Pre-Annual General Meeting Information • Nov 29, 2021
Pre-Annual General Meeting Information
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November 29, 2021
To: To: The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange Ltd. Israel Securities Authority 2 Achuzat Bayit Street 22 Kanfei Nesharim Street Tel-Aviv Jerusalem
In accordance with the Companies Law, 5759-1999 (the "Companies Law"), with the Securities (Period and Immediate Reports) Regulations, 5730-1970 (the "Reports' Regulations"), with the Companies (Voting Paper and Statements of Position) Regulations, 5766-2005 (the "Paper Voting's 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's Shareholders, which shall convene on Tuesday, January 4, 2022 at 17:00, at the Company's offices located at 53 HaShalom Road, Giv'atayim, 20th floor, whose agenda concerns the following topic:
1.1. In accordance with the resolution of the Company's BOD pursuant to the provisions of sections 245(a) and 248 of the Companies Law, it is hereby proposed to approve the appointment of Mr. Richard Kaplan as an External Director of the Company for a term of three years, as of the date of approval of the appointment by this Special General Assembly. In accordance with the requirement of sections 224B(a) and 241 of the Companies Law, Mr. Richard Kaplan declared his suitability to serve as an External Director and that he possesses the necessary skills and ability to devote the proper time for the purpose of performing his duties, and he detailed his skills as aforesaid. In addition, the restrictions set forth in sections 226 and 227 of the Companies
Law are not met. Mr. Richard Kaplan's declaration is attached as Appendix A to this summons' report.
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1 For the convening of the Assembly and the wording of the exemption and indemnity letters, see the immediate report dated February 18, 2020 (Reference No. 2020-01-014290) (brought by way of reference).
2 For the convening of the Assembly and the wording of the exemption and indemnity letters, see the immediate report dated September 21, 2020 (Reference No. 2020-01-102009) (brought by way of reference).
| Name: Richard Kaplan |
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| I.D. Number: 011176500 |
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| Date of commencement of term: From the date of approval of the General |
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| Assembly convened in accordance with this | |
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| Date of birth: 26.8.1955 |
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| Address for the service of judicial 16 Levy Eshkol St., Apt. 63, Tel-Aviv |
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| documents: 6936101 |
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| Citizenship: Israeli & America (living in Israel) |
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| Member of the BOD's committees: Audit Committee, Financial Review |
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| Committee and Compensation Committee | |
| External Director: Candidate for the position of External |
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| Director | |
| Independent Director: - |
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| Does he have accounting and financial Yes. Has professional qualification. |
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| expertise or professional qualification: | |
| Is he an employee of the Company, its No. |
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| subsidiary, its affiliate or its stakeholder: | |
| Education: Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering, Brown |
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| University | |
| Bachelor of Laws, Cornell University | |
| Job in the last five years: 2012-2017 - CEO of IBM Israel. |
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| 2017-2018 – Head of Global Financial | |
| Services Department at IBM | |
| See details in the attached CV. | |
| Additional corporations in which he serves Bank Hapoalim 2018-2021 |
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| as a Director: | |
| Resolution Games AB, (Sweden) Org. NR | |
| 559009-9199, 2019- | |
| Qedit Systems Ltd. (Israel) 515485274, | |
| 2020- | |
| Decentralized Mobile Applications (DBA | |
| PayKey) (Israel) 515133734, 2020 - | |
| Loadmill Ltd. (Israel) 515682599, 2021- | |
| 8e14 Networks Inc (DBA Ananda Networks) | |
| (Delaware Corp.) EIN 83-1206991. 2021 - | |
| Family member of a stakeholder in the No. |
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| Company: | |
| A director, whom the Company considers No. |
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| to have accounting and financial expertise | |
| for the purpose of meeting the minimum number determined by the BOD under |
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| section 92 (a) (12) of the Companies Law: |
The Hebrew immediate report is the binding report-
Summary of the proposed resolution - "To appoint Mr. Richard Kaplan as an External Director of the Company for a term of three (3) years as of the date of approval of the Assembly and to grant him an exemption and indemnity letter as well as insurance coverage under the terms customary by the Company."
According to the Company's AOA, a discussion may not be opened at the General Assembly unless a legal quorum is present at the commencement of the Assembly. The legal quorum for the General Assembly is the presence of at least three (3) shareholders, present by themselves or by a proxy, holding at least one third (1/3) of the total voting rights in the Company, within half an hour from the date set for the commencement of the Assembly. If no legal quorum is present half an hour after the date set for the commencement of the Assembly, the Assembly shall be postponed for one week at the same time and place, ("Postponed General Assembly"). If a legal quorum is not present half an hour after the date set for the Postponed General Assembly, the presence of at least two (2) shareholders, either by themselves or through a proxy, will constitute the legal quorum for the Postponed General Assembly.
Simple majority (that is, a majority of over 50% of the votes who voted for or against, excluding abstainers), in voting in the count of votes, provided that one of the following takes place in addition: (1) The quorum of the majority of votes at the General Assembly shall include a majority of all the votes of the shareholders, who are not controlling shareholders of the Company or have a personal interest in approving the appointment, except for a personal interest that is not the result of a relationship with the controlling shareholder participants in the vote; In counting all the votes of the aforesaid shareholders, the abstainers shall not be taken into account; (2) The total number of opposing votes from among the shareholders referred to under section 1 above shall not exceed the rate of two percent (2%) of the total voting rights in the Company.
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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 Tuesday, December 7, 2021 (Hereinafter: 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, a person to whose credit a share is listed with a stock exchange member and the same share is included among the shares listed in the shareholders' register in the name of a nominee company, as stated in section 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. In addition, an Unlisted Shareholder is also eligible to vote by an Electronic Voting Paper that shall be conveyed 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", "Electronic Voting Paper" and "The Securities Law").
The document that appoints a proxy 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 proxyappointment 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 Postponed Assembly (as the case may be) for which an authorization letter was submitted. A deposit as stated, which relates to the Assembly's set date, shall also be effective for the Postponed
Assembly.
As stated above, in the vote to approve the resolutions on the agenda, a shareholder may also vote by a Voting Paper. In addition, a shareholder may express his position regarding the aforesaid topic by means of a position announcement. The wording of the Voting Paper and the position announcement, as defined in section 88 of the Companies Law, can be reviewed, as provided, on the Distribution Website and the Stock-Exchange website (Hereinafter: "The Distribution Website") at http://www.magna.isa.gov.il and on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange website at http://maya.tase.co.il.
Voting by a Voting Paper will be done on top of the second part of the Voting Paper, as published on the Distribution Website. Any shareholder may contact the Company according to the details below in order to receive, free of charge, 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 have reached the Company, as the case may be.
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/she does not wish that or that he/she wishes to receive Voting Papers by mail while bearing the delivery cost, provided that the notice was given in respect of a particular securities account and on a date prior to the Effective Date.
The deadline for submitting a Voting Paper to the Company (including the documents to be attached, as specified in the Voting Paper) is up to four (4) hours prior to the convention of the General Assembly. The deadline for submitting position announcements to the Company by the Company's shareholders is up to ten (10) days prior to the convention of the General
Assembly. In this regard, the "Submission Date" is the date on which the Voting Paper and the attached documents arrived at the Company's offices.
As stated above, an Unlisted Shareholder is also eligible to vote by an Electronic Voting System. 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 locked. Voting in the Electronic Voting System will be subject to change or cancellation until the time the system is locked and it will not be possible to change it using the Electronic Voting System after this date.
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, whether by proxy or a simple Voting Paper to be delivered to the Company's offices, shall be deemed late to voting by way of a Voting Paper or an Electronic Voting System.
An Unlisted Shareholder will be entitled to attend the Assembly only if he/she presents to the Company, prior to the Assembly, an original approval from a stock exchange member with whom his/her right to the share is listed, concerning his/her ownership in the Company's shares on the Effective Date. The approval shall include the details specified in Regulation 2 as well as 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/she holds his/her shares, at the branch of the stock-exchange member or by mail to his/her address for only a delivery charge, if he/she requested it. A request on this matter shall be provided in advance to a specific securities account.
Alternatively, an Unlisted Shareholder will be entitled to forward to the
Company through the Electronic Voting System, an Ownership Approval by the time the system is locked. (As stated in section 4.5 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 in it.
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. The updated agenda and position announcements may be reviewed, when published, on the Company's reports and on the Distribution Website.
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. 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. 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 to include topic on the agenda, as aforesaid.
The Company's representative for handling this Report is Attorney Meni Neeman, the Deputy CEO, Senior Legal Counsel and the Company's Secretary, of 53 HaShalom Road, Giv'atayim. Tel: 03-7332997 ; Fax: 03-7238831; Email: [email protected].
Ownership Approvals and/or powers of attorney and/or voting instructions and/or Voting Papers can be sent to Attorney Elad Sirkis, to fax number 03-7332163 or by email to [email protected]
The full wording of the proposed resolutions may be reviewed, concerning the Voting Paper and the position announcements (if there are any) 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.
The Phoenix Holding Ltd.
By:
Meni Neeman
Senior Legal Counsel and the Company's Secretary
To whom it may concern,
Whereas The Phoenix Holdings Ltd. (Hereinafter: the "Company") desires to appoint the undersigned to serve as an External Director of the Company; and Whereas pursuant to the Companies Law, 5759-1999 (Hereinafter: the "Companies Law"), in order to appoint the undersigned as an External Director, the undersigned must satisfy certain qualifications as set forth in the Companies Law;
Therefore, I, the undersigned,
| Richard | Kaplan | 011176500 | 26.8.1955 | Israel/US |
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| Name | Surname | I.D. No. | Date of Birth | Citizenship |
| Tel-Aviv | Levi Eshkol | 63 | 6936101 | |
| City | Street | No. | Zip Code |
| "The Company" | The Phoenix Holdings Ltd. |
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| "The Law" | The Companies Law, 5769-1999, As amended from time to |
| time. | |
| "The Securities Law" | The Securities Law, 5728-1968, As amended from time to time. |
| "External Director" | External Director as defined by law. |
| "Holding" | Whether alone or with others, both directly and indirectly, through a trustee, trust company or a nominee company or in any other way, when an individual and his/her family members who live with him/her, or who support one another, are deemed as one person. |
| "Holding securities together | Holding securities in cooperation between two or more under an agreement, whether in writing or orally, as stated in the |
| with others" | Securities Law, 5728-1968. |
| "Officer" | CEO, Chief Business Officer, Executive Vice President, |
| Deputy CEO, every position holder in the Company even if the title is amended, and a director or manager directly subordinate to the CEO. |
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| "Control" | The ability to direct the activities of the corporation, other than an ability arising only from the performance of the duties of a director or other officer in a corporation, and a person who assumed to control a corporation is a person who holds half or more of a particular type of means of control in the corporation. |
| "Means of control in a | Each of the following: |
| corporation" | (1) The right to vote at the general meeting of a company or of |
| a parallel body in another corporation. |
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| (2) The right to appoint directors of the corporation or its CEO. | |
| "Another corporation" | A corporation in which the controlling shareholder, at the time of the appointment or in the two years preceding the date of the appointment, is the company or its controlling shareholder. |
| "A related corporation" | Parent company, subsidiary, or a sister company. |
| "Parent company" | A corporation holding 50% or more of the nominal value of the issued share capital of the company or by virtue of voting therein or may appoint half or more of the directors or its CEO. |
| "Subsidiary" | A corporation in which the company holds 50% or more of the nominal value of its issued share capital or by voting power thereof may either appoint half or more of its directors or the CEO. |
| "Sister company" | Subsidiary of the parent company. |
| "Relative" | Spouse, brother or sister, parent, grandparents, descendant as well as a descendant, brother, sister or parent of the spouse or the spouse of any of these. |
| "Director with accounting and financial skills" |
A person, who due to his education, experience and skills, have a high level of skill and understanding in business matters - accounting and financial statements, in a way that allows him to understand in depth the company's financial statements and to and initiate a discussion with respect to the presentation of financial data ; The assessment of a director's accounting and financial skill will be made by the BOD, and will include all the considerations, including his education, experience, and knowledge of the following topics: (1) Accounting matters and financial control matters characteristic of the industry in which the Company operates and of companies of the Company's size and complexity; (2) The role of the auditor CPA and the obligations imposed thereon ; (3) Preparing financial statements and the approval thereof in accordance with the Companies Law and the Securities Law, 5728-1968. |
| "Director with professional qualification" |
A person who meets one of the following conditions: (1) Holds an academic degree in one of the following professions: Economics, Business Administration, Accounting, Law, Public Administration; (2) Holds another academic degree or he has completed other higher education, all in the company's main sector of business or in the sector relevant to the position; (3) He has at least five years' experience in one of the following, or has a cumulative experience of at least five years in at least two |
| or more of the following: A. In a senior position in the sector of | |
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| business management of a corporation with a significant | |
| business volume; B. In a senior public office or in a senior | |
| position in the public service; C. In a senior position in the | |
| company's main business. | |
| "Administrative enforcement | Any procedure under Chapter Eight "C", "D" or Chapter Nine |
| procedure" | "B" of the Securities Law. Any procedure under Chapter Seven |
| "B" of the Regulation of Investment Counseling, Investment | |
| Marketing and Portfolio Management Law 5755-1995, or under | |
| Chapter Ten "A" of the Joint Investment Trusts Law 5754- | |
| 1994, as the case may be. | |
| "Administrative Enforcement | The Committee appointed under section 52FF(b) of the |
| Committee" | Securities Law. |
| "Affiliation" | Having an employment relationship, having a business or |
| professional relationship, and tenure as an officer, except for | |
| the tenure of director appointed to serve as an external director | |
| of a company that is about to offer shares to the public for the | |
| first time. |
Education:
| Degree | Sector | Academic Institution |
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| Bachelor of Science | Mechanical Engineering | Brown University |
| Doctor of Law | Law | Cornell University |
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Other education and professional diplomas:
1 Please specify all the sector in which the External Director is educated, the educational institution and the academic degree or professional diploma awarded to the External Director. Please specify, if applicable, areas of knowledge which, in the External Director's opinion, contributes significant expertise regarding issues relating to business-accounting and financial statements, which enable the External Director to understand the Company's financial statements and initiate a discussion with respect to the presentation of financial data.
2 Please specify, if applicable, the skills and professional experience which, in the External Director's opinion, contributes significant expertise regarding issues relating to business-accounting and financial statements, which enables the External Director to understand the Company's financial statements and initiate a discussion with respect to the presentation of financial data. Please state the position, place of employment and duration of service in each specific position.
Business experience during the past five years:
| Position | Place of Employment | Dates in which served in each position |
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| GM IMB Israel, VP IBM | NY, US, Petah-Tikva | 2012-2017, 2017-2018 |
| Business Development | ||
| Partner MizMaa Ventures | Tel-Aviv | 2019- |
Other companies in which I serve and/or have served as a director during the past five years:
Bank Hapoalim, Resolution Games AB, (Sweden) Org. NR 559009-9199, Qedit Systems Ltd. (Israel) 515485274, Decentralized Mobile Applications (DBA PayKey) (Israel) 515133734, Loadmill Ltd. (Israel) 515682599, 8e14 Networks Inc (DBA Ananda Networks) (Delaware Corp.) EIN 83-1206991.
With respect to Section 5 of the Declaration:
Therefore, as a candidate intended for the position of an External Director of the Company, I hereby declare that due to my education and/or experience and/or skills I have significant expertise and understanding of the matters listed below:
[ ] Accounting and financial expertise;
or:
[] I have professional qualifications
Attached are additional details regarding my education and experience that are relevant for the purpose of examining the fulfillment of the conditions and tests set forth in the Companies' (Conditions and Criteria for Directors with Accounting and Financial Expertise and for Directors with Professional Expertise) Regulations, 5766- 2005, for the BOD to determine that I have professional qualifications:
Led all aspects of IBM's legal support for its Global Services Unit, Chief Compliance Officer for Global IBM, General Manager of IBM Israel, Global Head of Business Development for IBM's Fintech, Insurance and Blockchain Units, Director Bank Hapoalim serving on Audit, Technology, Strategy and Corporate Governance committees.
3 For this Section, "affiliation" shall mean: Employment, business or professional relationship maintained on a regular basis or control, and service as an office holder, excluding service as a director of a company who was appointed to serve as an external director of the company and is about to offer shares to the public for the first time, excluding certain limited exceptions set forth in the Companies (Matters that Do Not Constitute a Connection) Regulations, 5767-2006, and excluding service as a director in the Company prior to being classified as an independent director.
4 For this Section, "another corporation" shall mean: A company that its controlling shareholder, as of the date of appointment, or at any time during the two years preceding such date, is the Company or the controlling shareholder in the Company.
For the purpose of the Declaration under this Section: A cessation of service for a period of two years or less shall not be considered a break in consecutive service.
| Name of Company |
Security Number |
Number of Securities |
Equity % | Voting % |
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For this purpose - "Related Shareholder or Competitor" - The shareholder who proposed the appointment or a substantial shareholder (as defined in Section 1 of the Companies Law), and all if at the time of the appointment he, or the controlling shareholder or a company controlled by any of them, business relationships with the Company or that he, the controlling shareholder, or a company controlled by any of them are the company's competitors.
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or
Furthermore, I declare that I am not aware of any additional information that may impact my service as a director of the Company and/or the resolution of the Company's audit committee regarding my compliance with the eligibility requirements to serve as an External Director and that if I was aware of any such information I would have stated so in this declaration.
Richard Kaplan 011176500 ______________ Name I.D. Signature
_____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________
"Means of enforcement" – means of enforcement said in section 52DDD of the Securities Law that were imposed under Chapter Eight "D" of the Securities Law, under Chapter Seven "B" of the Regulation of Investment Counseling, Investment Marketing and Portfolio Management Law 5755-1995, or under Chapter Ten "A" of the Joint Investment Trusts Law 5754-1994, as the case may be;
"Administrative Enforcement Committee" – the Committee appointed under section 52FF(b) of the Securities Law;
"Verdict" – a verdict in the first instance.
company, or that the time in which he shall be prohibited to serve as a Director in a public company or in private company that is a bonds' company, shall be shorter than five years.
226A. If the Administrative Enforcement Committee imposed on a person means of enforcement that prohibits him/her from serving as Director of a public company or of a
private company that is a bonds' company, that person shall not be appointed Director of a company in which he/she is prohibited from serving as Director under that decision.
MizMaa Ventures (Jan 2019 to present)
Partner in a venture capital fund focused on investment in early stage deep tech Israeli companies in areas such as Fintech, Cloud, Mobility, AI and Digital Health. Responsibilities include selection of investment targets and post investment management including taking board seats.
Bank Hapoalim (Jul 2018 to Dec 2021)
Board of Directors including technology, audit, corporate governance and strategy committees.
International Business Machines Corporation (Oct 1989 to Dec 2018)
Brown University (1973-77) B.Sc. Mechanical Engineering – graduated Magna Cum Laude, elected to Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society and Phi Beta Kappa for academic excellence.
Cornell Law School (1981-84) – graduated Magna Cum Laude, Editor-in-Chief Cornell Law Review, Order of the Coif Honor Society
Fluent in Hebrew



The Phoenix Holdings Ltd. (the "Company").
Special General Assembly of the Company's shareholders (the "Assembly"). The Assembly shall be held on Tuesday, January 4, 2022, at 17:00 at the Company's Offices, at 53 HaShalom Road, 20th floor (the "Company's Offices"). If the Assembly is postponed, it shall then convene on Tuesday, January 11, 2022 at the same place and time.
Summary of the proposed resolutions – To appoint Mr. Richard Kaplan as an External Director of the Company for a term of three (3) years, as of the date of approval of the Assembly and approvement of an exemption and indemnity letter and insurance coverage as is customary in the Company.
The full wording of the proposed resolutions may be reviewed, concerning the Voting Paper and the position announcements (if there are any) at the Company's Offices, 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 Summon Report, the Voting Paper and the position announcements (if there are any), as defined in section 88 of the Companies Law, 5759-1999 (the "Companies Law"), 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").
Simple majority (that is, a majority of over 50% of the votes who voted for or against, without abstainers), in voting in the count of votes, provided that one of the following takes place in addition: (1) The quorum of the majority of votes at the General Assembly shall include a majority of all the votes of the shareholders, who are not controlling shareholders of the Company or have a personal interest in approving the appointment, except for a personal interest that is not the result of a relationship with the controlling shareholder participants in the vote; In counting all the votes of the aforesaid shareholders, the abstainers shall not be taken into account; (2) The total number of opposing votes from among the shareholders referred to under section 3.1 above shall not exceed the rate of two percent (2%) of the total voting rights in the Company.
In the second part of this Voting Paper, space is allocated for marking whether the shareholder is a controlling shareholder in the Company or a stakeholder (Except for personal interest not resulting from his/her relationship with the controlling shareholder) approving the topic on the agenda and for a description of the personal interest, affiliation or other characteristic of the shareholder in connection with the aforesaid resolution, and for describing its essence. It shall be clarified that if a shareholder has not notified as aforesaid, or if he/she marked "yes" and has not described as aforesaid, he/she shall not vote and his/her vote will not be counted.
The effective date for determining the shareholders' entitlement to vote in the General Assembly according to section 182 of the Companies Law and according to Regulation 3 of the Companies' (Written Voting and Position Announcements) Regulations, 5766-2005 is Tuesday, December 7, 2021 (the "Effective Date").
The voting paper shall be valid only if the following documents are attached to it: 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.
The aforementioned Voting Paper, together with the documents 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 Offices. 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).
The Company's Offices at 53 HaShalom Road, Givatayim, 20th floor, Fax: 03- 7238831.
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1 Any shareholder who holds shares of the Company via a Stock-Exchange member and those shares are included among the shares listed on the shareholders' registry in the name of the nominee Company.
2 A shareholder who is registered on the Company's shareholders' registry.
An unlisted shareholder is also eligible to vote by an Electronic Voting Paper that shall be conveyed 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", accordingly). 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 locked. Votes registered via the Electronic Voting System could be changed up to the System Lock Date, and could not be changed after such date.
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 person or by proxy shall be deemed late to voting by way of a Voting Paper or an Electronic Voting Paper.
Up to ten (10) days prior to the Assembly being convened.
An unlisted shareholder is entitled to receive the Ownership Approval at the stock exchange member's branch or by mail, if he/she requested it. A request for this matter will be given in advance to a particular securities account. Alternatively, an unlisted shareholder may order that his Ownership Approval be forwarded to the Company through the Electronic Voting System by the time the System Lock Date (As detailed in section 8 above).
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In addition, every shareholder is entitled to contact directly 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.
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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.
Company name: The Phoenix Holdings Ltd. (the "Company")
The Company's address (for submitting and sending Voting Papers): The Company's Offices at 53 HaShalom Road, Givatayim, 20th floor. Fax: 03-7238831.
Company registration number: 52-001745-0.
The Assembly's date: Tuesday, January 4, 2022 at 17:00.
Type of assembly: Special General Assembly.
The Effective Date: Tuesday, December 7, 2021.
Passport number - ____________________________________________________
The country in which it was issued - _____________________________________
Validity date - ______________________________________________________
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 topics on the agenda | Your vote6 | Are you a controlling shareholder in the Company or have a personal interest in approving the appointment (Except for personal interest not resulting from his/her relationship with the controlling shareholder) / Compensation policy? |
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| In favor | Against | Abstained | Yes | No | |
| The appointment of Mr. Richard Kaplan as an External Director of the Company for a term of three (3) years, as of the date of approval of the Assembly and approvement of an exemption and indemnity letter and insurance coverage as is customary in the Company. |
For shareholders who hold shares via a Stock-Exchange member (according to section 177(1) of the Companies Law) - this Voting Paper is only valid with an Ownership Approval attached to it, except in cases where voting is made via the Electronic Voting System. For shareholders who are registered on the Company's shareholders' registry - the Voting Paper is valid with a copy of an I.D./passport/incorporation certificate attached to it.
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Details regarding personal interest in the resolution on the agenda:
Date: ____________________ Signature: ____________________
6 Not marking any vote shall be deemed an absentee vote on that topic.
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