−Removed: MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S
−Removed: COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES
+Added: MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES
Market Information
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May 25, 2017.
+Added: As of February 23, 2023, we had approximately 278,511 shareholders of record.
Dividend Policy
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We do not anticipate paying any cash dividends in the foreseeable future.
−Removed: We currently intend to retain future earnings, if any,
−Removed: to finance operations and expand our business.
−Removed: Any future determination relating to our dividend policy will be made at the discretion
−Removed: of our board of directors and will depend on a number of factors, including future earnings, capital requirements, financial condition
−Removed: and future prospects and other factors our board of directors may deem relevant.
−Removed: The distribution of dividends may also be limited by
−Removed: Israeli law, which permits the distribution of dividends only out of retained earnings or otherwise upon the permission of an Israeli
+Added: Except in connection with our publicly announced share
+Added: repurchase program described immediately below under “Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities”, we currently intend to retain
+Added: future earnings, if any, to finance operations and expand our business.
+Added: Any future determination relating to our dividend policy will
+Added: be made at the discretion of our board of directors and will depend on a number of factors, including future earnings, capital requirements,
+Added: financial condition and future prospects and other factors our board of directors may deem relevant.
+Added: The distribution of dividends may
+Added: also be limited by Israeli law, which permits the distribution of dividends only out of retained earnings or otherwise upon the permission
+Added: of an Israeli court.
Israeli Taxes Applicable to U.S.
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of shares in an Israeli resident company that were purchased after the company was listed for trading on a stock exchange outside of Israel
−Removed: will be exempt from Israeli tax so long as the shares were not held through a permanent establishment that the non-resident maintains
−Removed: A partial exemption may be available for non-Israeli resident shareholders who acquired their shares prior to the issuer’s
−Removed: initial public offering.
+Added: will be exempt from Israeli tax so long as (amongst other things) the shares were not held through a permanent establishment that the
+Added: non-resident maintains in Israel.
+Added: A partial exemption may be available for non-Israeli resident shareholders who acquired their shares
+Added: prior to the issuer’s initial public offering.
However, non-Israeli corporations will not be entitled to the foregoing
exemption if Israeli residents (i) have a controlling interest of more than 25% in such non-Israeli corporation or (ii) are the beneficiaries
−Removed: of, or are entitled to, 25% or more of the revenues or profits of such non-Israeli corporation, whether directly or indirectly.
+Added: of, or are entitled to, 25% or more of the revenue or profits of such non-Israeli corporation, whether directly or indirectly.
Such exemption
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Additionally,
−Removed: under the United States-Israel Tax Treaty, or the treaty, the disposition of shares by a shareholder who (i) is a U.S.
−Removed: resident (for purposes
−Removed: of the treaty), (ii) holds the shares as a capital asset, and (iii) is entitled to claim the benefits afforded to such person by the treaty,
−Removed: is generally exempt from Israeli capital gains tax.
+Added: under the United States-Israel Tax Treaty, or the treaty, the sale, exchange or other disposition of shares by a shareholder who (i) is
+Added: resident (for purposes of the treaty), (ii) holds the shares as a capital asset, and (iii) is entitled to claim the benefits afforded
+Added: to such person by the treaty, is generally exempt from Israeli capital gains tax.
Such exemption will not apply if:
−Removed: (i) the capital gain arising from the disposition
−Removed: can be attributed to a permanent establishment in Israel;
−Removed: (ii) the shareholder holds, directly or indirectly, shares representing
−Removed: 10% or more of the voting capital during any part of the 12-month period preceding the disposition, subject to certain conditions;
−Removed: (iii) such U.S.
−Removed: resident is an individual and was present in Israel for 183 days or more during the relevant taxable year.
−Removed: case, the sale, exchange, or disposition of our ordinary shares should be subject to Israeli tax, to the extent applicable;
−Removed: however, under
−Removed: the treaty, the taxpayer would be permitted to claim a credit for such taxes against the U.S.
−Removed: federal income tax imposed with respect
−Removed: to such sale, exchange, or disposition, subject to the limitations under U.S.
−Removed: law applicable to foreign tax credits.
−Removed: If the above exemptions
−Removed: from capital gains tax are not available, corporations will be subject to the corporate tax rate (23%) on capital gains derived from the
−Removed: sale of shares.
+Added: (i) the capital
+Added: gain arising from the sale, exchange or other disposition can be attributed to a permanent establishment in Israel;
+Added: (ii) the shareholder
+Added: holds, directly or indirectly, shares representing 10% or more of the voting capital during any part of the 12-month period preceding
+Added: the disposition, subject to certain conditions;
+Added: or (iii) such U.S.
+Added: resident is an individual and was present in Israel for 183 days
+Added: or more during the relevant taxable year.
+Added: In such case, the sale, exchange, or disposition of our ordinary shares should be subject to
+Added: Israeli tax, to the extent applicable;
+Added: however, under the treaty, the taxpayer would be permitted to claim a credit for such taxes against
+Added: federal income tax imposed with respect to such sale, exchange, or disposition, subject to the limitations under U.S.
+Added: law applicable
+Added: to foreign tax credits.
The treaty does not relate to U.S.
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Dividends paid on publicly traded shares, like our ordinary shares,
−Removed: to non-Israeli residents are generally subject to Israeli withholding tax at a rate of 25%, unless a different rate is provided under
−Removed: an applicable tax treaty, provided that a certificate from the Israeli Tax Authority allowing for a reduced withholding tax rate is obtained
−Removed: Under the United States-Israel Tax Treaty, the maximum rate of tax withheld at source in Israel on dividends paid to a holder
−Removed: of our ordinary shares who is a U.S.
−Removed: resident (for purposes of the treaty) is 25%.
−Removed: The treaty provides for reduced tax rates on dividends
−Removed: if (a) the shareholder is a U.S.
−Removed: corporation holding at least 10% of our issued voting power during the part of the tax year that precedes
−Removed: the date of payment of the dividend and held such minimal percentage during the whole of its prior tax year, and (b) not more than 25%
−Removed: of the Israeli company’s gross income consists of interest or dividends, other than dividends or interest received from subsidiary
−Removed: corporations or corporations 50% or more of the outstanding voting shares of which is owned by the Israeli company.
−Removed: The reduced treaty
−Removed: rate, if applicable, is 15% in the case of dividends paid from income derived from a Beneficiary or Preferred Enterprise (which is entitled
−Removed: to corporate tax benefits) or 12.5% otherwise.
−Removed: We cannot assure you that in the event we declare a dividend we will designate the income
−Removed: out of which the dividend is paid in a manner that will reduce shareholders’ tax liability.
−Removed: If the dividend is attributable partly
−Removed: to income derived from a Beneficiary or Preferred Enterprise and partly to other sources of income, the withholding rate will be a blended
−Removed: rate reflecting the relative portions of the two types of income.
−Removed: residents who are subject to Israeli withholding tax on a dividend
−Removed: may be entitled to a credit or deduction for U.S.
−Removed: federal income tax purposes in the amount of the taxes withheld.
+Added: to non-Israeli residents are generally subject to Israeli income tax at the rate of 25%, or 30% if the recipient of the dividend was a
+Added: substantial shareholder at the time of distribution or at any time during the prior 12-month period.
+Added: Such dividends are generally subject
+Added: to Israeli withholding tax at a rate of 25% if the shares are registered with a nominee company (whether the recipient is a substantial
+Added: shareholder or not), unless a different rate is provided under an applicable tax treaty, provided that a certificate from the Israeli
+Added: Tax Authority allowing for a reduced withholding tax rate is obtained in advance.
+Added: Under the United States-Israel Tax Treaty, the maximum
+Added: rate of tax withheld at source in Israel on dividends paid to a holder of our ordinary shares who is a U.S.
+Added: resident (for purposes of
+Added: the treaty) is 25%.
+Added: The treaty provides for reduced tax rates on dividends if (a) the shareholder is a U.S.
+Added: corporation holding at least
+Added: 10% of our issued voting power during the part of the tax year that precedes the date of payment of the dividend and held such minimal
+Added: percentage during the whole of its prior tax year, and (b) not more than 25% of the Israeli company’s gross income consists of interest
+Added: or dividends, other than dividends or interest received from subsidiary corporations or corporations 50% or more of the outstanding voting
+Added: shares of which is owned by the Israeli company.
+Added: The reduced treaty rate, if applicable, is 15% in the case of dividends paid from income
+Added: derived from a Beneficiary or Preferred Enterprise (which is entitled to corporate tax benefits) or 12.5% otherwise.
+Added: We cannot assure
+Added: you that in the event we declare a dividend we will designate the income out of which the dividend is paid in a manner that will reduce
+Added: shareholders’ tax liability.
+Added: If the dividend is attributable partly to income derived from a Beneficiary or Preferred Enterprise
+Added: and partly to other sources of income, the withholding rate will be a blended rate reflecting the relative portions of the two types of
+Added: residents who are subject to Israeli withholding tax on a dividend may be entitled to a credit or deduction for U.S.
+Added: income tax purposes in the amount of the taxes withheld.
Individuals who are subject to tax in Israel are also subject to
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in the Israeli Consumer Price Index), including, but not limited to, income derived from dividends, interest, and capital gains.
−Removed: Stock Performance Graph
−Removed: The following stock performance graph represents the cumulative total shareholder return
−Removed: for the period September 12, 2016, through December 31, 2021 for our ordinary shares, compared to the Nasdaq Composite Index and the Nasdaq
−Removed: Medical Equipment Index.
−Removed: The returns shown in the graph below may not be indicative of future performance.
−Removed: COMPARISON OF 60 MONTH CUMULATIVE TOTAL RETURN*
−Removed: Among ReWalk Robotics, the NASDAQ Composite Index
−Removed: and the NASDAQ Medical Equipment Index
−Removed: *$100 invested on 12/31/16 in our ordinary shares or in either of the two indexes, including
−Removed: reinvestment of dividends.
−Removed: Fiscal year ending December 31.
−Removed: The above stock performance graph shall not be deemed to be soliciting
−Removed: material or to be filed with the SEC under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act except to the extent that we specifically request that
−Removed: such information be treated as soliciting material or specifically incorporate it by reference into a filing under the Securities Act
−Removed: or the Exchange Act.
Recent Sales of Unregistered Equity Securities
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Purchases of Equity Securities by the Issuer and Affiliated Purchasers
+Added: Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
+Added: The following table sets forth information regarding the ordinary
+Added: shares repurchased under our share repurchase program during the three months ended December 31, 2022:
+Added: (In Thousands)
+Added: October 1 - October 30, 2022
+Added: Share repurchase program (1)
+Added: November 1 - November 30, 2022
+Added: Share repurchase program (1)
+Added: December 1 - December 31, 2022
+Added: Share repurchase program (1)
+Added: Quarter Total
+Added: Share repurchase program (1)
+Added: Ordinary Shares were repurchased by us through our publicly announced share repurchase
+Added: program approved by our Board of Directors on June 2, 2022, and approved by an Israeli court on July 20, 2022.
+Added: The program was scheduled
+Added: to expire on the earlier of January 20, 2023, or reaching $8.0 million of repurchases.
+Added: December 22, 2022, our Board of Directors approved an extension of the repurchase program, with such extension to be in the aggregate
+Added: amount of up to $5.8 million.
+Added: The extension was approved by an Israeli court on February 9, 2023, and will expire on the earlier of August
+Added: 9, 2023, or reaching the additional $5.8 million of repurchases of our ordinary shares .
+Added: Repurchases may take place in open market transactions or in privately negotiated transactions and may
+Added: be made from time to time depending on market conditions, share price, trading volume and other factors our board of directors deems appropriate.
+Added: Our board of directors may also suspend and/or discontinue the repurchase program at any time, in its sole discretion.
+Added: All repurchases
+Added: will be made in accordance with all applicable securities laws and regulations.
+Added: Subsequent to December 31, 2022, an additional
+Added: 730,350 ordinary shares for an aggregate consideration of $628,477 were repurchased under our share repurchase program during the period
+Added: from January 1, 2023 to January 20, 2023.
+Added: On December 22, 2022, our Board of Directors approved an extension of the repurchase program,
+Added: with such extension to be in the aggregate amount of up to $5.8 million.
+Added: The extension was approved by an Israeli court on February 9,
+Added: 2023, and will expire on the earlier of August 9, 2023, or reaching the additional $5.8 million of repurchases of our ordinary shares.
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