As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 1, 2021

Registration No. 333-       

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM S-3

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

CYREN LTD.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Israel   Not applicable
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
  (I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)

 

10 Ha-Menofim St., 5th Floor

Herzliya, Israel, 4672561

011–972–9–863–6888

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)

 

Brett Jackson

Chief Executive Officer

Cyren Ltd.

c/o Cyren Inc.

1430 Spring Hill Road, Suite 330

McLean, Virginia 22102

(703) 760-3320

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

 

Copies to:

Laurie L. Green, Esq.

Greenberg Traurig, P.A.

401 East Las Olas Boulevard, Suite 2000

Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33301

(954) 768-8232

 

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public:  From time to time after the effective date of this Registration Statement.

 

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.  

 

Large accelerated filer    Accelerated filer
Non-accelerated filer   Smaller reporting company
    Emerging growth company

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.  ☐

 

 

 

  

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 

Title of Each Class of Securities to be Registered   Amount to be
Registered(1)
    Proposed
Maximum
Offering
Price per
Share(2)
    Proposed
Maximum
Aggregate
Offering
Price(2)
    Amount of
Registration
Fee
 
Ordinary Shares, par value ILS 0.15 per share     29,154,725     $ 0.56     $ 16,326,646     $

1,513.48

 

 

(1) We are registering 29,154,725 ordinary shares, consisting of (i) 14,152,779 ordinary shares, (ii) 14,152,779 ordinary shares issuable upon the exercise of warrants issued in a private placement described herein, and (iii) 849,167 ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the placement agent warrants issued in a private placement described herein. All of the shares being registered hereby are offered for the account of the selling shareholders. Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act, this registration statement shall also cover an indeterminate number of additional ordinary shares that may become issuable by virtue of any dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction.
(2) Estimated solely for the purposes of calculating the registration fee. Pursuant to Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act, the registration fee has been calculated based upon the average of the high and low prices, as reported by the Nasdaq Capital Market, for our ordinary shares on September 29, 2021.

 

The registrant hereby amends this Registration Statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this Registration Statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 or until the Registration Statement shall become effective on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.

 

 

 

  

Information in this prospectus is not complete and may be changed. These securities may not be sold until the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. This prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities and it is not soliciting an offer to buy these securities in any state where the offer or sale is not permitted.

 

DATED OCTOBER 1, 2021, SUBJECT TO COMPLETION

 

PRELIMINARY PROSPECTUS

 

Cyren Ltd.

 

29,154,725 Ordinary Shares

 

This prospectus relates to the proposed resale from time to time of up to 29,154,725 ordinary shares by the selling shareholders named in this prospectus, together with any additional selling shareholders listed in a prospectus supplement (together with any of such shareholders’ pledgees, assignees, and successors-in-interest).

 

The shares to be sold under this prospectus consist of (i) 14,152,779 ordinary shares, (ii) 14,152,779 ordinary shares issuable upon the exercise of warrants issued in a private placement described herein, or the Private Placement, and (iii) 849,167 ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the placement agent warrants issued in the Private Placement. We are registering the offer and sale of the ordinary shares held by the selling shareholders to satisfy the registration rights they were granted in connection with the securities purchase agreements entered into on September 15, 2021. We will not receive any proceeds from the sale of the ordinary shares by the selling shareholders.

 

The selling shareholders may offer and sell or otherwise dispose of the ordinary shares described in this prospectus from time to time through public or private transactions at prevailing market prices, at prices related to prevailing market prices or at privately negotiated prices. The selling shareholders will bear all underwriting fees, commissions and discounts, if any, attributable to the sales of shares and any transfer taxes. We will bear all other costs, expenses and fees in connection with the registration of the shares. See “Plan of Distribution” for more information about how the selling shareholders may sell or dispose of their ordinary shares.

 

Our ordinary shares are listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the trading symbol “CYRN.” On September 30, 2021, the closing price for our ordinary shares was $0.62 per share.

  

Investing in these securities involves certain risks. See “Risk Factors” on page 2 of this prospectus. Also see “Risk Factors” in the documents incorporated by reference in this prospectus for a discussion of the factors you should carefully consider before deciding to purchase these securities.

 

Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or passed upon the adequacy or accuracy of this prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

 

The date of this prospectus is _______, 2021

 

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

  

About this Prospectus ii
Prospectus Summary 1
Risk Factors 2
Where You Can Find More Information 4
Incorporation by Reference 4
Forward Looking Statements 5
Enforceability of Civil Liberties 7
Use of Proceeds 7
Private Placement of Ordinary Shares and Warrants 7
Selling Shareholders 7
Plan of Distribution 10
Legal Matters 11
Experts 11

 

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ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS

 

This prospectus is part of a registration statement on Form S-3, which we have filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC, using a “shelf” registration process. Under this shelf process, the selling shareholders may from time to time sell the ordinary shares described in this prospectus in one or more offerings or otherwise as described under “Plan of Distribution.”

 

This prospectus may be supplemented from time to time by one or more prospectus supplements. Such prospectus supplement may also add, update or change information contained in this prospectus. If there is any inconsistency between the information in this prospectus and the applicable prospectus supplement, you must rely on the information in the prospectus supplement. You should carefully read both this prospectus and any applicable prospectus supplement together with additional information described under the heading “Where You Can Find More Information” before deciding to invest in any ordinary shares being offered.

 

Neither we nor the selling shareholders have authorized anyone to provide any information other than that contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus or in any related prospectus supplement or any free writing prospectus that we have authorized. We take no responsibility for and can provide no assurance as to the reliability of, any other information that others may give you. The shares are not being offered in any jurisdiction where the offer is not permitted. You should not assume that the information contained in or incorporated by reference in this prospectus is accurate as of any date other than the respective dates of such document. Our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects may have changed since those dates.

 

Unless the context otherwise indicates, references in this prospectus to “we,” “our,” “us,” the “Company” and “Cyren” refer, collectively, to Cyren Ltd., an Israeli registered public company, and its subsidiaries.

 

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PROSPECTUS SUMMARY

 

Purpose built for the cloud, we are an early pioneer and leading innovator of Software-as-a-Service, or SaaS, security solutions that protect businesses, their employees and customers against threats from email and the web.

 

We believe our cloud-based approach to cybersecurity sets us apart from other vendors in the market. Our security solutions are architected around the fundamental belief that cybersecurity is a race against time – and the cloud best enables the speed, sophistication and advanced automation needed to detect and block threats as they emerge on the internet around the globe. As more and more businesses move their data and applications to the cloud, they need a security provider that is able to keep pace.

   

Our cloud security products and services fall into three categories:

 

Cyren Threat Detection Services – these services detect a variety of threats in email, files and from the web, and are embedded into products from the world’s leading email and cybersecurity vendors. Cyren Threat Detection Services include our Email Security Detection Engine, Malware Detection Engine, Web Security Engine, and Threat Analysis Service.

 

Cyren Threat Intelligence Feeds – Cyren’s Threat Intelligence Data products provide valuable threat intelligence that can be used by enterprise or OEM customers to support threat detection, threat hunting and incident response. Cyren’s Threat Intelligence Data offerings include IP Reputation Intelligence, Phishing Intelligence, Malware Intelligence and Zombie Intelligence.

 

 

Cyren Enterprise Email Security Products – these include cloud-based solutions designed for enterprise customers and are sold either directly or through channel partners. Cyren Enterprise Email Security products include Cyren Email Security, a cloud-based secure email gateway and Cyren Inbox Security, an anti-phishing and remediation product for Microsoft 365.

 

All of Cyren’s cybersecurity products are powered by Cyren GlobalView, Cyren’s global security cloud that identifies emerging threats on a global basis, in real-time. GlobalView analyzes billions of security transactions each day and rapidly detects a variety of threats in email, files and from the web. By inspecting internet traffic in the cloud, Cyren identifies threats as they emerge, stopping them before they reach users. 

 

We were incorporated as a private company under the laws of the State of Israel on February 10, 1991, and our legal form is a company limited by shares. We became a public company on July 15, 1999, under the name Commtouch Software Ltd. In January 2014, we changed our legal name to Cyren Ltd. Our website is https://www.cyren.com. The SEC maintains an internet site that contains reports, proxy and information statements and other information regarding issuers that file electronically with the SEC. Our filings under the Exchange Act are available on our website and are also available electronically from the website maintained by the SEC at www.sec.gov.

 

Our principal executive offices are located at 10 Ha-Menofim St., 5th Floor, Herzliya, Israel 4672561, where our telephone number is +972–9–863–6888.

 

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RISK FACTORS

 

Investing in our securities involves a high degree of risk. Please carefully consider the following factors as well as the other information contained and incorporated by reference in this prospectus, including the risk factors set forth under the caption “Item 1A. Risk Factors” in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, as well as any amendments thereto reflected in subsequent filings with the SEC. Before making an investment decision, you should carefully consider these risks as well as other information we include or incorporate by reference in this prospectus.

 

We are currently not in compliance with the Nasdaq Capital Market listing standards. If our ordinary shares are delisted, the market price and liquidity of our ordinary shares and our ability to raise additional capital would be adversely impacted.

 

Our ordinary shares are currently listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market. Continued listing of a security on the Nasdaq Capital Market is conditioned upon compliance with various continued listing standards. On April 8, 2021, we received written notice from the Listing Qualifications Department of the Nasdaq Stock Market (“Nasdaq”) informing us that the closing bid price for our ordinary shares listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market was below $1.00 per share for 30 consecutive business days prior to receiving the notice. We do not currently meet the minimum closing bid requirement for continued listing on the Nasdaq Capital Market set forth in Rule 5550(a)(2) of the Nasdaq Listing Rules. On September 30, 2021, the closing price for our ordinary shares was $0.62 per share.

 

Under Nasdaq Listing Rules, we have 180 calendar days from the date of the notification to regain compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rules, or until October 5, 2021. If we do not regain compliance by October 5, 2021, we may be eligible for a second 180 day compliance period, provided that, on such date, we meet the continued listing requirement for market value of publicly held shares and all other applicable initial listing requirements for the Nasdaq Capital Market (other than the minimum closing bid price requirement). In addition, we would be required to notify Nasdaq of our intention to cure the minimum bid price deficiency during the second compliance period, by effecting a reverse stock split, if necessary. There can be no assurance that Nasdaq will grant a second compliance period or that we will regain compliance with the $1.00 minimum bid price requirement or comply with Nasdaq’s other continued listing standards in the future.

 

In the event that our ordinary shares are not eligible for continued listing on the Nasdaq Capital Market or another national securities exchange, trading of our ordinary shares could be conducted in the over-the-counter market or on an electronic bulletin board established for unlisted securities such as the Pink Sheets or the OTC Bulletin Board. In such event, it could become more difficult to dispose of, or obtain accurate price quotations for, our ordinary shares, and there would likely also be a reduction in our coverage by security analysts and the news media, which could cause the price of our ordinary shares to decline further. Also, it may be difficult for us to raise additional capital if we are not listed on a major exchange. 

 

The issuance of additional shares in connection with financings, acquisitions, investments, our equity incentive plans, conversion of our convertible notes and debentures or otherwise will dilute other shareholders. In addition, our failure in the future to raise additional capital or generate the significant capital necessary to expand our operations and invest in new services and products could reduce our ability to compete and could harm our business. The ability to increase the authorized share count could limit our options for continuing to support the business.

 

In addition to the Private Placement, we have made, and intend to continue to make, investments to support our business growth and may require additional funds to respond to business challenges, including the need to develop new features to enhance our services and products, improve our operating infrastructure or acquire complementary businesses and technologies. Accordingly, we may need to engage in equity or debt financings to secure additional funds. For example, in December 2018, we issued $10 million aggregate principal amount of convertible notes to an existing minority investor in a private placement which have a maturity of December 2021. In November 2019, we closed our rights offering, pursuant to which we issued 4,635,584 ordinary shares at $1.73 per share, including 4,624,277 shares issued to Warburg Pincus. In addition, in March 2020, we issued $10.25 million aggregate principal amount of our convertible debentures to accredited investors in a private placement and in February 2021 (the “Debentures”), we issued 12 million shares at a price of $1.15 per share in a registered direct offering and warrants to purchase 720,000 shares.

 

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Our shareholders have experienced dilution of their equity interests as a result of these issuances and prior issuances. Furthermore, we may seek to restructure the convertible notes when they mature in December 2021, including by issuing additional shares. We may also elect to satisfy interest payments on the convertible notes and convertible debentures by the issuance of ordinary shares based on the market price at the time of the interest payment.

 

Your investment may be significantly diluted by the conversion of our Debentures, the payment of interest in ordinary shares on the Debentures, and the exercise of warrants.

 

A substantial number of ordinary shares could be issued upon conversion of our Debentures and issued as interest on the Debentures and issued upon exercise of our outstanding warrants. Sales of substantial amounts of our ordinary shares in the public market, or the possibility of these sales, may adversely affect our stock price. As of September 30, 2021, 14,375,072 ordinary shares were reserved for issuance upon conversion of the $10,250,000 principal amount of outstanding Debentures (including shares issuable in respect of 5.75% interest payable if the Debentures are held until maturity). In addition, as of September 30, 2021, 17,392,074 ordinary shares were reserved for issuance upon exercise of outstanding warrants, including the 15,001,946 ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of warrants issued in connection with the Private Placement. If issued, the shares underlying our Debentures and warrants would increase the number of ordinary shares currently outstanding and will dilute the holdings and voting rights of our then-existing shareholders. Further, if we elect to issue ordinary shares as payment of interest under the Debentures, the actual number of ordinary shares issued will be based on fluctuating trading prices of our ordinary shares prior to the interest payment date. To the extent that the price of our ordinary shares declines, and we elect to issue ordinary shares as payment of interest under the Debentures, we will need to issue more ordinary shares to satisfy the interest payment, which will result in further dilution.

 

A sale of a substantial number of ordinary shares by our shareholders may cause the price of our ordinary shares to decline.

 

If our shareholders sell, or the market perceives that our shareholders intend to sell for various reasons, substantial amounts of our ordinary shares in the public market, the price of our ordinary shares may decline. Additionally, such conditions may make it more difficult for us to sell equity or equity-related securities in the future at a time and price that we deem reasonable or appropriate.

 

We will not receive any proceeds from the sale of our ordinary shares by the selling shareholders covered by this prospectus.

 

We are registering our ordinary shares that were, or may be, issued by us to the selling shareholders to permit the resale of our ordinary shares from time to time after the date of this prospectus. We will not receive any of the proceeds from the sale by the selling shareholders of our ordinary shares.


We do not intend to pay dividends for the foreseeable future.

 

We have never declared or paid any dividends on our ordinary shares. We intend to retain any earnings to finance the operation and expansion of our business, and we do not anticipate paying any cash dividends in the future. As a result, you may only receive a return on your investment in our ordinary shares if the market price of our ordinary shares increases.

 

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Where you can find more information

 

This prospectus is part of the registration statement on Form S-3 we filed with the SEC under the Securities Act and does not contain all the information set forth in the registration statement. Whenever a reference is made in this prospectus to any of our contracts, agreements or other documents, the reference may not be complete and you should refer to the exhibits that are a part of the registration statement or the exhibits to the reports or other documents incorporated by reference into this prospectus for a copy of such contract, agreement or other document. Because we are subject to the information and reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, we file annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC. Our SEC filings are available to the public over the Internet at the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov.

 

You may also access our SEC filings at our website http://www.cyren.com. Our website is not a part of this prospectus and is not incorporated by reference in this prospectus.

 

INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

 

The SEC allows us to incorporate by reference much of the information we file with the SEC, which means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to those publicly available documents. The information that we incorporate by reference into this prospectus is considered to be part of this prospectus. Because we are incorporating by reference future filings with the SEC, this prospectus is continually updated and those future filings may modify or supersede some of the information included or incorporated into this prospectus. This means that you must look at all of the SEC filings that we incorporate by reference to determine if any of the statements in this prospectus or in any document previously incorporated by reference have been modified or superseded. This prospectus incorporates by reference the documents listed below (File No. 000-26495):

 

We incorporate by reference into this prospectus the information contained in the following documents, which is considered to be a part of this prospectus:

 

  the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020;
     
  the Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2021 and June 30, 2021;
     
  the Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on September 20, 2021, August 25, 2021, July 13, 2021, April 13, 2021, February 16, 2021, January 27, 2021, and January 12, 2021.  
     
  the description of our ordinary shares contained in our Form 8-A filed on June 25, 1999, and Form F-1 (File No. 333-78531) filed on May 14, 1999, as amended, as updated by Exhibit 4.1 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020, and any reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.

 

We also incorporate by reference any future filings (other than current reports furnished under Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of Form 8-K and exhibits filed on such form that are related to such items unless such Form 8-K expressly provides to the contrary) made with the SEC pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, including those made after the date of the initial filing of the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part and prior to effectiveness of such registration statement, until we file a post-effective amendment that indicates the termination of the offering of the securities made by this prospectus, which will become a part of this prospectus from the date that such documents are filed with the SEC. Information in such future filings updates and supplements the information provided in this prospectus. Any statements in any such future filings will automatically be deemed to modify and supersede any information in any document we previously filed with the SEC that is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated herein by reference to the extent that statements in the later-filed document modify or replace such earlier statements. You may obtain a copy of these filings, without charge, by writing or calling us at:

 

1430 Spring Hill Road, Suite 330
McLean, Virginia 22102
Attn: Investor Relations
Telephone Number (703) 760-3320 

  

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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

 

This prospectus and the information incorporated by reference in this prospectus include “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Act, and Section 21E of the Exchange Act. These statements are based on current expectations, estimates, forecasts and projections about the industry in which we operate and the beliefs and assumptions of our management. In addition, statements in the future tense, and statements including words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “expect,” “plan,” “intend,” “estimate,” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Specifically, this prospectus and the information incorporated by reference in this prospectus contain forward-looking statements regarding:

 

  our expectations that our utilization of our cloud infrastructure will increase and provide an opportunity for improved gross margins;
     
  our expectations regarding our integrated offering and our partnership with Microsoft;
     
  our expectations regarding our future profitability and revenue growth;
     
  our expectations that R&D expenses may increase as we enhance newly released products in 2020;
     
  our beliefs regarding the importance of R&D;
     
  our expectation to lower R&D investment as a percentage of revenue in the future and to drive more revenue from existing solutions rather than by adding new solutions;
     
  our expectations regarding reducing the historical rate of headcount growth and its resulting impact on our gross and operating margins over time;
     
  our expectations regarding growth of our enterprise business and its expected impact on our business, including its contribution to our cash flow and return on investment;
     
  our expectations regarding our capital expenditures for 2021;
     
  our belief regarding the adequacy of our existing capital resources and other future measures to satisfy our expected liquidity requirements;
     
  our expectations regarding trends in the market for internet security and technology industry; and
     
  our expectations regarding existing and new threats, key challenges and opportunities in our industry and their impact on our business, including the impact of innovations in the technology industry.

 

These forward-looking statements reflect our current views about future events and are subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions. We wish to caution readers that certain important factors may have affected and could in the future affect our actual results and could cause actual results to differ significantly from those expressed in any forward-looking statement. The most important factors that could prevent us from achieving our goals, and cause the assumptions underlying forward-looking statements and the actual results to differ materially from those expressed in or implied by those forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, the following:

 

  our ability to continue as a going concern;
     
  our ability to restructure or refinance our convertible notes;

 

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  our ability to execute our business strategies, including our sales and business development plan;
     
  our ability to timely and successfully enhance and improve our existing solutions and introduce our new solutions;
     
  the commercial success of such enhancements and new solutions;
     
  lack of demand for our solutions, including as a result of actual or perceived decreases in levels of advanced cyber attacks;
     
  our ability to manage our cost structure, avoid unanticipated liabilities and achieve profitability;
     
  our ability to grow our revenues, including the ability of existing solutions to drive sufficient revenue;
     
  our ability to attract new customers and increase revenue from existing customers;
     
  market acceptance of our existing and new product offerings;
     
  the success of our partnership with Microsoft;
     
  our ability to adapt to changing technological requirements and shifting preferences of our customers and their users;
     
  the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak;
     
  our continued listing on Nasdaq;
     
  our ability to successfully shift the focus of our product development and sales efforts to new products, while de-emphasizing our CWS offerings;
     
  loss of one or more of our large customers;
     
  adverse conditions in the national and global financial markets;
     
  the impact of currency fluctuations;
     
  political and other conditions in Israel, Germany, and Iceland that may limit our R&D activities;
     
  increased competition or our ability to anticipate or effectively react to competitive challenges;
     
  the ability of our brand development strategies to enhance our brand awareness;
     
  our ability to retain key personnel;
     
  performance of our OEM partners, service providers and resellers;
     
  our ability to successfully estimate the impact of regulatory and litigation matters;
     
  our ability to comply with applicable laws and regulations and the impact of changes in applicable laws and regulations, including tax legislation or policies;

 

  those risks detailed in the section of this prospectus entitled “Risk Factors,” and those risks described in the documents we file from time to time with the SEC that are incorporated by reference in this prospectus, specifically our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, Form 10-Q, and our Current Reports on Form 8-K.

 

Except as required by applicable law, including the securities laws of the United States, we undertake no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect new information, future events or circumstances, or otherwise after the date hereof. 

 

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ENFORCEABILITY OF CIVIL LIABILITIES

 

We are organized under the laws of the State of Israel, and many of our directors and executive officers, as well as the Israeli experts named herein are not residents of the United States, and substantially all of their assets and our assets are located outside the United States. Service of process upon our non-U.S. resident directors and executive officers or the Israeli experts named herein and enforcement of judgments obtained in the United States against us, our directors and executive officers, or the Israeli experts named herein, may be difficult to obtain within the United States. For further information regarding enforceability of civil liabilities against us and certain other persons, see the risk factor “You may have difficulties enforcing a U.S. judgment against us and our executive officers and directors or asserting U.S. securities laws claims in Israel” under the heading “Risk Factors” in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, which is incorporated by reference herein.

 

Cyren Inc. is the U.S. agent authorized to receive service of process in any action against us arising out of this offering or any related purchase or sale of securities. We have not given consent for this agent to accept service of process in connection with any other claim.

 

USE OF PROCEEDS

 

We will not receive any proceeds from the sale of any or all of the ordinary shares being offered by the selling shareholders under this prospectus.

 

PRIVATE PLACEMENT OF ORDINARY SHARES AND WARRANTS

 

On September 15, 2021, we entered into securities purchase agreements with the selling shareholders pursuant to which we issued and sold, in the Private Placement, an aggregate of 14,152,779 ordinary shares and warrants to purchase up to 14,152,779 ordinary shares for aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $10.2 million, before deducting fees to the placement agent and other offering expenses payable by us. The warrants have an exercise price of $0.60, are exercisable immediately and expire on March 17, 2025. The closing of the Private Placement occurred on September 17, 2021.

 

We engaged H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC, or Wainwright, to act as the exclusive placement agent in connection with the Private Placement. As consideration for the services provided to us by Wainwright as placement agent, in addition to placement agent fees and reimbursement of reasonable and documented expenses, we issued to designees of Wainwright placement agent warrants to purchase an aggregate of 849,167 ordinary shares. Such placement agent warrants have an exercise price of $0.90 per share, are immediately exercisable and expire on March 17, 2025.

 

SELLING SHAREHOLDERS

 

The ordinary shares being offered by the selling shareholders are those previously issued to the selling shareholders, and those issuable to the selling shareholders, upon exercise of the warrants. For additional information regarding the issuances of those shares of ordinary shares and warrants, see “Private Placement of Ordinary Shares and Warrants” above. We are registering the ordinary shares in order to permit the selling shareholders to offer the shares for resale from time to time. Except for the ownership of the ordinary shares and the warrants, the selling shareholders have not had any material relationship with us within the past three years.

 

The table below lists the selling shareholders and other information regarding the beneficial ownership of the ordinary shares by each of the selling shareholders. The second column lists the number of ordinary shares beneficially owned by each selling shareholder, based on its ownership of the ordinary shares and warrants, as of October 1, 2021, assuming exercise of the warrants held by the selling shareholders on that date, without regard to any limitations on exercises.

 

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The third column lists the ordinary shares being offered by this prospectus by the selling shareholders.

 

In accordance with the terms of a registration rights agreement with the selling shareholders, this prospectus generally covers the resale of the sum of (i) the number of ordinary shares issued to the selling shareholders in the Private Placement and (ii) the maximum number of ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the related warrants, determined as if the outstanding warrants were exercised in full as of the trading day immediately preceding the date this registration statement was initially filed with the SEC, each as of the trading day immediately preceding the applicable date of determination and all subject to adjustment as provided in the registration right agreement, without regard to any limitations on the exercise of the warrants. The fourth column assumes the sale of all of the shares offered by the selling shareholders pursuant to this prospectus.

 

Under the terms of the warrants, a selling shareholder may not exercise the warrants to the extent such exercise would cause such selling shareholder, together with its affiliates and attribution parties, to beneficially own a number of ordinary shares which would exceed 4.99% or 9.99%, as applicable, of our then outstanding ordinary shares following such exercise, excluding for purposes of such determination ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants which have not been exercised. The number of shares in the second column does not reflect this limitation. The selling shareholders may sell all, some or none of their shares in this offering. See "Plan of Distribution." 

 

Name of Selling Shareholder   Number of Ordinary Shares Beneficially Owned
Prior to
Offering
    Maximum Number of Ordinary Shares to
be Sold Pursuant
to this Prospectus
    Number of Ordinary Shares Beneficially Owned After Offering     Percentage of Ordinary Shares Beneficially Owned After Offering  
Armistice Capital Master Fund Ltd. (1)     16,666,668 (2)     16,666,668       -       -  
Lind Global Fund II, LP (3)     2,083,334 (4)     2,083,334       -       -  
Sabby Volatility Warrant Master Fund, Ltd. (5)     4,000,000 (6)     4,000,000       -       -  
Cavalry Fund I LP (7)     1,388,890 (8)     1,388,890       -       -  
Cavalry Special Ops Fund LLC (9)     1,388,888 (10)     1,388,888       -       -  
Intracoastal Capital, LLC (11)     2,923,000 (12)     2,777,778       145,222       *  
Michael Vasinkevich (13)     1,550,756 (14)     544,528       1,006,228       *  
Noam Rubinstein (13)     761,776 (15)     267,488       494,288       *  
Craig Schwabe (13)     81,618 (16)     28,659       52,959       *  
Charles Worthman (13)     24,184 (17)     8,492       15,692       *  

 

* represents beneficial ownership of less than 1%

 

(1) The securities are directly held by Armistice Capital Master Fund Ltd., a Cayman Islands exempted company (the "Master Fund"), and may be deemed to be indirectly beneficially owned by: (i) Armistice Capital, LLC ("Armistice Capital"), as the investment manager of the Master Fund; and (ii) Steven Boyd, as the Managing Member of Armistice Capital.  Armistice Capital and Steven Boyd disclaim beneficial ownership of the securities except to the extent of their respective pecuniary interests therein.

 

(2) Includes (i) 8,333,334 ordinary shares and (ii) 8,333,334 ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of warrants. The warrants contain an ownership limitation such that the holder may not exercise any such warrants to the extent that such exercise would result in the holder’s beneficial ownership being in excess of 4.99% of our issued and outstanding ordinary shares together with all shares owned by the holder and its affiliates.

 

(3) Jeff Easton is the managing member of The Lind Global Partners II, LLC, which is the general partner of Lind Global Fund II, LP and has sole voting control and investment discretion over the securities held by Lind Global Fund II, LP. Mr. Easton disclaims beneficial ownership over the securities listed except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.

 

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(4) Includes (i) 1,041,667 ordinary shares and (ii) 1,041,667 ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of warrants. The warrants contain an ownership limitation such that the holder may not exercise any such warrants to the extent that such exercise would result in the holder’s beneficial ownership being in excess of 4.99% of our issued and outstanding ordinary shares together with all shares owned by the holder and its affiliates.

 

(5) Sabby Management, LLC, the investment manager of Sabby Volatility Warrant Master Fund, Ltd., and Hal Mintz, manager of Sabby Management, LLC, may be deemed to share voting and dispositive power with respect to these securities. Each of Sabby Management, LLC and Hal Mintz disclaims beneficial ownership over the securities listed except to the extent of their pecuniary interest therein.

 

(6) Includes (i) 2,000,000 ordinary shares and (ii) 2,000,000 ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of warrants. The warrants contain an ownership limitation such that the holder may not exercise any such warrants to the extent that such exercise would result in the holder’s beneficial ownership being in excess of 4.99% of our issued and outstanding ordinary shares together with all shares owned by the holder and its affiliates.

 

(7) Thomas Walsh is the Manager of Cavalry Fund I LP and in such capacity has the right to vote and dispose of the securities held by such entity.

 

(8) Includes (i) 694,445 ordinary shares and (ii) 694,445 ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of warrants. The warrants contain an ownership limitation such that the holder may not exercise any such warrants to the extent that such exercise would result in the holder’s beneficial ownership being in excess of 4.99% of our issued and outstanding ordinary shares together with all shares owned by the holder and its affiliates.

 

(9) Thomas Walsh is the Manager of Cavalry Special Ops Fund LLC and in such capacity has the right to vote and dispose of the securities held by such entity.

 

(10) Includes (i) 694,444 ordinary shares and (ii) up to 694,444 ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of warrants. The warrants contain an ownership limitation such that the holder may not exercise any such warrants to the extent that such exercise would result in the holder’s beneficial ownership being in excess of 4.99% of our issued and outstanding ordinary shares together with all shares owned by the holder and its affiliates.

 

(11) Mitchell P. Kopin (“Mr. Kopin”) and Daniel B. Asher (“Mr. Asher”), each of whom are managers of Intracoastal Capital, LLC (“Intracoastal”), have shared voting control and investment discretion over the securities reported herein that are held by Intracoastal. As a result, each of Mr. Kopin and Mr. Asher may be deemed to have beneficial ownership (as determined under Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act) of the securities reported herein that are held by Intracoastal.

 

(12) Includes (i) 1,534,111 ordinary shares and (ii) 1,388,889 ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of warrants. The warrants contain an ownership limitation such that the holder may not exercise any such warrants to the extent that such exercise would result in the holder’s beneficial ownership being in excess of 9.99% of our issued and outstanding ordinary shares together with all shares owned by the holder and its affiliates.

 

(13) Wainwright is a member of FINRA and the selling shareholder is a broker of Wainwright.

 

(14) Consists of shares issuable upon exercise of placement agent warrants, including 544,528 shares issuable upon warrants issued in the Private Placement to the selling shareholder. The placement agent warrants contain an ownership limitation such that the holder may not exercise any such warrants to the extent that such exercise would result in the holder’s beneficial ownership being in excess of 4.99% of our issued and outstanding ordinary shares together with all shares owned by the holder and his affiliates.

 

(15) Consists of shares issuable upon exercise of placement agent warrants, including 267,488 shares issuable upon warrants issued in the Private Placement to the selling shareholder. The placement agent warrants contain an ownership limitation such that the holder may not exercise any such warrants to the extent that such exercise would result in the holder’s beneficial ownership being in excess of 4.99% of our issued and outstanding ordinary shares together with all shares owned by the holder and his affiliates.

 

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(16) Consists of shares issuable upon exercise of placement agent warrants, including 28,659 shares issuable upon warrants issued in the Private Placement to the selling shareholder. The placement agent warrants contain an ownership limitation such that the holder may not exercise any such warrants to the extent that such exercise would result in the holder’s beneficial ownership being in excess of 4.99% of our issued and outstanding ordinary shares together with all shares owned by the holder and his affiliates.

 

(17) Consists of shares issuable upon exercise of placement agent warrants, including 8,492 shares issuable upon warrants issued in the Private Placement to the selling shareholder. The placement agent warrants contain an ownership limitation such that the holder may not exercise any such warrants to the extent that such exercise would result in the holder’s beneficial ownership being in excess of 4.99% of our issued and outstanding ordinary shares together with all shares owned by the holder and his affiliates.

 

PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

 

Each selling shareholder of the securities and any of their pledgees, assignees and successors-in-interest may, from time to time, sell any or all of their securities covered hereby on the principal trading market or any other stock exchange, market or trading facility on which the securities are traded or in private transactions. These sales may be at fixed or negotiated prices. A selling shareholder may use any one or more of the following methods when selling securities:

 

ordinary brokerage transactions and transactions in which the broker-dealer solicits purchasers;

 

block trades in which the broker-dealer will attempt to sell the securities as agent but may position and resell a portion of the block as principal to facilitate the transaction;

 

purchases by a broker-dealer as principal and resale by the broker-dealer for its account;

 

an exchange distribution in accordance with the rules of the applicable exchange;

 

privately negotiated transactions;

 

settlement of short sales;

 

in transactions through broker-dealers that agree with the selling shareholders to sell a specified number of such securities at a stipulated price per security;

 

through the writing or settlement of options or other hedging transactions, whether through an options exchange or otherwise;

 

a combination of any such methods of sale; or

 

any other method permitted pursuant to applicable law.

 

The selling shareholders may also sell securities under Rule 144 or any other exemption from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), if available, rather than under this prospectus.

 

Broker-dealers engaged by the selling shareholders may arrange for other brokers-dealers to participate in sales. Broker-dealers may receive commissions or discounts from the selling shareholders (or, if any broker-dealer acts as agent for the purchaser of securities, from the purchaser) in amounts to be negotiated, but, except as set forth in a supplement to this Prospectus, in the case of an agency transaction not in excess of a customary brokerage commission in compliance with FINRA Rule 2440; and in the case of a principal transaction a markup or markdown in compliance with FINRA IM-2440.

 

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In connection with the sale of the securities or interests therein, the selling shareholders may enter into hedging transactions with broker-dealers or other financial institutions, which may in turn engage in short sales of the securities in the course of hedging the positions they assume. The selling shareholders may also sell securities short and deliver these securities to close out their short positions, or loan or pledge the securities to broker-dealers that in turn may sell these securities. The selling shareholders may also enter into option or other transactions with broker-dealers or other financial institutions or create one or more derivative securities which require the delivery to such broker-dealer or other financial institution of securities offered by this prospectus, which securities such broker-dealer or other financial institution may resell pursuant to this prospectus (as supplemented or amended to reflect such transaction).

 

The selling shareholders and any broker-dealers or agents that are involved in selling the securities may be deemed to be “underwriters” within the meaning of the Securities Act in connection with such sales. In such event, any commissions received by such broker-dealers or agents and any profit on the resale of the securities purchased by them may be deemed to be underwriting commissions or discounts under the Securities Act. Each selling shareholder has informed us that it does not have any written or oral agreement or understanding, directly or indirectly, with any person to distribute the securities.

 

We are required to pay certain fees and expenses that we incur incident to the registration of the securities. We have agreed to indemnify the selling shareholders against certain losses, claims, damages and liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act.

 

We agreed to keep this prospectus effective until the earlier of (i) the date on which the securities may be resold by the selling shareholders without registration and without regard to any volume or manner-of-sale limitations by reason of Rule 144, without the requirement for us to be in compliance with the current public information under Rule 144 under the Securities Act or any other rule of similar effect or (ii) all of the securities have been sold pursuant to this prospectus or Rule 144 under the Securities Act or any other rule of similar effect. The resale securities will be sold only through registered or licensed brokers or dealers if required under applicable state securities laws. In addition, in certain states, the resale securities covered hereby may not be sold unless they have been registered or qualified for sale in the applicable state or an exemption from the registration or qualification requirement is available and is complied with.

 

Under applicable rules and regulations under the Exchange Act, any person engaged in the distribution of the resale securities may not simultaneously engage in market making activities with respect to the ordinary shares for the applicable restricted period, as defined in Regulation M, prior to the commencement of the distribution. In addition, the selling shareholders will be subject to applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, including Regulation M, which may limit the timing of purchases and sales of the ordinary shares by the selling shareholders or any other person. We will make copies of this prospectus available to the selling shareholders and have informed them of the need to deliver a copy of this prospectus to each purchaser at or prior to the time of the sale (including by compliance with Rule 172 under the Securities Act).

  

LEGAL MATTERS

 

The validity of the ordinary shares offered hereby will be passed upon by Yigal Arnon & Co., Israel.

 

EXPERTS

 

The consolidated financial statements of Cyren Ltd. appearing in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K (including schedules appearing therein), have been audited by Kost Forer Gabbay & Kasierer (a member of EY Global), independent registered public accounting firm, as set forth in their report thereon, included therein, and incorporated herein by reference. Such consolidated financial statements are incorporated herein by reference in reliance upon such report given on the authority of such firm as experts in accounting and auditing.

 

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PART II

 

INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

 

ITEM 14. Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution.

 

The following table sets forth an estimate of the fees and expenses payable by us in connection with the sale of the securities being registered.

 

SEC registration fee   $

1,513.48

 
Accounting fees and expenses   $ 3,000.00  
Legal fees and expenses   $ 50,000.00  
Miscellaneous fees and expenses   $ 2,000.00  
Total   $

56,513.48

 

 

ITEM 15. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

 

Under the Israeli Companies Law 1999, as amended, or the Companies Law, a company may not exculpate an office holder from liability for a breach of the duty of loyalty. An Israeli company may exculpate an office holder in advance from liability to the company, in whole or in part, for damages caused to the company as a result of a breach of duty of care but only if a provision authorizing such exculpation is included in its articles of association. Our amended and restated articles of association include such a provision. The Company may not exculpate in advance a director from liability arising out of a prohibited dividend or distribution to shareholders.

 

Under the Companies Law, a company may indemnify an office holder in respect of the following liabilities and expenses incurred for acts performed by him or her as an office holder, either pursuant to an undertaking made in advance of an event or following an event, provided its articles of association include a provision authorizing such indemnification:

 

  financial liability imposed on him or her in favor of another person pursuant to a judgment, including a settlement or arbitrator’s award approved by a court. However, if an undertaking to indemnify an office holder with respect to such liability is provided in advance, then such an undertaking must be limited to events which, in the opinion of the board of directors, can be foreseen based on the Company’s activities when the undertaking to indemnify is given, and to an amount or according to criteria determined by the board of directors as reasonable under the circumstances, and such undertaking shall detail the abovementioned foreseen events and amount or criteria;

 

  reasonable litigation expenses, including attorneys’ fees, incurred by the office holder as a result of an investigation or proceeding instituted against him or her by an authority authorized to conduct such investigation or proceeding, (1) provided that (i) no indictment was filed against such office holder as a result of such investigation or proceeding; and (ii) no financial liability was imposed upon him or her as a substitute for the criminal proceeding as a result of such investigation or proceeding; or (2) provided that (i) no indictment was filed against such office holder as a result of such investigation or proceeding; and (ii) a financial liability was imposed, but it was imposed with respect to an offense that does not require proof of criminal intent or in connection with a monetary sanction;

 

  reasonable litigation expenses, including attorneys’ fees, incurred by the office holder or imposed by a court in proceedings instituted against him or her by the Company, on its behalf, or by a third party, or in connection with criminal proceedings in which the office holder was acquitted, or as a result of a conviction for an offense that does not require proof of criminal intent;

 

  payments 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 1968, as amended, or the Securities Law, and expenses the office holder incurred in connection with a proceeding under Chapters H’3, H’4 or I’1 of the Securities Law, including reasonable litigation expenses, including attorney’s fees, or in connection with Article D of Chapter Four of Part Nine of the Companies Law; and

  

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  expenses incurred by the office holder in connection with a proceeding under Chapter G’1 of the Restrictive Trade Law 1988, or the Restrictive Trade Law, including reasonable litigation expenses, including attorney’s fees.

 

Under the Companies Law, a company may insure an office holder against the following liabilities incurred for acts performed by him or her as an office holder if and to the extent provided in the Company’s articles of association:

 

a breach of the duty of loyalty to the Company, provided that the office holder acted in good faith and had a reasonable basis to believe that the act would not harm the company;

 

  a breach of duty of care to the company or to a third party, to the extent such a breach arises out of the negligent conduct of the office holder;

 

  a financial liability imposed on the office holder in favor of a third party;

 

  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 Securities Law 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, including reasonable litigation expenses, including attorney’s fees, or in connection with Article D of Chapter Four of Part Nine of the Companies Law; and

 

  Expenses incurred by the office holder in connection with a proceeding under Chapter G’1, of the Restrictive Trade Law, including reasonable litigation expenses, including attorney’s fees.

 

Under the Companies Law, a company may not indemnify or insure an office holder against any of the following:

 

  a breach of the duty of loyalty, except for indemnification and insurance for a breach of the duty of loyalty to the Company to the extent that the office holder acted in good faith and had a reasonable basis to believe that the act would not harm the Company;

 

  a breach of duty of care committed intentionally or recklessly, excluding a breach arising out of the negligent conduct of the office holder;

 

  an act or omission committed with intent to derive illegal personal benefit; or

 

  a fine or forfeit levied against the office holder.

 

Further, the Securities Law, prohibits companies from exempting or indemnifying in advance or entering into a contract to insure the liability of an office holder of the Company for (A) financial sanctions pursuant to the provisions of Chapter H’3 of the Securities Law; (B) administrative infringements pursuant to the provisions of Chapter H’4 of the Securities Law or (C) infringements pursuant to the provisions of Chapter I’1 of the Securities Law.

 

Under the Israeli Companies Law, exculpation, indemnification and insurance of office holders in a public company must be approved by the compensation committee and the board of directors and, with respect to certain office holders or under certain circumstances, also by the shareholders.

 

The Company’s amended and restated articles of association permit it to exculpate, indemnify and insure its office holders to the fullest extent permitted or to be permitted by the Israeli Companies Law.

 

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The Company has obtained directors’ and officers’ liability insurance for the benefit of its office holders and intends to continue to maintain such coverage and pay all premiums thereunder to the fullest extent permitted by the Israeli Companies Law.

 

ITEM 16. Exhibits.

 

        Incorporated by Reference
Exhibit
No.
  Exhibit Description   Form   Date of
Filing
4.1   Memorandum of Association   F-1 (333–78531)   06/03/1999
4.2*   Amended and Restated Articles of Association, as amended on September 9, 2021    
5.1*   Opinion of Yigal Arnon & Co.        
23.1*   Consent of Kost Forer Gabbay & Kaiserer, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm        
23.2*   Consent of Yigal Arnon & Co. (included in Exhibit 5.1)        
24.1   Power of Attorney (included in the signature pages to the Registration Statement)        

 

* Filed herewith.

 

ITEM 17. Undertakings.

 

The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

 

(a) (1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:

 

(i) to include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;

 

(ii) to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective Registration Statement; and

 

(iii) to include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to such information in this Registration Statement;

 

providedhowever, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i), (a)(1)(ii) and (a)(1)(iii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the SEC by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act, that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement, or is contained in a form of prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) that is part of this Registration Statement.

 

  (2) That, for the purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at the time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

 

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  (3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

 

  (4) That, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act to any purchaser:

 

  (i) each prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) shall be deemed to be part of the Registration Statement as of the date the filed prospectus was deemed part of and included in the Registration Statement; and

 

  (ii) each prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5), or (b)(7) as part of a registration statement in reliance on Rule 430B relating to an offering made pursuant to Rule 415(a)(1)(i), (vii) or (x) for the purpose of providing the information required by Section 10(a) of the Securities Act shall be deemed to be part of and included in the Registration Statement as of the earlier of the date such form of prospectus is first used after effectiveness or the date of the first contract of sale of securities in the offering described in the prospectus. As provided in Rule 430B, for liability purposes of the issuer and any person that is at that date an underwriter, such date shall be deemed to be a new effective date of the Registration Statement relating to the securities in the Registration Statement to which that prospectus relates, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof; provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the Registration Statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement or prospectus that is part of the Registration Statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such effective date, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the Registration Statement or prospectus that was part of the Registration Statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such effective date.

 

  (5) That, for the purpose of determining liability of the registrant under the Securities Act to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities, the undersigned registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of such undersigned registrant pursuant to this registration Statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, such undersigned registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:

 

  (i) any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of such undersigned registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;

 

  (ii) any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned registrant;

 

  (iii) the portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the undersigned registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of such undersigned registrant; and

 

  (iv) any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned registrant to the purchaser.

 

  (6) That, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act:

 

  (i) the information omitted from the form of prospectus filed as part of the Registration Statement in reliance upon Rule 430A and contained in the form of prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(1) or (4) or 497(h) under the Securities Act shall be deemed to be part of the Registration Statement as of the time it was declared effective; and

 

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  (ii) each post-effective amendment that contains a form of prospectus shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

 

  (7) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
     
  (8) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the indemnification provisions described herein, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of McLean, Commonwealth of Virginia, on October 1, 2021.

 

  CYREN LTD.
     
  By:

/s/ Brett Jackson

    Brett Jackson
    Chief Executive Officer

 

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SIGNATURES AND POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

We, the undersigned officers and directors of Cyren Ltd. hereby severally constitute and appoint Brett Jackson and Kenneth Tarpey, and each of them singly, our true and lawful attorneys with full power to any of them, and to each of them singly, to sign for us and in our names in the capacities indicated below the Registration Statement on Form S-3 filed herewith and any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to said Registration Statement, and any registration statement filed pursuant to Rule 462 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, in connection with said Registration Statement, and to file or cause to be filed the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and generally to do all such things in our name and on our behalf in our capacities as officers and directors to enable Cyren Ltd. to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys, and each of them, or their substitute or substitutes, shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

Signature   Title   Date
         
/s/ Brett Jackson   Chief Executive Officer and Director   October 1, 2021
Brett Jackson   (Principal Executive Officer)    
         
/s/ Kenneth Tarpey   Chief Financial Officer   October 1, 2021
Kenneth Tarpey   (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)    
         
/s/ John Becker   Director   October 1, 2021
John Becker        
         
/s/ Brian Chang   Director   October 1, 2021
Brian Chang        
         
/s/ Cary Davis   Director   October 1, 2021
Cary Davis        
         
/s/ David Earhart   Director   October 1, 2021
David Earhart        
         
/s/ James Hamilton   Director   October 1, 2021
James Hamilton        
         
/s/ Hila Karah   Director   October 1, 2021
Hila Karah        
         
/s/ Rajveer Kushwaha   Director   October 1, 2021
Rajveer Kushwaha        
         
/s/ Lauren Zletz   Director   October 1, 2021
Lauren Zletz        

 

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AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 6(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed on behalf of the Registrant by the undersigned, solely in his capacity as the duly authorized representative of the Registrant in the United States, on October 1, 2021.

 

  By:

/s/ Brett Jackson

    Name: Brett Jackson

 

 

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Exhibit 4.2

 

THE COMPANIES LAW

A COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES

AMENDED AND RESTATED ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION

of

CYREN LTD.

 

1. Preliminary

 

1.1. Construction. In these Articles, each of the following terms shall have the respective meaning appearing next to it, if not inconsistent with the subject or context:

 

1.1.1. “Articles” — These Articles of Association, as amended from time to time.

 

1.1.2. “Board” — the board of directors appointed under these Articles.

 

1.1.3. “Company” — Cyren Ltd.

 

1.1.4. “Companies Law” — The Companies Law, 5759-1999 and any regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

1.1.5. “General Meeting” — an Annual Meeting or a Special Meeting as defined in Article 9.2.1.

 

1.1.6. “Shareholder” —

 

(a) A holder of one or more of the shares of the Company; or

 

(b) a person registered as such in the Register of Shareholders; or

 

I a person who holds a share certificate.

 

1.1.7. “Register of Shareholder–” — The Register of Shareholders pursuant to Article 12.

 

1.1.8. “Year and Mont–” — A Gregorian month or year.

 

1.2. Any capitalized term used but not otherwise defined in these Articles shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the Companies Law.

 

2. Public Company

 

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

 

3. Share Capital

 

3.1. The authorized share capital of the Company is NIS 24,000,000 divided into one hundred and ten million (160,000,000) Ordinary Shares of nominal value NIS 0.15 per share (“Ordinary Shares”).

 

3.2. The holders of issued and outstanding Ordinary Shares shall have all the rights, powers and authorities associated with the shares of the Company, including the power to appoint directors, to receive notice of, and to vote in, General Meetings of the Company, and to receive dividends and any surplus upon the liquidation of the Company.

 

3.3. If at any time the share capital is divided into different classes of shares, then, unless the conditions of allotment of such class provide otherwise, the rights, additional rights, advantages, restrictions and conditions attached or not attached to any class, at any given time, may be modified, enhanced, added or abrogated by the Company by resolution at a meeting of the holders of the shares of such class.

 

 

 

 

4. Issuance of Securities

 

4.1. The unissued shares of the Company shall be under the control of the Board.

 

4.2. The Board shall have the power to allot, issue or otherwise dispose of shares to such persons, at such times, on such terms and conditions, and either at par or less than par, at a premium, for cash or other consideration, in whole or in part, at a discount or with payment of commission, with such preferred or deferred rights, restrictions or conditions, all in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Law and as the Board shall deem fit from time to time, provided that such shares do not exceed the registered share capital of the Company. The Board of Directors shall also have the power to give any person the option to acquire from the Company any shares, either at par or less than par, at a premium, for cash or other consideration, in whole or in part, at a discount or with payment of commission, all in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Law and as the Board shall deem fit from time to time.

 

4.3. The Board may resolve to issue one or more series of debentures; however, such borrowing power shall be limited to actions that do not unreasonably jeopardize the Company’s ability to pay its debt or to conduct its business as an entity that seeks to maximize profits.

 

4.4. The Company may, subject to applicable law, issue redeemable shares and redeem the same.

 

5. Reorganization of Capital

 

5.1. Increase of Capital

 

5.1.1. The Company may, from time to time, by resolution of the Shareholders, whether or not all the shares then authorized have been issued, and whether or not all the shares issued have been called for payment, increase its authorized share capital. Any such increase shall be in such amount and shall be divided into shares of such nominal amounts, with such rights and preferences and subject to such restrictions, as such resolution shall provide.

 

5.1.2. Except to the extent otherwise provided in such resolution, any new shares included in the authorized share capital increased under Article 5.1.1 shall be subject to all the provisions of these Articles which are applicable to shares included in the existing share capital, without regard to class (and, if such new shares are of the same class as a class of shares included in the existing share capital, to all of the provisions that are applicable to shares of such class included in the existing share capital).

 

5.2. Consolidation, Subdivision, Cancellation and Reduction of Capital.

 

The Company may, from time to time, by resolution of the Shareholders (subject to applicable law):

 

5.2.1. consolidate all or any part of its issued or unissued share capital into shares of a per share nominal value that is greater than the per share nominal value of its existing shares;

 

5.2.2. subdivide its shares (issued or unissued) or any of them into shares of lesser nominal value than is fixed by these Articles;

 

5.2.3. cancel any shares that have not been issued or subscribed for, and decrease the amount of its authorized share capital by the amount of the shares so canceled, subject to any commitment (including a conditional commitment) given by the Company in respect of such shares.

 

5.2.4. reduce its share capital in any manner, and with and subject to any consent required by law.

 

5.3. With respect to any action that may result in fractional shares, the Board may settle any difficulty that may arise with regard thereto as it deems fit, and in connection with any such consolidation or other action that may result in fractional shares may, without limitation:

 

5.3.1. determine, as to the holder of the shares so consolidated, which issued shares shall be consolidated into a share of a larger nominal value per share;

 

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5.3.2. allot, in contemplation of or subsequent to such consolidation or other action, shares or fractional shares sufficient to preclude or remove fractional share holdings;

 

5.3.3. redeem, in the case of redeemable shares and subject to the Companies Law, such shares or fractional shares sufficient to preclude or remove fractional share holdings; or

 

5.3.4. cause the transfer of fractional shares by certain Shareholders to other Shareholders so as most expediently to preclude or remove any fractional share holdings, and cause the transferees of such fractional shares to pay the transferors of such fractional shares the fair value thereof, and the Board is hereby authorized to act in connection with such transfer as agent for the transferors and transferees of any such fractional shares, with full power of substitution, for the purpose of implementing the provisions of this Article 5.3.

 

6. Transfer of Shares

 

6.1. Registration of Transfer

 

6.1.1. No transfer of shares shall be registered in the Register of Shareholders unless one of the following conditions has been met:

 

6.1.1.1. a proper writing or instrument of transfer (in any customary form or any other form satisfactory to the Board) signed by the transferee and the transferor, together with the share certificate(s) and such other evidence of title as the Board may reasonably require, were submitted to the Company, and the relevant provisions in these Articles to effect a transfer of shares have been fully complied with. Until the transferee has been registered in the Register of Shareholders in respect of the shares so transferred, the Company may continue to regard the transferor as the owner thereof.

 

6.1.1.2. the Company received a court order requiring the change in the Register of Shareholders.

 

6.1.1.3. the Company received proof that the legal requirements for the assignment of rights to any Shares were fulfilled.

 

6.1.1.4. the occurrence of a condition that is sufficient, under these Articles, to effect the change in the Register of Shareholders.

 

6.2. Decedent’s Shares

 

6.2.1. 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 6.2.2 have been effectively invoked.

 

6.2.2. 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 order of inheritance (or such other evidence as the Board may reasonably deem sufficient), shall be registered as a Shareholder in respect of such share, or may, subject to the regulations as to transfer herein contained, transfer such share.

 

6.3. Receivers and Liquidators

 

6.3.1. The Company may recognize any receiver, liquidator or similar official appointed to wind up, dissolve or otherwise liquidate a corporate Shareholder, and a trustee, manager, receiver, liquidator or similar official appointed in bankruptcy or in connection with the reorganization of, or similar proceeding with respect to a Shareholder or its properties, as being entitled to the shares registered in the name of such Shareholder.

 

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6.3.2. Such receiver, liquidator or similar official appointed to wind up, dissolve or otherwise liquidate a corporate Shareholder, and such trustee, manager, receiver, liquidator or similar official appointed in bankruptcy or in connection with the reorganization of, or similar proceeding with respect to,a Shareholder or its properties, upon producing such evidence as the Board may deem sufficient as to his authority to act in such capacity or under this Article, shall with the consent of the Board (which the Board may grant or refuse in its absolute discretion) be registered as a Shareholder in respect of such shares, or may, subject to the regulations as to transfer contained in these Articles, transfer such shares.

 

7. Limitation of Liability

 

The liability of each Shareholder shall be limited to the payment of the nominal value of its shares or the subscription price paid for such shares, if greater than the nominal value. If the Company issues shares for consideration that is less than the nominal value of such shares, in accordance with, the terms and conditions set forth in Section 304 of the Companies Law, then the liability of each such Shareholder shall be governed by the terms of Section 304 of the Companies Law.

 

8. Amendments to the Articles

 

The Company may amend these Articles by resolution adopted by the Shareholders by a regular majority of Shareholders present at the General or Special Meeting entitled to vote. The Company shall not amend the Articles in a manner that adversely affects the rights of a Shareholder without obtaining the consent of all Shareholders that are adversely affected by such modification. For the avoidance of doubt, any amendment that affects all the Shareholders in the same manner shall not be deemed to constitute a modification of rights associated with specific shares.

 

9. General Meetings

 

9.1. The Powers of the General Meeting

 

The following matters of the Company shall be decided in a General Meeting of Shareholders:

 

9.1.1. Amendment of these Articles.

 

9.1.2. Exercise of the powers vested in the Board in the event that the Board is unable to exercise such powers, as provided in Section 52(a) of the Companies Law.

 

9.1.3. Appointment and termination of the Company’s auditors.

 

9.1.4. Approval of actions and transactions that are required pursuant to Sections 254 and 255, and 270 through 275, of the Companies Law.

 

9.1.5. Increase and reduction of the authorized share capital of the Company in accordance with Sections 286 and 287 of the Companies Law.

 

9.1.6. Approval of a merger in accordance with Section 320(a) of the Companies Law.

 

9.1.7. Discussion of the financial statements at an Annual Meeting (as defined below).

 

9.1.8. Appointment of Outside Directors in accordance with Section 239(b) of the Companies Law.

 

9.2. Annual Meetings and Special Meetings

 

9.2.1. An Annual General Meeting shall be held at least once in every calendar year (within a period of not more than 15 months after the last preceding Annual General Meeting), at such time and at such place as determined by the Board. Such Annual General Meetings shall be referred to as “Annual Meetings”. Any other Shareholders meetings shall be referred to as “Special Meetings”.

 

9.2.2. The agenda at an Annual Meeting shall include a discussion of the annual financial statements of the Company and of the report submitted by the Board that shall include explanations concerning the various events that had an influence on the financial statements.

 

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9.3. Convening a General Meeting

 

9.3.1. The Board may, whenever it thinks fit, convene a Special Meeting, at such time and place as may be determined by the Board, and shall be obliged to do so upon the receipt of a written request from (i) either 2 directors or 25% of the directors then in office, (ii) a Shareholder or group of Shareholders that holds at least 5% of the issued and outstanding shares of the Company and at least 1% of the voting rights in the Company, or a Shareholder or group of Shareholders that holds at least 5% of the voting rights in the Company, as provided in Section 63 of the Companies Law.

 

9.3.2. Notice of a General Meeting shall be delivered to Shareholders entitled to receive such notice in the manner and to the extent required by the Companies Law and any regulations promulgated thereunder. The Company shall make copies of its annual financial statements available for inspection by the Shareholders at the principal offices of the Company. The Company shall not be required to send copies of its annual financial statements to Shareholders, except upon request.

 

9.3.3. The accidental omission to give notice of a meeting to any Shareholder or Shareholders, or the non-receipt of notice sent to such Shareholder, shall not invalidate the proceedings at such meeting.

 

9.4. Proceedings at a General Meeting

 

9.4.1. The Agenda: The agenda for a General Meeting shall be determined by the Board, and shall include (i) in the case of a Special Meeting, the matters for which the Special Meeting was convened pursuant to Section 63 of the Companies Law, and (ii) matters requested by a Shareholder or Shareholders holding not less than (1%) of the voting rights in the General Meeting, provided that such proposed matter is appropriate for discussion in a General Meeting. Only resolutions on matters that are specified in the agenda shall be adopted at such Special Meeting.

 

9.4.2. Quorum:

 

9.4.2.1. No business shall be transacted at a General Meeting unless a legal quorum is present, and no resolution may be passed unless a legal quorum is present at the time such resolution is voted upon.

 

9.4.2.2. In the absence of a contrary provision in these Articles or in the Companies Law, two or more Shareholders, present in person or by proxy and holding shares conferring in the aggregate at least one third of the outstanding voting power of the Company shall constitute a legal quorum at General Meetings.

 

9.4.2.3. If within half an hour from the time scheduled for a General Meeting a legal quorum is not present, the meeting shall be adjourned to the same day in the next week, at the same time and place, or to such other day and at such other time and other place as the Board may determine in a notice to the Shareholders. If within half an hour from the time scheduled for the adjourned meeting a legal quorum is not present, then any two Shareholders entitled to vote, present in person or by proxy, shall constitute a legal quorum for such adjourned meeting and shall be entitled to resolve any matters on the agenda of the meeting.

 

9.4.3. Chairman: The Chairman of the Board shall preside at every General Meeting of the Company and shall be appointed as the Chairman of the General Meeting. If a Chairman of the Board was not appointed, or if the Chairman of the Board is not present within 15 minutes after the time scheduled for the meeting or is unwilling to take the chair, the Shareholders present shall choose someone of their number to be the chairman of such meeting. The office of Chairman of a General Meeting shall not, by itself, entitle the holder to vote at any General Meeting nor shall it grant him a second or casting vote (without derogating, however, from the right of such Chairman to vote as a shareholder or proxy of a shareholder if, in fact, he is also a shareholder or such proxy).

 

9.4.4. Power to Adjourn: 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 that might lawfully have been transacted at the meeting as originally called.

 

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9.4.5. Voting Power: Every matter submitted to the General Meeting shall be decided by a vote. Any vote in a General Meeting shall be conducted in accordance with the voting rights that each Shareholder is entitled to in accordance with the number of shares granting voting rights that are held by such Shareholder.

 

9.4.6. Adoption of Resolutions at General Meetings: Subject to the provisions of the Companies Law and to Article 8 above, a resolution proposed at any General Meeting shall be deemed adopted if approved by a majority of the voting shares represented at such meeting in person or by proxy. A declaration by the Chairman of the General Meeting that a resolution has been carried unanimously, or carried by a particular majority, or defeated, 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.

 

9.5. Resolutions in Writing.

 

A resolution in writing signed by the Shareholders holding at such time all the issued shares having the right to vote at General Meetings, or to which all such Shareholders had agreed to in writing (by letter, telegram, email, telex, facsimile or otherwise), shall have the same force, for any purpose whatsoever, as if unanimously adopted by a General Meeting duly convened and held.

 

9.6. Voting Rights and Proxies

 

9.6.1. No Shareholder shall be entitled to vote in any General Meeting (or be counted as a part of the quorum) unless he fully paid any amounts due, whether with or without any demand for payment for his shares.

 

9.6.2. In the absence of contrary provisions in these Articles or in any condition or term annexed to any shares of any class, each Shareholder participating in a General Meeting shall have one vote for each share giving a right to vote in a General Meeting that is held by such Shareholder.

 

9.6.3. If two or more persons are registered as joint holders of any share, the vote of the person first registered in the Register of Shareholders shall be accepted to the exclusion of the vote(s) of the other joint holder(s).

 

9.6.4. A company or other corporate body being a Shareholder of the Company may duly authorize any person to be its representative at any General Meeting or to authorize or deliver a proxy on its behalf. Any person so authorized shall be entitled to exercise on behalf of such Shareholder all the power that the latter could have exercised if it were a natural person. Upon the request of the Chairman of the meeting, written evidence of such authorization (in form acceptable to the Chairman of the meeting) shall be delivered to him.

 

9.6.5. Any Shareholder entitled to vote may vote either in person or by ballot, as provided in Sections 87 to 89 of the Companies Law or by proxy (and the proxy need not be a Shareholder) or, if the Shareholder is a company or other corporate body, by a representative authorized pursuant to Article 9.6.4. The Board of Directors may determine, in its discretion, the matters that may be voted upon by ballot, in accordance with Section 87(a)(4) of the Companies Law.

 

9.6.6. Instrument of Appointment: An 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 Shareholder of Cyren Ltd. hereby appoint

 

_______________________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 _____________, ______ and at any adjournment(s) thereof.

 

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Signed this ______ day of _______, _______,

     
    (Signature of Appointer)”

 

or in any usual or common form or in such other form as may be approved by the Board. Such proxy shall be duly signed by the appointor or such person’s duly authorized attorney or, if such appointor 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) in accordance with its constitutional documents.

 

9.6.7. 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 principal place of business or at the offices of its registrar or transfer agent, or at such place as the Board may specify) not less than 24 hours 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 General Meeting. An instrument appointing a proxy that is not limited in time shall expire 12 months after the date of its execution. If the appointment shall be for a specified period, whether in excess of 12 months or not, the instrument shall be valid for the period stated therein.

 

9.6.8. A vote cast in accordance with an instrument appointing a proxy shall be valid despite the prior death or bankruptcy of the appointing Shareholder (or of his attorney-in-fact, if any, who signed such instrument), or the transfer of the share in respect of which the vote is cast, unless written notice of such matters shall have been received by the Company or by the Chairman of such General Meeting prior to such vote being cast.

 

9.6.9. An instrument appointing a proxy shall be deemed revoked (i) upon receipt by the Company of an instrument or written notice signed by the person who signed such instrument or by the Shareholder appointing such proxy canceling the appointment thereunder (or the authority pursuant to which such instrument was signed) or of an instrument appointing a different proxy, provided such notice of cancellation or instrument appointing a different proxy were so received at the place and within the time for delivery of the instrument revoked thereby as referred to in Article 9.6.7, or (ii) if the appointing Shareholder is present in person at the meeting for which such instrument of proxy was delivered, upon receipt by the Chairman of such meeting of written notice from such Shareholder of the revocation of such appointment, or if and when such Shareholder votes at such meeting. A vote cast in accordance with an instrument appointing a proxy shall be valid despite the revocation or purported cancellation of the appointment, or the presence in person or vote of the appointing Shareholder at a meeting for which it was rendered, unless such instrument of appointment was deemed revoked in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this Article 9.6.9 at or prior to the time such vote was cast.

 

10. The Board of Directors

 

10.1. Number of Directors

 

The Board shall be comprised of up to eleven (11) directors, including the outside directors (to the extent applicable).

 

10.2. Election and Removal of Directors

 

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 10.8 hereof, and with respect to a Director appointed pursuant to Article 10.4 hereof subject to such Article, until the Annual General Meeting next following the Annual General Meeting or General Meeting at which such Director was elected pursuant to this Article or Article 10.4 hereof and until his successor is elected, or until his earlier removal pursuant to this Article 10.2. The holders of a majority of the voting power represented at a General Meeting in person or by proxy and voting thereon at such meeting shall be entitled to remove any Director(s) from office, to elect Directors instead of Directors so removed or to fill any vacancy, however created (including any position to which a director was not elected), in the Board. In the case of an outside director or any other director for whom the Companies Law prescribes a different method of election or removal from that specified above, the provisions of the Companies Law shall govern.

 

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10.3. Qualification of Directors

 

No person or entity shall be disqualified to serve as a director or an Alternate Director by reason of his not holding shares in the Company or by reason of his having served as a director in the past.

 

10.4. Continuing Directors in the Event of Vacancies

 

In the event of one or more vacancies in the Board of Directors, the remaining Directors may continue to act in every matter and, pending the filling of any vacancy pursuant to the provisions of Article 10.2, may appoint Directors to fill any such vacancy temporarily; provided, however, that if they number less than a majority of the number determined pursuant to Article 10.1 of these Articles, they may act only in an emergency or to fill the office of Director that has become vacant up to the minimum number or in order to 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 determined pursuant to Article 10.1 are in office as a result of such meeting.

 

10.5. Remuneration of Directors

 

A Director shall be paid remuneration by the Company for his services as a Director, to the extent such remuneration shall have been approved by a General Meeting of the Company.

 

10.6. Conflict of Interests

 

Subject to the provisions of the Companies Law, no Director shall be disqualified by virtue of his office from holding any office or relationship of profit with the Company or with any company in which the Company shall be a shareholder or have another interest, or from contracting with the Company as vendor, purchaser or otherwise, nor shall any such contract, or any contract or arrangement entered into by or on behalf of the Company in which any Director shall in any way be interested, be avoided, nor, other than as required under the Companies Law, shall any Director be liable to account to the Company for any profit arising from any such office or relationship of profit or realized from such contract or arrangement by reason only of such Director’s holding that office or of the fiduciary relations thereby established, but the nature of his interest, as well as any material fact or document, must be disclosed by him at the meeting of the Board of Directors at which the contract or arrangement is first considered, if his interest then exists, or in any other case no later than the first meeting of the Board of Directors after the acquisition of his interest.

 

10.7. Alternate Directors

 

10.7.1. A Director may, by written notice to the Company given in the manner set forth in Article 10.7.2 below, appoint any individual (whether or not such person is then a member of the Board of Directors) as an alternate for himself (in these Articles referred to as an “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. 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 all purposes, and for a period of time, concurrent with the term of the appointing Director.

 

10.7.2. Any notice to the Company pursuant to Article 10.7.1 shall be given in person to, or by sending the same by mail to the attention of, the Chairman of the Board of the Company at the principal office of the Company or to such other person or place as the Board shall have determined for such purpose, and shall become effective on the date fixed therein, or upon the receipt thereof by the Company at the place specified above, whichever is later.

 

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10.7.3. An Alternate Director shall have all the rights and obligations of a director; provided, however, that (i) an Alternate Director shall have no standing at any meeting of the Board or any Committee of the Board while the director for whom such Alternate Director was appointed is present; (ii) he may not in turn appoint an alternate for himself (unless the instrument appointing him otherwise expressly provides); and (iii) the Alternate Director is not entitled to remuneration.

 

10.7.4. The office of an Alternate Director shall be vacated under the circumstances, mutatis mutandis, set forth in Article 10.8, and such office shall ipso facto be vacated if the director for whom the Alternate Director was appointed ceases to be a director.

 

10.8. Termination of Office

 

Without derogating from any law, the office of a director shall automatically be vacated, ipso facto, prior the end of the term of his appointment upon the following:

 

10.8.1. Upon resignation, which shall become effective on the date a written notice of such resignation is delivered to the Company, or a later date specified in the notice.

 

10.8.2. If convicted of a felony, as provided in Section 232 of the Companies Law.

 

10.8.3. Pursuant to a court’s decision, as provided in Section 233 of the Companies Law.

 

10.8.4. Upon death or when declared bankrupt.

 

10.8.5. If he be found lunatic or becomes of unsound mind.

 

10.8.6. At the time of giving notice pursuant to Section 227A or 245A of the Companies Law.

 

10.8.7. If he is removed from his office by way of a resolution, adopted by the General Meeting, even prior to the completion of his term of office.

 

10.8.8. If his term is terminated by the Board in accordance with the provisions of Section 231 of the Companies Law.

 

10.9. No Corporate Director

 

A corporation will not be qualified to act as a director.

 

10.10. Chairman of the Board of Directors

 

The Board may from time to time elect one of its members to be Chairman of the Board, remove such Chairman from office, and appoint another in his place. The Chairman of the Board shall preside at everymeeting of the Board, but if there is no such Chairman, or if at any meeting the Chairman is not present within 15 minutes after the time fixed for holding the meeting or is unwilling to act as Chairman, the Directors present shall choose someone of their number to be chairman of such meeting. The Chairman will not have any casting or additional vote by reason of his position as Chairman of the Board.

 

10.11. Powers of the Board and Delegation of Powers

 

10.11.1. The determination of the policy of the business of the Company and the supervision on the performance of the General Manager of the Company shall be vested in the Board, which may exercise all such powers and do all such acts and things as the Company is authorized to exercise and do and which are not required by law or these Articles to be done by the Company by action of its Shareholders at a General Meeting. The authority conferred on the Board by this Article shall be subject to the provisions of the Companies Law, these Articles and any resolution consistent with these Articles adopted from time to time by the Company at a General Meeting; provided, however, that no such resolution shall invalidate any prior act done by or pursuant to a decision of the Board that would have been valid if such resolution had not been adopted.

 

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10.11.2. Subject to the provisions of the Companies Law, the Board 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 deems 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 deems fit, and may also authorize any such attorney to delegate all or any of the powers, authorities and discretions vested in him.

 

10.12. Proceedings of the Board

 

10.12.1. Meetings

 

10.12.1.1. The Board may meet and adjourn its meetings and otherwise regulate such meetings and proceedings in accordance with the Company’s needs; provided, however, that the Board must meet at least once every 3 months.

 

10.12.1.2. The Chairman of the Board may convene a meeting of the Board at any time, and shall be required to convene a meeting to be held not later than 14 days following a request by any Director of the Company; provided, that in the event that a meeting is convened under the circumstances described in Section 122(d), 169 or 257 of the Companies Law, the meeting of the Board shall be convened without delay.

 

Notice of any such meeting shall be given by telephone or by mail, email, telex, telegram or facsimile or other form of electronic communication, a reasonable time before the meeting.

 

10.12.2. Failure to Deliver Notices: Despite anything to the contrary in these Articles, failure to deliver notice to a Director of any such meeting may be waived by such Director, and a meeting shall be deemed to have been duly convened despite such defective notice if such failure or defect is waived prior to action being taken at such meeting by all Directors entitled to participate and vote in such meeting to whom notice was not duly given.

 

10.12.3. Board Meetings by Means of Telecommunication: A meeting of the Board may be conducted by using any communication device, provided that all directors participating in such meeting can simultaneously hear each other.

 

10.12.4. Quorum: No business shall be transacted at a meeting of the Board unless the requisite legal quorum is present (by means provided under Articles 10.12.3) when the meeting proceeds to business. Until otherwise decided by the Board, a legal quorum at a meeting of the Board shall beconstituted by the presence (by means provided under Article 10.12.4) of a majority of the number of directors then in office.

 

10.12.5. Exercise of Powers of the Board: A resolution proposed at any meeting of the Board shall be deemed adopted if approved by a majority of the Directors present when such resolution is put to a vote and voting thereon.

 

10.12.6. The Agenda: The agenda for a meeting of the Board shall be determined by the Chairman of the Board, and shall include matters determined by the Chairman of the Board, matters for which a meeting of the Board was convened pursuant to Article 10.12.1.2, and any matter requested by a director or the General Manager at least 3 days before the meeting.

 

10.13. Resolutions in Writing

 

A resolution in writing signed all the directors then in office and lawfully entitled to vote thereon, or to which all the directors have given their written consent (by letter, email, telegram, telex, facsimile or otherwise) shall be deemed to have been unanimously adopted by a meeting of the Board duly convened and held.

 

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10.14. Audit Committee

 

10.14.1. The Board shall appoint an Audit Committee that shall be composed of at least three members of the Board. All outside directors of the Company shall be members of the Audit Committee and the majority of the Audit Committee members will be independent directors (as such term is defined in the Companies Law). The Chairman of the Board, any director that is employed by the Company or who provides the Company with services on a regular basis, and any controlling shareholder (or a relative of a controlling shareholder) may not be members of the Audit Committee.

 

10.14.2. The Audit Committee shall have the duties set forth in Section 117 of the Companies Law.

 

10.14.3. Approval by the majority of the members of the Audit Committee shall be deemed approval of the Audit Committee.

 

10.15. Committees of the Board

 

10.15.1. Subject to the provisions of the Companies Law, the Board may delegate any or all of its powers to committees, each consisting of two or more persons who are 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”) shall, in the exercise of the powers so delegated, conform to any regulations imposed on it by the Board. The meetings and proceedings of any such Committee of the Board shall, mutatis mutandis, be governed by the provisions of these Articles that regulate the meetings of the Board. Unless otherwise expressly provided by the Board in delegating powers to a Committee of the Board, such Committee shall not be empowered to further delegate such powers.

 

10.15.2. The Board may revoke any resolution of any Committee of the Board; provided, however, that any such revocation shall not detract from the validity of any transaction entered into with a person that did not know of such revocation.

 

10.16. Validity of Acts Despite Defects

 

Subject to the provisions of the Companies Law, all acts done bona fide at any meeting of the Board, or of a Committee of the Board, or by any person(s) acting as Director(s), shall, even if it is subsequently discovered that there was some defect in the appointment of the participants in such meeting 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.

 

11. General Manager

 

11.1. The Board shall from time to time appoint one or more persons, whether or not Directors, as General Manager or General Managers, and may confer upon such person(s), and from time to time modify, or revoke such title(s) and such duties and authorities as the Board may deem fit, subject to such limitations and restrictions as the Board 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 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, her or their salaries and emoluments, remove or dismiss such persons from office and appoint another or others in their place.

 

11.2. Unless otherwise determined by the Board, the General Manager shall have the authority with respect to the day to day management of the Company in the ordinary course of business, in the framework of, and subject to, the policy, guidelines and instructions of the Board from time to time.

 

11.3. The General Manager shall have all the management and implementation authorities that are not expressly delegated in the Articles or by the Companies Law, to another organ of the Company, and will be subject to the supervision of the Board.

 

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11.4. The General Manager may, with the consent of the Board, delegate certain of his duties to another person who is subject to his supervision.

 

11.5. The General Manager shall notify the Chairman of the Board of any unusual event that is material to the Company; if the office of Chairman of the Board is vacant, or the Chairman of the Board refuses or is unable to act, such notification shall be made to all the Directors then in office.

 

11.6. The General Manager shall periodically furnish the Board with reports in matters, times and format determined by the Board from time to time. When a notification or report of the General Manager require the performance of an action by the Board, then a Board meeting shall be convened without delay.

 

11.7. The remuneration payable to the General Manager for his services shall be fixed from time to time (subject to any contract between the General Manager and the Company) by the Board, and may be fixed as a regular salary, commission on dividends, profits or revenues of the Company or of any other company in which the Company has an interest, or by participation in the Company’s profits, combined or separately.

 

12. Register of Shareholders

 

The Company shall maintain a Register of Shareholders in which the following shall be recorded:

 

12.1. The name, identification card number (if any) and address of every Shareholder, as such details were provided to the Company;

 

12.2. The number of shares and the particular class of Shares owned by each Shareholder, noting the nominal value of such shares, if applicable, and in case the payment for any shares was not fully satisfied, the unpaid amount.

 

12.3. The date on which the shares were issued or transferred to any Shareholder, as the case may be.

 

12.4. If the shares were serially numbered, the Company will note next to the name of each Shareholder the serial numbers of the shares held by such Shareholder.

 

12.5. As for “Dormant Shares” (as defined in Section 308 of the Companies Law), if any, the Register of Shareholders shall state the exact number of Dormant Shares and the date on which such shares became “Dormant Shares”.

 

12.6. A Shareholder holding shares as a trustee shall be recorded in the Register of Shareholder with a note of the trusteeship, and the Company shall be entitled to treat such person as the Shareholder in all respects.

 

12.7. The details of the Company’s nominee company (hevralerishumim), to the extent the Company chooses to include it in the Register of Shareholders.

 

13. Auditors

 

13.1. The Company shall appoint one or more certified public accountants to audit, and provide a report on, the annual financial statements of the Company (the “Auditors”).

 

13.2. The appointment, authorities, duties, responsibilities, rights, remuneration and powers of the Auditors shall be fixed by applicable law and under these Articles. The General Meeting shall have the power to appoint the Auditors for the maximum time period provided under the Companies Law.

 

13.3. The Board shall cause accurate books of account to be kept in accordance with the provisions of any applicable law. Such books of account shall be kept at the principal office of the Company, or at such other place or places as the Board may deem fit, and they shall always be open to inspection by all Directors.

 

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14. Share Certificates

 

14.1. Share certificates shall be issued under the corporate seal of the Company (or facsimile thereof) and shall bear the signature (or facsimile thereof) of two Directors, or the signatures of a Director and the secretary of the Company, specifically authorized by the Board for this purpose.

 

14.2. Each Shareholder shall be entitled to one numbered certificate for all the shares of any class registered in his name, and if the Board 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.

 

14.3. A share certificate registered in the names of two or more persons shall be delivered to the person first named in the Register of Shareholders in respect of such co-ownership.

 

14.4. A share certificate that has been defaced, lost or destroyed may be replaced, and the Company shall issue a new certificate to replace such defaced, lost or destroyed certificate upon payment of such fee, and upon the furnishing of such evidence of ownership and such indemnity, as the Board in its discretion deems fit.

 

15. Registered Holder

 

Except as otherwise provided in these Articles, the Company shall be entitled to treat the registered holder of each 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 obligated to recognize any equitable or other claim to, or interest in, such share on the part of any other person.

 

16. Calls on Shares

 

16.1. The Board may, from time to time, as it in its discretion deems fit, make calls for payment upon Shareholders in respect of any sum that has not been paid up in respect of shares held by such Shareholder and which is not, pursuant to the terms of allotment or issuance of such shares or otherwise, payable at a fixed time. Each Shareholder 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) designated by the Board, as any such time(s) may subsequently be extended or such person(s) or place(s) changed. Unless otherwise stipulated in the resolution of the Board (and in the notice referred to below), each payment in response to a call shall be deemed to constitutea pro rata payment on account of all the shares of the Shareholder making payment in respect of which such call was made.

 

16.2. Notice of any call for payment by a Shareholder shall be given in writing to such Shareholder not less than 14 days prior to the time of payment fixed in such notice, and shall specify the time and place of payment, and the person to whom such payment is to be made. Prior to the time for any such payment fixed in a notice of a call given to a member, the Board may in its absolute discretion, by notice in writing to such Shareholder, revoke such call in whole or in part, extend the time fixed for payment of such call or designate a different place of payment or person to whom payment is to be made. In the event of a call payable in installments, only one notice thereof need be given.

 

16.3. If pursuant to the terms of allotment or issuance of a share, or otherwise, an amount is made payable at a fixed time (whether on account of such share or by way of premium), such amount shall be payable at such time as if it were payable by virtue of a call made by the Board of Directors and for which notice was given in accordance with this Article, and the provisions of these Articles with regard to calls (and the non-payment thereof) shall be applicable to such amount (and the non-payment thereof).

 

16.4. Joint holders of a share shall be jointly and severally liable to pay all calls for payment in respect of such share and all interest payable thereon.

 

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16.5. Any amount called for payment that is not paid when due shall bear interest from the date fixed for payment until actual payment, at such rate (not exceeding the legal rate under any applicable law) and payable at such time(s) as the Board may prescribe. The Board may waive any payment of such interest under this Article.

 

16.6. With the consent of the Board, any Shareholder may pay to the Company any amount not yet payable in respect of his shares, and the Board may approve the payment by the Company 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. The Board 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 shall derogate from the right of the Board to make any call for payment before or after receipt by the Company of any such advance.

 

17. Forfeiture and Surrender

 

17.1. If any Shareholder fails to pay an amount payable by virtue of a call, or interest thereon as provided for in accordance with these Articles, on or before the day fixed for payment of the same, the Board may at any time after the day fixed for such payment, so long as such amount or any portion thereof remains unpaid, forfeit all or any of the shares in respect of which such payment was called for. All expenses incurred by the Company in attempting to collect any such amount or interest thereon, including without limitation attorney’s fees and costs of legal proceedings, 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.

 

17.2. Upon the adoption of a resolution as to the forfeiture of a Shareholder’s shares, the Board shall cause notice thereof to be given to such Shareholder, which notice shall state that, in the event of the failure to pay the entire amount so payable by a date specified in the notice (which date shall be not less than 14 days after the date such notice is given and which may be extended by the Board), such shares shall ipso facto be forfeited; provided, however that prior to such date the Board may nullify such resolution of forfeiture, but no such nullification shall estop the Board from adopting a further resolution of forfeiture in respect of the non-payment of the same amount.

 

17.3. Without derogating from any of the provisions of this Article 17, whenever shares are forfeited as herein provided, all dividends, if any, theretofore declared in respect thereof and not actually paid, shall be deemed to have been forfeited at the same time.

 

17.4. 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 deems fit. From the date of forfeiture until the date such forfeited shares are sold, re-allotted or otherwise disposed of, such forfeited shares shall be deemed “Dormant Shares” as defined in Section 308 of the Companies Law.

 

17.5. Any Shareholder whose shares have been forfeited or surrendered shall cease to be a Shareholder in respect of the forfeited or surrendered shares, but shall nonetheless be liable to pay, and shall promptly 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 this Article 17, and the Board, in its discretion, may enforce the payment of such moneys or any part thereof. In the event of such forfeiture or surrender, the Company, by resolution of the Board, may accelerate the date(s) of payment of any or all amounts then owing to the Company by the Shareholder in question (but not yet due) in respect of all shares owned by such Shareholder, solely or jointly with another.

 

17.6. The Board 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 deems fit, but no such nullification shall estop the Board from re-exercising its powers of forfeiture pursuant to this Article 17.

 

17.7. If pursuant to the terms of allotment or issuance of a share, or otherwise, an amount is made payable at a fixed time (whether on account of such share or by way of premium), such amount shall be payable at such time as if it were payable by virtue of a call made by the Board and for which notice was given in accordance with this Article, and the provisions of these Article shall be applicable to such amount as if a call was given at the date fixed for payment.

 

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17.8. Except to the extent that 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 Shareholder (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 obligations to the Company arising from any amount payable by such Shareholder in respect of any unpaid or partly paid share, whether or not such debt, liability or obligation has matured. Such lien shall extend to all dividends from time to time declared or paid 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 any lien existing on such shares immediately prior to such transfer.

 

17.9. The Board may cause the Company to sell a share subject to such a lien when the debt, liability or obligation giving rise to such lien has matured, in such manner as the Board deems fit, but no such sale shall be made unless such debt, liability or obligation has not been satisfied within 14 days after written notice of the intention to sell shall have been served on such Shareholder, his executors or administrators.

 

17.10. 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 obligations of such Shareholder in respect of such share (whether or not the same have matured), and any residue shall be paid to the Shareholder, his executors, administrators or assigns.

 

17.11. Upon any sale of a share after forfeiture or surrender or for enforcing a lien, the Board may appoint any person to execute an instrument of transfer of the share so sold and cause the purchaser’s name to be entered in the Register of Shareholders in respect of such share. The purchaser shall be registered as the shareholder and shall not be bound to see to the regularity of the sale proceedings or to the application of the proceeds of such sale, and after his name has been entered in the Register of Shareholders in respect of such share, the validity of the sale shall not beimpeached by any person, and the remedy of any person aggrieved by the sale shall be in damages only and against the Company exclusively.

 

18. Insurance, Indemnification and Exculpation

 

The Company may insure, indemnify and exculpate its Office Holders (as such term is defined in the Companies Law) to the fullest extent permitted by law, from time to time. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing:

 

18.1. Subject to the provisions of the Companies Law, the Company may enter into a contract for the insurance of its Office Holders, for actions or omissions done in their capacity as Office Holders, in whole or in part, against any of the following:

 

18.1.1. breach of the duty of care owed to the Company or a third party;

 

18.1.2. breach of the fiduciary duty owed to the Company, provided that the Office Holder acted in good faith and had reasonable grounds to believe that his action would not harm the Company’s interests;

 

18.1.3. monetary liability imposed on the Office Holder in favor of a third party; and

 

18.1.4. reasonable litigation expenses, including attorney fees, incurred by the Office Holder as a result of an administrative enforcement proceeding instituted against him. Without derogating from the generality of the foregoing, such expenses will include a payment imposed on the Office Holder in favor of an injured party as set forth in Section 52(54)(a)(1)(a) of the Israel Securities Law, 5728-1968, as amended (the “Securities Law”), 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, including reasonable legal expenses, which term includes attorney fees.

 

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18.2. Subject to the provisions of the Companies Law, the Company is entitled retroactively to indemnify any Office Holder, or provide a prior undertaking to indemnify an Office Holder to the fullest extent permitted by law, where such prior undertaking is limited to categories of events that the Board believes are foreseeable in light of the Company’s activities on the date of grant of the undertaking to indemnify, and to an amount or in accordance with guidelines determined by the Board to be reasonable in the circumstances (and such undertaking includes the categories of events that the Board believes are foreseeable in light of the Company’s activities on the date of grant of the undertaking to indemnify and to an amount or in accordance with guidelines determined by the Board to be reasonable in the circumstances), for any of the following events:

 

18.2.1. monetary liability imposed on an Office Holder in favor of a third party in a judgment, including a settlement or an arbitral award confirmed by a court, for an act that such Office Holder performed by virtue of his being an Office Holder of the Company;

 

18.2.2. reasonable legal costs, including attorney’s fees, expended by an Office Holder as a result of i) an investigation or proceeding instituted against the Office Holder by a competent authority, provided that such investigation or proceeding concludes without the filing of an indictment against the Office Holder and either (A) no financial liability was imposed on the Office Holder in lieu of criminal proceedings, or (B) financial liability was imposed on the Office Holder in lieu of criminal proceedings but the alleged criminal offense does not require proof of criminal intent and ii) in connection with an administrative enforcement proceeding or a financial sanction. Without derogating from the generality of the foregoing, such expenses will include a payment imposed on the Office Holder in favor of an injured party as set forth in Section 52(54)(a)(1)(a) of the Securities Law, 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, including reasonable legal expenses, which term includes attorney fees; and

 

18.2.3. reasonable costs of litigation, including attorney’s fees, expended by an Office Holder or for which an Office Holder has been charged by a court, in an action brought against the Office Holder by or on behalf of the Company or a third party, or in a criminal action in which an Office Holder was found innocent, or in a criminal offense in which an Office Holder was convicted and in which a proof of criminal intent is not required.

 

18.2.4. for any other liability, obligation or expense indemnifiable or which may from time to time be indemnifiable by law.

 

18.3. Subject to the provisions of the Companies Law, the Company may exculpate an Office Holder in advance from liability, or any part of liability, for damages sustained by a breach of duty of care to the Company.

 

18.4. The provisions of Article 18 are not intended, and shall not be interpreted, to restrict the Company in any manner in respect of the procurement of insurance or in respect of indemnification (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, 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 or the provision of any such indemnification shall be approved by the Board and, to the extent required pursuant to the Companies Law, the Shareholders.

 

18.5. Any amendment to the Companies Law, the Securities Law or any other applicable law, statute or rule adversely affecting the right of any Office Holder to be indemnified or insured pursuant to Article 18 shall be prospective in effect, and shall not affect the Company’s obligation or ability to indemnify or insure an Office Holder for any act or omission occurring prior to such amendment, unless otherwise provided by the Companies Law, the Securities Law or such other applicable law, statute or rule.

 

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19. Dividends

 

19.1. No dividend shall be paid otherwise than in accordance with Chapter 2 of Part 7 of the Companies Law.

 

19.2. Subject to the rights of Shareholders as to dividends, any dividend paid by the Company shall be allocated among the Shareholders entitled thereto, in proportion to the sums paid up or credited as paid up on account of the nominal value of their respective holdings of the shares in respect of which such dividend is being paid without taking into account the premium paid up for the shares. The amount paid up on account of a share that has not yet been called for payment or fallen due for payment and upon which the Company pays interest to the shareholder shall not be deemed, for the purposes of this Article, to be a sum paid on account of the share.

 

19.3. Subject to the provisions of Section 303 of the Companies Law, no dividend shall be paid otherwise than out of the Profits of the Company, as defined in Section 302(b) of the Companies Law.

 

19.4. No dividend shall carry interest as against the Company.

 

19.5. Subject to the provisions of these Articles and the Companies Law, the Company may cause any moneys, investments or other assets forming part of the undivided distributable profits of the Company 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.

 

19.6. For the purpose of giving full effect to any resolution under this Article 19, the Board may settle any difficulty that may arise in regard to the distribution as it deems 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 Shareholders upon the basis of the valueso 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.

 

19.7. Without derogating from this Article 19, the Board may give an instruction that shall prevent the distribution of a dividend to the holders of shares on which the full nominal amount has not been paid up.

 

19.8. The Board may retain any dividend or other moneys payable or property distributable in respect of shares on which the Company has a lien, and may apply the same in or toward satisfaction of the debts, liabilities or obligations in respect of which the lien exists.

 

19.9. The Board may retain any dividend or other moneys payable or property distributable in respect of a share in respect of which any person is, under Article 6.2 or Article 6.3, entitled to become a Shareholder, or which any person is, under such Articles, entitled to transfer, until such person shall become a Shareholder in respect of such share or shall transfer the same.

 

20. Minutes

 

20.1. Minutes of each General Meeting, of each meeting of the Board and of each meeting of a Committee of the Board shall be recorded and duly entered in books provided for that purpose, and shall be maintained by the Company at its principal office or such other place as shall be determined by the Board. Such minutes shall, in all events, set forth the name of the persons at the meeting and all resolutions adopted at the meeting.

 

20.2. Any such minutes, if purporting to be signed by the chairman of the meeting or by the chairman of the next succeeding meeting, shall constitute prima facie evidence of the matters recorded therein.

 

21. Charitable Contributions

 

To the extent permitted by the Companies Law, the Company may elect to contribute reasonable amounts to worthy causes.

 

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22. Notices

 

22.1. Any written notice or other document may be served by the Company upon any Shareholder either personally or by sending it by prepaid mail (airmail if sent internationally) addressed to such Shareholder’s address as it appears in the Register of Shareholders or such other address as he may have designated in writing for the receipt of notices and other documents, provided however that the Board may resolve that any such address must be located within the State of Israel.

 

22.2. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, notice by the Company of a General Meeting which is published in at least two daily newspapers in the State of Israel within the time otherwise required for giving notice of such meeting under Article 9.3.2 hereof and containing the information required to be set forth in such notice under such Article shall be deemed to be a notice of such meeting duly given, for purposes of these Articles, to any Shareholder whose address as registered in the Register of Shareholders is located in the State of Israel.

 

22.3. Any written notice or other document may be served by any Shareholder 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 internationally) to the Company at its principal office. Any such notice or other document shall be deemed to have been served when actually tendered if hand delivered, or 48 hours (7 business days if sent internationally) after it has been posted (or when actually received by the addressee if sooner). Notice sent by telegram, telex, facsimile or e-mail shall be deemed to have been served when actually received by the addressee. A notice that is defectively addressed or that otherwisefails to comply with the provisions of this Article 22.3 shall nevertheless be deemed to have been served if and when actually received by the addressee.

 

22.4. All notices to be given to the Shareholders shall, with respect to any share to which such persons are jointly entitled, be given to whichever of such persons is named first in the Register of Shareholders, and any notice so given shall be sufficient notice to all the holders of such share.

 

22.5. Any Shareholder whose address is not listed in the Register of Shareholders, and who shall not have designated in writing an address for the delivery of notices, shall not be entitled to receive any notice from the Company.

 

22.6. Notwithstanding any other contrary provision of these Articles, the Board may fix a date, not exceeding forty (40) days prior to the date of any General Meeting, as the date as of which shareholders entitled to notice of and to vote at such meetings shall be determined, and all persons who were holders of record of voting shares on such date shall be entitled to notice of and to vote at such meeting.

 

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Exhibit 5.1

 

 

 

Yigal Arnon (1929-2014)

Dror Vigdor

Amalia Meshi

Amnon Lorch

Hagai Shmueli

Barry Levenfeld

David H. Schapiro

Hagit Bavly

Orna Sasson

Barak Tal

Shiri Shaham

Doron Tamir

Daniel Abarbanel

David Osborne

Gil Oren

Ronit Amir Yaniv

Orly Tsioni

Mordehai Baicz

Barak Platt

Benjamin Horef

Yoran Gill

Asaf Eylon

Daniel Marcovici

Adrian Daniels

Yuval Shalheveth

Jacob Ben Chitrit

Peter Sugarman

Ben Sandler

Boaz Fiel

Joeri Kreisberg

Simon Weintraub

Ruth Loven

Yarom Romem

Adam Spruch

Yuval Bargil

Eliran Furman
Eran Lempert

Ofir Levy
Daniel Green

Hanital Belinson

Yoheved Novogroder
Oren Roth
Dror Varsano

Odelia Sidi

Shira Lahat

Micki Shapira

Eran Zach

Ido Chitman

Aner Hefetz

David Akrish

Nir Rosner

Assaf Mesica

Liron Hacohen

Guy Fuhrer

Ezra Gross

David Roness

Eli Greenbaum

Lee Maor
Nimrod Vromen

Guy Sagiv

Shani Rapoport

Lior Gelbard

Keren Tal

Naftali Nir

Yael Hoefler

Sagi Schiff

Netanella Treistman

Daniel Damboritz

Yulia Lazbin

Joshua Lieberman
Eyal Aichel

Roy Masuri
Avi Anouchi

Sivan Gilron Dotan

Tomer Bar-Nathan

Edan Regev

Gitit Ramot-Adler

Guy Kortany

Goor Koren
Roey Sasson

Nir Rodnizky

Michal Sagmon

Hila Rot
Eran Kadosh

Neta Goshen

Chen Lanir

Daphna Livneh

Tamar Gilboa
Adi Samuel

Alona Toledano
Yuval Shamir

Lihi Katzenelson
Inbar Hakimian-Nahari

Naama Hod
Shahar Uziely

Yehudit Biton

Omri Schnaider

Rinat Michael

Adi Attar

Amos Oseasohn

Ofir Paz

Adi Daniel

Dafna Shaham

Miriam Friedmann

Roni Osborne

Noam Shochat
Noa Slavin
Michael Horowitz

Guy Fatal
Shani Lorch
Itamar Cohen

Shai Margalit

Yonatan Whitefield

Moshe Lankry
Nir Kamhi

Shira Teger

Rachel Lerman

Ravid Saar

Sophie Blackston

Elad Morgenstern
Ron Ashkenazi

Sara Haber

Carmel Nudler

Shmuel Brill

Ben Nachshon

Yehonatan Cohen

David Shmulevitz

Tair Cherbakovsky

Aaron Shaw
Guy Ziv-Shalom

Lior Cohen Goldstein Shiri Vilkin
Asaf tenenbaum
Liad Kalderon

Nataly Margalit

Shiran Glitman

Dani Weissberg

Lareine Khoury

Nohar Hadar

Nitzan Kahana

Tali Har-Oz

Tal Alon

Ohad Sarusi

Mor Ido
Nechemia Englman

Tomer Tako
Natalie Korenfeld
Moshe Pasker

Nitzan Fisher Conforti Victoria Savu

Derora Tropp
Hila Amiel

Chaim Cohen

Michal Mor

Daniel Siso

Shalhevet Hetli

Galit Frank

Elad Peleg

Maytal Spivak

Avraham Schoen

Elan Loshinsky

Josh Hauser

Eitan Cohen

Itai Guttel

Dror Kanarik Sarig

Royi Heilig

Carmel Bareket
Maor Alev

Vered Glaubach

Yair Taitelbaum

Gabi Priel

Regina Pevzner
Igal Lavi

Maor Layani

Areen Nashef
David Chesterman

Ido Zahavi

Guy Yarom

Hillel Segal

Yonatan Grinstein

Tom Kuper
Inbar Rosenthal
Hadar Stein

Avital Salzman

Rotem Cohen

Idan Adar

Shahar Iluz

Itay Ashkenazi

Roei Brizel

Ido Sella

Evyatar Katz

Hadil Nassif Khawand
Maayan Malka Rublin

Ran Aziel

Stav Orenstein

Charleen Moerdler
Avia Ickovics

Lior Hochshtadt

Ofek Sinai

Shmuel Ofen

Or Perel

Katya Kagantsov

Uri Galatt

Yarden Weber

Maya Haran
Avishai Oberman
Elior Goldenberg
Eyal Safrai

Yuval Dekel
Adina Mirchin

 

 

 

Gidon Weinstock Of Counsel

Roy Keidar Of Counsel

Tamar Tavory Of Counsel

Paul H. Baris (1934-2010)

Rami Kook

Nira Kuritzky

Eran Ilan

 

Tel Aviv | October 1, 2021

 

Cyren Ltd.

10 Ha-Menofim St., 5th Floor

Herzliya, 4672561

Israel

 

Dear Sir and Madam:

 

We have acted as special counsel to Cyren Ltd., a company organized under the laws of the State of Israel (the “Company”), in connection with the issuance and sale by the Company in a private offering (the “Offering”) of 14,152,779 of the Company’s ordinary shares, par value ILS 0.15 per share (the “Ordinary Shares” and, such number of Ordinary Shares issued and sold in the Offering, the “Offered Shares”), and 14,152,779 warrants (the “Ordinary Warrants”) to purchase 14,152,779 Ordinary Shares of the Company (the “Ordinary Warrant Shares”) as contemplated by the securities purchase agreements, dated as of September 15, 2021 by and among the Company and the Investors (the “Agreements”). The Company has also entered into that certain letter agreement, dated as of September 14, 2021 (the “Engagement Letter”), by and between the Company and H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC (the “Placement Agent”), pursuant to which the Placement Agent agreed to act as the placement agent in connection with the Offering and the Company has agreed to issue to the Placement Agent (or its designees) warrants (the “PA Warrants,” and together with the Ordinary Warrants, the “Warrants”) to purchase up to 849,166 Ordinary Shares (the “PA Warrant Shares,” and together with the Ordinary Warrant Shares, the “Warrant Shares”) The Securities were issued pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended and Rule 506 promulgated thereunder.

 

    1 Azrieli Center, Tel Aviv, 6702101 | Phone: +972-3-6087777 | Fax: +972-3-6087724
    31 Hillel Street, Jerusalem, 9458131 | Phone: +972-2-6239239 | Fax: +972-2-6239233
    www.arnon.co.il | info@arnon.co.il

 

 

 

 

 

 

As counsel to the Company in Israel, we have examined copies of the Agreements, the Amended and Restated Articles of Association of the Company and such corporate records, instruments, and other documents relating to the Company and such matters of law as we have considered necessary or appropriate for the purpose of rendering this opinion.

 

In rendering the opinions set forth below, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity of natural persons, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as duplicates or certified or conformed copies and the authenticity of the originals of such latter documents.

 

Based on the foregoing, we advise you that in our opinion (i) the Ordinary Shares are duly authorized, legally issued, fully-paid and non-assessable, and (ii) the Warrant Shares are duly authorized and when issued in accordance with the terms of the Warrants, will be legally issued, fully-paid and non-assessable.

 

We are members of the Israeli bar, and the opinions expressed herein are limited to questions arising under the laws of the State of Israel, and we disclaim any opinion whatsoever with respect to matters governed by the laws of any other jurisdiction.

 

We hereby consent to the use of this opinion as Exhibit 5.1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission today (the “Registration Statement”), and to the reference to us under the caption “Legal Matters” in the prospectus included in the Registration Statement.  In giving such consent, we do not thereby concede that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act or the Rules and Regulations of the Commission thereunder.

 

  Sincerely,
   
  /s/ Yigal Arnon & Co.
  Yigal Arnon & Co.

 

    1 Azrieli Center, Tel Aviv, 6702101 | Phone: +972-3-6087777 | Fax: +972-3-6087724
    31 Hillel Street, Jerusalem, 9458131 | Phone: +972-2-6239239 | Fax: +972-2-6239233
    www.arnon.co.il | info@arnon.co.il

 

 

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Exhibit 23.1

 

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption “Experts” in the Registration Statement on Form S-3 and related Prospectus of Cyren Ltd. for the registration of Ordinary Shares and to the incorporation by reference therein of our report dated March 30, 2021, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of Cyren Ltd. included in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

/s/ KOST FORER GABBAY & KASIERER   Tel-Aviv, Israel
KOST FORER GABBAY & KASIERER   October 1, 2021
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