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Form 20-F RADWARE LTD For: Dec 31

April 20, 2021 10:05 AM EDT

Exhibit 1.2

THE COMPANIES ORDINANCE

A COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES

ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION
OF

Radware Ltd.

(Amended and Restated as of November 10, 2020)

PRELIMINARY

1.
Object and Purpose of the Company

(a)          The object of the Company is to engage, directly or indirectly, in any lawful undertaking or business whatsoever, including without limitation, as set forth in the Company’s Memorandum of Association.

(b)          In accordance with Section 11(a) of the Companies Law 5759 - 1999 (the “Companies Law”), the Company may contribute a reasonable amount to a worthy cause.

2.
Limitation of Liability

The liability of the shareholders is limited to the payment of the nominal value of the shares in the Company allotted to them and which remains unpaid, and only to that amount.  If the Company’s share capital shall include at any time shares without a nominal value, the shareholders’ liability in respect of such shares shall be limited to the payment of up to NIS 0.01 for each such share allotted to them and which remains unpaid, and only to that amount.

2A.
Interpretation

(a)          Unless the subject or the context otherwise requires:  words and expressions defined in the Companies Law  in force on the date when these Articles or any amendment thereto, as the case may be, first became effective shall have the same meanings herein; words and expressions importing the singular shall include the plural and vice versa; words and expressions importing the masculine gender shall include the feminine gender; and words and expressions importing persons shall include bodies corporate.

(b)          The captions in these Articles are for convenience only and shall not be deemed a part hereof or affect the construction of any provision hereof.

3.
Not a Private Company

The Company is a public company as such term is defined in the Companies Law.

SHARE CAPITAL
 
4.
Share Capital
 
The share capital of the Company is Four Million Five Hundred Thousand New Israeli Shekels (NIS 4,500,000) divided into Ninety Million (90,000,000) ordinary registered shares of NIS 0.05 par value each.
 
5.
Increase of Share Capital
 
(a)          The Company may, from time to time, by Resolution of the General Meeting of Shareholders, whether or not all the shares then authorized have been issued, and whether or not all the shares theretofore issued have been called up for payment, increase its share capital by the creation of new shares.  Any such increase shall be in such amount and shall be divided into share of such nominal amounts, and such shares shall confer such rights and preferences, and shall be subject to such restrictions, as such Resolution shall provide.
 
(b)          Except to the extent otherwise provided in such Resolution of the General Meeting of Shareholders, such new shares shall be subject to all the provisions applicable to the shares of the original capital.

 
6.
Special Rights; Modifications of Rights
 
(a)          Without prejudice to any special rights previously conferred upon the holders of existing shares in the Company, the Company may, from time to time, by Resolution of the General Meeting of Shareholders adopted by Special Majority, provide for shares with such preferred or deferred rights or rights of redemption or other special rights and/or such restrictions, whether in regard to dividends, voting, repayment of share capital or otherwise, as may be stipulated in such Special Resolution.
 
(b)          (i)           If at any time the share capital is divided into different classes of shares, the rights attached to any class, unless otherwise provided by these Articles, may be modified or abrogated by the Company, by Resolution of the General Meeting of Shareholders adopted by Special Majority, subject to the consent in writing of the holders of seventy-five per cent (75%) of the issued shares of such class or the sanction of a Special Resolution passed at a separate General Meeting of the holders of the shares of such class adopted by Special Majority.
 
(ii)          The provisions of these Articles relating to General Meetings shall, mutatis mutandis, apply to any separate General Meeting of the holders of the shares of a particular class, provided, however, that the requisite quorum at any such separate General Meeting shall be one or more members present in person or proxy and holding not less than seventy-five per cent (75%) of the issued shares of such class.
 
(iii)         Unless otherwise provided by these Articles, the enlargement of an existing class of shares, or the issuance of additional shares thereof, shall not be deemed, for purposes of this Article 6(b), to modify or abrogate the rights attached to the previously issued shares of such class or of any other class.
 
7.
Consolidation, Subdivision, Cancellation and Reduction of Share Capital
 
(a)          The Company may, from time to time, by Resolution of the General Meeting of Shareholders adopted by Special Majority (subject, however, to the provisions of Article 6(b) hereof and to applicable companies law):
 
(i)            consolidate and divide all or any of its issued or unissued share capital into shares of larger nominal value than its existing shares,
 
(ii)          subdivide its shares (issued or unissued) or any of them, into shares of smaller nominal value than is fixed by the Memorandum of Association (subject, however, to the provisions of the Companies Law), and the resolution whereby any share is subdivided may determine that, as among the holders of the shares resulting from such subdivision, one or more of the shares may, as compared with the others, have any such preferred or deferred rights or rights of redemption or other special rights, or be subject to any such restrictions, as the Company has power to attach to unissued or new shares.
 
(iii)         cancel any shares which, at the date of the adoption of Resolution of the General Meeting of Shareholders adopted by Special Majority, have not been taken or agreed to be taken by any person, and diminish the amount of its share capital by the amount of the shares so cancelled, or
 
(iv)          reduce its share capital in any manner, and with and subject to any incident authorized, and consent required, by law.
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(b)          With respect to any consolidation of issued shares into shares of larger nominal value, and with respect to any other action which may result in fractional shares, the Board of Directors may settle any difficulty which may arise with regard thereto, as it deems fit, including, inter alia, resort to one or more of the following actions:
 
(i)            determine, as to the holder of shares so consolidated, which issued shares shall be consolidated into each share of larger nominal value;
 
(ii)           allot, in contemplation of or subsequent to such consolidation or other action, such shares or fractional shares sufficient to preclude or remove fractional share holdings;
 
(iii)          redeem, in the case of redeemable preference shares, and subject to applicable law, such shares or fractional shares sufficient to preclude or remove fractional share holdings;
 
(iv)         cause the transfer of fractional shares by certain shareholders of the Company to other shareholders thereof so as to most expediently preclude or remove any fractional shareholdings, and cause the transferees to pay the transferors the fair value of fractional shares so transferred, and the Board of Directors is hereby authorized to act as agent for the transferors and transferees with power of substitution for purposes of implementing the provisions of this sub-Article 7(b)(iv).
 
SHARES
 
8.
Issuance of Share Certificates; Replacement of Lost Certificates
 
(a)         Share certificates shall be issued under the seal of the rubber stamp of the Company and shall bear the signatures of two Directors (or if there be only one Director, the signature of such Director), or of any other person or persons authorized thereto by the Board of Directors.
 
(b)          Each member shall be entitled to one numbered certificate for all the shares of any class registered in his name, and if the Board of Directors so approves, to several certificates, each for one or more of such shares.  Each certificate shall specify the serial numbers of the shares represented thereby and may also specify the amount paid up thereon.
 
(c)          A share certificate registered in the names of two or more persons shall be delivered to the person first named in the Registrar of Members in respect of such co-ownership.
 
(d)          If a share certificate is defaced, lost or destroyed, it may be replaced, upon payment of such fee, and upon the furnishing of such evidence of ownership and such indemnity, as the Board of Directors may think fit.
 
9.
Registered Holder
 
Except as otherwise provided in these Articles, the Company shall be entitled to treat the registered holder of any share as the absolute owner thereof, and, accordingly, shall not, except as ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction, or as required by statute, be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to, or interest in such share on the part of any other person.
 
10.
Allotment of Shares
 
The unissued shares from time to time shall be under the control of the Board of Directors, who shall have the power to allot shares or otherwise dispose of them to such persons, on such terms and conditions (including inter alia terms relating to calls as set forth in Article 12(f) hereof), and either at par or at a premium, or, subject to the provisions of the Companies Law, at a discount, and at such times, as the Board of Directors may think fit, and the power to give to any person the option to acquire from the Company any shares, either at par or at a premium, or, subject as aforesaid, at a discount, during such time and for such consideration as the Board of Directors may think fit.
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11.
Payment in Installments
 
If by the terms of allotment of any share, the whole or any part of the price thereof shall be payable in installments, every such installment shall, when due, be paid to the Company by the then registered holder(s) of the share of the person(s) entitled thereto.
 
12.
Calls on Shares
 
(a)          The Board of Directors may, from time to time, make such calls as it may think fit upon members in respect of any sum unpaid in respect of shares held by such members which is not, by the terms of allotment thereof or otherwise, payable at a fixed time, and each member shall pay the amount of every call so made upon him (and of each installment thereof if the same is payable in installments), to the person(s) and at the time(s) and place(s) designated by the Board of Directors, as any such time(s) may be thereafter extended and/or such person(s) or place(s) changed.  Unless otherwise stipulated in the resolution of the Board of Directors (and in the notice hereafter referred to), each payment in response to a call shall be deemed to constitute a pro rata payment on account of all shares in respect of which such call was made.
 
(b)          Notice of any call shall be given in writing to the member(s) in question not less than fourteen (14) days prior to the time of payment, specifying the time and place of payment, and designating the person to whom such payment shall be made, provided, however, that before the time for any such payment, the Board of Directors may, by notice in writing to such member(s), revoke such call in whole or in part, extend such time, or alter such person and/or place.  In the event of a call payable in installments, only one notice thereof need be given.
 
(c)          If, by the terms of allotment of any share or otherwise, any amount is made payable at any fixed time, every such amount shall be payable at such time as if it were a call duly made by the Board of Directors and of which due notice had been given, and all the provisions herein contained with respect to such calls shall apply to each such amount.
 
(d)          The joint holders of a share shall be jointly and severally liable to pay all calls in respect thereof and all interest payable thereon.
 
(e)          Any amount unpaid in respect of a call shall bear interest from the date on which it is payable until actual payment thereof, at such rate (not exceeding the then prevailing debitory rate charged by leading commercial banks in Israel), and at such time(s) as the Board of Directors may prescribe.
 
(f)          Upon the allotment of shares, the Board of Directors may provide for differences among the allottees of such shares as to the amount of calls and/or the times of payment thereof.
 
13.
Prepayment
 
With the approval of the Board of Directors, any member may pay to the Company any amount not yet payable in respect of his shares, and the Board of Directors may approve the payment of interest on any such amount until the same would be payable if it had not been paid in advance, at such rate and time(s) as may be approved by the Board of Directors.  The Board of Directors may at any time cause the Company to repay all or any part of the money so advanced, without premium or penalty.  Nothing in this Article 13 shall derogate from the right of the Board of Directors to make any call before or after receipt by the Company of any such advance.
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14.
Forfeiture and Surrender
 
(a)          If any member fails to pay any amount payable in respect of a call, or interest thereon as provided for herein, on or before the day fixed for payment of the same, the Company, by resolution of the Board of Directors, may at any time thereafter, so long as the said amount or interest remains unpaid, forfeit all or any of the shares in respect of which said call had been made.  Any expense incurred by the Company in attempting to collect any such amount or interest, including, inter alia, attorneys' fees and costs of suit, shall be added to, and shall, for all purposes (including the accrual of interest thereon), constitute a part of the amount payable to the Company in respect of such call.
 
(b)          Upon the adoption of a resolution of forfeiture, the Board of Directors shall cause notice thereof to be given to such member, which notice shall state that, in the event of the failure to pay the entire amount so payable within a period stipulated in the notice (which period shall not be less than fourteen (14) days and which may be extended by the Board of Directors), such shares shall be ipso facto forfeited, provided, however, that, prior to the expiration of such period, the Board of Directors may nullify such resolution of forfeiture, but no such nullification shall estop the Board of Directors from adopting a further resolution of forfeiture in respect of the non-payment of the same amount.
 
(c)          Whenever shares are forfeited as herein provided, all dividends theretofore declared in respect thereof and not actually paid shall be deemed to have been forfeited at the same time.
 
(d)          The Company, by resolution of the Board of Directors, may accept the voluntary surrender of any share.
 
(e)          Any share forfeited or surrendered as provided herein shall become the property of the Company, and the same, subject to the provisions of these Articles, may be sold, re-allotted or otherwise disposed of as the Board of Directors thinks fit.
 
(f)          Any member whose shares have been forfeited or surrendered shall cease to be a member in respect of the forfeited or surrendered shares, but shall, notwithstanding, be liable to pay, and shall forthwith pay, to the Company, all calls, interest and expenses owing upon or in respect of such shares at the time of forfeiture or surrender, together with interest thereon from the time of forfeiture or surrender until actual payment, at the rate prescribed in Article 12(e) above, and the Board of Directors, in its discretion, may enforce the payment of such moneys, or any part thereof, but shall not be under any obligation to do so.  In the event of such forfeiture or surrender, the Company, by resolution of the Board of Directors, may accelerate the date(s) of payment of any or all amounts then owing by the member in question (but not yet due) in respect of all shares owned by such member, solely or jointly with another, and in respect of any other matter or transaction whatsoever.
 
(g)          The Board of Directors may at any time, before any share so forfeited or surrendered shall have been sold, re-allotted or otherwise disposed of, nullify the forfeiture or surrender on such conditions as it thinks fit, but no such nullification shall estop the Board of Directors from re-exercising its powers of forfeiture pursuant to this Article 14.
 
15.
Lien
 
(a)          Except to the extent the same may be waived or subordinated in writing, the Company shall have a first and paramount lien upon all the shares registered in the name of each member (without regard to any equitable or other claim or interest in such shares on the part of any other person), and upon the proceeds of the sale thereof, for his debts, liabilities and engagements arising from any cause whatsoever, solely or jointly with another, to or with the Company, whether the period for the payment, fulfillment or discharge thereof shall have actually arrived or not.  Such lien shall extend to all dividends from time to time declared in respect of such share.  Unless otherwise provided, the registration by the Company of a transfer of shares shall be deemed to be a waiver on the part of the Company of the lien (if any) existing on such shares immediately prior to such transfer.
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(b)          The Board of Directors may cause the Company to sell any shares subject to such lien when any such debt, liability or engagement has matured, in such manner as the Board of Directors may think fit, but no such sale shall be made unless such debt, liability or engagement has not been satisfied within fourteen (14) days after written notice of the intention to sell shall have been served on such member, his executors or administrators.
 
(c)          The net proceeds of any such sale, after payment of the costs thereof, shall be applied in or toward satisfaction of the debts, liabilities or engagements of such member  (whether or not the same have matured), or any specific part of the same (as the Company may determine), and the residue (if any) shall be paid to the member, his executors, administrators or assigns.
 
16.
Sale after Forfeiture or Surrender or in Enforcement of Lien
 
Upon any sale of shares after forfeiture or surrender or for enforcing a lien, the Board of Directors may appoint some person to execute an instrument of transfer of the shares so sold and cause the purchaser's name to be entered in the Register of Members in respect of such shares, and the purchaser shall not be bound to see to the regularity of the proceedings, or to the application of the purchase money, and after his name has been entered in the Register of Members in respect of such shares, the validity of the sale shall not be impeached by any person, and the remedy of any person aggrieved by the sale shall be in damages only and against the Company exclusively.
 
17.
Redeemable Shares
 
The Company may, subject to applicable law, issue redeemable shares and redeem the same.

18.
Conversion of Shares into Stock

(a)          The Board of Directors may, with the sanction of the members previously given by Resolution of the General Meeting of Shareholders adopted by Special Majority, convert any paid-up shares into stock, and may, with like sanction, reconvert any stock into paid-up shares of any denomination.
 
(b)          The holders of stock may transfer the same, or any part thereof, in the same manner and subject to the same regulations, as the shares from which the stock arose might have been transferred prior to conversion, or as near thereto as circumstances admit, provided, however, that the Board of Directors may from time to time fix the minimum amount of stock so transferable, and restrict or forbid the transfer of fractions of such minimum, but the minimum shall not exceed the nominal value of each of the shares from which such stock arose.
 
(c)          The holders of stock shall, in accordance with the amount of stock held by them, have the same rights and privileges as regards dividends, voting at meetings of the Company and other matters as if they held the shares from which such stock arose, but no such right or privilege, except participation in the dividends and profits of the Company, shall be conferred by any such aliquot part of such stock as would not, if existing in shares, have conferred that right or privilege.
 
(d)          Such of the Articles of the Company as are applicable to paid-up shares shall apply to stock, and the words "share" and "shareholder" (or "member") therein shall include "stock" and "stockholder."
 
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TRANSFER OF SHARES
 
19.
Effectiveness and Registration
 
(a)          No transfer of shares shall be registered unless a proper instrument of transfer (in form and substance satisfactory to the Board of Directors) has been submitted to the Company, together with the share certificate(s) and such other evidence of title as the Board of Directors may reasonably require.  Until the transferee has been registered in the Register of Members in respect of the shares so transferred, the Company may continue to regard the transferor as the owner thereof.  The Board of Directors, may, from time to time, prescribe a fee for the registration of a transfer.
 
(b)          The Board of Directors may, in its discretion and to the extent that it deems necessary, close the Register of Members for the registration of transfer of shares for such periods as may determined by the Board of Directors, and no transfers of shares shall be registered during any period in which the Register of Members is so closed.
 
20.
Record Date for General Meetings
 
Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in these Articles, for the determination of the members entitled to receive notice of and to vote at a General Meeting, or to express consent to or dissent from any corporate action in writing, or to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights or to exercise any rights in respect of shares of the Company, the Board of Directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which shall not be earlier than ninety (90) days prior to the General Meeting or other action, as the case may be.  No persons other than holders of record of shares as of such record date shall be entitled to notice of and to vote at such General Meeting, or to exercise such other right, as the case may be.  A determination of members of record with respect to a General Meeting shall apply to any adjournment of such meeting, provided that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for an adjourned meeting.
 
TRANSMISSION OF SHARES
 
21.
Decedents' Shares
 
(a)          In case of a share registered in the names of two or more holders, the Company may recognize the survivor(s) as the sole owner(s) thereof unless and until the provisions of Article 21(b) have been effectively invoked.
 
(b)          Any person becoming entitled to a share in consequence of the death of any person, upon producing evidence of the grant of probate or letters of administration or declaration of succession (or such other evidence as the Board of Directors may reasonably deem sufficient that he sustains the character in respect of which he proposes to act under this Article or of his title), shall be registered as a member in respect of such share, or may, subject to the regulations as to transfer herein contained, transfer such share.
 
22.
Receivers and Liquidators
 
(a)          The Company may recognize the receiver or liquidator of any corporate member in winding-up or dissolution, or the receiver or trustee in bankruptcy of any member, as being entitled to the shares registered in the name of such member.
 
(b)          The receiver or liquidator of a corporate member in winding-up or dissolution, or the receiver or trustee in bankruptcy of any member, upon producing such evidence as the Board of Directors may deem sufficient that he sustains the character in respect of which he proposes to act under this Article or of his title, shall with the consent of the Board of Directors (which the Board of Directors may grant or refuse in its absolute discretion), be registered as a member in respect of such shares, or may, subject to the regulations as to transfer herein contained, transfer such shares.
 
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GENERAL MEETINGS
 
23.
Annual General Meeting
 
An Annual General Meeting shall be held once in every calendar year at such time (within a period of not more than fifteen (15) months after the last preceding Annual General Meeting) and at such place either within or without the State of Israel as may be determined by the Board of Directors.
 
24.
Extraordinary General Meetings
 
All General Meetings other than Annual General Meetings shall be called "Extraordinary General Meetings."  The Board of Directors may, whenever it thinks fit, convene an Extraordinary General Meeting at such time and place, within or without the State of Israel, as may be determined by the Board of Directors, and shall be obliged to do so upon a requisition in writing in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Law.
 
25.
Notice of General Meetings; Omission to Give Notice
 
(a)          Unless a shorter period is permitted by law, notice of a General Meeting shall be sent at least  seven (7) days' prior to the date fixed for the General Meeting, provided however that such notice shall not be sent more than forty five (45) days from the date fixed for the General Meeting.  Each such notice shall specify the place and the day and hour of the meeting and the general nature of each item to be acted upon thereat.  Notice shall be given to all members who would be entitled to attend and vote at such meeting, if it were held on the date when such notice is issued.  Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, with the consent of all members entitled to vote thereon, a resolution may be proposed and passed at such meeting although a lesser notice than hereinabove prescribed has been given.
 
(b)          The accidental omission to give notice of a meeting to any member, or the non-receipt of notice sent to such member, shall not invalidate the proceedings at such meeting.
 
25A.             Shareholder Proposals

(a)           A shareholder (including two or more shareholders that are acting in concert, a "Proposing Shareholder") holding one percent (1%) or more of the outstanding voting rights in the Company (at the time of the request and through the time of the General Meeting) may request, subject to Section 66(b) of the Companies Law, that the Board of Directors include a proposal on the agenda of a General Meeting to be held in the future, provided that the Proposing Shareholder gives timely notice of such request in writing (a "Proposal Request") to the Secretary of the Company and the Proposal Request complies with all the requirements of this Article 25A, these Articles, applicable law and stock exchange rules.

(b)           A Proposing Shareholder holding either (i) five percent (5%) or more of the outstanding voting rights in the Company or (ii) five percent (5%) or more of the outstanding share capital and one percent (1%) or more of the voting rights in the Company (at the time of the request and through the time of the General Meeting) may request, subject to Section 63(b)(2) of the Companies Law, that the Board of Directors convene an Extraordinary General Meeting, provided that the request complies with this Article 25A, these Articles, applicable law and stock exchange rules.

(c)            To be considered timely, a Proposal Request must be delivered, either in person or by certified mail, postage prepaid, and received at the principal executive office of the Company, (A) with respect to an Annual General Meeting, not less than ninety (90) calendar days and not more than one hundred and fifty (150) calendar days prior to the anniversary date of the immediately preceding Annual General Meeting; provided that if the date of the Annual General Meeting is advanced by more than 30 calendar days prior to, or delayed (other than as a result of adjournment) by more than 30 calendar days after, the immediately preceding Annual General Meeting, a Proposal Request to be timely must be delivered not later than the earlier of (i) the 7th calendar day following the day on which a notice of the Annual General Meeting is published (or such earlier time permitted by applicable law) and (ii) the 14th calendar day following the day on which public disclosure of the date and agenda of such meeting is first made (or such earlier time permitted by applicable law); and (B) with respect to an Extraordinary General Meeting, not later than the earlier of (i) the 3rd calendar day following the day on which a notice of the Extraordinary General Meeting is published (or such earlier time permitted by applicable law) and (ii) the 14th calendar day following the day on which public disclosure of the date and agenda of such meeting is first made (or such earlier time permitted by applicable law).

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(d)            The Proposal Request shall be in English and set forth (i) the name, business address, telephone number, fax number and email address of the Proposing Shareholder (and each member of the group constituting the Proposing Shareholder, if applicable) and, if not a natural person, the same information with respect to the person(s) that controls and manages such person, (ii) the number of Ordinary Shares held by the Proposing Shareholder, directly or indirectly, including if beneficially owned by the Proposing Shareholder (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the U.S. Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended), and, if any of such Ordinary Shares are held indirectly, an explanation of how they are held and by whom, and, if such Proposing Shareholder is not the holder of record of any such Ordinary Shares, a written statement from an authorized bank, broker, depository or other nominee, as the case may be, indicating the number of Ordinary Shares the Proposing Shareholder is entitled to vote as of a date that no more than two (2) business days prior to the date of delivery of the Proposal Request, (iii) any agreements, arrangements, understandings or relationships between the Proposing Shareholder and any other person with respect to any securities of the Company or the subject matter of the Proposal Request, including any derivative, swap or other transaction or series of transactions engaged in, directly or indirectly, by such Proposing Shareholder, the purpose or effect of which is to give such Proposing Shareholder economic risk similar to ownership of shares of any class or series of the Company, (iv) the Proposing Shareholder's purpose in making the Proposal Request, (v) the complete text of the resolution that the Proposing Shareholder proposes to be voted upon at the General Meeting, (vi) a statement of whether the Proposing Shareholder has a personal interest in the proposal and, if so, a description in reasonable detail of such personal interest, (vii) a declaration that all the information that is required under the Companies Law and any other applicable law to be provided to the Company in connection with such subject, if any, has been provided, (viii) if the proposal of the Proposing Shareholder is to nominate a candidate for election to the Board of Directors (i.e., at an Annual General Meeting), a questionnaire and declaration, in form and substance reasonably requested by the Company, signed by the nominee with respect to matters relating to his or her identity, address, background, credentials, expertise etc., and his or her consent to be named as a candidate and, if elected, to serve on the Board of Directors, and (ix) any other information reasonably requested by the Company. The information required pursuant to this Article 25A(d) shall be updated as of (i) the record date of the General Meeting, (ii) five days before the General Meeting, and (iii) as of the General Meeting, and any adjournment or postponement thereof.

(e)            The Company shall be entitled to publish information provided by a Proposing Shareholder pursuant to Article 25A, and the Proposing Shareholder shall be responsible for the accuracy thereof.  In addition, Proposal Requests must otherwise comply with applicable law and these Articles and the Company may disregard Proposal Requests that are not timely and validly submitted.
 
(f)             References in this Article 25A to particular laws, regulations or rules shall be deemed to apply to such amended or successor laws, regulations or rules as shall be in effect from time to time.
 
PROCEEDINGS AT GENERAL MEETINGS
 
26.
Quorum
 
(a)          Two or more members (not in default in payment of any sum referred to in Article 32(a) hereof), present in person or by proxy and holding shares conferring in the aggregate Thirty Five percent (35%) of the voting power of the Company, shall constitute a quorum at General Meetings.  No business shall be transacted at a General Meeting, or at any adjournment thereof, unless the requisite quorum is present when the meeting proceeds to business.

(b)          If within an hour from the time appointed for the meeting a quorum is not present, the meeting, if convened upon requisition under the provisions of the Companies Law, shall be dissolved, but in any other case it shall stand adjourned to the same day in the next week, at the same time and place, or to such day and at such time and place as the Chairman may determine with the consent of the holders of a majority of the voting power represented at the meeting in person or by proxy and voting on the question of adjournment.  No business shall be transacted at any adjourned meeting except business which might lawfully have been transacted at the meeting as originally called.  At such adjourned meeting, any two (2) members (not in default as aforesaid) present in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum.
 
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27.
Chairman
 
The Chairman, if any, of the Board of Directors shall preside as Chairman at every General Meeting of the Company.  If there is no such Chairman, or if at any meeting he is not present within fifteen (15) minutes after the time fixed for holding the meeting or is unwilling to act as Chairman, the members present shall choose someone of their number to be Chairman.  The office of Chairman shall not, by itself, entitle the holder thereof to vote at any General Meeting nor shall it entitle such holder to a second or casting vote (without derogating, however, from the rights of such Chairman to vote as a shareholder or proxy of a shareholder if, in fact, he is also a shareholder or such proxy).
 
28.
Adoption of Resolutions at General Meetings
 
(a)          (i)          All Resolutions of the General Meeting shall be deemed adopted if approved by the holders of a majority of the voting power represented at the meeting in person or by proxy and voting thereon, except for articles 6(a), 6(b), 7(a), 18(a) and 39(d) which resolution shall be adopted by a Special Majority.
 
 (ii)           A Special Majority shall mean a majority of at least  seventy-five percent (75%) of the voting power represented at the meeting in person or by proxy and voting thereon.
 
(b)          Every question submitted to a General Meeting shall be decided by a show of hands, but if a written ballot is demanded by any member present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote at the meeting, the same shall be decided by such ballot.  A written ballot may be demanded before the proposed resolution is voted upon or immediately after the declaration by the Chairman of the results of the vote by a show of hands.  If a vote by written ballot is taken after such declaration, the results of the vote by a show of hands shall be of no effect, and the proposed resolution shall be decided by such written ballot.  The demand for a written ballot may be withdrawn at any time before the same is conducted, in which event another member may then demand such written ballot.  The demand for a written ballot shall not prevent the continuance of the meeting for the transaction of business other than the question on which the written ballot has been demanded.
 
(c)          A declaration by the Chairman of the meeting that a resolution has been carried unanimously, or carried by a particular majority, or lost, and an entry to that effect in the minute book of the Company, shall be conclusive evidence of the fact without proof of the number or proportion of the votes recorded in favor of or against such resolution.
 
29.
Resolutions in Writing
 
A resolution in writing signed by all members of the Company then entitled to attend and vote at General Meetings or to which all such members have given their written consent (by letter, facsimile [telecopier], telegram, telex or otherwise), shall be deemed to have been unanimously adopted by a General Meeting duly convened and held.
 
30.
Power to Adjourn
 
(a)          The Chairman of a General Meeting at which a quorum is present may, with the consent of the holders of a majority of the voting power represented in person or by proxy and voting on the question of adjournment (and shall if so directed by the meeting), adjourn the meeting from time to time and from place to place, but no business shall be transacted at any adjourned meeting except business which might lawfully have been transacted at the meeting as originally called.
 
(b)          It shall not be necessary to give any notice of an adjournment, whether pursuant to Article 26(b) or Article 30(a), unless the meeting is adjourned for thirty (30) days or more in which event notice thereof shall be given in the manner required for the meeting as originally called.
 
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31.
Voting Power
 
Subject to the provisions of Article 32(a) and subject to any provision hereof conferring special rights as to voting, or restricting the right to vote, every member shall have one vote for each share held by him of record, on every resolution, without regard to whether the vote hereon is conducted by a show of hands, by written ballot or by any other means.
 
32.
Voting Rights
 
(a)          No member shall be entitled to vote at any General Meeting (or be counted as a part of the quorum thereat), unless all calls and other sums then payable by him in respect of his shares in the Company have been paid, but this Article shall not apply to separate General Meetings of the holders of a particular class of shares pursuant to Article 6(b).
 
(b)          A company or other corporate body being a member of the Company may, by resolution of its directors or any other managing body thereof, authorize any person to be its representative at any meeting of the Company.  Any person so authorized shall be entitled to exercise on behalf of such member all the power which the latter could have exercised if it were an individual shareholder.  Upon the request of the Chairman of the meeting, written evidence of such authorization (in form acceptable to the Chairman) shall be delivered to him.
 
(c)          Any member entitled to vote may vote either personally or by proxy (who need not be a member of the Company), or, if the member is a company or other corporate body, by a representative authorized pursuant to Article 32(b).
 
(d)          If two or more persons are registered as joint holders of any share, the vote of the senior who tenders a vote, in person or by proxy, shall be accepted to the exclusion of the vote(s) of the other joint holder(s); and for this purpose seniority shall be determined by the order in which the names stand in the Register of Members.
 
PROXIES
 
33.
Instrument of Appointment
 
(a)          The instrument appointing a proxy shall be in writing and shall be substantially in the following form:
 
"I _____________________ of __________________________________
(Name of Shareholder)                       (Address of Shareholder)
 
being a member of ___________________________ hereby appoint
(Name of the Company)
 
________________________of _____________________________
(Name of Proxy)                                (Address of Proxy)
 
as my proxy to vote for me and on my behalf at the General Meeting of the Company to be held on the _____ day of ___________, 19__ and at any adjournment(s) thereof.
 
Signed this ______ day of ____________, 19__.
 
_________________________
(Signature of Appointer)"

or in any usual or common form or in such other form as may be approved by the Board of Directors.  It shall be duly signed by the appointer or his duly authorized attorney or, if such appointer is a company or other corporate body, under its common seal or stamp or the hand of its duly authorized agent(s) or attorney(s).

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(b)         The instrument appointing a proxy (and the power of attorney or other authority, if any, under which such instrument has been signed) shall either be delivered to the Company (at its Registered Office, or at its principal place of business or at the offices of its registrar and/or transfer agent or at such place as the Board of Directors may specify) not less than two (2) hours (or not less than twenty-four (24) hours with respect to a meeting to be held outside of Israel) before the time fixed for the meeting at which the person named in the instrument proposes to vote, or presented to the Chairman at such meeting.
 
34.
Effect of Death of Appointor or Revocation of Appointment
 
A vote cast pursuant to an instrument appointing a proxy shall be valid notwithstanding the previous death of the appointing member (or of his attorney-in-fact, if any, who signed such instrument), or the revocation of the appointment or the transfer of the share in respect of which the vote is cast, provided no written intimation of such death, revocation or transfer shall have been received by the Company or by the Chairman of the meeting before such vote is cast and provided, further, that the appointing member, if present in person at said meeting, may revoke the appointment by means of a writing, oral notification to the Chairman, or otherwise.
 
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
 
35.
Powers of Board of Directors
 
(a)          In General
 
The management of the business of the Company shall be vested in the Board of Directors, which may exercise all such powers and do all such acts and things as the Company is authorized to exercise and do, and are not hereby or by law required to be exercised or done by the Company in General Meeting.  The authority conferred on the Board of Directors by this Article 35 shall be subject to the provisions of the Companies Law, of these Articles and any regulation or resolution consistent with these Articles adopted from time to time by the Company in General Meeting, provided, however, that no such regulation or resolution shall invalidate any prior act done by or pursuant to a decision of the Board of Directors which would have been valid if such regulation or resolution had not been adopted.
 
(b)          Borrowing Power
 
The Board of Directors may from time to time, in its discretion, cause the Company to borrow or secure the payment of any sum or sums of money for the purposes of the Company, and may secure or provide for the repayment of such sum or sums in such manner, at such times and upon such terms and conditions in all respects as it thinks fit, and, in particular, by the issuance of bonds, perpetual or redeemable debentures, debenture stock, or any mortgages, charges, or other securities on the undertaking or the whole or any part of the property of the Company, both present and future, including its uncalled or called but unpaid capital for the time being.
 
(c)          Reserves
 
The Board of Directors may, from time to time, set aside any amount(s) out of the profits of the Company as a reserve or reserves for any purpose(s) which the Board of Directors, in its absolute discretion, shall think fit, and may invest any sum so set aside in any manner and from time to time deal with and vary such investments, and dispose of all or any part thereof, and employ any such reserve or any part thereof in the business of the Company without being bound to keep the same separate from other assets of the Company, and may subdivide or redesignate any reserve or cancel the same or apply the funds therein for another purpose, all as the Board of Directors may from time to time think fit.
 
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36.
Exercise of Powers of Directors
 
(a)          A meeting of the Board of Directors at which a quorum is present shall be competent to exercise all the authorities, powers and discretions vested in or exercisable by the Board of Directors.
 
(b)          A resolution proposed at any meeting of the Board of Directors shall be deemed adopted if approved by a majority of the Directors present when such resolution is put to a vote and voting thereon.
 
(c)          A resolution in writing signed by all Directors then in office and lawfully entitled to vote thereon (as conclusively determined by the Chairman of the Audit Committee ["Va'adat Bikoret"], and in the absence of such determination - by the Chairman of the Board of Directors) or to which all such Directors have given their consent (by letter, telegram, telex, facsimile [telecopier] or otherwise), or their oral consent by telephone (provided that a written summary thereof has been approved and signed by the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company) shall be deemed to have been unanimously adopted by a meeting of the Board of Directors duly convened and held.
 
37.
Delegation of Powers
 
(a)          The Board of Directors may, subject to the provisions of the Companies Law, delegate any or all of its powers to committees, each consisting of two or more persons (all of whose members must be Directors), and it may from time to time revoke such delegation or alter the composition of any such committee.  Any Committee so formed (in these Articles referred to as a "Committee of the Board of Directors"), shall, in the exercise of the powers so delegated, conform to any regulations imposed on it by the Board of Directors.  The meetings and proceedings of any such Committee of the Board of Directors shall, mutatis mutandis, be governed by the provisions herein contained for regulating the meetings of the Board of Directors, so far as not superseded by any regulations adopted by the Board of Directors under this Article.  Unless otherwise expressly provided by the Board of Directors in delegating powers to a Committee of the Board of Directors, such Committee shall not be empowered to further delegate such powers.
 
(b)          Without derogating from the provisions of Article 50, the Board of Directors may, subject to the provisions of the Companies Law, from time to time appoint a Secretary to the Company, as well as officers, agents, employees and independent contractors, as the Board of Directors may think fit, and may terminate the service of any such person.  The Board of Directors may, subject to the provisions of the Companies Law, determine the powers and duties, as well as the salaries and emoluments, of all such persons, and may require security in such cases and in such amounts as it thinks fit.
 
(c)          The Board of Directors may from time to time, by power of attorney or otherwise, appoint any person, company, firm or body of persons to be the attorney or attorneys of the Company at law or in fact for such purpose(s) and with such powers, authorities and discretions, and for such period and subject to such conditions, as it thinks fit, and any such power of attorney or other appointment may contain such provisions for the protection and convenience of persons dealing with any such attorney as the Board of Directors may think fit, and may also authorize any such attorney to delegate all or any of the powers, authorities and discretions vested in him.
 
38.
Number of Directors
 
The Board of Directors shall consist of such number of Directors (not less than five (5) nor more than nine (9) as may be determined by Resolution of the General Meeting of the Company.
 
39.
Election and Removal of Directors
 
(a)          The Board of Directors shall be divided into three classes: Class I, Class II and Class III.  Each Director, when and however elected, shall be designated as a member of a certain class of Directors.  No Director shall be elected or appointed to a class if, as a result, one class shall have more than one director more than any other class.  Subject to Article 39(c) herein, if a fraction is contained in the quotient arrived at by dividing the designated number of directors by three, then, if such fraction is one-third, the extra Director shall be a member of Class I, and if such fraction is two-thirds, one of the extra Directors shall be a member of Class I and one of the extra Directors shall be a member of Class II, unless otherwise provided from time to time by resolution adopted by the Board of Directors.
 
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(b)          Each Director (other than a Director elected to fill a vacancy in accordance with Article 40) shall serve for a term ending on the date of the third General Meeting following the General Meeting at which such Director was elected; provided, that each initial Director in Class I shall serve for a term ending on the date of the General Meeting in 2000; each initial Director in Class II shall serve for a term ending on the date of the General Meeting in 2001, and each initial Director in Class III shall serve for a term ending on the date of the General Meeting in 2002; and providedfurther, that the term of each Director shall be subject to the election and qualification of his successor and to his earlier death, resignation or removal.
 
(c)          In the event of any increase or decrease in the authorized number of Directors, (i) each Director then serving as such shall nevertheless continue as a Director of the class of which he is a member; and (ii) the newly created or eliminated directorships resulting from such increase or decrease shall be apportioned by the Board of Directors among the three classes of directors so as to ensure that no one class has more than one director more than any other class.  To the extent possible, consistent with the foregoing rule, any newly created directorships shall be added to those classes whose terms of office are to expire at the latest dates following such allocation, and any newly eliminated directorships shall be subtracted from those classes whose terms of office are to expire at the earliest dates following such allocation, unless otherwise provided from time to time by resolution adopted by the Board of Directors.
 
(d)          Directors shall be elected at the Annual General Meeting by the vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power represented at such meeting in person or by proxy and voting on the election of directors, and each director shall serve, subject to Article 42 hereof and according to the provisions of this Article 39. The shareholders shall be entitled to remove any Director(s) from office by a Special Majority.
 
(e)          Without derogating from the provisions of Article 39(d) above, the Board may at any time appoint any other person as a Director, whether to fill a vacancy or whether in addition to those of their body but so that the total number of Directors shall not at any time exceed any maximum number (if any) fixed by or in accordance with these Articles.  Any Director so appointed shall hold office until the first Annual General Meeting convened after such appointment and shall be eligible for re-election at such Annual General Meeting.
 
(f)          Without derogating from the provisions of Article 39(c) above, a shareholder desiring to propose a candidate for election to the Board of Directors or to remove a Director from his position, shall, as a condition to such proposal being considered, comply with the procedures set forth in Article 25A above .
 
(g)        Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the term of a Director may commence as of a date later than the date of the Resolution of the General Meeting of Shareholders electing said Director, if so specified in said Resolution of the General Meeting of Shareholders.
 
40.
Qualification of Directors
 
No person shall be disqualified to serve as a Director by reason of his not holding shares in the Company or by reason of his having served as a Director in the past.
 
41.
Continuing Directors in the Event of Vacancies
 
In the event of one or more vacancies in the Board of Directors, the continuing Directors may continue to act in every matter, and, pending the filling of any vacancy pursuant to the provisions of Article 39, may temporarily fill any such vacancy, provided, however, that if they number less than a majority of the number provided for pursuant to Article 38 hereof, they may only act in an emergency, and may call a General Meeting of the Company for the purpose of electing Directors to fill any or all vacancies, so that at least a majority of the number of Directors provided for pursuant to Article 38 hereof are in office as a result of said meeting.
 
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42.
Vacation of Office
 
(a)          The office of a Director shall be vacated, ipso facto, upon his death, or if he  be found lunatic or become of unsound mind, or if he become bankrupt, or, if the Director is a company, upon its winding-up.
 
(b)          The office of a Director shall be vacated by his written resignation.  Such resignation shall become effective on the date fixed therein, or upon the delivery thereof to the Company, whichever is later.
 
43.
Remuneration of Directors
 
No Director shall be paid any remuneration by the Company for his services as Director except as may be approved pursuant to the provisions of the Companies Law.
 
44.
Conflict of Interests
 
Subject to the provisions of the Companies Law, the Company may enter into any contract or otherwise transact any business with any Director in which contract or business such Director has a personal interest, directly or indirectly; and may enter into any contract of otherwise transact any business with any third party in which contract or business a Director has a personal interest, directly or indirectly.
 
45.
Alternate Directors
 
(a)          A Director may, by written notice to the Company, appoint an alternate for himself (in these Articles referred to as "Alternate Director"), remove such Alternate Director and appoint another Alternate Director in place of any Alternate Director appointed by him whose office has been vacated for any reason whatsoever.  Unless the appointing Director, by the instrument appointing an Alternate Director or by written notice to the Company, limits such appointment to a specified period of time or restricts it to a specified meeting or action of the Board of Directors, or otherwise restricts its scope, the appointment shall be for an indefinite period, and for all purposes.
 
(b)          Any notice given to the Company pursuant to Article 45(a) shall become effective on the date fixed therein, or upon the delivery thereof to the Company, whichever is later.
 
(c)          An Alternate Director shall have all the rights and obligations of the Director who appointed him, provided,  however, that he may not in turn appoint an alternate for himself (unless the instrument appointing him otherwise expressly provides), and provided further that an Alternate Director shall have no standing at any meeting of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof while the Director who appointed him is present.
 
(d)          Subject to the Companies Law, any natural person may act as an Alternate Director.
 
(e)          An Alternate Director shall alone be responsible for his own acts and defaults, and he shall not be deemed the agent of the Director(s) who appointed him.
 
(f)          The office of an Alternate Director shall be vacated under the circumstances, mutatis mutandis, set forth in Article 42, and such office shall ipso facto be vacated if the Director who appointed such Alternate Director ceases to be a Director.
 
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PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
 
46.
Meetings
 
(a)          The Board of Directors may meet and adjourn its meetings and otherwise regulate such meetings and proceedings as the Directors think fit.
 
(b)          Any Director may at any time, and the Secretary, upon the request of such Director, shall, convene a meeting of the Board of Directors.  Notice of a meeting of the Board of Directors shall be delivered to all its members at a reasonable time before the meeting, but not less than forty eight (48) hours prior to the time set for any such meeting. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in urgent matters, the Board of Directors may be convened for a meeting without notice with the consent of a majority of the Directors.
 
(c)          A notice shall be delivered (via mail, facsimile, electronic mail or otherwise) to the Director's address that was given to the Company in advance. The failure to give notice to a Director in the manner required hereby may be waived by such Director.
 
47.
Quorum
 
Until otherwise unanimously decided by the Board of Directors, a quorum at a meeting of the Board of Directors shall be constituted by the presence of a majority of the Directors then in office who are lawfully entitled to participate in the meeting (as conclusively determined by the Chairman of the Audit Committee and in the absence of such determination - by the Chairman of the Board of Directors), but shall not be less than two.
 
48.
Chairman of the Board of Directors
 
The Board of Directors may from time to time elect one of its members to be the Chairman of the Board of Directors, remove such Chairman from office and appoint another in its place.  The Chairman of the Board of Directors shall preside at every meeting of the Board of Directors, but if there is no such Chairman, or if at any meeting he is not present within fifteen (15) minutes of the time fixed for the meeting, or if he is unwilling to take the chair, the Directors present shall choose one of their number to be the chairman of such meeting.
 
49.
Validity of Acts Despite Defects
 
Subject to the provisions of the Companies Law, all acts done bona fide at any meeting of the Board of Directors, or of a Committee of the Board of Directors, or by any person(s) acting as Director(s), shall, notwithstanding that it may afterwards be discovered that there was some defect in the appointment of the participants in such meetings or any of them or any person(s) acting as aforesaid, or that they or any of them were disqualified, be as valid as if there were no such defect or disqualification.
 
GENERAL MANAGER
 
50.
General Manager
 
The Board of Directors may from time to time appoint one or more persons, whether or not Directors, as General Manager(s) of the Company and may confer upon such person(s), and from time to time modify or revoke, such title(s) (including Managing Director, Director General or any similar or dissimilar title) and such duties and authorities of the Board of Directors as the Board of Directors may deem fit, subject to such limitations and restrictions as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe.  Such appointment(s) may be either for a fixed term or without any limitation of time, and the Board of Directors may from time to time (subject to the provisions of the Companies Law and of any contract between any such person and the Company) fix his or their salaries and emoluments, remove or dismiss him or them from office and appoint another or others in his or their place or places.
 
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MINUTES
 
51.
Minutes
 
(a)          Minutes of each General Meeting and of each meeting of the Board of Directors shall be recorded and duly entered in books provided for that purpose.  Such minutes shall, in all events, set forth the names of the persons present at the meeting and all resolutions adopted thereat.
 
(b)          Any minutes as aforesaid, if purporting to be signed by the chairman of the meeting or by the chairman of the next succeeding meeting, shall constitute prima facia evidence of the matters recorded therein.
 
DIVIDENDS
 
52.
Declaration of Dividends
 
The Board of Directors may from time to time declare, and cause the Company to pay, such interim dividend as may appear to the Board of Directors to be justified by the profits of the Company.  The final dividend in respect of any fiscal period shall be proposed by the Board of Directors and shall be payable only after the same has been approved by a Resolution of the General Meeting of the Company, but no such resolution shall provide for the payment of an amount exceeding that proposed by the Board of Directors for the payment of such final dividend, and no such resolution or any failure to approve a final dividend shall affect any interim dividend theretofore declared and paid.  The Board of Directors shall determine the time for payment of such dividends, both interim and final, and the record date for determining the shareholders entitled thereto.

53.
Funds Available for Payment of Dividends
 
No dividend shall be paid otherwise than out of the profits of the Company.
 
54.
Amount Payable by Way of Dividends
 
Subject to the rights of the holders of shares with special rights as to dividends, any dividend paid by the Company shall be allocated among the members entitled thereto in proportion to the nominal value of their respective holdings of the shares in respect of which such dividend is being paid.
 
55.
Interest
 
No dividend shall carry interest as against the Company.
 
56.
Payment in Specie
 
Upon the recommendation of the Board of Directors approved by a Resolution of the General Meeting of the Company, a dividend may be paid, wholly or partly, by the distribution of specific assets of the Company or by distribution of paid up shares, debentures or debenture stock of the Company or of any other companies, or in any one or more of such ways.
 
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57.
Capitalization of Profits, Reserves etc.
 
Upon the recommendation of the Board of Directors approved by Ordinary Resolution of the Company, the Company -
 
(a)          may cause any moneys, investments, or other assets forming part of the undivided profits of the Company, standing to the credit of a reserve fund, or to the credit of a reserve fund for the redemption of capital, or in the hands of the Company and available for dividends, or representing premiums received on the issuance of shares and standing to the credit of the share premium account, to be capitalized and distributed among such of the shareholders as would be entitled to receive the same if distributed by way of dividend and in the same proportion, on the footing that they become entitled thereto as capital, or may cause any part of such capitalized fund to be applied on behalf of such shareholders in paying up in full, either at par or at such premium as the resolution may provide, any unissued shares or debentures or debenture stock of the Company which shall be distributed accordingly, in payment, in full or in part, of the uncalled liability on any issued shares or debentures or debenture stock; and
 
(b)          may cause such distribution or payment to be accepted by such shareholders in full satisfaction of their interest in the said capitalized sum.

58.
Implementation of Powers under Articles 56 and 57
 
For the purpose of giving full effect to any resolution under Articles 56 or 57, and without derogating from the provisions of Article 7(b) hereof, the Board of Directors may settle any difficulty which may arise in regard to the distribution as it thinks expedient, and, in particular, may issue fractional certificates, and may fix the value for distribution of any specific assets, and may determine that cash payments shall be made to any members upon the footing of the value so fixed, or that fractions of less value than the nominal value of one share may be disregarded in order to adjust the rights of all parties, and may vest any such cash, shares, debentures, debenture stock or specific assets in trustees upon such trusts for the persons entitled to the dividend or capitalized fund as may seem expedient to the Board of Directors.  Where requisite, a proper contract shall be filed in accordance with  the Companies Law, and the Board of Directors may appoint any person to sign such contract on behalf of the persons entitled to the dividend or capitalized fund.
 
59.
Deductions from Dividends
 
The Board of Directors may deduct from any dividend or other moneys payable to any member in respect of a share any and all sums of money then payable by him to the Company on account of calls or otherwise in respect of shares of the Company and/or on account of any other matter of transaction whatsoever.
 
60.
Retention of Dividends
 
(a)          The Board of Directors may retain any dividend or other moneys payable or property distributable in respect of a share on which the Company has a lien, and may apply the same in or toward satisfaction of the debts, liabilities, or engagements in respect of which the lien exists.
 
(b)          The Board of Directors may retain any dividend or other moneys payable or property distributable in respect of a share in respect of which any person is, under Articles 21 or 22, entitled to become a member, or which any person is, under said Articles, entitled to transfer, until such person shall become a member in respect of such share or shall transfer the same.
 
61.
Unclaimed Dividends
 
All unclaimed dividends or other moneys payable in respect of a share may be invested or otherwise made use of by the Board of Directors for the benefit of the Company until claimed.  The payment by the Directors of any unclaimed dividend or such other moneys into a separate account shall not constitute the Company a trustee in respect thereof, and any dividend unclaimed after a period of seven (7) years from the date of declaration of such dividend, and any such other moneys unclaimed after a like period from the date the same were payable, shall be forfeited and shall revert to the Company, provided, however, that the Board of Directors may, at its discretion, cause the Company to pay any such dividend or such other moneys, or any part thereof, to a person who would have been entitled thereto had the same not reverted to the Company.
 
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62.
Mechanics of Payment
 
Any dividend or other moneys payable in cash in respect of a share may be paid by check or warrant sent through the post to, or left at, the registered address of the person entitled thereto or by transfer to a bank account specified by such person (or, if two or more persons are registered as joint holders of such share or are entitled jointly thereto in consequence of the death or bankruptcy of the holder or otherwise, to any one of such persons or to his bank account), or to such person and at such address as the person entitled thereto may by writing direct.  Every such check or warrant shall be made payable to the order of the person to whom it is sent, or to such person as the person entitled thereto as aforesaid may direct, and payment of the check or warrant by the banker upon whom it is drawn shall be a good discharge to the Company.  Every such check or warrant shall be sent at the risk of the person entitled to the money represented thereby.
 
63.
Receipt from a Joint Holder
 
If two or more persons are registered as joint holders of any share, or are entitled jointly thereto in consequence of the death or bankruptcy of the holder or otherwise, any one of them may give effectual receipts for any dividend or other moneys payable or property distributable in respect of such share.
 
ACCOUNTS
 
64.
Books of Account
 
The Board of Directors shall cause accurate books of account to be kept in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Law and of any other applicable law.  Such books of account shall be kept at the Registered Office of the Company, or at such other place or places as the Board of Directors may think fit, and they shall always be open to inspection by all Directors.  No member, not being a Director, shall have any right to inspect any account or book or other similar document of the Company, except as conferred by law or authorized by the Board of Directors or by Ordinary Resolution of the Company.
 
65.
Audit
 
At least once in every fiscal year the accounts of the Company shall be audited and the correctness of the profit and loss account and balance sheet certified by one or more duly qualified auditors.
 
66.
Auditors
 
The appointment, authorities, rights and duties of the auditor(s) of the Company, shall be regulated by applicable law, provided, however, that in exercising its authority to fix the remuneration of the auditor(s), the members in General Meeting may, by Ordinary Resolution, act (and in the absence of any action in connection therewith shall be deemed to have so acted), to authorize the Board of Directors to fix such remuneration subject to such criteria or standards, if any, as may be provided in such Ordinary Resolution, and if no such criteria or standards are so provided, such remuneration shall be fixed in an amount commensurate with the volume and nature of the services rendered by such auditor(s).
 
BRANCH REGISTERS
 
67.
Branch Registers
 
Subject to and in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Law and to all orders and regulations issued thereunder, the Company may cause branch registers to be kept in any place outside Israel as the Board of Directors may think fit, and, subject to all applicable requirements of law, the Board of Directors may from time to time adopt such rules and procedures as it may think fit in connection with the keeping of such branch registers.
 
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RIGHTS OF SIGNATURE, STAMP AND SEAL
 
68.
Rights of Signature, Stamp and Seal
 
(a)          The Board of Directors shall be entitled to authorize any person or persons (who need not be Directors) to act and sign on behalf of the Company, and the acts and signature of such person(s) on behalf of the Company shall bind the Company insofar as such person(s) acted and signed within the scope of his or their authority.
 
(b)          The Company shall have at least one official stamp.
 
(c)          The Board of Directors may provide for a seal.  If the Board of Directors so provides, it shall also provide for the safe custody thereof.  Such seal shall not be used except by the authority of the Board of Directors and in the presence of the person(s) authorized to sign on behalf of the Company, who shall sign every instrument to which such seal is affixed.
 
(d)          The Company may exercise the powers conferred by the provisions of the Companies Law regarding a seal for use abroad, and such powers shall be vested in the Board of Directors.
 
NOTICES

69.
Notices
 
(a)          Any written notice or other document may be served by the Company upon any member either personally or by sending it by prepaid registered mail (airmail if sent to a place outside Israel) addressed to such member at his address as described in the Register of Members or such other address as he may have designated in writing for the receipt of notices and other documents.  Any written notice or other document may be served by any member upon the Company by tendering the same in person to the Secretary or the General Manager of the Company at the principal office of the Company or by sending it by prepaid registered mail (airmail if posted outside Israel) to the Company at its Registered Address.  Any such notice or other document shall be deemed to have been served two (2) business days after it has been posted (seven (7) business days if sent internationally), or when actually received by the addressee if sooner than two days or seven days, as the case may be, after it has been posted, or when actually tendered in person, to such member (or to the Secretary or the General Manager), provided, however, that notice may be sent by cablegram, telex, telecopier (facsimile) or other electronic means and confirmed by registered mail as aforesaid, and such notice shall be deemed to have been given twenty-four (24) hours after such cablegram, telex, telecopy or other electronic communication has been sent or when actually received by such member (or by the Company), whichever is earlier.  If a notice is, in fact, received by the addressee, it shall be deemed to have been duly served, when received, notwithstanding that it was defectively addressed or failed, in some respect, to comply with the provisions of this Article 69(a).
 
(b)          All notices to be given to the members shall, with respect to any share to which persons are jointly entitled, be given to whichever of such persons is named first in the Register of Members, and any notice so given shall be sufficient notice to the holders of such share.
 
(c)          Any member whose address is not described in the Register of Members, and who shall not have designated in writing an address for the receipt of notices, shall not be entitled to receive any notice from the Company.
 
(d)          Notwithstanding any contrary provision herein, notice by the Company of a General Meeting which is either (A) published in two daily newspapers in Israel and in one daily newspaper in the United States, or (B) published in one international wire service or filed or furnished to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, shall be deemed to have been duly given on the date of such publication (or filing) to any shareholder, wherever located .
 
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(e)          Where a given number of days' notice, or notice extending over any period, is required to be given, the day of service or mailing, actual transmission, delivery date or publication date as well as the date of the General Meeting shall be counted in such number of days or other period.
 
INSURANCE AND INDEMNITY
 
70.
Insurance and Indemnity
 
(a)          For purposes of these Articles, the term "Office Holder" shall mean every Director and every officer of the Company, including, without limitation, each of the persons defined as "Nosei Misra" in the Companies Law.
 
(b)          The Company may insure the liability of any Office Holder therein to the fullest extent permitted by the Companies Law. Without derogating from the foregoing, the Company may enter into a contract for the insurance of all or part of the liability of any Office Holder, in respect of a liability imposed on him as a resulf of an act done by him in his capacity as an Office Holder of the Company in any of one of the following:
 
(i)            a breach of his duty of care to the Company or to another person;
 
(ii)           a breach of his duty of loyalty to the Company, provided that the Office Holder acted in good faith and had reasonable cause to assume that such act would not prejudice the interests of the Company;

(iii)          a financial obligation imposed on him in favor of another person;
 
(iv)          a payment which the Office Holder is obligated to make to an injured party as set forth in Section 52(54)(a)(1)(a) of the Israeli Securities Law, 5728-1968 (the "Securities Law"), if applicable, and expenses that the Office Holder incurred in connection with a proceeding under Chapters H'3, H'4 or I'1 of the Securities Law, if applicable, including reasonable legal expenses, which term includes attorney fees; and
 
(v)           Any other matter in respect of which it is permitted or will be permitted under applicable law to insure the liability of an Office Holder in the Company.
 
(c)          The Company may, to the fullest extent permitted by the Companies Law, indemnify an Office Holder. Without derogating from the aforesaid, the Company may indemnify an Office Holder in respect of an obligation or expense specified below imposed on the Office Holder in respect of an act performed in his capacity as an Office Holder, as follows:
 
(i)            a financial obligation imposed on him in favor of another person by a court judgment, including a compromise judgment or an arbitrator's award approved by court;
 
(ii)          reasonable litigation expenses, including attorney’s fees, expended by the Office Holder as a result of an investigation or proceeding instituted against him by a competent authority, provided that such investigation or proceeding concluded without the filing of an indictment against him and either (A) concluded without the imposition of any financial liability in lieu of criminal proceedings or (B) concluded with the imposition of a financial liability in lieu of criminal proceedings but relates to a criminal offense that does not require proof of criminal intent or in connection with a financial sanction;
 
(iii)          reasonable litigation expenses, including attorneys' fees, expended by an Office Holder or charged to the Office Holder by a court, in a proceeding instituted against the Office Holder by the Company or on its behalf or by another person, or in a criminal charge from which the Office Holder was acquitted, or in a criminal proceeding in which the Office Holder was convicted of an offense that does not require proof of criminal intent;
 
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(iv)         a payment which he is obligated to make to an injured party as set forth in Section 52(54)(a)(1)(a) of the Securities Law, if applicable, and expenses that he incurred in connection with a proceeding under Chapters H'3, H'4 or I'1 of the Securities Law, if applicable, including reasonable legal expenses, which term includes attorney fees; and
 
(v)           any other matter in respect of which it is permitted or will be permitted under applicable law to indemnify an Office Holder in the Company.
 
The Company may undertake to indemnify an Office Holder as aforesaid, (aa) prospectively, provided that, in respect of Article 70(c)(i), the undertaking is limited to events which in the opinion of the Board of Directors are foreseeable in light of the Company’s actual operations when the undertaking to indemnify is given, and to an amount or criteria set by the Board of Directors as reasonable under the circumstances, and further provided that such events and amount or criteria are set forth in the undertaking to indemnify, and (bb) retroactively.
 
(d)          Subject to the provisions of the Companies Law, the Company may exculpate an Office Holder in advance from all or some of the Office Holder’s responsibility for liability resulting from the Office Holder’s breach of the Office Holder’s duty of care to the Company.
 
(e)          The provisions of Articles 70(a), 70(b), 70(c) and 70(d) above are not intended, and shall not be interpreted, to restrict the Company in any manner in respect of the procurement of insurance and/or indemnification and/or exculpation (i) in connection with any person who is not an Office Holder, including, without limitation, any employee, agent, consultant or contractor of the Company who is not an Office Holder, and/or (ii) in connection with any Office Holder to the extent that such insurance and/or indemnification is not specifically prohibited under law; provided that the procurement of any such insurance and/or the provision of any such indemnification and/or exculpation of Office Holders shall be approved by the Audit Committee of the Company.
 
WINDING UP
 
71.
Winding Up
 
If the Company be wound up, then, subject to applicable law and to the rights of the holders of shares with special rights upon winding up, the assets of the Company available for distribution among the members shall be distributed to them in proportion to the nominal value of their respective holdings of the shares in respect of which such distribution is being made.
 
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Exhibit 2.1
 
Description of the Rights of Each Class of Securities Registered
under Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Set out below is a description of our share capital and certain provisions of our Memorandum of Association, as amended, or our Memorandum, and of our Amended and Restated Articles of Association, as amended, or our Articles of Association, and of the Companies Law related to such provisions. This description is only a summary and does not purport to be complete and is qualified by reference to the full text of the Memorandum and Articles of Association which are incorporated by reference to exhibits to the annual report on Form 20-F of which this Exhibit 2.1 is part, or the Annual Report, and to the applicable sections of the Companies Law.
 
General
 
We were first registered under Israeli law on May 16, 1996 as a private company, and on November 18, 1999 became a public company. Our registration number with the Israeli Registrar of Companies is 52-004437-1.
 
Objects and Purposes
 
Pursuant to Section 1 of our Articles of Association, our objective is to engage, directly or indirectly, in any lawful undertaking or business whatsoever, including, without limitation, as stipulated in our Memorandum.
 
Ordinary Shares
 
Our authorized share capital consists of 90,000,000 ordinary shares, nominal (par) value NIS 0.05 each.  There are no other classes of shares.
 
All of our outstanding shares are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.
 
Under our Articles of Association, the liability of the shareholders is limited to the payment of the nominal value of the shares in the Company allotted to them and which remains unpaid.
 
Dividend, Liquidation Rights and Rights to Shares in Profits
 
According to the Israeli Companies Law, a company may distribute dividends only out of its “profits,” as such term is defined in the Israeli Companies Law, as of the end of the most recent fiscal year or as accrued over a period of two years, whichever is higher.  Our Board of Directors is authorized to declare dividends, provided that there is no reasonable concern that payment of the dividend will prevent us from satisfying our existing and foreseeable obligations as they become due, and provided further, that our shareholders approve the final dividend declared by the Board of Directors, in an amount not to exceed the Board of Directors’ recommendation.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, even where there are no sufficient profits, dividends may be paid with the approval of a court, provided that there is no reasonable concern that payment of the dividend will prevent us from satisfying our existing and foreseeable obligations as they become due.  “Profits”, for purposes of the Israeli Companies Law, means the greater of retained earnings or earnings accumulated during the preceding two years, after deduction of previous distributions that were not already deducted from the surplus, as evidenced by the most recent audited or reviewed financial statements prepared no more than six months prior to the date of distribution.
 
Our shareholders have the right to share in our profits distributed as a dividend and any other permitted distribution, if any. In the event of our liquidation, after satisfaction of liabilities to creditors, our assets will be distributed to the holders of ordinary shares in proportion to their respective holdings.  The right to share in our profits as well as liquidation right may be affected by the grant of preferential dividends or distribution rights to the holders of a class of shares with preferential rights that may be authorized in the future.

 
Shareholders’ Meetings, Voting and Resolutions
 
Shareholders’ Meetings. We have two types of general shareholder meetings: the annual general meeting and the extraordinary general meeting.  An annual general meeting must be held once in every calendar year, but not more than 15 months after the last annual general meeting.  The Board of Directors may convene an extraordinary general meeting whenever it deems fit, and, in general, must do so upon the request of any of: (i) two directors or one fourth of the then serving directors; (ii) one or more shareholders who hold at least 5% of the issued share capital and at least 1% of the voting rights; or (iii) one or more shareholders who hold at least 5% of the voting rights. The Companies Law further provides that one or more shareholders holding 1% or more of the outstanding voting power in the company may ask the board of directors to add an item to the agenda of the shareholders’ meeting.
 
In accordance with our Articles of Association, unless a longer period for notice is prescribed by the Israeli Companies Law, at least seven days and not more than forty-five days’ notice of any general meeting of shareholders must be given.  Under the Companies Law, shareholder meetings generally require prior notice of not less than 21 days or, with respect to certain matters, such as election of directors and affiliated party transactions, not less than 35 days. In addition, for the purpose of a shareholder vote, the record date for companies traded outside of Israel, such as Radware, can be set between four and 40 days before the date of the meeting.
 
The quorum required for an ordinary meeting of shareholders consists of at least two shareholders present in person or by proxy who hold or represent between them at least 35% of the outstanding voting shares unless otherwise required by applicable rules.  A meeting adjourned for lack of a quorum, if convened upon requisition under the provisions of the Companies Law, shall be dissolved, but in any other case is adjourned to the same day in the following week at the same time and place or any time and place as the chairman may designate with the consent of a majority of the voting power represented at the meeting and voting on the matter adjourned.  At such reconvened meeting, the required quorum consists of any two members present in person or by proxy.
 
Voting Rights and Resolutions. Holders of ordinary shares have one vote for each ordinary share held on all matters submitted to a vote of shareholders. A shareholder may only vote the shares for which all calls have been paid, except in separate general meetings of a particular class.
 
Pursuant to the Companies Law and our Articles of Association, unless otherwise provided in the Articles of Association or applicable law, all resolutions of the shareholders, including an increase of our authorized share capital and approval of mergers, require a simple majority of the shares present, in person or by proxy, and voting on the matter.  However, our Articles of Association require approval of at least 75% of the shares present and voting on the matter to (i) change the structure of our share capital, such as for share splits; (ii) grant any special rights to the holders of a class of shares with preferential rights or change such rights previously granted; or (iii) remove directors from office.
 
To the extent permitted under the Companies Law (that currently does not permit written consent for shareholders actions of a public company like us), a resolution in writing signed by the holders of all of our ordinary shares entitled to vote at a meeting of shareholders or to which all such shareholders have given their written consent is required to adopt the resolution in lieu of a meeting.
 
Shareholder Proposals. Our Articles of Association contain procedural guidelines as well as disclosure items with respect to the submission of shareholder proposals for shareholders meetings, including with respect to shareholder proposals of candidates for election to the Board of Directors or the removal of existing directors. For example, for a shareholder proposal to be considered timely with respect to an annual general meeting, it generally must be submitted to us not less than ninety (90) calendar days and not more than one hundred and fifty (150) calendar days prior to the anniversary date of the immediately preceding annual general meeting.
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General Duties of Shareholders
 
Disclosure by Controlling Shareholders.   Under the Companies Law, the disclosure requirements that apply to an “office holder” (which term includes directors and executive officers), as described below under the caption “Board of Directors – Director Interests”, also apply to a “controlling shareholder” of a public company. Under the Companies Law, a “controlling shareholder” is a shareholder who has the ability to direct the activities of a company, including a shareholder that owns 25% or more of the voting rights if no other shareholder owns more than 50% of the voting rights, but excluding a shareholder whose power derives solely from his or her position on the board of directors or any other position with the company. Two or more shareholders with a personal interest in the approval of the same transaction are deemed to be holding the shares together.

Duties of Shareholders. Under the Companies Law, each and every shareholder has a duty to act in good faith in exercising its rights and fulfilling its obligations towards the company and other shareholders and refrain from abusing its power in the company, such as in voting in the general meeting of shareholders on the following matters:
 
any amendment to the articles of association;
an increase of the company’s authorized share capital;
a merger; or
approval of certain related party transactions and actions, which require shareholder approval pursuant to the Companies Law.
In addition, each and every shareholder has the general duty to refrain from depriving rights of other shareholders.
 
Furthermore, any controlling shareholder, any shareholder who knows that it possesses the power to determine the outcome of a shareholder vote and any shareholder that, pursuant to the provisions of the articles of association of the company, has the power to appoint or to prevent the appointment of an office holder in the company or any other power toward the company, is under a duty to act in fairness towards the company. However, the Companies Law does not define the substance of this duty of fairness.
 
These various shareholder duties may restrict the ability of a shareholder to act in what the shareholder perceives to be its own best interests.
 
Preemptive Rights
 
The ordinary shares do not entitle their holders to preemptive rights.
 
Transfer of Shares
 
Our fully paid ordinary shares are issued in registered form and may be freely transferred under our Articles of Association, unless the transfer is restricted or prohibited by another instrument, applicable law or the rules of a stock exchange on which the shares are listed for trade.
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Restrictions on Non-Israeli Residents
 
The ownership or voting of our ordinary shares by non-residents of Israel, except with respect to citizens of countries which are in a state of war with Israel, is not restricted in any way by our Memorandum or Articles of Association or by the laws of the State of Israel.
 
Israeli law and regulations also do not impose any material foreign exchange restrictions on non-Israeli holders of our ordinary shares. There are currently no Israeli currency control restrictions on payments of dividends or other distributions with respect to our ordinary shares or the proceeds from the sale of the shares, except for the obligation of Israeli residents to file reports with the Bank of Israel regarding certain transactions. However, legislation remains in effect pursuant to which currency controls can be imposed by administrative action at any time.

Change of Control Provisions Under Israeli Law
 
There are no specific provisions of our Memorandum or Articles of Association that would have an effect of delaying, deferring or preventing a change in control of us or that would operate only with respect to a merger, acquisition or corporate restructuring involving us (or any of our subsidiaries), except those relating to (i) the quorum for shareholder meetings, as described above under the caption  “Shareholders’ Meetings, Voting and Resolutions”, (ii) the staggered board, as described below under the caption “Board of Directors” and (iii) certain provisions of the Companies Law described below, all of which may have such effect.
 
The Israeli Companies Law includes provisions that allow a merger transaction and requires that each company that is party to a merger approve the transaction by its board of directors and a vote of the majority of its shares, voting on the proposed merger at a shareholders meeting.  For purposes of the shareholder vote, unless a court rules otherwise, the merger will not be deemed approved if shares, representing a majority of the voting power present at the shareholders meeting and which are not held by the other party to the merger (or by any person who holds 25% or more of the voting power of the right to appoint 25% or more of the directors of the other party), vote against the merger.  Upon the request of a creditor of either party of the proposed merger, the court may delay or prevent the merger if it concludes that there exists a reasonable concern that as a result of the merger, the surviving company will be unable to satisfy the obligations of any of the parties to the merger.  In addition, a merger may not be completed unless at least (i) 50 days have passed from the time that a proposal of the merger has been filed with the Israeli Registrar of Companies by each merging company and (ii) 30 days have passed since the merger was approved by the shareholders of each merging company.
 
In addition, provisions of the Companies Law that deal with “arrangements” between a company and its shareholders may be used to effect squeeze-out transactions in which the target company becomes a wholly owned subsidiary of the acquirer. These provisions generally require that the merger be approved by a majority of the participating shareholders holding at least 75% of the shares voted on the matter.  In addition to shareholder approval, court approval of the transaction is required, which entails further delay.
 
The Companies Law also provides that an acquisition of shares of a public company must be made by means of a “special” tender offer if as a result of the acquisition (1) the purchaser would become a 25% or greater shareholder of the company and there is no 25% or greater shareholder in the company, or (2) the purchaser would become a 45% or greater shareholder of the company and there is no 45% or greater shareholder in the company.  These requirements do not apply if, in general, the acquisition (1) was made in a private placement that received shareholder approval, (2) was from a 25% or greater shareholder of the company which resulted in the acquirer becoming a 25% or greater shareholder of the company, or (3) was from a 45% or greater shareholder of the company which resulted in the acquirer becoming a 45% or greater shareholder of the company. A “special” tender offer must be extended to all shareholders, but the offeror is not required to purchase more than 5% of the company’s outstanding shares, regardless of how many shares are tendered by shareholders.  In general, the tender offer may be consummated only if (i) at least 5% of the company’s outstanding shares will be acquired by the offeror and (ii) the number of shares tendered in the offer exceeds the number of shares whose holders objected to the offer. If a special tender offer is accepted, then the purchaser or any person or entity controlling it or under common control with the purchaser or such controlling person or entity may not make a subsequent tender offer for the purchase of shares of the target company and may not enter into a merger with the target company for a period of one year from the date of the offer, unless the purchaser or such person or entity undertook to effect such an offer or merger in the initial special tender offer. Shares purchased in contradiction to the special tender offer rules under the Companies Law will have no rights and will become dormant shares.
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If, as a result of an acquisition of shares, the acquirer will hold more than 90% of a company’s outstanding shares, the acquisition must be made by means of a tender offer for all of the outstanding shares. In general, if less than 5% of the outstanding shares are not tendered in the tender offer and more than half of the offerees who have no personal interest in the offer tendered their shares, all the shares that the acquirer offered to purchase will be transferred to it. However, a full tender offer will also be accepted if the shareholders who do not accept the offer hold less than 2% of the issued and outstanding shares of the company. Shareholders may request appraisal rights in connection with a full tender offer for a period of six months following the consummation of the tender offer, but the acquirer is entitled to stipulate that tendering shareholders will forfeit such appraisal rights. If (i) the shareholders who did not respond or accept the tender offer hold at least 5% of the issued and outstanding shares of the company or the shareholders who accept the offer constitute less than a majority of the offerees that do not have a personal interest in the acceptance of the tender offer, or (ii) the shareholders who do not accept the offer hold 2% or more of the outstanding shares of the company, then the acquirer may not acquire shares that will cause its shareholdings to exceed 90% of the outstanding shares. Shares purchased in contradiction to the full tender offer rules under the Companies Law will have no rights and will become dormant shares.
 
In addition, our Board of Directors may decide to adopt a shareholder rights plan without further shareholder approval.
 
Finally, Israeli tax law treats stock-for-stock acquisitions between an Israeli company and a foreign company less favorably than does U.S. tax law.  For example, Israeli tax law subjects a shareholder who exchanges his ordinary shares for shares in another corporation to taxation prior to the sale of the shares received in such stock-for-stock exchange.
 
Modification of Class Rights
 
Our Articles of Association provide that the rights attached to any class (unless otherwise provided by the terms of such class), such as voting, rights to dividends and the like, may be varied by written consent of holders of 75% of the issued shares of that class, or by adoption by the holders of 75% of the shares of that class at a separate class meeting. Subject thereto, the conditions imposed by our Articles of Association governing changes in the rights of any class of shares, are no more stringent than is required by Israeli law.
 
Board of Directors
 
Introduction. According to the Companies Law and our Articles of Association, the oversight of the management of our business is vested in our Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may exercise all such powers and may take all such actions that are not specifically granted to our shareholders.  As part of its powers, our Board of Directors may cause the Company to borrow or secure payment of any sum or sums of money for the purposes of the Company, at such times and upon such terms and conditions as it thinks fit, including the grants of security interests on all or any part of the property of the Company.
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Number of Directors. Our Articles of Association provide that the Board of Directors shall consist of not less than five and not more than nine directors as shall be determined by our shareholders (in October 2006 our shareholders fixed the maximum size of our Board of Directors at nine members).
 
Appointment of Directors; Staggered Board. Our ordinary shares do not have cumulative voting rights for the election of directors. Rather, under our Articles of Association our directors are elected by the holders of a simple majority of our ordinary shares. In addition, in accordance with our Articles of Association, our Board of Directors is divided into three classes with each class serving until the third annual meeting following their election. See additional information in Item 6 of the Annual Report under “Directors, Senior Management and Employees – Board Practices – Staggered Board.”
 
There is no requirement under our Articles of Association or under Israeli law for directors to retire on attaining a specific age and our Articles of Association do not require directors to hold our ordinary shares to qualify for election.
 
Directors Interests. The Companies Law requires that an office holder of a company disclose to the company any personal interest that he or she may have and all related material information known to him or her, in connection with any existing or proposed transaction by the company. See additional information under “Approval of Specified Related Party Transactions under Israeli Law - Disclosure of Personal Interest of an Office Holder” below.
 
Under the provisions of the Companies Law, a director generally cannot participate in a meeting of the board of directors nor vote on a proposal, arrangement or contract in which he or she is personally interested, unless the transaction is not an “extraordinary transaction” or a majority of the other directors have a personal interest in such matter. Under the Companies Law, an extraordinary transaction is a transaction:
 
Other than in the ordinary course of business;
Not on market terms; or
That is likely to have a material impact on the company’s profitability, assets or liabilities.
In addition, the Companies Law requires that transactions between a company and its office holders or that benefit its office holders, including arrangements as to the compensation of office holders, be approved as provided for in the Companies Law and our Articles of Association, as more fully described below under the caption “Approval of Specified Related Party Transactions Under Israeli Law.”
 
Adoption of Resolutions. A resolution proposed at any meeting of the Board of Directors shall generally be deemed adopted if approved by a majority of the directors present and voting on the matter.
 
Fiduciary Duties of Office Holders. The Companies Law imposes a duty of care and a duty of loyalty on all office holders of a company.
 
The duty of care requires an office holder to act with the level of care with which a reasonable office holder in the same position would have acted under the same circumstances.  The duty of care includes a duty to use reasonable means to obtain:
 
Information regarding the advisability of a given action submitted for his or her approval or performed by him or her by virtue of his or her position; and
All other important information pertaining to these actions.
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The duty of loyalty of an office holder includes a duty to:
 
Refrain from any conflict of interest between the performance of his or her duties in the company and the performance of his or her other duties or his or her personal affairs;
Refrain from any activity that is competitive with the company;
Refrain from exploiting any business opportunity of the company to receive a personal gain for himself or herself or others; and
Disclose to the company any information or documents relating to the company’s affairs which the office holder has received due to his or her position as an office holder.
Exculpation, Insurance and Indemnification
 
Exculpation of Office Holders. Under the Companies Law, an Israeli company may not exempt an office holder from liability for a breach of his or her duty of loyalty, but may exempt in advance an office holder from his or her liability to the company, in whole or in part, for a breach of his duty of care (except in connection with distributions), provided that the articles of association of the company allow it to do so.  Our Articles of Association allow us to exempt our office holders to the maximum extent permitted by law.
 
Insurance of Office Holders. As permitted by the Companies Law, our Articles of Association provide that we may enter into a contract for the insurance of the liability of any of our office holders, with respect to an act performed in the capacity of an office holder for:
 
a breach of his or her duty of care to us or to another person;
a breach of his or her duty of loyalty to us, provided that the office holder acted in good faith and had reasonable cause to assume that his or her act would not prejudice our interests;
a financial liability imposed upon him or her in favor of another person;
expenses he or she incurs as a result of administrative proceedings that may be instituted against him or her under Israeli securities laws, if applicable, and payments made to injured persons under specific circumstances thereunder; and
any other matter in respect of which it is permitted or will be permitted under applicable law to insure the liability of an office holder in the Company.
Indemnification of Office Holders. As permitted by the Companies Law, our Articles of Association provide that we may indemnify any of our office holders against the following obligations and expenses imposed on the office holder with respect to an act performed in the capacity of an office holder:
 
 
a financial liability incurred by, or imposed on, him or her in favor of another person by a court judgment, including a settlement or an arbitration award approved by the court. Such indemnification may be approved (i) after the liability has been incurred or (ii) in advance, provided that our undertaking to indemnify is limited to events that our Board of Directors believes are foreseeable in light of our actual operations at the time of providing the undertaking and to a sum or criterion that our Board of Directors determines to be reasonable under the circumstances;

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reasonable litigation expenses, including attorney’s fees, expended by the office holder as a result of an investigation or proceeding instituted against him or her by a competent authority, provided that such investigation or proceeding either (A) concluded without the filing of an indictment against him or her or (B) concluded with the imposition of financial liability in lieu of criminal proceedings other than with respect to a criminal offense that does not require proof of criminal intent or in connection with a financial sanction;
 
reasonable litigation expenses, including attorneys’ fees, expended by the office holder or charged to him or her by a court in connection with proceedings we institute against him or her or instituted on our behalf or by another person, a criminal indictment from which he or she was acquitted, or a criminal indictment in which he or she was convicted for a criminal offense that does not require proof of criminal intent;
expenses he or she incurs as a result of administrative proceedings that may be instituted against him or her under Israeli securities laws, if applicable, and payments made to injured persons under specific circumstances thereunder; and
any other matter in respect of which it is permitted or will be permitted under applicable law to indemnify an office holder in the Company.
Limitations on Insurance and Indemnification. The Companies Law provides that a company may not indemnify an office holder, or 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 office holder of his or her duty of loyalty unless, with respect to indemnification or insurance coverage, the office holder acted in good faith and had a reasonable basis to believe that the act would not prejudice the company;
A breach by the office holder of his or her duty of care if the breach was done intentionally or recklessly unless the breach was done negligently;
Any act or omission done with the intent to derive an illegal personal benefit; or
Any fine levied against the office holder.
In addition, under the Companies Law, indemnification of, and procurement of insurance coverage for, our office holders must be approved by our Compensation Committee and our Board of Directors and, in general, if the beneficiary is a director or a chief executive officer, by our shareholders.
 
Approval of Specified Related Party Transactions under Israeli Law
 
Disclosure of Personal Interest of an Office Holder. The Companies Law requires that an office holder of a company disclose to the company any personal interest that he or she may have and all related material information known to him or her, in connection with any existing or proposed transaction by the company. The disclosure is required to be made promptly and in any event no later than the board of directors meeting in which the transaction is first discussed. If the transaction is an extraordinary transaction, the office holder’s duty to disclose also applies to a personal interest of a relative of the office holder.
 
Once an office holder complies with the above disclosure requirement, the board of directors may approve a transaction between the company and an office holder, or a third party in which an office holder has a personal interest, unless the articles of association provide otherwise.  Nevertheless, a transaction that is adverse to the company’s interest may not be approved.
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If the transaction is an extraordinary transaction, approval is required of both the audit committee and the board of directors, in that order. Under specific circumstances, shareholder approval may also be required. A director who has a personal interest in a matter which is considered at a meeting of the board of directors or the audit committee may not be present at this meeting or vote on this matter, unless a majority of the members of the board of directors or the audit committee, as the case may be, has a personal interest in the matter. If a majority of members of the board of directors have a personal interest therein, shareholder approval is generally also required.
 
Approval of Office Holder Compensation. Under the Companies Law, every Israeli public company, such as Radware, must adopt a compensation policy, recommended by the compensation committee, and approved by the board of directors and the shareholders, in that order. Shareholder approval requires a majority of the votes cast by shareholders, excluding any controlling shareholder and those who have a personal interest in the matter. In general, all office holders’ terms of compensation, including fixed remuneration, bonuses, equity compensation, retirement or termination payments, indemnification, liability insurance and the grant of an exemption from liability, must comply with a company’s compensation policy.
 
In addition, the compensation terms of directors, the chief executive officer, and any employee or service provider who is considered a controlling shareholder must be approved separately by the compensation committee, the board of directors and, subject to certain exceptions, the shareholders of the company (by the same majority noted above), in that order. The compensation terms of other officers generally require the approval of the compensation committee and the board of directors.
 
Disclosure of Personal Interests of a Controlling Shareholder. See above under the caption “General Duties of Shareholders - Disclosure by Controlling Shareholders.”
 
Extraordinary Transactions. Extraordinary transactions of a public company with a controlling shareholder or with a third party in which a controlling shareholder has a personal interest, and the terms of engagement of a controlling shareholder as an office holder or employee, generally require the approval of the audit committee, the board of directors and the shareholders of the company in that order. The shareholder approval must be by a majority of the shares voted on the matter, provided that either:
 
At least a majority of the shares of shareholders who have no personal interest in the transaction, and who are present and voting (in person, by proxy or by written ballot) vote in favor thereof; or
The shareholders who have no personal interest in the transaction who vote against the transaction do not represent more than 2% of the voting power in the company.
In addition, any such extraordinary transaction whose term is longer than three years may require further shareholder approval every three years, unless, where permissible under the Companies Law, the audit committee approves that a longer term is reasonable under the circumstances.
 
Access to Corporate Records

Under the Companies Law, shareholders generally have the right to review minutes of our general meetings, our shareholders register and principal shareholders register, our Articles of Association, our annual audited financial statements and any document that we are required by law to file publicly with the Israeli Registrar of Companies or the Israel Securities Authority. In addition, shareholders may request to be provided with any document related to an action or transaction requiring shareholder approval under the related party transaction provisions of the Companies Law. We may deny this request if we believe it has not been made in good faith or if such denial is necessary to protect our interests or protect a trade secret or patent.

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Exhibit 4.2
 
Summary of Material Terms of the Lease Agreements for the Company's Headquarters
 
Note: this summary does not contain a full or direct translation of the terms of the original Hebrew-language lease agreements, and is designated solely for the purpose of providing a general presentation of such agreements.

Five-story building in Tel Aviv, Israel
 
The premises: Five floors of office space and additional areas located at 12 Ha'Nechoshet St., Tel-Aviv, Israel, totaling 3,678 square meters (approximately 39,590 square feet) and 54 parking spaces.
 
Signing date: July 9, 2008, as amended on October 29, 2012, October 29, 2015,  November 7 , 2017 and August 3, 2020.
 
Parties: Yehuda Zisapel Assets Ltd. and Zohar Zisapel Assets Ltd. (together, referred to as "Lessor") and Radware Ltd. (“Radware”).
 
Lease period: The premises are currently leased until June 30, 2030 with an option to terminate the lease in June 2025 by  way of Radware delivering a 6 months prior notice to the Lessor.
 
Lease payments: US$15 per month per square meter for 3,335 square meters of office space (approximately 36,000 square feet), NIS40 per month per square meter for 178 square meters of office space (approximately 2,000 square feet), US$8 per month for square meter for 165 square meters of storage (approximately 1,800 square feet), average price of US$96 per month per parking space for 54 parking spaces (the “Lease Payments”). In addition, Radware pays management fees.
 
VAT and linkage payments shall be added to all Lease Payments and the Lease Payments are made in advance on a quarterly basis on the first day of each quarter.
 
Guarantees: Radware is required to submit to the Lessor a bank guarantee in NIS against its obligations pursuant to the lease agreement in the amount of six (6) months of the Lease Payments plus VAT and management fees ("Bank Guarantee"). Such Bank Guarantee will be issued only should Yehuda Zisapel's, Roy Zisapel's and Zohar Zisapel's stock holdings in Radware shall drop under 10% of Radware's issued share capital. 
 
Five stories in the Or Tower in Tel Aviv, Israel
 
The premises: Certain office space spread out over five floors in the Or Tower located at 4 Ha'Nechoshet St., Tel-Aviv, Israel, totaling 6,344 square meters (approximately 68,300 square feet) and 243 parking spaces.
 
Signing date: July 11, 2016, as amended on July 27, 2016, May 7, 2017, September 8, 2019,  February 11, 2020 and February 28, 2021.
 
Parties: Radwill Ltd., Run-Rad Unlimited Networking Ltd. and Bat Or Electrochemical Industries Ltd. (together, referred to as “Lessor”) and Radware.
 
Lease period: The premises are currently leased until July 1, 2030.
 
Lease payments: The monthly lease fee for the office areas for the period until July 1, 2020 is NIS 73 per square meter, and an average price of NIS 485 per month per parking space for 218 parking spaces. Starting on July 1, 2020 and for the remainder of the lease (the “Extended Period”), the monthly lease fee will be NIS 69 per square meter, and an average price of NIS 485 per month per parking space for 243 parking spaces (the “Or Lease Payments”). In addition, Radware pays management fees. The parties recently agreed to a discount of 25% of the monthly price of the parking spaces for a period of 12 months starting from March 1, 2021.
 
VAT and linkage payments shall be added to all Or Lease Payments and the Or Lease Payments are made in advance on a quarterly basis and on the first day of each such quarter.
 
Guarantees: Radware is required to submit to the Lessor a bank guarantee against its obligations pursuant to the lease agreement in the amount equal to four (4) months of the Or Lease Payments plus VAT and management fees ("Bank Guarantee").
 


Exhibit 4.3

RADWARE LTD. KEY EMPLOYEE SHARE INCENTIVE PLAN (1997)
(As Amended and Restated on February 11, 2020)

1.
Name:

This plan, as amended from time to time, shall be known as the “RADWARE LTD. Key Employee Share Incentive Plan (1997)” (as amended, the “Plan”).

2.
Purpose:

The purpose and intent of the Plan is to provide incentives to employees of RADWARE LTD. (the “Company”) and its subsidiaries (subject to approval by the Israeli Income Tax Authorities) by providing them with opportunities to purchase shares in the Company, pursuant to a plan approved by the Board of Directors of the Company which is designed to benefit from, and is made pursuant to, the provisions of Section 102 of the Israeli Income Tax Ordinance [New Version], 1961 (hereinafter - the “Ordinance”) and the rules, promulgated thereunder (with respect to employees who are subject to the provisions of the Ordinance).

3.
Administration:


3.1.
The Plan will be administered by the Board of Directors or if permitted by applicable law, a  committee thereof, if and as directed by the Board of Directors (the Board of Directors or the committee, as the case may be, the “Committee”), which will consist of such number of Directors of the Company (not less than two (2) in number), as may be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors of the Company.  The Board of Directors shall appoint the members of the Committee and may from time to time remove members from, or add members to, the Committee and shall fill vacancies in the Committee however caused.


3.2.
The Committee shall select one of its members as its Chairman and shall hold its meetings at such times and places as it shall determine.  Actions at a meeting of the Committee at which all its members are present, or acts reduced to or approved in writing by all members of the Committee, shall be the valid acts of the Committee. The Committee may appoint a Secretary, who shall keep records of its meetings and shall make such rules and regulations for the conduct of its business as it shall deem advisable.


3.3.
Subject to the general terms and conditions of this Plan, the Committee shall have full authority to determine, in its discretion, from time to time and at any time (i) the persons (“Grantees”) to whom “Option Awards” (as hereinafter defined) shall be granted, (ii) the number of shares to be covered by each Option Award, (iii) the time or times at which the same shall be granted, (iv) the price, schedule and conditions on which such Option Awards may be exercised and on which such shares shall be paid for, and/or (v) any other matter which is necessary or desirable for, or incidental to, the administration of the Plan.



3.4.
The Committee may from time to time adopt such rules and regulations for carrying out the plan as it may deem best.  No member of the Board of Directors or of the Committee shall be liable for any action or determination made in good faith with respect to the Plan or any Option Award granted thereunder.


3.5.
The interpretation and construction by the Committee of any provision of the Plan or of any Option Award thereunder shall be final and conclusive unless otherwise determined by the Board of Directors.


3.6.
The Board of Directors of the Company is empowered to act in place of the Committee if it deems fit.

4.
Eligible Grantees:


4.1.
No Option Award may be granted to any person who is a shareholder in control or will become a shareholder in control as a result of the Option granted to him. For this section a shareholder in control is as defined in section 32(9) of the Ordinance.


4.2.
Subject to the limitation set forth in Section  4.1 hereof, Option Awards may be granted to any officer, key employee or other employee of the Company, its subsidiaries and its RAD-Bynet Affiliates, whether or not a Director of the Company, against waiver by such grantee of a certain amount of his salary.  The grant of an Option Award to a Grantee hereunder shall neither entitle such Grantee to participate, nor disqualify him from participating, in any other grant of options pursuant to this Plan or any other share incentive or stock option plan of the Company or any of its affiliates.

5.
Trustee:

The Option Awards and/or shares in the Company which will be issued upon the exercise of the Option Awards will be held in trust and registered under the name of a trustee (the “Trustee”) who will hold the same pursuant to the Company’s instructions from time to time.  Except as provided for in Section 10.7 hereinbelow, in no event will the Trustee release the shares before the later of (i) the initial public offering (“IPO”) of the shares of the Company or (ii) the lapse of twenty-four (24) months as of the registration of options in the name of the Trustee on behalf of the Grantee.  The Trustee shall empower Yehuda Zisapel and Zohar Zisapel together with all the voting rights of the shares and shall not exercise the voting rights in any other way whatsoever.

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6.
Reserved Shares:

The Company has reserved  11,097,318 authorized but unissued Ordinary Shares (nominal value NIS 0.10 per share) ("Shares") for purposes of the Plan, subject to adjustment as provided in Section 12 hereof, as may be increased from time to time by the Board of Directors.  All Shares under the Plan, in respect of which the right hereunder of a Grantee to purchase the same shall, for any reason, terminate, expire or otherwise cease to exist, shall again be available for grant through the Option Awards under the Plan.

7.
Option Awards:


7.1.
The Committee in its discretion may award to Grantees options to purchase Shares in the Company available under the Plan or Restricted Share Units (as defined in Section 11 below), as the case may be (collectively “Option Awards”).  The date of grant of each Option Award shall be the date specified by the Committee at the time such award is made.


7.2.
The instrument granting an Option Award shall state, inter alia, the number of Shares covered thereby, the dates when it may be exercised, the option price, the schedule on which such Shares may be paid for and such other terms and conditions as the Committee at its discretion may prescribe, provided that they are consistent with this Plan.

8.
Option Price:

The price per Share covered by each Option Award shall be as determined by the Committee on the date of grant, provided that such price per Share for any Option Award shall not be less than the par value of the Share.

9.
Exercise of Option Award:


9.1.
Option Awards shall be exercisable pursuant to the terms under which they were awarded and subject to the terms and conditions of this Plan.


9.2.
An Option Award, or any part thereof, shall be exercisable by the Grantee’s signing and returning to the Company at its principal office, with a copy to the Trustee, a “Notice of Exercise” which will also constitute a Share Incentive Agreement (the “Agreement”) in such form and substance as may be prescribed by the Committee from time to time.


9.3.
Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, but without derogating from the provisions of Sections 5 and 10 hereof, if any Option Award or any part thereof, has not been exercised and the Shares covered thereby not paid for within sixty-two (62) months after the date of grant (or any other period set forth in the instrument granting such Option Award pursuant to Section 7), such Option Award, or  such part thereof, and the right to acquire such Shares, shall terminate, all interests and rights of the Grantee in and to the same shall ipso facto expire, and, in the event that in connection with such  unexercised options  any Shares are held in trust as aforesaid, such trust shall ipso facto expire and the trustee shall thereafter hold such Shares in an unallocated pool until instructed by the Company that some or all of such Shares are again to be held in trust for one or more Grantees.

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9.4.
Each payment for Shares under an Option Award shall be in respect of a whole number of Shares, shall be effected in cash or by a cashier’s or certified check payable to the order of the Company, or such other method of payment acceptable to the Company, and shall be accompanied by a notice stating the number of Shares being paid for thereby.


9.5.
In the event that the Company will distribute cash dividends or any other cash payments to shareholders, then the dividends (or cash payments) relating to the Shares already exercised will be transferred to the Trustee, who will transfer dividends (or cash payments) to Grantees who exercised the Option Awards to the extent exercised.

Each Grantee will be fully liable as a Share owner in the Company to the extent of the number and percentage of Shares held on his behalf by the Trustee as a result of the exercise of any Option Award up to the nominal value of his Shares.


9.6.
Net Exercise. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 9 above and unless the Committee will determine otherwise, it is hereby clarified that instead of issuing one exercised Share as a result of the exercise of each one Option (subject to adjustments under Section 12 herein), the Grantee will be able to exercise each Option using the following method (the “Net Exercise”):

(a)          Upon exercise of the Options, the Company shall issue to the Grantee (or for his benefit) the Net Exercise Shares (as defined below), and the following formula shall apply:
 

Whereas:
 
X = The number of Shares resulting from the exercise of the Options (the “Net Exercise Shares”).
 
Y = The number Options in respect of which a Notice of Exercise has been delivered to the Company.
 
A= The Fair Market Value which shall mean the closing price of the Shares as reported on NASDAQ on the last trading day immediately prior to the exercise.
 
B= The Exercise Price.
 
N= The par value per Share.
 
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          (b)          The Grantee shall not be required to pay to the Company any sum with respect to the exercise of such Options, other than a sum equal to the aggregate  value of the Net Exercise Shares (which shall be paid in a manner provided in Section 9.4 above) (the “Par Value Sum”). If, however, the Committee  determines  that the Par Value Sum shall not be paid, then, to the extent required by applicable law, the Company shall capitalize applicable profits or take any other action to ensure that it meets any requirement of applicable laws regarding issuance of Shares for consideration that is lower than the par value of such Shares; and
 
          (c)          In any event, no fractional Shares will be issued to the Grantee and the number of Shares granted to the Grantee under this Plan shall be rounded  downward to the nearest whole number.
 
10.
Termination of Employment:


10.1.
Subject to the provisions of this Section 10 hereof, if a Grantee should, for any reason, cease to be employed by the Company or any affiliate thereof, as the case may be, then all of his rights, if any, in respect of (a) all Option Awards theretofore granted to him under the Plan and not exercised (to the extent that they are exercisable at the time of termination of Employment) within ninety (90) days after such cessation of employment, and (b) all Shares which may be purchased by him under the Plan and which are not fully paid for within ninety (90) days after such cessation of employment, shall ipso facto terminate.


10.2.
In the event of such resignation or termination of Employment of a Grantee from the employ of the Company or an affiliate thereof, his employment shall, for the purposes of this Section 10 be deemed to have ceased upon the delivery to the employer of notice of resignation, or upon the delivery to the employee of notice of termination of employment, as the case may be, irrespective of the effective date of such resignation or termination of employment.


10.3.
In the event of termination of employment by the Company under circumstances which do not entitle the employee to severance pay (“Pitzuei Piturin”) under the law (hereinafter “Termination for Cause”), then said Grantee shall not be entitled to exercise any Option Awards  subsequent to the time of delivery of the notice of discharge.

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10.4.
Deleted.


10.5.
Deleted.


10.6.
Death, Disability, Retirement:

Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding:


10.6.1
If a Grantee shall die while in the employ of the Company or any affiliate thereof, the “Pro-Rata Share” of his/her Option Awards (as defined below) shall vest upon his/her death. In such event the Grantee’s estate, to the extent that it has acquired by will or by operation of law the rights of the deceased Grantee under the Plan, shall be entitled for a period of six (6) months following the date of death of such Grantee, to exercise such rights of such Grantee not theretofore exercised, to the same extent and on the same terms, as the deceased Grantee could have done during or at the end of such three-month period had he survived and had he continued his employ with the Company, as well as any additional rights acquired by the vesting of his/her Pro-Rata Share of the Option Awards. For the purpose of this subsection, ‘Pro-Rata Share’ of Grantee’s Option Awards shall mean: the number of full months which have passed since the commencement of the vesting period, divided by the number of months included in the total vesting period (i.e., until all Option Awards granted to the Grantee are fully vested), and multiplied by the total number of Option Awards granted to the Grantee.


10.6.2
If a Grantee is unable to continue to be employed by the Company or any affiliate thereof by reason of his becoming incapacitated while in the employ of the Company or any affiliate thereof as a result of an accident or illness or other cause which is approved by the Committee, such Grantee shall continue to enjoy rights under the Plan on such terms and conditions as the Committee in its discretion may determine.


10.6.3
If a Grantee should retire, he shall continue to enjoy such rights, if any, under the Plan and on such terms and conditions as the Committee in its discretion may determine.


10.6.4
In no event will any Shares be released by the Trustee under this Section 10 from the Trust prior to the IPO.


10.7.
Notwithstanding the aforementioned in this Section 10 regarding the exercise periods, if a Grantee of Option granted pursuant to Section 102 of the Ordinance, should, for any reason, cease to be employed by the Company or any affiliate thereof, as the case may be, other than in an event of Termination for Cause, the Grantee shall be entitled to exercise the options that are vested on the date of termination of employment until the later of (i) the date specified in this Section 10 hereof; and (ii) a 90-day period following the lapse of the Holding Period (as defined in the Addendum to this plan). Following such term, all unexercised options, whether vested or not - shall automatically expire.

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10.8.
The Company and any Grantee acknowledge that, in case of cessation of employment within the period of 24 months from the date of the grant of an Option Award, the benefits provided in Section 102 of the Ordinance may not be available to the Grantee, and the Company may be required to withhold tax on the date of the issuing of Shares according to the Option Awards, and be subject to any other obligations under law regarding the granting of such Option Awards.

11.
Restricted Share Units:
 

11.1.
Subject to the sole and absolute discretion and determination of the Committee, the Committee may decide to grant under the Plan, Restricted Share Unit(s) (“RSU(s)”). An RSU is a right to receive a Share of the Company, under certain terms and conditions, for a consideration of no more than the underlying Share’s nominal value. Upon the lapse of the exercise conditions of a RSU, such RSU shall automatically vest into a Share issued upon vesting of an RSU of the Company (subject to adjustments under Section 12 herein) and the Grantee shall pay to the Company its nominal value. The Committee, in its sole discretion, shall determine procedures from time to time for payment of such nominal value by the Grantee or for collection of such amount from the Grantee by the Company. However, the Company shall have the full authority in its discretion to determine at any time that said nominal value shall not be paid and that the Company shall capitalize applicable profits or take any other action to ensure that it meets any requirement of applicable laws regarding issuance of Shares for consideration that is lower than the nominal value of such Shares.
 

11.2.
Unless determined otherwise by the Committee, in the event of a termination of employment as described in Section 10 above, all RSUs theretofore granted to such Grantee when such Grantee was an employee, director or consultant of the Company that are not vested on the date of such termination, shall terminate immediately and have no legal effect.
 

11.3.
All other terms and conditions of the Plan applicable to Option Awards, shall apply to RSUs, mutatis mutandis.  It is clarified, that without deviating from the foregoing in Sub-Section 11.2, the provisions of Section 10 herein, shall, mutatis mutandis, apply to RSUs in the event of termination of employment.

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12.
Adjustments:

Upon the happening of any of the following described events, a Grantee’s rights to purchase Shares under the Plan shall be adjusted as hereinafter provided:


12.1.
In the event the Ordinary Shares of  the Company shall be subdivided or combined into a greater or smaller number of Shares or if, upon a merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization or the like, the Ordinary Shares of the Company shall be exchanged for other securities of the Company or of another corporation, then, upon the exercise of an Option Award, each Grantee shall be entitled, subject to the conditions herein stated, to purchase such number of Ordinary Shares or amount of other securities of the Company or such other corporation as were exchangeable for the number of Ordinary Shares of the Company which such Grantee would have been entitled to purchase except for such action, and appropriate adjustments shall be made in the purchase price per Share to reflect such subdivision, combination,  or exchange.


12.2.
In the event that the Company shall issue any of its Ordinary Shares or other securities as bonus shares (stock dividend) upon or with respect to any Shares which shall at the time be subject to a right of purchase by a Grantee hereunder,  each Grantee, upon exercising such right, shall be entitled to receive (for the purchase price payable upon such exercise), the Shares as to which he is exercising his said right and, in addition thereto (at no additional cost), such number of Shares of the class or classes in which such bonus shares (stock dividend) were declared, and such amount of cash in lieu of fractional Shares, as is equal to the amount of Shares and the amount of cash in lieu of fractional Shares which he would have received had he been the holder of the Shares as to which he is exercising his said right at all times between the date of the granting of such right and the date of its exercise.


12.3.
Upon the happening of any of the foregoing events, the class and aggregate number of Ordinary Shares issuable pursuant to the Plan, in respect of which Option Awards have not yet been granted, shall also be appropriately adjusted to reflect the events specified in Sections 12.1 and 12.2 above.


12.4.
Adjustments Upon a Hostile Takeover
 

12.4.1
The Committee shall have the discretionary authority to structure one or more outstanding Option Awards so that those Awards shall, immediately prior to the effective date of a Hostile Takeover, vest and become exercisable as to all or a portion the Shares at the time subject to those Awards and may be exercised as to any or all of those Shares as fully vested Shares, whether or not those Awards are to be assumed or otherwise continued in full force and effect pursuant to the express terms of such transaction, and may prescribe and imposed any additional conditions for such acceleration.  Without derogating from the foregoing, unless otherwise determined by the Committee, upon the occurrence of a Hostile Takeover, (A) all outstanding Option Awards shall immediately vest and become exercisable and (B) either (i) the person(s) effecting the Hostile Takeover (or a parent or subsidiary of such person(s), as applicable) will be required to assume each outstanding Option Award or substitute an equivalent equity award therefor; or (ii) terminate and cancel all outstanding Option Awards upon the Hostile Takeover and pay the holder of each such Option Award cash equal to the product of (x) the difference between the Fair Market Value of the Company’s Shares on the date of the Hostile Takeover and the exercise price of such Option Award, and (y) the number of Shares subject to such Option Awards; or (iii) apply other appropriate adjustments to outstanding Option Awards.
 
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12.4.2
For the purposes of this Section 12, an Option Award shall be considered assumed if, following the merger or consolidation, the option confers the right to purchase, for each Share subject to the Option Award immediately prior to the merger or consolidation, the consideration (whether stock, cash, or other securities or property) received in the merger or consolidation by shareholders of the Company for each Share held on the effective date of the transaction (and if holders were offered a choice of consideration, the type of consideration chosen by the holders of a majority of the outstanding Shares); provided, however, that if such consideration received in the transaction was not solely common stock of the successor corporation or its parent, the Committee may, among others, provide for the consideration to be received upon the exercise of the Option Awards, for each Share subject to the Option Award, to be solely common stock of the successor corporation or its parent equal in fair market value to the per Share consideration received by the Company's shareholders in the transaction.
 

12.4.3
For the purpose of this subsection, "Hostile Takeover" means any of the following events which is not approved or recommended by the Board (for the sake of clarity, remaining neutral will be deemed as approval) prior to such transaction (or, with respect to clause (ii) below, within 10 Business Days thereafter, as may be extended by the Board from time to time): (i) any consolidation or merger of the Company in which the Company is not the continuing or surviving corporation or pursuant to which Shares of the Company would be converted into cash, securities or other property; or (ii) any acquisition, directly or indirectly, by any person (includes any individual, partnership, firm, corporation or other entity) or related group of persons (other than the Excluded Persons) of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 of the Exchange Act of 1934) of over 20% of the issued and outstanding Shares of the Company; or (iii)  a change in the composition of the Board over a period of thirty-six (36) consecutive months or less, such that a majority of the Board members ceases, by reason of one or more contested elections for Board membership, to be composed of individuals who either (A) have been Board members continuously since the beginning of such period or (B) have been elected or nominated for election as Board members during such period by at least a majority of the Board members described in clause (A) who were still in office at the time the Board approved such election or nomination; or (iv) the occurrence of any other event the Board determines shall constitute a "Hostile Takeover" hereunder;
 
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12.4.4
For the purpose of this subsection, "Excluded Persons" means any of the following: (i) the Company; (ii) any wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company; and (iii) Mr. Yehuda Zisapel (together with his affiliates).
 

12.5.
The Committee shall determine the specific adjustments to be made under this Section 12, and its determination shall be conclusive. This includes, in the case of a corporate transaction (a merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization or the like) where the Awards are not exchanged (by way of assumption or substitution), determination that (i) the Awards shall be cashed out for a consideration equal to the difference between the price received by the shareholders of the Company in the corporate transaction and the exercise price, purchase price, or nominal value, as the case may be, of such Award, and (ii) Grantees shall receive advance notification that all outstanding Awards shall terminate immediately following the consummation of the transaction, unless vested Awards are exercised theretofore (with an advance period, if any, before such consummation, being determined by the Committee).
 
13.
Assignability and Sale of Shares:


13.1.
Except as provided for in Section 10.8 hereinabove, no Option Award and no Shares purchasable hereunder, whether fully paid or not, shall be assignable, transferable or given as collateral or any right to them given to any third party whatsoever, and during the lifetime of the Grantee each and all of his rights to purchase Shares hereunder shall be exercisable only by him.


13.2.
The Grantee will not be allowed to sell any Shares purchased pursuant to the exercise of Option Awards granted hereunder before the later of the second anniversary of the date of grant of the Option Awards or the IPO.

14.
Term and Amendment of the Plan:


14.1.
The Plan was adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company on August 6, 1997 (as amended on June 28, 2001, July 25, 2007, December 10, 2012 and March 21, 2013) and shall expire when the Board so resolves (except as to Option Awards outstanding on that date).

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14.2.
Subject to applicable laws, the Board of Directors may, at any time and from time to time, terminate or amend the Plan in any respect.  In no event will any action of the Company alter or impair the rights of a Grantee, without his consent, under any Option Award previously granted to him.

15.
Continuance of Employment:

Neither the Plan nor the Agreement shall impose any obligation on the Company or an affiliate thereof to continue to keep any Grantee in its employ, and nothing in the Plan or in any Option Award granted pursuant thereto shall confer upon any Grantee any right to continue in the employ of the Company or an affiliate thereof, or restrict the right of the Company or an affiliate thereto to terminate such employment at any time.

16.
Governing Law:

The Plan and all instruments issued thereunder or in connection therewith shall be governed by, and interpreted in accordance with, the laws of the State of Israel.

17.
Application of Funds:

The proceeds received by the Company from the sale of Shares pursuant to Option Awards granted under the Plan will be used for general corporate purposes of the Company or any subsidiary thereof.

18.
Tax Consequences:

Any tax consequences arising from the grant or exercise of any Option Award, from the payment for Shares covered thereby or from any other event or act (of the Company or the Grantee) hereunder, shall be borne solely by the Grantee.  Furthermore, the Grantee shall agree to indemnify the Company and the Trustee and hold them harmless against and from any and all liability for any such tax or interest or penalty thereon, including without limitation, liabilities relating to the necessity to withhold, or to have withheld, any such tax from any payment made to the Grantee.

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Exhibit 4.6

RADWARE LTD.
 
COMPENSATION POLICY
 
FOR
 
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS
 
(Amended and Restated through November 10, 2020)
 

TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
 
 
Page
A.
Overview and Objectives
 3
 
 
 
B.
Base Salary, Benefits and Perquisites   
 5
 
 
 
C.
Cash Bonuses and Commissions   
 6
 
 
 
D.
Equity Based Compensation    
 8
 
 
 
E.
Retirement and Termination of Service Arrangements
 9
     
F.
Exculpation, Indemnification and Insurance
 9
     
G.
Non-Employee Directors Compensation
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RADWARE LTD.
 
Compensation Policy for Executive Officers and Directors
 
This Compensation Policy for Executive Officers and Directors (this "Compensation Policy" or this "Policy") of Radware Ltd., an Israeli company ("we", "Radware" or the "Company"), was adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company (the "Board"), following the recommendation of the Company’s Compensation Committee (the "Compensation Committee" or the "Committee").

A.          Overview and Objectives
 
1.
Introduction
 
This Policy was adopted in accordance with the requirements of the Israeli Companies Law, 1999 (the “Companies Law”) and applies to the compensation arrangements of all "Executives," which, for purposes of this Policy, shall mean "Office Holders" (as such term is defined in the Companies Law), excluding, unless otherwise expressly indicated, Radware's non-employee directors.
 
2.
Objectives
 
We believe that compensation is a key element in our overall human resources strategy to attract, retain, reward, and motivate highly skilled individuals who will assist Radware to reach its business objectives, performance and the creation of shareholder value and otherwise contribute to its long-term success. Accordingly, this Policy was designed to correlate executive compensation with Radware's objectives and goals and otherwise embraces a performance culture that is based on merit, and differentiates and rewards excellent performance in the long term.
 
In light of the foregoing, the main principles and objectives that underlie this Policy, include the following:
 

Compensation should be aligned with our long-term goals. Promoting the Company's goals and purposes, its work program and its policy with a long-term view;
 

Compensation should serve to attract and retain the best executives, while maintaining our risk policy. Creating appropriate incentives to attract, retain, reward, and motivate highly skilled individuals while considering, among others, the Company's risk management policy. To that end, this Policy is designed, among others, to align the interests of the Executives with those of Radware and, at the same, creating appropriate balances, such as imposing limitations on cash bonus, commissions and equity based compensation ("Variable Pay") so as to ensure adequate control of risks;
 

Compensation should be appropriate for our business. Creating a compensation package that matches the Company's size and nature of operations, while taking into account the Company's global nature with a global workforce;
 
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Compensation should be competitive. Providing a competitive compensation package to attract, retain, reward, and motivate highly skilled individuals, including by providing increased rewards for superior individual and corporate performance; and
 

Compensation should be correlated to individual as well as overall performance. With respect to Variable Pay, compensating based on the individual's contribution to achieving the Company's objectives and generating its profits, with a long-term perspective and in accordance with the individual's role and contribution to the Company.
 
3.
Process and Elements of Compensation
 
The Compensation Committee shall first determine the appropriate level of total compensation for each Executive, including the appropriate allocation among the different elements and components of the compensation package, based on the principles set forth in this Policy. In setting compensation of an Executive, the Compensation Committee and the Board of Directors shall consider, among other things, the following factors:
 

the educational, professional experience and accomplishments of the Executive;
 

his or her position, responsibilities and prior compensation arrangements. This includes additional compensation for such additional duties and positions in Radware which go beyond the Executive's capacity according to his or her employment agreement;
 

compensation for comparably situated executives;
 

the Executive's past performance and expected contribution to our future growth and profitability;
 

existing and previous employment agreements with the Executive;
 

the relation between the compensation of the Executive and that of other employees in Radware; and
 

any requirements prescribed by applicable law (including, for purposes of this Policy, applicable securities laws and stock exchange regulations) from time to time.
 
We will aim to provide fair and equitable compensation for our Executives by using various compensation elements and instruments, including base salary; benefits and perquisites; cash bonuses and commissions; equity-based compensation; and retirement or termination of service arrangements.
 
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4.
Overall Compensation - Ratio between Fixed and Variable Pay
 
In setting compensation of an Executive, we will attempt to balance the mix of Fixed Pay (i.e., base salary, benefits and perquisites) and Variable Pay in order to, among other things, appropriately incentivize Executives to meet Radware's goals while considering, among others, Radware's risk management policies. To that end, the table below reflects the ratio between Fixed and Variable Pay that we target under this Policy, measured on an annual basis:
 
 
Range for Fixed Pay* out of the Total Compensation
Range for Variable Pay out of the Total Compensation**
CEO
15-40%
60-85%
Non-Sales Executives
30-60%
40-70%
Sales Executives
10-50%
50-90%

(*)  For purposes hereof, consists of base salary only.
 
(**) The variable component in regard of the equity-based compensation reflects the value at the date of grant.
 
The ratios stated in the table above represent the optimal compensation mix desired by the Company and assuming that the bonus and/or commission milestones and targets are fully achieved. Accordingly, the actual ratio may vary based on performance in the relevant year.
 
5.
Intra-Company Compensation Ratio
 
In the process of composing this Policy, we have examined the ratio between overall compensation of Executives and the average and median salaries of the other employees (including contractors and agency contractors), as well as the possible ramifications of such ratio on the work environment in Radware were examined in order to ensure, among others, that levels of executive compensation will not have a negative impact on the positive work relations in our company.
 
To that end, we will target a ratio where the overall compensation of each Executive, including the CEO, shall be no more than 30 times the average (and median) of the overall compensation for the other employees in such location.
 
B.          Base Salary, Benefits and Perquisites
 
1.
Base Salary
 
The base salary varies between Executives, and is individually determined according to, among others, the performance, educational background, prior business experience, aptitude, qualifications, role and the personal responsibilities of the Executive.
 
In addition, since a competitive base salary is essential to Radware's ability to attract and retain highly skilled professionals in the long term, we seek to establish base salary that is competitive with the base salaries paid to Executives of a peer group of companies. Accordingly, we will utilize as a reference comparative market data and practices.
 
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For purposes of attracting and retaining high quality personnel, we may offer a signing bonus to a candidate for an executive position, which shall not exceed an amount of one annual base salary of the Executive.
 
2.
Benefits and Perquisites
 
The following benefits and perquisites may be granted to any Executive in order, among other things, to comply with local legal requirements:
 

Vacation of up to 24 days per annum;
 

Sick days of up to 30 days per annum;
 

Convalescence pay according to applicable law;
 

Monthly contribution for a study fund, as allowed by applicable law and with reference to the practice in peer group companies;
 

Radware shall contribute on behalf of the Executive to an insurance policy or a pension fund, or to a policy and a fund, as allowed by law and with reference to the practice in peer group companies;
 

Radware shall contribute on behalf of the Executive to funds toward work disability insurance, as allowed by applicable law and with reference to the practice in peer group companies; and
 

Life and health insurance.
 
For the sake of clarity, any Executives who are not based in Israel may receive other similar, comparable or customary benefits and perquisites as applicable in the relevant jurisdiction in which they are employed.

In addition, we may offer additional benefits and perquisites to the Executives, which will be comparable to customary industry practices, such as: company cellular phone benefits; company car benefits; refund of business related expenses; relocation expenses; insurances, etc.; provided however, that such additional benefits and perquisites shall be determined in accordance with our policies and procedures.

C.
Cash Bonuses and Commissions
 
1.
The Objective
 
A compensation in the form of cash bonus(es) and/or commissions is important in aligning Executives' compensation with Radware's objectives and business goals, such that both individual performance and overall company success are rewarded.
 
2.
Bonuses and Commissions
 
Our policy is to allow annual bonus(es) and/or commissions upon the attainment of pre-set financial objectives and personal targets, pursuant to distinguishable terms for the following three Executives' populations:
 
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CEO
 

The annual bonus of our CEO will be based upon achievement of milestones and targets and the measurable results of the Company, as compared to our budget and/or work plans (including product roadmap or the like) for the relevant year.
 

Such measurable criteria will initially be determined at the beginning of each fiscal year (or start of employment, as applicable) and may include (but is not limited to) any one or more of the following criteria: financial results of the Company, including profits and revenues; product releases; software quality; efficiency metrics; internal and external customer satisfaction; execution of projects, etc.
 

A portion of up to 10% of the annual bonus may be based on the achievement and performance of individual key performance indicators (KPIs), as approved by the Compensation Committee and the Board.
 

In any case, the total amount of the annual bonus for the CEO will not exceed 133% of the CEO’s annual base salary.
 
Non-Sales Executives
 

The annual bonus of the Non-Sales Executives will be based upon achievement of milestones and targets and the measurable results of the Company, as compared to our budget and/or work plan for the relevant year.
 

Such measurable criteria will initially be determined at the beginning of each fiscal year (or start of employment, as applicable) and may include (but is not limited to) any one or more of the following criteria: financial results of the Company, including profits and revenues; product releases; software quality; efficiency metrics; internal and external customer satisfaction; execution of projects, etc.
 

A portion of the annual bonus may be based on the achievement and performance of pre-determined individual KPIs.
 

In any case, the total amount of the annual bonus for any Non-Sales Executive will not exceed the amount of one annual base salary of such Executive.
 
Sales Executives
 

The annual bonus and/or commissions of the Sales Executives will be comprised from bonuses and commissions based upon achievement of targets of revenues and/or gross profit generated by the individual and/or his/her team or division and/or the Company, as initially determined at the beginning of each fiscal year (or start of employment, as applicable).
 
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In any case, the total amount of the annual bonus and commissions for any Sales Executive will not exceed the amount of four annual base salaries of such Executive.
 
3.
Board's Discretion; Special Bonus
 

Executives may receive a special bonus based on outstanding personal achievement as shall be approved by the Compensation Committee and the Board. Similarly, the Board may, in extraordinary conditions, reduce the bonus and commissions to which an Executive would otherwise be entitled. However, in both cases, such increase or decrease may be by no more than 20% of the bonus or commissions described above (as applicable) for any year.
 
4.
Compensation Recovery ("Clawback")
 

In the event of an accounting restatement, Radware shall be entitled to recover from any Executive bonus or commissions in the amount of the excess over what would have been paid under the accounting restatement, with a three-year look-back. The compensation recovery will not apply to former Executives of Radware.
 

Notwithstanding the aforesaid, the compensation recovery will not be triggered in the event of a financial restatement required due to changes in the applicable financial reporting standards.
 

Nothing in this Section 4 derogates from any other "clawback" or similar provisions regarding disgorging of profits imposed on Executives by virtue of applicable law or other Company practices.

D.
Equity Based Compensation
 
1.
The Objective
 
The equity based compensation for Radware's Executives is designed in a manner consistent with the underlying objectives determining the base salary and the annual bonus, its main objectives being to enhance the alignment between the Executives' interests with the long term interests of Radware and its shareholders, and to strengthen the retention and the motivation of Executives in the long term. In addition, since these equity based awards are structured to vest over several years, their incentive value to recipients is aligned with longer-term strategic plans.
 
2.
General guidelines for the grant of awards
 

The equity based compensation may be in a form of a mixture of various types of equity based instruments, which includes, without limitation, stock options and restricted stock units.
 
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The equity based compensation shall be granted from time to time and individually determined and awarded according to the performance, educational background, prior business experience, aptitude, qualifications, role and the personal responsibilities of the Executive.
 

Equity based compensation for Radware's Executives shall vest over a minimum of three (3) years.
 

The fair market value of the equity based compensation for the Executives will be determined according to acceptable valuation practices at the time of grant. Such fair market value shall not exceed the equivalent of five (5) annual salary for each Executive per year of vesting, on a linear basis  (“Equity Cap”).
 

The vesting and/or the grant of such equity based compensation may be contingent upon the increase in the market price of Radware's ordinary shares.
 

The Board may, following approval by the Compensation Committee, (1) extend the period of time for which an award of an Executive is to remain exercisable, (2) make provisions with respect to the acceleration of the vesting period of any Executive's awards, including, without limitation, in connection with a corporate transaction involving a change of control, and (3) for the sake of clarity, permit the grant of equity-based awards by any subsidiaries of Radware (whether wholly owned or not) to Executives; provided that the aforesaid principles (including vesting period and Equity Cap) shall apply, subject to applicable changes.
 
E.
Retirement and Termination of Service Arrangements
 

Radware may provide an Executive a prior notice of termination of up to six (6) months, during which the Executive may be entitled to all or a portion of his or her compensation elements, and to the continuation of vesting of his options or other awards. Unless the Company decides to release the Executive from this obligation, the Executive will be required to continue performing all roles and responsibilities during the notice period.
 

Radware may provide an additional adaptation or transition period during which the Executive will be entitled to up to six (6) months of continued base salary, benefits and perquisites. Additionally, the Board may, upon approval by the Compensation Committee, approve to extend the vesting of Executive's options or other awards during such period. In this regard, the Compensation Committee and Board of Directors shall take into consideration the Executive's term of employment, the Executive's compensation during employment with the Company, the Company's performance during such period, and the contribution of the Executive in achieving the Company's goals and the circumstances of termination.
 

Radware may provide additional retirement and terminations benefits and payments as may be required by applicable law (e.g., mandatory severance pay under Israeli labor laws), or which will be comparable to customary market practices, including, without limitation, release of pension and provident funds and/or manager insurance policies contributed and accrued to the benefit of such Executive through the date of termination (or, if and when there is a shortfall in the amount of such funds, including in the case of resignation, supplementing such shortfall amount) to the Executive and/or any person designated by him or her.
 
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F.
Exculpation, Indemnification and Insurance
 

Except as may be otherwise approved from time to time by the shareholders, Radware may exempt its Directors and Executives from the duty of care.
 

Radware may indemnify the Directors and Executives to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, for any liability and expense that may be imposed on them, as shall be provided in an indemnity agreement between such individuals and Radware.
 

Radware will provide "Directors and Officers Insurance" for its Directors and Executives, with aggregate coverage that will not exceed the higher of (A) US$50 million and (B) 25% of its shareholders’ equity, unless otherwise determined by the shareholders from time to time.
 

Radware may also purchase such D&O insurance with respect to specific events, such as public offerings, or with respect to periods of time following which the then existing insurance coverage ceases to apply, such as “run-off” coverage in connection with a change in control; provided  that the aggregate coverage therefor shall not exceed the aggregate coverage at such time for the D&O Insurance.
 
G.          Non-Employee Directors Compensation
 

The non-employee members of Radware's board may (and, in the case of statutory external directors, shall) be entitled to remuneration and refund of expenses according to the provisions of the Companies Regulations (Rules on Remuneration and Expenses of Outside Directors), 5760-2000, as amended by the Companies Regulations (Relief for Public Companies Traded in Stock Exchange Outside of Israel), 2000, as such regulations may be amended from time to time.
 

It is hereby clarified that such non-employee directors may be granted equity based compensation which shall vest over a period of not less than three (3) years, and having a fair market value (determined according to acceptable valuation practices at the time of grant) not to exceed, with respect to each director, US$450,000 per year of vesting, on a linear basis, subject to applicable law and regulations.
 
H.          Miscellaneous
 

This Policy will remain in effect for a period of three years since the last date this Policy (or an amendment thereto) was approved. The Compensation Committee and the Board shall review and reassess the adequacy of this Policy from time to time, as required by the Companies Law.
 

This Policy is designed solely for the benefit of Radware and none of the provisions thereof are intended to provide any rights or remedies to any person other than Radware. In particular, this Policy does not, and shall not be deemed to, grant any rights to the Company’s directors and Executives to receive any elements of compensation set forth in this Policy. The elements of compensation to which a director or Executive will be entitled will be exclusively those that are determined and approved specifically in relation to him or her in accordance with the approval requirements of the Companies Law.
 


Exhibit 8.1

LIST OF SUBSIDIARIES

Name of Subsidiary
Place of Incorporation
Radware Inc.
New Jersey, United States
Radware UK Limited
United Kingdom
Radware France
France
Radware Srl
Italy
Radware GmbH
Germany
Nihon Radware KK
Japan
Radware Australia Pty. Ltd.
Australia
Radware Singapore Pte. Ltd.
Singapore
Radware Korea Ltd.
Korea
Radware Canada Inc.
Canada
Radware India Pvt. Ltd.
India
Kaalbi Technologies Private Ltd.
India
Radware China Ltd. 睿伟网络科技(上海)有限公司
China
Radware (Hong Kong) Limited
Hong Kong
Radyoos Media Ltd.*
Israel
Radware Canada Holdings Inc.
Canada
Radware Iberia, S.L.U.
Spain
Edgehawk Security Ltd.
Israel

* We currently hold 91% of the shares of this company which ceased its activities since 2017. All other listed subsidiaries are wholly owned.
 


Exhibit 12.1
  
CERTIFICATION OF THE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
 
I, Roy Zisapel, certify that:
 
1.
I have reviewed this annual report on Form 20-F of Radware Ltd.;
 
2.
Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
 
3.
Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the company as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
 
4.
The company’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the company and have:
 
(a)  Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the company, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
 
(b)  Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
 
(c)  Evaluated the effectiveness of the company’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
 

(d)
Disclosed in this report any change in the company’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the period covered by the annual report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the company’s internal control over financial reporting; and
 
5.
The company’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the company’s auditors and the audit committee of the company’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
 

(a)
All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the company’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
 

(b)
Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the company’s internal control over financial reporting.
 
Date: April 20, 2021

 
/s/ Roy Zisapel         
 
 
Roy Zisapel
President and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
 
 


Exhibit 12.2
 
Exhibit 12.2
CERTIFICATION OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
 
I, Doron Abramovitch, certify that:
 
1.
I have reviewed this annual report on Form 20-F of Radware Ltd.;
 
2.
Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
 
3.
Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the company as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
 

4.
The company’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the company and have:
 
(a)  Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the company, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
 
(b)  Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
 
(c)  Evaluated the effectiveness of the company’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
 
(d)  Disclosed in this report any change in the company’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the period covered by the annual report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the company’s internal control over financial reporting; and
 

5.
The company’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the company’s auditors and the audit committee of the company’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
 
(a)  All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the company’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
 
(b)  Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a   significant role in the company’s internal control over financial reporting.
 
Date: April 20, 2021

 
/s/ Doron Abramovitch
 
 
 Doron Abramovitch
 Chief Financial Officer
 (Principal Financial Officer)
 



Exhibit 13.1
 
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
 
In connection with the Annual Report of Radware Ltd. (the “Company”) on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2020 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Roy Zisapel, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §1350, as adopted pursuant to §906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to my knowledge:
 
(1)          The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d), as applicable, of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
 
(2)          The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.
 
Date: April 20, 2021
 
 
/s/ Roy Zisapel         
 
     
 
 Roy Zisapel
 President and Chief Executive Officer
 (Principal Executive Officer)
 



Exhibit 13.2
 
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
 
In connection with the Annual Report of Radware Ltd. (the “Company”) on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2020 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Doron Abramovitch, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §1350, as adopted pursuant to §906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to my knowledge:
 
(1)          The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d), as applicable, of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
 
(2)          The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.
 
Date: April 20, 2021
 
 
/s/ Doron Abramovitch
 
 
 Doron Abramovitch
 Chief Financial Officer
 (Principal Financial Officer)
 



Exhibit 15.1
 
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
 
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Commission File Numbers 333-12156, 333-13818, 333-105213, 333-114668, 333-135218, 333-161796, 333-166673, 333-166674, 333-193124, 333-212608, 333-218987, 333-224246 and 333-232641) pertaining to the 1997 Key Employee Share Incentive Plan, as amended, and the 2010 Employee Share Purchase Plan of Radware Ltd. of our reports dated April 20, 2021, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of Radware Ltd. and its subsidiaries and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting of Radware Ltd. and its subsidiaries, included in this Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2020.
 
 
/s/ KOST FORER GABBAY & KASIERER
 Tel - Aviv, Israel
KOST FORER GABBAY & KASIERER
 Date: April 20, 2021 A Member of Ernst & Young Global
 


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