with respect to SLO so long as no Director appointed by SLO pursuant to its right under Article 46.1.7, is then serving on the Board. The Observers shall be entitled to attend and take part in all Board of Directors meetings, committee meetings and all other actions of the Board of Directors in a non-voting capacity, provided however, that one or more of the Observers may be excluded from meetings or receipt of information to the extent necessary to preserve attorney-client privilege and any matter relating to any conflict of interest (as may be determined by the Board of Directors in good faith after consultation with the Company’s counsel). Each of the Observers shall abide by the policies of the Board and shall execute a standard non-disclosure agreement to protect the Company’s confidential information in reasonable form provided by the Company. The Observers shall be entitled to receive notice of, to attend and to receive copies of any documentation distributed to the directors before, during or after, all meetings (including any action to be taken by written consent) of the Board of Directors the same time such notice or material is provided or delivered to members of the Board of Directors.

 

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47.Appointment and Removal of Directors; Vacancies.

 

Appointment, removal and replacement of Directors shall be effected by furnishing written notification to the Company by those entitled to appoint such Directors and shall become effective on the date fixed in such notice.

 

48.Qualification of Directors.

 

No person shall be disqualified as a Director by reason of his or her not holding shares in the Company.

 

49.Continuing Directors in the Event of Vacancies.

 

Any vacancy in a directorship shall be filled only by a person nominated by those who are entitled to appoint the vacant director seat. In the event of one or more vacancies in the Board of Directors, the continuing Directors may continue to act in every matter, and, pending the filling of any vacancy pursuant to the provisions of Article 50, may temporarily fill any such vacancy.

 

50.Vacation of Office.

 

50.1The office of a Director shall be vacated automatically: (i) upon his death, (ii) if he is found to be legally incompetent, (iii) if he becomes bankrupt, (iv) if the Director is a company, upon its winding-up, (v) if he is prevented by applicable law from serving as a Director, (vi) if his directorship expires pursuant to these Articles and/or applicable law, (vii) if the Person appointed him is no longer entitled to appoint him, or (viii) if he is removed from office by written notice to the Company pursuant to the provisions of Article 46.2 above.

 

50.2The office of the Director shall be vacated by his written resignation. Such resignation shall become effective on the date fixed therein, or upon the delivery thereof to the Company, whichever is later.

 

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51.Remuneration of Directors.

 

51.1A Director may be paid remuneration by the Company for his services as Director, subject to the provisions of the Companies Law. In the event that ADI Director is also employed by Avery Denison Corporation or any of its direct or indirect subsidiaries, then at the written request of ADI any remuneration that is paid to ADI Director (if any) shall be paid instead directly to ADI.

 

51.2If a Director, willing to do so, is called upon to fulfill special services or make special efforts for any of the Company’s objectives, by traveling abroad or staying there or otherwise, the Company may pay him a salary at a fixed rate or a percentage of its profits or otherwise as the Board of Directors may decide and subject to the provisions of the Companies Law, and such salary may be in addition to or in place of the fixed remuneration (if any).

 

51.3Directors and Alternate Directors, who are not employees of the Company, shall be entitled to reimbursement from the Company for all reasonable travel, board and lodging expenses incurred in connection with performance of their duties as members of the Board of Directors.

 

52.Conflict of Interests.

 

52.1Subject to the provisions of the Companies Law and these Articles, the Company may enter into any contract or otherwise transact any business with any Director in which contract or business such Director has a personal interest, directly or indirectly; and may enter into any contract of otherwise transact any business with any third party in which contract or business a Director has a personal interest, directly or indirectly.

 

52.2Unless and to the extent provided otherwise in the Companies Law, a Director or other office holder, shall not participate in deliberations concerning, nor vote upon a resolution approving, a transaction with the Company in which he has a personal interest.

 

52.3Unless and to the extent provided otherwise by the Board, a Director shall be excluded from attending meetings of the Board or receipt of information to the extent necessary to preserve any matter relating to any conflict of interest (as may be determined by the Board of Directors in good faith after consultation with the Company’s counsel).

 

53.Alternate Directors.

 

53.1Subject to the provisions of the Companies Law, a Director may, by written notice to the Company, appoint an alternate for himself (in these Articles referred to as “Alternate Director”), remove such Alternate Director and appoint another Alternate Director in place of any Alternate Director appointed by him whose office has been vacated for any reason whatsoever. A person who is not qualified to be appointed as a Director may not be appointed as an Alternate Director.

 

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53.2Any notice given to the Company as aforesaid shall become effective on the date fixed therein, or upon the delivery thereof to the Company, whichever is later. Unless the appointing Director, by the instrument appointing an Alternate Director or by written notice to the Company, limits such appointment to a specified period of time or restricts it to a specified meeting or action of the Board of Directors, or otherwise restricts its scope, the appointment shall be for an indefinite period, and for all purposes.

 

53.3An Alternate Director shall have all the rights and obligations of the Director who appointed him; provided, however, that he may not in turn appoint an alternate for himself (unless the instrument appointing him otherwise expressly provides); provided further, that an Alternate Director shall have no standing at any meeting of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof while the Director who appointed him is present or at which the Director appointing him is not entitled to participate in accordance with applicable law.

 

53.4Any natural person may act as an Alternate Director.

 

53.5An Alternate Director shall be responsible for his own acts and defaults, as provided in the Companies Law.

 

53.6The office of an Alternate Director shall be vacated under the circumstances, mutatis mutandis, set forth in Article 50 and such office shall ipso facto be vacated if the Director who appointed such Alternate Director ceases to be a Director.

 

Proceedings of the Board of Directors

 

54.Meetings.

 

54.1The Board of Directors may meet and adjourn its meetings at such places either within or without the State of Israel and otherwise regulate such meetings and proceedings as the Directors think fit. Subject to all of the other provisions of these Articles concerning meetings of the Board of Directors, the Board of Directors may meet by audio or video conference so long as each Director participating in such call can hear, and be heard by, each other Director participating in such call.

 

54.2Any Director may at any time, and the Secretary, upon the request of such Director, shall, convene a meeting of the Board of Directors, but no less than ten (10) business days’ written notice shall be given of any meeting, unless such notice is waived in writing by all of the Directors as to a particular meeting. Notice of a Board of Directors meeting may be given in writing by mail, email, or facsimile and shall include reasonable detail of the issues of such meeting.

 

55.Quorum.

 

55.1Until otherwise unanimously decided by the Board of Directors, a quorum at a meeting of the Board of Directors (a “Quorum”) shall be constituted by the presence (in person, via audio or video conference, or by proxy) of the majority of Directors then in office who are lawfully entitled to participate in the meeting; provided that no Quorum shall exist, other than in the event of an adjourned meeting, without the presence of the Majority Investors Directors.

 

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55.2Without derogating from the provisions of Article 55.2, if within an hour from the time appointed for the meeting a Quorum is not present, the meeting shall stand adjourned to the same day in the next week, at the same time and place, or to such day and at such time and place as the Chairman may determine with the consent of the majority of the Directors present. At such adjourned meeting, any two (2) directors present in person, or represented by an Alternate Director who is present in person, shall constitute a Quorum. No business shall be transacted at any adjourned meeting except business which might lawfully have been transacted at the meeting as originally called.

 

56.Chairman of the Board of Directors.

 

The Board of Directors may from time to time elect one of its members to be the Chairman of the Board of Directors, remove such Chairman from office and appoint another in its place. The Chairman of the Board of Directors shall preside at every meeting of the Board of Directors, but if there is no such Chairman, or if at any meeting he is not present within 15 (fifteen) minutes of the time fixed for the meeting, or if he is unwilling to take the chair, the Directors present shall choose one of their number to be the chairman of such meeting. The office of the Chairman shall not, by itself, entitle the holder thereof to a second or casting vote.

 

57.Validity of Acts Despite Defects.

 

Subject to the provisions of the Companies Law, all acts done bona fide at any meeting of the Board of Directors, or of a Committee of the Board of Directors, or by any person(s) acting as Director(s), shall, notwithstanding that it may afterwards be discovered that there was some defect in the appointment of the participants in such meetings or any of them or any person(s) acting as aforesaid, or that they or any of them were disqualified, be as valid as if there were no such defect or disqualification.

 

General Manager

 

58.General Manager.

 

58.1The Board of Directors may from time to time appoint one or more persons, whether or not Directors, as General Manager(s) of the Company and may confer upon such person(s), and from time to time modify or revoke, such title(s) (including Chief Executive Officer, Managing Director, General Manager(s), Director General or any similar or dissimilar title) and such duties, powers and authorities of the Board of Directors as the Board of Directors may deem fit, subject to such limitations and restrictions as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe and subject to the provisions of the Companies Law. Such appointment(s) may be either for a fixed term or without any limitation of time, and the Board of Directors may from time to time (subject also to the provisions of the Companies Law, and of any contract between any such person and the Company) fix his or their salaries and emoluments, remove or dismiss him or them from office and appoint another or others in his or their place or places.

 

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58.2Subject to the resolutions of the Company’s Board of Directors, the management and the operation of the Company’s affairs and business in accordance with the policy determined by the Company’s Board of Directors shall be vested in the General Manager, in addition to all powers and authorities of the General Manager, as specified in the Companies Law. Without derogating from the above, all powers of management and executive authorities which were not vested by the Companies Law or by these Articles in another organ of the Company shall be vested in the General Manager, subject to the resolutions of the Company’s Board of Directors.

 

Minutes; Rights of Signature and Stamp

 

59.Minutes.

 

59.1The Board of Directors shall cause minutes of each General Meeting and of each meeting of the Board of Directors to be duly recorded and entered in books provided for that purpose. Such minutes shall set forth the names of the persons present at the meeting and all the proceedings and resolutions adopted thereat.

 

59.2Any minutes as aforesaid, if purporting to be signed by the Chairman of the meeting or by the Chairman of the next succeeding meeting, shall constitute prima facie evidence of the matters recorded therein.

 

60.Rights of Signature and Stamp.

 

60.1The Board of Directors shall be entitled to authorize any person or persons (who need not be Directors) to act and sign on behalf of the Company, and the acts and signature of such person(s) on behalf of the Company shall bind the Company insofar as such person(s) acted and signed within the scope of his or their authority.

 

60.2The Company shall have at least one official stamp for affixing on documents, and the General Manager shall provide for the safe custody of such official stamp.

 

Dividends

 

The provisions of Articles 61-71 below shall be subject to, and without derogating from, the provisions of Article 10 herein.

 

61.Declaration of Dividends.

 

The Board of Directors may from time to time declare and cause the Company to pay dividends, subject to the Companies Law. The Board of Directors shall determine the time for payment of such dividends, and the record date for determining the Shareholders entitled thereto; provided, that such date shall not be prior to the date of the resolution to distribute the dividend and no Shareholder who shall first be registered in the Register of Shareholders with respect to any shares after the record date so determined shall be entitled to share in any such dividend with respect to such shares.

 

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62.Funds Available for Payment of Dividends.

 

No dividend shall be paid other than out of the profits of the Company. No dividend shall be payable in excess of the amount determined by the Board of Directors.

 

63.Amount Payable by way of Dividends.

 

Prior to a Qualified IPO, in the event that dividends are declared and distributed, then such dividends shall be paid to the shareholders only with respect to issued and outstanding and fully paid up shares.

 

64.Payment in Specie.

 

Upon the declaration of a dividend in accordance with Article 61, a dividend may be paid, wholly or partly, by the distribution of specific assets of the Company or by distribution of paid up shares, debentures or debenture stock of the Company or of any other companies, or in any one or more of such ways.

 

65.Capitalization of Profits, Reserves, etc.

 

Upon approval by the Board of Directors, the Company:

 

65.1may cause any moneys, investments, or other assets forming part of the undivided profits of the Company, standing to the credit of a reserve fund, or to the credit of a reserve fund for the redemption of capital, or in the hands of the Company and available for dividends, or representing premiums received on the issuance of shares and standing to the credit of the share premium account, to be capitalized and distributed among such of the Shareholders as would be entitled to receive the same if distributed by way of dividend and in the same proportion, on the footing that they become entitled thereto as capital, or may cause any part of such capitalized fund to be applied on behalf of such Shareholders in paying up in full, either at par or at such premium as the resolution may provide, any unissued shares or debentures or debenture stock of the Company which shall be distributed accordingly, in payment, in full or in part, of the uncalled liability on any issued share or debentures or debenture stock; and

 

65.2may cause such distribution or payment to be accepted by such Shareholders in full satisfaction of their interest in the said capitalized sum.

 

66.Implementation of Powers under Articles 64 and 65.

 

For the purpose of giving full effect to any resolution under Articles 64 and 65, the Board of Directors may settle any difficulty which may arise in regard to the distribution as it thinks expedient, and, in particular, may issue fractional certificates, and may fix the value for distribution of any specific assets, and may determine that cash payments shall be made to any Shareholders upon the footing of the value so fixed, or that fractions of less value than the nominal value of one share may be disregarded in order to adjust the rights of all parties, and may vest any such cash, shares, debentures, debenture stock or specific assets in trustees upon such trusts for the persons entitled to the dividend or capitalized fund as may seem expedient to the Board of Directors. Where requisite under the Companies Law, a proper contract shall be filed, and the Board of Directors may appoint any person to sign such contract on behalf of the persons entitled to the dividend or capitalized fund.

 

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67.Deductions from Dividends.

 

The Board of Directors may deduct from any dividend or other moneys payable to any Shareholder in respect of a share any and all sums of money then payable by him to the Company on account of calls or otherwise in respect of shares of the Company and/or on account of any other matter of transaction whatsoever.

 

68.Retention of Dividends.

 

68.1The Board of Directors may retain any dividend or other moneys payable or property distributable in respect of a share on which the Company has a lien, and may apply the same in or toward satisfaction of the debts, liabilities, or engagements in respect of which the lien exists.

 

68.2The Board of Directors may retain any dividend or other moneys payable or property distributable in respect of a share in respect of which any person is, under Articles 24 or 25, entitled to become a shareholder, or which any person is, under said Articles, entitled to transfer, until such person shall become a shareholder in respect of such share or shall transfer the same.

 

69.Unclaimed Dividends.

 

All unclaimed dividends or other moneys payable in respect of a share may be invested or otherwise made use of by the Board of Directors for the benefit of the Company until claimed. The payment by the Directors of any unclaimed dividend or such other moneys into a separate account shall not constitute the Company a trustee in respect thereof, and any dividend unclaimed after a period of seven (7) years from the date of declaration of such dividend, and any such other moneys unclaimed after a like period from the date the same were payable, shall be forfeited and shall revert to the Company, provided, however, that the Board of Directors may, at its discretion, cause the Company to pay any such dividend or such other moneys, or any part thereof, to a person who would have been entitled thereto had the same not reverted to the Company.

 

70.Mechanics of Payment.

 

Any dividend or other moneys payable in cash in respect of a share may be paid by check or warrant sent through the post to, or by transfer to a bank account specified by such person (or, if two or more persons are registered as joint holders of such share or are entitled jointly thereto in consequence of the death or bankruptcy of the holder or otherwise, to any one of such persons or to his bank account), or to such person and at such address as the person entitled thereto may be writing direct. Every such check or warrant shall be made payable to the order of the person to whom it is sent, or to such person as the person entitled thereto as aforesaid may direct, and payment of the check or warrant by the banker upon whom it is drawn shall be a good discharge to the Company. Every such check or warrant shall be sent at the risk of the person entitled to the money represented thereby.

 

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71.Receipt from a Joint Holder.

 

If two (2) or more persons are registered as joint holders of any share, or are entitled jointly thereto in consequence of the death or bankruptcy of the holder or otherwise, any one of them may give effectual receipts for any dividend or other moneys payable or property distributable in respect of such share.

 

Accounts

 

72.Books of Account.

 

The Board of Directors shall cause accurate books of account to be kept in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Law, and of any other applicable law. Such books of account shall be kept at the Office, or at such other place or places as the Board of Directors may think fit, and they shall always be open to inspection by all Directors. No Shareholder, not being a Director, shall have any right to inspect any account or book or other similar document of the Company, except as conferred by law or authorized by the Board of Directors. The Company shall make copies of its annual financial statements available for inspection by the Shareholders at the principal offices of the Company.

 

73.Audit.

 

At least once in every fiscal year the accounts of the Company shall be audited, and the correctness of the profit and loss account and balance sheet certified by one or more duly qualified auditors.

 

74.Auditors.

 

The appointment, authorities, rights and duties of the Auditor(s) of the Company, shall be regulated by applicable law, provided, however, that in exercising its authority to fix the remuneration of the auditor(s), the Shareholders in General Meeting may act (and in the absence of any action in connection therewith shall be deemed to have so acted) to authorize the Board of Directors to fix such remuneration subject to such criteria or standards, if any, as may be provided in such resolution, and if no such criteria or standards are so provided, such remuneration shall be fixed in an amount commensurate with the volume and nature of the services rendered by such auditor(s).

 

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Notices

 

75.Notices.

 

75.1Any written notice or other document may be served by the Company on any shareholder either personally or by sending it by prepaid registered mail, facsimile, or e-mail addressed to such shareholder at his address as described in the Register of Shareholders or such other address as he may have designated in writing for the receipt of notices and other documents.

 

75.2Any written notice or other document may be served by any shareholder upon the Company by tendering the same in person to the Secretary or the General Manager of the Company at the Office or by sending it by prepaid registered mail (airmail if posted outside Israel) to the Company at its Office.

 

75.3Any such notice or other document, shall be deemed to have been served on two (2) business days after it has been posted (seven (7) business days if sent to a place not located on the same continent as the place from where it was posted), or when actually received by the addressee if sooner than two (2) days or seven (7) days, as the case may be, after it has been posted, or when actually tendered in person, to such Shareholder (or to the Secretary or the General Manager), or one business day after transmission if it has been sent by cablegram, facsimile, email or other electronic means with electronic confirmation of delivery or when actually received by such shareholder (or by the Company), whichever is earlier. If a notice is, in fact, received by the addressee, it shall be deemed to have been duly served, when received, notwithstanding that it was defectively addressed or failed, in some respect, to comply with the provisions of this Article 75.

 

75.4All notices to be given to the Shareholders shall, with respect to any share to which persons are jointly entitled, be given to whichever of such persons is named first in the Register of Shareholders, and any notice so given shall be sufficient notice to the holders of such share.

 

75.5Any shareholder whose address is not specified in the Register of Shareholders, and who shall not have designated an address for the receipt of notices, shall not be entitled to receive any notice from the Company.

 

75.6Subject to applicable law, any Shareholder, Director or any other person entitled to receive notice in accordance with these Articles or law, may waive notice, in advance or retroactively, in a particular case or type of cases or generally, and if done so, notice will be deemed as having been duly served, and all proceedings or actions for which the notice was required will be deemed valid.

 

75.7Any person entitled to a share by operation of law or by transfer, transmission or otherwise, will be bound by any notice served with respect to such shares prior to his being registered in the Register of Shareholders as owner of the shares.

 

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Insurance and Indemnity

 

76.Insurance.

 

Subject to the provisions of the Companies Law and to the extent permitted under law, and subject further to Article 79, the Company may enter into a contract for the insurance of all or part of the liability of any Officer imposed on him in consequence of an act which he has performed by virtue of being an Officer, including, in respect of one of the following:

 

76.1a breach of his duty of care to the Company or to another person;

 

76.2a breach of his fiduciary duty to the Company; provided that the Officer acted in good faith and had reasonable cause to assume that such act would not prejudice the interests of the Company;

 

76.3a monetary liability imposed on him in favor of another person;

 

76.4a payment which the Office Holder is obligated to make to an injured party as set forth in Section 52(54)(a)(1)(a) of the Securities Law, and expenses that the Office Holder incurred in connection with a proceeding under Chapters H’3, H’4, or I’1 of the Securities Law, including reasonable legal expenses, which term includes attorney fees; and

 

76.5any other circumstances arising under the law with respect to which the Company may, or will be able to, insure an Officer of the Company.

 

77.Indemnity.

 

77.1Subject to the provisions of the Companies Law and to the extent permitted under any applicable law, and subject further to Article 79, the Company may indemnify an Officer, retroactively, in respect of any liability or expense for which indemnification may be provided under the Companies Law, including the following liabilities or expenses, imposed on such Officer or incurred by him in consequence of an act which he has performed by virtue of being an Officer:

 

77.1.1a monetary liability imposed on an Officer pursuant to a court judgment in favor of a third party (excluding the Company or a subsidiary of the Company, directly or by way of a derivative action), including a judgment imposed on such Officer in a compromise or in an arbitration decision approved by a competent court;

 

77.1.2reasonable litigation expenses, including attorney’s fees, which were incurred by such Officer in consequence of an investigation or proceeding conducted against him by an authority authorized to conduct such an investigation or proceeding, which was either (i) “concluded without the filing of an indictment” (as defined in Section 260(a)(1A) of the Companies Law) against such Officer and without the imposition thereon of any “monetary obligation in lieu of a criminal proceeding” (as defined in Section 260(a)(1A) of the Companies Law), or (ii) “concluded without the filing of an indictment” against such Officer but with the imposition thereon of a “monetary obligation in lieu of a criminal proceeding” for an offense that does not require a proof of mens rea element, or in connection with a financial sanction;

 

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77.1.3reasonable litigation expenses, including attorneys’ fees, incurred by such Officer, or which were imposed on him by court, (i) in a proceeding instituted against such Officer by the Company or on its behalf or by a third party, or (ii) as in a criminal indictment of which he was acquitted, or (iii) in a criminal indictment of which he was convicted of an offense which does not require proof of mens rea element;

 

77.1.4Any monetary liability imposed on an Officer in favor of all the injured parties by the breach in an Administrative Procedure, as stated in Section 52(54) (a)(1)(a) of the Securities Law, 5728-1968 (the “Israeli Securities Law”). The term “Administrative Procedure” shall have the following meaning: a procedure according to chapter 8C (Financial Sanctions), 8D (Administrative Enforcement Measures Imposition by the Administrative Enforcement Committee) or 9A (Arrangement for Avoidance from or Cessation of Procedures), to the Securities Law as amended from time to time;

 

77.1.5Any expenses expended by an Officer with respect to Administrative Procedure (as defined above), related to the Officer, including reasonable litigation expenses, which include attorneys’ fees; and

 

77.1.6any other event, occurrence or circumstances in respect of which the Company may lawfully indemnify an Officer of the Company (including, without limitation, in accordance with Section 50P(b)(2) of the Israeli Economic Competition Law, 5758-1988, as amended).

 

77.2Subject to the provisions of the Companies Law and to the extent permitted under law, and subject further to Article 79, the Company may undertake to indemnify an Officer, in advance, in respect of the following liabilities or expenses, imposed on such Officer or incurred by him in consequence of an act which he has performed by virtue of being an Officer:

 

77.2.1As set forth in Article 77.1.1, provided that the undertaking to indemnity shall be limited to events which the Board of Directors believes are predictable in light of the Company’s business de facto at the time the undertaking to indemnify is granted, and to amounts or criterion that the Board of Directors had determined to be reasonable in the circumstances, and that the undertaking to indemnity shall specify such predictable event and the amounts or criterion so determined.

 

77.2.2As set forth in Articles 77.1.2 to 77.1.3, and to the extent permitted by law, in Article 77.1.4 and 77.1.6.

 

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78.Release.

 

Subject to the provisions of the Companies Law and to the extent permitted under law, and subject further to Article 79, the Company may release, in advance, an Officer from all or any part of the liability due to damages arising out of the breach of duty of care towards the Company; provided however, that the Company may not exempt in advance a director from his/her/its liability for damages resulting from a breach of his/her/its duty of care to the Company in a “Distribution” (as defined in the Companies Law).

 

79.General.

 

79.1Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein and subject to applicable law, these Articles are not intended, and shall not be interpreted, to restrict the Company in any manner in respect of the procurement of insurance and/or in respect of indemnification:

 

79.1.1in connection with any person who is not an Officer, including, without limitation, any employee, agent, consultant or contractor of the Company who is not an Officer; and/or

 

79.1.2in connection with any Officer to the extent that such insurance and/or indemnification is not specifically prohibited under law;

 

provided that if the Company has an Audit Committee, the procurement of any such insurance and/or the provision of any such indemnification shall be approved by the Audit Committee of the Company.

 

79.2Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in these Articles or any other agreement or instrument, the Company shall not insure, indemnify or release the Officer with respect to events or circumstances for which insurance, indemnification or release are not permitted under law.

 

80.Any amendment to the Companies Law or other applicable law adversely affecting the right of any Officer to be indemnified, insured or released pursuant to Articles 76 to 79 above shall be prospective in effect, and shall not affect the Company’s obligation or ability to indemnify or insure an Officer for any act or omission occurring prior to such amendment, unless otherwise provided by applicable law.

 

Winding Up

 

81.If the Company be wound up, then, subject to applicable law and to the rights of the holders of shares with priority and preference rights upon winding up (including pursuant to Article 10.2), the assets of the Company available for distribution among the Shareholders as such shall be distributed to the Shareholders in proportion to their respective holdings of the shares in respect of which such distribution is being made.

 

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Restrictive Provisions

 

82.Notwithstanding anything in these Articles to the contrary, until immediately prior to and/or in connection with a Designated IPO (but in all events subject to the consummation thereof), the consent of the Preferred Majority, shall be required for any action by the Company which:

 

82.1amends, modifies or alters the rights, preferences privileges and duties of the Preferred Shares;

 

82.2reclassifies any outstanding Shares (or existing class of securities) into Shares or securities having preferences or priority senior to or on a parity with the preferences of the Preferred Shares, other than the reclassification of Ordinary Shares for a new class of preferred shares in connection with an investment in the Company. The foregoing shall not limit the Company’s ability to create new classes of shares;

 

82.3has the effect of entering into a related party transaction involving any Shareholder, Director or officer of the Company or an Affiliate thereof, other than transactions at arm’s length basis;

 

82.4enters into an agreement, commitment or arrangement to do any of the actions set forth in this Article 83; or

 

82.5amends the provisions of this Article 82 or 85.

 

83.Notwithstanding anything in these Articles to the contrary, until the earlier of (i) an IPO, and (ii) a Deemed Liquidation, the following actions of the Company shall be approved by a regular majority of the shareholders voting at a meeting of the shareholders unless the Preferred Supermajority votes against such action (in which case such actions shall not be approved):

 

83.1authorizes or effects a Liquidation or Deemed Liquidation, other than a Deemed Liquidation where the aggregate Distributable Proceeds distributed to the Shareholders exceed the Target Value payable in cash or in tradeable securities;

 

83.2allows the filing of any prospectus or registration statement in preparation for an IPO, or gives effect to an IPO other than a Qualified IPO;

 

83.3amends the provisions of this Article 83 or Article 85.

 

84.Notwithstanding anything in these Articles to the contrary, until immediately prior to and/or in connection with a Designated IPO (but in all events subject to the consummation thereof), the consent of the New Preferred D Shareholders Majority, shall be required for any action by the Company which: (i) changes the Preferred D Preference Amount pursuant to Articles 10.2, or (ii) amends the price adjustment, in each case, other than as part of an equity financing round where rights pursuant to Articles 10.2 are being amended as requested by the investors in such equity financing round.

 

85.The Company shall ensure that its subsidiaries do not take the actions set forth in Articles 82 through 84, except pursuant to the veto rights set forth herein, mutatis mutandis.

 

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