As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 24, 2022
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM F-1
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
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THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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ParaZero Technologies Ltd.
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Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: As soon as practicable after the effective date hereof.
If any of the securities being registered on this form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act, check the following box. ☒
If this form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☐
If this form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☐
If this form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933.
Emerging growth company ☒
If an emerging growth company that prepares its financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards † provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐
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† The term “new or revised financial accounting standard” refers to any update issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board to its Accounting Standards Codification after April 5, 2012.
The registrant hereby amends this registration statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this registration statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act or until the registration statement shall become effective on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.
The information in this prospectus is not complete and may be changed. We may not sell these securities until the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. This prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities and is not soliciting an offer to buy these securities in any state where the offer or sale is not permitted.
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PRELIMINARY PROSPECTUS |
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DATED MAY 24, 2022 |
Up to 2,525,000 Units Each Consisting of
One Ordinary Share and Two Warrants, Each to Purchase One Ordinary Share
Up to 2,525,000 Pre-Funded Units Each Consisting of
One Pre-Funded Warrant to Purchase One Ordinary Share and
Two Warrants, Each to Purchase One Ordinary Share

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ParaZero Technologies Ltd. |
ParaZero Technologies Ltd. is offering 2,525,000 units, or Units, each consisting of one ordinary share, par value NIS 0.01 per share, or Ordinary Share, and two warrants, each to purchase one Ordinary Share, or each, a Warrant. This is our initial public offering, and no public market currently exists for our Ordinary Shares or Warrants. We anticipate that the initial public offering price per Unit will be between $5.20 and $7.20 and the assumed exercise price of each Warrant included in the Unit will be $6.20 (based on an assumed public offering price of $6.20 per Unit, the midpoint of the price range of the Units) per Ordinary Share (100% of the public offering price per Unit). The Units have no stand-alone rights and will not be certificated or issued as stand-alone securities. The Ordinary Shares and Warrants are immediately separable and will be issued separately in this offering. The Warrants offered hereby will be immediately exercisable on the date of issuance and will expire five years from the date of issuance.
We are also offering to those purchasers, if any, whose purchase of Units in this offering would otherwise result in the purchaser, together with its affiliates and certain related parties, beneficially owning more than 4.99% of our outstanding Ordinary Shares immediately following the consummation of this offering, the opportunity to purchase, if they so choose, up to 2,525,000 pre-funded units, or, each, a Pre-Funded Unit, in lieu of the Units that would otherwise result in ownership in excess of 4.99% (or, at the election of the purchaser, 9.99%) of our outstanding Ordinary Shares, with each Pre-Funded Unit consisting of a pre-funded warrant to purchase one Ordinary Share and two Warrants, each to purchase one Ordinary Share. The purchase price of each Pre-Funded Unit will equal the price per Unit, minus $0.001, and the exercise price of each Pre-Funded Warrant included in the Pre-Funded Unit will be $0.001 per Ordinary Share. The Pre-Funded Units have no stand-alone rights and will not be certificated or issued as stand-alone securities. The Pre-Funded Warrants and Warrants are immediately separable and will be issued separately in this offering. There can be no assurance that we will sell any of the Pre-Funded Units being offered. The Pre-Funded Warrants offered hereby will be immediately exercisable and may be exercised at any time until exercised in full.
For each Pre-Funded Unit we sell, the number of Units we are offering will be decreased on a one-for-one basis. Because we will issue a Warrant as part of each Unit or Pre-Funded Unit, the number of Warrants sold in this offering will not change as a result of a change in the mix of the Units and Pre-Funded Units sold.
We refer to the Ordinary Shares, the Warrants, the Pre-Funded Warrants and the Ordinary Shares issued or issuable upon exercise of the Warrants and Pre-Funded Warrants, collectively, as the securities. See “Description of the Securities We are Offering” for more information.
We have applied to list our Ordinary Shares and our Warrants on The Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol “PRZO” and “PRZOW,” respectively. It is a condition to the closing of this offering that our Ordinary Shares and Warrants qualify for listing on a national securities exchange. We do not intend to apply to list the Pre-Funded Warrants on any securities exchange or other nationally recognized trading system.
We are both an emerging growth company, as defined in the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012, or the JOBS Act, and a “foreign private issuer,” as defined under the U.S. federal securities laws and are subject to reduced public company reporting requirements. See “Prospectus Summary — Implications of Being an Emerging Growth Company and a Foreign Private Issuer” for additional information.
Investing in our securities involves a high degree of risk. See “Risk Factors” beginning on page 14.
Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission (or the SEC), nor any state or other foreign securities commission has approved nor disapproved these securities or determined if this prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
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(1) See the section titled “Underwriting” beginning on page 116 of this prospectus for additional disclosure regarding underwriter compensation and offering expenses.
(2) Does not include proceeds from the exercise of the warrants in cash, if any.
We have granted the underwriter an option to purchase from us, at the public offering price, less the underwriting discounts and commissions, up to an additional 378,750 Ordinary Shares and/or Pre-Funded Warrants, and/or up to an additional 757,500 Warrants within 45 days from the date of this prospectus solely to cover over-allotments, if any. The purchase price to be paid per additional Ordinary Share or Pre-Funded Warrant will be equal to the public offering price of one Unit or Pre-Funded Unit (less the purchase price allocated to the two Warrants, $0.01 per Warrant), as applicable, less the underwriting discounts and commissions, and the purchase price to be paid per additional Warrant will be $0.01. The underwriter may exercise the over-allotment option with respect to Ordinary Shares only, Pre-Funded Warrants only, Warrants only, or any combination thereof. If the underwriter exercises the option in full for Ordinary Shares only or Pre-Funded Warrants only, the total underwriting discounts and commissions payable will be $ and the total proceeds to us, before expenses, will be $ . No underwriting discounts and commissions will be payable by us if the underwriter exercises the option for Warrants, and the total additional proceeds to us, before expenses, if the underwriter exercises the option in full for Warrants only, will be $7,575.00.
The underwriter expects to deliver the securities on or about , 2022.
Sole Book-Running Manager
Aegis Capital Corp.
The date of this prospectus is , 2022.
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About This Prospectus
You should rely only on the information contained in this prospectus or in any related free-writing prospectus. We and the underwriter have not authorized anyone to provide any information or to make any representations other than those contained in this prospectus or in any free writing prospectus prepared by us or on our behalf or to which we have referred you. We take no responsibility for, and can provide no assurance as to the reliability of, any information that others may give you. This prospectus is an offer to sell only the securities offered hereby, but only under circumstances and in jurisdictions where it is lawful to do so. We are not making an offer to sell these securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted or where the person making the offer or sale is not qualified to do so or to any person to whom it is not permitted to make such offer or sale. The information contained in this prospectus is current only as of the date of the front cover of the prospectus. Our business, financial condition, operating results and prospects may have changed since that date.
Persons who come into possession of this prospectus and any applicable free writing prospectus in jurisdictions outside the United States are required to inform themselves about and to observe any restrictions as to this offering and the distribution of this prospectus and any such free writing prospectus applicable to that jurisdiction. See “Underwriting” for additional information on these restrictions.
Neither we nor the underwriter has authorized anyone to provide you with information that is different from that contained in this prospectus, any amendment or supplement to this prospectus, or in any free writing prospectus we may authorize to be delivered or made available to you. Neither we nor the underwriter takes responsibility for, and can provide no assurance as to the reliability of, any other information that others may give you. We and the underwriter are offering to sell securities and seeking offers to purchase securities only in jurisdictions where offers and sales are permitted. The information contained in this prospectus is accurate only as of the date on the front of this prospectus, regardless of the time of delivery of this prospectus or any sale of securities. Our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects may have changed since the date on the front cover of this prospectus.
Through and including , 2022 (the 25th day after the date of this prospectus), all dealers effecting transactions in these securities, whether or not participating in this offering, may be required to deliver a prospectus. This delivery requirement is in addition to a dealer’s obligation to deliver a prospectus when acting as an underwriter and with respect to an unsold allotment or subscription.
Neither we nor the underwriter has taken any action to permit this offering or possession or distribution of this prospectus in any jurisdiction where action for that purpose is required, other than in the United States. You are required to inform yourselves about and to observe any restrictions relating to this offering and the distribution of this prospectus.
The terms “shekel,” “Israeli shekel” and “NIS” refer to New Israeli Shekels, the lawful currency of the State of Israel, and the terms “dollar,” “U.S. dollar” or “$” refer to United States dollars, the lawful currency of the United States of America. All references to “shares” in this prospectus refer to Ordinary Shares of ParaZero Technologies Ltd., par value NIS 0.01 per share.
TRADEMARKS
“ParaZero,” “SafeAir,” “SmartAir,” “SmartAir Pro” and “TerminateAir” are trademarks of ours that we use in this prospectus. This prospectus also includes trademarks, tradenames and service marks that are the property of other organizations. Solely for convenience, our trademarks and tradenames referred to in this prospectus appear without the ® or ™ symbols, but those references are not intended to indicate, in any way, that we will not assert, to the fullest extent under applicable law, our rights, or the right of the applicable licensor to our trademark and tradenames.
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MARKET, INDUSTRY AND OTHER DATA
This prospectus contains estimates, projections and other information concerning our industry, our business, and the markets for our product candidates. Information that is based on estimates, forecasts, projections, market research or similar methodologies is inherently subject to uncertainties, and actual events or circumstances may differ materially from events and circumstances that are assumed in this information. Unless otherwise expressly stated, we obtained this industry, business, market and other data from our own internal estimates and research as well as from reports, research surveys, studies and similar data prepared by market research firms and other third parties, industry and general publications, government data and similar sources.
We report under International Financial Reporting Standards, or IFRS, as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board, or the IASB. None of the financial statements were prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States.
In addition, assumptions and estimates of our and our industry’s future performance are necessarily subject to a high degree of uncertainty and risk due to a variety of factors, including those described in “Risk Factors.” These and other factors could cause our future performance to differ materially from our assumptions and estimates. See “Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements.”
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This summary highlights selected information contained elsewhere in this prospectus and does not contain all of the information that you should consider in making your investment decision. Before deciding to invest in our securities, you should read this entire prospectus carefully, including the sections of this prospectus entitled “Risk Factors” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and our consolidated financial statements and the related notes included elsewhere in this prospectus. Unless the context otherwise requires, references in this prospectus to the “company,” “ParaZero,” “we,” “us,” “our” and other similar designations refer to ParaZero Technologies Ltd.
Our Company
We are an aerospace company that is focused on drone safety systems and engaged in the business of designing, developing, and providing what we believe are best-in-class autonomous parachute safety systems for commercial drones, also known as unmanned aerial systems or UAS. Our company was founded by a group of aviation professionals, together with veteran drone operators, to address the drone industry’s safety challenges. Our goal is to enable the drone industry to realize its greatest potential through increasing safety and mitigating operational risk.
Drones are either navigated manually with a remote control or operated autonomously by software. Drones have long seen widespread use in the military for surveillance and long-range attack purposes and have also been used for weather monitoring and search and rescue operations. As developments in the mobile industry have enabled manufacturers to decrease the size, weight, and cost of batteries and cameras, the drone industry has expanded beyond its largely military-based origins and scale for commercial and civil government use cases. Increased automation of drones and a global concern for sustainability have also driven demand. Drones have become an integral workflow tool among a myriad of global industries and have a wide array of commercial applications, such as photography, agriculture, package delivery, first response/public safety, surveying, construction site monitoring, and infrastructure inspection. Drones are easy enough even for private individuals to maintain and operate and do not require expensive infrastructure, allowing for recreational use. As demand and use cases for commercial drones have increased, so too have concerns over drone safety, and we believe our safety solutions place us in a strong position to take advantage of the developing market and regulatory frameworks, which are increasingly recognizing parachute recovery systems as effective forms of risk mitigation for expanded operational approvals.
Our unique, patented technology enables parachute deployment on drones in a fraction of a second using an autonomous computer paired with a ballistic parachute launcher. We believe that we have created a new benchmark in drone safety with low altitude parachute deployment capabilities and high levels of reliability. Globally, our solutions have proven critical to enabling commercial drone operations over populated areas and beyond-visual-line-of-sight, or BVLOS, which require prior approval from aviation regulators, including the U.S., Canada, Israel, Brazil, Singapore, Australia, Ireland and the U.K., among other countries. These authorizations facilitate new business opportunities and applications for expanded drone operations worldwide, thus enhancing the value proposition of our solutions for our customers.
Our Solutions
Our unique, patented technology for drones, the SafeAir system, is designed to protect hardware, people, and payload in the event of an in-flight failure. The SafeAir system is a smart parachute system that monitors UAS flight in real time, identifies critical failures and autonomously triggers a parachute in the event that certain parameters indicative of a free fall are present. The system contains a flight termination system, a black box to enable post-deployment analysis, and a warning buzzer to alert people of a falling drone. In addition to being fully autonomous, the SafeAir system includes a separate remote control for manual parachute deployment capability.
We have a global distribution footprint and have forged partnerships all around the world, including India, South Korea, the United States, Latin America and Europe. We sell our drone safety systems as off-the-shelf solutions, as well as perform integrations with original equipment manufacturers, or OEMs, offering customized, bespoke safety solutions for a large variety of aerial platforms, including multi-rotor, fixed wing, vertical take-off and landing, or VTOL, heavy lift, and urban air mobility. Our technology has been sold to and used by some of the
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world’s top companies and organizations, including drone companies such as LIFT Aircraft, Airobotics, SpeedBird Aero and Doosan Corporation and other leading and known brands and entities such as CNN, the New York Times, Hensel Phelps, Verizon Media (Skyward), Fox Television Station, the Chicago Police Department and Fortis Construction.
Our SafeAir Solutions Portfolio includes the following:
• SafeAir Phantom: Autonomous parachute system designed for the DJI Phantom 4 series, ASTM F3322-18 certified;
• SafeAir Mavic: Autonomous parachute system designed for the DJI Mavic 2 series, ASTM F3322-18 certified;
• SafeAir M-200 Pro: Autonomous parachute system designed for the DJI Matrice 200 series, ASTM F3322-18 certified;
• SafeAir M-300 Pro: Autonomous parachute system, ASTM F3322-18 certified;
• SafeAir M-600 Pro: Autonomous parachute system designed for the DJI Matrice 600 series;
• SafeAir V1EX: Autonomous parachute system designed for the Airobotics V1EX drone-in-a-box platform, ASTM F3322-18 certified;
• SafeAir 350: Parachute system for up to 770 pounds, installed primarily on manned platforms; and
• Custom Integrations: Generic parachute system for up to 440 pounds, installed on various OEM platforms.
Our Strategy
We are implementing a multi-tiered business model to increase flexibility in the market and to encourage broad adoption of our products. We sell ready-to-use systems directly to OEMs, which usually are characterized by long sales cycles and in the commercial drone market are also original design manufacturers, or ODMs. Our direct interaction with OEMs enables us to work with them from the design stage, providing for seamless integration of our solutions into their products. We also market our solutions directly to clients via direct sales, resellers and an online store.

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Summary Risk Factors
Investing in our securities involves substantial risk. The risks described under the heading “Risk Factors” immediately following this summary may cause us to not realize the full benefits of our strengths or may cause us to be unable to successfully execute all or part of our strategy. Some of the more significant challenges include the following:
Risks Related to Our Financial Condition and Capital Requirements
• We are a development-stage company and have a limited operating history on which to assess the prospects for our business, have incurred significant losses since the date of our inception, and anticipate that we will continue to incur significant losses until we are able to successfully commercialize our products.
• We have not generated any significant revenue from the sale of our current products and may never be profitable.
• We expect that we will need to raise substantial additional capital before we can expect to become profitable from sales of our products. This additional capital may not be available on acceptable terms, or at all. Failure to obtain this necessary capital when needed may force us to delay, limit or terminate our product development efforts or other operations.
• Our financial statements contain an explanatory paragraph regarding substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern, which could prevent us from obtaining new financing on reasonable terms or at all.
Risks Related to Our Business and Industry
• The Company expects to incur substantial research and development costs and devote significant resources to identifying and commercializing new products and services, which could significantly reduce its profitability and may never result in revenue to the Company.
• The Company’s adoption of new business models could fail to produce any financial returns.
• The Company will be affected by operational risks and may not be adequately insured for certain risks.
• The Company operates in evolving markets, which makes it difficult to evaluate the Company’s business and future prospects.
• The Company operates in a competitive market.
• The markets in which the Company competes are characterized by rapid technological change, which requires the Company to develop new products and product enhancements, and could render the Company’s existing products obsolete.
• Under applicable employment laws, we may not be able to enforce covenants not to compete and therefore may be unable to prevent our competitors from benefiting from the expertise of some of our former employees.
• Failure to obtain necessary regulatory approvals from the FAA or other governmental agencies, or limitations put on the use of small UAS in response to public privacy concerns, may prevent us from expanding the sales of our drone solutions to commercial and industrial customers in the United States.
• We are subject to governmental regulation and other legal obligations in jurisdictions outside of the U.S., and our actual or perceived failure to comply with such obligations could adversely affect our business and operating results.
• Failure to make competitive technological advances will put us in disadvantage and may lead to negative operational and financial outcome.
• If we fail to offer high-quality products or customer service, our business and reputation could suffer.
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• Our products have lengthy sales cycles that make it difficult to plan our expenses and forecast results.
• The Company’s commercial opportunity could be reduced if our competitors develop and commercialize products or services that offer better performance or are more cost-effective to use than our products or services.
• The Company may be subject to the risks associated with future acquisitions.
• The Company’s inability to retain management and key employees could impair the future success of the Company.
• The Company may not be able to successfully manage its planned growth and expansion.
• The Company faces uncertainty and adverse changes in the economy.
• The Company’s operating results and financial condition may fluctuate.
• Our business, operations and financial performance have been and may continue to be impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
• If critical components or raw materials used to manufacture the Company’s products become scarce or unavailable, then the Company may incur delays in manufacturing and delivery of its products, which could damage its business.
• The Company’s products may be subject to recall or return.
• If the Company releases defective products or services, its operating results could suffer.
• The Company’s products and services are complex and could have unknown defects or errors, which may give rise to legal claims against the Company, diminish its brand or divert its resources from other purposes.
• Shortfalls in available external research and development funding could adversely affect the Company.
• Negative consumer perception regarding the Company’s products could have a material adverse effect on the demand for the Company’s products and the business, results of operations, financial condition and cash flows of the Company.
• If the Company fails to successfully promote its product brand, this could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, prospects, financial condition and results of operations.
• The Company may be subject to electronic communication security risks.
• The Company’s business could be adversely affected if its consumer protection and data privacy practices are not perceived as adequate or there are breaches of its security measures or unintended disclosures of its consumer data.
• Significant disruptions of our information technology systems or breaches of our data security could adversely affect the Company’s business.
• The Company relies on its business partners, and they may be given access to sensitive and proprietary information in order to provide services and support to the Company’s teams.
• Our planned international operations will expose us to additional market and operational risks, and failure to manage these risks may adversely affect our business and operating results.
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Risks Related to Our Intellectual Property
• If we are unable to obtain and maintain effective intellectual property rights for our products, we may not be able to compete effectively in our markets.
• Intellectual property rights of third parties could adversely affect our ability to commercialize our products, and we might be required to litigate or obtain licenses from third parties in order to develop or market our product candidates. Such litigation or licenses could be costly or not available on commercially reasonable terms.
• Patent policy and rule changes could increase the uncertainties and costs surrounding the prosecution of our patent applications and the enforcement or defense of any issued patents.
• We may be involved in lawsuits to protect or enforce our intellectual property, which could be expensive, time consuming, and unsuccessful.
• We may be subject to claims challenging the inventorship of our intellectual property.
• We may not be able to protect our intellectual property rights throughout the world.
• We may become subject to claims for remuneration or royalties for assigned service invention rights by our employees, which could result in litigation and adversely affect our business.
Risks Related to the Offering and the Ownership of Our Ordinary Shares
• Sales of a substantial number of our Ordinary Shares in the public market by our existing shareholders could cause our share price to fall.
• Our directors, officers and holders of 10% or more of our outstanding Ordinary Shares beneficially own over 47% of our outstanding Ordinary Shares. They will therefore be able to exert significant control over matters submitted to our shareholders for approval.
• We have never paid, and we currently do not intend to pay dividends.
• If you purchase securities in this offering, you will incur immediate and substantial dilution in the book value of your shares.
• Management will have broad discretion as to the use of the net proceeds from this offering.
• The JOBS Act, allows us to postpone the date by which we must comply with some of the laws and regulations intended to protect investors and to reduce the amount of information we provide in our reports filed with the SEC, which could undermine investor confidence in our company and adversely affect the market price of our Ordinary Shares.
• As a “foreign private issuer” we are permitted to and follow certain home country corporate governance practices instead of otherwise applicable SEC and Nasdaq requirements, which may result in less protection than is accorded to investors under rules applicable to domestic U.S. issuers.
• We may be a “passive foreign investment company,” or PFIC, for U.S. federal income tax purposes in the current taxable year or may become one in any subsequent taxable year. There generally would be negative tax consequences for U.S. taxpayers that are holders of our Equity Securities (defined below) if we are or were to become a PFIC.
• We may be subject to securities litigation, which is expensive and could divert management attention.
• If securities or industry analysts do not publish or cease publishing research or reports about us, our business or our market, or if they adversely change their recommendations or publish negative reports regarding our business or our shares, our share price and trading volume could decline.
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Risks Related to Our Incorporation, Location and Operations in Israel
• We are exposed to fluctuations in currency exchange rates.
• Provisions of Israeli law and our amended and restated articles of association may delay, prevent or otherwise impede a merger with, or an acquisition of, our company, which could prevent a change of control, even when the terms of such a transaction are favorable to us and our shareholders.
• It may be difficult to enforce a judgment of a United States court against us and our officers and directors in Israel or the United States, to assert United States securities laws claims in Israel or to serve process on our officers and directors.
• Our headquarters, research and development and other significant operations are located in Israel, and, therefore, our results may be adversely affected by political, economic and military instability in Israel.
• Political relations could limit our ability to sell or buy internationally.
• Your rights and responsibilities as a shareholder will be governed by Israeli law, which differs in some material respects from the rights and responsibilities of shareholders of U.S. companies.
• Certain of our research and development activities and programs were supported by Israeli Governmental grants, some of which were sold or are in the process of selling. The terms of such grants require us to pay royalties for the applicable products. We may be required to pay penalties in addition to repayment of the grants to satisfy specified conditions in order to manufacture products and transfer technologies outside of Israel.
• Our operations may be disrupted as a result of the obligation of management or key personnel to perform military service.
• Changes to applicable tax laws and regulations or exposure to additional income tax liabilities could affect our future business and profitability.
General Risk Factors
• Raising additional capital would cause dilution to our existing shareholders and may affect the rights of existing shareholders.
• Sales of a substantial number of our Ordinary Shares in the public market by our existing shareholders could cause our share price to fall.
• If securities or industry analysts do not publish or cease publishing research or reports about us, our business or our market, or if they adversely change their recommendations or publish negative reports regarding our business or Ordinary Shares, our Ordinary Shares price and trading volume could decline.
• We will incur significant increased costs as a result of operating as a public company, and our management will be required to devote substantial time to new compliance initiatives.
• We have no operating experience as a publicly traded company in the U.S.
Corporate Information
We are an Israeli corporation based in Israel and were incorporated on June 30, 2013, under the name ParaZero Ltd. On September 6, 2018, our name was changed to ParaZero Israel Ltd., and on November 4, 2018, our name was changed to our current name, ParaZero Technologies Ltd. Our principal executive offices are located at 30 Dov Hoz, Kiryat Ono, 5555626, Israel. Our telephone number in Israel is +972-3-688-5252. Our website address is www.parazero.com. The information contained on our website and available through our website is not incorporated by reference into and should not be considered a part of this prospectus, and the reference to our website in this prospectus is an inactive textual reference only.
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Implications of Being an “Emerging Growth Company” and a “Foreign Private Issuer”
Emerging Growth Company
As a company with less than $1.07 billion in revenue during our last fiscal year, we qualify as an “emerging growth company” as defined in the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012, or the JOBS Act. An emerging growth company may take advantage of specified reduced reporting and other burdens that are otherwise applicable generally to public companies. In particular, as an emerging growth company, we:
• may present only two years of audited financial statements and only two years of related Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations disclosure in our initial registration statement;
• are not required to provide a detailed narrative disclosure discussing our compensation principles, objectives and elements and analyzing how those elements fit with our principles and objectives, which is commonly referred to as “compensation discussion and analysis”;
• are not required to obtain a non-binding advisory vote from our shareholders on executive compensation or golden parachute arrangements (commonly referred to as the “say-on-pay,” “say-on frequency” and “say-on-golden-parachute” votes);
• will not be required to conduct an evaluation of our internal control over financial reporting;
• are exempt from certain executive compensation disclosure provisions requiring a pay-for-performance graph and chief executive officer pay ratio disclosure; and
• are exempt from the auditor attestation requirement in the assessment of our internal control over financial reporting pursuant to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
We may take advantage of these provisions for up to five years or such earlier time that we are no longer an emerging growth company. We would cease to be an emerging growth company upon the earlier to occur of: (1) the last day of the fiscal year in which we have total annual gross revenues of $1.07 billion or more; (2) the date on which we have issued more than $1.0 billion in nonconvertible debt during the previous three years; or (3) the date on which we are deemed to be a large accelerated filer under the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC. We may choose to take advantage of some but not all of these reduced burdens, and therefore the information that we provide holders of our Ordinary Shares may be different than the information you might receive from other public companies in which you hold equity. In addition, Section 107 of the JOBS Act also provides that an emerging growth company can take advantage of an extended transition period for complying with new or revised accounting standards applicable to public companies. Given that we currently report and expect to continue to report under International Financial Reporting Standards, or “IFRS,” as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board, or the “IASB,” we will not be able to avail ourselves of this extended transition period and, as a result, we will adopt new or revised accounting standards on the relevant dates on which adoption of such standards is permitted or required by the IASB. In addition, the information that we provide in this prospectus may be different than the information you may receive from other public companies in which you hold equity interests.
Foreign Private Issuer
Upon consummation of this offering, we will report under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act, as a non-U.S. company with foreign private issuer status. Even after we no longer qualify as an emerging growth company, as long as we continue to qualify as a foreign private issuer under the Exchange Act, we will be exempt from certain provisions of the Exchange Act that are applicable to U.S. domestic public companies, including:
• the sections of the Exchange Act regulating the solicitation of proxies, consents or authorizations with respect to a security registered under the Exchange Act;
• the sections of the Exchange Act requiring insiders to file public reports of their share ownership and trading activities and liability for insiders who profit from trades made in a short period of time; and
• the rules under the Exchange Act requiring the filing with the SEC of quarterly reports on Form 10-Q containing unaudited financial statements and other specified information, and current reports on Form 8-K upon the occurrence of specified significant events.
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We will be required to file an annual report on Form 20-F within four months of the end of each fiscal year. However, the information we are required to file with or furnish to the SEC will be less extensive and less timely compared to that required to be filed with the SEC by U.S. domestic issuers. As a result, you may not be afforded the same protections or information, which would be made available to you, were you investing in a U.S. domestic issuer.
We may take advantage of these exemptions until such time as we are no longer a foreign private issuer. We would cease to be a foreign private issuer at such time as more than 50% of our outstanding voting securities are held by U.S. residents and any of the following three circumstances applies: (i) the majority of our executive officers or directors are U.S. citizens or residents; (ii) more than 50% of our assets are located in the United States; or (iii) our business is administered principally in the United States.
Both foreign private issuers and emerging growth companies are also exempt from certain more stringent executive compensation disclosure rules. Thus, even if we no longer qualify as an emerging growth company, but remain a foreign private issuer, we will continue to be exempt from the more stringent compensation disclosures required of companies that are neither an emerging growth company nor a foreign private issuer.
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THE OFFERING
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Ordinary Shares currently issued and outstanding |
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Units offered by us |
2,525,000 Units, each consisting of one Ordinary Share and two warrants, each to purchase one Ordinary Share. The Units have no stand-alone rights and will not be certificated or issued as stand-alone securities. The Ordinary Shares and Warrants are immediately separable and will be issued separately in this offering. |
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Pre-Funded Units offered by us |
We are also offering to those purchasers, if any, whose purchase of Units in this offering would otherwise result in the purchaser, together with its affiliates and certain related parties, beneficially owning more than 4.99% of our outstanding Ordinary Shares immediately following the consummation of this offering, Pre-Funded Units, each consisting of one Pre-Funded Warrant to purchase one Ordinary Share and two Warrants, each to purchase one Ordinary Share. The Pre-Funded Units have no stand-alone rights and will not be certificated or issued as stand-alone securities. The Pre-Funded Warrants and Warrants are immediately separable and will be issued separately in this offering. For each Pre-Funded Unit we sell, the number of Units we are offering will be decreased on a one-for-one basis. Because we will issue two Warrants as part of each Unit or Pre-Funded Unit, the number of Warrants sold in this offering will not change as a result of a change in the mix of the Units and Pre-Funded Units sold. |
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Warrants |
Each Warrant will have an exercise price of $6.20 (based on an assumed public offering price of $6.20 per Unit), per Ordinary Share (100% of the public offering price per Unit), will be immediately exercisable and will expire five years from the date of issuance. To better understand the terms of the Warrants, you should carefully read the “Description of the Securities We are Offering” section of this prospectus. You should also read the form of Warrant, which is filed as an exhibit to the registration statement that includes this prospectus. Subject to certain exemptions outlined in the Warrant, for a period until the later of: (i) two years from the date of issuance of the Warrant, or (ii) on the date there are no holders of at least Warrants, if the Company shall sell, enter into an agreement to sell, or grant any option to purchase, or sell, enter into an agreement to sell, or grant any right to reprice, or otherwise dispose of or issue (or announce any offer, sale, grant or any option to purchase or other disposition) any Ordinary Shares or Convertible Security (as defined in the Warrant), at an effective price per share less than the exercise price of the Warrant then in effect, the exercise price of the Warrant shall be reduced to equal the effective price per share in such dilutive issuance; provided, however, that in no event shall the exercise price of the Warrant be reduced to an exercise price lower than 50% of public offering price per Unit in this offering. On the date that is 90 calendar days anniversary of the issuance date of the Warrants, the exercise price of the Warrants will adjust to be equal to the greater of $ per share (which shall equal 50% of the exercise price of the Warrants on the issuance date) and 100% of the lowest volume weighted average price per Ordinary Share immediately preceding the 90th calendar day following the issuance date of the Warrant, provided that such value is less than the exercise price in effect on that date. |
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Pre-Funded Warrants |
Each Pre-Funded Warrant will be immediately exercisable at an exercise price of $0.001 per Ordinary Share and may be exercised at any time until exercised in full. To better understand the terms of the Pre-Funded Warrants, you should carefully read the “Description of the Securities We are Offering” section of this prospectus. You should also read the form of Pre-Funded Warrant, which is filed as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part. |
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Over-allotment option |
We have granted the underwriter an option for a period of up to 45 days to purchase, at the public offering price, up to 378,750 additional Ordinary Shares and/or Pre-Funded Warrants (representing 15% of the Ordinary Shares and/or Pre-Funded Warrants sold in the offering), and/or up to an additional 757,500 Warrants (15% of the Warrants sold in the offering), less underwriting discounts and commissions, to cover over-allotments, if any. The purchase price to be paid per additional Ordinary Share or Pre-Funded Warrant will be equal to the public offering price of one Unit or Pre-Funded Unit (less the purchase price allocated to the two Warrants, $0.01 per Warrant), as applicable, less the underwriting discounts and commissions, and the purchase price to be paid per additional Warrant will be $0.01. No underwriting discounts and commissions will be payable by us if the underwriter exercises the over-allotment option for Warrants. The underwriter may exercise this option with respect to Ordinary Shares only, Pre-Funded Warrants only, Warrants only, or any combination thereof. |
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Underwriter’s Warrants |
We will issue to the underwriter, or its permitted designees, warrants to purchase up to 252,500 Ordinary Shares, representing 10.0% of the Ordinary Shares included in the Units or issuable upon the exercise of any Pre-Funded Warrants included in the Pre-Funded Units sold in this offering (excluding any Ordinary Shares or Ordinary Shares issuable upon the exercise of any Pre-Funded Warrants or Warrants sold pursuant to the over-allotment option). The underwriter’s warrants will have an exercise price of 125% of the per Unit public offering price, will be exercisable during the four-year-and-sixth-month period commencing on the date that is six months from the effective date of the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part. For additional information regarding our arrangement with the underwriter, please see “Underwriting.” |
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Lock-Up Agreements |
Our directors, executive officers, and any other holder(s) of ten percent (10%) or more of the outstanding shares have agreed with the underwriter not to offer for sale, issue, sell, contract to sell, pledge or otherwise dispose of any of our Ordinary Shares or securities convertible into Ordinary Shares for a period of 180 days from the closing of this offering. |
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Use of proceeds |
We expect to receive approximately $13.30 million in net proceeds from the sale of Units offered by us in this offering (approximately $15.43 million if the underwriter exercises its over-allotment option in full for Ordinary Shares and/or Pre-Funded Warrants and Warrants), based upon an assumed public offering price of $6.20 per Unit, which is the midpoint of the price range set forth on the cover page of this prospectus, and after deducting the underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us. |
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The amounts and schedule of our actual expenditures will depend on multiple factors. As a result, our management will have broad discretion in the application of the net proceeds of this offering. |
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Investing in our securities involves a high degree of risk. You should read the “Risk Factors” section starting on page 14 of this prospectus for a discussion of factors to consider carefully before deciding to invest in the Ordinary Shares. |
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We have applied to list the Ordinary Shares and the Warrants on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol “PRZO” and “PRZOW,” respectively. |
The number of the Ordinary Shares to be issued and outstanding immediately after this offering as shown above assumes that all of the Units offered hereby are sold, and is based on 6,166,094 Ordinary Shares issued and outstanding as of the date of this prospectus, after giving effect to the issuance of 4,178,200 bonus shares to the holders of our Ordinary Shares on a basis of 2.5 bonus shares for each Ordinary Share outstanding (equivalent to a 3.5-for-1 forward share split) effected on May 23, 2022, and the customary adjustments to our outstanding options and warrants. This number excludes:
• Warrants to purchase an aggregate of 583,772 Ordinary Shares at a nominal exercise price, which warrants shall be issued to certain consultants upon the completion of this offering;
• (i) Warrants to purchase such number of Ordinary Shares equal to 1.0% of our share capital on a fully-diluted basis, including any over-allotments, immediately following this offering, with an exercise price equal to the per share price based on a company valuation of $10 million (pre-offering), which warrants will be issued to an advisor upon the completion of this offering; and (ii) warrants to purchase such number of Ordinary Shares equal to 1.0% of our share capital on a fully diluted basis, including any over-allotments, immediately following this offering, with an exercise price equal to the per share price in this offering, which warrants will be issued to an advisor upon the completion of this offering;
• Warrants to purchase 180,912 Ordinary Shares pursuant to a certain purchase agreement;
• 992,124 Ordinary Shares reserved for future issuance under our incentive option plan; and
• 633,228 Ordinary Shares issuable upon the exercise of warrants to be issued in connection with certain equity investment agreements, which we refer to as Simple Agreements for Future Equity, or SAFEs, based on an assumed initial public offering price of $6.20 per Unit, which is the midpoint of the price range set forth on the cover page of this prospectus.
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Unless otherwise indicated, all information in this prospectus assumes or gives effect to:
• the exercise of any Pre-Funded Warrants purchased in this offering;
• no exercise of the underwriter’s over-allotment option;
• no exercise of the underwriter’s warrants;
• the issuance of 316,614 Ordinary Shares to be issued upon the conversion of the SAFEs, which will automatically convert upon the consummation of this offering, based on an assumed initial public offering price of $6.20 per Unit, which is the midpoint of the price range set forth on the cover page of this prospectus; and
• the issuance of 4,178,200 bonus shares to the holders of our Ordinary Shares on a basis of 2.5 bonus shares for each Ordinary Share outstanding (equivalent to a 3.5-for-1 forward share split) effected on May 23, 2022, and the customary adjustments to our outstanding options and warrants.
See “Description of Share Capital and Governing Documents” for additional information.
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SUMMARY FINANCIAL DATA
The following table summarizes our financial data. We have derived the following statements of operations data for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 and the statement of financial position data as of December 31, 2021 from our audited consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this prospectus. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with IFRS, as issued by the IASB. Our historical results are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected in the future. The following summary financial data should be read in conjunction with “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and our audited consolidated financial statements and related notes included elsewhere in this prospectus.
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762,410 |
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603,012 |
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317,614 |
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168,470 |
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168,664 |
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474,013 |
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744,096 |
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(413,793 |
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649,845 |
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571,566 |
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1,965,903 |
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0.98 |
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3.36 |
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584,948 |
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33,024 |
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1,505,279 |
14,801,329 |
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532,740 |
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7,918 |
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729,129 |
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424,035 |
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(1) The pro forma data gives effect to the following events as if each event had occurred on December 31, 2021: (i) the issuance of 316,614 Ordinary Shares and warrants to purchase 633,228 Ordinary Shares to be issued upon the conversion of the SAFE investments in the aggregate amount of $1,472,255, which will automatically convert upon the consummation of this offering, based on an assumed initial public offering price of $6.20 per Unit, which is the midpoint of the price range set forth on the cover page of this prospectus; and (ii) the issuance of 5,264,532 Ordinary Shares pursuant to a certain loan conversion agreement, effected on January 28, 2022.
(2) The pro forma as adjusted data gives further effect to the sale of Units in this offering at an initial public offering price of $6.20 per Unit, which is the midpoint of the price range set forth on the cover page of this prospectus, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us, as if the sale had occurred on December 31, 2021.
The as adjusted information discussed above is illustrative only and will be adjusted based on the actual initial public offering price and other terms of our initial public offering determined at pricing. Each $1.00 increase (decrease) in the assumed initial public offering price of $6.20 per Unit, which is the midpoint of the price range set forth on the cover page of this prospectus, would increase (decrease) the pro forma as adjusted amount of each of cash, cash equivalents and short-term deposits, total assets and shareholders’ equity (deficiency) by $2.30 million, assuming that the number of units offered by us, as set forth on the cover page of this prospectus, remains the same and after deducting the estimated underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us. Similarly, each increase (decrease) of 100,000 units offered by us at the assumed initial public offering price would increase (decrease) each of cash, cash equivalents and short-term deposits, total assets and shareholders’ equity (deficiency) by $564,200.
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Investing in our securities involves a high degree of risk. You should carefully consider the risks and uncertainties described below, in addition to the other information set forth in this prospectus, including the consolidated financial statements and the related notes included elsewhere in this prospectus, before purchasing our securities. If any of the following risks actually occurs, our business, financial condition, cash flows and results of operations could be negatively impacted. In that case, the trading price of our securities would likely decline and you might lose all or part of your investment.
Risks Related to Our Financial Condition and Capital Requirements
We are a development-stage company and have a limited operating history on which to assess the prospects for our business, have incurred significant losses since the date of our inception, and anticipate that we will continue to incur significant losses until we are able to successfully commercialize our products.
We are a development-stage company with a limited operating history. We have incurred net losses since our inception in 2013, including net losses of $571,566 for the year ended December 31, 2021. As of December 31, 2021, we had accumulated losses of $13,353,400.
We have devoted substantially all of our financial resources to develop our products. We have financed our operations primarily through the issuance of equity securities. The amount of our future net losses will depend, in part, on completing the development of our products, the rate of our future expenditures and our ability to obtain funding through the issuance of our securities, strategic collaborations or grants. We expect to continue to incur significant losses until we are able to successfully commercialize our products. We anticipate that our expenses will increase substantially if and as we:
• continue the development of our products;
• establish a sales, marketing, distribution and technical support infrastructure to commercialize our products;
• seek to identify, assess, acquire, license, and/or develop other products and subsequent generations of our current products;
• seek to maintain, protect, and expand our intellectual property portfolio;
• seek to attract and retain skilled personnel; and
• create additional infrastructure to support our operations as a public company and our product development and planned future commercialization efforts.
We have not generated any significant revenue from the sale of our current products and may never be profitable.
While we have commenced pre-commercialization efforts, we have not generated any significant revenue since our inception. Our ability to generate revenue and achieve profitability depends on our ability to successfully complete the development of, and to commercialize, our products. Our ability to generate future revenue from product sales depends heavily on our success in many areas, including but not limited to:
• completing development of our products;
• establishing and maintaining supply and manufacturing relationships with third parties that can provide adequate (in amount and quality) products to support market demand for our products;
• launching and commercializing products, either directly or with a collaborator or distributor;
• addressing any competing technological and market developments;
• identifying, assessing, acquiring and/or developing new products;
• negotiating favorable terms in any collaboration or other arrangements into which we may enter;
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• maintaining, protecting and expanding our portfolio of intellectual property rights, including patents, trade secrets and know-how; and
• attracting, hiring and retaining qualified personnel.
We expect that we will need to raise substantial additional capital before we can expect to become profitable from sales of our products. This additional capital may not be available on acceptable terms, or at all. Failure to obtain this necessary capital when needed may force us to delay, limit or terminate our product development efforts or other operations.
We expect that we will require substantial additional capital to commercialize our products. In addition, our operating plans may change as a result of many factors that may currently be unknown to us, and we may need to seek additional funds sooner than planned. Our future capital requirements will depend on many factors, including but not limited to:
• the scope, rate of progress, results and cost of product development, and other related activities;
• the cost of establishing commercial supplies of our products;
• the cost and timing of establishing sales, marketing, and distribution capabilities; and
• the terms and timing of any collaborative and other arrangements that we may establish.
Any additional fundraising efforts may divert our management from their day-to-day activities, which may adversely affect our ability to develop and commercialize our products. In addition, we cannot guarantee that future financing will be available in sufficient amounts or on terms acceptable to us, if at all. Moreover, the terms of any financing may adversely affect the holdings or the rights of our shareholders and the issuance of additional securities, whether equity or debt, by us, or the possibility of such issuance, may cause the market price of our Ordinary Shares to decline. The incurrence of indebtedness could result in increased fixed payment obligations, and we may be required to agree to certain restrictive covenants, such as limitations on our ability to incur additional debt, limitations on our ability to acquire, sell or license intellectual property rights and other operating restrictions that could adversely impact our ability to conduct our business. We could also be required to seek funds through arrangements with collaborative partners or otherwise at an earlier stage than otherwise would be desirable, and we may be required to relinquish rights to some of our technologies or products or otherwise agree to terms unfavorable to us, any of which may have a material adverse effect on our business, operating results and prospects. Even if we believe that we have sufficient funds for our current or future operating plans, we may seek additional capital if market conditions are favorable or if we have specific strategic considerations.
If we are unable to obtain funding on a timely basis, we may be required to significantly curtail, delay or discontinue one or more of our research or development programs or the commercialization of our products or be unable to expand our operations or otherwise capitalize on our business opportunities, as desired, which could materially affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.
Our financial statements contain an explanatory paragraph regarding substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern, which could prevent us from obtaining new financing on reasonable terms or at all.
Our audited financial statements for the period ended December 31, 2021, contain an explanatory paragraph regarding substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. We have incurred losses in each year since our inception, including net losses of $571,566 and $1,965,903 for the years ended December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively. As of December 31, 2021, we had accumulated losses of $13,353,400. These events and conditions, along with other matters, indicate that a material uncertainty exists that may cast significant doubt on our ability to continue as a going concern. The financial statements for 2021 do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty. This going concern opinion could materially limit our ability to raise additional funds through the issuance of equity or debt securities or otherwise. Future financial statements may include an explanatory paragraph with respect to our ability to continue as a going concern. Until we can generate significant recurring revenues, we expect to satisfy our future cash needs through debt or equity financing. We cannot be certain that additional funding will be available to us on acceptable terms, if at all. If funds
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are not available, we may be required to delay, reduce the scope of, or eliminate research or development plans for, or commercialization efforts with respect to our products. This may raise substantial doubts about our ability to continue as a going concern.
Risks Related to Our Business and Industry
The Company expects to incur substantial research and development costs and devote significant resources to identifying and commercializing new products and services, which could significantly reduce its profitability and may never result in revenue to the Company.
The Company’s future growth depends on penetrating new markets, adapting existing products to new applications and introducing new products and services that achieve market acceptance. The Company plans to incur substantial research and development costs as part of its efforts to design, develop and commercialize new products and services and enhance its existing products. The Company believes that there are significant opportunities in a number of business areas. Because the Company accounts for research and development costs as operating expenses, these expenditures will adversely affect its earnings in the future. Further, the Company’s research and development programs may not produce successful results, and its new products and services may not achieve market acceptance, create any additional revenue or become profitable, which could materially harm the Company’s business, prospects, financial results and liquidity.
The Company’s adoption of new business models could fail to produce any financial returns.
Forecasting the Company’s revenues and profitability for new business models is inherently uncertain and volatile. The Company’s actual revenues and profits for its business models may be significantly less than the Company’s forecasts. Additionally, the new business models could fail for one or more of the Company’s products or services, resulting in the loss of Company’s investment in the development and infrastructure needed to support the new business models, and the opportunity cost of diverting management and financial resources away from more successful businesses.
The Company will be affected by operational risks and may not be adequately insured for certain risks.
The Company will be affected by a number of operational risks and the Company may not be adequately insured for certain risks, including: labor disputes; catastrophic accidents; fires; blockades or other acts of social activism; changes in the regulatory environment; impact of non-compliance with laws and regulations; natural phenomena, such as inclement weather conditions, floods, earthquakes and ground movements. There is no assurance that the foregoing risks and hazards will not result in damage to, or destruction of, the Company’s technologies, personal injury or death, environmental damage, adverse impacts on the Company’s operation, costs, monetary losses, potential legal liability and adverse governmental action, any of which could have an adverse impact on the Company’s future cash flows, earnings and financial condition. Also, the Company may be subject to or affected by liability or sustain loss for certain risks and hazards against which the Company cannot insure or which the Company may elect not to insure because of the cost. This lack of insurance coverage could have an adverse impact on the Company’s future cash flows, earnings, results of operations and financial condition.
The Company operates in evolving markets, which makes it difficult to evaluate the Company’s business and future prospects.
The Company’s products are sold in rapidly evolving markets. The commercial unmanned aerial vehicle, or UAV, market is in early stages of customer adoption. Accordingly, the Company’s business and future prospects may be difficult to evaluate. The Company cannot accurately predict the extent to which demand for its products and services will increase, if at all. The challenges, risks and uncertainties frequently encountered by companies in rapidly evolving markets could impact the Company’s ability to do the following:
• generate sufficient revenue to reach and maintain profitability;
• acquire and maintain market share;
• achieve or manage growth in operations;
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• develop and renew contracts;
• attract and retain additional engineers and other highly-qualified personnel;
• successfully develop and commercially market new products;
• adapt to new or changing policies and spending priorities of governments and government agencies; and
• access additional capital when required and on reasonable terms.
If the Company fails to successfully address these and other challenges, risks and uncertainties, its business, results of operations and financial condition would be materially harmed.
The Company operates in a competitive market.
The Company faces competition and new competitors will continue to emerge throughout the world. Services offered by the Company’s competitors may take a larger share of consumer spending than anticipated, which could cause revenue generated from the Company’s products and services to fall below expectations. It is expected that competition in these markets will intensify.
If competitors of the Company develop and market more successful products or services, offer competitive products or services at lower price points, or if the Company does not produce consistently high-quality and well-received products and services, revenues, margins, and profitability of the Company will decline.
The Company’s ability to compete effectively will depend on, among other things, the Company’s pricing of services and equipment, quality of customer service, development of new and enhanced products and services in response to customer demands and changing technology, reach and quality of sales and distribution channels and capital resources. Competition could lead to a reduction in the rate at which the Company adds new customers, a decrease in the size of the Company’s market share and a decline in its customers. Examples include but are not limited to competition from other companies in the UAV industry.
The markets in which the Company competes are characterized by rapid technological change, which requires the Company to develop new products and product enhancements, and could render the Company’s existing products obsolete.
Continuing technological changes in the market for the Company’s products could make its products less competitive or obsolete, either generally or for particular applications. The Company’s future success will depend upon its ability to develop and introduce a variety of new capabilities and enhancements to its existing product and service offerings, as well as introduce a variety of new product offerings, to address the changing needs of the markets in which it offers products. Delays in introducing new products and enhancements, the failure to choose correctly among technical alternatives or the failure to offer innovative products or enhancements at competitive prices may cause existing and potential customers to purchase the Company’s competitors’ products.
If the Company is unable to devote adequate resources to develop new products or cannot otherwise successfully develop new products or enhancements that meet customer requirements on a timely basis, its products could lose market share, its revenue and profits could decline, and the Company could experience operating losses.
Under applicable employment laws, we may not be able to enforce covenants not to compete and therefore may be unable to prevent our competitors from benefiting from the expertise of some of our former employees.
We generally enter into non-competition agreements with our employees. These agreements prohibit our employees from competing directly with us or working for our competitors or clients for a limited period after they cease working for us. We may be unable to enforce these agreements under the laws of the jurisdictions in which our employees work and it may be difficult for us to restrict our competitors from benefiting from the expertise that our former employees or consultants developed while working for us. For example, Israeli courts have required employers seeking to enforce non-compete undertakings of a former employee to demonstrate that the competitive activities of the former employee will harm one of a limited number of material interests of the employer that have been recognized by the courts, such as the secrecy of a company’s confidential commercial information or the
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protection of its intellectual property. If we cannot demonstrate that such interests will be harmed, we may be unable to prevent our competitors from benefiting from the expertise of our former employees or consultants and our ability to remain competitive may be diminished.
Failure to obtain necessary regulatory approvals from the FAA or other governmental agencies, or limitations put on the use of small UAS in response to public privacy concerns, may prevent us from expanding the sales of our drone solutions to commercial and industrial customers in the United States.
The regulation of small UAS for commercial use in the United States is undergoing substantial change and the ultimate treatment is uncertain. In 2006, the FAA issued a clarification of its existing policies stating that in order to engage in commercial use of small UAS in the U.S. National Airspace System, a public operator must obtain a COA from the FAA or fly in restricted airspace. The FAA’s COA approval process requires that the public operator certify the airworthiness of the aircraft for its intended purpose, that a collision with another aircraft or other airspace user is extremely improbable, that the small unmanned aircraft system complies with appropriate cloud and terrain clearances and that the operator or spotter of the small unmanned aircraft system is generally within one half-mile laterally and 400 feet vertically of the small unmanned aircraft system while in operation. Furthermore, the FAA’s clarification of existing policy stated that the rules for radio-controlled hobby aircraft do not apply to public or commercial use of small UAS.
On February 14, 2012, the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 was enacted, establishing various deadlines for the FAA to allow expanded use of small UAS for both public and commercial applications. On June 21, 2016, the FAA released its final rules regarding the routine use of certain small UAS (under 55 pounds) in the U.S. National Airspace System pursuant to the act, or the Part 107 Rules. The Part 107 Rules, which became effective in August 2016, provided safety regulations for small UAS conducting non-recreational operations and contain various limitations and restrictions for such operations, including a requirement that operators keep UAS within visual-line-of-sight and prohibiting flights over unprotected people on the ground who are not directly participating in the operation of the UAS. On December 28, 2020, the FAA announced final rules requiring remote identification of drones and allowing operators of small drones to fly over people and at night under certain conditions. We cannot assure you that any final rules enacted in furtherance of the FAA’s announced proposals will result in the expanded use of our solutions by commercial and industrial entities. In addition, there exists public concern regarding the privacy implications of U.S. commercial use of small UAS. This concern has included calls to develop explicit written policies and procedures establishing usage limitations. We cannot assure you that the response from regulatory agencies, customers and privacy advocates to these concerns will not delay or restrict the adoption of small UAS by the commercial use markets.
Failure to obtain necessary regulatory approvals from civil aviation authorities (CAA), or limitations put on the use of small UAV in response to public privacy concerns, may prevent the Company from expanding sales of its small UAV to non-military customers in various global regions, and may prevent the Company from testing or operating its aircraft and/or expanding its sales which could have an adverse impact on the Company’s business, prospects, results of operations and financial condition.
We are subject to governmental regulation and other legal obligations in jurisdictions outside of the U.S., and our actual or perceived failure to comply with such obligations could adversely affect our business and operating results.
The regulatory framework for drone safety issues worldwide is rapidly evolving and is likely to remain uncertain for the foreseeable future. Our products are subject to a variety of laws and regulations, including regulation by various government agencies, such as the FAA, and foreign bodies and agencies such as Transport Canada and the European Union Aviation Safety Agency. The use of our products is also subject to certain authorization, certification and compliance requirements that vary depending on the jurisdiction in which our products are used. See “Business — Government Regulation” for additional information.
We also expect that there will continue to be new proposed laws, regulations and industry standards concerning drone safety in the United States, Canada, the European Union and other jurisdictions, and we cannot yet determine the impact of such future laws, regulations and standards may have on our business. Changes in the regulatory laws and regulations may require the Company to adapt new regulations with respect to technology, business, and operation, therefore it may result in a loss of revenues for the Company. We expect that existing laws,
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regulations and standards may be interpreted differently in the future. Compliance with any new obligations imposed by government bodies and agencies depends in part on how particular regulators interpret and apply them. If we fail to comply with these obligations or if regulators assert that we have failed to comply with these obligations, we may be subject to certain fines, sanctions, or other penalties, as well as litigation. Further, it could hinder the Company’s ability to retain existing customers and attract new customers, particularly if our products were perceived to be less compliant than our competitors’ products, which would have a material adverse impact on the Company’s prospects.
Additionally, many foreign countries and governmental bodies, including the European Union, India and numerous other jurisdictions in which we operate or conduct our business, have laws and regulations concerning the collection, use, processing, storage and deletion of personal information obtained from their residents or by businesses operating within their jurisdiction that may be implicated by the use of our products. These laws and regulations often are more restrictive than those in the United States and heightened concerns over privacy and data protection may lead to restrictions that make the use of our products more difficult. In addition to government regulation, privacy advocates and industry groups may propose new and different self-regulatory standards that may apply to us. See “Business — Government Regulation” for additional information.
Future laws, regulations, standards and other obligations, as well as changes in the interpretation of existing laws, regulations, standards and other obligations could make incorporating our solutions into drones and using our products more difficult, which could decrease demand for our products, require us to restrict our business operations, increase our costs and impair our ability to maintain and grow our customer base and increase our revenue. Any inability to adequately address safety and privacy concerns, even if unfounded, or comply with applicable laws, regulations, policies, industry standards, contractual obligations or other legal obligations could result in additional cost and liability to us, damage our reputation, inhibit sales, and adversely affect our business and operating results.
Failure to make competitive technological advances will put us in disadvantage and may lead to negative operational and financial outcome.
The Company is focused on the development and application of drone technologies. Technology markets, by their very nature, are continually evolving. Particularly, the market of drone technologies may become increasingly competitive. To succeed, the company will need to research and develop enhancements to its existing suite of products and services, as well as new products and services that are suitable for existing applications of drone technology and new applications that might not yet exist.
There is no guarantee that the Company’s research and development activities will meet the changing needs of its customer markets. At the same time, products and technologies developed by others may render the Company’s products and technology obsolete or non-competitive which could materially adversely affect the business, operating results and financial prospects of the Company.
If we fail to offer high-quality products or customer service, our business and reputation could suffer.
The Company believes global branding is critical for the long-term success of the Company’s business. We will continue to differentiate ourselves from our competitors through our commitment to a high-quality products and customer experience. Accordingly, high-quality products and customer service are important for the growth of our business and any failure to maintain such standards, or a related market perception, could affect our ability to sell products and services to existing and prospective customers.
Negative commentary or complaints may have a damaging impact on the Company’s ability to achieve its business objectives. Further, as the Company’s business model is based on recurring revenue arising from technology users and customers, poor user experiences may result in loss of customers, adverse publicity, litigation, regulatory enquiries and reduction of use of the Company’s products.
Our products have lengthy sales cycles that make it difficult to plan our expenses and forecast results.
The Company primarily markets its products and services to OEMs, which are usually characterized by long sales cycles. Accordingly, the sales cycle can be long, and it can take months and years to close significant transactions, whilst remaining subject to changes in regulatory environments and customers’ budgets. More specifically, the Company may incur costs in connection with its marketing activities with potential customers that may not be recovered.
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The Company mitigates these risks through its diversified business model and client base to ensure that it has a mix of ongoing revenue, whilst also building its commercial position in the commercial drone industry. However, the effectiveness of such mitigation efforts is difficult to predict.
The Company’s commercial opportunity could be reduced if our competitors develop and commercialize products or services that offer better performance or are more cost-effective to use than our products or services.
The markets in which the Company operates are particularly competitive due to the lucrative nature of the contracts and contacts available within the commercial and industrial drone industries. The performance of the Company could be adversely affected if existing or new competitors reduce their market share through technology development, marketing and increased product or technology offerings or through price reduction for alternatives.
The Company may be subject to the risks associated with future acquisitions.
As part of the Company’s overall business strategy, the Company may pursue select strategic acquisitions that would provide additional product or service offerings, additional industry expertise, and a stronger industry presence in both existing and new jurisdictions. Any such future acquisitions, if completed, may expose the Company to additional potential risks, including risks associated with: (a) the integration of new operations, services and personnel; (b) unforeseen or hidden liabilities; (c) the diversion of resources from the Company’s existing business and technology; (d) potential inability to generate sufficient revenue to offset new costs; (e) the expenses of acquisitions; or (f) the potential loss of or harm to relationships with both employees and existing users resulting from its integration of new businesses. In addition, any proposed acquisitions may be subject to regulatory approval.
The Company’s inability to retain management and key employees could impair the future success of the Company.
The Company’s future success depends substantially on the continued services of its executive officers and its key development personnel. If one or more of its executive officers or key development personnel were unable or unwilling to continue in their present positions, the Company might not be able to replace them easily or at all. In addition, if any of its executive officers or key employees joins a competitor or forms a competing company, the Company may lose experience, know-how, key professionals and staff members as well as business partners. These executive officers and key employees could develop drone technologies that could compete with and take customers and market share away from the Company.
The Company may not be able to successfully manage its planned growth and expansion.
We expect to continue to make investments in our products in development. We expect that our annual operating expenses will continue to increase as we invest in business development, marketing, research and development, manufacturing and production infrastructure, and develop customer service and support resources for future customers. Failure to expand operational and financial systems timely or efficiently may result in operating inefficiencies, which could increase costs and expenses to a greater extent than we anticipate and may also prevent us from successfully executing our business plan. We may not be able to offset the costs of operation expansion by leveraging the economies of scale from our growth in negotiations with our suppliers and contract manufacturers. Additionally, if we increase our operating expenses in anticipation of the growth of our business and this growth falls short of our expectations, our financial results will be negatively impacted.
If our business grows, we will have to manage additional product design projects, materials procurement processes, and sales efforts and marketing for an increasing number of products, as well as expand the number and scope of our relationships with suppliers, distributors and end customers. If the Company fails to manage these additional responsibilities and relationships successfully, we may incur significant costs, which may negatively impact our operating results. Additionally, in our efforts to be first to market with new products with innovative functionality and features, we may devote significant research and development resources to products and product features for which a market does not develop quickly, or at all. If we are not able to predict market trends accurately, the Company may not benefit from such research and development activities, and our results of operations may suffer.
As our future development and commercialization plans and strategies develop, we expect to need additional managerial, operational, sales, marketing, financial and legal personnel. Our management may need to divert a disproportionate amount of its attention away from our day-to-day activities and devote a substantial amount of time
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to managing these growth activities. In particular, a period of significant growth in the number of personnel could place a strain upon the Company’s management systems and resources. We may not be able to effectively manage the expansion of our operations, which may result in weaknesses in our infrastructure, operational mistakes, loss of business opportunities, failure to deliver and timely deliver our products to customers, loss of employees and reduced productivity among remaining employees. Our expected growth could require significant capital expenditures and may divert financial resources from other projects, such as the development of additional new products.
The Company’s future will depend in part on the ability of its officers and other key employees to implement and improve financial and management controls, reporting systems and procedures on a timely basis and to expand, train, motivate and manage its workforce. The Company’s current and planned personnel, systems, procedures and controls may be inadequate to support its future operations. If our management is unable to effectively manage our growth, our expenses may increase more than expected, our ability to generate and/or grow revenue could be reduced, and we may not be able to implement our business strategy.
The Company faces uncertainty and adverse changes in the economy.
Adverse changes in the economy could negatively impact the Company’s business. Future economic distress may result in a decrease in demand for the Company’s products, which could have a material adverse impact on the Company’s operating results and financial condition. Uncertainty and adverse changes in the economy could also increase costs associated with developing and publishing products, increase the cost and decrease the availability of sources of financing, and increase the Company’s exposure to material losses from bad debts, any of which could have a material adverse impact on the financial condition and operating results of the Company.
The Company’s operating results and financial condition may fluctuate.
Even if the Company is successful in marketing its products to the market, its operating results and financial condition may fluctuate from quarter to quarter and year to year and are likely to continue to vary due to several factors, many of which will not be within the Company’s control. If the Company’s operating results do not meet the guidance that we provide to the marketplace or the expectations of securities analysts or investors, the market price of the Ordinary Shares will likely decline. Fluctuations in the Company’s operating results and financial condition may be due to several factors, including those listed below and those identified throughout this “Risk Factors” section:
• the degree of market acceptance of our products and services;
• the mix of products and services that we sell during any period;
• long sale cycles;
• changes in the amount that we spend to develop, acquire or license new products, technologies or businesses;
• changes in the amounts that we spend to promote our products and services;
• changes in the cost of satisfying our warranty obligations and servicing our installed base of systems;
• delays between our expenditures to develop and market new or enhanced systems and consumables and the generation of sales from those products;
• development of new competitive products and services by others;
• difficulty in predicting sales patterns and reorder rates that may result from a multi-tier distribution strategy associated with new product categories;
• litigation or threats of litigation, including intellectual property claims by third parties;
• changes in accounting rules and tax laws;
• changes in regulations and standards;
• the geographic distribution of our sales;
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• our responses to price competition;
• general economic and industry conditions that affect end-user demand and end-user levels of product design and manufacturing;
• changes in interest rates that affect returns on our cash balances and short-term investments;
• changes in dollar-shekel exchange rates that affect the value of our net assets, future revenues and expenditures from and/or relating to our activities carried out in those currencies; and
• the level of research and development activities by our company.
Due to all of the foregoing factors, and the other risks discussed herein, you should not rely on quarter-to-quarter comparisons of our operating results as an indicator of our future performance.
Our business, operations and financial performance have been and may continue to be impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The global spread of the COVID-19 pandemic and measures introduced by local, state and federal governments to contain the virus and mitigate its public health effects have significantly impacted the global economy. There remains considerable uncertainty around the duration and extent of the COVID-19 pandemic and its ongoing impacts, and we expect the evolving COVID-19 pandemic to continue to impact our business and these impacts may be substantial. In particular, the Company cannot accurately predict the future impact COVID-19 may have on, among others, (i) demand for drone services, (ii) labor availability and supply lines, (iii) the availability of essential supplies, or (iv) the ability of the Company to obtain necessary financing. We may also experience limitations on employee resources in the future, because of sickness of employees or their families, increased difficulty for us to recruit employees from outside of Israel, the reduced ability of our employees to travel and difficulty for us to import materials from outside of Israel. These factors may hamper the Company’s efforts to comply with filing or reporting obligations or requirements under securities laws.
The effects of government actions and our own policies and those of third parties to reduce the spread of COVID-19 have and may continue to negatively impact productivity, slow down our research and development activities, cause disruptions to our supply chain and impair our ability to execute our business development strategy. To the extent our suppliers and service providers are unable to comply with their obligations under our agreements with them or they are otherwise unable to deliver or are delayed in delivering goods and services to us due to the COVID-19 pandemic, our ability to continue meeting demand for or otherwise advancing development of our products may be impaired. However, to date there have been no disruptions to our supply chain due to the COVID-19 pandemic that have had a material adverse impact on our business, financial condition or results of operations.
While many jurisdictions have partially or entirely relaxed various “shelter-in-place” orders, quarantines, executive orders and similar government orders and restrictions, some have not, such as those in much of Europe. Additionally, if there is a resurgence in infections in jurisdictions that have eased restrictions, then such restrictions may be reimplemented. Such orders or restrictions, as well as the perceived need by individuals to continue such practices to avoid infection, among other factors, continue to result in business closures, work stoppages, slowdowns and delays, work-from-home policies, travel restrictions and cancellation of events, among other effects. The states and countries in which our products and their components are manufactured, assembled, shipped and distributed are in varying stages of restrictions and re-opening to address the COVID-19 pandemic. Any existing or renewed quarantines, government actions related to the COVID-19 pandemic or shutdowns could disrupt our supply chain, manufacturing or shipping process, or sales channel. However, to date there have been no disruptions to our supply chain, manufacturing or shipping process, or sales channel due to existing or renewed quarantines, government actions related to the COVID-19 pandemic or shutdowns that have had a material adverse impact on our business, financial condition or results of operations.
The widespread pandemic has resulted, and may continue to result for an extended period, in significant disruption of global financial markets, reducing our ability to access capital, which would negatively affect our liquidity. In addition, if the COVID-19 pandemic results in a prolonged economic recession, it could harm our future sales, if any, and our ability to continue as a going concern. A prolonged economic contraction or recession may also result in employer layoffs in markets where we conduct business.
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Despite global vaccination efforts, it is not possible to reliably estimate the length and severity of these developments and the impact the COVID-19 pandemic will continue to have on the financial results and condition of the Company in the future. To the extent the COVID-19 pandemic adversely affects our financial results and business, it may also have the effect of heightening many of the other risks described in this “Risk Factors” section.
If critical components or raw materials used to manufacture the Company’s products become scarce or unavailable, then the Company may incur delays in manufacturing and delivery of its products, which could damage its business.
The Company obtains hardware components, various subsystems and systems from a limited group of suppliers. The Company does not have long-term agreements with any of these suppliers that obligate it to continue to sell components, subsystems, systems or products to the Company. The Company’s reliance on these suppliers involves significant risks and uncertainties, including whether its suppliers will provide an adequate supply of required components, subsystems or systems of sufficient quality, will increase prices for the components, subsystems or systems and will perform their obligations on a timely basis.
In addition, certain raw materials and components used in the manufacture of the Company’s products are periodically subject to supply shortages, and its business is subject to the risk of price increases and periodic delays in delivery. In particular, a number of the Company’s product designs incorporate a parachute which the Company sources from a limited number of suppliers. Similarly, the market for electronic components is subject to cyclical reductions in supply. If the Company is unable to obtain components from third-party suppliers in the quantities and of the quality that it requires, on a timely basis and at acceptable prices, then it may not be able to deliver its products on a timely or cost-effective basis to its customers, which could cause customers to terminate their contracts with the Company, increase the Company’s costs and seriously harm its business, results of operations and financial condition. Moreover, if any of the Company’s suppliers become financially unstable, then it may have to find new suppliers. It may take several months to locate alternative suppliers, if required, or to redesign the Company’s products to accommodate components from different suppliers. The Company may experience significant delays in manufacturing and shipping its products to customers and incur additional development, manufacturing and other costs to establish alternative sources of supply if the Company loses any of these sources or is required to redesign its products. The Company cannot predict if it will be able to obtain replacement components within the time frames that it requires at an affordable cost, if at all.
The Company’s products may be subject to recall or return.
Manufacturers and distributors of products are sometimes subject to the recall or return of their products for a variety of reasons, including product defects, safety concerns, packaging issues and inadequate or inaccurate labeling disclosure. If any of the Company’s equipment were to be recalled due to an alleged product defect, safety concern or for any other reason, the Company could be required to incur unexpected expenses of the recall and any legal proceedings that might arise in connection with the recall. The Company may lose a significant amount of sales and may not be able to replace those sales at an acceptable margin or at all. In addition, a product recall may require significant management time and attention. Additionally, product recalls may lead to increased scrutiny of the Company’s operations by regulatory agencies, requiring further management time and attention and potential legal fees, costs and other expenses.
If the Company releases defective products or services, its operating results could suffer.
Products and services designed and released by the Company involve extremely complex software programs and physical products, which are difficult to develop and distribute. While the Company has quality controls in place to detect and prevent defects in its products and services before they are released, these quality controls are subject to human error, overriding, and reasonable resource constraints. Therefore, these quality controls and preventative measures may not be effective in detecting and preventing defects in the Company’s products and services before they have been released into the marketplace. In such an event, the Company could be required, or decide voluntarily, to suspend the availability of the product or services, which could significantly harm its business and operating results.
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The Company’s products and services are complex and could have unknown defects or errors, which may give rise to legal claims against the Company, diminish its brand or divert its resources from other purposes.
The Company’s products rely on complex avionics, sensors, user-friendly interfaces and tightly integrated, electromechanical designs to accomplish their missions. Despite testing, the Company’s products have contained defects and errors and may in the future contain defects, errors or performance problems when first introduced, when new versions or enhancements are released or even after these products have been used by the Company’s customers for a period of time. These problems could result in expensive and time-consuming design modifications or warranty charges, delays in the introduction of new products or enhancements, significant increases in the Company’s service and maintenance costs, exposure to liability for damages, damaged customer relationships and harm to the Company’s reputation, any of which could materially harm the Company’s results of operations and ability to achieve market acceptance. In addition, increased development and warranty costs could be substantial and could significantly reduce the Company’s operating margins.
As a manufacturer of UAV products, and with aircraft and aviation sector companies under increased scrutiny, claims could be brought against us if use or misuse of one of our UAV products causes, or merely appears to have caused, personal injury or death. In addition, defects in our products may lead to other potential life, health and property risks, the results of which could significantly damage the Company’s reputation and support for its UAV products in general. The existence of any defects, errors or failures in the Company’s products or the misuse of the Company’s products could also lead to product liability claims or lawsuits against it. Any claims against the Company, regardless of their merit, could severely harm the Company’s financial condition and strain its management and other resources. The Company anticipates these risks will grow as use of its UAVs in domestic airspace and urban areas increases. The Company’s UAV test systems also have the potential to cause injury, death or property damage if they are misused, malfunction or fail to operate properly due to unknown defects or errors.
Although the Company maintains insurance policies, it cannot provide any assurance that this insurance will be adequate to protect the Company from all material judgments and expenses related to potential future claims or that these levels of insurance will be available in the future at economical prices or at all. In particular, we are unable to predict if we will be able to obtain or maintain product liability insurance for any products that may be approved for marketing. A successful product liability claim could result in substantial cost to the Company. Even if the Company is fully insured as it relates to a particular claim, the claim could nevertheless diminish the Company’s brand and divert management’s attention and resources, which could have a negative impact on the Company’s business, financial condition and results of operations.
Shortfalls in available external research and development funding could adversely affect the Company.
The Company depends on its research and development activities to develop the core technologies used in its UAV products and for the development of the Company’s future products. A portion of the Company’s research and development activities can depend on funding by commercial companies and the Israeli government. Israeli government and commercial spending levels can be impacted by a number of variables, including general economic conditions, specific companies’ financial performance and competition for Israeli government funding. Any reductions in available research and development funding could harm the Company’s business, financial condition and operating results.
Negative consumer perception regarding the Company’s products could have a material adverse effect on the demand for the Company’s products and the business, results of operations, financial condition and cash flows of the Company.
The Company believes the UAV industry is highly dependent upon consumer perception regarding the safety, efficacy and quality of the products used. Consumer perception of these products can be significantly influenced by scientific research or findings, regulatory investigations, litigation, media attention and other publicity regarding the use of UAV. There can be no assurance that future scientific research, findings, regulatory proceedings, litigation, media attention or other publicity will be favorable to the UAV market. Future research reports, findings, regulatory proceedings, litigation, media attention or other publicity that are perceived as less favorable than, or that question, earlier research reports, findings or publicity could have a material adverse effect on the demand for the Company’s products and the business, results of operations, financial condition and cash flows of the Company. The dependence upon consumer perceptions means that adverse scientific research reports, findings, regulatory proceedings,
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litigation, media attention or other publicity, whether or not accurate or with merit, could have a material adverse effect on the Company, the demand for the Company’s products, and the business, results of operations, financial condition and cash flows of the Company. Further, adverse publicity reports or other media attention regarding the safety, the efficacy, and quality of UAV based surveys in general, or the Company’s products specifically, could have a material adverse effect.
If the Company fails to successfully promote its product brand, this could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, prospects, financial condition and results of operations.
The Company believes that brand recognition is an important factor to its success. If the Company fails to promote its brands successfully, or if the expenses of doing so are disproportionate to any increased net sales it achieves, it would have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, prospects, financial condition and results of operations. This will depend largely on the Company’s ability to maintain trust, be a technology leader, and continue to provide high-quality and secure technologies, products and services. Any negative publicity about the Company or its industry, the quality and reliability of the Company’s technologies, products and services, the Company’s risk management processes, changes to the Company’s technologies, products and services, its ability to effectively manage and resolve customer complaints, its privacy and security practices, litigation, regulatory activity, and the experience of sellers and buyers with the Company’s products or services, could adversely affect the Company’s reputation and the confidence in and use of the Company’s technologies, products and services. Harm to the Company’s brand can arise from many sources, including; failure by the Company or its partners to satisfy expectations of service and quality; inadequate protection of sensitive information; compliance failures and claims; litigation and other claims; employee misconduct; and misconduct by the Company’s partners, service providers, or other counterparties. If the Company does not successfully maintain a strong and trusted brand, its business could be materially and adversely affected.
The Company may be subject to electronic communication security risks.
A significant potential vulnerability of electronic communications is the security of transmission of confidential information over public networks. Anyone who is able to circumvent the Company’s security measures could misappropriate proprietary information or cause interruptions in its operations. The Company may be required to expend capital and other resources to protect against such security breaches or to alleviate problems caused by such breaches.
The Company’s business could be adversely affected if its consumer protection and data privacy practices are not perceived as adequate or there are breaches of its security measures or unintended disclosures of its consumer data.
The rate of privacy law-making is accelerating globally and interpretation and application of consumer protection and data privacy laws in Israel, the United States and elsewhere are often uncertain, contradictory and in flux. As business practices are being challenged by regulators, private litigants and consumer protection agencies around the world, it is possible that these laws may be interpreted and applied in a manner that is inconsistent with the Company’s data and/or consumer protection practices. This could result in increased litigation, government or court-imposed fines, judgments or orders requiring that the Company change its practices, which could have an adverse effect on its business and reputation. Complying with these various laws could cause the Company to incur substantial costs or require it to change its business practices in a manner adverse to its business.
Significant disruptions of our information technology systems or breaches of our data security could adversely affect the Company’s business.
A significant invasion, interruption, destruction or breakdown of the Company’s information technology systems and/or infrastructure by persons with authorized or unauthorized access could negatively impact our business and operations. The Company could also experience business interruption, information theft and/or reputational damage from cyber-attacks, which may compromise our systems and lead to data leakage either internally or at our third-party providers. The Company’s systems are expected to be the target of malware and other cyber-attacks. Although we have invested in measures to reduce these risks, we cannot assure you that these measures will be successful in preventing compromise and/or disruption of our information technology systems and related data.
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The Company relies on its business partners, and they may be given access to sensitive and proprietary information in order to provide services and support to the Company’s teams.
The Company does not rely on licensing partners and licensees but instead relies on sale, collaboration and other arrangements with third-party service providers, vendors and development partners that purchase the Company’s products and then seek regulatory approval for the combined use of their drones with the Company’s products. The Company has no licensing agreements or arrangements with, and does not receive any royalty payments from, any parties, except for one license agreement for the out-license of software previously developed by the Company for the production of its hardware, which has generated an immaterial amount of revenue. In some cases, third parties are given access to sensitive and proprietary information in order to provide services and support to the Company. These third parties may misappropriate the Company’s information and engage in unauthorized use of it. The failure of these third parties to provide adequate services and technologies, or the failure of the third parties to adequately maintain or update their services and technologies, could result in a disruption to the Company’s business operations. Further, disruptions in the financial markets and economic downturns may adversely affect the Company’s business partners and they may not be able to continue honoring their obligations to the Company. Alternative arrangements and services may not be available to the Company on commercially reasonable terms or the Company may experience business interruptions upon a transition to an alternative partner or vendor. If the Company loses one or more significant business partners, the Company’s business could be harmed.
Executive officers and directors may have rights to indemnification from the Company, including pursuant to directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policies, that will survive termination of their agreements.
Our planned international operations will expose us to additional market and operational risks, and failure to manage these risks may adversely affect our business and operating results.
We expect to derive a substantial percentage of our sales from international markets. Accordingly, we will face significant operational risks from doing business internationally, including:
• fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates;
• potentially longer sales and payment cycles;
• potentially greater difficulties in collecting accounts receivable;
• potentially adverse tax consequences;
• reduced protection of intellectual property rights in certain countries, particularly in Asia and South America;
• difficulties in staffing and managing foreign operations;
• laws and business practices favoring local competition;
• costs and difficulties of customizing products for foreign countries;
• compliance with a wide variety of complex foreign laws, treaties and regulations;
• an outbreak of a contagious disease, such as coronavirus, which may cause us, third party vendors and manufacturers and/or customers to temporarily suspend our or their respective operations in the affected city or country;
• tariffs, trade barriers and other regulatory or contractual limitations on our ability to sell or develop our products in certain foreign markets; and
• being subject to the laws, regulations and the court systems of many jurisdictions.
Further, international trade conflicts could have negative consequences on the demand for our products and services outside Israel. Other risks of doing business internationally include political and economic instability in the countries of our customers and suppliers, changes in diplomatic and trade relationships and increasing instances of terrorism worldwide. Some of these risks may be affected by Israel’s overall political situation. See “Risks Related to Our Incorporation, Location and Operations in Israel” for further information.
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The Company’s failure to manage the market and operational risks associated with its international operations effectively could limit the future growth of the Company’s business and adversely affect our operating results.
Risks Related to Our Intellectual Property
If we are unable to obtain and maintain effective intellectual property rights for our products, we may not be able to compete effectively in our markets.
Historically, we have relied on patents, trade secret protection and confidentiality agreements to protect the intellectual property related to our technologies and products. Our success depends in large part on our ability to obtain and maintain patent and other intellectual property protection in the United States and in other countries with respect to our proprietary technology and new products.
We have sought to protect our proprietary position by filing patent applications in Israel, the United States and in other countries, with respect to our novel technologies and products, which are important to our business. Patent prosecution is expensive and time consuming, and we may not be able to file and prosecute all necessary or desirable patent applications at a reasonable cost or in a timely manner. It is also possible that we will fail to identify patentable aspects of our research and development output before it is too late to obtain patent protection.
Our patent portfolio consists of an aggregate of fifteen (15) patents and patent applications, as described in “Business — Intellectual Property.” We cannot offer any assurances about which, if any, patent applications will issue, the breadth of any such patent or whether any issued patents will be found invalid and unenforceable or will be threatened by third parties. Any successful opposition to these patents or any other patents owned by or licensed to us after patent issuance could deprive us of rights necessary for the successful commercialization of any new products that we may develop.
Further, there is no assurance that all potentially relevant prior art relating to our patent applications has been found, which can invalidate a patent or prevent a patent from issuing from a pending patent application. Even if patents do successfully issue, and even if such patents cover our products, third parties may challenge their validity, enforceability, or scope, which may result in such patents being narrowed, found unenforceable or invalidated. Furthermore, even if they are unchallenged, our patent applications and any future patents may not adequately protect our intellectual property, provide exclusivity for our new products, or prevent others from designing around our claims. Any of these outcomes could impair our ability to prevent competition from third parties, which may have an adverse impact on our business.
If we cannot obtain and maintain effective patent rights for our products, we may not be able to compete effectively, and our business and results of operations would be harmed.
Intellectual property rights of third parties could adversely affect our ability to commercialize our products, and we might be required to litigate or obtain licenses from third parties in order to develop or market our product candidates. Such litigation or licenses could be costly or not available on commercially reasonable terms.
It is inherently difficult to conclusively assess our freedom to operate without infringing on third party rights. Our competitive position may be adversely affected if existing patents or patents resulting from patent applications issued to third parties or other third-party intellectual property rights are held to cover our products or elements thereof, or our manufacturing or uses relevant to our development plans. In such cases, we may not be in a position to develop or commercialize products or our product candidates unless we successfully pursue litigation to nullify or invalidate the third-party intellectual property right concerned or enter into a license agreement with the intellectual property right holder, if available on commercially reasonable terms. There may also be pending patent applications that if they result in issued patents, could be alleged to be infringed by our new products. If such an infringement claim should be brought and be successful, we may be required to pay substantial damages, be forced to abandon our new products or seek a license from any patent holders. No assurances can be given that a license will be available on commercially reasonable terms, if at all.
It is also possible that we have failed to identify relevant third-party patents or applications. For example, U.S. patent applications filed before November 29, 2000 and certain U.S. patent applications filed after that date that will not be filed outside the United States remain confidential until patents issue. Patent applications in the
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United States and in most of the other countries are published approximately 18 months after the earliest filing for which priority is claimed, with such earliest filing date being commonly referred to as the priority date. Therefore, patent applications covering our new products or platform technology could have been filed by others without our knowledge. Additionally, pending patent applications which have been published can, subject to certain limitations, be later amended in a manner that could cover our platform technologies, our new products or the use of our new products. Third party intellectual property right holders may also actively bring infringement claims against us. We cannot guarantee that we will be able to successfully settle or otherwise resolve such infringement claims. If we are unable to successfully settle future claims on terms acceptable to us, we may be required to engage in or continue costly, unpredictable and time-consuming litigation and may be prevented from or experience substantial delays in pursuing the development of and/or marketing our new products. If we fail in any such dispute, in addition to being forced to pay damages, we may be temporarily or permanently prohibited from commercializing our new products that are held to be infringing. We might, if possible, also be forced to redesign our new products so that we no longer infringe the third party’s intellectual property rights. Any of these events, even if we were ultimately to prevail, could require us to divert substantial financial and management resources that we would otherwise be able to devote to our business.
Patent policy and rule changes could increase the uncertainties and costs surrounding the prosecution of our patent applications and the enforcement or defense of any issued patents.
Changes in either the patent laws or interpretation of the patent laws in the United States and other countries may diminish the value of any patents that may issue from our patent applications or narrow the scope of our patent protection. The laws of foreign countries may not protect our rights to the same extent as the laws of the United States. Publications of discoveries in the scientific literature often lag behind the actual discoveries, and patent applications in the United States and other jurisdictions are typically not published until 18 months after filing, or in some cases not at all. We therefore cannot be certain that we were the first to file the invention claimed in our owned and licensed patent or pending applications, or that we or our licensor were the first to file for patent protection of such inventions. Assuming all other requirements for patentability are met, in the United States prior to March 15, 2013, the first to make the claimed invention without undue delay in filing is entitled to the patent, while outside the United States, the first to file a patent application is entitled to the patent. Since March 15, 2013, the United States has moved to a first to file system. Changes to the way patent applications will be prosecuted could increase the uncertainties and costs surrounding the prosecution of our patent applications and the enforcement or defense of any issued patents, all of which could have a material adverse effect on our business and financial condition.
We may be involved in lawsuits to protect or enforce our intellectual property, which could be expensive, time consuming, and unsuccessful.
Competitors may infringe our intellectual property. If we were to initiate legal proceedings against a third party to enforce a patent covering one of our new products, the defendant could counterclaim that the patent covering our product candidate is invalid and/or unenforceable. In patent litigation in the United States, defendant counterclaims alleging invalidity and/or unenforceability are commonplace. Grounds for a validity challenge could be an alleged failure to meet any of several statutory requirements, including lack of novelty, obviousness, or non-enablement. Grounds for an unenforceability assertion could be an allegation that someone connected with prosecution of the patent withheld relevant information from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, or USPTO, or made a misleading statement, during prosecution. The validity of U.S. patents may also be challenged in post-grant proceedings before the USPTO. The outcome following legal assertions of invalidity and unenforceability is unpredictable.
Derivation proceedings initiated by third parties or brought by us may be necessary to determine the priority of inventions and/or their scope with respect to our patent or patent applications or those of our licensors. An unfavorable outcome could require us to cease using the related technology or to attempt to license rights to it from the prevailing party. Our business could be harmed if the prevailing party does not offer us a license on commercially reasonable terms. Our defense of litigation or interference proceedings may fail and, even if successful, may result in substantial costs and distract our management and other employees. In addition, the uncertainties associated with litigation could have a material adverse effect on our ability to raise the funds necessary to continue our research programs, license necessary technology from third parties, or enter into development partnerships that would help us bring our new products to market.
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Furthermore, because of the substantial amount of discovery required in connection with intellectual property litigation, there is a risk that some of our confidential information could be compromised by disclosure during this type of litigation. There could also be public announcements of the results of hearings, motions, or other interim proceedings or developments. If securities analysts or investors perceive these results to be negative, it could have a material adverse effect on the price of our Ordinary Shares.
We may be subject to claims challenging the inventorship of our intellectual property.
We may be subject to claims that former employees, collaborators or other third parties have an interest in, or right to compensation, with respect to our current patent and patent applications, future patents or other intellectual property as an inventor or co-inventor. For example, we may have inventorship disputes arise from conflicting obligations of consultants or others who are involved in developing our products. Litigation may be necessary to defend against these and other claims challenging inventorship or claiming the right to compensation. If we fail in defending any such claims, in addition to paying monetary damages, we may lose valuable intellectual property rights, such as exclusive ownership of, or right to use, valuable intellectual property. Such an outcome could have a material adverse effect on our business. Even if we are successful in defending against such claims, litigation could result in substantial costs and be a distraction to management and other employees.
We may not be able to protect our intellectual property rights throughout the world.
Filing, prosecuting, and defending patents on products, as well as monitoring their infringement in all countries throughout the world would be prohibitively expensive, and our intellectual property rights in some countries can be less extensive than those in the United States. In addition, the laws of some foreign countries do not protect intellectual property rights to the same extent as federal and state laws in the United States.
A substantial part of the commercial success of the Company will depend on its ability to maintain, establish and protect its intellectual property assets, maintain trade secret protection, register copyrights and trademarks, and operate without infringing the proprietary rights of third parties. Our patent portfolio consists of an aggregate of fifteen (15) patents and patent applications, as described in “Business — Intellectual Property.” We cannot assure investors that any of our currently pending or future patent applications will result in issued patents and we cannot predict how long it will take for such patent applications to issue as patents. There is a further risk that the claims of each patent application, as filed, may change in scope during examination by the patent offices. Further, if and where a patent is granted, there can be no guarantee that such patent will be valid or enforceable or that the patent will be granted in other jurisdictions.
Competitors may use our technologies in jurisdictions where we have not obtained patent protection to develop their own products and may also export otherwise infringing products to territories where we have patent protection, but enforcement is not as strong as that in the United States. These products may compete with our products. Future patents or other intellectual property rights may not be effective or sufficient to prevent them from competing.
Many companies have encountered significant problems in protecting and defending intellectual property rights in foreign jurisdictions. The legal systems of certain countries, particularly certain developing countries, do not favor the enforcement of patents, trade secrets, and other intellectual property protection, which could make it difficult for us to stop the marketing of competing products in violation of our proprietary rights generally. Proceedings to enforce our patent rights in foreign jurisdictions, whether or not successful, could result in substantial costs and divert our efforts and attention from other aspects of our business, could put our future patents at risk of being invalidated or interpreted narrowly and our patent applications at risk of not issuing and could provoke third parties to assert claims against us. We may not prevail in any lawsuits that we initiate, and the damages or other remedies awarded, if any, may not be commercially meaningful. Accordingly, our efforts to monitor and enforce our intellectual property rights around the world may be inadequate to obtain a significant commercial advantage from the intellectual property that we develop or license.
We may become subject to claims for remuneration or royalties for assigned service invention rights by our employees, which could result in litigation and adversely affect our business.
A significant portion of our intellectual property has been developed by our employees in the course of their employment for us. Under the Israeli Patent Law, 5727-1967, or the Patent Law, inventions conceived by an employee during the scope of his or her employment with a company are regarded as “service inventions,” which
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belong to the employer, absent an agreement between the employee and employer providing otherwise. The Patents Law also provides that if there is no agreement between an employer and an employee determining whether the employee is entitled to receive consideration for service inventions and on what terms, this will be determined by the Israeli Compensation and Royalties Committee, or the Committee, a body constituted under the Patents Law. Case law clarifies that the right to receive consideration for “service inventions” can be waived by the employee and that in certain circumstances, such waiver does not necessarily have to be explicit. The Committee will examine, on a case-by-case basis, the general contractual framework between the parties, using interpretation rules of the general Israeli contract laws. Further, the Committee has not yet determined one specific formula for calculating this remuneration, but rather uses the criteria specified in the Patents Law. Although we generally enter into agreements with our employees pursuant to which such individuals assign to us all rights to any inventions created during and as a result of their employment with us, we may face claims demanding remuneration in consideration for assigned inventions. As a consequence of such claims, we could be required to pay additional remuneration or royalties to our current and/or former employees, or be forced to litigate such monetary claims (which will not affect our proprietary rights), which could negatively affect our business.
Risks Related to the Offering and the Ownership of Our Ordinary Shares
Sales of a substantial number of our Ordinary Shares in the public market by our existing shareholders could cause our share price to fall.
Sales of a substantial number of our Ordinary Shares in the public market, or the perception that these sales might occur, could depress the market price of our Ordinary Shares and could impair our ability to raise capital through the sale of additional equity securities. Furthermore, while our directors, officers and certain shareholders will be subject to lock-up agreements with the underwriter of this offering that restrict their ability to transfer our Ordinary Shares for at least six months from the date of this prospectus, approximately % of our shareholders will not be subject to such lock-up and may sell their shares at any time. We are unable to predict the effect that sales may have on the prevailing market price of our Ordinary Shares. See “Shares Eligible for Future Sale” for further information.
Our directors, officers and holders of 10% or more of our outstanding Ordinary Shares beneficially own over 47% of our outstanding Ordinary Shares. They will therefore be able to exert significant control over matters submitted to our shareholders for approval.
As of May 24, 2022, our directors, officers and holders of 10% or more of our outstanding Ordinary Shares beneficially own approximately 47.4% of our Ordinary Shares. Upon completion of this offering, our directors, officers and holders of 10% or more of our outstanding Ordinary Shares will, in the aggregate, beneficially own approximately 33.9% of our outstanding Ordinary Shares. This significant concentration of share ownership may adversely affect the trading price for our Ordinary Shares because investors often perceive disadvantages in owning shares in companies with controlling shareholders. As a result, these shareholders, if they acted together, could significantly influence or even unilaterally approve matters requiring approval by our shareholders, including the election of directors (other than external directors) and the approval of mergers or other business combination transactions. The interests of these shareholders may not always coincide with our interests or the interests of other shareholders.
We have never paid, and we currently do not intend to pay dividends.
We have never declared or paid any cash dividends on our Ordinary Shares. We currently intend to retain any future earnings to finance operations and to expand our business and, therefore, do not expect to pay any cash dividends in the foreseeable future. As a result, capital appreciation, if any, of our Ordinary Shares will be investors’ sole source of gain for the foreseeable future. In addition, Israeli law may limit our declaration or payment of dividends and may subject our dividends to Israeli withholding taxes.
If you purchase securities in this offering, you will incur immediate and substantial dilution in the book value of your Ordinary Shares included as part of the Units or that may be issued upon exercise of any Pre-Funded Warrants included in the Pre-Funded Units.
The assumed public offering price of the Ordinary Share included as part of the Units or that may be issued upon the exercise of any Pre-Funded Warrants included in the Pre-Funded Units being offered hereby is substantially higher than the net tangible book value per share of our outstanding Ordinary Shares. Therefore, if you purchase
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securities in this offering, you will pay a price per Ordinary Share included as part of the Units or that may be issued upon the exercise of any Pre-Funded Warrants included in the Pre-Funded Units that substantially exceeds our net tangible book value per Ordinary Share included as part of the Units or that may be issued upon the exercise of any Pre-Funded Warrants included in the Pre-Funded Units after this offering. To the extent outstanding options or warrants are exercised, you will incur further dilution. Based on the offering price of $6.20 per Unit, you will experience immediate dilution of $5.50 per Ordinary Share included as part of the Units or that may be issued upon the exercise of any Pre-Funded Warrants included in the Pre-Funded Units, representing the difference between our pro forma net tangible book value per Ordinary Share after giving effect to this offering and the offering price. In addition, purchasers of our Ordinary Shares in this offering will have contributed approximately 72% of the aggregate price paid by all purchasers of our Ordinary Shares but will own only approximately 29% of our Ordinary Shares outstanding after this offering. See “Dilution” for further information.
Management will have broad discretion as to the use of the net proceeds from this offering.
Our management will have broad discretion in the allocation of the net proceeds and could use them for purposes other than those contemplated at the time of this offering. Our shareholders may not agree with the manner in which our management chooses to allocate and spend the net proceeds.
The warrants are speculative in nature.
Except as otherwise set forth therein, the warrants offered in this offering do not confer any rights of Ordinary Share ownership on their holders, such as voting rights, but rather merely represent the right to acquire Ordinary Shares at a fixed price for a limited period of time. Specifically, commencing on the date of issuance, holders of the warrants may exercise their right to acquire Ordinary Shares and pay an exercise price of $6.20 (based on an assumed public offering price of $6.20 per Unit) per Ordinary Share, 100% of the public offering price per Unit, prior to five years from the date of issuance, after which date any unexercised warrants will expire and have no further value. There can be no assurance that the market price of our Ordinary Shares will continue to equal or exceed the exercise price of the Warrants offered by this prospectus. In the event that the price of our Ordinary Shares does not exceed the exercise price of such Warrants during the period when such warrants are exercisable, the warrants may not have any value.
There is no established market for the Warrants or Pre-Funded Warrants being offered in this offering.
There is no established trading market for the Warrants or Pre-Funded Warrants offered in this offering. We do not intend to apply to list the Pre-Funded Warrants on any securities exchange or other nationally recognized trading system. Although we have applied to list the Warrants on Nasdaq there can be no assurance that there will be an active trading market for the Warrants. Without an active trading market, the liquidity of the Warrants will be limited.
The Warrants included in the Units and Pre-Funded Units are expected to be listed on Nasdaq separately upon the pricing of this offering, and may provide investors with an arbitrage opportunity that could adversely affect the trading price of our Ordinary Shares.
Because the Units and Pre-Funded Units will never trade as a unit, and the Warrants are expected to be traded on Nasdaq, investors may be provided with an arbitrage opportunity that could depress the price of our Ordinary Shares.
The JOBS Act, allows us to postpone the date by which we must comply with some of the laws and regulations intended to protect investors and to reduce the amount of information we provide in our reports filed with the SEC, which could undermine investor confidence in our company and adversely affect the market price of our Ordinary Shares.
For so long as we remain an “emerging growth company” as defined in the JOBS Act, we intend to take advantage of certain exemptions from various requirements that are applicable to public companies that are not “emerging growth companies” including:
• the provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act requiring that our independent registered public accounting firm provide an attestation report on the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting;
• Section 107 of the JOBS Act, which provides that an “emerging growth company” can take advantage of the extended transition period provided in Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
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or the Securities Act, for complying with new or revised accounting standards. This means that an “emerging growth company” can delay the adoption of certain accounting standards until those standards would otherwise apply to private companies. Given that we currently report and expect to continue to report under International Financial Reporting Standards, or “IFRS,” as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board, or the “IASB,” we will not be able to avail ourselves of this extended transition period and, as a result, we will adopt new or revised accounting standards on the relevant dates on which adoption of such standards is permitted or required by the IASB; and
• any rules that may be adopted by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board requiring mandatory audit firm rotation or a supplement to the auditor’s report on the financial statements.
We intend to take advantage of these exemptions until we are no longer an “emerging growth company.” We will remain an emerging growth company until the earlier of (1) the last day of the fiscal year (a) following the fifth anniversary of the date of our first sale of equity securities pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, (b) in which we have total annual gross revenue of at least $1.07 billion, or (c) in which we are deemed to be a large accelerated filer, which means the market value of our Ordinary Shares that is held by non-affiliates exceeds $700 million as of the prior June 30, and (2) the date on which we have issued more than $1.0 billion in non-convertible debt during the prior three-year period.
We cannot predict if investors will find our Ordinary Shares less attractive because we may rely on these exemptions. If some investors find our Ordinary Shares less attractive as a result, there may be a less active trading market for our Ordinary Shares, and our market prices may be more volatile and may decline.
As a “foreign private issuer” we are permitted to and follow certain home country corporate governance practices instead of otherwise applicable SEC and Nasdaq requirements, which may result in less protection than is accorded to investors under rules applicable to domestic U.S. issuers.
Our status as a foreign private issuer also exempts us from compliance with certain SEC laws and regulations and certain regulations of the Nasdaq Stock Market, including the proxy rules, the short-swing profits recapture rules, and certain governance requirements such as independent director oversight of the nomination of directors and executive compensation. In addition, we are not required, under the Exchange Act, to file current reports and financial statements with the SEC as frequently or as promptly as U.S. domestic companies whose securities are registered under the Exchange Act and we are generally exempt from filing quarterly reports with the SEC. Also, although regulations promulgated under the Israeli Companies Law, 5759-1999, or the Companies Law, requires us to disclose the annual compensation of our five most highly compensated senior officers on an individual basis, this disclosure is not as extensive as that required of a U.S. domestic issuer. For example, the disclosure required under Israeli law would be limited to compensation paid in the immediately preceding year without any requirement to disclose option exercises and vested stock options, future pension benefits or potential payments upon termination or a change of control. Furthermore, as a foreign private issuer, we are also not subject to the requirements of Regulation FD (Fair Disclosure) promulgated under the Exchange Act.
These exemptions and leniencies will reduce the frequency and scope of information and protections to which you are entitled as an investor.
The determination of foreign private issuer status is made annually on the last business day of an issuer’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter and, accordingly, the next determination will be made with respect to us on June 30, 2022. In the future, we would lose our foreign private issuer status if a majority of our shareholders, directors or management are U.S. citizens or residents and we fail to meet additional requirements necessary to avoid loss of foreign private issuer status. The regulatory and compliance costs to us under U.S. securities laws as a U.S. domestic registrant may be significantly higher.
We may be a “passive foreign investment company,” or PFIC, for U.S. federal income tax purposes in the current taxable year or may become one in any subsequent taxable year. There generally would be negative tax consequences for U.S. taxpayers that are holders of our Equity Securities if we are or were to become a PFIC.
Based on the projected composition of our income and valuation of our assets, we do not expect to be a PFIC for 2021 and we do not expect to become a PFIC in the future, although there can be no assurance in this regard. The determination of whether we are a PFIC is made on an annual basis and will depend on the composition of
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our income and assets from time to time. We will be treated as a PFIC for U.S. federal income tax purposes in any taxable year in which either (1) at least 75% of our gross income is “passive income” or (2) on quarterly average at least 50% of our assets by value produce passive income or are held for the production of passive income. Passive income for this purpose generally includes, among other things, certain dividends, interest, royalties, rents and gains from commodities and securities transactions and from the sale or exchange of property that gives rise to passive income. Passive income also includes amounts derived by reason of the temporary investment of funds, including those raised in a public offering. In determining whether a non-U.S. corporation is a PFIC, a proportionate share of the income and assets of each corporation in which it owns, directly or indirectly, at least a 25% interest (by value) is taken into account. The tests for determining PFIC status are applied annually and it is difficult to make accurate projections of future income and assets which are relevant to this determination. In addition, our PFIC status may depend in part on the market value of our Equity Securities. Accordingly, there can be no assurance that we currently are not or will not become a PFIC in the future. If we are a PFIC in any taxable year during which a U.S. taxpayer holds our Equity Securities, such U.S. taxpayer would be subject to certain adverse U.S. federal income tax rules. In particular, if the U.S. taxpayer did not make an election to treat us as a “qualified electing fund,” or QEF, or make a “mark-to-market” election, then “excess distributions” to the U.S. taxpayer, and any gain realized on the sale or other disposition of our Equity Securities by the U.S. taxpayer: (1) would be allocated ratably over the U.S. taxpayer’s holding period for our Equity Securities; (2) the amount allocated to the current taxable year and any period prior to the first day of the first taxable year in which we were a PFIC would be taxed as ordinary income; and (3) the amount allocated to each of the other taxable years would be subject to tax at the highest rate of tax in effect for the applicable class of taxpayer for that year, and an interest charge for the deemed deferral benefit would be imposed with respect to the resulting tax attributable to each such other taxable year. In addition, if the U.S. Internal Revenue Service, or the IRS, determines that we are a PFIC for a year with respect to which we have determined that we were not a PFIC, it may be too late for a U.S. taxpayer to make a timely QEF or mark-to-market election. U.S. taxpayers that have held our Equity Securities during a period when we were a PFIC will be subject to the foregoing rules, even if we cease to be a PFIC in subsequent years, subject to exceptions for U.S. taxpayer who made a timely QEF or mark-to-market election. A U.S. taxpayer can make a QEF election by completing the relevant portions of and filing IRS Form 8621 in accordance with the instructions thereto. We do not intend to notify U.S. taxpayers that hold our Equity Securities if we believe we will be treated as a PFIC for any taxable year in order to enable U.S. taxpayers to consider whether to make a QEF election. In addition, we do not intend to furnish such U.S. taxpayers annually with information needed in order to complete IRS Form 8621 and to make and maintain a valid QEF election for any year in which we or any of our subsidiaries are a PFIC. U.S. taxpayers that hold our Equity Securities are strongly urged to consult their tax advisors about the PFIC rules, including tax return filing requirements and the eligibility, manner, and consequences to them of making a QEF or mark-to-market election with respect to our Equity Securities in the event that we are a PFIC. See “Taxation — U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations — Passive Foreign Investment Companies” for additional information.
We may be subject to securities litigation, which is expensive and could divert management attention.
In the past, companies that have experienced volatility in the market price of their stock have been subject to securities class action litigation. We may be the target of this type of litigation in the future. Litigation of this type could result in substantial costs and diversion of management’s attention and resources, which could seriously hurt our business. Any adverse determination in litigation could also subject us to significant liabilities.
If securities or industry analysts do not publish or cease publishing research or reports about us, our business or our market, or if they adversely change their recommendations or publish negative reports regarding our business or our shares, our share price and trading volume could decline.
The trading market for our Ordinary Shares will be influenced by the research and reports that industry or securities analysts may publish about us, our business, our market or our competitors. We do not have any control over these analysts and we cannot provide any assurance that analysts will cover us or provide favorable coverage. If any of the analysts who may cover us adversely change their recommendation regarding our shares, or provide more favorable relative recommendations about our competitors, our share price would likely decline. If any analyst who may cover us were to cease coverage of our company or fail to regularly publish reports on us, we could lose visibility in the financial markets, which in turn could cause our share price or trading volume to decline.
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Risks Related to Our Incorporation, Location and Operations in Israel
We are exposed to fluctuations in currency exchange rates.
A major portion of our business is conducted, and a material portion of our operating expenses is incurred, outside the United States, mainly in NIS. Therefore, we are exposed to currency exchange fluctuations in other currencies, particularly in NIS and the risks related thereto. Our primary expenses paid in NIS are employee salaries, fees for consultants and subcontractors and lease payments on our Israeli facilities. As a result, we are affected by foreign currency exchange fluctuations through both translation risk and transaction risk. Thus, we are exposed to the risks that: (a) the NIS may appreciate relative to the dollar; (b) the NIS devalue relative to the dollar; (c) the inflation rate in Israel may exceed the rate of devaluation of the NIS; or (d) the timing of such devaluation may lag behind inflation in Israel. In any such event, the dollar cost of our operations in Israel would increase and our dollar-denominated results of operations would be adversely affected. Our operations also could be adversely affected if we are unable to effectively hedge against currency fluctuations in the future.
Provisions of Israeli law and our amended and restated articles of association may delay, prevent or otherwise impede a merger with, or an acquisition of, our company, which could prevent a change of control, even when the terms of such a transaction are favorable to us and our shareholders.
Israeli corporate law regulates mergers, requires tender offers for acquisitions of shares above specified thresholds, requires special approvals for transactions involving directors, officers or significant shareholders and regulates other matters that may be relevant to such types of transactions. For example, a merger may not be consummated unless at least 50 days have passed from the date on which a merger proposal is filed by each merging company with the Israel Registrar of Companies and at least 30 days have passed from the date on which the shareholders of both merging companies have approved the merger. In addition, a majority of our securities must approve a merger. Moreover, a tender offer for all of a company’s issued and outstanding shares can only be completed if the acquirer receives positive responses from the holders of at least 95% of the issued share capital. Completion of the tender offer also requires approval of a majority of the offerees that do not have a personal interest in the tender offer, unless, following consummation of the tender offer, the acquirer would hold at least 98% of the company’s outstanding shares. Furthermore, the shareholders, including those who indicated their acceptance of the tender offer, may, at any time within six months following the completion of the tender offer, claim that the consideration for the acquisition of the shares does not reflect their fair market value, and petition an Israeli court to alter the consideration for the acquisition accordingly, unless the acquirer stipulated in its tender offer that a shareholder that accepts the offer may not seek such appraisal rights, and the acquirer or the company published all required information with respect to the tender offer prior to the tender offer’s response date.
Israeli tax considerations also may make potential transactions unappealing to us or to our shareholders whose country of residence does not have a tax treaty with Israel exempting such shareholders from Israeli tax. See “Taxation — Israeli Tax Considerations and Government Programs” for additional information.
It may be difficult to enforce a judgment of a United States court against us and our officers and directors in Israel or the United States, to assert United States securities laws claims in Israel or to serve process on our officers and directors.
We were incorporated in Israel. All of our executive officers and directors reside outside of the United States, and all of our assets and most of the assets of these persons are located outside of the United States. Therefore, a judgment obtained against us, or any of these persons, including a judgment based on the civil liability provisions of the U.S. federal securities laws, may not be collectible in the United States and may not necessarily be enforced by an Israeli court. It also may be difficult to affect service of process on these persons in the United States or to assert U.S. securities law claims in original actions instituted in Israel. Additionally, it may be difficult for an investor, or any other person or entity, to initiate an action with respect to United States securities laws in Israel. Israeli courts may refuse to hear a claim based on an alleged violation of United States securities laws reasoning that Israel is not the most appropriate forum in which to bring such a claim. In addition, even if an Israeli court agrees to hear a claim, it may determine that Israeli law and not United States law is applicable to the claim. If United States law is found to be applicable, the content of applicable United States law must be proven as a fact by expert witnesses, which can be a time consuming and costly process. Certain matters of procedure will also be governed by Israeli
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law. There is little binding case law in Israel that addresses the matters described above. As a result of the difficulty associated with enforcing a judgment against us in Israel, you may not be able to collect any damages awarded by either a United States or foreign court.
Our headquarters, research and development and other significant operations are located in Israel, and, therefore, our results may be adversely affected by political, economic and military instability in Israel.
Our executive offices and research and development facilities are located in Israel. In addition, all of our key employees, officers and directors are residents of Israel. Accordingly, political, economic and military conditions in Israel may directly affect our business. Since the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948, a number of armed conflicts have taken place between Israel and its neighboring Arab countries, the Hamas (an Islamist militia and political group that controls the Gaza strip) and the Hezbollah (an Islamist militia and political group based in Lebanon). Any hostilities involving Israel or the interruption or curtailment of trade between Israel and its trading partners could negatively affect business conditions in Israel in general and our business in particular, and adversely affect our product development, operations and results of operations. Ongoing and revived hostilities or other Israeli political or economic factors, such as, an interruption of operations at the Tel Aviv airport, could prevent or delay shipments of our components or products.
Any armed conflicts, terrorist activities or political instability in the region could adversely affect business conditions, could harm our results of operations and the market price of our Ordinary Shares, and could make it more difficult for us to raise capital. Parties with whom we do business may sometimes decline to travel to Israel during periods of heightened unrest or tension, forcing us to make alternative arrangements when necessary, in order to meet our business partners face to face. Several countries, principally in the Middle East, still restrict doing business with Israel and Israeli companies, and additional countries may impose restrictions on doing business with Israel and Israeli companies if hostilities in Israel or political instability in the region continues or increases. Similarly, Israeli companies are limited in conducting business with entities from several countries. For instance, in 2008, the Israeli legislature passed a law forbidding any investments in entities that transact business with Iran.
Our commercial insurance does not cover losses that may occur as a result of an event associated with the security situation in the Middle East. Although the Israeli government has in the past covered the reinstatement value of certain damages that were caused by terrorist attacks or acts of war, we cannot assure you that this government coverage will be maintained or, if maintained, will be sufficient to compensate us fully for damages incurred. Any losses or damages incurred by us could have a material adverse effect on our business.
Political relations could limit our ability to sell or buy internationally.
We could be adversely affected by the interruption or reduction of trade between Israel and its trading partners. Several countries, companies and organizations still restrict business with the State of Israel and with Israeli companies and continue to participate in a boycott of Israeli companies. Foreign government defense export policies towards Israel could also make it more difficult for us to obtain the export authorizations necessary for our activities. See “Risks Related to Our Business and Industry” for further information. These restrictive laws and policies may have an adverse impact on our operating results, financial conditions or the expansion of our business. Similarly, Israeli corporations are limited in conducting business with entities from several countries.
Your rights and responsibilities as a shareholder will be governed by Israeli law, which differs in some material respects from the rights and responsibilities of shareholders of U.S. companies.
The rights and responsibilities of the holders of our Ordinary Shares are governed by our amended and restated articles of association and by Israeli law. These rights and responsibilities differ in some material respects from the rights and responsibilities of shareholders in typical U.S.-based corporations. In particular, a shareholder of an Israeli company has certain duties to act in good faith and fairness toward the company and other shareholders and to refrain from abusing its power in the company, including, among other things, in voting at the general meeting of shareholders on certain matters, such as an amendment to the company’s articles of association, an increase of the company’s authorized share capital, a merger of the company, and approval of related party transactions that require shareholder approval. In addition, a shareholder who is aware that it possesses the power to determine the outcome of a shareholder vote or to appoint or prevent the appointment of a director or executive officer in the company has a duty of fairness toward the company with regard to such vote or appointment. There is limited case law available
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to assist us in understanding the nature of this duty or the implications of these provisions. These provisions may be interpreted to impose additional obligations on holders of our Ordinary Shares that are not typically imposed on shareholders of U.S. corporations.
Certain of our research and development activities and programs were supported by Israeli Governmental grants, some of which were sold or are in the process of selling. The terms of such grants require us to pay royalties for the applicable products. We may be required to pay penalties in addition to repayment of the grants to satisfy specified conditions in order to manufacture products and transfer technologies outside of Israel.
Our research and development efforts relating to our product have been financed in part through royalty-bearing grants in an aggregate amount of approximately $748,000 received from the Israel Innovation Authority, or the IIA, as of December 31, 2020. As of December 31, 2020, our contingent liabilities regarding IIA grants received by us were in an aggregate amount of $770,000. With respect to the royalty-bearing grants, we are committed to pay royalties at a rate of 3% to 3.5% on sales proceeds from our products that were developed, in whole or in part, under IIA programs up to the total amount of grants received, linked to the U.S. dollar and bearing interest at an annual London Interbank Offered Rate, or LIBOR, applicable to U.S. dollar deposits.
The United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority, which regulates LIBOR, announced in July 2017 that it will no longer persuade or require banks to submit rates for LIBOR after 2021. In September 2021, the Bank of Israel, which determines annual interest rates, published a directive which stated that annual interest at a variable rate linked to the LIBOR rate for loans in U.S. dollars will be replaced by the Secured Overnight Financing Rate, or the SOFR, in June 2023. To our knowledge, as of the date hereof, the IIA has not announced whether it will replace LIBOR with SOFR and when this change will happen. While it is not currently possible to determine precisely whether, or to what extent, the replacement of LIBOR with SOFR would affect us, the implementation of SOFR may increase our financial liabilities to the IIA. Management continues to monitor the status and discussions regarding SOFR. We are not yet able to reasonably estimate the expected impact.
Regardless of any royalty payment, we are further required to comply with the requirements of the Israeli Encouragement of Research, Development and Industrial Initiative Technology Law, 5744-1984, as amended, and related regulations, or the Research Law, with respect to those past grants. When a company develops know-how, technology or products using IIA grants, the terms of these grants and the Research Law restrict the transfer of such know-how, and the transfer of manufacturing or manufacturing rights of such products, technologies or know-how outside of Israel, without the prior approval of the IIA. Therefore, the discretionary approval of an IIA committee would be required for any transfer to third parties inside or outside of Israel of know-how or manufacturing or manufacturing rights related to those aspects of such technologies. We may not receive those approvals. Furthermore, the IIA may impose certain conditions on any arrangement under which it permits us to transfer technology or development out of Israel.
The transfer of IIA-supported technology or know-how outside of Israel may involve the payment of significant amounts, depending upon the value of the transferred technology or know-how, our research and development expenses, the amount of IIA support, the time of completion of the IIA-supported research project and other factors. These restrictions and requirements for payment may impair our ability to sell or otherwise transfer our technology assets outside of Israel or to outsource or transfer development or manufacturing activities with respect to any product or technology outside of Israel. Furthermore, the consideration available to our shareholders in a transaction involving the transfer outside of Israel of technology or know-how developed with IIA funding (such as a merger or similar transaction) may be reduced by any amounts that we are required to pay to the IIA.
Our operations may be disrupted as a result of the obligation of management or key personnel to perform military service.
Our employees and consultants in Israel, including members of our senior management, may be obligated to perform up to 42 days, and in some cases longer periods, of military reserve duty generally until they reach the age of 45 (or older, for citizens who hold certain positions in the Israeli armed forces reserves) and, in the event of a military conflict, may be called to active duty. In response to increases in terrorist activity, there have been periods of significant call-ups of military reservists. It is possible that there will be similar large-scale military reserve duty call-ups in the future. Our operations could be disrupted by the absence of a significant number of our officers, directors, employees and consultants. Such disruption could materially adversely affect our business and operations.
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Changes to applicable tax laws and regulations or exposure to additional income tax liabilities could affect our future business and profitability.
We are an Israeli company and thus subject to Israeli corporate income tax as well as other local taxes applicable to our operations. New local laws and policy relating to taxes, whether in Israel or in any of the jurisdictions in which we operate, may have an adverse effect on our future business and profitability. Further, existing applicable tax laws, statutes, rules, regulations or ordinances could be interpreted, changed, modified or applied adversely to us or our subsidiaries.
General Risk Factors
Raising additional capital would cause dilution to our existing shareholders and may affect the rights of existing shareholders.
We may seek additional capital through a combination of private and public equity offerings, debt financings and collaborations and strategic arrangements. To the extent that we raise additional capital through the issuance of equity or convertible debt securities, your ownership interest will be diluted, and the terms may include liquidation or other preferences that adversely affect your rights as a holder of our Ordinary Shares.
Sales of a substantial number of our Ordinary Shares in the public market by our existing shareholders could cause our share price to fall.
Sales of a substantial number of our Ordinary Shares in the public market, or the perception that these sales might occur, could depress the market price of our Ordinary Shares and could impair our ability to raise capital through the sale of additional equity securities. We are unable to predict the effect that sales may have on the prevailing market price of our Ordinary Shares.
If securities or industry analysts do not publish or cease publishing research or reports about us, our business or our market, or if they adversely change their recommendations or publish negative reports regarding our business or Ordinary Shares, our Ordinary Shares price and trading volume could decline.
The trading market for our Ordinary Shares will be influenced by the research and reports that industry or securities analysts may publish about us, our business, our market or our competitors. We do not have any control over these analysts and we cannot provide any assurance that analysts will cover us or provide favorable coverage. If any of the analysts who may cover us adversely change their recommendation regarding our Ordinary Shares, or provide more favorable relative recommendations about our competitors, our Ordinary Shares price would likely decline. If any analyst who may cover us were to cease coverage of our company or fail to regularly publish reports on us, we could lose visibility in the financial markets, which in turn could cause our Ordinary Shares price or trading volume to decline.
We will incur significant increased costs as a result of operating as a public company, and our management will be required to devote substantial time to new compliance initiatives.
As a public company whose ordinary shares will be listed in the United States, we will incur significant legal, accounting and other expenses that we did not incur as a private company. We will be subject to the reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the other rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, and the rules and regulations of The NASDAQ Stock Market, or NASDAQ, and provisions of the Companies Law that apply to public companies such as us. The expenses that will be required in order to adequately prepare for being a public company will be material, and compliance with the various reporting and other requirements applicable to public companies will require considerable time and attention of management. For example, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the rules of the SEC and national securities exchanges have imposed various requirements on public companies, including requiring establishment and maintenance of effective disclosure and financial controls. Our management and other personnel will need to devote a substantial amount of time to these compliance initiatives. These rules and regulations will continue to increase our legal and financial compliance costs and will make some activities more time-consuming and costly. For example, we expect these rules and regulations to make it more difficult and more expensive for us to obtain director and officer liability insurance,
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and we may be required to accept reduced policy limits on coverage or incur substantial costs to maintain the same or similar coverage. The impact of these events could also make it more difficult for us to attract and retain qualified personnel to serve on our board of directors, our board committees, or as executive officers.
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act requires, among other things, that we maintain effective internal control over financial reporting and disclosure controls and procedures. In particular, we must perform system and process evaluation and testing of our internal control over financial reporting to allow management to report on the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting, as required by Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, beginning as early as our annual report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022. In addition, we will be required to have our independent registered public accounting firm attest to the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting beginning with our annual report on Form 20-F following the date on which we are no longer an emerging growth company. Our compliance with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act will require that we incur substantial accounting expense and expend significant management efforts. We currently do not have an internal audit group, and we will need to hire additional accounting and financial staff with appropriate public company experience and technical accounting knowledge. If we are not able to comply with the requirements of Section 404 in a timely manner, the market price of our shares could decline and we could be subject to sanctions or investigations by NASDAQ, the SEC or other regulatory authorities, which would require additional financial and management resources.
Our ability to successfully implement our business plan and comply with Section 404 requires us to be able to prepare timely and accurate financial statements. We expect that we will need to continue to improve existing, and implement new operational and financial systems, procedures and controls to manage our business effectively. Any delay in the implementation of, or disruption in the transition to, new or enhanced systems, procedures or controls, may cause our operations to suffer and we may be unable to conclude that our internal control over financial reporting is effective and to obtain an unqualified report on internal controls from our auditors as required under Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. This, in turn, could have an adverse impact on trading prices for our Ordinary Shares and could adversely affect our ability to access the capital markets.
We have no operating experience as a publicly traded company in the U.S.
We have no operating experience as a publicly traded company in the U.S. Although the individuals who now constitute our management team have experience managing a publicly-traded company, there is no assurance that the past experience of our management team will be sufficient to operate our company as a publicly traded company in the United States, including timely compliance with the disclosure requirements of the SEC. Following the completion of this offering, we will be required to develop and implement internal control systems and procedures in order to satisfy the periodic and current reporting requirements under applicable SEC regulations and comply with the Nasdaq listing standards. These requirements will place significant strain on our management team, infrastructure and other resources. In addition, our management team may not be able to successfully or efficiently manage our company as a U.S. public reporting company that is subject to significant regulatory oversight and reporting obligations.
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SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This prospectus contains forward-looking statements concerning our business, operations and financial performance and condition, as well as our plans, objectives and expectations for our business operations and financial performance and condition. Any statements contained herein that are not statements of historical facts may be deemed to be forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “aim,” “anticipate,” “assume,” “believe,” “contemplate,” “continue,” “could,” “due,” “estimate,” “expect,” “goal,” “intend,” “may,” “objective,” “plan,” “predict,” “potential,” “positioned,” “seek,” “should,” “target,” “will,” “would,” and other similar expressions that are predictions of or indicate future events and future trends, or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements about:
• our ability to advance the development of our SafeAir systems and other future solutions;
• existing regulations and regulatory developments in the United States and other jurisdictions;
• our plans and ability to obtain or protect intellectual property rights, including extensions of patent terms where available and our ability to avoid infringing the intellectual property rights of others;
• the need to hire additional personnel and our ability to attract and retain such personnel;
• our estimates regarding expenses, future revenue, capital requirements and needs for additional financing;
• our dependence on third parties;
• our financial performance;
• the period over which we estimate our existing cash and cash equivalents will be sufficient to fund our future operating expenses and capital expenditure requirements;
• the overall global economic environment;
• the impact of competition and new technologies;
• our plans to continue to invest in research and develop technology for new products;
• our ability to generate revenue and profit margin under our anticipated contracts which is subject to certain risks; and
• our ability to restructure our operations to comply with future changes in government regulation.
Forward-looking statements are based on our management’s current expectations, estimates, forecasts and projections about our business and the industry in which we operate and our management’s beliefs and assumptions, and are not guarantees of future performance or development and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that are in some cases beyond our control. As a result, any or all of our forward-looking statements in this prospectus may turn out to be inaccurate. Important factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from current expectations include, among other things, those listed under “Risk Factors” and elsewhere in this prospectus. Potential investors are urged to consider these factors carefully in evaluating the forward-looking statements.
The forward-looking statements included in this prospectus speak only as of the date of this prospectus. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot guarantee that future results, levels of activity, performance and events and circumstances reflected in the forward-looking statements will be achieved or will occur. Except as required by law, we assume no obligation to update or revise these forward-looking statements for any reason, even if new information becomes available in the future. You should, however, review the factors and risks we describe in the reports we will file from time to time with the SEC after the date of this prospectus. See “Where You Can Find More Information.”
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We estimate that the net proceeds from the sale of Units in this offering will be approximately $13.30 million, after deducting the estimated underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us, based on an assumed initial public offering price of $6.20 per Unit, which is the midpoint of the price range set forth on the cover page of this prospectus. If the underwriter exercises its option to purchase up to an additional 378,750 Ordinary Shares and/or Pre-Funded Warrants and Warrants in full, we estimate that the net proceeds to us from this offering will be approximately $15.43 million, after deducting the estimated underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us. Each $1.00 increase (decrease) in the assumed initial public offering price of $6.20 per Unit would increase (decrease) the net proceeds to us from this offering, after deducting the estimated underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us, by approximately $2.30 million, assuming that the number of Units offered by us, as set forth on the cover page of this prospectus, remains the same. We may also increase or decrease the number of Units we are offering. An increase (decrease) of 100,000 in the number of Units we are offering would increase (decrease) the net proceeds to us from this offering, after deducting the estimated underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us, by $564,200, assuming the assumed initial public offering price stays the same.
We currently expect to use the net proceeds from this offering for the following purposes:
• approximately $7 million for research and development of new technologies as well as existing products;
• approximately $4 million for marketing and sales efforts in new territories; and
• the remainder for working capital and general corporate purposes and possible future acquisitions.
To the extent the underwriter exercises its over-allotment option or any Warrants, Pre-Funded Warrants or Underwriter’s Warrants are exercised, we currently expect to use the net proceeds from such exercise for working capital and general corporate purposes, including potential acquisitions. With respect to possible future acquisitions, management has not yet determined the types of businesses that we will target or the terms of any potential acquisition.
Although we currently anticipate that we will use the net proceeds from this offering as described above, there may be circumstances where a reallocation of funds is necessary. Due to the uncertainties inherent in the clinical development and regulatory approval process, it is difficult to estimate with certainty the exact amounts of the net proceeds from this offering that may be used for any of the above purposes on a stand-alone basis. Amounts and timing of our actual expenditures will depend upon a number of factors, including our sales, marketing and commercialization efforts, regulatory approval and demand for our product candidates, operating costs and other factors described under “Risk Factors” in this prospectus. Accordingly, our management will have flexibility in applying the net proceeds from this offering. An investor will not have the opportunity to evaluate the economic, financial or other information on which we base our decisions on how to use the proceeds.
Based on our current plans, we believe that our existing cash, cash equivalents and short-term deposits, together with the net proceeds of this offering, will be sufficient to enable us to fund our operating expenses and capital expenditure requirements through June 2022. We anticipate that these funds, together with the net proceeds of this offering, will be sufficient to fund our operating expenses and capital expenditure requirements for the next five years. We have based this estimate on assumptions that may prove to be incorrect, and we could use our available capital resources sooner than we currently expect.
Pending our application of the net proceeds from this offering, we plan to invest such proceeds in short-term, investment-grade, interest-bearing securities and depositary institutions.
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We have never declared or paid any cash dividends to our shareholders, and we do not anticipate or intend to pay cash dividends in the foreseeable future. Payment of cash dividends, if any, in the future will be at the discretion of our board of directors in compliance with applicable legal requirements and will depend on a number of factors, including future earnings, our financial condition, operating results, contractual restrictions, capital requirements, business prospects, our strategic goals and plans to expand our business, applicable law and other factors that our board of directors may deem relevant.
The Companies Law, imposes further restrictions on our ability to declare and pay dividends. See “Description of Share Capital — Dividend and Liquidation Rights” for additional information.
Payment of dividends may be subject to Israeli withholding taxes. See “Taxation — Material Israeli Tax Considerations” for additional information.
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The following table sets forth our cash and cash equivalents and our capitalization as of December 31, 2021:
• on an actual basis.
• on a pro forma basis to give effect to: (i) the issuance of 4,178,200 bonus shares (equivalent to a forward share split at a ratio of 3.5-for-1) effected on May 23, 2022, (ii) the issuance of 316,614 Ordinary Shares and warrants to purchase 633,228 Ordinary Shares to be issued upon the conversion of the SAFE investments in the aggregate amount of $1,472,255, which will automatically convert upon the consummation of this offering, based on an assumed initial public offering price of $6.20 per Unit, which is the midpoint of the price range set forth on the cover page of this prospectus; and (iii) the issuance of 5,264,532 Ordinary Shares pursuant to a certain loan conversion agreement effected on January 28, 2022, as if each event had occurred on December 31, 2021.
• on a pro forma as adjusted basis to give further effect to the issuance of 2,525,000 Units in this offering, at an assumed public offering price of $6.20 per Unit, which is the midpoint of the price range set forth on the cover page of this prospectus, and after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us and assuming no exercise of the over-allotment option and no exercise of any of the Warrants, Pre-Funded Warrants or Underwriter’s Warrants issued pursuant to this offering, as if the sale of the securities had occurred on December 31, 2021.
The pro forma as adjusted information set forth in the table below is illustrative only and will be adjusted based on the actual public offering price and other terms of this offering determined at pricing.
You should read this table in conjunction with the section titled “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and our financial statements and related notes included elsewhere in this prospectus.
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As of December 31, 2021 |
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|
U.S. dollars |
Actual |
Pro Forma |
Pro Forma As Adjusted(1) |
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|
Cash |
33,024 |
|
1,505,279 |
14,801,329 |
|||
|
Total assets |
532,740 |
|
2,004,995 |
15,301,045 |
|||
|
Total debt and lease liabilities including current portion |
7,918 |
|
729,129 |
8,398,016 |
|||
|
Total shareholders’ equity (deficit) |
(6,971,052 |
) |
424,035 |
6,051,198 |
|||
|
Total capitalization |
6,963,134 |
|
1,153,164 |
14,449,214 |
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(1) Each $1.00 increase or decrease in the assumed initial public offering price of $6.20 per Unit, which is the midpoint of the price range set forth on the cover page of this prospectus, would increase or decrease, respectively, the amount of cash, total shareholders’ (deficiency) equity and total capitalization by approximately $2.30 million, assuming the number of Units offered by us, as set forth on the cover page of this prospectus, remains the same, and after deducting the estimated underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us. We may also increase or decrease the number of Units we are offering. An increase or decrease of 100,000 in the number of Units we are offering would increase or decrease, respectively, the amount of cash, total shareholders’ (deficiency) equity and total capitalization by $564,200, assuming the assumed initial public offering price per Unit, as set forth on the cover page of this prospectus, remains the same. The pro forma as adjusted information is illustrative only, and we will adjust this information based on the actual initial public offering price and other terms of this offering determined at pricing.
The number of Ordinary Shares to be issued and outstanding immediately after this offering assumes that all of the Units offered hereby are sold, and is based on 6,166,094 Ordinary Shares issued and outstanding as of the date of this prospectus, after giving effect to the issuance of 4,178,200 bonus shares to the holders of our Ordinary Shares on a basis of 2.5 bonus shares for each Ordinary Share outstanding (equivalent to a 3.5-for-1 forward share split) effected on May 23, 2022, and the customary adjustments to our outstanding options and warrants. This number excludes:
• Warrants to purchase an aggregate of 583,772 Ordinary Shares at a nominal exercise price, which warrants shall be issued to certain consultants upon the completion of this offering;
• (i) Warrants to purchase such number of Ordinary Shares equal to 1.0% of our share capital on a fully-diluted basis, including any over-allotments, immediately following this offering, with an exercise
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price equal to the per share price based on a company valuation of $10 million (pre-offering), which warrants will be issued to an advisor upon the completion of this offering; and (ii) warrants to purchase such number of Ordinary Shares equal to 1.0% of our share capital on a fully diluted basis, including any over-allotments, immediately following this offering, with an exercise price equal to the per share price in this offering, which warrants will be issued to an advisor upon the completion of this offering;
• Warrants to purchase 180,912 Ordinary Shares pursuant to a certain purchase agreement;
• 992,124 Ordinary Shares reserved for future issuance under our incentive option plan; and
• 633,228 Ordinary Shares issuable upon the exercise of warrants to be issued in connection with the SAFEs, based on an assumed initial public offering price of $6.20 per Unit, which is the midpoint of the price range set forth on the cover page of this prospectus.
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If you invest in our securities in this offering, your interest will be immediately diluted to the extent of the difference between the initial public offering price per Ordinary Share included as part of the Units or that may be issued upon the exercise of any Pre-Funded Warrants included in the Pre-Funded Units and the pro forma as adjusted net tangible book value per Ordinary Share after this offering. Dilution results from the fact that the initial public offering price per Ordinary Share is substantially in excess of the net tangible book value per Ordinary Share. As of December 31, 2021, we had a historical net tangible book value of ($7 million), or ($1.19) per Ordinary Share. Our net tangible book value per share represents total tangible assets less total liabilities, divided by the number of Ordinary Shares outstanding on December 31, 2021.
Our pro forma net tangible book value as of December 31, 2021 was ($0.30 million), or ($0.06) per Ordinary Share. Pro forma net tangible book value per share represents total tangible assets less total liabilities, divided by the number of Ordinary Shares outstanding as of December 31, 2021, after giving effect to: (i) the issuance of 5,264,532 Ordinary Shares pursuant to a certain loan conversion agreement, effected on January 28, 2022; (ii) the automatic conversion of all outstanding shares under the SAFEs into Ordinary Shares; and (iii) the issuance of 4,178,200 bonus shares (equivalent to a forward share split at a ratio of 3.5-for-1) effected on May 23, 2022.
After giving further effect to the sale of the securities offered by us in this offering at an assumed initial public offering price of $6.20 per Unit, which is the midpoint of the price range set forth on the cover page of this prospectus, assuming the exercise of any Pre-Funded Warrants that are sold in the offering, no exercise of the underwriter’s over-allotment option and no exercise of any of the Warrants or Underwriter’s Warrant issued pursuant to this offering, and after deducting the estimated underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses, our pro forma as adjusted net tangible book value at December 31, 2021 would have been $0.70 per share. This represents an immediate increase in pro forma as adjusted net tangible book value of $1.89 per share to existing shareholders and immediate dilution of $5.50 per Ordinary Share to purchasers of Units and Pre-Funded Units assuming the exercise of any Pre-Funded Warrants in this offering. Dilution for this purpose represents the difference between the price per Ordinary Share paid by these purchasers and pro forma as adjusted net tangible book value per Ordinary Share immediately after the completion of this offering.
The following table illustrates this dilution per Ordinary Share:
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Assumed public offering price per Unit |
$ |
6.20 |
|
|
|
Pro forma net tangible book value per Ordinary Share as of December 31 |
$ |
(1.19 |
) |
|
|
Increase in net tangible book value per Ordinary Share attributable to new investors |
$ |
1.89 |
|
|
|
Pro forma as adjusted net tangible book value per Ordinary Share after this offering |
$ |
0.70 |
|
|
|
Dilution per Ordinary Share to new investors |
$ |
5.50 |
|
|
|
Percentage of dilution in net tangible book value per Ordinary Share for new investors |
|
89 |
% |
The pro forma and pro forma as adjusted information is illustrative only, and we will adjust this information based on the actual initial public offering price and other terms of this offering determined at pricing.
A $1.00 increase (decrease) in the assumed initial public offering price of $6.20 per Unit, which is the midpoint of the price range set forth on the cover page of this prospectus, would increase (decrease) our pro forma as adjusted net tangible book value as of December 31, 2021 after this offering by approximately $0.13 per Ordinary Share, and would increase (decrease) dilution to investors in this offering by $0.87 per Ordinary Share, assuming that the number of Units offered by us, as set forth on the cover page of this prospectus, remains the same, after deducting the estimated underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us, and assuming no exercise of the over-allotment option and no exercise of any of the Warrants or Underwriter’s Warrants issued pursuant to this offering and no sale of Pre-Funded Units. We may also increase or decrease the number of Units we are offering. An increase (decrease) of 100,000 in the number of Units we are offering would increase (decrease) our pro forma as adjusted net tangible book value as of December 31, 2021 after this offering by approximately $0.02 per Ordinary Share, and would decrease (increase) dilution to investors in the offering by approximately $0.02 per Ordinary Share, assuming the assumed initial public offering price per Unit remains the same, after deducting the estimated underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us.
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If the underwriter exercises in full its over-allotment option to purchase Ordinary Shares and/or Pre-Funded Warrants and Warrants, the pro forma as adjusted net tangible book value will increase to $0.77 per Ordinary Share, representing an immediate increase in pro forma as adjusted net tangible book value to existing shareholders of $0.08 per Ordinary Share and an immediate dilution of $0.08 per Ordinary Share to new investors participating in this offering.
The following table shows, as of December 31, 2021, on a pro forma as adjusted basis, the number of Ordinary Shares purchased from us as part of the Units or that may be issued upon the exercise of any Pre-Funded Warrants included in the Pre-Funded Units, the total consideration paid to us and the average price paid per share by existing shareholders and by new investors purchasing Ordinary Shares in this offering at an assumed initial public offering price of $6.20 per Unit, which is the midpoint of the price range set forth on the cover page of this prospectus, before deducting the estimated underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us:
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Average Price |
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Number |
Percent |
Amount |
Percent |
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Existing shareholders |
5,849,480 |
67.3% |
$ |
4,500,000 |
20.8% |
$ |
0.77 |
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|
SAFEs |
316,614 |
3.6% |
$ |
1,472,255 |
6.8% |
$ |
4.65 |
|||||
|
New investors |
2,525,000 |
29.1% |
$ |
15,655,000 |
72.4% |
$ |
6.20 |
|||||
|
Total |
8,691,094 |
100.0% |
$ |
21,627,255 |
100% |
$ |
2.49 |
|||||
A $1.00 increase (decrease) in the assumed initial public offering price of $6.20 per Unit (the midpoint of the price range set forth on the cover page of this prospectus) would increase (decrease) the total consideration paid by investors participating in this offering, total consideration paid by all shareholders and the average price per share paid by all shareholders by approximately $2.52 million, $18.18 million and $0.30, respectively, assuming that the number of Units offered by us, as set forth on the cover page of this prospectus, remains the same and before deducting the estimated underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us. Similarly, a 100,000 Unit increase in the number of Units offered by us, as set forth on the cover of this prospectus, would increase the total consideration paid by investors participating in this offering, total consideration paid by all shareholders and the average price per share paid by all shareholders by approximately $0.62 million, $16.28 million and $1.87, respectively, assuming the assumed initial public offering price of $6.20 per Unit (the midpoint of the price range set forth on the cover page of this prospectus) remains the same, and after deducting the estimated underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us.
The number of the Ordinary Shares to be issued and outstanding immediately after this offering assumes that all of the Ordinary Shares offered hereby are sold, and is based on 6,166,094 Ordinary Shares issued and outstanding as of the date of this prospectus, after giving effect to the issuance of 4,178,200 bonus shares to the holders of our Ordinary Shares on a basis of 2.5 bonus shares for each Ordinary Share outstanding (equivalent to a 3.5-for-1 forward share split) effected on May 23, 2022, and the customary adjustments to our outstanding options and warrants. This number excludes:
• Warrants to purchase an aggregate of 583,772 Ordinary Shares at a nominal exercise price, which warrants shall be issued to certain consultants upon the completion of this offering;
• (i) Warrants to purchase such number of Ordinary Shares equal to 1.0% of our share capital on a fully-diluted basis, including any over-allotments, immediately following this offering, with an exercise price equal to the per share price based on a company valuation of $10 million (pre-offering), which warrants will be issued to an advisor upon the completion of this offering; and (ii) warrants to purchase such number of Ordinary Shares equal to 1.0% of our share capital on a fully diluted basis, including any over-allotments, immediately following this offering, with an exercise price equal to the per share price in this offering, which warrants will be issued to an advisor upon the completion of this offering;
• Warrants to purchase 180,912 Ordinary Shares pursuant to a certain purchase agreement;
• 992,124 Ordinary Shares reserved for future issuance under our incentive option plan; and
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• 633,228 Ordinary Shares issuable upon the exercise of warrants to be issued in connection with the SAFEs, based on an assumed initial public offering price of $6.20 per Unit, which is the midpoint of the price range set forth on the cover page of this prospectus.
To the extent that outstanding options are exercised, new options or warrants are issued or we issue additional Ordinary Shares in the future, there will be further dilution to new investors. We may choose to raise additional capital due to market conditions or strategic considerations even if we believe we have sufficient funds for our current or future operating plans. To the extent that we raise additional capital through the sale of equity or convertible debt securities, the issuance of these securities could result in further dilution to our equity holders.
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MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF
FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
You should read the following discussion in conjunction with our audited consolidated financial statements including the related notes thereto, beginning on page F-1 of this prospectus. In addition to historical information, this discussion contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. You should read the sections of this prospectus titled “Risk Factors” and “Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” for a discussion of the factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from our expectations.
Overview
We are an aerospace company that is focused on drone safety systems and engaged in the business of designing, developing, and providing what we believe are best-in-class autonomous parachute safety systems for commercial drones, also known as unmanned aerial systems or UAS. Our company was founded by a group of aviation professionals, together with veteran drone operators, to address the drone industry’s safety challenges. Our goal is to enable the drone industry to realize its greatest potential through increasing safety and mitigating operational risk.
We have experienced net losses in every period since our inception in 2013. We incurred net losses of $571,566 and $1,965,903 for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. As of December 31, 2021, we had accumulated losses of $13,353,400. We anticipate that we will continue to incur significant losses for the foreseeable future as our operating expenses and capital expenditures increase substantially due to our continued investment in research and development as well as in sales and marketing activities and as we hire additional employees over the coming years. Furthermore, upon closing of this offering, we expect to incur additional expenses associated with operating as a U.S. public company, including significant legal, accounting, investor relations and other expenses.
For more information regarding our business and operations, see the section entitled “Business” below.
Components of Operating Results
Sales
Revenue is recognized based on the five-step model outlined in IFRS 15, Revenue from Contracts with Customers. IFRS 15 sets out a single revenue recognition model, according to which the entity shall recognize revenue in accordance with the said core principle by implementing a five-step model framework: (i) identify the contract with a customer, (ii) identify the performance obligations in the contract, (iii) determine the transaction price, (iv) allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract and (v) recognize revenue when (or as) we satisfy our performance obligations.
The Company’s revenues consist of sales of drone safety systems with a one-year warranty, directly to customers via direct sales to system manufactures, resellers and an online store. The payment terms are usually an advance payment through a credit card or a bank wire or 30 days credit upon delivery of the product for certain existing clients.
The Company recognizes revenue from the sale of its products at the point of time when control is transferred to its customers. Once the Company’s products have been physically delivered to the agreed location, the Company no longer has a physical holding but has a present right to receive payment without retaining any significant risks or benefits.
The Company’s products include warranties which require the Company to either replace or repair defective products during the warranty period if the products fail to comply with the described specifications. In accordance with IFRS 15, such warranties are not accounted for as separate performance obligations and hence no revenue is allocated to them. Instead, a provision is made for the costs of satisfying the warranties in accordance with IAS 37 Provisions, Contingent Liabilities and Contingent Assets.
Each transaction of a product sale (including a warranty) consists of one performance obligation.
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Cost of Sales
Cost of sales consists primarily of expenses related to the purchase of materials of products sold, salary and related. It also consists of write down charges of obsolete inventory items.
The Government of Israel, through the IIA, encourages research and development projects by providing grants. We may receive grants from the IIA at the rates that range from 20% to 50% of the research and development expenses, as prescribed by the research committee of the IIA. Our research and development efforts relating to our product have been financed in part through royalty-bearing grants in an aggregate amount of approximately $748,000 received from the Israel Innovation Authority, or the IIA, as of December 31, 2021. As of December 31, 2021, our contingent liabilities regarding IIA grants received by us were in an aggregate amount of approximately $355,000 on a “fair value” basis. With respect to the royalty-bearing grants we are committed to pay royalties at a rate of 3% to 3.5% on sales proceeds from our products that were developed in whole or in part using these IIA grants. For information regarding our obligations in connection with the grants received from the IIA under the Research Law, see “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations — Government Grants and Related Royalties” below.
Operating expenses
Our current operating expenses consist of three components: (i) research and development expenses; (ii) sales and marketing expenses and (iii) general and administrative expenses. Labor costs are the most significant component of operating expenses and consist of salaries including benefits.
Research and development expenses
Research and development expenses consist primarily of labor costs, subcontractors, material and costs associated with patent-related expenses. Costs are expensed as they are incurred.
We anticipate that our research and development expenses will increase in the future as we increase our development headcount and infrastructure to support our continued research and development programs and the potential commercialization of our products.
Sales and marketing expenses
Sales and marketing expenses consist primarily of labor costs, consultants and digital advertising.
General and administrative expenses
General and administrative expenses consist primarily of labor costs, professional service fees and facilities.
We anticipate that we will incur increased expenses related to audit, legal, regulatory and tax-related services associated with maintaining compliance with Nasdaq and SEC requirements, director and officer insurance premiums, director compensation, and other costs associated with being a public company.
Finance income and expenses
Finance income consists of net currency exchange rate differences (AUD vs. USD currency exchange rate differences on the AUD loans due to the former parent company), while finance expenses consist of currency exchange rate differences and bank charges.
Income Taxes
We have yet to generate taxable income in Israel. As of December 31, 2021, our net operating loss carryforwards for tax purposes were approximately $11 million. We anticipate that we will continue to generate losses for the foreseeable future and that we will be able to carry forward these losses for tax purposes indefinitely to future taxable years. Accordingly, we do not expect to pay taxes in Israel until we have taxable income after the full utilization of our carry forward tax losses.
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Results of Operations
Our results of operations have varied in the past and can be expected to vary in the future due to numerous factors. We believe that period-to-period comparisons of our operating results are not necessarily meaningful and should not be relied upon as indications of future performance.
Below is a summary of our results of operations for the periods indicated:
|
Year Ended December 31, |
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|
2021 |
2020 |
|||||
|
(USD) |
||||||
|
Sales |
724,391 |
|
762,410 |
|
||
|
Cost of Sales |
464,255 |
|
848,094 |
|
||
|
Gross profit (loss) |
260,136 |
|
(85,684 |
) |
||
|
Operating expenses: |
|
|
||||
|
Research and development expenses |
603,012 |
|
317,614 |
|
||
|
Sales and marketing expenses |
168,470 |
|
168,664 |
|
||
|
General and administrative expenses |
474,013 |
|
744,096 |
|
||
|
Operating loss |
985,359 |
|
1,316,058 |
|
||
|
Finance expenses (income) |
(413,793 |
) |
649,845 |
|
||
|
Total comprehensive loss for the period |
571,566 |
|
1,965,903 |
|
||
Year Ended December 31, 2021 Compared to Year Ended December 31, 2020
Sales
Sales decreased by $38,019, or 5%, to $724,391 for the year ended December 31, 2021, compared to $762,410 for the year ended December 31, 2020. This decrease was mainly attributed to the FAA regulatory changes in the U.S., which we believe created a temporary uncertainty for customers, and was partially offset by an increase in sales in Brazil, Ireland, UK, Spain and India, among other global markets.
Cost of sales
Cost of sales decreased by $383,839, or 45%, to $464,255 for the year ended December 31, 2021, compared to $848,094 for the year ended December 31, 2020. The decrease resulted mainly from a write-down of inventory in the amount of $437,225 due to regulatory and technological obsolescence, partially offset by an increase of $31,919 in materials and related expenses.
Research and development expenses
Research and development expenses increased by $285,398, or 90%, to $603,012 for the year ended December 31, 2021, compared to $317,614 for the year ended December 31, 2020. The increase resulted mainly from an increase in employment-related expenses, cost of materials, expenses related to contracted services and patent-related expenses.
Sales and marketing expenses
Sale and marketing expenses decreased by $194, to $168,470 for the year ended December 31, 2021, compared to $168,664 for the year ended December 31, 2020.
General and administrative expenses
General and administrative expenses decreased by $270,083, or 36%, to $474,013 for the year ended December 31, 2021, compared to $744,096 for the year ended December 31, 2020. The decrease resulted mainly from a reduction in our employee-related expenses and expenses for consulting services.
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Finance (income) expenses, net
Finance income, net was $413,793 for the year ended December 31, 2021, compared to finance expenses, net of $649,845 for the year ended December 31, 2020. Finance income, net was primarily due to currency exchange rate differences between the AUD and USD.
Comprehensive and net loss
Comprehensive and net loss decreased by $1,394,337, or 71%, to $571,566 for the year ended December 31, 2021, compared to a net loss of $1,965,903 for the year ended December 31, 2020. The decrease was mainly the result of currency exchange rate differences between the AUD and USD and the write-off of specific inventory items in the amount of $437,225 for the year ended December 31, 2020.
Government Grants and Related Royalties
We have developed drone safety systems, at least in part, with funds from IIA grants, and, accordingly, we would be obligated to pay these royalties on sales of the aforementioned products. Below is a description of our obligations in connection with the grants received from the IIA under the Research Law:
Local Manufacturing Obligation
As long as the manufacturing of our product candidates takes place in Israel and no technology funded with IIA grants is sold or out licensed to a non-Israeli entity, the maximum aggregate royalties paid would generally be up to the total amount of grants received, linked to the U.S. dollar and bearing interest at an annual LIBOR applicable to U.S. dollar deposits, as published on the first business day of each calendar year. In this regard, the United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority, which regulates LIBOR, announced in July 2017 that it will no longer persuade or require banks to submit rates for LIBOR after 2021. In September 2021, the Bank of Israel, which determines annual interest rates, published a directive which stated that annual interest at a variable rate linked to the LIBOR rate for loans in U.S. dollars will be replaced by the Secured Overnight Financing Rate, or the SOFR, in June 2023. To our knowledge, as of the date hereof, the IIA has not announced whether it will replace LIBOR with SOFR and when this change will happen. While it is not currently possible to determine precisely whether, or to what extent, the replacement of LIBOR with SOFR would affect us, the implementation of SOFR may increase our financial liabilities to the IIA. Management continues to monitor the status and discussions regarding SOFR. We are not yet able to reasonably estimate the expected impact.
Further, when a company develops know-how, technology or products using IIA grants, the terms of these grants and the Research Law restrict the transfer of such know-how, and the transfer of manufacturing or manufacturing rights of such products, technologies or know-how outside of Israel, without the prior approval of the IIA. Therefore, the discretionary approval of an IIA committee would be required for any transfer to third parties inside or outside of Israel of know-how or manufacturing or manufacturing rights related to those aspects of such technologies. We may not receive those approvals. Furthermore, the IIA may impose certain conditions on any arrangement under which it permits us to transfer technology or development out of Israel.
Under the terms of the Research Law, the products may be manufactured outside of Israel by us or by another entity only if prior approval is received from the IIA (such approval is not required for the transfer of up to 10% of the manufacturing capacity in the aggregate, in which case a notice must be provided to the IIA and not be objected to by the IIA within 30 days of such notice).
Know-How Transfer Limitation
The Research Law restricts the ability to transfer know-how funded by the IIA outside of Israel. Transfer of IIA funded know-how outside of Israel requires prior approval of the IIA and may be subject to payments to the IIA, calculated according to formulae provided under the Research Law. The redemption fee is subject to a cap of six times the total amount of the IIA grants, plus interest accrued thereon (i.e. the total liability to the IIA, including accrued interest, multiplied by six). If we wish to transfer IIA funded know-how, the terms for approval will be determined according to the nature of the transaction and the consideration paid to us in connection with such transfer.
Approval of transfer of IIA funded know-how to another Israeli company may be granted only if the recipient abides by the provisions of the Research Law and related regulations, including the restrictions on the transfer of know-how and manufacturing rights outside of Israel.
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Change of Control
Any non-Israeli citizen, resident or entity that, among other things, (i) becomes a holder of 5% or more of our share capital or voting rights, (ii) is entitled to appoint our directors or our chief executive officer or (iii) serves as one of our directors or as our chief executive officer (including holders of 25% or more of the voting power, equity or the right to nominate directors in such direct holder, if applicable) is required to notify the IIA and undertake to comply with the rules and regulations applicable to the grant programs of the IIA, including the restrictions on transfer described above.
Approval to manufacture products outside of Israel or consent to the transfer of IIA funded know-how, if requested, is within the discretion of the IIA. Furthermore, the IIA may impose certain conditions on any arrangement under which it permits us to transfer IIA funded know-how or manufacturing out of Israel.
The consideration available to our shareholders in a future transaction involving the transfer outside of Israel of know-how developed with IIA funding (such as a merger or similar transaction) may be reduced by any amounts that we are required to pay to the IIA.
Impact of COVID-19
The global spread of COVID-19 led many countries, including Israel, to impose stringent limitations on movement, gatherings, transit of passengers and goods and to close the borders between countries. The responses of governments have notably impacted many economies as well as capital markets worldwide.
Our company was able to maintain almost ordinary levels of operations during the period. We were affected by service providers lack of availability and extended times of delivery from suppliers abroad.
Future possible impact of COVID-19 will depend on future developments with the pandemic which are highly uncertain and cannot be predicted, including new information which may emerge concerning the severity of COVID-19 and the actions by governments around the world to contain COVID-19 or treat its impact, among others.
The Company is exposed to the effects and risks associated with the global shortage of electronic components. Since the end of 2020, there has been a worldwide shortage of electronic components which affects the entire electronics industry. The current situation is expected to continue into 2022 and beyond.
Going Concern
The accompanying financial statements have been prepared assuming that the company will continue as a going concern. As discussed in Note 1(3) of the audited consolidated financial statements included in this prospectus, the company is in its commercialization stage and does not generate significant revenue at this stage. Therefore, the company has incurred recurring losses and negative cash flows from operating activities since inception, such that as of December 31, 2021, the company had accumulated losses of $13.3 million and a deficit of $7 million. The company’s operations have been funded substantially through loans from the former parent company, which were converted into equity in January 2022. See “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions — Loan Conversion Agreement” for further information. In 2022, the company issued Simple Agreements for Future Equity, or SAFEs, in consideration of approximately $1,472,255 (see “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions — Simple Agreements for Future Equity” for further information) and is in the process of an initial public offering in the United States. Considering the above, the company’s dependency on external funding for its operations raises a substantial doubt about the company’s ability to continue as a going concern. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of these uncertainties.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Overview
We are in our commercialization stage and do not generate significant revenue in this stage. Therefore, we have suffered recurring losses from operations and negative cash flows from operations since inception. Our operations have been funded substantially through loans from related parties. Considering the above, our dependency on external funding for our operations raises a substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern.
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Since our inception, we have financed our operations primarily through loans from related parties for aggregate proceeds of approximately $7 million. As of December 31, 2020, our principal source of liquidity was cash, totaling $144,735. As of December 31, 2021, our principal source of liquidity was cash, totaling $33,024. In February 2022, we began entering into SAFEs for aggregate proceeds of up to $2.5 million. As of May 24, 2022, we had received approximately $1,472,255 under the SAFEs we had entered into.
Since our inception, we have raised an aggregate of approximately $6,382,000 in share capital and premium, as of December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively.
We believe that our existing cash will be sufficient to support working capital and capital expenditure requirements through the end of June 2022, without using the net proceeds from this offering.
We believe the proceeds of this offering, together with our current cash, including the proceeds from the sale of the SAFEs in February and March of 2022, will be sufficient to meet our working capital and capital expenditure requirements at least through December 2027. Our main expense over this approximately five year period will be hiring more employees and we will evaluate our expenses on an annual basis over this period to determine whether we will need additional financing.
Our future long-term capital requirements will depend on many factors, including:
• the progress and costs of our research and development activities, including for new technologies;
• the costs of manufacturing our products, including increasing production capacity;
• the costs of filing, prosecuting, enforcing and defending patent claims and other intellectual property rights;
• the potential costs of contracting with third parties to provide marketing and distribution services for us or for building such capacities internally; and
• the magnitude of our general and administrative expenses.
Until we can generate significant recurring revenues, profit and cash flow provided by operating activity we expect to satisfy future cash needs through debt or equity financings as well as governmental grants and proceeds from exercises of options and warrants. In the event that we require additional financing, we may not be able to raise such financing on terms acceptable to us or at all. If we are unable to raise additional capital or generate cash flows necessary to expand our operations and invest in continued innovation, we may not be able to compete successfully, which would harm our business, results of operations, and financial condition.
The table below shows a summary of our cash flows for the periods indicated:
|
Year Ended December 31, |
||||||
|
2021 |
2020 |
|||||
|
(USD) |
||||||
|
Cash at beginning of the period* |
113,938 |
|
74,112 |
|
||
|
Net cash used in operating activities |
(934,720 |
) |
(776,626 |
) |
||
|
Net cash used in investing activities |
(5,572 |
) |
(695 |
) |
||
|
Net cash provided by financing activities |
859,378 |
|
816,013 |
|
||
|
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents |
(80,914 |
) |
38,692 |
|
||
|
Effects of exchange rate changes on cash |
— |
|
1,134 |
|
||
|
Cash at the end of the period* |
33,024 |
|
113,938 |
|
||
____________
* Including offset of overdrafts.
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Operating activities
We have generated negative cash flows. We primarily use the cash from operating activities for labor costs and subcontractors. Cash used in operating activities mainly consists of our net loss adjusted for certain non-cash items, including depreciation expenses, inventory write-down, currency exchange differences with respect to amounts due to a related company and changes in operating assets and liabilities during each period.
During the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, net cash used in operating activities was $934,720 and $776,626, respectively. The primary factors affecting operating cash flows during these periods were net losses of $571,566 and $1,965,903 during the year ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.
Net cash used in investing activities
Net cash used in investing activities increased by $4,877 to $5,572 for the year ended December 31, 2021, compared to $695 for the year ended December 31, 2020, which was used to purchase computers and office equipment.
Net cash used in financing activities
Net cash provided by financing activities increased by $43,365 to $859,378 for the year ended December 31, 2021, compared to $816,013 for the year ended December 31, 2020. This increase was due to a loan from the former parent company partially offset by repayment of a bank loan.
We have incurred losses and cash flow deficits from operations since our inception, resulting in accumulated losses at December 31, 2021 of $13,353,400. We anticipate that we will continue to incur net losses for the foreseeable future. To meet future capital needs, we would need to raise additional capital through equity or debt financing or other strategic transactions. We have based our estimates on assumptions that may prove to be wrong, and our expenses could prove to be significantly higher than we currently anticipate.
Our future capital requirements will depend on many factors, including, but not limited to:
• the progress and costs of our research and development activities;
• the costs of development and expansion of our operational infrastructure;
• our ability, or that of our collaborators, to achieve development milestones and other events or developments under potential future sale agreements;
• the amount of revenues and contributions we receive under future sale, collaboration, development and commercialization arrangements with respect to our technologies;
• the costs of filing, prosecuting, enforcing and defending patent claims and other intellectual property rights;
• the costs of contracting with third parties to provide sales and marketing capabilities for us or establishing such capabilities ourselves, once our technologies are developed and ready for commercialization;
• the costs of acquiring or undertaking development and commercialization efforts for any future products or technology;
• the magnitude of our general and administrative expenses; and
• any additional costs that we may incur under future sale, collaboration, development and commercialization arrangements relating to our technologies and future products.
Until we can generate significant recurring revenues, we expect to satisfy our future cash needs through capital raising or by co-developing applications of one or more of our product candidates. We cannot be certain that additional funding will be available to us on acceptable terms, if at all. If funds are not available on favorable terms, or at all, we may be required to delay, reduce the scope of or eliminate research or development efforts or plans for commercialization with respect to our technologies and make necessary change to our operations to reduce the level of our expenditures in line with available resources.
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We are a development-stage technology company and it is not possible for us to predict with any degree of accuracy the outcome of our research and development efforts. As such, it is not possible for us to predict with any degree of accuracy any significant trends, uncertainties, demands, commitments or events that are reasonably likely to have a material effect on our net loss, liquidity or capital resources, or that would cause financial information to not necessarily be indicative of future operating results or financial condition. However, to the extent possible, certain trends, uncertainties, demands, commitments and events are described herein.
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
We are exposed to a variety of financial risks, which result from our financing, operating and investing activities. The objective of financial risk management is to contain, where appropriate, exposures in these financial risks to limit any negative impact on our financial performance and position. Our main financial instruments are our cash and other receivables, trade and other payables. The main purpose of these financial instruments is to raise finance for our operations. We actively measure, monitor and manage our financial risk exposures by various functions pursuant to the segregation of duties and principals. The risks arising from our financial instruments are mainly credit risk and currency risk. The risk management policies employed by us to manage these risks are discussed below.
Credit risk
Credit risk arises when a failure by counterparties to discharge their obligations could reduce the amount of future cash inflows from financial assets on hand at the balance sheet date. We closely monitor the activities of our counterparties and control the access to our intellectual property which enables it to ensure the prompt collection. Our main financial assets are cash as well as trade receivables and other receivables and represent our maximum exposure to credit risk in connection with our financial assets. Wherever possible and commercially practical, we hold cash with major financial institutions in Israel.
Currency risk
Currency risk is the risk that the value of financial instruments will fluctuate due to changes in foreign exchange rates. Currency risk arises when future commercial transactions and recognized assets and liabilities are denominated in a currency that is not our functional currency. We are exposed to foreign exchange risk arising from currency exposure primarily with respect to the NIS, as the majority of our expenses are denominated in NIS, and to the AUD, as we had a balance due to our former parent company which was denominated in AUD. As most of our revenues are USD derived, the USD is our functional currency. Our policy is not to enter into any currency hedging transactions.
Liquidity risks
Liquidity risk is the risk that arises when the maturity of assets and the maturity of liabilities do not match. An unmatched position potentially enhances profitability, but it can also increase the risk of loss. We have procedures to minimize such loss by maintaining sufficient cash and other highly liquid current assets and by having available an adequate amount of committed credit facilities. As of December 31, 2021, we have a negative working capital.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
We have off-balance sheet arrangements in connection with our research and development agreements with the IIA. As of December 31, 2021, our contingent liabilities regarding IIA grants received by us were in an aggregate amount of approximately $770,000. With respect to the royalty-bearing grants, we are committed to pay royalties at a rate of 3% to 3.5% on sales proceeds from our products that were developed under IIA programs up to the total amount of grants received, linked to the U.S. dollar and bearing interest at an annual LIBOR applicable to U.S. dollar deposits. We are obligated to repay the Israeli government for the grants received only to the extent that there are revenues of the funded products. The LIBOR accrued interest of the total IIA grants is approximately $22,000, which we do not consider to be a material liability. In September 2021, the Bank of Israel, which determines annual interest rates, published a directive which stated that annual interest at a variable rate linked to the LIBOR rate for loans in U.S. dollars will be replaced by the Secured Overnight Financing Rate, or the SOFR, in June 2023. We believe that this change would not have a material impact on our results or our financial position.
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We do not believe that off-balance sheet arrangements and commitments are reasonably likely to have a current or future effect on our financial condition, changes in financial condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources that is material to investors.
Emerging Growth Company Status
We qualify as an “emerging growth company” as defined in the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012, or the JOBS Act. An emerging growth company may take advantage of specified reduced reporting and other burdens that are otherwise applicable generally to public companies. These provisions include:
• a requirement to present only two years of audited financial statements in addition to any required interim financial statements and correspondingly reduced Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations disclosure;
• to the extent that we no longer qualify as a foreign private issuer, (i) reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in our periodic reports and proxy statements and (ii) exemptions from the requirement to hold a non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation, including golden parachute compensation;
• an exemption from the auditor attestation requirement in the assessment of our internal control over financial reporting pursuant to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002; and
• an exemption from compliance with the requirement that the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board has adopted regarding a supplement to the auditor’s report providing additional information about the audit and the financial statements.
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Overview
We are an aerospace company that is focused on drone safety systems and engaged in the business of designing, developing, and providing what we believe are best-in-class autonomous parachute safety systems for commercial drones, also known as unmanned aerial systems or UAS. Our company was founded by a group of aviation professionals, together with veteran drone operators, to address the drone industry’s safety challenges. Our goal is to enable the drone industry to realize its greatest potential through increasing safety and mitigating operational risk.
Drones are either navigated manually with a remote control or operated autonomously by software. Drones have long seen widespread use in the military for surveillance and long-range attack purposes and have also been used for weather monitoring and search and rescue operations. As developments in the mobile industry have enabled manufacturers to decrease the size, weight, and cost of batteries and cameras, the drone industry has expanded beyond its largely military-based origins and scale for commercial and civil government use cases. Increased automation of drones and a global concern for sustainability have also driven demand. Drones have become an integral workflow tool among a myriad of global industries and have a wide array of commercial applications, such as photography, agriculture, package delivery, first response/public safety, surveying, construction site monitoring, and infrastructure inspection. Drones are easy enough even for private individuals to maintain and operate and do not require expensive infrastructure, allowing for recreational use. As demand and use cases for commercial drones have increased, so too have concerns over drone safety, and we believe our safety solutions place us in a strong position to take advantage of the developing market and regulatory frameworks, which are increasingly recognizing parachute recovery systems as effective forms of risk mitigation for expanded operational approvals.
Our unique, patented technology enables parachute deployment on drones in a fraction of a second using an autonomous computer paired with a ballistic parachute launcher. We believe that we have created a new benchmark in drone safety with low altitude parachute deployment capabilities and high levels of reliability. Globally, our solutions have proven critical to enabling commercial drone operations over populated areas and beyond-visual-line-of-sight, or BVLOS, which require prior approval from aviation regulators, including the U.S., Canada, Israel, Brazil, Singapore, Australia, Ireland and the U.K., among other countries. These authorizations facilitate new business opportunities and applications for expanded drone operations worldwide, thus enhancing the value proposition of our solutions for our customers.
The Company does not rely on licensing partners and licensees but instead relies on sale, collaboration and other arrangements with third-party service providers, vendors and development partners that purchase the Company’s products and then seek regulatory approval for the combined use of their drones with the Company’s products. The Company has no licensing agreements or arrangements with, and does not receive any royalty payments from, any parties, except for one license agreement for the out-license of software previously developed by the Company for the production of its hardware, which has generated an immaterial amount of revenue.
Our Solutions
Our unique, patented technology for drones, the SafeAir system, is designed to protect hardware, people, and payload in the event of an in-flight failure. The SafeAir system is a smart parachute system that monitors UAS flight in real time, identifies critical failures and autonomously triggers a parachute in the event of an emergency. The system contains a flight termination system, a black box to enable post-deployment analysis, and a warning buzzer to alert people of a falling drone. In addition to being fully autonomous, the SafeAir system includes a separate remote control for manual parachute deployment capability.
We have a global distribution footprint and have forged partnerships all around the world, including India, South Korea, the United States, Latin America and Europe. We sell our drone safety systems as off-the-shelf solutions, as well as perform integrations with original equipment manufacturers, or OEMs, offering customized, bespoke safety solutions for a large variety of aerial platforms, including multi-rotor, fixed wing, vertical take-off and landing, or VTOL, heavy lift, and urban air mobility. Our technology has been sold to and used by some of the world’s top companies and organizations, including drone companies such as LIFT Aircraft, Airobotics, SpeedBird Aero and Doosan Corporation and other leading and known brands and entities such as CNN, the New York Times, Hensel Phelps, Verizon Media (Skyward), Fox Television Station, the Chicago Police Department and Fortis Construction.
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SafeAir Solutions Portfolio
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SafeAir Phantom |
Autonomous parachute system designed for the DJI Phantom 4 series, ASTM F3322-18 certified. Total weight: 160 grams Minimum safe altitude: 19.02 meters Average descent rate: 5.12 meters per second Approximate impact energy: 21 Joules *Compatible with all Phantom (drone type) series configurations, excluding RTK model |
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SafeAir Mavic |
Autonomous parachute system designed for the DJI Mavic 2 series, ASTM F3322-18 certified. Total weight: 165 grams. Minimum safe altitude: 19.11 meters. Average descent rate: 3.93 meters per second. Approximate impact energy: 8.2 Joules. Compatible with DJI Mavic Pro and Mavic 2 series (drone types, excluding Enterprise add-ons). |
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SafeAir M-200 Pro |
Autonomous parachute system designed for the DJI Matrice 200 series, ASTM F3322-18 certified. Total weight: 790 grams. Minimum safe effective altitude: 30.47 meters. Average descent rate: 4.28 meters per second. Approximate impact energy: 56.24 Joules. Compatible with Matrice 200 & 210 series (drone types). |
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SafeAir M-300 Pro |
Autonomous parachute system, ASTM F3322-18 certified. Total weight: 900 grams. Minimum safe effective altitude: 30.39 meters. Average descent rate: 4.41 meters per second Approximate impact energy: 87.5 joules. Compatible with Matrice 300 RTK (drone type). |
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SafeAir M-600 Pro |
Autonomous parachute system designed for the DJI Matrice 600 series. Total weight: 845 grams. Minimum safe effective altitude: 29 meters. Average descent rate: 5.27 meters per second. Approximate impact energy: 215 joules. Compatible with Matrice 600 Series (drone type). |
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SafeAir V1EX |
Autonomous parachute system designed for the Airobotics V1EX drone-in-a-box platform. ASTM F3322-18 certified, pending final approval for type certificate from the FAA. |
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SafeAir 350 |
Parachute system for up to 770 pounds. Installed primarily on manned platforms (air taxis, urban air mobility) such as the LIFT HEXA, an all-electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) single-passenger multicopter. Combines an independent flight termination system, smart computer, and highly effective parachute to prevent loss of control. |
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Generic parachute system for up to 440 pounds. Designed for multicopters, fixed wing aircrafts, and VTOLs. Installed on various OEM platforms, such as Doosan Mobility Innovation (South Korea) and Speedbird Aero (Brazil) |
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Milestones
The market for safety systems for commercial drones is rapidly evolving and subject to regulatory frameworks around the world that are in various stages of development and sophistication. We have played a key role, as a leader in parachute safety systems, in the development of both the technology behind and regulations around safe UAS operations. Below are some key technological, testing, and regulatory milestones that we have been involved in.
In April 2018, we partnered with Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS), the specialist corporate re/insurer of Allianz Group, to reduce risks related to commercial UAS. AGCS provides comprehensive hull and liability coverage for a range of risks associated with UAS and insures thousands of drone operators. Our partnership allows AGCS to offer its clients pricing incentives and preferential conditions for using our parachute safety systems, thereby encouraging the use of our products and the safe operation of UAS.
On October 1, 2018, we announced that the first ever Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) waiver for flight over people with a parachute safety system was granted to a UAS operator using the ParaZero SafeAir system on a DJI Phantom 4. The operator was Botlink, a drone software and hardware technology company based in North Dakota, who utilized the waiver to perform missions for local law enforcement and to generate media content as part of the FAA’s UAS Integration Pilot Program (UASIPP), a program founded in 2017 to help the FAA create regulations to enable the safe and secure integration of drones into the national airspace system.
On June 26, 2019, we announced that the North Dakota Department of Transportation had secured a FAA waiver for operations over people using our SafeAir Mavic + ASTM Professional Kit. This was the first waiver approved using our SafeAir Mavic, which had recently been declared compliant with ASTM F3322-18, an international standard for UAS parachutes published in 2018 by ASTM International, an organization that develops and publishes voluntary consensus technical standards for a range of systems and services. The SafeAir Mavic achieved ASTM F3322-18 compliance following a series of successful aerial deployment tests validated by the Northern Plains UAS Test Site, one of a small number of designated FAA test sites. This represented an important milestone in making our solutions in particular, and certified parachute systems in general, a future requirement for drone manufacturers and operators.
On July 11, 2019, we announced that four additional waivers for operations over people were granted by the FAA to operators using the ParaZero SafeAir and ASTM Professional Kit on their Phantom 4s or Mavic 2s. These waivers had historically been difficult to secure and we believe that the rapid pace at which they were granted to operators using the SafeAir system demonstrated the scalability and availability of our solutions. By July of 2020, we were able to announce that 100 organizations in the U.S. had secured FAA operational waivers granting flight over populated areas using drones fitted with our SafeAir system parachute technology.
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On December 5, 2019, we announced a partnership with SkyWatch.AI, a risk-assessment and InsurTech platform for the drone industry, with the goal of allowing drone operators to dramatically mitigate risk through the ASTM-compliant ParaZero system, reduce their insurance costs with SkyWatch.AI and also apply for FAA waivers for operations over people, or OOP.
Our success in enabling our customers to receive expanded regulatory approvals has not been limited to the United States. On July 15, 2019 we declared compliance with Transport Canada’s (TC) regulations for drone operations over people, which had become effective less than two months prior. This achievement allowed operators across North America to use our solutions and demonstrated our position as an industry leader in developing technology and compliant products to help enable safe and legal flight over people.
On August 12, 2020 Speedbird Aero, a Latin American drone delivery company, announced that it had received regulatory approval from Brazil’s National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC) to operate two experimental drone delivery routes in Brazil. Speedbird Aero operates a fleet of proprietary delivery drones throughout Brazil and other countries, each with an integrated ParaZero parachute recovery system. Speedbird Aero became the first company in Latin America to win regulatory approval for a drone delivery operation. We began a multi-phase integration project with Speedbird Aero in June of 2021 and, using our SafeAir system, Speedbird Aero now regularly offers on-demand multimodal delivery services in partnership with multiple global organizations.
On March 22, 2021, we announced that a bespoke OEM version of our SafeAir drone safety system was integrated into the DS30, a hydrogen fuel cell commercial drone manufactured by Doosan Mobility Innovation (DMI), the drone branch of Doosan Corporation, a multi-billion dollar enterprise. Every aspect of the DS30’s design was carefully crafted to optimize performance and safety and ParaZero engineers worked with the Doosan team from the design stage to integrate our unique drone safety system into the DS30. The DS30 is an endurance drone, capable of carrying an 11 pound (5 kilogram) payload and flying for more than two hours, equipped with an enhanced version of ParaZero’s sophisticated SmartAir Pro onboard computer and sensors, providing enhanced safety for all mission stakeholders. During the Covid-19 pandemic, DMI delivered critical supplies to outlying island residents in Korea, enabled by and demonstrating the importance of the SafeAir system for advanced operations.
In March of 2021, LIFT Aircraft successfully demonstrated that the U.S. Air Force could safely fit and transport its Hexa electric vertical take-off and landing, or eVTOL, aircraft in a C-130J Combat King II, with an integrated ParaZero ballistic parachute system for advanced air mobility platforms. Around the same time, our safety system helped researchers at Virginia Tech’s Mid-Atlantic Aviation Partnership (MAAP), College of Engineering, perform the first direct research on drone-automobile collisions, which demonstrated the minimal risk drones present to moving vehicles when operated at speeds at or less than 62 miles per hour and provided foundational information for future OOP means of compliance to support additional advanced operations. These accomplishments demonstrate our involvement in both civil and military research and development in the U.S., which we believe positions us in an advantageous position in the U.S. market.
On July 29, 2021, we announced that our SafeAir solutions were chosen to provide safety systems enabling an end-to-end autonomous solution, in a collaboration with leading fleet management and Command and Control (C2) provider Blue White Robotics and Easy Aerial, a manufacturer of fully autonomous, drone-in-a-box solutions. Equipping Easy Aerial’s military-grade autonomous drones with ParaZero safety systems provides a drone-based solution for first responders, who are able to launch drone missions and receive real-time situational awareness from a remote operations center before deploying additional resources or personnel, thereby helping to ensure the safety of both public safety officers and the community.
On September 30, 2021, we announced that we had entered into a regional strategic partnership with Paras Aerospace, an Indian tech development company, to address the safety requirements of drones in India, leveraging the technical excellence of Paras Aerospace’s infrastructure for manufacturing and product support from India. The arrangement permitted Paras Aerospace, to provide ASTM-certified parachute systems to the Indian market.
In November of 2021, we received ASTM certification for the SafeAir system for the DJI M200 & DJI M300, two leading enterprise drone platforms, further expanding the options for operators to apply for regulatory approvals using our solutions.
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Industry Overview and Market Challenges

The global commercial drone market size was valued at $13.4 billion in 2020. It is expected to expand at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 57.5% from 2021 to 2028. In terms of volume, the demand was recorded at 689.4 thousand units in 2020. Drones are used for multiple applications ranging from filmmaking to emergency response. Additionally, these devices are witnessing a high demand in the real estate and construction sector owing to their ability to survey lands, provide continuous and precise project notifications, improve safety and prevent dangerous incidents on construction sites. Business use cases for drones have witnessed considerable growth over the past few years. Market participants such as drone manufacturers and software solution providers are constantly engaged in designing, testing, and improving solutions for various markets.
Full commercial operations of drones over populated areas are not likely to materialize without a regulator-approved safety solution. ParaZero is a leader in this market with smart sensing, best-in-class low altitude deployment, and drone management capabilities, and our technology can be fitted across virtually all drones, enabling advanced safety and data retention capabilities.
Consumer vs. Commercial Drones
The civilian drone industry can generally be divided into two primary groups: consumer and commercial. Various types of consumer drones can be legally purchased over the internet or in retail stores in a range of prices. Consumer drones are mostly used for fun and recreational hobbyist photography and have seen major widespread growth globally. Commercial or enterprise drones are generally more expensive, heavier and are designed to carry costly payloads such as high-end cameras. These types of drones typically require pilot training and certification. Examples of commercial drone use include: (a) search and rescue — with the ability to cross tough terrain with ease, drones can be everywhere any time, providing law enforcement, fire fighters and medical teams with rapid response capabilities; (b) security — authorities use drones to protect people during various emergencies, help coordinate a variety of security operations and to preserve evidence; (c) infrastructure inspections — many systems such as power lines, wind turbines and pipelines can be checked by drones, allowing businesses to get accurate information quickly, safely and efficiently and avoid putting their workers in potentially dangerous situations such as working on high power lines or climbing wind turbines; (d) surveillance — drones allow recording and monitoring from the sky and are therefore suitable for monitoring public events, protests or any suspicious activities without being heard or seen; (e) science and research — drones assist scientists in their research by observing different occurrences in nature or a particular environment from the sky. For example, drones are used to safely document the archaeological excavations in nuclear accidents (measuring contamination), in glacier surveillance and to observe volcanic eruptions; (f) aerial photography and video — with a drone that is equipped with a high-definition camera, high quality/definition photos can be taken that were previously only possible with helicopters; (g) surveying and GIS (mapping) — using multi-spectral cameras and laser scanners, drones are able to create high-quality 3D maps. With these capabilities, drones can be used for remote sensing, surveying and mapping, photogrammetry, precision agriculture, etc.; (h) deliveries — drones can also deliver lightweight packages such as medication, small e-commerce purchases and much more; and (i) construction — drones can provide valuable insight and management capabilities to contractors
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and architects by allowing them to efficiently check the status of the building process. In short, the uses and potential uses for drones are rapidly increasing as is the number of drones being utilized around the world, with a corresponding increase in associated issues such as regulation, licensing and safety.
Drone Safety Incidents
Drones offer significant value to private industry and the public sector and are flying in ever-increasing numbers in the skies. As the global utilization of drones grows at an increasing rate, we expect the number of safety incidents to increase as well. Drones routinely experience mid-flight emergencies, including electrical system failures, bird strikes, excessive angular breach or altitude loss, etc., and can fall out of the sky and can be part of safety incidents such as collisions with other flying objects or structures. In January 2020, for example, it was reported that drones used by United Kingdom, or UK, police forces were falling out of the sky due to rain. In October 2021, it was reported that hundreds of drones fell on a crowd during a show in China. Although it is expected that drones will crash or otherwise endanger public safety, it is difficult to accurately determine how often such incidents occur in the world. This lack of data applies not only to civilian crashes, but also to the drones that are flown ever-more regularly by government entities, like police and fire departments.
Some countries are more closely monitoring and recording drone incidents than others. In the United Kingdom, for example, the UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) releases a steady tempo of public investigative reports describing incidents involving small drones. In the United States, on the other hand, there are far fewer sources of information about drone safety incidents. While some drone crash incidents must be reported to the U.S. government, the current rules only apply to a small swath of incidents as compared to the much broader interpretation under UK laws.
Business Strategy
We are implementing a multi-tiered business model to increase flexibility in the market and to encourage broad adoption of our products. We sell ready-to-use systems directly to OEMs, which usually are characterized by long sales cycles and in the commercial drone market are also original design manufacturers, or ODMs. Our direct interaction with OEMs enables us to work with them from the design stage, providing for seamless integration of our solutions into their products. We also market our solutions directly to clients via direct sales, resellers and an online store.

Marketing Strategy
Our primary efforts are in creating co-marketing partnerships and working directly with distributors and resellers. Our approach of market education and explaining the benefits of using our technology allows us to expand exposure to our technology even before the regulatory environment requires or provides regulatory benefit(s) to drone operators and
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manufacturers that have implemented a safety measure capability. Our core marketing activities include monthly press releases, monthly blog posts, regular social media posts and re-shares on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and YouTube, attending roadshows and exhibitions on a regular basis, continuously searching for co-marketing partnerships with OEMs and distributors, video and photo content creation, marketing collateral with e-folders for distributors and website updates. All of these efforts are part of a market education we are investing in. Once more regulation is introduced, we are sure that our marketing efforts will focus on differentiating ourselves from our competition.
Competition
The markets in which we operate are particularly competitive due to the lucrative nature of the contracts and contacts available within the commercial and industrial drone industries. The industry is also characterized by rapidly advancing technologies and new systems introduced to the market. We face competition mainly from, but not limited to, Drone Rescue Systems, Indemnis, Fruity Chutes, Opale Paramodels, Dronavia, AVSS, and Galaxy GRS.

For purposes of the diagram above:
• “Adaptability” refers to the ability to be integrated into generic drones;
• “Autonomous Triggering System” refers to a self-triggering system based on the system’s sensors with no human intervention required;
• “Flight Termination System” refers to a system that stops a drone’s motors upon parachute deployment;
• “Manual Triggering Device” refers to a parachute-triggering ground system; and
• “Low Altitude Effectiveness” refers to the ability to reach terminal velocity even when deployed at a low altitude.
* The foregoing information is based on internal company research based on data known to the company as of the date hereof, and not the product of a formal survey.
** The trademarks above are the property of their respective owners.
Future Applications
We intend to develop additional applications for drones utilizing our technological capabilities and deep familiarity and expertise in the drone market. These future applications include:
1. Introducing next-generation electronics that fully support urban air mobility and manned UAS applications (such as air taxis and other personal transportation and delivery solutions). By leveraging the experience we have accumulated over the years in designing smart autonomous solutions, we intend
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to build the next-generation hardware from the ground up, with cutting-edge technologies such as real-time, AI-based decision making with continuous learning capabilities and revolutionary design concepts that will potentially improve the reliability and performance of the hardware.
2. Developing an AI-based predictive maintenance and profiling suite to provide valuable insights for drone operators and OEMs. By employing advanced big data and machine learning techniques, end-users can receive alerts and notifications regarding the behavior of their platform(s). This will allow for preventive measures before a critical issue arises, thus providing an additional layer of safety, which is particularly important for air taxis and other manned applications.
3. Monetizing collected data by offering various complementary data-based solutions for end-users and OEMs, including advanced safety features, debriefing, and fleet management capabilities. By connecting the system to the cloud continuously, we believe that we will be able to provide users with analytics and data at a scope previously unavailable.
4. Fully integrating the system’s real-time telemetry and statuses into smart city infrastructure, providing valuable data on air traffic, hazards, air pollution, and weather conditions in real-time. Utilizing the advanced sensing capabilities of the system, we believe that we will be able to generate an accurate high-resolution environmental picture that can be monetized as a data provider for municipalities and other clients in the smart urban landscape (such as emergency services).
5. Expanding OEM offerings with additional integration and testing services, further simplifying the overall system integration process and providing a one-stop-shop holistic solution for OEMs to design, integrate and certify their platforms in accordance with regulatory requirements. By leveraging our lab and field experience, along with our vast regulatory knowledge, OEMs that usually focus on the implementation of their platforms, rather than considering external requirements, can gain significant value by improving their offerings and reducing time to market.
6. Developing a solution for navigating the platform after parachute deployment to land in safe areas to further reduce the chance for hazards on the ground. Based on proprietary IP, we believe that the system will generate a continuous ground situational awareness picture and in accordance shall navigate the platform in case of an emergency to a predefined safe area.
Government Regulation
The use of commercial drones is heavily regulated and, as is often the case with developing technologies, the regulation of the operation and flight of UAS around the world is lagging behind the industry’s technological capabilities. However, many countries, such as the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany and France, have developed regulations that prohibit the use of UAS in urban or populated environments, except in specific scenarios and/or with appropriate air and ground risk mitigation measures, including the use of parachutes.
Possessing the ability to safely and legally engage in operations over people and beyond-visual-line-of-sight (BVLOS) operations is essential for the commercial drone services industry to realize its full potential, as many of the commercial UAS use cases, such as food delivery, medical delivery, photography and monitoring, occur in urban environments, and thus cannot be performed without these capabilities.
Drone operations are subject to a number of regulations specific to the jurisdictions in which our solutions are used. These regulations are typically the responsibility of a given drone operator to follow but may have a material effect on our business by either encouraging or discouraging the use of drones equipped with our safety solutions. The regulations that are most likely to have a material effect on our business are as follows:
United States — Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
The drone industry is regulated in the United States by the FAA to ensure that drone related services meet safety and performance standards. The FAA prescribes standards and certification requirements for use of UAS for commercial and recreational purposes. The rule for operating UAS under 55 pounds in the U.S. national airspace is the FAA’s Small UAS Rule (14 CFR Part 107). On April 21, 2021, the FAA’s Operation of Unmanned Aircraft Systems Over People final rule (14 CFR Part 107 Subpart D) went into effect, allowing for routine drone operations
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over people under certain circumstances. Under these rules, the FAA categorizes UAS operations over people depending on the level of risk that the UAS presents to people on the ground. Parachute recovery systems mitigate ground risk in the event of an in-flight emergency by significantly reducing the kinetic energy of a falling aircraft.
Category 1: Small unmanned aircraft in this category must:
• weigh 0.55 pounds or less;
• contain no exposed rotating parts that would cause lacerations; and
• comply with the FAA’s rules on remote identification, if operated by a remote pilot in sustained flight over open-air assemblies.
Category 2: Small unmanned aircraft in this category must:
• weigh more than .55 pounds but not have an airworthiness certificate under 14 CFR Part 21;
• not cause injury to a human being that is equivalent to or greater than the severity of injury caused by a transfer of 11 foot-pounds (ft-lbs.) of kinetic energy upon impact from a rigid object;
• not contain any exposed rotating parts that would cause lacerations;
• not contain any safety defects;
• comply with the FAA’s rules on remote identification, if operated by a remote pilot in sustained flight over open-air assemblies; and
• have means of compliance and declaration of compliance accepted by the FAA.
Category 3: Small unmanned aircraft in this category must:
• weigh more than .55 pounds but not have an airworthiness certificate under 14 CFR Part 21;
• not cause injury to a human being that is equivalent to or greater than the severity of injury caused by a transfer of 11 foot-pounds (ft-lbs.) of kinetic energy upon impact from a rigid object;
• not contain any exposed rotating parts that would cause lacerations;
• not contain any safety defects;
• not be operated over open-air assemblies unless (i) the operation is within closed or restricted access sites and all within that site have been notified that a small unmanned aircraft may fly over them; or (ii) the small unmanned aircraft does not maintain sustained flight over anyone not directly participating in the operation or located in a structure or vehicle that can provide reasonable protection from a falling small unmanned aircraft.
• have means of compliance and declaration of compliance accepted by the FAA.
Category 4: Small unmanned aircraft in this category must:
• have received an airworthiness certificate from the FAA under 14 CFR Part 21 that does not prohibit operations over people; and
• comply with the FAA’s rules on remote identification, if operated by a remote pilot in sustained flight over open-air assemblies.
Since 2019, 125 FAA §107.39 waivers have been granted for operations over people using SafeAir technology, including to organizations such as Hensel Phelps, the Chicago Police Department, Verizon Media, The New York Times and State Farm Insurance. These waivers allow small UAS which do not meet the four operational categories mentioned above to be flown over human beings.
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Canada — Transport Canada (TC)
The Canadian drone industry is regulated by Transport Canada, and drone operations must follow the rules set out in the Canadian Aviation Regulations, Part IX. The current regulations set forth three broad categories for remotely piloted aircraft systems (RPAS), which are largely based on weight and intended operation: (i) small RPAS in basic operations; (ii) small RPAS in advanced operations; and (iii) all other RPAS.
Small RPAS are defined as RPAS that weigh between 250 grams and 25 kilograms, must be registered with Transport Canada, must be marked with a registration number prior to flying and may not be flown at an altitude higher than 400 feet above ground level. Small RPAS operations are considered basic if they are flown only (i) in uncontrolled airspace; (ii) more than 30 meters horizontally from and never directly above bystanders; and (iii) more than three nautical miles from a certified airport or military aerodrome and more than one nautical mile from a certified heliport. If any one of the proceeding conditions is not met, the operations are considered advanced and stricter licensing, certification and operational restrictions are imposed.
When operations fall outside the basic or advanced categories, such as flights beyond visual line-of-sight or drones that weigh more than 25 kilograms, an application for a special flight operations certificate (SFOC) must be submitted to the Minister of Transport. Once granted, the operations are limited to the specific purpose approved in the SFOC.
Parachute recovery systems with specific characteristics, such as autonomous and manual triggering capabilities, are approved by Transport Canada as a means for drone operators to obtain authorizations for operations over people.
The framework developed by Transport Canada also allows manufacturers or modifiers of RPAS to submit declarations that the RPAS can safely conduct certain advanced operations. These declarations offer a streamlined approach to receiving the requisite approvals from Transport Canada for advanced RPAS operations.
TC’s RPAS operations over people segment is currently supported by the entire portfolio of ParaZero SafeAir off-the-shelf solutions: Mavic, Phantom, M200, M300, and M600.
Europe — European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA)
EU Regulations 2019/947 and 2019/945 set out EASA’s regulatory framework for the operation of civil drones in Europe. Regulation (EU) 2019/947 defines three categories of civil drone operations: open, specific and certified.
The open category addresses lower-risk drone operations and does not require operational authorization before starting flight. The open category is subdivided into three subcategories, A1, A2 and A3, according to the weight of the drone, with each subcategory having its own set of requirements and restrictions.
The specific category addresses riskier drone operations and requires the drone operator to obtain authorization from the national competent authority before starting flight. To receive operational authorization, the drone operator must conduct a risk assessment. EASA has endorsed the Specific Operations Risk Assessment, or SORA, as an acceptable means to demonstrate compliance and assess the operational risk of proposed drone operations within the specific category. SORA allows operators to utilize certain mitigating measures to reduce ground and air risk associated with the drone operation. Parachute systems effectively address SORA’s ground risk mitigation element, known as M2 mitigation, due to the safety provided in the event of a critical in-flight failure. EASA’s current regulations under SORA do not define what a parachute system is; rather, EASA only verifies that the design and installation of a given parachute on a drone provide sufficient operational integrity of the mitigation means. Through ParaZero’s direct engagement with EASA, we have learned that EASA is evaluating and determining pathways to enable European operators to gain a “high robustness” safety level through SORA with ASTM-certified safety systems. EASA also publishes pre-defined risk assessments, or PDRA, for a streamlined approach for safety evaluations of operations in the specific category. PDRA S01 and S02 identify the components of parachute systems. Our SafeAir system includes several of these components, such as an independent flight termination system, a means of ground risk mitigation (parachute), and a means for a remote pilot to terminate flight of the UAS independent of the UAS’s flight controller, which is achieved via ParaZero’s manual deployment remote control.
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The certified category addresses drone operations with the highest level of risk and requires the certification of the UAS, a licensed remote pilot and an operator approved by the competent authority. The EASA’s approach to the certified category is similar to the approach used for manned aviation operations.
India — Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA)
On August 25, 2021, India’s DGCA published the Drone Rules, 2021, which include a regulatory framework that offers a clear and concise pathway for meeting compliance and streamlining operational approvals. The Drone Rules, 2021 require all drones over 2 kilograms to be equipped with emergency recovery systems, including parachutes.
Grants for Research and Development
Under the Israeli Encouragement of Research, Development and Industrial Initiative Technology Law, 5744-1984, as amended, and the regulations promulgated thereunder, or the Research Law, research and development programs which meet certain specified criteria and are approved by the IIA’s research committee are eligible for grants which are determined as a percentage of the project’s expenditure, as determined by the IIA’s research committee, in exchange for the payment of royalties from the revenues generated from the sale of products and related services developed, in whole or in part pursuant to, or as a result of, a research and development program funded by the IIA. The royalties are generally determined at a range of 3.0% to 6.0% of the project’s revenues until the entire IIA grant is repaid, together with an annual interest generally equal to the 12 months LIBOR Rate applicable to dollar deposits that is published on the first business day of each calendar year.
The terms of the Research Law also require that the manufacture of products developed with government grants be performed in Israel. The transfer of manufacturing activity outside Israel may be subject to the prior approval of the IIA (the approval of the IIA is not required for transfer of no more than 10% of the manufacturing capacity in the aggregate outside of Israel, though a notice must still be provided to the IIA in such case). Under the regulations of the Research Law, assuming we receive approval from the Chief Scientist to manufacture our IIA-funded products outside Israel, we may be required to pay increased royalties. The increase in royalties depends upon the manufacturing volume that is performed outside of Israel as follows:
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If the manufacturing is performed outside of Israel by us, the rate of royalties payable by us on revenues from the sale of products manufactured outside of Israel will increase by 1% over the regular rates. If the manufacturing is performed outside of Israel by a third party, the rate of royalties payable by us on those revenues will be equal to the ratio obtained by dividing the amount of the grants received from the Office of the Chief Scientist and our total investment in the project that was funded by these grants. Manufacturing outside of Israel will not affect the rate of royalties payable on revenues from the sale of products manufactured in Israel. A company requesting funds from the IIA also has the option of declaring in its IIA grant application an intention to perform part of its manufacturing outside of Israel, thus avoiding the need to obtain additional approval from the IIA. On January 6, 2011, the Research Law was amended to clarify that the potential increased royalties specified in the table above will apply even in those cases where the IIA approval for transfer of manufacturing outside of Israel is not required, namely when the volume of the transferred manufacturing capacity is less than 10% of total capacity or when the company received an advance approval from the IIA to manufacture abroad in the framework of its IIA grant application.
The know-how developed within the framework of the Chief Scientist plan may not be transferred to third parties outside Israel without the prior approval of the IIA’s research committee charted under the Research Law. The IIA approval to transfer know-how created, in whole or in part, in connection with an IIA-funded project to third party outside Israel where the transferring company remains an operating Israeli entity is subject to payment
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of a redemption fee to the IIA calculated according to a formula provided under the Research Law that is based, in general, on the ratio between the aggregate IIA grants to the company’s aggregate investments in the project that was funded by these IIA grants, multiplied by the transaction consideration. The transfer of such know-how to a party outside Israel where the transferring company ceases to exist as an Israeli entity is subject to a redemption fee formula that is based, in general, on the ratio between the aggregate IIA grants to the total financial investments in the company, multiplied by the transaction consideration. According to the January 2011 amendment, the redemption fee in case of transfer of know-how to a party outside Israel will be based on the ratio between the aggregate IIA grants received by the company and the company’s aggregate research and development expenses, multiplied by the transaction consideration. According to regulations promulgated following the 2011 amendment, the maximum amount payable to the IIA in case of transfer of know-how outside Israel shall not exceed 6 times the value of the grants received plus interest, and in the event that the receiver of the grants ceases to be an Israeli corporation such payment shall not exceed six times the value of the grants received plus interest, with a possibility to reduce such payment to up to three times the value of the grants received plus interest if the research and development activity remains in Israel for a period of three years after payment to the IIA.
Transfer of know-how within Israel is subject to an undertaking of the recipient Israeli entity to comply with the provisions of the Research Law and the regulations promulgated thereunder, including the restrictions on the transfer of know-how and the obligation to pay royalties, as further described in the Research Law and related regulations.
These restrictions may impair our ability to outsource manufacturing, engage in change of control transactions or otherwise transfer our know-how outside Israel and may require us to obtain the approval of the IIA for certain actions and transactions in advance and pay additional royalties to the IIA. In particular, any change of control and any change of ownership of our Ordinary Shares that would make a non-Israeli citizen or resident an “interested party,” as defined in the Research Law, requires a prior written notice to the IIA in addition to any payment that may be required of us for transfer of manufacturing or know-how outside Israel. If we fail to comply with the Research Law, we may be subject to criminal charges.
Intellectual Property
We seek patent protection as well as other effective intellectual property rights for our products and technologies in the United States and internationally. Our policy is to pursue, maintain and defend intellectual property rights developed internally and to protect the technology, inventions and improvements that are commercially important to the development of our business.
Our patent portfolio consists of an aggregate of fifteen (15) patents and patent applications, as detailed in the following table.
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Luzzatto ref. |
Country |
Filing Date |
Application No. Patent no. |
Status |
Title |
Type |
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31225/WO/13-CIP |
Patent Cooperation Treaty |
16/Sep/2020 |
IL2020/051015 |
Pending (national phase patent application will be soon filed in various countries) |
DAMAGE MITIGATING FOR AN AERIAL VEHICLE HAVING A DEPLOYABLE PARACHUTE |
Patent |
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31225/HK/13 |
Hong Kong |
2014/10/22 |
16113519.7 HK1225359 |
Granted |
APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RAPID DEPLOYMENT OF A PARACHUTE |
Patent |
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31225/mis/13 |
Israel |
2013/10/24 |
229068 229068 |
Granted |
APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RAPID DEPLOYMENT OF A PARACHUTE |
Patent |
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|
Luzzatto ref. |
Country |
Filing Date |
Application No. Patent no. |
Status |
Title |
Type |
||||||
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34686/IL/16-ORP |
Israel |
2017/03/22 |
251342 251342 |
Granted |
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DECELERATING AND REDIRECTING AN AIRBORNE PLATFORM |
Patent |
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31225/US/13 |
USA |
2014/10/22 |
15/030,533 10,421,552 |
Granted |
APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RAPID DEPLOYMENT OF A PARACHUTE |
Patent |
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31225/EP/13 |
European Patent Office |
2014/10/22 |
14855086.6 |
Allowed |
OBJECT TO BE PARACHUTED AND METHOD FOR RAPID DEPLOYMENT OF A PARACHUTE |
Patent |
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31225/CN/13 |
China |
2014/10/22 |
201480058600.1 ZL 201480058600.1 |
Granted |
APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RAPID DEPLOYMENT OF A PARACHUTE |
Patent |
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31225/US/13-CIP |
USA |
2014/10/22 |
16/576,882 |
Allowed |
DAMAGE MITIGATING APPARATUS OPERABLE BY PRESSURIZED DEPLOYMENT OF A FABRIC |
Patent |
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34686/US/16 |
USA |
2018/03/15 |
16/492,327 |
Pending |
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DECELERATING AND REDIRECTING AN AIRBORNE PLATFORM |
Patent |
||||||
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34686/EP/16 |
European Patent Office |
2018/03/15 |
18771183.3 |
Pending |
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DECELERATING AND REDIRECTING AN AIRBORNE PLATFORM |
Patent |
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34686/CN/16 |
China |
2018/03/15 |
201880020223.0 |
Awaiting 1st examination report |
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DECELERATING AND REDIRECTING AN AIRBORNE PLATFORM |
Patent |
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Luzzatto ref. |
Country |
Filing Date |
Application No. Patent no. |
Status |
Title |
Type |
||||||
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34686/CA/16 |
Canada |
2018/03/15 |
3,057,273 |
Awaiting 1st examination report |
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DECELERATING AND REDIRECTING AN AIRBORNE PLATFORM |
Patent |
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34686/JP/16 |
Japan |
2018/03/15 |
2019-551441 |
Pending |
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DECELERATING AND REDIRECTING AN AIRBORNE PLATFORM |
Patent |
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34686/SG/16 |
Singapore |
2018/03/15 |
11201908488W |
Awaiting 1st examination report |
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DECELERATING AND REDIRECTING AN AIRBORNE PLATFORM |
Patent |
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34686/IN/16 |
India |
2018/03/15 |
201937038229 |
Awaiting 1st examination report |
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DECELERATING AND REDIRECTING AN AIRBORNE PLATFORM |
Patent |
We have certain registered trademarks, tradenames and service marks, including “ParaZero,” “SafeAir,” “SmartAir,” “SmartAir Pro” and “TerminateAir.”
We also rely on trade secrets, know-how, and continuous innovation to develop and maintain our competitive position. We cannot be certain that patents will be granted with respect to any of our pending patent applications or with respect to any patent applications filed by us in the future, nor can we be sure that any of our existing patents or any patents granted to us in the future will be commercially useful in protecting our technology.
Our success depends, in part, on an intellectual property portfolio that supports future revenue streams and erects barriers to our competitors. We are maintaining and building our patent portfolio through filing new patent applications, prosecuting existing applications, and licensing and acquiring new patents and patent applications.
Despite these measures, any of our intellectual property and proprietary rights could be challenged, invalidated, circumvented, infringed or misappropriated. Intellectual property and proprietary rights may not be sufficient to permit us to take advantage of current market trends or otherwise to provide competitive one. For more information, see “Risk Factors — Risks Related to our Intellectual Property.”
Property and Facilities
Our corporate headquarters, which includes our offices and research and development facility, is located at 30 Dov Hoz St., Kiryat Ono 5555626, Israel, where we currently occupy approximately 2,100 square feet. We lease our facilities and our lease ends on February 28, 2023. At the end of the term, we have the option to extend the lease for an additional two years. Our monthly rent payment is NIS 13,780 (approximately $4,200) plus VAT at a rate of 17%, as required under Israeli law. In 2023, we plan to move into a larger office space to support our growth. The rent payment is expected to be doubled.
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Employees
As of the date of this prospectus, we have three senior management positions, two of whom are engaged on a full-time basis, and one of whom is engaged as a service provider. In addition, we have seven employees in full or part-time capacities. All of our employees are located in Israel.
None of our employees are represented by labor unions or covered by collective bargaining agreements. We believe that we maintain good relations with all our employees. However, in Israel, we are subject to certain Israeli labor laws, regulations and national labor court precedent rulings, as well as certain provisions of collective bargaining agreements applicable to us by virtue of extension orders issued in accordance with relevant labor laws by the Israeli Ministry of Economy and which apply such agreement provisions to our employees even though they are not part of a union that has signed a collective bargaining agreement.
All of our employment agreements include employees’ undertakings with respect to non-competition and assignment to us of intellectual property rights developed in the course of employment and confidentiality. Our consulting agreement with our CFO includes provisions with respect to assignment to us of intellectual property rights developed in the course of employment and confidentiality. The enforceability of such provisions is subject to Israeli law.
Legal Proceedings
We are not currently subject to any material legal proceedings.
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Executive Officers and Directors
The following table sets forth information regarding our executive officers and directors, including their ages as of , 2022:
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Name |
Age |
Position |
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Boaz Shetzer |
42 |
Chief Executive Officer |
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Moshe Hukaylo |
58 |
Chief Financial Officer |
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Yuval Gilad |
36 |
Chief Product Officer |
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Roy Borochov |
47 |
Chairman of the Board of Directors |
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Moshe Revach |
45 |
Director |
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Amitay Weiss |
60 |
Director |
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Tali Dinar |
50 |
Director |
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Yigal Shtief(1)(2) |
69 |
External Director Nominee |
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Naama Falach Avrahamy(1)(2) |
42 |
External Director Nominee |
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(1) Will be appointed to the board of directors immediately prior to the closing of this offering.
(2) Proposed to serve as an external director subject to ratification of election as an external director by our shareholders following completion of this offering.
Boaz Shetzer, Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Shetzer has served as our Chief Executive Officer since January 2022. Prior to that, Mr. Shetzer served as our General Manager from January 2021 to December 2021. Prior to that, Mr. Shetzer served as our Chief Operations Officer from January 2020 to December 2020. Prior to this role, Mr. Shetzer served as our Head of Product from August 2018 to January 2020. Before joining the company, Mr. Shetzer co-founded and served as the CEO of TypeIV, a startup in the digital health arena, from January 2017 to July 2018. Prior to that, Mr. Shetzer held the role of VP of Operations at Soluto, which was acquired by Asurion, LLC, from July 2011 to November 2015. Mr. Shetzer has substantial experience in the start-up and technology commercialization ecosystem. He also serves as a reserve Israeli Air Force Major where he flies a C-130, the Israeli Air Force tactical transportation plane. Mr. Shetzer holds a BSc., magna cum laude, in electrical and computer Engineering from the Ben-Gurion University, an M.B.A. from the Reichman University (IDC Herzliya) and is an honorary graduate of the Israeli Air Force Flight Academy.
Moshe Hukaylo, Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Hukaylo has served as our Chief Financial Officer since December 2021. Mr. Hukaylo is the founder and owner of Hukaylo Financial Management Ltd, a boutique firm which provides “On-Demand” CFO services to fast growing companies, taking them from the private to the public arena. Prior to that, Mr. Hukaylo served as CFO of Pfizer Israel and Merck Israel, as well as Delta Drone International Limited (ASX:DLT), Splitit Payments Ltd. (ASX:SPT), Roots Sustainable Agricultural Technologies Ltd. (ASX:ROO), Innocan Pharma Ltd (CSE:INNO) and CellCure Neurosciences Ltd., a fully-owned subsidiary of Lineage Cell Therapeutics Inc (NYSE:LCTX). Mr. Hukaylo has a B.A. in accounting from Tel-Aviv University and an M.B.A. (Business & Finance) from Manchester University.
Yuval Gilad, Chief Product Officer
Mr. Gilad has served as our Chief Product Officer since November 2020. Prior to that he served as our R&D director from 2017 to 2020. Before joining ParaZero, Mr. Gilad was a senior product manager at mPrest systems, leading a multi-disciplinary air defense C4I project from 2014 to 2017. Prior to that, Mr. Gilad was a system engineer at System Design Solutions in 2013. Mr. Gilad was also a ground station and C2 system engineer for LEO imaging satellites from 2008 to 2012. Mr. Gilad is currently an MBA candidate at Reichman University (IDC Herzliya) and holds a BSc. degree in electrical and computer engineering from Ben-Gurion University.
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Dr. Roy Borochov, Chairman of the Board of Directors
Dr. Borochov has served as the Chairman of our board of directors since February 2022. He has also served as Chief Executive Officer of Mercury Investment Fund since December 2020. Previously, Dr. Borochov served as Head of Agriculture at Prospera Technologies Ltd. from 2018 to 2020 and Chief Technology Officer of Forrest Innovations Ltd. from 2016 to 2017. Dr. Borochov has served as a director of Peas of Bean Ltd, Polyrizon Ltd and Venda Robotics since 2021. Dr. Borochov has a Ph.D. from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. We selected Dr. Borochov to serve as the Chairman of our board of directors because of his strong business background.
Moshe Revach, Director
Mr. Revach has served as our director since February 2022. He is currently Deputy Mayor of the city of Ramat Gan, Israel, has held the sports and government relations portfolios in the Ramat Gan municipality since 2018 and has served in various positions in the Ramat Gan municipality since 2008. Mr. Revach also serves as a director of SciSparc Ltd. (Nasdaq: SPRC), Jeffs’ Brands Ltd. and LLN IT Solutions. He previously served as a director of Biomedico Hadarim Ltd. from 2019 to 2020 and as a director of the RPG Economic Society from 2013 to 2018. Mr. Revach holds an LL.B from the Ono Academic College, Israel, and a B.A in management and economics from the University of Derby. We selected Mr. Revach to serve as a director due to his extensive government and corporate experience.
Amitay Weiss, Director
Mr. Weiss has served as our director since February 2022. He has served as chairman of the board of directors of Save Foods Inc. (Nasdaq: SVFD) since August 2020, chairman of the board of directors of Infimer Ltd. (TASE:INFR-M) since July 2021 and chairman of the board of directors of Upsellon Brands Holdings Ltd. (previously Chiron Ltd.) (TASE: UPSL) since June 2019. He has also served as a member of the board of directors of Automax Motors Ltd. (TASE: AMX) since March 2021, Gix Internet Ltd. (previously Algomizer Ltd.) (TASE:GIX) since March 2019, Clearmind Medicine Inc. (previously Cyntar Ventures Inc.) (CSE: CMND) since August 2019, Perihelion Capital Ltd (PCL.P:CVE) since June 2021, as an external director of Cofix Group Ltd. (TASE: CFCS) since August 2015 and as a member of the board of directors and chief executive officer of SciSparc Ltd. (previously Therapix Biosciences Ltd.) (OTC:SPRCY) since August 2020. He previously served as chairman of the board of directors of Value Capital One Ltd. (previously P.L.T Financial Services Ltd.) (TASE:VALU) from April 2016 to February 2021, Matomy Media Group Ltd. (LSE:MTMY, TASE:MTMY.TA) from May 2020 to March 2021. In April 2016, Mr. Weiss founded Amitay Weiss Management Ltd., an economic consulting company, and now serves as its chief executive officer. Mr. Weiss holds a B.A in economics from New England College, M.B.A. in business administration and LL.B. from Ono Academic College, Israel. We selected Mr. Weiss to serve as a director because of his substantial business and management experience.
Tali Dinar, Director
Ms. Dinar has served as our director since February 2022. She has also served as Chief Financial Officer of Medigus Ltd. (Nasdaq: MDGS) since June 2021 and as Chief Financial Officer of Novomic Ltd. since January 2019. Additionally, Ms. Dinar has served as a director of Micronet Ltd. (TLV: MCRNT) since July 2016, Canzon Israel Ltd. (TLV: CNZN) since August 2020, Jeffs’ Brands since September 2021 and Charging Robotics Ltd. since November 2021. Prior to these positions, Ms. Dinar served as CFO of Techcare Corp. (OTC: TECR) from January 2019 to April 2020. She previously served in various positions at MICT Inc. (Nasdaq: MICT) from 2009 to 2019, including as a director and CFO. Ms. Dinar holds a B.A. in accounting and business administration from the College of Management and is also a CPA. We selected Ms. Dinar to serve as a director due to her long track record of leading public and private companies.
Yigal Shtief, External Director Nominee
Mr. Shtief will become our director immediately prior to the closing of this offering and will serve as an external director under the Companies Law subject to the ratification of his appointment at a general meeting of our shareholders to be held following the completion of this offering. Mr. Shtief has served as an external director of Globe Exploration Inc (TLV:GLEX) since 2015. From 2012 to 2020, Mr. Shtief served as an Independent Director of Netz Group (TLV:NETZ). Mr. Shtief holds a Diploma from The Institute of Local Government (Israel). Mr. Shtief
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has a B.A. in criminology and political science from Bar-Ilan University, and an MBA from the University of Latvia. We believe that Mr. Shtief is qualified to serve on our board of directors due to his extensive experience in a variety of management positions in the public sector and as a director of Israeli public companies.
Naama Falach Avrahamy, External Director Nominee
Ms. Naama Falach Avrahamy will become our director immediately prior to the closing of this offering and will serve as an external director under the Companies Law subject to the ratification of her appointment at a general meeting of our shareholders to be held following the completion of this offering. Ms. Falach Avrahamy is a senior financial professional with more than 17 years of experience. Ms. Falach Avrahamy has served as a member of the board of directors of Maris-Tech Ltd. (Nasdaq: MTEK) since February 2022, of Argaman Industries (TASE: Argaman) since June 2021 and of Crow Technologies 1977 Ltd. (OTC: CRWTF) since May 2018. She has also served as VP of finance of Midgard Technologies Ltd. since April 2021. She previously served as the chief financial officer and chief operating officer of NGG Global Consulting, a consulting group specializing in organizational and operational excellence solutions from May 2019 to February 2021, and as chief financial officer of AnyfinacialTech Ltd., an online financial trading platform from May 2015 to June 2017. Ms. Falach Avrahamy received a BA in Business Administration and Accounting from the College of Management, Israel. She is also a graduate of the Directors and Executives program from the IDC Herzliya, Israel. We believe that Ms. Falach Avrahamy is qualified to serve on our board of directors due to her financial background and expertise and experience in positions as director of public companies.
Family Relationships
There are no family relationships between any members of our executive management and our directors.
Arrangements for Election of Directors and Members of Management
There are no arrangements or understandings with major shareholders, customers, suppliers or others pursuant to which any of our executive management or our directors were selected. See “Related Party Transactions” for additional information.
Compensation
The following table presents in the aggregate all compensation we paid to all of our directors and senior management as a group for the year ended December 31, 2021. The table does not include any amounts we paid to reimburse any of such persons for costs incurred in providing us with services during this period.
All amounts reported in the table below reflect our cost, in thousands of U.S. dollars. Amounts paid in NIS are translated into U.S. dollars at the rate of NIS 3.11 = U.S. $1.00, based on the average representative rate of exchange between the NIS and the U.S. dollar as reported by the Bank of Israel during such period of time.
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Salary, bonuses and Related Benefits |
Pension, |
Share Based Compensation |
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|
All directors and senior management as a group, consisting of three persons as of December 31, 2021. |
$ |
362,943 |
$ |
71,430 |
$ |
— |
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As approved by our board of directors, subject to the completion of this offering, we will distribute bonus payments to certain employees and consultants, up to a total amount of $200,000, to be allocated among such employees and consultants as our board of directors may instruct following completion of this offering. The grant of such bonus to certain of our employees and consultants following completion of this offering may be subject to further corporate approvals and our compensation policy. For further information regarding our compensation policy, see “Management — Board Practices — Compensation Committee.”
For so long as we qualify as a foreign private issuer, we will not be required to comply with the proxy rules applicable to U.S. domestic companies regarding disclosure of the compensation of certain executive officers on an individual basis. Pursuant to the Companies Law, we will be required, after we become a public company, to disclose the annual compensation of our five most highly compensated officers or directors on an individual basis.
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This disclosure will not be as extensive as that required of a U.S. domestic issuer. We intend to commence providing such disclosure, at the latest, in the annual proxy statement for our first annual meeting of shareholders following the closing of this offering, which will be filed under cover of a report on Form 6-K.
As of December 31, 2021, we had not issued options to purchase Ordinary Shares to any of our directors or executive officers. For a description of our option plan, see “Management — Global Share Incentive Plan (2022).”
Employment Agreements with Executive Officers
We have entered into written employment or consulting agreements with each of our executive officers. All of these agreements contain customary provisions regarding confidentiality of information, assignment of inventions and noncompetition. However, the enforceability of the noncompetition provisions may be limited under applicable law. In addition, we intend to enter into indemnification agreements, subject to the listing of our securities on the Nasdaq Capital Market, with each executive officer and director pursuant to which we will indemnify each of them up to a certain amount and to the extent that these liabilities are not covered by directors and officers insurance.
For a description of the terms of our options and option plan, see “Management — Global Share Incentive Plan (2022).”
Directors’ Service Contracts
Other than with respect to our directors that are also executive officers, we do not have written agreements with any director providing for benefits upon the termination of his employment with our company.
Director Fees
Each external director is only entitled to receive an annual cash payment as well as participation fees for attendance at board meetings and service on one or more board committees. Such amounts are equal to the maximum fixed statutory amounts set forth in the Companies Regulations (Rules Regarding the Compensation and Expenses of an External Director), 5760-2000, or the Compensation Regulations, for companies with equity size and value similar to ours, subject to certain reliefs included in the Companies Regulations (Relief for Public Companies with Shares Listed for Trading on a Stock Market Outside of Israel), 5760-2000, and further subject to adjustments. Each external director is also entitled to reimbursements or coverage of expenses (including travel expenses).
Compensation of an external director is determined prior to his or her appointment and may not be changed during his or her term subject to certain exceptions.
Differences between the Companies Law and Nasdaq Requirements
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act, as well as related rules subsequently implemented by the SEC, require foreign private issuers, such as us, to comply with various corporate governance practices. In addition, following the listing of the Ordinary Shares on Nasdaq, we will be required to comply with the Nasdaq Stock Market rules. Under those rules, we may elect to follow certain corporate governance practices permitted under the Companies Law in lieu of compliance with corresponding corporate governance requirements otherwise imposed by the Nasdaq Stock Market rules for U.S. domestic issuers.
In accordance with Israeli law and practice and subject to the exemption set forth in Rule 5615 of the Nasdaq Stock Market rules, we have elected to follow the provisions of the Companies Law, rather than the Nasdaq Stock Market rules, with respect to the following requirements:
• Quorum. While the Nasdaq Stock Market rules require that the quorum for purposes of any meeting of the holders of a listed company’s ordinary voting stock, as specified in the company’s bylaws, be no less than 33 1/3% of the company’s outstanding ordinary voting stock, under Israeli law, a company is entitled to determine in its articles of association the number of shareholders and percentage of holdings required for a quorum at a shareholders meeting. Our amended and restated articles of association provide that a quorum of two or more shareholders holding at least 25% of the voting rights in person or by proxy is required for commencement of business at a general meeting. However, the quorum set forth in our amended and restated articles of association with respect to an adjourned meeting consists of at least one shareholders present in person or by proxy.
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• Nomination of our directors. The nominations for directors, which are presented to our shareholders by our board of directors, are generally made by the board of directors itself, in accordance with the provisions of our articles of association and the Israeli Companies Law. Nominations need not be made by a nominating committee of our board of directors consisting solely of independent directors or by a vote consisting solely of our independent directors in order to determine which persons shall be nominated for election by our shareholders, as required under the Nasdaq Stock Market rules.
• Compensation of officers. The Nasdaq Stock Market rules require a listed company to have a compensation committee composed entirely of independent directors that operates pursuant to a written charter addressing its purpose, responsibilities and membership qualifications and may receive counseling from independent consultants, after evaluating their independence. The purpose, responsibilities and membership qualifications of our compensation committee will be governed by the Companies Law, rather than the Nasdaq Capital Market listing requirements. The Companies Law requires us to ensure that a majority of the members of our Compensation Committee are external directors, and the compensation of all of its members shall be limited to amounts provided to external directors in accordance with Israeli regulations. However, under the Companies Law, there are no specific independence evaluation requirements for outside consultants. Compensation of executive officers is determined and approved by our compensation committee and our board of directors, and in certain circumstances by our shareholders, either in consistency with our office holder compensation policy or, in special circumstances in deviation therefrom, taking into account certain considerations stated in the Companies Law. See “Management — Board Practices — Approval of Related Party Transactions under Israeli Law” for additional information.
• Independent directors. Israeli law does not require that a majority of the directors serving on our board of directors be “independent,” as defined under Nasdaq Stock Market Rule 5605(a)(2), and rather requires we have at least two external directors who meet the requirements of the Companies Law, as described below under “Management — Board Practices — External Directors.” The definition of independent director under Nasdaq Stock Market rules and external director under the Companies Law overlap to a significant degree such that we would generally expect the directors serving as external directors to satisfy the requirements to be independent under Nasdaq Stock Market rules. However, it is possible for a director to qualify as an “external director” under the Companies Law without qualifying as an “independent director” under the Nasdaq Stock Market rules, or vice-versa. Notwithstanding Israeli law, we believe that a majority of our directors are currently “independent” under the Nasdaq Stock Market rules. Our board of directors has determined that and are “independent” for purposes of the Nasdaq Stock Market rules. We are required, however, to ensure that all members of our Audit Committee are “independent” under the applicable Nasdaq and SEC criteria for independence (as we cannot exempt ourselves from compliance with that SEC independence requirement, despite our status as a foreign private issuer), and we must also ensure that a majority of the members of our Audit Committee are “independent directors” as defined in the Companies Law. Furthermore, Israeli law does not require, nor do our independent directors conduct, regularly scheduled meetings at which only they are present, which the Nasdaq Stock Market rules otherwise require.
• Shareholder approval. We will seek shareholder approval for all corporate actions requiring such approval under the requirements of the Companies Law, rather than seeking approval for corporation actions in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635. In particular, under this Nasdaq Stock Market rule, shareholder approval is generally required for: (i) an acquisition of shares/assets of another company that involves the issuance of 20% or more of the acquirer’s shares or voting rights or if a director, officer or 5% shareholder has greater than a 5% interest in the target company or the consideration to be received; (ii) the issuance of shares leading to a change of control; (iii) adoption/amendment of equity compensation arrangements; and (iv) issuances of 20% or more of the shares or voting rights (including securities convertible into, or exercisable for, equity) of a listed company via a private placement (and/or via sales by directors/officers/5% shareholders) if such equity is issued (or sold) at below the greater of the book or market value of shares. By contrast, under the Companies Law, shareholder approval is required for, among other things: (i) transactions with the chief executive officer or directors concerning the terms of their service or indemnification, exemption and insurance for their service (or for any other position that they may hold at a company), for which approvals of the compensation committee, board of directors and shareholders are all generally required, (ii) extraordinary transactions with controlling shareholders
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of publicly held companies, which require a special disinterested majority approval, and (iii) terms of employment or other engagement of the controlling shareholder of us or such controlling shareholder’s relative, which require a special disinterested majority approval. In addition, under the Companies Law, a merger requires approval of the shareholders of each of the merging companies. Further, we intend to adopt and approve equity incentive plans and, to the extent required, material changes thereto in accordance with the Companies Law, which does not impose a requirement of shareholder approval for such actions. In addition, we intend to follow Israeli corporate governance practice instead of the Nasdaq corporate governance rule which requires shareholder approval prior to an issuance of securities in connection with equity-based compensation of officers, directors, employees or consultants.
• Approval of Related Party Transactions. All related party transactions are approved in accordance with the requirements and procedures for approval of interested party acts and transactions as set forth in the Companies Law, which generally requires the approval of the audit committee, or the compensation committee, as the case may be, the board of directors and shareholders, as may be applicable, for specified transactions, rather than approval by the audit committee or other independent body of our board of directors as required under the Nasdaq Stock Market rules. See “Management — Board Practices — Approval of Related Party Transactions under Israeli Law” for additional information.
• Annual Shareholders Meeting. As opposed to the Nasdaq Stock Market Rule 5620(a), which mandates that a listed company hold its annual shareholders meeting within one year of the company’s fiscal year-end, we are required, under the Companies Law, to hold an annual shareholders meeting each calendar year and within 15 months of the last annual shareholders meeting.
• Distribution of periodic reports to shareholders; proxy solicitation. As opposed to the Nasdaq Stock Market rules, which require listed issuers to make such reports available to shareholders in one of a number of specific manners, Israeli law does not require us to distribute periodic reports directly to shareholders, and the generally accepted business practice in Israel is not to distribute such reports to shareholders but to make such reports available through a public website. In addition to making such reports available on a public website, we currently make our audited consolidated financial statements available to our shareholders at our offices and will only mail such reports to shareholders upon request. As a foreign private issuer, we are generally exempt from the SEC’s proxy solicitation rules.
Board Practices
Introduction
Upon the consummation of this offering, our board of directors will consist of nine (9) members. We believe that Yigal Shtief, Naama Falach Avrahamy and Moshe Revach are “independent” for purposes of the Nasdaq Stock Market rules. Our amended and restated articles of association provide that the number of board of directors’ members shall be set by the general meeting of the shareholders provided that it will consist of not less than three (3) and not more than twelve (12), including external directors to be elected to the extent required under the Companies Law. Pursuant to the Companies Law, the management of our business is vested in our board of directors. Our board of directors may exercise all powers and may take all actions that are not specifically granted to our shareholders or to management. Our executive officers are responsible for our day-to-day management and have individual responsibilities established by our board of directors. Our Chief Executive Officer is appointed by, and serves at the discretion of, our board of directors. His or her employment terms are generally subject to the approval of the compensation committee, the board of directors and shareholders, and are subject to the employment agreement that we have entered into with him. All other executive officers are appointed by our Chief Executive Officer. Their terms of employment are subject to the approval of the compensation committee, the board of directors, and may also require shareholder approval, and are subject to the terms of any applicable employment agreements that we may enter into with them.
Each director, except external directors, will hold office until the next annual general meeting of our shareholders following his or her appointment, or earlier, if he or she resigns or is removed by a majority vote of our shareholders at a general meeting of our shareholders or upon the occurrence of certain events, in accordance with the Companies Law and our amended and restated articles of association.
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In addition, under certain circumstances, our amended and restated articles of association allow our board of directors to appoint directors to fill vacancies on our board of directors or in addition to the acting directors (subject to the limitation on the number of directors), until the next annual general meeting. External directors may be elected for up to two additional three-year terms after their initial three-year term in the manner and under the circumstances described below, with certain exceptions as described in “External Directors” below. External directors may be removed from office only under the limited circumstances set forth in the Companies Law.
Under the Companies Law, any shareholder holding at least one percent of our outstanding voting power may nominate a director. However, any such shareholder may make such a nomination only if a written notice of such shareholder’s intent to make such nomination has been given to our board of directors. Any such notice must include certain information, including the consent of the proposed director nominee to serve as our director if elected, and a declaration that the nominee signed declaring that he or she possesses the requisite skills and has the availability to carry out his or her duties. Additionally, the nominee must provide details of such skills, and demonstrate an absence of any limitation under the Companies Law that may prevent his or her election, and affirm that all of the required election-information is provided to us, pursuant to the Companies Law.
Under the Companies Law, our board of directors must determine the minimum number of directors who are required to have accounting and financial expertise. In determining the number of directors required to have such expertise, our board of directors must consider, among other things, the type and size of the company and the scope and complexity of its operations. Our board of directors has determined that the minimum number of directors of our company who are required to have accounting and financial expertise is two.
The board of directors must elect one director to serve as the chairman of the board of directors to preside at the meetings of the board of directors, and may also remove that director as chairman. Pursuant to the Companies Law, neither the chief executive officer nor any of his or her relatives is permitted to serve as the chairman of the board of directors, and a company may not vest the chairman or any of his or her relatives with the chief executive officer’s authorities. In addition, a person who reports, directly or indirectly, to the chief executive officer may not serve as the chairman of the board of directors; the chairman may not be vested with authorities of a person who reports, directly or indirectly, to the chief executive officer; and the chairman may not serve in any other position in the company or a controlled company, but he or she may serve as a director or chairman of a controlled company. However, the Companies Law permits a company’s shareholders to determine, for a period not exceeding three years from each such determination, that the chairman or his or her relative may serve as chief executive officer or be vested with the chief executive officer’s authorities, and that the chief executive officer or his or her relative may serve as chairman or be vested with the chairman’s authorities. Such determination of a company’s shareholders requires either: (1) the approval of at least a majority of the shares of those shareholders present and voting on the matter that are not controlling shareholders and do not have a personal interest in the determination (excluding abstentions); or (2) that the total number of shares opposing such determination does not exceed 2% of the total voting power in the company. Currently, we have a separate chairman and chief executive officer.
The board of directors may, subject to the provisions of the Companies Law, delegate any or all of its powers to committees of the board, and it may, from time to time, revoke such delegation or alter the composition of any such committees, subject to certain limitations. Unless otherwise expressly provided by the board of directors, the committees shall not be empowered to further delegate such powers. The composition and duties of our audit committee, and compensation committee are described below.
The board of directors oversees how management monitors compliance with our risk management policies and procedures, and reviews the adequacy of the risk management framework in relation to the risks faced by us. The board of directors is assisted in its oversight role by an internal auditor. The internal auditor undertakes both regular and ad hoc reviews of risk management controls and procedures, the results of which are reported to our audit committee.
External Directors
Under the Companies Law, companies incorporated under the laws of the State of Israel that are publicly traded, including Israeli companies with shares listed on the Nasdaq, are generally required to appoint at least two external directors who meet the qualification requirements set forth in the Companies Law.
Pursuant to regulations under the Companies Law, the board of directors of a company such as ours is not required to have external directors if: (i) the company does not have a controlling shareholder (as such term is defined in the Companies Law); (ii) a majority of the directors serving on the board of directors are “independent,”
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as defined under Nasdaq Rule 5605(a)(2); and (iii) the company follows Nasdaq Rule 5605(e)(1), which requires that the nomination of directors be made, or recommended to the board of directors, by a Nominating Committee of the board of directors consisting solely of independent directors, or by a majority of independent directors. We currently do not qualify for such exemption.
The appointment of initial external directors must be made by a general meeting of our shareholders no later than three months following the closing of this offering, and therefore we intend to hold a meeting of shareholders within three months of the closing of this offering for the appointment of two external directors.
The provisions of the Companies Law set forth special approval requirements for the election of external directors. External directors must be elected by a majority vote of the shares present and voting at a meeting of shareholders, provided that either:
• such majority includes at least a majority of the shares held by all shareholders who are not controlling shareholders and do not have a personal interest in the election of the external director (other than a personal interest not deriving from a relationship with a controlling shareholder) that are voted at the meeting, excluding abstentions, to which we refer as a disinterested majority; or
• the total number of shares voted by non-controlling shareholders and by shareholders who do not have a personal interest in the election of the external director against the election of the external director does not exceed 2% of the aggregate voting rights in the company.
The term “controlling shareholder” is defined under the Companies Law as a shareholder with the ability to direct the activities of the company, other than by virtue of being an office holder. A shareholder is presumed to be a controlling shareholder if the shareholder holds 50% or more of the voting rights in a company or has the right to appoint a majority of the directors of the company or its chief executive officer.
The initial term of an external director is three years. Thereafter, an external director may be re-elected, subject to certain circumstances and conditions, by shareholders to serve in that capacity for up to two additional three-year terms, provided that either:
(i) his or her service for each such additional term is recommended by one or more shareholders holding at least 1% of the company’s voting rights and is approved at a shareholders meeting by a disinterested majority, where the total number of shares held by non-controlling, disinterested shareholders voting for such re-election exceeds 2% of the aggregate voting rights in the company, subject to additional restrictions set forth in the Companies Law with respect to affiliations of external director nominees;
(ii) the external director proposed his or her own nomination, and such nomination was approved in accordance with the requirements described in the paragraph above; or
(iii) his or her service for each such additional term is recommended by the board of directors and is approved at a meeting of shareholders by the same majority required for the initial election of an external director (as described above).
The term of office for external directors for Israeli companies traded on certain foreign stock exchanges, including Nasdaq, may be extended indefinitely in increments of additional three-year terms, in each case provided that the audit committee and the board of directors of the company confirm that, in light of the external director’s expertise and special contribution to the work of the board of directors and its committees, the re-election for such additional period(s) is beneficial to the company, and provided that the external director is re-elected subject to the same shareholder vote requirements (as described above regarding the re-election of external directors). Prior to the approval of the re-election of the external director at a general meeting of shareholders, the company’s shareholders must be informed of the term previously served by him or her and of the reasons why the board of directors and audit committee recommended the extension of his or her term.
External directors may be removed from office by a special general meeting of shareholders called by the board of directors, which approves such dismissal by the same shareholder vote percentage required for their election or by a court, in each case, only under limited circumstances, including ceasing to meet the statutory qualifications for appointment or violating their duty of loyalty to the company. An external director may also be removed by order
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of an Israeli court if, following a request made by a director or shareholder of the company, the court finds that such external director has ceased to meet the statutory qualifications for his or her appointment as stipulated in the Companies Law or has violated his or her duty of loyalty to the company.
If an external directorship becomes vacant and there are fewer than two external directors on the board of directors at the time, the board of directors is required under the Companies Law to call a shareholder meeting as soon as practicable to appoint an external director.
Each committee of the board of directors that exercises the powers of the board of directors must include at least one external director. The Companies Law also imposes additional requirements for the composition of the audit and compensation committee in this regard.
The Companies Law provides that a person is not qualified to be appointed as an external director of a company with a controlling shareholder if (i) the person is a relative of a controlling shareholder, or (ii) if that person or his or her relative, partner, employer, another person to whom he or she was directly or indirectly subordinate, or any entity under the person’s control, has or had during the two years preceding the date of appointment of such person as an external director, any affiliation with the company, with any person or entity controlling the company or a relative of such person, or with any entity controlled by or under common control with the company.
The term “relative” is defined in the Companies Law as a spouse, sibling, parent, grandparent or descendant, a spouse’s sibling, parent or descendant and the spouse of each of the foregoing persons. Under the Companies Law, the term “affiliation” means (subject to certain exceptions) an employment relationship, a business or professional relationship even if not maintained on a regular basis (excluding insignificant relationships), control, and service as an office holder, excluding service as a director in a private company prior to the initial public offering of its shares if such director was appointed as a director of the private company in order to serve as an external director following the initial public offering.
The term “office holder” is defined in the Companies Law as a chief executive officer, chief business manager, deputy chief executive officer, vice chief executive officer, any other person assuming the responsibilities of any of these positions regardless of that person’s title, any other manager directly subordinate to the chief executive officer and a director.
In addition, no person may serve as an external director if (i) that person’s position or professional or other activities create, or may create, a conflict of interest with that person’s responsibilities as a director or otherwise interfere with that person’s ability to serve as an external director, (ii) that person serves also as a member of the board of directors of another company, while an external directors of that other company serves at the same time as a director of the respective company, or (iii) the person is an employee of the Israel Securities Authority or an Israeli stock exchange. A person may also not continue to serve as an external director if he or she received direct or indirect compensation from the company other than as permitted by the Companies Law and the regulations promulgated thereunder.
If at the time at which an external director is appointed all members of the board of directors who are not controlling shareholders or relatives of controlling shareholders of the company are of the same gender, the external director to be appointed must be of the other gender.
According to the Companies Law and regulations promulgated thereunder, a person may be appointed as an external director only if he or she has professional competence or if he or she has accounting and financial expertise (each, as defined below); provided that at least one of the external directors must be determined by our board of directors to have accounting and financial expertise. However, if at least one of our directors (i) meets the independence requirements under the Exchange Act, (ii) meets the independence requirements of Nasdaq rules for membership on the audit committee and (iii) has accounting and financial expertise as defined under the Companies Law, then neither of our external directors is required to possess accounting and financial expertise as long as each possesses the requisite professional competence.
A director with “accounting and financial expertise” is a director who, due to his or her education, experience and skills, possesses an expertise in, and an understanding of, financial and accounting matters and financial statements, such that he or she is able to understand the financial statements of the company and initiate a discussion about the presentation of financial data. A director is deemed to have “professional competence” if he or she has any of the following: (i) an academic degree in economics, business management, accounting, law or public administration, (ii) an academic degree or has completed another form of higher education in the primary field of business of the company or in a field which is relevant to his or her position in the company or (iii) at least five years of experience serving in one of the following capacities or at least five years of cumulative experience serving in
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two or more of the following capacities: (a) a senior business management position in a company with a significant volume of business, (b) a senior position in the company’s primary field of business or (c) a senior position in public administration or service. The board of directors determines whether a director possesses accounting and financial expertise or professional competence.
Alternate Directors
Our amended and restated articles of association provide, as allowed by the Companies Law, that any director may, subject to the conditions set thereto including approval of the nominee by our board of directors, appoint a person as an alternate to act in his place, remove the alternate and appoint another in his place and appoint an alternate in place of an alternate whose office is vacated for any reason whatsoever. Under the Companies Law, a person who is not qualified to be appointed as a director, a person who is already serving as a director or a person who is already serving as an alternate director for another director, may not be appointed as an alternate director. Nevertheless, a director who is already serving as a director may be appointed as an alternate director for a member of a committee of the board of directors so long as he or she is not already serving as a member of such committee, and if the alternate director is to replace an external director, he or she is required to be an external director and to have either “accounting and financial expertise” or “professional competence,” depending on the qualifications of the external director he or she is replacing. A person who does not have the requisite “accounting and financial experience” or the “professional competence,” depending on the qualifications of the external director he or she is replacing, may not be appointed as an alternate director for an external director. A person who is not qualified to be appointed as an independent director, pursuant to the Companies Law, may not be appointed as an alternate director of an independent director qualified as such under the Companies Law. Unless the appointing director limits the time or scope of the appointment, the appointment is effective for all purposes until the appointing director ceases to be a director or terminates the appointment.
Committees of the Board of Directors
Our board of directors has established two standing committees: the audit committee and the compensation committee.
Audit Committee
Under the Companies Law, we are required to appoint an audit committee subject to the listing of our Ordinary Shares on the Nasdaq Capital Market. The audit committee must be comprised of at least three directors, including all of the external directors, and must be comprised of a majority of directors meeting certain independence criteria of the Companies Law. The chair of the committee must be an external director. The audit committee may not include the chairman of the board; a controlling shareholder of the company or a relative of a controlling shareholder; a director employed by or providing services on a regular basis to the company, to a controlling shareholder or to an entity controlled by a controlling shareholder; or a director who derives most of his or her income from a controlling shareholder.
Our audit committee will be comprised of Yigal Shtief, Naama Falach Avrahamy and Moshe Revach.
Under the Companies Law, our audit committee is responsible for:
(i) determining whether there are deficiencies in the business management practices of our company, inter alia by consulting with the company’s internal or external auditors, and making recommendations to the board of directors to improve such practices;
(ii) determining whether to approve certain related party transactions (including transactions in which an office holder has a personal interest and whether such transaction is extraordinary or material under Companies Law) and establishing the approval process for certain transactions with a controlling shareholder or in which a controlling shareholder has a personal interest (see “Management — Board Practices — Approval of Related Party Transactions under Israeli Law”);
(iii) determining the approval process for transactions that are “non-negligible” (i.e., transactions with a controlling shareholder that are classified by the audit committee as non-negligible, even though they are not deemed extraordinary transactions), as well as determining which types of transactions would require the approval of the audit committee, optionally based on criteria which may be determined annually in advance by the audit committee;
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(iv) examining our internal controls and internal auditor’s performance, including whether the internal auditor has sufficient resources and tools to dispose of its responsibilities;
(v) examining the scope of work and fees of our auditor and submitting a recommendation with respect thereto to our board of directors or shareholders, depending on which of them is determining the fees of our auditor;
(vi) establishing “whistleblower” procedures for the handling of employees’ complaints as to deficiencies in the management of our business and the protection to be provided to such employees; and
(vii) where the board of directors approves the working plan of the internal auditor, examining such working plan before its submission to the board of directors and proposing amendments thereto.
Our audit committee may not conduct any discussions or approve any actions requiring its approval, unless at the time of the approval a majority of the committee’s members are present, provided that the majority of the members present meet the independence criteria of the Companies Law and at least one of the members present is an external director.
Our board of directors intends to adopt an audit committee charter to be effective upon the listing of our Ordinary Shares on the Nasdaq Capital Market setting forth, among others, the responsibilities of the audit committee consistent with the rules of the SEC and Nasdaq Listing Rules (in addition to the requirements for such committee under the Companies Law), including, among others, the following:
• oversight of our independent registered public accounting firm and recommending the fees, engagement, or termination of engagement of our independent registered public accounting firm to the shareholders or board of directors in accordance with Israeli law;
• recommending the engagement or termination of the person filling the office of our internal auditor, reviewing the services provided by our internal auditor and reviewing effectiveness of our system of internal control over financial reporting;
• recommending the terms of audit and non-audit services provided by the independent registered public accounting firm for pre-approval by our board of directors; and
• reviewing and monitoring, if applicable, legal matters with significant impact, finding of regulatory authorities’ findings, receive reports regarding irregularities and legal compliance, acting according to “whistleblower policy” and recommend to our board of directors if so required.
Nasdaq Stock Market Requirements for Audit Committee
Under the Nasdaq Stock Market rules, we are required to maintain an audit committee consisting of at least three members, all of whom are independent and are financially literate and one of whom has accounting or related financial management expertise.
As noted above, the members of our audit committee will include Yigal Shtief, Naama Falach Avrahamy and Moshe Hukaylo. Ms. Falach Avrahamy will serve as the chair of our audit committee. All members of our audit committee meet the requirements for financial literacy under the Nasdaq Stock Market rules. Our board of directors has determined that each member of our audit committee is an audit committee financial expert as defined by the SEC rules and has the requisite financial experience as defined by the Nasdaq Stock Market rules.
Compensation Committee
Under the Companies Law, the board of directors of any public company must establish a compensation committee. The compensation committee must be comprised of at least three directors, including all of the external directors, which shall also constitute the majority thereof. The remaining members must be directors who qualify to serve as members of the audit committee as defined in the Companies Law and whose compensation is in accordance with the compensation requirements applicable to the External Directors. The chair of the committee must be an external director.
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Our compensation committee, acting pursuant to a written charter, will consist of Yigal Shtief, Naama Falach Avrahamy and Moshe Revach. Mr. Shtief will serve as the chair of our compensation committee. Our compensation committee complies with the provisions of the Companies Law, the regulations promulgated thereunder, and our amended and restated articles of association, on all aspects referring to its independence, authorities and practice. Our compensation committee follows home country practice as opposed to complying with the compensation committee membership and charter requirements prescribed under the Nasdaq Stock Market rules.
Our compensation committee reviews, with respect to our executive officers and directors, and recommends to our board of directors: (1) annual base compensation (2) annual incentive bonus, including the specific goals and amounts; (3) equity compensation; (4) employment agreements, severance arrangements, and change in control agreements and provisions; (5) retirement grants and/or retirement bonuses; and (6) any other benefits, compensation, compensation policies or arrangements.
The duties of the compensation committee include the recommendation to the company’s board of directors of a policy regarding the terms of engagement of office holders, to which we refer as a compensation policy, and thereafter to recommend to the board of directors, once every three years, regarding any extension or modifications of such compensation policy that had been approved for a period of more than three years. Such policy must be adopted by the company’s board of directors, after considering the recommendations of the compensation committee. The compensation policy is then brought for approval by our shareholders, which requires a special majority (see “Management — Board Practices — Approval of Related Party Transactions under Israeli Law”). Under the Companies Law, if the compensation policy is not approved by the shareholders, the board of directors may adopt it, provided that after the shareholders oppose the approval of such policy, the compensation committee and the board of directors revisit the matter and determine that adopting the compensation policy would be in the best interests of the company. Under the Companies Law, we are required to adopt an office holder compensation policy no later than 9 months from the consummation of this offering.
The compensation committee is also responsible for: (1) from time to time, recommending the board of directors any updates required to the compensation policy and examine the implementation thereof; (2) determining whether to approve the terms of compensation of office holders that require the committee’s approval; and (3) in certain situations described in the Companies Law, to determine whether to exempt employment terms of a candidate for the position of CEO of the company from the requirement to obtain shareholder approval.
The compensation policy must serve as the basis for decisions concerning the terms of employment or engagement of executive officers and directors, including exculpation, insurance, indemnification or any monetary payment or obligation of payment in respect of employment or engagement. The compensation policy must relate to certain factors, including advancement of the company’s objectives, the company’s business and its long-term strategy, and creation of appropriate incentives for executives. It must also consider, among other things, the company’s risk management, size and the nature of its operations. The compensation policy must furthermore consider the following additional factors:
• the education, skills, expertise and accomplishments of the relevant director or executive;
• the director’s or executive’s roles and responsibilities and prior compensation agreements with him or her;
• the relationship between the cost of the terms of service of an office holder and the average and median compensation of the other employees of the company (including those employed through manpower companies), including the impact of disparities in salary upon work relationships in the company;
• the possibility of reducing variable compensation at the discretion of the board of directors; and the possibility of setting a cap to the exercise value of non-cash variable compensation; and
• as to retirement benefits, the period of service of the director or executive, the terms of his or her compensation during such service period, the company’s performance during that period of service, the person’s contribution towards the company’s achievement of its goals and the maximization of its profits, and the circumstances under which the person is leaving the company.
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The compensation policy must also include the following principles:
• the link between variable compensation and long-term performance and measurable criteria;
• the ratio between variable and fixed compensation, and the limit to the value of variable compensation at the time of its payment (or, with respect to non-cash variable compensation, at time of grant);
• the conditions under which a director or executive would be required to repay compensation paid to him or her if it was later shown that the data upon which such compensation was based was inaccurate and was required to be restated in the company’s financial statements;
• the minimum holding or vesting period for variable, equity-based compensation; and
• maximum limits for severance compensation.
The compensation policy must also consider appropriate incentives from a long-term perspective.
Internal Auditor
Under the Companies Law, the board of directors of an Israeli public company must appoint an internal auditor nominated by the audit committee. We intend to appoint our internal auditor within 90 days following the consummation of this offering. The role of the internal auditor is to examine, among other things, whether a company’s actions comply with the law and proper business procedure. The audit committee is required to oversee the activities, and to assess the performance of the internal auditor as well as to review the internal auditor’s work plan. An internal auditor may not be an interested party or office holder, or a relative of any interested party or office holder, and may not be a member of the company’s independent accounting firm or its representative. The Companies Law defines an interested party as a holder of 5% or more of the outstanding shares or voting rights of a company, any person or entity that has the right to appoint at least one director or the chief executive officer of the company or any person who serves as a director or as the chief executive officer of a company.
Remuneration of Directors
Under the Companies Law, remuneration of directors is subject to the approval of the compensation committee, thereafter by the board of directors and thereafter, unless exempted under the regulations promulgated under the Companies Law, by our shareholders. In case the remuneration of the directors is in accordance with the Compensation Regulations, such remuneration shall generally be exempt from shareholder approval. Where the director is also a controlling shareholder, the requirements for approval of transactions with controlling shareholders apply.
Fiduciary Duties of Office Holders
The Companies Law imposes a duty of care and a duty of loyalty on all office holders of a company.
The duty of care requires an office holder to act with the level of care with which a reasonable office holder in the same position would have acted under the same circumstances. The duty of care of an office holder includes a duty to use reasonable means to obtain:
• information on the advisability of a given action brought for his approval or performed by him by virtue of his position; and
• all other important information pertaining to such action.
The duty of loyalty of an office holder requires an office holder to act in good faith and for the benefit of the company, and includes a duty to:
• refrain from any conflict of interest between the performance of his duties in the company and the performance of his other duties or personal affairs;
• refrain from any action that is competitive with the company’s business;
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• refrain from exploiting any business opportunity of the company to receive a personal gain for himself or others; and
• disclose to the company any information or documents relating to the company’s affairs which the office holder has received due to his position as an office holder.
Insurance
Under the Companies Law, a company may obtain insurance for any of its office holders against the following liabilities incurred due to acts he or she performed as an office holder, if and to the extent provided for in the company’s articles of association:
• breach of his or her duty of care to the company or to another person;
• a breach of his or her duty of loyalty to the company, provided that the office holder acted in good faith and had reasonable cause to assume that his or her act would not prejudice the company’s interests; and
• a financial liability imposed upon him or her in favor of another person.
An Israeli Company may also insure an office holder against expenses, including reasonable litigation expenses and legal fees, incurred by the office holder as a result of an administrative proceeding instituted against him or her, pursuant to certain provisions of the Israeli Securities Law, 5728-1968, or the Securities Law.
We currently have directors’ and officers’ liability insurance, providing total coverage of $ million for the benefit of all of our directors and officers, in respect of which we paid a twelve-month premium of approximately $. We intend to purchase additional insurance coverage prior to the consummation of this offering.
Indemnification
The Companies Law provides that a company may indemnify an office holder against the following liabilities and expenses incurred for acts performed by him or her as an office holder, either pursuant to an undertaking made in advance of an event or following an event, provided its articles of association include a provision authorizing such indemnification:
• a financial liability imposed on him or her in favor of another person by any judgment concerning an act performed in his or her capacity as an office holder, including a settlement or arbitrator’s award approved by a court. However, if an undertaking to indemnify an office holder with respect to such liability is provided in advance, then such an undertaking must be limited to events which, in the opinion of the board of directors, can be foreseen based on the company’s activities when the undertaking to indemnify is given, and to an amount or according to criteria determined by the board of directors as reasonable under the circumstances, and such undertaking shall detail the abovementioned events and amount or criteria;
• reasonable litigation expenses, including attorneys’ fees, expended by the office holder (a) as a result of an investigation or proceeding instituted against him or her by an authority authorized to conduct such investigation or proceeding, provided that (1) no indictment (as defined in the Companies Law) was filed against such office holder as a result of such investigation or proceeding; and (2) no financial liability as a substitute for the criminal proceeding (as defined in the Companies Law) was imposed upon him or her as a result of such investigation or proceeding, or, if such financial liability was imposed, it was imposed with respect to an offense that does not require proof of criminal intent; or (b) in connection with a monetary sanction; and
• reasonable litigation expenses, including attorneys’ fees, expended by the office holder or imposed on him or her by a court: (1) in proceedings that the company institutes, or that another person institutes on the company’s behalf, against him or her; (2) in a criminal proceeding of which he or she was acquitted; or (3) as a result of a conviction for a crime that does not require proof of criminal intent.
Pursuant to the Securities Law, an Israeli Company may also indemnify an office holder for expenses incurred by an office holder in connection with an Administrative Procedure under the Securities Law, including reasonable litigation expenses and reasonable attorneys’ fees. An “Administrative Procedure” is defined as a procedure pursuant
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to chapters H3 (Monetary Sanction by the Israeli Securities Authority), H4 (Administrative Enforcement Procedures of the Administrative Enforcement Committee) or I1 (Arrangement to prevent Procedures or Interruption of procedures subject to conditions) to the Securities Law.
We intend to enter into indemnification agreements with all of our directors and officers subject to the listing of our securities on the Nasdaq Capital Market. Each such indemnification agreement will provide each office holder with indemnification permitted under applicable law and up to a certain amount, and to the extent that these liabilities are not covered by directors and officers insurance.
Exculpation
Under the Companies Law, an Israeli company may not exculpate an office holder from liability for a breach of his or her duty of loyalty, but may exculpate in advance an office holder from his or her liability to the company, in whole or in part, for damages caused to the company as a result of a breach of his or her duty of care (other than in relation to distributions), but only if a provision authorizing such exculpation is included in its articles of association. Our amended and restated articles of association provide that we may exculpate, in whole or in part, any office holder from liability to us for damages caused to the company as a result of a breach of his or her duty of care. Subject to the aforesaid limitations, under the indemnification agreements, we intend to exculpate and release our office holders from any and all liability to us related to any breach by them of their duty of care to us to the fullest extent permitted by law.
Limitations
The Companies Law provides that we may not exculpate or indemnify an office holder nor enter into an insurance contract that would provide coverage for any liability incurred as a result of any of the following: (1) a breach by the office holder of his or her duty of loyalty unless (in the case of indemnity or insurance only, but not exculpation) the office holder acted in good faith and had a reasonable basis to believe that the act would not prejudice us; (2) a breach by the office holder of his or her duty of care if the breach was carried out intentionally or recklessly (as opposed to merely negligently); (3) any act or omission committed with the intent to derive an illegal personal benefit; or (4) any fine, monetary sanction, penalty or forfeit levied against the office holder.
Under the Companies Law, exculpation, indemnification and insurance of office holders in a public company must be approved by the compensation committee and the board of directors and, with respect to certain office holders or under certain circumstances, also by the shareholders.
Our amended and restated articles of association permit us to exculpate, indemnify and insure our office holders to the fullest extent permitted or to be permitted by the Companies Law.
The foregoing descriptions summarize the material aspects and practices of our board of directors. For additional details, we also refer you to the full text of the Companies Law, as well as of our amended and restated articles of association, which are exhibits to this registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part, and are incorporated herein by reference.
There are no service contracts between us and our directors in their capacity as directors, providing for benefits upon termination of service.
Approval of Related Party Transactions under Israeli Law
General
Under the Companies Law, we may approve an action by an office holder from which the office holder would otherwise have to refrain, as described above, if:
• the office holder acts in good faith and the act or its approval does not cause harm to the company; and
• the office holder disclosed the nature of his or her interest in the transaction (including any significant fact or document) to the company at a reasonable time before the company’s approval of such matter.
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Disclosure of Personal Interests of an Office Holder
The Companies Law requires that an office holder disclose to the company, promptly, and, in any event, not later than the board meeting at which the transaction is first discussed, any direct or indirect personal interest that he or she may have and all related material information known to him or her relating to any existing or proposed transaction by the company. If the transaction is an extraordinary transaction, the office holder must also disclose any personal interest held by:
• the office holder’s relatives; or
• any corporation in which the office holder or his or her relatives holds 5% or more of the shares or voting rights, serves as a director or chief executive officer or has the right to appoint at least one director or the chief executive officer.
An office holder is not, however, obliged to disclose a personal interest if it derives solely from the personal interest of his or her relative in a transaction that is not considered an extraordinary transaction. Under the Companies Law, an extraordinary transaction is a transaction:
• not in the ordinary course of business;
• not on market terms; or
• that is likely to have a material effect on the company’s profitability, assets or liabilities.
We require our office holders to make such disclosures to our board of directors.
Under the Companies Law, once an office holder complies with the above disclosure requirement, the board of directors (unless the articles of association provide a different approval procedure) may approve a non-extraordinary transaction between the company and an office holder, or a third party in which an office holder has a personal interest, and provided that the transaction is in the company’s interest. If such transaction is extraordinary, first the audit committee and then the board of directors, in that order, must approve the transaction. Generally, a person who has a personal interest in a matter which is considered at a meeting of the board of directors or the audit committee may not be present or vote on such matter at such a meeting. However, if the chair of the audit committee or board of directors (as applicable) determines that an office holder with a personal interest is required to be present for presentation of the transaction that is subject to approval, such office holder may be present. Additionally, if a majority of members of the board of directors or the audit committee, as the case may be, has a personal interest, such directors who have a personal interest in a transaction may be present, and a shareholder approval would also be required.
Disclosure of Personal Interests of a Controlling Shareholder
Under the Companies Law, the disclosure requirements that apply to an office holder also apply to a controlling shareholder of a public company. Extraordinary transactions with a controlling shareholder or in which a controlling shareholder has a personal interest, including a private placement in which a controlling shareholder has a personal interest, as well as transactions for the provision of services whether directly or indirectly by a controlling shareholder or his or her relative, or a company such controlling shareholder controls, and transactions concerning the terms of engagement and compensation of a controlling shareholder or a controlling shareholder’s relative, whether as an office holder or an employee, require the approval of the audit committee or the compensation committee, as the case may be, the board of directors and a majority of the shares voted by the shareholders of the company participating and voting on the matter in a shareholders’ meeting. In addition, the shareholder approval must fulfill one of the following requirements:
• at least a majority of the shares held by shareholders who have no personal interest in the transaction and are voting at the meeting must be voted in favor of approving the transaction, excluding abstentions; or
• the shares voted by shareholders who have no personal interest in the transaction who vote against the transaction represent no more than 2% of the voting rights in the company.
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In addition, any extraordinary transaction with a controlling shareholder or in which a controlling shareholder has a personal interest with a term of more than three years requires the abovementioned approval every three years; however, such transactions other than for the provision of services or concerning the terms of engagement or compensation can be approved for a longer term, provided that the audit committee determines that such longer term is reasonable under the circumstances.
The Companies Law requires that every shareholder that participates, in person, by proxy or by voting instrument, in a vote regarding a transaction with a controlling shareholder, indicate in advance or in the ballot whether or not that shareholder has a personal interest in the vote in question. Failure to so indicate will result in the invalidation of that shareholder’s vote.
The term “controlling shareholder” is defined in the Companies Law as provided above under “Board Practices — External Directors.” In the context of a transaction involving a shareholder of the company, a controlling shareholder also includes a shareholder who holds 25% or more of the voting rights in the company if no other shareholder holds more than 50% of the voting rights in the company. For this purpose, the holdings of all shareholders who have a personal interest in the same transaction will be aggregated.
Approval of the Compensation of Directors and Executive Officers
Directors. Under the Companies Law, the compensation of our directors requires the approval of our compensation committee, the subsequent approval of the board of directors and, unless exempted under the regulations promulgated under the Companies Law, the approval of the general meeting of our shareholders. If the compensation of our directors is inconsistent with the stated compensation policy, shareholder approval by a special majority will be required.
Executive officers other than the chief executive officer. The Companies Law requires the approval of the compensation of a public company’s executive officers (other than the chief executive officer) in the following order: (i) the compensation committee, (ii) the company’s board of directors, and (iii) only if such compensation arrangement is inconsistent with the company’s stated compensation policy, the company’s shareholders by a special majority. However, if the shareholders of the company do not approve a compensation arrangement with an executive officer that is inconsistent with the company’s stated compensation policy, the compensation committee and board of directors may override the shareholders’ decision if each of the compensation committee and the board of directors provide detailed reasons for their decision.
Chief executive officer. Under the Companies Law, the compensation of a public company’s chief executive officer is generally required to be approved by: (i) the company’s compensation committee; (ii) the company’s board of directors, and (iii) the company’s shareholders by a special majority. However, if the shareholders of the company do not approve the compensation arrangement with the chief executive officer, the compensation committee and board of directors may override the shareholders’ decision if each of the compensation committee and the board of directors provides detailed reasons for their decision. In addition, the compensation committee may exempt the engagement terms of a candidate to serve as the chief executive officer from shareholders’ approval, if the compensation committee determines that the compensation arrangement is consistent with the company’s stated compensation policy, that the chief executive officer did not have a prior business relationship with the company or a controlling shareholder of the company, and that subjecting the approval to a shareholder vote would impede the company’s ability to attain the candidate to serve as the company’s chief executive officer (and provide detailed reasons for the latter).
The approval of each of the compensation committee and the board of directors, with regard to the office holders and directors above, must be in accordance with the company’s stated compensation policy; however, under special circumstances, the compensation committee and the board of directors may approve compensation terms of a chief executive officer that are inconsistent with the company’s stated compensation policy provided that they have considered those provisions that must be included in the compensation policy according to the Companies Law and that shareholder approval was obtained by a special majority requirement.
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Duties of Shareholders
Under the Companies Law, a shareholder has a duty to refrain from abusing his power in the company and to act in good faith and in a customary manner in exercising his rights and performing his obligations toward the company and other shareholders, including, among other things, in voting at general meetings of shareholders (and at shareholder class meetings) on the following matters:
• amendment of the articles of association;
• increase in the company’s authorized share capital;
• merger; and
• the approval of related party transactions and acts of office holders that require shareholder approval.
A shareholder also has a general duty to refrain from discriminating against other shareholders.
In addition, any controlling shareholder, any shareholder that knows that it has the power to determine the outcome of a shareholder vote and any shareholder that, under a company’s articles of association, has the power to appoint or prevent the appointment of an office holder, or has another power with respect to a company, is under a duty to act with fairness towards the company.
The remedies generally available upon a breach of contract will also apply to a breach of any of the duties mentioned above, and in the event of discrimination against other shareholders, additional remedies are available to the injured shareholder.
Global Share Incentive Plan (2022)
The Global Share Incentive Plan (2022), or the Plan, was adopted by our board of directors on March 28, 2022. The Plan provides for the grant of options, restricted share units and shares, or Awards, to our employees, offices, directors, advisors and consultants in order to promote a close identity of interests between those individuals and us.
Shares Available for Grant. The total number of shares reserved for issuance under the Plan is 283,464. As of the date of this prospectus, 283,464 Ordinary Shares remain available for future awards under the Plan. Ordinary Shares subject to Awards granted under the Plan that expire, are forfeited or otherwise terminated without having been exercised in full will become available again for future grant under the Plan.
Administration. Our board of directors, or a duly authorized committee of our board of directors, administers the Plan. Under the Plan, the administrator has the authority, subject to applicable law, to determine (i) eligible participants, (ii) the number of options, shares, restricted share units or other equity based awards to be covered by each Award, (iii) the time or times at which an Award shall be granted, (iv) the vesting schedule and other terms and conditions applying to Awards, including acceleration, early exercise or deferment provisions, (v) the forms of written agreements applying to Awards and (vi) any other matter which is necessary or desirable for, or incidental to, the administration of the Plan and the granting of Awards.
Eligibility. The Plan provides for granting Awards in compliance with Section 102 of the Israeli Income Tax Ordinance (New Version), 5721-1961, or the Ordinance, or, for Awards granted to our consultants, advisors, service providers or controlling shareholders, under Section 3(i) of the Ordinance. Section 102 of the Ordinance allows employees, directors and officers who are not controlling shareholders and are considered Israeli residents to receive favorable tax treatment for compensation in the form of shares or Awards. Our non-employee service providers and controlling shareholders may only be granted Awards under section 3(i) of the Ordinance, which does not provide for similar tax benefits. Section 102 includes two alternatives for tax treatment involving the issuance of Awards or shares to a trustee for the benefit of the grantees and also includes an additional alternative for the issuance of Awards or shares directly to the grantee. Section 102(b)(2) of the Ordinance, the most favorable tax treatment for the grantee, permits the issuance to a trustee under the “capital gain track.”
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Grant. All Awards granted pursuant to the Plan will be evidenced by a grant letter. The grant letter will set forth the terms and conditions of the Award, including the tax provision under which the Award is granted, the tax track elected according to the Plan (if applicable), the exercise price for options, the number of Awards granted to the participant, the date of grant and the vesting schedule. Each option will expire ten years from the date of the grant thereof, unless such shorter term of expiration is otherwise designated by the administrator.
Option Exercise. An option under the Plan may be exercised by providing us with an exercise notice in a form prescribed by the administrator, including the identity of the participant, the number of options to be exercised and the exercise price to be paid and full payment of the exercise price for such shares underlying the option, in such manner as determined by the administrator. An option may not be exercised for fractional shares.
Transferability. Awards may not be subjected to any sale, assignment, conveyance, pledge, hypothecation, mortgage, seizure, grant of collateral or any security interest or gift, or any other encumbrance, disposition or transfer, except by will or the laws of descent.
Termination of Employment. In the event of termination of a participant’s employment or service with us or any of our affiliates and except as described below, all vested and exercisable options held by such participant as of the date of termination may be exercised within three months after such date of termination, unless otherwise provided by the administrator. All other options held by such participant will expire upon the date of termination of employment.
In the event of termination of a participant’s employment or service with us or any of our affiliates for cause, all unexercised options held by such participant, whether vested or unvested on the date of termination will expire on the date of such termination and any unvested option shares shall terminate and expire on the day the Participant’s effective date of termination.
In the event of termination of a participant’s employment or service with us or any of our affiliates due to such participant’s death, all vested options held by such participant as of the date of termination may be exercised by the participant’s estate, personal representative or beneficiaries at any time but not later than the earlier of: (i) the twelve-month anniversary of the participant’s death or (ii) the end of the term of the options. All options which are unvested as of the date of termination shall expire.
In the event of termination of a participant’s employment or service with us or any of our affiliates by reason of disability, all options held by such participant as of the date of termination may be exercised at any time but not later than the earlier of: (i) the three-month anniversary of the participant’s disability or (ii) the end of the term of the options. All options which are unvested as of the date of termination shall expire.
The foregoing provisions summarized in this “Termination of Employment” section shall apply only in the absence of a provision specifying otherwise in the relevant award agreement or unless otherwise resolved by the administrator.
Transactions. In the event of a share split, reverse share split, distribution of bonus shares, rights issue, cash or share dividend, combination or reclassification of the shares, or any other increase or decrease in the number of issued shares effected without receipt of consideration by us (but not including the conversion of any of our convertible securities), the administrator in its sole discretion shall make a proportionate adjustment to the number of shares covered by each outstanding award, and the number of shares which have been authorized for issuance under the Plan but as to which no awards have yet been granted or which have been returned to the Plan upon cancellation or expiration of an award, as well as the price per share covered by each outstanding award. Except as expressly provided therein, no issuance by us of shares of any class, or securities convertible into shares of any class, shall affect, and no adjustment by reason thereof shall be made with respect to, the number or price of shares subject to an award.
In the event of (i) a merger or consolidation of us with or into another corporation resulting in such other corporation being the surviving entity or the direct or indirect parent of us or resulting in us being the surviving entity and there is a change in the ownership of our shares of, such that another person or entity owns fifty percent (50%) or more of the outstanding voting power of our securities by virtue of the transaction; or (ii) an acquisition of all or substantially all of our by any person (including an existing non-majority shareholder or its affiliate
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of shares not held by any affiliate of such shareholder); or (iii) the sale and/or transfer (including by way of an exclusive license) of all or substantially all of our assets; or (iv) such other transaction with a similar effect, as shall be determined by the administrator, the outstanding (including the unexercised, vested, unvested or restricted) portion of each outstanding Award shall be assumed or substituted with an equivalent Award or the right to receive consideration by the acquiring or successor corporation or an affiliate thereof, as shall be determined by such entity and/or the administrator, subject to the terms of the Plan.
In the event that the successor corporation or any affiliate thereof does not provide for such an assumption, and/or substitution of outstanding Awards and/or the provision of consideration for outstanding Awards, then unless determined otherwise with respect to a specific outstanding Award, the administrator shall have sole and absolute discretion to determine the effect of the Transaction on the portion of Awards outstanding immediately prior to the effective time of the Transaction, which may include any one or more of the following, whether in a manner equitable or not among individual participants or groups of participants: (i) all or a portion of the outstanding Awards shall become exercisable in full prior to the date of consummation of the Transaction, or on another date and/or dates or at an event and/or events as the administrator shall determine at its sole and absolute discretion; and/or (ii) that all or a portion or certain categories of the outstanding Awards shall be cancelled upon the actual consummation of the Transaction, and instead the holders thereof will receive consideration, or no consideration, in the amount and under the terms determined by the administrator at it sole and absolute discretion; and/or (iii) with respect to option awards, make a payment, in such form as may be determined by the administrator in respect of each vested share underlying the Award equal to the excess, if any, of (A) the per share amount payable to holders of Shares in connection with the Transaction, over (B) the per share exercise price payable by such holder in connection with such exercise.
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The following table sets forth information with respect to the beneficial ownership of our Ordinary Shares as of May 24, 2022 by:
• each person or entity known by us to own beneficially 5% or more of our outstanding Ordinary Shares;
• each of our directors and executive officers individually; and
• all of our directors and executive officers as a group.
The beneficial ownership of our Ordinary Shares is determined in accordance with the rules of the SEC and generally includes any shares over which a person exercises sole or shared voting or investment power, or the right to receive the economic benefit of ownership. For purposes of the table below, we deem Ordinary Shares issuable pursuant to options that are currently exercisable or exercisable within 60 days of May 24, 2022 to be outstanding and to be beneficially owned by the person holding the options for the purposes of computing the percentage ownership of that person, but we do not treat them as outstanding for the purpose of computing the percentage ownership of any other person. Percentage of shares beneficially owned before this offering is based on 6,166,094 Ordinary Shares issued and outstanding as of May 24, 2022 after giving effect to: (i) the issuance of 4,178,200 bonus shares (equivalent to a forward share split at a ratio of 3.5-for-1) effected on May 23, 2022; and (ii) the issuance of 1,504,152 Ordinary Shares (5,264,532 Ordinary Shares including the bonus shares) pursuant to a certain loan conversion agreement, effected on January 28, 2022. The number of Ordinary Shares deemed issued and outstanding after this offering is based on 8,691,094 Ordinary Shares, which includes the Ordinary Shares offered hereby but assumes no exercise of any Warrants, Pre-Funded Units and Underwriter’s Warrants and no exercise of the underwriter’s over-allotment option.
As of May 24, 2022 and based on their reported registered office, none of our shareholders were U.S. persons. We have also set forth below information known to us regarding any significant change in the percentage ownership of our Ordinary Shares by any major shareholders during the past three years. Except where otherwise indicated, we believe, based on information furnished to us by such owners, that the beneficial owners of the Ordinary Shares listed below have sole investment and voting power with respect to such shares.
Following the closing of this offering, all of our shareholders, including the shareholders listed below, will have the same voting rights attached to their Ordinary Shares, and neither our principal shareholders nor our directors and executive officers will have different or special voting rights with respect to their Ordinary Shares. See “Description of Share Capital — Voting Rights.” A description of any material relationship that our principal shareholders have had with us or any of our predecessors or affiliates within the past three years is included under “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions.”
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Unless otherwise noted below, the address of each shareholder, director and executive officer is c/o ParaZero Technologies Ltd., 30 Dov Hoz, Kiryat Ono, 5555626 Israel.
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Name of beneficial owner |
Ordinary shares |
Percentage of |
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Before |
After |
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5% or Greater Shareholders |
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Medigus Ltd.(1) |
2,684,829 |
42.07 |
% |
30.14 |
% |
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Avdinco Ltd.(2) |
491,571 |
7.93 |
% |
5.64 |
% |
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Tamarid Ltd.(3) |
492,157 |
7.94 |
% |
5.64 |
% |
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Directors and Executive Officers |
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Roy Borochov(4) |
65,621 |
1.06 |
% |
* |
% |
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Boaz Shetzer(5) |
65,621 |
1.06 |
% |
* |
% |
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Moshe Hukaylo |
— |
— |
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— |
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Yuval Gilad |
— |
— |
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— |
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Tali Dinar |
— |
— |
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— |
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Moshe Revach(6) |
67,102 |
1.09 |
% |
* |
% |
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Amitay Weiss(7) |
131,367 |
2.13 |
% |
1.51 |
% |
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All directors and executive officers as a group (9 persons) |
329,710 |
5.34 |
% |
3.79 |
% |
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Director Nominees |
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Naama Falach Avrahamy |
— |
— |
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— |
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Yigal Shtief |
— |
— |
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— |
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* Indicates beneficial ownership of less than 1% of the total Ordinary Shares outstanding.
(1) Consists of (i) 2,360,271 Ordinary Shares, (ii) 108,186 Ordinary Shares issuable upon the conversion of the SAFEs and (iii) 216,373 Ordinary Shares issuable upon the exercise of the SAFE warrants which are immediately exercisable upon issuance. Does not include (i) 47,527 Ordinary Shares, (ii) 1,653 Ordinary Shares issuable upon the conversion of the SAFEs and (iii) 3,306 Ordinary Shares issuable upon the exercise of the SAFE warrants which are immediately exercisable upon issuance, held by Liron Carmel, the chief executive officer of Medigus, and (i) 154,462 Ordinary Shares, (ii) 5,328 Ordinary Shares issuable upon the conversion of the SAFEs and (iii) 10,656 Ordinary Shares issuable upon the exercise of the SAFE warrants which are immediately exercisable upon issuance, held by Yoresh Capital Ltd., a private company wholly owned by Mr. Eliyahu Yoresh, the chairman of the board of directors of Medigus. The address of Medigus Ltd. is Omer Industrial Park No. 7A, P.O. Box 3030, 8496500, Israel. Medigus is a publicly traded company. To the best of our knowledge, no person has sole voting and sole investment power with respect to the shares.
(2) Consists of (i) 445,568 Ordinary Shares, (ii) 15,335 Ordinary Shares issuable upon the conversion of the SAFEs and (iii) 30,669 Ordinary Shares issuable upon the exercise of the SAFE warrants which are immediately exercisable upon issuance. The address of Avdinco Ltd., or Avdinco, is 2 Kaufman Street, Tel Aviv, 6801294, Israel. Avdinco is a private company. To the best of our knowledge, no person has sole voting and sole investment power with respect to the shares.
(3) Consists of (i) 445,568 Ordinary Shares, (ii) 15,530 Ordinary Shares issuable upon the conversion of the SAFEs and (iii) 31,060 Ordinary Shares issuable upon the exercise of the SAFE warrants which are immediately exercisable upon issuance. The address of Tamarid Ltd., or Tamarid, is 2 Kaufman Street, Tel Aviv, 6801294, Israel. Tamarid is a private company. To the best of our knowledge, no person has sole voting and sole investment power with respect to the shares.
(4) Consists of (i) 59,409 Ordinary Shares, (ii) 2,071 Ordinary Shares issuable upon the conversion of the SAFEs and (iii) 4,141 Ordinary Shares issuable upon the exercise of the SAFE warrants which are immediately exercisable upon issuance.
(5) Consists of (i) 59,409 Ordinary Shares, (ii) 2,071 Ordinary Shares issuable upon the conversion of the SAFEs and (iii) 4,141 Ordinary Shares issuable upon the exercise of the SAFE warrants which are immediately exercisable upon issuance.
(6) Consists of (i) 67,102 Ordinary Shares.
(7) Consists of (i) 118,818 Ordinary Shares, (ii) 4,183 Ordinary Shares issuable upon the conversion of the SAFEs and (iii) 8,366 Ordinary Shares issuable upon the exercise of the SAFE warrants which are immediately exercisable upon issuance.
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CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
The following is a description of the material terms of those transactions with related parties to which we, or our subsidiaries, are party.
Simple Agreements for Future Equity
In February, March and May 2022, we entered into certain equity investment agreements, which we refer to as Simple Agreements for Future Equity, or SAFEs, with certain investors, including our officers and directors, for aggregate proceeds of up to $2,500,000. As of May 24, 2022, we had received approximately $1,472,255 under the SAFEs we had entered into. Upon completion of this offering, the SAFEs will be automatically converted into a number of Ordinary Shares equal to the purchase amount divided by the per unit price in this offering discounted by 25%. The right to receive shares upon conversion of the SAFEs shall also include the right to receive warrants similar to those granted to the investors in this offering. However, in no event shall warrants issued upon the conversion of the SAFEs be tradable warrants nor carry any registration rights.
Medigus Acquisition
On January 28, 2022, the Company was acquired by Medigus and other buyers from Delta Drone International Limited (ASX: DLT), or Delta Drone, pursuant to a Share Purchase Agreement, or the Delta Drone SPA, dated January 28, 2022, by and among the Company, Delta Drone, L.I.A Pure Capital Ltd. and certain other parties named therein, or the Medigus Acquisition. Under the terms of the SPA, Delta Drone, the owner of 100% of the Company’s issued and outstanding capital stock prior to the acquisition, sold all of its interest in the Company to Medigus and other buyers for a purchase price of $6 million in cash, with $5.1 million to be received by Delta Drone on the closing of the acquisition and $0.9 million to be released from escrow 12 months thereafter, subject to certain requirements described therein.
In connection with the Medigus Acquisition, the Company entered into that certain Supply Agreement, dated February 2, 2022, by and between the Company and Delta Drone, or the Delta Drone Supply Agreement. Pursuant to the Delta Drone Supply Agreement, Delta Drone and its subsidiaries have the non-exclusive right, until February 2, 2027, to purchase from the Company, directly or through any third-party distributor, all of the Company’s commercial products that are sold by the Company at any time during such period for use on all drones operated by Delta Drone. The parties further agreed that any purchases made by Delta Drone pursuant to the Delta Drone Supply Agreement will be made on pre-agreed market-rate pricing terms. The Company does not expect Delta Drone to exercise its right and believes that even if Delta Drone did exercise such right, it would not have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, operations or financial performance.
Also in connection with the Medigus Acquisition, the Company issued to Delta Drone warrants to purchase 180,912 Ordinary Shares on February 2, 2022, or the Delta Drone Warrant, which is approximately 3% of the Ordinary Shares outstanding as of completion of the Medigus Acquisition. The Delta Drone Warrant will expire 90 days after the earlier of (i) February 2, 2027 and (ii) such time that the Ordinary Shares have a one calendar month value weighted average price (VWAP) per Ordinary Share on the Nasdaq Capital Market that is at least 50% greater than the per unit price in this offering.
Loan Conversion Agreement
On January 28, 2022, we entered into an agreement, or the Loan Conversion Agreement, with Delta Drone, pursuant to which we issued to Delta Drone 1,504,152 Ordinary Shares (5,264,532 Ordinary Shares after giving effect to the issuance of the bonus shares) in exchange for the full conversion of the Company’s then-outstanding debt to Delta Drone of AUD 10,401,411 (approximately $7,483,711).
Agreements and Arrangements With, and Compensation of, Directors and Executive Officers
Certain of our executive officers have employment or services agreements with us. These agreements contain customary provisions and representations, including confidentiality, noncompetition, non-solicitation and inventions assignment undertakings by the executive officers. In addition, we intend to enter into agreements with each executive officer and director, pursuant to which we agree to indemnify each of the officers or directors up to
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a certain amount and to the extent that these liabilities are not covered by directors and officers insurance. Under current applicable Israeli employment laws, we may not be able to enforce (either in whole or in part) covenants not to compete and therefore may be unable to prevent our competitors from benefiting from the expertise of some of our former employees. See “Management — Compensation of Executive Officers and Directors.”
Indemnification Agreements
Our amended and restated articles of association permit us to exculpate, indemnify and insure each of our directors and office holders to the fullest extent permitted by the Israeli Companies Law. Upon the closing of this offering, we intend to enter into indemnification agreements with each of our directors and executive officers, undertaking to indemnify them to the fullest extent permitted by Israeli law, including with respect to liabilities resulting from a public offering of our shares, to the extent that these liabilities are not covered by insurance. We have also obtained directors and officers insurance for each of our executive officers and directors. For further information, see “Management — Exculpation, Insurance and Indemnification of Directors and Officers.”
Options
As of December 31, 2021, we had not issued options to purchase Ordinary Shares to any of our directors or executive officers. For a description of our option plan, see “Management — Global Share Incentive Plan (2022).” The shares are subject to transfer restrictions and “lock up” provisions upon the occurrence of certain conditions.
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The following descriptions of our share capital and provisions of our amended and restated articles of association which will be effective upon the closing of this offering are summaries and do not purport to be complete. A form of our amended and restated articles of association will be filed with the SEC as an exhibit to our registration statement, of which this prospectus forms a part. The description of the Ordinary Shares reflects changes to our capital structure that will occur upon the closing of this offering. All information in this prospectus gives effect to the issuance of 4,178,200 bonus shares to the holders of our Ordinary Shares on a basis of 2.5 bonus shares for each Ordinary Share outstanding (equivalent to a 3.5-for-1 forward share split) effected on May 23, 2022, and the customary adjustments to our outstanding options and warrants.
General
As of May 24, 2022, our authorized share capital consisted of NIS 100,000 divided into 10,000,000 Ordinary Shares, par value NIS 0.01, of which 6,166,094 Ordinary Shares were issued and outstanding as of such date. All of our outstanding Ordinary Shares have been validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable. Our Ordinary Shares are not redeemable and are not subject to any preemptive right. All Ordinary Shares have identical voting and other rights in all respects.
Ordinary Shares
Since January 2019, we have issued an aggregate of 6,166,094 Ordinary Shares, which include 4,178,200 bonus shares.
Warrants
Since January 2019, we have issued warrants to purchase an aggregate of 180,912 Ordinary Shares, which were issued to Delta Drone as part of the Medigus Acquisition. See “Related Party Transactions” for additional information.
In addition, we have agreed to issue to certain consultants, in addition to certain other consideration: (i) warrants to purchase an aggregate of 583,772 Ordinary Shares at a nominal exercise price, to certain consultants, which warrants shall be issued subject to the completion of this offering; (ii) warrants to purchase such number of Ordinary Shares equal to 1.0% of our share capital on a fully-diluted basis, including any over-allotments, immediately following this offering, with an exercise price equal to the per share price based on a company valuation of $10 million (pre-offering), which warrants will be issued to an advisor upon the completion of this offering and (iii) warrants to purchase such number of Ordinary Shares equal to 1.0% of our share capital on a fully diluted basis, including any over-allotments, immediately following this offering, with an exercise price equal to the per share price in this offering, which warrants shall be issued upon completion of this offering. The warrants will be fully vested upon grant and will be exercisable at any time and from time to time, in whole or in part, for a period of five (5) years from the date of their grant.
Simple Agreements for Future Equity
In February, March and May of 2022, we entered into certain equity investment agreements, which we refer to as Simple Agreements for Future Equity, or SAFEs, with our officers and directors for aggregate proceeds of $2,500,000. Upon completion of this offering, the SAFEs will be automatically converted into a number of Ordinary Shares equal to the purchase amount divided by the per unit price in this offering discounted by 25%. The right to receive shares upon conversion of the SAFEs shall also include the right to receive warrants similar to those granted to the investors in this offering. However, in no event shall warrants issued upon the conversion of the SAFEs be tradable warrants nor carry any registration rights.
The Powers of the Directors
Our board of directors shall direct our policy and shall supervise the performance of our Chief Executive Officer and his actions. Our board of directors may exercise all powers that are not required under the Companies Law or under our amended and restated articles of association to be exercised or taken by our shareholders.
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Rights Attached to Shares
Our Ordinary Shares shall confer upon the holders thereof:
• equal right to attend and to vote at all of our general meetings, whether annual or special, with each Ordinary Share entitling the holder thereof, which attend the meeting and participate at the voting, either in person or by a proxy or by a written ballot, to one vote;
• equal right to participate in distribution of dividends, if any, whether payable in cash or in bonus shares, in distribution of assets or in any other distribution, on a per share pro rata basis; and
• equal right to participate, upon our dissolution, in the distribution of our assets legally available for distribution, on a per share pro rata basis.
Election of Directors
Pursuant to our amended and restated articles of association, our directors are elected at an annual general meeting and serve on the board of directors until the next annual general meeting (except for external directors) or earlier, if they resign or cease to act as board members pursuant to the provisions of our amended and restated articles of association or any applicable law. Pursuant to our amended and restated articles of association, other than the external directors, for whom special election requirements apply under the Companies Law, the vote required to appoint a director is a simple majority vote of holders of our voting shares, participating and voting at the relevant meeting. In addition, our amended and restated articles of association allow our Board of Directors to appoint directors to fill vacancies and/or as an addition to the Board of Directors (subject to the maximum number of directors) to serve until the next annual general meeting. External directors are elected for an initial term of three years, may be elected for additional terms of three years each under certain circumstances, and may be removed from office pursuant to the terms of the Companies Law. See “Management — Board Practices — External Directors.”
Annual and Special Meetings
Under the Israeli law, we are required to hold an annual general meeting of our shareholders once every calendar year, at such time and place which shall be determined by our Board of Directors, but no later than 15 months after the date of the previous annual general meeting. All meetings other than the annual general meeting of shareholders are referred to as special general meetings. Our Board of Directors may call special meetings whenever it sees fit and upon the request of any shareholder or shareholders holding at least five percent (5%) or a higher percent of our voting rights.
Subject to the provisions of the Companies Law and the regulations promulgated thereunder, shareholders entitled to participate and vote at general meetings are the shareholders of record on a date to be decided by the board of directors, which as a company listed on an exchange outside Israel, may be between four and 40 days prior to the date of the meeting. Resolutions regarding the following matters must be passed at a general meeting of our shareholders:
• amendments to our amended and restated articles of association;
• the exercise of our Board of Director’s powers by a general meeting if our Board of Directors is unable to exercise its powers and the exercise of any of its powers is required for our proper management;
• Appointment, fees or termination of our auditors, if the shareholders have not delegated their authority to set the fees for our auditors to our board of directors;
• appointment of directors, including external directors;
• approval of acts and transactions requiring general meeting approval pursuant to the provisions of the Companies Law (mainly certain related party transactions) and any other applicable law;
• increases or reductions of our authorized share capital; and
• a merger (as such term is defined in the Companies Law).
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Notices
The Companies Law and our amended and restated articles of association require that a notice of any annual or special shareholders meeting be provided at least 21 days prior to the meeting, and if the agenda of the meeting includes, among others, the appointment or removal of directors, the approval of transactions with office holders or interested or related parties or an approval of a merger, notice must be provided at least 35 days prior to the meeting.
Quorum
As permitted under the Companies Law, the quorum required for our general meetings consists of at least two shareholders present in person, by proxy, written ballot or voting by means of electronic voting system, who hold or represent between them at least 25% of the total outstanding voting rights. If within half an hour of the time set forth for the general meeting a quorum is not present, the general meeting shall stand adjourned the same day of the following week, at the same hour and in the same place, or to such other date, time and place as prescribed in the notice to the shareholders and in such adjourned meeting, if no quorum is present within half an hour of the time arranged, any number of shareholders participating in the meeting, shall constitute a quorum.
If a special general meeting was called at the request of a shareholder, and within half an hour of an adjourned meeting a legal quorum is not present, the meeting shall be canceled.
Adoption of Resolutions
Our amended and restated articles of association provide that all resolutions of our shareholders require a simple majority vote, unless otherwise required under the Companies Law or our amended and restated articles of association. A shareholder may vote in a general meeting in person, by proxy or by a written ballot.
Changing Rights Attached to Shares
If at any time the share capital of the Company is divided into different classes of shares, the rights attached to any class, unless otherwise provided by the Companies Law or these Articles, may be modified or cancelled by the Company by a resolution of the General Meeting of the holders of all shares as one class, without any required separate resolution of any class of shares.
An increase in the authorized share capital, the creation of a new class of shares, an increase in the authorized share capital of a class of shares, or the issuance of additional shares thereof out of the authorized and unissued share capital, shall not be deemed to modify or derogate or cancel the rights attached to the previously issued shares of such class or of any other class, unless otherwise provided by the terms of the shares.
Limitations on the Right to Own Securities in Our Company
There are no limitations on the right to own our securities. In certain circumstances the Warrants and Pre-Funded Warrants being offered hereby have restrictions upon the exercise of such warrants if such exercise would result in the holders thereof owning more than 4.99% or 9.99% of our Ordinary Shares upon such exercise, as further described below.
Provisions Restricting Change in Control of Our Company
There are no specific provisions of our amended and restated articles of association that would have an effect of delaying, deferring or preventing a change in control of our company or that would operate only with respect to a merger, acquisition or corporate restructuring involving us (or our Subsidiary). However, as described below, certain provisions of the Companies Law may have such effect.
The Companies Law includes provisions that allow a merger transaction and requires that each company that is a party to the merger have the transaction approved by its board of directors and, unless certain requirements described under the Companies Law are met, a vote of the majority of shareholders, and, in the case of the target company, also a majority vote of each class of its shares. For purposes of the shareholder vote of each party, unless a court rules otherwise, the merger will not be deemed approved if shares representing a majority of the voting power present at the shareholders meeting and which are not held by the other party to the merger (or by any person or group of persons acting in concert who holds 25% or more of the voting power or the right to appoint 25% or
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more of the directors of the other party) vote against the merger. If, however, the merger involves a merger with a company’s own controlling shareholder or if the controlling shareholder has a personal interest in the merger, then the merger is instead subject to the same special majority approval that governs all extraordinary transactions with controlling shareholders. Upon the request of a creditor of either party to the proposed merger, the court may delay or prevent the merger if it concludes that there exists a reasonable concern that as a result of the merger the surviving company will be unable to satisfy the obligations of any of the parties to the merger, and may further give instructions to secure the rights of creditors. If the transaction would have been approved by the shareholders of a merging company but for the separate approval of each class or the exclusion of the votes of certain shareholders as provided above, a court may still approve the merger upon the petition of holders of at least 25% of the voting rights of a company. For such petition to be granted, the court must find that the merger is fair and reasonable, taking into account the value of the parties to the merger and the consideration offered to the shareholders. In addition, a merger may not be completed unless at least (1) 50 days have passed from the time that the requisite proposals for approval of the merger were filed with the Israeli Registrar of Companies by each merging company and (2) 30 days have passed since the merger was approved by the shareholders of each merging company.
The Companies Law also provides that, subject to certain exceptions, an acquisition of shares in an Israeli public company must be made by means of a “special” tender offer if as a result of the acquisition (1) the purchaser would become a holder of 25% or more of the voting rights in the company if there is no holder of 25% or more of the voting rights in the company or (2) the purchaser would become a holder of 45% or more of the voting rights in the company, unless there is already a holder of more than 45% of the voting rights in the company. These requirements do not apply if, in general, the acquisition (1) was made in a private placement that received shareholders’ approval, subject to certain conditions, (2) was made from a holder of 25% or more of the voting rights in the company which resulted in the acquirer becoming a holder of 25% or more of the voting rights in the company, or (3) was made from a holder of more than 45% of the voting rights in the company which resulted in the acquirer becoming a holder of more than 45% of the voting rights in the company. A “special” tender offer must be extended to all shareholders. In general, a “special” tender offer may be consummated only if (1) at least 5% of the voting power attached to the company’s outstanding shares will be acquired by the offeror and (2) the offer is accepted by a majority of the offerees who notified the company of their position in connection with such offer (excluding the controlling shareholder of the offeror, holder of 25% or more of the voting rights in the company or anyone on their behalf or on behalf of the offeror, including their relatives or corporations under their control or any person having a personal interest in the acceptance of the tender offer). If a special tender offer is accepted, then the purchaser or any person or entity controlling it or under common control with the purchaser or such controlling person or entity may not make a subsequent tender offer for the purchase of shares of the target company and may not enter into a merger with the target company for a period of one year from the date of the offer, unless the purchaser or such person or entity undertook to effect such an offer or merger in the initial special tender offer.
If, as a result of an acquisition of shares, the acquirer will hold more than 90% of an Israeli company’s outstanding shares or of certain class of shares, the acquisition must be made by means of a tender offer for all of the outstanding shares, or for all of the outstanding shares of such class, as applicable. In general, if less than 5% of the outstanding shares, or of applicable class, are not tendered in the tender offer and more than half of the offerees who have no personal interest in the offer tendered their shares, all the shares that the acquirer offered to purchase will be transferred to it by operation of law. However, a tender offer will also be accepted if the shareholders who do not accept the offer hold less than 2% of the issued and outstanding share capital of the company or of the applicable class of shares. Any shareholders that was an offeree in such tender offer, whether such shareholder accepted the tender offer or not, may request, by petition to an Israeli court, (i) appraisal rights in connection with a full tender offer, and (ii) that the fair value should be paid as determined by the court, for a period of six months following the acceptance thereof. However, the acquirer is entitled to stipulate, under certain conditions, that tendering shareholders will forfeit such appraisal rights. If the full tender offer was not accepted in accordance with any of the above alternatives, the acquirer may not acquire shares of the company that will increase its holdings to more than 90% of the company’s voting rights or the company’s issued and outstanding share capital (or of the applicable class) from shareholders who accepted the tender offer. Shares purchased in contradiction to the full tender offer rules under the Companies Law will have no rights and will become dormant shares.
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Lastly, Israeli tax law treats some acquisitions, such as stock-for-stock exchanges between an Israeli company and a foreign company, less favorably than U.S. tax laws. For example, Israeli tax law may, under certain circumstances, subject a shareholder who exchanges his Ordinary Shares for shares in another corporation to taxation prior to the sale of the shares received in such stock-for-stock swap. With respect to mergers, Israeli tax law allows for tax deferral in certain circumstances but makes the deferral contingent on the fulfilment of numerous conditions, including a holding period of two years from the date of the transaction during which certain sales and dispositions of shares of the participating companies are restricted.
Changes in Our Capital
The general meeting may, by a simple majority vote of the shareholders attending the general meeting:
• increase our registered share capital by the creation of new shares from the existing class or a new class, as determined by the general meeting;
• cancel any registered share capital which have not been taken or agreed to be taken by any person;
• consolidate and divide all or any of our share capital into shares of larger nominal value than our existing shares;
• subdivide our existing shares or any of them, our share capital or any of it, into shares of smaller nominal value than is fixed; and
• reduce our share capital and any fund reserved for capital redemption in any manner, and with and subject to any incident authorized, and consent required, by the Companies Law.
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DESCRIPTION OF THE SECURITIES WE ARE OFFERING
Units
Each Unit consists of one Ordinary Share and a Warrant to purchase One Ordinary share at an exercise price equal to $6.20 (based on an assumed public offering price of $6.20 per Unit, the midpoint of the range set forth on the cover page of this prospectus), which is 100% of the public offering price of the Units. The Ordinary Shares and Warrants may be transferred separately immediately upon issuance.
Pre-Funded Units
We are offering the Pre-Funded Units at a price equal to the price per Unit, minus $0.001, and the exercise price of each Pre-Funded Warrant included in the Pre-Funded Unit will be $0.001 per Ordinary Share. Each Pre-Funded Unit consists of one Pre-Funded Warrant to purchase one Ordinary Share and two Warrants, each to purchase one Ordinary Share. The Pre-Funded Units have no stand-alone rights and will not be certificated or issued as stand-alone securities. The Pre-Funded Warrants and Warrants are immediately separable, will be issued separately in this offering and may be transferred separately immediately upon issuance.
Ordinary Shares
The material terms and provisions of our Ordinary Shares are described under the caption “Description of Share Capital” in this prospectus.
Warrants
Warrants Included in the Units and Pre-Funded Units
The following summary of certain terms and provisions of the Warrants offered hereby is not complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by, the provisions of the warrant agent agreement between us and VStock Transfer, LLC, as warrant agent, and the form of Warrant, both of which are filed as exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part. Prospective investors should carefully review the terms and provisions set forth in the warrant agent agreement, including the annexes thereto, and form of Warrant.
Exercisability. The warrants are exercisable at any time after their original issuance and at any time up to the date that is five years after their original issuance. The Warrants will be exercisable, at the option of each holder, in whole or in part by delivering to us a duly executed exercise notice and, at any time a registration statement registering the issuance of the Ordinary Shares underlying the Warrants under the Securities Act is effective and available for the issuance of such shares, by payment in full in immediately available funds for the number of Ordinary Shares purchased upon such exercise. If a registration statement registering the issuance of the Ordinary Shares underlying the Warrants under the Securities Act is not effective or available the holder may, in its sole discretion, elect to exercise the warrant through a cashless exercise, in which case the holder would receive upon such exercise the net number of Ordinary Shares determined according to the formula set forth in the Warrant. No fractional shares will be issued in connection with the exercise of a Warrant. In lieu of fractional shares, we will pay the holder an amount in cash equal to the fractional amount multiplied by the exercise price.
Exercise Limitation. A holder will not have the right to exercise any portion of the Warrant if the holder (together with its affiliates) would beneficially own in excess of 4.99% of the number of Ordinary Shares outstanding immediately after giving effect to the exercise, as such percentage ownership is determined in accordance with the terms of the Warrants. However, any holder may increase or decrease such percentage to any other percentage not in excess of 9.99%, provided that any increase in such percentage shall not be effective until 61 days following notice from the holder to us.
Exercise Price. The exercise price per whole Ordinary Share purchasable upon exercise of the Warrants is $6.20 per share, which is 100% of the public offering price of the units. The exercise price is subject to appropriate adjustment in the event of certain stock dividends and distributions, stock splits, stock combinations, reclassifications or similar events affecting our Ordinary Shares and also upon any distributions of assets, including cash, stock or other property to our stockholders.
Subject to certain exemptions outlined in the Warrant, for a period until the later of: (i) two years from the date of issuance of the Warrant, or (ii) on the date there are no holders of at least Warrants, if the Company shall sell, enter into an agreement to sell, or grant any option to purchase, or sell, enter into an agreement to sell, or grant
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any right to reprice, or otherwise dispose of or issue (or announce any offer, sale, grant or any option to purchase or other disposition) any Ordinary Shares or Convertible Security (as defined in the Warrant), at an effective price per share less than the exercise price of the Warrant then in effect, the exercise price of the Warrant shall be reduced to equal the effective price per share in such dilutive issuance; provided, however, that in no event shall the exercise price of the Warrant be reduced to an exercise price lower than 50% of public offering price per Unit in this offering. On the date that is 90 calendar days anniversary of the issuance date of the Warrants, the exercise price of the Warrants will adjust to be equal to the greater of $ per share (which shall equal 50% of the exercise price of the Warrants on the issuance date) and 100% of the lowest volume weighted average price per Ordinary Share immediately preceding the 90th calendar day following the issuance date of the Warrant, provided that such value is less than the exercise price in effect on that date.
Home Country Practice. For so long as any of the Warrants remain outstanding, the Company will elect to follow home country practice in lieu of any rules and regulations of the trading market that would limit the Company’s ability to effect the provisions of the Warrants, including but not limited to shareholder approval rules related to the issuance of securities or adjustment of terms of this Warrant for the benefit of warrant holders.
Transferability. Subject to applicable laws, the Warrants may be offered for sale, sold, transferred or assigned without our consent.
Exchange Listing. We have applied to list the Warrants on the Nasdaq Capital Market, under the symbol “PRZOW.” No assurance can be given that our application will be approved or that a trading market will develop.
Warrant Agent. The Warrants will be issued in registered form under a warrant agent agreement between us and VStock Transfer, LLC, as warrant agent, and us. The Warrants shall initially be represented only by one or more global warrants deposited with the warrant agent, as custodian on behalf of The Depository Trust Company, or DTC, and registered in the name of Cede & Co., a nominee of DTC, or as otherwise directed by DTC.
Fundamental Transactions. In the event of a fundamental transaction, as described in the Warrants and generally including any reorganization, recapitalization or reclassification of our Ordinary Shares, the sale, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of our properties or assets, our consolidation or merger with or into another person, the acquisition of more than 50% of our outstanding Ordinary Shares, or any person or group becoming the beneficial owner of 50% of the voting power represented by our outstanding Ordinary Shares, the holders of the Warrants will be entitled to receive upon exercise of the Warrants the kind and amount of securities, cash or other property that the holders would have received had they exercised the Warrants immediately prior to such fundamental transaction without regard to any limitations on exercised contained in the Warrants. The holders of the Warrants may also require us or any successor entity to purchase the Warrants from the holders by paying to the holder an amount in cash (or other types or form of consideration in special circumstances listed in the Warrant) equal to the Black Scholes value of the remaining unexercised portion of the Warrant on the date of the fundamental transaction.
Rights as a Stockholder. Except as otherwise provided in the warrants or by virtue of such holder’s ownership of our Ordinary Shares, the holder of a Warrant does not have the rights or privileges of a holder of our Ordinary Shares, including any voting rights, until the holder exercises the Warrant.
Governing Law. The Warrants are governed by New York law.
Pre-Funded Warrants Included in the Pre-Funded Units
The following summary of certain terms and provisions of the Pre-Funded Warrants offered hereby is not complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by, the provisions of the warrant agent agreement between us and VStock Transfer, LLC, as warrant agent, and the form of Pre-Funded Warrant, both of which are filed as exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part. Prospective investors should carefully review the terms and provisions set forth in the warrant agent agreement, including the annexes thereto, and form of Pre-Funded Warrant.
The term “pre-funded” refers to the fact that the purchase price of our Ordinary Shares in this offering includes almost the entire exercise price that will be paid under the Pre-Funded Warrants, except for a nominal remaining exercise price of $0.001. The purpose of the Pre-Funded Warrants is to enable investors that may have restrictions on their ability to beneficially own more than 4.99% (or, upon election of the holder, 9.99%) of our outstanding Ordinary Shares following the consummation of this offering the opportunity to make an investment in the Company
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without triggering their ownership restrictions, by receiving Pre-Funded Warrants in lieu of our Ordinary Shares which would result in such ownership of more than 4.99% (or 9.99%), and receive the ability to exercise their option to purchase the shares underlying the Pre-Funded Warrants at such nominal price at a later date.
Exercise of Pre-Funded Warrants. Each Pre-Funded Warrant is exercisable for one Ordinary Share, with an exercise price equal to $0.001 per Ordinary Share, at any time that the Pre-Funded Warrant is outstanding. There is no expiration date for the Pre-Funded Warrants. The holder of a Pre-Funded Warrant will not be deemed a holder of our underlying Ordinary Shares until the Pre-Funded Warrant is exercised.
Subject to limited exceptions, a holder of Pre-Funded Warrants will not have the right to exercise any portion of its Pre-Funded Warrants if the holder (together with such holder’s affiliates, and any persons acting as a group together with such holder or any of such holder’s affiliates) would beneficially own a number of Ordinary Shares in excess of 4.99% (or, at the election of the purchaser prior to the date of issuance, 9.99%) of the Ordinary Shares then outstanding after giving effect to such exercise.
The exercise price and the number of Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of the Pre-Funded Warrants is subject to appropriate adjustment in the event of recapitalization events, stock dividends, stock splits, stock combinations, reclassifications, reorganizations or similar events affecting our Ordinary Shares. The Pre-Funded Warrant holders must pay the exercise price in cash upon exercise of the Pre-Funded Warrants, unless such Pre-Funded Warrant holders are utilizing the cashless exercise provision of the Pre-Funded Warrants.
Upon the holder’s exercise of a Pre-Funded Warrant, we will issue the Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of the Pre-Funded Warrant within two trading days following our receipt of a notice of exercise, provided that payment of the exercise price has been made (unless exercised to the extent permitted via the “cashless” exercise provision). Prior to the exercise of any Pre-Funded Warrants to purchase Ordinary Shares, holders of the Pre-Funded Warrants will not have any of the rights of holders of Ordinary Shares purchasable upon exercise, including the right to vote, except as set forth therein.
The Pre-Funded Warrant holders must pay the exercise price in cash upon exercise of the Pre-Funded Warrants unless there is not an effective registration statement covering the issuance of the shares underlying the Pre-Funded Warrants (in which case, the Pre-Funded Warrants may only be exercised via a “cashless” exercise provision).
The Pre-Funded holder will not have the right to exercise any portion of the Pre-Funded Warrant if the holder (together with its affiliates) would beneficially own in excess of 4.99% of the number of Ordinary Shares outstanding immediately after giving effect to the exercise, as such percentage ownership is determined in accordance with the terms of the Pre-Funded Warrants. However, any Pre-Funded Warrant holder may increase or decrease such percentage to any other percentage not in excess of 9.99%, provided that any increase in such percentage shall not be effective until 61 days following notice from the holder to us.
Fundamental Transaction. In the event of a fundamental transaction, as described in the Pre-Funded Warrants and generally including any reorganization, recapitalization or reclassification of our Ordinary Shares, the sale, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of our properties or assets, our consolidation or merger with or into another person, the acquisition of more than 50% of our outstanding Ordinary Shares, or any person or group becoming the beneficial owner of 50% of the voting power represented by our outstanding Ordinary Shares, the holders of the Pre-Funded Warrants will be entitled to receive upon exercise of the Pre-Funded Warrants the kind and amount of securities, cash or other property that the holders would have received had they exercised the Pre-Funded Warrants immediately prior to such fundamental transaction without regard to any limitations on exercised contained in the Pre-Funded Warrants.
Warrant Agent. The Pre-Funded Warrants will be issued in registered form under a warrant agent agreement between VStock Transfer, LLC, as warrant agent, and us. The Pre-Funded Warrants shall initially be represented only by one or more global warrants deposited with the warrant agent, as custodian on behalf of The Depository Trust Company, or DTC, and registered in the name of Cede & Co., a nominee of DTC, or as otherwise directed by DTC.
Exchange Listing. We do not intend to apply to list the Pre-Funded Warrants on any securities exchange or other trading system.
Underwriter’s Warrants
The material terms and provisions of the underwriter’s warrants are described under the caption “Underwriting.”
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SHARES ELIGIBLE FOR FUTURE SALE
Prior to this offering, no public market existed for our Ordinary Shares. Sales of substantial amounts of our Ordinary Shares following this offering, or the perception that these sales could occur, could adversely affect prevailing market prices of our Ordinary Shares and could impair our future ability to obtain capital, especially through an offering of equity securities. Assuming that the underwriter does not exercise in full its option to purchase additional Ordinary Shares with respect to this offering and assuming the exercise of any Pre-Funded Warrants and no exercise of the Warrants, Underwriter’s Warrants or the options outstanding following this offering, we will have an aggregate of 8,691,094 Ordinary Shares outstanding upon the closing of this offering. Of these shares, the Ordinary Shares sold in this offering will be freely tradable without restriction or further registration under the Securities Act, unless purchased by “affiliates” (as that term is defined under Rule 144 of the Securities Act, or Rule 144), who may sell only the volume of shares described below and whose sales would be subject to additional restrictions described below.
The remaining Ordinary Shares will be held by our existing shareholders and will be deemed to be “restricted securities” under Rule 144. Subject to certain contractual restrictions, including the lock-up agreements described below, restricted securities may only be sold in the public market pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act or pursuant to an exemption from registration under Rule 144, Rule 701 or Rule 904 under the Securities Act. These rules are summarized below. Sales of these shares in the public market after the restrictions under the lock-up agreements lapse, or the perception that those sales may occur, could cause the prevailing market price of our Ordinary Shares to decrease or to be lower than it might be in the absence of those sales or perceptions.
Eligibility of Restricted Shares for Sale in the Public Market
Approximately 6,101,578 of our Ordinary Shares will be eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144 after 90 days following the pricing of this offering as follows:
• with respect to non-affiliates of our company who will hold an aggregate of 3,384,575 Ordinary Shares upon the consummation of this offering, following the expiration of a non-affiliate’s six-month holding period and subject to our compliance with the current public information requirements under Rule 144; and
• with respect to affiliates of our company who will hold an aggregate of 2,717,003 Ordinary Shares upon the consummation of this offering, following the expiration of an affiliate’s six-month holding period and subject to our compliance with the current public information requirements under Rule 144, and subject to the volume, manner of sale and other limitations under Rule 144 applicable to securities held by affiliates.
In each case, the shares will also be subject to the contractual restrictions arising under the lock-up agreements described below.
All of the Ordinary Shares sold in this offering will be eligible for immediate sale upon the closing of this offering.
Lock-Up Agreements
Our directors, executive officers and any holders of ten percent (10%) or more of our outstanding Ordinary Shares or our Ordinary Shares issuable upon the exercise of options and warrants have signed lock-up agreements. Pursuant to such lock-up agreements, such persons have agreed, subject to certain exceptions, not to sell or otherwise dispose of Ordinary Shares or any securities convertible into or exchangeable for Ordinary Shares for a period of 180 days after the date of this prospectus without the prior written consent of Aegis Capital Corp., which may, in its sole discretion, at any time without prior notice, release all or any portion of the Ordinary Shares from the restrictions in any such agreement.
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Rule 144
Shares Held for Six Months
In general, under Rule 144 as currently in effect, and subject to the terms of any lock-up agreement, commencing 90 days after the closing of this offering, a person (or persons whose shares are aggregated), including an affiliate, who has beneficially owned our Ordinary Shares for six months or more, including the holding period of any prior owner other than one of our affiliates (i.e., commencing when the shares were acquired from our company or from an affiliate of our company as restricted securities), is entitled to sell our shares, subject to the availability of current public information about us. In the case of an affiliate shareholder, the right to sell is also subject to the fulfillment of certain additional conditions, including manner of sale provisions and notice requirements, and to a volume limitation that limits the number of shares to be sold thereby, within any three-month period, to the greater of:
• 1% of the number of Ordinary Shares then outstanding; or
• the average weekly trading volume of our Ordinary Shares on the Nasdaq Capital Market during the four calendar weeks preceding the filing of a notice on Form 144 with respect to the sale.
The six-month holding period of Rule 144 does not apply to sales of unrestricted securities. Accordingly, persons who hold unrestricted securities may sell them under the requirements of Rule 144 described above without regard to the six-month holding period, even if they were considered our affiliates at the time of the sale or at any time during the ninety days preceding such date.
Shares Held by Non-Affiliates for One Year
Under Rule 144 as currently in effect, a person (or persons whose shares are aggregated) who is not considered to have been one of our affiliates at any time during the 90 days preceding a sale and who has beneficially owned the shares proposed to be sold for at least one year, including the holding period of any prior owner other than one of our affiliates, is entitled to sell his, her or its shares under Rule 144 without complying with the provisions relating to the availability of current public information or with any other conditions under Rule 144. Therefore, unless subject to a lock-up agreement or otherwise restricted, such shares may be sold immediately upon the closing of this offering.
Rule 701
In general, under Rule 701, any of our employees, directors, officers, consultants or advisors who received or purchased Ordinary Shares from us under our incentive option plan or other written agreement before the closing of this offering is entitled to resell these shares.
The SEC has indicated that Rule 701 will apply to typical share options granted by an issuer before it becomes subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, along with the shares acquired upon exercise of these options, including exercises after the closing of this offering. Securities issued in reliance on Rule 701 are restricted securities and, subject to the contractual restrictions described above (see “Lock-Up Agreements”), may be sold beginning 90 days after the closing of this offering in reliance on Rule 144 by:
• persons other than affiliates, without restriction; and
• affiliates, subject to the manner-of-sale, current public information and filing requirements of Rule 144, in each case, without compliance with the six-month holding period requirement of Rule 144.
Registration Rights
As of the date of this prospectus, the Company has not entered into any registration rights agreements.
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The following summary contains a description of certain Israeli and U.S. federal income tax consequences of the acquisition, ownership and disposition of our Ordinary Shares, but it is not intended to constitute a complete analysis of all tax consequences relating to the ownership or disposition of our Ordinary Shares that may be relevant to a decision to purchase our Ordinary Shares in this offering. The summary is based upon the tax laws of Israel and regulations thereunder and on the tax laws of the United States and regulations thereunder as of the date hereof, which are subject to change. You should consult your own tax advisor concerning the tax consequences of your particular situation, as well as any tax consequences that may arise under the laws of any state, local, foreign, including Israeli, or other taxing jurisdiction.
ISRAELI TAX CONSIDERATIONS AND GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS
The following is a brief summary of the material Israeli income tax consequences of the ownership of our Ordinary Shares. The following also contains a description of material relevant provisions of the current Israeli income tax laws applicable to companies in Israel, with reference to its effect on us. This summary does not discuss all the aspects of Israeli tax law that may be relevant to a particular investor in light of its, his or her personal circumstances or to some types of investors subject to special treatment under Israeli law. Examples of such investors include Israeli residents, partnerships, trusts or traders in securities who are subject to special tax regimes not covered in this discussion. To the extent that the discussion is based on tax legislation which has not been subject to judicial or administrative interpretation, there can be no assurance that the tax authorities or the courts will accept the views expressed in the discussion in question. The discussion below is subject to change, including due to amendments under Israeli law or changes to the applicable judicial or administrative interpretations of Israeli law, which change could affect the tax consequences described below. The discussion is not intended, and should not be taken, as legal or professional tax advice and is not exhaustive of all possible tax considerations.
The following description is not intended to constitute a complete analysis of all tax consequences relating to the ownership or disposition of our Ordinary Shares. Shareholders should consult their own tax advisors concerning the tax consequences of their particular situation, as well as any tax consequences that may arise under the laws of any state, local, foreign or other taxing jurisdiction.
General Corporate Tax Structure in Israel
Israeli companies are generally subject to corporate tax. The current corporate tax rate is 23%. However, the effective tax rate payable by a company that derives income from a Preferred Enterprise (as discussed below) may be considerably less. Capital gains derived by an Israeli company are generally subject to the prevailing corporate tax rate.
Under Israeli tax law, a corporation will be considered as an “Israeli resident company” if: (i) it was incorporated in Israel; or (ii) the control and management of its business are exercised in Israel.
Law for the Encouragement of Industry (Taxes), 5729-1969
The Law for the Encouragement of Industry (Taxes), 5729-1969, generally referred to as the Industry Encouragement Law, provides several tax benefits for “Industrial Companies.”
The Industry Encouragement Law and the regulations promulgated thereunder provide that an “Industrial Company” is an Israeli resident-company incorporated in Israel, of which 90% or more of its income in any tax year, other than income from certain government loans, capital gains, dividends, interest and linkage differentials, is derived from an “Industrial Enterprise” owned by it and located in Israel or in the “Area” (as such term is defined in the Ordinance). An “Industrial Enterprise” is defined as an enterprise whose principal activity in a given tax year is industrial production.
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The following corporate tax benefits, among others, are available to Industrial Companies:
• amortization of the cost of purchased a patent, rights to use a patent, and know-how, which are used for the development or advancement of the company, over an eight-year period, commencing on the year in which such rights were first exercised;
• under limited conditions, an election to file consolidated tax returns with related Israeli Industrial Companies; and
• expenses related to a public offering are deductible in equal amounts over three years.
Eligibility for benefits under the Industry Encouragement Law is not contingent upon approval of any governmental authority. There can be no assurance that we will continue to qualify as an Industrial Company or that the benefits described above will be available in the future.
Tax Benefits for Research and Development
The Ordinance allows, under certain conditions, a tax deduction for expenditures, including capital expenditures, for the year in which they had incurred. Expenditures are deemed related to scientific research and development projects, if:
• The expenditures are approved by the relevant Israeli government ministry in charge of the field of research;
• The research and development must be for the promotion or development of the company; and
• The research and development is carried out solely by the company or by a third party invited by and on behalf of the company seeking such tax deduction.
The amount of such deductible expenses is reduced by the sum of any funds received through government grants for the finance of such scientific research and development projects. No deduction under these research and development deduction rules is allowed if such deduction is related to an expense invested in an asset depreciable under the general depreciation regulations of the Ordinance. Expenditures not so approved are deductible in equal amounts over three years.
From time to time we may apply to the IIA for approval to allow a tax deduction for all research and development expenses during the year incurred. There can be no assurance that such application will be approved.
Law for the Encouragement of Capital Investments, 5719-1959
The Law for the Encouragement of Capital Investments, 5719-1959, generally referred to as the Investment Law, provides certain incentives for capital investments in production facilities (or other eligible assets).
The Investment Law was significantly amended effective as of January 1, 2011, or the 2011 Amendment, and as of January 1, 2017, or the 2017 Amendment. The 2011 Amendment introduced new benefits to replace those granted in accordance with the provisions of the Investment Law in effect prior to the 2011 Amendment. The 2017 Amendment introduces new benefits for Technological Enterprises, alongside the existing tax benefits.
Tax benefits under the 2011 Amendment
The 2011 Amendment cancelled the availability of the benefits granted under the Investment Law prior to 2011 and, instead, introduced new benefits for income generated by a “Preferred Company” through its “Preferred Enterprise” (as such terms are defined in the Investment Law) as of January 1, 2011. The definition of a Preferred Company includes a company incorporated in Israel that is not fully owned by a governmental entity, and that has, among other things, Preferred Enterprise status and is controlled and managed from Israel. Pursuant to the 2011 Amendment, a Preferred Company is entitled to a reduced corporate tax rate of 16% with respect to its income derived from its Preferred Enterprise, unless the Preferred Enterprise is located in a specified development zone, in which case the rate will be 7.5%. Income derived by a Preferred Company from a “Special Preferred Enterprise” (as such term is defined in the Investment Law) would be entitled, during a benefits period of 10 years, to further reduced tax rates of 8%, or 5% if the Special Preferred Enterprise is located in a certain development zone.
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Dividends distributed from income which is attributed to a “Preferred Enterprise” should generally be subject to tax, which will be withheld at source, at the following rates: (i) Israeli resident corporations — 0% (although, if such dividends are subsequently distributed to individuals or a non-Israeli company the below rates detailed in sub sections (ii) and (iii) shall apply), (ii) Israeli resident individuals — 20% and (iii) non-Israeli residents (individuals and corporations) — subject to the receipt in advance of a valid certificate from the ITA allowing for a reduced tax rate, 20% or such lower rate as may be provided under the provisions of any applicable double tax treaty.
We currently do not intend to implement the 2011 Amendment.
Tax benefits under the 2017 Amendment that became effective on January 1, 2017
The 2017 Amendment was enacted as part of the Economic Efficiency Law that was published on December 29, 2016 and is effective as of January 1, 2017. The 2017 Amendment provided new tax benefits for two types of “Technological Enterprises,” as described below, and is in addition to the other existing tax beneficial programs under the Investment Law.
The 2017 Amendment applies to “Preferred Technological Enterprises” that meet certain conditions, including: (1) the research and development, or R&D, expenses in the three years preceding the relevant tax year were at least 7% on average of the company’s annual turnover or exceeded NIS 75 million in each such year, and (2) one of the following: (a) at least 20% of the workforce (or at least 200 employees) are employees whose full salary has been paid and reported in the company’s financial statements as R&D expenses; (b) a venture capital investment approximately equivalent to at least NIS 8 million was previously made in the company and the company did not change its line of business; (c) growth in sales by an average of 25% or more over the three years preceding the relevant tax year, provided that the turnover was at least NIS 10 million, in the relevant tax year and in each of the preceding three years; or (d) growth in workforce by an average of 25% or more over the three years preceding the relevant tax year, provided that the company employed at least 50 employees in the relevant tax year and in each of the preceding three years. A “Special Preferred Technological Enterprise” is an enterprise that meets conditions 1 and 2 above, and in addition has total annual consolidated revenues above NIS 10 billion.
Preferred Technological Enterprises enjoy a reduced corporate tax rate of 12% on income that qualifies as “Preferred Technological Income,” as defined in the Investment Law. The tax rate is further reduced to 7.5% for a Preferred Technological Enterprise located in development zone “A”. These corporate tax rates apply only with respect to the portion of intellectual property developed in Israel. In addition, a Preferred Technological Enterprise will enjoy a reduced corporate tax rate of 12% on capital gain derived from the sale of certain “Benefited Intangible Assets” (as defined in the Investment Law) to a related foreign company if the Benefited Intangible Assets were acquired from a foreign company on or after January 1, 2017 for at least NIS 200 million, and the sale received prior approval from the Israel Innovation Authority, or IIA (previously known as the Israeli Office of the Chief Scientist).
“Special Preferred Technological Enterprises” enjoy a reduced corporate tax rate of 6% on “Preferred Technological Income” regardless of the company’s geographic location within Israel. In addition, a Special Preferred Technological Enterprise should enjoy a reduced corporate tax rate of 6% on capital gain derived from the sale of certain “Benefited Intangible Assets” to a related foreign company if the Benefited Intangible Assets were either developed by the Special Preferred Technological Enterprise or acquired from a foreign company on or after January 1, 2017, and the sale received prior approval from IIA. A Special Preferred Technological Enterprise that acquires Benefited Intangible Assets from a foreign company for more than NIS 500 million should be eligible for these benefits for at least ten years, subject to certain approvals as specified in the Investment Law.
Dividends distributed out of Preferred Technological Income to individuals or non-Israeli shareholders by a Preferred Technological Enterprise or a Special Preferred Technology Enterprise, paid out of Preferred Technological Income, are generally subject to tax at the rate of 20% or such lower rate as may be provided in an applicable tax treaty, which, in each case, will be withheld at source (non-Israeli shareholders are required to present, in advance of payment, a valid certificate from the Israel Tax Authority, or ITA, allowing for such 20% rate or lower treaty rate). However, dividends distributed to an Israeli company are not subject to tax (although, if such dividends are subsequently distributed to individuals or non-Israeli shareholders, withholding tax at a rate of 20% or such lower rate as may be provided in an applicable tax treaty, would apply). If such dividends are distributed to a foreign company that holds solely or together with other foreign companies 90% or more in the Israeli company and other conditions are met, the tax rate will be 4% or such lower rate as may be provided in an applicable tax treaty (in either case, subject to the receipt in advance of a valid certificate from the ITA allowing for such 4% rate or lower treaty tax rate).
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We are examining the potential impact of the 2017 Amendment to us, including whether we may qualify as a Preferred Technological Enterprise, the amount of Preferred Technological Income that we may have and other benefits that we may receive from the 2017 Amendment in the future, but there is no assurance that we will meet all the terms and conditions required under the Investment Law that will allow us to enjoy any tax benefits under the Investment Law.
Taxation of Non-Israeli Resident Shareholders
Capital Gains Tax
Israeli capital gains tax is imposed on the disposition of capital assets by a non-Israeli resident if those assets (i) are located in Israel, (ii) are shares or a right to shares in an Israeli resident corporation or (iii) represent, directly or indirectly, rights to assets located in Israel, unless a tax treaty between Israel and the seller’s country of residence provides otherwise. The Israeli tax law distinguishes between “Real Capital Gain” and “Inflationary Surplus.” Inflationary Surplus is a portion of the total capital gain which is equivalent to the increase in the relevant asset’s price that is attributable to the increase in the Israeli consumer price index or, in certain circumstances, a foreign currency exchange rate, between the date of purchase and the date of disposition. Inflationary Surplus is currently not subject to tax in Israel. Real Capital Gain is the excess of the total capital gain over the Inflationary Surplus. Generally, Real Capital Gain accrued by individuals on the sale of our Ordinary Shares will be taxed at the rate of 25%. However, if the shareholder is a “substantial shareholder” at the time of sale or at any time during the preceding 12-month period, such gain will be taxed at the rate of 30%. A “substantial shareholder” is generally a person who alone or together with such person’s relatives or another person who collaborates with such person on a permanent basis, holds, directly or indirectly, at least 10% of any of the “means of control” of the corporation. “Means of control” generally include the right to vote, receive profits, nominate a director or an executive officer, receive assets upon liquidation, or the power to direct the actions of someone who holds any of the aforesaid rights, regardless of the source of such right. Real Capital Gain derived by corporations generally is subject to tax at the corporate tax rate, which is currently 23%.
A non-Israeli resident who derives capital gains from the sale of shares of an Israeli resident company that were purchased after the company was listed for trading on a stock exchange outside of Israel will be exempt from Israeli capital gains tax so long as the shares were not held through a permanent establishment that the non-Israeli resident maintains in Israel and certain other conditions are fulfilled. However, non-Israeli “body of persons” (as defined in the Ordinance, which includes corporations, partnerships, and other entities) will not be entitled to the foregoing exemption if Israeli residents: (i) have, directly or indirectly, alone or together with such person’s relatives or another person who, according to an agreement, collaborates with such person on a permanent basis regarding material affairs of the corporation, a controlling interest of more than 25% in any of the means of control of such non-Israeli body of persons, or (ii) are the beneficiaries of, or are entitled to, 25% or more of the revenues or profits of such non-Israeli body of persons, whether directly or indirectly.
In addition, such exemption is not applicable to a person whose gains from selling or disposing the shares are deemed to be business income.
Additionally, a sale of shares by a non-Israeli resident may be exempt from Israeli capital gains tax under the provisions of an applicable tax treaty. For example, under Convention Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the State of Israel with respect to Taxes on Income, as amended, or the United States-Israel Tax Treaty, the sale, exchange or other disposition of shares by a shareholder who is a United States resident (for purposes of the treaty) holding the shares as a capital asset and entitled to claim the benefits afforded to such a resident by the United States-Israel Tax Treaty, or a Treaty U.S. Resident, is generally exempt from Israeli capital gains tax unless: (i) the capital gain arising from such sale, exchange or other disposition is attributed to real estate located in Israel; (ii) the capital gain arising from such sale, exchange or other disposition is attributed to royalties; (iii) the capital gain arising from the such sale, exchange or other disposition is attributed to a permanent establishment in Israel, under certain terms; (iv) such Treaty U.S. Resident holds, directly or indirectly, shares representing 10% or more of the voting capital during any part of the 12-month period preceding the disposition, subject to certain conditions; or (v) such Treaty U.S. Resident is an individual and was present in Israel for 183 days or more during the relevant taxable year.
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In any such case, the sale, exchange or other disposition of such shares would be subject to Israeli tax, to the extent applicable.
Regardless of whether non-Israeli shareholders may be liable for Israeli capital gains tax on the sale of their Ordinary Shares, the payment of the consideration of such sale may be subject to withholding of Israeli tax at source, and holders of our Ordinary Shares may be required to demonstrate that they are exempt from tax on their capital gains in order to avoid withholding at source at the time of sale. Specifically, the ITA may require shareholders who are not liable for Israeli capital gains tax on such a sale to sign declarations in forms specified by the ITA, provide documents (including, for example, a certificate of residency) or obtain a specific exemption from the ITA to confirm their status as non-Israeli residents (and, in the absence of such declarations or exemptions, the ITA may require the purchaser of the shares to withhold tax at source).
Taxation on Receipt of Dividends
Non-Israeli residents (whether individuals or corporations) are generally subject to Israeli income tax on the receipt of dividends paid on our Ordinary Shares at the rate of 25% (or 30% in the case such shareholder is considered a “substantial shareholder”, as deemed above, at the time of the distribution or at any time during the preceding 12-month period), which tax will be withheld at source, unless relief is provided in an applicable tax treaty between Israel and the shareholder’s country of residence (provided that a certificate from the ITA allowing for such relief is obtained in advance). Dividends paid on publicly traded shares, like our Ordinary Shares, are generally subject to Israeli withholding tax at a rate of 25% so long as the shares are registered with a nominee company (whether or not the recipient is a “substantial shareholder”), unless a lower rate is provided under an applicable tax treaty (provided that a certificate from the ITA allowing for such reduced withholding tax rate is obtained in advance). However, a distribution of dividends to non-Israeli residents is subject to withholding tax at source at a rate of 20% if the dividend is distributed from income attributed to a Preferred Enterprise (including Preferred Technological Enterprise) (subject to the receipt in advance of a certificate from the ITA allowing for such reduced tax rate). However, a reduced tax rate on dividends may be provided under an applicable treaty. For example, under the United States-Israel Tax Treaty, the maximum rate of tax withheld at source in Israel on dividends paid to a holder of our Ordinary Shares who is a Treaty U.S. Resident is 25%. However, generally, a maximum rate of 12.5% applies to withholding tax on dividends, that are paid by an Israeli corporation to a U. S. corporation holding 10% or more of the outstanding voting capital of an Israeli corporation throughout the tax year in which the dividend is distributed as well as during the previous tax year, provided that not more than 25% of the gross income for such preceding year consists of certain types of dividends and interest. Notwithstanding the foregoing, dividends distributed from income attributed to a Preferred Enterprise are not entitled to such reduction under the tax treaty but are subject to a withholding tax rate of 15% for a shareholder that is a U.S. corporation, provided that the condition related to our gross income for the previous year (as set forth in the previous sentence) is met. If the dividend is attributable partly to income derived from a Preferred Enterprise, and partly to other sources of income, the withholding rate will be a blended rate reflecting the relative portions of the two types of income. We cannot assure you that we will designate the profits that we may distribute in a way that will reduce shareholders’ tax liability.
A non-Israeli resident who receives dividends from which tax was duly withheld is generally exempt from the obligation to file tax returns in Israel with respect to such income, provided that (i) such income was not generated from business conducted in Israel by the taxpayer; (ii) the taxpayer has no other taxable sources of income in Israel; and (iii) the taxpayer is not subject to surtax (as explained below).
Surtax
Subject to the provisions of an applicable tax treaty, individuals who are subject to income tax in Israel (whether any such individual is an Israeli resident or non-Israeli resident) are also subject to an additional tax at a rate of 3% on annual income (including, but not limited to, income derived from dividends, interest and capital gains) exceeding a certain threshold. For 2022, that threshold was NIS 663,240, which amount is linked to the annual change in the Israeli consumer price index.
Estate and Gift Tax
Israeli law presently does not impose estate or gift taxes.
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CERTAIN U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSIDERATIONS
THE FOLLOWING SUMMARY IS INCLUDED HEREIN FOR GENERAL INFORMATION AND IS NOT INTENDED TO BE, AND SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED TO BE, LEGAL OR TAX ADVICE TO ANY PARTICULAR INVESTOR. EACH PROSPECTIVE INVESTOR SHOULD CONSULT WITH HIS OR HER OWN TAX ADVISOR AS TO THE PARTICULAR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES OF THE PURCHASE, OWNERSHIP AND SALE OF THE EQUITY SECURITIES OFFERED BY THIS PROSPECTUS, INCLUDING THE EFFECTS OF APPLICABLE STATE, LOCAL, FOREIGN OR OTHER TAX LAWS AND POSSIBLE CHANGES IN THE TAX LAWS.
Subject to the limitations described in the next two paragraphs, the following discussion summarizes certain material U.S. federal income tax consequences to a “U.S. Holder” arising from the purchase, ownership and sale of the Ordinary Shares, Warrants and Pre-funded Warrants being offered by this prospectus, which we collectively refer to as Equity Securities. For this purpose, a “U.S. Holder” is a holder of Equity Securities that is: (1) an individual citizen or resident of the United States, including an alien individual who is a lawful permanent resident of the United States or meets the substantial presence residency test under U.S. federal income tax laws; (2) a corporation (or entity treated as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes) or a partnership (other than a partnership that is not treated as a U.S. person under any applicable U.S. Treasury regulations) created or organized under the laws of the United States or the District of Columbia or any political subdivision thereof; (3) an estate, the income of which is includable in gross income for U.S. federal income tax purposes regardless of its source; (4) a trust if a court within the United States is able to exercise primary supervision over the administration of the trust and one or more U.S. persons have authority to control all substantial decisions of the trust; or (5) a trust that has a valid election in effect to be treated as a U.S. person to the extent provided in U.S. Treasury regulations.
This summary is for general information purposes only and does not purport to be a comprehensive description of all of the U.S. federal income tax considerations that may be relevant to a decision to purchase our Equity Securities. This summary generally considers only U.S. Holders that will own our Equity Securities as capital assets. Except to the limited extent discussed below, this summary does not consider the U.S. federal tax consequences to a person that is not a U.S. Holder, nor does it describe the rules applicable to determine a taxpayer’s status as a U.S. Holder. This summary is based on the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or the Code, final, temporary and proposed U.S. Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder, administrative and judicial interpretations thereof, and the United States-Israel Tax Treaty, all as in effect as of the date hereof and all of which are subject to change, possibly on a retroactive basis, and all of which are open to differing interpretations. This summary does not discuss the potential effects, whether adverse or beneficial, of any proposed legislation that, if enacted, could be applied on a retroactive basis. We will not seek a ruling from the Internal Revenue Service, or IRS, with regard to the U.S. federal income tax treatment of an investment in our Equity Securities by U.S. Holders and, therefore, can provide no assurances that the IRS will agree with the conclusions set forth below.
This discussion does not address all of the aspects of U.S. federal income taxation that may be relevant to a particular U.S. holder based on such holder’s particular circumstances and in particular does not discuss any estate, gift, generation-skipping transfer, state, local, excise or foreign tax considerations. In addition, this discussion does not address the U.S. federal income tax treatment of a U.S. Holder who is: (1) a bank, life insurance company, regulated investment company, or other financial institution or “financial services entity;” (2) a broker or dealer in securities or foreign currency; (3) a person who acquired our Equity Securities in connection with employment or other performance of services; (4) a U.S. Holder that is subject to the U.S. alternative minimum tax; (5) a U.S. Holder that holds our Equity Securities as a hedge or as part of a hedging, straddle, conversion or constructive sale transaction or other risk-reduction transaction for U.S. federal income tax purposes; (6) a tax-exempt entity; (7) real estate investment trusts or grantor trusts; (8) a U.S. Holder that expatriates out of the United States or a former long-term resident of the United States; or (9) a person having a functional currency other than the U.S. dollar. This discussion does not address the U.S. federal income tax treatment of a U.S. Holder that owns, directly, indirectly or constructively, at any time, Equity Securities representing 10% or more of the stock (by vote or value) of our Company.
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If a partnership (including any entity or arrangement treated as a partnership for United States federal income tax purposes) holds our Equity Securities, the tax treatment of a person treated as a partner in the partnership for United States federal income tax purposes generally will depend on the status of the partner and the activities of the partnership. Partnerships (and other entities or arrangements so treated for United States federal income tax purposes) and their partners should consult their own tax advisors.
EACH PROSPECTIVE INVESTOR IS ADVISED TO CONSULT HIS OR HER OWN TAX ADVISER FOR THE SPECIFIC TAX CONSEQUENCES TO THAT INVESTOR OF PURCHASING, HOLDING OR DISPOSING OF OUR EQUITY SECURITIES, INCLUDING THE EFFECTS OF APPLICABLE STATE, LOCAL, FOREIGN OR OTHER TAX LAWS AND POSSIBLE CHANGES IN THE TAX LAWS.
Tax Treatment of the Pre-Funded Warrants
Although it is not entirely free from doubt, we believe the Pre-Funded Warrants should be treated as Ordinary Shares for U.S. federal income tax purposes and a U.S. Holder of Pre-Funded Warrants should generally be taxed in the same manner as a U.S. Holder of Ordinary Shares, as described below (unless otherwise noted). However, our characterization is not binding on the IRS and the IRS may treat the Pre-Funded Warrants as warrants to acquire our Ordinary Shares. If so, the tax consequences, including the amount and character of your gain, with respect to an investment in our Pre-Funded Warrants could change. Accordingly, each U.S. Holder should consult his, her or its own tax advisor regarding the risks associated with the acquisition of Pre-Funded Warrants pursuant to this prospectus (including potential alternative characterizations). The balance of this discussion generally assumes that the characterization described above is respected for U.S. federal income tax purposes unless otherwise noted.
Allocation of Purchase Price Between Ordinary Shares or Pre-Funded Warrants and Accompanying Warrants
For U.S. federal income tax purposes, with respect to each Unit, the Ordinary Shares and Warrants acquired in this prospectus will be treated as an “investment unit” consisting of one Ordinary Share and two Warrants, with each Warrant exercisable into one Ordinary Share, and with respect to each Pre-Funded Unit, the Pre-Funded Warrants and Warrants acquired in this prospectus will be treated as an “investment unit” consisting of one Pre-Funded Warrant and two Warrants, with each Pre-Funded Warrant exercisable into one Ordinary Share and each Warrant exercisable into one Ordinary Share. The purchase price for each investment unit will be allocated between these two components in proportion to their relative fair market values at the time the unit is purchased by the U.S. Holder. This allocation of the purchase price for each unit will establish the U.S. Holder’s initial tax basis for U.S. federal income tax purposes in each security included in each unit. The separation of components of each unit should not be a taxable event for U.S. federal income tax purposes. U.S. Holders should consult their tax advisors regarding the allocation of the purchase price for a Unit or a Pre-Funded Unit.
Exercise and Expiration of Warrants
In general, a U.S. Holder will not recognize gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes upon the exercise of Warrants into Ordinary Shares. The U.S. federal income tax treatment of a cashless exercise of Warrants into our Ordinary Shares is unclear. U.S. Holders should consult their tax advisors regarding the U.S. federal income tax consequences of a cashless exercise of Warrants.
The expiration of a Warrant will be treated as if the U.S. Holder sold or exchanged the Warrant and recognized a capital loss equal to the U.S. Holder’s tax basis in the Warrant.
Certain Adjustments to the Warrants and Pre-Funded Warrants
Under Section 305 of the Code, an adjustment to the number of Ordinary Shares issued on the exercise of the Warrants (or Pre-Funded Warrants if treated as Warrants), or an adjustment to the exercise price of the Warrants (or Pre-Funded Warrants if treated as Warrants), may be treated as a constructive distribution to a U.S. Holder of the Warrants (or Pre-Funded Warrants) if, and to the extent that, such adjustment has the effect of increasing such U.S. Holder’s proportionate interest in our “earnings and profits” or assets, depending on the circumstances of such adjustment (for example, if such adjustment is to compensate for a distribution of cash or other property to our shareholders). An adjustment to the Warrants (or Pre-Funded Warrants if treated as Warrants) that could result in a constructive distribution to a U.S. Holder would be treated as described under “Taxation of Dividends” below, and the tax treatment of distributions on the Warrants (or Pre-Funded Warrants) is unclear. Any resulting withholding tax
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attributable to deemed dividends would be collected from other amounts payable or distributable to the U.S. Holder. U.S. Holders should consult their tax advisors regarding the proper treatment of any adjustments to and distributions on the Warrants (or Pre-Funded Warrants).
Taxation of Dividends
We do not intend to pay dividends in the foreseeable future and U.S. Holders of Warrants and Pre-Funded Warrants are not entitled to dividends. In the event that we do pay dividends, and subject to the discussion under the heading “Passive Foreign Investment Companies” below and the discussion of “qualified dividend income” below, a U.S. Holder, other than certain U.S. Holders that are U.S. corporations, will be required to include in gross income as ordinary income the amount of any distribution paid on the Equity Securities (including distributions paid on the Warrants and Pre-Funded Warrants if such warrants were to become entitled to dividends and the amount of any Israeli tax withheld on the date of the distribution), to the extent that such distribution does not exceed our current and accumulated earnings and profits, as determined for U.S. federal income tax purposes. The amount of a distribution which exceeds our earnings and profits will be treated first as a non-taxable return of capital, reducing the U.S. Holder’s tax basis for the Equity Securities to the extent thereof, and then capital gain. We do not expect to maintain calculations of our earnings and profits under U.S. federal income tax principles and, therefore, U.S. Holders should expect that the entire amount of any distribution generally will be reported as dividend income.
In general, preferential tax rates for “qualified dividend income” and long-term capital gains are applicable for U.S. Holders that are individuals, estates or trusts. For this purpose, “qualified dividend income” means, inter alia, dividends received from a “qualified foreign corporation.” A “qualified foreign corporation” is a corporation that is entitled to the benefits of a comprehensive tax treaty with the United States which includes an exchange of information program. The IRS has stated that the United States-Israel Tax Treaty satisfies this requirement and we believe we are eligible for the benefits of that treaty.
In addition, our dividends will be qualified dividend income if our Equity Securities are readily tradable on the Nasdaq Capital Market or another established securities market in the United States. Dividends will not qualify for the preferential rate if we are treated, in the year the dividend is paid or in the prior year, as a PFIC, as described below under “Passive Foreign Investment Companies.” A U.S. Holder will not be entitled to the preferential rate: (1) if the U.S. Holder has not held our Equity Securities for at least 61 days of the 121-day period beginning on the date which is 60 days before the ex-dividend date, or (2) to the extent the U.S. Holder is under an obligation to make related payments with respect to positions in substantially similar or related property. Any days during which the U.S. Holder has diminished its risk of loss on our Equity Securities are not counted towards meeting the 61-day holding period. Finally, U.S. Holders who elect to treat the dividend income as “investment income” pursuant to Section 163(d)(4) of the Code will not be eligible for the preferential rate of taxation.
The amount of a distribution with respect to our Equity Securities will be measured by the amount of the fair market value of any property distributed, and for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the amount of any Israeli taxes withheld therefrom. Cash distributions paid by us in NIS, if any, will be included in the income of U.S. Holders at a U.S. dollar amount based upon the spot rate of exchange in effect on the date the dividend is includible in the income of the U.S. Holder, and U.S. Holders will have a tax basis in such NIS for U.S. federal income tax purposes equal to such U.S. dollar value. If the U.S. Holder subsequently converts the NIS into U.S. dollars or otherwise disposes of them, any subsequent gain or loss in respect of such NIS arising from exchange rate fluctuations will be U.S. source ordinary exchange gain or loss.
Dividends paid with respect to our Equity Securities will be treated as foreign source income, which may be relevant in calculating the holder’s foreign tax credit limitation. The limitation on foreign taxes eligible for credit is calculated separately with respect to specific classes of income. For this purpose, dividends that we distribute generally should constitute “passive category income,” or, in the case of certain U.S. Holders, “general category income.” A foreign tax credit for foreign taxes imposed on distributions may be denied if holders do not satisfy certain minimum holding period requirements. The rules relating to the determination of the foreign tax credit are complex, and U.S. Holders should consult their tax advisor to determine whether and to what extent such holder will be entitled to this credit.
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Taxation of the Sale, Exchange or other Disposition
Except as provided under the PFIC rules described below under “Passive Foreign Investment Companies,” upon the sale, exchange or other disposition of our Equity Securities, a U.S. Holder will recognize capital gain or loss in an amount equal to the difference between such U.S. Holder’s tax basis for the Equity Securities, determined in U.S. dollars, and the U.S. dollar value of the amount realized on the disposition (or its U.S. dollar equivalent determined by reference to the spot rate of exchange on the date of disposition, if the amount realized is denominated in a foreign currency). The gain or loss realized on the sale, exchange or other disposition of Equity Securities will be long-term capital gain or loss if the U.S. Holder has a holding period of more than one year at the time of the disposition. Individuals who recognize long-term capital gains may be taxed on such gains at reduced rates of tax. The deduction of capital losses is subject to various limitations.
Passive Foreign Investment Companies
Based on the projected composition of our income and valuation of our assets, we do not expect to be a PFIC for 2021 and we do not expect to become a PFIC in the future, although there can be no assurance in this regard. If we were classified as a PFIC in any taxable year, a U.S. Holder would be subject to special rules with respect to distributions on and sales, exchanges and other dispositions of the Equity Securities. We will be treated as a PFIC for any taxable year in which at least 75 percent of our gross income is “passive income” or at least 50 percent of our gross assets during the taxable year, assuming we were not a controlled foreign corporation for the year being tested, based on the average of the fair market values of the assets determined at the end of each quarterly period, are assets that produce or are held for the production of passive income.
Passive income for this purpose generally includes, among other things, dividends, interest, rents, royalties, gains from commodities and securities transactions, and gains from assets that produce passive income.
However, rents and royalties received from unrelated parties in connection with the active conduct of a trade or business are not considered passive income for purposes of the PFIC test. In determining whether we are a PFIC, a pro rata portion of the income and assets of each corporation in which we own, directly or indirectly, at least a 25% interest (by value) is taken into account.
Excess Distribution Rules
If we were a PFIC with respect to a U.S. Holder, then unless the holder makes one of the elections described below, a special tax regime would apply to the U.S. Holder with respect to (a) any “excess distribution” (generally, aggregate distributions in any year that are greater than 125% of the average annual distribution received by the holder in the shorter of the three preceding years or the holder’s holding period for the shares) and (b) any gain realized on the sale or other disposition of the shares. Under this regime, any excess distribution and realized gain will be treated as ordinary income and will be subject to tax as if (a) the excess distribution or gain had been realized ratably over the U.S. Holder’s holding period, (b) the amount deemed realized in each year had been subject to tax in each year of that holding period at the highest marginal rate for such year (other than income allocated to the current period or any taxable period before we became a PFIC, which would be subject to tax at the U.S. Holder’s regular ordinary income rate for the current year and would not be subject to the interest charge discussed below), and (c) the interest charge generally applicable to underpayments of tax had been imposed on the taxes deemed to have been payable in those years. A U.S. Holder that is not a corporation will be required to treat any such interest paid as “personal interest,” which is not deductible. In addition, dividend distributions would not qualify for the lower rates of taxation applicable to long-term capital gains discussed above under “Taxation of Dividends.”
A U.S. Holder that holds the Equity Securities at any time during a taxable year in which we are classified as a PFIC generally will continue to treat such Equity Securities as shares in a PFIC, even if we no longer satisfy the income and asset tests described above, unless the U.S. Holder elects to recognize gain, which will be taxed under the excess distribution rules as if such shares had been sold on the last day of the last taxable year for which we were a PFIC.
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Certain elections by a U.S. Holder would alleviate some of the adverse consequences of PFIC status and would result in an alternative treatment of the shares, as described below. However, we do not currently intend to provide the information necessary for U.S. Holders to make “QEF elections,” as described below, and the availability of a “mark-to-market election” with respect to the shares is a factual determination that will depend on the manner and quantity of trading of our shares, as described below.
QEF Election
If we were a PFIC, the rules above would not apply to a U.S. Holder that makes an election to treat our Ordinary Shares as stock of a “QEF. A U.S. Holder that makes a QEF election is required to include in income its pro rata share of our ordinary earnings and net capital gain as ordinary income and long-term capital gain, respectively, subject to a separate election to defer payment of taxes, which deferral is subject to an interest charge. A U.S. Holder makes a QEF election generally by attaching a completed IRS Form 8621 to a timely filed United States federal income tax return for the year beginning with which the QEF election is to be effective (taking into account any extensions). A QEF election can be revoked only with the consent of the IRS. In order for a U.S. Holder to make a valid QEF election, we must annually provide or make available to the holder certain information. We do not intend to provide to U.S. Holders the information required to make a valid QEF election and we currently make no undertaking to provide such information.
If we were classified as a PFIC, under Treasury Regulations, if a U.S. Holder has an option, warrant, or other right to acquire stock of a PFIC (such as the Warrants being offered pursuant to this prospectus), such option, warrant or right is considered to be PFIC stock. However, a U.S. Holder of an option, warrant or right to acquire stock of a PFIC may not make a QEF election that will apply to the option, warrant or other right to acquire PFIC stock. In addition, under Treasury Regulations, if a U.S. Holder holds an option, warrant or other right to acquire stock of a PFIC, the holding period with respect to shares of stock of the PFIC acquired on exercise of such option, warrant or other right will include the period that the option, warrant or other right was held. Each U.S. Holder should consult its own tax advisor regarding the application of the PFIC rules to the Warrants.
Mark-to-market Election
If we were a PFIC, the rules above also would not apply to a U.S. Holder that makes a “mark-to-market” election with respect to the Ordinary Shares, but this election will be available with respect to the Ordinary Shares only if they meet certain minimum trading requirements to be considered “marketable stock” for purposes of the PFIC rules. Ordinary Shares will be marketable stock if they are regularly traded on a national securities exchange that is registered with the SEC or on a non-U.S. exchange or market that meets certain requirements under the Treasury regulations. Ordinary Shares generally will be considered regularly traded during any calendar year during which they are traded, other than in de minimis quantities, on at least 15 days during each calendar quarter. Any trades that have as their principal purpose meeting this requirement will be disregarded.
A U.S. Holder that makes a valid mark-to-market election for the first tax year in which the holder holds (or is deemed to hold) our Ordinary Shares and for which we are a PFIC will be required to include each year an amount equal to the excess, if any, of the fair market value of such shares the holder owns as of the close of the taxable year over the holder’s adjusted tax basis in such shares. The U.S. Holder will be entitled to a deduction for the excess, if any, of the holder’s adjusted tax basis in the shares over the fair market value of such shares as of the close of the taxable year, but only to the extent of any net mark-to-market gains with respect to such shares included by the U.S. Holder under the election for prior taxable years. The U.S. Holder’s basis in such shares will be adjusted to reflect the amounts included or deducted pursuant to the election. Amounts included in income pursuant to a mark-to-market election, as well as gain on the sale, exchange or other taxable disposition of such Ordinary Shares, will be treated as ordinary income. The deductible portion of any mark-to-market loss, as well as loss on a sale, exchange or other disposition of our shares to the extent that the amount of such loss does not exceed net mark-to-market gains previously included in income, will be treated as ordinary loss.
The mark-to-market election applies to the taxable year for which the election is made and all subsequent taxable years, unless the Ordinary Shares cease to be treated as marketable stock for purposes of the PFIC rules or the IRS consents to its revocation. The excess distribution rules described above generally will not apply to a
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U.S. Holder for tax years for which a mark-to-market election is in effect. However, if we were a PFIC for any year in which the U.S. Holder owns the Ordinary Shares but before a mark-to-market election is made, the interest charge rules described above would apply to any mark-to-market gain recognized in the year the election is made.
A mark-to-market election will be unavailable with respect to our Warrants and is not expected to be available with respect to the Pre-Funded Warrants, which are not likely to be treated as regularly traded on a qualified exchange.
PFIC Reporting Obligations
A U.S. Holder of PFIC stock must generally file an annual information return on IRS Form 8621 (Information Return by a Shareholder of a Passive Foreign Investment Company or Qualified Electing Fund) containing such information as the U.S. Treasury Department may require. The failure to file IRS Form 8621 could result in the imposition of penalties and the extension of the statute of limitations with respect to U.S. federal income tax.
U.S. Holders are urged to consult their tax advisors as to our status as a PFIC, and the tax consequences to them if we were a PFIC, including the reporting requirements and the desirability of making, and the availability of, a QEF election or a mark-to-market election with respect to the Equity Securities.
Tax on Net Investment Income
U.S. Holders who are individuals, estates or trusts will generally be required to pay a 3.8% Medicare tax on their net investment income (including dividends on and gains from the sale or other disposition of our Equity Securities), or in the case of estates and trusts on their net investment income that is not distributed to beneficiaries of the estate or trust. In each case, the 3.8% Medicare tax applies only to the extent the U.S. Holder’s total adjusted income exceeds applicable thresholds. You should consult your own tax advisor regarding the application of backup withholding and the availability of and procedures for obtaining an exemption from backup withholding in your particular circumstances.
Information Reporting and Withholding
A U.S. Holder may be subject to backup withholding at a rate of 24% with respect to cash dividends and proceeds from a disposition of our Equity Securities. In general, backup withholding will apply only if a U.S. Holder fails to comply with specified identification procedures. Backup withholding will not apply with respect to payments made to designated exempt recipients, such as corporations and tax-exempt organizations. Backup withholding is not an additional tax and may be claimed as a credit against the U.S. federal income tax liability of a U.S. Holder, provided that the required information is timely furnished to the IRS.
Certain U.S. Holders with interests in “specified foreign financial assets” (including, among other assets, our Equity Securities, unless such Equity Securities are held on such U.S. Holder’s behalf through a financial institution) may be required to file an information report with the IRS if the aggregate value of all such assets exceeds $50,000 on the last day of the taxable year or $75,000 at any time during the taxable year (or such higher dollar amount as may be prescribed by applicable IRS guidance); and may be required to file a Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts, or FBAR, if the aggregate value of the foreign financial accounts exceeds $10,000 at any time during the calendar year. You should consult your own tax advisor as to the possible obligation to file such information report.
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Aegis Capital Corp., or Aegis or the underwriter, is the underwriter and the book-running manager of this offering. Under the terms of an underwriting agreement, which is filed as an exhibit to the registration statement, the underwriter has agreed to purchase from us the number of Units and Pre-Funded Units shown opposite its name below:
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Underwriter |
Number |
Number |
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Aegis Capital Corp. |
The underwriting agreement provides that the underwriter’s obligation to purchase our Units and Pre-Funded Units depends on the satisfaction of the conditions contained in the underwriting agreement including:
• the representations and warranties made by us to the underwriter are true;
• there is no material change in our business or the financial markets; and
• we deliver customary closing documents to the underwriter.
Underwriting Commissions and Discounts and Expenses
The following table shows the per Unit and Pre-Funded Unit and total underwriting discounts and commissions we will pay to Aegis. These amounts are shown assuming both no exercise and full exercise of the underwriter’s option to purchase additional securities.
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Per |
Total |
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Full |
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Public offering price |
$ |
$ |
$ |
$ |
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Underwriting discounts and commissions to be paid by us (8%): |
$ |
$ |
$ |
$ |
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Non-accountable expense allowance (1%)(1) |
$ |
$ |
$ |
$ |
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Proceeds, before expenses, to us |
$ |
$ |
$ |
$ |
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(1) We have agreed to pay a non-accountable expense allowance to the representative equal to 1% of the gross proceeds we received in this offering.
We have also agreed to reimburse the underwriter for certain of its expenses, including “roadshow,” diligence, and reasonable legal fees and disbursements, in an amount not to exceed $100,000 in the aggregate.
We estimate that the total expenses of the offering payable by us, excluding underwriting discounts and commissions, will be approximately $ .
Over-Allotment Option
The Company has granted the underwriter an over-allotment option. This option, which is exercisable for up to 45 days after the date of this prospectus, permits the underwriter to purchase a maximum of 378,750 additional Ordinary Shares and/or Pre-Funded Warrants, and/or up to an additional 757,500 Warrants to purchase Ordinary Shares (i.e. up to 15% of the Units and Pre-Funded Units sold in this offering) from us to cover over-allotments, if any. The underwriter may exercise the over-allotment option with respect to Ordinary Shares only, Pre-Funded Warrants only, Warrants only, or any combination thereof. The purchase price to be paid per additional Ordinary Share or Pre-Funded Warrant will be equal to the public offering price of one Unit or Pre-Funded Unit (less $0.01 allocated to the Warrants), as applicable, less the underwriting discount, and the purchase price to be paid per additional Warrant will be $0.01. We will be obligated, pursuant to the option, to sell these additional Ordinary Shares, Pre-Funded Warrants or Warrants to the underwriter to the extent the option is exercised. If any additional Ordinary Shares, Pre-Funded Warrants or Warrants are purchased, the underwriter will offer the additional Ordinary Shares, Pre-Funded Warrants and Warrants on the same terms as those on which the other Ordinary Shares, Pre-Funded Warrants and Warrants are being offered hereunder. If this option is exercised in full, the total offering
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price to the public will be approximately $18 million, and the total net proceeds, before expenses and after deducting the underwriting commissions described above, to us will be approximately $16.38 million (based upon an assumed public offering price of $6.20 per Unit, which is the midpoint of the price range set forth on the cover page of this prospectus). No underwriting discounts and commissions will be payable by us if the underwriter exercises the option for Warrants, and the total additional proceeds to us, before expenses, if the underwriter exercises the option in full for Warrants only, will be $7,575 (based upon an assumed public offering price of $6.20 per Unit, which is the midpoint of the price range set forth on the cover page of this prospectus).
Discretionary Accounts
The underwriter does not intend to confirm sales of the securities offered hereby to any accounts over which it has discretionary authority.
Lock-Up Agreements
Pursuant to certain “lock-up” agreements, the Company, its executive officers, directors and any holders of ten percent (10%) or more of the Company’s Ordinary Shares and securities exercisable for or convertible into its Ordinary Shares outstanding immediately upon the closing of this offering, have agreed, subject to certain exceptions, not to offer, sell, assign, transfer, pledge, contract to sell, or otherwise dispose of or announce the intention to otherwise dispose of, or enter into any swap, hedge or similar agreement or arrangement that transfers, in whole or in part, the economic risk of ownership of, directly or indirectly, engage in any short selling of any Ordinary Shares or securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for any Ordinary Shares, whether currently owned or subsequently acquired, without the prior written consent of the underwriter, for a period of 180 days from the closing date of the offering.
Underwriter’s Warrants
The Company has agreed to issue to Aegis or its designees warrants to purchase up to a total of 10.0% of the Ordinary Shares underlying the Units sold in this offering (including any Ordinary Shares underlying the Pre-Funded Warrants, but excluding any Ordinary Shares or Pre-Funded Warrants sold through the exercise of the over-allotment option or the exercise of such Pre-Funded Warrants). Such warrants and underlying Ordinary Shares are included in this prospectus. The warrants are exercisable at a price per share equal to 125% of the public offering price, commencing on a date which is six (6) months from the commencement of sales of the offering and expiring on a date which is four years and six months from the commencement of sales of the offering in compliance with FINRA Rule 5110. The warrants have been deemed compensation by FINRA and are therefore subject to a 6-month lock-up pursuant to Rule 5110 of FINRA. The underwriter (or its permitted assignees under the Rule) will not sell, transfer, assign, pledge, or hypothecate these warrants or the securities underlying these warrants, nor will it engage in any hedging, short sale, derivative, put, or call transaction that would result in the effective economic disposition of the warrants or the underlying securities for a period of 180 days from effectiveness. The warrants may be exercised as to all, or a lesser number of Ordinary Shares, and will provide for cashless exercise and will contain provisions for “piggyback” registration rights, for a period of no greater than five (5) years from the effective date of the offering in compliance with FINRA Rule 5110. The Company will bear all fees and expenses attendant to registering the securities issuable on exercise of the warrants other than underwriting commissions incurred and payable by the holders. The exercise price and number of shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants may be adjusted in certain circumstances including in the event of a stock dividend, extraordinary cash dividend or the Company’s recapitalization, reorganization, merger or consolidation. However, the warrant exercise price or underlying shares will not be adjusted for issuances of Ordinary Shares at a price below the warrant exercise price.
Company Standstill
The Company has agreed, for a period of eighteen (18) months from the closing of this offering, that without the prior written consent of the underwriter, it will not: (a) offer, sell, issue, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any equity of the Company or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for equity of the Company; (b) file or caused to be filed any registration statement with the SEC relating to the offering of any equity of the Company or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for equity of the Company, except for the exercise of the convertible securities, which have been allotted and/or will be allotted by the Company, all as specified in the Company’s prospectus, for the Company’s shares; or (c) enter into any agreement or
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announce the intention to effect any of the actions described above (all of such matters referred to collectively as the “Standstill”). As long as none of such equity securities are sold in the public market until the expiration of 180 days from closing, the following matters will not be prohibited by the Standstill: (i) the adoption of an equity incentive plan and the grant of awards or equity pursuant to any equity incentive plan, and the filing of a registration statement on Form S-8; (ii) the issuance of equity securities in connection with an acquisition or a strategic relationship, which may include the sale of equity securities; (iii) the issuance of securities upon the exercise or exchange of or conversion of any securities described in clauses (i) and (ii) above and/or other securities exercisable or exchangeable for or convertible into shares of common stock issued and outstanding on the date hereof; (iv) subject to the prior approval of the Company’s board of directors, the issuance of securities to employees, consultants, affiliates and subsidiaries of the Company; and (v) the issuance of securities in connection with a securities offering led by a tier one investment bank.
Tail Financing
The underwriter will be entitled to compensation from the Company with respect to any public or private offering or other financing or capital raising transaction of any kind by the Company to the extent that such financing or capital is provided to the Company by investors whom the underwriter had contacted or introduced to the Company during the engagement period, if such tail financing is consummated at any time within the six (6) month period following the expiration or termination of the letter of engagement between the underwriter and the Company dated February 8, 2022.
Electronic Offer, Sale and Distribution of Shares
A prospectus in electronic format may be made available on the websites maintained by the underwriter, if any, participating in this offering and the underwriter participating in this offering may distribute prospectuses electronically. The underwriter may agree to allocate a number of shares for sale to its online brokerage account holders. Internet distributions will be allocated by the underwriter that will make internet distributions on the same basis as other allocations. Other than the prospectus in electronic format, the information on these websites is not part of, nor incorporated by reference into, this prospectus or the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part, has not been approved or endorsed by us or the underwriter in its capacity as underwriter, and should not be relied upon by investors.
Stabilization
In connection with this offering, the underwriter may engage in stabilizing transactions, over-allotment transactions, syndicate-covering transactions, penalty bids and purchases to cover positions created by short sales.
• Stabilizing transactions permit bids to purchase shares so long as the stabilizing bids do not exceed a specified maximum and are engaged in for the purpose of preventing or retarding a decline in the market price of the shares while the offering is in progress.
• Over-allotment transactions involve sales by the underwriter of shares in excess of the number of shares the underwriter is obligated to purchase. This creates a syndicate short position which may be either a covered short position or a naked short position. In a covered short position, the number of shares over-allotted by the underwriter is not greater than the number of shares that it may purchase in the over-allotment option. In a naked short position, the number of shares involved is greater than the number of shares in the over-allotment option. The underwriter may close out any short position by exercising its over-allotment option and/or purchasing shares in the open market.
• Syndicate covering transactions involve purchases of shares in the open market after the distribution has been completed in order to cover syndicate short positions. In determining the source of shares to close out the short position, the underwriter will consider, among other things, the price of shares available for purchase in the open market as compared with the price at which they may purchase shares through exercise of the over- allotment option. If the underwriter sells more shares than could be covered by exercise of the over-allotment option and, therefore, has a naked short position, the position can be closed out only by buying shares in the open market. A naked short position is more likely to be created if the underwriter is concerned that after pricing there could be downward pressure on the price of the shares in the open market that could adversely affect investors who purchase in the offering.
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• Penalty bids permit the underwriter to reclaim a selling concession from a syndicate member when the shares originally sold by that syndicate member are purchased in stabilizing or syndicate covering transactions to cover syndicate short positions.
These stabilizing transactions, syndicate covering transactions and penalty bids may have the effect of raising or maintaining the market price of the Company’s Ordinary Shares or preventing or retarding a decline in the market price of its Ordinary Shares. As a result, the price of the Company’s Ordinary Shares or warrants in the open market may be higher than it would otherwise be in the absence of these transactions. Neither the Company nor the underwriter makes any representation or prediction as to the effect that the transactions described above may have on the price of the Company’s Ordinary Shares. These transactions may be effected on the Nasdaq Capital Market, in the over-the-counter market or otherwise and, if commenced, may be discontinued at any time.
Passive Market Making
In connection with this offering, the underwriter may engage in passive market making transactions in the Company’s Ordinary Shares on The Nasdaq Capital Market in accordance with Rule 103 of Regulation M under the Exchange Act, during a period before the commencement of offers or sales of the shares and extending through the completion of the distribution. A passive market maker must display its bid at a price not in excess of the highest independent bid of that security. However, if all independent bids are lowered below the passive market maker’s bid, then that bid must then be lowered when specified purchase limits are exceeded.
Other Relationships
The underwriter and its respective affiliates may, in the future provide various investment banking, commercial banking and other financial services for the Company and its affiliates for which they have received, and may in the future receive, customary fees. However, except as disclosed in this prospectus, the Company has no present arrangements with the underwriter for any further services.
Offer Restrictions Outside the United States
Other than in the United States, no action has been taken by us or the underwriter that would permit a public offering of the securities offered by this prospectus in any jurisdiction where action for that purpose is required. The securities offered by this prospectus may not be offered or sold, directly or indirectly, nor may this prospectus or any other offering material or advertisements in connection with the offer and sale of any such securities be distributed or published in any jurisdiction, except under circumstances that will result in compliance with the applicable rules and regulations of that jurisdiction. Persons into whose possession this prospectus comes are advised to inform themselves about and to observe any restrictions relating to the offering and the distribution of this prospectus. This prospectus does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any securities offered by this prospectus in any jurisdiction in which such an offer or a solicitation is unlawful.
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Set forth below is an itemization of the total expenses, excluding underwriting discounts, expected to be incurred in connection with the offer and sale of the securities offered by us. With the exception of the SEC registration fee and the FINRA filing fee, all amounts are estimates:
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SEC registration fee |
$ |
6,025 |
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Nasdaq listing fee |
$ |
55,000 |
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FINRA filing fee |
$ |
6,000 |
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Transfer agent fees and expenses |
$ |
1,500 |
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|
Printer fees and expenses |
$ |
40,000 |
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|
Legal fees and expenses |
$ |
470,000 |
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Accounting fees and expenses |
$ |
160,000 |
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Consulting |
$ |
50,000 |
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Miscellaneous |
$ |
61,475 |
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Total |
$ |
850,000 |
The validity of the issuance of our securities offered in this prospectus and certain other matters of Israeli law will be passed upon for us by Gornitzky & Co. The validity of the issuance of our securities offered in this prospectus and certain other matters of U.S. federal law will be passed upon for us by McDermott Will & Emery LLP, New York, New York. Certain legal matters in connection with this offering will be passed upon for the underwriter by Kaufman & Canoles, P.C., Richmond, Virginia with respect to U.S. federal law.
The financial statements included in the registration statement on Form F-1 of which this prospectus forms a part have been audited by Ziv Haft, Certified Public Accountants, Isr., BDO Member Firm, an independent registered public accounting firm, as stated in their report appearing herein (which report expresses an unqualified opinion on the financial statements and includes an explanatory paragraph regarding the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern). Such financial statements have been so included in reliance upon the report of such firm given upon their authority as experts in accounting and auditing.
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ENFORCEMENT OF CIVIL LIABILITIES
We are incorporated under the laws of the State of Israel. Service of process upon us and upon our directors and officers and the Israeli experts named in this registration statement, most of whom reside outside of the United States, may be difficult to obtain within the United States. Furthermore, because substantially all of our assets and substantially all of our directors and officers are located outside of the United States, any judgment obtained in the United States against us or any of our directors and officers may not be collectible within the United States.
We have been informed by our legal counsel in Israel, Gornitzky & Co., that it may be difficult to assert U.S. securities law claims in original actions instituted in Israel. Israeli courts may refuse to hear a claim based on an alleged violation of U.S. securities laws reasoning that Israel is not the most appropriate forum to bring such a claim. In addition, even if an Israeli court agrees to hear a claim, it may determine that Israeli law and not U.S. law is applicable to the claim. If U.S. law is found to be applicable, the content of applicable U.S. law must be proved as a fact which can be a time-consuming and costly process. Certain matters of procedure will also be governed by Israeli law.
We have irrevocably appointed Puglisi & Associates as our agent to receive service of process in any action against us in any U.S. federal or state court arising out of this offering or any purchase or sale of securities in connection with this offering. Subject to specified time limitations and legal procedures, Israeli courts may enforce a U.S. judgment in a civil matter which, subject to certain exceptions, is non-appealable, including a judgment based upon the civil liability provisions of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and including a monetary or compensatory judgment in a non-civil matter, provided that among other things:
• the judgment was rendered by a court which was, according to the laws of the state of the court, competent to render the judgment;
• the obligation imposed by the judgment is enforceable according to the rules relating to the enforceability of judgments in Israel and the substance of the judgment is not contrary to public policy; and
• the judgment is executory in the state in which it was given.
Even if these conditions are met, an Israeli court may not declare a foreign civil judgment enforceable if:
• the judgment was not obtained after due process before a court of competent jurisdiction, according to the laws of the state in which the judgment was given and the rules of private international law currently prevailing in Israel;
• the prevailing law of the foreign state in which the judgment was rendered does not allow for the enforcement of judgments of Israeli courts;
• adequate service of process has not been effected and the defendant has not had a reasonable opportunity to be heard and to present his or her evidence;
• the judgment is contrary to public policy of Israel, or the enforcement of the civil liabilities set forth in the judgment is likely to impair the security or sovereignty of Israel;
• the judgment was obtained by fraud or conflicts with any other valid judgments in the same matter between the same parties; and
• an action between the same parties in the same matter is pending in any Israeli court at the time the lawsuit is instituted in the foreign court.
If a foreign judgment is enforced by an Israeli court, it generally will be payable in Israeli shekel, which can then be converted into non-Israeli currency and transferred out of Israel. The usual practice in an action before an Israeli court to recover an amount in a non-Israeli currency is for the Israeli court to issue a judgment for the equivalent amount in Israeli currency at the rate of exchange in force on the date of the judgment, but the judgment debtor may make payment in foreign currency. Pending collection, the amount of the judgment of an Israeli court stated in Israeli currency ordinarily will be linked to the Israeli consumer price index plus interest at the annual statutory rate set by Israeli regulations prevailing at the time. Judgment creditors must bear the risk of unfavorable exchange rates.
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WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION
We have filed with the SEC a registration statement on Form F-1 under the Securities Act relating to this offering of our securities. This prospectus does not contain all of the information contained in the registration statement. The rules and regulations of the SEC allow us to omit certain information from this prospectus that is included in the registration statement. Statements made in this prospectus concerning the contents of any contract, agreement or other document are summaries of all material information about the documents summarized, but are not complete descriptions of all terms of these documents. If we filed any of these documents as an exhibit to the registration statement, you may read the document itself for a complete description of its terms.
Our SEC filings are available to the public at the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov. Upon completion of this offering, we will be subject to the information reporting requirements of the Exchange Act that are applicable to foreign private issuers, and under those requirements will file reports with the SEC. As a foreign private issuer, we will be exempt from the rules under the Exchange Act related to the furnishing and content of proxy statements, and our officers, directors and principal shareholders will be exempt from the reporting and short-swing profit recovery provisions contained in Section 16 of the Exchange Act. In addition, we will not be required under the Exchange Act to file reports and financial statements with the SEC as frequently or as promptly as U.S. companies whose securities are registered under the Exchange Act.
We maintain a corporate website at www.parazero.com. Information contained on, or that can be accessed through, our website does not constitute a part of this prospectus.
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
Shareholders and Board of Directors
PARAZERO TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
Opinion on the Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying statements of financial position of ParaZero Technologies Ltd. (the “Company”) as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 and the related statements of comprehensive loss, changes in deficit, and cash flows for each year in the two year period ended December 31, 2021, and the related notes (collectively, the “Financial Statements”). In our opinion, the Financial Statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, and the results of its operations and cash flows for each year in the two year period ended December 31, 2021, in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB).
Going Concern
The accompanying Financial Statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern. As discussed in Note 1(3), the Company is in its commercialization stage and has not generated significant revenues at this stage. Therefore, the Company has incurred recurring losses and negative cash flows from operating activities since inception, such that as of December 31, 2021, the Company had accumulated losses of $13.3 million and a deficit of $7 million. The Company’s operations have been funded substantially through funding from Delta Drone International Limited (ASX: DLTI) (the “Former Parent Company”) which were converted into equity in January 2022 upon a sale transaction at the shareholders level. In February, March and May 2022, the Company issued Simple Agreements for Future Equity (SAFEs) in consideration of $1,471 thousand and the Company is in a process of an initial public offering in the United States. Considering the above, the Company’s dependency on external funding for its operations raises a substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. The Financial Statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of these uncertainties.
Basis for Opinion
These Financial Statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s Financial Statements based on our audit. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audit, we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.
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Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the Financial Statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the Financial Statements. Our audit also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
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We have served as the Company’s auditor since February 2019.
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Tel Aviv, Israel

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PARAZERO TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL POSITION
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Note |
December 31, |
December 31, |
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ASSETS |
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CURRENT ASSETS: |
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Cash |
33,024 |
144,735 |
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Trade receivables |
7,201 |
35,797 |
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Other accounts receivable |
4 |
82,759 |
104,426 |
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Inventories |
5 |
351,415 |
358,153 |
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TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS |
474,399 |
643,111 |
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NON-CURRENT ASSETS: |
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Right-of use asset |
7 |
8,260 |
57,820 |
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Property and equipment, net |
6 |
50,081 |
62,136 |
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TOTAL NON-CURRENT ASSETS |
58,341 |
119,956 |
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TOTAL ASSETS |
532,740 |
763,067 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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PARAZERO TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL POSITION — (Continued)
(US dollars)
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Note |
December 31, |
December 31, |
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LIABILITIES AND DEFICIT |
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CURRENT LIABILITIES: |
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Bank overdraft |
— |
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30,797 |
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Current maturity of Bank’s loan |
— |
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12,442 |
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Trade payables |
37,116 |
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72,880 |
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Lease liabilities |
7 |
7,918 |
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50,754 |
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Other accounts payable |
8 |
459,956 |
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465,354 |
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Former Parent Company |
17 |
6,644,043 |
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6,105,784 |
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Due to Israel Innovation Authority |
9 |
38,369 |
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38,369 |
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TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES |
7,187,401 |
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6,776,380 |
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NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES: |
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Israel Innovation Authority contingent liability |
9 |
316,391 |
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360,205 |
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Lease liabilities |
7 |
— |
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8,342 |
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Bank’s loan |
— |
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17,626 |
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TOTAL NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES |
316,391 |
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386,173 |
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DEFICIT: |
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Ordinary shares, NIS 0.01 par value: Authorized 10,000,000; Issued and outstanding 167,128 shares |
1,000 |
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1,000 |
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Additional paid-in capital |
6,381,348 |
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6,381,348 |
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Accumulated losses |
(13,353,400 |
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(12,781,834 |
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TOTAL DEFICIT |
(6,971,052 |
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(6,399,486 |
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TOTAL LIABILITIES AND DEFICIT |
532,740 |
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763,067 |
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* Recalcification
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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PARAZERO TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE LOSS
US dollars
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2021 |
2020 |
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Sales |
10 |
724,391 |
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762,410 |
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Cost of Sales |
11 |
464,255 |
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848,094 |
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Gross profit (loss) |
260,136 |
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Research and development expenses |
12 |
603,012 |
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317,614 |
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Selling and marketing expenses |
13 |
168,470 |
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168,664 |
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General and administrative expenses |
14 |
474,013 |
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744,096 |
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Operating loss |
985,359 |
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1,316,058 |
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Finance expenses (income) |
15 |
(413,793 |
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649,845 |
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Comprehensive and net loss |
571,566 |
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1,965,903 |
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Net loss per ordinary share, basic and diluted |
0.98 |
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3.36 |
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Weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding basic and diluted* |
584,948 |
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584,948 |
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* On May 23, 2022, the Board of Directors of ParaZero Technologies Ltd. (the “Company”) approved the issuance of 4,178,200 bonus shares to the holders of our Ordinary Shares on a basis of 2.5 bonus shares for each Ordinary Share outstanding (equivalent to a 3.5-for-1 forward share split of the Company’s Ordinary Shares to be effected through an amendment to the Company’s Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Amendment”). Each Company shareholder of record at the close of business on May 23, 2022 will have 2.5 additional shares for every one share held as of such date.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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PARAZERO TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN DEFICIT
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Additional |
Accumulated |
Total |
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BALANCE AS OF JANUARY 1, 2020 |
167,128 |
1,000 |
6,381,348 |
(10,815,931 |
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(4,433,583 |
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Comprehensive loss |
— |
— |
— |
(1,965,903 |
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(1,965,903 |
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BALANCE AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2020 |
167,128 |
1,000 |
6,381,348 |
(12,781,834 |
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(6,399,486 |
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Comprehensive loss |
— |
— |
— |
(571,566 |
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(571,566 |
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BALANCE AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2021 |
167,128 |
1,000 |
6,381,348 |
(13,353,400 |
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(6,971,052 |
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statement
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PARAZERO TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
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Year ended |
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2021 |
2020 |
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CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES: |
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Net loss |
(571,566 |
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(1,965,903 |
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Adjustments required to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities: |
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Depreciation |
67,188 |
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68,951 |
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Inventory write-down |
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437,225 |
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Currency exchange differences with respect to amount due to a related company |
(402,365 |
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582,583 |
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Changes in operating assets and liabilities items: |
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Decrease in trade receivables |
28,595 |
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32,045 |
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Decrease (Increase) in other accounts receivable |
21,667 |
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(79,005 |
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Decrease (Increase) in inventory |
6,738 |
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(43,716 |
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Decrease in trade payables |
(35,764 |
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(36,695 |
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(Decrease) Increase in other payables |
(5,399 |
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201,357 |
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Increase (decrease) in Israel Innovation Authority liabilities |
(43,814 |
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26,532 |
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Net cash used in operating activities |
(934,720 |
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(776,626 |
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CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES: |
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Purchase of property and equipment |
(5,572 |
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(695 |
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Net cash used in investing activities |
(5,572 |
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(695 |
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CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES: |
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Loans from the Former Parent Company |
940,624 |
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839,887 |
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Bank’s Loan (Repayment) |
(30,068 |
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28,852 |
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Repayment of leases liabilities |
(51,178 |
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(52,726 |
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Net cash provided by financing activities |
859,378 |
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816,013 |
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Effects of exchange rate changes on cash |
— |
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1,134 |
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Net (decrease) increase in cash |
(80,914 |
) |
39,826 |
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Cash at beginning of the year (*) |
113,938 |
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74,112 |
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Cash at the end of the year (*) |
33,024 |
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113,938 |
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(*) Including offset of overdrafts |
30,797 |
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90,842 |
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— |
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30,797 |
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Non-cash transactions: |
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Right-of use asset recognized against new lease liability |
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94,813 |
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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PARAZERO TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(US dollars)
NOTE 1 — GENERAL:
1. PARAZERO TECHNOLOGIES LTD. — (hereinafter — the “Company”) was incorporated in Israel on June 30, 2013. The Company’s address is 30 Dov Hoz, Kiriyat Ono, 5555626, Israel. The Company specializes in the design, development, manufacturing, distribution, and sales of safety systems for commercial drones. The Company’s technology enables real-time identification of critical failures of drones, and upon detection of an emergency, a parachute is autonomously deployed in fractions of a second, thus ensuring safe landings at all times.
The Company sells its products internationally with a focus on the U.S. market.
On January 28, 2022, Delta Drone International Limited (ASX: DLTI) (the “Former Parent Company”), sold its shares to a consortium of investors led by Nasdaq listed company — Medigus Ltd and facilitated by Israeli venture capital firm L.I.A. Pure Capital Ltd (“Pure Capital”), further on that date all outstanding liabilities due to the Former Parent Company were converted into the Company equity. On February 2, 2022, the Company issued to the Former Parent Company a warrant to purchase 180,912 shares up to approximately 3% on a fully diluted basis, at a variable exercise price as determined in the agreement with the Former Parent Company.
In 2022, the Company has initiated a process of an initial public offering in the United States (“Offering”) and accordingly signed a letter of engagement with an underwriter on a “firm commitment” basis in connection with the Company’s proposed initial public offering. The Company also engaged certain advisors in connection with the proposed public offering (see Note 19b).
2. The World Health Organization declared coronavirus and COVID-19 (“ COVID-19”) a global health emergency on January 30, 2020. Since then, the Company has experienced significant disruption to its operations in the following respects:
• Disruptions in the supply of inventory from major suppliers;
• Decreased demand for certain products as a consequence of social distancing requirements and recommendations; and
• Significant uncertainty concerning when government lockdowns will be lifted, social distancing requirements will be eased and the long-term effects of the pandemic on the demand for the Company’s products.
COVID-19 has had a material effect on the Company’s financial position. The Company took steps to minimize COVID-19’s influence on the Company’s activity by intentionally reducing its workforce to adapt to the new situation and decrease in activity, which resulted in reduced monthly expenditures.
The Company is exposed to the effects and risks associated with the global shortage of electronic components. Since the end of 2020, there has been a worldwide shortage of electronic components which affects the entire electronics industry. The current situation is expected to continue into 2022 and beyond.
3. The accompanying financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern, the Company is in its commercialization stage and has not generated significant revenues at this stage. Therefore, the Company has incurred recurring losses and negative cash flows from operating activities since inception, such that as of December 31, 2021, the Company had accumulated losses of $13.3 million and a deficit of $7 million. The Company’s operations have been funded substantially through funding from the Former Parent Company which were converted into equity in January 2022, upon sale transaction at the shareholders level. In February, March and May 2022, the Company issued Simple Agreements for Future Equity (SAFEs) in consideration of $1,471 thousand (see Note 19C) and the Company is in a process of an initial public offering in the United States. Considering the above, the Company’s dependency on external funding for its operations raises a substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of these uncertainties.
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PARAZERO TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(US dollars)
NOTE 2 — SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES:
The significant accounting policies used in the preparation of the financial statements, on a consistent basis, are:
A. Accounting principles
These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”) as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (“IASB”). Profit or loss accounts are presented and analyzed by their function rather than their nature within the entity as such method provides reliable and more relevant information on the Company’s operations.
B. Functional and foreign currency
The financial statements of the Company are prepared in US dollars (the functional currency), which is the currency that best reflects the economic substance of the underlying events and circumstances relevant to the Company’s transactions. Balances in foreign currencies are converted into US dollars in accordance with the principles set forth by International Accounting Standard (IAS) 21 (“The Effects of Changes in Foreign Exchange Rates”). Accordingly, transactions and balances have been converted as follows:
Monetary assets and liabilities — at the rate of exchange applicable at the end of the reporting year; Income and expense items — at exchange rates applicable as of the date of recognition of those items; Non-monetary items — at the rate of exchange at the time of the transaction.
C. Inventories
Inventories, including raw materials and finished goods, are valued at the lower of cost or net realization value. The cost of inventories comprises all costs of purchase, and other costs incurred in bringing the inventories to their present location and condition.
D. Trade receivables
Trade receivables are initially recognized at fair value and subsequently measured at amortized cost. The Company applies the IFRS 9 simplified approach to measuring expected credit losses using a lifetime expected credit loss provision for trade receivables and contract assets. To measure expected credit losses on a collective basis, trade receivables are grouped based on similar credit risk and aging. The expected loss rates are based on the Company’s historical credit losses experienced over the one-year period prior to the period end. The historical loss rates are then adjusted for current and forward-looking information on macroeconomic factors affecting the Company’s customers. The Company has identified the unemployment rate and inflation rate as the key macroeconomic factors in the countries where the Company operates.
E. Employee benefits
The Company has several employee benefits plans as to Israeli employees:
1. Short-term employee benefits: Short-term employee benefits include salaries, paid annual leave, paid sick leave, recreation and social security contributions and are recognized as expenses as the services are rendered. A liability in respect of a cash bonus or a profit-sharing plan is recognized when the Company has a legal or constructive obligation to make such payment as a result of past service rendered by an employee and a reliable estimate of the amount can be made.
2. Post-employment benefits: The plans are normally financed by contributions to insurance companies and classified as defined contribution plans. The Company has contributed for all of its employees’ contribution plans pursuant to Section 14 to the Severance Pay Law, under which the Company pays fixed contributions and will not have any legal or constructive obligation to pay further contributions if the fund does not hold sufficient amounts to pay all employee benefits relating to employee service in the current and prior periods.
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PARAZERO TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(US dollars)
NOTE 2 — SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES: (cont.)
F. Provisions
Provisions, which are liabilities of uncertain timing or amounts, are recognized when the Company has a legal or constructive obligation as a result of past events, if it is probable that an outflow of funds will be required to settle the obligation and a reliable estimate of the amount of the obligation can be made.
G. Property and equipment
Items of property, plant and equipment are initially recognized at cost including directly attributable costs. Depreciation is calculated on a straight-line basis, over the useful lives of the assets at annual rates as follows:
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Main annual |
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Computers |
33 |
33 |
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Furniture and office equipment |
6-33 |
6 |
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Leasehold improvements |
10 |
10 |
Subsequent costs are included in the asset’s carrying amount or recognized as a separate asset, as appropriate, only when it is probable that future economic benefits associated with the item will flow to the Company and the cost of the item can be measured reliably. The carrying amount of any component accounted for as a separate asset is derecognized when replaced. All other repairs and maintenance are charged to profit or loss during the reporting period in which they are incurred.
The assets’ residual values and useful lives are reviewed, and adjusted if appropriate, at the end of each reporting period. An asset’s carrying amount is written down immediately to its recoverable amount if the asset’s carrying amount is higher than its estimated recoverable amount.
Gains and losses on disposals are determined by comparing the proceeds with the carrying amount. These are included in profit or loss.
H. Fair value measurement
Fair value is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The fair value measurement is based on the presumption that the transaction to sell the asset or transfer the liability takes place either:
A. In the principal market for the asset or liability, or
B. In the absence of a principal market, in the most advantageous market for the asset or liability.
The principal or the most advantageous market must be accessible by the Company.
The fair value of an asset or a liability is measured using the assumptions that market participants would use when pricing the asset or liability, assuming that market participants act in their economic best interest. A fair value measurement of a non-financial asset takes into account a market participant’s ability to generate economic benefits by using the asset in its highest and best use or by selling it to another market participant that would use the asset in its highest and best use.
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PARAZERO TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(US dollars)
NOTE 2 — SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES: (cont.)
When there are no quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities, the Company uses valuation techniques that are appropriate in the circumstances and for which sufficient data is available to measure fair value, maximizing the use of relevant observable inputs and minimizing the use of unobservable inputs.
Classification by fair value hierarchy
Assets and liabilities measured in the statement of financial position at fair value are grouped into classes with similar characteristics using the following fair value hierarchy which is determined based on the source of input used in measuring fair value:
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Level 1 — |
Quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities. |
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Level 2 — |
Inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable either directly or indirectly. |
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Level 3 — |
Inputs that are not based on observable market data (valuation techniques that use inputs that are not based on observable market data). |
1. Financial assets
The Company classifies its financial assets into one of the following categories, based on the business model for managing the financial asset and its contractual cash flow characteristics. The Company’s accounting policy for the relevant category is as follows:
Amortized cost: other types of financial assets where the objective is to hold these assets in order to collect contractual cash flows and the contractual cash flows are solely payments of principal and interest. They are initially recognized at fair value including direct transaction costs and are subsequently carried at amortized cost using the effective interest rate method, less provision for impairment.
Financial Liabilities
The Company classifies its financial liabilities, including trade payables and other accounts payable, which are initially recognized at fair value and subsequently carried at amortized cost using the effective interest method.
Financial instruments (cont.:)
1. De-recognition
• Financial assets — The Company derecognizes a financial asset when the contractual rights to the cash flows from the financial asset expire or it transfers the rights to receive the contractual cash flows.
• Financial Liabilities — The Company derecognizes a financial liability when its contractual obligations are discharged or cancelled or expire.
2. Impairment of financial assets
The Company recognizes an allowance for expected credit losses (ECL) for all debt instruments not held at fair value through profit or loss. ECLs are based on the difference between the contractual cash flows due in accordance with the contract and all the cash flows that the Company expects to receive, discounted at an approximation of the original effective interest rate. ECLs are recognized in two stages. For credit exposures for which there has not been a significant increase in credit risk since initial recognition, ECLs are provided for credit losses that result from default events that are possible within the next 12-months (a 12-month ECL). For those credit exposures for which there has been a significant increase in credit risk since initial recognition, a loss allowance is
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PARAZERO TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(US dollars)
NOTE 2 — SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES: (cont.)
required for credit losses expected over the remaining life of the exposure, irrespective of the timing of the default (a lifetime ECL). Cash and cash equivalents are subject to the impairment requirements of IFRS 9, the identified impairment loss was immaterial.
I. Revenue recognition
Revenue is recognized based on the five-step model outlined in IFRS 15, Revenue from Contracts with Customers. IFRS 15 sets out a single revenue recognition model, according to which the entity shall recognize revenue in accordance with the said core principle by implementing a five-step model framework:
1. Identify the contracts with a customer.
2. Identify the performance obligations in the contract.
3. Determine the transaction price.
4. Allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract.
5. Recognize revenue when the entity satisfies a performance obligation.
The Company’s revenues consist of sales of drone safety systems (“products”) with a one-year warranty, directly to customers via direct sales to system manufactures, resellers and an online store. The payments terms are usually an advance payment through a credit card or a bank wire or 30 days credit upon delivery of the product for certain existing clients.
The Company recognizes revenue from the sale of products at the point of time when control is transferred to its customers. Once the products have been physically delivered to the agreed location, the Company no longer has a physical holding but has a present right to receive payment without retaining any significant risks or benefits.
The products include warranties which require the Company to either replace or repair defective products during the warranty period if the products fail to comply with their described specifications. In accordance with IFRS 15, such warranties are not accounted for as separate performance obligations and hence no revenue is allocated to them. Instead, a provision is made for the costs of satisfying the warranties in accordance with IAS 37 Provisions, Contingent Liabilities and Contingent Assets.
Each transaction of a product sale (including a warranty) consists of a one performance obligation.
J. Loss per share
Basic and diluted loss per share is calculated as net loss divided by the number of ordinary shares.
K. Impairment of non-financial assets
Non-financial assets are subject to an impairment test whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that their carrying amount may not be recoverable. Where the carrying value of the non-financial asset exceeds its recoverable amount (i.e., the higher of value in use and fair value less costs to dispose), the asset is written down and an impairment charge is recognized accordingly. Where it is not possible to estimate the recoverable amount of an individual asset, the impairment test is carried out on the asset’s cash-generating unit (i.e., the lowest level asset group to which the asset belongs that generates cash inflow that is largely independent of cash inflows from other assets). An impairment loss allocated to an asset, is reversed only if there have been changes in the estimates used to determine the asset’s recoverable amount since the last impairment loss was recognized. Reversal of an impairment loss, as above, is limited to the lower of the carrying amount of the asset that would have been determined (net of depreciation or amortization) had no impairment loss been recognized for the asset in prior years and the asset’s recoverable amount. After an impairment of non-financial asset is recognized, the Company examines at each reporting date whether there are indications that the impairment which was recognized in the past no longer exists or
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PARAZERO TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(US dollars)
NOTE 2 — SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES: (cont.)
should be reduced. The reversal of impairment loss of an asset is recognized in profit or loss. Impairment charges are included in general and administrative expenses. During the year ended December 31, 2020, no impairment charges of non-financial assets were recognized.
L. Government grants
Government grants are recognized when there is reasonable assurance that the grants will be received and the Company will comply with the attached conditions. Government grants received from the Israel Innovation Authority (the “IIA”) are recognized upon receipt as a liability if future economic benefits are expected from the research project that will result in royalty-bearing sales. A liability for the loan is first measured at fair value using a discount rate that reflects a market rate of interest. The difference between the amount of the grant received and the fair value of the liability is accounted for as a government grant and recognized as a reduction of research and development expenses.
After initial recognition, the liability is measured at fair value using the effective interest method. Royalty payments are treated as a reduction of the liability.
M. Cost of sales
Cost of sales consists primarily of expenses related to the purchase of materials of products sold, salary and related.
N. Research and development cost
Research and development expenses are expensed as incurred, as the Company has not met IAS 38 — Intangible assets criteria for capitalization.
O. Finance expenses
Finance expenses are composed of currencies exchange rates differences and bank’s interest and charges.
P. Income taxes
The current tax liability is measured using the tax rates and tax laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting date as well as adjustments required in connection with the tax liability in respect of previous years.
Significant management judgment is required to determine the amount of deferred tax assets that can be recognized, based upon the estimated timing and level of future taxable profits together with future tax planning strategies. Deferred taxes are recognized in respect of temporary differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities in the financial statements and the amounts attributable for tax purposes.
Deferred taxes are measured at the tax rates that are expected to apply in the period when the temporary differences are reversed based on tax laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted at the end of the reporting period. Deferred taxes are recognized in profit or loss, except when they relate to items recognized in other comprehensive income or directly in equity.
Deferred tax assets are reviewed at the end of each reporting period and reduced to the extent that it is not probable that they will be utilized. In addition, temporary differences (such as carry forward losses) for which deferred tax assets have not been recognized are reassessed and deferred tax assets are recognized to the extent that their recoverability is probable. Any resulting reduction or reversal is recognized on “income tax” within the statement of comprehensive income.
All deferred tax assets and liabilities are presented in the statement of financial position as non-current items. Deferred taxes are offset in the statement of financial position if there is a legally enforceable right to offset a current tax asset against a current tax liability and the deferred taxes relate to the same taxpayer and the same taxation authority.
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PARAZERO TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(US dollars)
NOTE 2 — SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES: (cont.)
Q. Leases
At lease commencement date, the Company recognizes a right-of-use asset and a lease liability in its statement of financial position. The right-of-use asset is measured at cost, which is made up of the initial measurement of the lease liability, any initial direct costs incurred by the Company, an estimate of any costs to dismantle and remove the asset at the end of the lease, and any lease payments made in advance of the lease commencement date (net of any incentives received). The Company depreciates the right-of-use asset on a straight-line basis from the lease commencement date to the earlier of the end of the useful life of the right-of-use asset or the end of the lease term.
At the commencement date, the Company measures the lease liability at the present value of the lease payments unpaid at that date, discounted using the Company’s incremental borrowing rate because as the lease contracts are negotiated with third parties it is not possible to determine the interest rate that is implicit in the lease. The incremental borrowing rate is the estimated rate that the Company would have to pay to borrow the same amount over a similar term, and with similar security to obtain an asset of equivalent value. Lease payments included in the measurement of the lease liability are made up of fixed payments (including in substance fixed), variable payments based on an index or rate, amounts expected to be payable under a residual value guarantee and payments arising from options reasonably certain to be exercised.
The lease liability is reassessed when there is a change in the lease payments. Changes in lease payments arising from a change in the lease term or a change in the assessment of an option to purchase a leased asset. The revised lease payments are discounted using the Company’s incremental borrowing rate at the date of reassessment when the rate implicit in the lease cannot be readily determined. The amount of the remeasurement of the lease liability is reflected as an adjustment to the carrying amount of the right-of-use asset. The exception being when the carrying amount of the right-of-use asset has been reduced to zero then any excess is recognized in profit or loss.
NOTE 3 — CRITICAL ACCOUNTING ESTIMATES AND JUDGMENTS:
The preparation of the financial statements requires management to make estimates and assumptions that have an effect on the application of the accounting policies and on the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses. Changes in accounting estimates are reported in the period of the change in estimate. Key assumptions made in the financial statements concerning uncertainties at the reporting date and the critical estimates computed by the Company that may result in a material adjustment to the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities within the next financial year are discussed below. In the process of applying the significant accounting policies, the Company has made the following judgments which have the most significant effect on the amounts recognized in the financial statements:
IIA liabilities
According to the accounting treatment implemented, the Company’s management is required to assess whether there is reasonable assurance that the grant received will be repaid. The present value of royalties payments to the Israeli IIA is contingent on the forecasts and assumptions made by the Company’s management regarding its future revenues and the discount interest rate. In order to estimate the present value of the future expected cash flows that will be needed to cover the liability for the grants, the Company assesses that the grants will be repaid by 2025 based on the Company’s aggregate sales forecast for the coming years. Management’s forecasts regarding aggregate sales until the grants are fully repaid rely on the Company’s plans for selling its products in the coming years. The discount rate in respect of the future royalties payments is 24%.
Inventory net realized value
The net realizable value of the inventory is reviewed by management at the end of each reporting period. The Company’s management considers prices of raw materials and changes in regulations and relating technology, business and economic conditions (suppliers and customers), and customer requirements.
F-15
PARAZERO TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(US dollars)
NOTE 4 — OTHER ACCOUNTS RECIVABLE:
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December 31 |
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2021 |
2020 |
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Value added taxes receivable |
62,115 |
87,114 |
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Prepaid expenses |
20,644 |
17,312 |
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Total |
82,759 |
104,426 |
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NOTE 5 — INVENTORY:
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December 31 |
|||||
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2021 |
2020 |
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Raw materials |
300,437 |
451,791 |
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Finished goods |
50,978 |
343,587 |
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Provision of obsolescence* |
— |
(437,225 |
) |
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Total |
351,415 |
358,153 |
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In 2020, the Company recorded a write-off in the amount of approximately $437 thousand to cost of sales of specific inventory items that can no longer be used due to regulatory changes to the field of small unmanned aerial systems in response to public privacy concerns, especially in the U.S., which have triggered, among other things, a technological obsolescence as the market has introduced new qualified drones.
NOTE 6 — PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, NET:
|
Leasehold |
Computers |
Furniture |
Total |
|||||
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Cost: |
||||||||
|
Balance as of January 1, 2020 |
94,805 |
3,330 |
26,751 |
124,706 |
||||
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Additions during the year |
— |
— |
695 |
695 |
||||
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Balance as of December 31, 2020 |
94,805 |
3,330 |
27,266 |
125,401 |
||||
|
Additions during the year |
— |
2,242 |
3,330 |
5,572 |
||||
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Balance as of December 31, 2021 |
94,805 |
5,572 |
30,596 |
130,973 |
||||
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Accumulated depreciation: |
||||||||
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Balance as of January 1, 2020 |
40,770 |
1,842 |
3,730 |
46,342 |
||||
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Additions during the year |
14,223 |
727 |
1,973 |
16,923 |
||||
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Balance as of December 31, 2020 |
54,993 |
2,569 |
5,703 |
63,265 |
||||
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Additions during the year |
14,220 |
1,017 |
2,390 |
17,627 |
||||
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Balance as of December 31, 2021 |
69,213 |
3,586 |
8,093 |
80,892 |
||||
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Net book value: |
||||||||
|
As of December 31, 2021 |
25,592 |
1,986 |
22,503 |
50,081 |
||||
|
As of December 31, 2020 |
39,812 |
761 |
21,563 |
62,136 |
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PARAZERO TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(US dollars)
NOTE 7 — LEASES:
In March 2020, the Company entered into a new agreement for the lease of an asset in Kiriyat Ono. The lease period was from March 2020 to February 2021 with an option for extension by another 12 months which was exercised through February 2022. In February 2022 the company entered into a new agreement with a lease period from March 2022 to February 2023 with an option for extension by another 12 months. The monthly lease fees are approximately NIS 13 thousand (approximately $4 thousand), payable each month.
Right-of-use asset:
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2021 |
2020 |
|||||
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Cost: |
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|
||||
|
Balance as of January 1 |
395,521 |
|
300,708 |
|
||
|
Additions |
— |
|
94,813 |
|
||
|
Balance as of December 31 |
395,521 |
|
395,521 |
|
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|
|
|||||
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Accumulated depreciation: |
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|
||||
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Balance as of January 1 |
(337,701 |
) |
(285,673 |
) |
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Additions |
(49,560 |
) |
(52,028 |
) |
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|
Balance as of December 31 |
(387,448 |
) |
(337,701 |
) |
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|
book value: |
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|
||||
|
As of December 31 |
8,260 |
|
57,820 |
|
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NOTE 8 — OTHER ACCOUNTS PAYABLE:
|
December 31 |
||||
|
2021 |
2020 |
|||
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Employees, salaries and related liabilities |
191,995 |
222,278 |
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|
Advances from customers |
32,658 |
38,647 |
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Warranty provision |
10,000 |
10,000 |
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Accrued expenses |
225,303 |
194,429 |
||
|
459,956 |
465,354 |
|||
NOTE 9 — ISRAEL INNOVATION AUTHORITY:
The Company receives royalty-bearing grants from the IIA, for approved research and development project. The program include grant for: wages, materials, subcontractors and miscellaneous. The Company is required to pay royalties at the rate of 3%-3.5% on sales of the products developed with the funds provided by the IIA, up to an amount equal to 100% of the IIA research and development grant received, linked to the dollar including accrued interest at the LIBOR rate. In September 2021, the Bank of Israel, which determines annual interest rates, published a directive which stated that annual interest at a variable rate linked to the LIBOR rate for loans in U.S. dollars will be replaced by the Secured Overnight Financing Rate, or the SOFR, in June 2023.
As of December 31, 2019, IIA program was completed. The total amount of the IIA grant received was $748 thousand.
The difference between the consideration received and the liability recognized at inception (present value) was treated as a government grant according to IAS20 and recognized as a reimbursement of research expenses.
As of December 31, 2021, the maximum obligation with respect to the grants received from the IIA, contingent upon entitled future sales, is $770 thousand.
The Company has obligations regarding know-how, technology or products, transfer of information, rights and production rights which derive from the research and development, in whole or part, of the Company’s products, without the IIA Research Committee approval.
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PARAZERO TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(US dollars)
NOTE 10 — SALES:
Revenues by customer geographical location:
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Year ended December 31, |
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2021 |
2020 |
|||
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US |
183,171 |
318,806 |
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Israel |
124,534 |
173,292 |
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Canada |
62,745 |
93,012 |
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Europe |
198,594 |
59,745 |
||
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Other |
155,347 |
117,555 |
||
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Total |
724,391 |
762,410 |
||
NOTE 11 — COST OF SALES:
|
Year ended December 31 |
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|
2021 |
2020 |
|||
|
Materials and related expenses |
245,724 |
213,805 |
||
|
Write-down of inventory |
— |
437,225 |
||
|
Salary and related expenses |
64,100 |
68,852 |
||
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Freight |
74,583 |
63,862 |
||
|
IIA royalties |
25,354 |
28,503 |
||
|
Subcontractors |
24,082 |
12,208 |
||
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Depreciation |
11,013 |
11,562 |
||
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Maintenance and other |
19,399 |
12,077 |
||
|
Total |
464,255 |
848,094 |
||
NOTE 12 — RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT EXPENSES:
|
Year ended December 31 |
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|
2021 |
2020 |
|||
|
Salary and related expenses |
377,509 |
239,542 |
||
|
Subcontractors |
71,349 |
— |
||
|
Materials and related expenses |
77,227 |
32,149 |
||
|
Depreciation |
16,520 |
17,343 |
||
|
Patents |
51,633 |
— |
||
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Other |
8,774 |
28,580 |
||
|
Total |
603,012 |
317,614 |
||
NOTE 13 — SALES AND MARKETING EXPENSES:
|
Year ended December 31 |
||||
|
2021 |
2020 |
|||
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Salary and related expenses |
88,272 |
132,351 |
||
|
Subcontractors |
43,584 |
— |
||
|
Professional fees |
13,556 |
19,659 |
||
|
Depreciation |
5,507 |
5,781 |
||
|
Other |
17,551 |
10,873 |
||
|
Total |
168,470 |
168,664 |
||
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PARAZERO TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(US dollars)
NOTE 14 — GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES:
|
Year ended December 31 |
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|
2021 |
2020 |
|||
|
Salary and related expenses |
210,274 |
461,755 |
||
|
Professional fees |
163,128 |
182,950 |
||
|
Depreciation |
34,148 |
34,266 |
||
|
Office maintenance |
46,293 |
44,202 |
||
|
Other |
20,170 |
20,923 |
||
|
Total |
474,013 |
744,096 |
||
NOTE 15 — FINANCE EXPENSES:
|
Year ended December 31 |
|||||
|
2021 |
2020 |
||||
|
IIA liability revaluation |
(41,252 |
) |
26,532 |
||
|
Bank charges |
9,905 |
|
24,846 |
||
|
Exchange rate differences expenses(*) |
(406,608 |
) |
593,693 |
||
|
Interest for leases liabilities |
2,070 |
|
4,774 |
||
|
Total |
(435,885 |
) |
649,845 |
||
____________
(*) Exchange rate differences arising from the revaluation of the parent company’s balance in AUD.
NOTE 16 — INCOME TAXES:
The Company is subject to Israeli corporate tax rate of 23% in 2020, 2021 and thereafter.
As of December 31, 2021, the Company has carried forward tax losses of approximately $11 million, which may be carried forward and offset against taxable income for an indefinite period in the future. The Company did not recognize deferred tax assets relating to carry forward losses in the financial statements because their utilization in the foreseeable future is not probable.
NOTE 17 — FORMER PARENT COMPANY:
Based on the original loans’ terms, the Company classified the loans as current liability and measured it in accordance with IFRS 9 financial instruments at the amount payable on demand (par value), the outstanding balance was converted in January 2022 into equity (see Note 1).
NOTE 18 — FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS AND RISK MANAGEMENT:
The Company is exposed to a variety of financial risks, which result from its financing, operating and investing activities. The objective of financial risk management is to contain, where appropriate, exposures in these financial risks to limit any negative impact on the Company’s financial performance and position. The Company’s financial instruments are its cash, trade and other receivables, trade payables and other payables and employee benefit liabilities. The main purpose of these financial instruments is to raise finance for the Company’s operation. The Company actively measures, monitors and manages its financial risk exposures by various functions pursuant to the segregation of duties and principals. The risks arising from the Company’s financial instruments are mainly credit risk and currency risk. The risk management policies employed by the Company to manage these risks are discussed below.
F-19
PARAZERO TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(US dollars)
NOTE 18 — FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS AND RISK MANAGEMENT: (cont.)
A. Credit risk
Credit risk arises when a failure by counterparties to discharge their obligations could reduce the amount of future cash inflows from financial assets on hand at the balance sheet date. The Company closely monitors the activities of its counterparties and controls the access to its intellectual property which enables it to ensure the prompt collection. The Company’s main financial assets are cash, trade receivables and other receivables and represent the Company’s maximum exposure to credit risk in connection with its financial assets. Wherever possible and commercially practical, the Company holds cash with major financial institutions in Israel.
B. Currency risk
Currency risk is the risk that the value of financial instruments will fluctuate due to changes in foreign exchange rates. Currency risk arises when future commercial transactions and recognized assets and liabilities are denominated in a currency that is not the Company’s functional currency. The Company exposed to foreign exchange risk arising from currency exposure primarily with respect to the NIS and to the AUD. The Company’s policy is not to enter into any currency hedging transactions.
The carrying amounts of the Company’s foreign currency denominated monetary liability at the reporting date are as follows:
|
December 31, 2020 |
||||||
|
NIS |
AUD |
EUR |
||||
|
Cash |
4,772 |
38,744 |
1,783 |
|||
|
Trade receivables |
19,775 |
— |
— |
|||
|
Other account receivable |
104,426 |
— |
— |
|||
|
Total |
128,973 |
38,744 |
1,783 |
|||
Assets
|
December 31, 2021 |
||||||
|
NIS |
AUD |
EUR |
||||
|
Cash |
3,072 |
— |
7,533 |
|||
|
Trade receivables |
7,201 |
— |
— |
|||
|
Other account receivable |
82,759 |
— |
— |
|||
|
Total |
93,032 |
— |
7,533 |
|||
B. Currency risk
Liabilities
|
December 31, 2020 |
||||||||
|
NIS |
AUD |
EUR |
||||||
|
Bank overdraft |
(30,797 |
) |
— |
|
— |
|||
|
Trade payables |
(72,879 |
) |
— |
|
— |
|||
|
Other accounts payable |
(369,214 |
) |
— |
|
— |
|||
|
Israel Innovation Authority |
(398,574 |
) |
— |
|
— |
|||
|
Related Party |
— |
|
(6,105,784 |
) |
— |
|||
|
Bank loan |
(30,068 |
) |
— |
|
— |
|||
|
Total |
(901,532 |
) |
(6,105,784 |
) |
|
|||
F-20
PARAZERO TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(US dollars)
NOTE 18 — FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS AND RISK MANAGEMENT: (cont.)
|
December 31, 2021 |
||||||||
|
NIS |
AUD |
EUR |
||||||
|
Trade payables |
(10,600 |
) |
— |
|
— |
|||
|
Other accounts payable |
(417,298 |
) |
— |
|
— |
|||
|
Israel Innovation Authority |
(354,760 |
) |
— |
|
— |
|||
|
Related Party |
— |
|
(6,644,043 |
) |
— |
|||
|
Total |
(782,658 |
) |
(6,644,043 |
) |
— |
|||
|
|
|
|||||||
|
Net, December 31, 2020 |
(772,559 |
) |
(6,067,040 |
) |
1,783 |
|||
|
Net, December 31, 2021 |
(689,626 |
) |
(6,644,043 |
) |
7,533 |
|||
C. Liquidity risk
Liquidity risk is the risk that arises when the maturity of assets and the maturity of liabilities do not match. An unmatched position potentially enhances profitability, but it can also increase the risk of loss. The Company has procedures to minimize such loss by maintaining sufficient cash and other highly liquid current assets and by having available an adequate amount of committed credit facilities. As of the end of the period, the Company has a negative working capital and a deficit funded mainly by a related company.
NOTE 19 — SUBSEQUENT EVENTS:
A. On January 28, 2022 the Former Parent Company announced it had entered into a binding agreement with a consortium of investors led by Nasdaq listed Medigus Ltd and facilitated by Israeli venture capital firm L.I.A. Pure Capital Ltd (“Pure Capital”), for the sale of 100% of the share capital of the Company for a total consideration of AUD 6 million in cash (the “Acquisition”).
On January 28, 2022, all outstanding liabilities between the Company and the Former Parent Company were converted into equity immediately prior to the closing of the Acquisition.
On February 2, 2022 (the “Issue Date”), the Company issued to the Former Parent Company a warrant to purchase shares. The exercise price of such warrant is (A) if a Trigger Event (defined below) occurs, the price per Company share in the IPO, or, (B) if a Trigger Event has not occurred, US $5.9834 per each Company share, reflecting a pre-money valuation of US $10,000,000 on a fully diluted as-converted basis as of the Issue Date. Further, (A) if an initial public offering of the Company occurs before the fifth anniversary of the Issue Date, then the warrant shall expire after the lapse of 90 days from the earlier of (“Trigger Event”): (i) the fifth anniversary of the Issue Date; or (ii) the price per each Company share has increased by at least 50% compared to the listing price per Company share as part of the IPO (to be determined based upon one-calendar-month Volume Weighted Average Price.
(B) if an initial public offering of the Company occurs before the lapse of the fifth anniversary of the Issue Date, then the warrant shall expire after the lapse of 12 months from the fifth anniversary of the Issue Date.
B. On February 8, 2022, the Company signed a letter of engagement with Aegis Capital Corp. (“Aegis”), pursuant to which Aegis will act as an underwriter on a “firm commitment” basis in connection with the Company’s proposed initial public offering (the “Offering”).
The underwriting compensation includes the following:
(1) The underwriting discount will be 8.0% for the Offering and a non-accountable expense allowance equal to 1.0% of the Offering. In addition, Company will pay all expenses relating to the Offering, including a payment of $100,000 for fees and expenses that include “road show”, diligence, and reasonable legal fees and disbursements for Aegis’s counsel.
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PARAZERO TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(US dollars)
NOTE 19 — SUBSEQUENT EVENTS: (cont.)
(2) As additional compensation for Aegis’ services, the Company will issue to Aegis or its designees at the closing of the Offering (the “Closing”) warrants (the “Underwriter’s Warrants”) to purchase that number of ordinary shares equal to 10.0% of the aggregate number of ordinary shares sold in the Offering (excluding the over-allotment option). The Underwriter’s Warrants will be exercisable at any time and from time to time, in whole or in part, during the five-year period commencing six months from the Closing, at a price per share equal to 125.0% of the public offering price per share of the securities sold in the Offering and the Underwriter’s Warrants will be exercisable on a cash basis, provided that if a registration statement registering the ordinary shares underlying the Underwriter’s Warrants is not effective, the Underwriter’s Warrants may be exercised on a cashless basis. The Underwriter’s Warrants will provide for registration rights (including a one-time demand registration right and unlimited piggyback rights) and customary anti-dilution provisions (for ordinary share dividends and splits and recapitalizations) consistent with Rule 5110 of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), and further, the number of ordinary shares underlying the Underwriter’s Warrants will be reduced if necessary to comply with FINRA rules or regulations.
C. On February 17 and on February 25, 2022, the Company’s Board and shareholders, respectively, approved a capital raise for the Company in an aggregate amount of up to $2,500,000, by means of entering into certain Simple Agreements for Future Equity (SAFEs) with investors identified therein. On March 1 and on March 10, 2022, the Company’s Board and shareholders, respectively, approved an amendment to the terms of the form of SAFE.
D. On February 17, 2022, the Company entered into a consulting services agreement with an advisor. Under the agreement, advisor is inter alia entitled to a service fee, pursuant to which:
1. Subject to completion of the Offering, the advisor will be entitled to warrants, with each whole warrant exercisable to purchase one ordinary share of the Company, at the amount of 1.0% (on a fully diluted basis, including over-allotment, if any) of the Company’s shares, after listing on a public stock exchange, at an exercise price per share equivalent to a share price derived from a company value of $10 million (Pre Offering), per warrant via cashless exercise, for a period of five years from the date of their allotment;
2. Subject to completion of the Offering, the advisor will be entitled to warrants, with each whole warrant exercisable to purchase one ordinary share of the Company, at the amount of 1.0% (on a fully diluted basis, including over-allotment, if any) of the Company’s shares, after listing on a public stock exchange, at an exercise price per share equivalent to the price per share of the Offering, per warrant via cashless exercise, for a period of five years from the date of their allotment.
3. The warrants granted to advisor will fully vest immediately as of the date of completion of the Offering, and the warrants will be exercisable at any time and from time to time, in whole or in part (for a period of five years as aforesaid).
4. The number of warrants and the exercise price will be adjusted proportionally in order to preserve the number of shares and the exercise price to which the advisor is entitled for the warrants, in any case of change in the Company’s issued share capital due to any share dividend, split, consolidation or exchange or change in the capital structure of the Company (except in the case of issuance of shares to third-parties against consideration for cash).
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PARAZERO TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(US dollars)
NOTE 19 — SUBSEQUENT EVENTS: (cont.)
E. On March 1, 2022 the Company entered into a consulting services agreement with a consultant, pursuant to which, subject to the completion of a capital raise of at least $10 million, Consultant will be entitled to 291,886 warrants, with each whole warrant exercisable for one ordinary share of the Company at par value (NIS 0.01), for total number of shares equal to 4.99% of Company’s issued and outstanding shares as of the date of the agreement. Each whole warrant is exercisable to purchase one ordinary share of the Company, which may be paid also via cashless exercise at any time after the six-month anniversary of the grant date. The warrants will be fully vested upon grant and the warrants will be exercisable at any time and from time to time, in whole or in part for a period of five years from the date of their grant.
F. On March 1, 2022 the Company entered into a consulting services agreement with a consultant, pursuant to which, subject to the completion of a capital raise of at least $10 million, Consultant will be entitled to 291,886 warrants, with each whole warrant exercisable to purchase one ordinary share of the Company at par value (NIS 0.01), for total number of shares equal to 4.99% of Company’s shares issued and outstanding as of the date of the agreement. Each whole warrant is exercisable to purchase one ordinary share of the Company, which may be paid also via cashless exercise at any time after the six-month anniversary of the grant date. The warrants will be fully vested upon grant and the warrants will be exercisable at any time and from time to time, in whole or in party for a period of five years from the date of their grant.
G. On May 23, 2022, the Board of Directors of the Company approved the issuance of 4,178,200 bonus shares to the holders of our Ordinary Shares on a basis of 2.5 bonus shares for each Ordinary Share outstanding (equivalent to a 3.5-for-1 forward share split of the Company’s Ordinary Shares to be effected through the Amendment. Each Company shareholder of record at the close of business on May 23, 2022 will have 2.5 additional shares for every one share held as of such date.
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Up to 2,525,000 Units Each Consisting of
One Ordinary Share and Two Warrants, Each to Purchase One Ordinary Share
Up to 2,525,000 Pre-Funded Units Each Consisting of
One Pre-Funded Warrant to Purchase One Ordinary Share and
Two Warrants, Each to Purchase One Ordinary Share

ParaZero Technologies Ltd.
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PRELIMINARY PROSPECTUS
, 2022
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Sole Book-Running Manager
Aegis Capital Corp.
Until and including , 2022, 25 days after the date of this prospectus, all dealers that buy, sell or trade our securities, whether or not participating in this offering, may be required to deliver a prospectus. This is in addition to the dealers’ obligation to deliver a prospectus when acting as an underwriter and with respect to unsold allotments or subscriptions.
PART II
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors, Officers and Employees.
Indemnification
The Israeli Companies Law 5759-2999, or the Securities Law, provides that a company may indemnify an office holder against the following liabilities and expenses incurred for acts performed by him or her as an office holder, either pursuant to an undertaking made in advance of an event or following an event, provided its articles of association include a provision authorizing such indemnification:
• a financial liability imposed on him or her in favor of another person by any judgment concerning an act performed in his or her capacity as an office holder, including a settlement or arbitrator’s award approved by a court. However, if an undertaking to indemnify an office holder with respect to such liability is provided in advance, then such an undertaking must be limited to events which, in the opinion of the board of directors, can be foreseen based on the company’s activities when the undertaking to indemnify is given, and to an amount or according to criteria determined by the board of directors as reasonable under the circumstances, and such undertaking shall detail the abovementioned events and amount or criteria;
• reasonable litigation expenses, including attorneys’ fees, expended by the office holder (a) as a result of an investigation or proceeding instituted against him or her by an authority authorized to conduct such investigation or proceeding, provided that (1) no indictment (as defined in the Companies Law) was filed against such office holder as a result of such investigation or proceeding; and (2) no financial liability as a substitute for the criminal proceeding (as defined in the Companies Law) was imposed upon him or her as a result of such investigation or proceeding, or, if such financial liability was imposed, it was imposed with respect to an offense that does not require proof of criminal intent; or (b) in connection with a monetary sanction;
• reasonable litigation expenses, including attorneys’ fees, expended by the office holder or imposed on him or her by a court (1) in proceedings that the company institutes, or that another person institutes on the company’s behalf, against him or her; (2) in a criminal proceedings of which he or she was acquitted; or (3) as a result of a conviction for a crime that does not require proof of criminal intent; and
Pursuant to the Securities Law, an Israeli Company may also indemnify an office holder for expenses incurred by an office holder in connection with an Administrative Procedure under the Securities Law, including reasonable litigation expenses and reasonable attorneys’ fees. An “Administrative Procedure” is defined as a procedure pursuant to chapters H3 (Monetary Sanction by the Israeli Securities Authority), H4 (Administrative Enforcement Procedures of the Administrative Enforcement Committee) or I1 (Arrangement to prevent Procedures or Interruption of procedures subject to conditions) to the Securities Law.
We intend to enter, into indemnification agreements with all of our directors and with all members of our senior management subject to the listing of our securities on the Nasdaq Capital Market. Each such indemnification agreement will provide each office holder with indemnification permitted under applicable law and up to a certain amount, and to the extent that these liabilities are not covered by directors and officers insurance.
Exculpation
Under the Companies Law, an Israeli company may not exculpate an office holder from liability for a breach of his or her duty of loyalty, but may exculpate in advance an office holder from his or her liability to the company, in whole or in part, for damages caused to the company as a result of a breach of his or her duty of care (other than in relation to distributions), but only if a provision authorizing such exculpation is included in its articles of association. Our amended and restated articles of association provide that we may exculpate, in whole or in part, any office holder from liability to us for damages caused to the company as a result of a breach of his or her duty of care. Subject to the aforesaid limitations, under the indemnification agreements, we intend to exculpate and release our office holders from any and all liability to us related to any breach by them of their duty of care to us to the fullest extent permitted by law.
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Limitations
The Companies Law provides that the Company may not exculpate or indemnify an office holder nor enter into an insurance contract that would provide coverage for any liability incurred as a result of any of the following: (1) a breach by the office holder of his or her duty of loyalty unless (in the case of indemnity or insurance only, but not exculpation) the office holder acted in good faith and had a reasonable basis to believe that the act would not prejudice us; (2) a breach by the office holder of his or her duty of care if the breach was carried out intentionally or recklessly (as opposed to merely negligently); (3) any act or omission committed with the intent to derive an illegal personal benefit; or (4) any fine, monetary sanction, penalty or forfeit levied against the office holder.
Under the Companies Law, exculpation, indemnification and insurance of office holders in a public company must be approved by the compensation committee and the board of directors and, with respect to certain office holders or under certain circumstances, also by the shareholders.
Our amended and restated articles of association permit us to exculpate, indemnify and insure our office holders to the fullest extent permitted or to be permitted by the Companies Law.
Item 7. Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities.
The following sets forth information as to all securities we have sold since January 1, 2019, which were not registered under the Securities Act. All information in this prospectus gives effect to the issuance of 4,178,200 bonus shares to the holders of our Ordinary Shares on a basis of 2.5 bonus shares for each Ordinary Share outstanding (equivalent to a 3.5-for-1 forward share split) effected on May 23, 2022, and the customary adjustments to our outstanding options and warrants.
On January 28, 2022, we issued to Delta Drone International Ltd., pursuant to the Loan Conversion Agreement, 5,264,532 Ordinary Shares in exchange for the conversion of the Company’s then-outstanding debt to Delta Drone International Ltd. of AUD 10,401,411 (approximately $7,483,711).
In February, March and May 2022, we entered into certain equity investment agreements, which we refer to as Simple Agreements for Future Equity, or SAFEs, for aggregate proceeds of up to $2,500,000. As of May 24, 2022, we had received approximately $1,472,255 under the SAFEs we had entered into. Upon completion of this offering, the SAFEs will be automatically converted into a number of Ordinary Shares equal to the purchase amount divided by the per unit price in this offering discounted by 25%. The right to receive shares upon conversion of the SAFEs shall also include the right to receive warrants similar to those granted to the investors in this offering. However, in no event shall warrants issued upon the conversion of the SAFEs be tradable warrants nor carry any registration rights.
We issued to Delta Drone International Limited warrants to purchase 180,912 Ordinary Shares, or the Delta Drone Warrant. The Delta Drone Warrant will expire 90 days after the earlier of (i) February 2, 2027 and (ii) such time that the Ordinary Shares have a one calendar month value weighted average price (VWAP) per Ordinary Share on the Nasdaq Capital Market that is at least 50% greater than the per unit price in this offering.
On May 23, 2022 we issued bonus shares to the holders of our Ordinary Shares on a basis of 2.5 bonus shares for each Ordinary Share outstanding (equivalent to a 3.5-for-1 forward share split). All information herein gives effect to such issuance of bonus shares and the customary adjustments to our outstanding options and warrants.
No underwriters were employed in connection with the securities issuances set forth in this Item.
We believe that the offers, sales and issuances of the securities described in the preceding paragraphs were exempt from registration either (a) under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (including Regulation D and Rule 506), in that the transactions were between an issuer and sophisticated investors or members of its senior executive management and did not involve any public offering within the meaning of Section 4(a)(2) or (b) under Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act in that offers, sales and issuances were not made to persons in the United States and no directed selling efforts were made in the United States.
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Item 8. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules.
(a) Exhibits. See the Exhibit Index attached to this registration statement, which is incorporated by reference herein.
(b) Financial Statement Schedules. Schedules not listed above have been omitted because the information required to be set forth therein is not applicable or is shown in the financial statements or notes thereto.
Item 9. Undertakings.
(a) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
1. To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
i. To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
ii. To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement; and
iii. To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement.
2. That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
3. To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
4. To file a post-effective amendment to the registration statement to include any financial statements required by Item 8.A. of Form 20-F at the start of any delayed offering or throughout a continuous offering. Financial statements and information otherwise required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Act need not be furnished, provided that the registrant includes in the prospectus, by means of a post-effective amendment, financial statements required pursuant to this paragraph (a)(4) and other information necessary to ensure that all other information in the prospectus is at least as current as the date of those financial statements.
5. That, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser, each prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) shall be deemed to be part of the registration statement as of the date the filed prospectus was deemed part of and included in the registration statement; and each prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5), or (b)(7) as part of a registration statement in reliance on Rule 430B relating to an offering made pursuant to Rule 415(a)(1)(i), (vii), or (x) for the purpose of providing the information required by section 10(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the earlier of the date such form of prospectus is first used after effectiveness or the date of the first contract of sale of securities in the offering described in the prospectus. As provided in Rule 430B, for liability purposes of the issuer and any person that is at that date an underwriter, such date shall be deemed to be a new effective date of the registration statement relating to the securities in the registration statement to which that prospectus relates,
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and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. Provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such effective date, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such effective date.
6. That, for the purpose of determining liability of the registrant under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities: The undersigned registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:
i. Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;
ii. Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned registrant;
iii. The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the undersigned registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant; and
iv. Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned registrant to the purchaser.
(b) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes to provide to the underwriters at the closing specified in the underwriting agreements certificates in such denominations and registered in such names as required by the underwriters to permit prompt delivery to each purchaser.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
(d) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that:
1. For purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, the information omitted from the form of prospectus filed as part of this registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A and contained in a form of prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(1) or (4) or 497(h) under the Securities Act shall be deemed to be part of this registration statement as of the time it was declared effective.
2. For the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each post-effective amendment that contains a form of prospectus shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
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EXHIBIT INDEX
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EXHIBIT DESCRIPTION |
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1.1* |
Form of Underwriting Agreement. |
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3.1* |
Amended and Restated Articles of Association of the Registrant, as currently in effect. |
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3.2* |
Amended and Restated Articles of Association of the Registrant to be in effect upon the consummation of this offering. |
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4.1* |
Form of Warrant. |
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4.2* |
Form of Warrant Agent Agreement. |
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4.3* |
Form of Pre-Funded Warrant. |
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4.4* |
Form of Warrant Agent Agreement for Pre-Funded Warrants. |
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4.5* |
Form of Underwriter’s Warrant. |
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5.1* |
Opinion of Gornitzky & Co., Israeli counsel to the Registrant, as to the validity of the Ordinary Shares. |
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5.2* |
Opinion of McDermott Will & Emery LLP, US counsel to the Registrant. |
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10.1* |
Form of Indemnification Agreement. |
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10.2 |
ParaZero Technologies Ltd. Global Share Incentive Plan (2022). |
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10.3 |
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10.4 |
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10.5 |
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10.6 |
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23.1 |
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23.2* |
Consent of Gornitzky & Co. (included in Exhibit 5.1). |
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23.3* |
Consent of McDermott Will & Emery LLP (included in Exhibit 5.2). |
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24.1 |
Power of Attorney (included in signature pages of Registration Statement). |
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99.1* |
Consent of Yigal Shtief as External Director Nominee. |
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99.2* |
Consent of Naama Falach Avrahamy as External Director Nominee. |
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107 |
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* To be filed by amendment.
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form F-1 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Raanana, Israel on this 24th day of May, 2022.
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PARAZERO TECHNOLOGIES LTD. |
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By: |
/s/ Boaz Shetzer |
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Boaz Shetzer, Chief Executive Officer |
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned officers and directors of ParaZero Technologies Ltd. hereby constitute and appoint Boaz Shetzer and Moshe Hukaylo with full power of substitution, our true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent to take any actions to enable the Company to comply with the Securities Act, and any rules, regulations and requirements of the SEC, in connection with this Registration Statement on Form F-1, including the power and authority to sign for us in our names in the capacities indicated below any and all further amendments to this registration statement and any other registration statement filed pursuant to the provisions of Rule 462 under the Securities Act.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
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Date |
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/s/ Boaz Shetzer |
Chief Executive Officer |
May 24, 2022 |
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Boaz Shetzer |
(Principal Executive Officer) |
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/s/ Moshe Hukaylo |
Chief Financial Officer |
May 24, 2022 |
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Moshe Hukaylo |
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) |
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/s/ Roy Borochov |
May 24, 2022 |
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Roy Borochov |
Chairman of the Board of Directors, Director |
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/s/ Moshe Revach |
May 24, 2022 |
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Moshe Revach |
Director |
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/s/ Amitay Weiss |
May 24, 2022 |
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Amitay Weiss |
Director |
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/s/ Tali Dinar |
May 24, 2022 |
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Tali Dinar |
Director |
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SIGNATURE OF AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE IN THE UNITED STATES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the undersigned, the duly authorized representative in the United States of ParaZero Technologies Ltd., has signed this Registration Statement on this 24th day of May, 2022.
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Puglisi & Associates Authorized U.S. Representative |
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/s/ Donald J. Puglisi |
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Name: |
Donald J. Puglisi |
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Managing Director |
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Exhibit 10.2
ParaZero Technologies Ltd.
Global Share Incentive Plan (2022)
1. Name And Purpose.
1.1 This plan, which has been adopted by the Board of Directors of ParaZero Technologies Ltd. (the “Company”), shall be known as the ParaZero Technologies Ltd. Global Share Incentive Plan (2022), as amended from time to time (the “Plan”).
1.2 The purposes of the Plan are to attract and retain the best available personnel for positions of substantial responsibility, to provide additional incentive to Service Providers of the Company and its affiliates and subsidiaries, if any, and to promote the Company’s business by providing such individuals with opportunities to receive Awards pursuant to the Plan and to strengthen the sense of common interest between such individuals and the Company’s shareholders.
1.3 Awards granted under the Plan to Service Providers in various jurisdictions may be subject to specific terms and conditions for such grants may be set forth in one or more separate appendix to the Plan, as may be approved by the Board of Directors of the Company from time to time.
2. Definitions.
“Administrator” shall mean the Board of Directors or a Committee.
“Appendix” shall mean any appendix to the Plan adopted by the Board of Directors containing country-specific or other special terms relating to Awards including additional terms with respect to grants of certain types of equity-based Awards.
“Award” shall mean a grant of Options or Restricted Share Units under the Plan or allotment of Shares (including Restricted Shares) or other equity-based awards hereunder. All Awards shall be confirmed by an Award Agreement, and subject to the terms and conditions of such Award Agreement.
“Award Agreement” shall mean a written instrument setting forth the terms applicable to a particular Award.
“Board of Directors” or “Board” shall mean the board of directors of the Company.
“Cause” shall, with regard to each specific Participant, have the same meaning ascribed to such term or a similar term as set forth in any agreements and/the Participant’s employment agreement or other documents to which the Company or any of its parent, subsidiaries and/or affiliates and the Participant are a party concerning the provision of services by the Participant to the Company or any of its parent, subsidiaries and/or affiliates, or, in the absence of such a definition: (a) the commission of a crime of moral turpitude, unless the Administrator determines that such commission will not adversely affect the Company or any of its parent, subsidiaries and/or affiliates, or their reputation, or the ability of the Participant’s to serve the Company or any of its parent, subsidiaries and/or affiliates; (b) any act of personal dishonesty by the Participant in connection with the Participant’s responsibilities to the Company or any of its parent, subsidiaries and/or affiliates, including, but not limited to, theft, embezzlement, or self-dealing; (c) any material breach (as determined by the Company in its sole discretion) by the Participant engagement in competing activities, any disclosure of confidential information of the Company or any of its parent, subsidiaries and/or affiliates or breach of any obligation not to violate a restrictive covenant; (d) a material breach of the Participant’s employment agreement or the agreement governing the provision of services by a non-employee Service Provider which are not cured (if curable) within seven (7) days after receipt of written notice thereof; or (e) if the Participant is an employee residing in Israel, any other circumstances under which severance pay (or part of them) may be denied from the Participant upon termination of employment by the Company, under the applicable Israeli law.
“Committee” shall mean a compensation committee or other committee as may be appointed and maintained by the Board of Directors, in its discretion, to administer the Plan, to the extent permissible under applicable law, as amended from time to time.
“Companies’ Law” shall mean the Israeli Companies Law, 1999, as amended from time to time.
“Consideration” shall mean with respect to outstanding Awards, the right to receive, for each Share subject to the Award immediately prior to the Transaction, the consideration (whether shares, cash, or other securities or property) received in the Transaction by holders of Shares of the Company for each Share held on the effective date of the Transaction, or any type of consideration determined by the Administrator, at its sole discretion.
“Consultant” means any entity or individual who (either directly or, in the case of an individual, through his or her employer) is an advisor or consultant to the Company or its subsidiary or affiliate.
“Corporate Charter” shall mean the Articles of Association Company and any other corporate documents of the Company, including any subsequent amendments or replacements thereto.
“Disability” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term or a similar term in the Participant’s employment agreement (where applicable), or in the absence of such a definition, the inability of the Participant, in the opinion of a qualified physician acceptable to the Company, to perform the major duties of the Participant’s position with the Company because of the sickness or injury of the Participant for a consecutive period of 180 days.
“Fair Market Value” shall mean, as of any date, the value of Shares, determined as follows:
(i) If the Shares are listed on any established securities exchange, the Fair Market Value of an ordinary Share of the Company shall be (a) the closing sales price for such shares (or the closing bid, if no sales were reported) as traded on such exchange or market (or the exchange or market with the greatest volume of trading in the Shares) on the last market trading day prior to the day of determination, as reported in a recognized daily business newspaper or internet site or such other source as the Administrator deems reliable, or (b) to the extent required under the rules of the securities exchange in which the Shares are traded, as determined in accordance with these rules.
(ii) In the absence of such exchanges for the Shares, the Fair Market Value shall be determined in good faith by the Administrator.
“Insider” shall mean an officer of the Company, a member of the Board or other person whose transactions in Shares are subject to Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“IPO” shall mean (a) as such term is defined in the Corporate Charter; or (b) in the absence of such definition in the Corporate Charter, an initial offering of the Company’s Shares to the public in an underwritten offering under an applicable registration statement.
“Liquidation” shall mean the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, whether voluntary or involuntary.
“Options” shall mean options to purchase Shares awarded under the Plan.
“Participant” shall mean a recipient of an Award hereunder who executes an Award Agreement.
“Person” means an individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, any other corporate entity and any unincorporated association or organization.
“Restricted Shares” means an Award of Shares under this Plan that is subject to the terms and conditions of Section 7.
“Restricted Share Units” means an Award entitling a Participant to receive Shares under this Plan that is subject to the terms and conditions of Section 8.
“Service Provider” shall mean an employee, director, office holder or Consultant of the Company or its subsidiary or affiliate.
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“Shares” shall mean ordinary shares of the Company, nominal value NIS 0.01 per share.
“Spin-Off” shall mean any transaction in which assets of the Company or Shares of the Company are transferred or sold to a company or corporate entity in which the shareholders of the Company hold the same respective ownership stakes they are then holding in the Company.
“Transaction” shall mean each of the following events: (a) as such term (or such other term with the same meaning as shall be determined by the Administrator) is defined in the Corporate Charter; or (b) in the absence of such definition in the Corporate Charter: (i) a merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another corporation resulting in such other corporation being the surviving entity or the direct or indirect parent of the Company or resulting in the Company being the surviving entity and there is a change in the ownership of shares of the Company, such that another person or entity owns fifty percent (50%) or more of the outstanding voting power of the Company’s securities by virtue of the transaction; or (ii) an acquisition of all or substantially all of the shares of the Company by any person (including an existing non-majority shareholder of the Company or its affiliate of shares not held by any affiliate of such shareholder); or (iii) the sale and/or transfer (including by way of an exclusive license) of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company; or (iv) such other transaction with a similar effect, as shall be determined by the Administrator; or (v) any other transaction that the Administrator determines, at its sole discretion, should be deemed a Transaction for the purposes of this Plan.
“Transfer” shall mean any sale, assignment, conveyance, pledge, hypothecation, mortgage, seizure, grant of collateral or any security interest or gift, or any other encumberment, disposition or transfer.
3. Administration of the Plan.
3.1 The Plan will be administered by the Administrator. If the Administrator is a Committee, and unless such Committee has a charter that was approved by the Board (the “Charter”), such Committee will consist of such number of members of the Board of Directors of the Company (not less than two in number), as may be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors shall appoint such members of the Committee, may from time to time remove members from, or add members to, the Committee, and shall fill vacancies in the Committee however caused.
3.2 The Committee, if appointed, and to the extent not otherwise determined in the Charter, shall select one of its members as its Chairman and shall hold its meetings at such times and places as it shall determine; actions at a meeting of the Committee at which a majority of its members are present or acts approved in writing by all members of the Committee shall be the valid acts of the Committee; the Committee may appoint a secretary, who shall keep records of its meetings and shall make such rules and regulations for the conduct of its business and the implementation of the Plan, as it shall deem advisable, subject to the directives of the Board of Directors and in accordance with applicable law.
3.3 Subject to the general terms and conditions of the Plan, applicable law, and in particular Section 3.5 below, the Administrator shall have full authority in its discretion, from time to time and at any time, to determine (i) eligible Participants, (ii) the number of Options, Shares, Restricted Share Units or other equity based awards to be covered by each Award, (iii) the time or times at which the Award shall be granted, (iv) the vesting schedule and other terms and conditions applying to Awards, including acceleration, early exercise or deferment provisions, (v) the form(s) of written agreements applying to Awards, and (vi) any other matter which is necessary or desirable for, or incidental to, the administration of the Plan and the granting of Awards. The Board of Directors may, in its sole discretion, delegate some or all of the powers listed above to a Committee, to the extent permitted by the Companies’ Law, the Corporate Charter or other applicable law.
3.4 With respect to participation by Insiders in the Plan, at any time that any class of equity security of the Company is registered pursuant to Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Plan must be administered in compliance with the requirements, if any, of Rule 16b-3 thereof.
3.5 No member of the Board of Directors or of the Committee shall be liable for any action or determination made in good faith with respect to the Plan or any Award granted hereunder. Subject to the Company’s decision and to all approvals legally required, each member of the Board of Directors or the Committee shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Company against any cost or expense (including counsel fees) reasonably incurred by him or her, or any liability (including any sum paid in settlement of a claim with the approval of the Company) arising out of any act or omission to act in connection with the Plan unless arising out of such member’s own willful misconduct or bad faith, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law. Such indemnification shall be in addition to any rights of indemnification the member may have as a director or otherwise under the Corporate Charter, any agreement, any vote of shareholders or disinterested directors, insurance policy or otherwise.
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3.5 The interpretation and construction by the Administrator of any provision of the Plan or of any Award hereunder shall be final and conclusive. In the event that the Board appoints a Committee, the interpretation and construction by the Committee of any provision of the Plan or of any Award hereunder shall be conclusive unless otherwise determined by the Board of Directors. To avoid doubt, the Board of Directors may at any time exercise any powers of the Administrator, notwithstanding the fact that a Committee has been appointed.
3.6 The Administrator shall have the authority to adopt, alter and repeal such administrative rules, guidelines and practices governing the Plan and perform all acts, including the delegation of its responsibilities (to the extent permitted by applicable law and applicable stock exchange rules), as it shall, from time to time, deem advisable; to construe and interpret the terms and provisions of the Plan and any Award issued under the Plan (and any agreements relating thereto); and to otherwise supervise the administration of the Plan. The Administrator may correct any defect, supply any omission or reconcile any inconsistency in the Plan or in any agreement relating thereto in the manner and to the extent it shall deem necessary to effectuate the purpose and intent of the Plan, as further detailed in Section 13.2 below.
3.7 Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrator may adopt special appendices and/or guidelines and provisions for persons who are residing in or employed in, or subject to, the taxes of, any domestic or foreign jurisdictions, to comply with applicable laws, regulations, or accounting, listing or other rules with respect to such domestic or foreign jurisdictions.
4. Eligible Participants.
4.1 No Award may be granted pursuant to the Plan to any person serving as a member of the Committee or to any other director or officer (Nose Misra) of the Company at the time of the grant, unless such grant is approved in the manner prescribed for the approval of compensation of directors and officers (Nose’i Misra) under applicable law.
4.2 Subject to the limitation set forth in Section 4.1 above and any restriction imposed by applicable law, Awards may be granted to any Service Provider of the Company or its affiliates. The grant of an Award to a Participant hereunder shall neither entitle such Participant to receive an additional Award or participate in other incentive plans of the Company, nor disqualify such Participant from receiving an additional Award or participating in other incentive plans of the Company.
5. Reserved Shares.
The Company shall determine the number of Shares reserved hereunder from time to time, and such number may be increased or decreased by the Company from time to time. Any Shares under the Plan, in respect of which the right hereunder of a Participant to purchase and/or receive the same shall for any reason terminate, expire or otherwise cease to exist, shall again be available for grant as Awards under the Plan. Any Shares that remain unissued and are not subject to Awards at the termination of the Plan shall cease to be reserved for purposes of the Plan. Until termination of the Plan the Company shall at all times reserve a sufficient number of Shares to meet the requirements of the Plan.
6. Award Agreement.
6.1 The Administrator in its discretion may award to Service Providers Awards available under the Plan. The terms of the Award will be set forth in the Award Agreement. The date of grant of each Award shall be the date specified by the Administrator at the time such award is made, or in the absence of such specification, the date of approval of the Award by the Administrator.
6.2 The Award Agreement shall state, among other things, the number of Options or Shares, Restricted Shares, Restricted Share Units, or equity-based units covered thereby, the type of Option or Share-based or other grant awarded, the vesting schedule, and any special terms applying to such Award (if any), including the terms of any country-specific or other applicable Appendix, as determined by the Administrator.
6.3 A Participant shall not have any rights with respect to such Award, unless and until such Participant has delivered a fully executed copy of the Award Agreement evidencing the Award to the Company and has otherwise complied with the applicable terms and conditions of such Award.
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7. Restricted Shares.
7.1 Eligibility. Restricted Shares may be issued to all Participants either alone or in addition to other Awards granted under the Plan. The Administrator shall determine the eligible Service Providers to whom, and the time or times at which, grants of Restricted Shares will be made, the number of shares to be awarded, the purchase price (if any) to be paid by the Participant (subject to Section 7.2), the time or times at which such Awards may be subject to forfeiture (if any) and repurchase by the Company or the Company’s shareholders (e.g., if repurchase by the Company is not permitted under applicable law), the vesting schedule (if any) and rights to acceleration thereof, and all other terms and conditions of the Awards. Unless otherwise determined by the Administrator, the Participant shall not be permitted to sell or Transfer Restricted Shares awarded under this Plan during a period set by the Administrator (if any) commencing with the date of such Award, as set forth in the applicable Award Agreement.
7.2 Terms. The purchase price of Restricted Shares shall be determined by the Administrator. The repurchase price of Restricted Shares shall be equal to the amount paid by the Participant, if any, subject to applicable law. Awards of Restricted Shares must be accepted within a period as the Administrator may specify at grant by executing an Award Agreement and by paying whatever price (if any) the Administrator has designated thereunder.
7.3 Share Certificate. Each Participant receiving Restricted Shares shall be issued a share certificate in respect of such Restricted Shares, unless the Administrator elects to use another system, such as book entries by the transfer agent, as evidencing ownership of Restricted Shares. Such certificate shall be registered in the name of such Participant, and shall bear an appropriate legend referring to the terms, conditions, and restrictions applicable to such Award, substantially in the following form (as well as other legend required by the Administrator pursuant to Section 19.3 below):
7.4 Custody. The Administrator may require that any share certificates evidencing such shares be held in custody by the Company or any third party determined by the Company, until the restrictions thereon shall have lapsed, and that, as a condition of any Restricted Shares Award, the Participant shall have delivered a duly signed share transfer deed, endorsed in blank, relating to the Shares covered by such Award.
7.5 Rights as Shareholder. Except as otherwise determined by the Administrator and set forth in the Award Agreement, the Participant shall have, with respect to the Restricted Shares, all of the rights of a holder of Shares including, without limitation, the right to receive any dividends, the right to vote such shares and, subject to and conditioned upon the full vesting of Restricted Shares, the right to tender such shares.
7.6 Lapse of Restrictions. If and when the period of restriction set by the Administrator expires without a prior forfeiture of the Restricted Shares subject to such period of restriction, the certificates for such shares shall be delivered to the Participant. Then, all legends shall be removed from said certificates at the time of delivery to the Participant except as otherwise required by applicable law or in accordance with Section 21 hereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, actual certificates shall not be issued to the extent that book entry recordkeeping is used.
8. Restricted Share Units and Other Equity-Based Awards.
8.1 Eligibility. Restricted Share Units may be granted at any time and from time to time as determined by the Administrator, either alone or in addition to other Awards granted under the Plan. The Administrator shall determine the eligible Service Providers to whom, and the time or times at which, grants of Restricted Share Units will be made, the number of Restricted Share Units to be awarded, the number of Shares subject to the Restricted Share Units, the vesting schedule and rights to acceleration thereof, and all other terms and conditions of the Awards.
8.2 Vesting of Restricted Share Units. Shares shall be issued to or for the benefit of Participant promptly following each vesting date determined by the Administrator, provided that Participant is still a Service Provider on the applicable vesting date. After each such vesting date the Company shall promptly cause to be issued for the benefit of Participant Shares with respect to Restricted Share Units that became vested on such vesting date. It is clarified that no Shares shall be issued pursuant to the Restricted Share Units to Participant until the vesting criteria determined by the Administrator is met.
8.3 Terms. Prior to the actual issuance of any Shares, each Restricted Share Unit will represent an unfunded and unsecured obligation of the Company, payable only from the general assets of the Company.
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8.4 Rights as Shareholder. A Participant holding Restricted Share Units shall not be, nor have any of the rights or privileges of, a shareholder of the Company in respect of any Shares issuable upon the vesting of any part of the Restricted Share Units unless and until such Shares shall have been issued by the Company to such Participant (as evidenced by the appropriate entry on the books of the Company or of a duly authorized transfer agent of the Company). Any adjustment for a dividend or other right for which the record date is prior to the date the Shares are issued must be made in accordance with applicable law.
8.5 Other Equity-Based Awards. Other equity-based awards (including, without limitation, performance share awards) may be granted either alone or in addition to or other Awards granted under the Plan to all eligible Service Providers pursuant to such terms and conditions as the Administrator may determine, including without limitation, in one or more appendix adopted by the Administrator and appended to this Plan.
9. Exercise of Options.
9.1 Options shall be exercisable pursuant to the terms under which they were awarded and subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan and any applicable Appendix, as specified in the Award Agreement.
9.2 The exercise price for each Share to be issued upon exercise of an Option shall be such price as is determined by the Administrator in its discretion, provided that the price per Share is not less than the nominal value of each Share, or to the extent required pursuant to applicable law to qualify for favorable tax treatment (as determined by the Administrator), not less than 100% of the Fair Market Value of a Share on the date of grant, and in no event, less than the minimum exercise price required in accordance with applicable stock exchange requirements.
9.3 An Option, or any part thereof, shall be exercisable by the Participant’s signing and returning to the Company at its principal office, a “Notice of Exercise” in such form and substance as may be prescribed by the Administrator from time to time, together with full payment for the Shares underlying such Option, and the execution and delivery of any other document required pursuant to the applicable Award Agreement.
9.4 Each payment for Shares under an Option shall be in respect of a whole number of Shares, shall be effected in cash or by check payable to the order of the Company, or such other method of payment such a cashless method and/or net exercise method acceptable to the Company as determined by the Administrator in its sole discretion and in accordance with applicable law, and shall be accompanied by a notice stating the number of Shares being paid for thereby.
9.5 Until the Shares are issued (as evidenced by the appropriate entry in the share register of the Company or of a duly authorized transfer agent of the Company) a Participant shall have no right to vote or right to receive dividends or any other rights as a shareholder shall exist with respect to such Shares, notwithstanding the exercise of the Option. The Company shall issue (or cause to be issued) such Shares promptly after the Option is exercised. Any adjustment for a dividend or other right for which the record date is prior to the date the Shares are issued must be made in accordance with applicable law. No Shares shall be issued until payment has been made or provided for, as provided herein.
9.6 The Administrator may designate certain periods, at its reasonable discretion, with respect to all or certain groups of Participants and/or with respect to certain types of Awards, during which the vesting and/or exercise of Awards and/or sale of Shares shall be restricted or prohibited, including without limitation, in order to comply with applicable laws in any relevant jurisdiction and/or rules of any exchange on which the Company’s shares are traded. During such blackout periods, Participants will not be able to exercise the Options (or other Awards) and/or receive and/or sell the Shares held by or on behalf of the Participants and the Company shall not bear any liability to Participants for any claim, loss or liability that may result from such restrictions.
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10. Termination of Relationship as Service Provider.
10.1 Effect of Termination; Exercise after Termination. Any unvested Awards as of the Date of Termination shall terminate effective as of the Date of Termination, and the Shares covered by the unvested portion of the Award shall revert to the Plan. Unless otherwise determined by the Administrator, if a Participant ceases to be a Service Provider, such Participant may exercise its outstanding Options within such period of time as is specified in the Award Agreement or the Plan to the extent that the Options are vested on the Date of Termination (but in no event later than the expiration of the term of the Option as set forth in the Award Agreement). If, after termination, the Participant does not exercise the vested Options within the time specified in the Award Agreement or the Plan, the Option shall terminate, and the Shares covered by such Option shall revert to the Plan. In the absence of a provision specifying otherwise in the relevant Award Agreement or unless otherwise resolved by the Administrator, then:
(a) In the event that the Participant ceases to be a Service Provider for any reason other than termination for Cause, or as a result of Participant’s death or Disability, then the vested Options shall remain exercisable until the earlier of: (a) a period of three (3) months from the Date of Termination; or (b) expiration of the term of the Option as set forth in Section 14.
(b) In the event that the Participant ceases to be a Service Provider for Cause, then all Options will terminate immediately upon the Date of Termination, such that the unvested portion of the Options will not vest, and the vested portion of the Options will no longer be exercisable. In such event, Shares covered by any Awards shall revert to the plan and if applicable, be repurchased by the Company (or by the Company’s shareholders if repurchase by the Company is not permitted under applicable law) with a repurchase price of the nominal value of the Shares.
(c) In the event that the Participant ceases to be a Service Provider as a result of Participant’s Disability, then the vested Options shall remain exercisable until the earlier of: (a) a period of twelve (12) months from the Date of Termination; or (b) expiration of the term of the Option as set forth in Section 14.
(d) In the event that the Participant dies while a Service Provider, the vested portion of the Option shall remain exercisable by the Participant’s estate or by a person who acquires the right to exercise the Option by bequest or inheritance until the earlier of: (a) a period of twelve (12) months following the Participant’s date of death; or (b) expiration of the term of the Option as set forth in Section 14.
(e) All Restricted Shares still subject to restriction under the applicable Restriction Period as of the Date of Termination, as set forth in the Award Agreement, shall be forfeited or otherwise subject to repurchase by the Company (or by the Company’s shareholders if repurchase by the Company is not permitted under applicable law) as of the Date of Termination, notwithstanding the circumstances of such termination of engagement.
(f) All Restricted Share Units shall cease vesting immediately upon the Date of Termination, and the unvested Restricted Share Units awarded to the Participant shall be forfeited, notwithstanding the circumstances of such termination of engagement.
(g) For the purposes of this Section 10.1, a Participant shall be deemed to have been terminated for Cause, regardless of the actual reason for termination of employment or services, if within 90 days of the Date of Termination, the Company determines that the Participant has engaged in activity, either prior to or following the Date of Termination, that would have been grounds for termination for Cause as defined herein.
(h) For the avoidance of doubt, the Company may provide notice to Participant regarding expiration of an applicable exercise period for outstanding and vested options as set forth in the Plan and/or the Award Agreement, however it is under no obligation to provide such further notice and the Participant shall not have any claims or demands in the event that no further notice is provided.
10.2 Date of Termination. For purposes of the Plan and any Award or Award Agreement, and unless otherwise set forth in the relevant Award Agreement, the “Date of Termination” (whether for Cause or otherwise) shall be the effective date of termination of the Participant’s employment or engagement as a Service Provider.
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10.3 Leave of Absence. Unless the Administrator expressly provides otherwise, vesting of Awards granted hereunder shall be suspended during any unpaid leave of absence (except, for the avoidance of doubt, periods during which the provision of equivalent benefits during leave to those provided during active employment is legally required pursuant to applicable law).
10.4 Change of Status. A Participant shall not cease to be considered a Service Provider in the event of any (a) leave of absence approved by the Company or its affiliates, provided that such leave of absence was approved by entity for which the Participant is engaged with, or pursuant to applicable law; or (b) transfers between locations of the Company and/or its affiliates or between the Company, and its parent, subsidiary, affiliate, or any successor thereof; or (c) changes in status (employee to director, employee to consultant, etc.), although such change may affect the specific terms applying to the Participant’s Award.
11. Adjustments.
Upon the occurrence of any of the following described events, and subject to the directives, rules and regulations of the applicable stock exchange, a Participant’s rights to purchase Shares under the Plan shall be adjusted as hereinafter provided:
11.1 Changes in Capitalization; Reorganization. Subject to any required action by the shareholders of the Company, the number of Shares covered by each outstanding Award, and the number of Shares which have been authorized for issuance under the Plan but as to which no Award have yet been granted or which have been returned to the Plan upon cancellation or expiration of an Award, as well as the price per Share covered by each outstanding Award, shall be proportionately adjusted for any increase or decrease in the number of issued Shares resulting from a share split, reverse share split, distribution of bonus shares, rights issue, cash or share dividend, combination or reclassification of the Shares, or any other increase or decrease in the number of issued Shares effected without receipt of consideration by the Company. For such purpose, the conversion of any convertible securities of the Company shall not be deemed to have been “effected without receipt of consideration.” In the event of a reorganization effected for purposes of changing the domicile of the parent company affiliated with the Company, whereby the Company becomes a wholly owned subsidiary of an affiliated entity (the “New Parent”), outstanding Awards may be assumed or substituted with awards subject to the New Parent’s shares with equivalent economic value to the outstanding Awards or as otherwise determined to be appropriate by the Administrator in the circumstances. The adjustments, assumptions or substitutions provided above (as applicable) shall be made by the Administrator at its sole discretion, whose determination in that respect shall be final, binding and conclusive. In the event of a Spin-Off, the Administrator may determine that the holders of Awards shall be entitled to receive equity in the new company formed as a result of the Spin-Off, in accordance with equity granted to the ordinary shareholders of the Company within the Spin-Off, taking into account the terms of the Awards, including the vesting schedule and exercise price. The determination regarding the Participant's entitlement within the scope of a Spin-Off shall be in the sole and absolute discretion of the Administrator. Except as expressly provided herein, no issuance by the Company of shares of any class, or securities convertible into shares of any class, shall affect, and no adjustment by reason thereof shall be made with respect to, the number or price of Shares subject to an Award.
11.2 Transactions. In the event of a Transaction, the outstanding (including the unexercised, vested, unvested or restricted) portion of each outstanding Award shall be assumed or substituted with an equivalent Award or the right to receive Consideration by the acquiring or successor corporation or an affiliate thereof, as shall be determined by such entity and/or the Administrator, subject to the terms hereof.
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(a) In the event that the successor corporation or any affiliate thereof does not provide for such an assumption, and/or substitution of outstanding Awards and/or the provision of Consideration for outstanding Awards, then unless determined otherwise with respect to a specific outstanding Award, the Administrator shall have sole and absolute discretion to determine the effect of the Transaction on the portion of Awards outstanding immediately prior to the effective time of the Transaction, which may include any one or more of the following, whether in a manner equitable or not among individual Participants or groups of Participants: (i) all or a portion of the outstanding Awards shall become exercisable in full prior to the date of consummation of the Transaction, or on another date and/or dates or at an event and/or events as the Administrator shall determine at its sole and absolute discretion, provided that unless otherwise determined by the Administrator, the exercise and/or vesting of all Awards that otherwise would not have been exercisable and/or vested in the absence of a Transaction, shall be contingent upon the actual consummation of the Transaction; and/or (ii) that all or a portion or certain categories of the outstanding Awards shall be cancelled upon the actual consummation of the Transaction, and instead the holders thereof will receive Consideration, or no consideration, in the amount and under the terms determined by the Administrator at it sole and absolute discretion; and/or (iii) with respect to Awards of Options, make a payment, in such form as may be determined by the Administrator in respect of each vested Share underlying the Award equal to the excess, if any, of (A) the per share amount payable to holders of Shares in connection with the Transaction, over (B) the per share exercise price payable by such holder in connection with such exercise. For clarity, this payment may be zero if the value of the payment to holders of Shares in the Transaction is equal to or less than the exercise price of the Award. In addition, any escrow, holdback, earnout or similar provisions in the definitive agreement for the Transaction may apply to such payment to the same extent and in the same manner as such provisions apply to holders of Shares of the Company and/or provide for the cancellation of each outstanding Award at the closing of such Transaction and payment (by cash and/or securities and/or by virtue of difference between the per share Transaction consideration and the exercise price of the Award), to the Participant for any vested Award, as determined by the Administrator, all subject to such terms and conditions as determined by the Administrator; and / or (iv) that an adjustment or interpretation of the terms of the Awards shall be made in order to facilitate the Transaction and/or otherwise as required in context of the Transaction. Any escrow, holdback, indemnification, earn-out or similar provisions in the Transaction may apply to any assumed Award or payments in respect of Award to the same extent and in the same manner as such provisions apply to holders of Shares in the Company.
(b) Notwithstanding the above, in the event of a Transaction in which all or substantially all of the Shares of the Company are to be exchanged for securities of another company, each Participant shall be obliged to sell or exchange, as the case may be, any Shares issued to the Participant under the Plan, in accordance with the instructions issued by the Administrator, whose determination shall be final. Unless determined otherwise by the Administrator, any Awards not assumed or exchanged for awards and / or shares and / or other securities and / or rights or not cashed-out, shall expire immediately prior to the consummation of the Transaction.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event of a Transaction, the Administrator may determine, in its sole discretion, that upon or prior to the closing of such Transaction, the terms of the Plan shall be amended and/or modified and/or the terms of any Award be otherwise amended, modified or terminated, as the Administrator shall deem to be appropriate, including but not limited to, that the Award shall confer the right to purchase or receive any other security or asset, or any combination thereof, or that its terms be otherwise amended, modified or terminated, as the Administrator shall deem to be appropriate.
(d) For the sake of clarity, all Awards shall be subject to any applicable bring along/drag along provisions, whether contained in the Corporate Charter or other applicable Company corporate documents, and accordingly, the Participants shall be required to sell and/or exchange their Awards and/or Shares (as applicable) upon a Transaction without any requirement of the Participant’s consent.
(e) Neither the authorities and powers of the Administrator under this section nor the exercise or implementation thereof, shall (i) be restricted or limited in any way by any adverse consequences (tax or otherwise) that may result to any holder of an Award, or (ii) be deemed to constitute a change or an amendment of the rights of such holder under this Plan, nor shall any such adverse consequences (as well as any adverse tax consequences that may result from any tax ruling or other approval or determination of any relevant tax authority) be deemed to constitute a change or an amendment of the rights of such holder under this Plan.
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(f) For avoidance of doubt, it is hereby clarified that any tax consequences arising from the above described, shall be borne solely by the Participant.
(g) Notwithstanding the above said, the Administrator may, in its sole discretion, decide other terms regarding the treatment of the outstanding Awards, in case of Transaction and/or in case of an IPO.
11.3 Liquidation. In the event of Liquidation, the Administrator shall have sole and absolute discretion to determine the effect of the Liquidation on the outstanding unexercised, unvested or restricted portion of Awards, which may include the acceleration or cancelation of all or a portion of the unexercised, unvested or restricted portion of the outstanding Awards.
11.4 Cancelation of Awards. In the event that the Administrator determines in its discretion that, in the context of a Transaction or Liquidation, certain Awards have no monetary value and thus do not entitle the holders of such Awards to any consideration under the terms of the Transaction or Liquidation, the Administrator may determine that such Awards shall terminate effective as of the effective date of the Transaction, or upon determination of the Administrator in the event of Liquidation. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrator may provide for the termination of any Award, effective as of the effective date of the Transaction or Liquidation, that has an exercise price that is greater than the per share Fair Market Value at the time of such Transaction or Liquidation, without any consideration to the holder thereof.
11.5 Administrator’s Authority. The Administrator’s authority to make determinations, adjustments and clarifications in connection with the treatment of Awards shall be interpreted as widely as possible, to allow the Administrator maximal power and flexibility to interpret and implement the provisions of the Plan in the event of a recapitalization, Transaction or Liquidation, provided that the Administrator shall determine in its discretion that a Participant’s vested rights are not thereby adversely affected without the Participant’s express written consent. Without derogating from the generality of the foregoing, the Administrator shall have the authority, at its sole discretion, to change the vesting schedule of Awards, accelerate Awards, and determine that the treatment of Awards, whether vested or unvested, in a Transaction or Liquidation may differ among individual Participants or groups of Participants, provided that the overall economic impact of the different approaches determined by the Administrator shall be substantively equivalent as of the date of the closing of the Transaction or the effective date of Liquidation.
12. Non-Transferability of Awards and Shares.
12.1 No Option or Restricted Share Unit may be Transferred, other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution or unless otherwise required under applicable law; and during the Participant’s lifetime, an Option may be exercised only by such Participant.
12.2 The Transfer of Shares to be issued upon the exercise of Options or vesting of Restricted Share Units shall be limited as set forth in the Plan and as may be described in the Award Agreement.
12.3 Restricted Shares may not be Transferred, other than by will or laws of descent and distribution, prior to the date on which the date on which any applicable restriction, performance or deferred period lapses. Shares (including Restricted Shares) for which full payment has not been made, if applicable, may not Transferred, other than by will or laws of descent and distribution.
12.4 For avoidance of doubt, the foregoing shall not be deemed to restrict the Transfer of a Participant’s rights in respect of Awards or Shares (including Shares purchasable pursuant to the exercise of an Option or the vesting of a Restricted Share Unit), upon the death of such Participant to such Participant’s estate or other successors by operation of law or will, whose rights therein shall be governed by Section 10.1(d) hereof, and as may otherwise be determined by the Administrator, or as otherwise required under applicable law.
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13. Term and Amendment of the Plan.
13.1 The Plan shall expire on the date which is ten (10) years from the date of its adoption by the Board of Directors. To avoid doubt, the expiration of the Plan will not affect the validity of Awards granted prior to such expiration date.
13.2 Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, the Administrator may at any time, and from time to time, amend, in whole or in part, any or all of the provisions of the Plan (including any amendment deemed necessary to ensure that the Company may comply with any regulatory requirement), or suspend or terminate it entirely, retroactively or otherwise, or amend the terms of any Award theretofore granted, prospectively or retroactively; provided, however, that, except (a) to correct obvious drafting errors or as otherwise required by law or (b) as specifically provided herein, no such amendment, suspension, or termination of the Plan, or amendment of any Award, or other action by the Administrator, shall reduce the rights of any Participant with respect to vested Awards, without the Participant’s consent.
13.3 For the avoidance of doubt, as long as the Company’s securities are traded on a stock exchange, the provisions of this Plan shall be subject to the directives, rules and regulations of the applicable stock exchange. In the event that any of the provisions of this Plan do not comply with such directives, rules and regulations, the Administrator shall be entitled to automatically amend the provisions of this Plan in order to comply with the directives, rules and regulations of the applicable stock exchange.
14. Term of Option.
Unless otherwise explicitly provided in an Award Agreement, if any Option, or any part thereof, has not been exercised and the Shares covered thereby not paid for within ten (10) years after the date on which the Option was granted, as set forth in the Award Agreement (or any other period set forth in the instrument granting such Option pursuant to Section 6), such Option, or such part thereof, and the right to acquire such Shares shall terminate, all interests and rights of the Participant in and to the same shall expire, and, in the event that in connection therewith any Shares are held in trust as aforesaid, such trust shall expire.
15. Continuance of Engagement.
Neither the Plan nor any grant of Shares or Awards to a Participant shall impose any obligation on the Company or any related company thereof, to continue the employment or engagement of any Participant as a Service Provider, and nothing in the Plan or in any Award granted pursuant thereto shall confer upon any Participant any right to continue to serve as a Service Provider of the Company or a related company thereof or restrict the right of the Company or a related company thereof to terminate such employment or engagement at any time.
16. Application of Funds.
The proceeds received by the Company from the sale of Shares pursuant to Awards granted under the Plan will be used for general corporate purposes of the Company or any related company thereof.
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17. Taxes.
17.1 Any tax consequences arising from the grant, or vesting or exercise of any Award, from the payment for Shares or the acquisition of Shares issued upon the exercise or vesting (as applicable) of the Awards, from the sale or disposition of any Shares covered by an Award, or from any other event or act (of the Company, and/or its affiliates, or the Participant), hereunder (including without any limitation any taxes and compulsory payments, such as social security payments), shall be borne solely by the Participant. The Company and/or its affiliates shall withhold taxes according to the requirements under the applicable laws, rules, and regulations, including withholding taxes at source. Furthermore, the Participant shall agree to indemnify the Company and/or its affiliates and hold them harmless against and from any and all liability for any such tax or interest or penalty thereon, including without limitation, liabilities relating to the necessity to withhold, or to have withheld, any such tax from any payment made to the Participant. The Company or any of its affiliates may make such provisions and take such steps as it may deem necessary or appropriate for the withholding of all taxes required by law to be withheld with respect to Awards granted under the Plan and the exercise, sale, transfer or other disposition thereof, including, but not limited, to (i) deducting the amount so required to be withheld from any other amount (or Shares issuable) then or thereafter to be provided to the Participant, including by deducting any such amount from a Participant’s salary or other amounts payable to the Participant, to the maximum extent permitted under law and/or (ii) requiring the Participant to pay to the Company or any of its affiliates the amount so required to be withheld as a condition of the issuance, delivery, distribution or release of any Shares and/or (iii) withholding otherwise deliverable Shares having a Fair Market Value equal to the minimum amount statutorily required to be withheld; and/or (iv) causing the exercise and sale of any Awards or Shares held by on behalf of the Participant or selling a sufficient number of such Shares otherwise deliverable to the Participant through such means as the Company may determine in its sole discretion (whether through a broker or otherwise) equal to the amount required to be withheld either through a voluntary sale or through a mandatory sale arranged by the Company (on the Participant’s behalf pursuant to the Participant’s authorization as expressed by acceptance of the Award under the terms herein), to the extent permitted by applicable law. In addition, the Participant will be required to pay any amount (including penalties) that exceeds the tax to be withheld and transferred to the tax authorities, pursuant to applicable tax laws, regulations and rules.
17.2 THE PARTICIPANT IS STRONGLY ADVISED TO CONSULT WITH A TAX ADVISOR WITH RESPECT TO THE TAX CONSEQUENCES OF RECEIVING, EXERCISING OR DISPOSING ANY AWARD IN LIGHT OF HIS OR HER PARTICULAR CIRCUMSTANCES. THE COMPANY DOES NOT ASSUME ANY RESPONSIBILITY TO ADVISE THE PARTICIPANT ON SUCH MATTERS, WHICH SHALL REMAIN THE SOLE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE PARTICIPANT. FURTHERMORE, THE DESCRIPTION OF TAX CONSEQUENCES SET FORTH IN THE PLAN OR ANY APPENDIX HERETO DOES NOT PURPORT TO BE COMPLETE, UP TO DATE OR TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT ANY SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES RELATING TO A PARTICIPANT.
18. Market Stand-Off.
If so requested by the Company or any representative of the underwriters (the “Managing Underwriter”) in connection with any registration of the offering of any securities of the Company under the securities laws of any jurisdiction, the Participant shall not sell or otherwise Transfer any Shares or other securities of the Company during a 180-day period or such other period as may be requested in writing by the Managing Underwriter and agreed to in writing by the Company (the “Market Standoff Period”) following the effective date of registration statement of the Company filed under such securities laws. The Company may require the Participant to execute a form of undertaking to this effect or impose stop transfer instructions with respect to securities subject to the foregoing restrictions until the end of such Market Standoff Period.
19. Conditions Upon Issuance of Shares.
19.1 Legal Compliance. Shares shall not be issued pursuant to the exercise of an Option or with respect to any other Award unless the exercise of such Option or grant of such Award and the issuance and delivery of such Shares shall comply with applicable laws and shall be further subject to the approval of counsel for the Company with respect to such compliance. The inability of the Company to obtain authority from any regulatory body having jurisdiction, which authority is deemed by the Company’s counsel to be necessary to the lawful issuance and sale of any Shares hereunder, shall relieve the Company of any liability in respect of the failure to issue or sell such Shares as to which such requisite authority shall not have been obtained.
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19.2 Investment Representations. As a condition to the exercise of an Option or receipt of an Award, the Administrator may require the person exercising such Option or receiving such Award to represent and warrant at the time of any such exercise or the time of receipt of the Award that the Shares are being purchased only for investment and without any present intention to sell or distribute such Shares, and make other representations as may be required under applicable securities laws if, in the opinion of counsel for the Company, such representations are required, all in form and content specified by the Administrator.
19.3 Legend. The Administrator may require each person receiving Shares pursuant to an Award granted under the Plan to represent to and agree with the Company in writing that the Participant is acquiring the Shares without a view to distribution thereof and such other securities law related representations as the Administrator shall request. In addition to any legend required by the Plan, the certificates for such Shares may include any legend which the Administrator deems appropriate to reflect any applicable restrictions on Transfer. All certificates for Shares delivered under the Plan shall be subject to such share transfer orders and other restrictions as the Administrator may deem advisable under the rules, regulations and other requirements of any relevant securities authority, any stock exchange upon which the Shares are then listed or any national securities association system upon whose system the Shares are then quoted, any applicable securities law, and any applicable corporate law, and the Administrator may cause a legend or legends to be put on any such certificates to make appropriate reference to such restrictions.
19.4 Broker-Assisted Sales. In the event of a broker-assisted sale of Shares in connection with the payment of amounts owed by a Participant under or with respect to the Plan or Awards, including amounts to be paid under Section 17.1: (a) any Shares to be sold through the broker-assisted sale will be sold on the day the payment first becomes due, or as soon thereafter as practicable; (b) such Shares may be sold as part of a block trade with other Participants in the Plan in which all participants receive an average price; (c) the applicable Participant will be responsible for all broker’s fees and other costs of sale, and by accepting an Award, each Participant agrees to indemnify and hold the Company harmless from any losses, costs, damages, or expenses relating to any such sale; (d) to the extent the Company or its designee receives proceeds of such sale that exceed the amount owed, the Company will pay such excess in cash to the applicable Participant as soon as reasonably practicable; (e) the Company and its designees are under no obligation to arrange for such sale at any particular price; and (f) in the event the proceeds of such sale are insufficient to satisfy the Participant’s applicable obligation, the Participant may be required to pay immediately upon demand to the Company or its designee an amount in cash sufficient to satisfy any remaining portion of the Participant’s obligation.
20. Proxy.
The Company, at its sole discretion, may require that as a condition of grant of an Award, exercise of an Option or issuance of Shares, the Participant will be required to grant an irrevocable proxy and power of attorney (“Proxy”) to the Company’s Chief Executive Officer (ex officio) (the “CEO”) unless the CEO is classified as a “Controlling Shareholder” (as such term is defined in Section 32(9) of the Israeli Income Tax Ordinance (New Version) 1961 and based on Israel Tax Authority guidelines or otherwise) after taking into account the Shares covered by Proxies under the Plan, and under such circumstances, the Administrator shall designate a person to vote the Shares for the benefit of the Participant. Unless otherwise determined by the Administrator (and in accordance with such determination provided in the Proxy attached to a specific Award Agreement), the Shares shall be voted under the Proxy by the Proxy holder pro-rata to the vote of the other shareholders of the Company that are entitled to participate in the vote (such pro-rata vote shall take into account only shareholders participating in the vote, in person, written ballot or proxy, whether voting for, against or abstaining from voting on the issue brought before them) at all general meetings of Company, and the Proxy holder shall be appointed to sign all written resolutions, waivers, consents etc. of the shareholders of the Company on behalf of the Participant, including the right to waive on behalf of the Participant all minimum notice requirements for meetings of shareholders of the Company, and to otherwise exercise every right, power and authority with respect to the Shares as shall be detailed in the Proxy. Such Proxy shall remain in effect until the consummation of an IPO or a Transaction and shall be irrevocable as the rights of third parties, including investors in the Company, depend upon such Proxy. The Proxy shall be personal to the Participant and shall not survive the Transfer of the Participant’s Shares to a third-party transferee; provided, however, that upon a Transfer of the Participant’s Shares to such a transferee (subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan concerning any such Transfer), the transferee may be required to grant an irrevocable Proxy to such appropriate person as the Company, in giving its approval to the Transfer, so requires. The Proxy may be included in the Award Agreement of each Participant or otherwise as the Administrator determines. If contained in the Award Agreement, no further document shall be required to implement such Proxy, and the signature of the Participant on the Award Agreement shall indicate approval of the Proxy thereby granted. The holder of the Proxy shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Company against any cost or expense (including counsel fees) reasonably incurred by him/her, or any liability (including any sum paid in settlement of a claim with the approval of the Company) arising out of any act or omission to act in connection with the voting of the Proxy unless arising out of his/her own fraud, bad faith or gross negligence, to the extent permitted by applicable law. Such indemnification shall be in addition to any rights of indemnification the holder of the Proxy may have as a director, officer or otherwise under the Corporate Charter or any agreement, any vote of shareholders or directors, insurance policy or otherwise.
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21. Additional Restrictions on Transfer of Shares.
Until such time as the Shares are registered for trade to the public, a Participant shall not be permitted to Transfer any Shares in any way (other than by will or by the laws of descent or distribution) to one or more third parties and shall not be subject to sale under execution, attachment, levy or similar process, except as determined by the Administrator in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Corporate Charter, as in effect from time to time, and/or the Award Agreement and/or in accordance with applicable law. The Administrator may determine that any sale shall be implemented solely through a Company-supported secondary sale program, on such terms and conditions as shall be set forth in the context of such program, at such time that the Administrator determines that creation of such a program is in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders. In addition, any Transfer of Shares shall subject to any special forfeiture conditions, rights of repurchase, rights of first refusal and other transfer restrictions as the Administrator may determine, which shall be set forth in the relevant provisions of the Corporate Charter, as in effect from time to time.
22. Miscellaneous.
Whenever applicable in the Plan, the singular and the plural, and the masculine, feminine and neuter shall be freely interchangeable, as the context requires. The Section headings or titles shall not in any way control the construction of the language herein, such headings or titles having been inserted solely for the purpose of simplified reference. Words such as “herein”, “hereof”, “hereto”, “hereinafter”, “hereby”, and “hereinabove” when used in the Plan refer to the Plan as a whole, including any applicable Appendices, unless otherwise required by context.
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Exhibit 10.3
Share Purchase Agreement
Among
ParaZero Technologies Ltd. (the “Company”)
and
Delta Drone International Ltd (ACN 618 678 701) (the “Seller”)
and
L.I.A
Pure Capital Ltd. and additional entities on its behalf as listed in Exhibit A
(each an “Acquiror” and collectively, the “acquirers”)
Dated
January 28, 2022
TABLE OF CONTENTS
| ARTICLE 1 Certain Definitions | 1 | |
| ARTICLE 2 The Share Purchase | 9 | |
| 2.1 | Purchase and Sale of Shares | 9 |
| 2.2 | Share Purchase Consideration. | 9 |
| 2.3 | Withholding; Certain Tax Matters. | 9 |
| 2.4 | Further Assurances | 10 |
| ARTICLE 3 Representations and Warranties of each of the Company and the Seller | 11 | |
| 3.1 | Organization and Good Standing | 11 |
| 3.2 | Subsidiaries | 11 |
| 3.3 | Power, Authorization and Validity | 11 |
| 3.4 | Capitalization of the Company. | 13 |
| 3.5 | No Conflict. | 14 |
| 3.6 | Taxes. | 14 |
| 3.7 | Company Financial Statements. | 16 |
| 3.8 | Intellectual Property. | 18 |
| 3.9 | Employees | 23 |
| 3.10 | Organization; Power and Capacity. | 25 |
| 3.11 | Enforceability; Noncontravention. | 25 |
| 3.12 | Title to Shares. | 26 |
| 3.13 | Litigation. | 26 |
| 3.14 | Solvency. | 26 |
| 3.15 | Australian Securities Exchange Ltd. and Reports. | 26 |
| 3.16 | Representations Complete. | 26 |
| ARTICLE 4 Representations and Warranties of Acquiror | 27 | |
| 4.1 | Organization and Standing. | 27 |
| 4.2 | Authority; Noncontravention. | 27 |
| 4.3 | Available Financing. | 27 |
| 4.4 | Disclosure of Information. | 27 |
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| ARTICLE 5 Company and Seller Covenants | 28 | |
| 5.1 | No Solicitation. | 28 |
| 5.2 | Non-Competition; Non-Solicitation. | 29 |
| 5.3 | Advice of Changes. | 30 |
| 5.4 | Maintenance of Business. | 30 |
| 5.5 | Regulatory Approvals. | 33 |
| 5.6 | Necessary Consents. | 33 |
| 5.7 | Litigation. | 33 |
| 5.8 | Access to Information; Confidentiality. | 33 |
| 5.9 | Closing Financial Certificate and Spreadsheet. | 34 |
| 5.10 | Tax Matters. | 34 |
| 5.11 | Satisfaction of Conditions Precedent. | 34 |
| 5.12 | Release. | 34 |
| 5.13 | D&O Insurance/Run-Off Policy | 35 |
| ARTICLE 6 Acquiror Covenants | 35 | |
| 6.1 | Advice of Changes. | 35 |
| 6.2 | Satisfaction of Conditions Precedent. | 35 |
| ARTICLE 7 Closing Matters | 35 | |
| 7.1 | The Closing. | 35 |
| 7.2 | Payment Procedures. | 35 |
| 7.3 | Company Net Working Capital Adjustment. | 36 |
| ARTICLE 8 Conditions to Obligations of the Company | 37 | |
| 8.1 | Accuracy of Representations and Warranties. | 37 |
| 8.2 | Covenants. | 37 |
| 8.3 | Compliance with Law; No Legal Restraints. | 38 |
| 8.4 | Government Consents. | 38 |
| 8.5 | Escrow Agreement. | 38 |
| 8.6 | Supply Agreement. | 38 |
| 8.7 | Warrant. | 38 |
| ARTICLE 9 Conditions to Obligations of Acquirers | 38 | |
| 9.1 | Accuracy of Representations and Warranties. | 38 |
| 9.2 | Covenants. | 38 |
| 9.3 | No Material Adverse Change. | 38 |
| 9.4 | Compliance with Law; No Legal Restraints; No Litigation. | 38 |
| 9.5 | Government Consents. | 39 |
| 9.6 | Employment Matters. | 39 |
| 9.7 | Requisite Company Shareholder Approval. | 39 |
| 9.8 | Shareholders’ Register. | 39 |
| 9.9 | Receipt of Closing Deliveries. | 39 |
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| ARTICLE 10 Termination of Agreement | 40 | |
| 10.1 | Termination by Mutual Consent. | 40 |
| 10.2 | Unilateral Termination. | 40 |
| 10.3 | Effect of Termination. | 41 |
| 10.4 | For the avoidance of doubt | 41 |
| ARTICLE 11 Escrow, Survival Indemnification and Remedies | 41 | |
| 11.1 | RESERVED | 41 |
| 11.2 | At the Closing | 41 |
| 11.3 | Subject to terms further elaborated under the Escrow Agreement | 42 |
| 11.4 | Survival of Representations and Warranties. | 42 |
| 11.5 | If the Share Purchase is consummated | 42 |
| 11.6 | Agreement to Indemnify. | 43 |
| 11.7 | Limitations. | 44 |
| 11.8 | Notice of Claim. | 45 |
| 11.9 | Defense of Third-Party Claims. | 47 |
| 11.10 | Resolution of Notice of Claim. | 48 |
| 11.11 | Treatment of Indemnification Payments. | 49 |
| 11.12 | Acquiror Representative. | 49 |
| ARTICLE 12 Miscellaneous | 50 | |
| 12.1 | Governing Law; Jurisdiction. | 50 |
| 12.2 | Assignment; Binding Upon Successors and Assigns. | 50 |
| 12.3 | Severability. | 50 |
| 12.4 | Counterparts. | 50 |
| 12.5 | Other Remedies. | 50 |
| 12.6 | Amendments and Waivers. | 51 |
| 12.7 | Expenses. | 51 |
| 12.8 | Notices. | 51 |
| 12.9 | Interpretation; Rules of Construction. | 52 |
| 12.10 | Third Party Beneficiary Rights. | 53 |
| 12.11 | Public Announcement. | 53 |
| 12.12 | Confidentiality. | 53 |
| 12.13 | Legal Representation. | 53 |
| 12.14 | Entire Agreement. | 53 |
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Execution Copy
This Share Purchase Agreement (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of January 28, 2022 (the “Agreement Date”) by and among Delta Drone International Ltd. (ACN 618 678 701), an Australian corporation (“Seller”), ParaZero Technologies Ltd., a company organized under the laws of Israel (the “Company”), L.I.A Pure Capital Ltd., a company organized under the laws of Israel (“Pure and/or an “Acquiror”), and additional entities/individuals as listed in Exhibit A (each an “Acquiror” and together with Pure, the “Acquirers”).
Recitals
| A. | The Seller alone holds 100% of the Company Share Capital and desires to accept an offer by Acquirers to purchase all Company Shares on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement. |
| B. | Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Acquirers desire to purchase from the Seller all Company Share Capital owned by Seller free and clear from all Encumbrances (the “Share Purchase”), and Seller desires to sell, assign, transfer and deliver to the Acquirers all Company Share Capital owned by Seller free and clear from all Encumbrances, all pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. |
| C. | Prior to the date hereof, the Seller, Company and each of the Acquirers have entered into that certain Paying Agent Agreement, and the Acquirers have transferred to an account managed by the Paying Agent the amount equal to the Closing Consideration known to the Parties on the execution date of the Paying Agent Agreement. |
| D. | Seller, Acquirers and the Company desire to make certain representations, warranties, covenants and agreements in connection with the Transactions and to prescribe various conditions to the Transactions. |
Now, Therefore, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual promises, covenants and conditions contained herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE
1
Certain Definitions
As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below.
“Acquisition Proposal” means with respect to the Company, any agreement, offer, proposal or bona fide indication of interest (other than this Agreement or any other offer, proposal or indication of interest by either of the Acquirers), or any public announcement of intention to enter into any such agreement or of (or intention to make) any offer, proposal or bona fide indication of interest, relating to, or involving: (i) any acquisition or purchase from the Company, or from the Seller, by any Person, or any merger, consolidation, business combination or similar transaction involving the Company pursuant to which the Seller immediately preceding such transaction hold securities representing less than 100% of the total outstanding voting securities of the surviving or resulting entity of such transaction (or parent entity of such surviving or resulting entity), (ii) any sale, lease, mortgage, pledge, exchange, transfer, license (other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices), acquisition, or disposition of any part of the consolidated assets of the Company in any single transaction or series of related transactions, (iii) any liquidation, dissolution, recapitalization or other significant corporate reorganization of the Company, or any extraordinary dividend or distribution, whether of cash or other property, or (iv) any other transaction outside of the ordinary course of the Company Business the consummation of which could reasonably be expected to impede, interfere with, prevent or materially delay the Share Purchase.
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“Action” means any action, suit, litigation, arbitration, mediation, proceeding, claim, complaint, allegation, demand, charge, grievance, prosecution, investigation, inquiry, hearing, audit, examination or subpoena (whether (i) civil, criminal, administrative, judicial, investigative or appellate, (ii) formal or informal, (iii) public or private, or (iv) at law or at equity) commenced, brought, conducted or heard by or before, or otherwise involving, any court, arbitrator, mediator or other Governmental Authority or tribunal.
“Adjustment Escrow Amount” means A$100,000.
“Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by or is under common control with the first Person; “control” (including the term “controlled by” and “under common control with”) means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by Contract or credit arrangement, as trustee or executor, or otherwise.
“Applicable Law” means, with respect to any Person, any applicable federal, state, foreign, local, municipal or other law, statute, constitution, legislation, principle of common law, resolution, ordinance, code, edict, decree, rule, directive, license, permit, regulation, extension order, ruling or requirement issued, enacted, adopted, promulgated, implemented or otherwise put into effect by or under the authority of any Governmental Authority and applicable to such Person and any Orders applicable to such Person or to any of its assets, properties or business.
“Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.
“Business Day” means a day on which commercial banks are open for business in the State of Israel and/or in the Commonwealth of Australia, respectively.
“Charter Documents” means the Company’s Articles of Association, as existing on the Agreement Date.
“Closing” means the closing of the Transactions.
“Closing Balance Sheet” means the Company’s balance sheet as of January 14th, 2021.
“Closing Date” means three Business Days after the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth in Article 8 and Article 9 (excluding conditions that, by their terms, are intended to be satisfied on the Closing Date, which conditions shall be capable of being satisfied on the Closing Date).
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“Closing Consideration” means an amount in cash equal to (i) A$6,000,000 less (ii) all Company Debt that remains unpaid as of the Closing Date, plus (iii) the Company Cash Surplus, if any, less (iv) the Company Cash Shortfall, if any, less (v) the aggregate amount of Transaction Expenses that remain unpaid as of the Closing (whether or not incurred as of the Closing), plus (vi) the Closing Net Working Capital Surplus, if any, less (vii) the Closing Net Working Capital Shortfall, if any.
“Closing Net Working Capital Shortfall” means the amount, if any, by which the Closing Net Working Capital Target exceeds Company Net Working Capital as set forth in the Company Closing Financial Certificate.
“Closing Net Working Capital Surplus” means the amount, if any, by which the Company Net Working Capital as set forth in the Company Closing Financial Certificate exceeds the Closing Net Working Capital Target.
“Closing Net Working Capital Target” means US $360,000.
“Company Ancillary Agreements” means, collectively, each certificate to be delivered on behalf of the Company by an officer or officers of the Company at the Closing pursuant to Section 9.9 and each agreement or document (other than this Agreement) that the Company is to enter into as a party thereto pursuant to this Agreement.
“Company Business” means drone safety technology systems, as presently conducted.
“Company Cash” means the aggregate amount of the Company’s unrestricted cash and cash equivalents on hand as of the Closing Date calculated in accordance with IFRS and as set forth in the Closing Balance Sheet.
“Closing Cash Shortfall” means the amount, if any, by which the Company Cash Target exceeds Company Cash as set forth in the Company Closing Financial Certificate.
“Closing Cash Surplus” means the amount, if any, by which the Company Cash as set forth in the Company Closing Financial Certificate exceeds the Cash Target.
“Closing Cash Target” means US $0.
“Company Closing Financial Certificate” means a certificate executed by an executive officer of the Company reflecting the Company’s best estimation as of the Closing Date, dated as of the Closing Date, certifying, as of January 14, 2022, (i) the amount of Company Net Working Capital (including (A) the Closing Balance Sheet (B) an itemized list of each element of the Company’s consolidated current assets included therein and (B) an itemized list of each element of the Company’s consolidated current liabilities included therein), (ii) an itemized list of each item of Company Debt that remains unpaid as of January 14, 2022 with a description of the nature of such Company Debt and the Person to whom such Company Debt is owed, (iii) an aggregate amount of Company Cash, (iv) the amount of any Transaction Expenses that are unpaid as of the January 14, 2022 (whether or not incurred as of January 14, 2022) and (v) that the Closing Balance Sheet, which shall be attached as an exhibit, has been prepared in accordance with IFRS on a consistent basis with the Company Balance Sheet.
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“Company Debt” means, without duplication, as of January 14, 2022: (i) all obligations (including the principal amount thereof or, if applicable, the accreted amount thereof and the amount of accrued and unpaid interest thereon) of the Company, whether or not represented by bonds, debentures, notes or other securities (whether or not convertible into any other security), for the repayment of money borrowed, whether owing to banks, financial institutions, on equipment leases or otherwise including towards government agencies (including, for the removal of doubt the full amount of royalty payments due to the Israeli Innovation Authority on account of sales by the Company during 2021), (ii) all deferred indebtedness of the Company for the payment of the purchase price of property or assets purchased (other than accounts payable incurred in the ordinary course of business), (iii) all outstanding reimbursement obligations of the Company with respect to letters of credit, bankers’ acceptances or similar facilities issued for the account of the Company, (iv) all obligations of the Company under any interest rate swap agreement, forward rate agreement, interest rate cap or collar agreement or other financial agreement or arrangement entered into for the purpose of limiting or managing interest rate risks, and (iv) all obligations secured by any Encumbrance existing on property owned by the Company, whether or not indebtedness secured thereby will have been assumed, (v) all premiums, penalties, fees, expenses, breakage costs and change of control payments required to be paid or offered in respect of any of the foregoing on prepayment (regardless if any of such are actually paid), as a result of the consummation of the Transactions or in connection with any lender consent, and (vi) all guaranties, endorsements, assumptions and other contingent obligations of the Company in respect of, and (vii) all employee benefit obligations, salaries, liabilities for vacation, paid time off and performance or other bonuses accrued by or for the Company’s employees, or to purchase or to otherwise acquire, any of the obligations and other matters of the kind described in any of the clauses (i) through (vii) appertaining to third parties.
“Company Net Working Capital” means (i) the Company’s consolidated total current assets as of January 14, 2022 (as defined by and determined in accordance with IFRS as applied in the Company Balance Sheet) less (ii) the Company’s consolidated total current liabilities as of January 14, 2022 (as defined by and determined in accordance with IFRS as applied in the Company Balance Sheet). For purposes of calculating Company Net Working Capital, (x) the Company’s consolidated total current assets shall (regardless of whether they would be treated as a current asset under IFRS as applied in the Company Balance Sheet) exclude (A) Company Cash, and (B) deferred Tax assets and (y) the Company’s consolidated total current liabilities shall (regardless of whether they would be treated as a current liability under IFRS as applied in the Company Balance Sheet) (A) include, without duplication, (1) all deferred revenue, (2) all Pre-Closing Taxes, and any other Liabilities of the Company for Taxes as of January 14, 2022 (including, for clarity, Taxes arising in connection with any payment required pursuant to, or arising as a result of, this Agreement or the Transactions (except any Taxes included in the definition of “Transaction Expenses”) whether or not such Liabilities for Taxes would be then due and payable), (B) exclude (1) all Company Debt and (2) all Transaction Expenses, in each case included in the calculation of Total Consideration.
“Company Shares” means the Company Ordinary Shares with a nominal value of NIS 0.01.
“Company Share Capital” means the issued and outstanding share capital of the Company.
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“Contract” means any written or oral legally binding contract, agreement, instrument, commitment or undertaking of any nature (including leases, subleases, licenses, mortgages, notes, guarantees, sublicenses, subcontracts, letters of intent and purchase orders) as of the Agreement Date or as may hereafter be in effect, including all amendments, supplements, exhibits and schedules thereto.
“Encumbrance” means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, deed of trust, lien, pledge, hypothecation, charge, security interest, title retention device, collateral assignment, adverse claim, restriction, infringement, interference, option, right of first refusal, preemptive right, community property interest or other encumbrance or restriction of any kind in respect of such asset (including any restriction on the voting of any security, any restriction on the transfer of any security or other asset, any restriction on the receipt of any income derived from any asset, any restriction on the use of any asset and any restriction on the possession, exercise or transfer of any other attribute of ownership of any asset).
“Entity” means any corporation (including any non-profit corporation), general partnership, limited partnership, limited liability partnership, joint venture, estate, trust, proprietorship, company (including any company limited by shares, limited liability company or joint stock company), firm, society, enterprise, association, organization or other entity.
“Escrow Agent” means IBI Trust Management.
“Escrow Amount” means A$900,000.
“Fully-Diluted Company Shares” means the sum, without duplication, of (i) the aggregate number of shares of Company Share Capital that are issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Closing, and (ii) the aggregate number of shares of Company Shares issuable upon the exercise or settlement of the vested Company options or other direct or indirect rights to acquire shares of Company Share Capital that are issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Closing.
“IFRS” means the International Financial Reporting Standards applied on a consistent basis.
“Governmental Authority” means any: (i) nation, state, commonwealth, province, territory, county, municipality, district or other jurisdiction of any nature, (ii) federal, state, local, municipal, foreign or other government, (iii) governmental authority of any nature (including any governmental division, department, agency, commission, instrumentality, official, ministry, fund, foundation, center, organization, unit, body or Entity, and any court or other tribunal), or (iv) Entity to whom a Governmental Authority has assigned or delegated any authority or oversight responsibilities.
“Income Tax Ordinance” means the Israeli Income Tax Ordinance (New Version) 1961, as amended, and any rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Intellectual Property” means Intellectual Property Rights and Technology.
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“Intellectual Property Rights” means any and all industrial and intellectual property rights and all intangible rights associated therewith, throughout the world, including (i) all patents and applications therefor and all reissues, divisions, renewals, extensions, provisionals, continuations and continuations-in-part thereof, (ii) all rights in inventions (whether patentable or not), invention disclosures, improvements, trade secrets, proprietary information, know how, Technology, technical data, proprietary processes and formulae, algorithms, specifications, customer lists and supplier lists, (iii) all rights in industrial designs and any registrations and applications therefor, (iv) all rights in trade names, logos, trade dress, trademarks and service marks, trademark and service mark registrations, trademark and service mark applications, and any and all goodwill associated with and symbolized by the foregoing items, (v) all rights in Internet domain name registrations, Internet and World Wide Web URLs or addresses, (vi) all copyrights, copyright registrations and applications therefor, and all other rights corresponding thereto, (vii) all rights in mask works, mask work registrations and applications therefor, and any equivalent or similar rights in semiconductor masks, layouts, architectures or topology, (viii) all rights in computer software, including all source code, object code, firmware, development tools, files, records and data, (ix) all rights in schematics, netlists, test methodologies, test vectors, emulation and simulation tools and reports, (x) all rights in hardware development tools, prototypes, breadboards and other devices, (xi) all rights in databases and data collections, (xii) all rights in moral and economic rights of authors and inventors, however denominated, and (xiii) any similar or equivalent rights to any of the foregoing.
“Israeli Law” means Israeli Applicable Law.
“ITA” means the Israeli Tax Authority.
“knowledge” means, with respect to any fact, circumstance, event or other matter in question, the knowledge of such fact, circumstance, event or other matter (after reasonable inquiry) of the Seller.
“Liability” means any debt, obligation, duty or liability of any nature (whether direct or indirect, known or unknown, disclosed or undisclosed, matured or unmatured, accrued or unaccrued, asserted or unasserted, absolute or contingent, determined or conditional, express or implied, fixed or variable and whether vicarious, derivative, joint, several or secondary), including any such debt, obligation, duty or liability arising under any Applicable Law, Contract or Action, regardless of whether any such debt, obligation, duty or liability would be required to be disclosed on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with IFRS, including the notes thereto, or is immediately due and payable.
“Material Adverse Change” when used in connection with an Entity means any change, event, circumstance, condition or effect (regardless of whether or not such change, event, circumstance, condition or effect is inconsistent with the representations or warranties made by such Entity in this Agreement) that, individually or in the aggregate, taking into account all other changes, events, circumstances, conditions or effects, is or is reasonably likely to: (i) be materially adverse in relation to the near-term or longer-term condition (financial or otherwise), capitalization, properties, products, assets (including intangible assets), Intellectual Property, liabilities, business, operations or results of operations of such Entity and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (ii) materially impede or delay such Entity’s ability to perform any obligation under or otherwise consummate the Transactions, including those contemplated by this Agreement or any Company Ancillary Agreement or Acquiror Ancillary Agreement in accordance with its terms and Applicable Laws, except, in each case, to the extent that any such change, event, condition or effect does not result from (A) changes in general economic or financial market conditions (including with respect to each Acquirer, changes in the Acquirer’s or any of its Affiliate’s stock price) (provided that such changes do not affect such Entity disproportionately as compared to such Entity’s competitors), (B) changes generally affecting the industry in which such Entity operates (provided that such changes do not affect such Entity disproportionately as compared to such Entity’s competitors), (C) any acts of terrorism, military action or war, (D) changes or developments in Applicable Law or GAAP or IFRS (provided that such changes do not affect such Entity disproportionately as compared to such Entity’s competitors), (E) the impact of the announcement, existence or pendency of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including but not limited to, the impact thereof on (1) any resulting actions of competitors of the Entity, (2) any resulting shortfalls or declines in revenue, margins or profitability of the Entity, and (3) the Entity’s relationship with their suppliers, customers or prospective customers attributable thereto; provided further that the impact of Coronavirus (COVID-19) shall not be taken into consideration in determining whether a Material Adverse Change has occurred.
“Order” means any written order, writ, injunction, judgment, decision, ruling, decree, award, determination or stipulation issued, promulgated or entered by, or any settlement or other agreement under the jurisdiction of, any court, arbitrator, mediator or other Governmental Authority or tribunal.
“ordinary course of business” means any action taken by a Person if such action is materially consistent with such Person’s past practices and is taken in the ordinary course of such party’s normal day to day operations.
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“Paying Agent” means IBI Trust Management.
“Paying Agent Agreement” means the Paying Agent Agreement dated January 17, 2022 by the Acquirers, the Seller and the Paying Agent attached hereto as Schedule 7.2.
“Per Share Closing Consideration” means the average price per share calculated as follows: (i) the Closing Consideration divided by (ii) the Fully-Diluted Company Shares.
“Per Share Total Consideration” means average price per share calculated as follows: (i) the Total Consideration divided by (ii) the Fully-Diluted Company Shares.
“Person” means any natural person, company, corporation, limited liability company, general partnership, limited partnership, limited liability partnership, trust, estate, proprietorship, joint venture, business organization or Governmental Authority.
“Pre-Closing Taxes” means any (i) Taxes of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries for a Taxable period (or portion thereof) ending on or prior to January 14, 2022 and (ii) any Taxes of any other Person for which the Company is liable if the agreement, event or occurrence giving rise to such Liability occurred on or before January 14, 2022. For clarity, Pre-Closing Taxes includes any payroll taxes or other Taxes of the Company arising in connection with any payment required pursuant to, or arising as a result of, this Agreement or the Transactions, whether or not such Taxes are due and payable as of January 14, 2022. In the case of any Taxes of the Company that are imposed on a periodic basis and that are payable for a Taxable period that includes (but does not end on) January 14, 2022, such Taxes shall (i) in the case of property, ad valorem or other Taxes that accrue based upon the passage of time, be deemed to be Pre- Closing Taxes in an amount equal to the amount of such Taxes for the entire Taxable period multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days in the Taxable period through and including January 14, 2022and the denominator of which is the number of days in the entire Taxable period, and (ii) in the case of any other Taxes, be deemed to be Pre-Closing Taxes in an amount equal to the amount of Taxes that would be payable if the relevant Taxable period ended on January 14, 2022. Any credits relating to a Taxable period that includes (but does not end on) January 14, 2022 shall be taken into account as though the relevant Taxable period ended on January 14, 2022.
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“Spreadsheet” means a spreadsheet in form reasonably acceptable to Acquirers Representative , which spreadsheet shall be dated as of January 14, 2022 and shall set forth, as of January 14, 2022 and immediately prior to January 14, 2022, the following factual information relating to Seller: the address, e-mail addresses and taxpayer identification numbers and, bank information (including the respective bank name and number, branch name and address, swift number, account number and other wire transfer information), (ii) the number and type of shares of Company Share Capital held by Seller and, in the case of outstanding shares, the respective certificate numbers, (iii) the calculation of the Closing Consideration, Total Consideration, Fully-Diluted Company Shares, Per Share Closing Consideration and Per Share Total Consideration, (iv) the Escrow Amount and the Adjustment Escrow Amount, (v) the calculation of aggregate cash amounts payable to Seller pursuant to Section 2.2.
“Tax” (and, with correlative meaning, “Taxes” and “Taxable”) means (i) any federal, state, local or foreign, net or gross income, gross receipts, capital gains, franchise, alternative or add-on minimum, estimated, sales, use, ad valorem, goods and services, transfer, registration, value added, excise, natural resources, severance, stamp, occupation, premium, windfall profits, environmental, customs, duties, real property, personal property, share capital, social security, national health insurance, unemployment, employment, disability, payroll, license, employee or other withholding, contributions or other tax, of any kind whatsoever, escheat assessments, duties, fees, levies or other governmental charges or assessment of any nature, whether disputed or not, including any interest, consumer price index linkage, penalties or additions to tax or additional amounts in respect of the foregoing, (ii) any liability for the payment of any amounts of the type described in clause (i) of this sentence as a result of being a member of an affiliated, consolidated, combined, unitary or aggregate group for any Taxable period, and (iii) any liability for the payment of any amounts of the type described in clause (i) or (ii) of this sentence as a result of being a transferee of or successor to any Person or as a result of any express or implied obligation to assume such Taxes or to indemnify any other Person.
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“Tax Authority” means any Governmental Authority responsible for the imposition, administration, assessment, and/or collection of any Tax.
“Tax Return” means any return, declaration, statement, form, report, estimate, claim for refund, information return or other document (including any related or supporting schedule, statement or information) filed or required to be filed with a Tax Authority with respect to Taxes.
“Technology” means any or all of the following: (i) works of authorship including software programs, objects, modules, routines, algorithms, schematics, and architecture, whether in source code or executable code form, documentation (including programmers notes and annotations, technical and user documentation, specifications, manuals, instructions, designs, layouts, plans, drawings, bills of materials, net lists, and GDSII Files), (ii) inventions (whether or not patentable), discoveries and improvements, (iii) proprietary and confidential information and know how, (iv) databases, data compilations and collections and technical data, (v) logos, trade names and trade dress, (vi) domain names, web addresses and sites, (vii) technology, methods and processes, algorithms and formulae, (viii) devices, prototypes, designs, specifications and schematics, and (ix) and all embodiments, representations and manifestations of any of the foregoing or any Intellectual Property Rights.
“Total Consideration” means an amount in cash equal to the Closing Consideration.
“Transaction/s” means the transactions contemplated under this Agreement.
“Transaction Expenses” means all third-party fees, costs, expenses, payments and expenditures incurred by or on behalf of the Company directly in connection with the Transactions, whether or not billed or accrued prior to or upon January 14th 2022, in any event, which have not been previously paid, including (i) any fees, costs expenses, payments and expenditures of legal counsel and accountants, the fees costs, expenses, payments and expenditures payable to brokers, finders, financial advisors, investment bankers or similar Persons engaged by the Company or Sellers notwithstanding any earn-outs, escrows or other contingencies including all fees sue the Paying Agent and Escrow Agent in accordance with the Paying Agent Agreement and Escrow Agreement, and all fees and costs relating to the D&O/Run- Off policy, as set forth in Section 5.13 hereto, (iii) all bonuses or severance obligations (including statutorily mandated severance payments) owed by the Company to the Company’s directors, employees and/or consultants in connection with the Transactions that are unpaid as of the Closing (except in connection with any request of the Acquiror including request of the Acquiror to terminate engagements of employees and/or consultants by the Acquirer), (iv) the employer portion of any payroll taxes or other withholding obligations arising from payments described in clause (iii) of this definition, and not previously paid, and (v) any such fees, costs, expenses, payments and expenditures incurred by Sellers or Key Employees paid for or to be paid for by the Company; provided that Transaction Expenses shall be calculated to be inclusive of any VAT.
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ARTICLE
2
The Share Purchase
2.1 Purchase and Sale of Shares. At the Closing, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, in consideration for the payments set forth in Section 2.2 below, the Seller, shall sell, assign, transfer and deliver to Acquirers, and Acquirers shall, on a several and not joint basis, purchase from the Seller, good and valid title to all of the Company Shares, free and clear from all Encumbrances. The allocation of the Company Shares and of the Closing Consideration between the Acquirers shall be as set forth under Annex A (the “Acquirers Allocation Table”).
2.2 Share Purchase Consideration.
(a) Company Capital Shares. On the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, Seller shall sell, transfer and deliver to Acquirers at the Closing, and the Acquirers shall purchase from Seller, good and valid title to all of the Company Shares owned by Seller as of immediately prior to the Closing (as set forth on the Spreadsheet) free and clear of all Encumbrances, in exchange for the Closing Consideration.
(b) Adjustments. In the event of any share split, reverse share split, share dividend (including any dividend or distribution of securities convertible into capital shares), reorganization, reclassification, combination, recapitalization or other like change with respect to the Company Shares occurring after the Agreement Date and prior to the Closing, all references in this Agreement to specified numbers of shares of any class or series affected thereby, and all calculations provided for that are based upon numbers of shares of any class or series (or trading prices therefor) affected thereby, shall be equitably adjusted to the Seller’s indemnification obligations under Article 11.
2.3 Withholding; Certain Tax Matters.
(a) The Escrow Agent and any Person acting on its behalf (each, a “Payor”) shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from any consideration payable or otherwise deliverable pursuant to this Agreement and the Escrow Agreement to, or on behalf of, Seller such amounts as the Payor reasonably determines are required to be deducted or withheld therefrom or in connection therewith under any provision of state, local or foreign Tax law or under any other Applicable Law, including, without limitation, the Income Tax Ordinance, unless the Payor is provided, prior to the applicable payment date, with a valid certificate that exempts the Seller from Tax or implies a reduced Tax rate, in which case the Payor will withhold tax according to the tax rate provided in such certificate. To the extent such amounts were so deducted or withheld, such amounts shall be (A) treated for all purposes under this Agreement as having been paid to the Person to whom such amounts would otherwise have been paid and (B) timely remitted by the Payor to the applicable Governmental Authority. In the case of any amounts withheld, the withholding party shall promptly provide to the Seller written confirmation of the amount so withheld.
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(b) Notwithstanding Section 2.3(a), with respect to Israeli Tax, any amount payable to Seller (excluding amounts held in the Escrow Fund) (in this section the “Payee”) under this Agreement at the Closing shall, at the request of Payee, be retained by the Paying Agent for the benefit of Payee for a period of up to 180 days from the Closing or an earlier date required in writing by Payee or as otherwise requested by the ITA (the “Withholding Drop Date”) (during which time no amount shall be withheld from amounts paid to the Paying Agent, except as provided below or as requested in writing by the ITA) and during which time, Payee may obtain (or, if one already exists, present to the Paying Agent) a valid certificate or ruling issued by the ITA specifically in regards to this Transaction in form and substance reasonably acceptable to Acquirers Representative: (A) exempting the Payor from the duty to withhold Israeli Taxes with respect to Payee, (B) determining the applicable rate of Israeli Taxes to be withheld from the payment due to Payee or (C) providing any other instructions regarding the payment or withholding with respect to the applicable portion of the consideration due to Payee (the “Qualified Withholding Certificate”). In the event that no later than three (3) Business Days prior to the Withholding Drop Date Payee submits to the Paying Agent a Qualified Withholding Certificate, the Paying Agent shall act in accordance with the provisions of such Qualified Withholding Certificate, subject to any deduction and withholding as may be reasonably required to be deducted and withheld under any provision of state, local or foreign Tax law (other than Israeli Tax law) and the balance of the payment that is not withheld shall be paid to Payee. If Payee: (A) does not provide the Paying Agent with a Qualified Withholding Certificate no later than three Business Days prior to the Withholding Drop Date, or (B) submits a written request to the Paying Agent to release the amounts held by the Paying Agent to Payee, prior to the Withholding Drop Date and fails to submit a Qualified Withholding Certificate at or before such time, then the amount to be withheld and transferred to the ITA from the amounts payable to Payee, shall be calculated according to the applicable withholding rate (increased by interest plus linkage differences, as defined in Section 159A of the Israeli Income Tax Ordinance, for the period between the Closing and the time the relevant payment is made, and calculated in NIS based on a A$:NIS exchange rate at the Closing Date, as published by the Bank of Israel). Such amount shall be delivered or caused to be delivered to the ITA by the Paying Agent, and the Paying Agent shall release to Payee the balance of the amount due to Payee that is not so withheld, subject to any deduction and withholding as may reasonably be required to be deducted and withheld under any provision of state, local or foreign Tax law (other than Israeli Tax law). For the avoidance of doubt, in the absence of a Qualified Withholding Certificate which also applies to the Escrow Fund, the applicable amount to be withheld from any amount deposited with the Paying Agent will be deducted, and delivered to the ITA as provided above. Any currency conversion commissions will be borne by the Seller and deducted from payments to be made to Seller.
(c) Each party hereto is relying solely on the advice of his, her or its own Tax advisors with respect to the Tax consequences of the Share Purchase.
2.4 Further Assurances. If, at any time before or after the Closing, the parties reasonably believe or are advised that any further instruments, deeds, assignments or assurances are reasonably necessary or desirable to consummate the Share Purchase or to carry out the purposes and intent of this Agreement at or after the Closing, then the Company, Acquirers, Seller and their respective officers and directors shall execute and deliver all such proper deeds, assignments, instruments and assurances and do all other things reasonably necessary or desirable to consummate the Transactions and to otherwise carry out the purposes and intent of this Agreement so long as such action is not inconsistent with this Agreement.
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ARTICLE
3
Representations and Warranties of each of the Company and the Seller
Subject to the exceptions set forth in a numbered or lettered section of the disclosure letter addressed to Acquirers, dated as of the Agreement Date and delivered to Acquirers concurrently with the parties’ execution of this Agreement (the “Disclosure Letter”) referencing a representation or warranty herein (each of which exceptions, in order to be effective, shall clearly indicate the section and, if applicable, the subsection of this Article 3 to which it relates (unless and to the extent the relevance to other representations and warranties is reasonably apparent from the face of the disclosed exception without reference to extrinsic documentation or independent knowledge on the part of the reader regarding the disclosed exception), and each of which exceptions shall also be deemed to be representations and warranties made by each of the Seller and the Company, severally and not jointly, under this Article 3), each of the Company and Seller, severally and not jointly, hereby represents and warrants to Acquiror as follows:
3.1 Organization and Good Standing. The Company is a company duly organized and validly existing under the laws of the State of Israel. The Company has the corporate power and authority to own, operate, and lease its properties and to carry on the Company Business. The Company is duly qualified or licensed to do business, and is in good standing, in each jurisdiction where the character of the properties owned, leased or operated by it or the nature of its activities makes such qualification or licensing necessary, except where the failure to be so qualified and in good standing, individually or in the aggregate with any such other failures, would not reasonably be expected to be material to the Company; without limiting the foregoing, the Company is so qualified or licensed and in good standing in each jurisdiction listed on Schedule 3.1 of the Disclosure Letter. The Company has delivered to Acquiror true and complete copies of the Charter Documents, each as currently in effect, and is not in violation of its Charter Documents.
3.2 Subsidiaries. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.2 of the Company Disclosure Letter, the Company does not have, and since its inception has not had, any subsidiaries or any equity or ownership interest (or any interest convertible or exchangeable or exercisable for, any equity or ownership interest), whether direct or indirect, in, or any loans to, any Entity.
3.3 Power, Authorization and Validity.
(a) Power and Authority. The Company has all requisite corporate power and authority to enter into, execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the Company Ancillary Agreements and to consummate the Transactions. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the Transactions have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Company and, assuming the due execution and delivery of this Agreement by the other parties hereto, constitutes the valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms subject only to the effect, if any, of (i) applicable bankruptcy and other similar Applicable Law affecting the rights of creditors generally and (ii) rules of law governing specific performance, injunctive relief and other equitable remedies. The holder of 100% of the Company Share Capital have executed this Agreement and no further vote of the Company shareholders is required, including under the Charter Documents and Israeli law, as in effect at the time of such approval, in connection with the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement by the Company or the Seller or the consummation of the Share Purchase and the other Transactions.
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(b) Board Approval. The Board, by resolutions duly adopted (and not thereafter modified or rescinded) by the unanimous vote of the Board, has approved this Agreement in accordance with the provisions of Israeli Law and the Charter Documents.
(c) No Consents. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.3(c) of the Company Disclosure Letter, no consent, approval, Order or authorization, release or waiver of, or registration, declaration or filing with, or notice to, any Governmental Authority or any other Person is necessary or is required to be made or obtained by or with respect to the Company to enable the Company to lawfully execute and deliver, enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and each of the Company Ancillary Agreements or to consummate the Share Purchase and the other Transactions (including the consent of any Person required to be obtained in order to keep the Contract between such Person and the Company in effect following the Share Purchase or to provide that the Company is not in breach or violation of any such Contract) (including, and in reliance on the assumption that Acquiror is not considered a monopoly for the purposes of Israeli Law, any filings and notifications as may be required to be made by the Company in connection with the Share Purchase under the Israeli Restrictive Trade Practices Law, 5748-1988, antitrust laws and other Applicable Law).
(d) Enforceability. This Agreement has been, and on the Closing Date the Company Ancillary Agreements will have been, duly executed and delivered by the Company. This Agreement and each of the Company Ancillary Agreements are, or when executed by the Company shall be, valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their respective terms, assuming the due execution and delivery by the other parties thereto and subject to the effect of (i) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect relating to rights of creditors generally and (ii) rules of law and equity governing specific performance, injunctive relief and other equitable remedies.
(e) Seller. This Agreement has been, and on the Closing Date the Escrow Agreement and Supply Agreement will have been, duly executed and delivered by the Seller. This Agreement, the Escrow Agreement are, or when executed by the Seller shall be, valid and binding obligations of the Seller, enforceable against the Seller in accordance with their respective terms, assuming the due execution and delivery by the other parties thereto and subject to the effect of (i) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect relating to rights of creditors generally and (ii) rules of law and equity governing specific performance, injunctive relief and other equitable remedies.
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3.4 Capitalization of the Company.
(a) The authorized share capital of the Company, as of immediately prior to the Closing, consists solely of 10,000,000 Company Ordinary Shares, of which 1,671,280 Company Ordinary Shares, are issued and outstanding as of the Agreement Date. The Company holds no treasury shares. As of the Agreement Date, there are no other issued and outstanding shares of Company Share Capital and no outstanding commitments or Contracts to issue any shares of Company Share Capital including not under any outstanding Company options except as set forth in Schedule 3.4(a) of the Company Disclosure Letter. As of immediately prior to the Closing, the Seller is the only owner and registered owner of 1,671,280 Company Ordinary Shares which constitute as of the Agreement Date and shall constitute as of the Closing Date 100% of the issued and outstanding Fully-Diluted Company Shares. The number of such shares owned by Seller constitutes the entire interest of Seller in the issued and outstanding Company Share Capital or voting securities of the Company and no such shares shall be issued or outstanding as of the Closing Date that are not set forth above. All issued and outstanding shares of Company Share Capital have been duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and are free of any Encumbrances, outstanding subscriptions, preemptive rights, rights of first refusal or “put” or “call” rights created by statute, the Charter Documents or any Contract to which the Company is a party or by which the Company or any of its assets is bound. The Company has never declared or paid any dividends on any shares of Company Share Capital. There is no Liability for dividends accrued and unpaid by the Company. The Company is not under any obligation to register under the Securities Act, applicable Israeli securities law or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, any other Applicable Law or “blue sky” laws, any shares of Company Share Capital, any equity interests or any other securities of the Company, whether currently outstanding or that may subsequently be issued. All issued and outstanding shares of Company Share Capital were issued in compliance with all Applicable Law and all requirements set forth in the Charter Documents and any applicable Contracts to which the Company is a party or by which the Company or any of its assets is bound.
(b) Except as set forth in Schedule 3.4(b) of the Company Disclosure Letter, as of the Agreement Date, the Company has not reserved any Company Ordinary Shares for issuance to employees, non-employee directors and contractors whether pursuant to the Company option plan, or otherwise.
(c) No Other Rights. Except as set forth in Schedule 3.4(c) of the Company Disclosure Letter, there are no stock appreciation rights, options, warrants, calls, rights, commitments, conversion privileges or preemptive or other rights or Contracts outstanding to purchase or otherwise acquire any shares of Company Share Capital or any securities or debt convertible into or exchangeable for Company Share Capital or obligating the Company to grant, extend or enter into any such option, warrant, call, right, commitment, conversion privilege or preemptive or other right or Contract. The Charter Documents do not provide, and the Company is not a party to or otherwise bound by any Contract providing, registration rights, rights of first refusal, preemptive rights, co-sale rights or other similar rights or other restrictions applicable to any outstanding securities of the Company. The Company is not a party to any Contract regarding the voting of any outstanding securities of the Company.
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3.5 No Conflict. Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement or any of the Company Ancillary Agreements by the Company, nor the consummation of the Share Purchase or any other transaction contemplated hereby or thereby, conflicts with, or (with or without notice or lapse of time, or both) results in a termination, acceleration, cancellation, breach, impairment or violation of, constitutes a default under, or results in the creation of any Encumbrance on any of the assets properties or rights of the Company pursuant to: (a) any provision of the Charter Documents or any resolution adopted by the Company Shareholders or the Board, each as currently in effect, (b) any Applicable Law, or (c) any Contract to which the Company is a party or by which the Company or any of its assets or properties are bound. Neither the execution and delivery by the Company of this Agreement nor the consummation of the Share Purchase or the other Transactions shall give rise to, or trigger the application of, any rights of any third party or any obligations of the Company that would come into effect upon the completion of the Share Purchase and the other Transactions.
3.6 Taxes.
(a) Except as set forth in Schedule 3.6(a) of the Company Disclosure Letter, the Company has duly filed with the appropriate Tax Authorities all Tax Returns required to be filed by it prior to the Closing Date, has duly paid all Taxes required to be paid by it (whether or not shown on any Tax Return), and has no Liability for Taxes in excess of the amounts so paid. All such Tax Returns were complete and accurate and have been prepared in compliance with Applicable Law. There is no claim for Taxes that has resulted in an Encumbrance against any of the assets of the Company.
(b) The Company has delivered to Acquiror true, correct and complete copies, in all material respects, of all Tax Returns, examination reports and statements of deficiencies, adjustments and proposed deficiencies and adjustments in respect of the Company, in each case, since fiscal year 2019.
(c) The Company Balance Sheet reflects all Liabilities for unpaid Taxes of the Company for periods (or portions of periods) through the Company Balance Sheet Date. The Company does not have any Liability for unpaid Taxes accruing after the Company Balance Sheet Date except for Taxes arising in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice following the Company Balance Sheet Date. The Company does not have any Liability for Taxes (whether outstanding, accrued for, contingent or otherwise) that are not included in the calculation of Company Net Working Capital.
(d) There is (i) no past or pending audit of, or Tax controversy associated with, any Tax Return of the Company that, to the knowledge of the Seller and Company, has been or is being conducted by a Tax Authority, and, to the knowledge of the Seller and the Company, there is no ground for any Tax controversy, (ii) no other procedure, proceeding or contest of any refund or deficiency in respect of Taxes pending or on appeal with any Governmental Authority, (iii) no extension of any statute of limitations on the assessment of any Taxes granted by the Company currently in effect and (iv) no agreement to any extension of time for filing any Tax Return that has not been filed. No claim has ever been made by any Governmental Authority in a jurisdiction where the Company does not file Tax Returns that the Company is or may be subject to taxation by that jurisdiction.
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(e) The Company will not be required to include any item of income in, or exclude any item of deduction from, Taxable income for any Taxable period (or portion thereof) ending after the Closing Date as a result of any (i) change in method of accounting for a Taxable period ending on or prior to the Closing Date, (ii) installment sale or open transaction disposition made on or prior to the Closing Date, or (iii) prepaid amount received on or prior to the Closing Date.
(f) The Company has complied in all material respects with all applicable Laws relating to the payment reporting and withholding of Taxes from payments made or deemed made to any Person and have duly withheld and paid over to the appropriate Taxing Authority all amounts required to be so withheld and paid under all Applicable Laws. The Company duly filed all withholding Tax Returns, for all Tax periods through and including the Closing Date. The Company is in material compliance with, and its records contain all applicable information and documents necessary to comply with, all applicable information reporting and withholding requirements under all applicable Tax Laws.
(g) The Company is duly registered for the purposes of Israeli value added tax and has complied in all material respects with all requirements concerning value added Taxes (“VAT”). The Company has complied, in all material respects, with all Applicable Laws concerning VAT, including with respect to the making on time of accurate returns and payments and the maintenance of records. The Company (i) has not made any exempt transactions (as defined in the Israel Value Added Tax Law of 1975) and to the Company’s knowledge, there are no circumstances by reason of which there might not be an entitlement to full credit of all VAT chargeable or paid on inputs, supplies, and other transactions and imports made by it, (ii) has collected and duly remitted to the relevant Taxing Authority all output VAT which it is required to collect and remit under any Applicable Law, and (iii) has not received a refund for input VAT for which it is not entitled under any Applicable Law.
(h) Neither the Company nor Seller is subject to any restrictions or limitations pursuant to Part E2 of the Israeli Income Tax Ordinance or pursuant to any Tax ruling made with reference to the provisions of Part E2.
(i) The Company does not and has never participated or engaged in any transaction listed in Section 131(g) of the Israeli Income Tax Ordinance and the Israeli Income Tax Regulations (Reportable Tax Planning), 5767-2006 promulgated thereunder. The Company does not and has never taken a tax position that is subject to reporting under Section 131E of the Israeli Income Tax Ordinance. The Company has never obtained a legal or tax opinion that is subject to reporting under Section 131D of the Israeli Income Tax Ordinance.
(j) The Company is not and has never been a real property corporation (Igud Mekarke’in) within the meaning of this term under Section 1 of the Israeli Land Taxation Law (Appreciation and Acquisition), 5723-1963.
(k) The Company is a resident for Tax purposes of its country of incorporation, organization or formation, and, the Company is not nor has it ever been subject to Tax in any country other than its country of incorporation by virtue of having employees, a permanent establishment or any other place of business in that country or by virtue of exercising management and control in such country.
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(l) The Company has provided to Acquiror all material documentation relating to any Tax holidays or incentives applicable to the Company, including pursuant to applications made by the Company under the laws of the State of Israel, the period for which such Tax incentive applies, and the nature of such Tax incentive. The Company is in material compliance with all requirements for any applicable Tax holidays or incentives. The Company states that: (a) no claim or challenge has been made by any Tax authority with respect to the Company’s entitlement to such incentives; and (b) subject to receipt of the approvals required herein, consummation of the Transaction will not adversely affect the continued qualification for the incentives or the terms or duration thereof or require any recapture of any previously claimed incentive.
(m) The Company is not a party to or bound by any Tax sharing, Tax indemnity, or Tax allocation agreement, and the Company does not have any Liability or potential Liability to another party under any such agreement.
(n) No closing agreements, private letter rulings, technical advice memoranda or similar agreements or rulings relating to Taxes have been entered into or issued by any Governmental Entity with or in respect of the Company. The Company has not requested or received any “taxation decision” (hachlatat misui) from the ITA.
(o) The Company does not own any interest in any controlled foreign corporation pursuant to Section 75B of the Israeli Income Tax Ordinance, or other entity the income of which is required to be included in the income of the Company for Israeli Tax purposes.
(p) No independent contractor was considered as an employee of the Company by an applicable Tax Authority.
(q) There is no limitation on the utilization of any Tax attributes, Tax credits or similar items of the Company under any provision of Applicable Law, other than any such limitations resulting from the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(r) The Company did not receive final assessments of its Tax returns (“shumot sofiot”) since its incorporation.
3.7 Company Financial Statements.
(a) The Company has delivered to Acquiror its audited financial statements for the 12- month period ended December 31, 2020 and its unaudited, consolidated financial statements for the period ended November 30, 2021 (including, in each case, balance sheets, statements of operations and statements of cash flows) (collectively, the “Financial Statements”), which are included as Schedule 3.7(a) of the Company Disclosure Letter. The Financial Statements (i) are derived from and in accordance with the books and records of the Company, (ii) complied as to form with applicable accounting requirements with respect thereto as of their respective dates, (iii) fairly and accurately present, in all material respects, the financial condition of the Company at the dates therein indicated and the consolidated results of operations and cash flows of the Company for the periods therein specified (subject, in the case of unaudited interim period financial statements, to normal recurring year-end audit adjustments, none of which individually or in the aggregate are or will be material in amount), (iv) are true, correct and complete in all material respects, (v) were prepared in accordance with IFRS, except for the absence of footnotes in the unaudited Financial Statements, applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved and (vi) have been kept accurately in the ordinary course of business consistent in all material respects with Israeli Law. The transactions entered in the Financial Statements represent bona fide transactions, and the revenues, expenses, assets and liabilities of the Company have been properly recorded therein in all material respects.
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(b) Except as set forth in Schedule 3.7(b) of the Company Disclosure Letter, the Company has no Liabilities of any nature other than (i) those set forth or adequately provided for in the balance sheet included in the Financial Statements as of December 31, 2020 and November 30, 2021 (such date, the “Company Balance Sheet Date” and such balance sheet, the “Company Balance Sheet”), (ii) those incurred in the conduct of the Company’s business since the Company Balance Sheet Date in the ordinary course of business that are of the type that ordinarily recur and, individually or in the aggregate, are not material in nature or amount and do not result from any breach of Contract, warranty, infringement, tort or violation of Applicable Law and (iii) those incurred by the Company in connection with the execution of this Agreement. Except for Liabilities reflected in the Financial Statements, and other than as set forth in Schedule 3.7(b) of the Company Disclosure Letter, the Company has no off-balance sheet Liability of any nature to, or any financial interest in, any third parties or entities, the purpose or effect of which is to defer, postpone, reduce or otherwise avoid or adjust the recording of expenses incurred by the Company. All reserves that are set forth in or reflected in the Company Balance Sheet have been established in accordance with IFRS consistently applied and are adequate. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company has never guaranteed any debt or other obligation of any other Person.
(c) Schedule 3.7(c) of the Company Disclosure Letter sets forth a true, correct and complete list of all Company Debt including, for each item of Company Debt, the agreement governing the Company Debt and the interest rate, maturity date, any assets securing such Company Debt and any prepayment or other penalties payable in connection with the repayment of such Company Debt at the Closing. All Company Debt may be prepaid at the Closing without penalty under the terms of the Contracts governing such Company Debt.
(d) Schedule 3.7(d) of the Company Disclosure Letter sets forth the names and locations of all banks and other financial institutions at which the Company maintains accounts and the names of all Persons authorized to make withdrawals therefrom.
(e) The accounts receivable of the Company (the “Accounts Receivable”) as reflected on Schedule 3.7(e) of the Company Disclosure Letter arose in the ordinary course of business and represent bona fide claims against debtors for sales and other charges, and to the knowledge of the Company the Accounts Receivable are collectible in the book amounts thereof within 90 days following the Agreement Date, less an amount not in excess of the allowance for doubtful accounts provided for in the Company Balance Sheet or in the Company Closing Financial Certificate, as the case may be. Allowances for doubtful accounts and warranty returns have been prepared in accordance with IFRS consistently applied and in accordance with the Company’s past practice and are sufficient to provide for any losses that may be sustained on realization of the applicable Accounts Receivable. The Accounts Receivable arising after the date hereof and before the Closing Date, (i) arose or shall arise in the ordinary course of business, (ii) represented or shall represent bona fide claims against debtors for sales and other charges and (iii) have been collected or are collectible in the book amounts thereof within 60 days following the Agreement Date, less allowances for doubtful accounts and warranty returns determined in accordance with IFRS consistently applied and the Company’s past practice that are or shall be sufficient to provide for any losses that may be sustained on realization of the applicable Accounts Receivable. None of the Accounts Receivable is subject to any claim of offset, recoupment, set-off or counter-claim and, to the knowledge of the Seller and the Company, there are no facts or circumstances (whether asserted or unasserted) that could give rise to any such claim. No material amount of Accounts Receivable is contingent upon the performance by the Company of any obligation or Contract other than normal warranty repair and replacement. No Person has any Encumbrance on any Accounts Receivable, and no agreement for deduction or discount has been made with respect to any such Accounts Receivable. Schedule 3.7(e) of the Company Disclosure Letter sets forth, as of the Agreement Date, an aging of the Accounts Receivable in the aggregate and by customer, and indicates the amounts of allowances for doubtful accounts and warranty returns. Schedule 3.7(e) of the Company Disclosure Letter sets forth, as of the Agreement Date, such amounts of Accounts Receivable that are subject to asserted warranty claims by customers and reasonably detailed information regarding asserted warranty claims made within the last year, including the type and amounts of such claims.
(f) The Company has established and maintains a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances (i) that transactions, receipts and expenditures of the Company are being executed and made only in accordance with appropriate authorizations of management and the Board, (ii) that transactions are recorded as necessary (A) to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with IFRS and (B) to maintain accountability for assets, (iii) regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of the assets of Company and (iv) that the amount recorded for assets on the books and records of the Company is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. None of the Company, the Company’s independent auditors and, to the knowledge of the Seller and the Company, any current or former employee, consultant or director of the Company, has identified or been made aware of any fraud, whether or not material, that involves Company’s management or other current or former employees, consultants directors of Company who have a role in the preparation of financial statements or the internal accounting controls utilized by the Company, or any claim or allegation regarding any of the foregoing. None of the Company, and, to the knowledge of the Seller and the Company, any Company Representative has received or otherwise had or obtained knowledge of any material complaint, allegation, assertion or claim, whether written or oral, in each case, regarding deficient accounting or auditing practices, procedures, methodologies or methods of the Company or its or their internal accounting controls or any material inaccuracy in the financial statements of the Company. No attorney representing the Company, whether or not employed by the Company, has reported to the Board or any committee thereof or to any director or officer of the Company evidence of a material violation of securities laws, breach of fiduciary duty or similar violation by the Company or the Company Representatives or any of its officers, directors, employees or agents. There are no significant deficiencies or material weaknesses in the design or operation of the Company’s internal controls that could adversely affect the Company’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial data. There has been no change in the accounting policies of the Company since the Company’s inception, except as described in the Financial Statements.
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3.8 Intellectual Property.
(a) The Company (i) owns or (ii) has the valid right or license to use, and, to the extent that it does any of the following, to develop, make, have made, offer for sale, sell, import, copy, modify, create derivative works of, distribute, license, and dispose of all Company IP. “Company IP” means all Company-Owned IP and all other Intellectual Property used in the conduct of the Company Business. The Company IP is sufficient for the conduct of the Company Business. As used in this Agreement, “Company- Owned IP” means Intellectual Property that the Company owns or purports to own, or is licensed to the Company.
(b) Neither the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement or the Company Ancillary Agreements nor the consummation of the Share Purchase and the other Transactions will: (i) constitute a material breach of or default under any instrument, license or other Contract pursuant to which the Company grants to any third party any rights in, to, or under any Company IP (the “Outbound Company IP Agreements”) or pursuant to which the Company receives licenses in, to, or under any third- party Intellectual Property Rights or to use any third-party Technology (the “Inbound Company IP Agreements”), (ii) cause the forfeiture or termination of, or give rise to a right of forfeiture or termination of, any Company IP, or (iii) materially impair the right of the Company to use, develop, make, have made, offer for sale, sell, import, copy, modify, create derivative works of, distribute, license, or dispose of any Company IP or portion thereof. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.8(b)(i) of the Company’s Disclosure Letter, there are no royalties, fees or other payments payable by the Company to any third Person (other than salaries payable to employees and independent contractors not contingent on or related to use of their work product) as a result of the use, license-in, manufacture, sale, offering for sale, copying, distribution, or disposition of any Company IP by the Company and none shall become payable as a result of the consummation of the Transactions. After the Closing, all Company-Owned IP will be fully transferable, alienable or licensable by the Company and Acquiror without restriction and without payment of any kind to any third party (except (i) to the extent relating to restrictions which the Acquiror is independently subject to, or resulting specifically from the identity of the Acquirer, and (ii) any fees and/or approvals in connection to the Israel Innovation Authority (“IIA”) or the ITA). Other than pursuant to Outbound Company IP Agreements identified in Schedule 3.8(b)(ii) of the Company Disclosure Letter, the Company has not authorized or granted to any third party any rights to use or otherwise exploit any of the Company- Owned IP.
(c) Schedule 3.8(c) of the Company Disclosure Letter sets forth a list of each of the products and services currently produced, manufactured, marketed, licensed, sold, or distributed by the Company and each product and service currently under development by the Company (each, a “Company Product or Service”). Neither the operation of the Company Business nor the use, development, manufacture, marketing, licensing, sale, offering for sale, distribution, or intended use of any Company Product or Service (i) has violated or violates any Inbound Company IP Agreements, or (ii) directly or indirectly (including via contribution or inducement) has, to the Company’s knowledge, infringed or misappropriated, infringes or misappropriates or any Intellectual Property of any other party. There is no pending, or to the knowledge of the Company, threatened, claim or litigation contesting the validity, ownership or right of the Company to exercise any Company IP, nor to the knowledge of the Company, is there any legitimate basis for any such claim, nor has the Company received any notice asserting that any Company IP or the proposed use, development, manufacture, sale, offering for sale, licensing, or distribution thereof directly or indirectly (including via contribution or inducement) conflicts with or infringes or shall conflict with or infringe the rights of any other party, nor to the knowledge of the Company, is there any legitimate basis for any such assertion and the has not received any written notice or offer from any third party offering a license under any patents.
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(d) Other than as set forth in Schedule 3.8(d) of the Company Disclosure Letter, none of the Company IP, the Company Products or Services, nor the Company is subject to any Action, Order, Contract or stipulation (i) restricting in any manner the use, distribution, transfer, or licensing by the Company of any Company IP or any Company Product or Service, or which may affect the validity, use or enforceability of any Company-Owned IP or (ii) restricting the conduct of the Company Business in order to accommodate Intellectual Property rights of a third party.
(e) No current or former employee, consultant or independent contractor of the Company, to the Company’s knowledge: (i) has been or is in material violation of any term or covenant of any employment contract, patent disclosure agreement, invention assignment agreement, nondisclosure agreement, noncompetition agreement or any other Contract with any other party by virtue of such employee’s, consultant’s or independent contractor’s being employed by, or performing services for, the Company or using trade secrets or proprietary information of others without permission, or (ii) has developed any Intellectual Property for the Company or during a period of time during which they were working for the Company that is subject to any Contract under which such employee, consultant or independent contractor has assigned or otherwise granted to any third party any rights (including Intellectual Property Rights) in or to such Intellectual Property. Neither the employment of any employee of the Company, nor the use by the Company of the services of any consultant or independent contractor subjects the Company to any Liability to any third party for improperly soliciting such employee, consultant or independent contractor to work for the Company, whether such Liability is based on contractual or other legal obligations of the Company to such third party.
(f) Other than as set forth in Schedule 3.8(f) of the Company Disclosure Letter, the Company has taken all commercially reasonable steps to protect, preserve and maintain the secrecy and confidentiality of the Company IP and to preserve and maintain all the Company’s interests, proprietary rights and trade secrets in the Company IP. All current and former officers, employees, consultants and independent contractors of the Company having access to proprietary information of the Company, its customers or business partners and inventions owned by the Company have executed and delivered to the Company an agreement regarding the protection of such proprietary information (in the case of proprietary information of the Company’s customers and business partners, to the extent required by such customers and business partners). The Company has secured valid written assignments from all of the Company’s current and former consultants, independent contractors, founders and employees who were involved in, or who contributed to, the creation or development of any Company-Owned IP, pursuant to which: (i) the Company has obtained unencumbered, unrestricted and exclusive ownership of all Intellectual Property Rights therein; and (ii) the assignor waived all right, title and interest in and to all Intellectual Property Rights therein, including the right to receive royalties or other consideration. No current or former employee, officer, director, consultant or independent contractor of the Company has any right, license, claim or interest whatsoever in or with respect to any Company-Owned IP.
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(g) Schedule 3.8(g) of the Company Disclosure Letter sets forth a list and description of all Technology developed or otherwise owned by a third party that is incorporated into, integrated or bundled with, or used by the Company in the development, manufacture or compilation of any of the Company Products or Services and the applicable Contract therefor.
(h) Schedule 3.8(h) of the Company Disclosure Letter contains a true and complete list of all United States, international and foreign (i) patents and patent applications (including provisional applications), (ii) registered trademarks, applications to register trademarks, intent-to-use applications, or other registrations or applications related to trademarks, (iii) registered Internet domain names, registered copyrights and applications for copyright registration, and (v) any other Intellectual Property that is, including in each case of (i) through (iv), the subject of an application, certificate, filing, registration or other document issued, filed, or recorded by or with any Governmental Authority or quasi-governmental authority anywhere in the world, including Internet domain name registries, which are owned by, registered or filed in the name of, the Company, and where applicable the jurisdiction in which each of the items of the Company IP has been applied for, filed, issued or registered (collectively, the “Company Registered IP”). All Company Registered IP are subsisting and, to the knowledge of the Company, valid and enforceable, and the Company is the record owner thereof. Schedule 3.8(h) of the Company Disclosure Letter sets forth a list of (A) all actions that are required to be taken by the Company within 120 days of the Agreement Date with respect to any of the Company Registered IP in order to avoid prejudice to, impairment or abandonment of such Company Registered IP and (B) all inter parties proceedings or actions before any court or tribunal (including the United States Patent and Trademark Office) or equivalent authority anywhere else in the world) related to any of the Company IP. The Company is the exclusive owner of all trademarks and trade names used in connection with the operation or conduct of the Company Business, including the sale, licensing, distribution or provision of any Company Products or Services by the Company as listed in Schedule 3.8(h). The Company owns exclusively, and has good title to, all copyrighted works that are included or incorporated into Company Products or Services.
(i) The Company owns all right, title and interest in and to all Company-Owned IP free and clear of all Encumbrances and licenses (other than licenses and rights listed in Schedule 3.8(i) of the Company Disclosure Letter).
(j) The Company has not (i) granted any third party exclusive rights to or under any Company-Owned IP (ii) transferred ownership of any Intellectual Property that is or was owned by the Company to any third party, or (iii) knowingly permitted the Company’s rights in any Company-Owned IP to lapse or enter the public domain (other than through the expiration of registered Intellectual Property Rights at the end of its statutory term).
(k) None of the Company and any other party acting on their respective behalf has disclosed or delivered to any party, or permitted the disclosure or delivery to any escrow agent or other party of, any Company Source Code. No event has occurred, and no circumstance or condition exists, that (with or without notice or lapse of time, or both) shall, or could reasonably be expected to, result in the disclosure or delivery by the Company or any other party acting on their respective behalf to any party of any Company Source Code. Schedule 3.8(k) of the Company Disclosure Letter identifies each Contract pursuant to which the Company has deposited, or is or may be required to deposit, with an escrow agent or other party, any Company Source Code and further describes whether the execution of this Agreement or the consummation of the Share Purchase or any of the other Transactions, in and of itself, could reasonably be expected to result in the release from escrow of any Company Source Code. As used in this Section 3.8(k), “Company Source Code” means, collectively, any human readable software source code, or any material portion or aspect of the software source code, or any material proprietary information or algorithm contained in or relating to any software source code, that constitutes Company-Owned IP or any other Company Product or Service marketed by the Company.
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(l) To the knowledge of the Seller and the Company, there is no unauthorized use, disclosure, infringement or misappropriation of any Company IP by any third party, including any employee or former employee of the Company.
(m) The Company has not agreed to indemnify any Person for any infringement of any Intellectual Property of any third party by any Company Product or Service that has been sold, licensed to third parties, leased to third parties, supplied, marketed, distributed or provided by the Company, except pursuant to standard customer agreements in effect as at the Agreement Date.
(n) All Company Products or Services provided by or through the Company to customers on or prior to the Closing Date conform in all material respects to applicable contractual commitments, express and implied warranties, product specifications and product documentation and to any representations provided to customers. The Company has made available to Acquiror all documentation and notes relating to the testing of the Company Products or Services and plans and specifications for Company Products or Services currently under development by the Company. The Company has a policy and procedure for tracking material bugs, errors and defects of which it becomes aware in any Company Products or Services, and maintains a database covering the foregoing. For all software used by the Company in providing Company Products or Services, or in developing or making available any of the Company Products or Services, to the Company’s knowledge, the Company has implemented any and all security patches or upgrades that are generally available for that software.
(o) Except as set forth in Schedule 3.8(o) of the Company Disclosure Letter, no government funding or other incentives, facilities or resources of a university, college, other educational institution or research center, or funding from third parties (other than funds received in consideration for Company Share Capital) was used in or received for the development of the Company Products or Services or any Company-Owned IP and the Company did not request to receive any such funding or incentives. To the Company’s knowledge, no current or former employee, consultant or independent contractor of the Company who was involved in, or who contributed to, the creation or development of any Company-Owned IP has performed services for the government, for a university, college or other educational institution or for a research center during a period of time during which such employee, consultant or independent contractor was also performing services for the Company. Without derogating from the generality of the foregoing, no Governmental Authority has any rights in any Company IP.
(p) Schedule 3.8(p) of the Company Disclosure Letter lists all Open Source Materials that have been incorporated into, combined with or distributed with any Company Products or Services. As used in this Section 3.8(p), “Open Source Materials” (i) means any software that (A) contains, or is derived in any manner (in whole or in part) from, any software that is distributed as free software, open source software (including Linux) or (B) requires as a condition of its use, modification or distribution that it, or other software incorporated, distributed with, or derived from it, be disclosed or distributed in source code form or made available at no charge and (ii) includes software licensed under the GNU’s General Public License (GPL) or Lesser/Library GPL, the Mozilla Public License, the Netscape Public License, the Sun Community Source License, the Sun Industry Standards License, the BSD License, a Microsoft Shared Source License, the Common Public License, the Apache License, and any license listed at www.opensource.org.
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(q) Except as set forth in Schedule 3.8(q) of the Company Disclosure Letter, the Company has not (i) incorporated Open Source Materials into, or combined Open Source Materials with, Company-Owned IP or Company Products or Services, (ii) distributed Open Source Materials in conjunction with any Company IP or Company Products or Services, or (iii) otherwise used Open Source Materials; in each case, in such a way that creates, or purports to create obligations for the Company with respect to any Company-Owned IP or grants, or purport to grant, to any third party, any rights or immunities under any Company-Owned IP (including by using any Open Source Materials that require, as a condition of use, modification or distribution of such Open Source Materials that any Company-Owned IP incorporated into, derived from, or distributed or combined with such Open Source Materials be (A) disclosed or distributed in source code form, (B) be licensed for the purpose of making derivative works, or (C) be redistributable at no charge). The Company is in compliance with the terms and conditions of all licenses for Open Source Materials and has not received any written notice or other communication regarding any actual or possible violation or breach of or default under, or intention to cancel or modify, any licenses for Open Source Materials.
(r) Except as set forth in Schedule 3.8(r) of the Company Disclosure Letter, the Company is not nor has it ever been a member or promoter of, or a contributor to, any industry standards body or any similar organization that could reasonably be expected to require or obligate the Company to grant or offer to any other Person any license or right to any Company-Owned IP.
(s) None of the Company Products or Services contain any “back door”, “drop dead device”, “time bomb”, “Trojan horse”, “virus” or “worm” (as such terms are commonly understood in the software industry) or any other code designed or intended to have, or capable of performing or without user intent will cause, any of the following functions: (i) disrupting, disabling, harming or otherwise impeding in any manner the operation of, or providing unauthorized access to, a computer system or network or other device on which such code is stored or installed, (ii) damaging or destroying any data or file without the user’s consent, or (iii) sending information to the Company, or any third party.
(t) The Company has not experienced, and, to the Company’s knowledge, no circumstances exist that are likely or expected to give rise to, any disruption in or to the operation of the Company Business as a result of: (i) any substandard performance or defect in any part of the information and communications Technology infrastructure and systems (including software, hardware, firmware, networks and the Company’s websites) that is or has been used in the Company Business, whether caused by any viruses, bugs, worms, software bombs or otherwise, lack of capacity or otherwise or (ii) a breach of security in relation to any part of such infrastructure.
(u) None of the Company Products or Services (i) constitutes or is considered “spyware” or “trackware” as such term is commonly understood in the software industry, (ii) is installed on a user’s computer without their knowledge, (iii) records a user’s actions without their knowledge, (iv) employs a user’s Internet connection without their knowledge to gather or transmit information on the user or their behavior, or (v) will load whenever a browser starts or share the browser’s memory context. For the purposes of this paragraph, “without a user’s knowledge” includes but is not limited to (A) without explicitly informing the user and (B) without being expected by a reasonable such user even if the text of a license agreement, help file, or other user information file does explicitly inform such user.
(v) The Company does not, directly or indirectly sell, license, or provide any Company Products or Services to any governmental agencies or other government entities or under government Contracts.
(w) Except as set forth in Schedule 3.8(w), in connection with any collection, storage, transfer (including, without limitation, any transfer across national borders) (if occurs and applicable to the Company) and/or use of any personally identifiable information from any individuals, including, without limitation, any customers, prospective customers, employees and/or other third parties (if occurs and applicable to the Company) (collectively “Personal Information”), the Company is and has been in all material respects in compliance with all Applicable Laws in all relevant jurisdictions. The Company is and has been in compliance in all material respects with all Applicable Laws relating to data loss, theft and breach of security notification obligations. The Company’s privacy policies conform, and at all times have conformed, to all of the Company’s contractual commitments to their customers. The Company has been and is in material compliance with all Contracts pursuant to which the Company processes or has processed personally identifiable information and other information relating to the end users of the Company Products or Services (the “Company Privacy Commitments”). In addition, the Company has at all times provided adequate notice and obtained any necessary consents from data subjects required for the processing of personally identifiable information as conducted by or for the Company. Neither the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement nor the taking over by Acquiror of all of the personally identifiable information and other information relating to the end users of the Company Products or Services will cause, constitute, or result in a breach or violation of any Applicable Laws or Company Privacy Commitments, or standard terms of service entered into by users of the Company Products or Services. No claims have been asserted or, to the knowledge of the Seller and the Company, are threatened against the Company by any Person or Entity alleging a violation of such Person’s or Entity’s privacy, personal or confidentiality rights under the privacy policies of the Company. With respect to all personal and user information described in this Section 3.8(w), the Company has at all times taken all steps reasonably necessary (including implementing and monitoring compliance with adequate measures with respect to technical and physical security) to ensure that the information is protected against loss and against unauthorized access, use, modification, disclosure or other misuse. To the knowledge of the Seller and the Company, there has been no unauthorized access to or other misuse of that information.
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(x) Where the Company has provided services (including software development services) to any third party on a “work for hire basis” where title to the Company work product produced by or on behalf of the Company for such third party has been transferred to such third party, (i) such work product does not form part of any Company Product or Service marketed by the Company and (ii) the Company has not used such work product for other purposes, including for other customers.
3.9 Employees
(a) Schedule 3.9(a) of the Company Disclosure Letter lists, with respect to the Company, each employment, consulting, contracting, severance or other similar Contract, and any other benefit arrangement, each loan to an employee and each written plan, program, policy, Contract or other arrangement providing for insurance coverage, workers’ benefits, vacation benefits, pension arrangement and any other provident fund, termination pay, severance benefits, retention, disability benefits, sickness benefits, relocation benefits, deferred compensation, profit-sharing, bonuses, stock options, stock purchase, phantom stock, stock appreciation or other forms of incentive compensation or post-retirement insurance, compensation or benefits for employees, consultants or directors that is currently in effect, maintained or contributed to by the Company and which covers any current employee, consultant of the Company or to which the Company has or may have an obligation to contribute. Such Contracts, plans, programs, policies, practices and arrangements as are described in this Schedule 3.9(a) are hereinafter collectively referred to as “Company Benefit Arrangements.”
(b) Except as set forth in Schedule 3.9(b)(1), the Company has complied and is in compliance in all material respects with Applicable Law, Contracts, and Orders, relating to labor, employment and fair employment practices (including termination of employment), including all Applicable Laws, Contracts and Orders relating to, hiring, discharge and/or terms and conditions of employment, discrimination in employment, privacy, harassment, retaliation, terms and conditions of employment, compensation matters, use of agency workers, worker classification (including employee- independent contractor classification and the proper classification of employees as exempt employees and nonexempt employees under the Working Hours and Rest Law, 5711-1951, and similar Applicable Laws), engagement with service providers (including in the field of cleaning, catering, security and protection) wages and hours, overtime, day of rest, sick leave, annual leave, prior notice, severance payment, notice to employees, disability rights or benefits, pension arrangements, equal opportunity, plant closures and layoffs, workers’ compensation employee leave issues, labor relations, unemployment insurance, occupational safety and health and employment practices, engagement of youth or foreign employees, work visas and/or employment authorization, and is not engaged in any unfair labor practice. The Company has duly withheld all amounts required by Applicable Law or by Contract to be withheld from the wages, salaries, and other payments to employees or consultants and the Company has duly transferred all amounts required by Applicable Law or by Contract to transfer to any Company Benefit Arrangement; and is not liable for any arrears of wages, compensation, Taxes, penalties or other sums for failure to comply with any of the foregoing. Except as set forth in Schedule 3.9(b)(2) and to the Company’s knowledge, the Company has paid in full to all employees, independent contractors and consultants all wages, salaries, commissions, bonuses, benefits and other compensation due to or on behalf of such employees, independent contractors and consultants. The Company is not liable for any material payment to any trust or other fund or to any Governmental Authority, with respect to unemployment compensation benefits, social security or other benefits or obligations for employees (other than routine payments to be made in the normal course of business and consistently with past practice). There are no pending claims against the Company under any Company Benefit Arrangements, workers compensation plan or policy or for long term disability. There are no controversies pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened, between the Company and any of its employees, which controversies have or could reasonably be expected to result in an Action.
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(c) A complete list of all employees, officers and consultants of the Company and their current status (e.g., employee or consultant and employee’s classification as either exempt or non-exempt from the overtime requirements under any Applicable Law), title and/or job description, work location, start date, compensation, base compensation (monthly base salary or hourly wage rate, and overtime consideration as applicable), commission/bonuses and all fringe benefits, including, vacation entitlement and accrued vacation or paid time-off balance, travel pay or car maintenance or car entitlement, sick leave entitlement and accrual, recuperation pay entitlement and accrual, entitlement to pension arrangement and/or any other provident fund (including manager’s insurance and education fund), their respective contribution rates and the base salary for such contributions, whether such employee is subject to the Section 14 Arrangement under the Israeli Severance Pay Law, 5723-1963 (the “Section 14 Arrangement”) (and, to the extent such employee is subject to the Section 14 Arrangement, an indication of whether such arrangement has been applied to such person from the commencement date of their employment and on the basis of their entire salary), notice period entitlement and legal status for purposes of eligibility to work in the jurisdiction in which they perform their services is set forth on Schedule 3.9(b) of the Company Disclosure Letter.
(d) All employees of the Company are legally permitted to be employed by the Company in Israel in their current job capacities for the maximum period allowed under Applicable Law. As of the date hereof, the Company does not have, and to the knowledge of Seller and the Company, no other Person has, (i) entered into any Contract that obligates or purports to obligate the Company, or Acquiror to make an offer of employment to any present or former employee or consultant of the Company and/or (ii) promised or otherwise provided any assurances (contingent or otherwise) to any present or former employee or consultant of the Company of any terms or conditions of employment with Acquiror following the Closing.
(e) The Company is not a party to or bound by any labor agreement or collective bargaining agreement, work rules or practices, or any other labor-related agreement or arrangement with any labor union, labor organization, employee representation group or works council, and no employees, consultants or contractors are represented by a labor union, labor organization, employee representation group or works council with respect to their employment or provision of services to the Company. No labor union, labor organization, works council or other collective group of employees, consultants or contractors has made a demand for recognition or certification with respect to the Company, and , to the Company’s knowledge, there are no representation or certification proceedings or applications seeking a representation or certification proceeding pending or, to the knowledge of the Seller and the Company, threatened in writing to be brought or filed before any Governmental Authority. To the Company’s knowledge, there is, and prior to the date hereof there has been, no union organizing activities among employees, consultants or contractors. The Company is not obligated under and no employee of the Company benefits from any extension order (tzavei harchava) except for extension orders which generally apply to all employees in Israel. There is no pending, or to the knowledge of the Seller and the Company, threatened work stoppage, lockout, labor grievance, arbitration, labor dispute, slowdown or labor strike against or affecting the Company. To the knowledge of the Seller and the Company, neither the Company nor any of its representatives, agents or employees, consultants or contractors has committed any unfair labor practice and the Company has no current labor disputes. The Company has good labor relations. The Seller and the Company have no knowledge of any facts indicating that the consummation of the Share Purchase or the other Transactions shall have a material effect on such labor relations, and has no knowledge that any of its Key Employees, consultants or contractors intends to terminate their relationship with the Company. There are no pending, or threatened, efforts to certify any Person as the collective bargaining agent of all or some of the employees, consultants or contractors of the Company.
(f) Each Company Benefit Arrangement has been maintained in compliance in all material respects with its terms and with the requirements prescribed by any and all Applicable Laws. The Company has delivered to Acquiror and its legal counsel a complete and correct copy and description of each Company Benefit Arrangement (including all employee benefit plans maintained by any company previously acquired by the Company), including all plan documents, adoption agreements, and amendments and restatements thereto executed since the inception of such Company Benefit Arrangement and any resolutions executed in connection with such documents, trust documents, financial statements, insurance policies, vendor contracts, employee booklets, summary plan descriptions, and summary of material modifications and other authorizing documents, all to the extent relevant.
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(g) All contributions due from the Company with respect to any of the Company Benefit Arrangements have been duly made under the terms of the applicable Company Benefit Arrangement any other Applicable Law, or there is a period of time remaining for such contributions to be duly made. Except as set forth in Schedule 3.9(g), the Company’s obligations to provide statutory severance pay to its employees pursuant to the Israeli Severance Pay Law, 5723-1963 and vacation pursuant to the Israeli Annual Leave Law, 5711-1951 and any personal employment agreement have been satisfied or have been fully funded by contributions to appropriate insurance funds or accrued on the Company’s financial statements and the Company applies the provisions of Section 14 of the Israeli Severance Pay Law, 5723- 1963 with respect to such statutory severance pay. Except as set forth in Schedule 3.9(g), no further contributions shall be due or shall have accrued thereunder as of the Closing Date (other than contributions accrued in the ordinary course of business after the Company Balance Sheet Date as a result of the operations of the Company after the Company Balance Sheet Date).
(h) Unless otherwise indicated in Schedule 3.9(h) of the Company Disclosure Letter, the Company is not a party to any: (i) Contract with any Person (A) the benefits of which are contingent, or the terms of which are materially altered, upon the occurrence of a transaction involving the Company in the nature of the Share Purchase or any of the other Transactions, (B) providing any term of employment or compensation guarantee, or (C) providing severance benefits or other benefits after the termination of employment of such employee regardless of the reason for such termination of employment (other than as required by Applicable Law); or (ii) Company Benefit Arrangement, any of the benefits of which shall be increased, or the vesting of benefits of which shall be accelerated, by the occurrence of the Share Purchase or any of the other Transactions, or any event subsequent to the Share Purchase such as the termination of employment of any person, or the value of any of the benefits of which shall be calculated on the basis of any of the Transactions. The Company has no obligation to pay any amount or provide any benefit to any former director, officer, employee, consultant other than obligations (i) for which the Company has established a reserve (or purchased an insurance policy) for such amount on the Company Balance Sheet and (ii) pursuant to Contracts entered into after the Company Balance Sheet Date and disclosed on Schedule 3.9(h) of the Company Disclosure Letter.
(i) To the Company’s knowledge, no director, officer, employee, consultant or contractor of the Company is in material violation of (i) any Contract or (ii) any restrictive covenant relating to the right of any such employee or consultant to be employed by or render services to the Company or to use trade secrets or proprietary information of others. The employment or engagement of any director, officer, employee, consultant or contractor by the Company does not subject the Company to any Liability to any third party.
(j) Schedule 3.9(j) of the Company Disclosure Letter lists as of the Agreement Date each director, officer, employee, consultant or contractor of the Company who is not fully available to perform work because of disability or other leave and also lists, with respect to each such director, officer, employee, consultant or contractor, the basis of such disability or leave and the anticipated date of return to full service.
(k) Each of Company and Seller has fully and completely settled all prior undertakings towards all Key Employees including payment of contingent bonuses and/or benefits previously promised to such employees by Seller and the Company. Up and until the Closing, any options, shares or other interests in Seller that are outstanding and held by such Key Employees shall be properly dealt with by the Seller in accordance with the terms of the relevant employee share option plans, or otherwise at the discretion of Seller, however in any event without any recourse by any of the Key Employees to Acquiror.
3.10 Organization; Power and Capacity. Seller possesses all requisite legal capacity necessary to enter into, execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement and any other document related to the Transactions to which it is a party and to carry out the Transactions that are required to be carried out by Seller.
3.11 Enforceability; Noncontravention.
(a) This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by Seller and, assuming the due execution and delivery of this Agreement by the other parties hereto, constitutes the valid and legally binding obligation of Seller enforceable against Seller in accordance with its terms, except as may be limited by and subject only to the effect, if any, of (i) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other laws of general application relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and (ii) rules of law governing specific performance, injunctive relief and other equitable remedies.
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(b) The execution, delivery and performance by Seller of this Agreement, or its otherwise being bound by it, does not, and the consummation of the Transactions will not, conflict with, or result in any violation of or default under (with or without notice or lapse of time, or both), or give rise to a right of termination, cancellation or acceleration of any obligation or loss of any benefit under, or require any consent, approval or waiver from any Person pursuant to, or result in the creation of any Encumbrance upon the Company Shares pursuant to (i) any Contract or Order to which the Seller is subject or (ii) any Applicable Law, except where such conflict, violation, default, termination, cancellation or acceleration, individually or in the aggregate, would not be material to Seller’s ability to consummate the Share Purchase or to perform its obligations under this Agreement.
(c) No consent, approval, order or authorization of, or registration, declaration or filing with, any Governmental Authority or any other Person is required by Seller in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the consummation of the Transactions that would reasonably be expected to adversely affect the ability of Seller to consummate the Share Purchase or any of the other Transactions.
3.12 Title to Shares. Seller owns of record and beneficially the Company Shares as set forth in Section 3.4 above, and has good and valid title to such Company Shares, free and clear of all Encumbrances and, at Closing, shall deliver to Acquiror good and valid title to such Company Shares, free and clear of all Encumbrances and Taxes. Seller does not own, and does not have the right to acquire, directly or indirectly, any other Company Share Capital. Such Company Shareholder is not a party to any option, warrant, purchase right, or other Contract or commitment that could require Seller to sell, transfer, or otherwise dispose of any Company Share Capital (other than this Agreement). Seller is not a party to any voting trust, proxy, or other agreement or understanding with respect to the voting of any share capital of the Company, except as set forth on the Company Disclosure Letter.
3.13 Litigation. There are no actions, suits, arbitrations, mediations, proceedings or claims pending or, to the knowledge of Seller, threatened against Seller that seek to restrain or enjoin the consummation of the Transactions.
3.14 Solvency. Seller is not bankrupt or insolvent and has not proposed a voluntary arrangement or made or proposed any arrangement or composition with Seller’s creditors or any class of such creditors, and no petition in respect of any such arrangement or composition has been presented. The consummation of the Share Purchase and the other Transactions shall not constitute a fraudulent transfer by Seller under applicable bankruptcy and other similar laws relating to bankruptcy and insolvency of Seller.
3.15 Australian Securities Exchange Ltd. and Reports. The Company is a material asset of the Seller and Seller is under legal obligation in Australia to furnish all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents with respect to the Company and the Company Business, pursuant to the applicable Australian laws in this respect. Seller has duly filed or furnished all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be filed or furnished by Seller with respect to the Company and the Company Business under any Applicable Law (including securities laws) and the Australian Securities Exchange Ltd. (the “ASX”) rules and regulations (the “Stock Exchange Rules”), for the period commencing as of the Seller’s re-listing on the ASX on December 2020 (the foregoing materials, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, and financial statements notes and schedules thereto being collectively referred to herein as the “Public Reports”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing or furnishing and has filed or furnished any such Public Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the Public Reports complied in all material respects with the requirements of all Applicable Laws and the Stock Exchange Rules, and none of the Public Reports, when filed or furnished, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. True and complete copies of the Public Reports are available for public access via the ASX electronic data gathering, analysis, and retrieval system.
3.16 Representations Complete. None of the representations or warranties made by the Seller and the Company herein or in any Exhibit or Schedule hereto, including the Disclosure Letter, or in any certificate delivered by the Seller and/or the Company pursuant to this Agreement, when all such documents are read together in their entirety, contains any untrue statement of a material fact, or omits to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained herein or therein, in the light of the circumstances under which made, not misleading.
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ARTICLE
4
Representations and Warranties of Acquiror
Each Acquiror represents and warrants to the Company and the Seller, on a several and not joint basis, as of the Agreement Date and as of the Closing Date, as follows:
4.1 Organization and Standing. To the extent an Acquiror is not a natural person, Acquiror is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization. Acquiror is not in violation of any of the provisions of its articles or certificate of incorporation, as applicable, or bylaws or equivalent organizational or governing documents.
4.2 Authority; Noncontravention.
(a) Acquiror has all requisite corporate power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to consummate the Transactions. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the Transactions have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of Acquiror and no other corporate proceeding on the part of the Acquiror is necessary to authorize this Agreement and to consummate the Transactions. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by Acquiror and, assuming the due execution and delivery of this Agreement by the other parties hereto, constitutes the valid and binding obligation of Acquiror, enforceable against Acquiror in accordance with its terms, subject only to the effect, if any, of (i) applicable bankruptcy and other similar Applicable Laws affecting the rights of creditors generally and (ii) rules of law governing specific performance, injunctive relief and other equitable remedies.
(b) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by Acquiror does not, and the consummation of the Transactions do not and will not, conflict with, or result in any violation of, or default under (with or without notice or lapse of time, or both), or give rise to a right of termination, cancellation or acceleration of any obligation or loss of a benefit under, or require any consent, approval or waiver from any Person pursuant to, (i) any provision of the articles or certificate of incorporation, as applicable, or bylaws or other equivalent organizational or governing documents of Acquiror, in each case as amended to date, or (ii) Applicable Law, or (iii) any Contract to which the Acquiror is a party or by which the Acquiror or any of its assets or properties are bound, except where such conflict, violation, default, termination, cancellation or acceleration, individually or in the aggregate, would not be material to Acquiror’s ability to consummate the Share Purchase or to perform their respective obligations under this Agreement.
(c) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by Acquiror does not, and the consummation of the Transactions do not and will not (with or without notice or lapse of time or both) require on the part of the Acquiror any authorization, consent, approval, exemption or other action by or declaration or notice to or registration with any third Person or Government Entity.
4.3 Available Financing. As of the date hereof, the Acquiror has sufficient cash and shall have sufficient cash to satisfy all of its obligations in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and to satisfy any other payment obligations that shall arise in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
4.4 Disclosure of Information. Without derogating from the representations and warranties provided by the Seller and/or Company herein and without derogating the Acquiror’s right to indemnification under this Agreement, and the reliance of the Acquiror on such representations and warranties, the Acquiror approves that it has received and reviewed information about the Company as requested and has had an opportunity to discuss the Company’s business, management and financial affairs with its management. In addition to the providence of the representations and warranties by the Company and the Seller in this Agreement, the Acquiror has conducted independent due diligence examination of the information and materials with respect to the Company.
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ARTICLE
5
Company and Seller Covenants
During the time period from the Agreement Date until the earlier to occur of (a) the Closing or (b) the termination of this Agreement in accordance with the provisions of Article 10, the Company and Seller covenants and agrees with Acquiror as follows:
5.1 No Solicitation.
(a) Each of the Company and the Seller will not, and will not authorize or permit any of its respective directors, officers, employees, stockholders or Affiliates or any investment banker, attorney or other advisor or representative retained by any of them (all of the foregoing collectively being the “Company/Seller Representatives”) to, directly or indirectly, (i) solicit, initiate, seek, entertain, knowingly encourage, facilitate, support or induce the making, submission or announcement of any inquiry, expression of interest, proposal or offer that constitutes, or could reasonably be expected to lead to, an Acquisition Proposal, (ii) enter into, participate in, maintain or continue any communications (except solely to provide written notice as to the existence of these provisions) or negotiations regarding, or deliver or make available to any Person any non-public information with respect to, or take any other action regarding, any inquiry, expression of interest, proposal or offer that constitutes, or could reasonably be expected to lead to, an Acquisition Proposal, (iii) agree to, accept, approve, endorse or recommend (or publicly propose or announce any intention or desire to agree to, accept, approve, endorse or recommend) any Acquisition Proposal, (iv) enter into any letter of intent or any other Contract contemplating or otherwise relating to any Acquisition Proposal, (v) submit any Acquisition Proposal to the Seller or (vi) enter into any other transaction or series of transactions not in the ordinary course of the Company’s business, the consummation of which could reasonably be expected to impede, interfere with, prevent or delay the Share Purchase or the other Transactions. The Company and Seller will, and will cause each of its own Company/Seller Representatives to, (A) immediately cease and cause to be terminated any and all existing activities, discussions or negotiations with any Persons conducted prior to or on the Agreement Date with respect to any Acquisition Proposal and (B) immediately revoke or withdraw access of any Person (other than Acquiror and its directors, officers, employees, stockholders or Affiliates or any investment banker, attorney or other advisor or representative retained by Acquiror (all of the foregoing collectively being the “Acquiror Representatives”)) to any data room (virtual or actual) containing any non-public information with respect to the Company in connection with an Acquisition Proposal and request from each Person (other than Acquiror and the Acquiror Representatives) the prompt return or destruction of all non-public information with respect to the Company previously provided to such Person in connection with an Acquisition Proposal. If any Company/Seller Representatives, whether in his or her or its capacity as such or in any other capacity, takes any action that the Company and Seller are obligated pursuant to this Section 51 to cause such Company/Seller Representatives not to take, then, the Company and Seller shall be deemed for all purposes of this Agreement to have breached this Section 5.1.
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(b) The Company and Seller shall promptly (but in any event, within 24 hours) notify Acquiror orally and in writing after receipt by the Company (or, to the knowledge of the Seller and/or Company, by any of the Company/Seller Representatives), of (i) any Acquisition Proposal, (ii) any inquiry, expression of interest, proposal or offer that constitutes, or could reasonably be expected to lead to, an Acquisition Proposal, (iii) any other written notice that any Person is considering making an Acquisition Proposal, or (iv) any request for nonpublic information relating to the Company or for access to any of the properties, books or records of the Company by any Person or Persons other than Acquiror and the Acquiror Representatives.
5.2 Non-Competition; Non-Solicitation.
(a) Seller, shall not (and shall not permit any of its respective Affiliates to) and shall cause any of its directors and senior management team who have been in office before April 1st, 2021 and prior to signing the term sheet of September 2021 (in this Section “Seller Representatives”), directly or indirectly, from the Closing Date until 4 years from the Closing Date (the “Non-Compete Period”), without the prior written consent of the Acquiror Representative, own, manage, operate, finance, control or participate in the ownership, management, operation, financing, or control of, or otherwise be engaged in any way in any business anywhere in the world that, at any time during the Non-Compete Period competes with the Company Business. For the purpose of this Section 5.2 the term “Affiliates” shall also include any entity in which the Seller, Seller Representatives hold (directly or indirectly), alone or jointly with each other or any Affiliate thereof, at least 5% of the share capital of such entity, as well as any entity in which Seller, Seller Representatives serves as a director, officer, employee or similar capacity.
(b) The Seller acknowledges that the consideration received hereunder is paid in consideration, in part, for the non-competition obligations hereunder. In light of the nature of this transaction, the interest that the Acquirers have in the success of the Company and the critical significance of the non-competition covenant to the Company Business and the Acquiror’s willingness to enter into this Agreement and pay the Total Consideration, Seller hereby acknowledges that the foregoing non- competition covenant is reasonable and necessary for the protection of the legitimate commercial interest of the Company and Acquirers.
(c) From the Closing Date until the lapse of 4 years from the Closing Date (the “Non- Hire Period”), Seller shall not (and shall not authorize its respective Affiliates and Seller Representatives to) (i) cause, solicit, induce or encourage (other than through general publications not aimed at a Company’s employees) any employees of the Company or any Affiliate thereof, or any Persons who become employees or Contractors of any of the foregoing at any point during the Non-Hire Period to leave such employment or engagement or otherwise engage any such Person, or (ii) hire or engage any employees or any Persons who become employees or significant Contractors or consultants of the Company, Pure or an Affiliate thereof, at any point during the Non-Hire Period, whether as employees consultants or otherwise, or (iii) cause, induce or encourage any material client, customer, supplier, agent, reseller or licensor of the Company, Pure or an Affiliate thereof, or any Person who become a client, customer, supplier or licensor of any of the foregoing at any point during the Non-Hire Period or any other Person who has a business relationship with the Business, to terminate or adversely modify any such relationship with any of the foregoing.
(d) The covenants and undertakings contained in this Section 5.2 are related to matters which are of a special, unique and extraordinary character and a violation of any of the terms of this Section 5.2 may cause irreparable injury to the Acquirers and the Company, the amount of which will be impossible to estimate or determine and which cannot be adequately compensated. Therefore, the Acquiror and/or the Company will be entitled to an injunction, restraining order or other equitable relief from any court of competent jurisdiction in the event of any breach of this Section 5.2. The rights and remedies provided by this Section 5.2 are cumulative and in addition to any other rights and remedies that the Acquirors or the Company may have hereunder or at Law or in equity.
(e) The parties agree that (i) if any covenant or undertaking contained in this Section 52 is held to be void or invalid but would not have been so held if part of the wording were deleted or its extent reduced or modified, then such undertaking shall apply with such modification(s) as may be necessary to make the same valid and enforceable; and (ii) if any court of competent jurisdiction in a judgment determines that a specified time period, a specified geographical area, a specified business limitation or any other relevant feature of this Section 5.2 is unreasonable, arbitrary or against public policy, then a lesser time period, geographical area, a specified business limitation or any other relevant feature which is determined to be reasonable, not arbitrary and not against public policy may be enforced against the applicable Party.
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5.3 Advice of Changes. The Seller and the Company shall promptly advise Acquiror Representative in writing of (a) any event occurring subsequent to the Agreement Date that would render any representation or warranty of the Seller and/or the Company contained in Article 3 untrue or inaccurate such that the condition set forth in Section 9.1 would not be duly satisfied, (b) any breach of any covenant or obligation of the Seller and/or the Company pursuant to this Agreement or any Company Ancillary Agreement such that the condition set forth in Section 9.2 would not be duly satisfied, (c) any Material Adverse Change in the Company or (d) any change, event, circumstance, condition or effect that could reasonably be expected to cause any of the conditions set forth in Article 9 not to be duly satisfied; provided that the delivery of any notice pursuant to this Section 5.3 shall not be deemed to amend or supplement the Disclosure Letter, affect the representations, warranties, covenants or other agreements herein, affect the satisfaction or non-satisfaction of any conditions to the obligations of the parties hereto under this Agreement or otherwise limit or affect the remedies available hereunder to Acquiror or the Company.
5.4 Maintenance of Business.
(a) The Company shall make reasonable commercial efforts to carry on and preserve the Company Business and its relationships with customers, suppliers, employees and others with whom the Company has contractual relations in substantially the same manner as it has prior to the Agreement Date consistent with its past practices. If the Company becomes aware of a material deterioration in the relationship with any key customer, key supplier or Key Employee, consultant or contractor, it shall promptly bring such information to the attention of the Acquirer Representative in writing and, if requested in writing by the Acquirer Representative, shall exert commercially reasonable efforts to promptly restore the relationship.
(b) The Company shall (i) pay all of its liabilities, debts and taxes when due, subject to good faith disputes over such debts or taxes and (ii) pay or perform its other Liabilities when due.
(c) The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to assure that each of its Contracts entered into after the Agreement Date will not require the procurement of any consent, waiver or novation (and to promptly notify the Acquirer Representative in the event any such Contract requires the procurement of any consent, waiver, or novation) or provide for any change in the obligations of any party in connection with, or terminate as a result of the consummation of Share Purchase and the other Transactions.
(d) Conduct of Business. The Company shall continue to conduct the Company Business and maintain its business relationships in the ordinary and usual course consistent with its past practices, and the Company shall not, except as expressly contemplated or permitted by this Agreement without the Acquirer Representative’s prior written consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld:
(i) amend its Charter Documents;
(ii) declare, set aside or pay any cash or share dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, stock or property) in respect of its capital stock, or redeem, repurchase or otherwise acquire any of its capital stock or other securities, or pay or distribute any cash or property to Seller or make any other cash payment to Seller;
(iii) issue, sell, create or authorize any shares of its capital stock of any class or series or any other of its securities, or issue, grant or create any warrants, obligations, subscriptions, options, convertible securities, or other commitments to issue shares of its capital stock or any securities that are potentially exchangeable for, or convertible into, shares of its capital stock;
(iv) subdivide, split, combine, reclassify or reverse split the outstanding shares of its capital stock of any class or series (or other securities in respect of, in lieu of or in substitution for such capital stock) or enter into any recapitalization affecting the number of outstanding shares of its capital stock of any class or series or affecting any other of its securities;
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(v) modify or change the exercise or conversion rights or exercise or purchase prices of any of its capital stock, any of its stock options, warrants or other securities, or accelerate or otherwise modify (A) the right to exercise any option, warrant or other right to purchase any of its capital stock or other securities or (B) the vesting or release of any shares of its capital stock or other securities from any repurchase options or rights of refusal held by it or any other party or any other restrictions;
(vi) (A) hire, or offer to hire, any additional officers or other employees, or any consultants or independent contractors, (B) terminate the employment, change the title, office or position, or materially reduce the responsibilities of any employee of the Company, (C) enter into any Contract with a labor union or collective bargaining agreement (unless required by Applicable Law) or (D) add any new members to the Board;
(vii) (A) pay any bonus, increased salary, severance, gift or special remuneration to any director, officer, employee, consultant or contractor, (B) except in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, amend or enter into any employment, consulting, contracting or similar Contract with any such person, or (C) adopt any plan or arrangement to provide compensation or benefits to any current or former directors, employees, consultants or contractors, or amend or terminate any Company Benefit Arrangements (except in each case as required under Applicable Law or this Agreement);
(viii) Except in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice, incur any Company Debt;
(ix) place or allow the creation of any Encumbrance on any of its assets or properties;
(x) (A) lend any money, other than reasonable advances to employees for bona fide travel and business expenses that are incurred in the ordinary course of business (provided that no proceeds of any such advances are used directly or indirectly to purchase shares of Company Share Capital), (B) make any investments in or capital contributions to, any Person, (C) forgive or discharge in whole or in part any outstanding loans or advances or (D) prepay any Company Debt (except that the Company shall be permitted to use cash on hand to pay Transaction Expenses);
(xi) sell, lease, license, transfer or dispose of, or permit to lapse, any assets material to the Company Business (except for sales of Company Products or Services in the ordinary course of business under the Standard Customer Agreement);
(xii) (A) enter into any Company Material Contract (other than for sales of Company Products or Services in the ordinary course of business on standard terms under the Standard Customer Agreement) or other material Contract, (B) violate, terminate, amend or otherwise modify or waive any of the material terms of any Company Material Contract, (C) enter into, amend, modify or terminate any Contract or waive, release or assign any rights or claims thereunder, which if so entered into, modified, amended, terminated, waived, released or assigned would be reasonably like to (1) adversely affect the Company (or, following consummation of the Transactions, Acquirers or any of its Affiliates) in any material respect, (2) impair the ability of the Company or the Seller to perform their respective obligations under this Agreement or (3) prevent or materially delay or impair the consummation of the Share Purchase and the other Transactions or (D) enter into any other material transaction or take any other action not in the ordinary course of business;
(xiii) transfer or license any of its technology or Intellectual Property or provide a copy of any source code (except for licenses under the Standard Customer Agreement made in the ordinary course of business), or acquire any Intellectual Property (or any license thereto) from any third party (other than licenses in the ordinary course of business);
(xiv) (A) pay, discharge or satisfy, in an amount in excess of US $5,000 in any one case, any Liability arising otherwise than in the ordinary course of business, other than (1) the payment, discharge or satisfaction of Liabilities reflected or reserved against in the Company Balance Sheet and (2) the payment, discharge or satisfaction of Transaction Expenses, or (B) make any capital expenditures, capital additions or capital improvements in an amount in excess of US $5,000.
(xv) change the manner in which it extends warranties, discounts or credits to customers;
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(xvi) accelerate or delay collection of notes or accounts receivable in advance of or beyond their regular due dates or the dates when the same would have been collected in the ordinary course of business or otherwise offer discounts, accommodations, commitments, services or other concessions, in order to accelerate or induce the collection of any receivable; (B) delay or accelerate payment of any account payable in advance of its due date or the date such liability would have been paid in the ordinary course of business; (C) make any changes to cash management policies; (D) delay or postpone the repair or maintenance of their properties; or (E) vary any inventory purchase practices in any material respect from past practices;
(xvii) terminate, waive or release any right or claim;
(xviii) (A) initiate any Action (other than for the routine collection of bills) or (B) settle or agree to settle any Action (except where the amount in controversy does not exceed US $5,000 and does not involve injunctive or other equitable relief);
(xix) change any of its accounting methods, unless required by IFRS;
(xx) merge, consolidate or reorganize with, acquire, or enter into any other business combination with, any business, corporation, partnership, limited liability company or any other Entity or any division thereof, acquire a substantial portion of the assets of any such Entity, business or division, or otherwise acquire or agree to acquire any assets that are material, individually or in the aggregate, to the Company or Company Business, or enter into any Contract with respect to a joint venture, strategic alliance or partnership, or enter into any negotiations, discussions or agreement for such purpose;
(xxi) engage, retain or enter into any Contract with any investment banker or broker related to or in connection with the Transactions;
(xxii) (A) except as required by Applicable Law, agree to any audit assessment by any Tax Authority, (B) file any Tax Return or amendment to any Tax Return unless copies of such Tax Return or amendment have first been delivered to the Acquirer Representative for its review at a reasonable time prior to filing, (C) except as required by Applicable Law, make or change any material election in respect of taxes or adopt or change any material accounting method in respect of taxes, (D) enter into any closing agreement, settle any claim or assessment in respect of taxes, or consent to any extension or waiver of the limitation period applicable to any claim or assessment in respect of taxes, or (E) take any other similar action that would knowingly have the effect of increasing the Tax liability of the Acquirers or their Affiliates for any period ending after the Closing Date or decreasing any Tax attribute of the Company existing on the Closing Date;
(xxiii) enter into any agreement for the purchase, sale or lease of any real property; or
(xxiv) (A) agree to do any of the things described in the preceding clauses (i)- (xix), (B) take or agree to take any action which could reasonably be expected to render any of the Seller and Company’s representations or warranties contained in this Agreement untrue or inaccurate such that the condition set forth in Section 9.1 would not be satisfied, or (C) take or agree to take any action which could reasonably be expected to prevent the Company from performing or cause the Company not to perform one or more covenants required hereunder to be performed by the Company such that the condition set forth in Section 9.2 would not be satisfied.
For purposes of this Section 5.4, “Company Material Contract” includes any Contract arising subsequent to the Agreement Date (including by amendment or modification) providing for payments (whether fixed, contingent or otherwise) by or to it in an aggregate amount of US $25,000 or more.
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5.5 Regulatory Approvals. The Company shall promptly execute and file, or join in the execution and filing of, any application, notification or other document that may be necessary in order to obtain the authorization, approval or consent of any Governmental Authority, whether federal, state, local or foreign, which may be reasonably required, or which Acquiror may reasonably request, in connection with the consummation of the Share Purchase and the other Transactions or any Company Ancillary Agreement. The Company shall use reasonable best efforts to obtain, and to cooperate with Acquiror to promptly obtain, all such authorizations, approvals and consents and shall pay any associated filing fees payable by the Company with respect to such authorizations, approvals and consents. The Company shall promptly inform Acquiror of any material communication between the Seller and/or the Company and any Governmental Authority regarding any of the Transactions, and shall provide Acquiror reasonable advance notice of the nature and substance of any planned communication with any Governmental Authority. If the Seller and/or the Company or any Affiliate of the Seller and/or the Company receives any formal or informal request for supplemental information or documentary material from any Governmental Authority with respect to the Transactions, then the Seller and the Company shall make, or cause to be made, as soon as reasonably practicable, a response in compliance with such request. The Seller and/or the Company shall direct, in its sole discretion, the making of such response, but shall review any proposed response in advance with, and consider in good faith the views of, Acquiror. The Seller and/or the Company shall not, without the prior written consent of Acquiror, (a) permit any of the Company Representatives to participate in any meeting with any Governmental Authority relating to the Transactions unless the Company consults with Acquiror in advance and, to the extent permitted by such Governmental Authority, grants Acquiror the opportunity to attend and lead the discussions at such meeting or (b) proffer, make proposals, negotiate, execute, carry out or submit to any agreements or Orders; provided that the Company shall, if directed by Acquiror, agree to any such action that is conditioned on the consummation of the Share Purchase.
5.6 Necessary Consents. Following consultation with Acquirers Representative , the Company shall use reasonable efforts to promptly obtain prior to the Closing (to the extent required), such written consents and authorizations of other third parties, give notices to third parties and take such other actions as may be necessary or appropriate in order to effect the consummation of the Share Purchase and the other Transactions, to enable Acquirers to carry on the Company Business immediately after the Closing and to keep in effect and avoid the breach, violation of, termination of, or adverse change to any Contract to which the Company is a party or is bound or by which any of its assets is bound. The Company will (x) consult with Acquirers Representative beforehand regarding the process for seeking such consents and providing such notices, (y) provide Acquirers Representative with a reasonable opportunity to review and comment in advance on the forms of such consent requests and notices and (z) incorporate, in its sole discretion, any reasonable comments thereto made by Acquirers Representative.
5.7 Litigation. The Company shall notify Acquiror in writing promptly after learning of any Action initiated by or against it, or known by the Company to be threatened against the Company or any of its directors, officers, employees, consultants, contractors or stockholders in their capacity as such.
5.8 Access to Information; Confidentiality.
(a) The Company shall allow Acquirers Representative and its agents and advisors access at reasonable times and following prior coordination to the files, books, records, technology, Contracts, personnel and offices of the Company, including any and all information relating to the Company’s taxes, Contracts, Liabilities, financial condition (including internal financial statements) and real, personal and intangible property, subject to the terms of the Non-Disclosure Agreement between the Seller and Pure dated September 2021 (the “NDA”). The Company shall cause its accountants and other Company representative to cooperate with the Acquirers Representative in making available all financial information reasonably requested by Acquirers Representative and its agents and advisors, including the right to examine all working papers pertaining to all financial statements prepared or audited by such accountants. No information or knowledge obtained by Acquirers Representative during the pendency of the Transactions in any investigation pursuant to this Section 5.8 shall affect or be deemed to modify any representation, warranty, covenant, agreement, obligation or condition set forth herein.
(b) Seller shall, and shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause its Affiliates and representatives to, keep confidential and not disclose to any other Person, any Confidential Information (as defined in the NDA). Seller agrees that promptly after the Closing, it shall destroy all Company confidential information and Company Intellectual Property in Seller’s possession and control, in whatever form or medium. If the Acquirers Representative requests, Seller shall promptly provide written confirmation and certification that Seller has returned or destroyed all such materials.
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5.9 Closing Financial Certificate and Spreadsheet. At least one (1) Business Days prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall deliver a draft of each of the Company Closing Financial Certificate and Spreadsheet to Acquirers Representative. The Company shall cause such documents to be derived from and be in accordance with the books and records of the Company and true, correct and complete. Without limiting the generality or effect of the provisions of Section 5.8, the Company shall provide to Acquirers Representative, promptly after Acquirers Representative request, copies of the documents evidencing the amounts set forth on any such draft or final document. The Company shall reasonably consider any comments to such draft Company Closing Financial Certificate and Spreadsheet made by Acquirers Representative to be reflected in the final versions thereof delivered at least 1 Business Day prior to the Closing (it being understood that any such comments, or lack thereof, whether or not reflected in the final versions thereof shall not diminish or otherwise affect Acquirer’s remedies hereunder if such final versions are not accurate). Without limiting the foregoing or Section 5.8, the Company shall provide to the Acquirers Representative, together with the Company Closing Financial Certificate and the Spreadsheet, such supporting documentation, information and calculations as are reasonably necessary (or reasonably requested by Acquirers Representative) for Acquirers Representative to verify and determine the calculations, amounts and other matters set forth in the Company Closing Financial Certificate, Closing Balance Sheet and the Spreadsheet.
5.10 Tax Matters. Each of the Acquirers, the Company and the Seller shall cooperate fully, as and to the extent reasonably requested by any of the others, in connection with the filing of Tax Returns and any Action with respect to Taxes. Such cooperation shall include the retention and (upon request therefor) the provision of records and information reasonably relevant to any such Action and making employees available on a mutually convenient basis to provide additional information and explanation of any material provided hereunder. Acquirers, the Company and the Seller agree to retain all books and records with respect to Tax matters pertinent to the Company relating to any taxable period beginning before the Closing Date until expiration of the statute of limitations of the respective taxable periods, and to abide by all record retention agreements entered into with any Tax Authority.
5.11 Satisfaction of Conditions Precedent. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to satisfy or cause to be satisfied all the conditions precedent set forth in Article 8, and the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Share Purchase and the other Transactions to be consummated in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
5.12 Release.
(a) Effective as of, and contingent upon, the Closing and in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements contained herein and subject to the payment of the Closing Consideration, Seller, on Seller’s behalf and on behalf of any Seller’s assigns and successors and all Persons that might allege a claim or demand through Seller or on Seller’s behalf, hereby knowingly, fully, unconditionally and irrevocably (a) acknowledges and agrees that it has no rights or entitlements with respect to any shares of Company Share Capital or any other equity interest in the Company, (b) acknowledges and agrees that it has no current or potential right, title, license, claim or unassigned personal interest of any kind in or to any Company-Owned IP or, more generally, to any Company IP and (c) waives, releases, and forever discharges, effective as of the Closing, any and all claims, demands and causes of action that Seller has or may have against the Company or any present or former director, officer, manager, employee or agent of the Company, whether asserted or unasserted, known or unknown, suspected or unsuspected, contingent or noncontingent, past or present, arising or resulting from or relating, directly or indirectly, to any act, omission, event or occurrence prior to the Closing relating to the Company, the Company-Owned IP, the Company Share Capital and any rights or interests therein. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing, nothing in this Section Article 5 will be deemed to constitute release by Seller of any right of Seller under this Agreement or any Company Ancillary Agreement including, without limitation, as it relates to (1) failure to pay the of the Total Consideration pursuant to and subject to the provisions of this Agreement, and (2) failure to perform any of its obligations, undertakings or covenants set forth in this Agreement in accordance with its terms.
(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, Seller on such Seller’s behalf and on behalf of any Seller’s assigns, successors and all Persons that might allege a claim or demand through Seller or on Seller’s behalf, hereby knowingly, fully, unconditionally and irrevocably waives any claim, demand or right of recourse it may have against the Company with respect to the Company’s representations and warranties (including any inaccuracies thereof) set forth in Article 3 and the covenants of the Company set forth in.
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5.13 D&O Insurance/Run-Off Policy
Prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall purchase and maintain for a period of seven (7) years following the Closing, directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy (on comparable terms and coverage as the Company’s policy as of the date hereof), to cover any exposure and liability of the directors and officers of the Company in respect of the period prior to the Closing Date, or alternatively, obtain a Run- Off policy to cover such liabilities and exposure for the same period. The aforementioned insurance shall not impose any liability or obligation on the Company or Acquiror, and the costs associated in obtaining such insurance shall be taken into account in the calculation the Company Debt.
ARTICLE
6
Acquiror Covenants
During the time period from the Agreement Date until the earlier to occur of (a) the Closing or (b) the termination of this Agreement in accordance with the provisions of Article 10, each Acquiror on its own behalf, covenants and agrees with the Company and Seller as follows:
6.1 Advice of Changes. Acquiror shall promptly advise the Company in writing of (a) any event occurring subsequent to the Agreement Date that would render any representation or warranty of Acquiror contained in Article 6 untrue or inaccurate such that the condition set forth in Section 8.1 would not be satisfied and (b) any breach of any covenant or obligation of Acquiror pursuant to this Agreement or any Acquiror Ancillary Agreement such that the condition set forth in Section 8.2 would not be satisfied.
6.2 Satisfaction of Conditions Precedent. Acquiror shall use its reasonable best efforts to satisfy or cause to be satisfied all of the conditions precedent that are set forth in Article 9, and Acquiror shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Share Purchase and the other Transactions to be consummated in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
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7
Closing Matters
7.1 The Closing. Subject to termination of this Agreement as provided in Article 10, the Closing shall take place remotely by electronic means (via email, PDF and/or facsimile transmissions) or by such other means as the Parties hereto shall agree on the Closing Date.
7.2 Payment Procedures.
(a) At the Closing, the Acquirers Representative and Seller shall provide the Paying Agent with a Joint Confirmation Letter (as defined in the Paying Agent Agreement attached hereto as Schedule 7.2), instructing the Paying Agent to release to the Seller, the cash payable pursuant to Section 2.2 (which, for the avoidance of doubt, will not include any portion of the Escrow Fund) by wire transfer of same-day funds the amount of cash to which Seller is entitled pursuant to Section 2.2.
(b) At the Closing, the Paying Agent, shall retain and not distribute an amount in cash equal to (i) the Escrow Amount, and (ii) of an additional amount in cash equal to the Adjustment Escrow Amount. The Escrow Amount will be available to secure the obligations in accordance with Article 11 and shall be held and distributed in accordance with the provisions of Section 11 and the Adjustment Escrow Amount shall be available to secure the obligations in accordance with Section 7.3, for a limited period of 100 days as of the Closing Date, and shall be held and distributed in accordance with the provisions of Section 7.3.
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7.3 Company Net Working Capital Adjustment.
(a) Pursuant to Section 5.11, the Company shall deliver the Company Closing Financial Certificate to the Acquirers Representative prior to or upon Closing.
(b) Within ninety (90) days after the Closing, Acquirers Representative may object to the calculation of the Closing Consideration and deliver to the Seller a statement (the “Acquiror Closing Financial Statement”) setting forth Acquirer Representative’s calculation of the Closing Consideration and each element thereof set forth in the Company Closing Financial Certificate (“Acquiror Calculations”), in each case together with supporting documentation, information and calculations and any other relevant information reasonably requested by Seller.
(c) The Seller may object to the Acquirer Representative’s Calculations by providing written notice of such objection to the Acquirers Representative within thirty (30) days after the Acquirers Representative’s delivery of the Acquiror Closing Financial Statement (the “Notice of Objection”), together with supporting documentation, information and Calculations (the “Seller Calculations”). Any matters not expressly set forth in the Notice of Objection shall be deemed to have been accepted by the Seller.
(d) If the Seller timely provides the Notice of Objection, then Acquirers Representative and the Seller shall confer in good faith for a period of up to ten (10) Business Days following Acquiror’s timely receipt of the Notice of Objection in an attempt to resolve any disputed matter set forth in the Notice of Objection, and any resolution by them shall be in writing and shall be final and binding on the parties hereto.
(e) If, after the ten (10) Business Day period set forth in Section 7.3(d), Acquirers Representative and the Seller cannot resolve any matter set forth in the Notice of Objection, then Acquirers and the Seller shall engage one of the big four accounting firms in Israel or, if such firm is not able or willing to so act, another auditing firm acceptable to both Acquirers Representative and the Seller (the “Reviewing Accountant”) to review only the matters in the Notice of Objection that are still disputed by Acquiror Representative and the Seller and the Acquiror Calculations or Seller Calculations to the extent relevant thereto. After such review and a review of the Company’s relevant books and records, the Reviewing Accountant shall promptly (and in any event within twenty (20) days following its engagement) determine the resolution of such remaining disputed matters, which determination shall be final and binding on the parties hereto, and the Reviewing Accountant shall provide Acquiror Representative and the Seller with a calculation of the Closing Consideration in accordance with such determination.
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(f) If the Closing Consideration as finally determined pursuant to Section 7.3(b) Section 7.3(d) and/or Section 7.3(e), as the case may be (the “Final Consideration”) included in the Company Closing Financial Certificate exceeds the Final Consideration (the amount of such excess, the “Final Consideration Shortfall”), the Seller and Acquirers Representative shall within five (5) Business Days of the Final Consideration being finally determined jointly instruct the Escrow Agent to pay to Acquirors from the Adjustment Escrow Amount in the Escrow Fund an amount equal to:
(i) the Final Consideration Shortfall; plus
(ii) all fees, costs and expenses of the Reviewing Accountant to be paid by the Seller pursuant to Section 7.3(h)(ii) or Section 7.3(h)(iii), if any.
(g) If the Total Consideration included in the Company Closing Financial Certificate is less than the Final Consideration (the amount of such difference, the “Final Consideration Surplus”), then Acquirers shall within five (5) Business Days of the Final Consideration being finally determined pay to the Paying Agent an amount in cash equal to the Final Consideration Surplus and instruct the Paying Agent to distribute to Seller the Final Consideration Surplus.
(h) The fees, costs and expenses of the Reviewing Accountant shall be paid (i) by Acquirers in the event the difference between the Final Consideration as determined by the Reviewing Accountant pursuant to Section 7.3(f) and the Acquiror Calculations (such difference, the “Acquiror’s Difference”) is greater than the difference between the Final Consideration as determined by the Reviewing Accountant pursuant to Section 7.3(e) and the Seller Calculations (such difference, the “Seller’s Difference”), (ii) by the Seller if the Acquirer’s Difference is less than the Seller’s Difference or (iii) equally by Acquiror on the one hand, and the Seller on the other hand, if the Acquirer’s Difference is the same as the Seller’s Difference.
ARTICLE
8
Conditions to Obligations of the Company
The Company obligations to consummate the Share Purchase and take the other actions required to be taken at the Closing are subject to the fulfillment or satisfaction as of the Closing, of each of the following conditions (it being understood that any one or more of the following conditions may be waived by the Company in a writing signed on behalf of the Company):
8.1 Accuracy of Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of Acquirers set forth in Article 4, (a) that are qualified as to materiality shall be true and correct and (b) that are not qualified as to materiality shall be true and correct in all material respects, in each case on the Agreement Date and as of the Closing with the same force and effect as if they had been made on the Closing Date (except for any such representations or warranties that by their terms speak only as of a specific date or dates, in which case such representations and warranties that are qualified as to materiality shall be true and correct, and such representations and warranties that are not qualified as to materiality shall be true and correct in all material respects, on and as of such specified date or dates, except to the extent the failure of such representations and warranties to be so true and correct would not be material to the ability of Acquiror to complete the Share Purchase or to perform its obligations under this Agreement.
8.2 Covenants. Acquirers shall have performed and complied in all material respects with all of its covenants contained in Article 6 on or before the Closing (to the extent that such covenants require performance by Acquiror on or before the Closing).
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8.3 Compliance with Law; No Legal Restraints. There shall not be issued, enacted or adopted by any Governmental Authority any statute, regulation, enactment, Order or Action (whether temporary, preliminary or permanent) that prohibits or renders illegal or imposes limitations on the Share Purchase or any other material transaction contemplated by this Agreement.
8.4 Government Consents. There shall have been obtained at or prior to the Closing Date such permits or authorizations, and there shall have been taken all such other actions by any Governmental Authority or other regulatory authority having jurisdiction over the parties and the actions herein proposed to be taken, as may be required to lawfully consummate the Share Purchase.
8.5 Escrow Agreement. The Escrow Agreement in the form attached as Schedule 8.5 shall have been executed and delivered by Acquirers and the Escrow Agent.
8.6 Supply Agreement. The Supply Agreement in the form attached as Schedule 8.6 shall have been executed and delivered by Seller and the Company.
8.7 Warrant. The Warrant in the form attached as Schedule 8.7 hereto shall have been issued by the Company to Seller.
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9
Conditions to Obligations of Acquirers
Acquiror’s obligations to consummate the Share Purchase and take the other actions required to be taken by them at the Closing are subject to the fulfillment or satisfaction, as of the Closing, of each of the following conditions (it being understood that any one or more of the following conditions may be waived by the Acquirer Representative):
9.1 Accuracy of Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of the Company and the Seller herein, (a) that are qualified as to materiality shall be true and correct and (b) that are not qualified as to materiality shall be true and correct in all material respects, in each case on and as of the Closing with the same force and effect as if they had been made on the Closing Date (except for any such representations or warranties that by their terms speak only as of a specific date or dates, in which case such representations and warranties that are qualified as to materiality shall be true and correct, and such representations and warranties that are not qualified as to materiality shall be true and correct in all material respects, on and as of such specified date or dates).
9.2 Covenants. The Company and the Seller shall have performed and complied in all material respects with all of its covenants contained in this Agreement at or before the Closing (to the extent that such covenants require performance by the Company at or before the Closing).
9.3 No Material Adverse Change. Since the date hereof, there shall not have been any Material Adverse Change with respect to the Company.
9.4 Compliance with Law; No Legal Restraints; No Litigation. No Governmental Authority or other Person shall have commenced or threatened in writing to commence any Action challenging or seeking the recovery of a material amount of damages in connection with the Share Purchase or the other Transactions or seeking to prohibit or limit the exercise by Acquiror of any material right pertaining to ownership of equity interests of the Company. No Order issued by any court of competent jurisdiction or other legal or regulatory restraint or prohibition limiting or restricting Acquiror’s ownership, conduct or operation of the Company Business following the Closing shall be in effect, and no Action seeking any of the foregoing, or any other injunction, restraint or material damages in connection with the Share Purchase or the other Transactions shall be pending or threatened.
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9.5 Government Consents. There shall have been obtained at or prior to the Closing Date such permits or authorizations, and there shall have been taken all such other actions by any Governmental Authority or other regulatory authority having jurisdiction over the parties and the actions herein proposed to be taken, as may be required to consummate the Share Purchase and the other Transactions.
9.6 Employment Matters. Each of the Key Employees listed under Schedule 9.6(a) (“Key Employees”), shall have executed the retention letter attached hereto as Schedule 9.6(b).
9.7 Requisite Company Shareholder Approval. This Agreement shall have been executed by Seller (representing 100% of all of the issued and outstanding shares of Company Share Capital as of immediately prior to the Closing).
9.8 Shareholders’ Register. The Company shall have delivered (i) a copy of the Company’s updated shareholders’ register evidencing the holdings in the Company immediately following the Closing certified by the Company’s secretary or other officer in charge of the Company’s shareholders’ register and attached hereto as Exhibit B and (ii) share certificates registered in the name of the Acquirers, representing ownership of 100% of the Company Share Capital attached hereto as Exhibit C.
9.9 Receipt of Closing Deliveries. Acquirers shall have received each of the following agreements, instruments, certificates and other documents:
(a) share transfer form for the Company Shares, in the form attached hereto as Schedule 9.9(a)(1), duly executed by Seller in favor of each respective Acquiror (or as it shall otherwise direct in writing) accompanied by their respective share certificates or affidavit evidencing that such certificate was lost or never issued, such affidavit in the form attached hereto as Schedule 9.9(a)(2).
(b) a certificate, dated as of the Closing Date on behalf of the Company by its Chief Executive Officer and member of the board of directors of the Company, certifying: (A) that each of the conditions set forth in Article 9 has been satisfied; with respect to the condition under Section 9.1, such certificate may include exception for changes in the ordinary course of business which do not have a Material Adverse Effect and shall be deemed for all purposes and intents as a representation and warranty of the Company and/or Seller, as the case may be, provided that the Fundamental Representations (as defined below) shall not include changes, and (B) that (i) the Charter Documents as in effect as of the Closing and (ii) board and shareholders resolutions approving this Agreement, the Company Ancillary Agreements, the Share Purchase and the other Transactions, in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and other matters, in the forms attached hereto as Exhibit D (the “Board Resolutions”) and Exhibit E (the “Shareholder Resolutions”), and (C) that the Spreadsheet is true, correct and complete;
(c) evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Acquirers Representative of the resignation of each director of the Company in office immediately prior to the Closing as directors of the Company, effective as of, and contingent upon, the Closing. Such resignation to include a standard waiver of claims each director of the Company may have against the Company;
(d) the Spreadsheet in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Acquirers Representative and a certificate executed by a member of the Board of the Company, dated as of the Closing Date, effective as of January 14th, 2022;
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(e) the Company Closing Financial Certificate;
(f) evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Acquirers Representative of the Company’s receipt of all consents, waivers and approvals described in Section 5.6;
Receipt by the Acquirers Representative of any of the agreements, instruments, certificates or documents delivered pursuant to this Section 9.9 shall not be deemed to be an agreement by an Acquiror that the information or statements contained therein are true, correct or complete, and shall not diminish Acquiror’s remedies hereunder if any of the foregoing agreements, instruments, certificates or documents are not true, correct or complete.
ARTICLE
10
Termination of Agreement
10.1 Termination by Mutual Consent. This Agreement may be terminated at any time prior to the Closing by the mutual written consent of Acquirers Representative, Seller and the Company.
10.2 Unilateral Termination.
(a) Either Acquirers Representative or the Seller or Company, by giving written notice to the other, may terminate this Agreement if a court of competent jurisdiction or other Governmental Authority shall have issued a non-appealable final order, decree or ruling or taken any other action, in each case having the effect of permanently restraining, enjoining or otherwise prohibiting the Share Purchase or any other material transaction contemplated by this Agreement.
(b) Either Acquirers Representative or the Seller or the Company, by giving written notice to the other, may terminate this Agreement if the Closing shall not have occurred by midnight Israel Time on January 23, 2022; provided that the right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 10.2(b) shall not be available to any party whose breach of a representation or warranty or covenant made under this Agreement by such party results in the failure of any condition set forth in Article 8 or Article 9 to be fulfilled or satisfied on or before such date.
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(c) Either Acquirors, through the Acquirers Representative or the Seller or Company may terminate this Agreement at any time prior to the Closing if (i) the other has committed a breach of (i) any of its representations and warranties under Article 3 or Article 4, as applicable, or (ii) any of its covenants under Article 5 or Article 6, as applicable, and has not cured such breach within twenty (20) Business Days after the party seeking to terminate this Agreement has given the other party written notice of the material breach and its intention to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 10.2 (provided that no such cure period shall be available or applicable to any such breach which by its nature cannot be cured) and (iii) such breach, if not cured on or prior to the Closing Date, would result in the failure of any of the conditions set forth in Article 8 or Article 9, as applicable, to be fulfilled or satisfied; provided that the right to terminate this Agreement under this Section 10.2 shall not be available to a party if the party is at that time in material breach of this Agreement.
10.3 Effect of Termination. In the event of termination of this Agreement as provided in Section 10.2, this Agreement shall forthwith become void and there shall be no liability or obligation on the part of Acquirers, unless provided otherwise herein and the entire amount previously transferred to the Paying Agent until such time shall be immediately returned to the Acquirers on a pro-rated basis in accordance with the terms of the Paying Agent Agreement. Provided that (a) the provisions of this Section 10.3 (Effect of Termination) and Article 12 (Miscellaneous) shall remain in full force and effect and survive any termination of this Agreement and (b) nothing herein shall relieve any party hereto from liability in connection with any intentional misrepresentation made by, or a breach of, any of such party’s representations, warranties or covenants contained herein.
10.4 For the avoidance of doubt, following the consummation of the Closing hereunder, this Section 10 shall expire and shall have no further force and effect.
ARTICLE
11
Escrow, Survival Indemnification and Remedies
11.1 RESERVED
11.2 At the Closing, Paying Agent shall withhold the Escrow Amount and Adjustment Escrow Amount from the Closing Consideration payable pursuant to Section 2.2 and as previously transferred to the Paying Agent, and shall deposit the Escrow Amount and the Adjustment Escrow Amount with the Escrow Agent (the aggregate amount of cash so held by the Escrow Agent from time to time, the “Escrow Fund”), which Escrow Fund shall be governed by this Agreement and the Escrow Agreement. The Escrow Amount in the Escrow Fund shall constitute security for the benefit of the Acquirers (on behalf of itself or any other Acquiror Indemnified Person) with respect to any Damages pursuant to the indemnification obligations of the Seller under this Article 11. Subject to the provisions of this Article 11, the Escrow Agent shall hold the Escrow Amount until 11:59 p.m. local time on the date (the “Escrow Release Date”) that is 12 months after the Closing and the Adjustment Escrow Amount until 11:59 p.m. local time on the date (the “Adjustment Escrow Release Date”) that is one hundred (100) days after the Closing. Neither the Escrow Fund (including any portion thereof) nor any beneficial interest therein may be pledged, subjected to any Encumbrance, sold, assigned or transferred by Seller or be taken or reached by any legal or equitable process in satisfaction of any debt or other Liability of Seller, in each case prior to the distribution of the Escrow Fund to Seller in accordance with Section 11.1 except that Seller shall be entitled to assign its rights to the Escrow Fund by will, by the laws of intestacy or by other operation of law.
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11.3 Subject to terms further elaborated under the Escrow Agreement: within 24 hours following the Escrow Release Date, the Escrow Agent will distribute to Seller the Escrow Amount less that portion of the Escrow Amount that is subject to any unsatisfied or disputed claims for indemnification specified in any Notice of Claim delivered to the Seller on or prior to the Escrow Release Date in accordance with this Article 11. Any portion of the Escrow Amount held by the Escrow Agent following the Escrow Release Date shall be distributed thereafter pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of the Escrow Agreement.
11.4 Survival of Representations and Warranties. If the Share Purchase is consummated, the representations and warranties of the Company and Seller contained in this Agreement and the other agreements, certificates and documents contemplated hereby shall survive the Closing and remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation made, disclosure received, or knowledge obtained, by or on behalf of any of the parties to this Agreement, for a period of 24 months following the Closing Date, except for the representation and warranties set forth in Section 3.8 (Intellectual Property) which shall survive the Closing for a period of 36 months following the Closing Date, and except for the representation and warranties set forth in Section 3.1 (Organization and Good Standing), Section 3.2 (Subsidiaries), Section 3.3 (Power, Authorization and Validity), Section 3.4 (Capitalization of the Company), Section 3.5 (No Conflict), Section 3.6 (Taxes), Section 3.10 (Organization; Power and Capacity), Section 3.11 (Enforceability; Noncontravention), Section 3.12 (Title to Shares), Section 3.13 (Litigation), and Section 3.14 (Solvency) (“Fundamental Representation(s)”), which shall survive the Closing and continue in full force and effect until the end of the statute of limitations under Israeli Law following the Closing Date. The parties hereby agree that this Article shall constitute a separate agreement for the requirements of Section 19 of the Israeli Statue of Limitation, 1958;
Notwithstanding the foregoing, such expiration shall not affect the rights of any Acquiror Indemnified Person under Article 11 or otherwise to seek recovery of Damages arising out of any fraud, intentional misrepresentation or willful misconduct by or on behalf of the Seller and/or the Company. Any claims under this Agreement with respect to a breach of a representation and warranty must be asserted by written notice within the applicable survival period contemplated by this Section 11.4, and if such a notice is given, the survival period for such representation and warranty shall continue until the claim is fully resolved provided however, that in the event such written notice is not followed by a legal suit, within a period of 45 days following the end of the applicable survival period, then the applicable representation or warranty in respect of which indemnity is sought under this Article 11, and the indemnity with respect thereto, shall expire in accordance with the applicable survival period set forth under this Section 11.4.
11.5 If the Share Purchase is consummated, upon Closing the representations and warranties of Acquirors contained in this Agreement and the other agreements, certificates and documents contemplated hereby shall expire and be of no further force or effect as of the Closing (other than those which by nature or context should survive the Closing). If the Share Purchase is consummated, all covenants of the parties (including the covenants set forth in Article 5 and Article 6) shall expire and be of no further force or effect as of the Closing, except to the extent such covenants provide that they are to be performed after the Closing (such as and without limitations, covenants with respect to the Supply Agreement and Warrant which shall remain in effect pursuant to their terms); provided that no right to indemnification pursuant to Article 11 in respect of any claim based upon any breach of a covenant that is set forth in a Notice of Claim delivered prior to the expiration of the Claims Period with respect to such covenant shall be affected by the expiration of such covenant.
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11.6 Agreement to Indemnify. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Article 11, Seller shall indemnify and hold harmless each Acquiror and its respective directors, employees, agents, representatives, stockholders and subsidiaries, and each Person, if any, who controls or may control Acquiror or any of its subsidiaries (each hereinafter referred to individually as an “Acquiror Indemnified Person” and collectively as “Acquiror Indemnified Persons”) from and against any and all direct damages, losses, reductions or diminutions in value, costs, penalties, Liabilities and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees, other professionals’ and experts’ fees, costs of investigation and court costs (including such fees and costs incurred in connection with enforcing the provisions of this Article 11, but excluding indirect or consequential damages, or loss of profits)) (hereinafter collectively referred to as “Damages”), arising from claims, assertions of liability, assessments, taxes, or actual or threatened Actions directly arising out of, resulting from or in connection with the following:
(a) any breach of any representation or warranty made by the Company or Seller in this Agreement, the Disclosure Letter, the certificate issued pursuant to Section 9.9(b), any Company Ancillary Agreement or any exhibit or schedule to this Agreement to be true and correct as of the Agreement Date and as of the Closing Date (as though such representation or warranty were made as of the Closing Date, except in the case of representations and warranties which by their terms speak only as of a specific date or dates, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct on and as of such specified date or dates.
(b) any failure of any certification, representation or warranty made by the Company or Seller in any certificate delivered to Acquiror pursuant to any provision of this Agreement to be true and correct as of the date such certificate is delivered to Acquiror, and disregarding any disclosure in the Disclosure Letter, any liability with respect to violation of Dassault Systems Solidworks Corporation’s copyrights;
(c) any breach of or default in connection with any of the covenants or agreements made by the Company or the Seller in this Agreement, the Disclosure Letter, any Company Ancillary Agreement or any exhibit or schedule to this Agreement;
(d) the unpaid Transaction Expenses, (B) any Closing Net Working Capital Shortfall and (C) any Company Debt as of the Closing Date; in each case if and to the extent not included in the Company Net Working Capital.
(e) any inaccuracy in the Spreadsheet or the Company Closing Financial Certificate not settled according to Section 7.3 to this Agreement.
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(f) any fraud, intentional misrepresentation or willful misconduct or breach by or on behalf of the Company or the Seller (“Fraud”);
(g) disregarding any disclosure in the Disclosure Letter, (A) any Taxes with respect to any pre-Closing Tax period, (B) any failure of any representation or warranty made by Company and/or Seller in Section 3.6 (Taxes) to be true and correct as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date as though such representation or warranty were made as of the Closing Date, (C) any Tax liability in connection with any payment or deemed payment made by Company in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(h) any claims by (i) any then-current or former holder or alleged then-current or former holder of any equity interests of the Company (including any predecessors), arising out of, resulting from or in connection with (A) the Transactions or this Agreement, including the allocation of the Total Consideration or any portion thereof, or (B) such Person’s status or alleged status as a holder of equity interests of the Company (including any predecessors) at any time at or prior to the Closing, whether for breach of fiduciary duty or otherwise, (ii) any Person to the effect that such Person is entitled to any equity interest of Acquiror or the Company or any payment in connection with the Transactions other than as specifically set forth on the Spreadsheet or (iii) any Person with respect to any plan, policy or Contract providing for compensation to any Person in the form of equity interests.
11.7 Limitations.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or under any applicable law:
(a) No Acquiror Indemnified Person may recover any amounts in respect of any claim for indemnification that is made pursuant to this Agreement and does not involve: (i) a Fundamental Representation or (ii) Fraud, (iii) Pre-Closing Taxes, (iv) any matter for which specific indemnification is available to an Acquiror Indemnified Person, unless and until the aggregate amount of Damages that may be claimed exceeds US $50,000 (the “Threshold”), and once the Threshold has been reached, the Acquiror Indemnified Person may make claims for indemnification and may receive amounts for all Damages (including the amount of the Threshold) pursuant to the terms herein.
(b) The total and aggregate indemnification under this Agreement and applicable law shall be limited to (A) the aggregate amount of cash the Seller actually received pursuant to Section 2.2 hereof with respect to (i) breaches of the Fundamental Representations; (ii) breaches of the Company’s and/or Seller’s covenants under this Agreement, and (B) an aggregate amount of A$1,500,000 for breach of the representation and warranties set forth in Section 3.8 (Intellectual Property), otherwise the total and aggregate indemnification under this Agreement and/or applicable law shall be limited to the aggregate amount A $900,000. In the case of Fraud, such Liability for Damages shall be unlimited with respect to Seller. Nothing shall prevent or restrict the Acquiror Indemnified Person from seeking (A) injunctive or other equitable relief to enjoin the breach, or threatened breach, of any provision of this Agreement or any Transaction Document, (B) specific performance of the provisions of this Agreement or any Transaction Document, and (C) declaratory relief with respect to this Agreement or any Transaction Document. In any event and notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or under any applicable law or agreement, will the aggregate liability of the Seller under this Agreement exceed the aggregate amount of cash the Seller actually received pursuant to Section 2.2 hereof.
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(c) Damages shall be calculated net of actual recoveries under existing insurance policies (net of any applicable collection costs and reserves, deductibles, premium adjustments and retrospectively rated premiums), it being understood that Acquiror Indemnified Person shall be obligated to take reasonable actions to reduce damages seek recovery under any insurance policies with respect to any particular Damages and the failure of an Acquiror Indemnified Person to seek recovery under any insurance policies shall not in any way affect or modify such Acquiror Indemnified Person’s rights under this Article 11.
(d) In determining the existence or amount of any Damages in respect of the failure of any representation or warranty to be true and correct as of any particular date or the breach of or default in connection with any covenant or agreement, any knowledge materiality or Material Adverse Change standard or qualification, or standard or qualification that a matter be or not be “reasonably expected” or “reasonably likely” to occur, contained in or otherwise applicable to such representation, warrant, covenant or agreement shall be disregarded; provided that such standard or qualification shall not be disregarded for the purposes of the initial determination of whether there was a failure of such representation or warranty to be true and correct, or a breach of or default in connection with any covenant or agreement, as aforesaid.
(e) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, (i) Seller will not have any right of indemnification, contribution or right of advancement from Acquiror, the Company or any other Acquiror Indemnified Person with respect to any Damages claimed by any Acquiror Indemnified Person, the rights and remedies of the Acquiror Indemnified Persons after the Closing shall not be limited by any investigation made, disclosure received, or knowledge obtained, by or on behalf of any Acquiror Indemnified Person prior to the Closing regarding any failure, breach or other event or circumstance or (B) any waiver of any condition to the Closing related thereto and (iii) if an Acquiror Indemnified Person’s claim under this Article 11 may be properly characterized in multiple ways in accordance with this Article 11 such that such claim may or may not be subject to different caps and other limitations depending on such characterization, then such Acquiror Indemnified Person shall have the right to characterize such indemnifiable matter in a manner that maximizes the recovery permitted in accordance with this Article 11.
11.8 Notice of Claim.
(a) As used herein, the term “Claim” means a claim for indemnification of Acquiror or any other Acquiror Indemnified Person for Damages under this Article 11. Acquirer Representative may give notice of a Claim under this Agreement, whether for its own Damages or for Damages incurred by any other Acquiror Indemnified Person, and Acquirer Representative shall give written notice of a Claim executed by an officer of Acquiror (a “Notice of Claim”) to the Seller (with a copy to the Escrow Agent) promptly after Acquirer Representative becomes aware of the existence of any actual claim by an Acquiror Indemnified Person for indemnification from Seller under this Article 11, arising from or relating to (i) any matter listed in the foregoing clauses (a)-(g) of Section 11.6 or (ii) the assertion, whether orally or in writing, against Acquiror or any other Acquiror Indemnified Person of a tax, claim, demand or Action brought by a third party against Acquiror or such other Acquiror Indemnified Person (in each such case, a “Third-Party Claim”) that is based on, arises out of or relates to any matter listed in the foregoing clauses (a)-(g) of Section 11.6.
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(b) The period during which claims may be initiated (the “Claims Period”) for indemnification from the Escrow Fund shall commence at the Closing and terminate at 11:59 p.m. Israel Time on the 12-month anniversary of the Closing Date (the “Escrow Period”). The Claims Period for indemnification from and against Damages arising out of, resulting from or in connection with representation and warranties shall commence at the Closing and terminate at 11:59 p.m. Israel Time on the date that is 24 months following the Closing Date, provided, however, that in connection with (i) representation and warranties set forth in Section 3.8 (Intellectual Property), shall commence at the Closing and terminate at 11:59 p.m. Israel Time on the date that is 36 months following the Closing Date and in connection with (ii) Fundamental Representation(s), shall commence at the Closing and terminate at 11:59 p.m. Israel Time on the date that is the end of the statute of limitations under Israeli Law following the Closing Date and (ii) Fraud shall be unlimited.
(c) Each Notice of Claim by Acquirer Representative shall contain the following information:
(i) that Acquiror or another Acquiror Indemnified Person has directly incurred, paid, sustained, reserved or accrued, or in good faith believes that it may directly incur, pay, sustain, reserve or accrue, Damages (or that with respect to any Tax matters, that any Tax Authority may raise such matter in audit of Acquiror, which could give rise to Indemnifiable Damages);
(ii) to the extent reasonably practicable, a non-binding, preliminary estimate of the amount of such Damages (which amount may be the amount of damages claimed by a third party in an action brought against any Acquiror Indemnified Person based on alleged facts, which if true, would give rise to liability for Damages to such Acquiror Indemnified Person under this Article 11); and
(iii) a brief description, in reasonable detail (based on the information then possessed by Acquiror), of the facts, circumstances or events giving rise to such Damages based on Acquiror’s good faith belief thereof, including (x) the basis for such anticipated liability and the nature of the breach to which such Damages are related and (y) the identity of any third-party claimant (to the extent reasonably available to Acquiror) and (z) all the documents reasonably required relating to or supporting the claim;
provided that the Notice of Claim (i) need only specify such information to the knowledge of such officer of Acquiror and the Acquirer Representative as of the date thereof, (ii) shall not limit any of the rights or remedies of any Acquiror Indemnified Person with respect to the underlying facts and circumstances specifically set forth in such Notice of Claim, and (iii) may be updated and amended from time to time by Acquirer Representative by delivering an updated or amended Notice of Claim, so long as the delivery of the original Notice of Claim is made within the applicable Claims Period and such update or amendment relates to the underlying facts and circumstances specifically set forth in such original Notice of Claim; provided, further, that all Claims for Damages properly set forth in the original Notice of Claim or any update or amendment thereto shall remain outstanding until such Claims for Damages have been resolved or satisfied, notwithstanding the expiration of such Claims Period provided however, that in the event such Notice of Claim is not followed by a legal suit, within a period of 45 days following the end of the applicable survival period, then the applicable representation or warranty in respect of which indemnity is sought under this Article 11, and the indemnity with respect thereto, shall expire and be of no further force and effect.
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(d) No delay on the part of Acquirer Representative in giving the Seller a Notice of Claim (or any update or amendment thereto after conducting discovery regarding the underlying facts and circumstances set forth therein) shall relieve the Seller from any of their respective obligations under this Article 11 unless (and then only to the extent that) the Seller is materially prejudiced thereby in terms of the amount of Damages the Seller is obligated to indemnify the Acquiror Indemnified Persons for.
(e) As soon as reasonably practicable following the expiration of the Escrow Period, but in no event later than five (5) Business Days thereafter, Acquirors Representative shall instruct the Escrow Agent to release the Escrow Fund and send to the Seller the Escrow Fund less that portion of the Escrow Fund that is necessary to satisfy all unsatisfied, pending or unresolved claims for indemnification specified in any Notice of Claim and any amount previously paid to, or requested in writing to be held by, the Seller in satisfaction of reimbursable costs and expenses incurred by, or expected to be incurred by in connection with unsatisfied, pending and unresolved Claims, the Seller. Any portion of the Escrow Fund held as a result of unsatisfied, pending or unresolved claims shall be released to the Seller or forfeited to Acquiror, as appropriate, as soon as reasonably practicable following resolution of all such unsatisfied, pending or unresolved Claims in accordance with the terms of this Article 11.
(f) No portion of the Escrow Fund or any beneficial interest therein may be pledged, encumbered, sold, assigned or transferred (including any transfer by operation of law), by Acquiror or Seller or be taken or reached by any legal or equitable process in satisfaction of any debt or other liability of Acquiror or Seller, prior to the delivery of such portion of the Escrow Fund, respectively, to Acquiror or Seller in accordance with this Agreement, except that Seller shall be entitled to assign its rights to such portion of the Escrow Fund by will or the laws of intestacy.
11.9 Defense of Third-Party Claims.
(a) Acquirer Representative shall determine and conduct the investigation, defense and the settlement, adjustment or compromise of any Third-Party Claim, provided, however, that if the Acquirer Representative settles, adjusts, compromises or consents to any Third-Party Claim without the prior written consent of the Seller (which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), then such settlement, adjustment or compromise shall not be conclusive evidence of the amount of Damages incurred by the Acquiror Indemnified Person in connection with such claim or proceeding (it being understood that if the Acquirer Representative requests that the Seller consents to a settlement, adjustment or compromise, the Seller shall not unreasonably withhold or delay such consent) and (ii) any amount of such settlement in excess of amounts consented to by the Seller shall be deemed a contested amount, and thereafter any such contested amounts shall constitute Damages subject to indemnification hereunder solely to the extent it is ultimately determined that such contested amounts arose out of, resulted from or was in connection with a matter listed in Section 11.6 and shall be included in the Damages for which Acquiror may seek indemnification pursuant to a Claim made by any Acquiror Indemnified Person hereunder and such costs and expenses shall constitute Damages subject to indemnification under Section 11.6 provided it is ultimately determined by a competent court that the Third-Party Claim itself is indemnifiable under Section 11.6.
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(b) The Seller shall have the right to receive copies of all pleadings, notices and communications with respect to the Third-Party Claim (subject to execution by the Seller of Acquirer Representative’s standard non-disclosure agreement to the extent that such materials contain confidential or proprietary information) and in its sole discretion and cost to participate in the defense of the Third-Party Claim.
(c) No settlement, adjustment or compromise of any such Third-Party Claim with any third party claimant shall be determinative of the amount of Damages relating to such matter, except with the consent of the Seller, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed and which shall be deemed to have been given if (i) the Seller unreasonably withholds its consent or (ii) the Seller has not objected within fifteen (15) days after a written request for such consent by the Acquirer Representative.
11.10 Resolution of Notice of Claim. Each Notice of Claim given by Acquirer Representative shall be resolved as follows:
(a) Uncontested Claims. If, within thirty (30) days after a Notice of Claim is received by the Seller, the Seller does not contest such Notice of Claim in writing to Acquirer Representative as provided in Section 11.9(b), the Seller shall be conclusively deemed to have consented, to the recovery by the Acquiror Indemnified Person of the full amount of Damages specified in the Notice of Claim in accordance with this Article 11, including the forfeiture of Escrow Fund, and, without further notice, to have stipulated to the entry of a final judgment for damages against the Seller for such amount in any court having jurisdiction over the matter where venue is proper.
(b) Contested Claims. If the Seller gives Acquirer Representative written notice contesting all or any portion of a Notice of Claim (a “Contested Claim”) (with a copy to the Escrow Agent) within the twenty (20) day period specified in Section 11.9(a), then such Contested Claim shall be resolved by either (i) a written settlement agreement executed by Acquirer Representative and the Seller (a copy of which shall be furnished to the Escrow Agent and applicable Acquiror) or (ii) in the absence of such a written settlement agreement within sixty (60) days following receipt by Acquirer Representative of the written notice from the Seller, by binding litigation between Acquirer Representative and the Seller in accordance with the terms and provisions of Section 11.9(c).
(c) Litigation of Contested Claims. Either Acquirer Representative or the Seller may resolve the Contested Claim in accordance with Section 12.1 of this Agreement. The Escrow Agent shall be entitled to act in accordance with such decision and make or withhold payments out of the Escrow Fund in accordance therewith. The non-prevailing party shall pay its own fees and expenses and the fees and expenses of the prevailing party, including attorneys’ fees and costs, reasonably incurred in connection with such suit.
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11.11 Treatment of Indemnification Payments. The Seller and Acquiror agree to treat (and cause their Affiliates to treat) any payment received pursuant to this Article 11 as adjustments to the Total Consideration for all tax purposes, to the maximum extent permitted by Applicable Law.
11.12 Acquiror Representative. The Company and the Seller shall be deemed to have consented to the appointment of Pure as the Acquirer’s Representative (the “Acquirer’s Representative”), as the attorney-in-fact for and on behalf of each such party, and the taking by the Acquirer’s Representative of any and all actions and the making of any decisions required or permitted to be taken by the Acquirer’s Representative under this Agreement, including the exercise of the power to take all actions necessary in the sole and absolute judgment of the Acquirer’s Representative for the accomplishment of all of the other terms, conditions and limitations of this Agreement. Accordingly, the Acquirer’s Representative has authority and power to act on behalf of each such party with respect to this Agreement, the Paying Agent Agreement, the Escrow Agreement, and the disposition, settlement or other handling of all Indemnification Claims, rights or obligations arising from and taken pursuant to this Agreement, the Paying Agent Agreement, the Escrow Agreement. Each Acquiror will be bound by all actions taken by the Acquirer’s Representative in connection with this Agreement, the Paying Agent Agreement, the Escrow Agreement. The Acquirer’s Representative will incur no Liability with respect to any action taken or suffered by the Acquirer’s Representative in reliance upon any notice, direction, instruction, consent, statement or other document believed by the Acquirer’s Representative to be genuine and to have been signed by the proper Person (and shall have no responsibility to determine the authenticity thereof), nor for any other action or inaction, except in the event of any liability directly resulting from the Acquirer’s Representative own willful misconduct, gross negligence or bad faith. The appointment of the Acquirer’s Representative shall be deemed coupled with an interest and shall be irrevocable, and any other person may conclusively and absolutely rely, without inquiry, upon any action of the Acquirer’s Representative as the act of any Acquiror in all matters referred to herein. Each Acquiror, as applicable, hereby ratifies and confirms any action that the Acquirer’s Representative shall do or cause to be done by virtue of such Acquirer’s Representative’s appointment as a representative of such Acquiror. The Acquirer’s Representative shall act for each Acquiror on all matters set forth herein in the manner the Acquirer’s Representative believes to be in the best interest of such Acquirer, but the Acquirer’s Representative shall not be responsible to any Acquiror for any loss or damage any Acquiror may suffer in connection with the Acquirer’s Representative services pursuant to this Agreement, the Escrow Agreement, or the Paying Agent Agreement, other than loss, liability or damage resulting from the Acquirer’s Representative willful misconduct, gross negligence or bad faith.
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ARTICLE 12
Miscellaneous
12.1 Governing Law; Jurisdiction. The Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Israel, without giving effect to the principles thereof relating to conflict of laws. The competent courts of the District of Tel Aviv, Israel shall have exclusive jurisdiction to hear all disputes arising in connection with this Agreement and no other courts shall have any jurisdiction whatsoever in respect of such disputes.
12.2 Assignment; Binding Upon Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of the successors and assigns of Acquiror, including any successor to, or assignee of, all or substantially all of the business and assets of Acquiror provided that such assignment shall not relieve the Acquiror of any of its obligations hereunder. Except as set forth in the preceding sentence, no party hereto may assign any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the other parties hereto. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns. Any assignment in violation of this provision shall be void.
12.3 Severability. If any provision of this Agreement, or the application thereof, shall for any reason and to any extent be invalid or unenforceable, then the remainder of this Agreement and the application of such provision to other Persons or circumstances shall be interpreted so as reasonably to effect the intent of the parties hereto. The parties further agree to replace such void or unenforceable provision of this Agreement with a valid and enforceable provision that shall achieve, to the extent possible, the economic, business and other purposes of the void or unenforceable provision.
12.4 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original as regards any party whose signature appears thereon and all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. This Agreement shall become binding when one or more counterparts hereof, individually or taken together, shall bear the signatures of all parties reflected hereon as signatories.
12.5 Other Remedies. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, any and all remedies herein expressly conferred upon a party hereunder shall be deemed cumulative with and not exclusive of any other remedy conferred hereby or by law on such party, and the exercise of any one remedy shall not preclude the exercise of any other. The parties hereto agree that irreparable damage would occur in the event that any of the provisions of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with their specific terms or were otherwise breached. It is accordingly agreed that the parties shall be entitled to seek an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches of this Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions hereof in any court having jurisdiction.
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12.6 Amendments and Waivers. Any term or provision of this Agreement may be amended, and the observance of any term of this Agreement may be waived (either generally or in a particular instance and either retroactively or prospectively), only in writing signed by Acquirers Representative and the Seller. The waiver by a party of any breach hereof or default in the performance hereof shall not be deemed to constitute a waiver of any other default or any succeeding breach or default. This Agreement may be amended by the parties hereto as provided in this Section 12.6 at any time before or after adoption of this Agreement by the Seller, but, after such adoption, no amendment shall be made which by Applicable Law requires the further approval of the Seller without obtaining such further approval. At any time prior to the Closing, each of Seller, Company and Acquirer Representative, may, to the extent legally allowed, (a) extend the time for the performance of any of the obligations or other acts of the other, (b) waive any inaccuracies in the representations and warranties made to it contained herein or in any document delivered pursuant hereto, and (c) waive compliance with any of the agreements or conditions for its benefit contained herein. No such waiver or extension shall be effective unless signed in writing by the party against whom such waiver or extension is asserted. The failure of any party to enforce any of the provisions hereof shall not be construed to be a waiver of the right of such party thereafter to enforce such provisions.
12.7 Expenses. Except as otherwise provided herein, whether or not the Share Purchase is successfully consummated, each party shall bear its respective legal, auditors’, investment bankers’ and financial advisors’ fees and other expenses incurred with respect to this Agreement, the Share Purchase and the other Transactions.
12.8 Notices. All notices and other communications required or permitted under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be either hand delivered in person, sent by facsimile, e-mail or sent by nationally recognized overnight courier service. Such notices and other communications shall be effective upon receipt, (or in case of delivery by email, upon transmission, unless sent during a day which is not a business day, in which case, it shall be deemed to have been duly given upon the first Business Day following transmission), if hand delivered or sent by facsimile, and one Business Day after dispatch if sent by overnight courier, to the following addresses, or such other addresses as any party may notify the other parties in accordance with this Section 12.8:
If to Acquirors:
to Acquirers Representative:
L.I.A Pure Capital Ltd.
Attention: Orly Aaronson
e-mail: Orly@shreminvest.com
with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Shibolet & Co., Law Offices
4 Berkowitz St.
Tel Aviv, Israel
e-mail: a.dozetas@shibolet.com
Attention: Adam Dozetas, Adv.
If to the Company:
ParaZero Technologies Ltd.
30 Dov Hoz St.
Kiryat Ono, Israel
e-mail: contact@parazero.com
Attention: Boaz Shetzer
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with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Shibolet & Co., Law Offices
4 Berkowitz St.
Tel Aviv, Israel
Email: o.manor@shibolet.com
Attention: Ofer Manor, Adv.
If to the Seller:
Delta Drone International Ltd.
Level 27, 101 Collins Street,
Melbourne VIC 3000
e-mail: stephen.buckley@dlti.com.au
Attention: Stephen Buckley
with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Shibolet & Co., Law Offices
4 Berkowitz St.
Tel Aviv, Israel
Email: o.manor@shibolet.com
Attention: Ofer Manor, Adv.
12.9 Interpretation; Rules of Construction. When a reference is made in this Agreement to Exhibits, such reference shall be to an Exhibit to this Agreement unless otherwise indicated. When a reference is made in this Agreement to Sections, such reference shall be to a Section of this Agreement unless otherwise indicated. When a reference is made in this Agreement to Articles, such reference shall be to an Article of this Agreement unless otherwise indicated. The words “include,” “include” and “including” when used herein shall be deemed in each case to be followed by the words “without limitation” and corresponding syntactical variant expressions. The phrases “delivered,” “provided,” “made available” and phrases of similar import mean, with respect to any statement in Article 3 of this Agreement to the effect that any information, document or other material has been “delivered,” “provided” or “made available” to Acquiror, its legal counsel or its other representatives, that such information, document or material was: (a) sent in electronic or physical format until no later than 5:00 p.m. Israel Time on the date three (3) Business Days prior to the Agreement Date. The headings contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement. Reference to the subsidiaries of an Entity shall be deemed to include all direct and indirect subsidiaries of such Entity. The parties hereto agree that they have been represented by legal counsel during the negotiation and execution of this Agreement and, therefore, waive the application of any law, regulation, holding or rule of construction providing that ambiguities in an agreement or other document shall be construed against the party drafting such agreement or document.
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12.10 Third Party Beneficiary Rights. No provisions of this Agreement are intended, nor shall be interpreted, to provide or create any third party beneficiary rights or any other rights of any kind in any client, customer, employee, consultant, contractor, Affiliate, shareholder or partner of any party hereto or any other Person unless specifically provided otherwise herein and, except as so provided, all provisions hereof shall be personal solely between the parties to this Agreement; except that Article 11 is intended to benefit the Acquiror Indemnified Persons.
12.11 Public Announcement. Upon execution of this Agreement, Acquirer Representative, Company and Seller may mutually decide to issue a press release announcing the proposed Share Purchase. The parties will coordinate the wording of such press release, it being understood that the ultimate content of such press release will be determined mutually. Prior to the publication of such initial press release, no party to this Agreement shall make any public announcement relating to this Agreement or the Transactions (except as may be required by law, including with respect to the Seller under the ASX Rules and with respect to any Acquiror under the NASDAQ rules and/or as required under the rules or provisions of any listing agreement with any national securities exchange or stock market, provided that any such publications or announcements by the Parties shall be coordinated and preapproved in writing by the Seller and Acquirer’s Representative, which shall not be unreasonably withheld and taking into consideration legal filing reports of the each Party).
12.12 Confidentiality. The Company and each Acquiror confirms that they have entered into the NDA and to the extent they have not signed the NDA, they are each bound by, and shall abide by, the provisions of such NDA; provided that Acquiror shall not be bound by such NDA after the Closing. If this Agreement is terminated, the NDA shall remain in full force and effect, and all copies of documents containing confidential information of a disclosing party shall be returned by the receiving party to the disclosing party or be destroyed, as provided in the NDA. The existence and terms of this Agreement, the Company Ancillary Agreements and the documents and instruments contemplated hereby and thereby, and the Transactions, shall constitute “Confidential Information” under such NDA.
12.13 Legal Representation. The parties hereby consent to Shibolet & Co (“Shibolet”) drafting this Agreement and the ancillary documents hereto on their behalf as trusted legal counsel with respect to the transaction contemplated hereby and on other matters. Each Party recognizes the inherent conflict of interest in such dual representation and hereby waive any claim against the other Party or against Shibolet based upon such dual representation.
12.14 Entire Agreement. This Agreement, the exhibits and schedules hereto, the Company Ancillary Agreements constitute the entire understanding and agreement of the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior and contemporaneous agreements or understandings, inducements or conditions, express or implied, written or oral, between the parties with respect hereto other than the NDA. The express terms hereof control and supersede any course of performance or usage of the trade inconsistent with any of the terms hereof.
[Signature Pages Follow.]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Acquiror, Company and the Seller have caused this Share Purchase Agreement to be executed and delivered by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, all as of the date first written above.
| L.I.A. Pure Capital Ltd | ||
| By: | /s/ Kfir Silberman | |
| Name: | Kfir Silberman | |
| Title: | CEO | |
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Acquiror, Company and the Seller have caused this Share Purchase Agreement to be executed and delivered by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, all as of the date first written above.
| Buffalo Investments Ltd. | ||
| By: | /s/ Nir Reinhold | |
| Name: | Nir Reinhold | |
| Title: | CEO | |
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Acquiror, Company and the Seller have caused this Share Purchase Agreement to be executed and delivered by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, all as of the date first written above.
| TOMER SINGER | ||
| By: | /s/ Tomer Singer | |
| Name: | Tomer Singer | |
| Title: | ||
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Acquiror, Company and the Seller have caused this Share Purchase Agreement to be executed and delivered by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, all as of the date first written above.
| MONI SAAT | ||
| By: | /s/ Moni Saat | |
| Name: | Moni Saat | |
| Title: | ||
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Acquiror, Company and the Seller have caused this Share Purchase Agreement to be executed and delivered by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, all as of the date first written above.
| LIRON CARMEL | ||
| By: | /s/ Liron Carmel | |
| Name: | Liron Carmel | |
| Title: | ||
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Acquiror, Company and the Seller have caused this Share Purchase Agreement to be executed and delivered by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, all as of the date first written above.
| ARIEL DOR A.D. INVESTMENTS LTD. | ||
| By: | /s/ Ariel Dor | |
| Name: | Ariel Dor | |
| Title: | CEO | |
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Acquiror, Company and the Seller have caused this Share Purchase Agreement to be executed and delivered by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, all as of the date first written above.
| DROR ATZMON | ||
| By: | /s/ Dror Atzmon | |
| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Acquiror, Company and the Seller have caused this Share Purchase Agreement to be executed and delivered by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, all as of the date first written above.
| Capitalink Ltd. | ||
| By: | /s/ Lavi Krasney | |
| Name: | Lavi Krasney | |
| Title: | CEO | |
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Acquiror, Company and the Seller have caused this Share Purchase Agreement to be executed and delivered by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, all as of the date first written above.
| AMIR UZIEL ECONOMIC CONSULTANT LTD. | ||
| By: | /s/ Amir Uziel | |
| Name: | Amir Uziel | |
| Title: | CEO | |
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Acquiror, Company and the Seller have caused this Share Purchase Agreement to be executed and delivered by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, all as of the date first written above.
| YORAM BAUMAN | ||
| By: | /s/ Yoram Bauman | |
| Name: | Yoram Bauman | |
| Title: | Mr. | |
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Acquiror, Company and the Seller have caused this Share Purchase Agreement to be executed and delivered by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, all as of the date first written above.
| WEISS AMITAY | ||
| By: | /s/ Amitay Weiss | |
| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Acquiror, Company and the Seller have caused this Share Purchase Agreement to be executed and delivered by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, all as of the date first written above.
| LAGZIEL HAI COMPANY | ||
| By: | /s/ Hai Lagziel | |
| Name: | ||
| Title: | Director | |
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Acquiror, Company and the Seller have caused this Share Purchase Agreement to be executed and delivered by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, all as of the date first written above.
| ZEEV ZIMBLER | ||
| By: | /s/ Zeev Zimbler | |
| Name: | Zeev Zimbler | |
| Title: | Mr. | |
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Acquiror, Company and the Seller have caused this Share Purchase Agreement to be executed and delivered by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, all as of the date first written above.
| OMER SELINGER | ||
| By: | /s/ Omer Selinger | |
| Name: | Omer Selinger | |
| Title: | Mr. | |
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Acquiror, Company and the Seller have caused this Share Purchase Agreement to be executed and delivered by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, all as of the date first written above.
| YARON DAVID | ||
| By: | /s/ Yaron David | |
| Name: | Yaron David | |
| Title: | Mr | |
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Acquiror, Company and the Seller have caused this Share Purchase Agreement to be executed and delivered by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, all as of the date first written above.
| SHIRAN SHMUEL KAUFMAN | ||
| By: | /s/ Shiran Shmuel Kaufman | |
| Name: | Shiran Shmuel Kaufman | |
| Title: | Mr. | |
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Acquiror, Company and the Seller have caused this Share Purchase Agreement to be executed and delivered by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, all as of the date first written above.
| Roy Borochov | ||
| By: | /s/ Roy Borochov | |
| Name: | Roy Borochov | |
| Title: | ||
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Acquiror, Company and the Seller have caused this Share Purchase Agreement to be executed and delivered by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, all as of the date first written above.
| BOAZ SHETZER | ||
| By: | /s/ Boaz Shetzer | |
| Name: | Boaz Shetzer | |
| Title: | ID 036392355 | |
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Acquiror, Company and the Seller have caused this Share Purchase Agreement to be executed and delivered by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, all as of the date first written above.
| SHOMRONI JOSSEPH | ||
| By: | /s/ Somroni Josseph | |
| Name: | Somroni Josseph | |
| Title: | ||
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Acquiror, Company and the Seller have caused this Share Purchase Agreement to be executed and delivered by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, all as of the date first written above.
| Yoresh Capital Ltd. | ||
| By: | /s/ Eli Yoresh | |
| Name: | Eli Yoresh | |
| Title: | Director | |
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Acquiror, Company and the Seller have caused this Share Purchase Agreement to be executed and delivered by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, all as of the date first written above.
| Attribute ltd. | ||
| By: | /s/ Itschak Shrem | |
| Name: | Itschak Shrem | |
| Title: | CEO | |
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Acquiror, Company and the Seller have caused this Share Purchase Agreement to be executed and delivered by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, all as of the date first written above.
| RON YAIR PELED | ||
| By: | /s/ Ron Yair Peled | |
| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Acquiror, Company and the Seller have caused this Share Purchase Agreement to be executed and delivered by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, all as of the date first written above.
| ELYAHU CHAIM ZAMIR | ||
| By: | /s/ Elyahu Chaim Zamir | |
| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Acquiror, Company and the Seller have caused this Share Purchase Agreement to be executed and delivered by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, all as of the date first written above.
| RONI MENASHE | ||
| By: | /s/ Roni Menashe | |
| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Acquiror, Company and the Seller have caused this Share Purchase Agreement to be executed and delivered by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, all as of the date first written above.
| Tamarid Ltd. | ||
| By: | /s/ Sagie Mali | |
| Name: | Sagie Mali | |
| Title: | Director | |
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Acquiror, Company and the Seller have caused this Share Purchase Agreement to be executed and delivered by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, all as of the date first written above.
| RACHEL MENASHE | ||
| By: | /s/ Rachel Menashe | |
| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Acquiror, Company and the Seller have caused this Share Purchase Agreement to be executed and delivered by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, all as of the date first written above.
| Avdinco Ltd. | ||
| By: | /s/ Sagie Mali | |
| Name: | Sagie Mali | |
| Title: | CEO | |
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Acquiror, Company and the Seller have caused this Share Purchase Agreement to be executed and delivered by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, all as of the date first written above.
| Medigus Ltd. | ||
| By: | /s/ Liron Carmel | |
| Name: | Liron Carmel | |
| Title: | CEO | |
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Acquiror, Company and the Seller have caused this Share Purchase Agreement to be executed and delivered by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, all as of the date first written above.
| Company | ||
| By: | /s/ Eden Attias | |
| Name: | Eden Attias | |
| Title: | Director | |
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Acquiror, Company and the Seller have caused this Share Purchase Agreement to be executed and delivered by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, all as of the date first written above.
| Seller | ||
| EXECUTED by Delta Drone International Ltd | ) | |
| (ACN 618 678 701) in accordance with section | ) | |
| 127(1) of the Corporations Act 2001 | ) | |
| ) | ||
| /s/ Eden Attias | /s/ Christopher Clark | |
| Signature of Director | Signature of Director | |
| Eden Attias | Christopher Clark | |
| Name of Director | Name of Director |
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Exhibit A
List of Acquirers; Acquirers Allocation Table
| Name of Acquiror | AUD | Holding % | # of Shares | |||||||||
| Medigus Ltd. | $ | 2,234,583 | 40.35 | % | 674,363 | |||||||
| Avdinco Ltd. | $ | 421,842.24 | 7.62 | % | 127,305 | |||||||
| Tamarid Ltd. | $ | 421,842.24 | 7.62 | % | 127,305 | |||||||
| Capitalink Ltd. | $ | 272,847.56 | 4.93 | % | 82,341 | |||||||
| Attribute Ltd. | $ | 146,238.64 | 2.64 | % | 44,132 | |||||||
| Yoresh Capital Ltd. | $ | 146,238.64 | 2.64 | % | 44,132 | |||||||
| Boaz Shetzer | $ | 56,245.63 | 1.02 | % | 16,974 | |||||||
| Roy Borochov | $ | 56,245.63 | 1.02 | % | 16,974 | |||||||
| Shiran Shmuel Kaufman | $ | 11,249.13 | 0.20 | % | 3,395 | |||||||
| Yaron David | $ | 11,249.13 | 0.20 | % | 3,395 | |||||||
| Omer Selinger | $ | 16,873.69 | 0.30 | % | 5,092 | |||||||
| Zeev Zimbler | $ | 22,498.25 | 0.41 | % | 6,790 | |||||||
| Lagziel Hai Company | $ | 11,249.13 | 0.20 | % | 3,395 | |||||||
| Roni Menashe | $ | 56,245.63 | 1.02 | % | 16,974 | |||||||
| Rachel Menashe | $ | 56,245.63 | 1.02 | % | 16,974 | |||||||
| Weiss Amitay | $ | 112,491.26 | 2.03 | % | 33,948 | |||||||
| Eli Zamir | $ | 56,245.07 | 1.02 | % | 16,974 | |||||||
| Ron Peled | $ | 56,245.07 | 1.02 | % | 16,974 | |||||||
| Liron Carmel | $ | 44,996.51 | 0.81 | % | 13,579 | |||||||
| Ariel Dor A.D Investments Ltd. | $ | 112,491.26 | 2.03 | % | 33,948 | |||||||
| Dror Atzmon | $ | 269,979.03 | 4.88 | % | 81,475 | |||||||
| Yoram Baumann | $ | 168,736.89 | 3.05 | % | 50,922 | |||||||
| Shomroni Josseph | $ | 154,675.49 | 2.79 | % | 46,679 | |||||||
| Moni Saat | $ | 154,675.49 | 2.79 | % | 46,679 | |||||||
| Tomer Singer | $ | 112,491.26 | 2.03 | % | 33,948 | |||||||
| L.I.A. Pure Capital Ltd. | $ | 168,736.89 | 3.05 | % | 50,922 | |||||||
| Buffalo Investments Ltd. | $ | 134,541 | 2.43 | % | 40,602 | |||||||
| Amir Uziel Economic Consultant Ltd. | $ | 50,000 | 0.90 | % | 15,089 | |||||||
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Exhibit 10.4
THIS INSTRUMENT AND ANY SECURITIES ISSUABLE PURSUANT HERETO HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR THE ISRAELI SECURITIES LAW 5728 – 1968, AS AMENDED, OR ANY STATE OR FOREIGN SECURITIES LAWS. THESE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED OR HYPOTHECATED EXCEPT AS PERMITTED UNDER THE ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT OR AN EXEMPTION THEREFROM.
Parazero Technologies Ltd.
SAFE
(Simple Agreement for Future Equity)
THIS CERTIFIES THAT in exchange for the payment by (the “Investor”) of $[ ] (the “Purchase Amount”) on [ ], 2022, to Parazero Technologies Ltd., an Israeli private company (P.C.N. 514932821) (the “Company”), the Company hereby issues to the Investor the right to certain shares of the Company, subject to the terms set forth below in this Simple Agreement for Future Equity (this “SAFE”). Concurrently with the execution of this SAFE, the Company enters into similar SAFEs (collectively, the “Additional SAFEs”); provided that the aggregate purchase amount of the Additional SAFEs together with the Purchase Amount under this SAFE shall not exceed US$2,500,000 and based on the allocation listed on Annex A.
1. Events.
1.1 Automatic Conversion in a Qualified Equity Financing. If there is a Qualified Equity Financing before the expiration or termination of this SAFE, this SAFE will automatically convert into the number of SAFE Shares equal to the Purchase Amount, divided by the Discount Price, rounded up to the nearest whole number. In connection with the automatic conversion of this SAFE into SAFE Shares, each Investor will, at the request of the Company in its sole discretion, execute and deliver to the Company all transaction documents related to the Qualified Equity Financing; provided, that such documents (i) are the same documents to be entered into with the purchasers in the Qualified Equity Financing, with appropriate variations for the SAFE Shares, as applicable, and (ii) have customary exceptions to any drag-along applicable to the Investor, including (without limitation) limited representations, warranties, liability and indemnification obligations for the Investor.
1.2 Optional Conversion in a Non-Qualified Financing. If there is an Equity Financing by the Company which does not qualify as a Qualified Equity Financing (“Non-Qualified Financing”), the outstanding Purchase Amount may be converted, at the written request of the Investor made at Investor’s sole discretion within 30 days from the receipt of a written notice from the Company setting forth the terms and conditions of such Non-Qualified Financing, into Safe Shares equal to the Purchase Amount divided by the Discount Price, provided, that such documents are the same documents to be entered into with the investor of the Non-Qualified Financing, with appropriate variations for the SAFE Shares if applicable as aforementioned. Each Investor will, at the request of the Company in its sole discretion, execute and deliver to the Company all transaction documents related to the Non-Qualified Financing; provided, that such documents are the same documents to be entered into with the purchasers in the Non-Qualified Financing, with appropriate variations for the SAFE Shares, as applicable.
1.3 Liquidity Event. If a Liquidity Event is consummated before the expiration or termination of this SAFE, this SAFE will automatically receive immediately prior to, or concurrent with, the consummation of such Liquidity Event, from the Company, a number of Ordinary Shares, equal to the Purchase Amount divided by the Liquidity Price. Each Investor will, at the request of the Company, in its sole discretion, execute and deliver to the Company all documents related to the Liquidity Event, including lock-up undertakings, as may be applicable, provided that such documents are the same documents to be entered into with the other shareholders of the Company with appropriate variations for the SAFE Shares as applicable.
1.4 Public Offering. If an Initial Public Offering is consummated before the expiration or termination of this SAFE, this SAFE will automatically convert, immediately prior to and subject to, the unconditional closing of such Initial Public Offering, into a number of Ordinary Shares, equal to the Purchase Amount divided by the price per share in the Initial Public Offering, discounted by the Discount Rate. Each Investor will, at the request of the Company and\or the underwriter, execute and deliver to the Company all documents related to the Initial Public Offering, as may be applicable, provided that such documents are the same documents to be entered into with the other shareholders of the Company with appropriate variations for the SAFE Shares as applicable.
1.5 Mandatory Conversion upon Drop Date. If the Purchase Amount has not been converted prior to July 31, 2023 (the “Drop Date”), then on such Drop Date, this SAFE shall be automatically converted into such number of the most senior class of Equity Shares of the Company then outstanding, equal to, the Purchase Amount, divided by the lowest price per share actually paid to the Company for such most senior class of Equity Shares of the Company then outstanding in an investment transaction by a third party on or after 1.1.2022, discounted by the Discount Rate, rounded up to the nearest whole number, and if such investment transaction shall not have occurred, then this SAFE shall be automatically converted into such number of the most senior class of Equity Shares of the Company then outstanding, equal to, the Purchase Amount, divided by $3.313 AUD (subject to any customary adjustments for share splits and consolidations). The closing of such mandatory conversion for the Investor shall occur within 14 days of the Drop Date.
1.6 Dissolution Event. If there is a Dissolution Event before this instrument expires or terminates, following payment of all senior debt, the Company will pay an amount equal to the Purchase Amount, immediately prior to, or concurrent with, the consummation of the Dissolution Event. The Investor’s right to receive its Purchase Amount is (i) senior and in preference to any Distribution of any of the assets of the Company to holders of outstanding Share Capital by reason of their ownership thereof and (ii) on par with payments for other SAFEs. If the applicable Proceeds or assets of the Company legally available for distribution to the Investor herein or under the Additional SAFEs (the “Dissolving Investors”), as determined in good faith by the Company’s board of directors, are insufficient to permit the payment to the Dissolving Investors of their respective Purchase Amounts, then the entire assets of the Company legally available for distribution will be distributed with equal priority and pro rata among the Dissolving Investors in proportion to the Purchase Amounts they would otherwise be entitled to receive pursuant to this Section 1.6.
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1.7 Termination. This SAFE will automatically expire and terminate upon the earliest to occur of either: (i) the issuance of SAFE Shares to the Investors pursuant to Section 1.1, Section 1.2, Section 1.3, Section 1.4, or Section 1.5, or (ii) the payment, or setting aside for payment, of amounts due the Investors pursuant to Section 1.6.
2. Definitions
2.1 “Change of Control” means (i) a transaction or series of related transactions as a result of which more than 50% of the shares of the Company are transferred to any third party (ii) any reorganization, merger, consolidation, recapitalization or similar event of the Company other than a single transaction or a series of related transactions as a result of which the shareholders of the Company holding a majority of the voting securities immediately prior to such transaction or series of related transactions retain, immediately after such transaction or series of related transactions, at least a majority of the total voting power represented by the outstanding voting securities of the Company or such other surviving entity (iii) a sale, lease grant of an exclusive license or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, or (iv) a sale of all or substantially all of the shares of the Company.
2.2 “Discount Price” means the lowest price per SAFE Share sold in the Equity Financing discounted by the Discount Rate.
2.3 “Discount Rate” means a 20% discount; however, in the event of an Initial Public Offering the Discount Rate shall be 25%.
2.4 “Distribution” means the transfer to holders of Share Capital by reason of their ownership thereof of cash or other property without consideration whether by way of dividend or otherwise, other than dividends on Ordinary Shares payable in Ordinary Shares, or the purchase or redemption of Share Capital by the Company or its subsidiaries for cash or property other than: (i) repurchases of Ordinary Shares held by employees, officers, directors or consultants of the Company or its subsidiaries pursuant to an agreement providing, as applicable, a right of first refusal or a right to repurchase shares upon termination of such service provider’s employment or services; or (ii) repurchases of Share Capital in connection with the settlement of disputes with any shareholder.
2.5 “Dissolution Event” means (i) a voluntary termination of operations, (ii) a general assignment for the benefit of the Company’s creditors, or (iii) any other liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company (excluding a Liquidity Event), whether voluntary or involuntary.
2.6 “Equity Financing” means a Qualified Equity Financing or a Non-Qualified Financing.
2.7 “Initial Public Offering” means the closing of the Company’s first firm commitment underwritten initial public offering of Ordinary Shares pursuant to a registration statement filed under the Securities Act or of other similar securities law of another jurisdiction. For the sake of this Agreement, the term Public Offering shall also mean a reverse merger or an investment in a Capital Pool Company (CPC).
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2.8 “Liquidity Event” means a Change of Control.
2.9 “Liquidity Price” means the price per share of the Ordinary Shares sold or registered in a Liquidity Event multiplied by the Discount Rate or the fair market value of the Ordinary Shares at the Liquidity Event multiplied by the Discount Rate.
2.10 “Ordinary Shares” means the ordinary shares of the Company.
2.11 “Proceeds” means cash and other assets (including, without limitation, consideration in shares) that are proceeds from the Liquidity Event or the Dissolution Event, as applicable, and legally available for distribution.
2.12 “Qualified Equity Financing” means a bona fide transaction or series of transactions with the principal purpose of raising capital, pursuant to which the Company issues and sells shares at a fixed pre-money valuation, in which the aggregate proceeds to the Company are at least US $3,000,000 (excluding the SAFEs hereunder).
2.13 “SAFEs” means instruments containing future right to shares of the Company’s Share Capital, similar in form and content to this SAFE, purchased by investor for the purpose of funding the Company’s business operations.
2.14 “SAFE Shares” means the then most senior shares issued to the Investor in any Equity Financing, having the identical rights, privileges, preferences and restrictions as the Equity Shares, including, without limitation, liquidation preference, anti-dilution protection, registration rights, preemptive rights, right of first refusal, voting and veto rights, or other rights, pro-rata to the respective amounts of investment, and the Investor shall otherwise be deemed one of the investors in such Equity Financing for all purposes (including with respect to any other securities, warrants or other or other rights granted to the investor, other than with respect to (if and to the extent applicable): (i) the per share liquidation preference and the initial conversion price for purposes of price-based anti-dilution protection, which will equal the Discount Price; (ii) the basis for any dividend rights, which will be based on the Discount Price; and (iii) any individual rights granted to certain investors based on the size of their investment or number of shares they will receive (subject to the same minimum holding requirements if applicable). The right to receive SAFE Shares shall also include the right to receive any components of a unit offered to the investors in such Equity Financing, including for example, warrants or other convertible instruments granted to the investors in the Equity Financing, if granted. In addition to the transfer restrictions set forth in Section 5 below, in no event shall warrants issued to an Investor upon the conversion of a SAFE be tradable warrants nor carry any registration rights. For avoidance of doubt it is hereby clarified that if the Company has no preferred class of shares in its share capital the SAFE Shares shall mean Ordinary Shares of the Company.
2.15 “Equity Shares” means the shares of a series of Shares issued to the investor investing new money in the Company in connection with the initial closing of the Equity Financing.
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2.16 “Share Capital” means the share capital of the Company, including, without limitation, Ordinary Shares and, if applicable, preferred Shares of the Company.
2.17 “Subsequent Convertible Securities” means convertible securities that the Company may issue after the issuance of this instrument with the principal purpose of raising capital, including but not limited to, other SAFEs, convertible debt instruments and other convertible securities. Subsequent Convertible Securities excludes options issued pursuant to any equity incentive or similar plan of the Company.
3. Company Representations.
3.1 The Company is a corporation duly organized and validly existing under the laws of the state of Israel, and has the power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and carry on its business as now conducted.
3.2 The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this SAFE is within the power of the Company and has been duly authorized by all necessary actions on the part of the Company. This SAFE constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or other laws of general application relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and general principles of equity. The Company is not in violation of (i) its current articles of association, (ii) any material statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Company or (iii) any material indenture or contract to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound, where, in each case, such violation or default, individually, or together with all such violations or defaults, could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company.
3.3 The performance and consummation of the transactions contemplated by this SAFE do not and will not: (i) violate any material judgment, statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Company; (ii) result in the acceleration of any material indenture or contract to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound; or (iii) result in the creation or imposition of any lien on any property, asset or revenue of the Company or the suspension, forfeiture, or nonrenewal of any material permit, license or authorization applicable to the Company, its business or operations.
3.4 No consents or approvals are required in connection with the performance of this SAFE, other than: (i) the Company’s corporate approvals; (ii) necessary corporate approvals for the authorization of the Company’s Share Capital issuable pursuant to Section 1.
3.5 To its knowledge and without conducting any specific investigation, the Company owns or possesses (or can obtain on commercially reasonable terms) sufficient legal rights to all patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights, trade secrets, licenses, information, processes and other intellectual property rights necessary for its business as now conducted, without any conflict with, or infringement of the rights of, others.
4. Investor Representations.
4.1 The Investor has full legal capacity, power and authority to execute and deliver this SAFE and to perform its obligations hereunder. This SAFE constitutes valid and binding obligation of the Investor, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or other laws of general application relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and general principles of equity.
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4.2 The Investor had an opportunity to discuss the Company’s business, management, financial affairs and the terms and conditions of the offering of the Share Capital with the Company’s management and to consult with its advisors with respect to such matters.
4.3 The Investor understands that no public market now exists for the Share Capital, and that the Company has made no assurances that a public market will ever exist for the Share Capital.
4.4 The Investor is either (i) an “accredited Investor” as such term is defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D under the Securities Act; or (ii) not a U.S. person within the meaning of Rule 902 of Regulation S under the Securities Act. The Investor is purchasing this security instrument for his, her or its own account for investment, not as a nominee or agent, and not with a view to, or for resale in connection with, the distribution thereof, and the Investor has no present intention of selling, granting any participation in, or otherwise distributing the same. The Investor has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters that the Investor is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of such investment, is able to incur a complete loss of such investment without impairing the Investor’s financial condition, and is able to bear the economic risk of such investment for an indefinite period of time.
4.5 In the event of an Initial Public Offering, if required by the underwriters, the Investor will enter into a lock-up agreement in respect of SAFE Shares. The Investor appoints the Company as its agent and attorney-in-fact to execute, on the Investor’s behalf, any such lock-up agreement.
5. Transfer Restrictions
5.1 The Parties further acknowledge and are aware that the SAFE Shares issuable hereby may only be disposed of in compliance with respective U.S. state and U.S. federal securities laws. In connection with any transfer of the SAFE Shares other than pursuant to an effective registration statement, the Company may require the transferor thereof to provide to the Company an opinion of counsel selected by the transferor and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the form and substance of which opinion shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to the effect that such transfer does not require registration of such transferred Safe Shares under the Securities Act.
5.2 The Investor agrees to the imprinting, so long as is required by this Section 5, of a legend on any of the SAFE Shares in the following form:
“THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE U.S. STATE SECURITIES LAWS AS EVIDENCED BY A LEGAL OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE TRANSFEROR TO SUCH EFFECT, THE SUBSTANCE OF WHICH SHALL BE REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY.
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5.3 Certificates evidencing the SAFE Shares shall not contain any legend (including the legend set forth in 5.2 hereof): (i) while a registration statement covering the resale of such security is effective under the Securities Act, (ii) following any sale of such SAFE Shares pursuant to Rule 144, (iii) if SAFE Shares are eligible for sale under Rule 144, without the requirement for the Company to be in compliance with the current public information required under Rule 144 as to such SAFE Shares and without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions, or (iv) if such legend is not required under applicable requirements of the Securities Act (including judicial interpretations and pronouncements issued by the staff of the Commission). The Company shall cause its counsel to issue a legal opinion to the transfer agent of the Company promptly after the respective effective date of the transfer if required by the transfer agent to effect the removal of the legend hereunder.
5.4 The Investor agrees with the Company that the Investor will sell any SAFE Shares pursuant to either the registration requirements of the Securities Act, including any applicable prospectus delivery requirements, or an exemption therefrom, and that if SAFE Shares are sold pursuant to a registration statement, they will be sold in compliance with the plan of distribution set forth therein, and acknowledges that the removal of the restrictive legend from certificates representing the Safe Shares as set forth in this Section 5 is predicated upon the Company’s reliance upon this understanding.
6. Preferable Amendment of Terms.
If the Company amends the terms of this SAFE to accommodate additional investors’ terms or issues any Subsequent Convertible Securities with terms more favorable of this SAFE prior to termination of this instrument, the Company will promptly provide the Investor with written notice thereof, together with a copy of all documentation relating to such amendment or Subsequent Convertible Securities. In the event an Investor determines that the amended terms of this SAFE or terms of the Subsequent Convertible Securities are preferable to the terms of this instrument, such Investor will notify the Company in writing. Promptly after receipt of such written notice from the Investor, the Company agrees to amend and restate this instrument to be identical to the instrument(s) evidencing the amendment or Subsequent Convertible Securities.
7. Tax; Expenses.
Each party shall bear its own expenses and taxes arising hereof. Any taxes, levies, charges and other duties or other amounts, that are levied or due in connection with the transfer of the Investor’s portion of the Purchase Amount and/or the issuance of any shares to the Investor, shall be borne by the Investor.
8. Miscellaneous.
8.1 Any provision of this instrument may be amended, waived or modified only upon the written consent of the Company and the Investor.
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8.2 Any notice required or permitted by this SAFE will be deemed sufficient when delivered personally or by overnight courier or sent by email to the relevant address listed on the signature page, or 7 days after being deposited in the mail as certified or registered mail with postage prepaid, addressed to the party to be notified at such party’s address listed on the signature page, as subsequently modified by written notice.
8.3 The Investor is not entitled, as holder of this SAFE, to vote or receive dividends or be deemed a holder of Share Capital for any purpose, nor will anything in this SAFE be construed to confer on the Investor, as such, any rights of a shareholder of the Company or rights to vote for the election of directors or on any matter submitted to shareholders at any meeting thereof, or to give or withhold consent to any corporate action or to receive notice of meetings, or to receive subscription rights or otherwise until shares have been issued on the terms described herein.
8.4 Neither this SAFE nor the rights contained herein may be assigned, by operation of law or otherwise, by either party without the prior written consent of the other; provided, however, that this instrument and/or the rights contained herein may be assigned without the Company’s consent by the Investor, to any other entity who directly or indirectly, controls, is controlled by or is under common control with such Investor, including, without limitation, any general partner, managing member, officer or director of such Investor, or any venture capital fund now or hereafter existing which is controlled by one or more general partners or managing members of, or shares the same management company with, such Investor, and provided, however, that the Company may assign this SAFE in whole, without the consent of the Investor, in connection with a reincorporation to change the Company’s domicile.
8.5 In the event any one or more of the provisions of this SAFE is for any reason held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, in whole or in part or in any respect, or in the event that any one or more of the provisions of this SAFE operate or would prospectively operate to invalidate this SAFE, then and in any such event, such provision(s) only will be deemed null and void and will not affect any other provision of this SAFE and the remaining provisions of this SAFE will remain operative and in full force and effect and will not be affected, prejudiced, or disturbed thereby.
8.6 All rights and obligations hereunder will be governed exclusively by the laws of the State of Israel, without regard to the conflicts of law provisions of such jurisdiction and the competent courts of the city of Tel Aviv, Israel shall have exclusive jurisdiction with respect to all matters arising out of or related to this instrument.
8.7 This SAFE may be executed in any number of counterparts and at one or more times, each of which containing the signature of any of each of the parties shall be deemed an original but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
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[Signature Page - Parazero Technologies Ltd. – 2022 SAFE]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this instrument to be duly executed and delivered.
COMPANY:
Parazero Technologies Ltd.
By: |
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| Name: | ||
| Title: |
INVESTOR:
[Name of Investor]
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| Title: |
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Annex A
Name of Shareholder |
Address | Purchase Amount (ILS) | Signature |
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Parazero Bank account details-
BANK NAME |
BANK LEUMI LE ISRAEL B.M. |
| BANK Number | 10 |
| BRANCH NAME & Number | LEUMITECH BUSINESS CENTER 864 |
| Account Number | 19760004 |
| BRANCH ADDRESS | 11 GALGALEY HAPLADA ST., HERZELIYA |
| SWIFT (BIC) CODE | LUMIILITXXX |
| ROUTING NO. | IL010864// |
| IBAN NO. | IL380108640000019760004 |
| BENEFICIARY NAME | PARAZERO TECHNOLOGIES LTD |
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Exhibit 10.5
LOAN CONVERSION AGREEMENT
This Loan Conversion Agreement (this “Agreement”) is entered into as of January 28, 2022 (the “Effective Date”), by and between ParaZero Technologies Ltd., an Israeli company (the “Company”); and Delta Drone International Ltd., an Australian company (“Parent”).
WHEREAS the Company has an outstanding debt to Parent in a total amount of AUD 10,401,411 (the “Conversion Amount”); and
WHEREAS Parent desires and agrees to convert the Conversion Amount into new share capital of the Company;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Parties hereto agree as follows:
1. Interpretation
The headings of the sections and subsections of this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and are not to be considered in construing this Agreement.
2. The Investment
| 2.1 | On the Effective Date the Company shall issue to the Parent 1,504,152 Ordinary Shares of the Company, of NIS 0.01 par value (the “Shares”), in consideration for an investment in the Company in an amount equal to the Conversion Amount (the “Investment Amount”). |
| 2.2 | The Shares issued to Parent hereunder shall be a fully-paid and non-assessable shares, free and clear of any liens, encumbrances, pledges, charges, levies, or such other rights to the benefit of third parties. |
| 2.3 | Payment of the Investment Amount by Parent to the Company shall be done by way of conversion and capitalization of the entire Conversion Amount. |
| 2.4 | Upon the issuance of the Shares to the Parent pursuant to the terms hereof, the entire Conversion Amount shall be deemed as fully discharged and repaid by the Company to the Parent. |
3. Miscellaneous
| 3.1 | This Agreement shall be governed by and construed according to the laws of the State of Israel. |
| 3.2 | Any dispute arising under or in relation to this Agreement shall be resolved in the competent court of Tel-Aviv Jaffa, Israel, to exclude the jurisdiction of any other court. |
| 3.3 | Each of the Parties shall take such actions, including the execution of further instruments, as may be necessary to give full effect to the provisions hereof and to the intent of the Parties hereto. |
| 3.4 | No delay or omission to exercise any right, power, or remedy accruing to any Party upon any breach or default under this Agreement, shall be deemed a waiver of any other breach or default therefore or thereafter occurring. |
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF the Parties have signed this Agreement as of the date first hereinabove set forth.
| /s/ Eden Attias | ||
| ParaZero Technologies Ltd. | ||
| By: | Eden Attias | |
| Title: | Director | |
| EXECUTED by Delta Drone | ) |
| International Ltd (CAN 618 678 701) in | ) |
| Accordance with section 127(1) of the | ) |
| Corporations Act 2001 | ) |
| /s/ Eden Attias | /s/ Christopher Clark | |
| Signature of Director | Signature of Director | |
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Eden Attias |
Christopher Clark | |
| Name of Director | Name of Director |
Exhibit 10.6
SUPPLY AGREEMENT
This Supply Agreement (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of this 2 day of February 2022, (the “Effective Date”), by and between Parazero Technologies Ltd., an Israeli private company, having a place of business at Dov Hoz 30 Kiryat Ono, Israel (“Parazero”) and Delta Drone International Ltd (ACN 618 678 701), a company organized under the laws of Australia, having a place of business at Level 27, 101 Collins Street, Melbourne VIC 3000 (the “Delta”) (each shall also be referred to as a “Party” and collectively the “Parties”).
| Whereas, | L.I.A Pure Capital Ltd. and additional entities on its behalf (collectively, “Pure”) and Delta entered into Share Purchase Agreement dated January 28, 2022 (the “SPA”), under which inter alia Pure purchased 100% of the issued and outstanding share capital of Parazero; and |
| Whereas, | Parazero is the developer, manufacturer and seller of commercial products as listed under Exhibit A attached hereto (the “Product/s”); |
| Whereas, | According to the SPA, Delta is to contract Parazero for the supply to Delta of the Products, subject to the terms and conditions herein, |
Now, Therefore, in consideration of the terms, conditions and covenants herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1. Definitions and Interpretations
| 1.1 | The preamble to this Agreement and the Exhibits attached hereto form an integral part hereof. In the event of any contradiction between the provisions of this Agreement and any of the provisions of the Exhibits, the provisions of this Agreement shall prevail. |
| 1.2 | The headlines and captions in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not define, limit or otherwise affect any of the terms or provisions hereof. |
2. Scope of Agreement
Notwithstanding any agreement and other provisions to which Parazero is a party to, Parazero shall grant Delta and its subsidiaries (hereinafter collectively referred to as “Delta”) for the Term (as such term is defined below) the right to purchase directly from Parazero, or through any other entity or third-party on behalf of Parazero, all Products that are actually sold by Parazero in the relevant territory for Delta’s use and the use of specific entities associated to Delta including Delta Drone SA (but not the resale), on the drones operated by the Delta and the agreed associated entities for their business operations, according to the standard terms and conditions of Parazero (including with respect to and without limitations, its standard warranty, supply methods and timing, etc.), and the current price list attached hereto as Exhibit B, as may change from time to time, provided such changes apply to all other Parazero customers. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed as Delta’s obligation to purchase any quantity of Products or at all or that a purchase of a products will be for a minimum dollar amount. Nothing herein shall prohibit Parazero from appointing representatives, agents, distributors etc., for the Products in any territory whatsoever, including on an exclusive basis and Delta understands that in the event that any such third party is appointed by Parazero, all sales of Products may be performed through such third party and not Parazero, provided that in such event Delta shall in any event purchase the Products from such party for the same prices set forth in Exhibit B (as may change from time to time, provided such changes apply to all other Parazero customers) and if for any reason or cause the sale shall not take place, Delta shall be entitled to purchase such Products directly from the Company.
3. Payment, Purchase Orders and Delivery
| 3.1 | Payment for any Products will be paid by Delta 30 days after receiving a validly issued tax invoice, issued by Parazero. |
| 3.2 | All sums payable by Delta under this Agreement are exclusive of VAT which shall be added to each payment according to applicable law. |
| 3.3 | Delta shall be entitled to withhold and deduct at source any tax payment required to be withheld at source under the applicable tax laws with respect to any payment hereunder, unless provided in advance with an authorization issued by the relevant tax authority to do otherwise. |
| 3.4 | All purchase orders shall be forwarded in writing by Delta to Parazero. |
| 3.5 | During the Term, Delta shall provide Parazero on a timely basis for each calendar quarter during the term of this Agreement a rolling, non-binding, quarterly forecast of orders for the Products for the next 12 months. These forecasts will be updated at least every 3 months, and sooner and where possible, if a moderate market change occurs, that impacts the sales forecast and production schedule. |
| 3.6 | Within 30 business days of receipt of purchase order, Parazero shall send the Delta an invoice detailing the estimated date of dispatch of the Products and the total price of the order. Payment shall be made within 30 days as of the invoice date. |
| 3.7 | Delivery of the Product by Parazero to Delta shall be made in accordance with terms of shipment, to be agreed upon in advance by Parazero and Delta. |
| 3.8 | Immediately following dispatch of the Products, Parazero shall inform Delta thereof and shall provide Delta with details of the marine shipping company, B/L and final documentation of the shipment (including packing list and invoice). |
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4. Term and Termination
| 4.1 | This Agreement shall commence upon the Effective Date and shall remain in full force and for a period of 60 months thereafter (the “Term”). |
| 4.2 | Either Party may terminate this Agreement following the occurrence of any one of the following events, by a thirty (30) days prior written notice to the other Party, and provided such Party failed to cure such event within the notice period, the termination will take an immediate effect: |
| 4.2.1 | The commencement by the other Party of any liquidation proceedings or the adoption of a winding up resolution by the other Party; |
| 4.2.2 | The appointment of a temporary or permanent receiver, liquidator, trustee or administrator to the other Party, its business or property, entirely or in part, in a final and non-applicable court order provided that such receiver, liquidator, trustee or administrator has not been removed within forty five (45) days of its appointment. |
| 4.2.3 | Delta assigns any of its obligations to any third party without the prior written approval from Parazero, which shall be provided according to Parazero’s sole discretion. |
| 4.2.4 | Each Party shall have the right, without prejudicing its other rights at law, to terminate this Agreement upon prior written notice if Delta or Parazero commits a breach of this Agreement and, despite written demand to amend the breach, has not done so within until the lapse of the above thirty (30) days prior written notice. |
| 4.3 | Parties specifically agree that, upon termination of this Agreement), neither party shall be entitled to any compensation and/or payment of any kind, including for expenses incurred by such party in the course of this Agreement, loss of profits, loss of business, income or savings, or any other consequential or incidental damage or loss, incurred in respect of its appointment herein. |
| 4.4 | Termination of this Agreement for any cause shall not release either Party from any duties that are intended by their nature to survive and/or are expressly designated in this Agreement as surviving termination. |
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5. Proprietary Rights
| 5.1 | Delta acknowledges that Parazero is the exclusive owner of all intellectual property rights, including, inter alia, any and all trademarks, trade-names, copyrights and all other proprietary rights in and to the Products, including, but not limited to, any revisions, corrections, modifications, enhancements, upgrades and/or updates, and any documentation relating thereto (“IP Rights”). Nothing in this Agreement shall constitute a waiver of Parazero’s IP Rights under any law or be deemed as a transfer of any IP Rights to Delta. Delta acknowledges that the Product/s, whether separate, combined or integrated with any other products, is the sole property of Parazero and that Delta shall not obtain any interest of any kind in the Products or any part thereof by or through this Agreement. Delta shall notify Parazero of any infringements or alterations of the Products that comes to Delta’s attention and shall assist Parazero, at Parazero’s cost in any prosecutions that Parazero may undertake. Delta shall immediately advise Parazero of any legal notices served on Delta that may reasonably be anticipated to affect Parazero or its proprietary rights. |
| 5.2 | Delta acknowledges that the trademarks, trade-names, copyrights and service marks used by Parazero in relation to the Products are the sole property of Parazero. Delta agrees that it shall not hold itself out as having acquired any proprietary rights to any trade name, trademark, or service mark of Parazero by virtue of its use thereof. |
| 5.3 | Title to the Products and IP Rights of the Products and any updates/upgrades or further modifications thereto shall remain with Parazero at all times. Delta has no right to reproduce the Products or any part thereof. |
| 5.4 | Any updates and/or upgrades provided by Parazero to Delta in the future shall be deemed incorporated into the definition of the Products and shall be deemed to be Supplier’s property. |
| 5.5 | Delta shall not reverse engineer, change, enhance, apply improvements or otherwise modify the Products (or any part thereof) in any manner whatsoever, without Parazero’s prior written approval or permit such actions by third parties. |
6. Warranty, Disclaimer, Limitation of Liability
| 6.1 | The limited warranty provided by Parazero to Delta in respect of the Products under this Agreement shall be Parazero’s standard warranty as shall be in effect from time to time. Other than set forth in the standard warranty, Parazero makes no warranties, representations or guarantees that operation of the Products shall be uninterrupted or error free. Parazero’s sole liability is that the Products shall comply with its specifications and configurations. |
| 6.2 | Any warranty made by Delta to its customers or any third parties is made by Delta alone and shall not bind Parazero or be deemed or considered as having been made by Parazero and service of any such warranty shall be the sole responsibility of Delta. Nothing in this Agreement is or shall be construed as: (i) any warranty or representation by Parazero that anything made, used, sold or otherwise disposed of under the rights granted pursuant to this Agreement is or will be free from infringement of patents, copyrights and other rights of third parties; or (ii) an obligation on the part of Parazero to bring or prosecute actions or suits against third parties for infringement. |
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| 6.3 | EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT, THE PRODUCTS ARE SOLD HEREUNDER “AS IS”. PARAZERO MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS AND EXTENDS NO WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. THERE ARE NO EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. |
| 6.4 | Parazero shall not bear any liability, whether based on contract, torts (including negligence) or any other legal theory, for incidental, consequential, indirect, special or punitive damages of any kind, or for loss of revenue or profits, loss of business or any other damages that are not direct, arising out of or in connection with this Agreement or the performance or breach hereof. Such limitation of liability shall also apply to Parazero’s employees, directors, officers, agents or representatives. |
7. Miscellaneous
| 7.1 | Independent Contractors. The relationship between the Parties is solely that of independent contractors. Neither Party has the authority to make any agreement or to incur any liability in the name or on behalf of the other Party. |
| 7.2 | Assignment. Neither Party may assign or transfer this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder, in whole or in part, to any party without the other Party’s prior written consent. |
| 7.3 | Entire Agreement. The terms and provisions contained in this Agreement and all Annexes thereto constitute the entire agreement between the Parties and shall supersede all previous communications, oral or written, between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof. |
| 7.4 | Modification of Agreement. No modification, amendment or correction to this Agreement shall be binding upon either of the Parties hereto unless in writing and signed by the duly authorized representatives of both Parties. |
| 7.5 | Waiver. The failure of any Party at any time to require the strict performance of any provision hereof or to enforce any right with respect thereto shall in no manner affect the right of such Party at a later time to enforce the same and shall in no way be construed as a waiver of such provision or rights, unless specifically done so in writing. |
| 7.6 | Governing Law and Forum. This Agreement will be governed by the laws of the State of Israel without reference to its conflict of laws principles and shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the competent courts of Tel-Aviv, to the exclusion of the jurisdiction of any other court. However, each party retains the right to file for interim and/or injunctive relief in any relevant jurisdiction. |
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| 7.7 | Notices. Any notice provided pursuant to this Agreement shall be in writing and sent by registered mail, courier, facsimile or e-mail, to the addresses and numbers hereunder. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be deemed to have been delivered one business day after the date personally delivered by hand, facsimile or e-mail, or ten business days after mailing by registered mail (return receipt requested). |
If to Parazero:
ParaZero Technologies Ltd.
30 Dov Hoz St.
Kiryat Ono, Israel
e-mail: contact@parazero.com
Attention: Boaz Shetzer
with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Shibolet & Co., Law Offices
4 Berkowitz St.
Tel Aviv, Israel
Email: o.manor@shibolet.com
Attention: Ofer Manor, Adv.
If to Delta:
Delta Drone International Ltd.
Level 27, 101 Collins Street,
Melbourne VIC 3000
e-mail: stephen.buckley@dlti.com.au
Attention: Stephen Buckley
with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Shibolet & Co., Law Offices
4 Berkowitz St.
Tel Aviv, Israel
Email: o.manor@shibolet.com
Attention: Ofer Manor, Adv.
[Signature page to follow]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement on the date first above written.
| /s/ Eden Attias | ||
| ParaZero Ltd. | ||
| By: | Eden Attias | |
| Title: | Director | |
| EXECUTED by Delta Drone International Ltd | ) | |
| (ACN 618 678 701) in accordance with section | ) | |
| 127(1) of the Corporations Act 2001 | ) |
| /s/ Eden Attias | /s/ Christopher Clark | ||
| Signature of Director | Signature of Director | ||
| Eden Attias | Christopher Clark | ||
| Name of Director | Name of Director |
[Signature Page to Supply Agreement]
Exhibit A
| # | Product | Description | ||
| 1 | SafeAir Phantom | Drone safety system for DJI Phantom 4 series | ||
| 2 | SafeAir Mavic | Drone safety system for DJI Mavic Pro and Mavic Pro 2 series | ||
| 3 | SafeAir 2G | Generic drone safety system for drones with a maximum take-off weight of up to 4kg | ||
| 4 | SafeAir Pro | Generic drone safety system for drones with a take-off weight of 4kg – 100kg | ||
| 5 | SafeAir M-200 Pro | Drone safety system for DJI Matrice 200 series | ||
| 6 | SafeAir M-300 Pro | Drone safety system for DJI Matrice 300 series | ||
| 7 | SafeAir M-600 Pro | Drone safety system for DJI Matrice 600 series | ||
| 8 | SAP | SmartAir Pro, Flight computer for drone safety system for drones of over 4kg | ||
| 9 | Professional Kit | An add-on for SafeAir Phantom/ Mavic to comply with ASTM F3322-18 standard and FAA regulation | ||
| 10 | ParaZero RC 2.0 | Parazero remote controller for manual triggering of the parachute system. 2nd generation | ||
| 11 | SafeAir 350 | Parachute launcher for up to 350kg |
Exhibit B
| # | Product | Price (USD) | ||||
| 1 | SafeAir Phantom | $ | 499 | |||
| 2 | SafeAir Mavic | $ | 499 | |||
| 3 | SafeAir 2G | $ | 750 | |||
| 4 | SafeAir Pro | $ | 4,800 | |||
| 5 | SafeAir M-200 Pro | $ | 3,400 | |||
| 6 | SafeAir M-300 Pro | $ | 3,800 | |||
| 7 | SafeAir M-600 Pro | $ | 3,800 | |||
| 8 | SAP | $ | 1,650 | |||
| 9 | Professional Kit | $ | 500 | |||
| 10 | ParaZero RC 2.0 | $ | 500 | |||
| 11 | SafeAir 350 | $ | 15,000 | |||
Exhibit 23.1

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
ParaZero Technologies Ltd.
We hereby consent to the use in the Prospectus constituting a part of this Registration Statement on form F-1, of our report dated May 23, 2022, relating to the financial statements as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 and for each of the years in the two-year period ended December 31, 2021 of ParaZero Technologies Ltd., which is contained in that Prospectus. Our report contains an explanatory paragraph regarding the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.
We also consent to the reference to us under the caption “Experts” in the Prospectus.
/s/ Ziv Haft
Ziv Haft
Certified Public Accountants (Isr.)
BDO Member Firm
May 24, 2022
Tel Aviv, Israel
