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SaverOne 2014 Ltd.

Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement Jul 17, 2022

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Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement

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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 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the month of July 2022

Commission file number: 001-41334

Saverone 2014 Ltd. (Translation of registrant's name into English)

Em Hamoshavot Rd. 94 Petah Tikvah, Israel

(Address of principal executive offices)

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

Form 20-F ☒ Form 40-F ☐

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulations S-T Rule 101(b)(1): ☐

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulations S-T Rule 101(b)(7): ☐

CONTENTS

On July 14, 2022, SaverOne 2014 Ltd. (the "Company") announced that it will hold a Special Meeting of Shareholders on August 18, 2022 at 3:00 p.m. (Israel time) at the Company's offices in Petah Tikva, Israel. In connection with the meeting, the Company furnishes the following documents:

    1. A copy of the Notice and Proxy Statement with respect to the Company's Special Meeting of Shareholders describing the proposal to be voted upon at the meeting, the procedure for voting in person or by proxy at the meeting and various other details related to the meeting, attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1;
    1. A form of Proxy Card whereby holders of ordinary shares of the Company may vote at the meeting without attending in person, attached hereto as Exhibit 99.2; and
    1. A form of Voting Instruction Card whereby holders of American Depositary Shares of the Company may vote at the meeting without attending in person, attached hereto as Exhibit 99.3.

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.
99.1 Notice and Proxy Statement with respect to the Company's Special Meeting of Shareholders
99.2 Proxy Card for holders of ordinary shares with respect to the Company's Special Meeting of Shareholders
99.3 Voting Instruction Card for American Depositary Share holders with respect to the Company's Special Meeting of Shareholders

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.

SaverOne 2014 Ltd.

Date: July 14, 2022 By: /s/ Tony Klein

Name: Tony Klein Title: Chief Financial Officer

NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS TO BE HELD ON AUGUST 18, 2022

To the shareholders and ADS holders of SaverOne 2014 Ltd. (the "Company"):

Notice is hereby given that a Special Meeting of Shareholders will be held on Thursday, August 18, 2022, at 3:00 p.m. Israel time at our offices, Em Hamoshavot Rd. 94, Petah Tikva, Israel.

The agenda of the special meeting will be to elect Sharon Schreiber as one of our external directors for a three-year term ending August 18, 2025.

Only shareholders and holders of American Depositary Shares at the close of business on July 15, 2022 (the "Record Date") are entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the special meeting and any adjournment or postponement thereof. You are cordially invited to attend the special meeting in person.

If you are unable to attend the special meeting in person, you are requested to complete, date and sign the enclosed proxy and to return it promptly in the pre-addressed envelope provided. Shareholders who attend the special meeting may revoke their proxies and vote their shares in person.

Beneficial owners who hold ordinary shares through members of the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, or the TASE, may either vote their shares in person at the special meeting by presenting a certificate signed by the TASE Clearing House member through which the shares are held, which complies with the Israel Companies Regulations (Proof of Ownership for Voting in General Meetings)-2000 as proof of ownership of the shares on the Record Date, or send such certificate along with a duly executed proxy (in the form filed by us on MAGNA, the distribution site of the Israeli Securities Authority, at www.magna.isa.gov.il), to us Em Hamoshavot Rd. 94, Petah Tikva, Israel 49130, Israel Attention: Chief Financial Officer.

By Order of the Board of Directors

Jacob Tenenboim

Chairman of the Board July 14, 2022

Em Hamoshavot Rd. 94, Petah Tikva, Israel

PROXY STATEMENT

FOR SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS TO BE HELD ON AUGUST 18, 2022

This Proxy Statement is furnished to our holders of ordinary shares, par value NIS 0.01 per share, including holders of our ordinary shares that are represented by American Depository Shares, or ADSs, in connection with the Special Meeting of Shareholders, to be held on Thursday, August 18, 2022, at 3:00 p.m. Israel time at our offices, Em Hamoshavot Rd. 94, Petah Tikva, Israel, or at any adjournments thereof.

Throughout this Proxy Statement, we use terms such as "SaverOne", "we", "us", "our" and the "Company" to refer to SaverOne 2014 Ltd. and terms such as "you" and "your" to refer to our shareholders and ADS holders.

Agenda Items

The agenda of the special meeting will be to elect Sharon Schreiber as one of our external directors for a three-year term ending August 18, 2025

We currently are unaware of any other matters that may be raised at the special meeting. Should any other matters be properly raised at the special meeting, the persons designated as proxies shall vote according to their own judgment on those matters.

Board Recommendation

Our board of directors unanimously recommends that you vote "FOR" the proposal.

Who Can Vote

Only shareholders and ADS holders at the close of business on July 15, 2022, shall be entitled to receive notice of and to vote at the special meeting.

How You Can Vote

You can vote your ordinary shares by attending the special meeting. If you do not plan to attend the special meeting, the method of voting will differ for shares held as a record holder, shares held in "street name" (through a Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, or TASE, member) and shares underlying ADSs that you hold. Holders of ADSs (whether registered in their name or in "street name") will receive voting instruction cards in order to instruct their banks, brokers or other nominees on how to vote.

Shareholders of Record

If you are a shareholder of record, you can submit your vote by completing, signing and submitting an applicable proxy, which has been published at www.magna.isa.gov.il and www.maya.tase.co.il and which will be accessible at the "Investor Relations" portion of our website, as described below under "Shareholder Meetings".

Shareholders Holding in "Street Name," Through the TASE

If you hold ordinary shares in "street name," that is, through a bank, broker or other nominee that is admitted as a member of the TASE, your shares will only be voted if you provide instructions to the bank, broker or other nominee as to how to vote, or if you attend the special meeting in person.

If voting by mail, you must sign and date a proxy and attach to it a certificate signed by the TASE Clearing House member through which the shares are held, which complies with the Israel Companies Regulations (Proof of Ownership for Voting in General Meetings)-2000 as proof of ownership of the shares, as applicable, on the Record Date, and return the proxy, along with the proof of ownership certificate, to us, as described in the instructions available on MAGNA.

If you choose to attend the special meeting (where ballots will be provided), you must bring the proof of ownership certificate from the TASE's Clearing House member through which the shares are held, indicating that you were the beneficial owner of the shares, as applicable, on the Record Date.

Holders of ADSs

Under the terms of the Deposit Agreement between the Company, The Bank of New York Mellon, as depositary, or BNY Mellon, and the holders of our ADSs, BNY Mellon shall endeavor (insofar as is practicable) to vote or cause to be voted the number of 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 BNY Mellon from any holder of ADSs (whether held directly by a beneficial holder or in "street name") with respect to any of the shares represented by the ADSs on or before the date established by BNY Mellon for such purpose, BNY Mellon shall not vote or attempt to vote the shares represented by such ADSs.

Multiple Record Holders or Accounts

You may receive more than one set of voting materials, including multiple copies of this document or voting instruction cards. For example, shareholders who hold ADSs in more than one brokerage account will receive a separate voting instruction card for each brokerage account in which ADSs are held. You should complete, sign, date and return each voting instruction card you receive.

Our board of directors urges you to vote your shares so that they will be counted at the special meeting or at any postponements or adjournments of the special meeting.

Solicitation

Shareholders and ADS holders may vote at the special meeting whether or not they attend. If a properly executed proxy is received by us at least 48 hours prior to the special meeting (and received by BNY Mellon no later than the date indicated on the voting instruction card, in the case of ADS holders), all of the shares represented by the proxy shall be voted as indicated on the form or, if no preference is noted, shall be voted in favor of the matter described above, and in such manner as the holder of the proxy may determine with respect to any other business as may come before the special meeting or any adjournment thereof. Shareholders and ADS holders may revoke their proxy at any time before the deadline for receipt of powers of attorney by filing with us (in the case of holders of ordinary shares) or with BNY Mellon (in the case of holders of ADSs), a written notice of revocation or duly executed proxy bearing a later date.

Proxies are being distributed to shareholders and ADS holders on or about July 15, 2022. Certain officers, directors, employees, and agents of ours, none of whom will receive additional compensation therefor, may solicit proxies by telephone, emails, or other personal contact. We will bear the cost for the solicitation of the proxies, including postage, printing, and handling, and will reimburse the reasonable expenses of brokerage firms and others for forwarding material to beneficial owners of shares and ADSs.

To the extent you would like to submit a position statement with respect to the proposals described in this proxy statement pursuant to the Israeli Companies Law 5759-1999 ("Israeli Companies Law"), you may do so by delivery of appropriate notice to our offices (Attention: Chief Financial Officer) located at Em Hamoshavot Rd. 94, Petah Tikva, 49130, Israel, not later than ten days before the special meeting. Response of the board to the position statement may be submitted not later than five days before the special meeting.

Quorum

At the close of business on July 14, 2022, we had outstanding 22,694,296 ordinary shares. Each ordinary share (including ordinary shares represented by ADSs) outstanding as of the close of business on the Record Date is entitled to one vote upon each of the matters to be voted on at the special meeting.

Under our articles of association, the special meeting will be properly convened if at least two shareholders attend the meeting in person or sign and return proxies, provided that they hold shares representing at least 25% of our voting power. If such quorum is not present within half an hour from the time scheduled for the meeting, the meeting will be adjourned for one week (to the same day, time and place), or to later date if so specified in the notice of the meeting. At the reconvened meeting, if there is no quorum within half an hour from the time scheduled for the meeting, any number of our shareholders present in person or by proxy shall constitute a lawful quorum.

Vote Required

The approval the proposal is subject to the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power represented and voting on such proposal in person or by proxy. In addition, the shareholders' approval must either include at least a majority of the ordinary shares voted by shareholders who are not controlling shareholders nor are they shareholders who have a personal interest in the approval of the proposal, except personal interest which is not as a result of his relations with the controlling shareholder, or the total ordinary shares of non-controlling shareholders and non-interested shareholders voted against the proposal must not represent more than 2% of the outstanding ordinary shares.

Under the Israeli Companies Law, in general, you will be deemed to be a controlling shareholder if you have the power to direct our activities, otherwise than by reason of being a director or other office holder of ours, and you are deemed to have a personal interest if any member of your immediate family or their spouse has a personal interest in the adoption of the proposal. In addition, you are deemed to have a personal interest if a company, other than SaverOne, that is affiliated to you has a personal interest in the adoption of the proposal. Such company is a company in which you or a member of your immediate family serves as a director or chief executive officer, has the right to appoint a director or the chief executive officer, or owns 5% or more of the outstanding shares. However, you are not deemed to have a personal interest in the adoption of the proposal if your interest in such proposal arises solely from your ownership of our shares, or to a matter that is not related to a relationship with a controlling shareholder.

In the proxy card attached to the proxy statement you will be asked to indicate whether you are a controlling shareholder or have a personal interest with respect to the proposal. If any shareholder casting a vote in connection hereto does not notify us whether or not they are a controlling shareholder or have a personal interest with respect to the proposal, their vote with respect to the proposal will be disqualified.

If you provide specific instructions (mark boxes) with regard to certain proposals, your shares will be voted as you instruct. If you sign and return your proxy card or voting instruction form without giving specific instructions, your shares will be voted in accordance with the recommendations of our board of directors. The proxy holders will vote in their discretion on any other matters that properly come before the meeting.

If you are a shareholder of record and do not return your proxy card, your shares will not be voted. If you hold shares (or ADSs representing shares) beneficially in street name, your shares will also not be voted at the meeting if you do not return your proxy card or voting instruction card to instruct your broker or BNY Mellon how to vote. A broker (and BNY Mellon) may only vote in accordance with instructions from a beneficial owner of shares or ADSs.

Availability of Proxy Materials

Copies of the applicable proxy card and voting instruction card, the Notice of the Special Meeting and this Proxy Statement are available at the "Investor Relations" portion of our website, www.saver.one. The contents of that website are not a part of this Proxy Statement.

Reporting Requirements

We are subject to the information reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or Exchange Act, applicable to foreign private issuers. We fulfill these requirements by filing reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or Commission. Our filings with the Commission may be inspected without charge at the Commission's Public Reference Room at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. Information on the operation of the Public Reference Room can be obtained by calling the Commission at 1-800-SEC-0330. Our filings are also available to the public on the Commission's website at thttp://www.sec.gov.

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 notice and proxy statement should not be taken as an admission that we are subject to the proxy rules under the Exchange Act.

PROPOSAL TO ELECT EXTERNAL DIRECTOR

Background

In accordance with the Israeli Companies Law and the relevant regulations, we must have at least two external directors who meet the statutory requirements of independence. Under the Israeli Companies Law, an external director serves for a term of three years, which may be extended for two additional three-year terms. Further, an external director can be removed from office only under very limited circumstances. In addition, under the Israeli Companies Law, all of the external directors must serve on our audit committee and compensation committee (including one external director serving as the chair of our audit committee and as the chair of our compensation committee), and at least one external director must serve on each other committee of our board of directors. If elected as an external director, Sharon Schreiber will become a member of our audit committee and compensation committee.

To qualify as an external director, an individual must meet various independence requirements, including that such individual may not have, and may not have had at any time during the previous two years, any "affiliation" (as defined in the Israeli Companies Law) with the company or with certain of its affiliates. In addition, no individual may serve as an external director if the individual's position or other activities create or may create a conflict of interest with his or her role as an external director.

Shlomo Shalev and Michal Brikman Marom are our external directors under the Israeli Companies Law. On July 3, 2022, Ms. Brickman Marom notified us of her resignation as a member of the board of directors, effective on August 15, 2022, or earlier if a new external director is appointed. In order to replace Ms. Brickman Marom, we are seeking to appoint Ms. Schreiber. Biographical information concerning Ms. Schreiber is set forth below.

Sharon Schreiber is a leading investment banker and serial entrepreneur with extensive experience in business management, operations, and crossborder transactions. Since 2013 Ms. Schreiber has served as a Founder at Unicorns Capital Partners, a boutique investment bank, where she represents European and U.S.-based clients, including family offices, private equity funds, growth funds, and venture capital funds in a various of financing transactions, from growth stage to pre-IPO. From 2010 to 2013, Ms. Schreiber served as the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Zezebra.com, an online businessto-client file transfer startup company. Prior to that, Ms. Schreiber held executive positions at several companies, including at S.G., an M&A advisory firm, where she served as an M&A and Turnaround Executive; at Xfone, Inc., a telecom operating company (AMEX:XFN), where she served as a VP of Business Development; and at Pillar Investments, a technology companies' incubator, where she served as the Chief Executive Officer. In addition, Ms. Schreiber served as a Director of Sales and Business Development at RAD Group, which develops, manufactures, and markets solutions for diverse segments of the networking and telecommunications industry, and as a Sales Director at ECI Telecom Ltd., a manufacturer of telecommunications equipment. Ms. Schreiber also served as an external board member at DGC Group Ltd. (TASE:DGCG). Ms. Schreiber holds an Executive MBA (Kellogg-Recanati Program) from Northwestern University and Tel Aviv University, and a B.A. in Social Science from the Open University Tel Aviv.

Director's Fee

On July 7, 2022, the Company's Compensation Committee and the board of directors, have respectively approved compensation fees to Ms. Schreiber, as common in the Company and in accordance with "maximum" and "expert" regulatory rates payable to external directors for companies similarly classified based on their shareholding equity, under the Companies Regulations (Rules Regarding the Compensation and Expenses of an External Director), 5760-2000, as may from time to time be amended.

Proposed Resolution

It is proposed that at the special meeting the following resolution be adopted: "RESOLVED, that the election of Sharon Schreiber as an external director of the Company, to serve for a three-year term ending August 18, 2025, be, and hereby is, approved in all respects."

Required Vote

The affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power represented and voting on this proposal in person or by proxy is necessary to elect Ms. Schreiber as an external director. In addition, the shareholders' approval must either include at least a majority of the ordinary shares voted by shareholders who are not controlling shareholders nor are they shareholders who have a personal interest in the election of the external directors (excluding a personal interest that is not related to a relationship with the controlling shareholders), or the total ordinary shares of non-controlling shareholders and noninterested shareholders voted against this proposal must not represent more than 2% of the outstanding ordinary shares.

For this purpose, you are asked to indicate on the enclosed proxy card or voting instruction card whether you are a controlling shareholder or have a personal interest in the election of the external director (excluding a personal interest that is not related to a relationship with a controlling shareholder). Under the Israeli Companies Law, in general, you are deemed to have a personal interest if any member of your immediate family or their spouse has a personal interest in the adoption of the proposal. In addition, you are deemed to have a personal interest if a company, other than SaverOne, that is affiliated to you has a personal interest in the adoption of the proposal. Such company is a company in which you or a member of your immediate family serves as a director or chief executive officer, has the right to appoint a director or the chief executive officer, or owns 5% or more of the outstanding shares. However, you are not deemed to have a personal interest in the adoption of the proposal if your interest in such proposal arises solely from your ownership of our shares, or to a matter that is not related to a relationship with a controlling shareholder

Board Recommendation

Our board of directors recommends a vote FOR the election of the foregoing external director nominee.

OTHER BUSINESS

Other than as set forth above, as of the mailing of this Proxy Statement, management knows of no business to be transacted at the special meeting, but, if any other matters are properly presented at the special meeting, the persons named in the enclosed form of proxy will vote upon such matters in accordance with their best judgment.

YOU SHOULD RELY ONLY ON THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS PROXY STATEMENT OR THE INFORMATION FURNISHED TO YOU IN CONNECTION WITH THIS PROXY STATEMENT WHEN VOTING ON THE MATTERS SUBMITTED TO SHAREHOLDER AND ADS HOLDERS VOTE HEREUNDER. WE HAVE NOT AUTHORIZED ANYONE TO PROVIDE YOU WITH INFORMATION THAT IS DIFFERENT FROM WHAT IS CONTAINED IN THIS DOCUMENT. THIS PROXY STATEMENT IS DATED JULY 14, 2022. YOU SHOULD NOT ASSUME THAT THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS DOCUMENT IS ACCURATE AS OF ANY DATE OTHER THAN JULY 14, 2022, AND THE MAILING OF THIS DOCUMENT TO SHAREHOLDERS AND ADS HOLDERS SHOULD NOT CREATE ANY IMPLICATION TO THE CONTRARY.

By Order of the Board of Directors

Jacob Tenenboim
Chairman of the Board
July 14, 2022

SAVERONE 2014 LTD.

PROXY

THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

The undersigned shareholder of SaverOne 2014 Ltd. (the "Company") hereby appoints, Ori Gilboa, Chief Executive Officer, and Tony Klein, Chief Financial Officer, or any of them, agents and proxies of the undersigned, with full power of substitution to each of them, to represent and to vote on behalf of the undersigned all the ordinary shares of the Company which the undersigned is entitled to vote at the Special Meeting of Shareholders (the "Meeting") to be held at the offices of the Company's at Em Hamoshavot Rd. 94, Petah Tikva, Israel, on Thursday, August 18, 2022, at 3:00 p.m. Israel time and at any adjournments or postponements thereof, upon the following matters, which are more fully described in the Notice of Special Meeting of Shareholders and Proxy Statement relating to the said Meeting.

The undersigned acknowledges receipt of the Notice of Special Meeting of Shareholders and Proxy Statement of the Company relating to the Meeting.

This Proxy, when properly executed, will be voted in the manner directed herein by the undersigned. If no direction is made with respect to any matter, this Proxy will be voted FOR such matter. Any and all proxies heretofore given by the undersigned are hereby revoked.

(Continued and to be signed on the reverse side)

SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS OF SAVERONE 2014 LTD.

August 18, 2022

PLEASE SIGN, DATE AND RETURN PROMPTLY IN THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE. PLEASE MARK YOUR VOTE IN BLUE OR BLACK INK AS SHOWN HERE ☒

  1. To elect Sharon Schreiber as an external director for a three-year term ending August 18, 2025
FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN
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1A. Please mark YES if you are a controlling shareholder or have a personal interest in the said resolution, as such terms are defined in the Proxy Statement of the Company. Please mark NO if you are not. IF YOU DO NOT MARK ONE OF THE BOXES YOUR VOTE SHALL NOT BE COUNTED.

YES
NO
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In their discretion, the proxies are authorized to vote upon such other matters as may properly come before the Meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof.

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NAME SIGNATURE DATE
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NAME SIGNATURE DATE

Please sign exactly as your name appears on this Proxy. When shares are held jointly, each holder should sign. When signing as executor, administrator, trustee or guardian, please give full title as such. If the signed is a corporation, please sign full corporate name by duly authorized officer, giving full title as such. If signer is a partnership, please sign in partnership name by authorized person.

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