Dear Brenmiller Energy Ltd. Shareholders:
We cordially invite you to attend the Special General Meeting of Shareholders of Brenmiller Energy Ltd. (the “Company”), to be held on December 6, 2023 at 4:00 p.m. Israel time, at the Company’s office, located at 13 Amal St. 4th Floor, Park Afek, Rosh Haayin, 4809249 Israel (the “Meeting”).
At the Meeting, shareholders will be asked to consider and vote on the matters listed in the enclosed Notice of Special General Meeting of Shareholders (the “Notice”).
Our board of directors recommends that you vote FOR each of the Proposals listed in the Notice.
Only shareholders of record at the close of business on November 8, 2023 are entitled to notice of and to vote at the Meeting, either in person or by appointing a proxy to vote their shares at the Meeting as detailed in the Notice.
We look forward to greeting as many of you as can attend the Meeting.
Sincerely, | ||
Avraham Brenmiller | ||
Chairman of the Board of Directors | ||
November 1, 2023 |
Brenmiller Energy Ltd.
Notice of A SPECIAL General Meeting of shareholders
Notice is hereby given that a Special General Meeting of Shareholders of Brenmiller Energy Ltd. (the “Company”) will be held on December 6, 2023 at 4:00 p.m. Israel time, at the Company’s office, located at 13 Amal St. 4th Floor, Park Afek, Rosh Haayin, 4809249 Israel (the “Meeting”).
The following matters are on the agenda for the Meeting:
1. To approve the grant of an indemnification and exemption letter by the Company to Mr. Boaz Toshav, one of the Company’s non-executive directors.
2. To approve a grant of equity-based compensation for Mr. Boaz Toshav, one of the Company’s non-executive directors.
Board Recommendation
Our board of directors (the “Board of Directors”) unanimously recommends that you vote “FOR” the above Proposals, as further described in the attached proxy statement (the “Proxy Statement”).
Record Date
Shareholders of record at the close of business on November 8, 2023 (the “Record Date”), are entitled to notice of and to vote at the Meeting, either in person or by appointing a proxy to vote their shares at the Meeting (as detailed below).
Vote Required for Approval of Each of the Proposals
Pursuant to the Companies Law, Proposals No. 1 and 2 described hereinafter, require the affirmative vote of shareholders present at the Meeting, in person or by proxy, and holding Ordinary Shares of the Company amounting in the aggregate to at least a majority of the votes actually cast in person or by proxy by shareholders with respect to such proposal (a “Simple Majority”).
How You Can Vote
A form of proxy for use at the Meeting is attached to the Proxy Statement, and a voting instruction form, together with a return envelope, will be sent to holders of the Company’s ordinary shares, par value NIS 0.02 per ordinary share1 (the “Ordinary Shares”). By appointing “proxies,” shareholders may vote at the Meeting whether or not they attend. If a properly executed proxy in the attached form is received by the Company at least four (4) hours prior to the Meeting, all of the Ordinary Shares represented by the proxy shall be voted as indicated on the form. Subject to applicable law and the rules of the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC, in the absence of instructions, the Ordinary Shares represented by properly executed and received proxies will be voted “FOR” all of the proposals to be presented at the Meeting for which the Board of Directors recommends a “FOR”. Shareholders may revoke their proxies or voting instruction form (as applicable) in accordance with section 9 of the Israeli Companies Law, 5759-1999 regulations (proxy and position statement), by filing with the Company a written notice of revocation or duly executed proxy or voting instruction form (as applicable) bearing a later date and time.
Shareholders registered directly with the transfer agent
If your shares are registered directly in your name with our transfer agent, VStock Transfer, LLC, you are considered, with respect to those shares, the shareholder of record. In such case, these proxy materials are being sent directly to you. As the shareholder of record, you have the right to grant your voting proxy directly to Ofir Zimmerman, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, and/or Avraham Brenmiller, Chief Executive Officer of the Company and Chairman of the Board of Directors (e-mail addresses: ofirz@bren-energy.com; avi@bren-energy.com), or to vote in person at the Meeting.
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1 Subject to the approval by the Company’s shareholders general meeting dated November 13, 2023, of a reverse split in a ratio of 10:1 of the Company’s Ordinary Shares and the cancelation of the nominal value of the Company’s shares, the Company’s ordinary shares shall be no par value per share.
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Other Shareholders who are beneficial owners
If your shares are held through a bank, broker or other nominee, they are considered to be held in “street name” and you are the beneficial owner with respect to those shares. A beneficial owner as of the Record Date has the right to direct the bank, broker or nominee how to vote shares held by such beneficial owner at the Meeting and must also provide the Company with a copy of their identity card, passport or certification of incorporation, as the case may be. If your shares were held in “street name,” as of the Record Date, these proxy materials are being forwarded to you by your bank, broker or nominee who is considered, with respect to those shares, as the shareholder of record, together with a voting instruction card for you to use in directing the bank, broker or nominee how to vote your shares. You also may attend the Meeting. Because a beneficial owner is not a shareholder of record, you may not vote those shares directly at the Meeting unless you obtain a “legal proxy” from the bank, broker or other nominee that holds your shares directly, giving you the right to vote the shares at the Meeting. Absent specific instructions from the beneficial owner of the shares, brokers are not allowed to exercise their voting discretion, among other things, with respect to the election of directors or any matter that relates to executive compensation; and therefore, a “broker non-vote” occurs with respect to such uninstructed shares. Therefore, it is important for a shareholder that holds Ordinary Shares through a bank or broker to instruct its bank or broker how to vote its shares if the shareholder wants its shares to count for all proposals.
Voting Results
The final voting results will be tallied by the Company based on the information provided by VStock Transfer, LLC or otherwise, and the overall results of the Meeting will be published following the Meeting in a Report of Foreign Private Issuer on Form 6-K that will be furnished to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”).
Sincerely, | ||
Avraham Brenmiller | ||
Chairman of the Board of Directors | ||
November 1, 2023 |
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