EX-2.4 2 ea020211901ex2-4_maristech.htm DESCRIPTION OF SHARE CAPITAL

展品2.4

 

描述股份資本

 

Maris-Tech有限公司(以下簡稱「公司」)的股本情況描述以及我們的章程概況 以色列法律 屬於摘要,不得視爲完整,並完全受限於我們的章程、以色列法律和其他引用文件

 

證券的類型和類別

 

普通股

 

截至2024年3月21日,我們的授權股本包括1億普通股,無面值,或者普通股,其中已發行7999216股普通股,尚有7878501股普通股。

 

我們所有的普通股份均已經合法發行,全部已繳納,並且不可再徵稅。我們普通股份不可贖回,也不受任何優先購買權限制。

 

我們普通股份自2022年2月4日起在納斯達克資本市場上市,交易代碼爲「MTEK」.

 

認股權和期權

 

截至2024年3月21日,我們已經發行並擁有認股證,即IPO認股證,以購買總計4,244,048股普通股,行使價格爲每股5.25美元。 這些IPO認股證是作爲我們首次公開發行的一部分發行的,並自2022年2月4日起已在納斯達克資本市場上以「MTEKW」標的進行掛牌。

 

此外,截至2024年3月21日,我們向投資者、顧問、顧問和首次公開發行的承銷商代表發行了未行使和持續的認股權證,或代表認股權證,以購買共計1,240,813股普通股,行使價格在1.00美元至6.1248美元之間。

 

截至2024年3月21日,我們擁有694,340股普通股的突出期權,以供2021年股份期權計劃下的某些僱員、董事和顧問購買。另有105,660股普通股儲備以供2021年股份期權計劃未來發行。

 

公司章程

 

董事們

 

我們的董事會應該制定我們的政策,並監督我們的首席執行官及其行動的表現。我們的董事會可以行使所有未要求根據以色列公司法5759-1999年,或公司法,或根據我們的章程由股東行使或採取的權限。

 

股份的權利

 

我們的普通股將授予持有人 其中:

 

  在我們所有的股東大會上,無論是定期還是特別會議,持有普通股的股東享有相等的出席和投票權,每一股普通股使持有者有權在會議上以親自、代理或書面投票的方式進行投票,每股一票。

 

 

 

 

  在以每股比例分配紅利的現金或紅利股或其他權益分配和分配的所有資產中,每股普通股份持有者享有按股比例獲得分紅的平等權利。
     
  每股普通股份持有者在我們清算時按股比例享有我們合法可分配的資產的分配平等權利。

 

董事選舉

 

根據我們的公司章程,規定了分層董事會,我們的董事由股東大會選舉產生,除非指定任期較短,否則將在任命董事的股東大會之後的第三次年度股東大會上任職,到達該後續年度股東大會時董事將被提名進行重新選舉或替換。

 

在每次年度股東大會上,對於各個董事類別的董事在任期屆滿後的選舉或者 e-選舉,將爲一個以第三次年度股東大會爲期滿的任期,以確保每年只有一類董事的任期到期,而所有 other任期屆滿的董事應被視爲在下一次年度股東大會之前已被重新選舉爲一個任期。即將被視爲及重新選舉的董事,爲自被任命或上次 e-選舉以來服務時間最長的董事。如果有多名董事服務時間最長,則董事會將決定在相關的股東大會上重新選舉其中的哪位董事。

 

常年和特別股東大會

 

根據以色列法律,我們必須每年舉行一次股東大會,時間和地點由董事會確定,該時間不得晚於上一年度的股東大會日期後15個月。除了股東年度大會外的所有會議稱爲特別股東大會。董事會可以在認爲合適的情況下召集特別會議,以及根據以下要求:(a) 我們的兩名董事或者與在職董事四分之一相等數量的董事提出申請;和/或 (b) 持有(i)我司已發行股份5%或更多且佔我司已發行股份1%的表決權 或(ii)佔我司已發行表決權5%或更多的一個或多個股東;Non Exempted Holding。但是,在2024年3月12日生效的一項新的豁免條款下,以色列公司股份在以色列以外上市,應當根據持有公司已發行股本至少十分之一(10%)及公司表決權至少一分之一(1%)的一個或多個股東的要求召開特別會議,或者根據持有公司表決權至少十分之一(10%)的一個或多個股東的要求,前提是,如果適用於以公司設立地所在國家股票交易的公司法律確立要求低於百分之十(10%)股權股東可要求召開此類會議的權利,則適用Non Exempted Holding規定。

 

根據公司法的規定和制定的法規,有資格參加和投票的股東是董事會決定的日期前四至六十天的持股人。關於以下事項必須在股東大會上通過決議:

 

  修訂公司章程;
     
如果董事會無法行使其職權,並且行使其任何職權對我們的妥善管理是必要的,可以通過股東大會行使我們董事會的職權。
     
  任命或解僱我們的核數師;

 

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  董事任命,包括外部董事(除非在我們的章程中另有規定的情況);
     
  根據公司法的規定(主要是某些關聯方交易),以及任何其他適用法律的規定,批准需要股東大會批准的行爲和交易;
     
  合併(「合併」如公司法中所定義)
     
  任命董事,包括外部董事(除了按照我們的章程所規定的情況);

 

Notices

 

The Companies Law 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 the appointment or removal of directors, the approval of transactions with office holders or interested or related parties, approval of the company’s general manager to serve as the chairman of the board of directors 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 summoned following the request of a shareholder, and within half an hour a legal quorum shall not have been formed, the meeting shall be canceled.

 

Adoption of Resolutions

 

Our articles of association provide that resolutions amending provisions of the articles of association related to the staggered board of directors and the composition of the board of directors, as well as a resolution to dismiss a director, will require an affirmative vote of 70% of the voting power represented at a general meeting and voting thereon. Other than that, and unless otherwise required under the Companies Law, all resolutions of the Company’s shareholders require a simple majority vote. A shareholder may vote in a general meeting in person, by proxy, by a written ballot.

 

Changing Rights Attached to Shares

 

Unless otherwise provided by the terms of the shares and subject to any applicable law, any modification of rights attached to any class of shares must be adopted by the holders of a majority of the shares of that class present a general meeting of the affected class or by a written consent of all the shareholders of the affected class.

 

The enlargement of an existing class of shares or the issuance of additional shares thereof, shall not be deemed to modify 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 our articles of association. In certain circumstances the IPO Warrants 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.

 

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Provisions Restricting Change in Control of Our Company

 

Our articles of association provide for a staggered board of directors, which mechanism may delay, defer or prevent a change of control of the Company’s board of directors. Other than that, there are no specific provisions of our articles of association that would have an effect of delaying, deferring or preventing a change in control of the Company or that would operate only with respect to a merger, acquisition or corporate restructuring involving us. 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 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 term “Special Majority” hereof will be defined as described in section 275(a)(3) of the Companies Law as:

 

  at least a majority of the shares held by shareholders who are not controlling shareholders and do not have personal interest in the merger (excluding a personal interest that did not result from the shareholder’s relationship with the controlling shareholder) have voted in favor of the proposal (shares held by abstaining shareholders shall not be considered); or
     
  the total number of shares voted against the merger, does not exceed 2% of the aggregate voting rights of the 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, unless there is already another holder of at least 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 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 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 offeror, controlling shareholders, holders of 25% or more of the voting rights in the company or anyone on their behalf, or any person having a personal interest in the acceptance of the tender offer). If a special tender offer is accepted, then the purchaser or any person or entity controlling it or under common control with the purchaser or such controlling person or entity may not make a subsequent tender offer for the purchase of shares of the target company and may not enter into a merger with the target company for a period of one year from the date of the offer, unless the purchaser or such person or entity undertook to effect such an offer or merger in the initial special tender offer.

 

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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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

Exclusive Forum

 

Our articles of association provide that unless the Company consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the federal district courts of the United States of America shall be the exclusive forum for the resolution of any complaint asserting a cause of action arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Act and that any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring any interest in any security of the Company, shall be deemed to have notice of and consented to this exclusive forum provision.

 

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Staggered Board

 

Our articles of association provide for a split of the board of directors into three classes with staggered three-year terms. At each annual general meeting of our shareholders, the election or re-election of directors following the expiration of the term of office of the directors of that class of directors will be for a term of office that expires on the third annual general meeting following such election or re-election, such that each year the term of office of only one class of directors will expire. The director whom is to be retired and re-elected shall be the director that served the longest period since its appointment or last re-election or, if more than one director served the longest time, or if a director who is not to be re-elected agrees to be re-elected, the meeting of the board of directors which sets the date and agenda for the annual general meeting (acting by a simple majority) will decide which of such directors will be brought for re-election at the relevant general meeting.

 

IPO Warrants

 

The following summary of certain terms and provisions of the IPO Warrants 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 Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2023.

 

Exercisability

 

The IPO 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 IPO Warrants will be exercisable, at the option of each holder, in whole or in part by delivering to the Company a duly executed exercise notice and, at any time a registration statement registering the issuance of the Ordinary Shares underlying the IPO 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 IPO Warrants under the Securities Act is not effective or available the holder may, in its sole discretion, elect to exercise the IPO 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 IPO Warrant. No fractional shares will be issued in connection with the exercise of an IPO Warrant. In lieu of fractional shares, the Company will pay the holder an amount in cash equal to the fractional amount multiplied by the exercise price.

 

Exercise Limitation

 

A holder does not have the right to exercise any portion of the IPO 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 IPO 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 the Company.

 

Exercise Price

 

The exercise price per whole Ordinary Share purchasable upon exercise of the IPO Warrants is $5.25 per share. 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.

 

Transferability

 

Subject to applicable laws, the Warrants may be offered for sale, sold, transferred or assigned without our consent.

 

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Warrant Agent

 

The IPO Warrants were issued in registered form under a warrant agent agreement between VStock Transfer, LLC, as warrant agent, and the Company. The IPO Warrants were 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 IPO 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 IPO Warrants will be entitled to receive upon exercise of the IPO Warrants the kind and amount of securities, cash or other property that the holders would have received had they exercised the IPO Warrants immediately prior to such fundamental transaction without regard to any limitations on exercised contained in the IPO Warrants.

 

Rights as a Stockholder

 

Except as otherwise provided in the IPO Warrants or by virtue of such holder’s ownership of our Ordinary Shares, the holder of an IPO Warrant does not have the rights or privileges of a holder of our Ordinary Shares, including any voting rights, until the holder exercises the IPO Warrant.

 

Governing Law

 

The IPO Warrants and the warrant agent agreement are governed by New York law.

 

Exclusive Forum

 

The agreement governing the IPO Warrants provide that all legal proceedings concerning the interpretations, enforcement and defense of the transactions contemplated by the IPO Warrant (whether brought against a party thereto or their respective affiliates, directors, officers, shareholders, partners, members, employees or agents) shall be commenced exclusively in the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan and that the investors irrevocably waive, and agree not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such suit, action or proceeding is improper or is an inconvenient venue for such proceeding. The warrant agent agreement has similar provisions. In addition, the warrant agent agreement provides that the Company and the warrant agent each waive the right to a trial by jury in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to the warrant agent agreement. Each of the agreement governing the IPO Warrants and the warrant agent agreement provide that the foregoing provisions do not limit or restrict the federal district court in which a party may bring a claim under the U.S. federal securities laws.

 

Representative’s Warrants

 

The following summary of certain terms and provisions of the Representative’s Warrants and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by, the provisions of the form of Warrant, which is filed as exhibits to the 2021 Annual Report.

 

As part of the IPO, we issued the Representative’s Warrants to the Representative. The Representative’s Warrants have exercise prices ranging between $1.00 to $6.1248 per Ordinary Share. The Representative’s Warrants are exercisable commencing on August 3, 2022 and expire on February 4, 2027. The Representative’s Warrants have been deemed compensation by FINRA and are therefore subject to a six-month lock-up pursuant to Rule 5110 of FINRA. The Representative (or its permitted assignees) will not sell, transfer, assign, pledge, or hypothecate the Representative’s Warrants or the Ordinary Shares underlying the Representative’s 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 Representative’s Warrants or the underlying Ordinary Shares for a period of six months from effective date of the Registration Statement. The Representative’s Warrants may be exercised as to all, or a lesser number of Ordinary Shares, and provide for cashless exercise. The Company will bear all fees and expenses attendant to registering the Representative’s Warrants and Ordinary Shares issuable on exercise of the Representative’s Warrants other than underwriting commissions incurred and payable by the holders. The exercise price and number of Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of the Representative’s 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 Representative’s Warrant exercise price or underlying Ordinary Shares will not be adjusted for issuances of Ordinary Shares at a price below the Representative’s Warrant exercise price.

 

 

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