Remuneration Information • Dec 21, 2023
Remuneration Information
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DecemberNovember, 2023
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To: To: The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange Ltd. Israel Securities Authority www.tase.co.il www.isa.gov.il
Dear Sir and Madam,
In accordance with the Companies Law, 5759-1999 (the "Companies Law"), with the Securities (Periodic and Immediate Reports) Regulations, 5730-1970 (the "Reports' Regulations"), with the Companies Regulations (Voting in Writing and Position Statements), 5765-2005 (the "Voting in Writing Regulations"), and with the Companies (Notice and Ad on General Assembly and Type Assembly in a Public Company and Adding a Topic to the Agenda) Regulations, 5760-2000 (the "Notice and Ad Regulations"), a notice is hereby given concerning the convening of a Special General Assembly of the Company, which shall convene on Thursday, January 4, 2024 at 17:00, at the Company's Headquarters located at 53 HaShalom Road, Giv'atayim, 20th floor ("Company's Headquarters"), whose agenda is the topic detailed in this report as following.
On December 20, 2023, the Compensation Committee and the Company's Board of Directors approved an additional update to the Current Remuneration Policy, following clarifications requested from institutional investors. For the sake of convenience, the proposed remuneration policy marks only the additional update against the policy wording attached in the original summons dated November 29, 2023.
1.1.2.1.1.3. The Proposed Remuneration Policy brought to the approval of the Assembly is adapted to the Company and its work plans, to the experience gained in the Company and the current needs of the Company, as well as the challenges it faces during this period. The Proposed Remuneration Policy has been amended in accordance with the provisions and limitations of the applicable law, including the Compensation of Officers of Financial Corporations Law (Special Approval and Non Allowance of Expenses for Tax Purposes for Irregular Compensation), 5776-2016 ("Compensation in Financial Corporations Law"); the Companies Law; and the provisions of the Institutional Entities Circular 2019-9-6 regarding the "amendment of the provisions of the Consolidated Circular Part 1, Title 5, Chapter 5, titled "Compensation", dated July 11, 2019 ("The Consolidated Circular").
Regarding the annual grant, several changes were made, as follows -
the BOD would be entitled, under certain circumstances, to reprice the options (including by way of cancellation and reassignment) only that the exercise price of options for the Company's shares will not be less than the price indicated above.
As part of the Proposed Remuneration Policy the advance notice period together with the remuneration due to retirement will not together exceed 12 months of total compensation cost (fixed and variable components).
BOD for the year 2022, and the annual fixed compensation cap determined in the Remuneration Policy, which is adjusted to the Chairperson of the BOD partly position.
1.1.5.2.1.1.6.2. The Company's CEO - There is a 100% correlation between the compensation paid to the CEO for the year 2022, and the annual compensation cap determined in the Remuneration Policy.
In light of the fact that the Proposed Remuneration Policy determines, inter alia, the directors' salary, then all the directors of the Company and all members of the Compensation Committee may have a personal interest in approving the Proposed Remuneration Policy, as far as the compensation provision for directors is concerned.
In accordance with the aforesaid and in light of the provision of Article 278(b) of the Companies Law, during the discussions of the Compensation Committee and the Company's BOD, all directors of the Company will be allowed to be present.
1.1.7.4.1.1.8.4. The Proposed Remuneration Policy maintains a proper balance
between the fixed and variable components, according to the contribution of the officer holders to the advancement of the Company's long-term targets, and it serves the Company by tying the variable compensation offered to the Company's financial results and the office holder's contribution to the Company's results. In addition, in view of the fact that the Compensation in Financial Corporations Law applies to the Company and its office holders, the Proposed Remuneration Policy seeks to increase the flexibility within the variable compensation component.
corporate strategy in a way that suits the existing reality in the market where the Company operates, and it will assist in promoting the Company's targets and its work plan.
According to the Company's Articles of Association, a discussion in the general assembly shall not be commenced, unless a legal quorum is present at the opening of the meeting. The legal quorum for
1 In this context, it should be noted that the current compensation cap in the Company according to Section 2(b) of the
Compensation for Officers of Financial Corporations Law ("35 Times Cap") is NIS 3.49M. As the annual compensation of a number of low-rated employees in the Company increases, the maximum annual compensation cap that can be awarded under this section may increase. The compensation cap according to Section 2(a) of the Compensation in Financial Corporations Law is NIS 2.5M linked to the CPI that was known on 12.4.2016 (As of the publication date of this convention report, the amount is approximately NIS 2,830,587).
holding the general assembly is the presence of at least three (3) shareholders, who are present in person or through a proxy to vote, who hold at least one-third (1/3) of all voting rights in the Company, within half an hour of the time set for the opening of the meeting. If a legal quorum is not present half an hour after the time set for the commencement of the meeting, the meeting will be adjourned for one week, to the same day, to the same time and to the same location ("The Adjourned Meeting"). If a quorum is not present half an hour after the time set for the Adjourned Meeting, then the presence of at least two (2) shareholders, by themselves or through a proxy to vote, will constitute the legal quorum for holding the Adjourned Meeting.
The Effective Date for determining the shareholders' entitlement to vote in the General Assembly according to section 182(b) of the Companies Law and according to Regulation 3 of the Companies' (Written Voting and Position Announcements) Regulations, 5766-2005, is Thursday, December 7, 2023 ("The Effective Date").
Any of the Company's shareholders on the Effective Date, whether the shares are listed on his/her name (hereinafter: "Listed Shareholder") or whether he/she holds them by way of a stock-exchange member (that is, the one whose right is listed with a stock-exchange member and that share is included among the shares listed in the shareholder's register in the name of a nominee company, as stated in Article 177(1) of the Companies Law) (hereinafter: "Unlisted Shareholder"), is eligible to take part and vote in the Assembly in person or by proxy for voting as well as by Voting Paper, as defined in Article 87 of the Companies Law, the version of which is attached to this report ("Voting Paper"). In addition, an Unlisted Shareholder may vote using an Electronic Voting Paper which will be transferred to the Company in the electronic voting system, operating according to Point 2 of Chapter 72 of the Securities Law, 5728-1968 (hereinafter: "Electronic Voting System", "Electronic Voting Paper" and "Securities Law"), and whose address is https://votes.isa.gov.il; and all as stated below:
2 The controlling shareholder of the Company does not own shares at a rate that would entitle her the required majority to make the decision on the agenda.
A shareholder who is entitled to participate and vote in the Assembly, is entitled to vote in person or through a proxy for voting in accordance with the aforementioned in the Company's Articles of Association. The document that appoints a proxy (hereinafter: "Appointment Letter") shall be in writing, signed by the appointer or his/her attorney, or, when the appointer is a corporation, the power of attorney shall be signed with its accepted stamp or by its attorney. The proxy-appointment letter and the power of attorney (if there is any) or a copy of such documents approved by a notary shall be deposited at the Company's Offices with the Company's secretariat, at least forty-eight (48) hours prior to the date and time of the General Assembly or the Adjourned Assembly (as the case may be) for which an Appointment Letter was submitted.
As stated above, in the vote to approve the decision on the agenda, a shareholder is entitled to vote by means of a Voting Paper. A shareholder may also express his position regarding the aforementioned issues, through a position announcement. The text of the Voting Paper and position announcement as defined in Article 88 of the Companies Law, insofar as there are any, can be found on the Securities Authority's Distribution Website, whose address is https://www.magna.isa.gov.il (hereinafter: "Distribution Website"), and on the website of the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange Ltd., whose address is http://maya.tase.co.il (hereinafter: "TASE Website").
Voting using a Voting Paper will be done on the second part of the Voting Paper attached to this report. Any shareholder may contact the Company according to the details below and receive, at no cost, the wording of the Voting Paper, or with his/her consent, to receive a link to the text of the Voting Paper on the Distribution Website, as well as the position announcements that have reached the Company, insofar as there are any.
A stock-exchange member shall send, for no cost, by email, a link to the Voting Paper's wording and the position announcements (as will be provided) on the Distribution Website, to any shareholder of the Company who is unlisted on the Company's shareholders' registry and whose shares are listed with the same stock-exchange member, unless the shareholder has notified that he does not wish that or that he wishes to receive Voting Papers by mail while bearing the delivery cost, provided that the notice was given regarding a particular securities account and on a date prior to the Effective Date.
The deadline for service a Voting Paper to the Company (including the documents that must be attached thereto, as specified in the Voting Paper) is up to four (4) hours prior to the date of the Assembly. For this matter, the "Service Deadline" is the date when the Voting Paper and the attached documents arrived at the Company's offices.
The deadline for service of position announcements to the Company by the Company's shareholders is up to 10 days prior to the date of the Assembly.
As above mentioned, an Unlisted Shareholder may also vote using an Electronic Voting Paper. Voting by way of an Electronic Voting Paper shall be permitted from the end of the Effective Date and up to six (6) hours prior to the General Assembly's convening date ("System Lock Date"), then the Electronic Voting System will be closed. The vote in the Electronic Voting System can be changed or canceled until the System Lock Date, and it will not be possible to change it through the Electronic Voting System after this date.
It should be noted that in accordance with the announcement of the Securities Authority of October 29, 20233 , it shall be clarified that temporary difficulties may arise in accessing the Electronic Voting System of security holders from overseas, for voting at general assemblies of reporting corporations. Any shareholder who encounters difficulties as mentioned may vote in one of the other voting methods detailed in Section 4.2 of the convention report, or contact the Authority's support center of the Electronic Voting System by phone: 077-2238333.
It should be noted that in accordance with Article 83(D) of the Companies Law, should a shareholder vote in more than one manner, his most recent vote shall count, when accordingly, a shareholder's vote, whether by proxy or a simple Voting Paper shall be deemed late to voting by way of a Voting Paper or an Electronic Voting System.
An Unlisted Shareholder will be entitled to participate in the Assembly only if he presents to the Company, not less than four (4) hours prior to the General Assembly, approval from the stock exchange member with whom his right to the share is listed, regarding his ownership of the Company's shares on the Effective Date. The approval will include the details stated in Regulation 2 and in the form found in the Schedule to the Companies (Proof of Share Ownership for Voting Purposes in the General Assembly) Regulations, 5760-2000.
An Unlisted Shareholder is entitled to receive the Ownership Approval from the stock-exchange member through whom he holds his shares, at the branch of the stock-exchange member or by mail to his address for only a delivery charge, if he requested it. A request on this matter shall be provided in advance to a specific securities account.
Alternatively, an Unlisted Shareholder may order that his Ownership Approval be forwarded to the Company through the Electronic Voting System (as stated in Section 4.2.3. above). Without detracting from the aforementioned, an approved electronic message pursuant to section 44K5 of the Securities Law, which concerns the data of the users of the Electronic Voting System - has the same legal standing as an Ownership Approval of a share in respect of any shareholder included therein.
After the publication of this Report, there may be changes to the agenda, including adding a topic to the agenda, and position announcements may be published, and the updated agenda and position announcements may be reviewed on the Company's reports to be published at the Distribution Website.
A shareholder's request according to Article 66(B) of the Companies Law to include a topic on the agenda of the General Assembly shall be serviced to the Company up to seven (7) days after the Assembly is convened. If such a request has been submitted, it is possible that the topic will be added to the agenda and its details will appear on the Distribution Website. In the aforementioned case, the Company will prepare an updated agenda and a revised Voting Paper, and publish them no later than seven (7) days after the deadline for a shareholder's request to
3 For the wording of the Authority's announcement click here.
include an item on the agenda, as stated above. It is clarified that the publication of the aforementioned updated agenda does not change the Effective Date as set forth in this report.
One or more shareholders, who hold on the Effective Date shares at a rate that is five percent (5%) or more of the total of all voting rights in the Company (that is, owns about 12,654,714 ordinary shares of the Company), as well as those who hold the aforementioned proportion out of the total number of voting rights which are not held by a controlling shareholder of the Company, as defined in Article 268 of the Companies Law (that is, owns about 8,703,690 ordinary shares of the Company), is entitled, by himself or through a proxy, after convening the General Assembly, to review, at the Company's offices, during normal working hours, the Voting Papers and voting records through the Electronic Voting System that arrived at the Company, as specified in Regulation 10 of the Voting Papers Regulations.
The Company's representative for handling this Report is Attorney Elad Sirkis, Company's Secretary, from 53 HaShalom Road, Giv'atayim. Tel: 03-7335656 ; Fax: 03-7238831; Email: [email protected]. Ownership Approvals and/or powers of attorney and/or voting instructions and/or Voting Papers shall be sent to Attorney Elad Sirkis, to fax number 03-7332163 or by email to [email protected].
This report, the documents mentioned therein (including the Voting Paper and position announcements, insofar as they are given) and the full text of the proposed decision on the agenda, can be reviewed at the Company's Offices, from Sundays to Thursdays during regular work hours, in prior coordination by calling 03-7332997, and that, by the time of convening the Assembly.
Furthermore, the Voting Paper and the position announcements (insofar as they are given), can be viewed on the Distribution Website and on the TASE Website, as mentioned above.
By:
Meni Neeman, Chief Legal Counsel
Appendix A Proposed Remuneration Policy

This English translation from the Hebrew version of the Remuneration Policy has been made for convenience and information purposes only. In case of any conflict or discrepancy between the terms of this English translation and the original version prepared in Hebrew, the Hebrew version shall prevail.

This document is intended to describe the policy of the Phoenix Holdings Ltd. and the companies under its full control (together: the "Company") in respect of remuneration of Officers and other employees at the Company - the scope of remuneration, its components and the manner of determination thereof, and so except for companies under the Company's full control who had adopted their own remuneration policy for their employees pursuant to the laws applying to such.
Determination of the Company's Officers remuneration policy and publication thereof are pursuant to the provisions of Section 267a under the Companies Law, 5759 - 1999 (the "Companies Law").
This policy has been adjusted, to the extent required, to the provisions of Institutional Entities Circular 2019-9-6 on "Amendment to the Provisions of the Consolidated Circular, Part 1, Gate 5, Chapter 5, titled "Remuneration" (the "Consolidated Circular").
The remuneration policy has been formulated in a manner so as to ensure compliance with the provisions under the Remuneration of Officeholders in Financial Corporations (Special approval and Inadmissibility of Expenses for Tax Purposes due to Irregular Remuneration) Law, 5776-2016 (the "Officeholders Remuneration Law").
Under this policy, the term "Company" shall address, per the circumstances and to the extent relevant, also the relevant companies belonging to the Phoenix Group (for example, reference to management of policyholders' funds by the Company refers to management of policyholders' funds by the Group's relevant companies that manage policyholders' funds).
It should be emphasized that this policy does not confer rights upon Officers (or any other employee) at the Company, and no right shall be coffered upon a Company Officer, by virtue of the mere adoption of this remuneration policy, to obtain any of the remuneration components specified in the remuneration policy. The remuneration components to which an Officer shall be entitled shall be solely those approved specifically for him by the Company's organs authorized to do so (the Compensation Committee, Board of Directors and General Meeting, as applicable, and subject to the provisions under law).
In the event where an Officer (or other employee) at the Company shall obtain remuneration that it less than the remuneration pursuant to this policy, such shall not be deemed an aberration or deviation from this remuneration policy, and the terms his of employment as aforementioned shall not require for this purpose the approval of the General Meeting that is required in the case of approval of office terms and employment deviating from the remuneration policy.

The policy is worded in the masculine form for convenience purposes only and it is intended for both men and women.
This policy shall apply in respect of the years 2024 through 2026. It should be noted, the remuneration policy shall not infringe upon existing engagements of the Company with Officers or other Key Position Employees.
The provisions of this remuneration policy shall apply to the terms of remuneration of Key Position Employees as their definition in the Consolidated Circular ("Key Position Employee").
The Company's remuneration policy supports obtaining the Company's long-term objectives and work plans, as well as considering its risk management, inter alia by:
The remuneration policy (including all chapters thereof) is designed for setting out a framework for the terms of service and employment of all of the Company's employees, including:
(1) Chairman of the Board of Directors;

(2) Board members;
The overall remuneration of the Officers and employees at the Company may be composed of several components so that each component rewards the Officer and employee for a different component of his contribution to the Company:
2 Should an officer be employed in the form of a service provider (rather than an employee), the fixed relevant components, as specified in this remuneration policy, shall be translated into the equivalent management fees' values.

7.1.2.5.1.2. Varying component - this component may include a performance - dependent component, cash bonus/es and/or other varying equity compensation:

including office in another corporation that is part of the investors' group the Company belongs to.
2 Meaning, during service in office of an employee or key position employee in a number of institutional entities that are part of a group of investors, each institutional entity in the group shall be required to bear the cost of employment of that employee or Key Position Employee according to the scope of the position, authorizations and liabilities at that institutional entity, and subject to the limitations under the Consolidated Circular.

This Chapter refers to Key Position Employees, as defined in the Consolidated Circular, who are Company Officers, as the definition of this term in the Companies Law, who are employed through personal agreements, meaning CEO and Officers reporting to the CEO (in this Section each of the aforementioned shall be referred to as an "Officer").
This Chapter refers also to remuneration of the active Chairman of the Board of Directors and remuneration of board members.
The overall Officers' remuneration package integrates fixed and varying components in a balanced manner in order to motivate the Officers in the short term and long term performance, while avoiding taking risks beyond the Company's risk appetite. The Officers' remuneration package may include the following components: 3
Upon establishing this remuneration policy, the Compensation Committee and Board of Directors have examined, inter alia, the ratio between the cost of employment of the Officer and the average and median cost of employment of the other Company employees and contract workers employed by the Company; as well as the impact of the said relations on the work relations in the Company, and noting the Company's nature, size, mix of personnel employed by it and the nature of its business.
To the extent permissible by law, the CEO shall be entitled to approve an insignificant change in terms of remuneration of an Officer reporting to the CEO, without obtaining
3 Employment agreements that had existed prior to the date of this policy's taking effect, meaning up to January 1, 2021 2024 (the "Effective Date"), may include other compensation components (such as thirteenth salary), all pursuant to the officers' remuneration policy that had been in effect up to Effective Date of this remuneration policy. Commencing the Effective Date, each new employment agreement, including an existing employment agreement that had been renewed, shall be adapted to the provisions of this remuneration policy.

the approval of the Compensation Committee and Board of Directors, provided that the change brought for obtaining this approval complies with the remuneration policy. In this regard - "Insignificant Change in Terms of Remuneration of an Officer Reporting to the CEO" is a change in terms of service and employment including varying nonequity remuneration of an Officer (as defined in the Consolidated Circular), who reports to the CEO, which does not exceed in the aggregate 15% of the cost of his total remuneration over the period of 3 years.
7.1.10.1. Officers (Excluding
7.2.10.2. Remuneration of
A director, including the Chairman of the Board, shall obtain only a fixed component in respect of his service in the Company, and shall not obtain any varying component in respect of this service. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a director serving in another company in the Group, may be entitled to receive variable compensation from that Company for his position therewith, subject to the provisions of the applicable law.
The remuneration of the Chairman shall be determined considering the remuneration of an external director in the Company, the scope of his position and referring to the considerations listed in Section 6(b) of the Consolidated Circular.
Additionally, the Chairman of the Board may be entitled to fringe terms as specified in Section 10.3 below.
In addition, the Chairperson of the BOD may be entitled to variable compensation, including equity-based compensation (as specified in Section 15 below), in the company in the Group in which he serves and for tenure in such a company, as mentioned, all subject to the provisions of applicable law

The remuneration of a director who is not an external director, an independent director4 or a Chairman of the Board, shall be determined pursuant to the provisions of the Consolidated Circular.
The remuneration of the Company's external directors and independent directors shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Regulations (Rules Regarding Outside Director Remuneration and Expenses), 5760-2000 (the "Remuneration Regulations").
The directors shall also be entitled to reimbursement of expenses pursuant to the Remuneration Regulations and pursuant to the law.
The remuneration of other directors shall not exceed the remuneration of the external directors, and this except for the Chairman of the Board in respect of whom the remaining provisions of the remuneration policy shall apply, subject to the provisions of the law.
The Board of Directors may, in special circumstances, appoint an ad hoc team or committee of one or more directors who will accompany and audit the actions of the Company's management regarding a specific project or issue. Participation of a director in the meetings of such a team or committee may entitle the director to be compensated for their participation in such meetings.
In return for the expenses associated with the arrival in Israel of a director residing outside Israel ("Foreign Director") for the purpose of participating in board and/or board committees' meetings and/or work meetings, the Foreign Director shall be entitled to reimbursement of 100% of business class airfare (including services related to the flight) as well as to reimbursement of 100% of the expenses of a three-nights' stay at a hotel. In the event where the duration of the sessions/meetings held as part of a specific trip will be more than one day, the duration of stay shall be the same as the number of days during which such sessions and meetings are held plus two days. The Company, given the approval of the Chairman of the Board, shall be entitled to fund a longer stay at a hotel, so far as such a stay may save the Company flight expenses exceeding the cost of the additional stay (for example, should the Foreign Director be invited to two meetings within a few days). Additionally, the Foreign Director shall be entitled to reimbursement of 100% of the expenses of food, beverage and accommodation as part of his stay in Israel. The total expense the Company shall bear per one day in respect of a stay at a hotel, food,
4 Where such concerns a director obtaining remuneration.

beverages and accommodation shall not exceed NIS 2,000, plus VAT. Additionally, the Foreign Director shall be entitled to full reimbursement of travel expenses in Israel directly related to his participation in meetings/sessions as aforementioned. Reimbursement of the expenses specified above shall be subject to presentation of receipts or invoices indicating payment of those expenses in practice (provided the Company will not pay such expenses directly to the supplier). The Compensation Committee shall receive a report from the Company, once a year, on such expenses borne by the Company.
| 7.4.10.4. | Limits | of |
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| Remuneration | of Officers (Including Directors and Chairman | of the Board) |
The limits for the components of remuneration of an Officer or Key Position Employee (including Chairman of the Board) (for one calendar year) shall be the remuneration limits under law, including pursuant to Section 2(b) of the Officeholders Remuneration Law, meaning up to 35 times the remuneration paid for the calendar year prior to the relevant year to the employee with the lowest
5This policy does not set out a limit for reimbursement of expenses an Officer is entitled to as aforementioned.

salary in the Company, including contractor personnel as provided in Section 2(b) of the Officeholders Remuneration Law. All based on a full time position of the Officer (or the Key Position Employee) and a full time employee with the lowest salary in the Company. In this regard, it should be noted that the remuneration for calculation of the limits shall not include wage tax, contributions to pension and severance pay under law, and that the Company shall be entitled to bear the cost of the excess expense for taxes resulting from the Officeholders Remuneration Law due to the cost of such remuneration.
An Officer may be entitled to a Discretional Annual Bonus, subject to the CEO's recommendation6 (except in respect of the CEO himself) and subject to the approval of the Compensation Committee and the Board of Directors. The Discretional Annual Bonus shall not exceed for any Officer, including the CEO, the scope of the Officer's three months' salary.
12.2.1.11.4.1. The Measurable Annual Bonus shall be calculated for each Officer based on objectives to be determined by the Compensation Committee and Board of Directors in respect of each relevant year and may include quantitative objectives at the Company or Group level ("Company Indexes") and personal objectives (including department objectives).
6 Notwithstanding that stated in Section 11.3, the annual Bonus per Discretion for the internal auditor shall be subject to the recommendation of the Chairman of the Audit Committee and Chairman of the Board, and following, the approval of the Compensation Committee and the Board of Directors.

The "Financial Solvency Ratio Index" - this ratio shall be calculated in accordance with the "Solvency II Based Financial Solvency of an Insurance Company" circular or other circular that may replace it, and shall be set as the ratio between the tax-deductible capital available to the Company and the solvency capital requirements (SCR), and taking into consideration the capital actions carried out until the first publication of this ratio, and all depending on the deployment period that had been set out by the Capital Market Authority. This index shall be calculated according to the last publication date of this index prior to the date of examination of the entitlement to the Measurable Annual Bonus.
The "Share Yield Index" - an index that shall examine the difference between the "Total Share Yield" (as defined below) of the share of the Company whose shares are traded on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (the "Stock Exchange") compared to the weighted yield of the insurance companies (apart from The Phoenix) included in the "TA-Insurance Index"( This index shall be calculated based on a weighted three-year measurement.7
The "Total Shareholder Return" (TSR) - meaning the yield for the Company's shareholders during the performance measurement period, in accordance with the dividends distributed during this period.
It should be clarified that the Company's share prices and closing rates of the "TA-Insurance Index" upon commencement and expiration of the measurement period shall be calculated based on the average of 15 trading days ending on these dates.
The "Company's Return on Equity Index" - the Company's overall profit normalized on the Company's weighted equity, as reported by the company and in the Company's reports, and calculation of the return on
7 In the event where the employment of an officer shall terminate prior to the lapse of the second or third year of the three-year measurement period, the index shall be calculated in a weighted manner on the basis of the officer's actual period of employment.

equity shall be conducted in respect of the calendar year for which the remuneration shall be granted.
The "Return on Equity in Relation to Other Insurance Companies Index" - an index that examines the difference between the Company's Return on Equity and the median Return on Equity of the other four leading insurance companies in Israel. "Return on Equity" is the overall annual profit related to the equity, where calculation of the return shall be conducted in the manner of weighted three-year measurement.
The Board of Directors shall be entitled, per its discretion and upon the approval of the Compensation Committee, to approve a bonus for an Officer due to a special contribution or a special event (such as: a change of control of the Company, leading a significant transaction, leading a significant optimization plan, leading any process or event significant for the Company, etc.), at the scope not to exceed the cost of the Officer's 6 month' salary and is, in any case, subject to the fixed overall ceiling for variable compensation, as specified in Section 5.2.2..
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The Board of Directors shall be entitled to approve a signing bonus to a new Officer in the Company in respect of his first year of work at the Company, provided that the signing bonus shall be granted in a one-time manner upon signing the employment agreement and at the scope not to exceed the cost of the Officer's 3 months' salary ("Signing Bonus"). The Signing Bonus may be contingent on a minimum employment period not to exceed one year.
12.4.14.1. Subject to the approval of the Company's authorized organs and/or of a company held, directly or indirectly, by the Company (an "Affiliate"), if equity exercisable into such Affiliate's shares is issued, the Officers may be entitled to an

annual Varying Equity Remuneration dependent on performance, subject to vesting periods spread over a period of at least 3 years, in respect of which no social contributions will be made, which shall be granted in the form of equity remuneration instruments that may be exercised or converted into ordinary shares of the Company or an Affiliate (for example, options or restricted shares, provided that such equity instrument shall be share-based) ("Varying Equity Remuneration"). Subject to applicable law, the Varying Equity Remuneration shall be granted pursuant to a capital gain track under Section 102 of the Income Tax Ordinance.
Upon the occurrence of the following circumstances, the Compensation Committee and the Board of Directors shall be entitled to decide per their discretion, with respect to each of the Officeholders, on reduction or cancellation of the varying component in respect of a given year:
(4) Ensuring compliance with the Group's risk management policy and compliance provisions.

The conditions upon the occurrence of which the Board of Directors shall consider reducing or eliminating the aforementioned varying Components shall include, inter alia:
Payment of varying components shall be subject to deferral arrangements including the following terms:

The standards that had been set out as part of the bond series 6 deed of trust are as follows:
"Net Financial Debt" - the total amount of the Company's liabilities for bonds and for loans from banks and financial corporations that are not corporations in The Phoenix Group (meaning, the Company and its subsidiaries), and after deducting unrestricted cash and cash equivalents and deducting other financial investments, as listed in the non-consolidated ("solo") audited financial statements, or the Company's latest published scores, as the case may be.
"Total Assets" - the total amount of the Company's assets as listed in the Company's non-consolidated audited financial statements or their latest published scores, as the case may be..

For the purposes of this Section, "Exceptional Damage", including a significant financial expense due to penalties or sanctions imposed on the Company by competent authorities under law or per a judgment, arbitration ruling, settlement agreement and the like, exceeding 5% of the Company's equity during the year such cost had become known.

business days following such a determination. The Compensation Committee's protocol shall be attached to the report.
The Company shall require its Officers to refrain from forming personal hedging arrangements negating the impacts of sensitivity to risk inherent in their remuneration, and the Officers shall sign an undertaking in respect of this matter within the personal employment agreement or an appendix to such agreement.
The Compensation Committee and Board of Directors (subject to the approvals required under law) shall determine as part of the Officer's terms of remuneration the payments that shall be paid to the Officer upon termination of the employeremployee relations ("Remuneration due to Retirement"), beyond the severance pay under law (including arrangements pursuant to Section 14 of the Severance Pay Law, 5723 - 1963) in the scope and subject to the terms specified below. In respect of Officers, the scope of Remuneration due to Retirement exceeding the scope customary in respect of the Company's employees ("Excess Retirement Remuneration"), shall be deemed a varying component and all of the relevant provisions applying to varying components shall apply to it. It should be clarified for this matter, that the provisions of this Section shall not apply to rights accrued for a Key Position Employee up to July 1, 2014.
The advance notice period for an Officer shall not exceed 9 months during which he may be required to continue serving in his office at the Company. Subject to the approvals required by law, it may be that the Officer will be entitled to obtain all or part of the remuneration components specified in this policy during the advance notice period as well. The Company shall be entitled to waive the Officer's work in practice during the advance notice period, or part thereof, without compromising the Officer's right to the full terms of remuneration, or part thereof, during this period (or redemption thereof).
12.10.19.3. The terms specified in this policy shall apply in respect of any Remuneration due to Retirement, whether such is a special retirement bonus, adjustment bonus or non-competition bonus. It should be clarified that a deferred payment as set out in

Section 17 above, paid after termination of employer-employee relations is not considered to be "Remuneration due to Retirement".

The directors, Officers and other Key Position Employees (hereinafter for the purposes of this Section: "Officers") shall be entitled to be included in an Officers' liability insurance arrangement the Company shall purchase for all of the Officers serving in office and that had served in office at the Company and its subsidiaries (hereinafter jointly: the "Group") and the Officers serving in office or that had served in office at the Company's related companies on behalf of the Company and/or on behalf of its subsidiaries from time to time, and subject to the approvals required by law. The coverage limit (the liability limit under the policy) shall not exceed USD 220 million8 plus reasonable legal costs in accordance with Section 66 of the Insurance Contract Law, 5741-1981 per an event and total for the insurance period. The policy may include coverage for the Company itself due to claims pursuant to the securities laws, and in this regard a provision shall be added regarding the order of priorities according to which the Officers' and directors' right to obtain insurance compensation shall precede the Company's right pursuant to the coverage for the Company as aforementioned. Additionally, the Company shall be entitled to purchase, per its discretion, a Run Off insurance policy for the Officers for a period not to exceed seven years, at the coverage scopes noted above.
The Officers shall be entitled to deeds of indemnification, subject to the provisions under law, at the scope of up to 25% of the Company's equity.
The Officers shall be entitled to deed of exemption in advance pursuant to the Companies Law, and subject to the format to be approved by the General Meeting. The deeds of exemption granted pursuant to this policy shall not apply to a resolution or transaction in which the controlling shareholder of the Company or Officer in it (also an Officer other than the one for whom the deed of exemption is granted) has a personal interest.
It is hereby clarified that the aforesaid shall not derogate from the Company's ability to grant a deed of indemnification and/or exemption also to employees who are not Key Position Employees per its discretion and subject to the law.
8 As of today the coverage cap is up to USD 120 150 million.
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1. Company name: The Phoenix Holdings Ltd. (the "Company")
Special General Assembly of the Company's shareholders (the "Assembly"). The Assembly shall be held on Thursday, January 4, 2024, at 17:00 at the Company's Headquarters, at 53 HaShalom Road, 20th floor (the "Company's Headquarters"). If the Assembly is postponed, it shall then convene on Thursday, January 11, 2024 at the same place and time.
3.1 Approval of an updated Remuneration Policy for the Company office holders
For details see section 1.1 of the Assembly convention Report.
The wording of the proposed decision:
"Approve the proposed updated Remuneration Policy for the Company office holders, in the version attached as Appendix A to the Assembly convention Report, effective from 1 January 2024".
The full wording of the proposed decisions, the Voting Paper and the position announcements, as defined in section 88 of the Companies Law, 5759-1999 (the "Companies Law") (if there are any), may be reviewed at the Company's Headquarters, from Sundays to Thursdays during regular work hours, in prior coordination by dialing 03-7332997, and that, by the time of convening the Assembly. In addition, the Convention Report, the Voting Paper and the position announcements (if there are any) may be reviewed on the distribution website of the Securities Authority at http://www.magna.isa.gov.il/default.aspx (the "Distribution Website") and on the website of the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange at http://maya.tase.co.il (the "Stock Exchange Website").
The majority required to make the decision on section 3.1 above is an ordinary majority (that is, a majority of over fifty percent (50%) of all the votes of the shareholders participating in the General Assembly, who are entitled to vote and who voted in it), provided that one of the following occurs: (A) The number of majority votes in the General Assembly shall include the majority of all the votes of the shareholders who -2-
are not the controlling shareholders of the Company or have a personal interest in the approval of the decision, participating in the vote; In counting all the votes of the aforesaid shareholders, the abstainers shall not be taken into account; or (B) The total number of opposing votes from among the shareholders referred to under sub-section (A) above shall not exceed the rate of two percent (2%) of the total voting rights in the Company.
Any shareholder who wishes to participate in the vote concerning the decision on section 3.1 above, will inform the Company before voting at the meeting (by himself or through his proxy) or, if the vote is conducted by a voting paper - by marking and detailing in the designated place on the voting paper, whether he has a personal interest in the decision or not; In the second part of this Voting Paper space is allocated to mark the existence or absence of such personal interest and a place for its description, if any. A shareholder who did not mark, or marked "yes" and did not describe as stated - his vote will not be counted.
In addition, any shareholder who wishes to participate in the vote will notify (by marking in the appropriate place in the second part of this Voting Paper), whether he is an interested party in the Company, a senior officer in the Company or an institutional investor, if not.
The effective date for determining the shareholders' entitlement to vote in the General Assembly according to section 182(b) of the Companies Law and according to Regulation 3 of the Companies' Regulations (Written Voting and Position Announcements), 5766-2005, is Thursday, December 7, 2023 (the "Effective Date").
The Voting Paper shall be valid only if the following documents are attached thereto: An unlisted shareholder1 - An Ownership Approval as of the Effective Date (or if an Ownership Approval has been submitted to the Company via the Electronic Voting System up to the Date and Time the System is Locked, as specified below). A listed shareholder2 - A copy of an I.D., passport or incorporation certificate.
1 A person who has shares registered with a stock exchange member and those shares are included among the shares registered in the register of shareholders in the name of the nominee company.
2 A shareholder who is registered on the Company's shareholders' registry.
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The aforementioned Voting Paper, with the documents attached thereto as specified above, shall be submitted to the Company up to four (4) hours prior to the General Assembly being convened. In this regard, the "submission date and time" is the date and time when the Voting Paper arrived with its attached documents to the Company's Headquarters.
Alternatively, an unlisted shareholder shall be entitled to submit to the Company an Ownership Approval via the Electronic Voting System up to the Date and Time the System is Locked (i.e., up to six (6) hours prior to the General Assembly being convened).
A voting paper that has not been submitted according to the provisions of this section shall be invalid.
An unlisted shareholder is also eligible to vote by an electronic Voting Paper that shall be transmitted to the Company by the Electronic Voting System in accordance with Mark B of Chapter 7-2 of the Securities Law (the "Electronic Voting System" and an "Electronic Voting Paper", respectively). Voting by way of an Electronic Voting Paper shall be permitted from the end of the Effective Date and up to six (6) hours prior to the General Assembly's convening date ("Date and Time the System is Locked"), then the Electronic Voting System will be closed. The vote in the Electronic Voting System can be changed or canceled until the Date and Time the System is Locked and it will not be possible to change it through the Electronic Voting System thereafter.
It should be noted that in accordance with section 83(D) of the Companies Law, should a shareholder vote in more than one manner, his/her most recent vote shall count, when accordingly, a shareholder's vote by himself, by proxy, or by an ordinary Voting Paper which will be delivered to the Company's Headquarters, shall be deemed late to voting by way of a Voting Paper or an Electronic Voting Paper.
The Company's Headquarters at 53 HaShalom Road, Givatayim, 20th floor, Fax: 03- 7238831.
Up to ten (10) days prior to the Assembly being convened.
12. The deadline for submitting the BOD's response to the position announcement: Up to five (5) days prior to the Assembly being convened.
Distribution Website: https://www.magna.isa.gov.il The Stock Exchange Website: http://maya.tase.co.il.
An unlisted shareholder is entitled to receive the Ownership Approval at the branch of the stock-exchange or by mail to his/her address, if he/she requested it. A request for this matter will be given in advance to a specific securities account. Alternatively, an unlisted shareholder may order that his Ownership Approval be transmitted to the Company through the Electronic Voting System until the Date and Time the System is Locked (as specified in section 8 above).
In addition, every shareholder is entitled to contact Attorney Elad Sirkis (via Fax: 03- 7332163 and/or Email: [email protected]) and receive, for no cost, the wording of the Voting Paper, or, with his/her consent, a link to the wording of the Voting Paper on the Distribution Website, as well as the position announcements that were submitted to the Company, if any.
One or more shareholders, who hold shares at the rate of 5% or higher of the total voting rights in the Company, as well as any other individual who holds a similar rate as mentioned of the total voting rights, which are not being held by a controlling shareholder in the Company, as defined in section 268 of the Companies Law, is entitled, by person or by proxy on his/her behalf, after the General Assembly is convened, to review, at the Company's Headquarters and on regular work hours, the Voting Papers and voting records through the Electronic Voting System received by the Company, as detailed in Regulation 10 of the Companies Regulations (Written Voting and Position Announcements), 5781-2015. The Company's regular shares quota that form 5% of the total voting rights in the Company is 12,681,996 of the Company's ordinary shares. The Company's regular shares quota that form 5% of the total voting -5-
rights in the Company, which are not held by a controlling shareholder of the Company is 8,477,333 of the Company's ordinary shares.
A shareholder's request according to section 66(B) of the Companies Law to include a topic on the agenda of the General Assembly shall be submitted to the Company up to seven (7) days after the Assembly is summoned (a "Shareholder's Request"). Should the BOD find that a topic being requested by a shareholder for inclusion on the agenda is suitable for discussion in the General Assembly, the Company shall then prepare an updated agenda and a revised Voting Paper and will publish them no later than seven (7) days after the deadline for submitting a Shareholder's Request.
A shareholder shall indicate his/her way of voting concerning any decision on the agenda on the Second Part of this Voting Paper.
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Company name: The Phoenix Holdings Ltd.(the "Company")
The Company's address (for submitting and sending Voting Papers): The Company's Headquarters at 53 HaShalom Road, Givatayim, 20th floor. Fax: 03-7238831.
Company registration number: 52-001745-0.
The Assembly's date: Thursday, January 11, 2024.
Type of assembly: Special General Assembly.
The Effective Date: Thursday, December 7, 2023.
Passport number - ____________________________________________________
The country in which it was issued - ______________________________________
Valid through - _______________________________________________________
Corporation registration number - _________________________________________
Country of Incorporation - ______________________________________________
3 A "Stakeholder" - as defined in section 1 of the Securities Law, 5728-1968 ("Securities Law")
4 A "Senior Position Holder" – as defined in section 37(D) of the Securities Law.
5 An "Institutional Investor" - as defined in regulation 1 of the Oversight Regulations on Financial Services (Provident Funds) (Participation of an Administrative Company in a General Assembly), 5769-2009, as well as a director of a co-investments in trusteeship fund as defined in the Co-Investments in Trusteeship Law, 5754-1994.
| The topic on the agenda | Your Vote6 | Are you a controlling shareholder of the company or have a personal interest in the approval of the decision7 |
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| In favor | Against | Abstained | Yes8 | No | |
| Approval of an updated Remuneration Policy for the Company office holders |
__________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________
Details about a personal interest in decision on the agenda:
Date: _________________ Signature: ___________________
6 Not marking any vote shall be deemed an absentee vote on that topic.
7 A shareholder who does not fill in this column, his/ her vote will not be counted.
8 Specify about the personal interest in the designated place below.
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