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, 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 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 23, 2020 and as amended on June 17, 2022 and the Asset Purchase Agreement dated February 2, 2023 that were 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® and Aemcolo®-related assets. As a result of this security interest, until extinguishment of such security interest, if we were to become insolvent the Talicia® and Aemcolo® 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 these assets to a foreclosure, we will lose our remaining source of revenue following the sale of Movantik®. 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 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. |
Investing in our securities involves a high degree of risk. In addition to the other information contained in this prospectus and in the documents we incorporate by reference herein, you should carefully consider the risks discussed below and under the heading “Risk Factors” in the Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2022, before making a decision about investing in our securities. The risks and uncertainties discussed below and in the Annual Report on Form 20-F are not the only ones facing us. Additional risks and uncertainties not presently known to us, or that we currently see as immaterial, may also harm our business. If any of these risks occur, our business, financial condition and operating results could be harmed, the trading price of the ADSs could decline, and you could lose part or all of your investment.
Please also read carefully the section above entitled “Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements.”
Risks Related to our Operations in Israel
We conduct some of our operations in Israel. Conditions in Israel, including the recent attack by Hamas and other terrorist organizations from the Gaza Strip and Israel’s war against them, may affect our operations.
Because we are incorporated under the laws of the State of Israel and some of our operations are conducted in Israel, our business and operations are directly affected by economic, political, geopolitical and military conditions in Israel. Since the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948, a number of armed conflicts have occurred between Israel and its neighboring countries and terrorist organizations active in the region. These conflicts have involved missile strikes, hostile infiltrations and terrorism against civilian targets in various parts of Israel, which have negatively affected business conditions in Israel.
In October 2023, Hamas terrorists infiltrated Israel’s southern border from the Gaza Strip and conducted a series of attacks on civilian and military targets. Hamas also launched extensive rocket attacks on Israeli population and industrial centers located along Israel’s border with the Gaza Strip and in other areas within the State of Israel. These attacks resulted in extensive deaths, injuries and kidnapping of civilians and soldiers. Following the attack, Israel’s security cabinet declared war against Hamas and a military campaign against these terrorist organizations commenced in parallel to their continued rocket and terror attacks. Moreover, the clash between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon, may escalate in the future into a greater regional conflict.
Although we currently do not expect the ongoing conflict to affect our customers, manufacturing, research and development, supply chain, commercialization activities and current clinical studies, which are all located in and/or take place outside of Israel, there can be no assurances that further unforeseen events will not have a material adverse effect on us or our operations in the future.
The Israel Defense Force (the “IDF”), the national military of Israel, is a conscripted military service, subject to certain exceptions. Since October 7, 2023, the IDF has called up more than 350,000 of its reserve forces to serve. One non-management employee is currently subject to military service in the IDF and has been called to serve. It is possible that there will be further military reserve duty call-ups in the future, which may affect our business due to a shortage of skilled labor and loss of institutional knowledge, and necessary mitigation measures we may take to respond to a decrease in labor availability, such as overtime and third-party outsourcing, for example, may have unintended negative effects and adversely impact our results of operations, liquidity or cash flows.
Additionally, four members of our management team and 11 of our non-management employees reside in Israel. Two members of our management team and eight of our non-management employees are currently located in Israel. Shelter-in-place and work-from-home measures, government-imposed restrictions on movement and travel and other precautions taken to address the ongoing conflict may temporarily disrupt our management and employees’ ability to effectively perform their daily tasks.
It is currently not possible to predict the duration or severity of the ongoing conflict or its effects on our business, operations and financial conditions. The ongoing conflict is rapidly evolving and developing, and could disrupt our business and operations, interrupt our sources and availability of supply and hamper our ability to raise additional funds or sell our securities, among others.
Risks Related to the ADSs
Our failure to maintain compliance with Nasdaq’s continued listing requirements could result in the delisting 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 Market Value of Publicly Held Shares (“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 Nasdaq, 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. In the event that we do not regain compliance the minimum MVPHS requirement by November 6, 2023, we would become subject to delisting unless we timely request a hearing before a Nasdaq Hearings Panel (the “Panel”). Should we not regain compliance by that date, it is our present intention to request a hearing before the Panel; however, there is no assurance that the Panel will grant us any additional period to regain compliance.
Additionally, on September 19, 2023, we received a letter from Nasdaq indicating that for the thirty consecutive business days from August 7, 2023, to September 18, 2023, the bid price for the ADSs had closed below the minimum $1.00 per ADS requirement for continued listing on Nasdaq under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5450(a)(1). In accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5810(c)(3)(A), we have been provided an initial period of 180 calendar days, or until March 18, 2024, to regain compliance. The letter states that the Nasdaq staff will provide written notification that we have achieved compliance with Rule 5450(a)(1) if at any time before March 18, 2024, the bid price of the ADSs closes at $1.00 per share or more for a minimum of ten consecutive business days. In the event that we do not regain compliance with the minimum closing bid price requirement by March 18, 2024, we will not be eligible for any additional time to regain compliance if we have not regained compliance with the minimum MVPHS requirement. Nasdaq may allow additional time to regain compliance with the minimum closing bid price requirement if a listed company meets the continued listing requirement for MVPHS and all other initial listing standards, with the exception of the bid price requirement, and we currently do not meet the continued listing requirement for MVPHS.
We will seek to regain compliance with all applicable Nasdaq requirements within the allotted compliance periods. 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 and the minimum bid price requirements, 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 requirement. 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, and in order to meet the minimum bid price requirement, we may need to complete another ratio change. 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 may suffer adverse tax consequences such as (i) having gains realized on the sale of the ADSs treated as ordinary income rather than capital gain, not qualifying for the preferential rate otherwise applicable to dividends received in respect of the ADSs 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.
The sale of a substantial amount of the ADSs, including resale of the Offered ADSs issuable upon the exercise of the Warrants by the selling shareholders, in the public market, or the perception that future sales may occur, could adversely affect the prevailing market price of the ADSs.
We are registering for resale 3,544,784,400 Ordinary Shares represented by 8,861,961 ADSs underlying the Warrants. In addition, as of October 9, 2023, we had outstanding warrants to purchase 3,950,373,600 Ordinary Shares (represented by 9,875,934 ADSs), outstanding options to purchase 40,160,800 Ordinary Shares (represented by 100,402 ADSs) and 203,019 outstanding Restricted Share Units (“RSUs”), each with respect to one ADS. Sales of substantial amounts of ADSs in the public market, or the perception that such sales might occur in the future, including sales of the Offered ADSs, ADSs issuable upon vesting of RSUs and the exercise of options, warrants or other equity-based securities, may cause the market price of the ADS to decline. We cannot predict if and when the selling shareholders may sell such shares in the public markets. Furthermore, in the future, we may issue additional ADSs or other equity or debt securities convertible into ADSs. Any such issuance could result in substantial dilution to our existing shareholders and could cause the price of the ADSs to decline.
We will not receive any proceeds from the sale by the selling shareholders of the Offered ADSs issued or issuable upon exercise of the Warrants. All net proceeds from the sale of the Offered ADSs covered by this prospectus will go to the selling shareholders.
We may receive proceeds from the exercise of the Warrants to the extent that these Warrants are exercised for cash. If all of the Warrants are exercised for cash in full, the proceeds would be approximately $4.2 million.
We intend to use the proceeds from the exercise of the Warrants for cash, if any, for working capital, research and development and general corporate purposes.
CAPITALIZATION AND INDEBTEDNESS
The following table sets forth our total capitalization as of June 30, 2023:
• | on a pro forma basis, after giving effect to (i) the sale of 1,084,923 ADSs and pre-funded warrants (the “July 2023 Pre-funded Warrants”) to purchase up to 217,000 ADSs in the registered direct offering consummated in July 2023 (the “July 2023 Offering”), giving effect to the subsequent exercise in full of the July 2023 Pre-funded Warrants for aggregate cash consideration of $217 and the receipt of the net proceeds of approximately $1.4 million from the July 2023 Offering, after deducting placement agent fees and expenses payable by us, (ii) the Warrant Amendment Agreements, dated July 21, 2023, between us and the investors signatory thereto, entered into in connection with the July 2023 Offering (the “July 2023 Warrant Amendment”), reducing the exercise price of the May 2022 Warrants, the December 2022 Warrants and the Class B Warrants to $1.80 per ADS, (iii) the exercise of the Class A warrants issued in March 2023 to purchase an aggregate of 1,500,000 ADSs at a reduced exercise price of $1.35 per ADS in July 2023 and issuance of the July 2023 Warrants (the “July 2023 Warrant Exercise Transaction”), after deducting placement agent fees and expenses payable by us, (iv) the issuance of warrants to purchase up to 78,115 ADSs issued to Wainwright as part of the compensation to Wainwright in connection with the July 2023 Offering (the “July 2023 Placement Agent Warrants”), (v) the issuance of warrants to purchase up to 90,000 ADSs issued to Wainwright as part of the compensation to Wainwright in connection with the July 2023 Warrant Exercise Transaction (the “July 2023 Placement Agent Exercise Warrants”), and (vi) the September 2023 Warrant Exercise Transaction and the issuance of the September 2023 Reload Warrants and the Placement Agent Warrants, after deducting placement agent fees and expenses payable by us. |
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.
(In thousands, except share data) | | Actual | | | Pro Forma | |
Total debt(1) | | $ | 31,566 | | | $ | 36,027 | |
Ordinary shares, par value NIS 0.01 per share | | | 4,620 | | | | 12,139 | |
Additional paid-in capital | | | 380,860 | | | | 375,398 | |
Accumulated deficit | | | 382,009 | | | | 383,445 | |
Total shareholders’ equity | | $ | 3,471 | | | $ | 4,092 | |
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Total capitalization and indebtedness | | $ | 35,037 | | | $ | 40,119 | |
(1) | Includes $28.2 million reported as current liabilities, which mainly consist of allowance for deductions from revenue and accrued expenses and account payable, and $3.4 million reported as non-current liabilities, which mainly consist of lease liabilities and derivative financial instruments. The warrants granted in the registered direct offering and concurrent private placement of warrants consummated in May 2022, the underwritten offering consummated in December 2022, the registered direct offering consummated in March 2023, the July 2023 Offering, the July 2023 Warrant Exercise Transaction, and the September 2023 Warrant Exercise Transaction were classified as a financial liability due to a net settlement provision. Therefore, some of 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 1,576,783,694 Ordinary Shares outstanding as of June 30, 2023. As of June 30, 2023, prior to giving effect to the July 2023 Offering and the issuance of the July 2023 Placement Agent Warrants, the July 2023 Warrant Amendment, the July 2023 Warrant Exercise Transaction and the issuance of the July 2023 Placement Agent Exercise Warrants, and the September 2023 Warrant Exercise Transaction and the issuance the Placement Agent Warrants, we had (i) 44,061,600 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 110,154 ADSs at a weighted average exercise price of $252.45 per ADS); (ii) 2,059,112,250 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) 47,837 outstanding RSUs, each RSU representing one ADS. The number of Ordinary Shares outstanding as of June 30, 2023 does not include the ADSs we agreed to issue to Kukbo Co. Ltd. for the second tranche of $5 million pursuant to the Subscription Agreement, dated October 25, 2021.
September 2023 Warrant Exercise Transaction
On September 28, 2023, we entered into the Exercise Agreement with Armistice Capital, Sabby and Lind (each as defined below and collectively, the “Holders”), pursuant to which the Holders agreed to exercise the Existing Warrants in full for cash at a reduced exercised price of $0.47 per ADS for aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $2.0 million, before deducting placement agent fees and expenses payable by us. In consideration for the exercise of the Existing Warrants for cash, among other things, the Holders received new unregistered September 2023 Reload Warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 8,603,846 ADSs at an exercise price of $0.47 per ADS, which have a term of (i) five years as to the September 2023 Reload Warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 5,603,846 ADSs issued pursuant to the May 2022 Warrants, the December 2022 Warrants and the July 2023 Warrants, and (ii) eighteen (18) months as to the September 2023 Reload Warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 3,000,000 ADSs issued pursuant to the Class B Warrants exercised pursuant to the Exercise Agreement. See “Prospectus Summary – September 2023 Warrant Exercise Transaction” above.
The issuance of the September 2023 Reload Warrants described above was exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act pursuant to an exemption provided by Section 4(a)(2) thereof and Rule 506 of Regulation D promulgated thereunder as a transaction by an issuer not involving a public offering. Pursuant to the Exercise Agreement with the Holders, we are obligated, among other things, to file a registration statement with the SEC for purposes of registering the resale of the ADSs issuable upon exercise of the September 2023 Reload Warrants as soon as practicable (and in any event within fifteen (15) calendar days of the date of Exercise Agreement) and to keep such registration statement effective until such time as the Holders no longer own any September 2023 Reload Warrants or the ADSs issuable upon exercise thereof.
We are registering the resale by the Holders of the ADSs issuable upon exercise of the September 2023 Reload Warrants in order to permit the Holders to offer such ADSs for resale from time to time pursuant to this prospectus. The Holders may also sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of all or a portion of the ADSs in transactions exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, or pursuant to another effective registration statement covering those.
Placement Agent Warrants
As part of the compensation to Wainwright in connection with the September 2023 Warrant Exercise Transaction, pursuant to an engagement agreement, dated as of September 18, 2023, by between us and Wainwright, we issued to Wainwright’s designees unregistered Placement Agent Warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 258,115 ADSs at an exercise price of $0.5875 per ADS. The Placement Agent Warrants are exercisable until October 3, 2028.
The resale of the ADSs issuable upon exercise of the Placement Agent Warrants and the Ordinary Shares underlying the ADSs is being registered in this registration statement.
Relationships with the Selling Shareholders
Except for ownership of the September 2023 Reload Warrants and as described in this prospectus and the documents incorporated by reference into this prospectus, including the investment by Armistice Capital in the registered direct offering and concurrent private placement of warrants consummated in May 2022, the registered direct offering consummated in April 2023, the July 2023 Offering, the July 2023 Warrant Amendment, the July 2023 Warrant Exercise Transaction and the September 2023 Warrant Exercise Transaction, Armistice Capital has not had any material relationship with us within the past three years. Except for ownership of the September 2023 Reload Warrants and as described in this prospectus and the documents incorporated by reference into this prospectus, including investment by each of Sabby and Lind in the underwritten offering consummated in December 2022, the July 2023 Offering, the July 2023 Warrant Amendment and the September 2023 Warrant Exercise Transaction, neither Sabby nor Lind has had any material relationship with us within the past three years.
Wainwright and its respective affiliates have engaged in investment banking, advisory and other commercial dealings in the ordinary course of business with us or our affiliates for which they have received customary fees and commissions. Wainwright 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.
Information About Selling Shareholders Offering
The Ordinary Shares represented by the Offered ADSs being offered by the selling shareholders are those issued or issuable upon exercise of the September 2023 Reload Warrants and the Placement Agent Warrants, described above. We are registering the Offered ADSs in order to permit the selling shareholders to offer the Offered ADSs for resale from time to time.
Throughout this prospectus, when we refer to the Offered ADSs being registered on behalf of the selling shareholder, we are referring to the Offered ADSs issued or issuable upon cash exercise of the September 2023 Reload Warrants and the Placement Agent Warrants, and when we refer to the selling shareholders in this prospectus we are referring to each selling shareholder identified below, and, as applicable, permitted transferees or other successors-in-interest of the selling shareholders that may be identified in a supplement to this prospectus or, if required, a post-effective amendment to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part.
The table below provides information regarding the beneficial ownership of the Ordinary Shares represented by the Offered ADSs by the selling shareholders. The second column lists the number of Ordinary Shares represented by the Offered ADSs beneficially owned by the selling shareholders, based on their beneficial ownership of the Offered ADSs, as of October 9, 2023, assuming the exercise of the Warrants held by each selling shareholder on that date, without regard to any limitations on the exercise of the Warrants. The fourth column lists the maximum number of Ordinary Shares represented by the Offered ADSs being offered in this prospectus by each selling shareholder, issuable upon exercise of the Warrants, respectively, without regard to any limitations on the exercise of the Warrants. The fifth and sixth columns list the number of Ordinary Shares represented by the Offered ADSs owned after the Offering and the percentage of outstanding Ordinary Shares, assuming in both cases the exercise of the Warrants held by that selling shareholder, without regard to any limitations on the exercise of the Warrants and the sale of all of the Ordinary Shares represented by the Offered ADSs offered by that selling shareholder pursuant to this prospectus.
The selling shareholders may sell some, all or none of their Offered ADSs. We do not know when or whether the selling shareholders will exercise their Warrants nor do we know how long the selling shareholders will hold their Offered ADSs before selling them, and we currently have no agreements, arrangements or understandings with the selling shareholders regarding the exercise of any Warrants, or the sale or other disposition of any of the Offered ADSs. The Offered ADSs covered hereby may be offered from time to time by the selling shareholders.
Unless otherwise indicated, all information contained in the table below and the footnotes thereto is based upon information provided to us by the selling shareholders. The percentage of shares owned prior to and after the offering is based on 3,761,115,000 of our Ordinary Shares outstanding as of October 9, 2023. Unless otherwise indicated in the footnotes to this table, we believe that each selling shareholder has sole voting and investment power with respect to the Ordinary Shares indicated as beneficially owned. Except as otherwise indicated below, based on the information provided to us by the selling shareholders, and to the best of our knowledge, no selling shareholder is a broker-dealer or an affiliate of a broker-dealer.
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| | Ordinary Shares Beneficially Owned Before Offering | | | | | | Ordinary Shares Beneficially Owned After Offering | |
Selling Shareholders | | Number(1) | | | Percentage | | | Maximum Number of Ordinary Shares Offered(1) | | | Number | | | Percentage | |
Armistice Capital, LLC(2) | | 3,638,484,800(3) |
| | 51.29%** |
| | 2,664,084,800(4) |
| | 974,400,000(5) |
|
| 13.73%** |
|
Sabby Volatility Master Fund, Ltd.(6) | | 545,514,800(7) |
| | 12.75%** |
| | 518,302,400(8) |
| | 27,212,400(9) |
|
| * | |
Lind Global Fund II LP(10) | | 259,151,200(11) |
| | 6.45%** |
| | 259,151,200(11) |
| | 0 |
|
| * | |
Michael Vasinkevich(12) | | 132,413,200(13) |
| | 3.40% |
| | 66,206,400(14) |
| | 66,206,800(15) |
|
| 1.70% |
|
Noam Rubinstein(12) | | 45,428,000(16) |
| | 1.19% |
| | 22,714,000(17) |
| | 22,714,000(18) |
|
| * | |
Aileen Gibbons(12) | | 19,616,800(19) |
| | * | | | 9,808,400(20) |
| | 9,808,400(21) |
|
| * | |
Craig Schwabe(12) | | 6,969,600(22) |
| | * | | | 3,484,800(23) |
| | 3,484,800(24) |
|
| * | |
Charles Worthman(12) | | 2,064,800(25) |
| | * | | | 1,032,400(26) |
| | 1,032,400(27) |
|
| * | |
** The September 2023 Reload Warrants held by the Holders are subject to a 4.99% blocker according to which the Holders of the September 2023 Reload Warrants (together with their affiliates) may not exercise any portion of the September 2023 Reload Warrants to the extent that the holder would own more than 4.99% (or, at the holder’s option upon initial issuance, 9.99%) of our outstanding Ordinary Shares immediately after the exercise. However, 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 Ordinary Shares after exercising the warrants up to 9.99% of the number of our Ordinary Shares outstanding immediately after giving effect to the exercise, as such percentage ownership is determined in accordance with the terms of the warrants (the “Blocker”). Assumes that any ADSs held in abeyance pursuant to the exercise of the Existing Warrants in the September 2023 Warrant Exercise Transaction have been issued for the purposes of calculating beneficial ownership percentages.
(1) | Number of Ordinary Shares includes Ordinary Shares represented by ADSs. Each ADS represents four hundred (400) Ordinary Shares. |
(2) | The securities are directly held by Armistice Capital Master Fund Ltd., a Cayman Islands exempted company (the “Master Fund”), and may be deemed to be beneficially owned by: (i) Armistice Capital, LLC (“Armistice Capital”), as the investment manager of the Master Fund; and (ii) Steven Boyd, as the Managing Member of Armistice Capital. The September 2023 Reload Warrants are subject to a beneficial ownership limitation of 4.99%, which such limitation restricts the selling shareholder from exercising that portion of the September 2023 Reload Warrants that would result in the selling shareholder and its affiliates owning, after exercise, a number of Ordinary Shares in excess of the beneficial ownership limitation. The address of Armistice Capital Master Fund Ltd. is c/o Armistice Capital, LLC, 510 Madison Avenue, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10022. |
(3) | Represents 3,638,484,800 Ordinary Shares represented by 9,096,212 ADSs consisting of (i) 6,660,212 ADSs issuable upon exercise of the September 2023 Reload Warrants, without regard to any limitations on the exercise of the September 2023 Reload Warrants, (ii) 1,673,000 ADSs held in abeyance pursuant to the exercise of the May 2022 Warrants, the Class B Warrants and the July 2023 Warrants in the September 2023 Warrant Exercise Transaction, and (iii) 763,000 ADSs issued pursuant to the exercise of the May 2022 Warrants, the Class B Warrants and the July 2023 Warrants in the September 2023 Warrant Exercise Transaction. The exercise of the September 2023 Reload Warrants is subject to the Blocker. Consequently, as of the date set forth above, Armistice may not necessarily be able to exercise all of these warrants due to the Blocker. The number of Ordinary Shares set forth in the above table does not reflect the application of this limitation. |
(4) | Represents 2,664,084,800 Ordinary Shares represented by 6,660,212 ADSs issuable upon exercise of the September 2023 Reload Warrants, without regard to any limitations on the exercise of such warrants. The exercise of the foregoing warrants is subject to the Blocker. |
(5) | Represents 974,400,000 Ordinary Shares represented by 2,436,000 ADSs consisting of (i) 1,673,000 ADSs held in abeyance pursuant exercise of the May 2022 Warrants, the Class B Warrants and the July 2023 Warrants in the September 2023 Warrant Exercise Transaction, and (ii) 763,000 ADSs issued pursuant to the exercise of the May 2022 Warrants, the Class B Warrants and the July 2023 Warrants in the September 2023 Warrant Exercise Transaction. |
(6) | The securities are directly held by Sabby Volatility Warrant Master Fund, Ltd. (“Sabby”). Sabby Management, LLC, the investment manager of Sabby, has discretionary authority to vote and dispose of the shares held by Sabby and may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of these shares. Hal Mintz, in his capacity as manager of Sabby Management, LLC, may also be deemed to have investment discretion and voting power over the shares held by Sabby. Each of Sabby Management, LLC and Hal Mintz disclaims beneficial ownership over the securities listed except to the extent of their pecuniary interest therein. The September 2023 Reload Warrants are subject to a beneficial ownership limitation of 4.99%, which such limitation restricts the selling shareholder from exercising that portion of the September 2023 Reload Warrants that would result in the selling shareholder and its affiliates owning, after exercise, a number of Ordinary Shares in excess of the beneficial ownership limitation. |
(7) | Represents 545,514,800 Ordinary Shares represented by 1,363,787 ADSs consisting of (i) 1,295,756 ADSs issuable upon exercise of the September 2023 Reload Warrants, without regard to any limitations on the exercise of the September 2023 Reload Warrants, and (ii) 68,031 ADSs beneficially owned by Sabby. The exercise of the September 2023 Reload Warrants is subject to the Blocker. Consequently, as of the date set forth above, Sabby may not necessarily be able to exercise all of these warrants due to the Blocker. The number of Ordinary Shares set forth in the above table does not reflect the application of this limitation. |
(8) | Represents 518,302,400 Ordinary Shares represented by 1,295,756 ADSs issuable upon exercise of the September 2023 Reload Warrants, without regard to any limitations on the exercise of such warrants. The exercise of the September 2023 Reload Warrants is subject to the Blocker. |
(9) | Represents 27,212,400 Ordinary Shares represented by 68,031 ADSs beneficially owned by Sabby. |
(10) | The securities are directly held by Lind Global Fund II LP (“Lind”). Jeff Easton is the Managing Member of Lind Global Partners, LLC, which is the General Partner and the Investment Manager of Lind Global Fund II LP, and in such capacity has the right to vote and dispose of the securities held by Lind. Mr. Easton disclaims beneficial ownership over the securities listed except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein. The address for Lind Global Fund II LP is 444 Madison Avenue, 41st Floor, New York, NY 10022. The September 2023 Reload Warrants are subject to a beneficial ownership limitation of 4.99%, which such limitation restricts the selling shareholder from exercising that portion of the September 2023 Reload Warrants that would result in the selling shareholder and its affiliates owning, after exercise, a number of Ordinary Shares in excess of the beneficial ownership limitation. |
(11) | Represents 259,151,200 Ordinary Shares represented by 647,878 ADSs issuable upon exercise of the September 2023 Reload Warrants, without regard to any limitations on the exercise of the September 2023 Reload Warrants. Consequently, as of the date set forth above, Lind may not necessarily be able to exercise all of the September 2023 Reload Warrants due to the Blocker. The number of Ordinary Shares set forth in the above table does not reflect the application of this limitation. |
(12) | The selling shareholders were issued compensation warrants as a designee of Wainwright in connection with each of (i) the registered direct offering consummated in March 2023 (the “March 2023 Placement Agent Warrants”), (ii) the July 2023 Offering, (iii) July 2023 Warrant Exercise Transaction, and (iv) the September 2023 Warrant Exercise Transaction. Each selling stockholder is affiliated with Wainwright, a registered broker dealer with a registered address of H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC, 430 Park Avenue, 3rd Floor, New York, New York 10022, and has sole voting and dispositive power over the securities held. Each selling stockholder may not exercise the March 2023 Placement Agent Warrants, the July 2023 Placement Agent Warrants, the July 2023 Placement Agent Exercise Warrants or the Placement Agent Warrants to the extent such exercise would cause each selling shareholders, together with his affiliates and attribution parties, to beneficially own a number of Ordinary Shares which would exceed 4.99% of our then outstanding Ordinary Shares following such exercise, or, upon notice to us, 9.99% of our then outstanding Ordinary Shares following such exercise, excluding for purposes of such determination shares of Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of such securities which have not been so exercised. The selling stockholder acquired the warrants in the ordinary course of business and, at the time the warrants were acquired, the selling stockholder had no agreement or understanding, directly or indirectly, with any person to distribute such securities. |
(13) | Represents 132,413,200 Ordinary Shares represented 331,033 ADSs issuable upon exercise of the March 2023 Placement Agent Warrants, the July 2023 Placement Agent Warrants, the July 2023 Placement Agent Exercise Warrants and the Placement Agent Warrants, without regard to any limitations on the exercise of such warrants. |
(14) | Represents 66,206,400 Ordinary Shares represented by 165,516 ADSs issuable upon exercise of the Placement Agent Warrants, without regard to any limitations on the exercise of such warrants. |
(15) | Represents 66,206,800 Ordinary Shares represented by 165,517 ADSs issuable upon exercise of the March 2023 Placement Agent Warrants, the July 2023 Placement Agent Warrants and the July 2023 Placement Agent Exercise Warrants without regard to any limitations on the exercise of such warrants. |
(16) | Represents 45,428,000 Ordinary Shares represented by 113,570 ADSs issuable upon exercise of the March 2023 Placement Agent Warrants, the July 2023 Placement Agent Warrants, the July 2023 Placement Agent Exercise Warrants and the Placement Agent Warrants, without regard to any limitations on the exercise of such warrants. |
(17) | Represents 22,714,000 Ordinary Shares represented by 56,785 ADSs issuable upon exercise of the Placement Agent Warrants, without regard to any limitations on the exercise of such warrants. |
(18) | Represents 22,714,000 Ordinary Shares represented by 56,785 ADSs issuable upon exercise of the March 2023 Placement Agent Warrants, the July 2023 Placement Agent Warrants and the July 2023 Placement Agent Exercise Warrants, without regard to any limitations on the exercise of such warrants. |
(19) | Represents 19,616,800 Ordinary Shares represented by 49,042 ADSs issuable upon exercise of the March 2023 Placement Agent Warrants, the July 2023 Placement Agent Warrants, the July 2023 Placement Agent Exercise Warrants and the Placement Agent Warrants, without regard to any limitations on the exercise of such warrants. |
(20) | Represents 9,808,400 Ordinary Shares represented by 24,521 ADSs issuable upon exercise of the Placement Agent Warrants, without regard to any limitations on the exercise of such warrants. |
(21) | Represents 9,808,400 Ordinary Shares represented by 24,521 ADSs issuable upon exercise of the March 2023 Placement Agent Warrants, the July 2023 Placement Agent Warrants and the July 2023 Placement Agent Exercise Warrants without regard to any limitations on the exercise of such warrants. |
(22) | Represents 6,969,600 Ordinary Shares represented 17,424 ADSs issuable upon exercise of the March 2023 Placement Agent Warrants, the July 2023 Placement Agent Warrants, the July 2023 Placement Agent Exercise Warrants and the Placement Agent Warrants, without regard to any limitations on the exercise of such warrants. |
(23) | Represents 3,484,800 Ordinary Shares represented 8,712 ADSs issuable upon exercise of the Placement Agent Warrants, without regard to any limitations on the exercise of such warrants. |
(24) | Represents 3,484,800 Ordinary Shares represented by 8,712 ADSs issuable upon exercise of the March 2023 Placement Agent Warrants, the July 2023 Placement Agent Warrants and the July 2023 Placement Agent Exercise Warrants without regard to any limitations on the exercise of such warrants. |
(25) | Represents 2,064,800 Ordinary Shares represented 5,162 ADSs issuable upon exercise of the March 2023 Placement Agent Warrants, the July 2023 Placement Agent Warrants, the July 2023 Placement Agent Exercise Warrants and the Placement Agent Warrants, without regard to any limitations on the exercise of such warrants. |
(26) | Represents 1,032,400 Ordinary Shares represented by 2,581 ADSs issuable upon exercise of the Placement Agent Warrants, without regard to any limitations on the exercise of such warrants. |
(27) | Represents 1,032,400 Ordinary Shares represented by 2,581 ADSs issuable upon exercise of the March 2023 Placement Agent Warrants, the July 2023 Placement Agent Warrants and the July 2023 Placement Agent Exercise Warrants without regard to any limitations on the exercise of such warrants. |
The selling shareholders of the securities and any of their pledgees, assignees and successors-in-interest may, from time to time, sell any or all of the securities covered hereby on the principal trading market or any other stock exchange, market or trading facility on which the securities are traded or in private transactions. These sales may be at fixed or negotiated prices. The selling shareholders may use any one or more of the following methods when selling securities:
| ● | ordinary brokerage transactions and transactions in which the broker-dealer solicits purchasers; |
| ● | block trades in which the broker-dealer will attempt to sell the securities as an agent but may position and resell a portion of the block as principal to facilitate the transaction; |
| ● | purchases by a broker-dealer as principal and resale by the broker-dealer for its account; |
| ● | an exchange distribution in accordance with the rules of the applicable exchange; |
| ● | privately negotiated transactions; |
| ● | settlement of short sales made after the effective date of the registration statement; |
| ● | in transactions through broker-dealers that agree with the selling shareholders to sell a specified number of such securities at a stipulated price per security; |
| ● | through the writing or settlement of options or other hedging transactions, whether through an options exchange or otherwise; |
| ● | a combination of any such methods of sale; or |
| ● | any other method permitted pursuant to applicable law. |
The selling shareholders may also sell securities under Rule 144 or any other exemption from registration under the Securities Act, if available, rather than under this prospectus.
Broker-dealers engaged by the selling shareholders may arrange for other broker-dealers to participate in sales. Broker-dealers may receive commissions or discounts from the selling shareholders (or, if any broker-dealer acts as agent for the purchaser of securities, from the purchaser) in amounts to be negotiated, but, except as set forth in a supplement to this Prospectus, in the case of an agency transaction not in excess of a customary brokerage commission in compliance with FINRA Rule 2121, and in the case of a principal transaction a markup or markdown in compliance with FINRA Rule 2121.
In connection with the sale of the securities or interests therein, the selling shareholders may enter into hedging transactions with broker-dealers or other financial institutions, which may, in turn, engage in short sales of the securities in the course of hedging the positions it assumes. The selling shareholders may also sell securities short and deliver these securities to close out its short positions, or loan or pledge the securities to broker-dealers that in turn may sell these securities. The selling shareholders may also enter into option or other transactions with broker- dealers or other financial institutions or create one or more derivative securities which require the delivery to such broker-dealer or other financial institution of securities offered by this prospectus, which securities such broker-dealer or other financial institution may resell pursuant to this prospectus (as supplemented or amended to reflect such transaction).
The selling shareholders and any broker-dealers or agents that are involved in selling the securities may be deemed to be “underwriters” within the meaning of the Securities Act in connection with such sales. In such event, any commissions received by such broker-dealers or agents and any profit on the resale of the securities purchased by them may be deemed to be underwriting commissions or discounts under the Securities Act. The selling shareholders have informed the Company that they do not have any written or oral agreement or understanding, directly or indirectly, with any person to distribute the securities.
We are required to pay certain fees and expenses incurred by us incident to the registration of the securities. We have agreed to indemnify the selling shareholders against certain losses, claims, damages and liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act.
We agreed to keep this prospectus effective until the selling shareholders do not own any Warrants or do not own any Ordinary Shares represented by the Offered ADSs issuable upon exercise of the Warrants. The resale securities will be sold only through registered or licensed brokers or dealers if required under applicable state securities laws. In addition, in certain states, the resale securities covered hereby may not be sold unless they have been registered or qualified for sale in the applicable state or an exemption from the registration or qualification requirement is available and is complied with.
Under applicable rules and regulations under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), any person engaged in the distribution of the resale securities may not simultaneously engage in market-making activities with respect to the Offered ADSs for the applicable restricted period, as defined in Regulation M, prior to the commencement of the distribution. In addition, the selling shareholders will be subject to applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, including Regulation M, which may limit the timing of purchases and sales of the Offered ADSs by the selling shareholders or any other person. We will make copies of this prospectus available to the selling shareholders and have informed them of the need to deliver a copy of this prospectus to each purchaser at or prior to the time of the sale (including by compliance with Rule 172 under the Securities Act).
The following table sets forth the estimated costs and expenses payable by the registrant expected to be incurred in connection with the issuance and distribution of the Offered ADSs being registered hereby. All of such expenses are estimates, except for the SEC registration fee.
Amount to be Paid
SEC registration fee | | $ | 500 | |
Legal fees and expenses | | | 10,000 | |
Accountants’ fees and expenses | | | 5,000 | |
Miscellaneous | | | 5,000 | |
Total | | $ | 20,500 | |
Each of the amounts set forth above, other than the registration fee, is an estimate. | | | | |
Certain legal matters with respect to Israeli law and with respect to the validity of the offered securities under Israeli law will be passed upon for us by Goldfarb Gross Seligman & Co. Certain legal matters with respect to U.S. federal securities law and New York law will be passed upon for us by Haynes and Boone, LLP.
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 by reference to the Company’s 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 contains an adverse opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting and 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 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
We are subject to the informational requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, 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, information statements and other information regarding registrants that file electronically with the SEC. The address of the SEC’s website is www.sec.gov.
We make available free of charge on or through our website at www.redhillbio.com, our Annual Reports on Form 20-F, Reports on Form 6-K and amendments to those reports filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, as soon as reasonably practicable after we electronically file such material with or otherwise furnish it to the SEC.
We have filed with the SEC a registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, relating to the offering of these securities. The registration statement, including the attached exhibits, contains additional relevant information about us and the securities. This prospectus does not contain all of the information set forth in the registration statement. You can obtain a copy of the registration statement for free at www.sec.gov. The registration statement and the documents referred to below under “Incorporation of Documents by Reference” are also available on our website, www.redhillbio.com. 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, 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.
We have not incorporated by reference into this prospectus the information on our website, and you should not consider it to be a part of this prospectus.
INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
The SEC allows us to ��incorporate by reference” the information we have filed with it, which means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to those documents. The information we incorporate by reference is an important part of this prospectus, and later information that we file with the SEC will automatically update and supersede this information. We specifically are incorporating by reference the following documents filed with the SEC:
| ● | our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2022, filed with the SEC on April 28, 2023; |
| ● | the description of our Ordinary Shares contained in our Registration Statement on Form 20-F filed with the SEC on December 26, 2012; and |
| ● | our Reports on Form 6-K, furnished 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, April 28, 2023 (solely with respect to “Financial results for the quarter ended December 31, 2022”, “Financial results for the year ended December 31, 2022” and “Liquidity and Capital Resources”), May 1, 2023, May 4, 2023, May 9, 2023, May 16, 2023 and May 22, 2023, June 12, 2023, June 29, 2023, July 6, 2023, July 21, 2023 (two reports), July 25, 2023 (two reports), July 31, 2023, August 1, 2023, August 8, 2023, August 9, 2023, August 17, 2023, September 5, 2023, September 18, 2023, September 22, 2023, September 29, 2023, October 3, 2023, October 10, 2023 and October 16, 2023. |
In addition, any reports on Form 6-K submitted to the SEC by the registrant pursuant to the Exchange Act after the date of the initial registration statement and prior to effectiveness of the registration statement that we specifically identify in such forms as being incorporated by reference into the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part and all subsequent annual reports on Form 20-F filed after the effective date of this registration statement and prior to the termination of this offering and any reports on Form 6-K subsequently submitted to the SEC or portions thereof that we specifically identify in such forms as being incorporated by reference into the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part, shall be considered to be incorporated into this prospectus by reference and shall be considered a part of this prospectus from the date of filing or submission of such documents.
Any statement contained herein or in any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part to the extent that a statement contained in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed to constitute a part of the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part, except as so modified or superseded.
You should rely only on the information incorporated by reference or provided in this prospectus. We have not authorized anyone else to provide you with different information. You should not assume that the information in this prospectus is accurate as of any date other than the date of this prospectus or the date of the documents incorporated by reference in this prospectus.
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, 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. Except for the specific incorporated documents listed above, no information available on or through our website shall be deemed to be incorporated in this prospectus or the registration statement of which it forms a part.
ENFORCEABILITY OF CIVIL LIABILITIES
We are incorporated under the laws of the State of Israel. Service of process upon us and upon our directors and officers and the Israeli experts named in this prospectus, a majority of whom reside outside the United States, may be difficult to obtain within the United States. Furthermore, because many of our assets and a majority of our directors and officers are located outside the United States, any judgment obtained in the United States against us or any of our directors and officers may not be collectible within the United States.
It may be difficult to assert U.S. securities law claims in original actions instituted in Israel. Israeli courts may refuse to hear a claim based on a violation of U.S. securities laws because Israel is not the most appropriate forum to bring such a claim. In addition, even if an Israeli court agrees to hear a claim, it may determine that Israeli law and not U.S. law is applicable to the claim. If U.S. law is found to be applicable, the content of applicable U.S. law must be proved as a fact which can be a time-consuming and costly process. Certain matters of procedure will also be governed by Israeli law.
Subject to specified time limitations and legal procedures, Israeli courts may enforce a United States judgment in a civil matter which, subject to certain exceptions, is non-appealable, including judgments based upon the civil liability provisions of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and including a monetary or compensatory judgment in a non-civil matter, provided that:
| • | the judgments are obtained after due process before a court of competent jurisdiction, according to the laws of the state in which the judgment is given and the rules of private international law currently prevailing in Israel; |
| • | the prevailing law of the foreign state in which the judgments were rendered allows the enforcement of judgments of Israeli courts (however, the Israeli courts may waive this requirement following a request by the attorney general); |
| • | adequate service of process has been effected and the defendant has had a reasonable opportunity to be heard and to present his or her evidence; |
| • | the judgments are not contrary to public policy, and the enforcement of the civil liabilities set forth in the judgment does not impair the security or sovereignty of the State of Israel; |
| • | the judgments were not obtained by fraud and do not conflict with any other valid judgment in the same matter between the same parties; |
| • | an action between the same parties in the same matter is not pending in any Israeli court at the time the lawsuit is instituted in the foreign court; and |
| • | the obligations under the judgment are enforceable according to the laws of the State of Israel and according to the law of the foreign state in which the relief was granted. |
| • | We have irrevocably appointed RedHill Biopharma Inc. as our agent to receive service of process in any action against us in any United States federal or state court arising out of this offering or any purchase or sale of securities in connection with this offering. |
| • | If a foreign judgment is enforced by an Israeli court, it generally will be payable in Israeli currency, which can then be converted into non-Israeli currency and transferred out of Israel. The usual practice in an action before an Israeli court to recover an amount in a non-Israeli currency is for the Israeli court to issue a judgment for the equivalent amount in Israeli currency at the rate of exchange in force on the date of the judgment, but the judgment debtor may make payment in foreign currency. Pending collection, the amount of the judgment of an Israeli court stated in Israeli currency ordinarily will be linked to the Israeli consumer price index plus interest at the annual statutory rate set by Israeli regulations prevailing at the time. Judgment creditors must bear the risk of unfavorable exchange rates. |
8,861,961 American Depositary Shares representing 3,544,784,400 Ordinary Shares
REDHILL BIOPHARMA LTD.
PROSPECTUS
PART II
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
Item 8. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Exemption, Insurance and Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Exemption of Officers and Directors
Under the Israeli Companies Law, a company may not exempt an officer or director from liability with respect to a breach of his duty of loyalty but may exempt in advance an officer or director from liability to the company, in whole or in part, with respect to a breach of his duty of care, except in connection with a prohibited distribution made by the company, if so provided in its articles of association. Our articles of association provide for this exemption from liability for our directors and officers.
Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance
The Israeli Companies Law and our articles of association provide that, subject to the provisions of the Israeli Companies Law, we may obtain insurance for our directors and officers for any liability stemming from any act performed by an officer or director in his capacity as an officer or director, as the case may be with respect to any of the following:
| • | a breach of such officer’s or director’s duty of care to us or to another person; |
| • | a breach of such officer’s or director’s duty of loyalty to us, provided that such officer or director acted in good faith and had reasonable cause to assume that his act would not prejudice our interests; |
| • | a financial liability imposed upon such officer or director in favor of another person; |
| • | financial liability imposed on the officer or director for payment to persons or entities harmed as a result of violations in administrative proceedings as described in Section 52(54)(a)(1)(a) of the Israeli Securities Law (“Party Harmed by the Breach”); |
| • | expenses incurred by such officer or director in connection with an administrative proceeding conducted in this matter, including reasonable litigation expenses, including legal fees; or |
| • | a breach of any duty or any other obligation, to the extent insurance may be permitted by law. |
Pursuant to the Compensation Policy, we may obtain a directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy, which would apply to our or our subsidiaries’ directors and officers, as they may be, from time to time, subject to the following terms and conditions: (a) the total insurance coverage under the insurance policy may not exceed $100 million; and (b) the purchase of such policy shall be approved by the Compensation Committee (and, if required by law, by the Board of Directors) which shall determine that such policy reflects the current market conditions, and it shall not materially affect the Company's profitability, assets or liabilities. In addition, pursuant to our Compensation Policy, should we sell our operations (in whole or in part) or in case of merger, spin-off or any other significant business combination involving us or part or all of our assets, we may obtain a director’s and officers’ liability insurance policy (run-off) for our directors and officers in office with regard to the relevant operations, subject to the following terms and conditions: (a) the insurance term may not exceed seven years; (b) the coverage amount may not exceed $100 million; and (c) the purchase of such policy shall be approved by the Compensation Committee (and, if required by law, by the Board of Directors) which shall determine that such policy reflects the current market conditions, and it shall not materially affect the Company’s profitability, assets or liabilities. The Compensation Policy is in effect for three years from the 2022 annual general meeting.
Pursuant to the foregoing approvals, we carry directors’ and officers’ liability insurance. This insurance is renewed on an annual basis.
Indemnification of Officers and Directors
The Israeli Companies Law provides that a company may indemnify an officer or director for payments or expenses associated with acts performed in his capacity as an officer or director of the company, provided the company’s articles of association include the following provisions with respect to indemnification:
| • | a provision authorizing the company to indemnify an officer or director for future events with respect to a monetary liability imposed on him in favor of another person pursuant to a judgment (including a judgment given in a settlement or an arbitrator’s award approved by the court), so long as such indemnification is limited to types of events which, in the board of directors’ opinion, are foreseeable at the time of granting the indemnity undertaking given the company’s actual business, and in such amount or standard as the board of directors deems reasonable under the circumstances. Such undertaking must specify the events that, in the board of directors’ opinion, are foreseeable in view of the company’s actual business at the time of the undertaking and the amount or the standards that the board of directors deemed reasonable at the time; |
| • | a provision authorizing the company to indemnify an officer or director for future events with respect to reasonable litigation expenses, including counsel fees, incurred by an officer or director in which he is ordered to pay by a court, in proceedings that the company institutes against him or instituted on behalf of the company or by another person, or in a criminal charge of which he was acquitted, or a criminal charge in which he was convicted of a criminal offense that does not require proof of criminal intent; |
| • | a provision authorizing the company to indemnify an officer or director for future events with respect to reasonable litigation fees, including attorney’s fees, incurred by an officer or director due to an investigation or proceeding filed against him by an authority that is authorized to conduct such investigation or proceeding, and that resulted without filing an indictment against him and without imposing on him financial obligation in lieu of a criminal proceeding, or that resulted without filing an indictment against him but with imposing on him a financial obligation as an alternative to a criminal proceeding in respect of an offense that does not require the proof of criminal intent or in connection with a monetary sanction; |
| • | a provision authorizing the company to indemnify an officer or director for future events with respect to a Party Harmed by the Breach; |
| • | a provision authorizing the company to indemnify an officer or director for future events with respect to expenses incurred by such officer or director in connection with an administrative proceeding, including reasonable litigation expenses, including legal fees; and |
| • | a provision authorizing the company to indemnify an officer or director retroactively. |
Limitations on Insurance, Exemption and Indemnification
The Israeli Companies Law and our articles of association provide that a company may not exempt or indemnify a director or an officer nor enter into an insurance contract, which would provide coverage for any monetary liability incurred as a result of any of the following:
| • | a breach by the officer or director of his duty of loyalty, except for insurance and indemnification where the officer or director acted in good faith and had a reasonable basis to believe that the act would not prejudice the company; |
| • | a breach by the officer or director of his duty of care if the breach was done intentionally or recklessly, except if the breach was solely as a result of negligence; |
| • | any act or omission done with the intent to derive an illegal personal benefit; or |
| • | any fine, civil fine, monetary sanctions, or forfeit imposed on the officer or director. |
In addition, under the Israeli Companies Law, exemption of, indemnification of, and procurement of insurance coverage for, our directors and officers must be approved by our audit committee and board of directors and, in specified circumstances, by our shareholders.
Letters of Indemnification
We may provide a commitment to indemnify in advance any director or officer of ours in the course of such person’s position as our director or officer, all subject to the letter of indemnification, as approved by our shareholders from time to time and in accordance with our articles of association. We may provide retroactive indemnification to any officer to the extent allowed by the Israeli Companies Law. As approved by our shareholders, the amount of the advance indemnity is limited to the higher of 25% of our then shareholders’ equity, per our most recent annual financial statements, or $10 million.
As part of the indemnification letters, we exempted our directors and officers, in advance, to the extent permitted by law, from any liability for any damage incurred by them, either directly or indirectly, due to the breach of an officer’s or director’s duty of care vis- à-vis us, within his acts in his capacity as an officer or director. The letter provides that so long as not permitted by law, we do not exempt an officer or director in advance from his liability to us for a breach of the duty of care upon distribution, to the extent applicable to the officer or director, if any. The letter also exempts an officer or director from any liability for any damage incurred by him, either directly or indirectly, due to the breach of the officer or director’s duty of care vis- à-vis us, by his acts in his capacity as an officer or director prior to the letter of exemption and indemnification becoming effective.
Item 9. Exhibits.
The following exhibits are filed with this Registration Statement.
The agreements included or incorporated by reference as exhibits to this registration statement contain representations and warranties by each of the parties to the applicable agreement. These representations and warranties were made solely for the benefit of the other parties to the applicable agreement and (i) were not intended to be treated as categorical statements of fact, but rather as a way of allocating the risk to one of the parties if those statements prove to be inaccurate; (ii) may have been qualified in such agreement by disclosures that were made to the other party in connection with the negotiation of the applicable agreement; (iii) may apply contract standards of “materiality” that are different from “materiality” under the applicable securities laws; and (iv) were made only as of the date of the applicable agreement or such other date or dates as may be specified in the agreement.
The undersigned registrant acknowledges that, notwithstanding the inclusion of the foregoing cautionary statements, it is responsible for considering whether additional specific disclosures of material information regarding material contractual provisions are required to make the statements in this registration statement not misleading.
* Filed herewith
** Previously filed
Item 10. Undertakings.
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(a)(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
| (i) | to include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933; |
| (ii) | to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement; and |
| (iii) | to include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement; |
provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i), (a)(1)(ii) and (a)(1)(iii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement, or is contained in a form of prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) that is part of the registration statement.
| (2) | That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. |
| (3) | To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering. |
| (4) | to file a post-effective amendment to the registration statement to include any financial statements required by Item 8.A of Form 20-F at the start of any delayed offering or throughout a continuous offering. Financial statements and information otherwise required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Act need not be furnished, provided that the registrant includes in the prospectus, by means of a post-effective amendment, financial statements required pursuant to this paragraph (a)(4) and other information necessary to ensure that all other information in the prospectus is at least as current as the date of those financial statements. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to registration statements on Form F-3, a post-effective amendment need not be filed to include financial statements and information required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Act or Item 8.A of Form 20-F if such financial statements and information are contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the Form F-3. |
| (5) | That, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser: |
| (i) | If the registrant is relying on Rule 430B (§230.430B of this chapter): |
(A) Each prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) shall be deemed to be part of the registration statement as of the date the filed prospectus was deemed part of and included in the registration statement; and
(B) Each prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5), or (b)(7) as part of a registration statement in reliance on Rule 430B relating to an offering made pursuant to Rule 415(a)(1)(i), (vii), or (x) for the purpose of providing the information required by Section 10(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the earlier of the date such form of prospectus is first used after effectiveness or the date of the first contract of sale of securities in the offering described in the prospectus. As provided in Rule 430B, for liability purposes of the issuer and any person that is at that date an underwriter, such date shall be deemed to be a new effective date of the registration statement relating to the securities in the registration statement to which that prospectus relates, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. Provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such effective date, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such effective date.
| (6) | That, for the purpose of determining liability of the registrant under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities, the undersigned registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser: |
| (i) | Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424; |
| (ii) | Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned registrant; |
| (iii) | The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the undersigned registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant; and |
| (iv) | Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned registrant to the purchaser. |
(b) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability of the registrant under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form F-3 and has duly caused this Amendment No.1 to the registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Tel Aviv, Israel, on October 23, 2023.
| REDHILL BIOPHARMA, LTD. By: /s/ Dror Ben-Asher Name: Dror Ben-Asher Title: Chief Executive Officer and Director |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Amendment No.1 to the registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature | | Title | | Date |
/s/ Dror Ben-Asher | | Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors | | |
Dror Ben-Asher | | (Principal Executive Officer) | | |
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/s/ Razi Ingber | | Chief Financial Officer | | |
Razi Ingber | | (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer) | | |
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| | Director | | |
Ofer Tsimchi | | | | |
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| | Director | | |
Shmuel Cabilly | |
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| | Director | | |
Dr. Kenneth Reed | | | | |
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| | Director | | |
Eric Swenden | | | | |
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| | Director | | |
Alla Felder | | | | |
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| | Director and Chief Commercial Officer | | |
Rick Scruggs | | | | |
* By: | /s/ Dror Ben-Asher | |
| Dror Ben-Asher | |
| Attorney-in-Fact | |
Signature of authorized representative in the United States
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant’s duly authorized representative has signed this Amendment No.1 to the Registration Statement on Form F-3 on this 23rd day of October 2023.
| REDHILL BIOPHARMA INC. Authorized U.S. Representative By: /s/ Rick Scruggs Name: Rick Scruggs Title: President & Chief Commercial Officer |