UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 6-K

  

Report of Foreign Private Issuer

Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

For the month of February 2025

 

Commission File Number: 001-37643

 

PURPLE BIOTECH LTD.

(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

 

4 Oppenheimer Street, Science Park, Rehovot 7670104, Israel

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F. 

 

Form 20-F ☒      Form 40-F ☐

 

 

 

 

Purple Biotech Ltd. (the “Company” or the “Registrant”) is announcing that an Annual General Meeting of Shareholders of the Company will be held on Tuesday, April 15, 2025, at 4:30 p.m. Israel time, at the offices of the Company at 4 Oppenheimer Street, Science Park, Rehovot, Israel. The Notice of Annual General Meeting of Shareholders and the Proxy Statement in connection with the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, including the Voting Slip for holders of ordinary shares of the Company, are attached to this Form 6-K as Exhibit 99.1.

  

BNY Mellon, the Depositary of the Company’s American Depositary Shares (“ADSs”) program, will distribute a Voting Instruction Form for holders of the Company’s ADSs. A copy of the Voting Instruction Form is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.2.

  

This report on Form 6-K of the Registrant consists of the following documents, which are attached hereto and incorporated by reference herein:

 

Exhibits    
99.1   Notice and Proxy Statement for the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders of Purple Biotech Ltd., including Voting Slip for Holders of Ordinary Shares
     
99.2   BNY Mellon Voting Instruction Form for holders of American Depositary Shares

 

Incorporation by Reference

 

This Report on Form 6-K, including all exhibits attached hereto, is hereby incorporated by reference into each of the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 20, 2016 (Registration file number 333-211478), the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 6, 2017 (Registration file number 333-218538), the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form F-3, as amended, originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 16, 2018 (Registration file number 333-226195), the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 28, 2019 (Registration file number 333-230584), the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form F-3 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 16, 2019 (Registration file number 333-233795), the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form F-1 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 27, 2019 (Registration file number 333-235729), the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form F-3 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 13, 2020 (Registration file number 333-238229), the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 18, 2020 (Registration file number 333-238481), each of the Registrant’s Registration Statements on Form F-3 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 10, 2020 (Registration file numbers 333-239807 and 333-233793), the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 4, 2022 (Registration file number 333-264107) and the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form F-3 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 23, 2023 (Registration file number 333-270769), the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form F-3, as amended, originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 8, 2022 (Registration file number 333-268710), the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form F-1, as amended, originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 30, 2023 (Registration file number 333-275216) and the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form F-1, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 22, 2024 (Registration file number 333-280947), to be a part thereof from the date on which this report is submitted, to the extent not superseded by documents or reports subsequently filed or furnished.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized. 

 

February 28, 2025 PURPLE BIOTECH LTD.
   
  By: /s/ Gil Efron
    Gil Efron
    Chief Executive Officer

 

 

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Exhibit 99.1

 

 

NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

 

Notice is hereby given that an Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (the “Meeting”) of Purple Biotech Ltd. (the “Company”) will be held on Tuesday, April 15, 2025, at 4:30 p.m. Israel time at the Company’s executive offices at 4 Oppenheimer Street, Science Park, Rehovot, Israel, for the following purposes:

 

1.To re-elect each of Dr. Eric Rowinsky, Mr. Robert Gagnon and Mr. Ido Agmon as members of the first class of directors of the Board of Directors, to serve until the Company’s annual general meeting of shareholders to be held in 2028, and until their respective successors have been duly elected and qualified;

 

2.To approve the grant of equity-based awards to (a) Mr. Gil Efron, our Chief Executive Officer; and (b) each of our directors who shall serve in such capacity as of immediately following the Meeting; and

 

3.To approve an increase in the Company’s authorized ordinary share capital and to amend the Company’s Articles of Association accordingly.

 

In addition, at the Meeting, representatives of the Company’s management will be available to review and discuss with shareholders the consolidated financial statements of the Company for the year ended December 31, 2024.

 

Shareholders and holders of the Company’s American Depositary Shares (“ADSs”) of record at the close of business in New York on March 6, 2025 (the “Record Date”), are entitled to receive notice of, and vote at, the Meeting and any adjournments or postponements thereof. You are also entitled to notice of, and to vote at the Meeting, and any adjournments or postponements thereof if you are a beneficial owner who holds ordinary shares or ADSs through a broker, bank or other nominee as of the Record Date. All shareholders are cordially invited to attend the Meeting in person.

 

Whether or not you plan to attend the Meeting, it is important that your ordinary shares be represented. Holders of ADSs (whether registered in their name or in “street name”) will receive voting instruction forms from the Bank of New York Mellon (which acts as the Depositary for the ADSs) in order to instruct their banks, brokers or other nominees on how to vote, and they are kindly requested to complete, date, sign and mail the voting instruction form in the envelope provided at the earliest convenience so that it will be received no later than the date and time indicated on the voting instruction form.

 

Shareholders who hold ordinary shares through members of the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (the “TASE”), may vote at the Meeting in person or through a voting slip, by completing, dating, signing and delivering or mailing (by registered mail) the voting slip to the Company’s offices so that it is received by the Company no later than four hours prior to the designated time of the Meeting, namely by no later than Tuesday, April 15, 2025, 12:30 p.m. Israel time. Shareholders who hold ordinary shares through members of the TASE (whether attending the Meeting in person or voting through a voting slip) must provide the Company with an ownership certificate confirming their ownership of our ordinary shares as of the Record Date from the applicable TASE member, as required by the Israeli Companies Regulations (Proof of Ownership of Shares for Voting at General Meeting) of 2000, as amended. Alternatively, a shareholder whose shares are registered with a TASE member may also vote electronically via the electronic voting system of the Israel Securities Authority (the “ISA”). You should receive instructions about electronic voting from the TASE member through which you hold your shares. Voting via the electronic voting system will be permitted until four hours prior to the Meeting commencement, namely by no later than Tuesday, April 15, 2025, 12:30 p.m. Israel time.

 

 

 

 

A holder of ordinary shares at the close of business on the Record Date shall also be entitled to participate in the Meeting by proxy, which shall be in writing and signed by the appointing party or its authorized attorney, and if the appointing party is a corporation, the appointment shall be in writing signed by authorized corporate signatories together with the company stamp or by an authorized attorney. The proxy, or a copy satisfactory to the Company Secretary, must be deposited at the Company’s offices no later than 72 hours prior to the time scheduled for the Meeting. However, the Meeting chairman is entitled to waive this requirement with respect to all participants at the Meeting, and to accept all proxies at the commencement of the Meeting, subject to the presentation of proof of share ownership. A proxy held by a participant at the Meeting that is dated more than 12 months from the date of the signature shall be considered invalid.

 

Our Board of Directors recommends that you vote FOR the above proposals, which are described in the proxy statement.

 

The quorum required for the Meeting consists of at least two shareholders who are present at the Meeting, in person, by proxy, voting instruction form or voting slip (paper or electronic) (“Valid Meeting Participants”), and who hold in the aggregate twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the voting rights of the Company. In the event that there is no quorum present thirty minutes after the scheduled time, the Meeting will be adjourned for one week, to the same time and place, i.e., on Tuesday, April 22, 2025, at 4:30 p.m. (Israel time) at the Company’s offices (the “Adjourned Meeting”). If there is no quorum present thirty minutes after the time set for the Adjourned Meeting, any two shareholders present as Valid Meeting Participants will then constitute a legal quorum at the Adjourned Meeting. This notice will serve as notice of the Adjourned Meeting if no quorum is present at the original date and time, and no further notice of the Adjourned Meeting will be given to shareholders.

 

The affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the Company’s ordinary shares, including those represented by ADSs, participating and voting on the matter at the Meeting as Valid Meeting Participants (excluding abstentions), is required to approve each of the proposals.

 

In addition, the approval of Proposal 2(a) is also subject to the fulfillment of one of the following additional voting requirements: (i) at least a majority of the shares (including those represented by ADSs) held by shareholders (including ADS holders) who are non-controlling shareholders and shareholders (including ADS holders) who do not have a personal interest in the matter voted in favor of the proposal (excluding abstentions); or (ii) the total number of shares (including those represented by ADSs) voted against the proposal by shareholders and ADS holders (as applicable) referred to in clause (i) does not exceed two-percent (2%) of the outstanding voting power in the Company.

 

We are not aware of any shareholder or ADS holder that would be deemed to be a controlling shareholder of our Company as of the current time for purposes of Proposal 2(a). The Israeli Companies Law, 1999 (the “Companies Law”) requires that each shareholder and ADS holder voting on Proposal 2(a) inform the Company, prior to voting on Proposal 2(a) at the Meeting, if the shareholder or ADS holder has a personal interest in the proposal; otherwise, a shareholder of ADS holder’s vote will not be counted for the purposes of the proposal. In accordance with regulations promulgated under the Companies Law, a shareholder who votes via voting slip, and an ADS holder who signs and returns a voting instruction form, will be deemed to have confirmed that such shareholder or ADS holder (as applicable), and any related party thereof, does not have a personal interest in Proposal 2(a), unless such shareholder or ADS holder has delivered a written notice to the Company notifying of the existence of a personal interest no later than 10:00 a.m. (Israel time) on Tuesday, April 15, 2025. Any such written notice must be sent to the Company via registered mail at the Company’s offices; Attention: Gil Efron, Chief Executive Officer. All other shareholders voting on Proposal 2(a) are required to indicate via the ISA’s electronic voting system, or, if voting in person at the Meeting, inform us prior to voting on the matter at the Meeting, whether or not the shareholder has a personal interest in the proposal; otherwise, any such shareholder’s vote will not be counted for the purposes of such proposal.

 

Under the Companies Law, a “personal interest” of a shareholder (including ADS holder) in an act or transaction of a company (i) includes a personal interest of (a) any relative (i.e., spouse, sibling, parent, grandparent or descendant of the shareholder (including ADS holder), any descendant, sibling or parent of a spouse of the shareholder (including ADS holder) and the spouse of any of the foregoing); and (b) a company with respect to which the shareholder (including ADS holder) or any of the foregoing relatives of the shareholder or ADS holder) owns at least 5% of the outstanding shares or voting rights, serves as a director or chief executive officer or has the right to appoint one or more directors or the chief executive officer; and (ii) excludes a personal interest arising solely from the ownership of shares. Under the Companies Law, in the case of a person voting by proxy, “personal interest” includes the personal interest of either the proxy holder or the shareholder granting the proxy, whether or not the proxy holder has discretion how to vote.

 

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The last date for submitting a request to include a proposal in accordance with Section 66(b) of the Companies Law and the regulations thereunder, is March 7, 2025. The full version of the proposed resolutions may be viewed in the proxy statement, which, together with the accompanying voting instruction form and voting slip (collectively, the “Proxy Materials”), will be furnished to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission under cover of Form 6-K and will be publicly available via its website at http://www.sec.gov. This Notice of Annual General Meeting of Shareholders and the Proxy Materials will also be submitted to the ISA and TASE and will be available on their respective websites for listed company reports http://www.tase.co.il/tase/ and http://www.magna.isa.gov.il. The Proxy Materials will also be made available at the “Investor” portion of our website, which can be found at https://purple-biotech.com/investors, and may also be viewed at our offices, upon prior coordination and during regular business hours, at 4 Oppenheimer Street, Science Park, Rehovot, Israel (Tel: +972-3-9333121), until the date of the Meeting. Detailed voting instructions are provided in the proxy statement, the voting instruction form and the voting slip.

 

 

  Sincerely,
   
  /s/ Dr. Eric Rowinsky
  Dr. Eric Rowinsky,
  Chairman of the Board of Directors

 

February 28, 2025

 

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PROXY STATEMENT

 

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

 

This Proxy Statement is being furnished to the holders of ordinary shares, no par value, and to holders of American Depositary Shares (“ADSs”), each representing ten ordinary shares, issued by the Bank of New York Mellon (“BNY Mellon”), in connection with the solicitation of proxies on behalf of the Board of Directors of Purple Biotech Ltd. (“we,” “us,” “our,” “Purple” or the “Company”) to be voted at an Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (the “Meeting”) and at any adjournment thereof, pursuant to the accompanying Notice of Annual General Meeting of Shareholders. The Meeting will be held on Tuesday, April 15, 2025, at 4:30 p.m. Israel time at our executive offices at 4 Oppenheimer Street, Science Park, Rehovot, Israel (the “Company Offices”).

 

Purpose of the Meeting

 

At the Meeting, shareholders will be asked to consider and vote upon the following: (i) the re-election of each of Dr. Eric Rowinsky, Mr. Robert Gagnon and Mr. Ido Agmon as members of the first class of directors of the Board of Directors, to serve until the Company’s annual general meeting of shareholders to be held in 2028, and until their respective successors have been duly elected and qualified; (ii) the approval of the grant of equity-based awards to (a) Mr. Gil Efron, our Chief Executive Officer; and (b) each of our directors who shall serve in such capacity as of immediately following the Meeting; and (iii) the approval of an increase in the Company’s authorized ordinary share capital and to amend the Company’s Articles of Association accordingly. In addition, at the Meeting, representatives of our management will be available to review and discuss our consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2024.

 

We are currently not aware of any other matters that may be raised at the Meeting. If any other matters are properly raised at the Meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof, the proxy and voting instruments confer discretionary authority with respect to acting thereon, and the persons named in the proxy or other voting instrument will vote on such matters in accordance with their best judgment.

 

Board Recommendation

 

The Board of Directors recommends that you vote “FOR” each of the proposals on the agenda. 

 

Record Date; Shareholders and ADS Holders Entitled to Vote

 

Shareholders and holders of our ADSs of record at the close of business in New York on March 6, 2025 (the “Record Date”) are entitled to receive notice of, and vote at, the Meeting and any adjournments or postponements thereof. You are also entitled to notice of, and to vote at the Meeting, and any adjournments or postponements thereof if you are a beneficial owner who holds ordinary shares or ADSs through a broker, bank or other nominee as of the Record Date. All shareholders are cordially invited to attend the Meeting in person. As of February 23, 2025, 529,447,717 ordinary shares were issued and outstanding (excluding one dormant ordinary share held in treasury).

 

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How to Vote

 

  Holders of ADSs.  Holders of ADSs (whether registered in their name or in “street name”) will receive from BNY Mellon (which acts as the Depositary for the ADSs) a voting instruction form in order to instruct their banks, brokers or other nominees on how to vote. Under the terms of the Deposit Agreement between the Company, BNY Mellon and the holders of the Company’s ADSs, BNY Mellon shall endeavor (insofar as is practicable) to vote or cause to be voted the number of ordinary shares represented by ADSs in accordance with the instructions provided by the holders of ADSs to BNY Mellon. For ADSs that are held in “street name” through a bank, broker or other nominee, the voting process will be based on the underlying beneficial holder of the ADSs directing the bank, broker or other nominee to arrange for BNY Mellon to vote the ordinary shares represented by the ADSs in accordance with the beneficial holder’s voting instructions. If no instructions are received by the Depositary from an owner of ADSs with respect to a matter and a number of ADSs of that owner on or before the instruction cutoff date set forth on the BNY Mellon voting instruction form, the Depositary shall deem that owner to have instructed the Depositary to give a discretionary proxy to a person designated by us with respect to that matter and the number of ordinary shares represented by that number of ADSs, and the Depositary shall give a discretionary proxy to the person designated by us to vote that number of ordinary shares as to that matter, except that no instruction of that kind shall be deemed given and no discretionary proxy shall be given with respect to any matter as to which we inform the Depositary (and we agree to provide such information as promptly as practicable in writing, if applicable) that (x) we do not wish a proxy to be given, (y) substantial shareholder opposition exists, or (z) the matter materially and adversely affects the rights of holders of shares. ADS holders should return their BNY Mellon voting instruction form by no later than the date and time set forth on such voting instruction form.

 

  Holders of Ordinary Shares Traded on TASE.  Shareholders who hold ordinary shares through a member of the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (“TASE”) may vote the Meeting by (i) attending the meeting and voting in person at the Meeting. All such shareholders must present a form of government-issued photograph identification (e.g., passport or certificate of incorporation (as the case may be))) and an ownership certificate (as of the Record Date) from the applicable TASE member, as required by the Israeli Companies Regulations (Proof of Ownership of Shares for Voting at General Meeting) of 2000, as amended (an “Ownership Certificate”); (ii) by voting slip, by sending the duly executed voting slip together with an Ownership Certificate to the Company Offices no later than four hours prior to the designated time of the Meeting, namely by no later than Tuesday, April 15, 2025, 12:30 p.m. Israel time.  A shareholder whose shares are registered with a TASE member is entitled to receive from the TASE member that holds the shares on the shareholder’s behalf by e-mail (for no charge) a link to the text of the voting slip posted on the website of the Israel Securities Authority (the “ISA”), unless the shareholder notified such TASE member that he or she or it is not interested in receiving such link, provided that such notification was provided by the shareholder with respect to a particular securities account prior to the Record Date; (iii) by voting electronically via the electronic voting system of the ISA. You should receive instructions about electronic voting from the TASE member through which you hold your shares. Voting via the ISA electronic voting system will be permitted until four hours prior to the Meeting commencement, namely by no later than Tuesday, April 15, 2025, 12:30 p.m. Israel time; and (iv) by proxy, by sending the duly executed proxy together with an Ownership Certificate to the Company Offices no later than 72 hours prior to the time scheduled for the Meeting. However, the Meeting chairman is entitled to waive this requirement with respect to all participants at the Meeting, and to accept all proxies (and accompanying Ownership Certificates) at the commencement of the Meeting, subject to the presentation of proof of share ownership.  The proxy must be signed by the appointing party or its authorized attorney, and if the appointing party is a corporation, by authorized corporate signatories together with the Company stamp or by an authorized attorney. A proxy dated more than 12 months from the date of the signature shall be considered invalid.

 

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Change or Revocation of Vote

 

Holders of ADSs: A holder of ADS who has executed and returned a voting instruction form may revoke its voting instructions at any time before the applicable deadline by filing with BNY Mellon (in the case of holders of ADSs) a written notice of revocation or a duly executed voting instruction form bearing a later date. If your ADSs are held in “street name,” you may change your vote by submitting new voting instructions to your broker, bank, trustee, or nominee or, if you have obtained a legal proxy from your broker, bank, trustee or nominee giving you the right to vote your shares, by attending the Meeting and voting in person.

 

Holder of Ordinary Shares: If you are a beneficial owner of ordinary shares registered in the name of a member of the TASE, you may change your vote (i) by attending the Meeting and voting in person, by presenting a valid Ownership Certificate (as of the Record Date); (ii) by delivering a later-dated duly executed voting slip, together with a valid Ownership Certificate (as of the Record Date), to the Company Offices no later than four hours prior to the designated time of the Meeting, (iii) by following the relevant instructions for changing your vote via the ISA electronic voting system by no later than four hours before the time set for the Meeting; or (iv) by delivering a later-dated duly executed proxy, together with a valid Ownership Certificate (as of the Record Date), to the Company Offices no later than 72 hour prior to the designated time of the Meeting.

 

Quorum

 

The quorum required for the Meeting consists of at least two shareholders who are present at the Meeting, in person, by proxy, voting instruction form or voting slip, or voting via the ISA electronic system, or otherwise represented at the Meeting by their authorized persons (“Valid Meeting Participants”), and who hold in the aggregate twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the voting rights of the Company. In the event that there is no quorum present thirty minutes after the scheduled time, the Meeting will be adjourned for one week, to the same time and place, i.e., to Tuesday, April 22, 2025, at 4:30 p.m. (Israel time) at the Company Offices (each such adjourned meeting is referred to as an “Adjourned Meeting”). If there is no quorum present thirty minutes after the time set for the Adjourned Meeting, any two shareholders present as Valid Meeting Participants will then constitute a legal quorum at the Adjourned Meeting. This notice will serve as notice of an Adjourned Meeting if no quorum is present at the original date and time, and no further notice of the Adjourned Meeting will be given to shareholders.

 

Abstentions and “broker non-votes”, as well as any abstentions by ADS holders with respect to our ordinary shares held by BNY Mellon, are counted as present and entitled to vote for purposes of determining a legal quorum.

 

Vote Required for Approval of the Proposals

 

The affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the Company’s ordinary shares, including those represented by ADSs, participating and voting on the matter at the Meeting as Valid Meeting Participants (excluding abstentions), is required to approve each of the proposals.

 

In addition, the approval of Proposal 2(a) is also subject to the fulfillment of one of the following additional voting requirements (the “Special Majority”): (i) at least a majority of the shares (including those represented by ADSs) held by shareholders (including ADS holders) who are non-controlling shareholders and shareholders (including ADS holders) who do not have a personal interest in the matter voted in favor of the proposal (excluding abstentions); or (ii) the total number of shares (including those represented by ADSs) voted against the proposal by shareholders and ADS holders (as applicable) referred to in clause (i), does not exceed two-percent (2%) of the outstanding voting power in the Company.

 

We are not aware of any shareholder or holder of ADSs that would be deemed to be a controlling shareholder of our Company as of the current time for purposes of Proposal 2(a). The Israeli Companies Law, 1999 (the “Companies Law”) requires that each shareholder and ADS holder voting on Proposal 2(a) inform the Company, prior to voting on the proposal at the Meeting, if the shareholder or ADS holder has a personal interest in the proposal; otherwise, a shareholder of ADS holder’s vote will not be counted for the purposes of the proposal. In accordance with regulations promulgated under the Companies Law, a shareholder who votes via voting slip or proxy, and an ADS holder who signs and returns a voting instruction form, will be deemed to have confirmed that such shareholder or ADS holder (as applicable), and any related party thereof, does not have a personal interest in Proposal 2(a), unless such shareholder or ADS holder has delivered a written notice to the Company notifying of the existence of a personal interest no later than 10:00 a.m. (Israel time) on Tuesday, April 15, 2025. Any such written notice must be sent to the Company via registered mail at the Company’s Offices; Attention: Gil Efron, Chief Executive Officer. All other shareholders voting on Proposal 2(a) are required to indicate via the ISA’s electronic voting system, or, if voting in person at the Meeting, inform us prior to voting on the matter at the Meeting, whether or not the shareholder has a personal interest in the proposal; otherwise, any such shareholder’s vote will not be counted for the purposes of such proposal.

 

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Under the Companies Law, a “personal interest” of a shareholder (including ADS holder) in an act or transaction of a company (i) includes a personal interest of (a) any relative (i.e., spouse, sibling, parent, grandparent or descendant of the shareholder (including ADS holder), any descendant, sibling or parent of a spouse of the shareholder (including ADS holder) and the spouse of any of the foregoing); and (b) a company with respect to which the shareholder (including ADS holder) or any of the foregoing relatives of the shareholder or ADS holder) owns at least 5% of the outstanding shares or voting rights, serves as a director or chief executive officer or has the right to appoint one or more directors or the chief executive officer; and (ii) excludes a personal interest arising solely from the ownership of shares. Under the Companies Law, in the case of a person voting by proxy, “personal interest” includes the personal interest of either the proxy holder or the shareholder granting the proxy, whether or not the proxy holder has discretion how to vote.

 

Solicitation of Proxies

 

We may bear the reasonable and actual cost of solicitation of proxies, including preparation, assembly, printing, and mailing of the BNY Mellon voting instruction form and any additional information furnished to holders of ordinary shares or ADSs. The Notice of Annual General Meeting of the Shareholders, the Proxy Statement, and the voting slip will not be mailed to beneficial ordinary shareholders in Israel. We may reimburse brokerage firms and other persons representing beneficial owners of ordinary shares or ADSs only for reasonable expenses incurred by them in forwarding proxy soliciting materials to such beneficial owners. In addition to solicitation by mail, certain of our directors, officers and employees, without additional remuneration, may solicit proxies by telephone, facsimile, email or personal contact.

 

Reporting Requirements

 

We are subject to the information reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), applicable to foreign private issuers. We fulfill these requirements by filing reports with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”). Our filings with the Commission are available to the public on the Commission’s website at www.sec.gov. We submit copies of our filings with the Commission to the ISA and the TASE, and such filings can be reviewed on their respective websites for listed company reports at www.magna.isa.gov.il and www.maya.tase.co.il.

 

As a foreign private issuer, we are exempt from the rules under the Exchange Act related to the furnishing and content of proxy statements. The circulation of this proxy statement and related notice should not be taken as an admission that we are subject to those proxy rules. Furthermore, our officers, directors and principal shareholders are exempt from the reporting and “short swing” profit recovery provisions contained in Section 16 of the Exchange Act and the rules thereunder, with respect to their purchases and sales of securities. Additionally, we are not required to file periodic reports and financial statements with the Commission under the Exchange Act as frequently or as promptly as United States companies whose securities are registered under the Exchange Act.

 

Compensation of Executive Officers

 

Information regarding the compensation incurred by us in relation to our five most highly compensated office holders (within the meaning of the Companies Law) for the year ended December 31, 2024, will be available under “Item 6. Directors, Senior Management and Employees — Compensation — Executive Compensation” of our annual report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2024, upon its filing with the Commission.

 

Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management

 

As of February 23, 2025, (i) no officer or director individually beneficially owned 1% or more of our outstanding ordinary shares, other than Mr. Gil Efron, our Chief Executive Officer, who beneficially owned 7,003,823 of our ordinary shares, representing 1.31% of our ordinary shares as of such date. The number of shares beneficially owned by Mr. Efron includes 5,391,123 ordinary shares issuable under outstanding options held by Mr. Efron currently exercisable or which will be exercisable within 60 days of February 23, 2025; and (ii) all of our current officers and directors as a group (9 persons) beneficially owned 19,219,041, or 3.55%, of our outstanding ordinary shares. Such number of ordinary shares includes 12,691,481 ordinary shares issuable under outstanding options and restricted stock units (“RSUs”) which will be exercisable or shall vest (as applicable) within 60 days of February 23, 2025.

 

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The following table sets forth information with respect to the beneficial ownership of our ordinary shares by each person or entity known to us to beneficially own 5% or more of our outstanding ordinary shares as of February 23, 2025.

 

The beneficial ownership of our ordinary shares is determined in accordance with the rules of the Commission. Under these rules, a person is deemed to be a beneficial owner of a security if that person has or shares voting power, which includes the power to vote or to direct the voting of the security, or investment power, which includes the power to dispose of or to direct the disposition of the security. For purposes of the table below, we deem ordinary shares issuable pursuant to options or warrants that are currently exercisable or exercisable within 60 days of February 23, 2025 and ordinary shares underlying RSUs that vest within 60 days of February 23, 2025, if any, to be outstanding and to be beneficially owned by the person holding the options, warrants or RSUs for the purposes of computing the percentage ownership of that person, but we do not treat them as outstanding for the purpose of computing the percentage ownership of any other person. The calculation of beneficial ownership is based on 529,447,717 ordinary shares (not including 1 share held in treasury) outstanding as of February 23, 2025. Each one (1) ADS held represents two hundred (200) ordinary shares. The information in the table below with respect to the beneficial ownership of shareholders is based on the public filings of such shareholders with the Commission through February 23, 2025.

 

Name  Share
Number
    Percentage  
Armistice Capital, LLC (1)   44,600,000    8.42%
           

 

(1) Based solely on, and qualified in its entirety with reference to, a Schedule 13G/A filed by Armistice Capital, LLC (“Armistice Capital”) with the SEC on November 14, 2024.  According to the Schedule 13G/A, Armistice Capital is the investment manager of Armistice Capital Master Fund Ltd. (the “Master Fund”), the direct holder of the 223,000 ADS (equivalent to 44,600,000 ordinary shares), and pursuant to an investment management agreement, Armistice Capital exercises voting and investment power over the ordinary shares held by the Master Fund and thus, may be deemed to beneficially own the ordinary shares held by the Master Fund.  Mr. Boyd, as the managing member of Armistice Capital, may be deemed to beneficially own the ordinary shares held by the Master Fund.  The Master Fund disclaims beneficial ownership of the ordinary shares directly held by it by virtue of its inability to vote or dispose of such securities as a result of its investment management agreement with Armistice Capital.  In addition, Armistice Capital holds warrants to purchase 497,938 additional ADSs (equivalent to 99,587,600 ordinary shares) that include a 4.99% beneficial ownership limitation.

 

PROPOSAL 1

RE-ELECTION OF DIRECTORs TO SERVE AS First CLASS DIRECTORS

 

Background

 

Under our Articles of Association, the number of directors on our Board of Directors will be no less than four and no more than nine and our directors are divided into three classes with staggered three-year terms. Each class consists, as nearly equal in number as practicable, of one-third of the total number of directors constituting the entire Board of Directors. The term of one class of directors expires at each annual general meeting of shareholders, at which the election (or re-election) of directors of the class whose term expired at such annual general meeting shall be for a term that expires on the date of the third annual general meeting following such election (or re-election) and until his or her respective successor has been elected and qualified, unless the tenure of such director expires earlier pursuant to the Companies Law or unless removed from office. Under our Articles of Association, the majority of the members of our Board of Directors shall be residents of Israel, unless our center of management is transferred to another country in accordance with a resolution of our Board of Directors by a majority including at least 75% of the participating director votes.

 

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Our Board of Directors is currently comprised of seven directors and is divided into three classes with staggered three-year terms, as follows:

 

Name   Age   Position
First Class of Directors Serving until 2025 Annual General Meeting
Eric Rowinsky, M.D.(1)   69   Independent Director and Chairman of the Board of Directors
Ido Agmon(2)(3)   48   Independent Director
Robert Gagnon (2)(4)   51   Independent Director
         
Second Class of Directors Serving until 2026 Annual General Meeting
Simcha Rock (2)(3)   76   Independent Director
Yael Margolin   72   Independent Director
         
Third Class of Directors Serving until 2027 Annual General Meeting
Isaac Israel(1)(4)   47   Director
Suzana Nahum-Zilberberg(1)(3)   54   Independent Director

 

 

(1) Member of our nominations committee

(2) Member of our audit committee

(3) Member of our compensation committee

(4) Member of our pricing committee for the Company’s “at the market” facility

 

We rely on the exemption available to foreign private issuers under the Nasdaq Listing Rules and follow Israeli law and practice with regard to the process of nominating directors, in accordance with which our Board of Directors (or a committee thereof) is authorized to recommend to our shareholders director nominees for election. Our Board of Directors has established a Nominations Committee, which is not required to be comprised only of independent directors, whose role is to (among other things) identify and recommend to the Board of Directors for selection, director nominees for election by the shareholders, while considering the appropriate size and composition of the Board of Directors, the requirements applicable to all members of the Board of Directors, the diversity of our directors, and the criteria for the selection of new members of the Board of Directors.

 

At the Meeting, the term of the members of our first class of directors, Eric Rowinsky, Robert Gagnon and Ido Agmon expire. Our Nominations Committee recommended, and our Board of Directors approved, that each of Eric Rowinsky, Robert Gagnon and Ido Agmon be nominated for re-election at the Meeting as a first class director to serve until the Company’s 2028 annual general meeting of shareholders, and until his successor has been duly elected and qualified or until his office is vacated in accordance with our Articles of Association and the Companies Law. Subject to shareholder approval of the re-election of the above director nominees, our Board of Directors will consist of seven members, six of whom satisfy the independence requirements of the Nasdaq Listing Rules.

 

Suitability of Director Nominees

 

Our Nominating Committee and Board of Directors have reviewed the qualifications and suitability of the director nominees and our Board of Directors as a whole. We believe that our Board of Directors contains highly qualified and talented directors, including directors with global pharmaceutical and financial experience. In accordance with the Companies Law, each of the director nominees has certified to us that he meets all the requirements of the Companies Law for election as a director of a public company and that he possesses the necessary qualifications and is able to dedicate sufficient time to fulfill his duties as a director of our Company, taking into consideration our Company’s size and special needs. Accordingly, upon the recommendation of our Nominating Committee, our Board of Directors has nominated each of Eric Rowinsky, Robert Gagnon and Ido Agmon for re-election as a first class director, to hold office until our 2028 annual general meeting of shareholders, and until their respective successors have been duly elected and qualified, or until their respective office is vacated in accordance with our Articles of Association and the Companies Law.

 

We are not aware of any reason why any of the nominees, if elected, would be unable or unwilling to serve as director. Should any of the nominees be unavailable for election, the proxies will be voted for substitute nominee(s) designated by our Board of Directors.

 

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If elected at the Meeting, Robert Gagnon and Ido Agmon will be entitled to the same cash compensation that we have paid to each of our non-executive directors since our extraordinary general meeting in July 2017, of an annual fee in the amount of US$40,000 for service on our Board of Directors, an additional US$3,500 annual fee for service on each permanent committee of the Board of Directors, and an additional US$7,000 annual fee for service on the Board of Directors of a subsidiary (if applicable), provided, however, that the maximum annual fee for services on our Board of Directors, its committees and/or on the Board of Directors of any subsidiaries, shall not exceed US$47,000. Dr. Rowinsky, the chairman of our Board of Directors, is entitled to an annual fee of US$60,000 for services as a member of our Board of Directors, as Chairman of the Board of Directors, for service on any permanent committee of the Board of Directors, and for service on the board of directors of a subsidiary. In addition, we pay Dr. Rowinsky a monthly fee for his service as the chairman of our medical and clinical committee in the amount of US$5,000 for the period commencing on April 1, 2023, and for such additional period at the discretion of the Board (as approved by our shareholders at our annual general meeting held in June 2023). Since August 2024, the members of the Board of Directors agreed to voluntarily and irrevocably waive, until further notice, an amount equal to 20% of their respective director service fees for participation as members of the Board of Directors, each permanent committee of the Board of Directors, and on the board of directors of a Subsidiary (if applicable). Such annual fees shall be paid pro-rata for service during any part of the year. The above dollar denominated fees, and all other dollar denominated payments that we pay our directors based in Israel, are paid in NIS based on the NIS/US$ exchange rate at the beginning of the month in which such amounts are paid, but not lower than the exchange rate in effect on January 1, 2017. Such director fees are consistent with our current compensation policy for executive officers and directors, as approved by our shareholders on June 15, 2023 (the “Compensation Policy”). If re-elected as directors at the Meeting, the approval of the re-election of the director nominees will be deemed to be an approval of the foregoing cash compensation. We may also subsidize ongoing corporate governance or other professional training for directors in amounts up to US$5,000 per director per annum, and we reimburse directors for any direct expenses incurred during the performance of their duties (such as travel expenses). If elected at the Meeting, the director nominees will continue to benefit from our directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy, as in effect from time to time, and the indemnification and exemption letter agreements that we previously entered into with each of them. In addition, at the Meeting, shareholders are being asked to approve the grant of equity-based awards to each of our directors who shall serve in such capacity as of immediately following the Meeting, including the director nominees if elected at the Meeting (see Proposal 2).

 

Nominees for Director

 

Biographical information concerning the nominees for election as first class directors at the Meeting is set forth below.

 

Eric Rowinsky, M.D., has served as the Chairman of Purple Biotech’s Board since October 2019. Dr. Eric Rowinsky’s principal expertise is in the development and registration of novel therapeutics to treat cancer and related disorders.  Dr. Rowinsky currently serves as consulting chief medical officer and/or advisor for drug development and registrational strategies to several biopharma companies worldwide. From July 2021 to March 2023, Dr. Rowinsky served as the Chief Medical Officer of Hummingbird Biotherapeutics, a life-science company. From 2015 to 2021, Dr. Rowinsky served as Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors and President of Inspira, Inc. (formerly Rgenix, Inc) and is currently serving as its President, Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board, and Director. Dr. Rowinsky also served as the Chief Scientific Officer of Clearpath Development Inc., from 2015-2021, and has served or serves as a scientific advisor, consultant, or consulting Chief Medical Officer of a wide variety of biotech companies providing expertise in developing and registering a wide range of novel cancer therapeutics. Dr. Rowinsky served as Executive Vice President, Chief Medical Officer and Head of Research and Development of Stemline Therapeutics, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, from November 2011 until October 2015. Prior to joining Stemline, Dr. Rowinsky was co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Primrose Therapeutics, Inc., a start-up biotechnology company, from June 2010 until its acquisition in September 2011. Dr. Rowinsky also served as a drug development and regulatory strategy consultant to the ImClone-Lilly Oncology Business Unit and several other biopharmaceutical and life sciences companies from 2010 to 2011. From 2005 to 2009, Dr. Rowinsky was Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer of ImClone Systems Inc., where he led the FDA approval of Erbitux for head and neck and colorectal cancers and advanced eight other monoclonal antibodies through clinical development. From 1996 to 2004, Dr. Rowinsky held several positions at the Cancer Therapy and Research Center, including Director of the Institute of Drug Development, or IDD, and the SBC Endowed Chair for Early Drug Development at the IDD. From 1996 to 2006, Dr. Rowinsky was a Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. From 1988 to 1996, Dr. Rowinsky was an Associate Professor of Oncology at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Dr. Rowinsky was a longstanding National Cancer Institute principal and co-principal investigator from 1990 to 2004, and was integrally involved in pivotal clinical and preclinical investigations that led to the development of numerous cancer therapeutics, including paclitaxel, docetaxel, topotecan, irinotecan, erlotinib, gefitinib, ramucirumab, tagraxofusp and temsirolimus among others. Dr. Rowinsky was also an Adjunct Professor of Medicine at New York University School of Medicine (2008-2018). Dr. Rowinsky presently serves on the boards of directors of the public companies Biogen Idec, Inc. and Verastem Inc. Dr. Rowinsky formerly served on the boards of directors of the public companies Fortress Biotech Inc., (2010-2024), Navidea Biopharmaceuticals Inc. (2010-2018), BIND Therapeutics (2014-2016), and Biophytis S.A. (2018-2019), as well as at a number of privately held companies. Dr. Rowinsky received a B.A. degree from New York University (1977) and an M.D. degree from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine (1981). Dr. Rowinsky completed his residency in internal medicine at the University of California, San Diego (1984) and completed his fellowship in medical oncology at The Johns Hopkins Oncology Center (1987). 

 

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Robert Gagnon, MBA, has served as a member of Purple Biotech’s Board since March 2021. Mr. Gagnon currently serves as Chief Financial Officer of Remix Therapeutics. Prior to that, Mr. Gagnon was Operating Partner of Gurnet Point Capital, a healthcare venture capital and private equity fund. Prior to joining Gurnet Point Capital in 2022, Mr. Gagnon was Chief Financial Officer of Verastem Oncology. Before joining Verastem in 2018, Mr. Gagnon served as the Chief Financial Officer at Harvard Bioscience, Inc. Prior to that, Mr. Gagnon served as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer at Clean Harbors, Inc., as well as Chief Accounting Officer and Controller at Biogen Idec, Inc. Earlier in his career, Mr. Gagnon worked in a variety of senior positions at Deloitte & Touche, LLP and PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP. Mr. Gagnon holds an M.B.A. degree from the MIT Sloan School of Management and a B.A. degree in accounting from Bentley College.

 

Ido Agmon, MBA, has served as a member of Purple Biotech’s Board since June 2016. Since 2012, Mr. Agmon has been acting as an independent consultant and investment manager, providing start-ups, investment funds and technology-based ventures with advice in strategic and financial planning, fund-raising and related business development activities. From 2014 until the end of 2016, Mr. Agmon was a manager of Aviv New-Tech (formerly Aviv Bio-Invest), a private investment fund which manages a portfolio of public Israeli and global biomed and technology companies, of which he was a co-founder, and where he was responsible for analysis and evaluation of investments in Israeli and global biomed companies. From 2009 until 2011, Mr. Agmon served as the chief executive officer of Meytav Technology Incubator, an Israeli-based accelerator for biotech, pharma and medtech ventures with over 20 portfolio companies. Mr. Agmon has served as a board member at several biomed ventures. From 2007 until 2009, Mr. Agmon served as the Director of Business Development at ATI incubator, a technology incubator specializing in biomed and cleantech projects, responsible for deal-flow and project evaluation. Mr. Agmon holds a B.A. degree in Business Administration and Life Sciences from Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel, and an MBA degree from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.

 

Approval Required

 

See “Vote Required for Approval of the Proposals” above. Each director nominee shall be voted on separately.

 

Board Recommendation 

 

Our Board of Directors recommends a vote “FOR” the re-election of each director nominee named above as a first class director, to serve until the Company’s 2028 annual general meeting of shareholders, on the terms described in Proposal 1.

 

PROPOSAL 2

APPROVAL OF THE GRANT OF EQUITY-BASED AWARDS TO Our Chief executive officer and OUR DIRECTORS

 

Background

 

Under the Companies Law, the payment of compensation, including equity-based compensation, to a chief executive officer or director that is consistent with a company’s compensation policy must be approved by the compensation committee, board of directors and shareholders, in the case of a chief executive officer, by the Special Majority (for definition, see “Vote Required for Approval of the Proposals” above), and in the case of a director, by an ordinary majority.

 

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Our Compensation Committee and Board of Directors conducted a review of the equity-based compensation of our directors, executives and employees. Based on such review, our Compensation Committee and Board of Directors approved, subject to shareholder approval, the grant to our Chief Executive Officer and to each of our currently serving directors of the following equity-based awards: (i) to Mr. Gil Efron, our Chief Executive Officer, options to purchase up to 3,500,000 ordinary shares (equivalent to 17,500 ADSs) and 3,500,000 RSUs (equivalent to 17,500 ADSs); (ii) to Dr. Eric Rowinsky, the Chairman of our Board of Directors, options to purchase up to 1,750,000 ordinary shares (equivalent to 8,750 ADSs) and 1,750,000 RSUs (equivalent to 8,750 ADSs); and (iii) to each of our other directors who shall serve in such capacity immediately following the Meeting, options to purchase up to 875,000 ordinary shares (equivalent to 4,375ADSs) and 875,000 RSUs (equivalent to 4,375ADSs), in each case on the terms described below, provided that non-Israeli resident directors (namely, Dr. Rowinsky and Mr. Gagnon, if re-elected at the Meeting), may elect, at their sole discretion, to receive all of the equity award in the form of stock options.

 

Each of the proposed option awards will have an exercise price of US$0.017, which is equal to the quotient of the average closing price of our ADSs on the Nasdaq Capital Market during the 30 days prior to the date of the approval of the grant of the equity awards by our Board of Directors (i.e., $3.40), divided by two hundred (200). Each of the proposed equity awards will vest over a period of three years, with one-third of each of the awards vesting on the first anniversary of the date of the approval of the awards by our Board of Directors on February 11, 2025, and an additional 8.33% of each of the awards vesting at the end of each subsequent three-month period thereafter, subject to such individual’s continued engagement by the Company on each applicable vesting date. Any outstanding unexercised options shall expire five years following the date of the approval of the awards by our Board of Directors. The vesting of any of outstanding equity awards shall accelerate in full upon a “Merger/Sale,” as defined in the Company’s 2016 Equity-Based Incentive Plan (the “2016 Plan”). The equity awards, if approved at the Meeting, will be granted under and shall be subject to the 2016 Plan and the applicable award agreements to be entered into with each of them. The equity awards to Israeli resident directors (namely, Isaac Israel, Ido Agmon (if re-elected at the Meeting), Simcha Rock, Suzana Nahum-Zilberberg, and Yael Margolin), if approved at the Meeting, will be granted pursuant to the capital gains track of Section 102 of the Israel Income Tax Ordinance [New Version] 5721-1961. The estimated fair market value of the equity award proposed to be granted to (i) Mr. Efron is approximately US$94,000, (ii) Dr. Rowinsky is approximately US$47,000, and (iii) each of the other directors is approximately US$23,000, in each case estimated using the average closing price of our ADSs on the Nasdaq Capital Market during the 30 days prior to February 11, 2025, and calculated using the Black & Scholes valuation method.

 

Each of our Compensation Committee and Board of Directors determined that the grant of the equity awards and their terms are in accordance with our Compensation Policy.

 

In conducting their review, the Compensation Committee and Board of Directors considered our compensation philosophies and the provisions of our Compensation Policy, as well as internal consistency and market trends. Our compensation philosophy encourages the grant of equity-based compensation to our directors and executive officers in order to further align their compensation with the long-term interests of our shareholders.

 

Proposed Resolutions

 

It is proposed that the following resolutions be adopted at the Meeting:

 

2(a). “RESOLVED, to approve the grant of equity-based awards to Gil Efron, the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, in such amounts and with such terms and conditions as described in Proposal 2 of the Proxy Statement for the Meeting.”

 

2(b). “RESOLVED, to approve the grant of equity-based awards to each of the members of our Board of Directors who shall serve in such capacity as of immediately following the Meeting, in such amounts and with such terms and conditions as described in Proposal 2 of the Proxy Statement for the Meeting.”

 

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Approvals Required

 

See “Vote Required for Approval of the Proposals” above.

 

Board Recommendation

 

Our Board of Directors recommends a vote “FOR” the approval of the grant of equity-based awards to our Chief Executive Officer and each of our directors who shall serve in such capacity as of immediately following the Meeting, as described in Proposal 2.

 

PROPOSAL 3

APPROVAL OF AN INCREASE IN THE COMPANY’S AUTHORIZED ORDINARY SHARE CAPITAL

AND TO AMEND THE ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION ACCORDINGLY

 

Background

 

The Company’s authorized share capital is currently 1,000,000,000 ordinary shares, with no par value, and 50,000,000 non-voting senior preferred shares, with no par value, divided into five classes of 10,000,000 preferred shares in each class. As of February 23, 2025, 529,447,717 ordinary shares (or 2,647,238 ADSs representing ordinary shares) were issued and outstanding. In addition, as of such date, an additional 27,255,200 ordinary shares (equivalent to 136,276 ADSs) were reserved for issuance under the 2016 Plan (including shares underlying outstanding options and RSUs) and 146,257,800 ordinary shares (equivalent to 731,289 ADSs) were reserved for issuance upon exercise of outstanding warrants. Consequently, as of such date, 297,039,283 ordinary shares (equivalent to 1,485,196 ADSs) remain unissued and unreserved and available for future issuances. No preferred shares are issued or reserved for issuance as of such date.

 

Under the Companies Law, a company may not issue shares in excess of its authorized share capital. The Company wishes to have sufficient authorized ordinary share capital available for corporate purposes and to meet its future business needs as they arise including (without limitation) potential public and private offerings of the Company’s ordinary shares or ADSs in the ordinary course to fund operations, additional grants of equity-based compensation under the 2016 Plan or any other equity-based incentive plan that may be adopted by the Company in the future, and for potential future strategic transactions (such as licensing agreements, acquisitions of other companies or assets or other transactions that may involve issuances of ordinary shares or ADSs).

 

Accordingly, we are seeking the approval of the shareholders to increase the Company’s authorized ordinary share capital from 1,000,000,000 ordinary shares, with no par value, to 100,000,000,000 ordinary shares, with no par value, and to amend Article 11 of our Articles of Association accordingly. In addition, our authorized share capital includes 50,000,000 non-voting senior preferred shares, with no par value, divided into five classes of 10,000,000 preferred shares in each class, which will remain unchanged.

 

Proposal

 

It is therefore proposed that the following resolution be adopted at the Meeting:

 

RESOLVED, to approve an increase of the Company’s authorized ordinary share capital from 1,000,000,000 ordinary shares, with no par value, to 100,000,000,000 ordinary shares, with no par value, and to amend Article 11 of the Company’s Articles of Association accordingly.

 

Approval Required

 

See “Vote Required for Approval of the Proposals” above.

 

Board Recommendation

 

Our Board of Directors recommends a vote “FOR” approval of the increase in the Company’s authorized ordinary share capital and to amend our Articles of Association accordingly.

 

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REVIEW AND DISCUSSION OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

In addition to considering the foregoing agenda item at the Meeting, we will also present for review and discussion at the Meeting, our consolidated audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2024. This item will not involve a shareholder vote.

 

Our audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2024, which form part of our annual report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2024, will be filed with the Commission and will be available for viewing via the Commission’s website at www.sec.gov as well as under the Investors section of our website at https://purple-biotech.com. None of the audited consolidated financial statements, the Form 20-F nor the contents of our website form part of the proxy solicitation material.

 

OTHER MATTERS

 

The Board of Directors is not aware of any other matters to be presented at the Meeting other than those specifically set forth in this Proxy Statement. If any other matters properly come before the Meeting, it is the intention of the persons named in the accompanying proxy to vote such proxy in accordance with the judgment and recommendation of the Board of Directors.

 

  By Order of the Board of Directors,
   
  /s/ Dr. Eric Rowinsky
  Dr. Eric Rowinsky,
  Chairman of the Board of Directors

 

February 28, 2025

 

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VOTING SLIP FOR ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

 

Company name: Purple Biotech Ltd., company no. 520031238

 

Company address (for submission and delivery of Voting Slips): 4 Oppenheimer Street, Science Park, Rehovot 6701101, Israel, Attn.: Gil Efron, Chief Executive Officer

 

Meeting date: Tuesday, April 15, 2025, at 4:30 p.m. (Israel time).

 

Meeting type: Annual General Meeting (the “Meeting").

 

Record Date: Thursday, March 6, 2025

 

Shareholder details:

 

Shareholder name:   

 

Israeli identification number:   

 

For shareholders who do not have an Israeli identification card:

 

Passport number:  

 

Country of issue:  

 

Valid until:  

 

For shareholders that are corporations:

 

Corporation number:  

 

Country of incorporation:  

 

Is the shareholder a “Principal Shareholder1", “Senior Officer of the Company2” or an “Institutional Investor3"? Yes/No (circle as appropriate)

 

  1 As defined in Section 1 of the Israel Securities Law, 5728-1968 (the “Securities Law").

 

  2 As defined in Section 37(d) of the Securities Law.

 

  3 As defined in Regulation 1 of the Supervision of Financial Services Regulations (Provident Funds) (Participation of a Management Company at a General Meeting), 5769-2009 as well as a Manager of Mutual Funds as per the meaning in the Mutual Funds Law, 5754-1999.

 

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MANNER OF VOTING

 

(Check or mark “X” clearly in each column in accordance with your voting decision.)

 

  Matter Manner of Voting
For Against Abstain
1(a). To approve the re-election of Eric Rowinsky to serve as a first class director, until the annual general meeting to be held in 2028, and until his successor is duly elected and qualified.      
1(b). To approve the re-election of Robert Gagnon to serve as a first class director, until the annual general meeting to be held in 2028, and until his successor is duly elected and qualified.      
1(c) To approve the re-election of Ido Agmon to serve as a first class director, until the annual general meeting to be held in 2028, and until his successor is duly elected and qualified.      
2(a) To approve the grant of equity-based awards to Gil Efron, the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, in such amounts and with such terms and conditions as described in Proposal 2 of the Proxy Statement for the Meeting.      
2(b) To approve the grant of equity-based awards to each of the members of the Board of Directors who shall serve in such capacity as of immediately following the Meeting, in such amounts and with such terms and conditions as described in Proposal 2 of the Proxy Statement for the Meeting.      
3 To approve an increase of the Company’s authorized ordinary share capital from 1,000,000,000 ordinary shares, with no par value, to 100,000,000,000 ordinary shares, with no par value, and to amend Article 11 of the Company’s Articles of Association accordingly.      

 

         
  Date   Signature  

 

For shareholders holding shares through a member of the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, this Voting Slip is only valid when accompanied by a certification of ownership, in accordance with the Israeli Companies Regulations (Proof of Ownership of Shares for Voting at General Meeting) of 2000. For shareholders registered in the Company’s shareholder registry, this Voting Slip will only be valid when accompanied by a photocopy of a government-issued photograph identification (e.g., passport, identification card or certificate of incorporation (as the case may be)).

 

Each shareholder voting on Proposal 2(a) who votes via voting slip, will be deemed to have confirmed that such shareholder, and any related party thereof, does not have a personal interest in Proposal 2(a), unless such shareholder or ADS holder has delivered a written notice to the Company notifying of the existence of a personal interest no later than 10:00 a.m. (Israel time) on Tuesday, April 15, 2025. Any such written notice must be sent to the Company via registered mail at the Company’s offices; Attention: Gil Efron, Chief Executive Officer.

 

 

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Exhibit 99.2

 

 

 

 

 

 


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