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The oversight of the management of our business is vested in our board of directors, which may exercise all such powers and do all such acts as we are<br />

authorized to exercise and do, and are not, by the provisions of our articles of association or by law, required to be exercised or done by our shareholders.<br />

Our board of directors may, in its discretion, cause our company to borrow or secure the payment of any sum or sums of money for the purposes of our<br />

company, at such times and upon such terms and conditions in all respects as it deems fit, and, in particular, by the issuance of bonds, perpetual or<br />

redeemable debentures, debenture stock, or any mortgages, charges, or other securities on the undertaking or the whole or any part of the our property, both<br />

present and future, including our uncalled or called but unpaid capital for the time being.<br />

Dividend and Liquidation Rights<br />

Our board of directors is authorized to declare dividends, subject to applicable law. Dividends on our ordinary shares may be paid only out of profits<br />

and other surplus, as defined in the Companies Law, as of the end of the most recent financial statements or as accrued over a period of two years,<br />

whichever is higher. Alternatively, if we do not have sufficient profits or other surplus, then permission to effect a distribution can be granted by order of<br />

an Israeli court. In any event, a distribution is permitted only if there is no reasonable concern that the dividend will prevent us from satisfying our existing<br />

and foreseeable obligations as they become due. Our board of directors is authorized to declare dividends, provided that there is no reasonable concern that<br />

the dividend will prevent us from satisfying our existing and foreseeable obligations as they become due. Dividends may be paid in cash or other property.<br />

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<br />

their respective holdings. Dividends and liquidation rights may be affected by the grant of preferential dividends or distribution rights to the holders of a<br />

class of shares with preferential rights that may be authorized in the future.<br />

Redeemable Shares<br />

Our articles of association allow us to create redeemable shares, but at the present time, we do not have any redeemable shares.<br />

Fiduciary Duties of Office Holders<br />

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<br />

with the level of care with which a reasonable office holder in the same position would have acted under the same circumstances.<br />

The duty of care of an office holder includes a duty to use reasonable means to obtain:<br />

information on the advisability of a given action brought for his approval or performed by him by virtue of his position; and<br />

all other important information pertaining to these actions.<br />

The duty of loyalty of an office holder includes a duty to:<br />

refrain from any conflict of interest between the performance of his duties in the company and the performance of his other duties or his personal<br />

affairs;<br />

refrain from any activity that is competitive with the company;<br />

refrain from exploiting any business opportunity of the company to receive a personal gain for himself or others; and<br />

disclose to the company any information or documents relating to a company’s affairs which the office holder has received due to his position as an<br />

office holder.<br />

Approval of Certain Transactions Under Israeli Law<br />

Under the Companies Law, the approval of the board of directors is required for all compensation arrangements of office holders who are not<br />

directors. Under the Companies Law, director’s compensation arrangements require the approval of the audit committee, the board of directors and the<br />

shareholders, in that order.<br />

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