Registration Form • Nov 21, 2018
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FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
______________________
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Israel
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
Not Applicable (IRS. Employer Identification No.)
8 Amal St. Afeq Industrial Park
Rosh Ha'ayin 48103, Israel (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Amended and Restated 2004 Equity Incentive Plan
(Full title of the plan) _______________________________
Puglisi and Associates 850 Library Avenue Suite 204 Newark, Delaware 19711 (Name and address of agent for service)
Copies to:
Perry Wildes, Adv. Gross, Kleinhendler, Hodak, Halevy, Greenberg, Shenhav & Co. One Azrieli Center Tel Aviv 67021, Israel +972-3-607-4444 ___________________
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| Title of securities to be registered |
Amount to be registered (2) |
Proposed maximum offering price per share |
Proposed maximum aggregate offering price |
Amount of registration fee |
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| Ordinary Shares, nominal value NIS 0.01 per share, deposited as American Depositary Shares | |||||
| represented by American Depositary Receipts (1) | 1,000,000(3) \$ | 4.86(4) \$ | 4,860,000 | \$ 590 |
(1) American Depositary Shares ("ADSs"), evidenced by American Depositary Receipts ("ADRs"), issuable upon deposit of the ordinary shares registered hereby, par value NIS 0.01 per share ("Ordinary Shares"), of Partner Communications Company Ltd. (the "Company") are registered on a separate registration statement on Form F-6 (File No. 333-177621). Each ADS represents one (1) Ordinary Share.
(2) Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), this registration statement on Form S-8 shall also cover any additional Ordinary Shares of the Company which become issuable under the Company's Amended and Restated 2004 Equity Incentive Plan (the "Plan") by reason of any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization or similar transaction effected without the receipt of consideration which results in an increase in the number of the Company's outstanding Ordinary Shares.
(3) Represents Ordinary Shares reserved for future issuance under the Plan.
(4) Estimated solely for purposes of this offering pursuant to Rules 457(c) and 457(h) under the Securities Act, and based on the average of the high and low prices of the Ordinary Shares reported on the NASDAQ Global Select Market on November 16, 2018. Such estimate is being utilized solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee.
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This Registration Statement registers additional securities of the same class as other securities for which six registration statements filed on Form S-8 (Commission File No. 333-137102, Commission File No. 333-153419, Commission File No. 333-206420, Commission File No. 333-207946, Commission File No. 333-210151, and Commission File No. 333-222294) of the Company are effective (the "Company's Registration Statements").
The information contained in the Company's Registration Statements is hereby incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement pursuant to General Instruction E, except for Items 3, 6, 8, and 9 of the Company's Registration Statements, which are updated by this Registration Statement.
* Information required by Part I to be contained in the Section 10(a) prospectus is omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance with Rule 428 under the Securities Act and the Introductory Note to Part I of Form S-8.
The following documents filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") are incorporated by reference herein and made a part hereof:
(a) The Company's Annual Report on Form 20-F (File No. 001-14968) as filed with the Commission on March 29, 2018 (the "Annual Report on Form 20-F"), which includes audited financial statements for the Company's latest fiscal year;
(b) The Company's report on Form 6-K furnished to the Commission on January 3, 2018, January 9, 2018, January 11, 2018, , March 5, 2018, March 14, 2018, March 29, 2018, April 3, 2018, April 16, 2018, April 17, 2018, May 7, 2018, May 15, 2018, May 24, 2018, May 31, 2018 (two reports), June 13, 2018, July 5, 2018, July 12, 2018, July 26, 2018, , August 6, 2018, August 13, 2018, August 15, 2018, September 13, 2018, October 4, 2018, October 10, 2018, October 29, 2018 (two reports), November 1, 2018 and November 21, 2018;
(c) The description of the Company's Ordinary Shares set forth in the Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A (File No. 1-14968), as filed with the Commission on October 20, 1999, including any amendment or report for the purpose of updating such description.
In addition, all documents filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act of 1934, as amended ("Exchange Act"), after the date of this Registration Statement, and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which de-registers all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
As permitted by the Israeli Companies Law, our Articles of Association provide that Partner may indemnify an Office Holder of Partner to the fullest extent permitted by law.
Without derogating from the foregoing, and subject to limitations set forth in the Israeli Securities Law, our Articles of Association specifically provide that Partner may indemnify an Office Holder of Partner for liability or expense he incurs or that is imposed upon him as a result of an action or inaction by him (or together with other Office Holders of Partner) in his capacity as an Office Holder of Partner including (subject to specified conditions) also in advance, as follows:
Financial liability incurred by, or imposed upon the Office Holder in favor of another person in accordance with a judgment, including a judgment given in a settlement or a judgment of an arbitrator, approved by an authorized court;
Reasonable legal expenses, including attorney fees, incurred by the Office Holder or which he was ordered to pay by an authorized court in the context of a proceeding filed against him by Partner or on Partner's behalf or by a third party, in a criminal proceeding in which he was acquitted or in a criminal proceeding in which he was convicted of an offense which does not require criminal intent;
Reasonable legal expenses, including attorney fees, incurred by the Office Holder due to an investigation or proceeding conducted against him by an authority authorized to conduct such investigation or proceeding and which ended without filing of an indictment against him and without the imposition of a financial liability as a substitute for a criminal proceeding or that was ended without filing of an indictment against him but for which he was subject to a financial liability as a substitute for a criminal proceeding relating to an offense which does not require criminal intent, within the meaning of the relevant terms under the law or in connection with a financial sanction("itzum caspi");
Payment to an injured party as a result of a violation set forth in Section 52.54(a)(1)(a) of the Israeli Securities Law, including by indemnification in advance or expenses incurred in connection with a proceeding ("halich") under Chapters H3, H4 or I1 of the Israeli Securities Law, or under Chapter 4 of Part 9 of the Israeli Companies Law, in connection with any affairs, including reasonable legal expenses, which term includes attorney fees, including by indemnification in advance; and
Expenses, including reasonable legal fees, including attorney fees, incurred by an Office Holder with respect to a proceeding in accordance with the Restrictive Trade Practices Law- 1988 ("Restrictive Trade Practices Law").
Our Articles of Association also permit us to indemnify any Office Holders of Partner for any other liability or expense in respect of which it is permitted or will be permitted under applicable law to indemnify an Office Holder of Partner.
The Israeli Companies Law and our Articles of Association also permit us to undertake in advance to indemnify an Office Holder with respect for items (2), (3) and (4) above, or any other matter permitted by law. The Israeli Companies Law and our Articles of Association also permit us to undertake in advance to indemnify an Office Holder with respect to item (1) above, provided however, that the undertaking to indemnify is restricted to events which in the opinion of the Board of Directors are anticipated in light of Partner's activities at the time of granting the undertaking to indemnify, and is limited to a sum or measurement determined by the Board of Directors to be reasonable under the circumstances. The undertaking to indemnify shall specify the events that, in the opinion of the Board of Directors are expected in light of the Company's actual activity at the time of grant of the undertaking and the sum or measurement which the Board of Directors determined to be reasonable under the circumstances.
The Israeli Companies Law combined with our Articles of Association also permits us to indemnify an Office Holder retroactively for all kinds of events, subject to any applicable law.
In no event may we indemnify an Office Holder for any of the following:
We have undertaken to indemnify our Office Holders, subject to certain conditions as aforesaid. We consider from time to time the indemnification of our Office Holders, which indemnification will be subject to approval of our compensation committee, Board of Directors and in certain cases, such as indemnification of directors and the CEO, also of our shareholders.
Under the indemnification letters granted to Office Holders prior to the extraordinary general meeting of shareholders held on October 17, 2013 ("October 2013 EGM"), the aggregate indemnification amount payable by us to Office Holders and other indemnified persons pursuant to all letters of indemnification issued to them by us will not exceed the higher of (i) 25% of shareholders equity and (ii) 25% of market capitalization, each measured at the time of indemnification (the "Combined Maximum Indemnity Amount", and "the Original Indemnification Letter").
Under the indemnification letters granted to Office Holders after the October 2013 EGM, the aggregate indemnification amount payable by us to Office Holders (including, among others, Office Holders nominated on behalf of Partner in subsidiaries) pursuant to all letters of indemnification issued or that may be issued to them by Partner on or after the October 2013 EGM, for any occurrence of an event set out in such a letter (including an attachment thereto) 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) ("the Revised Indemnification Letter"). However, under the circumstances where indemnification for the same event is to be made in parallel under the Revised Indemnification Letter and to one or more indemnified persons under the Original Indemnification Letter, the maximum indemnity amount for the indemnified persons that received the Revised Indemnification Letter shall be adjusted so it does not exceed the Combined Maximum Indemnity Amount to which any other indemnified person is entitled under the Original Indemnification Letter.
The Companies Law and our Articles of Association authorize the Company, subject to obtaining the required approvals (of our compensation committee, Board of Directors and in certain cases, such as release of directors and the CEO, also of our shareholders), to release our Office Holders, in advance, from such persons' liability, entirely or partially, for damage in consequence of the breach of the duty of care toward us as set forth in accordance with any law, including the liabilities and expenses for which the Company may indemnify Office Holders as set forth above, see Item 6C.11a Indemnification. Furthermore, the Company may release Office Holders that are controlling shareholders or their relatives, subject to the receipt of the approvals in accordance with any law. Said release will not apply to a resolution or transaction in which the controlling shareholder or any Office Holder in the Company (including other Office Holders than the Office Holder being granted the release) has a personal interest.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, we may not release such person from such person's liability, resulting from any of the following events: (i) the breach of duty of loyalty towards us; (ii) the breach of duty of care made intentionally or recklessly ("pzizut"), other than if made only by negligence; (iii) an act intended to unlawfully yield a personal profit; (iv) a fine ("knass"), a civil fine ("knass ezrahi"), a financial sanction ("itzum caspi") or a penalty ("kofer") imposed upon such person; and (v) the breach of duty of care in a distribution ("haluka").
In addition to the Original Indemnification Letter and the Revised Indemnification Letter, the Company granted new indemnification and release letters to our Office Holders at the annual general meeting of shareholders held on September 28, 2016.
The Israeli Companies Law and the Company's Articles of Association authorize the Company (subject to certain exceptions) to enter into an insurance contract, and to arrange and pay all premiums in respect of an insurance contract, for the insurance of the liability of our Office Holders for liabilities the Office Holder incurs as a result of a direct or indirect action or inaction undertaken by such person (or together with other Office Holders of the Company) in his capacity as an Office Holder of the Company for any of the following:
(1) The breach of the duty of care towards the Company or towards any other person;
(2) The breach of the duty of loyalty towards the Company provided that the Office Holder has acted in good faith and had reasonable grounds to assume that the action would not harm the Company;
(3) A financial liability imposed on him in favor of another person;
(4) A payment which the office holder is obligated to pay to an injured party as set forth in section 52.54(a)(1)(a) of the Securities Law and expenses that the Office Holder incurred in connection with a proceeding under Chapters H3, H4 or I1 of the Securities Law, or under Chapter 4 of Part 9 of the Israeli Companies Law, in connection with any affairs, including reasonable legal expenses, which term includes attorney fees.
(5) Expenses, including reasonable legal expenses fees, including attorney fees, incurred by the Office Holder with respect to a proceeding in accordance with the Restrictive Trade Practices Law.
(6) Any other matter in respect of which it is permitted or will be permitted under any law to insure the liability of an Office Holder in the Company.
The Exhibit Index following the signature page is hereby incorporated by reference.
provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) above do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement;
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant, Partner Communications Company Ltd., certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Rosh Ha'ayin, in the State of Israel, on November 20, 2018.
By: /s/ Isaac Benbenisti Name: Isaac Benbenisti Title: Chief Executive Officer
By: /s/ Tamir Amar Name: Tamir Amar Title: Chief Financial Officer
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints each of Isaac Benbenisti, Tamir Amar and Hadar Vismunski- Weinberg his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, each acting alone, with full power of substitution and re-substitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign and to file a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (or such other Form as may be appropriate) in connection with the registration of Ordinary Shares of the Registrant and any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to any such Registration Statement on Form S-8 with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting to said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to perform any other act on behalf of the undersigned required to be done in the premises. This power of attorney may be executed in counterparts.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement on Form S-8 has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated.
| Signature | Title | Date |
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| /s/ Isaac Benbenisti Isaac Benbenisti |
Chief Executive Officer | November 20, 2018 |
| /s/ Tamir Amar Tamir Amar |
Chief Financial Officer | November 20, 2018 |
| /s/ Adam Chesnoff Adam Chesnoff |
Chairman of the Board of Directors | November 20, 2018 |
| /s/ Elon Shalev Elon Shalev |
Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors | November 20, 2018 |
| /s/ Barry Ben Zeev Barry Ben Zeev |
Director | November 20, 2018 |
| /s/ Sumeet Jaisinghani Sumeet Jaisinghani |
Director | November 20, 2018 |
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| /s/ Barak Pridor Barak Pridor |
Director | November 20, 2018 |
| /s/ Osnat Ronen Osnat Ronen |
Director | November 20, 2018 |
| /s/ Yoav Rubinstein Yoav Rubinstein |
Director | November 20, 2018 |
| /s/ Arieh Saban Arieh Saban |
Director | November 20, 2018 |
| /s/ Arik Steinberg Arik Steinberg |
Director | November 20, 2018 |
| /s/ Ori Yaron Ori Yaron |
Director | November 20, 2018 |
| /s/ Yehuda Saban Yehuda Saban |
Director | November 20,2018 |
| /s/ Tomer Bar Zeev Tomer Bar Zeev |
Director | November 20, 2018 |
| /s/ Jonathan Kolodny Jonathan Kolodny |
Director | November 20, 2018 |
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 6(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Authorized Representative has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, solely in its capacity as the duly authorized representative of the Registrant in the United States, in the City of Newark, Delaware, on this 20th the day of November, 2018.
PUGLISI & ASSOCIATES (Authorized U.S. Representative)
By: /s/ Donald J. Puglisi Name: Donald J. Puglisi Title: Managing Director
| Exhibit Number |
Document |
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| 4.1 | Articles of Association last updated and approved on September 28, 2016 (incorporated by reference to Annex D from the Company's Report on Form 6-K filed on August 18, 2016). |
| 4.2 | Company's Certificate of Incorporation (previously filed as an exhibit to the Company's Registration Statement on Form F-1 (No. 333-10992) and incorporated herein by reference). |
| 4.3 | Company's Memorandum of Association (previously filed as an exhibit to the Company's Registration Statement on Form F-1 (No. 333-10992) and incorporated herein by reference). |
| 4.4 | Form of Amended and Restated Deposit Agreement among the Company, Citibank N.A, as depositary, and all owners and beneficial owners of American Depositary Receipts (previously filed as an exhibit to the Company's Registration Statement on Form F-6 (No. 333-177621) and incorporated herein by reference). |
| 4.5* | Amended and Restated 2004 Equity Incentive Plan. |
| 5.1* | Opinion of Gross, Kleinhendler, Hodak, Halevy, Greenberg, Shenhav & Co. |
| 23.1* | Consent of Gross Kleinhendler, Hodak, Halevy, Greenberg, Shenhav & Co. (included in Exhibit 5.1) |
| 23.2* | Consent of Kesselman & Kesselman, Israel |
| 24.1* | Power of Attorney (included in the Signature Page) |
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As last adopted by the Compensation Committee on March 9, 2016 and by the Board of Directors on March 13, 2016
This Partner Communications Company Ltd. 2004 Equity Incentive Plan (formerly known as the Partner Communications Company Ltd. 2004 Share Option Plan), as amended from time to time, (the "Plan") is intended to promote the interests of Partner Communications Company Ltd. (the "Company") and its shareholders by providing employees, directors and officers, and advisors of the Company or any Affiliate with appropriate incentives and rewards to encourage them to enter into and continue in the employ of, or service to, the Company or any Affiliate and to acquire a proprietary interest in the long-term success of the Company. The Plan is designed to enable employees, directors and officers of the Company or any Affiliate to benefit from the provisions of Section 102 of the Israeli Income Tax Ordinance [New Version], 1961, as amended, and any regulations, rules, orders or procedures promulgated thereunder.
As used in the Plan, the following definitions shall apply to the terms indicated below:
| "Affiliate" | means any entity (a) with respect to which the Company is an "employing company" within the meaning of Section 102(a) of the Ordinance; and (b) is approved by the Committee as an Affiliate to which the terms of this Plan apply. |
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| "Approved 102 Grant" |
means a Grant granted pursuant to Section 102(b) of the Ordinance and held in trust by a Trustee for the benefit of the Participant. |
| "Capital Gain Grant (CGG)" |
means an Approved 102 Grant elected and designated by the Company to qualify under the capital gain tax treatment in accordance with the provisions of Section 102(b)(2) of the Ordinance. |
| "Cashless Formula" |
means the following formula: |
| (A x B) - (A x C) B |
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| A = the number of vested Options the Participant requests to exercise as written in the Notice of Exercise; | |
| B = the closing sale price of an Ordinary Share on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, on the last trading day before the Notice Date (as defined in Section 8.3), as such closing sale price is published by the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange; |
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| C= the Option Exercise Price. | |
| "Cashless Options" |
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.3 (i)(y) or (ii). |
| "Cause" | when used in connection with the termination of a Participant's employment or service by the Company or any Affiliate, shall mean (a) the willful and continued failure by the Participant to perform his duties (including the duty of care and the fiduciary duty as set forth in the Companies Law) and obligations to the Company or any Affiliate (other than any such failure resulting from Retirement or Disability, as hereinafter defined or any such failure approved by the Company, subject to applicable law); or (b) the willful engaging by the Participant in misconduct which is injurious to the Company or any Affiliate, provided, however, that in relation to employees or officers of the Company or any Affiliate, in each case the actions or omissions of the Participant are sufficient to deny the Participant severance payment under the Severance Payment Law, 1963. |
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| "Commencement Date" |
with respect to the vesting schedule of an Option or an RSU or the earning schedule of a Restricted Share, shall be the Grant Date, unless another date for the commencement of the vesting or earning schedule with respect to such Option, RSU or Restricted Share has been set by the Committee and written in the Grant Instrument. |
| "Committee" | shall mean the Compensation Committee of the Company's Board of Directors (as may be re-named by the Board of Directors) or any committee that will replace it by law. |
| "Companies Law" |
shall mean the Israeli Companies Law, 1999, as may be amended from time to time. |
| "Company" | shall mean Partner Communications Company Ltd., a company incorporated under the laws of the State of Israel. |
| "Compensation Policy" |
The Compensation Policy, if any, as adopted or amended from time to time by the Company, pursuant to Section 267A of the Companies Law. |
| "Controlling Shareholder" |
shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 32(9)(a) of the Ordinance. |
| "Designated Beneficiary" |
of a Participant, shall mean the beneficiary designated by such Participant or deemed as such Participant's Designated Beneficiary pursuant to Section 26 hereto, upon the death of the Participant. |
| "Disability" | shall mean any physical or mental condition, which is recognized as a disability pursuant to the employment practices adopted by the Company (or, if approved by the Committee, the Affiliate employing the Participant) and prevents the Participant from continuing to work in his position or in a comparable one in the Company or the employing Affiliate (as the case may be) or prevents the Participant from continuing to provide services to the Company or such Affiliate. Determination of a Disability shall be made in consultation with a physician selected by the Committee and shall be finally and conclusively determined by the Committee at its absolute discretion. |
| "Effective Date" |
means July 12, 2004, the date on which the Board of Directors first approved the Plan. |
| "Employee" | means a person who is employed by the Company or any of its Affiliates, including an individual who is serving as a director or an office holder all as defined in Section 102, who is not a Controlling Shareholder. |
| "Exercise Date" |
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 11 below. |
| "Exercise Period" |
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.1.3 and 8.3.3, as the case may be, below, unless extended pursuant to Section 21 below or shortened pursuant to Sections 6.2 and/or 9 below. |
| "Grant" | means the grant hereunder of any Granted Security, granted to a Participant pursuant to this Plan, whether granted singly, in combination or in tandem (each, individually referred to as a "Grant"). |
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| "Grant Date" | of a Granted Security means the date on which the Committee resolves to grant such Granted Security, unless another future date is specified by the Committee; provided, that, if further approvals are required for the granting of a Granted Security, the Grant Date shall mean the date that the last required approval for the grant of such Granted Security shall have been obtained, unless specified otherwise in the Grant Instrument. |
| "Grant Instrument" |
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.2 below. |
| "Granted Security" |
Any Option, Restricted Share, RSU or any other security granted to a Participant pursuant to this Plan, whether granted singly, in combination or in tandem. |
| "ITA" | means the Israeli Tax Authorities. |
| "Maximum Trust Period" |
The maximum period set in the Grant Instrument of a Granted Security granted on or after 18 June, 2014 as may be extended by the Committee, from time to time, at its sole and absolute discretion. |
| "Net Income" | means the amount in New Israeli Shekels specified as "Net Income" of the Company for the relevant period in the unaudited or audited, as the case may be, Financial Statements of the Company for such period as approved by the Board of Directors of the Company at the relevant time. |
| "Non- Employee" |
means a person who is not an Employee of the Company or its Affiliates. |
| "Option" | shall mean an option to purchase one or more Ordinary Shares granted pursuant to this Plan. |
| "Option Exercise Price" |
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.1.1 and as may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with Sections 3.2 or 8.1.1 below. |
| "Ordinary Income Grant (OIG)" |
means an Approved 102 Grant elected and designated by the Company to qualify under the ordinary income tax treatment in accordance with the provisions of Section 102(b)(1) of the Ordinance. |
| "102 Grant" | means any Grant granted to Employees pursuant to Section 102 of the Ordinance. |
| "3(i) Grant" "Ordinary |
means a Grant granted pursuant to Section 3(i) of the Ordinance to any person who is a Non-Employee. |
| Shares" | shall mean ordinary shares of the Company, par value NIS 0.01 each. |
| "Participant" | shall mean an Employee or a Non-Employee to whom a Grant is granted pursuant to the Plan, and, upon his death or legal incapacity, his successors, heirs, executors and administrators, as the case may be. |
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| "Plan" | shall mean this Partner Communications Company Ltd. 2004 Equity Incentive Plan (formerly known as the Partner Communications Company Ltd. 2004 Share Option Plan), as amended from time to time. |
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| "Restricted Share" |
means an Ordinary Share issued or transferred to a Participant pursuant to Section 8.2 of this Plan, which is subject to restrictions or limitations set forth in this Plan and in the related Grant Instrument. |
| "RSU" | means a right to receive one Ordinary Share granted to a Participant pursuant to Section 8.3 of this Plan, which is subject to restrictions or limitations set forth in this Plan and in the related Grant Instrument. |
| "Restriction Period" |
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.2.2 below. |
| "Retirement" | shall mean the termination of a Participant's employment with or service to the Company or the Affiliate employing him as a result of his reaching the earlier of (a) the legal age for retirement and (b) the age for retirement identified in his employment or service agreement. |
| "Section 3(i)" | means Section 3(i) of the Ordinance and any regulations, rules, orders or procedures promulgated thereunder as now in effect or as hereafter amended. |
| "Section 102" | means Section 102 of the Ordinance and any regulations, rules, orders or procedures promulgated thereunder as now in effect or as hereafter amended. |
| "Section 102 Rules" |
means the Income Tax Rules (Tax Relief for Issuance of Shares to Employees), 2003 as now in effect or as hereafter amended. |
| "Tax Ordinance" or "Ordinance" |
shall mean the Israeli Income Tax Ordinance [New Version], 1961, as amended, and any regulations, rules, orders or procedures promulgated thereunder. |
| "Trustee" | means any individual appointed by the Company to serve as a trustee and approved by the ITA, all in accordance with the provisions of Section 102(a) of the Ordinance. |
| "Termination Date" |
means close of business of the Company on the date which falls twenty (20) years after the Effective Date. |
| "Unapproved 102 Grant" |
means a Grant granted pursuant to Section 102(c) of the Ordinance and not held in trust by a Trustee. |
Reference to the male person is done for convenience purposes only and also applies to the female person.
3.1. Shares Available for Grants. As of November 20, 2018, the aggregate number of Ordinary Shares reserved for issuance under this Plan is 1,322,450 Ordinary Shares, representing approximately 0.8% of the total issued share capital of the Company as of such date.
The total number of Ordinary Shares reserved for issuance under the Plan shall be subject to adjustment as required for the implementation of the provisions of the Plan, in accordance with Section 3.2 below. In the event (i) an Option granted to any Participant has expired, canceled, forfeited or otherwise terminated in whole or in part, for any reason; (ii) any Ordinary Share has, after issuance or transfer as Restricted Share, returned to the Company due to a Participant's failure to comply with the terms and conditions of a Grant or for any reason hereunder; (iii) an RSU granted to any Participant was canceled, forfeited or otherwise terminated due to a Participant's failure to comply with the terms and conditions of a Grant or for any reason hereunder; or (iv) an Option has been exercised pursuant to the Cashless Formula, and therefore, shares reserved for issuance upon the exercise of such Option were not issued thereunder; such shares reserved for issuance of such expired, cancelled, forfeited or terminated Option or RSU, such Restricted Shares returned to the Company or such remaining unissued shares following a Cashless Formula exercise shall become available for issuance or transfer under any Grant which the Company may grant under the Plan.
In the event the Ordinary Shares shall be subdivided or combined into a greater or smaller number of shares, or in the event of any other corporate capitalization event of a significantly similar nature, each Participant shall be entitled, upon exercising a vested Option or a vested RSU and subject to the conditions herein stated, to be issued in respect of the Option or the RSU, such number of Ordinary Shares which such Participant would have been entitled to purchase had such event or events not occurred, and appropriate adjustments shall be made in the exercise price per share (if any) to reflect such subdivision or combination, so that Participants are not materially better or worse off as a result of the relevant event, and provided that any such adjustment shall give the Participant the same proportion of the issued share capital of the Company for which such Participant would have been entitled to subscribe had he exercised all the Options or RSUs held by him immediately prior to such adjustment and that such adjustment shall be made on the basis that the aggregate exercise price per share payable by the Participant on the full exercise of any Option or RSU shall remain as nearly as possible the same (but not greater than) as it was before such event.
In the event the Company distributes bonus shares, each Participant upon exercising such Option or RSU shall be issued by the Company (for the exercise price payable upon such exercise, if any), the Ordinary Shares as to which he is exercising his Option or RSU and, in addition thereto (at no additional cost), such number of shares of the class or classes in which such bonus shares were distributed which he would have received if he had been the holder of the Ordinary Shares as to which he is exercising his Option or RSU at all times between the date of issuance of such Option or RSU on behalf of a Participant in the name of the Trustee and the date of its exercise. In such event, the Exerice Price per Option or RSU (if any) will be reduced by the ratio of the bonus shares distribution (i.e., the number of bonus shares distributed divided by the total number of Ordinary Shares immediately following the said distribution of bonus shares).
For illustration purposes only, in the event the Company allocated 100 Options to a Participant at an Exercise Price of NIS 55 per Option, and following that the Company distributed bonus shares at a 1:1 ratio while the price of an Ordinary Share on the TASE prior to the distribution of the bonus shares was NIS 80 and immediately following such distribution of bonus shares was NIS 40, then upon the exerice of such Options immediately following the distribution of bonus shares, the number of Exercise Shares issued to the Participant would be 62 Ordinary Shares pursuant to the following calculation:
The number of Exercise Shares resulting as of the said distribution shall be 62 Ordinary Shares only as no fractional shares will be issued.
In the event of a rights offering conducted by the Company, the number of Ordinary Shares issued as a result of the exercise of Options or RSUs shall be adjusted to the benefit component in the rights offering as reflected in the ratio between the closing price of an Ordinary Share on the TASE on the last trading prior to the ex-day and the basis price of an Ordinary Share on the TASE ex-rights.For the avoidance of doubt, the Exercise Price shall not be reduced in any event to less than the nominal value of an Ordinary Shares.
In the event of a rights offering conducted by the Company to its shareholders, the Trustee will sell on the Rights Trading Day on the TASE (as such term is defined in the rights offering document) all the rights received for all Restricted Shares that have not vested by the record date determined for such rights offering (including). The consideration received by the Trustee from such sale (the "Consideration") will be allocated among all said unvested Restricted Shares pro rata. Upon release of any Restricted Shares from the Trustee to a Participant in accordance with the terms of this Plan, the Trustee will transfer to the Participant also such portion of the Consideation allocated for such released Restricted Shares. Consideration for Restricted Shares that were returned to the Company pursuant to the terms of this Plan will be transferred to the Company together with such Restricted Shares. For the avoidance of doubt, Participants who were granted Restricted Shares which have vested prior to or on the record date and are held by the trustee may participate in the righs offering as any other shareholder of the Company and may instruct the Trustee to act accordingly.
Options
With respect to Options granted on or after February 23, 2009 but prior to May 8, 2012, at any time after the grant of such Options that the Company distributes cash dividends in the ordinary course, with respect to all of its issued and outstanding Ordinary Shares, in an amount in excess of 40% (forty percent), or of another percent resolved by the Board of Directors, of the Company's Net Income for the relevant period (the "Excess Dividend"), and the record date for determining the right to receive such dividends is earlier than the Exercise Date of such Options, then the Option Exercise Price (as adjusted from time to time) for each Ordinary Share underlying an Option (granted on or after February 23, 2009 and whether vested or not as at the relevant record date), not exercised prior to such record date, shall be reduced, ipso facto, as at such record date, by an amount equal to the gross amount of the Excess Dividend per Ordinary Share.
Only with respect to Options granted on or after May 8, 2012 (or granted earlier but become subject to this provision thereafter) but prior to March 13, 2016, at any time after the grant of such Options that the Company distributes cash dividends in the ordinary course, with respect to all of its issued and outstanding Ordinary Shares, and the record date for determining the right to receive such dividends is earlier than the Exercise Date of such Options, then the Option Exercise Price (as adjusted from time to time) for each Ordinary Share underlying such Option (whether vested or not as at the relevant record date), not exercised prior to such record date, shall be reduced, ipso facto, as at such record date, by the gross dividend amount so distributed (the "Full Dividend") per Ordinary Share (and not the Excess Dividend).

The Excess Dividend (with respect to Options granted on or after February 23, 2009) or the Full Dividend (with respect to Options granted on or after May 8, 2012 (or granted earlier but become subject to this provision thereafter)) (as the case may be) per Ordinary Share will be determined on a quarterly basis with an annual adjustment on the fourth quarter of each financial year as follows:
At any time that the Company distributes cash dividend other than in the ordinary course, with respect to all of its issued and outstanding Ordinary Shares, and the record date for determining the right to receive such dividends is earlier than the Exercise Date of Options, then the Option Exercise Price (as adjusted from time to time) for each Ordinary Share underlying an Option (whether vested or not), not exercised prior to such record date, shall be reduced, as at such record date, by the gross dividend amount so distributed per Ordinary Share; provided, that any adjustment provided for in this paragraph shall be cumulative to any other adjustments contemplated under the immediately preceding paragraph or approved by the shareholders of the Company in general meeting.
In the event the Company distributes cash dividends, then the Option Exercise Price for each Ordinary Share underlying such Option (whether vested or not as at the relevant record date), not exercised prior to such record date, shall be reduced, ipso facto, as at the record date determining the right to receive such dividend, by the gross dividend amount so distributed per Ordinary Share.
In any event, the Option Exercise Price shall not be reduced to less than the par value of an Ordinary Share.
In the event the Company distributes cash dividends, the Trustee will hold such dividend amounts with respect to any Restricted Shares held by the Trustee on the record date for such dividend distribution. Upon release of any Restricted Shares from the Trustee to a Participant in accordance with the terms of this Plan, the Trustee will transfer to the Participant also the dividends accumulated for such Restricted Shares (at a nominal value). In the event Restricted Shares are returned to the Company pursuant to the terms of this Plan, the Trsutee will also transfer to the Company the dividend amount accumulated for such Restricted Shares (at a nominal value) together with such Restricted Shares.
In the event the Company distributes cash dividends, the number of Ordinary Shares issued as a result of the exercise of RSUs shall be adjusted to the benefit component in the dividend as reflected in the ratio between the closing price of an Ordinary Share on the TASE on the last trading prior to the ex-day and the basis price of an Ordinary Share on the TASE ex-dividend.
In the event of an effective resolution being proposed for the voluntary winding-up of the Company, any Participant may, subject to the provisions of all applicable laws, by notice in writing to the Company at any time prior to the date on which such resolution is passed, exercise his vested Options or vested RSUs (to the extent not already exercised) either to its full extent or to the extent specified in such Notice of Exercise in accordance with the provisions of Section 8.1.5 or Section 8.3.4 (as the case may be) and shall accordingly be entitled, in respect of the Ordinary Shares to be issued upon the exercise of his or her vested Option or vested RSUs, to participate in the distribution of the assets of the Company available in liquidation pari passu with the holders of the Ordinary Shares in issue on the date prior to the date of such resolution. Restricted Shares earned at the time the voluntary winding-up resolution is passed, would be automatically treated in the same manner as all other Ordinary Shares of the Company (including, without limitation, under Section 10.5 of this Plan).
If upon a upon a merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization or similar event or transaction the Ordinary Shares shall be exchanged for other securities of the Company and/or for securities of another corporation (a "Successor Entity") and/or for a cash amount and/or for any other type of consideration, then, each Granted Security shall, at the sole and absolute discretion of the Board of Directors, either solely or in any combination: (i) be substituted for a similar granted security to purchase shares of the Successor Entity, and appropriate adjustments shall be made in the exercise (or other) price per share to reflect such exchange; (ii) be assumed by the Successor Entity such that the Participant may exercise the Granted Securities for such number of shares of the Successor Entity or amount of other securities thereof, and appropriate adjustments shall be made in the purchase (or other) price per share (if any) to reflect such exchange; or (iii) be substituted for "phantom" similar granted securities of the Company or the Successor Entity, and represent only a financial right to receive the cash amount of the fair market value (determined from time to time but at least annually by a financial expert appointed by the Committee or by another method determined by the Board of Directors) of the Ordinary Share underlying the Granted Security minus the exercise (or other) price of such Granted Security ("Phantom Granted Securities") (if any).
For the avoidance of doubt, the designation of Unapproved 102 Grants and Approved 102 Grants shall be subject to the terms and conditions set forth in Section 102.
5.3. Authority of Committee. The Committee has the authority, at its sole discretion, subject to the approval of the Board of Directors - if such approval is required under the Companies Law - and subject to any applicable law and regulations and not inconsistent with the express provisions of the Plan, to administer the Plan and to exercise all the powers and authorities either specifically granted to it under the Plan or necessary or advisable in the administration of the Plan including, without limitation, the authority at its discretion to (A) with respect to Options - determine the persons to whom Options are granted, the number of shares covered by each Option, the time or times at which Options are granted, the Commencement Date and the Option Exercise Price, and any other term to be included in the Grant Instrument which is permitted by the Plan; and (B) with respect to Restricted Shares and RSUs - determine the persons to whom Restricted Shares or RSUs are granted, the number of Restricted Shares or RSUs awarded, the Commencement Date, the price (if any) to be paid by the Participant for such Restricted Share or for the exercise of the RSUs (unless specified otherwise in the Grant Instrument, the price will be zero), and any other term to be included in the Grant Instrument which is permitted by the Plan. The Committee has also the discretion to determine the performance targets of the Company and any of its Affiliates, or any other criteria, if any, which the Committee determines must be met to remove any restriction (including vesting or earning period) on such Grant, the Maximum Trust Period and any other term, limitation, restriction, and condition of the Options, Restricted Shares or RSUs, which shall be consistent with this Plan. The provisions of Options, Restricted Shares or RSUs need not be the same with respect to each Participant.
The Committee also has the power and authority to determine whether, to what extent, and under what circumstances an Option, an RSU or a Restricted Share may be settled, canceled, forfeited, exchanged, surrendered or returned to the Company; to construe and interpret the Plan and any Grant Instrument and Granted Security; and to make all other determinations deemed necessary or advisable for the administration of the Plan.
Provided that any event or transaction contemplated in sub-paragraph (i), (ii) or (iii) shall not constitute a Change in Control for purposes of this Plan if following such event or transaction, 50% or more of voting securities of the Company remain held directly or indirectly by the ultimate shareholder prior to such event or transaction (the "Ultimate Shareholder") or any company or other person controlled directly or indirectly in any manner what so ever whether through the ownership of voting securities or otherwise in fact by the Ultimate Shareholder.
With respect to Cashless Options, the Option Exercise Price per share set forth in the Grant Instrument (as adjusted from time to time) will not represent the actual amount to be paid by the Participant to the Company for said Cashless Options, but will only be used for the purpose of calculating and determining the number of Ordinary Shares to be issued to the Participant as the result of the exercise of a Cashless Option pursuant to the Cashless Formula.
8.1.2. Vesting Schedule. The vesting schedule of Options will be determined by the Committee and the Board of Directors at their sole discretion and will be detailed in the Grant Instrument.
The vesting schedule shall commence on the Grant Date and, subject to Section 6 of the Plan, shall elapse upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth in the Grant Instrument. Such conditions may provide for vesting based on (i) length of continuous service, (ii) achievement of specific business targets, (iii) increases in specified indices, (iv) attainment of specified growth rates, or (v) other performance targets, as may be determined by the Committee at its sole discretion.
8.1.6. Cashless Exercise. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 8.1.5, the Board of Directors of the Company may, at its discretion, resolve from time to time to allow Participants to exercise their vested Options during a fixed period either (x) in cash; or (y) through a cashless exercise procedure, pursuant to which each vested Option will entitle its holder to the right to purchase Ordinary Shares (subject to the adjustments described in Section 3.2 or 8.1.1 above), in accordance with the Cashless Formula ("Cashless Options").
During the period when Cashless Exercise is allowed, the Participant may exercise vested Cashless Options by signing and delivering to the Company at its principal office, to the attention of its Secretary (or to the Trustee, if the Option is held in trust), a Notice of Exercise in such form and substance as may be prescribed by the Committee and act in accordance with the provisions of Section 29.
The Committee or someone designated by it and/or the Trustee will make all applicable calculations with respect to the Option Exercise Price and determine the amount of Ordinary Shares issued or to be issued upon exercise of the vested Options, all in accordance with the Plan on the date on which the Notice of Exercise has been delivered (as specified in Section 8.1.5, and if such date is not a business day, the first business day following such date) ("Notice Date") including the applicable exchange rate in effect on the Notice Date and such calculation will be binding on the Participants.
8.1.7. Exercise Shares. Except for any applicable provisions of the Tax Ordinance or relevant securities laws or the relevant stock exchange rules or specific provisions of this plan, the Ordinary Shares and any other securities issued to a Participant (or the Trustee on his behalf) upon Option exercise and payment of the Option Exercise Price shall be subject to the articles of association of the Company from time to time in force (including, without limitation, provisions relating to voting and dividend) and shall be free and clear of any transfer restrictions; pledges, encumbrances or liens; and other third party rights of any kind.
8.2.1 Restricted Shares Legend on Shares. Each Participant who is awarded Restricted Shares shall be issued the number of Ordinary Shares specified in the Grant Instrument for such Restricted Shares, and such Ordinary Shares shall be recorded in the Shareholder Registry of the Company and ownership of such Ordinary Shares shall be evidenced by a share certificate of the Company. Such Ordinary Shares shall be registered in the name of the Trustee and held for the benefit of the Participant and shall bear or be subject to an appropriate legend referring to the terms, conditions, and restrictions applicable to such Restricted Shares. The share certificates or other evidence of ownership of the Restricted Shares be held in custody by the Trustee until the restrictions thereon shall have lapsed. The Participant shall deliver to the Committee a share power or share powers, irrevocably endorsed to the Trustee, relating to the Restricted Shares. It is expected that as long as Restricted Shares are held by the Trustee, the Trustee shall not exercise the voting rights of the underlying Ordinary Shares unless requested to do so by the Company. In such event, the Trustee shall vote the underlying Ordinary shares proportionally as the Shareholders vote and if the vote of public shareholders is counted separately, proportionally to the public shareholders vote. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company reserves the right, upon recommendation of legal counsel, to request the Participant to exercise his or her voting rights.
The vesting schedule shall commence on the Grant Date and, subject to Section 6 of the Plan, shall elapse upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth in the Grant Instrument; such conditions may provide for vesting based on (i) length of continuous service, (ii) achievement of specific business targets, (iii) increases in specified indices, (iv) attainment of specified growth rates, or (v) other performance targets, as may be determined by the Committee at its sole discretion.
8.3.3 Exercise Period. The exercise period during which an RSU may be exercised will be determined by the Committee (considering, if applicable, inter alia, the provisions of the Compensation Policy) and will not exceed ten years from the Grant Date or such shorter period set forth in the Grant Instrument, unless shortened pursuant to the terms of this Plan. At the end of an Exercise Period, all RSUs granted which were not exercised will expire and be cancelled.
9.1. Voluntary Termination by Participant. In the event that a Participant's employment with or service to the Company or any Affiliate (as the case may be) is terminated by the Participant voluntarily for any reason other than Retirement, Disability or death: (i) Options or RSUs granted to such Participant, to the extent vested at the time of termination of employment or service, shall be exercisable for a period of 90 days following either termination or the date upon which the Participant may freely sell Ordinary Shares acquired upon Option or RSU exercise, the later date of the two; (ii) Restricted Shares granted to such Participant, to the extent earned at the time of termination of employment or service, shall be owned by the Participant following termination; and (iii) Granted Securities granted to such Participant, to the extent that they were not vested or earned at the time of termination of employment or service, shall expire at the time of termination (in the case of Options and RSUs) or returned to the Company (in the case of Restricted Shares).
No Participant shall have any rights as a shareholder with respect to any Ordinary Shares or other securities of the Company covered by or relating to any Option or RSU, whether or not exercisable, until the due issuance of such shares by the Company. Ordinary Shares to be issued under the Plan will be subject to all provisions of the Articles of Association of the Company for the time being in force and, with respect to Restricted Shares, also subject to the terms and conditions of this Plan and the Grant Instrument, and will, subject to the completion of registration (as referenced below), rank pari passu in all respects with the then existing fully paid Ordinary Shares in issue on the date in which the Option or the RSU is duly exercised or, if that date falls on a day when the register of members of the Company is closed, the first day of re-opening of the register of members ("Exercise Date") (with respect to Options and RSUs) or the date of issuance of Restricted Shares (with respect to Restricted Shares) and accordingly will entitle the holders thereof to participate in all dividends or other distributions paid or made on or after the Exercise Date (or, subject to earning of the underlying Restricted Shares, the issuance date thereof) other than any dividend or other distribution previously declared or recommended or resolved to be paid if the record date therefor shall be before the Exercise Date (or issuance date, as the case may be). An Ordinary Share issued upon the exercise of an Option or an RSU shall not carry voting rights until the Participant has been duly entered in the register of members of the Company as the holder thereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Participant awarded Restricted Shares shall (i) endorse the voting rights of the underlying Ordinary Shares to the Trustee, as set in Section 8.2.1 above; and (ii) receive dividends with respect to such shares (which shall be held in trust by the Trustee as long as the respective underlying Restricted Shares are held by the Trustee and subject to release of the underlying shares to the Participant).
Nothing contained in this Plan or any Grant Instrument shall confer upon any Participant any right with respect to the continuation of employment by or service to the Company or any Affiliate or interfere in any way with the right of the Company or any Affiliate, subject to the terms of any separate employment or service agreement, at any time to terminate such employment or service, or to increase or decrease the compensation of or payment to the Participant. The Plan shall not form part of any contract of employment. No person shall have any claim or right to receive any shares hereunder except in accordance with the express terms of this Plan and a Grant Instrument issued to such person.
Whenever cash is to be paid pursuant to a Grant, the Company shall have the right to deduct from such payment an amount sufficient to satisfy any applicable withholding tax requirements related thereto. Whenever Ordinary Shares or any other non-cash assets are to be delivered pursuant to a Grant, the Company shall have the right to require the Participant to remit to the Company in cash an amount sufficient to satisfy any applicable withholding tax requirements related thereto, and if such amount of cash is not timely remitted, to withhold such Ordinary Shares or any other non-cash assets pending payment by the Participant of such amounts.
15.1. Death. Upon the death of a Participant, outstanding Options and RSUs granted to such Participant may be exercised and Restricted Shares may be taken only by a person who shall have acquired the right to the Granted Securities by will or by the laws of descent and distribution. No transfer of a Granted Security by will or by the laws of descent and distribution shall be effective to bind the Company, unless the Company shall have been furnished with: (a) written notice thereof and with a copy of the relevant section of the will relating to the bequest of the Granted Security, certified by a notary and/or such other evidence as the Committee may deem necessary to establish the validity of the transfer and (b) a written consent by the transferee to pay the Option or RSU Exercise Price upon exercise of the Option or the RSU, if any, and otherwise abide by the terms set forth in this Plan and in the relevant Grant Instrument.
In connection with any underwritten public offering by the Company of its equity securities pursuant to an effective registration statement filed under any applicable law in any jurisdiction, the Participant shall not directly or indirectly sell, make any short sale of, loan, hypothecate, pledge, offer, grant or sell any Granted Securities or other contract for the purchase of, purchase any or other contract for the sale of, or otherwise dispose of or transfer, or agree to engage in any of the foregoing transactions with respect to, any Ordinary Shares acquired under this Plan without the prior written consent of the Company or its underwriters. Such restriction (the "Market Stand-Off") shall be in effect for such period of time following the date of the final prospectus for the offering as may be requested by the Company or such underwriters. In the event of the declaration of a stock dividend, a spin-off, a stock split, an adjustment in conversion ratio, a recapitalization or a similar transaction affecting the Company's outstanding securities without receipt of consideration, any new, substituted or additional securities which are by reason of such transaction distributed with respect to any Granted Securities and/or Ordinary Shares acquired under this Plan shall immediately be subject to the Market Stand-Off. In order to enforce the Market Stand-Off, the Company may impose stop-transfer instructions with respect to the Ordinary Shares acquired under this Plan until the end of the applicable stand-off period. The Company's underwriters shall be beneficiaries of the agreement set forth in this Subsection. Furthermore, the Participant's right to sell Ordinary Shares is subject to Applicable Laws, including in connection with limitation relating to the use of non-public information, if and when applicable.
The expenses incurred in connection with the administration and implementation of the Plan (excluding any taxes and other liabilities to which the Participant is subject as a result of his or her participation in the Plan) shall be paid by the Company. Any proceeds received by the Company in connection with the exercise or earning of any Granted Security may be used for general corporate purposes.
In addition to the remedies of the Company elsewhere provided for herein, failure by a Participant to comply with any of the terms and conditions of the Plan or the applicable Grant Instrument shall be grounds for the cancellation and forfeiture of such Option or RSUs or the return to the Company of such unearned Restricted Share, in whole or in part, as the Committee, at its absolute discretion, may determine, provided however, that such failure is not remedied by such Participant within ten days after notice by the Company of such failure.
20.1. The Plan is subject to the receipt, and the terms, of all approvals and permits required under any applicable law or by regulatory authorities having jurisdiction over the Plan the Granted Securities, or the Ordinary Shares issued upon exercise of Options or RSUs or as Restricted Shares, including by reason of their applicability to the Company's shareholders or otherwise.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Plan, if any of the approvals or permits required for the Grant of the Granted Securities or for their exercise or receipt, will not be obtained for any reason, the Participant will not be entitled to exercise or receive said Granted Securities. In addition, the Company (including its office holders, controlling shareholders or related third parties on their behalf) will not be liable towards the Participant and the Participant will not have any claim or allegation for not obtaining said approvals and permits.
20.2. According to licenses granted to the Company for the provision of telecommunications services, a breach thereunder may occur in the event that the holdings of Company's controlling shareholder or the Israeli entities (as defined in said licenses) are lower than the required minimum holdings set in said licenses. Therefore, issuance of Ordinary Shares upon exercise of Options or RSU granted on or after June 18, 2014, may be delayed by the Company until the aforementioned prohibition under said licenses becomes irrelevant.

In the event the Exercise Period ends during a period which was determined by the Company as a lock up period, among other things, because of the existence or potential existence of inside information or the determination of a Market Stand-Off (the "Blackout Period"), then subject to the satisfaction of all other terms of this Plan, the Exercise Period shall be automatically extended, without the need to receive additional decisions of the Committee or the Board of Directors, by such number of days included in the Blackout Period.
Notwithstanding any provision of this Plan, in the event the Company is unable at any time (i) to issue Shares resulting from the exercise of any Option or RSU; or (ii) to release any Restricted Share from the Trustee to a Participant, all due to the need to receive any approval or permit required under any applicable law or by any regulatory authority or due to a breach of any approval or permit required by the Company (including a breach of the Company's licenses for the provision of telecommunications services), the Committee and Board of Directors may decide, at their sole discretion, to pay the Participant the financial benefit embedded in his equity compensation in cash (in lieu of exercising the Options or RSUs or release of Restricted Shares to a Participant) pursuant to a calculation decided upon in good faith by the Committee and Board of Directors to reflect the benefit to the Participant granted to him as equity compensation.
The Plan and all instruments issued thereunder or in connection therewith, shall be governed by, and construed and administered in accordance with the laws of the State of Israel.
This Plan shall not confer on any person any legal or equitable rights (other than those constituting the Granted Securities themselves) against the Company or any Affiliate directly or indirectly or give rise to any cause of action at law or in equity against the Company or any Affiliate.
There is no obligation for uniformity of treatment of Participants.
The Plan is intended to constitute an "unfunded" plan for incentive and deferred compensation. With respect to any payments not yet made to a Participant pursuant to a Granted Security, nothing contained in the Plan or any Grant Instrument shall give any such Participant any rights that are greater than those of a general unsecured creditor of the Company.
Notwithstanding any provision of this Plan, no fractional shares shall be issued or delivered upon exercise of an Option or an RSU or granted as a Restricted Share and the number of Oridnary Shares granted or issued under this Plan to any Participant shall be rounded down to the nearest whole number.
To the extent the Company is required to issue Ordinary Shares under this Plan (whether as a direct issuance or as a result of exercise of Options or RSUs) for no consideration, the Company at its sole and absolution discretion (by way of a resolution of the Committee) may obligate the Participant to pay the nominal value of the Ordinary Shares issued and in such event the Ordinary Shares will not be issued (and the Options and RSUs will not be exercised) prior to the payment of such nominal value.
The Participant shall not divulge the details of the Plan and/or his holdings to any person except with the prior written permission of the Company, unless so required to do under any statutes or regulations applicable to such Participant.
Adoption – July 12, 2004
Exhibit 5.1

Tel Aviv, November 21, 2018 Our ref: 8400/0
Partner Communications Company Ltd. 8 Amal St. Afeq Industrial Park Rosh Ha'ayin 48103, Israel
We have acted as Israeli counsel to Partner Communications Company Ltd., a company organized under the laws of the State of Israel (the "Company"), in connection with its filing of a registration statement on Form S-8 on or about November 21, 2018 (the "Registration Statement") under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, relating to the registration of an additional 1,000,000 of the Company's ordinary shares, par value NIS 0.01 per share issued or that may be issued from time to time after the date hereof under the Company's Amended and Restated 2004 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended (the "Plan").
In our capacity as counsel to the Company, we have examined originals or copies, satisfactory to us, of the Company's Articles of Association and the Plan and resolutions of the Company's board of directors. In such examination, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity of natural persons, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals and the conformity with the original documents of all documents submitted to us as copies or facsimiles. As to any facts material to such opinion, to the extent that we did not independently establish relevant facts, we have relied on certificates of public officials and certificates of officers or other representatives of the Company. We are admitted to practice law in the State of Israel and the opinion expressed herein is expressly limited to the laws of the State of Israel.
On the basis of the foregoing, we are of the opinion that the 1,000,000 ordinary shares being registered pursuant to the Registration Statement, when issued and paid for in accordance with the Plan pursuant to agreements with respect to the Plan and, as the case may be, pursuant to the terms of the awards that may be granted under the Plan, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Gross, Kleinhendler, Hodak, Halevy, Greenberg, Shenhav & Co.
Gross, Kleinhendler, Hodak, Halevy, Greenberg, Shenhav & Co.
We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement on Form S-8 of Partner Communications Company Ltd (hereafter the "Company"), of our report dated March 29, 2018, relating to the consolidated financial statements and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, which appears in Partner Communications Company Ltd's Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2017.
Tel-Aviv, Israel November 20, 2018 /s/ Kesselman & Kesselman Certified Public Accountants (Isr.) A member firm of PriceWaterhouseCoopers International Limited
Kesselman & Kesselman, Trade Tower, 25 Hamered Street, Tel-Aviv 68125, Israel, P.O Box 50005 Tel-Aviv 61500 Telephone: +972 -3- 7954555, Fax:+972 -3- 7954556, www.pwc.com/il
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