Filed Pursuant to Rule 424(b)(5)
Registration No. 333-258259
PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT
(To prospectus dated August 9, 2021)
1,084,923 American Depositary Shares representing 433,969,200 Ordinary Shares
Pre-funded Warrants to Purchase up to 217,000 American Depositary Shares
Up to 217,000 American Depositary Shares representing 86,800,000 Ordinary Shares
underlying the Pre-funded Warrants
RedHill Biopharma Ltd.
We are offering 1,084,923 American Depositary Shares (“ADSs”) in this offering. Each ADS represents 400 ordinary shares, par value NIS 0.01 per share (the “Ordinary Shares”). We are also offering Pre-funded Warrants to purchase 217,000 ADSs (the “Pre-funded Warrants”) to an institutional investor pursuant to this prospectus supplement, the accompanying prospectus and a securities purchase agreement dated as of July 21, 2023, by and among us and the purchasers signatory thereto (the “Securities Purchase Agreement”). The purchase price of each ADS is $1.35, and the purchase price of each Pre-funded Warrant is $1.349 (equal to the purchase price per ADS minus $0.001).
A holder of Pre-funded Warrants will not have the right to exercise any portion of its Pre-funded Warrants if the holder, together with its affiliates and certain related parties, would beneficially own in excess of 4.99% (or, at the election of the holder, 9.99%) of the number of the Ordinary Shares outstanding immediately after giving effect to such exercise. The Pre-funded Warrants may only be exercised to purchase whole ADSs at an exercise price of $0.001 per ADS. The Pre-funded Warrants are immediately exercisable and may be exercised at any time until all of the Pre-funded Warrants are exercised in full. There is no established public trading market for the Pre-funded Warrants, and we do not expect a market to develop. We do not intend to apply for listing of the Pre-funded Warrants on the Nasdaq Stock Market (“Nasdaq”) or any other securities exchange or nationally recognized trading system. Without an active trading market, the liquidity of the Pre-funded Warrants will be limited. The ADSs issuable from time to time upon exercise of the Pre-funded Warrants are also being offered by this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus. We refer to the ADSs and the Pre-funded Warrants being offered hereby and the ADSs issued or issuable upon exercise of the Pre-funded Warrants being offered hereby, collectively, as the “securities.”
In connection with this offering, we agreed with the investors in this offering to amend (i) certain existing warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 330,106 ADSs at an exercise price of $4.75 per ADS, issued on May 11, 2022, as subsequently amended effective as of April 3, 2023 (the “May 2022 Warrants”), and (ii) certain existing warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 971,817 ADSs at an exercise price of $4.6305 per ADS issued on December 6, 2022 (the “December 2022 Warrants”), so that the amended warrants, in each case, will have a reduced exercise price of $1.80 per ADS, effective upon closing of this offering.
As of the date of this prospectus supplement, the aggregate market value of our outstanding Ordinary Shares held by non-affiliates pursuant to General Instruction I.B.5 of Form F-3 is $9,030,426.00, based on 1,556,970,344 Ordinary Shares outstanding held by non-affiliates (which would be represented by 3,892,425 ADSs), and a per ADS price of $2.32 per ADS, the closing price of the ADSs on May 31, 2023 as reported on Nasdaq. We have not sold any securities pursuant to General Instruction I.B.5 of Form F-3 during the 12 calendar months prior to and including the date of this prospectus supplement. Pursuant to General Instruction I.B.5 of Form F-3, in no event will we sell securities pursuant to the registration statement of which this prospectus supplement forms a part in a public primary offering with a value exceeding one-third of our outstanding voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates (the “public float”) in any 12-month period so long as our public float remains below $75.0 million.
The ADSs are listed on Nasdaq under the symbol “RDHL.” On July 20, 2023, the last reported sale price of the ADSs on Nasdaq was $1.85 per ADS.
Investing in our securities involves a high degree of risk. Please read “Risk Factors” beginning on page S-11 of this prospectus supplement, on page 10 of the accompanying prospectus and in the documents incorporated by reference into this prospectus supplement.
None of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, any state securities commission or any other regulatory body, has approved or disapproved of these securities or passed upon the adequacy or accuracy of this prospectus supplement or the accompanying prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
| | Per ADS | | | Per Pre- funded Warrant | | | Total | |
Offering price | | $ | 1.35000 | | | $ | 1.34900 | | | $ | 1,757,379.05 | |
Placement agent fees(1) | | $ | 0.10125 | | | $ | 0.10125 | | | $ | 131,819.70 | |
Proceeds to us, before expenses | | $ | 1.24875 | | | $ | 1.24775 | | | $ | 1,625,559.35 | |
(1) | We will pay the placement agent a cash fee equal to 7.5% of the aggregate gross proceeds of this offering. In addition, we will reimburse the Placement Agent (as defined below) $25,000 for non-accountable expenses, up to $50,000 for fees and expenses of legal counsel and other out-of-pocket expenses and $15,950 for its clearing expenses. In addition, we agreed to issue to the Placement Agent or its designees, warrants to purchase up to 78,115 ADSs at an exercise price of $1.6875 per ADS (the “Placement Agent Warrants”). See “Plan of Distribution” on page S-28 of this prospectus supplement for more information regarding the Placement Agent’s compensation. |
We have retained H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC (“Wainwright” or the “Placement Agent”) to act as our placement agent in connection with this offering. The Placement Agent is not purchasing or selling any of the securities offered pursuant to this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus and the Placement Agent is not required to arrange the purchase or sale of any specific number of securities or dollar amount, but it has agreed to use its best efforts to arrange for the sale of all of the securities.
We anticipate that delivery of the ADSs and the Pre-funded Warrants will be made on or about July 25, 2023, subject to satisfaction of customary closing conditions.
H.C. Wainwright & Co.
Prospectus supplement dated July 21, 2023.
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ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT
This prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus form part of the registration statement (No. 333-258259) that we filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), using a “shelf” registration process. This document comprises two parts. The first part is this prospectus supplement, which describes the specific terms of this offering and also adds to and updates information contained in the accompanying base prospectus and the documents incorporated by reference herein. The second part, the accompanying base prospectus, gives more general information, some of which may not apply to this offering. Generally, when we refer to this prospectus, we are referring to both parts of this document combined. If the description of the offering varies between this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus or the documents incorporated herein or therein by reference filed prior to the date of this prospectus supplement, you should rely on the information contained in this prospectus supplement. However, if any statement in one of these documents is inconsistent with a statement in another document having a later date - for example, a document incorporated by reference in the accompanying prospectus - the statement in the document having the later date modifies or supersedes the earlier statement.
We have not, and the Placement Agent has not, authorized anyone to provide information different from that contained in this prospectus supplement, the accompanying prospectus and any free writing prospectus that we have authorized for use in this offering. If anyone provides you with different or inconsistent information, you should not rely on it. Neither we nor the Placement Agent take any responsibility for, and can provide no assurance as to the reliability of, any other information that others may give you. You should not assume that the information contained in this prospectus supplement or the accompanying prospectus, or any document incorporated by reference in this prospectus supplement or the accompanying prospectus, is accurate as of any date other than the date on the front cover of the applicable document. Neither the delivery of this prospectus supplement, the accompanying prospectus and any free writing prospectus that we have authorized for use in this offering, nor the sale of our securities means that information contained in this prospectus supplement, the accompanying prospectus and any free writing prospectus that we have authorized for use in this offering, is correct after their respective dates. Our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects may have changed since that date. It is important for you to read and consider all information contained in this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus, including the information incorporated by reference into this prospectus supplement, the accompanying prospectus and any free writing prospectus that we have authorized for use in connection with this offering in making your investment decision.
Before purchasing any securities, you should carefully read both this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus, together with the additional information described under the headings, “Where You Can Find More Information” and “Incorporation of Information by Reference,” on page S-31 of this prospectus supplement.
Unless the context otherwise requires, all references to “RedHill,” “we,” “us,” “our,” the “Company” and similar designations refer to RedHill Biopharma Ltd. and its wholly-owned subsidiary, RedHill Biopharma Inc. The term “NIS” refers to New Israeli Shekels, the lawful currency of the State of Israel, and the terms “dollar,” “US$” or “$” refer to U.S. dollars, the lawful currency of the United States (“U.S.”). Our functional and presentation currency is the U.S. dollar. Foreign currency transactions in currencies other than the U.S. dollar are translated in this prospectus supplement into U.S. dollars using exchange rates in effect at the date of the transactions.
We further note that the representations, warranties and covenants made by us in any agreement that is filed as an exhibit to any document that is incorporated by reference herein were made solely for the benefit of the parties to such agreement, including, in some cases, for the purpose of allocating risk among the parties to such agreements, and should not be deemed to be a representation, warranty or covenant to you. Moreover, such representations, warranties or covenants were accurate only as of the date when made. Accordingly, such representations, warranties, and covenants should not be relied on as accurately representing the current state of our affairs.
This prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus do not constitute an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to purchase, the securities offered by this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus in any jurisdiction where it is unlawful to make such offer or solicitation.
We are offering to sell, and seeking offers to buy, securities only in jurisdictions where offers and sales are permitted. The distribution of this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus and the offering of the securities in certain jurisdictions may be restricted by law. Persons outside the U.S. who come into possession of this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus must inform themselves about, and observe any restrictions relating to, the offering of the securities and the distribution of this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus outside the U.S. This prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus do not constitute, and may not be used in connection with, an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to buy, any securities offered by this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus by any person in any jurisdiction in which it is unlawful for such person to make such an offer or solicitation.
CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This prospectus supplement, the accompanying prospectus, and the information incorporated by reference herein and therein may include forward-looking statements. These statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terms, including “anticipates,” “believes,” “could,” “estimates,” “expects,” “intends,” “may,” “plans,” “potential,” “predicts,” “projects,” “should,” “will,” “would,” and similar expressions intended to identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements reflect our current views with respect to future events and are based on assumptions and are subject to risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond our control and cannot be predicted or quantified. In addition, certain sections of this prospectus supplement, the accompanying prospectus, and the information incorporated by reference herein contain information obtained from independent industry and other sources that we may not have independently validated. You should not put undue reliance on any forward-looking statements. Unless we are required to do so under U.S. federal securities laws or other applicable laws, we do not intend to update or revise any forward-looking statements.
Our ability to predict our operating results or the effects of various events on our operating results is inherently uncertain. Therefore, we caution you to consider carefully the matters described under the caption “Risk Factors” on page S-11 of this prospectus supplement, and certain other matters discussed in this prospectus supplement, the accompanying prospectus, and the information incorporated by reference herein and therein, and other publicly available sources. Such factors and many other factors beyond our control could cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements that may be expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements.
Factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to:
| • | the going concern reference in our financial statements and our ability to obtain additional financing; |
| • | our reduced revenues, business size and scope, market share and opportunities in certain markets following the sale of our rights to Movantik®; |
| • | estimates of our expenses, future revenues, capital requirements and our needs for additional financing; |
| • | our ability to obtain additional financing; |
| • | the commercialization and market acceptance of our commercial products; |
| • | our ability to generate sufficient revenues from our commercial products, including obtaining commercial insurance and government reimbursement; |
| • | our ability to advance our therapeutic candidates into clinical trials or to successfully complete our preclinical studies or clinical trials, and to complete the development of such therapeutic candidates and obtain approval for marketing by the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) or other regulatory authorities; |
| • | our reliance on third parties to satisfactorily conduct key portions of our commercial operations, including manufacturing and other supply chain functions, market analysis services, safety monitoring, regulatory reporting and sales data analysis and the risk that those third parties may not perform such functions satisfactorily; |
| • | our ability to maintain an appropriate sales and marketing infrastructure; |
| • | our ability to establish and maintain corporate collaborations; |
| • | that our current commercial products or commercial products that we may commercialize or promote in the future may be withdrawn from the market by regulatory authorities and our need to comply with continuing laws, regulations and guidelines to maintain clearances and approvals for those products; |
| • | our exposure to significant drug product liability claims; |
| • | the initiation and completion of any postmarketing studies or trials; |
| • | our ability to acquire products approved for marketing in the U.S. that achieve commercial success and to maintain our own marketing and commercialization capabilities; |
| • | our estimates of the markets, their size, characteristics and their potential for our commercial products and therapeutic candidates and our ability to serve those markets; |
| • | the successful commercialization of products we in-license or acquire; |
| • | our inability to enforce claims relating to a breach of a representation and warranty by a counterparty; |
| • | the hiring and continued employment of executives, sales personnel, and contractors; |
| • | our receipt and timing of regulatory clarity and approvals for our commercial products and therapeutic candidates, and the timing of other regulatory filings and approvals; |
| • | the initiation, timing, progress, and results of our research, development, manufacturing, preclinical studies, clinical trials, and other commercial efforts and therapeutic candidate development, as well as the extent and number of additional studies that we may be required to conduct; |
| • | our ability to advance our therapeutic candidates into clinical trials or to successfully complete our preclinical studies or clinical trials, including developing a commercial companion diagnostic for the detection of Mycobacterium avium paratuberculosis; |
| • | our reliance on third parties to conduct key portions of our clinical trials, including data management services and the risk that those third parties may not perform such functions satisfactorily; |
| • | our reliance on third parties to manufacture and supply our therapeutic candidates and their respective active pharmaceutical ingredients with the requisite quality and manufacturing standards in sufficient quantities and within the required timeframes and at an acceptable cost; |
| • | the research, manufacturing, clinical development, commercialization, and market acceptance of our therapeutic candidates; |
| • | the interpretation of the properties and characteristics of our commercial products or therapeutic candidates and of the results obtained in research, preclinical studies or clinical trials; |
| • | the implementation of our business model, strategic plans for our business, commercial products, and therapeutic candidates; |
| • | the impact of other companies and technologies that compete with us within our industry; |
| • | the scope of protection we are able to establish and maintain for intellectual property rights covering our commercial products and therapeutic candidates, including from existing or future claims of infringement, and our ability to operate our business without infringing or violating the intellectual property rights of others; |
| • | parties from whom we license or acquire our intellectual property defaulting in their obligations toward us; |
| • | the failure by a licensor or a partner of ours to meet their respective obligations under our acquisition, in-license or other development or commercialization agreements or renegotiate the obligations under such agreements, or if other events occur that are not within our control, such as bankruptcy of a licensor or a partner; |
| • | our reliance on the actions of third parties, including sublicensors and their other sublicensees, to maintain our rights under our in-licenses which are sublicenses; |
| • | the effect of a potential occurrence of patients suffering serious adverse events using investigative drugs under our Expanded Access Program; |
| • | our ability to implement network systems and controls that are effective at preventing cyber-attacks, malware intrusions, malicious viruses and ransomware threats; |
| • | our ability to resolve the disputes regarding the alleged events of default under our term loan facility, if not resolved, could harm our financial condition which could materially adversely affect our financial performance; |
| • | our ability to regain or maintain compliance with Nasdaq’s listing standards; |
| • | the effects of the economic and business environment, including unforeseeable events and the changing market conditions caused by the COVID-19 global pandemic; and |
| • | the impact on our business of the political and security situation in Israel, the U.S. and other places in which we operate. |
Summary of Risk Factors
The following is a summary of some of the principal risks we face. The list below is not exhaustive, and investors should read the “Risk Factors” section, including the “Item 3. Key Information - Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year-ended December 31, 2022, in full.
| • | Our financial statements include a going concern reference. We will need to raise significant additional capital to finance our losses and negative cash flows from operations, and if we were to fail to raise sufficient capital or on favorable terms and/or fail to replace Movantik® with another commercial product on a timely basis, we may need to cease operations. Management has substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. |
| • | Following our sale of our rights to Movantik®, our revenue, business’ size and scope, market share and opportunities in certain markets, or our ability to compete in certain markets and therapeutic categories is reduced. |
| • | Our ability to replace Movantik® with another commercial product, either internal or external, may not occur, and we may never achieve levels of revenue we have achieved through Movantik®. |
| • | Our failure to maintain compliance with Nasdaq’s continued listing requirements could result in the desilting of the ADSs. |
| • | Certain obligations under the Credit Agreement, dated February 3, 2020, as amended and the Asset Purchase Agreement, dated February 2, 2023 entered into with HCR Collateral Management, LLC (“HCRM”) and certain of its affiliates in connection with the sale of Movantik® in exchange for extinguishment of all debt obligations under the Credit Agreement are secured by a lien on Talicia®-related assets. As a result of this security interest, until extinguishment of such security interest, if we were to become insolvent the Talicia® assets would only be available to satisfy claims of our general creditors or to holders of our equity securities to the extent the value of such assets exceeded the amount of our indebtedness and other obligations. In addition, if we lose Talicia® to a foreclosure, we will lose our remaining source of revenue following the sale of Movantik®, assuming we are not able to replace Movantik® with another commercial product. The existence of these security interests may also adversely affect our financial flexibility. |
| • | Our pursuit of treatments for SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19) infection in patients entails a high level of uncertainty. We cannot assure you that either opaganib (ABC294640; Yeliva®) (“opaganib”) or RHB-107 will prove to be a safe and effective treatment for COVID-19, or will be approved for marketing or Emergency Use Authorization or be granted with Expanded Access clearance by the FDA or other regulatory authorities. In addition, we cannot assure that we will be able to complete the development of opaganib or RHB-107. |
| • | If we are successful in developing a COVID-19 therapeutic, we may need to devote significant resources to our manufacturing scale-up and large-scale deployment, including for use by the U.S. or other governments. If one of our COVID-19 therapeutic candidates is approved for marketing or for Emergency Use, we may also need to devote significant resources to further expand our U.S. and non-U.S. sales and marketing activities and increase or maintain personnel to accommodate sales in the U.S. and outside the U.S. |
| • | If we or our future development or commercialization partners are unable to obtain or maintain the FDA or other foreign regulatory clearance and approval for our commercial products or therapeutic candidates, we or our commercialization partners will be unable to commercialize our current commercial products, products we may commercialize or promote in the future or our therapeutic candidates, upon approval, if any. |
PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT SUMMARY
This summary highlights selected information about us, this offering and information contained in greater detail elsewhere in this prospectus supplement, the accompanying prospectus, any free writing prospectus that we have authorized for use, and in the documents incorporated by reference. This summary is not complete and does not contain all of the information that you should consider before investing in the securities. You should carefully read and consider this entire prospectus supplement, the accompanying prospectus and the documents, including financial statements and related notes, and information incorporated by reference into this prospectus supplement, including the financial statements and “Risk Factors” starting on page S-11 of this prospectus supplement, before making an investment decision. If you invest in our securities, you are assuming a high degree of risk.
Our Business
We are a specialty biopharmaceutical company, primarily focused on gastrointestinal (“GI”) and infectious diseases. Our primary goal is to become a leading specialty biopharmaceutical company.
We are currently focused primarily on the commercialization in the U.S. of the GI-related products, Talicia® (omeprazole, amoxicillin, and rifabutin) and Aemcolo® (rifamycin).
In addition, we continue to develop our pipeline of clinical-stage therapeutic candidates, including, among others, opaganib and RHB-107 (upamostat), as potential treatments for COVID-19, and nuclear radiation protection development program opaganib, with newly published data from eight U.S. government-funded in vivo studies. We look for opportunities to leverage our commercial presence and capabilities in the U.S. to support the potential future launch of our therapeutic candidates currently under development, if approved by the FDA, or any FDA-approved products that we may acquire the rights to in the future.
Our current pipeline consists of five therapeutic candidates, most of which are in late-stage clinical development. We generate our pipeline of therapeutic candidates by identifying, validating and in-licensing or acquiring products that are consistent with our product and corporate strategy and that have the potential to exhibit a favorable probability of therapeutic and commercial success. We have one product that we primarily developed internally which has been approved for marketing and, to date, none of our therapeutic candidates has generated meaningful revenues. We have out-licensed one of our commercial products, Talicia®, and one of our clinical-stage therapeutic candidates, opaganib, for specific territories outside the U.S. and we plan to commercialize our therapeutic candidates, upon approval, if any, through licensing and other commercialization arrangements outside the U.S. with pharmaceutical companies on a global and territorial basis or, in the case of commercialization in the U.S., independently with our dedicated commercial operations or in potential partnership with other commercial-stage companies. We also evaluate, on a case-by-case basis, co-development, co-promotion, licensing, acquisitions and similar arrangements.
Kukbo Proceedings
We continue our litigation against Kukbo Co. Ltd. (“Kukbo”) which was filed on September 2022 as a result of Kukbo’s default in delivering to RedHill a total of $6.5 million under the Subscription Agreement, dated October 25, 2021 (the “Subscription Agreement”) and the Exclusive License Agreement, dated March 14, 2022. Following a recent court decision on our motion to dismiss Kukbo’s counterclaims, which dismissed certain (but not all) counterclaims, we filed a motion to reargue in light of a misstatement in the court’s order. The court granted an oral argument on the motion to reargue scheduled for August 10, 2023. We further plan to continue to rigorously pursue the Kukbo litigation.
Nasdaq Deficiency
On May 9, 2023, we received a written notification from the Nasdaq Stock, indicating that we are not in compliance with the minimum Market Value of Publicly Held Shares (“MVPHS”) set forth in the Nasdaq Listing Rules for continued listing on Nasdaq. Nasdaq Listing Rule 5450(b)(3)(C) requires companies to maintain a minimum MVPHS of $15 million, and Listing Rule 5810(c)(3)(D) provides that a failure to meet the MVPHS requirement exists if the deficiency continues for a period of 30 consecutive business days. Pursuant to Nasdaq Listing Rule 5810(c)(3)(D), we have a compliance period of 180 calendar days (or until November 6, 2023) to regain compliance. If at any time during this compliance period our MVPHS closes at $15 million or more for a minimum of ten consecutive business days, Nasdaq will notify us that we have achieved compliance with the MVPHS requirement, and the MVPHS matter will be closed. In the event we do not regain compliance with Rule 5450(b)(3)(C) prior to the expiration of the compliance period, we will receive written notification that our securities are subject to delisting.
March 2023 Offering and Related Warrant Amendment
On March 30, 2023, we entered into a securities purchase agreement with an institutional investor for the purchase and sale of (i) 270,000 ADSs, (ii) pre-funded warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 1,230,000 ADSs (the “March 2023 Pre-funded Warrants”), (iii) Series A Warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 1,500,000 ADSs, and (iv) Series B Warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 1,500,000 ADSs at a combined offering price of $4.00 per ADS and accompanying Series A Warrant and Series B Warrants (or $3.999 per March 2023 Pre-funded Warrant and accompanying Series A Warrant and Series B Warrant). The offering (the “March 2023 Offering”) closed on April 3, 2023. The March 2023 Pre-funded Warrants had an exercise price of $0.001 per ADS, were exercisable immediately and terminated when exercised in full. All of the March 2023 Pre-funded Warrants have been exercised. The Series A Warrants have an initial exercise price of $4.75 per ADS, prior to giving effect to the reduction in the exercise price of the Series A Warrant pursuant to the Exercise Agreement (as defined below), are exercisable immediately and have a term of five years following issuance. The Series B Warrants have an initial exercise price of $4.00 per ADS, prior to giving effect to the reduction in the exercise price of the Series B Warrant pursuant to the Exercise Agreement, are exercisable immediately and have a term of nine months following issuance. The gross proceeds to us from the March 2023 offering were approximately $6 million, before deducting the placement agent’s fees and other offering expenses payable by us.
In connection with the March 2023 Offering, we amended the May 2022 Warrants, which had an exercise price of $59.20 per ADS and a termination date of November 11, 2027, so that the amended warrants would have a reduced exercise price of $4.75 per ADS and a termination date of April 3, 2028, effective upon the closing of the March 2023 Offering (prior to giving effect to the Warrant Amendment (as defined below)).
Amendment of May 2022 Warrants and the December 2022 Warrants
In connection with this offering, we agreed with the investors in this offering to amend (i) the May 2022 Warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 330,106 ADSs at an exercise price of $4.75 per ADS, issued on May 11, 2022, as subsequently amended effective as of April 3, 2023, and (ii) the December 2022 Warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 971,817 ADSs at an exercise price of $4.6305 per ADS issued on December 6, 2022, so that the amended warrants, in each case, will have a reduced exercise price of $1.80 per ADS, effective upon closing of this offering (the “Warrant Amendment”).
March 2023 Warrant Exercise Transaction
On July 21, 2023, we entered into a warrant reprice and reload letter (the “Exercise Agreement”) with an investor in this offering, holding Series A Warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 1,500,000 ADSs and Series B Warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 1,500,000 ADSs previously issued in the March 2023 Offering, pursuant to which such investor agreed to exercise its Series A Warrants in full at a reduced exercised price of $1.35 per ADS (the “Series A Warrant Exercise”), for gross proceeds of $2,025,000.
In consideration for the exercise of the Series A Warrants for cash (i) the exercising holder will receive new unregistered warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 1,500,000 ADSs at an exercise price of $1.80 per ADS which shall be exercisable until April 3, 2028 (the “Reload Warrant”), and (ii) the exercise price of the Series B Warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 1,500,000 ADSs will be reduced to $1.80 per ADS.
The Reload Warrant described above is being offered in a private placement under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act and Regulation D promulgated thereunder and, along with the ADSs representing Ordinary Shares underlying the Reload Warrant, have not been registered under the Securities Act or applicable state securities laws.
As part of the transaction, we agreed to file a resale registration statement on Form F-3 (or other appropriate form if we are not then F-3 eligible) with the SEC within 15 days of the date of the Exercise Agreement to register the resale of the ADSs underlying the Reload Warrant.
In connection with the Series A Warrant Exercise and issuance of the Reload Warrant, we agreed to pay the Placement Agent a cash fee equal to 7.5% of the aggregate gross proceeds of the exercise of the Series A Warrant. In addition, we agreed to issue to the Placement Agent or its designees, warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 90,000 ADSs at an exercise price of $1.6875 per ADS which shall be exercisable until April 3, 2028.
Corporate Information
We were incorporated as a limited liability company under the laws of the State of Israel on August 3, 2009. Our principal executive offices are located at 21 Ha’arba’a Street, Tel-Aviv, Israel and our telephone number is +972 (3) 541-3131. Our web-site address is http://www.redhillbio.com. The information on, or that can be accessed through, our website does not constitute part of this prospectus. Our registered agent in the U.S. is RedHill Biopharma Inc. The address of RedHill Biopharma Inc. is 8045 Arco Corporate Drive, Suite 200, Raleigh, NC 27617, U.S.A.
Dividend policy | | We have never declared or paid any cash dividends to our shareholders, and we currently do not expect to declare or pay any cash dividends in the foreseeable future. See “Dividend Policy.” |
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Nasdaq Global Market symbol for ADSs | | RDHL. |
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Depositary | | The Bank of New York Mellon. |
(1) The number of Ordinary Shares to be outstanding immediately after the offering, as shown above, is based on 1,578,944,894 Ordinary Shares outstanding as of July 20, 2023. As of July 20, 2023, we had (i) 43,824,000 Ordinary Shares issuable upon the exercise of outstanding options to purchase Ordinary Shares at a weighted average exercise price of $0.49 per share (equivalent to 109,560 ADSs at a weighted average exercise price of $195.59 per ADS), (ii) 2,059,112,400 Ordinary Shares issuable upon the exercise of outstanding warrants to purchase Ordinary Shares at a weighted average exercise price of $0.01 per share (equivalent to 5,147,781 ADSs at a weighted average exercise price of $4.50 per ADS), and (iii) 235,353 outstanding Restricted Share Units (“RSUs”), each RSU representing one ADS. The number of Ordinary Shares to be outstanding immediately after the offering does not include the ADSs we agreed to issue to Kukbo for the second tranche of $5 million pursuant to the Subscription Agreement.
Unless otherwise stated, outstanding share information throughout this prospectus supplement excludes such outstanding securities and assumes no exercise of the outstanding options or warrants described above.
Except as otherwise indicated, the information in this prospectus supplement, including the number of Ordinary Shares that will be outstanding after this offering (i) assumes full exercise of the Pre-funded Warrants offered in this offering for cash, (ii) no exercise of the Placement Agent Warrants to be issued to the Placement Agent or its designees in connection with this offering, and (iii) does not give effect to the Warrant Amendment and the transactions contemplated pursuant to the Exercise Agreement.
You should carefully consider the risks described below and in our annual report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2022, as well as the other information included or incorporated by reference in this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus, including our financial statements and the related notes, before you decide to buy our securities. The risks and uncertainties described below and incorporated by reference in this prospectus supplement are not the only risks facing us. We may face additional risks and uncertainties not currently known to us or that we currently deem to be immaterial. Any of the risks described below or incorporated by reference in this prospectus supplement, and any such additional risks, could materially adversely affect our business, financial condition or results of operations. In such case, you may lose all or part of your original investment.
Risks Related to The ADSs
Our failure to maintain compliance with Nasdaq’s continued listing requirements could result in the desilting of the ADSs.
The ADSs are currently listed for trading on Nasdaq. We must satisfy Nasdaq’s continued listing requirements, including, among other things, a minimum MVPHS and a minimum closing bid price of $1.00 per ADS or risk delisting, which would have a material adverse effect on our business.
On May 9, 2023, we received a written notification from the Nasdaq Stock, indicating that we are not in compliance with the minimum MVPHS set forth in the Nasdaq Listing Rules for continued listing on Nasdaq. Nasdaq Listing Rule 5450(b)(3)(C) requires companies to maintain a minimum MVPHS of $15 million, and Listing Rule 5810(c)(3)(D) provides that a failure to meet the MVPHS requirement exists if the deficiency continues for a period of 30 consecutive business days. Pursuant to Nasdaq Listing Rule 5810(c)(3)(D), we have a compliance period of 180 calendar days (or until November 6, 2023) to regain compliance.
We will seek to regain compliance with all applicable Nasdaq requirements within the allotted compliance period. If we do not regain compliance within the allotted compliance period, including any extensions that may be granted by Nasdaq, Nasdaq will provide notice that the ADSs will be subject to delisting.
Further, even if we regain compliance with the minimum MVPHS requirement, no assurance can be given that we will be able to comply with the other standards that we are required to meet in order to maintain a listing on such exchange, such as the minimum stockholders’ equity or the minimum closing bid price requirements. In the recent past, we did not meet the minimum closing bid price requirement and only regained compliance with that requirement in April 2023, after completing a ratio change of the ADSs to our non-traded Ordinary Shares from the previous ratio of one ADS representing ten Ordinary Shares to a new ratio of one ADS representing 400 Ordinary Shares. No assurance can be given that the price of the ADSs will not again be in violation of Nasdaq’s minimum bid price rule in the future. Our failure to meet these requirements may result in our securities being delisted from Nasdaq.
A delisting could substantially decrease trading in the ADSs, adversely affect the market liquidity of the ADSs as a result of the loss of market efficiencies associated with Nasdaq and the loss of federal preemption of state securities laws, adversely affect our ability to obtain financing on acceptable terms, if at all, and may result in the potential loss of confidence by investors, suppliers, customers and employees and fewer business development opportunities. Additionally, the market price of the ADSs may decline further and stockholders may lose some or all of their investment.
U.S. holders of ADSs may suffer adverse tax consequences if we were characterized as a passive foreign investment company.
Based on the current composition of our gross income and assets and on reasonable assumptions and projections, we believe we should not be treated as a passive foreign investment company (a “PFIC”), for U.S. federal income tax purposes for 2023. However, there can be no assurance that this will be the case in 2023 or in future taxable years. If we were characterized as a PFIC, U.S. holders of the ADSs and Pre-funded Warrants may suffer adverse tax consequences such as (i) having gains realized on the sale of the ADSs or Pre-funded Warrants treated as ordinary income rather than capital gain, not qualifying for the preferential rate otherwise applicable to dividends received in respect of the ADSs or Pre-funded Warrants by individuals who are U.S. holders, and (ii) having interest charges apply to certain distributions by us and upon certain sales of the ADSs or Pre-funded Warrants.
Risks Related to the Offering
We will have broad discretion in how to use the net proceeds of this offering, and we may not use these proceeds in a manner desired by our investors.
We will have broad discretion as to the use of the net proceeds from this offering and could use them for purposes other than those contemplated at the time of this offering. Accordingly, you will be relying on the judgment of our management with regard to the use of these net proceeds, and you will not have the opportunity as part of your investment decision to assess whether the proceeds are being used appropriately. Our needs may change as the business and the industry that we address evolves. As a result, the proceeds to be received in this offering may be used in a manner significantly different from our current expectations. It is possible that the proceeds will be invested in a way that does not yield a favorable, or any, return. The failure of our management to use such funds effectively could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, operating results and cash flow.
You may experience immediate and substantial dilution in book value of any ADSs or ADSs that may be issued upon the exercise of any Pre-funded Warrants you purchase.
The offering price of the ADSs or the ADSs that may be issued upon the exercise of Pre-funded Warrants offered hereby is substantially higher than the net tangible book value per ADS. Therefore, if you purchase securities in this offering, you will pay a price per ADS or ADS that may be issued upon the exercise of any Pre-funded Warrants that substantially exceeds our net tangible book value per ADS or ADS that may be issued upon the exercise of any Pre-funded Warrants after this offering. To the extent outstanding options or warrants are exercised, you will incur further dilution. Based on the offering price of $1.35 per ADS, you will experience immediate dilution of $2.06 per ADS or ADSs that may be issued upon the exercise of Pre-funded Warrants, representing the difference between the offering price per ADS and our pro forma as adjusted net tangible book value per ADS as of March 31, 2023 after giving effect to the Pro Forma Adjustments (as defined in “Capitalization and Indebtedness” on page S-14), this offering, after deducting the placement agent fees and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us, and the Warrant Amendment and the transactions contemplated pursuant to the Exercise Agreement. See “Dilution” on page S-15 for a more detailed discussion of the dilution you will incur in connection with this offering.
Future sales of the ADSs, including any ADSs issuable upon the exercise of the Pre-funded Warrants, or the perception that future sales may occur, may cause the market price of the ADSs to decline, even if our business is doing well.
Sales by the ADS holders of a substantial number of ADSs in the public market could occur in the future. These sales, or the perception in the market that the holders of a large number of ADSs intend to sell shares, may cause the market price of the ADSs to decline. In addition, we will be issuing the Pre-funded Warrants in this offering. To the extent that holders of the Pre-funded Warrants or other existing warrants sell the ADSs issued upon the exercise of such warrants, the market price of the ADSs may decrease due to the additional selling pressure in the market. Moreover, the risk of dilution from issuances of ADSs underlying the Pre-funded Warrants may cause shareholders to sell their ADSs, which could cause a further decline in the market price.
You may experience future dilution as a result of future equity offerings.
To raise additional capital, we may in the future offer additional ADSs, Ordinary Shares or other securities convertible into or exchangeable for the ADSs or Ordinary Shares at prices that may not be the same as the price per ADS in this offering. We may sell ADSs, Ordinary Shares or other securities in any other offering at a price per ADS or per Ordinary Share, as appliable, that is less than the price per ADS paid by investors in this offering, and investors purchasing ADSs, Ordinary Shares or other securities in the future could have rights superior to the rights of ADSs holders. The price per ADS or per share at which we sell additional ADSs, Ordinary Shares, as applicable, or securities convertible or exchangeable into ADSs or Ordinary Shares, in future transactions, may be higher or lower than the price per ADS paid by investors in this offering. In addition, we agreed to amend the May 2022 Warrants and December 2022 Warrants held by the investors in this offering, so that the amended warrants will have a reduced exercise price of $1.80 per ADS, effective upon closing of this offering, and reduce the exercise price of the Series B Warrants pursuant to the Exercise Agreement to $1.80 per ADS.
Holders of the Pre-funded Warrants purchased in this offering will have no rights as ADS holders until such holders exercise such Pre-funded Warrants and acquire the ADSs.
Until holders of the Pre-funded Warrants purchased in this offering acquire the ADSs upon exercise thereof, holders of the Pre-funded Warrants will have no rights with respect to the ADSs underlying the Pre-funded Warrants. Upon exercise of any of the Pre-funded Warrants purchased in this offering, such holders will be entitled to exercise the rights of an ADS holder only as to matters for which the record date occurs after the exercise date.
We estimate that the net proceeds from the sale of ADSs representing Ordinary Shares in this offering will be approximately $1.4 million, assuming exercise of all Pre-funded Warrants being issued in this offering for cash and after deducting the placement agent fees and estimated offering expenses payable by us in connection with this offering, excluding proceeds from the Series A Warrant Exercise and assuming no exercise of the Reload Warrant issued pursuant to the Exercise Agreement.
We intend to use the net proceeds from this offering, together with our existing cash and cash equivalents, for working capital, acquisitions, research and development, and general corporate purposes.
The amounts and timing of our actual expenditures will depend upon numerous factors, including the progress of our development and commercialization efforts, the status of and results from our clinical trials, whether or not we enter into strategic collaborations or partnerships, and our operating costs and expenditures. Accordingly, our management will have significant flexibility in applying the net proceeds of this offering. In addition, while we have not entered into any binding agreements or commitments relating to any significant transaction as of the date of this prospectus supplement that we expect to use the net proceeds from this offering, we may use a portion of the net proceeds to pursue acquisitions, joint ventures and other strategic transactions.
CAPITALIZATION AND INDEBTEDNESS
The following table sets forth our total capitalization as of March 31, 2023:
• | on an actual basis; |
• | on a pro forma basis, after giving effect to (i) the March 2023 Offering (including the issuance of Series A Warrants and Series B Warrants), giving effect to the exercise in full of the March 2023 Pre-funded Warrants to purchase an aggregate of 1,230,000 ADSs for aggregate cash consideration of $1,230.00, after March 31, 2023, and after deducting placement agent fees and offering expenses paid by us in connection with the March 2023 Offering, and the amendment to the May 2022 Warrants, effective upon closing of the March 2023 Offering (the “Pro Forma Adjustments”); and |
• | on a pro forma as adjusted basis to give further effect to (i) the sale of the ADSs and Pre-funded Warrants in this offering, assuming full exercise of the Pre-funded Warrants offered in this offering for cash, and after deducting placement agent fees and estimated offering expenses payable by us, (ii) the Warrant Amendment reducing the exercise price of the May 2022 Warrants and December 2022 Warrants to $1.80 per ADS, to become effective upon the closing of this offering, and (iii) the exercise of the Series A Warrants to purchase 1,500,000 ADSs at a reduced exercise price of $1.35 per ADS, assuming that the underlying ADSs have been issued, the issuance of the Reload Warrant, and the reduction in the exercise price of the Series B Warrants, in each case, pursuant to the Exercise Agreement, and after deducting placement agent fees. |
The information set forth in the following table should be read in conjunction with and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the audited and unaudited financial statements and notes thereto incorporated by reference in this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus.
(In thousands, except share data) | | Actual | | | Pro Forma | | | Pro Forma As Adjusted | |
Total debt(1) | | $ | 56,830 | | | $ | 58,995 | | | $ | 62,558 | |
Ordinary shares, par value NIS 0.01 per share | | | 2,845 | | | | 4,501 | | | | 7,599 | |
Additional paid-in capital | | | 382,634 | | | | 380,979 | | | | 378,101 | |
Accumulated deficit | | | 383,475 | | | | 385,242 | | | | 385,723 | |
Total shareholders’ equity | | $ | 2,004 | | | $ | 238 | | | $ | (23 | ) |
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Total capitalization and indebtedness | | $ | 58,834 | | | $ | 59,233 | | | $ | 62,535 | |
(1) | Includes $48.4 million reported as current liabilities, which mainly consist of allowance for deductions from revenue and accrued expenses and account payable, and $8.4 million reported as non-current liabilities, which mainly consist of lease liabilities and derivative financial instruments. The warrants were classified as a financial liability due to a net settlement provision. Therefore, the proceeds of the issuances were classified as derivative financial instruments and increased the total debt accordingly. |
The above discussion and table are based on 1,082,007,694 Ordinary Shares outstanding as of March 31, 2023. As of March 31, 2023, prior to giving effect to the Warrant Amendment and the transactions contemplated pursuant to the Exercise Agreement, we had (i) 50,511,200 Ordinary Shares issuable upon the exercise of outstanding options to purchase Ordinary Shares at a weighted average exercise price of $0.63 per share (equivalent to 126,278 ADSs at a weighted average exercise price of $252.54 per ADS), (ii) 823,112,400 Ordinary Shares issuable upon the exercise of outstanding warrants to purchase Ordinary Shares at a weighted average exercise price of $0.03 per share (equivalent to 2,057,781 ADSs at a weighted average exercise price of $13.38 per ADS), and (iii) 62,451 outstanding RSUs, each RSU representing one ADS. The number of Ordinary Shares to be outstanding immediately after the offering does not include the ADSs we agreed to issue to Kukbo for the second tranche of $5 million pursuant to the Subscription Agreement.
If you invest in the ADSs or Pre-funded Warrants, your interest will be diluted immediately to the extent of the difference between the effective offering price per ADS you will pay in this offering and our pro forma as adjusted net tangible book value per ADS after giving effect to this offering.
Our net tangible book value as of March 31, 2023 was approximately $(2.7) million, or approximately $(1.12) per ADS. Net tangible book value represents the amount of our total tangible assets minus total liabilities, net of leases presented as right-of-use assets and lease liabilities.
Our pro forma net tangible book value as of March 31, 2023, after giving effect to the Pro Forma Adjustments, would have been approximately $(4.5) million, or approximately $(1.14) per ADS.
After giving further effect to (i) this offering (which includes the issuance and sale of 1,084,923 ADSs and Pre-funded Warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 217,000 ADSs), assuming full exercise of the Pre-funded Warrants to be issued in this offering for cash and after deducting placement agent fees and estimated offering expenses payable by us, (ii) the Warrant Amendment reducing the exercise price of the May 2022 Warrants and the December 2022 Warrants to $1.80 per ADS, to become effective upon the closing of this offering, and (iii) the exercise of the Series A Warrants to purchase 1,500,000 ADSs at a reduced exercise price of $1.35 per ADS, assuming that the underlying ADSs have been issued, the issuance of the Reload Warrant, and the reduction in the exercise price of the Series B Warrants, in each case, pursuant to the Exercise Agreement, and after deducting placement agent fees, our pro forma as adjusted net tangible book value as of March 31, 2023, would have been approximately $(4.8) million, or $(0.71) per ADS. This represents an immediate increase net tangible book value of $0.43 per ADS to our existing shareholders and an immediate dilution of approximately $2.06 per ADS to purchasers of securities in this offering, as illustrated by the following table:
Offering price per ADS | | | | | $ | 1.35 | |
Net tangible book value per ADS as of March 31, 2023 | | $ | (1.12 | ) | | | | |
Increase in net tangible book value per ADS attributable to the Pro Forma Adjustments | | $ | (0.02 | ) | | | | |
Pro forma net tangible book value per ADS as of March 31, 2023 | | $ | (1.14 | ) | | | | |
Increase in pro forma net tangible book value per ADS attributable to this offering | | $ | 0.43 | | | | | |
Pro forma as adjusted net tangible book value per ADS as of March 31, 2023 after giving effect to this offering | | $ | (0.71 | ) | | | | |
Dilution in pro forma as adjusted net tangible book value per ADS to investors purchasing ADSs in this offering | | | | | | $ | 2.06 | |
The above discussion and table are based on 1,082,007,694 Ordinary Shares outstanding as of March 31, 2023. As of March 31, 2023, prior to giving effect to the Warrant Amendment and the transactions contemplated pursuant to the Exercise Agreement, we had (i) 50,511,200 Ordinary Shares issuable upon the exercise of outstanding options to purchase Ordinary Shares at a weighted average exercise price of $0.63 per share (equivalent to 126,278 ADSs at a weighted average exercise price of $252.54 per ADS), (ii) 823,112,400 Ordinary Shares issuable upon the exercise of outstanding warrants to purchase Ordinary Shares at a weighted average exercise price of $0.03 per share (equivalent to 2,057,781 ADSs at a weighted average exercise price of $13.38 per ADS), and (iii) 62,451 outstanding RSUs, each RSU representing one ADS. The number of Ordinary Shares to be outstanding immediately after the offering does not include the ADSs we agreed to issue to Kukbo for the second tranche of $5 million pursuant to the Subscription Agreement.
Except as otherwise indicated herein, outstanding share information throughout this prospectus supplement excludes such outstanding securities and assumes (i) no exercise of the outstanding options or warrants described above and (ii) no vesting of the RSUs described above.
The pro forma and pro forma as adjusted information discussed above is illustrative only. To the extent that outstanding exercisable options or warrants are exercised, you may experience further dilution. In addition, we may choose to raise additional capital due to market conditions or strategic considerations. To the extent that we raise additional capital by issuing equity or convertible debt securities, your ownership will be further diluted.
We have never declared or paid any cash dividends to our shareholders. We currently anticipate that we will retain future earnings for the development, operation and expansion of our business and do not anticipate declaring or paying any cash dividends for the foreseeable future.
DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES WE ARE OFFERING
We are offering 1,084,923 ADSs and Pre-funded Warrants to purchase up to 217,000 ADSs. The following description of the ADSs and Pre-funded Warrants summarizes the material terms and provisions thereof, including the material terms of the ADSs and Pre-funded Warrants we are offering under this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus. This prospectus supplement also relates to the offering of ADSs issuable upon exercise, if any, of the Pre-funded Warrants issued in this offering.
Authorized Share Capital. Our authorized share capital is 10,000,000,000 shares, consisting of (i) 9,994,000,000 registered Ordinary Shares of NIS 0.01 par value each, and (ii) 6,000,000 preferred shares of NIS 0.01 par value each, and as of July 20, 2023, we had 1,578,944,894 Ordinary Shares outstanding (which would be represented by 3,947,362 ADSs) and no preferred shares outstanding.
American Depositary Shares
The material terms and provisions of the ADSs and other outstanding securities convertible into or exercisable for ADSs are described in the accompanying prospectus and Exhibit 2.3, Description of Share Capital, to our annual report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2021, which are incorporated by reference into this prospectus supplement.
Pre-funded Warrants
The term “pre-funded” refers to the fact that the purchase price of ADSs in this offering includes almost the entire exercise price that will be paid under the Pre-funded Warrants, except for a nominal remaining exercise price of $0.001. The following summary of certain terms and provisions of the Pre-funded Warrants that are being offered hereby is not complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by, the provisions of the Pre-funded Warrants, the form of which is or shall be filed as an exhibit to a Report on Form 6-K which shall be incorporated by reference into the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part. Prospective investors should carefully review the terms and provisions of the form of Pre-funded Warrants for a complete description of the terms and conditions of the Pre-funded Warrants.
The purpose of the Pre-funded Warrants is to enable investors that may have restrictions on their ability to beneficially own more than 4.99% (or, upon election of the holder, 9.99%) of our outstanding Ordinary Shares following the consummation of this offering the opportunity to make an investment in the Company without triggering their ownership restrictions, by receiving Pre-funded Warrants in lieu of ADSs which would result in such ownership of more than 4.99% (or 9.99%), and receive the ability to exercise their option to purchase the shares underlying the Pre-funded Warrants at such nominal price at a later date.
Duration and Exercise Price
Each Pre-funded Warrant offered hereby has an initial exercise price per ADS equal to $0.001. Pre-funded Warrants are immediately exercisable and may be exercised at any time until the Pre-funded Warrants are exercised in full. The exercise price and number of ADSs issuable upon exercise is subject to appropriate adjustment in the event of share dividends, share splits, reorganizations or similar events affecting the Ordinary Shares and the exercise price.
Exercisability
The Pre-funded Warrants are exercisable, at the option of each holder, in whole or in part, by delivering to us a duly executed exercise notice accompanied by payment in full for the number of ADSs purchased upon such exercise (except in the case of a cashless exercise as discussed below). Purchasers of the Pre-funded Warrants in this offering may elect to deliver their exercise notice following the pricing of the offering and prior to the issuance of the Pre-funded Warrants at closing to have their Pre-funded Warrants exercised immediately upon issuance and receive ADSs underlying the Pre-funded Warrants upon closing of this offering. A holder (together with its affiliates) may not exercise any portion of the Pre-funded Warrants to the extent that the holder would own more than 4.99% of the outstanding Ordinary Shares (or, at the election of the purchaser, 9.99%), except that upon at least 61 days’ prior notice from the holder to us, a holder with a 4.99% ownership blocker may increase the amount of ownership of outstanding shares after exercising the holder’s Pre-funded Warrants up to 9.99% of our outstanding Ordinary Shares. No fractional ADSs will be issued in connection with the exercise of a Pre-funded Warrant. In lieu of fractional shares, we may, at our election, either pay a cash adjustment in respect of such final fraction in an amount equal to such fraction multiplied by the exercise price of the Pre-funded Warrant or round up to the next whole ADS.
Cashless Exercise
In lieu of making the cash payment otherwise contemplated to be made to us upon such exercise in payment of the aggregate exercise price, the holder may elect instead to receive upon such exercise (either in whole or in part) the net number of ADSs determined according to a formula set forth in the Pre-funded Warrants.
Transferability
Subject to applicable laws, a Pre-funded Warrant may be transferred at the option of the holder upon surrender of the Pre-funded Warrant to us together with the appropriate instruments of transfer.
Exchange Listing
There is no trading market available for the Pre-funded Warrants on any securities exchange or nationally recognized trading system. We do not intend to list the Pre-funded Warrants on any securities exchange or nationally recognized trading system, nor do we have any obligation to do so.
Right as a Shareholder
Except as otherwise provided in the Pre-funded Warrants or by virtue of such holder’s ownership of the ADSs or Ordinary Shares, the holders of the Pre-funded Warrants do not have the rights or privileges of holders of the ADSs or Ordinary Shares, including any voting rights, until they exercise their Pre-funded Warrants.
Fundamental Transaction
If, at any time while the Pre-funded Warrants are outstanding, (1) we, directly or indirectly, consolidate or merge with or into another person, (2) we, directly or indirectly, sell, lease, license, assign, transfer, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of our assets, (3) any direct or indirect purchase offer, tender offer or exchange offer (whether by us or another person) is completed pursuant to which holders of the Ordinary Shares (including any Ordinary Shares underlying ADSs) are permitted to sell, tender or exchange their Ordinary Shares for other securities, cash or property and has been accepted by the holders of 50% or more of our outstanding Ordinary Shares (including any Ordinary Shares underlying ADSs), (4) we, directly or indirectly, effect any reclassification, reorganization or recapitalization of the Ordinary Shares or any compulsory share exchange pursuant to which the Ordinary Shares are converted into or exchanged for other securities, cash or property, or (5) we, directly or indirectly, consummate a stock or share purchase agreement or other business combination with another person whereby such other person acquires more than 50% of our outstanding Ordinary Shares (including any Ordinary Shares underlying ADSs) or 50% or more of the voting power of the common equity of the Company, each, a “Fundamental Transaction”, then upon any subsequent exercise of the Pre-funded Warrants, a holder thereof will have the right to receive the same amount and kind of securities, cash or property as it would have been entitled to receive upon the occurrence of such Fundamental Transaction if it had been, immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction, the holder of the number of ADSs then issuable upon exercise of the Pre-funded Warrant, and any additional consideration payable as part of the Fundamental Transaction.
MATERIAL TAX CONSIDERATIONS
Israeli Tax Considerations
General
The following is a summary of the material tax consequences under Israeli law concerning the purchase, ownership and disposition of American Depositary Shares, representing Ordinary Shares, Pre-funded Warrants and Warrants (collectively, the “Shares”) by persons who acquired the Shares in this offering.
This discussion does not purport to constitute a complete analysis of all potential tax consequences applicable to investors upon purchasing, owning or disposing of our Shares. In particular, this discussion does not take into account the specific circumstances of any particular investor (such as tax-exempt entities, financial institutions, certain financial companies, broker-dealers, investors that own, directly or indirectly, 10% or more of our outstanding voting rights, all of whom are subject to special tax regimes not covered under this discussion). To the extent that issues discussed herein are based on legislation that has yet to be subject to judicial or administrative interpretation, there can be no assurance that the views expressed herein will accord with any such interpretation in the future.
Potential investors are urged to consult their own tax advisors as to the Israeli or other tax consequences of the purchase, ownership, and disposition of the Shares, including, in particular, the effect of any foreign, state or local taxes.
General Corporate Tax Structure in Israel
Israeli companies are generally subject to corporate tax on their taxable income at the rate of 23% for the 2023 tax year.
Taxation of Shareholders
Capital Gains
Capital gains tax is imposed on the disposition of capital assets by an Israeli resident and on the disposition of such assets by a non-Israeli resident if those assets are either (i) located in Israel; (ii) are shares or a right to a share in an Israeli resident corporation, or (iii) represent, directly or indirectly, rights to assets located in Israel, unless an exemption is available or unless an applicable double tax treaty between Israel and the seller’s country of residence provides otherwise. The Israeli Income Tax Ordinance distinguishes between “Real Gain” and the “Inflationary Surplus”. “Real Gain” is the excess of the total capital gain over Inflationary Surplus generally computed on the basis of the increase in the Israeli Consumer Price Index between the date of purchase and the date of disposition. Inflationary Surplus is not subject to tax.
Real Gain accrued by individuals on the sale of the Shares will be taxed at the rate of 25%. However, if the individual shareholder is a “Controlling Shareholder” (i.e., a person who holds, directly or indirectly, alone or together with another, 10% or more of one of the Israeli resident company’s means of control) at the time of sale or at any time during the preceding 12-month period, such gain will be taxed at the rate of 30%.
Corporate and individual shareholders dealing in securities in Israel are taxed at the tax rates applicable to business income (23% in 2019 and thereafter), and a marginal tax rate of up to 50% in 2023 for individuals, including an excess tax (as discussed below).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, capital gains generated from the sale of our Shares by a non-Israeli shareholder may be exempt from Israeli tax under the Israeli Income Tax Ordinance provided (among other conditions) that seller does not have a permanent establishment in Israel to which the generated capital gain is attributed. However, non-Israeli resident corporations will not be entitled to the foregoing exemption if Israeli residents: (i) have a 25% or more interest in such non-Israeli corporation or (ii) are the beneficiaries of, or are entitled to, 25% or more of the income or profits of such non-Israeli corporation, whether directly or indirectly. In addition, such exemption would not be available to a person whose gains from selling or otherwise disposing of the securities are deemed to be business income.
In addition, the sale of the Shares may be exempt from Israeli capital gains tax under the provisions of an applicable double tax treaty. For example, the Convention Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the State of Israel with Respect to Taxes on Income, or the U.S.-Israel Double Tax Treaty, exempts a U.S. resident (for purposes of the U.S.-Israel Double Tax Treaty) from Israeli capital gain tax in connection with the sale of the Shares, provided (among other conditions) that: (i) the U.S. resident owned, directly or indirectly, less than 10% of the voting power of the company at any time within the 12-month period preceding such sale; (ii) the U.S. resident, being an individual, is present in Israel for a period or periods of less than 183 days during the taxable year; and (iii) the capital gain from the sale was not derived through a permanent establishment of the U.S. resident in Israel; however, under the U.S.-Israel Double Tax Treaty, the taxpayer should be permitted to claim a credit for such taxes against the U.S. federal income tax imposed with respect to such sale, exchange or disposition, subject to the limitations under U.S. law applicable to foreign tax credits. The U.S.-Israel Double Tax Treaty does not relate to U.S. state or local taxes.
Payers of consideration for the Ordinary Shares, including the purchaser, the Israeli stockbroker or the financial institution through which the Shares are held, are obligated, subject to certain exemptions, to withhold tax upon the sale of Shares at a rate of 25% of the consideration for individuals and corporations.
Upon the sale of traded securities, a detailed return, including a computation of the tax due, must be filed and an advance payment must be paid to the Israeli Tax Authority on January 31 and July 31 of every tax year in respect of sales of traded securities made within the previous six months. However, if all tax due was withheld at source according to applicable provisions of the Israeli Income Tax Ordinance and regulations promulgated thereunder, such return need not be filed, and no advance payment must be paid. Capital gains are also reportable on annual income tax returns.
Exercise of Warrants and Certain Adjustments to the Warrants
Investors will generally not recognize gain or loss for Israeli tax purposes on the exercise of a Warrant and related receipt of an ordinary share (unless, for instance, cash is received in lieu of the issuance of a fractional ordinary share). Nevertheless, the Israeli income tax treatment and the tax consequences of a cashless exercise of Warrants into Ordinary Shares is unclear. Furthermore, the exercise terms of the Warrants may be adjusted in certain circumstances. An adjustment to the number of Ordinary Shares that will be issued on the exercise of the Warrants or an adjustment to the exercise price of a Warrant may be treated as a taxable event under Israeli tax law even if such holder does not receive any cash or other property in connection with the adjustment. Investors should consult their tax advisors regarding the proper treatment of any exercise of and/or adjustments to the Warrants.
Dividends
Dividends distributed by a company to a shareholder who is an Israeli resident individual will generally be subject to income tax at a rate of 25%. However, a 30% tax rate will apply if the dividend recipient is a Controlling Shareholder, as defined above, at the time of distribution or at any time during the preceding 12-month period. If the recipient of the dividend is an Israeli resident corporation, such dividend will generally be exempt from Israeli income tax provided that the income from which such dividend is distributed, derived or accrued within Israel.
Dividends distributed by an Israeli resident company to a non-Israeli resident (either an individual or a corporation) are generally subject to Israeli withholding tax on the receipt of such dividends at the rate of 25% (30% if the dividend recipient is a Controlling Shareholder at the time of distribution or at any time during the preceding 12-month period). These rates may be reduced under the provisions of an applicable double tax treaty. For example, under the U.S.-Israel Double Tax Treaty, the following tax rates will apply in respect of dividends distributed by an Israeli resident company to a U.S. resident: (i) if the U.S. resident is a corporation that holds during that portion of the taxable year which precedes the date of payment of the dividend and during the whole of its prior taxable year (if any), at least 10% of the outstanding shares of the voting stock of the Israeli resident paying corporation and not more than 25% of the gross income of the Israeli resident paying corporation for such prior taxable year (if any) consists of certain types of interest or dividends the tax rate is 12.5%; (ii) if both the conditions mentioned in clause (i) above are met and the dividend is paid from an Israeli resident company’s income which was entitled to a reduced tax rate under The Law for the Encouragement of Capital Investments, 1959, the tax rate is 15%; and (iii) in all other cases, the tax rate is 25%. The aforementioned rates under the U.S.-Israel Double Tax Treaty will not apply if the dividend income is attributed to a permanent establishment of the U.S. resident in Israel.
Excess Tax
Individual holders who are subject to tax in Israel (whether any such individual is an Israeli resident or non-Israeli resident) and who have taxable income that exceeds a certain threshold in a tax year (NIS 698,280 for 2023, linked to the Israeli Consumer Price Index) will be subject to an additional tax at the rate of 3% on his or her taxable income for such tax year that is in excess of such amount. For this purpose, taxable income includes taxable capital gains from the sale of securities and taxable income from interest and dividends, subject to the provisions of an applicable double tax treaty.
Estate and Gift Tax
Israel does not currently impose estate or gift taxes if the Israeli Tax Authority is satisfied that the gift was made in good faith and on condition that the recipient of the gift is not a non-Israeli resident.
Foreign Exchange Regulations
Non-residents of Israel who hold our Shares are able to receive any dividends, and any amounts payable upon the dissolution, liquidation and winding up of our affairs, repayable in non-Israeli currency at the rate of exchange prevailing at the time of conversion. However, Israeli income tax is generally required to have been paid or withheld on these amounts. In addition, the statutory framework for the potential imposition of currency exchange control has not been eliminated and may be restored at any time by administrative action.
Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations
The following is a summary of the material U.S. federal income tax consequences relating to the acquisition, ownership, and disposition of the Pre-funded Warrants and ADSs (collectively, the “Securities”) by U.S. Holders, as defined below. This summary addresses solely U.S. Holders who acquire the Securities pursuant to this offering and who hold the Securities as capital assets for tax purposes. This summary is based on current provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), current and proposed U.S. Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder, and administrative and judicial decisions as of the date hereof, all of which are subject to change, possibly on a retroactive basis. In addition, this section is based in part upon representations of the depositary and the assumption that each obligation in the Deposit Agreement and any related agreement will be performed in accordance with its terms. This summary does not address all U.S. federal income tax matters that may be relevant to a particular holder or all tax considerations that may be relevant with respect to an investment in the Securities.
This summary does not address tax considerations applicable to a holder of the Securities that may be subject to special tax rules including, without limitation, the following:
| • | dealers or traders in securities, currencies, or notional principal contracts; |
| • | banks, insurance companies, and other financial institutions; |
| • | real estate investment trusts or regulated investment companies; |
| • | persons or corporations subject to an alternative minimum tax; |
| • | tax-exempt organizations; |
| • | traders that have elected mark-to-market accounting; |
| • | corporations that accumulate earnings to avoid U.S. tax; |
| • | investors that hold the Securities as part of a “straddle,” “hedge,” or “conversion transaction” with other investments; |
| • | persons that actually or constructively own 10 percent or more of our Ordinary Shares outstanding by vote or by value; |
| • | persons that are treated as partnerships or other pass-through entities for U.S. federal income purposes; and |
| • | U.S. Holders whose functional currency is not the U.S. dollar. |
This summary does not address the effect of any U.S. federal taxation other than U.S. federal income taxation, and does not include any discussion of state, local, or foreign tax consequences to a holder of the Securities. In addition, this summary does not include any discussion of the U.S. federal income tax consequences to any holder of Securities that is not a U.S. Holder.
You are urged to consult your own tax advisor regarding the foreign and U.S. federal, state, and local income and other tax consequences of an investment in the Securities, including the potential effects of any proposed legislation, if enacted.
For purposes of this summary, a “U.S. Holder” means a beneficial owner of a Security that is for U.S. federal income tax purposes:
| • | an individual who is a citizen or resident of the U.S.; |
| • | a corporation (or other entity taxable as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes) created or organized in the U.S. or under the laws of the U.S., any state thereof, or the District of Columbia; |
| • | an estate, the income of which is subject to U.S. federal income tax regardless of its source; or |
| • | a trust (1) if (a) a court within the U.S. is able to exercise primary supervision over the administration of the trust and (b) one or more U.S. persons have the authority to control all substantial decisions of the trust or (2) that has a valid election in effect under applicable U.S. Treasury regulations to be treated as a U.S. person. |
If an entity or arrangement that is classified as a partnership for U.S. federal tax purposes holds any Securities, the U.S. federal tax treatment of its partners will generally depend upon the status of the partners and the activities of the partnership. Entities or arrangements that are classified as partnerships for U.S. federal tax purposes and persons holding any Securities through such entities should consult their own tax advisors.
In general, and assuming that all obligations under the Deposit Agreement will be satisfied in accordance with the terms of the Deposit Agreement, if you hold ADSs, you will be treated as the holder of the underlying Ordinary Shares represented by those ADSs for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Accordingly, gain or loss generally will not be recognized if you exchange ADSs for the underlying Ordinary Shares represented by those ADSs.
Tax Treatment of Pre-Funded Warrants
Although the law is not completely settled in the area, Pre-funded Warrants should be treated as ADSs for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Accordingly, a U.S. Holder will not be required to recognize taxable gain or loss upon the exercise of a Pre-funded Warrant for an ADS. Any person that receives Pre-funded Warrants in this offering should consult their own tax advisor regarding the application of the U.S. federal income tax laws to their particular situation. The remainder of this summary assumes that the Pre-funded Warrants will be treated as ADSs for U.S. federal income tax purposes and references to the ADS shall include Pre-funded Warrants to the extent applicable.
Distributions
If we make any distribution with respect to the Securities, subject to the discussion under “– Passive Foreign Investment Companies” below, the gross amount of any distribution actually or constructively received by a U.S. Holder (through the Depositary) with respect to a Security will generally be taxable to the U.S. Holder as foreign-source dividend income to the extent of our current and accumulated earnings and profits as determined under U.S. federal income tax principles. The amount distributed will include the amount of any Israeli taxes withheld from such distribution, as described above under the caption “Material Tax Considerations-Israeli Tax Considerations.” A U.S. Holder will not be eligible for any dividends received deduction in respect of the dividends paid by us, which deduction is otherwise available to a corporate U.S. Holder in respect of dividends received from a domestic corporation. Distributions in excess of earnings and profits will be non-taxable to the U.S. Holder to the extent of the U.S. Holder’s adjusted tax basis in its Securities. Distributions in excess of such adjusted tax basis will generally be taxable to a U.S. Holder as capital gain from the sale or exchange of property as described below under “-Sale or Other Disposition of ADSs and Pre-funded Warrants.” If we do not report to a U.S. Holder the portion of a distribution that exceeds earnings and profits, then the distribution will generally be taxable as a dividend. The amount of any distribution of property other than cash will be the fair market value of that property on the date of distribution.
Under the Code, certain qualified dividends received by non-corporate U.S. Holders will be subject to U.S. federal income tax at the preferential long-term capital gains of, currently, a maximum of 20%. This preferential income tax rate is applicable only to dividends paid by a “qualified foreign corporation” that is not a PFIC (as defined below under “– Passive Foreign Investment Companies,”) for the year in which the dividend is paid or for the preceding taxable year, and only with respect to the Securities held by a qualified U.S. Holder (i.e., a non-corporate holder) for a minimum holding period (generally 61 days during the 121-day period beginning 60 days before the ex-dividend date) and certain other holding period requirements are met. If such holding period requirements are met, dividends we pay with respect to the Securities generally will be qualified dividend income. However, if we were a PFIC, dividends paid by us to individual U.S. Holders would not be eligible for the reduced income tax rate applicable to qualified dividends. As discussed below under “– Passive Foreign Investment Companies,” we do not anticipate being treated as a PFIC for this year; however, there can be no assurance that we will not be treated as a PFIC for our current taxable or future taxable years. You should consult your own tax advisor regarding the availability of this preferential tax rate under your particular circumstances.
The amount of any distribution paid in a currency other than U.S. dollars (a “foreign currency”), including the amount of any withholding tax thereon, will be included in the gross income of a U.S. Holder in an amount equal to the U.S. dollar value of the foreign currency calculated by reference to the exchange rate in effect on the date of the U.S. Holder’s (or, in the case of ADSs, the depositary’s) receipt of the dividend, actively or constructively, regardless of whether the foreign currency is converted into U.S. dollars. If the foreign currency is converted into U.S. dollars on the date of receipt, a U.S. Holder generally should not be required to recognize a foreign currency gain or loss in respect of the dividend. If the foreign currency received in the distribution is not converted into U.S. dollars on the date of receipt, a U.S. Holder will have a basis in the foreign currency equal to its U.S. dollar value on the date of receipt. Any gain or loss on a subsequent conversion or other disposition of the foreign currency will be treated as U.S. source ordinary income or loss and will not be eligible for the preferential rate applicable to qualified dividend income.
Subject to certain conditions and limitations, any Israeli taxes withheld on dividends may be creditable against a U.S. Holder’s U.S. federal income tax liability, subject to generally applicable limitations. The rules relating to foreign tax credits and the timing thereof are complex. You should consult your own tax advisors regarding the availability of a foreign tax credit in your particular situation.
Sale, Exchange, or Other Disposition of ADSs and Pre-funded Warrants
Subject to the discussion under “– Passive Foreign Investment Companies” below, a U.S. Holder that sells or otherwise disposes of its Securities will recognize gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes in an amount equal to the difference between the amount realized on the sale or other disposition and such U.S. Holder’s adjusted basis in the Securities. Such gain or loss generally will be capital gain or loss and will be a long-term capital gain or loss if the U.S. Holder’s holding period of the Securities exceeds one year at the time of the sale or other disposition. Long-term capital gains realized by non-corporate U.S. Holders are generally subject to a preferential U.S. federal income tax rate. In general, gain or loss recognized by a U.S. Holder on the sale or other disposition of the Securities will be U.S. source gain or loss for purposes of the foreign tax credit limitation. However, if we are a PFIC, any such gain will be subject to the PFIC rules, as discussed below, rather than being taxed as a capital gain. As discussed below in “-Passive Foreign Investment Companies,” we do not anticipate being a PFIC for this year; however, there can be no assurance that we will not be treated as a PFIC for our current taxable year and future taxable years.
If a U.S. Holder receives foreign currency upon a sale or exchange of the Securities, gain or loss will be recognized in the manner described above under “– Distributions.” However, if such foreign currency is converted into U.S. dollars on the date received by the U.S. Holder, the U.S. Holder generally should not be required to recognize any foreign currency gain or loss on such conversion.
As discussed above under the heading “Material Tax Considerations-Israeli Tax Considerations-Taxation of Shareholders,” a U.S. Holder who holds Securities through an Israeli broker or other Israeli intermediary may be subject to Israeli withholding tax on any capital gains recognized on a sale or other disposition of the Securities. Any Israeli tax paid under circumstances in which an exemption from (or a refund of or a reduction in) such tax was available will not be creditable for U.S. federal income tax purposes. U.S. Holders are advised to consult their Israeli broker or intermediary regarding the procedures for obtaining an exemption or reduction.
Medicare Tax on Unearned Income
Non-corporate U.S. Holders whose income exceeds certain thresholds are required to pay an additional 3.8% tax on their net investment income, which includes dividends paid on the Securities and capital gains from the sale or other disposition of the Securities.
Passive Foreign Investment Companies
Although we do not anticipate being treated as a passive foreign investment company (“PFIC”) for this year, the treatment of the Company as a PFIC is based on the value and composition of our assets, and no assurance can be given that we will not be treated as a PFIC for U.S. federal income tax purposes for our current taxable year or future taxable years. We will be considered a PFIC for any taxable year if:
| • | at least 75% of our gross income for such taxable year is passive income; or |
| • | at least 50% of the value of our assets (based on an average of the fair market values of the assets determined at the end of each quarter during a taxable year) is attributable to assets that produce or are held for the production of passive income. |
For purposes of the above calculations, if we own, directly or indirectly, 25% or more of the total value of the outstanding shares of another corporation, we will be treated as if we (a) held a proportionate share of the assets of such other corporation and (b) received a proportionate share of the income of such other corporation directly. Passive income generally includes, among other things, dividends, interest, rents, royalties and certain capital gain, but generally excludes rents and royalties that are derived in the active conduct of a trade or business and which are received from a person other than a related person.
A separate determination must be made each taxable year as to whether we are a PFIC (after the close of each such taxable year). Because the value of our assets for purposes of the asset test will generally be determined by reference to the market price of the ADSs and Pre-funded Warrants, our PFIC status will also depend in large part on the market price of the Securities, which may fluctuate significantly.
If we are a PFIC for any year during which a U.S. Holder holds any Securities, we generally will be treated as a PFIC with respect to such U.S. Holder for all succeeding years during which such U.S. Holder holds the Securities, unless we cease to be a PFIC and such U.S. Holder makes a “deemed sale” election with respect to the Securities that such U.S. Holder holds. For this purpose, a U.S. Holder that acquired an ADS through the exercise of a Pre-funded Warrant will be treated as holding such ADS for the period during which such Pre-funded Warrant was held. A U.S. Holder that makes such an election will be deemed to have sold the Securities it holds at their fair market value on the last day of the last taxable year in which we qualified as a PFIC, and any gain from such deemed sale will be subject to the U.S. federal income tax treatment described below. After the deemed sale election, the Securities with respect to which the deemed sale election was made will not be treated as shares in a PFIC unless we subsequently become a PFIC.
For each taxable year for which we are treated as a PFIC with respect to a U.S. Holder, such U.S. Holder will be subject to special tax rules with respect to any “excess distribution” it receives and any gain it realizes from a sale or other disposition (including a pledge) of the Securities, unless it makes a “mark-to-market” election or a “qualified electing fund” election discussed below. Distributions that a U.S. Holder receives in a taxable year that are greater than 125% of the average annual distributions it received during the shorter of the three preceding taxable years or its holding period for the Securities will be treated as an excess distribution. Under these special tax rules, if a U.S. Holder receives any excess distribution or realizes any gain from a sale or other disposition of the Securities:
| • | the excess distribution or gain will be allocated ratably over the U.S. Holder’s holding period for the Securities; |
| • | the amount of excess distribution or gain allocated to the current taxable year, and any taxable year before the first taxable year in which we were a PFIC, must be included in the U.S. Holder’s gross income (as ordinary income) for the tax year of the sale or disposition; and |
| • | the amount allocated to each other year will be subject to the highest marginal tax rate in effect with respect to such U.S. Holder for that year and the interest charge generally applicable to underpayments of tax will be imposed on the resulting tax attributable to such amounts allocated to each other year. |
The tax liability for amounts allocated to years before the year of disposition or “excess distribution” cannot be offset by any losses for such years. Additionally, any gains realized on the sale of the Securities cannot be treated as capital gains.
If we are treated as a PFIC with respect to a U.S. Holder for any taxable year, to the extent any of our subsidiaries are also PFICs, such U.S. Holder will be deemed to own its proportionate share of any such subsidiaries that are PFICs, and such U.S. Holder may be subject to the rules described in the preceding two paragraphs with respect to the shares of such subsidiaries that are PFICs it will be deemed to own. As a result, a U.S. Holder may incur liability for any “excess distribution” described above if we receive a distribution from such subsidiaries that are PFICs or if we dispose of, or are deemed to dispose of, any shares in such subsidiaries that are PFICs. You should consult your own tax advisor regarding the application of the PFIC rules to any of our subsidiaries.
Alternatively, a U.S. Holder of “marketable stock” (as defined below) in a PFIC may make a mark-to-market election for such stock to elect out of the general tax treatment for PFICs discussed above. If a U.S. Holder makes a mark-to-market election for the ADSs, such U.S. Holder will include in income for each year we are a PFIC an amount equal to the excess, if any, of the fair market value of the ADSs as of the close of such U.S. Holder’s taxable year over such U.S. Holder’s adjusted basis in such ADSs. A U.S. Holder is allowed a deduction for the excess, if any, of the adjusted basis of the ADSs over their fair market value as of the close of the taxable year. However, deductions are allowable only to the extent of any net mark-to-market gains on the ADSs included in a U.S. Holder’s income for prior taxable years. Amounts included in a U.S. Holder’s income under a mark-to-market election, as well as gain on the actual sale or other disposition of the ADSs, are treated as ordinary income. Ordinary loss treatment also applies to the deductible portion of any mark-to-market loss on the ADSs, as well as to any loss realized on the actual sale or disposition of the ADSs to the extent the amount of such loss does not exceed the net mark-to-market gains previously included for the ADSs. A U.S. Holder’s basis in the ADSs will be adjusted to reflect any such income or loss amounts. If a U.S. Holder makes a valid mark-to-market election, the tax rules that apply to distributions by corporations that are not PFICs will apply to distributions by us, except the lower applicable tax rate for qualified dividend income will not apply. If we cease to be a PFIC when a U.S. Holder has a mark-to-market election in effect, gain or loss realized by such U.S. Holder on the sale of the ADSs will be a capital gain or loss and taxed in the manner described above under “– Sale, Exchange, or Other Disposition of ADSs and Pre-funded Warrants.”
The mark-to-market election is available only for “marketable stock,” which is a stock that is traded in other than de minimis quantities on at least 15 days during each calendar quarter, or regularly traded, on a qualified exchange or another market, as defined in applicable U.S. Treasury regulations. Any trades that have as their principal purpose meeting this requirement will be disregarded. The ADSs are listed on Nasdaq and, accordingly, provided the ADSs are regularly traded, the mark-to-market election will be available to a U.S. Holder of ADSs if we are a PFIC. Once made, the election cannot be revoked without the consent of the IRS unless the ADSs cease to be marketable stock. If we are a PFIC for any year in which the U.S. Holder owns the ADSs but before a mark-to-market election is made, the interest charge rules described above will apply to any mark-to-market gain recognized in the year the election is made. If any of our subsidiaries are or become PFICs, the mark-to-market election will not be available with respect to the shares of such subsidiaries that are treated as owned by a U.S. Holder. Consequently, a U.S. Holder could be subject to the PFIC rules with respect to income of the lower-tier PFICs the value of which already had been taken into account indirectly via mark-to-market adjustments. You should consult your own tax advisors as to the availability and desirability of a mark-to-market election, as well as the impact of such election on interests in any lower-tier PFICs.
In certain circumstances, a U.S. Holder of stock in a PFIC can make a “qualified electing fund” election to mitigate some of the adverse tax consequences of holding stock in a PFIC by including in income its share of the corporation’s income on a current basis. However, we do not currently intend to prepare or provide the information that would enable a U.S. Holder to make a qualified electing fund election.
Unless otherwise provided by the U.S. Treasury, each U.S. shareholder of a PFIC is required to file an annual information return on IRS Form 8621 (Information Return by a Shareholder of a Passive Foreign Investment Company or Qualifying Electing Fund) containing such information as the U.S. Treasury may require. A U.S. Holder’s failure to file such annual information return could result in the imposition of penalties and the extension of the statute of limitations with respect to U.S. federal income tax. You should consult your own tax advisors regarding the requirements of filing such information returns under these rules, taking into account the uncertainty as to whether we are currently treated as or may become a PFIC.
YOU ARE STRONGLY URGED TO CONSULT YOUR OWN TAX ADVISOR REGARDING THE IMPACT AND APPLICATION OF THE PFIC RULES ON YOUR INVESTMENT IN THE SECURITIES.
Backup Withholding and Information Reporting
Payments of dividends with respect to the Securities and the proceeds from the sale, retirement, or other disposition of the Securities made by a U.S. paying agent or other U.S. intermediary will generally be reported to the IRS and to the U.S. Holder as may be required under applicable U.S. Treasury regulations. We, or an agent, a broker, or any paying agent, as the case may be, may be required to withhold tax (backup withholding), currently at the rate of 24%, if a non-corporate U.S. Holder that is not otherwise exempt fails to provide an accurate taxpayer identification number and comply with other IRS requirements concerning information reporting. Certain U.S. Holders (including, among others, corporations and tax-exempt organizations) are not subject to backup withholding. Backup withholding is not an additional tax. Any amount of backup withholding withheld may be used as a credit against your U.S. federal income tax liability or may be refunded provided that the required information is timely furnished to the IRS. U.S. Holders should consult their own tax advisors as to their qualification for exemption from backup withholding and the procedure for obtaining an exemption.
You should consult your own tax advisors regarding the backup withholding tax and information reporting rules.
Foreign Asset Reporting
Certain U.S. Holders who are individuals are required to report information relating to an interest in the Securities, subject to certain exceptions (including an exception for shares held in accounts maintained by financial institutions) by filing IRS Form 8938 (Statement of Specified Foreign Financial Assets) with their federal income tax return. U.S. Holders are urged to consult their tax advisors regarding their information reporting obligations, if any, with respect to their ownership and disposition of the Securities.
EACH PROSPECTIVE INVESTOR IS URGED TO CONSULT ITS OWN TAX ADVISOR REGARDING THE TAX CONSEQUENCES OF AN INVESTMENT IN THE SECURITIES IN LIGHT OF SUCH INVESTOR’S PARTICULAR CIRCUMSTANCES.
Pursuant to an engagement agreement, we have engaged Wainwright to act as our exclusive placement agent in connection with this offering of our securities pursuant to this prospectus supplement. The Placement Agent has agreed to use reasonable best efforts to arrange for the sale of the securities pursuant to this prospectus supplement. The terms of this offering are subject to market conditions and negotiations between us, the Placement Agent and prospective investors. The engagement agreement does not give rise to any commitment by the Placement Agent to purchase any of our securities and the Placement Agent is not required to arrange the purchase or sale of any specific number or dollar amount of securities. The Placement Agent will have no authority to bind us by virtue of the engagement agreement and the Placement Agent does not guarantee that it will be able to raise new capital in any prospective offering. The Placement Agent may engage sub-agents or selected dealers to assist with the offering.
We have entered into the Securities Purchase Agreement directly with an institutional investor, who will purchase our securities in this offering, providing such investor with certain representations, warranties and covenants from us.
We will deliver the ADSs and Pre-funded Warrants being issued to the purchasers upon receipt of funds for the purchase of the ADSs and Pre-funded Warrants offered pursuant to this prospectus supplement. We expect to deliver the ADSs and Pre-funded Warrants being offered pursuant to this prospectus supplement on or about July 25, 2023, subject to satisfaction of certain customary closing conditions.
The Placement Agent may distribute this prospectus supplement electronically.
Commissions and Expenses
We have agreed to pay the Placement Agent a cash fee of 7.5% of the aggregate gross proceeds raised in the offering. The following table shows the per ADS and per Pre-funded Warrant and total placement agent fees payable to the Placement Agent by us in connection with this offering.
| | Per ADS | | | Per Pre- funded Warrant | | | Total | |
Offering price | | $ | 1.35000 | | | $ | 1.34900 | | | $ | 1,757,379.05 | |
Placement agent fees(1) | | $ | 0.10125 | | | $ | 0.10125 | | | $ | 131,819.70 | |
Proceeds to us, before expenses | | $ | 1.24875 | | | $ | 1.24775 | | | $ | 1,625,559.35 | |
In addition, we will reimburse the Placement Agent $25,000 for non-accountable expenses, up to $50,000 for fees and expenses of legal counsel and other out-of-pocket expenses and $15,950 for its clearing expenses. We estimate the total offering expenses of this offering that will be payable by us, excluding the placement agent fees and expenses, will be approximately $105,964.
Placement Agent Warrants
In addition, we have agreed to issue to the Placement Agent or its designees, the Placement Agent Warrants to purchase up to 78,115 ADSs (equal to 6.0% of the ADSs issued in this offering, including the ADSs issuable upon the exercise of the Pre-funded Warrants). The Placement Agent Warrants have an exercise price of $1.6875 per ADS (equal to 125% of the offering price per ADS) and a term of five years from the commencement of sales in this offering.
Lock-up Agreements
Our officers and directors, representing beneficial ownership of 1.39% of our outstanding Ordinary Shares, have agreed with the Placement Agent to be subject to a lock-up period of 90 days following the closing of this offering.
The Securities Purchase Agreement that we entered into with the purchasers prohibits, with certain limited exceptions, us: (i) for thirty (30) days following the closing date from issuing any ADSs or ADS Equivalents (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) or filing any registration statement (other than a Form S-8 and certain resale registration statements), and (ii) for twelve (12) months following the closing date from issuing any ADSs or ADS Equivalents in a Variable Rate Transaction (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement).
Right of First Refusal
We have granted the Placement Agent, subject to certain exceptions, a right of first refusal for a period of twelve (12) months following the consummation of this offering to act as our sole book-running manager, sole underwriter or sole placement agent for any further capital raising transactions undertaken by us or any of our subsidiaries.
Tail
We have also agreed to pay the Placement Agent a tail fee equal to the cash and warrant compensation in this offering, if any investor, who was contacted or introduced to us by the Placement Agent during the term of its engagement, provides us with capital in any public or private offering or other financing or capital raising transaction during the 6-month period following expiration or termination of our engagement of the Placement Agent.
Other Relationships
The Placement Agent and its respective affiliates have engaged in, and may in the future engage in, investment banking, advisory and other commercial dealings in the ordinary course of business with us or our affiliates for which they have received and may continue to receive customary fees and commissions. The Placement Agent acted as the placement agent in connection with several offerings of our securities in the past three years, and it received compensation for each such offering. However, except as disclosed in this prospectus supplement, we have no present arrangements with the Placement Agent for any further services.
Determination of Offering Price
The actual offering price of the ADSs and Pre-funded Warrants we are offering was negotiated between us, the Placement Agent and prospective investors, based on the trading of the ADSs prior to the offering, among other things, and may be at a discount to the current market price. The ADSs and Pre-funded Warrants offered hereby will be sold at a fixed price until the completion of the offering.
Regulation M
The Placement Agent may be deemed to be an underwriter within the meaning of Section 2(a)(11) of the Securities Act, and any commissions received by the Placement Agent and any profit realized on the resale of the securities sold by the Placement Agent while acting as principal might be deemed to be underwriting discounts or commissions under the Securities Act. As an underwriter, the Placement Agent would be required to comply with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), including, without limitation, Rule 415(a)(4) under the Securities Act and Rule 10b-5 and Regulation M under the Exchange Act. These rules and regulations may limit the timing of purchases and sales of securities by the Placement Agent acting as principal. Under these rules and regulations, the Placement Agent (i) may not engage in any stabilization activity in connection with our securities; and (ii) may not bid for or purchase any of our securities or attempt to induce any person to purchase any of our securities, other than as permitted under the Exchange Act, until it has completed its participation in the distribution.
Indemnification
We have agreed to indemnify the Placement Agent and specified other persons against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act, relating to or arising out of the Placement Agent’s activities under the engagement agreement and to contribute to payments that the Placement Agent may be required to make in respect of such liabilities.
Listing
The ADSs are traded on Nasdaq under the symbol “RDHL.”
The following are the estimated expenses (other than placement agent fees and other items constituting Placement Agent’s compensation, if any, or placement agent expense reimbursement) of the issuance and distribution of the securities offered by this prospectus supplement, all of which will be paid by us.
SEC registration fees | | $ | 115 | |
FINRA fees | | $ | - | |
Legal fees and expenses | | $ | 90,000 | |
Accountants’ fees and expenses | | $ | 5,000 | |
Miscellaneous | | $ | 10,849 | |
Total | | $ | 105,964 | |
Certain matters concerning this offering will be passed upon for us by Haynes and Boone, LLP, New York, New York. The validity of the securities being offered by this prospectus will be passed upon for us by Goldfarb Gross Seligman & Co., Tel-Aviv, Israel. Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP, New York, New York, is counsel to the Placement Agent in connection with this offering.
The financial statements and management’s assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting (which is included in Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting) incorporated in this prospectus supplement by reference to the Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2022 have been so incorporated in reliance on the report of Kesselman & Kesselman, Certified Public Accountants (Isr.) (which report includes an explanatory paragraph regarding the existence of substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern as described in Note 1a(3) to the financial statements), a member firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers International Limited, an independent registered public accounting firm, given on the authority of said firm as experts in auditing and accounting.
WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION
We are subject to the informational requirements of the Exchange Act, and in accordance therewith file annual and special reports with, and furnish other information to, the SEC. The SEC maintains a website that contains reports and other information regarding issuers that file electronically with the SEC. You may access the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov. These SEC filings are also available to the public on the Israel Securities Authority’s Magna website at www.magna.isa.gov.il and from commercial document retrieval services.
This prospectus supplement is part of the registration statement on Form F-3 filed with the SEC in connection with this offering and does not contain all of the information included in the registration statement. Whenever a reference is made in this prospectus supplement to any of our contracts or other documents, the reference may not be complete and, for a copy of the contract or document, you should refer to the exhibits that are a part of the registration statement.
INCORPORATION OF INFORMATION BY REFERENCE
The SEC allows us to “incorporate by reference” information into this prospectus supplement, which means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to other documents that we have filed or will file with the SEC. We are incorporating by reference in this prospectus supplement the documents listed below and all amendments or supplements we may file to such documents, as well as any future filings we may make with the SEC on Form 20-F under the Exchange Act before the time that all of the securities offered by this prospectus have been sold or de-registered:
• | the description of the Ordinary Shares contained in our Registration Statement on Form 20-F filed with the SEC on December 26, 2012; |
• | our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022, filed with the SEC on April 28, 2023; and |
• | Reports on Form 6-K filed with the SEC on January 3, 2023, January 24, 2023, January 25, 2023, January 26, 2023, February 6, 2023, February 15, 2023, February 16, 2023, February 28, 2023, March 6, 2023, March 9, 2023, March 13, 2023, March 17, 2023, March 21, 2023, March 28, 2023, March 30, 2023, April 3, 2023 ( two reports), April 11, 2023, April 21, 2023, April 28, 2023, May 1, 2023, May 4, 2023, May 9, 2023, May 16, 2023, May 22, 2023, June 12, 2023, June 29, 2023, July 6, 2023, and July 21, 2023 ( two reports). |
In addition, any Reports on Form 6-K submitted to the SEC prior to the termination of the offering that we specifically identify in such forms as being incorporated by reference into the registration statement of which this prospectus supplement forms a part.
Certain statements in and portions of this prospectus supplement update and replace information in the above-listed documents incorporated by reference. Likewise, statements in or portions of a future document incorporated by reference in this prospectus supplement may update and replace statements in and portions of this prospectus supplement or the above-listed documents.
We will provide you without charge, upon your written or oral request, a copy of any of the documents incorporated by reference in this prospectus supplement, other than exhibits to such documents which are not specifically incorporated by reference into such documents. Please direct your written or telephone requests to RedHill Biopharma Ltd., 21 Ha'arba'a Street, Tel Aviv 6473921, Israel, Attn: Razi Ingber, telephone number +972 (3) 541-3131. You may also obtain information about us by visiting our website at www.redhillbio.com. Information contained on our website is not part of this prospectus supplement.
1,084,923 American Depositary Shares representing 433,969,200 Ordinary Shares
Pre-funded Warrants to Purchase up to 217,000 American Depositary Shares
Up to 217,000 American Depositary Shares representing 86,800,000 Ordinary Shares
underlying the Pre-funded Warrants
RedHill Biopharma Ltd.
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PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT
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H.C. Wainwright & Co.
The date of this prospectus is July 21, 2023