Pre-Annual General Meeting Information • Feb 12, 2020
Pre-Annual General Meeting Information
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Notice is hereby given that a general meeting of shareholders constituting an Extraordinary General Meeting (the "EGM") of Partner Communications Company Ltd. (the "Company", "Partner" or "we") will be held on March 18, 2020 at 14:00 (Israel time), at our offices, 8 Ha'amal Street, Rosh Ha'ayin, Israel or at any adjournment thereof.
It is proposed at the EGM to adopt the following resolution:
The vote of the holders of a majority of the Ordinary Shares, par value NIS 0.01 per share (the "Ordinary Shares") participating in the EGM and voting on the matter is required for the approval of items 1 and 3 on the agenda, provided, that one of the following conditions is fulfilled: (i) the majority of votes in favor of the matter shall include at least a majority of the votes of shareholders not constituting Controlling Parties (as stated in the Israeli Companies Law (1999), as amended (the "Israeli Companies Law"), including section 268 thereof, "Controlling Parties") in the Company, or those having a Personal Interest (as defined in the Israeli Companies Law, a "Personal Interest") in the approval of the pertinent item, participating in the vote; which votes shall not include abstaining votes; or (ii) the total number of objecting votes of the shareholders mentioned in clause (i) does not exceed 2% of the total voting rights in the Company.
The vote of the holders of a majority of the Ordinary Shares, participating in the EGM and voting on the matter is required for the approval of any of items 2 and 4 on the agenda.
Only shareholders of record at the close of business on February 18, 2020 (the "Record Date") will be entitled to participate in and vote at the EGM, subject to the restrictions in the Company's Articles of Association, as set forth in the attached Proxy Statement. All shareholders are cordially invited to attend the EGM in person.
The Israeli Companies Regulations (Deeds of Vote and Position Notices) (2005), as amended, state that shareholders who will not attend the EGM in person may vote with respect to the items on the agenda by completing the second part of the Hebrew form of the Deed of Vote (ktav hatzba'a). For the shareholders' convenience an English convenience translation of the Deed of Vote is included. Under such regulations, the shareholders may also submit a position notice (hoda'at emda) to the Company's offices (envelope marked clearly as "position notice", to the Company Secretary, at the address stated above) in respect of the items on the agenda, no later than ten (10) days before the EGM meeting date (March 8, 2020). The deadline for submission of the Board of Directors' response to such position notices is March 13, 2020. Changes to the EGM agenda may be made after the filing of the Deed of Vote, including by adding an item to the agenda following a shareholder request (in accordance with Section 66(b) to the Israeli Companies Law) submitted to the Company no later than February 19, 2020 (seven (7) days following the date of filing the attached Proxy Statement), all in accordance with an amendment to the Israeli Companies Regulations (Notice and advertisement regarding a general meeting and a class meeting in a public company and the addition of an item to the agenda) (2000). In such case, the Company will file an amended agenda and an amended Deed of Vote no later than February 26, 2020. The filing of an amended agenda will not require the change of the Record Date as set forth above and in the attached Proxy Statement. The Hebrew form of the Deed of Vote, the amended agenda and the amended Deed of Vote (both, if any) and position notices are or will be available on the websites: www.magna.isa.gov.il or www.maya.tase.co.il; and an English convenience translation of the documents is available on Form 6-K at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's EDGAR System http://www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml.
Shareholders who will not attend the EGM in person are requested to complete, date and sign the aforementioned form of Deed of Vote distributed herewith (or the amended Deed of Vote, if any) (either the Hebrew or the English version) and to return it promptly (and in any event at least four (4) hours prior to the time of the EGM) to the Company at its address above or use the electronic voting system for shareholder meetings of publicly listed Israeli companies via its MAGNA system, following a registration process, no later than four (4) hours before the time fixed for the EGM. The shareholders are requested to vote only once, either by sending the Deed of Vote (the Hebrew version or the English version, but not both) or by electronic voting. If a shareholder votes both ways, the vote shall be disqualified.
The Company's Articles of Association also allow shareholders registered in the Company's Shareholders Register to appoint a proxy to vote in their stead (whether personally or by means of a Deed of Vote) at the EGM, by means of a Deed of Authorization in the form attached to this Proxy Statement, so long as the Deed of Authorization is delivered to the Company at least four (4) hours prior to the time of the EGM. Shareholders may revoke their Deeds of Authorization by a written notice received at the Company's offices prior to the commencement of the EGM, and vote their shares in person.
Two or more shareholders holding Ordinary Shares conferring in the aggregate at least one-third of our voting rights, present in person or by proxy at the EGM, or who have delivered to us a Deed of Vote, will constitute a lawful quorum at the EGM. Should no lawful quorum be present one half hour following the time set for the EGM, the EGM shall be adjourned to Wednesday, March 25, 2020, at the same time and place.
A shareholder is entitled to contact the Company directly and receive the text of the Deed of Vote (ktav hatzba'a) (or the amended Deed of Vote, if any) and the Position Notices (hodaot emda) (if any).
A shareholder, whose shares are registered with a member of the Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange Ltd. (the "Exchange"), is required to prove his share ownership to vote at the EGM. Such shareholder shall provide the Company with an ownership certificate (as of the Record Date) from that Exchange member and is entitled to receive the ownership certificate in the branch of the Exchange member or by mail to his address (in consideration of mailing fees only), if the shareholder so requested. Such a request will be made in advance for a particular securities account.
A shareholder, whose shares are registered with an Exchange member, is entitled to receive from the Exchange member who holds the share on the shareholder's behalf, by e-mail, for no charge, a link to the text of the Deed of Vote (or the amended Deed of Vote, if any) and to the Position Notices (if any) posted on the Israel Securities Authority website, unless the shareholder notified that he is not so interested; provided, that the notice was provided with respect to a particular securities account, prior to the Record Date.
Copies of the proposed resolutions are available at our offices, 8 Ha'amal Street, Rosh Ha'ayin, Israel, every business day from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. (Israel time), following prior coordination at telephone number +972-54-7814191.
Hadar Vismunski-Weinberg, Adv.
Company Secretary
This Proxy Statement is furnished to the holders of Ordinary Shares, par value NIS 0.01 per share (the "Ordinary Shares"), including holders of American Depositary Shares (each representing one Ordinary Share, the "ADSs") of Partner Communications Company Ltd. (the "Company", "Partner" or "we") in connection with the solicitation by the Board of Directors of proxies for use at a general meeting of shareholders constituting an Extraordinary General Meeting (the "EGM"), to be held on Wednesday, March 18, 2020 commencing at 14:00 (Israel time), at our offices, 8 Ha'amal Street, Rosh Ha'ayin, Israel, or at any adjournment thereof.
It is proposed at the EGM to adopt the following resolution:
A form of a Deed of Vote (Hebrew and English versions) for use at the EGM (either the Hebrew or the English version) is distributed herewith (or an amended Deed of Vote (if any) will be filed). The Deed of Vote shall also be deemed as a Deed of Vote (Ktav Hatzba'a) under the Israeli Companies Law (1999), as amended (the "Israeli Companies Law") and Israeli Companies Regulations (Deeds of Vote and Position Notices) (2005), as amended. Shareholders may withdraw their Deed of Vote by contacting the Company at its address above and duly proving their identity, at least 24 hours prior to the EGM and vote their shares in person. Ordinary Shares represented by any Deed of Vote in the Hebrew or the English version distributed herewith (or the amended Deed of Vote, if any), if properly executed and delivered to the Company at the address above at least four (4) hours prior to the time of the EGM or if voted electronically, no later than four (4) hours before the time fixed for the EGM, will be voted as indicated on the form.
In parallel to distribution of this Notice and Proxy Statement, the aforementioned Hebrew version of the Deed of Vote (ktav hatzba'a) per Israeli requirements and an English version of the Deed of Vote will be distributed among the shareholders. The shareholders are requested to send only one version of the Deed of Vote (the Hebrew version or the English version, but not both). If both versions will be sent by shareholders, in case of contradiction between the two versions (as determined by the Company Secretary), the vote shall be disqualified.
Proxies for use at the EGM are being solicited by the Board of Directors of the Company. Only shareholders of record at the close of business on February 18, 2020 will be entitled to participate in and vote at the EGM. Proxies are being distributed to shareholders on or about February 12, 2020; however, certain of our officer holders, directors, employees and agents, none of whom will receive additional compensation therefor, may solicit proxies by telephone, e-mail or other personal contact. Partner will bear the cost of the solicitation of the proxies by the Board of Directors, including postage, printing and handling, and will reimburse the reasonable expenses of brokerage firms and others for forwarding material to beneficial owners of Ordinary Shares.
On February 11, 2020, the Company had outstanding 183,558,977 Ordinary Shares, excluding 6,963,033 treasury shares. The holder of each Ordinary Share is entitled to one vote upon each of the matters to be presented at the EGM.
Registered joint holders of shares should take note that, pursuant to the Company's Articles of Association, only the first named joint holder of any share shall vote, either in person, by proxy or by Deed of Vote, without taking into account the other registered joint holder(s) of the share. For this purpose, the first named joint holder shall be the person whose name is registered first in the Shareholders Register.
Holders of ADSs are not registered in the Company's Shareholders Register but may instruct the Depositary, Citibank, N.A., as to the exercise of the voting rights pertaining to the Ordinary Shares evidenced by their ADSs in the manner and to the extent provided in the Depositary Agreement governing the ADSs.
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The Company's Compensation Policy was approved by the Annual General Meeting of shareholders on October 29, 2019 ("Compensation Policy"). The Compensation Policy provides (among other things) that the Company may insure its Office Holders (as such term is defined in the Israeli Companies Law) with a directors' and officers' (D&O) insurance policy which shall be acquired, from time to time, subject to applicable law and our Articles of Association (the "Insurance Policy").
In view of, among others, the recent sharp increases in premiums for D&O insurance policies, in particular for companies whose securities are listed on stock exchanges in the United States, our Compensation Committee and Board of Directors have approved, subject to shareholder approval, the following main amendments to the insurance section in our Compensation Policy:
Other than the changes set forth in the attached Annex "A", the terms of the Compensation Policy shall remain in effect. For the shareholders' convenience attached hereto as Annex "B" is an English convenience translation of the binding Hebrew changes to the Compensation Policy.
Our Compensation Committee and Board of Directors approved and recommended to the shareholders of the EGM to approve the aforesaid amendment to our Compensation Policy as set forth in "Annex A".
It is proposed that at the EGM the following resolutions be adopted:
The vote of the holders of a majority of the Ordinary Shares participating in the EGM and voting on the matter is required for the approval of item 1 on the agenda; provided, that one of the following conditions is fulfilled: (i) the majority of
votes in favor of the matter shall include at least a majority of the votes of shareholders not constituting Controlling Parties in the Company, or those having a Personal Interest in the approval of the item participating in the vote; which votes shall not include abstaining votes; or (ii) the total number of objecting votes of the shareholders mentioned in clause (i) does not exceed 2% of the total voting rights in the Company.
A shareholder shall notify the Company at the address above at least four (4) hours prior to the time of the EGM, whether the shareholder is a Controlling Party in the Company or the shareholder has a Personal Interest in the approval of item 1 on the agenda or not, as a condition for that shareholder's right to vote and be counted with respect to this item. A shareholder voting, by means of a Deed of Vote, may include said notice regarding his Controlling Party Interest or his Personal Interest on the Deed of Vote (to be submitted to the Company at least four (4) hours prior to the time of the EGM).
Ms. Osnat Ronen serves as the Company's Chairman of the Board of Directors since November 2019, following having served as a director in the Company since 2009 when she was appointed as a Qualified Israeli Director (as defined in the Company's Articles of Association), in accordance with Section 22.3A of the Company's General License for the Provision of Mobile Radio Telephone Services using the Cellular Method in Israel dated April 7, 1998, as amended and with Article 23.2.6 of the Company's Articles of Association, notwithstanding any other provision of the Articles of Association.
Our Compensation Policy allows us to grant the Chairman of the Board, compensation that shall take into account the additional work imposed on the Chairman, the additional time that the Chairman is required to devote to the performance of this role and, insofar as the Chairman of the Board is an active chairman, also the appointment percentage at which he or she shall be employed. Ms Ronen is actively involved in the management of the Company well beyond participation in meetings of our Board of Directors and committees thereof.
The Compensation Committee and Board of Directors considered numerous factors, including the Company's Compensation Policy and relevant benchmarks, taking into account Ms. Ronen's education, qualifications, expertise and professional experience and achievements, and believe that it is in the best interest of the Company to retain Ms. Ronen as our Chairman of the Board of Directors and to compensate her for her valuable contribution to the Company particularly in these challenging times.
As an incentive for her activities and efforts as Chairman, the Compensation Committee and the Board of Directors have recommended to the shareholders of the EGM to approve to grant Ms. Ronen a fixed monthly fee in the amount of NIS 85,000 (plus VAT) for her services as Chairman of the Board of Directors at a scope of a 40% position, effective November 20, 2019, to be offset against the sums that Ms. Ronen has received since November 20, 2019 in her capacity as a director in the Company, to be paid to her directly or to a company under her control, according to her discretion, and subject to the receipt of an appropriate invoice.
The Compensation Committee and the Board of Directors are of the opinion that the proposed compensation to the Chairman is fair and reasonable given the required devotion of extensive attention and time and the magnitude of the challenges that the Company faces and may face in the future in light of recent developments, changes in the Company and the market in which the Company operates and the responsibility of the Chairman.
Ms. Ronen has extensive commercial and managerial experience and an in-depth acquaintance with the various aspects of the business of the Company. Ms. Ronen currently serves on the Board of Directors of Fox-Wizel Ltd. and Discount Capital Underwriters. She also volunteers as a director of the College for Management (Michlala Le-Minhal). Ms. Ronen serves as one of the founders of Wecheck Ltd. and serves on the Board of Directors and as an advisor. Ms. Ronen founded FireWind 01 GP in 2015 and has since served as its general partner until 2019. Ms. Ronen has also served as an advisor to Liquidnet Inc. from 2013 to 2015. Between 2013 and 2018, Ms. Ronen served on the Board of Directors of Mizrahi-Tefahot Bank Ltd. as head of the Audit Committee. Ms. Ronen also served on the Board of Directors of Perion Network Ltd during 2016-2017. Ms. Ronen also served as a volunteer on the Board of Directors of Yissum Research Development Company of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem until December 2018. Previously she served as a General Partner of Viola Private Equity from 2008 until 2013. From 1994 to 2007, Ms. Ronen served in various positions at Bank Leumi Le Israel BM, including as the Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Leumi Partners Ltd. from 2001 to 2007 and as Deputy Head of the Subsidiaries Division of the Leumi Group from 1999 to 2001. Between 2004 and 2007, Ms. Ronen also led the strategic planning, deployment and execution of the Bachar Reform, one of Israel's largest financial reforms, at Leumi Group. As part of the implementation, Ms. Ronen managed the sale of Leumi's holdings in mutual, provident and training funds. Ms. Ronen served on the Board of Directors of several portfolio companies of Viola including: Amiad Water Systems Ltd., Orad Hi-tech Ltd., Aeronautics Ltd., Degania Medical Ltd. and Matomy Media Group Ltd.
It is proposed that at the EGM the following resolutions be adopted:
The vote of the holders of a majority of the Ordinary Shares participating in the EGM and voting on the matter is required for the approval of item 2 on the agenda.
A shareholder shall notify the Company at the address above at least four (4) hours prior to the time of the EGM, whether the shareholder is a Controlling Party in the Company or the shareholder has a Personal Interest in the approval of item 2 on the agenda or not, as a condition for that shareholder's right to vote and be counted with respect to this item. A shareholder voting, by means of a Deed of Vote, may include said notice regarding his Controlling Party Interest or his Personal Interest on the Deed of Vote (to be submitted to the Company at least four (4) hours prior to the time of the EGM).
In accordance with the Israeli Companies Law, compensation to our directors must be brought for approval by our Compensation Committee, our Board of Directors and our shareholders. If a new director was appointed by the Board of Directors and his term commenced before the next coming Annual General Meeting ("AGM") and before the required legal approvals for payment of the compensation terms were approved by the AGM, the Company was unable to pay the new director such compensation until its terms were approved by the AGM and the Company retroactively paid the new director such compensation.
It is therefore proposed to adopt a general resolution regarding the compensation terms, as set forth below, that will apply to all current directors and those that will serve from time to time (excluding the Chairman of the Board of Directors insofar as separate compensation terms will be determined thereof), (such current directors and those that will serve from time to time, including external directors and independent directors (excluding the Chairman of the Board of Directors insofar as separate compensation terms will be determined thereof), the "Relevant Directors"). It should be clarified that regarding directors that will be appointed in the future, insofar as they will be appointed, that are controlling parties or their relatives or that a controlling shareholder has an interest in their appointment, additional resolutions may need to be adopted in accordance with the law.
The Compensation Committee and Board of Directors have considered several factors in connection with the proposed resolutions (in line with the Israeli Companies Law), including the following: (a) that other than the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the directors' compensation should, generally, be in unified amounts (or calculated in a unified manner according to the number of meetings, as the case may be) (as customary), and it is not appropriate to adjust it to the circumstances of each director individually; (b) that the Compensation (as defined below) proposed to the directors is appropriate considering their role, the responsibility imposed on them and considering the education, qualifications, expertise and professional experience and accomplishments of each of the Relevant Directors; (c) that the Compensation should be set according to quantifiable criteria; (d) that as the directors do not hold full-time positions in the Company and as part of the final amount of the Compensation is not yet known (calculated based on participation in meetings), it is irrelevant to compare their Compensation to the compensation of Company employees (or the employees of manpower contractors who are working for the Company); and (e) that the Compensation currently payable to directors does not include capital or variable components; (f) that it is meaningless to require a director to repay the Company amounts paid to him based on data that was later restated in the Company's financial statements, as the Compensation is dependent only on the number of meetings and the form of participation (participation in person, by means of communication or in writing); and (g) following approval of the Compensation by the shareholders, it is not appropriate that the directors will have discretion to reduce or otherwise change their own compensation without shareholders' approval.
The Israeli Companies Law and the Company's Articles of Association authorize the Company, subject to the required approvals, to release, indemnify and to undertake in advance to indemnify directors and other Office Holders (as such term is defined in the Israeli Companies Law) of the Company for liabilities or expenses an office holder will incur, or that will be imposed on him, as a result of an action or inaction by such person (or together with other directors or Office Holders of the Company) in his capacity as an Office Holder of the Company.
The Israeli Companies Law combined with the Israeli Securities Law authorize indemnification for:
indictment against the director or office holder, but financial liability was imposed on the director or office holder in lieu of criminal proceedings in an alleged criminal offense that does not require proof of criminal intent, within the meaning of the relevant terms in the law or in connection with a financial sanction (Itzum Caspi);
The Israeli Companies Law combined with the Israeli Securities Law provides that a company may not indemnify a director or an office holder for his liability including for: (a) a breach of duty of loyalty towards the company, unless the director or office holder acted in good faith and had reasonable grounds to assume that the action would not harm the company's best interest; (b) a breach of duty of care done intentionally or recklessly (pezizut) except for negligence; (c) an act intended to unlawfully yield a personal profit; (d) a fine, civil fine (knass ezrahi), financial sanction (Itzum Caspi) or a penalty (kofer) imposed upon the director or office holder; and (v) a Proceeding (halich) ("Indemnification Exclusions").
At the Extraordinary General Meeting of shareholders held on October 17, 2013 (the "EGM"), the shareholders of the Company approved and ratified the grant of a revised indemnification letter (the "Revised Indemnification Letter") to certain directors who were serving on the Board of Directors at that time, for serving as the Company's directors, or as a director or office holder on behalf of the Company in other companies. The grant of an indemnification letter to the rest of the directors currently serving on the Board of Directors - Ms. Osnat Ronen, Mr. Barry Ben Zeev and Mr. Arie Steinberg - was approved at the Annual General Meeting held on May 8, 2012 (the "Indemnification Letter").
According to the Revised Indemnification Letter, the aggregate indemnification amount payable by the Company to all indemnified persons pursuant to all letters of indemnification issued to them by the Company on or after the date of the EGM, which indemnification letters include a maximum indemnity amount substantially similar to the Maximum Indemnity Amount under Section 3.13 of the Revised Indemnification Letter (the "Maximum Indemnity Amount"), for any occurrence of an event set out in Schedule I to the Revised Indemnification Letter (each, an "Event"), will not exceed 25% of shareholders equity (according to the latest reviewed or audited financial statements approved by Partner's Board of Directors prior to approval of the indemnification payment); provided, however, that under the circumstances where indemnification for the same Event is to be made in parallel to (i) an indemnified person and such other indemnified persons under a Revised Indemnification Letter (or other letters including a maximum indemnity amount substantially similar to the Maximum Indemnity Amount), and to (ii) one or more indemnified persons under indemnification letters issued by Partner containing a maximum indemnity amount which is the higher of 25% of shareholders equity and
25% of market capitalization (the "Combined Maximum Indemnity Amount"), the Maximum Indemnity Amount for all indemnified persons under the Revised Indemnification Letter (or other letters including a maximum indemnity amount substantially similar to the Maximum Indemnity Amount) shall be adjusted so it does not exceed the Combined Maximum Indemnity Amount to which any other indemnified person is entitled under any indemnification letter containing the Combined Maximum Indemnity Amount.
In addition, the Annual General Meeting of shareholders held on September 28, 2016, approved the grant of a new indemnification and release letter (the "Indemnification and Release Letter") to all of the directors who were serving on the Board of Directors at that time, for serving as the Company's directors, or as a director or office holder on behalf of the Company in other companies. The provisions of the Indemnification and Release Letter includes release of Office Holders from liability for breach of the duty of care towards the Company, that are serving at the date of the EGM and that will serve in the Company from time to time.
The Company's Compensation Committee and Board of Directors are of the opinion that the Indemnification and Release Letter includes an updated list of anticipated events for which it is customary to indemnify and the grant of release in advance to Office Holders of the Company from liability, entirely or partially, for damage caused and/or that will be caused to the Company, insofar as will be caused, in consequence of breach of duty of care toward the Company while acting in good faith, in their capacity as Office Holders to the extent that will be allowed at the time of the release by law. This will allow them to properly fulfil their duties while considering the entailed calculated risks and the responsibility imposed on them by law. The detailed events and the provision of release provide customary and accepted protection for the Office Holders in order to allow them the necessary latitude, in accordance with the law and to make business decisions for the benefit of the Company.
The release will not apply to a breach of duty of care in a distribution ("haluka") and will not apply to the Indemnification Exclusions detailed above except for sub-section (v) of the Indemnification Exclusions. According to the Company's Articles of Association, a release will not be given for a resolution or transaction in which the controlling shareholder or any office holder in the Company (including other Office Holders than the one being granted the release) has a personal interest. This release from liability will be for amounts for which the Office Holders are not entitled to indemnification in accordance with the Company's D&O insurance policy.
The Indemnification and Release Letter does not cancel, derogate or constitute a waiver of any other indemnification that the Office Holder is entitled to in accordance with the provisions of any law or in accordance with any previous undertaking of the Company and/or previous agreement with the Company, insofar as the said undertaking is legally valid, and from any other resolution of the Company to grant indemnification to an Office Holder in the Company. It is clarified that the Company will not be obligated to indemnify an Office Holder for the same event, both in accordance with any previous undertaking (if and insofar as it will be valid) as well as in accordance with the Indemnification and Release Letter. In any case in which an Office Holder can be indemnified, by law, both in accordance with the Indemnification and Release Letter and a previous undertaking of the Company, the Company's Audit Committee (and insofar as the majority of its members have a Personal Interest, a special committee of two directors that do not have a Personal interest shall be formed) shall decide, subject to all legal provisions, according to which undertaking the Office Holder should be indemnified.
The Compensation Committee and Board of Directors have noted that paying the proposed Compensation and granting the Indemnification and Release Letter is important to enable the directors to promote the Company's objectives, its business plan and policy in the long term and to create proper and balanced incentives to the directors considering, among other things, the Company's risk-management policy, size and nature of activities. They also noted that paying the proposed Compensation and granting the Indemnification and Release Letter is essential in order to ensure the recruitment and service of appropriate directors, having the qualifications, expertise and experience relevant to serving on the Company's Board of Directors, considering the high exposure faced today by directors in public companies and moreover in companies with securities publicly listed in the USA and in Israel.
The Compensation Committee and Board of Directors have resolved and recommended to the shareholders at the EGM:
(a) to approve the compensation of the Relevant Directors, commencing from the date of their first appointment to the Board as Directors (by the general meeting of shareholders or by the Board of Directors) for their respective services to the Company as directors, which is equal to: (i) an annual fee of NIS 180,000 (one hundred and eighty thousand NIS); and (ii) an attendance fee of NIS 4,000 (four thousand NIS) per meeting, applicable from the fifth meeting per year (100% thereof for participation in person, 60% thereof by means of communication, or 50% thereof in writing), in each such case, linked to the Israeli Consumer Price Index published for December 2007, but in any event no less than an aggregate amount per annum equal to U.S. \$50,000 (U.S. Dollars fifty thousand, payable according to the representative exchange rate on the payment date) as previously approved by the shareholders (the "Compensation"); The Compensation is in accordance with section 8A to the Companies Regulations (Rules regarding Remuneration and Reimbursement of Expenses to External Directors), 5760 – 2000 and subject to the approvals as required thereof.
(b) to approve and ratify the reimbursement of reasonable expenses in connection with the performance of their role as directors, including external directors and independent directors, as determined by the Compensation Committee. The Compensation Committee has determined that reasonable expenses shall include the following expenses: taxi fare (as needed, upon submission of receipts); in case of international traveling - traveling expenses, including business class airline tickets; hotel expenses (up to a budget of \$300 per night); and additional expenses (Per diem - \$80, communication expenses and travel insurance) (such expenses, as may be updated by a non-significant amount by the Compensation Committee, from time to time, the "Reasonable Expenses");
(c) to approve that the Relevant Directors, will benefit from the Company's existing D&O insurance policy and
(d) to approve that the current directors will continue to benefit from their existing indemnification and release letters and that directors that will be appointed from time to time, will benefit from the Indemnification and Release Letters attached as Annex "C" effective from the date of their appointment to the Board of Directors.
Further details regarding the Company's D&O insurance policy are detailed in item 1 above.
It is proposed that at the EGM the following resolutions be adopted:
The vote of the holders of a majority of the Ordinary Shares participating in the EGM and voting on the matter is required for the approval of item 3 on the agenda; provided, that one of the following conditions is fulfilled: (i) the majority of votes in favor of the matter shall include at least a majority of the votes of shareholders not constituting Controlling Parties in the Company, or those having a Personal Interest in the approval of the item participating in the vote; which votes shall not include abstaining votes; or (ii) the total number of objecting votes of the shareholders mentioned in clause (i) does not exceed 2% of the total voting rights in the Company.
A shareholder shall notify the Company at the address above at least four (4) hours prior to the time of the EGM, whether the shareholder is a Controlling Party in the Company or the shareholder has a Personal Interest in the approval of item 3 on the agenda or not, as a condition for that shareholder's right to vote and be counted with respect to this item. A shareholder voting, by means of a Deed of Vote, may include said notice regarding his Controlling Party Interest or his Personal Interest on the Deed of Vote (to be submitted to the Company at least four (4) hours prior to the time of the EGM).
Mr. Yossi Shachak and Mr. Richard Hunter were appointed to the Company's Board of Directors on November 15, 2019. The Compensation Committee and Board of Directors have resolved and recommended to the shareholders at the EGM to approve the Compensation (as defined in Item 3 above) and the grant of the Indemnification and Release Letter (as defined in Item 3 above) to Mr. Richard Hunter and to Mr. Yossi Shachak from the date of their appointment to the Board of Directors, for their respective services to the Company as directors.
The Compensation Committee and Board of Directors have noted that paying the proposed Compensation and the grant of the Indemnification and Release Letter is important to enable the directors to promote the Company's objectives, its business plan and policy in the long term and to create proper and balanced incentives to the directors considering, among other things, the Company's risk-management policy, size and nature of activities. They also noted that paying the proposed Compensation and the grant of the Indemnification and Release Letter is essential in order to ensure the recruitment and service of appropriate directors, having the qualifications, expertise and experience relevant to serving on the Company's Board of Directors, considering the high exposure faced today by directors in public companies and moreover in companies with securities publicly listed in the USA and in Israel.
For full details regarding the Compensation terms and the Indemnification and Release Letter, see Item 3 above.
It is proposed that at the EGM the following resolutions be adopted:
The vote of the holders of a majority of the Ordinary Shares participating in the EGM and voting on the matter is required for the approval of item 4 on the agenda.
A shareholder shall notify the Company at the address above at least four (4) hours prior to the time of the EGM, whether the shareholder is a Controlling Party in the Company or the shareholder has a Personal Interest in the approval of item 4 on the agenda or not, as a condition for that shareholder's right to vote and be counted with respect to this item. A shareholder voting, by means of a Deed of Vote, may include said notice regarding his Controlling Party Interest or his Personal Interest on the Deed of Vote (to be submitted to the Company at least four (4) hours prior to the time of the EGM).
Partner conducts its operations pursuant to licenses granted to Partner, directly or indirectly, by the Minister of Communications of the State of Israel (including the License). Partner's Articles of Association and, with respect to shareholders other than shareholders of Partner prior to its public offering, the License contains provisions that may cause the suspension of voting rights of the holders of Ordinary Shares or ADSs if such voting rights would breach the ownership limits contained in the License. These limits prohibit the transfer or acquisition of 10% or more of Partner's means of control and acquisition of control of the Company without the consent of the Minister of Communications of Israel, and restrict cross-control and cross-ownership of other mobile telephone operators in Israel, and shareholdings and agreements which may reduce or harm competition. Ordinary Shares or Ordinary Shares represented by ADSs held in breach of these limits may be considered dormant shares. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Proxy Statement, dormant shares will not bear any rights to which the holders would otherwise be entitled, other than the right to receive dividends and other distributions to shareholders (including the right to participate in rights offerings). Specifically, the holders of dormant shares will not have voting rights with respect to their dormant shares, nor will they have the right to participate in general meetings of shareholders. Under certain licenses granted, to Partner, directly or indirectly, approval of, or notice to, the Minister of Communications of the State of Israel may be required for holding of 5% or more of Partner's means of control.
Any shareholder seeking to vote at the EGM must notify the Company prior to the vote, or indicate on the Deed of Vote (if a shareholder is seeking to vote by Deed of Vote), or indicate on the Deed of Authorization (if a shareholder is seeking to appoint a proxy by a Deed of Authorization), if any of the shareholder's holdings in Partner or the shareholder's vote require the consent of the Minister of Communications due to a breach by the shareholder of the restrictions on the transfer or acquisition of means of control or acquisition of control of Partner, or the provisions regarding cross-ownership or cross-control of other mobile telephone operators in Israel, in each case as specified in Sections 21 and 23 of the License (a translation of Sections 21-24 of the License is attached hereto as "Annex D"). If a shareholder does not provide such notification, the shareholder shall not vote and, if the shareholder has voted, his vote shall not be counted.
Hadar Vismunski-Weinberg, Adv. Company Secretary
Dated: February 12, 2020
.1.1.1.1 ביטוח אחריות נושא משרה, שיפוי ומתן פטור לאחריותו הינם חשובים על-מנת להבטיח את גיוסם והמשך כהונתם של נושאי משרה ודירקטורים ראויים, בעלי הכשירות והניסיון הרלוונטיים לכהונה בחברה ובדירקטוריון החברה, נוכח החשיפה הגדולה הקיימת כיום לנושאי משרה ולדירקטורים המכהנים בחברות ציבוריות, ובמיוחד בחברות ציבוריות שמניותיהן נסחרות במדינות שונות בהן חלות מערכות דין שונות. החברה תהיה רשאית לבטח את אחריותו של נושא משרה בה, לשפותו או לפטור אותו מאחריותו בהתאם לחוק החברות ולתקנון החברה.
.6.6.3.6 החברה תהא רשאית להעניק לנושאי המשרה בחברה פטור, מראש, מאחריות בגין הפרת חובת הזהירות כלפי החברה על פי כל דין, לרבות לנושאי משרה בחברה שהינם בעל השליטה או קרוביו בכפוף לקבלת האישורים על פי כל דין. פטור מחובת זהירות לא יחול בקשר עם החלטה או עסקה שלבעל השליטה או לנושא משרה כלשהו בחברה )גם נושא משרה אחר מזה שעבורו מוענק הפטור( יש בה עניין אישי.
6.1 Office Holders' liability insurance, indemnity and the granting of release from liability are essential in order to ensure the recruitment and retention of Office Holders and directors who are the most suitable for the Company's needs, and who possess relevant qualifications and experience to hold office in the Company and on the Company's Board of Directors. These are essential considering that, in today's marketplace, Office Holders and directors of public companies face greater liability exposures than ever before, particularly in public companies listed in multiple countries and subject to differing legal systems. The Company shall be allowed to insure the liability of its Office Holders, to indemnify them or release them from liability, in conformity with the Companies Law and the Company's Articles of Association.
6.36 The maximum advance undertaking of indemnity payable by the Company to all indemnified persons, pursuant to letters of indemnification to be granted to Office Holders as of the adoption date of the Policy, in respect of any occurrence of the events specified in the appendix to the letter of indemnification, shall not exceed 25% of the shareholders' equity according to the latest reviewed or audited financial statements approved by the Company's Board of Directors prior to the approval of payment of the indemnification.
6.69 The Company shall be allowed to grant a release from liability in advance to the Company's Office Holders in respect of a breach of a duty of care towards the Company pursuant to any law, including Office Holders of the Company who themselves are, or their relatives are, the controlling shareholder, subject to the receipt of the approvals required by law. A release from the duty of care shall not apply in relation to a decision or transaction that a controlling shareholder or any Office Holder in the Company (including another Office Holder than the Office Holder being granted the release) has a personal interest.
Date: ______________
Dear ________
litigation expenses, including legal fees, including by indemnification in advance.
Upon the occurrence of an event for which you may be entitled to be indemnified, subject to the terms of this letter (including the limitations as to amount in Section 3.13) and any laws applicable at such time, Partner shall provide you with the necessary payments to cover all your expenses in respect of the legal proceedings in question, so that you will not have to pay for or finance them yourself.
expenses so that you will not have to make any payments or incur any expenses yourself.
cannot be superseded, changed or amended, said provision of the law shall supersede the specific provision in this letter, but shall not limit or diminish the validity of the remaining provisions of this letter.
statements approved by Partner's Board of Directors prior to approval of the indemnification payment); provided, however, that under the circumstances where indemnification for the same Event is to be made in parallel to you under this letter and to one or more indemnified persons under indemnification letters issued (or to be issued) by Partner containing a maximum indemnity amount which is the higher of 25% of shareholders equity and 25% of market capitalization (the "Combined Maximum Indemnity Amount"), the Maximum Indemnity Amount for you hereby shall be adjusted so it does not exceed the Combined Maximum Indemnity Amount to which any other indemnified person is entitled under any other indemnification letter containing the Combined Maximum Indemnity Amount.
Subsidiaries for the events and to the extent that will be allowed at the time of release by law. The said release from liability will be for amounts for which the officers or directors are not entitled to indemnification in accordance with the Company's D&O insurance policy.
release and a previous undertaking of the Company, the Company's Audit Committee (and insofar as the majority of its members have a Personal Interest, a special committee of two directors that do not have a Personal interest shall be formed) shall decide, subject to all legal provisions, according to which undertaking the officer or director should be indemnified.
You should be aware that, insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the United States Securities Act of 1933 (the "U.S. Securities Act") may be permitted to Partner's directors and officers, Partner has been advised that in the opinion of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the U.S. Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event of a claim for such indemnification, Partner will (in accordance with an undertaking given to the SEC), unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the U.S. Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
The law of the State of Israel shall govern this Letter of Indemnification and Release and all issues related thereto, without giving effect to any conflicts of law principles. The courts in Tel Aviv, Israel shall have the exclusive local and international jurisdiction, in connection with this Letter of Indemnification and Release, except if an indemnification claim is related to a legal proceeding, already filed by a third party in a different court.
Respectfully,
On behalf of Partner Communications Company Ltd.
______________________
I accept the terms and conditions of the above. I am aware that Partner has granted (and may grant) indemnification letters with maximum indemnity amounts different from the Maximum Indemnity Amount under this letter (including, without limitation, the Combined Maximum Indemnity Amount) and consequently, the beneficiaries of those indemnification letters may receive higher indemnification amounts than me, and I will have no claim against Partner in that respect. I am also aware that my agreement to accept this letter constitutes my irrevocable agreement that any previous undertakings of Partner for indemnification, to the extent granted, should become void automatically upon my signing this letter. Notwithstanding the above, if this indemnification letter shall be void for any reason whatsoever, then, any previous undertaking of Partner for indemnification towards me shall remain in full force and effect.
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Subject to the provisions of the law, the following are the events referred to in section 1.1 of the Letter of Indemnification and Release:
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Partner's public offering of equity in 1999, public offering of debt securities in 2000, public offering of debt securities in 2005 (including any subsequent offer and sale of the debt securities of that class), redemption of debt securities in 2005, shelf registration in 2009, private offering of debt securities in 2009, public offering of debt securities in 2010, private offering of debt securities in 2011, public offering of debt securities in 2011 and shelf registration in 2012.
Partner, any subsidiary thereof and/or any affiliate thereof with, of or into another entity and/or the sale or proposed sale of the operations and/or business, or part thereof, or any dissolution, receivership, creditors' arrangement, stay of proceeding or any similar proceeding, of Partner, any of its Subsidiaries and/or any of its affiliates.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any share repurchase and distribution of dividends, including, without limitation, in 2005 and distribution of dividends during the calendar years of 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 (including the special dividend distribution as of March 2010, approved by the District Court), 2011 and 2012.
In each of the events specified above, including, without limitation, in connection with documents relating to these matters, and in connection with actions or decisions relating to these matters, and in connection with representations and undertakings made relating to these matters, including, without limitation, such representations and undertakings made towards third parties (including, without limitation, governmental authorities) or towards Partner or anyone on its behalf (including, without limitation, advisors, such as accountants, lawyers, etc.).
In each of the events specified above, reference to any action includes also failure to perform an action (omission) or performing it poorly (including, without limitation, non- performance of an action required under law or performing it in a poor manner that does not comply with the legal requirements), and including, without limitation, making a decision; in each case, unless the context in a specific item above does not allow this interpretation.
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In this Clause 21, "Tradable Means of Control" – Means of Control, including Global or American Depository Shares (GDR's or ADR's), or similar certificates, registered for trading on the securities exchange in Israel or overseas, and offered to the public by prospectus, or held by the public in Israel or overseas.
21.6 Neither the entry into an underwriting agreement relating to the issue or sale of securities to the public, the registration for trading on the securities exchange in Israel or overseas, nor the deposit or registration of securities with a registration company or with a depository agent or a custodian for the purpose of registration of GDRs or ADRs or similar certificates relating to the issue or
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sale of securities to the public shall in and of themselves be considered as a transfer of Means of Control in the Licensee3 .
Without derogating form the generality of the above:
"Irregular Holdings" – the holding of Tradable Means of Control without the Minister's consent as required under clause 23, and all holdings of a person holding Tradable Means of Control acting contrary to the provisions of clause 24; for so long as the Minister's consent under clause 21 has been sought but not yet granted, or whilst there is a situation of breach of the provisions of clauses 23 or 24.
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21.9 The provisions of clauses 21.5 through 21.8 shall not apply to the founding shareholders or their substitutes.10
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Any shareholder in the company that holds the License, or a shareholder in an Interested Party in the same company, is not allowed to encumber his/her shares, in a way that the realization of the charge would cause a change in the ownership in ten percent (10%) or more of any of the Means of Control in the Licensee, unless the charge agreement includes a constraint, according to which the charge cannot be realized without prior consent, in writing, by the Minister.
In this Article-
"Israeli Entity"- for an individual-an Israeli citizen or resident of Israel, For a corporation- a corporation that was incorporated in Israel and an individual that is a citizen and a resident of Israel, controls the corporation either directly or indirectly, as long as the indirect control shall be only through a corporation that was incorporated in Israel, one or more. However, for the matter of indirect holdings, the Prime Minister and the Minister of Communications may approve holdings through a corporation that has not been incorporated in Israel, as long as the corporation does not directly hold shares in the Licensee, and only if they are convinced that this will not derogate from the provisions of this article. For this matter, "Israeli citizen"- as defined
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in the Nationality Law, 5712-1952; "resident"-as defined in the Inhabitants Registry Law, 5725-1965.
In this article-"security matters"-as defined in the Bezeq Order (Determination of Essential Service Provided by "Bezeq", the Israeli Telecommunications Company Ltd), 5757-1997, as of March 9, 2005.
22A.5 Security matters that the Board of Directors or the Audit Committee of the Licensee shall be required to consider in accordance with the mandatory provisions of the Companies Law, 5759-1999, or in accordance with the mandatory provisions of any other law that applies to the Licensee shall be discussed, if they need to be discussed by the Board of Directors or the Audit Committee, only in the presence of Directors with Clearance. Directors that do not have security clearance shall not be allowed to participate in this Board of Directors or Audit Committee meeting and shall not be entitled to receive information or to review documents that relate to this matter. The legal quorum for such meetings shall include only Directors with Clearance.
The Licensee may set out in its Articles of Association that an Office Holder, who in the capacity of his position or based on the provisions of the law or the Articles of Association, should have received information or participate in security matter meetings and this was denied him due to Article 22A.5, will be released from any liability for any claim of breach of duty of care towards the Licensee, if the breach of duty of care was a result of his or her inability to participate in the meetings or receive information.
(b) The observer shall be a government employee, qualified to serve as a director, in accordance with Chapter C of the Government Companies Law, 5735-1975.
(c) In addition, and without derogating from any duty imposed on him by any law, the observer shall be bound by confidentiality towards the Licensee, except as the matter may be required to fulfill his responsibilities as an observer. The observer shall not act as an observer or in any other capacity for any entity that deals with the provision of telecommunication services and directly competes with the Licensee, and shall refrain from any conflict of interest between his position as an observer and between the Licensee, excluding conflicts of interest that result from his being a government employee that is fulfilling his responsibilities as an observer with the Licensee. The observer shall undertake towards the Licensee not to serve as an observer or an office holder, and not to fulfill a position or be employed, directly or indirectly by any entity that directly competes with the Licensee or has a conflict of interest with the Licensee, excluding a conflict of interest that results from his being a government employee that is fulfilling his responsibilities as an observer with the Licensee throughout the duration of his position as an observer with the Licensee and for eighteen months after he completes this term.
In any case of a dispute regarding a conflict of interest of the observer, the matter shall be decided by the State Attorney General or a person on his behalf.
(d) Notices to Board of Director and committee meetings, including the CSM, shall be sent to the observer and he shall be entitled to participate as an observer in each such meeting.
(e) The observer's entitlement to receive information from the Licensee, shall be the same as a director. If the Licensee believes that certain information that is sensitive business information is not required by the observer in order to fulfill his duties, the Licensee may delay delivery of such information to the observer and shall inform him accordingly. If the observer believes that he should receive such information, the matter shall be decided by the head of the General Security Services.
(f) If the observer believes that the Licensee adopted or is about to adopt a resolution regarding security matters, contrary to the provisions of the License, contrary to Article 13 of the Law or contrary to the provisions of Article 11 of the General Security Services Law, 5762-2002, he shall immediately notify the Licensee in writing. Such a notice shall be sent to the chairman of the Board of Directors and to the chairman of the CSM and adequate time shall be given, under the circumstances of the case, to remedy the breach or to change the resolution, if possible.
22A.8 The provisions of Article 22A of the License shall be adopted in the Articles of Association of the Licensee.
that derive from two or more chains that will be taken into account as stated above, will be cumulative for the purpose of calculating the rate of holdings.
23.8 The Minister may, in response to a written request, permit an Interested Party in the Licensee to hold, either directly or indirectly, five percent (5%) or more in any of the Means of Control of a Competing MRT Operator, if the Minister is satisfied that this will not harm competition in the MRT field; 12the Minister may condition the granting of the said permit on a condition that the Interested Party in the Licensee or competing MRT Operator is an Interested Party merely by virtue of the provisions of Article 23.6 .
The Licensee, any body in which the Licensee is an Interested Party, an Office Holder in the Licensee or an Interested Party in the company holding the License or an Office Holder in an Interested Party therein, will not be party to any agreement, arrangement or understanding with a Competing MRT Operator, or an Interested Party or an Office Holder in it, or an Office Holder in an Interested Party in a Competing MRT Operator, or any other body in which a Competing MRT Operator is an Interested Party, which are intended to or might reduce or harm competition in anything that pertains to MRT Services, MRT Terminal Equipment or any other Telecommunications Services.
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חברת פרטנר תקשורת בע"מ )"החברה"(
אסיפה כללית מיוחדת )"האסיפה המיוחדת"( של בעלי מניות החברה תתכנס ביום רביעי, 81 במרץ ,0202 בשעה 84022 )שעון ישראל( במשרדי החברה ברחוב העמל ,1 ראש העין, ישראל או בכל מועד נדחה של האסיפה המיוחדת. לבירורים ניתן להתקשר לטל'0 .224-1184888
על פי חוק החברות, התשנ"ט,8888- כפי שתוקן )"חוק החברות"( תקנות החברות )הוכחת בעלות במניה לצורך הצבעה באסיפה הכללית(, התש"ס0222- ותקנות החברות )הצבעה בכתב והודעות עמדה(, התשס"ו,0222- כפי שתוקנו )יקראו יחד0 "תקנות כתבי הצבעה"(, בעלי מניות שלא ישתתפו באסיפה המיוחדת באופן אישי, רשאים להצביע על נושאים 8-4 שעל סדר היום באמצעות כתב הצבעה או באמצעות כתב הצבעה שיועבר במערכת הצבעה אלקטרונית כהגדרתה בתקנות כתבי הצבעה ועל נושאים אלה חלות הוראות המפורטות בחוק החברות ובתקנות כתבי הצבעה )"הליכי הצבעה בכתב"(.
להלן תמצית עיקרי ההחלטות המוצעות לגביהן ניתן להצביע באמצעות כתב ההצבעה0
מדיניות התגמול של החברה אושרה על ידי האסיפה הכללית השנתית של בעלי המניות ביום 08 באוקטובר 0288 )"מדיניות התגמול"(. מדיניות התגמול קובעת )בין היתר( כי החברה רשאית לבטח את נושאי המשרה של החברה )כפי שמוגדר כאמור בחוק החברות( בפוליסת ביטוח לדירקטורים ונושאי משרה שתירכש, מעת לעת, בכפוף לחוק החל ולתקנון החברה )"פוליסת הביטוח"(.
לאור, בין היתר, העלייה החדה לאחרונה בפרמיות לפוליסות ביטוח לנושאי משרה, בפרט עבור חברות שהניירות ערך שלהן רשומים בבורסות בארצות הברית, ועדת התגמול ודירקטוריון החברה אישרו, בכפוף לאישור בעלי המניות, תיקונים מסוימים לסעיף הביטוח במדיניות התגמול של החברה. סיכום זה כפוף לתיאור המלא במסמך הזימון. נוסח מלא של התיקון המוצע מתואר ב"נספח A "למסמך הזימון. לנוחות בעלי במניות, מצ"ב למסמך הזימון כ"נספח B "תרגום נוחות לאנגלית של התיקונים בעברית במדיניות התגמול.
מלבד השינויים המפורטים ב"נספח A "המצ"ב, יתר תנאי מדיניות התגמול יישארו בתוקף.
ועדת התגמול ודירקטוריון החברה אישרו והמליצו לבעלי המניות של האסיפה המיוחדת לאשר את התיקון האמור לעיל במדיניות התגמול שלנו כמפורט ב"נספח A".
מוצע שבאסיפה המיוחדת תאומצנה ההחלטות הבאות0
הוחלט0 לאשר תיקון למדיניות התגמול של החברה כמפורט ב נספח A;"
הוחלט0 החלטה זו הינה לטובת החברה."
גב' אסנת רונן מכהנת כיו"ר דירקטוריון החברה מנובמבר .0288 מדיניות תגמול נושאי המשרה של החברה מאפשרת לחברה להעניק ליו"ר הדירקטוריון, תגמול אשר יביא בחשבון את העבודה הנוספות המוטלת על היו"ר, את הזמן הנוסף אותו נדרשת היו"ר להקדיש למילוי תפקיד זה ובמידה ויו"ר הדירקטוריון היא יו"ר פעילה, גם את אחוז המינוי בו היא מועסקת. גב' רונן מעורבת באופן פעיל בניהול החברה, הרבה מעבר להשתתפותה בישיבות הדירקטוריון וועדותיו.
ועדת התגמול והדירקטוריון שקלו גורמים רבים, ביניהם מדיניות התגמול של החברה ונקודות השוואה קיימות )בנצ'מרק(, תוך התחשבות בהשכלתה, כישוריה, מומחיותה וניסיונה והישגיה המקצועיים של גב' רונן, ובידיעה כי טובת החברה היא לשמר את גב' רונן כיו"ר הדירקטוריון ולתגמל אותה על תרומתה החשובה לחברה, במיוחד בתקופות מאתגרות אלה.
כתמריץ לפעילותה ולמאמציה כיו"ר, ועדת התגמול והדירקטוריון המליצו לבעלי המניות של האסיפה המיוחדת לאשר להעניק לגב' רונן שכר חודשי קבוע בסך 12,222 ש"ח )בתוספת מע"מ( עבור שירותיה כיו"ר הדירקטוריון, החל מיום 02 בנובמבר ,0288 בהיקף של 42% משרה, אשר יקוזזו כנגד הסכומים שקיבלה גב' רונן מאז 02 בנובמבר 0288 בתפקידה כדירקטורית בחברה, שישולמו לה במישרין או לחברה שבשליטתה, לפי שיקול דעתה ובכפוף לקבלת חשבונית בהתאם.
ועדת התגמול והדירקטוריון סבורים כי התגמול המוצע ליו"ר הינו הוגן וסביר בהתחשב במסירות הנדרשת של תשומת לב וזמן רב ועוצמת האתגרים שעומדים בפני החברה בהווה ובעתיד, לאור ההתפתחויות האחרונות, שינויים בחברה ובשוק בו החברה פועלת ואחריות היו"ר.
מוצע כי באסיפה המיוחדת תאומצנה ההחלטות הבאות0
"הוחלט0 להעניק לגב' אסנת רונן, יו"ר הדירקטוריון של החברה, שכר חודשי קבוע בסך 12,222 ש"ח )בתוספת מע"מ( עבור שירותיה כיו"ר הדירקטוריון, החל מיום 02 בנובמבר, אשר יקוזזו כנגד הסכומים שקיבלה גב' רונן מאז 02 בנובמבר ,0288 בתפקידה כדירקטור בחברה 0288 ; ו-
הוחלט0 החלטה זאת הנה לטובת החברה."
בהתאם לחוק החברות, תגמול לדירקטורים של החברה מחייב אישור של ועדת התגמול, דירקטוריון, ובעלי המניות של החברה. ככל שמונה דירקטור חדש על ידי הדירקטוריון ותקופת כהונתו החלה לפני מועד האסיפה השנתית הבאה של בעלי המניות, ולפני אישור האסיפה את האישורים החוקיים הנדרשים לתשלום תנאי התגמול, אין באפשרותה של החברה לשלם לדירקטור החדש תגמול כאמור וזאת עד אשר תנאיו יאושרו על ידי האסיפה הכללית של בעלי המניות. לאחר מכן, באפשרות החברה לשלם רטרואקטיבית לדירקטור החדש את התגמול כאמור.
לפיכך מוצע לאמץ החלטה כללית בדבר תנאי התגמול, כמפורט להלן, שתחול על כל הדירקטורים המכהנים ועל אלו שיכהנו מעת לעת, לרבות דירקטורים חיצוניים ודירקטורים בלתי תלויים, )למעט יו"ר הדירקטוריון ככל שתנאי תגמול נפרדים ייקבעו לגביו(, דירקטורים מכהנים כאמור ואלו שיכהנו מעת לעת )למעט יו"ר הדירקטוריון ככל שתנאי תגמול נפרדים ייקבעו, "הדירקטורים הרלוונטיים"(. יובהר כי ביחס לדירקטורים שימונו בעתיד, ככל שימונו, שהם בעלי שליטה או קרוביהם או שיש לבעל שליטה אינטרס במינוים, יתכן ויהיה צורך לאמץ החלטות נוספות בהתאם לחוק.
לפרטים נוספים בדבר תגמול של הדירקטורים הרלוונטיים, החל ממועד מינוים לדירקטוריון ראו מסמך הזימון.
חוק החברות ותקנון החברה מתירים לחברה, בכפוף לאישורים הנדרשים, לפטור, לשפות ולהתחייב מראש לשפות, דירקטורים ונושאי משרה )כהגדרת המונח "נושאי משרה" בחוק החברות( אחרים בחברה, מאחריות או הוצאות שהללו יישאו, או שיוטלו עליהם, כתוצאה ממעשה או מחדל שביצעו )או יחד עם דירקטורים או נושאי משרה אחרים בחברה( בתפקידם כנושאי משרה בחברה, כמפורט במסמך הזימון.
למידע נוסף אודות כתבי השיפוי והפטור המוענקים לדירקטורים הרלוונטיים, ראו את מסמך הזימון.
לתיאור מלא ראו את מסמך הזימון.
ועדת התגמול והדירקטוריון החליטו והמליצו לבעלי המניות של האסיפה המיוחדת0
)א( לאשר את הגמול של הדירקטורים הרלוונטיים, החל ממועד מינויים לראשונה לדירקטוריון )על ידי האסיפה הכללית של בעלי המניות או על ידי הדירקטוריון( בגין כהונתם כדירקטורים בחברה, שיהיה שווה ל- )8( סכום שנתי בגובה 812,222 ₪ ו- )0( סכום של 4,222 ₪ להשתתפות בישיבה, החל מהישיבה החמישית השנתית )822% מסכום זה כאשר ההשתתפות היא פיסית, 02% להשתתפות באמצעי תקשורת ו22%- להשתתפות בכתב(, צמוד למדד המחירים לצרכן שפורסם בגין חודש דצמבר ,0221 אך לא פחות מסכום שנתי כולל השווה ל22,222- דולר ארה"ב )המשולם על-פי השער היציג במועד התשלום( כפי שאושר בעבר על-ידי בעלי המניות )"התגמול"(; התגמול הוא בהתאם לסעיף 1א לתקנות החברות )כללים בדבר גמול והחזר הוצאות לדירקטור חיצוני(, תש"ס0222- ובכפוף לאישורים הנדרשים.
)ב( לאשר ולאשרר את החזר ההוצאות הסבירות בקשר עם מילוי תפקידם כדירקטורים, כולל דירקטורים חיצוניים ודירקטורים בלתי תלויים, כפי שיקבע על ידי ועדת התגמול. ועדת התגמול קבעה כי ההוצאות סבירות תכלולנה את ההוצאות הבאות0 דמי נסיעה במונית )לפי הצורך, כנגד הצגת קבלות(; במקרה של נסיעה בינלאומית - הוצאות נסיעה, כולל כרטיס טיסה במחלקת עסקים; הוצאות שהייה במלון )עד 322 דולר ללילה(; והוצאות אחרות )אש"ל - 12 דולר ליום, הוצאות תקשורת וביטוח נסיעות( )הוצאות אלה, כפי שתתוקנה, מעת לעת, בסכום לא מהותי על ידי ועדת התגמול, "ההוצאות הסבירות"(;
)ג( לאשר כי הדירקטורים הרלוונטיים, ייהנו מפוליסות ביטוח נושאי המשרה הקיימת של החברה; ו-
)ד( לאשר כי הדירקטורים המכהנים ימשיכו ליהנות מכתבי השיפוי ופטור שלהם ושהדירקטורים שיתמנו מעת לעת, כולל דירקטורים חיצונים ודירקטורים בלתי תלויים, ייהנו מכתב השיפוי ופטור המצורף כ"נספח C "למסמך הזימון שיהיה תקף מיום מינויים לדירקטוריון.
לפרטים נוספים אודות פוליסת הביטוח של החברה לנושאי משרה, ראו נושא 8 לעיל.
מוצע שבאסיפה המיוחדת תאומצנה ההחלטות הבאות0
הוחלט0 )א( לאשר את התגמול של הדירקטורים הרלוונטיים, מיום מינויים לדירקטוריון; )ב( לאשר ולאשרר את החזר ההוצאות הסבירות בקשר עם מילוי תפקידם של כל אחד מהדירקטורים הרלוונטיים; )ג( לאשר כי הדירקטורים הרלוונטיים, ייהנו מפוליסת ביטוח נושאי המשרה הקיימת של החברה מיום מינויים; )ד( לאשר כי הדירקטורים המכהנים ימשיכו ליהינות מכתבי השיפוי והפטור הקיימים להם אשר ימשיכו לחול באופן מלא; ו-)ה( לאשר כי הדירקטורים שיכהנו מעת לעת, כולל דירקטורים חיצונים ודירקטורים בלתי תלויים ייהנו מכתב השיפוי ופטור המצ"ב כ"נספח C".
הוחלט0 החלטות אלה הנן לטובת החברה."
מר יוסי שחק ומר ריצ'רד הנטר מונו לדירקטוריון החברה ביום 82 בנובמבר .0288 ועדת התגמול ודירקטוריון החברה החליטו והמליצו לבעלי המניות של האסיפה המיוחדת לאשר את התגמול )כהגדרתו בסעיף 3 לעיל( ומתן כתב השיפוי ופטור )כמפורט בסעיף 3 לעיל( למר יוסי שחק ולמר ריצ'רד האנטר ממועד מינוים לדירקטוריון, עבור כהונתם כדירקטורים בחברה.
לתיאור מלא של תנאי התגמול וכתב השיפור ופטור, ראו נושא 3 במסמך הזימון.
מוצע שבאסיפה המיוחדת תאומצנה ההחלטות הבאות0
"הוחלט0 )א( לאשר ולאשרר את התגמול למר יוסי שחק ולמר ריצ'רד הנטר; )ב( לאשר ולאשרר את החזר ההוצאות הסבירות למר יוסי שחק ולמר ריצ'רד הנטר; )ג( לאשר ולאשרר כי מר יוסי שחק ומר ריצ'רד הנטר יהנו מפוליסת ביטוח נושאי המשרה הקיימת של החברה; ו- )ד( לאשר ולאשרר את התחייבות החברה לשפות את מר יוסי שחק ומר ריצ'רד הנטר, ולהעניק להם את כתב השיפוי ופטור וכי סכום השיפוי המרבי הינו סביר בהתחשב בנסיבות ושאירועי השיפוי המפורטים בנספח I לכתב השיפוי והפטור הינם צפויים לאור פעילויות החברה הנוכחיות; ו-
הוחלט0 החלטות אלה הנן לטובת החברה."
לפרטים נוספים בדבר הנושאים על סדר יום האסיפה המיוחדת ונוסחן המלא של ההחלטות, ראו מסמך הזימון לאסיפה )Statement Proxy )מיום 80 בפברואר 0202 המופץ במקביל לכתב הצבעה זה.
מסמך הזימון לאסיפה - Statement Proxy( בשפה האנגלית( בעניין האסיפה המיוחדת, המופץ במקביל לכתב הצבעה זה, כולל את הנוסח המלא של ההחלטות המוצעות ויעמוד לעיון במשרדי החברה ברחוב העמל ,1 ראש העין, ישראל, בימים א'-ה' בין השעות 8022-81022 )שעון ישראל(, לאחר תיאום מראש בטלפון ,224-1184888 וזאת עד מועד כינוס האסיפה המיוחדת לאישור ההחלטות שעל סדר היום. בנוסף, מסמך ה-Statement Proxy מפורסם באתר ההפצה של האלקטרוני התיוק ובמערכת www.maya.tase.co.il הבורסה באתר ,www.magna.isa.gov.il המגנא EDGAR של הרשות לניירות ערך בארה"ב shtml.edgar/gov.sec.www://http. מסמך ה- Proxy Statement כולל מידע נוסף על תוכן כתב הצבעה זה וחשוב שבעלי המניות יעיינו גם בו.
הרוב הנדרש לקבלת ההחלטות בנושא 8 ו3- שעל סדר היום, הכפופים להליכי הצבעה בכתב, הוא רוב קולות בעלי המניות הרגילות, המשתתפים באסיפה המיוחדת והמצביעים בה, ובלבד שיתקיים אחד מאלה0)i )במניין קולות הרוב ייכלל רוב מכלל קולות בעלי המניות שאינם בעלי שליטה בחברה )כמצוין בחוק החברות, לרבות סעיף 001 לחוק החברות, "בעל שליטה"( או בעלי ענין אישי )כמוגדר בחוק החברות, "בעל ענין אישי"( באישור נושאים אלה, המשתתפים בהצבעה; במניין כלל הקולות של בעלי המניות האמורים לא יובאו בחשבון קולות הנמנעים; או )ii )סך קולות המתנגדים מקרב בעלי המניות האמורים בפסקת משנה )i )לא עלה על שיעור של 0% מכלל זכויות ההצבעה בחברה.
הרוב הנדרש לקבלת ההחלטות בנושאים 0 ו,4- שעל סדר היום, הכפופים להליכי הצבעה בכתב, הינו רוב קולות בעלי המניות הרגילות, ע.נ. 2.28 ₪ למניה, של החברה )"המניות הרגילות"(, המשתתפים באסיפה המיוחדת והמצביעים בה.
בחלק השני של כתב הצבעה זה מוקצה מקום לסימון ולפירוט האם בעל מניות הוא בעל ענין אישי בהחלטה, הוא בעל שליטה בחברה, הוא נושא משרה בכירה או הוא משקיע מוסדי )לפי המקרה(, כקבוע בחוק החברות ובתקנות כתבי הצבעה. הצבעת בעל מניות שלא יסמן או יפרט כאמור, לא תובא במניין הקולות ביחס לכל ההחלטות שעל סדר היום.
כל בעל מניות נדרש לציין גם האם נדרשת הסכמת משרד התקשורת להחזקת המניות על ידו או להצבעתו, בהתאם לרישיונות פרטנר. הצבעת בעל מניות שלא יסמן כאמור, לא תובא במניין הקולות.
לכתב הצבעה של בעל מניות שמניותיו רשומות אצל חבר הבורסה לניירות ערך בתל אביב בע"מ )"הבורסה"(, יהיה תוקף רק אם צורף לו אישור בעלות מאת חבר הבורסה נכון למועד הקובע. מסר אלקטרוני מאושר לפי סעיף 44יא2 לחוק ניירות ערך, שעניינו נתוני המשתמשים במערכת ההצבעה האלקטרונית – דינו כדין אישור בעלות לגבי כל בעל מניות הנכלל בו. לכתב הצבעה של בעל מניות הרשום במרשם בעלי המניות של החברה, יהיה תוקף רק אם צורף לו צילום תעודת זהות, דרכון או תעודת התאגדות.
יש למסור את כתב ההצבעה לחברה או לשולחו בדואר רשום כך שיגיע למשרדי החברה עד ארבע )4( שעות לפני מועד האסיפה המיוחדת. ההצבעה באמצעות מערכת ההצבעה האלקטרונית תסתיים ארבע )4( שעות לפני מועד האסיפה )היינו ביום רביעי 81 במרץ 0202 בשעה 82022 בבוקר שעון ישראל(. בעלי המניות נדרשים להצביע או באמצעות שליחת כתב הצבעה )בשפה העברית או האנגלית אך לא לשלוח בשתי השפות( או באמצעות הצבעה אלקטרונית. ככל שבעל מניות יצביע באמצעות שתי הדרכים, לא תבוא הצבעת בעל המניות במניין.
עו"ד הדר ויסמונסקי-וינברג, מזכירת החברה, חברת פרטנר תקשורת בע"מ, רחוב העמל ,1 ראש העין, ,4182320 ישראל )נא לסמן בבירור "כתב הצבעה" או "הודעת עמדה" על המעטפה(.
המועד האחרון להמצאת הודעות עמדה של בעלי מניות לחברה לגבי כל הנושאים שעל סדר היום הנו 1 במרץ .0202
המועד האחרון להמצאת תגובת הדירקטוריון להודעות עמדה )ככל שתהיינה( הנו 83 במרץ .0202
לאחר פרסום כתב ההצבעה, ייתכן שיחולו שינויים בסדר היום של האסיפה המיוחדת, לרבות בדרך של הוספת נושא לסדר היום, וזאת בעקבות בקשה של בעל מניות על פי סעיף 00)ב( לחוק החברות, שתוגש לחברה לא יאוחר מיום 88 בפברואר 0202 )1 ימים לאחר מועד פרסום הזימון(. במקרה כזה, החברה תפרסם סדר יום מתוקן וכתב הצבעה מתוקן, לא יאוחר מיום 00 בפברואר .0202 אין בפרסום סדר היום המעודכן כדי לשנות את המועד הקובע כפי שנקבע במסמך זימון האסיפה. בנוסף, ייתכן שתפורסמנה הודעות עמדה, כאמור לעיל.
כתובת אתר ההפצה של רשות ניירות ערך0 il.gov.isa.magna.www://http
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בעל מניות שמניותיו רשומות אצל חבר הבורסה, זכאי לקבל את אישור הבעלות מחבר הבורסה בסניף של חבר הבורסה או במשלוח בדואר, אם ביקש זאת. בקשה לעניין זה תינתן מראש לחשבון ניירות ערך מסוים.
בעל מניות שמניותיו רשומות אצל חבר הבורסה זכאי לקבל בדואר אלקטרוני בלא תמורה קישורית לנוסח כתב ההצבעה והודעות העמדה באתר ההפצה, מאת חבר הבורסה שבאמצעותו הוא מחזיק במניותיו, אלא אם הודיע לחבר הבורסה כי אין הוא מעונין לקבל קישורית כאמור או שהוא מעונין לקבל כתבי הצבעה בדואר תמורת תשלום. הודעתו לעניין כתבי הצבעה תחול גם לעניין קבלת הודעות עמדה.
בעלי מניות רשאים להצביע ביחס לכל הנושאים שעל סדר היום כמפורט לעיל, באמצעות כתב הצבעה שיועבר במערכת ההצבעה האלקטרונית, כהגדרתה בתקנות ההצבעה.
חבר בורסה יזין למערכת ההצבעה האלקטרונית רשימה ובה הפרטים הנדרשים לפי סעיף 44יא4)א()3( לחוק ניירות ערך לגבי כל אחד מבעלי המניות הלא רשומים המחזיקים ניירות ערך באמצעותו במועד הקובע )"רשימת הזכאים להצביע במערכת"(. ואולם חבר בורסה לא יכלול ברשימת הזכאים להצביע במערכת בעל מניות שהעביר לו עד השעה 80022 בצהריים של המועד הקובע הודעה כי אינו מעוניין להיכלל ברשימת הזכאים להצביע במערכת ההצבעה האלקטרונית לפי תקנה 83)ד( לתקנות ההצבעה.
חבר בורסה יעביר, סמוך ככל האפשר לאחר קבלת אישור מאת מערכת ההצבעה האלקטרונית על קבלה תקינה של רשימת הזכאים להצביע במערכת ואשר מקבלים מחבר הבורסה הודעות באמצעים אלקטרוניים או באמצעות מערכות התקשורת המקושרת למחשב חבר הבורסה, את הפרטים הנדרשים לשם הצבעה במערכת ההצבעה האלקטרונית.
בעל מניות המופיע ברשימת הזכאים להצביע במערכת ההצבעה האלקטרונית רשאי לציין את אופן הצבעתו ולהעביר אותה לחברה באמצעות מערכת ההצבעה האלקטרונית.
כתב ההצבעה האלקטרוני נפתח להצבעה בתום המועד הקובע. ההצבעה באמצעות מערכת ההצבעה האלקטרונית תסתיים ארבע )4( שעות לפני מועד האסיפה )יום רביעי, 81 במרץ 0202 בשעה 82022 בבוקר שעון ישראל(, אז תיסגר מערכת ההצבעה האלקטרונית. בעל מניה המצביע באמצעות כתב הצבעה אלקטרוני אינו נדרש להמציא לחברה אישור בעלות באופן המפורט לעיל ביחס לבעל מניה המצביע בכתב הצבעה שאינו אלקטרוני.
בעל מניות אחד או יותר המחזיק מניות בשיעור המהווה חמישה אחוזים או יותר מסך כל זכויות ההצבעה בחברה, וכן מי שמחזיק בשיעור כאמור מתוך סך כל זכויות ההצבעה שאינן מוחזקות בידי בעל שליטה בחברה )כקבוע בסעיף 001 לחוק החברות(, זכאי לעיין בכתבי הצבעה כמפורט בתקנה 82 לתקנות כתבי הצבעה.
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Date: February 12, 2020
In accordance with the Companies Regulations (Deeds of Vote and Position Notices) (2005)
Name of the Company
Partner Communications Company Ltd. (the "Company").
Extraordinary General Meeting (the "EGM") will be held on Wednesday, March 18, 2020 at 14:00 (Israel time), at the Company's offices, 8 Ha'amal Street, Rosh Ha'ayin, Israel or at any adjournment thereof. The telephone number for inquiries is +972-54- 7814191.
Pursuant to the Israeli Companies Law (1999), as amended (the "Israeli Companies Law") and the Israeli Companies Regulations (Deeds of Vote and Position Notices) (2005), as amended (the "Deed of Vote Regulations"), shareholders who will not attend the meeting in person may vote with respect to items 1-4 on the agenda by a Hebrew form of deed of vote (ktav hatzba'a) and these items are subject to provisions set forth in the Israeli Companies Law and the Deed of Vote Regulations (the "Regulations Procedure").
Set forth below is a summary of the proposed resolutions that may be voted on by the Deed of Vote:
The Company's Compensation Policy was approved by the Annual General Meeting of shareholders on October 29, 2019 ("Compensation Policy"). The Compensation Policy provides (among other things) that the Company may insure its Office Holders (as such term is defined in the Israeli Companies Law (1999), as amended (the "Israeli Companies Law")) with a directors' and officers' (D&O) insurance policy which shall be acquired, from time to time, subject to applicable law and our Articles of Association (the "Insurance Policy").
In view of, among others, the recent sharp increases in premiums for D&O insurance policies, in particular for companies whose securities are listed on stock exchanges in the United States, our Compensation Committee and Board of Directors have approved, subject to shareholder approval, certain amendments to the insurance section in our Compensation Policy.
This summary is qualified in its entirety by reference to the description in the Proxy Statement. The full test of the proposed amendment to Section 6 is attached hereto as "Annex "A". For the shareholders' convenience, attached hereto as Annex "B" is an English convenience translation of the binding Hebrew changes to the Compensation Policy.
Other than the changes set forth in the attached Annex "A", the terms of the Compensation Policy shall remain in effect.
Our Compensation Committee and Board of Directors approved and recommended to the shareholders of the EGM to approve the aforesaid amendment to our Compensation Policy as set forth in "Annex A".
It is proposed that at the EGM the following resolutions be adopted:
Ms. Osnat Ronen serves as the Company's Chairman of the Board of Directors since November 2019. Our Compensation Policy allows us to grant the Chairman of the Board, compensation that shall take into account the additional work imposed on the Chairman, the additional time that the Chairman is required to devote to the performance of this role and, insofar as the Chairman of the Board is an active chairman, also the appointment percentage at which he or she shall be employed. Ms Ronen is actively involved in the management of the Company well beyond participation in meetings of our Board of Directors and committees thereof.
The Compensation Committee and Board of Directors considered numerous factors, including the Company's Compensation Policy and relevant benchmarks, taking into account Ms. Ronen's education, qualifications, expertise and professional experience and achievements, and believe that it is in the best interest of the Company to retain Ms. Ronen as our Chairman of the Board of Directors and to compensate her for her valuable contribution to the Company particularly in these challenging times.
As an incentive for her activities and efforts as Chairman, the Compensation Committee and the Board of Directors have recommended to the shareholders of the EGM to approve to grant Ms. Ronen a fixed monthly fee in the amount of NIS 85,000 (plus
VAT) for her services as Chairman of the Board of Directors, effective November 20, 2019, at a scope of a 40% position, to be offset against the sums that Ms. Ronen has received since November 20, 2019 in her capacity as a director in the Company, to be paid to her directly or to a company under her control, according to her discretion, and subject to the receipt of an appropriate invoice.
The Compensation Committee and the Board of Directors are of the opinion that the proposed compensation to the Chairman is fair and reasonable given the required devotion of extensive attention and time and the magnitude of the challenges that the Company faces and may face in the future in light of recent developments, changes in the Company and the market in which the Company operates and the responsibility of the Chairman.
It is proposed that at the EGM the following resolutions be adopted:
In accordance with the Israeli Companies Law, compensation to our directors must be brought for approval by our Compensation Committee, our Board of Directors and our shareholders. If a new director was appointed by the Board of Directors and his term commenced before the next coming Annual General Meeting ("AGM") and before the required legal approvals for payment of the compensation terms were approved by the AGM, the Company was unable to pay the new director such compensation until its terms were approved by the AGM and the Company retroactively paid the new director such compensation.
It is therefore proposed to adopt a general resolution regarding the compensation terms, as set forth below, that will apply to all current directors and those that will be serve from time to time (excluding the Chairman of the Board of Directors insofar as separate compensation terms will be determined thereof), (such current directors and and those that will be serve from time to time, including external directors and independent directors (excluding the Chairman of the Board of Directors insofar as separate compensation terms will be determined thereof), the "Relevant Directors"). It should be clarified that regarding directors that will be appointed in the future, insofar as they will be appointed, that are controlling parties or their relatives or that a controlling shareholder has an interest in their appointment, additional resolutions may need to be adopted in accordance with the law.
For further information regarding compensation of our Relevant Directors, from the date of their appointment to the Board of Directors, see the Proxy Statement.
The Israeli Companies Law and the Company's Articles of Association authorize the Company, subject to the required approvals, to release, indemnify and to undertake in advance to indemnify directors and other Office Holders (as such term is defined in the Israeli Companies Law) of the Company for liabilities or expenses an office holder will incur, or that will be imposed on him, as a result of an action or inaction by such person (or together with other directors or Office Holders of the Company) in his capacity as an Office Holder of the Company, as described in the Proxy Statement.
For further information regarding indemnification and release letters granted to our Relevant Directors, see the Proxy Statement.
This summary is qualified in its entirety by reference to the description in the Proxy Statement.
The Compensation Committee and Board of Directors have resolved and recommended to the shareholders at the EGM:
(a) to approve the compensation of the Relevant Directors, commencing from the date of their first appointment to the Board as Directors (by the general meeting of shareholders or by the Board of Directors) for their respective services to the Company as directors, which is equal to: (i) an annual fee of NIS 180,000 (one hundred and eighty thousand NIS); and (ii) an attendance fee of NIS 4,000 (four thousand NIS) per meeting, applicable from the fifth meeting per year (100% thereof for participation in person, 60% thereof by means of communication, or 50% thereof in writing), in each such case, linked to the Israeli Consumer Price Index published for December 2007, but in any event no less than an aggregate amount per annum equal to U.S. \$50,000 (U.S. Dollars fifty thousand, payable according to the representative exchange rate on the payment date) as previously approved by the shareholders (the "Compensation"); The Compensation is in accordance with section 8A to the Companies Regulations (Rules regarding Remuneration and Reimbursement of Expenses to External Directors), 5760 – 2000 and subject to the approvals as required thereof.
(b) to approve and ratify the reimbursement of reasonable expenses in connection with the performance of their role as directors, including external directors and independent directors, as determined by the Compensation Committee. The Compensation Committee has determined that reasonable expenses shall include the following expenses: taxi fare (as needed, upon submission of receipts); in case of international traveling - traveling expenses, including business class airline tickets; hotel expenses (up to a budget of \$300 per night); and additional expenses (Per diem - \$80, communication expenses and travel insurance) (such expenses, as may be updated by a non-significant amount by the Compensation Committee, from time to time, the "Reasonable Expenses");
(c) to approve that the Relevant Directors, will benefit from the Company's existing D&O insurance policy and
(d) to approve that the current directors will continue to benefit from their existing indemnification and release letters and that directors that will be appointed from time to time, will benefit from the Indemnification and Release Letter attached as Annex "C" effective from the date of their appointment to the Board of Directors.
Further details regarding the Company's D&O insurance policy are detailed in item 1 above.
It is proposed that at the EGM the following resolutions be adopted:
Mr. Yossi Shachak and Mr. Richard Hunter were appointed to the Company's Board of Directors on November 15, 2019. The Compensation Committee and Board of Directors have resolved and recommended to the shareholders at the EGM to approve the Compensation (as defined in item 3 above) and the grant of the Indemnification and Release Letter (as detailed in item 3 above) to Mr. Richard Hunter and to Mr. Yossi Shachak from the date of their appointment to the Board of Directors, for their respective services to the Company as directors.
For full details regarding the Compensation terms and the Indemnification and Release Letter, see item 3 in the Proxy Statement.
It is proposed that at the EGM the following resolutions be adopted:
For further details in respect of the items on the EGM agenda and the complete wording of the proposed resolutions, kindly see the Proxy Statement dated February 12, 2020 distributed with this Deed of Vote.
The Proxy Statement, distributed with this Deed of Vote, contains the full text of the proposed resolutions and will be available for review at the Company offices, 8 Ha'amal Street, Rosh Ha'ayin, Israel, Sunday-Thursday, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. (Israel time) following prior coordination at telephone number +972-54-7814191, until the time of the EGM, convened to approve the items on the agenda. In addition, the Proxy Statement is available on the websites: www.magna.isa.gov.il and www.maya.tase.co.il; and on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's EDGAR System http://www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml. The Proxy Statement includes additional information on the content of this Deed of Vote and it is important that the shareholders will also review it.
The required majority for the approval of items 1 and 3 on the agenda, which are subject to the Regulations Procedure, is the vote of the holders of a majority of the Ordinary Shares, par value NIS 0.01 per share ("Ordinary Shares") participating in the EGM and voting on the matter; provided, that one of the following conditions is fulfilled: (i) the majority of votes in favor of the matter shall include at least a majority of the votes of shareholders not constituting Controlling Parties (as stated in the Israeli Companies Law, including section 268 of the Israeli Companies Law, "Controlling Party") in the Company, or those having a Personal Interest (as defined in the Israeli Companies Law, a "Personal Interest") in the approval of these items, participating in the vote; which votes shall not include abstaining votes; or (ii) the total number of objecting votes of the shareholders mentioned in clause (i) does not exceed 2% of the total voting rights in the Company.
The required majority for the approval of items 2 and 4 on the agenda, which are subject to the Regulations Procedure, is the vote of the holders of a majority of the Ordinary Shares participating in the EGM and voting on the matter.
In the second part of this Deed of Vote there is a designated space for marking and detailing whether the shareholder has a Personal Interest in the resolution, the shareholder is a Controlling Party in the Company, is a Senior Office Holder or is an Institutional Investor (as the case may be), as set in the Israeli Companies Law and Deed of Vote Regulations. If a shareholder does not so mark or detail, the shareholder's vote shall not be counted in respect of all of the item on the agenda.
Each shareholder is also required to indicate if any of the shareholder's holdings in Partner or vote requires the consent of the Minister of Communications pursuant to Partner's Licenses. If a shareholder does not so mark, the shareholder's vote shall not be counted.
A Deed of Vote submitted by shareholders who hold their shares through a member in the Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange (the "Exchange") will be valid only if accompanied by an ownership certificate. A Deed of Vote submitted by registered shareholders shall be valid only if accompanied by a copy of I.D., passport or incorporation certificate.
Following legislative changes, the Israeli Securities Authority has established an electronic voting system for shareholder meetings of publicly listed Israeli companies via its MAGNA system, following a registration process, no later than six hours before the time fixed for the EGM.
The Deed of Vote shall be submitted to the Company or mailed by registered mail, so it arrives to the Company's offices no later than 4 hours prior to the time of the EGM or voted electronically as set forth above.
Hadar Vismunski-Weinberg, Adv., Company Secretary, Partner Communications Company Ltd., 8 Ha'amal Street, Rosh Ha'ayin, 4810302 Israel (kindly mark clearly "deed of vote" or "position notice" on the envelope).
The deadline for submission of Position Notices by the shareholders in respect of all of the items on the agenda is: March 8, 2020.
The deadline for submission of the Board of Directors' response to Position Notices (if any) is: March 13, 2020.
After filing the Deed of Vote, changes to the EGM agenda may be made, including by adding an item to the agenda following a shareholder request (in accordance with Section 66(b) to the Israeli Companies Law) submitted to the Company no later than February 19, 2020 (seven (7) days following the date of filing the attached Proxy Statement). In such case, the Company will file an amended agenda and an amended Deed of Vote no later than February 26, 2020. The filing of an amended agenda will not require the change of the Record Date as set forth above and in the attached Proxy Statement. Additionally, Position Notices may be published, as stated above.
Israel Securities Authority website: www.magna.isa.gov.il Tel Aviv Stock Exchange website: www.maya.tase.co.il U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's EDGAR System (only a convenience translation into English): http://www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml
A shareholder, whose shares are being held through a stock exchange member, is entitled to receive the ownership certificate in the branch of that stock exchange member or by the mail, if the shareholder requested. Such request shall be made in advance for a particular securities account.
A shareholder, whose shares are being held through an Exchange member, is entitled to receive from the stock exchange member who holds the share in the shareholder's behalf, by e-mail, with no charge, a link to the text of the Deed of Vote and to the Position Notices posted on the Israel Securities Authority website, unless the shareholder notified the Exchange member that he is not interested in receipt of such link or he is interested in receipt of Deeds of Vote by mail (for charge). Shareholder's notice in respect of Deeds of Vote shall apply to Position Notices as well.
One or more shareholders holding shares conferring in the aggregate at least five percent of the Company's voting rights and shareholders holding the same rate of the Company's voting rights not held by the Company's "Controlling Party" (as stated in Section 268 of the Israeli Companies Law), are entitled to review the Deeds of Votes as detailed in Regulation 10 of the Deeds of Vote Regulations.
As of February 11, 2020 the amount of shares equivalent to five percent of the Company's voting rights (excluding treasury shares) is: 9,177,949 Ordinary Shares.
As of February 11, 2020, the amount of shares equivalent to five percent of the Company's voting rights (excluding treasury shares) not held by the Company's Controlling Party (as stated in Section 268 of the Israeli Companies Law) is: 6,684,809 Ordinary Shares.
Shareholder shall mark the shareholder's vote regarding each item on the agenda which is subject to the Regulations Procedure (items 1-4), in the second part of this Deed of Vote.
Date: ________, 2020
In accordance with Regulation 5(a) of the Companies Regulations (Deeds of Vote and Position Notices) 2005
Name of the Company: Partner Communications Company Ltd. (the "Company")
The Company's address (for submitting and sending Deeds of Vote and Position Papers): Hadar Vismunski-Weinberg, Adv., Company Secretary, Partner Communications Company Ltd., 8 Ha'amal Street, Rosh Ha'ayin, 4810302 Israel (kindly mark clearly "deed of vote" or "position paper" on the envelope)
Company's registration number: 520044314
Time of the meeting: Wednesday, March 18, 2020 at 14:00 Israel time.
Type of meeting: Extraordinary General Meeting
The Record Date: February 18, 2020.
Note - In parallel to distribution of this Deed of Vote, a Hebrew version of a Deed of Vote (ktav hatzba'a) per Israeli requirements will be distributed among the shareholders. The shareholders are requested to send only one version of a Deed of Vote (an English version or a Hebrew version, but not both). If both versions will be sent by shareholders, in case of contradiction between the two versions (as determined by the Company's secretary), the vote shall be disqualified.
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| I.D. number: __________ |
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| Passport number: ______ |
| The country issuing the passport: _____ |
| Valid until: ________ |
| In case the shareholder is an entity: |
| Entity registration number: _______ |
| Country of organization: _____ |
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Subject Resolution |
of | the | Votea | In respect of a transaction's approval pursuant to sections 255, 267A and 272 to 275 (the majority required for which is not an ordinary majority), of the Israeli Companies Law) or in respect of an amendment to the Company's Compensation Policy for Office Holders (section 267A (b) of the Israeli Companies Law) - do you have a "Personal Interest" in the resolution, are you a "Controlling Party" in the Company, a "Senior Office Holder" or an "Institutional |
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a If an X is not marked in either column, or if an X is marked in the "Yes" column and the shareholder does not provide details regarding the nature of the "Personal Interest" or the "Controlling Party" Interest (as the case may be), or an X is marked in both columns, the vote shall be disqualified.
b Kindly provide details regarding the nature of your "Personal Interest" in the resolution, why do you constitute a "Controlling Party" in the Company, you are a "Senior Office Holder" or an "Institutional Investor" (as the case may be), at the designated space below the table (on page 5). "Personal Interest" is defined in Section 1 of the Israeli Companies Law as a person's personal interest in an act or a transaction of a company, including, without limitation, the personal interest of a person's relative and the personal interest of an entity in which the person or the person's relative is an interested party. Holding shares in the applicable company does not give rise to a "Personal Interest". "Personal Interest" includes, without limitation, a personal interest of a person voting by proxy which was given by another person, even if the other person does not have a personal interest, and a person voting on behalf of a person having a personal interest will be deemed as having a personal interest, whether the voting discretion is in the voter's hands or not. The Israeli Companies Law refers to the definition of "Control" in Section 1 of the Israeli Securities Law (1968), as amended, defining "Control" as the ability to direct the activity of a company, except for ability stemming only from being a director or holding another position in that company, and it is presumed that a person is controlling a company if said person "holds" (as defined therein) at least half of (i) the right to vote in the shareholders general meeting; or (ii) the right to appoint the directors or the general manager of that company. For approval of the resolutions regarding the detailed items, any shareholders holding 25% or more of the voting rights in a company will be deemed a "Controlling Party". Two or more persons holding voting rights in a company whereas each of them has a personal interest in approving a certain transaction would be deemed "holding together". According to section 37 (d) of the Securities Law, a "Senior Office Holder" is, generally, a general manager, chief executive officer, deputy managing director, deputy director general, all fulfilling such a role in the company even if his title is different, a director, or manager directly subordinated to the general manager; as well as chairman of the board, an alternate director, an individual appointed under section 236 of the Israeli Companies Law on behalf of the corporation who is a director, controller, an internal auditor, independent authorized signatory, and anyone fulfilling such a role, even if his job title is different, and a Senior Office Holder of a corporation controlled by the corporation, which has a significant impact on the corporation and any individual employed by a corporation in another position, holding five percent or more of the nominal value of the issued share capital or voting rights. "Institutional Investor" - shall have the meaning defined in section 1 of the Supervisory Regulations Control of Financial Services (Provident Funds) (Participation of a Managing Company at a General Meeting), 2009, and a managing company of a Joint Investment Trust Fund as defined in the Joint Investment Trust Law, 1994.
c If an X is not marked in either column, or if an X is marked in the "Yes" column and the shareholder does not provide details regarding the nature of the "Personal Interest" or the "Controlling Party" Interest (as the case may be), or an X is marked in both columns, the vote shall be disqualified.
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Regarding the resolutions in items 1-4 why do I have a "Personal Interest" in the resolution, why do I constitute a "Controlling Party" in the Company, a "Senior Office Holder" or an "Institutional Investor"?
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Deeds of Vote submitted by shareholders who hold their shares through an Exchange member (under section 177(1) of the Israeli Companies Law) will be valid only if accompanied by an ownership certificate.
Deeds of Vote submitted by shareholders registered in the Company's Shareholders Register will be valid only if accompanied by a copy of I.D., passport or organization certificate.
You must mark one of the following two boxes (if an X is not marked in either box, or if an X is marked in both boxes, or if an X is marked in the NO box but no number of shares is provided, the vote shall be disqualified)d :
Yes. I approve the declaration below.
I declare that my holdings and my vote DO NOT require the consent of the Israeli Minister of Communications pursuant to (i) Sections 21 (Transfer of Means of Control) or 23 (Prohibition of Cross-Ownership) of the Company's General License for the Provision of Mobile Radio Telephone Services using the Cellular Method in Israel dated April 7, 1998, as amended (the "License"); or (ii) any other license granted to Partner, directly or indirectlye .
No. I do not approve the declaration above. I hold, together with others, ________ Ordinary Shares of Partner and my holdings require the consent of the Israeli Minister of Communications as stated above.
For your convenience, a translation of sections 21-24 to the License is attached as Annex "D" to the Proxy Statement distributed with this Deed of Vote.
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d In the event that the shareholder is an "Interested Party", as defined in the License, voting in a different manner with respect to each part of the shareholder's Ordinary Shares, a separate Deed of Vote should be filed for each quantity of Ordinary Shares in respect of which the shareholder intends to vote differently.
e Under certain licenses granted, directly or indirectly, to Partner, approval of, or notice to, the Minister of Communications of the State of Israel may be required for holding of 5% or more of Partner's means of control.
Attn: Hadar Vismunski-Weinberg, Adv., Company Secretary
I, the undersigned1 , _________________________, (Identification No./Registration No. ________________), of ____________________________________________, being a registered holder of ______________________2 Ordinary Shares, par value NIS 0.01 per share (the "Ordinary Shares") of the Company, hereby authorize _________________, Identification No. _______________3 , to participate and vote in my stead and on my behalf at the Meeting and in any adjournment thereof, inter-alia, with respect to any adjournment of discussion or resolution of any of the issues detailed on the Meeting agenda, until I shall otherwise notify you.
I declare and detail in the designated space below, in connection with the resolutions in items 1-4 whether I have a "Personal Interest" in the resolutions, or whether I am a "Controlling Party" in the Company, a "Senior Office Holder" or an "Institutional Investor": 4
1 Name of shareholder.
2 A shareholder is entitled to give several Deeds of Authorization, each of which refers to a different quantity of Ordinary Shares of the Company held by the shareholder, so long as the shareholder shall not give Deeds of Authorization with respect to an aggregate number of Ordinary Shares exceeding the total number of shares held by him.
3 In the event that the proxy does not hold an Israeli Identification number, indicate a passport number, if any, and the name of the country in which the passport was issued.
4 Kindly provide details regarding the nature of your "Personal Interest" in the resolution, why do you constitute a "Controlling Party" in the Company, you are a "Senior Office Holder" or an "Institutional Investor" (as the case may be), at the designated space below the table (on page 5). "Personal Interest" is defined in Section 1 of the Israeli Companies Law (1999), as amended (the "Israeli Companies Law") as a person's personal interest in an act or a transaction of a company, including, without limitation, the personal interest of a person's relative and the personal interest of an entity in which the person or the person's relative is an interested party. Holding shares in the applicable company does not give rise to a "Personal Interest". "Personal Interest" includes, without limitation, a personal interest of a person voting by proxy which was given by another person, even if the other person does not have a personal interest, and a person voting on behalf of a person having a personal interest will be deemed as having a personal interest, whether the voting discretion is in the voter's hands or not. The Israeli Companies Law refers to the definition of "Control" in Section 1 of the Israeli Securities Law (1968), as amended, defining "Control" as the ability to direct the activity of a company, except for ability stemming only from being a director or holding another position in that company, and it is presumed that a person is controlling a company if said person "holds" (as defined therein) at least half of (i) the right to vote in the shareholders general meeting; or (ii) the right to appoint the directors or the general manager of that company. For approval of the resolutions regarding the detailed items, any shareholders holding 25% or more of the voting rights in a company will be deemed a "Controlling Party". Two or more persons holding voting rights in a company whereas each of them has a personal interest in approving a certain transaction would be deemed "holding together". According to section 37 (d) of the Securities Law, a "Senior Office Holder" is, generally, a general manager, chief executive officer, deputy managing director, deputy director general, all fulfilling such a role in the company even if his title is different, a director, or manager directly subordinated to the general manager; as well as chairman of the board, an alternate director, an individual appointed under section 236 of the Israeli Companies Law on behalf of the corporation who is a director, controller, an internal auditor, independent authorized signatory, and anyone fulfilling such a role, even if his job title is different, and a Senior Office Holder of a corporation controlled by the corporation, which has a significant impact on the corporation and any individual employed by a corporation in another position, holding five percent or more of the nominal value of the issued share capital or voting rights. "Institutional Investor" - shall have the meaning defined in section 1 of the Supervisory Regulations Control of Financial Services (Provident Funds) (Participation of a Managing Company at a General Meeting), 2009, and a managing company of a Joint Investment Trust Fund as defined in the Joint Investment Trust Law, 1994.
| Item No. | Subject of the Resolution | Vote5 | In respect of a transaction's approval pursuant to sections 255, 267A and 272 to 275 (the majority required for which is not an ordinary majority), of the Israeli Companies Law) or in respect of an amendment to the Company's Compensation Policy for Office Holders (section 267A(b) of the Israeli Companies Law) - do you have a "Personal Interest" in the resolution, are you a "Controlling Party" in the Company, a "Senior Office Holder" or an "Institutional |
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| 1) | Approval of of an amendment to the Company's Compensation Policy for Office Holders. This item is subject to the Regulations Procedure. |
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| 2) | Approval of compensation to the Company's Chairman of the Board of Directors. This item is subject to the Regulations Procedure. |
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| 3) | Approval of general compensation terms to the Company's directors. This item is subject to the Regulations Procedure. |
5 If an X is not marked in either column, or if an X is marked in the "Yes" column and the shareholder does not provide details regarding the nature of the "Personal Interest" or the "Controlling Party" Interest (as the case may be), or an X is marked in both columns, the vote shall be disqualified.
6 If an X is not marked in either column, or if an X is marked in the "Yes" column and the shareholder does not provide details regarding the nature of the "Personal Interest" or the "Controlling Party" Interest (as the case may be), or an X is marked in both columns, the vote shall be disqualified.
| Item No. | Subject of the Resolution | Vote5 | In respect of a 275 (the majority not of the Israeli respect of an amendment to the Company's for Office Holders - do you have a |
transaction's approval pursuant to sections 255, 267A and 272 to required for which is an ordinary majority), Companies Law) or in Compensation Policy (section 267A(b) of the Israeli Companies Law) "Personal Interest" in the resolution, are you |
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In connection with the resolutions in items 1-4 why do I have a "Personal Interest" in the resolution, or why do I constitute a "Controlling Party" in the Company, a "Senior Office Holder" or an "Institutional Investor"?
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You must mark one of the following two boxes (if an X is not marked in either box, or if an X is marked in both boxes, or if an X is marked in the NO box but no number of shares is provided, the vote shall be disqualified)7:
Yes. I approve the declaration below.
7 In the event that the shareholder is an "Interested Party," as defined in the License, voting in a different manner with respect to each part of the shareholder's Ordinary Shares, a separate Deed of Authorization should be filed for each quantity of Ordinary Shares in respect of which the shareholder intends to vote differently.
I declare that my holdings and my vote DO NOT require the consent of the Israeli Minister of Communications pursuant to (i) Sections 21 (Transfer of Means of Control) or 23 (Prohibition of Cross-Ownership) of the Company's General License for the Provision of Mobile Radio Telephone Services using the Cellular Method in Israel dated April 7, 1998, as amended (the "License") 8 ; or (ii) any other license granted, directly or indirectly, to Partner9 .
No. I do not approve the declaration above. I hold, together with others, ________ Ordinary Shares of Partner and my holdings REQUIRE the consent of the Israeli Minister of Communications as stated above.
Date: _____________ __________________________
Signature
Name (print):_______________ Title: _____________________
8 A translation of sections 21-24 of the License is attached as Annex "D" to the Proxy Statement distributed with this Deed of Authorization.
9 Under certain licenses granted, directly or indirectly, to Partner, approval of, or notice to, the Minister of Communications of the State of Israel may be required for holding of 5% or more of Partner's means of control.
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