UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

 

SCHEDULE 14A

 

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to Section 14(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

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BIOMX INC.

(Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter)

 

 

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PROXY STATEMENT FOR ANNUALSPECIAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS OF BIOMX INC.

 

 

 

Proxy Statement dated July 7, 2022[●], 2023
and first mailed to stockholders on or about July 7, 2022[●], 2023

 

Dear Stockholders:

 

You are cordially invited to attend the 2022 Annual Meetinga special meeting of Stockholdersstockholders (“AnnualSpecial Meeting”) of BiomX Inc. (the “Company”) at 8:00 a.m., Eastern Time, on Wednesday, August 24, 2022.28, 2023. This year’s AnnualSpecial Meeting will be held entirely online to allow for greater participation in light of continuing concerns about the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.participation. Stockholders may participate in this year’s annual meetingSpecial Meeting by visiting the following hosting URL: www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/PHGE2022[●].

 

Your vote is very important! Whether or not you plan to attend the AnnualSpecial Meeting, we urge you to read the enclosed proxy statement and vote as soon as possible via the Internet, by telephone or, if you receive a paper proxy card or voting instruction form in the mail, by mailing the completed proxy card or voting instruction form.

 

A record of our business activities for the 2021 fiscal year is contained in our 2021 Annual Report to Stockholders. Thank you for your confidence and continued support.

 

Sincerely, 
 
/s/ Jonathan Solomon 
Jonathan Solomon
Chief Executive Officer
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NOTICE OF 2022 AnnualSpecial Meeting OF STOCKHOLDERS

 

Time 8:00 a.m., Eastern Time
   
Date Wednesday, August 24, 202228, 2023
   
Place 

The AnnualSpecial Meeting will be held entirely online at
[●]www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/PHGE2022..

   
Purpose 

1. To elect two Class II directors to serve until the 2025 annual meeting of stockholders, and in each case, until their successors are duly elected and qualified;

2. To approve an amendment to the amended and restated certificateCompany’s 2019 Omnibus Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “Incentive Plan”), allowing the board of incorporationdirectors of the Company (the “Board”) to increase the number of authorized shares of Common Stock from sixty million (60,000,000) shares, par value $0.0001 per share toeffect one hundred and twenty million (120,000,000) shares of Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share;or more Option Exchanges (as defined below) all as more particularly outlined in Proposal 1;

 

3. To authorize the Company’s Board of Directors to amend the amended and restated certificate of incorporation of the Company to effect one reverse stock split of the Company’s outstanding Common Stock, $0.0001 par value per share, at any ratio between 1-for-5 and 1-for-10 at such time as ourthe Board of Directors shall determine, in its sole discretion, any time before August 24, 2023;

4. To ratify the appointment of Kesselman & Kesselman, Certified Public Accountants (Isr.), a member firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers International Limited,28, 2024 all as independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022;more particularly outlined in Proposal 2; and

 

5. To transact any other business that may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof.

 

These items of business are more fully described in the proxy statement accompanying this notice.

Record Date The Board of Directors has fixed the close of business on June 29, 2022July 25, 2023, as the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of and to vote at the meeting.
   
Meeting Admission All stockholders as of the record date, or their duly appointed proxies, may attend the meeting. You will not be able to attend the AnnualSpecial Meeting physically. To be admitted to the AnnualSpecial Meeting at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/PHGE2022[●], you must enter the control number found on your proxy card, voting instruction form or Notice card.
   
Voting by Proxy 

YOUR VOTE IS VERY IMPORTANT. You may vote during the AnnualSpecial Meeting by telephone or over the Internet on our proxy agent’s website at www.proxyvote.com, by following the instructions availableincluded on the meeting website during the meeting, but ifenclosed proxy card. If you are not voting by phone or Internet, the Company requests that you complete, sign, date and return the enclosed proxy card without delay in the enclosed postage-paid return envelope, even if you now plan to attend the Meeting. You may revoke your proxy at any time prior to its exercise by delivering written notice or another duly executed proxy bearing a later date to the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, or by attending the Meeting and voting in person. We will not be able to attend virtually, please submit your vote as soon as possible as instructedcount a proxy card unless we receive it at our principal executive offices at 22 Einstein St., 4th Floor, Ness-Ziona, Israel 7414003, or at the office of our proxy agent, Broadridge Financial Solutions Inc. at Vote Processing, c/o Broadridge, 51 Mercedes Way Edgewood, NY 11717, in the Notice, proxy card or voting instruction form.enclosed envelope.

 

Beginning on or about July 7, 2022, a Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials (the “Notice of Internet Availability”)[●], 2023, the proxy materials will be mailed to our stockholders of record on June 29, 2022. In addition, the proxy statement, the accompanying proxy card or voting instruction form, and our 2021 Annual Report to Stockholders are available at www.proxyvote.com. As more fully described in the Notice of Internet Availability, all stockholders may choose to access these materials online or may request printed or emailed copies.

We encourage you to vote your shares as soon as possible. Specific instructions for voting over the internet or mail are included in the Notice. If you attend the Annual Meeting online and vote electronically during the meeting, your vote will replace any earlier vote.July 25, 2023.

 

A list of stockholders entitled to vote at the AnnualSpecial Meeting will be available for inspection by any stockholder at our executive offices for a period of 10 days prior to the AnnualSpecial Meeting until the close of such meeting.

 

By order of the Board of Directors, 
  
/s/ Marina Wolfson 
Marina Wolfson,
Chief Financial Officer
 

 

July [●[●], 20222023

 

Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the AnnualSpecial Meeting to Be Held on August 24, 2022:28, 2023: The proxy statement and our 2021 Annual Report to Stockholdersproxy card are also available at WWW.PROXYVOTE.COM[●] and on our proxy agent’s website at www.proxyvote.com.

 

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

  Page
GENERAL INFORMATION 1
PROPOSAL 1 : ELECTION OF DIRECTORS6
Nominees for Election7
Other Currently Serving Directors7
THE BOARD AND ITS COMMITTEES9
Board Composition and Leadership Structure9
Director Independence9
Board Meetings and Attendance9
Board Committees9
The Board’s Role in Risk Oversight11
Code of Business Conduct and Ethics11
Insider Trading, Prohibition Against Pledging, and Anti-Hedging Policies12
Stockholder Communications with Our Board12
AUDIT COMMITTEE REPORT12
PROPOSAL 2 : APPROVAL OF AN AMENDMENT TO OUR INCENTIVE PLAN TO ALLOW THE AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF THE COMPANYBOARD TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF AUTHORIZED SHARES OF COMMON STOCK FROM SIXTY MILLION (60,000,000) SHARES, PAR VALUE $0.0001 PER SHARE TOEFFECT ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY MILLION (120,000,000) SHARES OF COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE $0.0001 PER SHAREOR MORE OPTION EXCHANGES 135
Possible Effects of the Authorized Share Increase13
Potential Anti-takeover Effects of the Authorized Share Increase14
Concurrent Approval of Reverse Stock Split14
PROPOSAL 3:2 : AUTHORIZATION OF OUR BOARD TO AMEND THE CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION TO EFFECT A REVERSE STOCK SPLIT OF OUR COMMON STOCK AT ANY RATIO BETWEEN 1-FOR-5 AND 1-FOR-10 1513
Purpose of Proposed Reverse Stock Split15
Potential Effects of the Proposed Reverse Stock Split16
Authorized Shares of Stock18
Procedure for Effecting the Proposed Stock Split and Exchange of Stock Certificates18
Fractional Shares19
No Appraisal Rights19
Accounting Consequences19
No Going Private Transaction19
Potential Anti-Takeover Effect19
Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences of the Reverse Stock Split20
Board Discretion to Implement the Reverse Stock Split20
PROPOSAL 4: RATIFICATION OF SELECTION OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM FOR FISCAL 202221
Pre-Approval Policies and Procedures21
Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm Fees22
EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND DIRECTOR COMPENSATION23
Executive Officer Compensation23
Director Compensation25
CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS27
Policies and Procedures Regarding Transactions with Related Parties27
Certain Related-Person Transactions27
SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS 2819
Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management28
HOUSEHOLDING OF PROXY MATERIALS 3021
OTHER MATTERS 3021

 

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BIOMX INC.
22 EINSTEIN St., 54th Floor, Ness Ziona 7414003, Israel

 

PROXY STATEMENT
FOR THE 2022SPECIAL Annual Meeting OF STOCKHOLDERS
TO BE HELD ON AUGUST 24, 202228, 2023
AT 8:00 A.M. Eastern Time

 

GENERAL INFORMATION

 

As used in this proxy statement, the “Company,” “we,” “us” and “our” refer to BiomX Inc. The term “Annual“Special Meeting,” as used in this proxy statement, refers to the 2022 AnnualSpecial Meeting of Stockholders and includes any adjournment or postponement of such meeting.

 

When are this proxy statement and the accompanying materials scheduled to be sent to stockholders?

 

PursuantThis proxy statement and the proxy card will be mailed to rules adopted byyou on or about [●], 2023, shortly after the filing of the definitive proxy statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), we have elected to provide access to our proxy materials to our stockholders via the Internet. Accordingly, on or about July 7, 2022, we sent you a Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials (the “Notice of Internet Availability”).

Why did I receive a Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials instead of a full set of proxy materials?

Pursuant to rules adopted by the SEC, the proxy materials, including the Notice of 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Notice of Annual Meeting”), this proxy statement and proxy card or, for shares held in street name (held for your account by a broker or other nominee), voting instruction form, and our 2021 Annual Report to Stockholders (collectively, the “Proxy Materials”), are available to stockholders on the Internet. We believe electronic delivery will expedite the receipt of materials and will help lower our costs and reduce the environmental impact of our annual meeting materials. Accordingly, we have sent a Notice of Internet Availability to stockholders of record and beneficial owners of our common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“Common Stock”) on or about July 7, 2022.

The Notice of Internet Availability provides instructions as to how stockholders may access and review the Proxy Materials on the website referred to in the Notice of Internet Availability or, alternatively, how to request that a printed set of the Proxy Materials, including a proxy card, be sent to them by mail. The Notice of Internet Availability also provides voting instructions. In addition, stockholders of record may request to receive the Proxy Materials in printed form by mail or electronically by e-mail on an ongoing basis for future stockholder meetings. Please note that while our Proxy Materials are available at the website referenced in the Notice of Internet Availability, and our Notice of Annual Meeting, proxy statement and 2021 Annual Report to Stockholders are available on our website, no other information contained on either website is incorporated by reference in or considered to be a part of this proxy statement.

 

How do I attend the AnnualSpecial Meeting?

 

The meeting will be held entirely online on Wednesday, August 24, 202228, 2023 at 8:00 a.m. Eastern Time at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/PHGE2022. Directions to the annual meeting may be found at www.biomx.com[●]. Information on how to vote at the virtual AnnualSpecial Meeting is discussed below.

 

When is the record date for the AnnualSpecial Meeting?

 

The Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) has fixed the record date for the AnnualSpecial Meeting as of the close of business on June 29, 2022July 25, 2023 (the “Record Date”).

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Who can vote at the AnnualSpecial Meeting?

 

Only stockholders of record at the close of business on the Record Date will be entitled to vote at the AnnualSpecial Meeting. As of the Record Date, a total of [●] shares of our Common Stock were outstanding and entitled to vote. Each share of Common Stock is entitled to one vote on each matter.

 

What is the difference between a stockholder of record and a “street name” holder?

 

If your shares are registered directly in your name with Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, Inc., our transfer agent, you are considered the stockholder of record, or a registered holder, with respect to those shares.

 

If your shares are held in a brokerage account or by a bank or other nominee (in “street name”), you are considered the beneficial owner of those shares.

 

How do I vote by proxy before the AnnualSpecial Meeting?

If your shares are held directly in your own name, and you received a Notice of Internet Availability, you may vote your shares over the internet at www.proxyvote.com. You may also vote your shares by mail or telephone by requesting a paper copy of the proxy materials, which will include a proxy card. The proxy card will contain instructions for voting by mail and telephone.

 

If your shares are held directly in your own name, and you received printed copies of the proxy materials, you may vote your shares by mail by completing, signing and dating the proxy card. To vote over the internet or by telephone, you should refer to your proxy card for instructions.

 

If your shares are held in street name, meaning registered in the name of your broker, bank or other nominee, you should vote your shares by following the instructions from your broker, bank or other nominee.

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What shares are included on a proxy card or voting instruction form?

 

Each proxy card or voting instruction form represents the shares registered to you as of the close of business on the Record Date. You may receive more than one proxy card or voting instruction form if you hold your shares in multiple accounts, some of your shares are registered directly in your name with our transfer agent, or some of your shares are held in street name through a broker, bank, or other nominee. Please vote the shares on each proxy card or voting instruction form to ensure that all of your shares are counted at the AnnualSpecial Meeting.

 

What if I have shares registered in my name and don’t vote on a particular matter when returning a proxy card?

 

Properly signed proxy cards received before the close of voting at the AnnualSpecial Meeting will be voted according to the directions provided. If a signed proxy card is returned without stockholder direction on a matter, the shares will be voted as recommended by the Board.

 

Will my shares held in street name be voted if I don’t provide instructions?

 

Current NYSE American LLC (“NYSE American”) rules allow brokers to vote shares on certain “routine” matters for which their customers do not provide voting instructions. If you own shares in street name through a broker, bank, or other nominee,We believe that the amendment to the amended and restated certificateapproval of incorporation of the Company (“Certificate of Incorporation”) to increase the number of authorized shares of Common Stock, the authorization of our Board to effect one reverse stock split of our outstanding Common Stock and the ratification of the appointment of Kesselman & Kesselman, Certified Public Accountants (Isr.),is considered a member firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers International Limited, as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022 (“Fiscal 2022”) are considered “routine” mattersmatter on which your broker may use its discretion to vote your shares without your instructions. The electionapproval of an amendment to the Class II directorsCompany’s 2019 Omnibus Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “Incentive Plan”) is not a “routine” proposal; therefore, your broker will be unable to vote your shares if you do not instruct your broker how to vote, which is referred to as a “broker non-vote.” Broker non-votes will have no effect on the outcome of the votes on the electionapproval of the Class II directors.amendment to the Incentive Plan since they are not entitled to vote on the proposal.

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How can I vote at the virtual AnnualSpecial Meeting?

 

Stockholders of record may vote their shares electronically at the AnnualSpecial Meeting by following the instructions at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/PHGE2022[●].

 

If you hold your shares in street name, you may not vote your shares at the online AnnualSpecial Meeting unless you request and obtain a valid proxy card from your broker, bank or other nominee.

 

I have shares registered in my name and, in addition, have shares in a brokerage account. How do I vote these shares?

 

Shares that you hold in street name are not included in the total number of shares set forth on your proxy card. Your broker, bank or other nominee will send you instructions on how to vote those shares.

 

What are the Board’s recommendations on how to vote my shares?

 

The Board recommends a vote:

 

Proposal 1: FOR election of each of the Class II director nominees (page 6);

Proposal 2: FOR approval of an amendment to the Certificate of IncorporationIncentive Plan allowing the Board to increase the number of authorized shares of Common Stock from sixty million (60,000,000) shares, par value $0.0001 per share toeffect one hundred and twenty million (120,000,000) shares of Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per shareor more Option Exchanges (page 13);[5]).

 

Proposal 3:2: FOR the authorization of our Board to amend the Certificate of Incorporation to effect one reverse stock split of our outstanding Common Stock, $0.0001 par value per share, at any ratio between 1-for-5 and 1-for-10 at such time as our Board shall determine, in its sole discretion, any time before August 24, 202328, 2024 (page 15); and

Proposal 4: FOR ratification of the selection of Kesselman & Kesselman, Certified Public Accountants (Isr.[13]), a member firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers International Limited, as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for Fiscal 2022 (page 21).

 

Who pays the cost for soliciting proxies?

 

We will pay the entire cost of soliciting proxies. In addition to these Proxy Materials, our directors and employees may also solicit proxies in person, by telephone or by other means of communication. Directors and employees will not be paid any additional compensation for soliciting proxies. We will also reimburse brokers, banks, custodians, other nominees and fiduciaries for forwarding these materials to their principals to obtain the authorization for the execution of proxies.

 

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Can I change my vote?

 

Stockholder of Record: Shares Registered in Your Name

 

If your shares are registered directly in your name, you may change your vote or revoke your proxy by:

 

delivering written notice to the Company at any time before the close of voting at the AnnualSpecial Meeting;

 
submitting a later dated proxy over the internet or by telephone in accordance with the instructions in the Notice of Internet Availability or the proxy card; or

 
voting your shares electronically during the AnnualSpecial Meeting.

 

If your shares are held in street name, you should contact your broker, bank or other nominee to change your vote or revoke your proxy.

 

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How is a quorum reached?

 

Business may not be conducted at the AnnualSpecial Meeting unless a quorum is present. Under our amended and restated bylaws (“Bylaws”), the holders of one-third (1/3) of the stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote, present in person or represented by proxy, constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at the AnnualSpecial Meeting.

 

If there are not sufficient shares present or represented by proxy at the AnnualSpecial Meeting to constitute a quorum for approval of any matter to be voted upon, the AnnualSpecial Meeting may be adjourned to permit further solicitation of proxies in order to achieve a quorum. Abstentions or withheld votes and broker non-votes are counted as shares present and entitled to vote for the purpose of determining whether a quorum is present.

 

What vote is required to approve each item and how are votes counted?

Votes castProposal 1 — Approval of an amendment to the Incentive Plan to allow the Board to effect one or more Option Exchanges

The approval of an amendment to the Incentive Plan requires the vote of the holders of a majority of the shares of Common Stock present in person or represented by proxy or in person at the Annual Meeting will be counted by the persons appointed by the Companyand entitled to act as tabulators for the meeting. The tabulators will count all votes FOR, AGAINST and to WITHHOLD, abstentions and broker non-votes, as applicable, for each matter to be voted on at the Annual Meeting.vote. Abstentions and broker non-votes are not counted as votes cast and, therefore, do not have the effect of votes in opposition to Proposals 1 or 4, but abstentions have the same effect as votes in opposition of Proposals 2 or 3.

a vote against Proposal 1, — Election of two Class II directors to serve until the 2025 annual meeting of stockholders

Director nominees will be elected by a plurality of votes cast, which means that the director nominees receiving the highest number of votes will be elected. Only FOR and WITHHOLD votes will affect the outcome. Abstentions and broker non-votes will have no effect on the voting of Proposal 1. A copy of the Incentive Plan as proposed to be amended is attached to this proxy statement as Annex A

Proposal 2 —Approval— Approval of an amendmentauthorization of our Board to amend the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to effect one reverse stock split of the Company to increase the number of authorized shares ofour outstanding Common Stock, from sixty million (60,000,000) shares,$0.0001 par value $0.0001 per share, to one hundredat any ratio between 1-for-5 and twenty million (120,000,000) shares of Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share1-for-10 at such time as our Board shall determine, in its sole discretion, any time before August 28, 2024

 

The approval of the amendmentauthorization of our Board to the Amended and Restated Certificateeffect one reverse stock split of Incorporation of the Company to increase the number of authorized shares ofour outstanding Common Stock of the Company requires the vote of the holders of a majority of the shares of Common Stock outstanding. Abstentions have the same vote as a vote against Proposal 2. There will be no broker non-votes on Proposal 2 because it is considered a “routine” matter on which your broker may use its discretion to vote your shares without your instructions.

Proposal 3 — Approval of an authorization of our Board to amend the Certificate of Incorporation to effect one reverse stock split of our outstanding Common Stock, $0.0001 par value per share, at any ratio between 1-for-5 and 1-for-10 at such time as our Board shall determine, in its sole discretion, any time before August 24, 2023

The approval of the authorization of our Board of Directors to effect one reverse stock split of our outstanding Common Stock requires the vote of the holders of a majority of the shares of Common Stock outstanding. Abstentions have the same vote as a vote against Proposal 3. There will be no broker non-votes on Proposal 3 because it is considered a “routine” matter on which your broker may use its discretion to vote your shares without your instructions.

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Proposal 4 — Ratification of selection of Kesselman & Kesselman, Certified Public Accountants (Isr.), a member firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers International Limited, as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022

The ratification of the selection of Kesselman & Kesselman as our independent registered public accounting firm for Fiscal 2022, requires the vote of the holders of a majority of the shares of Common Stock present in person or represented by proxy and entitled to vote. Abstentions will have no effect on the voting of Proposal 4. There will be no broker non-votes on Proposal 4 because it is considered a “routine” matter on which your broker may use its discretion to vote your shares without your instructions.

 

Could other matters be decided at the AnnualSpecial Meeting?

 

We do not know of any other matters that may be presented for action at the AnnualSpecial Meeting. Should any other business come before the meeting, the persons named on the proxy will have discretionary authority to vote the shares represented by such proxies in accordance with their best judgment. If you hold shares through a broker, bank or other nominee as described above, they will not be able to vote your shares on any other business that comes before the AnnualSpecial Meeting unless they receive instructions from you with respect to such matter.

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What happens if the meeting is postponed or adjourned?

 

Your proxy may be voted at the postponed or adjourned meeting. You will still be able to change your proxy until it is voted.

 

How can I find out the results of the voting at the AnnualSpecial Meeting?

 

Preliminary voting results will be announced at the AnnualSpecial Meeting. Final voting results will be published in a Current Report on Form 8-K (“Form 8-K”) that we expect to file with the SEC within four business days after the AnnualSpecial Meeting. If final voting results are not available to us in time to file a Form 8-K within four business days after the AnnualSpecial Meeting, we intend to file a Form 8-K to publish preliminary results and, within four business days after the final results are known to us, file an additional Form 8-K to publish the final results.

 

When are stockholder proposals due for the 20232024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders?

 

If you wish to submit proposals for inclusion in our proxy statement for the 2023our 2024 annual meeting of stockholders (the “2024 Annual Meeting,Meeting”), we must receive them on or before March 9, 2023,January 2, 2024, pursuant to the proxy soliciting regulations of the SEC. Nothing in this paragraph shall require us to include in our proxy statement and proxy card for the Annual Meeting any stockholder proposal that does not meet the requirements of the SEC in effect at the time. Any such proposal will be subject to Rule 14a-8 ofand 14a-19, as applicable, under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”).

 

If you wish to nominate a director or submit a proposal for presentation at the 20232024 Annual Meeting, without including such proposal in next year’s proxy statement, you must be a stockholder of record and provide timely notice in writing to our Secretary at c/o BiomX Inc., 22 Einstein Street, 54th Floor, Ness Ziona 7414003, Israel. To be timely, we must receive the notice not less than 90 days nor more than 120 days prior to the annual meeting; provided, however, that in the event that less than 45 calendar days’ notice or prior public disclosure of the date of the annual meeting is given or made to stockholders, we must receive the notice not later than the close of business on the tenth business day following the day on which such notice of the date of the annual meeting is mailed or such public disclosure is made. Your written notice must contain specific information required in Section 2 of our Bylaws. For additional information about our director nomination requirements, please see our Bylaws.

  

If the date of the 2024 Annual Meeting is subsequently advanced or delayed by more than 30 calendar days from the anniversary date of the Annual Meeting, we will provide an update to the foregoing dates by filing a Form 8-K with the SEC.

Who should I contact if I have any additional questions?

 

If you are the stockholder of record for your shares, please contact Marina Wolfson, at marinaw@biomx.com. If your shares are held in street name, please contact the telephone number provided on your voting instruction form or contact your bank, broker or other nominee holder directly.

 

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PROPOSAL 1: ELECTIONAPPROVAL OF DIRECTORSAN AMENMENT TO THE INCENTIVE PLAN TO ALLOW THE BOARD TO EFFECT ONE OR MORE OPTION EXCHANGES

Overview

The Incentive Plan was originally adopted by the Board on September 17, 2019 and was subsequently approved by our stockholders on October 23, 2019. The Company is seeking stockholder approval to amend the Incentive Plan to allow the Board to effect one or more Option Exchanges. The Incentive Plan, as amended if this Proposal 1 is approved, is attached hereto as Annex A.

 

Our Board, currently consists of seven directors, of which six members are currently in office, with one vacancy following the resignation of one of our directors in March 2022. Our Certificate of Incorporation provides for a classified Board consisting of three classes of directors. Currently, Class I consists of one director, Class II consists of two directors and Class III consists of three directors. We are currently searching for a replacement to fill the vacancy in Class I.

Our Certificate of Incorporation provides that at the Annual Meeting, directors will be elected to succeed those directors whose terms expire. Such elected directors shall be elected for a term of office to expire at the third succeeding annual meeting of stockholders after their election. Accordingly, the Class II directors shall be elected by our stockholders to serve until the 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, and until their successors have been duly elected and qualified or until their earlier death, resignation or removal. Each class is elected to serve a staggered three-year term. Vacancies on the Board may be filled only by persons elected by a majority of the remaining directors. A director elected by the Board to fill a vacancy in a class, including vacancies created by an increase in the number of directors, shall serve for the remainder of the full term of that class and until the director’s successor is duly elected and qualified. As noted above, there is currently one vacancy on the Board. All nominees are currently serving on our Board and have consented to be named in this proxy statement and to serve if elected.

If any nominee is unable or does not qualify to serve, you or your proxy may vote for another nominee proposed by the Board. If, for any reason, these nominees prove unable or unwilling to stand for election or cease to qualify to serve as directors, the Board will nominate alternates or reduce the sizeCompensation Committee of the Board to eliminate (the vacancies. The Board has no reason to“Committee”) and management believe that the effective use of Option Exchanges is vital to our ability to help retain and incentivize our employees, officers, directors and consultants on the one hand, while not creating any ofadditional dilution to the nominees would prove unableCompany’s stockholders on the other hand. In addition, our future success depends, in large part, upon our ability to serve if elected.

Nominees Age Term
Expires
 Position(s) Held Director
Since
Class II   2022    
Dr. Gbola Amusa 48   Director 2018
Jonas Grossman 48   Director 2017
Class III   2023    
Dr. Russell Greig 69   Chairman 2019
Jonathan Solomon 45   Chief Executive Officer and Director 2019
Lynne Sullivan 56   Director 2019
Class I   2024    
Dr. Alan Moses 74   Director 2020
         

THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS THAT YOU VOTE FOR
EACH OF THE CLASS II DIRECTOR NOMINEES IN PROPOSAL 1

Information Aboutmaintain a competitive position in attracting, retaining and motivating key personnel. We believe that the Boardamendment to the Incentive Plan is essential to permit our management to continue to provide long-term, equity-based incentives to present and future employees, consultants and directors.

 

The principal occupation, business experiencefollowing table sets forth certain information regarding the equity awards granted under the Incentive Plan as of July 25, 2023 from the Incentive Plan’s share reserve.

Name and PositionDollar
Value ($)
Number of SharesNumber of Options
Jonathan Solomon, Chief Executive Officer and Director[●][●][●]
Marina Wolfson, Chief Financial Officer[●][●][●]
Dr. Merav Bassan, Chief Development Officer[●][●][●]
All executive officers as a group (3 individuals)[●][●][●]
All directors who are not executive officers as a group (5 individuals)[●][●][●]
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Material Features of the Incentive Plan

The following description of certain material features of the Incentive Plan is intended to be a summary only. This summary is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the Incentive Plan; therefore the Company encourages its stockholders to review the Incentive Plan for full details pertaining to its terms and educationconditions. For convenience, the material features of the Incentive Plan are as follows:

Awards. The Incentive Plan permits the issuance of stock options to acquire shares of our Common Stock (“Options”), through outright awards of stock with or without restrictions (“Stock Grants”), or through the award of rights to receive shares of our Common Stock or cash equivalents upon satisfaction of certain restrictions (“Restricted Stock Units” or “RSUs”). We refer to the various equity compensation awards available under the Incentive Plan as “Awards.” Awards under the Incentive Plan are granted by, and at the discretion of, the Board or any of its committees as will be administering the Incentive Plan (the “Administrator”). The Administrator has the authority to determine the terms of each nominee for electionAward, including any exercise or purchase price, duration and vesting conditions. Awards are documented in each case by an applicable agreement, and the individual to whom an Award is granted shall be referred to as a director are set forth below. Unless otherwise indicated, principal occupations shown for each director have extended for five or more years.

“Recipient”.

 

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NomineesOptions. An Option gives the holder the right to purchase Common Stock at a price specified in the Option for Election

Dr. Gbola Amusa has served as a directorcertain period of time. This allows the holder to participate in the increase in value of the Company since March 2018, and served asCommon Stock to which the Executive Chairman ofOption relates without having to make an investment to purchase the Company from March 2018 to October 2019. Dr. Amusa served as Executive Chairman and Chief Science Officer of Chardan Healthcare Acquisition 2 Corp. until its merger in September 2021Common Stock. Until an investment is made, the holder is not a stockholder with Renovacor, Inc. (NYSE: RCOR). He is currently a director of Renovacor and Partner, Head of Healthcare Equity Research at Chardan Capital Markets LLC, or Chardan, since December 2014. At Chardan, he has established the healthcare vision by focusing on disruptive healthcare segments, such as gene therapy/genetic medicines, that have the highest potential for significant investment returns. Dr. Amusa was previously Managing Director, Head of European Pharma Research, and Global Pharma & Biotech Coordinator at UBS (from 2007 to 2013), where he oversaw 25 analysts. Prior to UBS, Dr. Amusa was a Senior Research Analyst and Head of European Pharma research at Sanford Bernstein. He started his career in finance at Goldman Sachs as an Associate in the Healthcare Investment Banking Group, where he worked on large transactions including the Amgen/Immunex merger. Additionally, Dr. Amusa was previously a Healthcare Finance & Strategy Consultant working with governments, companies, leading foundations and think tanks. He has also served as a member of the board of Alliance for Cancer Gene Therapy since September 2021. He holds an M.D. from Washington University Medical School, an M.B.A. with High Honors from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, and a B.S.E. with Honors from Duke University.

We believe that Dr. Amusa’s qualifications to sit on our Board include his board and management experience in the capital markets and the pharmaceutical and biotech industries.

Jonas Grossman has served as a director of the Company from its formation in November 2017. Mr. Grossman served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Chardan Healthcare Acquisition 2 Corp. until its merger in September 2021 with Renovacor, Inc. (NYSE: RCOR). He is currently a director of Renovacor, and a Managing Partner and Head of Capital Markets for Chardan since December 2003 and has additionally served as President of Chardan since September 2015. With nearly two decades of transactional and special acquisition company expertise, Mr. Grossman has led or managed more than 400 transactions, including providing underwriting and business combination advisory services to more than 80 special purpose acquisition companies in a variety of industries. Mr. Grossman has been a founder and member of the board of six special purpose acquisition companies, of which on four he also has served as Chief Executive Officer and President. Since April 2020, Mr. Grossman has served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Chardan Healthcare Acquisition 2 Corp. which announced its merger with Renovacor, Inc. in March 2021, and serves as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Chardan NexTech Acquisition 2 Corp. He also served as the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer from March 2018 until October 28, 2019, the date of the merger of CHAC Merger Sub Ltd. with and into BiomX Ltd. (“BiomX Israel”), whereby BiomX Israel became our wholly-owned subsidiary (the “Business Combination”). Mr. Grossman was a founder and director of LifeSci Acquisition Corp. from March 2020 until the close of its business combination with Vincera Pharma, Inc. in December of 2020. He has served as a director to Ventoux CCM Acquisition Corp. since December 2020. Previously, from 2001 to 2003, Mr. Grossman worked at Ramius Capital Group, LLC, a global multi-strategy hedge fund where he served as Vice President and Head Trader. Mr. Grossman holds a B.A. in Economics from Cornell University and an M.B.A. from NYU’s Stern School of Business. He has served on the board of directors for UNICEF since December 2016.

We believe that Mr. Grossman’s qualifications to sit on our Board include his extensive board and management experience in business and capital markets.

Other Currently Serving Directors

Dr. Russell Greig has served as a director and chairman of the Board of the Company since October 2019. Dr. Greig has more than 35 years’ experience in the pharmaceutical industry, with knowledge and expertise in research and development, business development and commercial operations. He spent the majority of his career at GlaxoSmithKline, or GSK, where he held a number of positions including GSK’s President of Pharmaceuticals International from 2003 to 2008 and Senior Vice President Worldwide Business Development. From 2008 to 2010, Dr. Greig was also President of SR One, GSK’s corporate venture group. He is currently Chairman of MedEye NV (formerly - Mint Solutions, The Netherlands) and eTheRNA immunotherapies NV (Belgium). In addition, Dr. Greig previously served on the boards of Sanifit (Spain) (acquired by Vifor Pharma AG (SWX: VIFN), Tigenix N.V. (acquired by Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited), Ablynx N.V. (acquired by Sanofi, France) and Merus N.V. (Nasdaq: MRUS). He was previously Chairman of Syntaxin Ltd (UK) (sold to Ipsen), Novagali Pharma S.A. (France) (acquired by Santen Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.), and Isconova AB (Sweden) (acquired by Novavax, Inc. (Nasdaq: NVAX)). He served as acting Chief Executive Officer at Genocea Biosciences (Nasdaq: GNCA) and Isconova AB for an interim period. He was also a member of the Scottish Scientific Advisory Committee, reportingrespect to the First Minister of Scotland.Common Stock underlying the Option and therefore cannot exercise voting rights or participate in dividends.

 


We believeIf the Common Stock increases in value above the exercise price specified in the Option, the holder will benefit, after exercise, to the extent of the difference between the current fair market value of the Common Stock and the exercise price, multiplied by the number of shares that Dr. Greig’s qualificationscan be acquired under the Option. The holder will also obtain, after exercise, the voting and dividend rights of a stockholder. If the value of the Common Stock never increases above the exercise price, then the holder loses nothing, because he or she has not made any investment in the Common Stock.

ISO and NQO. Under the Incentive Plan, the Administrator may issue incentive stock options (“ISOs”) and non-qualified stock options (“NQOs”). ISOs and NQOs are both types of stock options, but they have different U.S. federal income tax consequences upon exercise and upon a subsequent disposition of the shares. In the case of an ISO, no regular income tax applies upon exercise, and appreciation of the shares in excess of the exercise price will qualify for favorable capital gains rates provided various requirements are satisfied, including a requirement that the shares be held for at least two years after the grant of the ISO and one year after its exercise. These requirements are sometimes referred to sitas the ISO holding period requirements. Only an employee of the Company is eligible to obtain the tax advantages of an ISO. Upon the exercise of an NQO, regular income tax applies, and only appreciation after exercise is eligible for capital gains rates. See the section below captioned “U.S. Tax Aspects” for a more detailed discussion of U.S. tax issues.

Exercise Price of an Option. The exercise price is the price that is paid for each share of Common Stock acquired upon the exercise of an Option. The Administrator will specify the exercise price in the Award agreement evidencing the grant of the Option (the “Stock Option Agreement”) that accompanies each Option grant. In no event will the exercise price be less than the fair market value, or, if greater, the par value, of our Common Stock on the date of grant; provided that, the exercise price of an ISO granted to any employee who owns more than 10% of the voting power of all classes of stock in the Company or a parent or subsidiary shall not be less than 110% of the fair market value of our Board include his extensive board and leadership experienceCommon Stock.

Expiration of Options. The duration of an Option will be specified in business developmentthe Stock Option Agreement but, in any case, will not be more than 10 years from the date of grant; provided that, an ISO granted to any employee who owns more than 10% of the voting power of all classes of stock in the Company or a parent or subsidiary shall not be more than five years from the date of grant. The Administrator may, in its discretion, specify a shorter duration and, in general, a termination of employment or other service relationship will result in an accelerated expiration date. Options granted under the Incentive Plan typically expire on the date of termination if the termination was for Cause (as defined in the Stock Option Agreement or the Incentive Plan, as applicable), one year after the date of termination in the case of death or disability, and 90 days after the date of termination if the termination occurred for any other reason, but never later than the original expiration date.

Stock Grants. A Stock Grant is the issuance of shares of Common Stock, with or without restrictions. If restrictions are imposed, such as vesting or forfeiture restrictions, they will be set forth in the Award agreement. The vesting or forfeiture restrictions, if any, may be performance related, and the terms and conditions of the grant will be reflected in the Award agreement. A Recipient who has been issued Common Stock subject to restrictions has all of the rights of a stockholder, including the right to vote the Common Stock and the right to receive any cash dividends, unless the Administrator determines otherwise.

Restricted Stock Units. Restricted Stock Units represent the right to receive a stated number of shares of Common Stock, or the cash equivalent, at a future time. RSUs granted under the Incentive Plan will be represented by an Award agreement, which may contain a vesting schedule. Because the Recipient of an RSU is not the actual owner of the underlying Common Stock until shares are delivered at settlement, the Recipient will not ordinarily be entitled to receive dividends unless a dividend equivalent is also awarded. Like an RSU, a dividend equivalent may be paid in Common Stock, cash or a combination of both, but no payment will be made prior to the time of settlement.

Performance Conditions Imposed With Respect to Stock Grants or RSUs. The Administrator may, in its discretion, provide that the Recipient’s rights to an Award are contingent upon meeting certain pre-established performance goals during a set performance period of a minimum of 12 months. The Administrator has the sole discretion to determine which performance goals may apply to an Award. At the end of the performance period, the Administrator will determine whether or not the performance goals have been met. The Administrator may provide that less than an entire Award is payable if the goals are not fully achieved or that additional Common Stock may be awarded if the performance goals are exceeded.


The Administrator may also provide for additional vesting or holding restrictions on an Award following the end of the performance period. The following business criteria measured in the aggregate or on a per share basis (if appropriate) are available to the Administrator and approved by our stockholders for use under the Incentive Plan: (i) earnings, including, but not limited to, operating income, earnings before or after taxes, earnings before or after interest, depreciation, amortization, or extraordinary or special items or book value per share (which may exclude nonrecurring items); (ii) pre-tax income or after-tax income; (iii) earnings per share of Common Stock (basic or diluted); (iv) operating profit; (v) revenue, revenue growth or rate of revenue growth; (vi) return on assets (gross or net), return on investment, return on capital, or return on equity; (vii) returns on sales or revenues; (viii) operating expenses; (ix) stock price appreciation; (x) cash flow(s); (xi) implementation or completion of critical projects or processes; (xii) economic value created; (xiii) cumulative earnings per share growth; (xiv) operating margin or profit margin; (xv) common stock price or total stockholder return; (xvi) cost targets, reductions and savings, productivity and efficiencies; (xvii) regulatory achievements; and implementation, completion or attainment of measurable objectives with respect to research, development, products or projects, production volume levels; (xviii) the filing of a new drug application (“NDA,”) or the approval of the NDA by the Food and Drug Administration, the achievement of a launch of a new drug, and research and development in the pharmaceutical industry.

Jonathan Solomon has served as the Chief Executive Officermilestones; (xix) entry into a collaboration, development, joint venture or licensing agreement relating to product candidates or to commercialization of products; and as a director(xx) any combination of any of the Company since October 2019. Mr. Solomon served as Board member of BiomX Israel from February 2016 and also as Chief Executive Officer from February 2017 to October 2019. From July 2007 to December 2015, Mr. Solomon was a co-founder, President, and Chief Executive Officer of ProClara Biosciences Inc. (formerly NeuroPhage Pharmaceuticals Inc.), a biotechnology company pioneering an approach to treating neurodegenerative diseases. Prior to joining ProClara, he served for ten years in a classified military unit of the Israeli Defense Forces. Mr. Solomon holds B.Sc. magna cum laude in Physics and Mathematics from the Hebrew University, an M.Sc. summa cum laude in Electrical Engineering from Tel Aviv University, and an MBA with honors from the Harvard Business School.foregoing.

 

We believe that Mr. Solomon’s qualificationsTerms and Conditions Applicable to sit on our Board include his extensive boardAwards. The Administrator may specify other terms and management experienceconditions applicable to an Award in the biotech industry.

Lynne Sullivan has served as a directorunderlying Award agreement, and, in any event, all Awards are subject to the terms of the Incentive Plan. Neither the Incentive Plan nor any Award agreement gives a Recipient the right to continue in employment or to continue to provide services to the Company. The Incentive Plan and any Award agreement does not give the Company since November 2019. Ms. Sullivan has served as the Chief Financial Officer of UNITY Biotechnology, Inc. (Nasdaq: UBX) since August 2020. Priorright to that she was the Chief Financial Officer of Compass Therapeutics, LLC, a biotechnology company (“Compass”), where she worked from December 2018 to August 2019. Prior to Compass, Ms. Sullivan served as Biogen Inc.’s Senior Vice President of Finance from 2016 to December 2018, where she also served as Vice President of Tax and Corporate Finance from February 2015 to March 2016 and Vice President of Tax from April 2008 to February 2015. Prior to that, Ms. Sullivan was the Vice President Tax at EMD Serono and the Vice President of Tax North America at Merck KGaA. Ms. Sullivan is currently a memberrequire continued employment or service of the boardRecipient. The maximum annual total compensation, including the value of directors of Solid Biosciences Inc., a public life sciences company (Nasdaq: SLDB) and Inozyme Pharma, Inc. (Nasdaq: INZY). Ms. Sullivan was previously a memberany Awards made pursuant to the Incentive Plan (determined as of the boarddate of directors of resTORbio, Inc.,grant) that may be paid or granted to a public biopharmaceutical company (Nasdaq: TORC) and Inheris Pharma. Ms. Sullivan was a Certified Public Account for over 20 years and was also a Tax Partner at Arthur Anderson, where she led the North East Region’s Tax Consulting Practice for the firm. She received an M.S. in Taxation from Bentley University and a B.S.B.A. from Suffolk University.

We believe that Ms. Sullivan’s qualifications to sit on our Board include her finance leadership and extensive board experience.

Dr. Alan Moses has served as a director of the Company since October 2020. Dr. Moses has been a Board member of Chemomab Therapeutics, Ltd. (Nasdaq: CMMB) since March 2021. Dr. Moses served as the Global Chief Medical Officer of Novo Nordisk A/S from 2013 until his retirement in 2018. Prior to that he served in various roles at Novo Nordisk A/S since 2004, beginning as Associate Vice President of Medical Affairs in the United States. Throughout his career, Dr. Moses has specialized in developing novel therapeutics and diagnostics for diabetes mellitus. He co-founded and directed the Clinical Investigator Training Program at Beth Israel Deaconess-Harvard Medical School-MIT. From 1998 to 2004, Dr. Moses served as Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer of the Joslin Diabetes Center with specific responsibility for the Joslin Clinic, and has served asRecipient who is a member of the Board of Joslin Diabetes Center since December 2021. Dr. Moses earned his MD from the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, workedbut who is not an employee during any one-year period for three years at the National Institutes of Health, completed his clinical endocrine/diabetes training at Tufts New England Medical Center, and studied Health Care Strategy at Harvard Business School.

We believe that Dr. Moses’ qualifications to sitservice on our Board include his extensive leadership experience in clinical development in the pharmaceutical industry.


THE BOARD AND ITS COMMITTEES

Board Composition and Leadership Structure

As of July 7, 2022, the Board is comprised of six members. There$500,000 dollars, except that limit is currently one vacancy on$750,000 during the Board created after Mr. Paul Sekhri resignedmember’s first year of service.

Change in Our Capitalization. The number and kind of shares of Common Stock covered by any outstanding Awards under the Incentive Plan and the exercise or purchase price (if applicable) will be appropriately adjusted for any increase or decrease in the number and kind of outstanding shares or securities resulting from our Board on March 29, 2022. The Board has a flexible policy with respect to thereorganization, recapitalization, exchange of shares, stock split, reverse stock split, stock dividend, combination or separationreclassification of shares, spin-off or other similar change in capitalization event including, without limitation, an extraordinary dividend or distribution but excluding an ordinary cash dividend. Any adjustment made by the offices of Chairman of the BoardAdministrator will be conclusive and Chief Executive Officer. Currently, Dr. Russell Greig serves as our independent Chairman, and Mr. Jonathan Solomon serves as our Chief Executive Officer. The Board believes that by having separate roles, the Chief Executive Officer is able to focus on the day-to-day business and affairs ofbinding upon all affected persons, including the Company and all Recipients.

Change of Control. On a Change in Control then the Chairman is able to focus on key strategic issues, board leadership and communication. While the Board believes this leadership structure is currently in the best interestsAdministrator may provide for any combination of the Company and its stockholders, the Board also recognizes that future circumstances could lead it to combine these roles.

Director Independence

The NYSE American requires that a majority of the Board be composed of “independent directors,” which is defined generally as a person other than an officer or employee of the Company or its subsidiaries or any other individual having a relationship that, as determined by the Board, would interfere with the exercise of his or her objective judgment and will meet the required standards for independence, as established by the applicable rules and regulations of the NYSE American and the SEC.

Dr. Gbola Amusa, Dr. Russell Greig, Mr. Jonas Grossman, Dr. Alan Moses and Ms. Lynne Sullivan are our independent directors. Our independent directors have regularly scheduled meetings at which only independent directors are present.

At least annually, the Board evaluates all relationships between us and each director considering relevant facts and circumstances for the purposes of determining whether a material relationship exists that might signal a potential conflict of interest or otherwise interfere with such director’s ability to satisfy his or her responsibilities as an independent director. Based on this evaluation, our Board will make an annual determination of whether each director is independent within the meaning of NYSE American and the SEC independence standards.

Board Meetings and Attendance

The Board held thirteen meetings, including actions by written consent, during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021. Each of the incumbent directors attended at least 75% the meetings of the Board and the committees of the Board on which he or she served during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, including actions by written consent (in each case, which were held during the period for which he or she was a director and/or a member of the applicable committee). We have no policy regarding attendance of our directors at the Annual Meeting. None of our directors (who were directors at the time of our 2021 annual meeting of stockholders) attended our 2021 annual meeting of stockholders.

Board Committees

The Board has established three standing committees: the Audit Committee, the Compensation Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, each of which is composed solely of independent directors, and is described more fully below. Each of the Audit Committee, Compensation Committee and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee operates pursuant to a written charter and each committee reviews and assesses the adequacy of its charter and submits its charter to the Board for approval. The charters for the Audit Committee, Compensation Committee and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee are all available on our website, www.biomx.com.The inclusion of our website address here and elsewhere in this proxy statement does not include or incorporate by reference the information on our website into this proxy statement.


The following table provides membership and meeting information for the year ended December 31, 2021 for each committee:

Name Audit
Committee
  Compensation
Committee
  Nominating
Committee
 
Dr. Russell Greig  X   X   Chair 
Dr. Gbola Amusa  X         
Jonas Grossman      X   X 
Dr. Alan Moses      Chair     
Jonathan Solomon            
Lynne Sullivan*  Chair       X 
Total committee meetings and actions by
written consent in 2021
  7   3   2 

*Financial Expert

Below is a description of each committee of the Board.

Audit Committee

Our Audit Committee engages the Company’s independent accountants: reviews their independence and performance; reviews the Company’s accounting and financial reporting processes and the integrity of its financial statements; reviews the audits of the Company’s financial statements and the appointment, compensation, qualifications, independence and performance of the Company’s independent auditors; reviews the Company’s compliance with legal and reviews regulatory requirements; and reviews the performance of the Company’s internal audit function and internal control over financial reporting. The Audit Committee has held seven meetings, including actions by written consent, during 2021.

The members of the Audit Committee are Ms. Lynne Sullivan, Dr. Gbola Amusa and Dr. Russell Greig, each of whom is an independent director under NYSE American’s listing standards and satisfies the additional independence requirements of Rule 10A-3 of the Exchange Act. Ms. Lynne Sullivan is the Chairperson of the Audit Committee. The Board has determined that Ms. Sullivan qualifies as an “audit committee financial expert,” as defined under the rules and regulations of the SEC.

Compensation Committee

Our Compensation Committee reviews annually the Company’s corporate performance goals and objectives relevant to the Chief Executive Officer’s compensation, evaluates the Chief Executive Officer’s performance in light of such goals and objectives, determines and approves the Chief Executive Office’s compensation level based on this evaluation; makes recommendations to the Board regarding approval, disapproval, modification, or termination of existing or proposed employee benefit plans; makes recommendations to the Board with respect to the compensation of our executive officers, other than the Chief Executive Officer, and directors; and administers the Company’s incentive-compensation plans and equity-based plans. The Compensation Committee has the authority to delegate any of its responsibilities to subcommittees as it may deem appropriate in its sole discretion. The Chief Executive Officer of the Company may not be present during voting or deliberations of the Compensation Committee with respect to his compensation. The Company’s executive officers do not play a role in suggesting their own salaries. The Compensation Committee has held three meetings, including actions by written consent during 2021.


The members of the Compensation Committee are Dr. Alan Moses, Mr. Jonas Grossman and Dr. Russell Greig, each of whom is an independent director under NYSE American’s listing standards. Dr. Alan Moses is the Chairperson of the Compensation Committee.

The Compensation Committee retained Aon Consulting Inc., or Aon, through its Radford subdivision, part of the Rewards Solutions practice at Aon, an independent compensation consultant, to provide advice with respect to executive, director and non-executive compensation for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021. The Compensation Committee engaged Aon solely to collect and analyze data regarding executive, director and non-executive compensation at other companies comparable to us. Aon’s primary responsibilities for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021 included identifying our U.S. and Israel peer group companies, benchmarking the compensation of our directors, Chief Executive Officer, other executive officers and non-executive employees, assessing the competitive positioning of our executive compensation and providing recommendations to the Compensation Committee, which the Compensation Committee considered among the factors it reviewed when determining executive and director compensation. Aon provided peer based data on the competitiveness of our compensation program to the Compensation Committee in respect of the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021.

Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee

Our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee is responsible for overseeing the selection of persons to be nominated to serve on the Board. Specifically, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee makes recommendations to the Board regarding the size and composition of the Board, establishes procedures for the director nomination process and screens and recommends candidates for election to the Board. On an annual basis, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee recommends for approval by the Board certain desired qualifications and characteristics for Board membership. Additionally, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee establishes and oversees the annual assessment of the performance of the Board as a whole and its individual members. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee will consider a number of qualifications relating to management and leadership experience, background and integrity and professionalism in evaluating a person’s candidacy for membership on the Board. Although the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee does not have a formal policy with regard to the consideration of diversity identifying nominees, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee may require certain skills or attributes, such as financial or accounting experience, to meet specific needs of the Board that arise from time to time and will also consider the overall experience and makeup of its members to obtain a broad and diverse mix of Board members. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee does not distinguish among nominees recommended by stockholders and other persons. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee has held two meetings, including actions by written consent during 2021.

The members of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee are Dr. Russell Greig, Mr. Jonas Grossman and Ms. Lynne Sullivan, each of whom is an independent director under NYSE American’s listing standards. Dr. Russell Greig is the Chairperson of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.

Non-Management Director Meetings

In addition to the meetings of the committees of the Board described above, in connection with the Board meetings, the independent directors met four times in executive sessions during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021. The Chairman of the Board presides at these executive sessions.

The Board’s Role in Risk Oversight

Although our management is primarily responsible for managing our risk exposure on a daily basis, the Board oversees the risk management processes. The Board, as a whole, determines the appropriate level of risk for our Company, assesses the specific risks that we face, and reviews management’s strategies for adequately mitigating and managing the identified risks. Although the Board administers this risk management oversight function, the Audit Committee supports the Board in discharging its oversight duties and addresses risks inherent in its area of oversight.

Code of Business Conduct and Ethics

We have adopted a Code of Business Conduct and Ethics that applies to all directors, officers and employees. The Code of Business Conduct and Ethics is available on our website at www.biomx.com. If we make any substantive amendments to the Code of Business Conduct and Ethics or grant any waiver from a provision of the Code to any director or executive officer, we will promptly disclose the nature of the amendment or waiver on our website.

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Insider Trading, Prohibition Against Pledging, and Anti-Hedging Policies

Our insider trading policy limits the timing and types of transactions in our securities by our directors, officers, including our named executive officers, and other employees. These persons are prohibited from trading during blackout periods (during the period from and including the time the market closes on the twentieth (20th) calendar day of the third month of any calendar quarter until the time the market opens on the date of the release of quarterly financial information) and, in the case of our directors and officers, without the clearance of our Chief Legal Officer or such person serving in such capacity, or his/her designee. In addition, the policy provides that none of our directors, officers or other employees may engage in the following transactions:following:

 

engaging in “short sales” and “selling againstProvide for the box” (a variation of selling short) with respectAward to securities of the Company;be assumed or a substantially equivalent Award to be substituted;

 

tradingProvide for accelerated vesting, exercisability and/or delivery, as applicable, immediately prior to the Change in puts, calls, straddlesControl and options fora lapse of the Company’s securities;Award upon occurrence of the Change in Control; and/or

 

trading in securitiesProvide for a cash payment equivalent to what a holder of Common Stock would receive as a result of the Company on a short-term basis;

holding Company securitiesChange in a margin account; and

entering into hedging or similar transactionsControl with respect to Company securities.the Award (less any exercise or purchase price, or base amount, and any applicable withholdings) in exchange for a cancellation of the Award.

 

Stockholder Communications with OurDuration of the Incentive Plan. Awards may be granted under the Incentive Plan from time to time until the close of business on October 23, 2029. The Incentive Plan may be terminated at any time by action of the Board, but without the consent of a Recipient (as defined below), a termination of the Incentive Plan will not adversely affect a Recipient’s awards outstanding as of the date of termination.

 

TheAdministration. Although the Board has adopted a formal process by which stockholders may communicate withthe authority to administer the Incentive Plan, the Board or any individual director by sending correspondence to c/o BiomX Inc., 22 Einstein Street, 5th Floor, Ness Ziona 7414003, Israel, Attn: Anat Primovich.

Each communication must set forth:

the name and address of the stockholder on whose behalf the communication is sent;

the number of shares of Common Stock that are owned beneficially by such stockholder as of the date of the communication; and

the reason for the communication, any request being made and rationale supporting such request.

Each communication will be reviewed to determine whether it is appropriate for presentationmay also delegate its authority to the Board or such individual director. Examples of inappropriate communications include advertisements, solicitations, hostile communications or communications that do not relate to appropriate company business.

Communications determined to be appropriate for presentation to the Board or such individual director will be submitted prior to the next meetingCommittee. Each member of the Board.

AUDIT COMMITTEE REPORT

Committee is a “non-employee director,” as that term is defined from time to time in Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act. The audit committee has reviewed and discussedAdministrator determines to whom Awards are granted under the audited financial statements for Incentive Plan, whether in the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021 withcase of an option the management of the Company. The audit committee has discussed with our independent registered public accounting firm, Kesselman & Kesselman, Certified Public Accountants (Isr.), a member firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers International Limited. (“PwC”), the matters required to be discussed by the applicable requirements of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (“PCAOB”) and the SEC. The audit committee has also received the written disclosures and the letter from PwC required by applicable requirements of the PCAOB regarding its communications with the audit committee concerning independence, and has had discussions with PwC regarding the firm’s independence. Based on the foregoing, the audit committee recommended to the Board that our audited financial statements be included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 for filing with the SEC.

Audit Committee

Lynne Sullivan, Chair
Dr. Gbola Amusa
Dr. Russell Greig

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PROPOSAL 2: APPROVAL OF AN AMENDMENT TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF THE COMPANY TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF AUTHORIZED SHARES OF COMMON STOCK FROM SIXTY MILLION (60,000,000) SHARES, PAR VALUE $0.0001 PER SHARE TO ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY MILLION (120,000,000) SHARES OF COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE $0.0001 PER SHARE

Our Board has unanimously approvedAward is granted as an amendment to our Certificate of Incorporation to increaseISO or NQO, the number of shares of authorized Common Stock from 60,000,000that may be subject to an Award and such other terms and conditions as the Administrator shall require. The Administrator has the authority to adopt, amend and rescind any rules and regulations relating to the administration of the Incentive Plan. All questions of interpretation and application of such rules and regulations of the Incentive Plan and of Awards transferred or granted thereunder are subject to the determination of the Administrator, which is final and binding. With respect to Recipients subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act, transactions under the Incentive Plan are intended to comply with all applicable conditions of Rule 16b-3 or its successor under the Exchange Act. To the extent any provision of the Incentive Plan or action by the Administrator fails to so comply, it will be deemed to be modified so as to be in compliance with such Rule, or, if such modification is not possible, it will be deemed to be null and void, to the extent permitted by law and deemed advisable by the Administrator.


Shares and Adjustments. The Incentive Plan provides that the total number of shares to 120,000,000 shares, as further described below (the “Authorized Share Increase”). If approved, the Authorized Share Increase would be effected by amending Article Fifth of our CertificateCommon Stock that may be issued under it may not exceed 4,235,974 shares. Pursuant to the Incentive Plan, the number of Incorporation. The full text of the proposed amendment to Article Fifthshares of our Certificate of Incorporation is attached to this Proxy Statement as Annex A.

As of June 29, 2022, we had [●] shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding, and have reserved shares under our existing equity incentive plan and outstanding warrants, as well as for potential issuancesmade available under the terms of our 2019 recapitalization in which we agreed to issue additional shares if certain stock price thresholds are met (the “Recapitalization Reservation”). As a result thereof, our flexibility to carry out any future capital raising activities, if any, and grant equity incentives to employees and service providers, if any, may be challenging. Accordingly, our Board believes that the Authorized Share Increase is advisable, and in our stockholders’ best interests in order to give us greater flexibility in considering and planning for future potential business needs. Such needs include, but are not limited to, future capital raising activities, if any, and in order to have sufficient shares to reserve under our existing equity incentive plan, whichIncentive Plan will automatically increasesincrease on January 1 of each year, for a period of not more than ten years, commencing on January 1, 2020 and ending on (and including) January 1, 2029, in an amount equal to 4% of the total number of shares of our Common Stock outstanding on December 31 of the preceding calendar year (the “Evergreen Mechanism”). Currently, we have sufficient capital for our current business needs, including for purposes ofyear. Shares issued under the Evergreen Mechanism, but weIncentive Plan may choose to conduct sales of our equity securities, in public or private transactions, in order to further fund our business needs. If the amendment to our Certificate of Incorporation is adopted, we will have shares of authorized Common Stock available in the event our Board determines that it is necessary and appropriate to raise additional capital through the sale of equity securities, to acquire another company or its assets, to provide additional equity incentives to employees, officers or directors, to establish strategic relationships with corporate partners and/or similar transactions or for other corporate purposes. We do not currently have any plans, arrangements or understandings, whether written or oral, to issue any of thebe authorized but unissued shares or may be treasury shares. Common Stock delivered by a Recipient to the Company in connection with the settlement of an Award or to satisfy tax withholding shall not be available for future grant, but Common Stock underlying unexercised or unvested Awards that would becomeare forfeited may generally again be available as a resultfor grant under the Incentive Plan. Proceeds of the Authorized Share Increase, if approved. The availability of additional sharessale of Common Stock under the Incentive Plan will be used by us for general corporate purposes.

Amendment or Termination of the Incentive Plan. The Board may amend, suspend or terminate the Incentive Plan in whole or in part at any time, subject to stockholder and/or the approval of any affected Recipient, under the rules applicable to ISOs, or otherwise pursuant to the Incentive Plan or under the NYSE American or other applicable securities exchange rules.

Reasons for the Incentive Plan Amendment

The Company is particularlya clinical stage product discovery company that focuses on using its cash resources towards advancing the research and development of its product candidates. In order to preserve its cash resources the Company has used incentive equity, namely through the issuance of stock options, to engage and retain its team members. The Company believes that equity compensation is key to linking pay to performance as it encourages team members to work toward the Company’s success and aligns their interests with those of the Company’s stockholders by providing them with a means by which they can benefit from increasing the value of the Company’s stock.

Over the past few years, for multiple reasons, the fair market value of the Company’s shares has declined significantly. From a share price of $10.00 in 2019, the 52 week high/low of the share price is $[●]/$[●] with the highest closing price over the past 52 weeks being $[●] on [●]. As of the Record Date the Company’s Common Stock had a closing price of $[●] per share. Although the Company believes that stock options are an important component of the Company’s compensation program, the “underwater” options may be perceived by their holders as having little or no incentive and retention effect due to the difference between the exercise prices and the current stock price.

In previous discussions held by the Committee and the Board, the Committee and the Board have concluded that the decline in the event that our Board needs to undertake anyprice of the foregoing actionsCompany’s Common Stock has had an adverse effect on the Company and its executive officers, independent directors, employees and consultants who hold certain options granted under the Incentive Plan as such options are significantly underwater (meaning their exercise price is significantly above the current market price of the Common Stock) and no longer serve as a long-term retention or performance. The Board determined that the options were no longer providing an expedited basisappropriate economic incentive to the holders and thusthat this lack of an appropriate incentive could potentially lead to avoidthe loss of critical individuals at an important stage in the Company’s life cycle, thereby negatively impacting the Company’s ability to meet its near-term objectives. The Company wishes to maintain its ability to attract and retain superior employees in key positions and that the compensation provided to its and its subsidiaries’ employees remains competitive relative to the total compensation of similarly situated employees in peer companies and the broader marketplace from which it recruits and competes for talent.

The Incentive Plan currently bars the Board from changing the exercise price of outstanding options, either by exchanging them with new options with a lower exercise price or repricing them. In more detail, currently under the Incentive Plan, except for either adjustments relating to the adjustment of shares of stock, or reductions of the exercise price approved by the Company’s stockholders, the exercise price for any outstanding option may not be decreased after the date of grant nor may an outstanding option granted under the Incentive Plan be surrendered to the Company as consideration for the grant of a replacement option with a lower exercise price. In addition except as approved by the Company’s stockholders, in no event shall any option granted under the Incentive Plan be surrendered to the Company in consideration for a cash payment or the grant of any other award if, at the time of such surrender, the exercise price of the option is greater than the then current fair market value of a share of stock (“Option Exchange”).


The Compensation Committee and expensethe Board have each determined that it is in the best interest of seeking stockholder approvalthe Company to authorize the Board to effect one or more Option Exchanges. The Board believes that an Option Exchange is the most effective tool to help retain and incentivize the holders on the one hand, while not creating any additional dilution to the Company’s stockholders on the other hand. The authority to effect an Option Exchange would remain with the Board and subject to its sole determination. The Board is not currently proposing a specific Option Exchange at the Meeting, but if the amendment to the Incentive Plan is approved by the Company’s stockholders, it anticipates that it may consider an Option Exchange shortly thereafter, with terms and conditions to be approved by the Board at that time.

Effects of the Incentive Plan Amendment

The proposed Option Exchange will enable the Board to reduce the per-share exercise price so that the exercise prices will more closely reflect the current value of the Company’s stock, which will serve to further align the economic interests of the holders with those of the Company’s stockholders more generally and will help ensure the ongoing retention and motivation of the holders through a critical stage for the Company in connection with a contemplated issuance of Common Stock.particular. If the Authorized Share Increaseamendment is approved, the Board would also have discretion in any such Option Exchange to change other conditions of the options exchanged, such as vesting terms or expiration dates, as well as exchange other securities authorized under the Incentive Plan for outstanding options. The proposed amendment to the Incentive Plan may affect the Company’s independent non-employee directors, directors who also hold offices, employees, and consultants, who are eligible to exercise awards under the Incentive Plan. However, no Option Exchange will result in a dilution of our stockholders, as the number of shares subject options exchanged would not be increased (but may be decreased). The Committee and the Board would, however, continue to have the power to grant additional authorizedoptions or other awards under the other provisions of the Incentive Plan to the extent shares would beremain available for issuancesuch grants.

Accordingly, it is proposed to amend Section 4.7 to the Incentive Plan so it will read as follows:

4.7 Repricing. The Board shall have the authority to grant, at its discretion, to the holder of an outstanding Option, in exchange for the surrender and cancellation of such Option, a new Option having an exercise price equal to, lower than or higher than the Exercise Price of the original Option so surrendered and canceled, or another Award, and containing such other terms as the Board may prescribe in accordance with the provisions of the Plan. With respect to Options granted as 102 Awards under the Israeli Appendix to the Plan, to the extent required by the ITA under the Ordinance and the Rules, the surrender and cancelation of Options in exchange for new Options or other Awards shall be subject to the approval of the ITA.”

New Plan Benefits

All Option Exchanges under the Incentive Plan, as proposed to be amended, will be made at the discretion of the Board and without further stockholder approval, except as may be required by law or the rulesare not currently determinable. The value of the Company’s then-current listingexercise price of the awards granted under the Incentive Plan will depend on a number of factors, including the fair market value of our Common Stock on future dates, the exercise decisions made by the participants and the extent to which any applicable performance goals necessary for vesting or exchange.payment are achieved. Therefore, the benefits and amounts that will be received or allocated under the Incentive Plan are not presently determinable.

 

Possible Effects of the Authorized Share IncreaseU.S. Tax Aspects

 

The newly authorized shares of Common Stock will have all the powers, preferences, and rightsfollowing is a summary of the sharesprincipal U.S. federal income tax consequences of Common Stock presently authorized. Therefore, approval ofcertain transactions under the Authorized Share Increase wouldIncentive Plan. It does not affect a current Common Stock holder’s rights as a stockholder, except for any dilutive effects of a potential increase indescribe all federal tax consequences under the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock to, among other things, earnings per share, book value per share, and the voting power of current holders of our Common Stock. The Authorized Share Increase would not have any immediate dilutive effect on the proportionate voting powerIncentive Plan nor does it describe state, local or other rights of existing stockholders until additional shares are issued.foreign tax consequences.

As is true for shares presently authorized but unissued Common Stock, the future issuance of Common Stock authorized by the Authorized Share Increase may, among other things, decrease existing stockholders’ percentage equity ownership, be dilutive to the voting rights of existing stockholders, and, depending on the price at which they are issued, have a negative effect on the market price of the Common Stock.

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Potential Anti-takeover EffectsISOs. ISOs are intended to qualify for treatment as such under Section 422 of the Authorized Share IncreaseCode. An ISO does not result in income recognition to the optionee or a deduction to us at the time it is granted or exercised, provided that no disposition is made by the optionee of the shares acquired pursuant to the option within two years after the date of grant of the option nor within one year after the date of issuance of shares to the optionee (referred to as the “ISO holding period”). However, the difference between the fair market value of the shares on the date of exercise and the exercise price generally will be an item of tax preference includible in “alternative minimum taxable income” of the optionee. Upon disposition of the shares after the expiration of the ISO holding period, the optionee will generally recognize long term capital gain or loss based on the difference between the disposition proceeds and the exercise price paid for the shares. If the shares are disposed of prior to the expiration of the ISO holding period (referred to as a “disqualifying disposition”), the optionee will recognize ordinary income, and we will be entitled (subject to the limitations of Section 162(m) of the Code, discussed below) to a corresponding deduction, in the year of the disposition, generally equal to the excess of the fair market value of the shares on the date of exercise of the option (or the sale price of the shares sold, if less) over the exercise price. Any additional gain or loss realized on the disposition will be capital gain or loss.

Non-Qualified Stock Options. Options that are not ISOs (designated as such at grant or options that would otherwise have qualified (but in fact fail to qualify) as ISOs, because, for example, the aggregate fair market value of shares with respect to which such options are first exercisable by an individual in any calendar year exceeds $100,000 based on the fair market value of the shares on the date of grant) are considered to be “non-qualified” stock options.

 

SinceA non-qualified stock option ordinarily will not result in income recognition to the Authorized Share Increaseoptionee or deduction to us at the time of grant. The optionee will provide thatrecognize compensation income at the numbertime of authorizedexercise of a non-qualified stock option in an amount equal to the excess of the then fair market value of the shares over the exercise price per share. Compensation income of Common Stockoptionees will be 120,000,000,subject to withholding (if the Authorized Share Increase,optionee is an employee) and employment or self-employment taxes, and a deduction (subject to the limitations of Section 162(m) of the Code, discussed below) will be allowable to us in an amount equal to the optionee’s compensation income. 

An optionee’s initial basis in shares so acquired will be the amount paid on exercise of the non-qualified stock option plus the amount of any corresponding compensation income. Any gain or loss as a result of a subsequent disposition of the shares so acquired will be capital gain or loss (short-term or long-term, as applicable).

Stock Appreciation Rights. A grantee recognizes no income upon the grant of a stock appreciation right, but upon its exercise recognizes compensation income in an amount equal to the cash or cash equivalent that he or she receives at that time. If the grantee receives our shares upon exercise of the stock appreciation right, he or she recognizes compensation income equal to the fair market value of the shares received (or, if effected,the shares are subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture at the exercise date, at the date or dates on which the risk expires, unless he or she elects to be taxed currently by filing a so-called Section 83(b) election with the Internal Revenue Service within 30 days of the receipt of the shares), less the base appreciation amount set forth in the related agreement. Compensation income of the grantee will be subject to withholding (if the grantee is an employee) and employment or self-employment taxes, and a deduction (subject to the limitations of Section 162(m) of the Code, discussed below) will be allowable to us in an amount equal to the grantee’s compensation income. Any gain or loss as a result of a subsequent disposition of the shares so acquired will be capital gain or loss (short-term or long-term, as applicable).

Stock Grants. With respect to stock grants that are made without any restrictions, the grantee must generally recognize compensation income equal to the excess of the fair market value of shares received over the amount paid (if any). Compensation income of the grantee will be subject to withholding (if the grantee is an employee) and employment or self-employment taxes. We will be entitled to a deduction (subject to the limitations of Section 162(m) of the Code, discussed below) in an amount equal to the compensation income recognized by the grantee.


If a stock grant award is subject to restrictions, the grantee generally will not recognize compensation income at the time of the award, but will instead recognize compensation income equal to the excess of the fair market value of the shares received over the amount paid (if any) when restrictions on transferability or that otherwise constitute a substantial risk of forfeiture lapse. A grantee may elect (by filing a so-called Section 83(b) election with the Internal Revenue Service within 30 days of the receipt of the shares) to instead recognize compensation income at the time of the receipt of the shares, rather than upon the lapse of restrictions on transferability or substantial risk of forfeiture, but if the grantee subsequently forfeits such shares, the grantee would not be entitled to a tax deduction for the amount of previously recognized compensation income. He or she will be entitled to a capital loss for the amount paid, if any, for the shares. Compensation income of the grantee will be subject to withholding (if the grantee is an employee) and employment or self-employment taxes. We will be entitled to a deduction (subject to the limitations of Section 162(m) of the Code, discussed below) in an amount equal to the compensation income recognized by the grantee.

When the shares are subsequently sold, the grantee generally will recognize capital gain or loss (short-term or long-term, as applicable) equal to the difference between the amount realized upon the sale of the shares and his or her tax basis (generally the amount paid plus any compensation income recognized). The capital gain or loss will be long-term if the shares were held for more than one year or short-term if held for a shorter period.

RSUs. The grantee recognizes no income until the issuance of the shares at or shortly after vesting. At that time, the grantee must generally recognize compensation income equal to the fair market value of the shares received less the amount paid (if any). Compensation income of the grantee will be subject to withholding (if the grantee is an employee) and employment or self-employment taxes. We generally will be entitled to a deduction (subject to the limitations of Section 162(m) of the Code, discussed below) in an amount equal to the compensation income recognized by the grantee.

When the shares are subsequently sold, the grantee generally will recognize capital gain or loss (short-term or long-term, as applicable) equal to the difference between the amount realized upon the sale of the shares and his or her tax basis (generally the amount paid plus any compensation income recognized). The capital gain or loss will be long-term if the shares were held for more than one year or short-term if held for a shorter period.

Limitation on the Company’s Deductions. Section 162(m) of the Code generally disallows a federal income tax deduction to public companies for compensation in excess of $1,000,000 paid in any year to the principal executive officer and certain other executive officers. Prior to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (the “TCJA”), an exception existed for “performance-based” compensation. Our 2008 Plan was generally designed such that compensation arising on award satisfied the then-effective performance-based exemption.

The TCJA modified the group of individuals to whom payments of compensation in excess of $1,000,000 is not deductible to generally include the principal executive officer, the principal financial officer and the three other most highly compensated executive officers, and provided that each person covered by Section 162(m) of the Code for a particular year after 2016 will remain subject to this limit in subsequent years, even if otherwise not included in that group for the year. It also eliminated the performance-based exemption from Section 162(m) of the Code.

The Incentive Plan authorizes the Compensation Committee to grant compensation that is partially or wholly nondeductible. As a result, it is expected that certain of our compensation arrangements will result in non-deductible compensation when the total exceeds $1,000,000, except certain historical awards that meet transition rules for continued deductibility under the TCJA. 

Israeli Tax Aspects

The following is a summary of the Israeli tax consequences associated with the Incentive Plan with regard to the granting of awards, including, Options (i.e., the right to purchase shares of stock at an increaseexercise price) and Full Value Awards (i.e., shares of stock or a right to receive shares of stock in the numberfuture) (the “Stock Awards”) to holders of authorized but unissued sharesStock Award who are subject to Israeli tax. This summary is general and does not purport to be comprehensive. Generally, the 2019 Incentive Plan provides for the granting of our Common Stock Awards to employees, directors and could,consultants under certain circumstances, have an anti-takeover effect, although this is noteither Section 102 or Section 3(i) of the purpose or intent of our Board. An increase in our authorized shares could potentially deter takeovers, including takeovers that our Board has determinedIsraeli Income Tax Ordinance (New Version), 5721-1961 (the “Participants” and “Tax Ordinance”, respectively). The Stock Awards granted under the 2019 Incentive Plan to employees and office holders, who are not controlling shareholders (as defined in the best interest of our stockholders, in that additional shares could be issued (within the limits imposed by applicable law and NYSE American) in one or more transactions that could make a change in control or takeover more difficult. The Authorized Share Increase could make the accomplishment of a given transaction more difficult even if it is favorableTax Ordinance) are subject to the interests“capital gains tax route” under Section 102 of stockholders. For example, we could issue additional shares of Commonthe Tax Ordinance (the “Capital Gains Tax Route”) and the Stock without further stockholder approval so asAwards granted to dilute the stock ownership or voting rights of persons seeking to obtain control without our agreement. Similarly, the issuance of additional shares to certain persons allied with our management could have the effect of making it more difficult to remove our current management by diluting the stock ownership or voting rights of persons seeking to cause such removal. The Authorized Share Increase therefore may have the effect of discouraging unsolicited takeover attempts. By potentially discouraging initiation of any such unsolicited takeover attempts, the Authorized Share Increase may limit the opportunity for our stockholders to dispose of their shares at the higher price generally available in takeover attempts or that may be available under a merger proposal.

We have not proposed the increaseparticipants in the number2019 Incentive Plan who do not qualify to receive Stock Awards under the Capital Gains Tax Route, including consultants, service providers and controlling shareholders, are subject to Section 3(i) of authorizedthe Tax Ordinance.

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The Capital Gains Tax Route generally provides, in connection with Stock Awards, for a reduced tax rate of 25% (and an additional 3% excess tax, if applicable) on gains realized upon the sale of its underlying shares (or, if earlier, the date of Commonthe release of such underlying shares from trust, as described herein), subject to the fulfillment of certain procedures and conditions including the deposit of such Stock Awards (or shares issued upon their exercise) for a requisite period of time, with the intention of using the additional authorized shares for anti-takeover purposes, but we would be able to use the additional shares to oppose a hostile takeover attempt or delay or prevent changes in our control or our management. Although the Authorized Share Increase has been prompted by business and financial considerations and nottrustee approved by the threat of any known or threatened hostile takeover attempt, stockholders should be aware that the effect of the Authorized Share Increase could facilitate future attempts by us to oppose changes in our control and perpetuate our management, including transactions in which the stockholders might otherwise receive a premium for their shares over then current market prices. We cannot provide assurances that any such transactions will be consummated on favorable terms or at all, that they will enhance stockholder value, or that they will not adversely affect our business or the trading price of our Common Stock.

Concurrent Approval of Reverse Stock Split 

Concurrently with the approval of the increase in authorized shares of Common Stock, the Company’s stockholders are also being asked to approve a reverse stock split at a ratio of any whole number between 1-for-5 and 1-for-10, as determined by our Board, and an amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to implement the reverse stock split at any time prior to AugustIsrael Tax Authority (currently, 24 2023, if and as determined by the Board (see Proposal 3 below). Approval of this proposal will grant the Board of Directors the authority (but not the obligation), without further action by the stockholders, to carry out such action any time prior to August 24, 2023, one yearmonths from the date of grant) for the Annual Meeting.benefit of the Participants. Notwithstanding the above, in any event where the exercise price of the underlying shares subject to the Stock Awards is less than the fair market value of the underlying shares at the time of grant of the Stock Awards (calculated as the average value of a company’s shares on the 30 trading days preceding the date of grant), such amount will be deemed ordinary income of the Stock Award holder, taxed at the applicable marginal tax rate (up to 50% in 2023, that is, up to a 47% marginal tax rate and an additional 3% excess tax, if applicable) together with health insurance and social security insurance payments, on the date of sale of the underlying shares and/or the date of the release of such underlying shares from trust. In the event the requirements of Section 102 of the Tax Ordinance for the allocation of Stock Awards according to the Capital Gains Tax Route are not met, the benefit attributed to the Stock Award holder as a result of the grant of such Stock Awards will be taxed as ordinary income at applicable marginal income tax rates (together with health insurance and social security insurance payments). Under the Capital Gains Tax Route, a company, or its Israeli employing affiliate, as the case may be, is generally not entitled to recognize a deduction for Israeli tax purposes on the gain recognized by the Stock Award holder upon sale of the shares underlying the Stock Awards (except for such amount that will be deemed ordinary income of the Stock Award holder as explained above, provided that such employing affiliate, if applicable, reimburses the expenses of the issuing corporation with respect to the grant of Stock Awards to Israeli Participants). Such Israeli employing affiliate will be required to withhold applicable tax (and social security and national health insurance charges, if applicable) at the source on behalf of such Stock Award holder.

 

If Proposal 3Generally, pursuant to Section 3(i) of the Tax Ordinance, the taxable event of Participants that are not employees (as such term is approved bydefined under Section 102 of the Tax Ordinance), with respect to their Stock Award that is not registered for trade, shall take place on the date of exercise of the Stock Award into shares, and the income will be classified as ordinary income subject to marginal tax rates (if the holder is an individual) or corporate tax rates (if the holder is a corporation). The Israeli employing/engaging affiliate will be required to withhold applicable tax (and social security and national health insurance charges, if applicable) at the source on behalf of such Stock Award holder. Any additional gain is subject, at future sale of the underlying shares, to capital gains tax rate of 25% (or 30% if the holder holds 10% or more in any of the Company’s stockholdersmeans of control), and a reverse stock split is effectuated, a reverse stock split would reduce, on a proportionate basis for each stockholder, the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock outstanding without reducing the total number of shares of Common Stock authorized for issuance, whether or not such number remains at 60,000,000 or is increased to 120,000,000 by this Proposal 2.3% excess tax (if applicable).

 

The current proposal to increase the numbergrant of authorized shares of Commona Stock to 120,000,000 has no bearing on our Board’ ability to effect a reverse stock split, if concurrently authorized by stockholdersAward that is granted pursuant to Proposal 3 below. Any Board determination as to whether to effect a reverse stock split and, if so, at what ratio, would be based on the considerations presented in Proposal 3 below. Notwithstanding approvalSection 3(i) of the proposed amendment by our stockholders, our BoardTax Ordinance, may at its sole option, abandon the proposed amendment and determine priorbe subject to the effectiveness of any filing with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware not to effect any reverse stock split, as permitted under Section 242(c) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.Israeli value-added tax.

 

THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS THAT YOU VOTE FOR THE APPROVAL OF AN AMENDMENT TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OFINCENTIVE PLAN TO ALLOW THE COMPANYBOARD TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF AUTHORIZED SHARES OF COMMON STOCK FROM SIXTY MILLION (60,000,000) SHARES, PAR VALUE $0.0001 PER SHARE TOEFFECT ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY MILLION (120,000,000) SHARES OF COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE $0.0001 PER SHARE

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OR MORE OPTION EXCHANGES

 


PROPOSAL 3:2: AUTHORIZATION OF OUR BOARD TO AMEND THE CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION TO EFFECT A REVERSE STOCK SPLIT OF OUR COMMON STOCK AT ANY RATIO BETWEEN 1-FOR-5 AND 1-FOR-10

 

Our Board proposes that our stockholders approve a proposal to authorize our Board to effect a reverse stock split of all outstanding shares of our Common Stock, at any ratio between 1-for-5 and 1-for-10 at such time as our Board shall determine, in its sole discretion any time before August 24, 2023, one year from the date of the Annual Meeting (the “Reverse Stock Split”), any time before August 28, 2024, which is the one anniversary of the date of the Meeting, in order to, among other reasons, assist the Company’s potential capital-raising efforts and cause the Common Stock to trade at a price high enough for investors with price minimums to invest. Further, although the NYSE American does not require listed securities to trade at a minimum price per share, our Board believes that increasing the share price through the Reverse Stock Split could help maintain listing on the NYSE American. If this proposal is approved, our Board would have the authority to effect one Reverse Stock Split. Our Board believes that approval of a proposal providing our Board with this generalized grant of authority with respect to setting the split ratio, rather than mere approval of a pre-defined reverse stock split, will give our Board the flexibility to set the ratio in accordance with current market conditions and therefore allow our Board to act in the best interests of the Company and our stockholders.

 

An identical proposal to Proposal 2 was made by the Board at the Company’s Annual Meeting of Stockholders for 2022 and was approved by our stockholders on August 24, 2022. Accordingly, until August 24, 2023, the date on which its authority would lapse, the Board is authorized to effect a Reverse Stock-Split. The Board has not exercised its authority to effect such Reverse Stock-Split and does not expect to exercise such authority before August 24, 2023. However, the Board believes that there still exists a need to grant the Board the authority to potentially effect a Reverse Stock-Split as proposed herein for an additional year.

In determining the ratio following the receipt of stockholder approval, our Board of Directors may consider, among other things, factors such as:

 

the historical trading price and trading volume of our Common Stock;

 

the then-prevailing trading price and trading volume of our Common Stock and the anticipated impact of the Reverse Stock Split on the trading market for our Common Stock;

 

the number of shares of our Common Stock then outstanding, and the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of options and warrants then outstanding;

 

the anticipated impact of a particular ratio on our ability to reduce administrative and transactional costs; and

 

prevailing general market and economic conditions.

 

If our stockholders grant our Board the authority to effect a Reverse Stock Split, we would file a Certificate of Amendment to the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, as amended (“Certificate of Amendment”), with the Delaware Secretary of State to effect the proposed Reverse Stock Split, in substantially the form attached to this proxy statement as Annex B, the text of which may be altered for any changes required by the Delaware Secretary of State and changes deemed necessary or advisable by our Board. Our Board has unanimously approved and declared advisable the proposed Certificate of Amendment. If the proposed Reverse Stock Split is implemented, then the number of issued and outstanding shares of our Common Stock would be reduced. However, the Board will retain the authority not to effect the Reverse Stock Split even if we receive stockholder approval. If the Certificate of Amendment is not filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware prior to August 24, 2023,28, 2024, the Reverse Stock Split will be abandoned, without any further effect. Thus, subject to stockholder approval, the Board, at its discretion, may cause the filing of the Certificate of Amendment to effect a Reverse Stock Split or abandon it and effect no reverse stock split if it determines that such action is not in the best interests of our Company and stockholders.

 

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Purpose of Proposed Reverse Stock Split

 

We are submitting this proposal to our stockholders for approval to help attract institutional investors with minimum trading price requirements. We believe increasing the trading price of our Common Stock will also assist in our capital-raising efforts by making our Common Stock more attractive to a broader range of investors. Accordingly, we believe that the Reverse Stock Split is in our stockholders’ best interests.

 

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In addition, an increase in the per share trading value of our Common Stock would be beneficial because it may:

 

improve the perception of our Common Stock as an investment security;

 

reset our stock price to more normalized trading levels in the face of potentially extended market dislocation;

 

decrease price volatility for our Common Stock, as small price movements currently may cause relatively large percentage changes in our stock price;

 

appeal to a broader range of investors to generate greater investor interest in us;

 

reduce stockholder transaction costs for our investors because brokerage commissions, as a percentage of the total transaction, tend to be higher for lower-priced stocks;

 

help us attract and retain employees because some potential employees are less likely to work for a company with a low stock price, regardless of our market capitalization; and

 

provide us with the flexibility to consider and respond to future business opportunities and needs as they arise, including equity offerings and other issuances, mergers, business combinations or other strategic transactions, asset acquisitions, stock dividends, stock splits and other corporate purposes.

 

You should consider that, although our Board believes that a Reverse Stock Split will in fact increase the price of our Common Stock, in many cases, because of variables outside of a company’s control (such as market volatility, investor response to the news of a proposed Reverse Stock Split and the general economic environment), the market price of a company’s shares of Common Stock may in fact decline in value after a Reverse Stock Split. You should also keep in mind that the implementation of a Reverse Stock Split does not have an effect on the actual or intrinsic value of our business or a stockholder’s proportional ownership in our Company. However, should the overall value of our Common Stock decline after the proposed Reverse Stock Split, then the actual or intrinsic value of the shares of our Common Stock held by you will also proportionately decrease as a result of the overall decline in value.

 

Potential Effects of the Proposed Reverse Stock Split

 

If this proposal is approved and the Reverse Stock Split is implemented, the Reverse Stock Split will be realized simultaneously and in the same ratio for all of our issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock. The immediate effect of a Reverse Stock Split would be to reduce the number of shares of our Common Stock outstanding and to increase the trading price of our Common Stock.

 

However, we cannot predict the effect of any Reverse Stock Split upon the market price of our Common Stock over an extended period, and in many cases, the market value of a company’s Common Stock following a Reverse Stock Split declines. We cannot assure you that the trading price of our Common Stock after the Reverse Stock Split will rise in inverse proportion to the reduction in the number of shares of our Common Stock outstanding as a result of the Reverse Stock Split. Also, we cannot assure you that a Reverse Stock Split would lead to a sustained increase in the trading price of our Common Stock. The trading price of our Common Stock may change due to a variety of other factors, including our operating results and other factors related to our business and general market conditions.

 

Examples of Potential Reverse Stock Split at Various Ratios. The table below provides examples of reverse stock splits at various ratios between 1-for-5 and 1-for-10, without giving effect to the treatment of fractional shares. The actual number of shares outstanding after giving effect to the Reverse Stock Split, if implemented, will depend on the actual ratio that is determined by our Board.

 


Shares outstanding at

June 29, 2022

Reverse Stock

Split Ratio

Shares outstanding

after Reverse Stock Split


July 25, 2023
  Reverse Stock
Split Ratio
Shares
outstanding

after Reverse
Stock Split
Reduction in
Shares
outstanding
 
 [●[●]  1-for-5  [●]   [●]%
 [●[●]  1-for-7.5  [●]   [●]%
 [●[●]  1-for-10  [●]   [●]%

 

The resulting decrease in the number of shares of our Common Stock outstanding could potentially adversely affect the liquidity of our Common Stock, especially in the case of larger block trades.


Effects on Ownership by Individual Stockholders. If we implement a Reverse Stock Split, the number of shares of our Common Stock held by each stockholder would be reduced by multiplying the number of shares held immediately before the Reverse Stock Split by the appropriate ratio and then rounding up to the nearest whole share. The Reverse Stock Split would not affect any stockholder’s percentage ownership interest in our Company or proportionate voting power, except to the extent that interests in fractional shares would change resulting from the adjustment for fractional shares.

 

Effect on Options and Warrants. In addition, we would adjust all outstanding shares underlying any options and warrants entitling the holders to purchase our Common Stock as a result of the Reverse Stock Split, as required by the terms of these securities. In particular, we would increase the exercise price in accordance with the terms of each instrument proportionately based on the ratio of the Reverse Stock Split. Also, we would reduce the number of shares reserved for issuance under our existing 2015 Employee Stock Option Plan for Key Employees of BiomX Israel (the “2015 Plan”), the BiomX Inc. (formerly known as Chardan Healthcare Acquisition Corp.) 2019 Omnibus Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “2019 Plan”) and the Recapitalization Reservation, proportionately based on the ratio of the Reverse Stock Split. A Reverse Stock Split would not otherwise affect any of the rights currently accruing to holders of our Common Stock, or options or warrants exercisable for our Common Stock, except that the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise or vesting of outstanding equity awards and warrants will be rounded up to the nearest whole share and no cash payment will be made in respect of such rounding.

 

Other Effects on Outstanding Shares. If we implement a Reverse Stock Split, the rights pertaining to the outstanding shares of our Common Stock would be unchanged after the Reverse Stock Split. Each share of our Common Stock issued following the Reverse Stock Split would be fully paid and nonassessable.

 

The Reverse Stock Split would result in some stockholders owning “odd-lots” of less than 100 shares of our Common Stock. Brokerage commissions and other costs of transactions in odd-lots are generally higher than the costs of transactions in “round-lots” of even multiples of 100 shares.

 

After the effective time, our Common Stock will have a new Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures (CUSIP) number, which is a number used to identify our equity securities, and stock certificates with the older CUSIP number will need to be exchanged for shares of Common Stock with the new CUSIP number by following the procedures described below. However, until such exchange is made, the old stock certificates will automatically represent the new, post-split number of shares. After the Reverse Stock Split, we will continue to file periodic and current reports and comply with other requirements of the Exchange Act. Our Common Stock should continue to be listed on the NYSE American under the symbol “PHGE”.

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Authorized Shares of Stock

 

The Reverse Stock Split would affect all issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock and outstanding rights to acquire shares of our Common Stock. We will not change the number of shares of Common Stock currently authorized unless Proposal 2 is approved by the stockholders, in which case we will increase the authorized shares of Common Stock. However, upon the effectiveness of the Reverse Stock Split, the number of authorized shares of Common Stock that are not issued or outstanding would increase due to the reduction in the number of shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding as a result of the Reverse Stock Split, regardless of whether Proposal 2 has been approved.Split.

 

As of June 29, 2022,July 25, 2023, we had (i) 60,000,000120,000,000 shares of authorized Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of which [●] shares of Common Stock were issued and outstanding, and (ii) 1,000,000 shares of authorized preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share, none of which were issued and outstanding. If we issue additional shares, the ownership interest of holders of Common Stock will be diluted.

 


We will reserve for issuance any authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock that would be made available as a result of the proposed Reverse Stock Split.

 

We do not have any plans, arrangements or understandings for the remaining portion of the authorized but unissued shares that will be available following the Reverse Stock Split, with the exception of our current commitments, including our obligations to issue shares of Common Stock upon exercise of outstanding warrants or options.

 

Procedure for Effecting the Proposed Stock Split and Exchange of Stock Certificates

 

If stockholders approve the proposal, we will file with the Delaware Secretary of State a Certificate of Amendment to our Certificate of Incorporation, as amended. The Reverse Stock Split will become effective at the time and on the date of filing of, or at such later time as is specified in, the Certificate of Amendment, which we refer to as the “effective time” and “effective date,” respectively. Beginning at the effective time, each certificate representing shares of Common Stock will be deemed for all corporate purposes to evidence ownership of the number of whole shares into which the shares previously represented by the certificate were combined pursuant to the Reverse Stock Split.

 

Upon a Reverse Stock Split, we intend to treat stockholders holding our Common Stock in “street name,” through a bank, broker or other nominee, in the same manner as registered stockholders whose shares are registered in their names. Banks, brokers or other nominees will be instructed to effect the Reverse Stock Split for their beneficial holders holding our Common Stock in “street name.” However, these banks, brokers or other nominees may have different procedures than registered stockholders for processing the Reverse Stock Split. If you hold your shares with a bank, broker or other nominee and if you have any questions in this regard, we encourage you to contact your nominee.

 

Following any Reverse Stock Split, stockholders holding physical certificates must exchange those certificates for new certificates.

 

Our transfer agent will advise registered stockholders of the procedures to be followed to exchange certificates in a letter of transmittal to be sent to stockholders. No new certificates will be issued to a stockholder until the stockholder has surrendered the stockholder’s outstanding certificate(s), together with the properly completed and executed letter of transmittal, to the transfer agent. Any old shares submitted for transfer, whether pursuant to a sale, other disposition or otherwise, will automatically be exchanged for new shares. Stockholders should not destroy any stock certificate(s) and should not submit any certificate(s) until requested to do so.

 

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Fractional Shares

 

No fractional shares will be issued. Any fractional share resulting from the Reverse Stock Split will be rounded up to the next whole share.

 

No Appraisal Rights

 

No appraisal rights are available under the Delaware General Corporation Law or under our Certificate of Incorporation or bylaws with respect to the Reverse Stock Split. There may exist other rights or actions under state law for stockholders who are aggrieved by reverse stock splits generally.

 

Accounting Consequences

 

The par value of our Common Stock would remain unchanged at $0.0001 per share after the Reverse Stock Split. Also, our capital account would remain unchanged, and we do not anticipate that any other material accounting consequences would arise as a result of the Reverse Stock Split.

 

No Going Private Transaction

 

Notwithstanding the decrease in the number of outstanding shares following the Reverse Stock Split, our Board does not intend for this transaction to be the first step in a “going private transaction” within the meaning of Rule 13e-3 under the Exchange Act.

 


Potential Anti-Takeover Effect

 

This proposal, if adopted and implemented, will result in a relative increase in the number of authorized but unissued shares of our Common Stock vis-à-vis the outstanding shares of our Common Stock and could, under certain circumstances, have an anti-takeover effect, although that is not the purpose or intent of our Board. A relative increase in our authorized shares could have other effects on our stockholders, depending upon the exact nature and circumstances of any actual issuances of authorized shares. A relative increase in our authorized shares could potentially deter takeovers, including takeovers that our Board has determined are not in the best interest of our stockholders, in that additional shares could be issued (within the limits imposed by applicable law and NYSE American) in one or more transactions that could make a change in control or takeover more difficult. The Reverse Stock Split could make the accomplishment of a given transaction more difficult even if it is favorable to the interests of stockholders. For example, we could issue additional shares of Common Stock without further stockholder approval so as to dilute the stock ownership or voting rights of persons seeking to obtain control without our agreement. Similarly, the issuance of additional shares to certain persons allied with our management could have the effect of making it more difficult to remove our current management by diluting the stock ownership or voting rights of persons seeking to cause such removal. The Reverse Stock Split therefore may have the effect of discouraging unsolicited takeover attempts. By potentially discouraging initiation of any such unsolicited takeover attempts, the Reverse Stock Split may limit the opportunity for our stockholders to dispose of their shares at the higher price generally available in takeover attempts or that may be available under a merger proposal.

 

We have not proposed the Reverse Split with the intention of using the additional authorized shares for anti-takeover purposes, but we would be able to use the additional shares to oppose a hostile takeover attempt or delay or prevent changes in our control or our management. Although the Reverse Stock Split has been prompted by business and financial considerations and not by the threat of any known or threatened hostile takeover attempt, stockholders should be aware that the effect of the Reverse Stock Split could facilitate future attempts by us to oppose changes in our control and perpetuate our management, including transactions in which the stockholders might otherwise receive a premium for their shares over then current market prices. We cannot provide assurances that any such transactions will be consummated on favorable terms or at all, that they will enhance stockholder value, or that they will not adversely affect our business or the trading price of our Common Stock.

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Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences of the Reverse Stock Split

 

The following summary of the material U.S. federal income tax consequences of the Reverse Stock Split is based on existing law, and is limited to U.S. holders of our shares. For purposes of this discussion, a U.S. holder is any beneficial owner of our shares that is:

 

an individual who is a citizen or resident of the United States, including an alien individual who is a lawful permanent resident of the United States or meets the substantial presence residency test under the federal tax laws;

 

an entity treated as a corporation for federal tax purposes that is created or organized in or under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia;

 

an estate the income of which is subject to U.S. federal income taxation regardless of its source; or

 

a trust if a court within the United States is able to exercise primary supervision over the administration of the trust and one or more U.S. persons have the authority to control all substantial decisions of the trust, or, to the extent provided in Treasury regulations, a trust in existence on August 20, 1996 that has elected to be treated as a domestic trust;

 

whose status as a U.S. holder is not overridden by an applicable tax treaty.


 

This summary is based on the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), the Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder, and administrative rulings and court decisions in effect as of the date of this document, all of which may be subject to change, possibly with retroactive effect. This summary only addresses U.S. holders who hold their shares as capital assets within the meaning of the Code and does not address all aspects of U.S. federal income taxation that may be relevant to holders subject to special tax treatment, such as banks, insurance companies, regulated investment companies, personal holding companies, partnerships, broker-dealers and tax-exempt entities. persons holding shares as part of a straddle, hedge, conversion transaction or other integrated investment, U.S. holders subject to the alternative minimum tax or the unearned income Medicare tax and U.S. holders whose functional currency is not the U.S. dollar. In addition, this summary does not consider the effects of any applicable state, local, foreign or other tax laws.

  

We have not sought and will not seek any ruling from the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”), or an opinion from counsel with respect to the U.S. federal income tax consequences discussed below. There can be no assurance that the tax consequences discussed below would be accepted by the IRS or a court. The tax treatment of the Reverse Stock Split to U.S. holders may vary depending upon a holder’s particular facts and circumstances.

 

We urge holders to consult with their own tax advisors as to any U.S. federal, state, local or foreign tax consequences applicable to them that could result from the Reverse Stock Split.

 

In general, the receipt of Common Stock in the Reverse Stock Split should not result in any taxable gain or loss to a holder for U.S. federal income tax purposes. The aggregate tax basis of the Common Stock received by a holder as a result of the Reverse Stock Split will be equal to the aggregate basis of the existing Common Stock exchanged for such stock. A holder’s holding period for the Common Stock received in the Reverse Stock Split will include the holding period of the Common Stock exchanged therefor.

 

Board Discretion to Implement the Reverse Stock Split

 

If the proposed Reverse Stock Split is approved at the Meeting, our Board, in its sole discretion, may determine to implement the Reverse Stock Split at any time as the Board shall determine before August 24, 2023.28, 2024. Notwithstanding the approval of the Reverse Stock Split amendment at the Meeting, our Board, in its sole discretion, may determine not to implement the Reverse Stock Split.

 

THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS THAT YOU VOTE FOR THE AUTHORIZATION OF OUR BOARD TO AMEND THE CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION TO EFFECT ONE REVERSE STOCK SPLIT OF OUR OUTSTANDING COMMON STOCK AT ANY RATIO BETWEEN 1-FOR-5 AND 1-FOR-10 AT SUCH TIME AS OUR BOARD SHALL DETERMINE, IN ITS SOLE DISCRETION, ANY TIME BEFORE AUGUST 24, 2023

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PROPOSAL 4: RATIFICATION OF SELECTION OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED
PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM FOR FISCAL 2022

As previously reported, on April 23, 2021, our Audit Committee dismissed Brightman Almagor Zohar & Co., a firm in the Deloitte Global Network, an independent registered public accounting firm (the “Former Auditor”), as our independent registered public accounting firm, effective after their completion of the review of our consolidated financial statements for the three months ended March 31, 2021. In addition, on April 23, 2021, our Audit Committee appointed Kesselman & Kesselman, Certified Public Accountants (Isr.), a member firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers International Limited, as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2021 (the “Independent Auditors”), effective immediately upon the dismissal of our Former Auditors. On April 17, 2022, our Audit Committee re-appointed our Independent Auditors, as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022 (the “Independent Auditors”). We do not expect to have a representative of the Independent Auditors attend the Annual Meeting.

The audit reports of the Independent Auditors on our financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, and of the Former Auditor on our financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020 contained no adverse opinion or disclaimer of opinion and were not qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope or accounting principles.

During the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020, and the subsequent interim period through April 19, 2021, there were (i) no “disagreements” (as that term is defined in Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K and the related instructions) between us and the Former Auditor on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedure, which disagreements, if not resolved to the satisfaction of the Former Auditor, would have caused the Former Auditor to make reference to the subject matter of the disagreement in its reports on the Company’s financial statements and (ii) no “reportable events” (as that term is defined in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K and the related instructions).

During the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020, and the subsequent interim period through April 19, 2021, neither we, nor anyone on our behalf, consulted the Independent Auditors regarding (i) the application of accounting principles to a specified transaction, either completed or proposed, or the type of audit opinion that might be rendered on our financial statements, and no written report or oral advice was provided to us by the Independent Auditors that the Independent Auditors concluded was an important factor considered by us in reaching a decision as to any accounting, auditing or financial reporting issue or (ii) any matter that was the subject of a “disagreement” (as that term is defined in Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K and the related instructions) or a “reportable event” (as that term is defined in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K).

Our organizational documents do not require that the stockholders ratify the re-election of the Independent Auditors as our independent registered public accounting firm. We request such ratification as a matter of good corporate practice. If the stockholders fail to ratify the re-election, the Audit Committee will reconsider whether or not to retain the Independent Auditors. Even if the re-election is ratified, the Audit Committee in its discretion may decide to appoint a different independent registered public accounting firm at any time during the year if the Audit Committee determines that such a change would be in the best interests of us and our stockholders.

Pre-Approval Policies and Procedures

The Audit Committee approves all audit and pre-approves all non-audit services provided by our independent registered public accounting firm before it is engaged by us to render non-audit services. These services may include audit-related services, tax services and other services.

The pre-approval requirement set forth above does not apply with respect to non-audit services if:

all such services do not, in the aggregate, amount to more than 5% of the total fees paid by us to our independent registered public accounting firm during the fiscal year in which the services are provided;


such services were not recognized as non-audit services at the time of the relevant engagement; and

such services are promptly brought to the attention of and approved by the Audit Committee (or its delegate) prior to the completion of the annual audit.

Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm Fees

The following is a summary and description of fees billed by us to Kesselman & Kesselman, Certified Public Accountants (Isr.) for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021 and to Brightman Almagor Zohar & Co. for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020.

  Fiscal year
ended
December 31,
2021
  Fiscal year
ended December 31,
2020
 
Audit fees(1) $108,000  $70,000 
Audit-related fees(2) $63,612  $25,000 
Tax fees(3) $  $2,700 
All other fees $  $ 
Total fees $171,612  $97,700 

(1)Audit Fees include fees for professional services rendered for the quarterly reviews of the interim consolidated financial statements and the annual audit of our consolidated financial statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K.
(2)Audit-Related Fees include fees for services that were reasonably related to the performance of the audit of the annual consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year, other than Audit Fees, such as for services in connection with an Open Market Sale Agreement SM we entered with Jefferies LLC on December 4, 2020, our July 2021 equity offering and a registration statement filed for the re-sale of certain shares of common stock by a selling stockholder.
(3)Tax Fees include fees for tax compliance and tax advice.

THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS THAT YOU VOTE FOR THE RATIFICATION OF THE SELECTION OF KESSELMAN & KESSELMAN, CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS (ISR.), A MEMBER FIRM OF PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED, AS THE COMPANY’S INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM FOR FISCAL 2022

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EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND DIRECTOR COMPENSATION

Executive Officer Compensation

Summary Compensation Table

The following table presents information regarding the total compensation awarded to, earned by, and paid to our named executive officers for services rendered to us in all capacities for the years indicated.

Name and Principal Position Year  

Salary
($)(1)

  

Bonus
($)(1)

  

Option Awards(2)
($)(2)

  

All Other
Compensation
($)(1)(3)

  

Total
($)(1)

 
Jonathan Solomon  2021   391,077   193,231   653,966   96,723   1,334,997 
Chief Executive Officer  2020   338,860   139,636   537,565   85,756   1,101,817 
Assaf Oron  2021   248,314   52,953   144,176   50,770   496,213 
Chief Business Officer  2020   204,309   57,264   138,893   43,416   443,882 
Dr. Merav Bassan  2021   278,865   94,138   240,541   76,066   689,610 
Chief Development Officer  2020   255,714   84,557   319,971   70,595   730,837 

(1)All payments were originally made in New Israeli Shekels (“NIS”), and were translated into USD using the annual average USD/NIS exchange rate for each fiscal year.
(2)Amounts in this column represent the grant date fair value of the option awards as computed in accordance with ASC 718, not including any estimates of forfeitures related to service-based vesting conditions. See Note 13.B. of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 for a discussion of assumptions made by the Company in determining the grant date fair value of our option awards for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020. Note that the amounts reported in this column reflect the accounting cost for these stock options and do not reflect the actual economic value that may be realized by the non-employee directors upon the vesting of the stock options, the exercise of the stock options, or the sale of the Common Stock underlying such stock options.
(3)Amounts in this column represent additional payments for welfare benefits, disability insurance and other customary or mandatory social benefits to employees in Israel.

Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End

The following table provides information regarding equity awards held by the named executive officers that were outstanding as of December 31, 2021:

Option Awards
Name Grant
Date
 Number of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options
Exercisable(1)
(#)
  Number of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options
Unexercisable(1)
(#)
  Option Exercise
Price
($)
  Option
Expiration Date
Jonathan Solomon 11/13/2016  167,434   -   0.54  01/07/2027
  03/26/2017  182,133   -   1.69  03/26/2027
  05/22/2018  176,503   25,215   1.97  05/21/2028
  03/29/2019  195,733   88,968   2.03  03/29/2029
  03/25/2020  63,000   81,000   6.21  03/25/2030
  03/30/2021  -   152,000   7.02  03/30/2031
Dr. Merav Bassan 10/10/2019  94,999   94,998   10.00  10/10/2029
  03/30/2021  -   47,500   7.02  03/30/2031
Assaf Oron 03/26/2017  155,363   -   1.69  03/26/27
  05/22/2018  72,337   10,330   1.97  05/21/28
  03/29/2019  32,289   14,677   2.03  03/29/29
  03/25/2020  13,782   17,718   6.21  03/25/30
  03/30/2021  -   33,250   7.02  03/30/31

(1)Unless otherwise indicated, options vest and become exercisable as follows: 25% of the options on the first anniversary of the “vesting commencement date” (as defined in the applicable notice of option grant) and, thereafter, in 12 equal quarterly installments of 6.25% each.


Option Awards

Prior to the Business Combination, option awards were granted to our named executive officers under the 2015 Plan. Option awards granted to our named executive officers after the closing of the Business Combination are granted pursuant to the 2019 Plan. In each case, one fourth of the options vest and become exercisable on the first anniversary of the grant date, and the remainder of the options vest and become exercisable in 12 equal quarterly instalments, subject to the named executive officer’s continued employment; provided that the options will vest and become exercisable in the event the named executive officer is terminated within the twelve (12) month period following the occurrence of a Change in Control (as defined in the applicable grant agreement) as a result of an involuntary termination without Cause (as defined in the applicable grant agreement) or a voluntary termination with Good Reason (as defined in the applicable grant agreement). Subject to the terms of any employment agreement, the unexercised portion of these awards is generally forfeited by a participant on the date his or her employment is terminated other than due to death or disability. In the event of death or disability, the options become fully exercisable and remain exercisable for a period specified in the applicable award agreement.

Bonus Awards

We have an annual corporate and individual goal-setting and review process for our named executive officers that is the basis for the determination of potential annual bonuses. Each of our named executive officers is eligible for annual performance-based bonuses of up to a specific percentage of their salary, ranging from 40% to 50% subject to approval by the Board or the Compensation Committee. The performance-based bonus is tied to a set of specified corporate and/or individual goals and objectives reviewed and approved by the Board, such as clinical and development milestones, meeting budget and strategic goals, and we conduct an annual performance review to determine the attainment of such goals and objectives. Our management may propose bonus awards to the Board primarily based on such review process. The Compensation Committee makes the final determination of the achievement of both the specified corporate and strategic objectives and the eligibility requirements for and the amount of such bonus awards and recommends a bonus award payout to the Board for approval. For the fiscal year 2021, bonuses were paid out based on advancing or development plans, the satisfaction of certain product candidate development milestones and strategic objectives.

Employment Agreements

Below are descriptions of our employment agreements with our named executive officers.

Jonathan Solomon

Pursuant to an employment agreement dated February 1, 2016, by and between BiomX Israel and Mr. Solomon, as the Chief Executive Officer of BiomX Israel, Mr. Solomon is entitled to a base salary of NIS 64,000, or approximately $19,500, per month, and an additional gross payment of NIS 16,000, or approximately $4,900, per month for up to 40 hours per month worked outside of normal business hours and normal business days (together with the base salary, “Mr. Solomon’s Salary”). Starting April 1, 2021, Mr. Solomon was entitled to a base salary of NIS 82,400, or approximately $25,100, per month, and overtime payment of NIS 20,600 or approximately $6,300, per month, and starting April 1, 2022, Mr. Solomon is entitled to a base salary of NIS 96,000, or approximately $30,000, per month, and overtime payment of NIS 24,000 or approximately $7,500, per month.

BiomX Israel also makes customary contributions on Mr. Solomon’s behalf to a pension fund or a managers insurance company, at Mr. Solomon’s election, in an amount equal to 8.33% of his Salary, allocated to a fund for severance pay, and an additional amount equal to 5.00% of the Salary in case Mr. Solomon is insured through a managers insurance policy, or 6.50% of Mr. Solomon’s Salary in case Mr. Solomon is insured through a pension fund, which shall be allocated to a provident fund or pension plan. In case Mr. Solomon chooses to allocate his pension payments to a managers insurance policy (and not a pension fund), the Company shall also insure him under a work disability insurance policy at the rate required to insure 100% of Mr. Solomon’s Salary and for this purpose will contribute an amount of up to 2.50% of Mr. Solomon’s Salary insured in such insurance policy for disability insurance in a policy and/or insurance company. These payments are intended to be in lieu of statutory severance pay that Mr. Solomon would otherwise be entitled to receive from BiomX Israel in accordance with Severance Pay Law 5723-1963 (the “Severance Pay Law”). BiomX Israel also contributes 7.50% of Mr. Solomon’s monthly salary to a recognized educational fund. BiomX Israel also reimburses Mr. Solomon for automobile maintenance and transportation expenses of NIS 2,000, or $610 per month. Mr. Solomon is also entitled to non-statutory 12 months severance (including social benefits), upon either (i) resignation with a good reason, or (ii) termination without cause (as the terms good reason and cause would be defined by the parties, consistent with our past practice), provided that Mr. Solomon waives all claims and continues to comply with the other terms of his employment agreement.28, 2024

 


Assaf Oron

Pursuant to an employment agreement dated January 1, 2017, by and between BiomX Israel and Mr. Oron, he serves as our Chief Business Officer. Mr. Oron is entitled to a base salary of NIS 31,500, or approximately $9,692, per month, and an additional gross payment of NIS 8,500, or approximately $2,615, per month for up to 40 hours per month worked outside of normal business hours and normal business days (together with the base salary, “Mr. Oron’s Salary”). Starting April 1, 2021, Mr. Oron’s base salary is NIS 51,040 or approximately $17,600, per month, and an additional gross payment of NIS 12,760 or approximately $4,400, per month. Starting March 1, 2022, Mr. Oron’s employment agreement was amended to reflect 25% of full time. All components of his employment were adjusted proportionally.

BiomX Israel also makes customary contributions on Mr. Oron’s behalf to a pension fund or a managers insurance company, at Mr. Oron’s election, in an amount equal to 8.33% of Mr. Oron’s Salary, allocated to a fund for severance pay, and an additional amount equal to 5.00% of Mr. Oron’s Salary in case Mr. Oron is insured through a managers insurance policy, or 6.50% of Mr. Oron’s Salary in case Mr. Oron is insured through a pension fund, which shall be allocated to a provident fund or pension plan. In case Mr. Oron chooses to allocate his pension payments to a managers insurance policy (and not a pension fund), the Company shall also insure him under a work disability insurance policy at the rate required to insure 75% of Mr. Oron’s Salary and for this purpose will contribute an amount of up to 2.50% of Mr. Oron’s Salary insured in such insurance policy for disability insurance in a policy and/or insurance company. These payments are in lieu of statutory severance pay that Mr. Oron would otherwise be entitled to receive from BiomX Israel in accordance with the Severance Law. BiomX Israel also contributes 7.50% of Mr. Oron’s monthly Salary (not to exceed NIS 15,712, or approximately $4,834) to a recognized educational fund. The Company reimburses Mr. Oron for automobile maintenance and transportation expenses of NIS 2,500, or approximately $762, per month. Mr. Oron is also entitled to non-statutory 9 months severance (including social benefits), upon either (i) resignation with a good reason, or (ii) termination without cause (as the terms good reason and cause would be defined by the parties, consistent with our past practice), provided that Mr. Oron waives all claims and continues to comply with the other terms of his employment agreement.

Dr. Merav Bassan

Pursuant to an employment agreement dated August 26, 2019, by and between BiomX Israel and Dr. Bassan, as the Chief Development Officer of BiomX Israel, Dr. Bassan is entitled to a base salary of NIS 56,000, or approximately $17,230, per month, and an additional gross payment of NIS 14,000, or approximately $4,307, per month for up to 40 hours per month worked outside of normal business hours and normal business days (together with the base salary, “Dr. Bassan’s Salary”). Starting April 1, 2021, Dr. Bassan’s base salary was NIS 57,600 or approximately $17,600, per month, and an additional gross payment of NIS 14,400 or approximately $4,400, per month. Starting April 1, 2022, Dr. Bassan is entitled to a base salary of NIS 60,400, or approximately $18,900, per month, and an additional gross payment of NIS 15,100 or approximately $4,700, per month.

BiomX Israel also makes customary contributions on Dr. Bassan’s behalf to a pension fund or a managers insurance company, at Dr. Bassan’s election, in an amount equal to 8.33% of Dr. Bassan’s Salary, allocated to a fund for severance pay, and an additional amount equal to 7.30% of Dr. Bassan’s Salary in case Dr. Bassan is insured through a managers insurance policy, or 6.50% of Dr. Bassan’s Salary in case Dr. Bassan is insured through a pension fund, which shall be allocated to a provident fund or pension plan. In case Dr. Bassan chooses to allocate her pension payments to a managers insurance policy (and not a pension fund), the Company shall also insure her under a work disability insurance policy at the rate required to insure 75% of Dr. Bassan’s Salary and for this purpose will contribute an amount of up to 2.50% of the Salary insured in such insurance policy for disability insurance in a policy and/or insurance company. These payments are in lieu of statutory severance pay that Dr. Bassan would otherwise be entitled to receive from BiomX Israel in accordance with the Severance Law. BiomX Israel also contributes 7.50% of Dr. Bassan’s monthly Salary to a recognized educational fund. The Company reimburses Dr. Bassan for automobile maintenance and transportation expenses of NIS 2,500, or approximately $762, per month. Dr. Bassan is also entitled to non-statutory 9 months severance (including social benefits), upon either (i) resignation with a good reason, or (ii) termination without cause (as the terms good reason and cause would be defined by the parties, consistent with our past practice), provided that Dr. Bassan waives all claims and continues to comply with the other terms of her employment agreement.

Director Compensation

We maintain a non-employee director compensation policy, pursuant to which each non-employee director receives an annual retainer of $35,000. In addition, our non-employee directors receive the following cash compensation for board services, as applicable:

the chairman of the Board receives an annual retainer of $100,000 (inclusive of annual committee chairmanship and membership);

each member of our Audit, Compensation and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committees, other than the chairperson, receives an additional annual retainer of $7,500, $5,000 and $4,000, respectively; and

each chairperson of our Audit, Compensation and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committees receives an additional annual retainer of $15,000, $10,000 and $8,000, respectively.


We pay all amounts in quarterly installments. We also reimburse each of our directors for their reasonable travel, lodging and other out-of-pocket expenses incurred relating to their attendance at Board and committee meetings.

Each non-employee director also receives an annual award of options to purchase our Common Stock. One-fourth of each Annual Option Award vests on the first anniversary of the date of grant, and the remainder of the annual option award vests in 12 equal quarterly installments, subject to such director’s continued service on the Board. The Company’s policy is to grant options based, among other things, on the recommendations of a compensation consultant. In 2021, the Company granted 15,200 options to each non-employee director and 30,400 to the Chairman of the Board.

The following table sets forth information concerning compensation accrued or paid to our independent, non-employee directors during the year ended December 31, 2021 for their service on our Board. Mr. Jonathan Solomon, a director who is also our employee, received no additional compensation for his service as a director and is not set forth in the table below:

Name Fees earned or
paid in cash
($)
  Option
Awards(2)(3)
  All other
compensation(4)
  Total
($)
 
Dr. Russell Greig  100,500   117,584      218,084 
Dr. Gbola Amusa  42,500   58,792      101,292 
Jonas Grossman  44,000   58,792      102,792 
Dr. Alan Moses  35,000   71,966   25,000   131,966 
Paul Sekhri(1)  45,000   71,966      116,966 
Lynne Sullivan  54,000   58,792      112,792 
   321,000   437,892   25,000   783,892 

(1)Effective as of March 29, 2022, this director resigned and no longer serves on the Board.
(2)Amounts in this column represent the grant date fair value of the option awards as computed in accordance with ASC 718, not including any estimates of forfeitures related to service-based vesting conditions. See Note 13.B. of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 for a discussion of assumptions made by the Company in determining the grant date fair value of our option awards for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021. Note that the amounts reported in this column reflect the accounting cost for these stock options and do not reflect the actual economic value that may be realized by the non-employee directors upon the vesting of the stock options, the exercise of the stock options, or the sale of the Common Stock underlying such stock options.
(3)As of December 31, 2021, we had outstanding grants to our non-executive directors aggregating 218,400 options of which 43,000 were exercisable or vested, as the case may be, as follows:
Name Total of
options
granted
  Total of options
exercisable and
vested
 
Russell Greig  62,400   14,000 
Dr. Gbola Amusa  31,200   7,000 
Jonas Grossman  31,200   7,000 
Dr. Alan Moses  31,200   4,000 
Paul Sekhri  31,200   4,000 
Lynne Sullivan  31,200   7,000 
Total  218,400   43,000 

(4)Amounts in this column represent payments made to Dr. Moses as compensation for consulting services to BiomX Israel. Starting January 1, 2021, Dr. Moses provides additional consulting services to the Company for an annual fee of $25,000.


CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

Policies and Procedures Regarding Transactions with Related Parties

Our Related-Person Transactions Policy requires us to avoid, wherever possible, all related party transactions that could result in actual or potential conflicts of interests, except under guidelines approved by the Board (or the Audit Committee). For as long as the Company qualifies as a “smaller reporting company” as defined under Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act, a related-person transaction is defined under our Related-Person Transactions Policy as a transaction, arrangement or relationship (or any series of similar transactions, arrangements or relationships) in which we and any Related Person (as defined in the policy) are, were or will be participants in which the amount involved exceeds the lesser of $120,000 or one percent of the average of the Company’s total assets at year-end for the last two completed fiscal years, and in which any Related Person had or will have a direct or indirect material interest. If the Company ceases to be a smaller reporting company, a related-person transaction will be defined as a transaction, arrangement or relationship (or any series of similar transactions, arrangements or relationships) in which the Company and any Related Person are, were or will be participants in which the amount involved exceeds $120,000, and in which any Related Person had or will have a direct or indirect material interest. Transactions involving compensation for services provided to us as an employee, consultant or director are not considered related-person transactions under this policy.

In the event that the Company proposes to enter into, or materially amend, a related-person transaction, management of the Company shall present such related-person transaction to the Audit Committee for review, consideration and approval or ratification. The presentation must include, to the extent reasonably available, a description of (a) all of the parties thereto, (b) the interests, direct or indirect, of any Related Person(s) in the transaction in sufficient detail so as to enable the Audit Committee to fully assess such interests, (c) the purpose of the transaction, (d) all of the material facts of the proposed related-person transaction, including the proposed aggregate value of such transaction, or, in the case of indebtedness, the amount of principal that would be involved, (e) the benefits to the Company of the proposed related-person transaction, (f) if applicable, the availability of other sources of comparable products or services, (g) an assessment of whether the proposed related-person transaction is on terms that are comparable to the terms available to or from, as the case may be, unrelated third parties that would have been negotiated at arm’s length, and (h) management’s recommendation with respect to the proposed related-person transaction knowing that there is a potential or actual conflict that will arise of the matter proceeds to fruition. In the event the Audit Committee is asked to consider whether to ratify an ongoing related-person transaction, in addition to the information identified above, the presentation must include (i) a description of the extent of work performed and remaining to be performed in connection with the transaction, (ii) an assessment of the potential risks and costs of termination of the transaction, and (iii) where appropriate, the possibility of modification of the transaction.

The Committee, in approving or rejecting the proposed related-person transaction, will consider all the relevant facts and circumstances deemed relevant by and available to the Committee, including but not limited to (a) the risks, costs and benefits to the Company, (b) the impact on a director’s independence in the event the Related Person is a director, immediate family member of a director or an entity with which a director is affiliated, (c) the terms and timing of the transaction, (d) the availability of other sources of comparable services or products, (e) the terms available to or from, as the case may be, unrelated third parties, and (f) how the related-person transaction was realized and communicated to the Audit Committee as required under the Related-Person Transactions Policy. The Audit Committee will approve only those related-person transactions that, in light of known circumstances, are in, or are not inconsistent with, the best interests of the Company and its stockholders, as the Audit Committee determines in the good faith exercise of its discretion.

Certain Related-Person Transactions

Other than compensation, termination, change in control and other arrangements, which are described in “Executive Officer and Director Compensation,” our only related-person transaction since January 1, 2021 consisted of a Securities Purchase Agreement we entered into on July 26, 2021 with certain institutional investors, all of the Company’s directors and certain executive officers for the sale of an aggregate of 3,750,000 shares of Common Stock and warrants to purchase an aggregate of 2,812,501 shares of Common Stock in a registered direct offering, for gross proceeds of $15.0 million, before deducting placement agent fees and offering expenses and assuming that none of the warrants are exercised. The securities were sold at a price of $4.00 per share and an accompanying warrant to purchase 0.75 of a share of the Company’s Common Stock at an exercise price of $5.00 per share. The warrants will be exercisable six months after the date of issuance and will expire five years from the date such warrant first becomes exercisable. The warrants issued were classified as equity in accordance with ASC 815-40. The securities were offered pursuant to the Company’s effective registration statement on Form S-3. All proceeds were received as of July 28, 2021. Of these proceeds, an aggregate of 125,000 shares of Common Stock and 93,750 warrants were sold to directors and certain executive officers for gross proceeds of $500,000.

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SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT
AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS

 

Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management

The following table sets forth information regarding the beneficial ownership of our Common Stock as of June 29, 2022July 25, 2023 (except as otherwise indicated) based on information obtained from the persons named below, with respect to the beneficial ownership of our Common Stock, by (i) each person known by us to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of our outstanding Common Stock; (ii) each of our named executive officers and directors; and (iii) all our executive officers and directors as a group. Information with respect to beneficial ownership is based on information furnished to us by each director, executive officer or stockholder who holds more than 5% of our outstanding Common Stock, and Schedules 13G or 13D filed with the SEC, as the case may be, and includes shares of our Common Stock which each beneficial owner has the right to acquire within 60 days of June 29, 2022.July 25, 2023. Unless otherwise indicated, we believe that all persons named in the table have sole voting and investment power with respect to all Common Stock beneficially owned by them. We have based our calculation of beneficial ownership on [●[] shares of our Common Stock outstanding as of June 29, 2022.July 25, 2023.

 

Name and Address of Beneficial Owner(1) Amount and
Nature of
Beneficial
Ownership
  Percent of
Class
 
Chidozie UgwumbaNimble Ventures, LLC
1 Letterman Drive, Building A, Suite 4900, San Francisco, CA 94129(2)
c/o SymBiosis CapitalManagement, LLC
609 SW 8th St., Suite 365
Bentonville, AR 72712  
  5,512,846[]   9.99%
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation(3)
4550 Montgomery Ave. Suite 1100N Bethesda, MD 20814
[]9.99%
OrbiMed Israel GP Ltd. (4)
89 Medinat Hayehudim St. Building E Herzliya 4614001 Israel
[]9.90%
MMCAP International Inc. SPC(3)(5)

c/o Mourant Governance Services (Cayman) Limited
94 Solaris Avenue Camana Bay, P.O. Box 1348
Grand Cayman, KY1-1108, Cayman Islands
  2,115,6392,222,881   []%
Johnson & Johnson Innovation – JJDC, Inc.(4)(6)
Johnson & Johnson Innovation – JJDC, Inc.
410 George Street New Brunswick, NJ 08901
  2,133,402   []%
OrbiMed Advisors Israel Limited
OrbiMed Israel GP Ltd.
OrbiMed Israel Partners, Limited Partnership(5)
89 Medinat Hayehudim St.
Building E
Herzliya 4614001 Israel  
3,188,489[●]%
Directors and Named Executive Officers        
Jonathan Solomon(6)(7)  [●]1,180,299   []%
Dr. Russell Greig(7)[●][●]%
Dr. Gbola Amusa(8)[●][●]%
Jonas Grossman(9)[●][●]%
Lynne Sullivan(10)[●][●]%
Dr. Alan Moses(11)[●][●]%
Dr. Merav Bassan(12)(8)  [●]254,844   [●]%*
Assaf OronMarina Wolfson(13)(9)                  [●]91,141   [●]%*
Dr. Russell Greig(10)64,476*
Lynne Sullivan(11)50,831*
Dr. Alan Moses(12)34,706*
Jason Marks0*
Michael Dambach0*
All directors and executive officers as a group (9(8 persons)  [●]2,018,475   []%

 

*Less than 1%.

(1)Unless otherwise indicated, the business address of each of the individuals is c/o BiomX Inc., 22 Einstein St., 5th4th Floor, Ness Ziona 7414003, Israel.

 


(2)This stockholder beneficially owns 4,550,000 shares of Common Stock and 9,280,408 pre-funded warrants (entitling the holder to acquire up to 552,041 shares of Common Stock) which contain an issuance limitation that prohibits the holder from exercising the Pre-Funded Warrants to the extent that after giving effect to such issuance after exercise, the holder (together with the holder’s affiliates and any other persons acting as a group together with the holder or any of the holder’s affiliated) would beneficially own in excess of 9.99% of the shares of common stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of the shares of common stock issuance upon exercise of the warrants. John H. Burbank III is the control person of Nimble Ventures and, in such capacity, may be deemed to indirectly beneficially own the Shares that Nimble Ventures directly beneficially owns. Based on information contained in the Schedule 13G filed with the SEC on June 23, 2023 and on the Company’s records.
(3)Consists of 4,552,315 shares of Common Stock and 4,778,265 pre-funded warrants (entitling the holder to acquire up to 906,673 shares of Common Stock). Based solely on information contained in Forma Schedule 13G filed with the SEC on March 8, 2023 and on the Company’s records. The amount and percentage in the table give effect to the 9.99% beneficial ownership limitation set forth in the pre-funded warrants.

(4)This stockholder, together with its affiliates and any other persons acting as a group together with the holder or any of the holder’s affiliated, including OrbiMed Israel BioFund GP Limited Partnership, Carl L. Gordon and Erez Chimovits beneficially own 4,553,489 shares of Common Stock, 500,000 warrants (entitling the holder to acquire up to 375,000 shares of Common Stock) and 9,280,408 pre-funded warrants (entitling the holder to acquire up to 9,280,408 shares of Common Stock) which contain an issuance limitation that prohibits the holder from exercising the Pre-Funded Warrants to the extent that after giving effect to such issuance after exercise, the holder (together with the holder’s affiliates and any other persons acting as a group together with the holder or any of the holder’s affiliated, including OrbiMed Israel BioFund GP Limited Partnership, Carl L. Gordon and Erez Chimovits) would beneficially own in excess of 9.90% of the shares of common stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of the shares of common stock issuance upon exercise of the warrants. Based on information contained in the Schedule 13D/A filed with the SEC on March 17, 2023 and on the Company’s records.

(5)Consists of 791,693 shares of common stock and warrants to acquire an additional 1,431,188 shares of common stock. Based solely on information contained in a Schedule 13G/A filed with the SEC on February 14, 2022.
(3)Based solely on information contained in Form 13G/A filed with the SEC on February 4, 2022.2023. Such Schedule 13G/A was also jointly filed by MM Asset Management Inc. with an address at 161 Bay Street,
TD Canada Trust Tower Ste 2240, Toronto, ON M5J 2S1 Canada.

(4)(6)Based solely on information contained in Forma Schedule 13G filed with the SEC on November 26, 2019. Johnson & Johnson Innovation-JJDC, Inc. has voting and dispositive power over 2,133,402 shares of common stock.Common Stock.

(5)(7)Represents 1,672,150Consists of 25,000 shares of Common Stock, held directly by OrbiMed Israel Partners, Limited Partnership (“OIP LP”) and 641,33925,000 warrants (entitling the holder to acquire up to 18,750 shares of Common Stock held directly by OrbiMed Israel Incubator L.P. (“OII LP”). OrbiMed Israel BioFund GP Limited Partnership (“BioFund GP LP”) is the general partner of each of OIP LP and OII LP, and OrbiMed Israel GP Ltd. (“Israel GP”) is the general partner of BioFund GP LP. OrbiMed Advisors Israel Limited (“Advisors Israel Ltd”) is the majority shareholder of Israel GP. As a result, Advisors Israel Ltd and Israel GP may be deemed to have shared voting and investment power over all of the shares of Common Stock held by each of OIP LP and OII LP, and both Advisors Israel Ltd and Israel GP may be deemed to directly or indirectly, including by reason of their mutual affiliation, to be the beneficial owners of the shares held by each of OIP LP and OII LP. Advisors Israel Ltd exercises this investment power through an investment committee comprised of Carl L. Gordon, Jonathan T. Silverstein, Nissim Darvish, Anat Naschitz, and Erez Chimovits, each of whom disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares held by OIP LP and OII LP. Based solely on information contained in Form 13D filed with the SEC on November 7, 2019.
(6)

Consists of 901,606Stock), 1,102,549 options that are exercisable and 9,50034,000 additional options that will become exercisable within 60 days of June 29, 2022.

July 25, 2023.

(7)(8)Consists of 236,094 options that are exercisable and 18,750 additional options that will become exercisable within 60 days of July 25, 2023.

(9)Consists of 3,750 shares of Common Stock, 2,8133,750 warrants (entitling the holder to acquire up to 2,813 shares of Common Stock), 25,60063,578 options that are exercisable, and 1,90021,000 additional options that will become exercisable within 60 days of June 29, 2022.July 25, 2023.

(8)(10)Consists of 262,8713,750 shares of Common Stock, 294,9403,750 warrants (entitling the holder to acquire up to 156,8452,813 shares of Common Stock), 12,80055,913 options that are exercisable, and 9502,000 additional options that will become exercisable within 60 days of June 29, 2022.July 25, 2023.

(9)Consists of 372,717 shares of Common Stock, 744,564 warrants (entitling the holder to acquire up to 386,345 shares of Common Stock), 12,800 options that are exercisable and 950 additional options that will become exercisable within 60 days of June 29, 2022.
(10)(11)Consists of 12,500 shares of Common Stock, 9,37512,500 warrants (entitling the holder to acquire up to 9,375 shares of Common Stock), 12,80027,956 options that are exercisable and 9501,000 additional options that will become exercisable within 60 days of June 29, 2022.July 25, 2023.

(11)(12)Consists of 9,8005,000 shares of Common Stock, 5,000 warrants (entitling the holder to acquire up to 3,750 shares of Common Stock), and 25,956 options that are exercisable and 1,950exercisable. No additional options that will become exercisable within 60 days of June 29, 2022.July 25, 2023.
(12)Consists of 130,624 options that are exercisable and 14,844 additional options that will become exercisable within 60 days of June 29, 2022.
(13)Consists of 302,222 options that are exercisable and 2,078 additional options that will become exercisable within 60 days of June 29, 2022.

 


HOUSEHOLDING OF PROXY MATERIALS

 

The SEC has adopted rules that permit companies and intermediaries (e.g., brokers) to satisfy the delivery requirements for proxy statements and annual reports with respect to two or more stockholders sharing the same address by delivering a single proxy statement addressed to those stockholders. This process, which is commonly referred to as “householding,” potentially means extra convenience for stockholders and cost savings for companies.

 

This year, several brokers with account holders who are our stockholders will be “householding” our Proxy Materials. A single Noticeset of Internet Availabilitythe proxy materials will be delivered to multiple stockholders sharing an address unless contrary instructions have been received from the affected stockholders. Once you have received notice from your broker that they will be “householding” communications to your address, “householding” will continue until you are notified otherwise or until you revoke your consent. If, at any time, you no longer wish to participate in “householding” and would prefer to receive a separate Noticeset of Internet Availability,proxy materials, please notify your broker or the Company. Direct your written request to: BiomX Inc., 22 Einstein Street, 54th Floor, Ness Ziona 7414003, Israel, Attention: Marina Wolfson.

 

Stockholders who currently receive multiple copies of the Notice of Internet Availabilityproxy materials at their addresses and would like to request “householding” of their communications should contact their brokers.

 

OTHER MATTERS

 

The Board knows of no business to be brought before the AnnualSpecial Meeting, which is not referred to in the accompanying Notice of AnnualSpecial Meeting. Should any such matters be presented, the persons named in the proxy shall have the authority to take such action regarding such matters as in their judgment seems advisable. If you hold shares through a broker, bank or other nominee as described above, they will not be able to vote your shares on any other business that comes before the AnnualSpecial Meeting unless they receive instructions from you with respect to such matter.

 

A copy of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021 (as amended by our Form 10-K/A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 2, 2022)is available without charge upon written request to: BiomX Inc., 22 Einstein Street, 5th Floor, Ness Ziona 7414003, Israel, Attention: Anat Primovich.


Annex A

CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT

OF

INCENTIVE PLAN AS PROPOSED TO BE AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF

BIOMX INC.– WITH CHANGES HIGHLIGHTED

 

BiomX Inc. (the “Corporation”), a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”), hereby certifies:

 

FIRST: That the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, as amended, be further amended by deleting Article FIFTH thereof in its entirety and replacing in lieu of said Article the following new Article FIFTH:

 

FIFTH:2The total number of shares of all classes of capital stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is 121,000,000, of which 120,000,000 shares shall be common stock, par value $.0001 per share (“Common Stock”) and 1,000,000 shares shall be preferred stock, par value $.0001 per share (“Preferred Stock”).

 

A. Preferred Stock. The Board of Directors is expressly granted authority to issue shares of the Preferred Stock, in one or more series, and to fix for each such series such voting powers, full or limited, and such designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights and such qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof as shall be stated and expressed in the resolution or resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors providing for the issue of such series (a “Preferred Stock Designation”) and as may be permitted by the GCL. The number of authorized shares of Preferred Stock may be increased or decreased (but not below the number of shares thereof then outstanding) by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of all of the then outstanding shares of the capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, voting together as a single class, without a separate vote of the holders of the Preferred Stock, or any series thereof, unless a vote of any such holders is required pursuant to any Preferred Stock Designation.

 

B. Common Stock. Except as otherwise required by law or as otherwise provided in any Preferred Stock Designation, the holders of the Common Stock shall exclusively possess all voting power and each share of Common Stock shall have one vote.”

 

SECOND: The foregoing amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation was duly adopted by vote of the directors and stockholders of the Corporation in accordance with the applicable provisions of Sections 141, 222 and 242 of the DGCL.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Certificate of Amendment to be signed by its Chief Executive Officer this ___ day of __________ 2022.

 

BIOMX INC.
By:
Jonathan Solomon
Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

CHARDAN HEALTHCARE ACQUISITION CORP.

2019 OMNIBUS LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page
SECTION 1GENERALA-1
1.1.PurposeA-1
1.2.ParticipationA-1
1.3.Foreign ParticipantsA-1
1.4.Operation and AdministrationA-1
1.5.HistoryA-1
SECTION 2DEFINITIONSA-1
SECTION 3SHARES AND PLAN LIMITSA-4
3.1.Shares of Stock and Other Amounts Subject to PlanA-4
3.2.AdjustmentsA-5
3.3.Plan LimitationsA-5
SECTION 4OPTIONSA-5
4.1.Grant of OptionsA-5
4.2.Option AgreementA-5
4.3.Term of OptionA-5
4.4.Exercise PriceA-5
4.5.Minimum VestingA-6
4.6.Payment of Option Exercise PriceA-6
4.7.NoRepricingA-6
SECTION 5FULL VALUE AWARDSA-6
5.1.Grant of Full Value AwardA-6
5.2.Full Value Award AgreementA-6
5.3.ConditionsA-6
5.4.Minimum VestingA-6
SECTION 6CHANGE IN CONTROLA-7
6.1.Double Trigger VestingA-7
6.2.Committee Actions On a Change in ControlA-7
SECTION 7COMMITTEEA-7
7.1.AdministrationA-7
7.2.Selection of CommitteeA-7
7.3.Powers of CommitteeA-7
7.4.Delegation by CommitteeA-8
7.5.Information to be Furnished to CommitteeA-8
7.6.Liability and Indemnification of CommitteeA-8
SECTION 8AMENDMENT AND TERMINATIONA-8
SECTION 9GENERAL PROVISIONSA-8
9.1.General RestrictionsA-8
9.2.Tax WithholdingA-8
9.3.Grant and Use of AwardsA-9
9.4.Dividends and Dividend EquivalentsA-9
9.5.Settlement of AwardsA-9
9.6.TransferabilityA-9
9.7.Form and Time of ElectionsA-9
9.8.Agreement With CompanyA-9
9.9.Action by Company or SubsidiaryA-9
9.10.Gender and NumberA-9
9.11.Limitation of Implied RightsA-10
9.12.EvidenceA-10
9.13.Limitations under Section 409AA-10
APPENDIX.Israeli AppendixA-10

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Chardan Healthcare Acquisition Corp.

2019 OMNIBUS LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN

SECTION 1
GENERAL

1.1. Purpose. The Chardan Healthcare Acquisition Corp. 2019 Omnibus Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) has been established by Chardan Healthcare Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation, (the “Company”) to (i) attract and retain persons eligible to participate in the Plan; (ii) motivate Participants, by means of appropriate incentives, to achieve long-range goals; (iii) provide incentive compensation opportunities that are competitive with those of other similar companies; and (iv) further align the interests of Participants with those of the Company’s other stockholders through compensation that is based on the Company’s shares; and thereby promote the long-term financial interest of the Company and the Related Companies including the growth in value of the Company’s shares and enhancement of long-term stockholder return. Capitalized terms in the Plan are defined in Section 2.

1.2. Participation. Subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan, the Committee shall determine and designate, from time to time, from among the Eligible Individuals, those persons who will be granted one or more Awards under the Plan, and thereby become “Participants” in the Plan.

1.3. Foreign Participants. In order to assure the viability of Awards granted to Participants who are subject to taxation in foreign countries, the Committee may provide for such special terms as it may consider necessary or appropriate to accommodate differences in local law, tax policy, or custom. Moreover, the Committee may approve such appendixes, supplements to, or amendments, restatements, or alternative versions of, the Plan as it may consider necessary or appropriate for such purposes without thereby affecting the terms of the Plan as in effect for any other purpose; provided, however, that no such supplements, amendments, restatements, or alternative versions shall increase the share limitations contained in Section 3.1 of the Plan.

1.4. Operation and Administration. The operation and administration of the Plan, including the Awards made under the Plan, shall be subject to the provisions of Section 7 (relating to operation and administration).

1.5. History. The Plan was adopted by the Company on September 17, subject to approval by stockholders. To the extent not prohibited by Applicable Laws, Awards which are to use shares of Stock reserved under the Plan that are contingent on the approval by the Company’s stockholders may be granted prior to that meeting contingent on such approval. The Plan shall be unlimited in duration and, in the event of Plan termination, shall remain in effect as long as any Awards under it are outstanding; provided, however, that no Awards may be granted under the Plan after the ten-year anniversary of the date on which the stockholders approved the Plan.

SECTION 2
Definitions

2.1. “Administrator” means the Board or any of its Committees as will be administering the Plan, in accordance with Section 7.

2.2. “Applicable Laws” means the requirements relating to the administration of equity-based awards under U.S. state corporate laws, U.S. federal and state securities laws, the Code, any stock exchange or quotation system on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted and the applicable laws of any foreign country or jurisdiction where Awards are, or will be, granted under the Plan.


2.3. “Award Agreement” means the written agreement, including an electronic agreement, setting forth the terms and conditions applicable to each Award granted under the Plan. The Award Agreement is subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan.

2.4. “Award” means any award or benefit granted under the Plan, including, without limitation, the grant of Options and Full Value Awards.

2.5. “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.

2.6. “Change in Control” means the first to occur of any of the following:

(a)the consummation of a purchase or other acquisition by any person, entity or group of persons (within the meaning of Section 13(d) or 14(d) of the Exchange Act or any comparable successor provisions, other than an acquisition by a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan or similar plan of the Company or a Related Company), of “beneficial ownership” (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) of 50% or more of either the outstanding shares of Stock or the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding voting securities entitled to vote generally;

(b)the consummation of a reorganization, merger, consolidation, acquisition, share exchange or other corporate transaction of the Company, in each case, with respect to which persons who were stockholders of the Company immediately prior to such reorganization, merger or consolidation do not, immediately thereafter, own more than 50% of the combined voting power entitled to vote generally in the election of directors of the reorganized, merged or consolidated company’s then outstanding securities;

(c)the consummation of any plan of liquidation or dissolution of the Company providing for the sale or distribution of substantially all of the assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries or the consummation of a sale of substantially all of the assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries; or

(d)at any time during any period of two consecutive years, individuals who at the beginning of such period were members of the Board cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority thereof (unless the election, or the nomination for election by the Company’s stockholders, of each new director was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the directors still in office at the time of such election or nomination who were directors at the beginning of such period).

2.7. “Code” means the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. A reference to any provision of the Code shall include reference to any successor provision of the Code.

2.8. “Committee” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.1.

2.9. “Common Stock” or “Stock” means the common stock of the Company.

2.10. “Company” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.1.

2.11. “Consultant” means any natural person engaged as a consultant or advisor by the Company or a Parent or Subsidiary or other Related Company (as determined by the Committee) to render bona fide services to such entity and such services are not in connection with the sale of shares of Stock in a capital-raising transaction, and do not directly or indirectly promote or maintain a market for the Company’s securities.

2.12. “Director” means a member of the Board.

2.13. “Eligible Individual” means any Employee, Consultant or Director; provided, however, that to the extent required by the Code, an ISO may only be granted to an Employee of the Company or a Parent or Subsidiary. An Award may be granted to an Employee, Consultant or Director, in connection with hiring, retention or otherwise, prior to the date the Employee, Consultant or Director first performs services for the Company or the Subsidiaries, provided that such Awards shall not become vested prior to the date the Employee, Consultant or Director first performs such services.

2.14. “Employee” means any person, including officers and Directors, employed by the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary of the Company or a Related Company (as determined by the Committee). Neither service as a Director nor payment of a director’s fee by the Company will be sufficient to constitute “employment” by the Company.

2.15. “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

2.16. “Exercise Price” of each Option granted under this Plan shall be established by the Committee or shall be determined by a method established by the Committee at the time the Option is granted.

2.17. “Expiration Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.6.

2.18. “Fair Market Value” means, as of any date, the value of Common Stock determined as follows:

(a)If the Common Stock is listed on any established stock exchange or a national market system, including without limitation the New York Stock Exchange, its Fair Market Value will be the closing sales price for such stock (or the closing bid, if no sales were reported) as quoted on such exchange or system on the last previous trading day prior to such date of determination, as reported in The Wall Street Journal or such other source as the Administrator deems reliable;


(b)If the Common Stock is regularly quoted by a recognized securities dealer but selling prices are not reported, the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock will be the mean between the high bid and low asked prices for the Common Stock on the last previous trading day prior to such date of determination (or, if no bids and asks were reported on that date, as applicable, on the last trading date such bids and asks were reported), as reported in The Wall Street Journal or such other source as the Administrator deems reliable; or

(c)In the absence of an established market for the Common Stock, the Fair Market Value will be determined in good faith by the Administrator.

2.19. A “Full Value Award” is a grant of one or more shares of Stock or a right to receive one or more shares of Stock in the future, with such grant subject to one or more conditions, as determined by the Committee.

2.20. An “Incentive Stock Option” or an “ISO” is an Option that is intended to satisfy the requirements applicable to an “incentive stock option” described in Section 422(b) of the Code.

2.21. A “Non-Qualified Option or an “NQO” is an Option that is not intended to be an “incentive stock option” as that term is described in Section 422(b) of the Code.

2.22. An “Option” entitles the Participant to purchase shares of Stock at an Exercise Price established by the Committee. Any Option granted under this Plan may be either an ISO or an NQO as determined in the discretion of the Committee.

2.23. “Outside Director” means a Director of the Company who is not an officer or employee of the Company or the Related Companies.

2.24. “Parent” means a parent corporation within the meaning of Section 424(e) of the Code.

2.25. “Participant” means the holder of an outstanding Award.

2.26. “Performance Measures” means performance goals based on any one or more of the following Company, Subsidiary, operating unit or division performance measures: (i) earnings, including, but not limited to, operating income, earnings before or after taxes, earnings before or after interest, depreciation, amortization, or extraordinary or special items or book value per share (which may exclude nonrecurring items); (ii) pre-tax income or after-tax income; (iii) earnings per share of Stock (basic or diluted); (iv) operating profit; (v) revenue, revenue growth or rate of revenue growth; (vi) return on assets (gross or net), return on investment, return on capital, or return on equity; (vii) returns on sales or revenues; (viii) operating expenses; (ix) stock price appreciation; (x) cash flow(s); (xi) implementation or completion of critical projects or processes; (xii) economic value created; (xiii) cumulative earnings per share growth; (xiv) operating margin or profit margin; (xv) common stock price or total stockholder return; (xvi) cost targets, reductions and savings, productivity and efficiencies; (xvii) regulatory achievements; and implementation, completion or attainment of measurable objectives with respect to research, development, products or projects, production volume levels; (xviii) the filing of a new drug application (“NDA”) or the approval of the NDA by the Food and Drug Administration, the achievement of a launch of a new drug, and research and development milestones; (xix) entry into a collaboration, development, joint venture or licensing agreement relating to product candidates or to commercialization of products; and (xx) any combination of any of the foregoing. Each goal may be expressed on an absolute and/or relative basis, may be based on or otherwise employ comparisons based on internal targets, the past performance of the Company and/or the past or current performance of other companies or may be applied to the performance of the Company relative to a market index, a group of other companies or a combination thereof, and in the case of earnings-based measures, may use or employ comparisons relating to capital, stockholders equity and/or shares outstanding, investments or to assets or net assets, and may (but need not) provide for adjustments for restructurings, extraordinary, and any other unusual, non-recurring, or similar changes.

2.27. “Period of Restriction” means the period during which the transfer of shares of Stock are subject to restrictions and therefore, the shares of Stock are subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture. Such restrictions may be based on the passage of time, the achievement of target levels of performance, or the occurrence of other events as determined by the Administrator.

2.28. “Plan” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.1.

2.29. “Related Company” means any corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or other entity during any period in which a controlling interest in such entity is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company (or by any entity that is a successor to the Company), and any other business venture designated by the Committee in which the Company (or any entity that is a successor to the Company) has, directly or indirectly, a significant interest (whether through the ownership of securities or otherwise), as determined in the discretion of the Committee.

2.30. “Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

2.31. “Subsidiary” means a “subsidiary corporation,” whether now or hereafter existing, as defined in Section 424(f) of the Code.


2.32. “Termination Date” means the date on which a Participant both ceases to be an employee of the Company and the Related Companies and ceases to perform material services for the Company and the Related Companies (whether as a director or otherwise), regardless of the reason for the cessation; provided that a “Termination Date” shall not be considered to have occurred during the period in which the reason for the cessation of services is a leave of absence approved by the Company or the Related Company which was the recipient of the Participant’s services; and provided, further that, with respect to an Outside Director, “Termination Date” means the date on which the Outside Director’s service as an Outside Director terminates for any reason. If, as a result of a sale or other transaction, the entity for which the Participant performs services ceases to be a Related Company (and such entity is or becomes an entity separate from the Company), the occurrence of such transaction shall be the Participant’s Termination Date. With respect to Awards that constitute deferred compensation subject to Section 409A of the Code, references to the Participant’s termination of employment (including references to the Participant’s employment termination, and to the Participant terminating employment, a Participant’s separation from service, and other similar reference) and references to a Participant’s termination as a Director (including separation from service and other similar references) shall mean the date that the Participant incurs a “separation from service” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code.

SECTION 3
shares of Stock and plan limits

3.1. Shares of Stock and Other Amounts Subject to Plan. The shares of Stock for which Awards may be granted under the Plan shall be subject to the following:

(a)Subject to the following provisions of this Section 3.1, the maximum number of shares of Stock that may be delivered to Participants and their beneficiaries under the Plan shall be 1,000 shares of Stock (which number includes all shares available for delivery under this Section 3.1(a) since the establishment of the Plan, determined in accordance with the terms of the Plan). Shares of Stock issued by the Company in connection with awards that are assumed or substituted in connection with a reorganization, merger, consolidation, acquisition, share exchange or other corporate transaction shall not be counted against the number of shares of Stock that may be issued with respect to Awards under the Plan.

(b)The aggregate number of shares of Stock that may be delivered pursuant to the Plan as specified in Section 3.1(a) will automatically increase on January 1 of each year, for a period of not more than ten (10) years, commencing on January 1 of the year following the year in which the Effective Date occurs and ending on (and including) January 1, 2029, in an amount equal to four percent (4%) of the total number of shares of Stock outstanding on December 31 of the preceding calendar year. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee may act prior to January 1 of a given year to provide that there will be no January 1 increase for such year or that the increase for such year will be a lesser number of Shares than provided herein.

(c)Only shares of Stock, if any, actually delivered to the Participant or beneficiary on an unrestricted basis with respect to an Award shall be treated as delivered for purposes of the determination under Section 3.1(a) above, regardless of whether the Award is denominated in shares of Stock or cash. Consistent with the foregoing:

(i)To the extent any shares of Stock covered by an Award are not delivered to a Participant or beneficiary because the Award is forfeited or cancelled, or the shares of Stock are not delivered on an unrestricted basis (including, without limitation, by reason of the Award being settled in cash), such shares of Stock shall not be deemed to have been delivered for purposes of the determination under Section 3.1(a) above.

(ii)Subject to the provisions of paragraph (i) above, the total number of shares of Stock covered by an Award will be treated as delivered for purposes of this paragraph (b) to the extent payments or benefits are delivered to the Participant with respect to such shares. Accordingly (A) if shares covered by an Award are used to satisfy the applicable tax withholding obligation or Exercise Price, the number of shares held back by the Company to satisfy such withholding obligation or Exercise Price shall be considered to have been delivered; (B) if the Exercise Price of any Option granted under the Plan is satisfied by tendering shares of Stock to the Company (by either actual delivery or by attestation, including shares of Stock that would otherwise be distributable upon the exercise of the Option), the number of shares tendered to satisfy such Exercise Price shall be considered to have been delivered; and (C) if shares of Stock are repurchased by the Company with proceeds received from the exercise of an option issued under this Plan, the total number of such shares repurchased shall be deemed delivered.f

(d)The shares of Stock with respect to which Awards may be made under the Plan shall be: (i) shares currently authorized but unissued; (ii) to the extent permitted by Applicable Law, shares currently held or acquired by the Company as treasury shares, including shares purchased in the open market or in private transactions; or (iii) shares purchased in the open market by a direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (as determined by the Chief Executive Officer or the Chief Financial Officer of the Company). The Company may contribute to the subsidiary or trust an amount sufficient to accomplish the purchase in the open market of the shares of Stock to be so acquired (as determined by the Chief Executive Officer or the Chief Financial Officer of the Company).


3.2. Adjustments. In the event of a corporate transaction involving the Company (including, without limitation, any share dividend, share split, extraordinary cash dividend, recapitalization, reorganization, merger, amalgamation, consolidation, share exchange split-up, spin-off, sale of assets or subsidiaries, combination or exchange of shares), the Committee shall, in the manner it determines equitable in its sole discretion, adjust Awards to reflect the transactions. Action by the Committee may include: (i) adjustment of the number and kind of shares which may be delivered under the Plan; (ii) adjustment of the number and kind of shares subject to outstanding Awards; (iii) adjustment of the Exercise Price of outstanding Options; and (iv) any other adjustments that the Committee determines to be equitable (which may include, without limitation, (A) replacement of Awards with other Awards which the Committee determines have comparable value and which are based on shares of a company resulting from the transaction, and (B) cancellation of the Award in return for cash payment of the current value of the Award, determined as though the Award is fully vested at the time of payment, provided that in the case of an Option, the amount of such payment will be the excess of value of the shares of Stock subject to the Option at the time of the transaction over the Exercise Price). However, in no event shall this Section 3.2 be construed to permit a modification (including a replacement) of an Option if such modification either: (i) would result in accelerated recognition of income or imposition of additional tax under Section 409A of the Code; or (ii) would cause the Option subject to the modification (or cause a replacement Option) to be subject to Section 409A of the Code, provided that the restriction of this clause (ii) shall not apply to any Option that, at the time it is granted or otherwise, is designated as being deferred compensation subject to Section 409A of the Code.

3.3. Plan Limitations. Subject to Section 3.2, the following additional maximums are imposed under the Plan:

(a)The maximum number of shares of Stock that may be delivered to Participants and their beneficiaries with respect to ISOs granted under the Plan shall be 1,000 shares of Stock (which number includes all shares of Stock available for delivery under this Section 3.3(a) since the establishment of the Plan, determined in accordance with the terms of the Plan); provided, however, that to the extent that shares of Stock not delivered must be counted against this limit as a condition of satisfying the rules applicable to ISOs, such rules shall apply to the limit on ISOs granted under the Plan; [provided, further, that such limit will automatically increase on January 1 of each year, for a period of not more than ten (10) years, commencing on January 1 of the year following the year in which the Effective Date occurs and ending on (and including) January 1, 2029, in an amount equal to four percent (4%) of the total number of shares of Stock outstanding on the date that this Plan is adopted].

(b)The maximum total annual compensation, including the value of any Awards made pursuant to this Plan (determined as of the date of grant), that may be paid or granted to any one Participant who is a member of the Board but who is not an employee of the Company or a Related Company during any one-year period for service on the Board shall be $500,000 dollars; provided, that, such limit shall be $750,000 during the first year of service for a member of the Board who is not an employee.

(c)Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 4.5 and 5.4 of the Plan, the Committee may grant Awards that are not subject to the minimum vesting limitations of Sections 4.5 (with respect to Options) and of Section 5.4 (with respect to Full Value Awards) in certain circumstances as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion.

SECTION 4
OPTIONS

4.1. Grant of Options. Subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan, the Administrator, at any time and from time to time, may grant Options to an Eligible Individual in such amounts as the Administrator, in its sole discretion, will determine. Each Option will be designated in the Award Agreement as either an ISO or an NQO. Notwithstanding a designation for a grant of Options as ISOs, however, to the extent that the aggregate Fair Market Value of the shares of Stock with respect to which ISOs are exercisable for the first time by the Participant during any calendar year (under all plans of the Company and any Parent or Subsidiary) exceeds $100,000, such Options will be treated as NQOs. For purposes of this Section 4.1, ISOs will be taken into account in the order in which they were granted, the Fair Market Value of the shares of Stock will be determined as of the time the Option with respect to such shares of Stock is granted, and calculation will be performed in accordance with Section 422 of the Code and Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder.

4.2. Option Agreement. Each Award of an Option will be evidenced by an Award Agreement that will specify the date of grant of the Option, the Exercise Price, the term of the Option, the number of shares of Stock subject to the Option, the exercise restrictions, if any, applicable to the Option, including the dates upon which the Option is first exercisable in whole and/or part, and such other terms and conditions as the Administrator, in its sole discretion, may determine.

4.3. Term of Option. The term of each Option will be stated in the Award Agreement; provided, however, that the term will be no more than 10 years from the date of grant thereof. In the case of an ISO granted to a Participant who, at the time the ISO is granted, owns capital stock representing more than 10% of the total combined voting power of all classes of capital stock of the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary, the term of the ISO will be five years from the date of grant or such shorter term as may be provided in the Award Agreement.

4.4. Exercise Price. The Exercise Price shall not be less than 100% of the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock on the date of grant (or, if greater, the par value, if any, of a share of Stock). In addition, in the case of an ISO granted to an Employee who owns capital stock representing more than 10% of the voting power of all classes of capital stock of the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary, the per share Exercise Price will be no less than 110% of the Fair Market Value per share of Stock on the date of grant. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 4.4, Options may be granted with a per share Exercise Price of less than 100% of the Fair Market Value per share of Stock on the date of grant pursuant to a transaction described in, and in a manner consistent with, Section 424(a) of the Code.


4.5. Minimum Vesting. Notwithstanding the foregoing, and subject to Section 3.3(e), in no event shall an Option granted to any Participant become exercisable or vested prior to the first anniversary of the date on which it is granted (subject to acceleration of exercisability and vesting, to the extent permitted by the Committee, in the event of the Participant’s death, disability, Change in Control or involuntary termination).

4.6. Payment of Option Exercise Price. The payment of the Exercise Price of an Option granted under this Section 4 shall be subject to the following:

(a)Subject to the following provisions of this Section 4.8, the full Exercise Price for shares of Stock purchased upon the exercise of any Option shall be paid at the time of such exercise (except that, in the case of an exercise arrangement approved by the Committee and described in Section 4.8(c), payment may be made as soon as practicable after the exercise).

(b)Subject to Applicable Law, the full Exercise Price shall be payable in cash, by promissory note, or by tendering, by either actual delivery of shares or by attestation, shares of Stock acceptable to the Committee (including shares otherwise distributable pursuant to the exercise of the Option), and valued at Fair Market Value as of the day of exercise, or in any combination thereof, as determined by the Committee.

(c)Subject to Applicable Law, if shares are publicly traded, the Committee may permit a Participant to elect to pay the Exercise Price upon the exercise of an Option by irrevocably authorizing a third party to sell shares of Stock (or a sufficient portion of the shares of Stock) acquired upon exercise of the Option and remit to the Company a sufficient portion of the sale proceeds to pay the entire Exercise Price and any tax withholding resulting from such exercise.

4.7. NoRepricing. The Board shall have the authority to grant, at its discretion, to the holder of an outstanding Option, in exchange for the surrender and cancellation of such Option, a new Option having an exercise price equal to, lower than or higher than the Exercise Price of the original Option so surrendered and canceled, or another Award, and containing such other terms as the Board may prescribe in accordance with the provisions of the Plan. With respect to Options granted as 102 Awards under the Israeli Appendix to the Plan, to the extent required by the ITA under the Ordinance and the Rules, the surrender and cancelation of Options in exchange for new Options or other Awards shall be subject to the approval of the ITA.Except for either adjustments pursuant to Section 3.2 (relating to the adjustment of shares of Stock), or reductions of the Exercise Price approved by the Company’s stockholders, the Exercise Price for any outstanding Option may not be decreased after the date of grant nor may an outstanding Option granted under the Plan be surrendered to the Company as consideration for the grant of a replacement Option with a lower Exercise Price. Except as approved by Company’s stockholders, in no event shall any Option granted under the Plan be surrendered to Company in consideration for a cash payment or the grant of any other Award if, at the time of such surrender, the Exercise Price of the Option is greater than the then current Fair Market Value of a share of Stock. In addition, no repricing of an Option shall be permitted without the approval of Company’s stockholders if such approval is required under the rules of any stock exchange on which Stock is listed.

SECTION 5
FULL VALUE AWARDS

5.1. Grant of Full Value Award. Subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan, the Administrator, at any time and from time to time, may grant Full Value Awards to Eligible Individuals in such amounts as the Administrator, in its sole discretion, will determine.

5.2. Full Value Award Agreement. Each Full Value Award will be evidenced by an Award Agreement that will specify the Period of Restriction, the number of shares of Stock granted, and such other terms and conditions as the Administrator, in its sole discretion, may determine.

5.3. Conditions. A Full Value Award may be subject to one or more of the following, as determined by the Committee:

(a)The grant shall be in consideration of a Participant’s previously performed services, or surrender of other compensation that may be due.

(b)The grant shall be contingent on the achievement of performance or other objectives during a specified period.

(c)The grant shall be subject to a risk of forfeiture or other restrictions that will lapse upon the achievement of one or more goals relating to completion of service by the Participant, or achievement of performance or other objectives.

The grant of Full Value Awards may also be subject to such other conditions, restrictions and contingencies, as determined by the Committee.

5.4. Minimum Vesting.

(a)Notwithstanding the foregoing, and subject to Section 3.3(e), if a Participant’s right to become vested in a Full Value Award is conditioned on the completion of a specified period of service with the Company or the Related Companies, without achievement of performance targets or other performance objectives (whether or not related to performance measures) being required as a condition of vesting, and without it being granted in lieu of other compensation, then the required period of service for vesting shall be not less than one year (subject, to the extent provided by the Committee, to acceleration of vesting in the event of the Participant’s death, disability, Change in Control or involuntary termination). The foregoing requirements shall not apply to grants that are a form of payment of earned performance awards or other incentive compensation.


(b)Notwithstanding the foregoing, and subject to Section 3.3(e), if a Participant’s right to become vested in a Full Value Award is conditioned on the achievement of performance targets or other performance objectives (whether or not related to performance measures and whether or not such Full Value Award is designated as “Performance-Based Compensation”), then the required performance period for determining the achievement of such performance targets or other performance objectives for vesting shall be not less than one year (subject, to the extent provided by the Committee, to acceleration of vesting in the event of the Participant’s death, disability, Change in Control or involuntary termination).

SECTION 6
CHANGE IN CONTROL

6.1. Change in Control. Subject to the provisions of Section 3.2 and the authority of the Committee to take the actions permitted pursuant to Section 6.2, the occurrence of a Change in Control shall have the effect, if any, with respect to any Award as set forth in the Award Agreement or, to the extent not prohibited by the Plan or the Award Agreement, as provided by the Committee.

6.2. Committee Actions On A Change in Control. On a Change in Control, if the Plan is terminated by the Company or its successor without provision for the continuation of outstanding Awards hereunder, the Committee may cancel any outstanding Awards in return for cash payment of the current value of the Award, determined with the Award fully vested at the time of payment, provided that in the case of an Option, the amount of such payment will be the excess of value of the shares of Stock subject to the Option at the time of the transaction over the Exercise Price; provided, further, that in the case of an Option, such Option will be cancelled with no payment if, as of the Change in Control, the value of the shares of Stock subject to the Option at the time of the transaction are equal to or less than the Exercise Price. However, in no event shall this Section 6.2 be construed to permit a payment if such payment would result in accelerated recognition of income or imposition of additional tax under Section 409A of the Code.

SECTION 7
COMMITTEE

7.1. Administration. The authority to control and manage the operation and administration of the Plan shall be vested in a committee (the “Committee”) in accordance with this Section 7. The Committee shall be selected by the Board, and shall consist of two or more members of the Board. Unless otherwise provided by the Board, the Compensation Committee of the Board shall serve as the Committee. As a committee of the Board, the Committee is subject to the overview of the Board. If the Committee does not exist, or for any other reason determined by the Board, and to the extent not prohibited by Applicable Law, the Board may take any action under the Plan that would otherwise be the responsibility of the Committee.

7.2. Selection of Committee. So long as the Company is subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act, the Committee shall be selected by the Board and shall consist of not fewer than two members of the Board or such greater number as may be required for compliance with Rule 16b-3 issued under the Exchange Act and shall be comprised of persons who are independent for purposes of applicable stock exchange listing requirements and who would meet the requirements of a “non-employee director” within the meaning of Rule 16b-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

7.3. Powers of Committee. The Committee’s administration of the Plan shall be subject to the following:

(a)Subject to the provisions of the Plan, the Committee will have the authority and discretion to select individuals who shall be Eligible Individuals and who, therefore, are eligible to receive Awards under the Plan. The Committee shall have the authority to determine the time or times of receipt of Awards, to determine the types of Awards and the number of shares of Stock covered by the Awards, to establish the terms, conditions, performance targets, restrictions, and other provisions of such Awards, to cancel or suspend Awards, and to accelerate the exercisability or vesting of any Award under circumstances designated by it. In making such Award determinations, the Committee may take into account the nature of services rendered by the respective employee, the individual’s present and potential contribution to the Company’s or a Related Company’s success and such other factors as the Committee deems relevant.

(b)To the extent that the Committee determines that the restrictions imposed by the Plan preclude the achievement of the material purposes of the Awards in jurisdictions outside the United States, the Committee will have the authority and discretion to modify those restrictions as the Committee determines to be necessary or appropriate to conform to applicable requirements or practices of jurisdictions outside of the United States.

(c)The Committee will have the authority and discretion to interpret the Plan, to establish, amend, and rescind any rules and regulations relating to the Plan, to determine the terms and conditions of any Award Agreement made pursuant to the Plan, and to make all other determinations that may be necessary or advisable for the administration of the Plan.

(d)Any interpretation of the Plan by the Committee and any decision made by it under the Plan is final and binding on all persons.

(e)In controlling and managing the operation and administration of the Plan, the Committee shall take action in a manner that conforms to applicable corporate law.


(f)Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, no benefit shall be distributed under the Plan to any person unless the Committee, in its sole discretion, determines that such person is entitled to benefits under the Plan.

7.4. Delegation by Committee. Except to the extent prohibited by Applicable Law, the Committee may allocate all or any portion of its responsibilities and powers to any one or more of its members and may delegate all or any part of its responsibilities and powers to any person or persons selected by it. Any such allocation or delegation may be revoked by the Committee at any time.

7.5. Information to be Furnished to Committee. The Company, Subsidiaries and any applicable Related Company shall furnish the Committee with such data and information as it determines may be required for it to discharge its duties. The records of the Company, Subsidiaries and any applicable Related Company as to an employee’s or Participant’s employment (or other provision of services), termination of employment (or cessation of the provision of services), leave of absence, reemployment and compensation shall be conclusive on all persons unless determined to be incorrect. Participants and other persons entitled to benefits under the Plan must furnish the Committee such evidence, data or information as the Committee considers desirable to carry out the terms of the Plan.

7.6. Liability and Indemnification of Committee. No member or authorized delegate of the Committee shall be liable to any person for any action taken or omitted in connection with the administration of the Plan unless attributable to his own fraud or willful misconduct; nor shall the Company or any Related Company be liable to any person for any such action unless attributable to fraud or willful misconduct on the part of a director or employee of the Company or Related Company. The Committee, the individual members thereof, and persons acting as the authorized delegates of the Committee under the Plan, shall be indemnified by the Company against any and all liabilities, losses, costs and expenses (including legal fees and expenses) of whatsoever kind and nature which may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against the Committee or its members or authorized delegates by reason of the performance of a Committee function if the Committee or its members or authorized delegates did not act dishonestly or in willful violation of the law or regulation under which such liability, loss, cost or expense arises. This indemnification shall not duplicate but may supplement any coverage available under any applicable insurance.

SECTION 8
AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION

The Board may, at any time, amend or terminate the Plan, and the Board or the Committee may amend any Award Agreement, provided that no amendment or termination may, in the absence of written consent to the change by the affected Participant (or, if the Participant is not then living, the affected beneficiary), adversely affect the rights of any Participant or beneficiary under any Award granted under the Plan prior to the date such amendment is adopted by the Board (or the Committee if applicable); and further provided that adjustments pursuant to Section 3.2 shall not be subject to the foregoing limitations of this Section 8; and further provided that the provisions of Section 4.7 (relating to Option repricing) cannot be amended unless the amendment is approved by the Company’s stockholders. Approval by the Company’s stockholders will be required for any material revision to the terms of the Plan, with the Committee’s determination of “material revision” to take into account the exemptions under applicable stock exchange rules. No amendment or termination shall be adopted or effective if it would result in accelerated recognition of income or imposition of additional tax under Section 409A of the Code or, except as otherwise provided in the amendment, would cause amounts that were not otherwise subject to Section 409A of the Code to become subject to Section 409A of the Code.

SECTION 9
general provisions

9.1. General Restrictions. Delivery of shares of Stock or other amounts under the Plan shall be subject to the following:

(a)Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, the Company shall have no obligation to recognize an exercise of an Option or deliver any shares of Stock or make any other distribution of benefits under the Plan unless such exercise, delivery or distribution complies with all Applicable Laws (including, without limitation, the requirements of the United States Securities Act of 1933 and the securities laws of any other applicable jurisdiction), and the applicable requirements of any securities exchange or similar entity or other regulatory authority with respect to the issue of shares and securities by the Company.

(b)To the extent that the Plan provides for issuance of share certificates to reflect the issuance of shares of Stock, the issuance may be effected on a non-certificated basis, to the extent not prohibited by Applicable Law, the By-laws of the Company.

(c)To the extent provided by the Committee, any Award may be settled in cash rather than shares of Stock.

9.2. Tax Withholding. All distributions under the Plan are subject to withholding of all applicable taxes, and the Committee may condition the delivery of any shares of Stock or other benefits under the Plan on satisfaction of the applicable withholding obligations. Except as otherwise provided by the Committee and subject to Applicable Law, such withholding obligations may be satisfied (i) through cash payment by the Participant; (ii) through the surrender of shares of Stock which the Participant already owns; or (iii) through the surrender of shares of Stock to which the Participant is otherwise entitled under the Plan (including shares otherwise distributable pursuant to the Award); provided, however, that such shares of Stock under this clause (iii) may be used to satisfy not more than the maximum individual tax rate for the Participant in applicable jurisdiction for such Participant (based on the applicable rates of the relevant tax authorities (for example, federal, state, and local), including the Participant’s share of payroll or similar taxes, as provided in tax law, regulations, or the authority’s administrative practices, not to exceed the highest statutory rate in that jurisdiction, even if that rate exceeds the highest rate that may be applicable to the specific Participant).


9.3. Grant and Use of Awards. In the discretion of the Committee, an Eligible Individual may be granted any Award permitted under the provisions of the Plan, and more than one Award may be granted to an Eligible Individual. Subject to Section 4.7 (relating to repricing), Awards may be granted as alternatives to or replacement of awards granted or outstanding under the Plan, or any other plan or arrangement of the Company or a Subsidiary or a Related Company (including a plan or arrangement of a business or entity, all or a portion of which is acquired by the Company or a Subsidiary or a Related Company). Subject to the overall limitation on the number of shares of Stock that may be delivered under the Plan, the Committee may use available shares of Stock as the form of payment for compensation, grants or rights earned or due under any other compensation plans or arrangements of the Company or a Subsidiary or a Related Company, including the plans and arrangements of the Company or a Subsidiary or a Related Company assumed in business combinations. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 4.4, Options granted under the Plan in replacement for awards under plans and arrangements of the Company or a Subsidiary or a Related Company assumed in business combinations may provide for Exercise Prices that are less than the Fair Market Value of the shares of Stock at the time of the replacement grants, if the Committee determines that such Exercise Price is appropriate to preserve the economic benefit of the award. The provisions of this Section shall be subject to the provisions of Section 9.13.

9.4. Dividends and Dividend Equivalents. An Award (other than an Option) may provide the Participant with the right to receive dividend or dividend equivalent payments with respect to shares of Stock subject to the Award; provided, however, that no dividend or dividend equivalents granted in relation to Full Value Awards that are subject to vesting shall be settled prior to the date that such Full Value Award (or applicable portion thereof) becomes vested and is settled. Any such settlements, and any such crediting of dividends or dividend equivalents or reinvestment in shares of Stock, will be subject to the Company’s By-laws as well as Applicable Law and further may be subject to such conditions, restrictions and contingencies as the Committee shall establish, including the reinvestment of such credited amounts in share of Stock equivalents. The provisions of this Section shall be subject to the provisions of Section 9.13.

9.5. Settlement of Awards. The obligation to make payments and distributions with respect to Awards may be satisfied through cash payments, the delivery of shares of Stock, the granting of replacement Awards, or combination thereof as the Committee shall determine. Satisfaction of any such obligations under an Award, which is sometimes referred to as “settlement” of the Award, may be subject to such conditions, restrictions and contingencies as the Committee shall determine. The Committee may permit or require the deferral of any Award payment or distribution, subject to such rules and procedures as it may establish, which may include provisions for the payment or crediting of interest or dividend equivalents, and may include converting such credits into deferred share of Stock equivalents. Except for Options designated at the time of grant or otherwise as intended to be subject to Section 409A of the Code, this Section 9.5 shall not be construed to permit the deferred settlement of Options, if such settlement would result in deferral of compensation under Treas. Reg. §1.409A-1(b)(5)(i)(A)(3) (except as permitted in Sections (i) and (ii) of that section). Each Subsidiary shall be liable for payment of cash due under the Plan with respect to any Participant to the extent that such benefits are attributable to the services rendered for that Subsidiary by the Participant. Any disputes relating to liability of a Subsidiary for cash payments shall be resolved by the Committee. The provisions of this Section shall be subject to the provisions of Section 9.13.

9.6. Transferability. Except as otherwise provided by the Committee, Awards under the Plan are not transferable except as designated by the Participant by will or by the laws of descent and distribution.

9.7. Form and Time of Elections. Unless otherwise specified herein, each election required or permitted to be made by any Participant or other person entitled to benefits under the Plan, and any permitted modification, or revocation thereof, shall be in writing filed with the Committee at such times, in such form, and subject to such restrictions and limitations, not inconsistent with the terms of the Plan, as the Committee shall require.

9.8. Agreement With Company. An Award under the Plan shall be subject to such terms and conditions, not inconsistent with the Plan, as the Committee shall, in its sole discretion, prescribe. The terms and conditions of any Award to any Participant shall be reflected in such form of written (including electronic) document as is determined by the Committee. A copy of such document shall be provided to the Participant, and the Committee may, but need not require that the Participant sign a copy of such document. Such document is referred to in the Plan as an “Award Agreement” regardless of whether any Participant signature is required.

9.9. Action by Company or Subsidiary. Any action required or permitted to be taken by the Company or any Subsidiary or Related Company shall be by resolution of its board of directors, or by action of one or more members of the board (including a committee of the board) who are duly authorized to act for the board, or (except to the extent prohibited by Applicable Law or applicable rules of any stock exchange) by a duly authorized officer of such company.

9.10. Gender and Number. Where the context admits, words in any gender shall include any other gender, words in the singular shall include the plural and the plural shall include the singular.


9.11. Limitation of Implied Rights.

(a)Neither a Participant nor any other person shall, by reason of participation in the Plan, acquire any right in or title to any assets, funds or property of the Company or any Subsidiary or Related Company whatsoever, including, without limitation, any specific funds, assets, or other property which the Company or any Subsidiary or Related Company, in its sole discretion, may set aside in anticipation of a liability under the Plan. A Participant shall have only a contractual right to the shares of Stock or amounts, if any, payable under the Plan, unsecured by any assets of the Company or any Subsidiary or Related Company, and nothing contained in the Plan shall constitute a guarantee that the assets of the Company or any Subsidiary or Related Company shall be sufficient to pay any benefits to any person.

(b)The Plan does not constitute a contract of employment, and selection as a Participant will not give any participating employee or other individual the right to be retained in the employ of the Company or any Subsidiary or Related Company or the right to continue to provide services to the Company or any Subsidiary or Related Company, nor any right or claim to any benefit under the Plan, unless such right or claim has specifically accrued under the terms of the Plan. Except as otherwise provided in the Plan, no Award under the Plan shall confer upon the holder thereof any rights as a stockholder of the Company prior to the date on which the individual fulfills all conditions for receipt of such rights and is registered in the Company’s Register of share of stockholders.

(c)All Stock and shares issued under any Award or otherwise are to be held subject to the provisions of the Company’s By-laws and each Participant is deemed to agree to be bound by the terms of the Company’s By-laws as they stand at the time of issue of any shares of Stock under the Plan.

9.12. Evidence. Evidence required of anyone under the Plan may be by certificate, affidavit, document or other information which the person acting on it considers pertinent and reliable, and signed, made or presented by the proper party or parties.

9.13. Limitations under Section 409A. The provisions of the Plan shall be subject to the following:

(a)Awards will be designed and operated in such a manner that they are either exempt from the application of, or comply with, the requirements of Section 409A of the Code, except as otherwise determined in the sole discretion of the Administrator. The Plan and each Award Agreement under the Plan is intended to meet the requirements of Section 409A of the Code and will be construed and interpreted in accordance with such intent, except as otherwise determined in the sole discretion of the Administrator. To the extent that an Award or payment, or the settlement or deferral thereof, is subject to Section 409A of the Code the Award will be granted, paid, settled or deferred in a manner that will meet the requirements of Section 409A of the Code, such that the grant, payment, settlement or deferral will not be subject to the additional tax or interest applicable under Section 409A of the Code.

(b)Neither Section 9.3 nor any other provision of the Plan shall be construed to permit the grant of an Option if such action would cause the Option being granted or the option or stock appreciation right being replaced to be subject to Section 409A of the Code, provided that this Section (b) shall not apply to any Option (or option or stock appreciation right granted under another plan) being replaced that, at the time it is granted or otherwise, is designated as being deferred compensation subject to Section 409A of the Code.

(c)Except with respect to an Option that, at the time it is granted or otherwise, is designated as being deferred compensation subject to Section 409A of the Code, no Option shall condition the receipt of dividends with respect to an Option on the exercise of such Award, or otherwise provide for payment of such dividends in a manner that would cause the payment to be treated as an offset to or reduction of the Exercise Price of the Option pursuant Treas. Reg. §1.409A-1(b)(5)(i)(E).

(d)The Plan shall not be construed to permit a modification of an Award, or to permit the payment of a dividend or dividend equivalent, if such actions would result in accelerated recognition of taxable income or imposition of additional tax under Section 409A of the Code.

CHARDAN HEALTHCARE ACQUISITION CORP.
2019 OMNIBUS LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN

ISRAELI APPENDIX

This Israeli Appendix (the “Appendix”) to the 2019 Omnibus Long-Term Incentive Plan (as amended from time to time, the “Plan”) of CHARDAN HEALTHCARE ACQUISITION CORP. (the “Company”) shall apply only to Participants (as defined in the Plan) who are, or are deemed to be, residents of the State of Israel for Israeli tax purposes. This Appendix is made pursuant to Section 1.3 of the Plan.

1.GENERAL

1.1. The Committee, in its discretion, may grant Awards to eligible Participants and shall determine whether such Awards intended to be 102 Awards or 3(9) Awards. Each Award shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement, which shall expressly identify the Award type, and be in such form and contain such provisions, as the Committee shall from time to time deem appropriate.


1.2. The Plan shall apply to any Awards granted pursuant to this Appendix, provided, that the provisions of this Appendix shall supersede and govern in the case of any inconsistency or conflict, either explicit or implied, arising between the provisions of this Appendix and the Plan.

1.3. Unless otherwise defined in this Appendix, capitalized terms contained herein shall have the same meanings given to them in the Plan.

2.DEFINITIONS.

2.1. “3(9) Award” means any Award representing a right to purchase shares of Common Stock granted by the Company to any Participant who is not an Employee pursuant to Section 3(9) of the Ordinance.

2.2. “102 Award” means any Award intended to qualify (as set forth in the Award Agreement) and which qualifies under Section 102, provided it is settled only in shares of Common Stock.

2.3. “102 Capital Gain Track Award” means any Award granted by the Company to an Employee pursuant to Section 102(b)(2) or (3) (as applicable) of the Ordinance under the capital gain track.

2.4. “102 Non-Trustee Award” means any Award granted by the Company to an Employee pursuant to Section 102(c) of the Ordinance without a Trustee.

2.5. “102 Ordinary Income Track Award” means any Award granted by the Company to an Employee pursuant to Section 102(b)(1) of the Ordinance under the ordinary income track.

2.6. “102 Trustee Awards” means, collectively, 102 Capital Gain Track Awards and 102 Ordinary Income Track Awards.

2.7. “Affiliate” means, for purpose of 102 Trustee Award, an “employing company” within the meaning and subject to the conditions of Section 102(a) of the Ordinance.

2.8. “Applicable Law” shall mean any applicable law, rule, regulation, statute, pronouncement, policy, interpretation, judgment, order or decree of any federal, provincial, state or local governmental, regulatory or adjudicative authority or agency, of any jurisdiction, and the rules and regulations of any stock exchange, over-the-counter market or trading system on which the common stock of the Company are then traded or listed.

2.9. “Controlling Stockholder” means as to such term is defined in Section 32(9) of the Ordinance.

2.10. “Election” as defined in Section 3.2 below.

2.11. “Employee” means an “employee” within the meaning of Section 102(a) of the Ordinance (which as of the date of the adoption of this Appendix means (i) an individual employed by an Israeli company being an Affiliate, and (ii) an individual who is serving and is engaged personally (and not through an entity) as an “office holder” by an Affiliate, excluding, in any event, Controlling Stockholders).

2.12. “ITA” means the Israel Tax Authority.

2.13. “Ordinance” means the Israeli Income Tax Ordinance (New Version), 1961, including the Rules and any other regulations, rules, orders or procedures promulgated thereunder, as may be amended or replaced from time to time.

2.14. “Required Holding Period” as defined in Section 3.5.1 below.

2.15. “Rules” means the Income Tax Rules (Tax Reliefs in Stock Issuance to Employees) 5763-2003.

2.16. “Section 102” means Section 102 of the Ordinance.

2.17. “Trust Agreement” means the agreement to be signed between the Company, an Affiliate and the Trustee for the purposes of Section 102.

2.18. “Trustee” means the trustee appointed by the Company’s Board of Directors and/or by the Committee to hold the Awards and approved by the ITA.

2.19. “Withholding Obligations” as defined in Section 5.5 below.

3.102 AWARDS

3.1. Tracks. Awards granted pursuant to this Section 3 are intended to be granted as either 102 Capital Gain Track Awards or 102 Ordinary Income Track Awards. 102 Trustee Awards shall be granted subject to the special terms and conditions contained in this Section 3 and the general terms and conditions of the Plan, except for any provisions of the Plan applying to Awards under different tax laws or regulations.


3.2. Election of Track. Subject to Applicable Law, the Company may grant only one type of 102 Trustee Award at any given time to all Participants who are to be granted 102 Trustee Awards pursuant to this Appendix, and shall file an election with the ITA regarding the type of 102 Trustee Award it elects to grant before the date of grant of any 102 Trustee Award (the “Election”). Such Election shall also apply to any other securities received by any Participant as a result of holding the 102 Trustee Awards. The Company may change the type of 102 Trustee Award that it elects to grant only after the expiration of at least 12 months from the end of the year in which the first grant was made in accordance with the previous Election, or as otherwise provided by Applicable Law. Any Election shall not prevent the Company from granting 102 Non-Trustee Awards.

3.3. Eligibility for Awards. Subject to Applicable Law, 102 Awards may only be granted to Employees. Such 102 Awards may either be granted to a Trustee or granted under Section 102 without a Trustee.

3.4. 102 Award Grant Date.

(a) Each 102 Award will be deemed granted on the date determined by the Committee, subject to the provisions of the Plan, provided that (i) the Participant has signed all documents required by the Company or pursuant to Applicable Law, and (ii) with respect to any 102 Trustee Award, the Company has provided all applicable documents to the Trustee in accordance with the guidelines published by the ITA.

(b) Unless otherwise permitted by the Ordinance, any grants of 102 Trustee Awards that are made on or after the date of the adoption of the Plan and this Appendix or an amendment to the Plan or this Appendix, as the case may be, that may become effective only at the expiration of thirty (30) days after the filing of the Plan and this Appendix or any amendment thereof (as the case may be) with the ITA in accordance with the Ordinance shall be conditional upon the expiration of such 30-day period, and such condition shall be read and is incorporated by reference into any corporate resolutions approving such grants and into any Award Agreement evidencing such grants (whether or not explicitly referring to such condition), and the date of grant shall be at the expiration of such 30-day period, whether or not the date of grant indicated therein corresponds with this Section. In the case of any contradiction, this provision and the date of grant determined pursuant hereto shall supersede and be deemed to amend any date of grant indicated in any corporate resolution or Award Agreement. Nevertheless, this 30-day period may be waived subject to a special tax ruling to be obtained from the ITA and pursuant to its terms, or may not apply to any exchange of equity pursuant to a special tax ruling and its terms.

3.5. 102 Trustee Awards.

(a) Each 102 Trustee Award, each share of Common Stock issued pursuant to the grant, exercise or vesting of any 102 Trustee Award and any rights granted thereunder, shall be allocated or issued to and registered in the name of the Trustee and shall be held in trust or controlled by the Trustee (pursuant to an approval from the ITA) for the benefit of the Participant for the requisite period prescribed by the Ordinance or such longer period as set by the Committee (the “Required Holding Period”). In the event that the requirements under Section 102 to qualify an Award as a 102 Trustee Award are not met, then the Award may be treated as a 102 Non-Trustee Award or 3(9) Award (as determined by the Company), all in accordance with the provisions of the Ordinance. After the expiration of the Required Holding Period, the Trustee may release such 102 Trustee Awards and any such shares of Common Stock, provided that (i) the Trustee has received an acknowledgment from the ITA that the Participant has paid any applicable taxes due pursuant to the Ordinance, or (ii) the Trustee and/or the Company and/or the Affiliate withhold(s) all applicable taxes and compulsory payments due pursuant to the Ordinance arising from the 102 Trustee Awards and/or any shares of Common Stock issued upon exercise or (if applicable) vesting of such 102 Trustee Awards. The Trustee shall not release any 102 Trustee Awards or shares of Common Stock issued upon exercise or (if applicable) vesting thereof, or any rights received with respect to such Awards, prior to the payment in full of the Participant’s tax and compulsory payments arising from such 102 Trustee Awards and/or shares of Common Stock or the withholding referred to in (ii) above.

(b) Each 102 Trustee Award shall be subject to the relevant terms of the Ordinance, the Rules and any determinations, rulings or approvals issued by the ITA, which shall be deemed an integral part of the 102 Trustee Awards and shall prevail over any term contained in the Plan, this Appendix or the Award Agreement that is not consistent therewith. Any provision of the Ordinance, the Rules and any determinations, rulings or approvals by the ITA not expressly specified in the Plan, this Appendix or Award Agreement that are necessary to receive or maintain any tax benefit pursuant to Section 102 shall be binding on the Participant. The Participant granted a 102 Trustee Award shall comply with the Ordinance and the terms and conditions of the Trust Agreement entered into between the Company and the Trustee. The Participant shall execute any and all documents that the Company and/or the Affiliate and/or the Trustee determine from time to time to be necessary in order to comply with the Ordinance and the Rules.

(c) During the Required Holding Period, the Participant shall not release from trust or sell, assign, transfer or give as collateral, the shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise or (if applicable) vesting of a 102 Trustee Award and/or any securities issued or distributed with respect thereto, until the expiration of the Required Holding Period. Notwithstanding the above, if any such sale, release or other action occurs during the Required Holding Period it may result in adverse tax consequences to the Participant under Section 102 and the Rules, which shall apply to and shall be borne solely by such Participant. Subject to the foregoing, the Trustee may, pursuant to a written request from the Participant, but subject to the terms of the Plan and this Appendix, release and transfer such shares of Common Stock to a designated third party, provided that both of the following conditions have been fulfilled prior to such release or transfer: (i) payment has been made to the ITA of all taxes and compulsory payments required to be paid upon the release and transfer of the shares of Common Stock, and confirmation of such payment has been received by the Trustee and the Company, and (ii) the Trustee has received written confirmation from the Company that all requirements for such release and transfer have been fulfilled according to the terms of the Company’s corporate documents, any agreement governing the shares of Common Stock, the Plan, this Appendix, the Award Agreement and any Applicable Law.


(d) If a 102 Trustee Award is exercised or (if applicable) vested, the shares of Common Stock issued upon such exercise or (if applicable) vesting shall be issued in the name of the Trustee for the benefit of the Participant, or shall be deposited with the Trustee, or be subject to the Trustee’s control, if approved by the ITA.

(e) Upon or after receipt of a 102 Trustee Award, if required, the Participant may be required to sign an undertaking to release the Trustee from any liability with respect to any action or decision duly taken and executed in good faith by the Trustee in relation to the Plan, this Appendix, or any 102 Trustee Awards granted to such Participant hereunder.

3.6. 102 Non-Trustee Awards. The foregoing provisions of this Section 3 relating to 102 Trustee Awards shall not apply with respect to 102 Non-Trustee Awards, which shall, however, be subject to the relevant provisions of Section 102 and the applicable Rules. The Committee may determine that 102 Non-Trustee Awards, the shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise or (if applicable) vesting of a 102 Non-Trustee Award and/or any securities issued or distributed with respect thereto, shall be allocated or issued to the Trustee, who shall hold such 102 Non-Trustee Award and all accrued rights thereon (if any) in trust for the benefit of the Participant and/or the Company, as the case may be, until the full payment of tax arising from the 102 Non-Trustee Awards, the shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise or (if applicable) vesting of a 102 Non-Trustee Award and/or any securities issued or distributed with respect thereto. The Company may choose, alternatively, to require the Participant to provide the Company with a guarantee or other security, to the satisfaction of each of the Trustee and the Company, until the full payment of the applicable taxes.

3.7. Written Participant Undertaking. With respect to any 102 Trustee Award, as required by Section 102 and the Rules, by virtue of the receipt of such Award, the Participant is deemed to have undertaken and confirmed in writing the following (and such undertaking is deemed incorporated into any documents signed by the Participant in connection with the employment or service of the Participant and/or the grant of such Award). The following written undertaking shall be deemed to apply and relate to all 102 Trustee Awards granted to the Participant, whether under the Plan and this Appendix or other plans maintained by the Company, and whether prior to or after the date hereof:

(a) The Participant shall comply with all terms and conditions set forth in Section 102 with regard to the “Capital Gain Track” or the “Ordinary Income Track”, as applicable, and the applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, as amended from time to time;

(b) The Participant is familiar with, and understands the provisions of, Section 102 in general, and the tax arrangement under the “Capital Gain Track” or the “Ordinary Income Track” in particular, and its tax consequences; the Participant agrees that the 102 Trustee Awards and shares of Common Stock that may be issued upon exercise or (if applicable) vesting of the 102 Trustee Awards (or otherwise in relation to the Awards), will be held by a trustee appointed pursuant to Section 102 for at least the duration of the “Holding Period” (as such term is defined in Section 102) under the “Capital Gain Track” or the “Ordinary Income Track”, as applicable. The Participant understands that any release of such 102 Trustee Awards or shares of Common Stock from trust, or any sale of the shares of Common Stock prior to the termination of the Holding Period, as defined above, will result in taxation at the marginal tax rate, in addition to deductions of appropriate social security, health tax contributions or other compulsory payments; and

(c) The Participant agrees to the trust deed signed between the Company, his employing company and the trustee appointed pursuant to Section 102.

4.3(9) AWARDS

4.1. Awards granted pursuant to this Section 4 are intended to constitute 3(9) Awards and shall be granted subject to the general terms and conditions of the Plan, except for any provisions of the Plan applying to Awards under different tax laws or regulations. In the event of any inconsistency or contradictions between the provisions of this Section 4 and the other terms of the Plan, this Section 4 shall prevail.

4.2. To the extent required by the Ordinance or the ITA or otherwise deemed by the Committee to be advisable, the 3(9) Awards and/or any shares of Common Stock or other securities issued or distributed with respect thereto granted pursuant to the Plan and this Appendix shall be issued to a trustee nominated by the Committee in accordance with the provisions of the Ordinance. In such event, the trustee shall hold such Awards and/or any shares of Common Stock or other securities issued or distributed with respect thereto in trust, until exercised by the Participant or (if applicable) vested, and the full payment of tax arising therefrom, pursuant to the Company’s instructions from time to time as set forth in a trust agreement, which will have been entered into between the Company and the trustee. If determined by the Committee, and subject to such trust agreement, the Trustee shall be responsible for withholding any taxes to which a Participant may become liable upon issuance of shares of Common Stock, whether due to the exercise or (if applicable) vesting of Awards.

4.3. Shares of Common Stock pursuant to a 3(9) Award shall not be issued, unless the Participant delivers to the Company payment in cash or by bank check or such other form acceptable to the Committee of all withholding taxes due, if any, on account of the Participant acquiring shares of Common Stock under the Award or the Participant provides other assurance satisfactory to the Committee of the payment of those withholding taxes.


5.AGREEMENT REGARDING TAXES; DISCLAIMER

5.1. If the Committee shall so require, as a condition of exercise of an Award or the release of shares of Common Stock by the Trustee, a Participant shall agree that, no later than the date of such occurrence, the Participant will pay to the Company (or the Trustee, as applicable) or make arrangements satisfactory to the Committee and the Trustee (if applicable) regarding payment of any applicable taxes and compulsory payments of any kind required by Applicable Law to be withheld or paid.

5.2. TAX LIABILITY. ALL TAX CONSEQUENCES UNDER ANY APPLICABLE LAW WHICH MAY ARISE FROM THE GRANT OF ANY AWARDS OR THE EXERCISE THEREOF, THE SALE OR DISPOSITION OF ANY SHARES OF COMMON STOCK GRANTED HEREUNDER OR ISSUED UPON EXERCISE OR (IF APPLICABLE) VESTING OF ANY AWARD, THE ASSUMPTION, SUBSTITUTION, CANCELLATION OR PAYMENT IN LIEU OF AWARDS OR FROM ANY OTHER ACTION IN CONNECTION WITH THE FOREGOING (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY TAXES AND COMPULSORY PAYMENTS, SUCH AS SOCIAL SECURITY OR HEALTH TAX PAYABLE BY THE PARTICIPANT OR THE COMPANY IN CONNECTION THEREWITH) SHALL BE BORNE AND PAID SOLELY BY THE PARTICIPANT, AND THE PARTICIPANT SHALL INDEMNIFY THE COMPANY, THE AFFILIATE AND THE TRUSTEE, AND SHALL HOLD THEM HARMLESS AGAINST AND FROM ANY LIABILITY FOR ANY SUCH TAX OR PAYMENT OR ANY PENALTY, INTEREST OR INDEXATION THEREON. EACH PARTICIPANT AGREES TO, AND UNDERTAKES TO COMPLY WITH, ANY RULING, SETTLEMENT, CLOSING AGREEMENT OR OTHER SIMILAR AGREEMENT OR ARRANGEMENT WITH ANY TAX AUTHORITY IN CONNECTION WITH THE FOREGOING WHICH IS APPROVED BY THE COMPANY.

5.3. NO TAX ADVICE. THE PARTICIPANT IS ADVISED TO CONSULT WITH A TAX ADVISOR WITH RESPECT TO THE TAX CONSEQUENCES OF RECEIVING, EXERCISING OR DISPOSING OF AWARDS HEREUNDER. THE COMPANY DOES NOT ASSUME ANY RESPONSIBILITY TO ADVISE THE PARTICIPANT ON SUCH MATTERS, WHICH SHALL REMAIN SOLELY THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE PARTICIPANT.

5.4. TAX TREATMENT. THE COMPANY DOES NOT UNDERTAKE OR ASSUME ANY LIABILITY OR RESPONSIBILITY TO THE EFFECT THAT ANY AWARD SHALL QUALIFY WITH ANY PARTICULAR TAX REGIME OR RULES APPLYING TO PARTICULAR TAX TREATMENT, OR BENEFIT FROM ANY PARTICULAR TAX TREATMENT OR TAX ADVANTAGE OF ANY TYPE AND THE COMPANY SHALL BEAR NO LIABILITY IN CONNECTION WITH THE MANNER IN WHICH ANY AWARD IS EVENTUALLY TREATED FOR TAX PURPOSES, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THE AWARD WAS GRANTED OR WAS INTENDED TO QUALIFY UNDER ANY PARTICULAR TAX REGIME OR TREATMENT. THIS PROVISION SHALL SUPERSEDE ANY DESIGNATION OF AWARDS OR TAX QUALIFICATION INDICATED IN ANY CORPORATE RESOLUTION OR AWARD AGREEMENT, WHICH SHALL AT ALL TIMES BE SUBJECT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF APPLICABLE LAW. THE COMPANY DOES NOT UNDERTAKE AND SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO TAKE ANY ACTION IN ORDER TO QUALIFY ANY AWARD WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF ANY PARTICULAR TAX TREATMENT AND NO INDICATION IN ANY DOCUMENT TO THE EFFECT THAT ANY AWARD IS INTENDED TO QUALIFY FOR ANY TAX TREATMENT SHALL IMPLY SUCH AN UNDERTAKING. NO ASSURANCE IS MADE BY THE COMPANY OR THE AFFILIATE THAT ANY PARTICULAR TAX TREATMENT ON THE DATE OF GRANT WILL CONTINUE TO EXIST OR THAT THE AWARD WILL QUALIFY AT THE TIME OF EXERCISE OR DISPOSITION THEREOF WITH ANY PARTICULAR TAX TREATMENT. THE COMPANY AND THE AFFILIATE SHALL NOT HAVE ANY LIABILITY OR OBLIGATION OF ANY NATURE IN THE EVENT THAT AN AWARD DOES NOT QUALIFY FOR ANY PARTICULAR TAX TREATMENT, REGARDLESS WHETHER THE COMPANY COULD HAVE TAKEN ANY ACTION TO CAUSE SUCH QUALIFICATION TO BE MET AND SUCH QUALIFICATION REMAINS AT ALL TIMES AND UNDER ALL CIRCUMSTANCES AT THE RISK OF THE PARTICIPANT. THE COMPANY DOES NOT UNDERTAKE OR ASSUME ANY LIABILITY TO CONTEST A DETERMINATION OR INTERPRETATION (WHETHER WRITTEN OR UNWRITTEN) OF ANY TAX AUTHORITY, INCLUDING IN RESPECT OF THE QUALIFICATION UNDER ANY PARTICULAR TAX REGIME OR RULES APPLYING TO PARTICULAR TAX TREATMENT. IF THE AWARDS DO NOT QUALIFY UNDER ANY PARTICULAR TAX TREATMENT IT COULD RESULT IN ADVERSE TAX CONSEQUENCES TO THE PARTICIPANT.

5.5. The Company or the Affiliate may take such action as it may deem necessary or appropriate, in its discretion, for the purpose of or in connection with withholding of any taxes and compulsory payments which the Trustee, the Company or the Affiliate is required by any Applicable Law to withhold in connection with any Awards (collectively, “Withholding Obligations”). Such actions may include (i) requiring Participants to remit to the Company in cash an amount sufficient to satisfy such Withholding Obligations and any other taxes and compulsory payments, payable by the Company in connection with the Award or the exercise or (if applicable) vesting thereof; (ii) subject to Applicable Law, allowing the Participants to provide shares of Common Stock, in an amount that at such time, reflects a value that the Committee determines to be sufficient to satisfy such Withholding Obligations; (iii) withholding shares of Common Stock otherwise issuable upon the exercise of an Award at a value which is determined by the Committee to be sufficient to satisfy such Withholding Obligations; or (iv) any combination of the foregoing. The Company shall not be obligated to allow the exercise of any Award by or on behalf of a Participant until all tax consequences arising from the exercise of such Award are resolved in a manner acceptable to the Company.


5.6. Each Participant shall notify the Company in writing promptly and in any event within ten (10) days after the date on which such Participant first obtains knowledge of any tax bureau inquiry, audit, assertion, determination, investigation, or question relating in any manner to the Awards granted or received hereunder or shares of Common Stock issued thereunder and shall continuously inform the Company of any developments, proceedings, discussions and negotiations relating to such matter, and shall allow the Company and its representatives to participate in any proceedings and discussions concerning such matters. Upon request, a Participant shall provide to the Company any information or document relating to any matter described in the preceding sentence, which the Company, in its discretion, requires.

5.7. With respect to 102 Non-Trustee Awards, if the Participant ceases to be employed by the Company or any Affiliate, the Participant shall extend to the Company and/or the Affiliate with whom the Participant is employed a security or guarantee for the payment of taxes due at the time of sale of shares of Common Stock, all in accordance with the provisions of Section 102 and the Rules.

6.RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS AS A STOCKHOLDER

6.1. A Participant shall have no rights as a stockholder of the Company with respect to any shares of Common Stock covered by an Award until the Participant exercises the Award, pays the exercise price therefor and becomes the record holder of the subject shares of Common Stock. In the case of 102 Awards or 3(9) Awards (if such Awards are being held by a Trustee), the Trustee shall have no rights as a stockholder of the Company with respect to the shares of Common Stock covered by such Award until the Trustee becomes the record holder for such Common Stock for the Participant’s benefit, and the Participant shall not be deemed to be a stockholder and shall have no rights as a stockholder of the Company with respect to the shares of Common Stock covered by the Award until the date of the release of such shares of Common Stock from the Trustee to the Participant and the transfer of record ownership of such shares of Common Stock to the Participant (provided however that the Participant shall be entitled to receive from the Trustee any cash dividend or distribution made on account of the shares of Common Stock held by the Trustee for such Participant’s benefit, subject to any tax withholding and compulsory payment). No adjustment shall be made for dividends (ordinary or extraordinary, whether in cash, securities or other property) or distribution of other rights for which the record date is prior to the date on which the Participant or Trustee (as applicable) becomes the record holder of the shares of Common Stock covered by an Award, except as provided in the Plan.

6.2. With respect to shares of Common Stock issued upon the exercise or (if applicable) vesting of Awards hereunder, any and all voting rights attached to such Common Stock shall be subject to the provisions of the Plan, and the Participant shall be entitled to receive dividends distributed with respect to such shares of Common Stock, subject to the provisions of the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation and By-laws, as amended from time to time, and subject to any Applicable Law (after deduction of all applicable tax payments).

7.GOVERNING LAW

7.1. This Appendix shall be governed by, construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without reference to conflicts of law principles, except that applicable Israeli laws, rules and regulations (as amended) shall apply to any mandatory tax matters arising hereunder.

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Annex B

CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT

OF

AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF

BIOMX INC.

 

BiomX Inc. (the “Corporation”), a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”), hereby certifies:

 

FIRST: That the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, as amended, be further amended by inserting into Article FIFTH thereof, immediately after the last sentence of the first paragraph, the following:

 

“…Upon this Certificate of Amendment becoming effective pursuant to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “Effective Time”), the shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding or held in treasury immediately prior to the Effective Time (the “Old Common Stock”) shall be reclassified as and converted into a different number of shares of Common Stock (the “New Common Stock”) such that each []1 shares of Old Common Stock shall, at the Effective Time, be automatically reclassified as and converted into one share of New Common Stock (the “Reverse Stock Split”). From and after the Effective Time, certificates representing the Old Common Stock shall represent the number of whole shares of New Common Stock into which such Old Common Stock shall have been reclassified pursuant to this Certificate of Amendment. No fractional shares of Common Stock shall be issued as a result of the Reverse Stock Split. Fractional share resulting from the Reverse Stock Split will be rounded up to the next whole share.”

 

SECOND: The foregoing amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation was duly adopted by vote of the directors and stockholders of the Corporation in accordance with the applicable provisions of Sections 141, 222 and 242 of the DGCL.

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By approving this Certificate of Amendment, stockholders are approving one, and only one, reverse stock split ratio of between 1:5 and 1:10 shares of our Common Stock into one share. The Certificate of Amendment that is filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware will include only one ratio determined by the Board of Directors of the corporation to be in the best interests of the corporation and its stockholders following stockholder approval of this amendment and prior to the time of filing of the Certificate of Amendment.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Certificate of Amendment to be signed by its Chief Executive Officer this ___ day of __________ 2022.202_.

 

 BIOMX INC.
   
 By: 
  Jonathan Solomon
  Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

BIOMX INC.

Special Meeting of Stockholders

August 28, 2023 8:00 AM Eastern Time

This proxy is solicited by the Board of Directors

The stockholder(s) hereby appoint(s) Jonathan Solomon and Marina Wolfson or any of them, as proxies, each with the power to appoint his or her substitute, and hereby authorize(s) them to represent and to vote, as designated on the reverse side of this ballot, all of the shares of common stock of BIOMX INC. that the stockholder(s) is/are entitled to vote at the Special meeting of Stockholders to be held virtually at 8:00 AM, Eastern Time on August 28, 2023, at [●], and any adjournment or postponement thereof.

This proxy, when properly executed, will be voted as directed herein. If no direction is given, this proxy will be voted FOR proposals 1 and 2, and in the discretion of the proxies, upon such other business as may properly come before the Special Meeting of Stockholders.

Continued and to be signed on the reverse side.

 

 

 

 

THIS PROXY CARD IS VALID ONLY WHEN SIGNED AND DATED.

 

BIOMX INC.

The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR the following proposal:

1.To approve an amendment to the Company’s 2019 Omnibus Long-Term Incentive Plan, allowing the Company’s Board of Directors to effect one or more Option Exchanges:

ForAgainstAbstain

The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR the following proposal:

2.To authorize the Company’s Board of Directors to amend the amended and restated certificate of incorporation of the Company to effect one reverse stock split of the Company’s outstanding Common Stock, $0.0001 par value per share, at any ratio between 1-for-5 and 1-for-10 at such time as our Board of Directors shall determine, in its sole discretion, any time before August 28, 2024:

ForAgainstAbstain

Note: In their discretion, the proxies are authorized to vote upon such other business as may property come before the Special Meeting of Stockholders or any postponement or adjournment thereof.

Please sign exactly as your name(s) appear(s) hereon. When signing as attorney, executor, administrator, or other fiduciary, please give full title as such. Joint owners should each sign personally. All holders must sign. If a corporation or partnership, please sign in full corporate or partnership name by authorized officer.

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