As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 4, 2022

Registration No. 333-           

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

Purple Biotech 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 No.)

 

4 Oppenheimer Street

Science Park

Rehovot 7670104, Israel

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

PURPLE BIOTECH LTD. 2016 EQUITY-BASED INCENTIVE PLAN

(Full Title of the Plan)

 

Puglisi& Associates
850 Library Avenue, Suite 204
Newark, DE 19715
(302) 738-6680
(Name and address of agent for service)

 

(302) 738-6680
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

 

Copies of all Correspondence to:

 

Avraham Ben-Tzvi, Adv. Rick A. Werner, Esq.
ABZ Law Office Haynes and Boone, LLP

15 Yad Harutzim St.

Suite 203

Jerusalem 9342152, Israel

Tel: +972 (79) 572-2070

30 Rockefeller Plaza,

26th Floor

New York, New York 10112
(212) 659-7300

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or 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. ☐  

 

 

 

 

 

 

EXPLANATORY NOTE

 

Purple Biotech Ltd. (the “Registrant”) previously filed a registration statement on Form S−8 (File No. 333-211478) relating to 600,000, no par value (“Ordinary Shares”), deposited as American Depositary Shares (“ADSs”), evidenced by American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) (such number of ordinary shares being equivalent to 60,000 ADSs), to be granted under the Purple Biotech Ltd. 2016 Equity-Based Incentive Plan (the “Plan”), (the “First Prior Registration Statement”). The Registrant also filed a registration statement on Form S−8 (File No. 333-218538) relating to 1,900,000, Ordinary Shares, deposited as ADSs, evidenced by ADRs (such number of ordinary shares being equivalent to 190,000 ADSs), to be granted under the Plan, (the “Second Registration Statement”). The Registrant also filed a registration statement on Form S−8 (File No. 333-230584) relating to 5,000,000, Ordinary Shares, deposited as ADSs, evidenced by ADRs (such number of ordinary shares being equivalent to 500,000 ADSs), to be granted under the Plan, (the “Third Registration Statement”). The Registrant also filed a registration statement on Form S−8 (File No. 333-238481) relating to 7,500,000, Ordinary Shares, deposited as ADSs, evidenced by ADRs (such number of ordinary shares being equivalent to 750,000 ADSs), to be granted under the Plan, (the “Fourth Registration Statement”), (the First Registration Statement, the Second Registration Statement, the Third Registration Statement, and the Fourth Registration Statement collectively, the “Prior Registration Statements”).

 

The Registrant has prepared this Registration Statement in accordance with the requirements of Form S−8 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), to increase by 20,000,000 the number of Ordinary Shares of the Registrant, registered under the Plan, as amended (such number of additional ordinary shares being equivalent to 2,000,000 ADSs). Following the registration of these additional Ordinary Shares, the Registrant will have registered an aggregate of 35,000,000 Ordinary Shares pursuant to the Plan (such aggregate number of ordinary shares being equivalent to 3,500,000 ADSs).

 

Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S−8, the contents of the Prior Registration Statements are incorporated by reference herein except as otherwise updated or modified by this filing.

 

 

 

 

PART I

 

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

 

As permitted by the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”), this Registration Statement omits the information specified in Part I of Form S-8 from this Registration Statement in accordance with Part I of Form S-8 and Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act.  Such documents are not required to be, and are not, filed with the Commission, either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act. These documents, and the documents incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this Registration Statement, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.

 

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PART II

 

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

 

Item 3. Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference

 

The following documents, filed with the Commission by Purple Biotech Ltd. (the “Company” or the “Registrant”), are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:

 

  The description of our ordinary shares, no par value per share, and the American Depositary Shares representing the ordinary shares, contained in Exhibit 2.1 of our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, filed with the SEC on March 9, 2022;
     
  Our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, filed with the SEC on March 9, 2022.

 

All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all shares offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents (other than information that is furnished to, rather than filed with, the Commission). Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.

 

Item 4. Description of Securities.

 

Not Applicable.

 

Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

 

Not Applicable

 

Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

 

Under the Companies Law, a company may not exculpate an office holder from liability for a breach of a fiduciary duty. 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 breach of duty of care with respect to a prohibited dividend or distribution to shareholders.

 

Under the Companies Law and the Securities Law, 5738 – 1968 (“Securities Law”) a company may indemnify an office holder in respect of the following liabilities, payments and expenses incurred for acts performed by him or her as an office holder, either in advance of an event or following an event, provided its articles of association include a provision authorizing such indemnification:

 

a monetary liability incurred by or 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;

 

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reasonable litigation expenses, including reasonable 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, 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, if such financial liability was imposed, it was imposed with respect to an offense that does not require proof of criminal intent or in connection with a monetary sanction;

 

a monetary liability imposed on him or her in favor of a payment for a breach offended at an Administrative Procedure (as defined below) as set forth in Section 52(54)(a)(1)(a) to the Securities Law;

  

expenses associated with an Administrative Procedure conducted regarding an office holder, including reasonable litigation expenses and reasonable attorneys’ fees; and

 

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.

 

An “Administrative Procedure” is defined as a procedure pursuant to chapters H3 (Monetary Sanction by the Israeli Securities Authority), H4 (Administrative Enforcement Procedures of the Administrative Enforcement Committee) or I1 (Arrangement to prevent Procedures or Interruption of procedures subject to conditions) to the Securities Law.

 

Under the Companies Law and the Securities 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 a fiduciary duty 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 monetary liability imposed on the office holder in favor of a third-party;

 

a monetary liability imposed on the office holder in favor of an injured party at an Administrative Procedure pursuant to Section 52(54)(a)(1)(a) of the Securities Law; and

 

expenses incurred by an office holder in connection with an Administrative Procedure, including reasonable litigation expenses and reasonable attorneys’ fees.

 

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

 

a breach of fiduciary duty, except for indemnification and insurance for a breach of the fiduciary duty 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 prejudice 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

 

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a fine, monetary sanction or forfeit levied against the office holder.

 

Under the Companies Law, exculpation, indemnification and insurance of office holders must be approved by the compensation committee and the board of directors and, with respect to directors or controlling shareholders, their relatives and third parties in which such controlling shareholders have a personal interest, also by the shareholders.

 

The compensation committee may approve the inclusion of each office holder under the coverage of our directors and officers insurance policy without the need for shareholder approval, if it determines that, pursuant to the leniencies set forth in the Relief Regulations, the provision of such insurance coverage to the office holders under our directors and officers liabilities insurance policy is being granted on market terms, and is not likely to have a material adverse effect on our profits, assets or obligations, and is consistent with our Compensation Policy which was approved by our shareholders in accordance with the Companies Law.

  

Our amended and restated articles of association permit us to exculpate, indemnify and insure our office holders to the fullest extent permitted or to be permitted by law. Our office holders are currently covered by a directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy within the parameters set forth in our Compensation Policy.

 

We have issued letters of indemnity (the “Indemnity Letters”) to each of our current office holders pursuant to which we undertook to indemnify such office holders to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, to the extent that these liabilities are not covered by insurance. This indemnification is limited to events determined as foreseeable by our Board of Directors based on our activities, as set forth in the Indemnity Letters. According to the Indemnity Letters, the total accumulative sum of indemnification that may be paid by us to all office holders will not exceed a sum equal to 25% of our shareholders’ equity according to our latest audited or reviewed consolidated financial statements, as the case may be, as of the date of indemnification. The payment of indemnity amounts will not prejudice the right of office holders to receive insurance coverage benefits. Once we have paid to our office holders the aggregate maximum indemnity amount that we may pay to all our office holders, we will not pay additional indemnity amounts unless the payment of these additional amounts is approved by the authorized corporate bodies according to the applicable law at the time of payment of the additional indemnity sums, and subject to an amendment to our articles of association if required by applicable law at such time.

 

In addition, we have issued letters of exemption to each of our current office holders exculpating them from a breach of their duty of care to us to the fullest extent permitted by law.

 

We expect to indemnify our officers and directors for obligations, including the deductibles for our directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy, and we may be required to pay costs and expenses they may incur related to the 2015 Motion and the 2017 Motions described in “Item 8. Financial Information – A. Financial Statements and Other Financial Information – Legal Proceedings” in our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, pursuant to the Indemnity Letters issued to our directors and officers. In addition, we may be required to indemnify Hadas Reuveni for obligations, including the deductibles for our directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy, and we may be required to pay costs and expenses she may incur related to the BIRAD claim described in “Item 8. Financial Information – A. Financial Statements and Other Financial Information – Legal Proceedings” in our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, pursuant to the Indemnity Letter issued to her. To our knowledge, other than with respect to the foregoing proceedings, there is no previous or pending litigation or proceedings against any of our office holders as to which indemnification is being, or may be sought, nor are we aware of any other pending or threatened litigation or proceeding that may result in claims for indemnification by any office holder.

 

Insofar as indemnifications for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers or persons controlling us pursuant to the foregoing provisions, we have been informed that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.

 

Item 7. Exemption From Registration Claimed.

 

Not Applicable.

 

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Item 8. Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No.   Exhibit
     
4.1   Memorandum of Association of the Registrant (originally filed as Exhibit 99.3 to the Registrant’s Form 6-K furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 10, 2020 and incorporated herein by reference thereto).
     
4.2   Amended and Restated Articles of Association of the Registrant (originally filed as Exhibit 99.2 to the Registrant’s Form 6-K furnished to with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 10, 2020 and incorporated herein by reference thereto).
     
4.3   Form of Deposit Agreement among the Registrant, the Bank of New York Mellon, as Depositary, and all Owners and Holders from time to time of American Depositary Shares issued hereunder (originally filed as Exhibit 4.1 to our Registration Statement on Form F-1 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 24, 2015 and incorporated herein by reference).
     
4.4   Form of American Depositary Receipt (incorporated by reference to prospectus filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 22, 2020).
     
5.1*   Form of Opinion of the Law Office of Avraham Ben-Tzvi, Adv., Israeli counsel to the Registrant.
     
23.1*   Consent of the Law Office of Avraham Ben-Tzvi, Adv., (included in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1).
     
23.2*   Consent of Somekh Chaikin, independent registered public accounting firm, a Member Firm of KPMG International.
     
24.1   Power of Attorney (set forth on signature page).
     
99.1   Purple Biotech Ltd. 2016 Equity-Based Incentive Plan, as amended (originally filed as Exhibit 4.3 to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, filed with the SEC on March 9, 2022, and incorporated herein by reference thereto).
     
107   Filing Fee Table

 

*Filed herewith

 

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Item 9. Undertakings.

 

(a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

 

(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 of 1933;

 

  (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 hereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this 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;

 

provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) 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 Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.

 

(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered herein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

 

(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.

 

(b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant’s annual reports pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) 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.

 

(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the 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 such Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8, and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Rehovot, Israel on the 4th day of April, 2022.

 

  PURPLE BIOTECHLTD.
   
  By: /s/ Isaac Israel
  Name:  Isaac Israel
  Title: Chief Executive Officer
     
  By: /s/ Gil Efron
  Name: Gil Efron
  Title: President and Chief Financial Officer

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, each director and officer whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints, Isaac Israel and Gil Efron, or any of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and re-substitution, to sign in any and all capacities any and all amendments or post-effective amendments to this registration statement on Form S-8 and to file the same with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith with the Securities Exchange Commission, granting such attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do all such other acts and execute all such other documents as they, or any of them, may deem necessary or desirable in connection with the foregoing, as fully as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

 

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

 

Signatures   Title   Date
         
/s/ Eric K. Rowinsky   Chairman of the Board of Directors    
Eric K. Rowinsky       April 4, 2022
         
/s/ Isaac Israel   Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)    
Isaac Israel       April 4, 2022
         
/s/ Simcha Rock   Director    
Simcha Rock       April 4, 2022
         
/s/ Ido Agmon   Director    
Ido Agmon       April 4, 2022
         
/s/ Steven Steinberg   Director    
Steven Steinberg       April 4, 2022
         
/s/ Robert Gagnon   Director    
Robert Gagnon       April 4, 2022
         
/s/ Suzana Nahum-Zilberberg   Director    
Suzana Nahum-Zilberberg       April 4, 2022
         
/s/ Ori Hershkovitz   Director    
Ori Hershkovitz       April 4, 2022
         
/s/ Gil Efron   President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)    
Gil Efron       April 4, 2022

 

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Signature of authorized representative in the United States

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant’s duly authorized representative has signed this registration statement on Form S-8 in on this 4th day of April, 2022.

 

  By: Puglisi & Associates
    Authorized U.S. Representative
     
  By: /s/ Donald J. Puglisi
  Name:  Donald J. Puglisi
  Title: Managing Director

 

 

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Exhibit 5.1

 

 

April 4, 2022

 

Purple Biotech Ltd.

4 Oppenheimer Street

Science Park

Rehovot 7670104, Israel

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

We have acted as Israeli counsel for Purple Biotech Ltd., a public company organized under the laws of the State of Israel (the “Company), in connection with the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the “Registration Statement”) being filed by the Company under the Securities Act of 1933 relating to the registration of 20,000,000 of its Ordinary Shares, no par value per share (the “Additional Award Shares”), that may be issued pursuant to options, restricted shares, restricted stock units or other share-based awards that have been, or may hereafter be, granted pursuant to the Purple Biotech Ltd. 2016 Equity-Based Incentive Plan, as updated from time to time (the “Plan”).

 

This opinion letter is being furnished to the Company in accordance with the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act. No opinion is expressed herein as to any matter pertaining to the contents of the Registration Statement other than as to the validity of the Additional Award Shares, as expressly set forth below.

 

In connection with this opinion, we have examined the originals, or photocopies or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of the Registration Statement filed by the Company with the Commission and as to which this opinion is filed as an exhibit, the Company’s Amended and Restated Articles of Association, the Plan (as updated), resolutions of the Board of Directors and any Board of Director Committees which have heretofore been approved and relate to the Plan, the Registration Statement, and the securities being registered thereby, and such statutes, regulations, corporate records, documents, certificates and such other instruments that we have deemed relevant and necessary for the basis of our opinions hereinafter expressed. In such examination, we have assumed: (i) the authenticity of original documents and the genuineness of all signatures; (ii) the conformity to the originals of all documents submitted to us as copies; (iii) the truth, accuracy and completeness of the information, representations and warranties contained in the corporate records, documents, certificates and instruments we have reviewed; (iv) the due execution and delivery of all documents where due execution and delivery are a prerequisite to the effectiveness thereof; and (v) the legal capacity of all natural persons. In addition, as to any facts material to such opinion, to the extent that we did not independently establish relevant facts, we have relied on certificates of public officials and certificates of officers or other representatives of the Company. In addition, we have assumed that in connection with the issuance of Ordinary Shares under the Plan, the Company will receive consideration in an amount not less than the aggregate par value of the Plan Ordinary Shares covered by each such issuance.

 

On the basis of the foregoing, and in reliance thereon, we are of the opinion that the 20,000,000 Additional Award Shares registered pursuant to the Registration Statement, when issued by the Company and paid for in accordance with the Plan and the grants thereunder, pursuant to agreements with respect to the Plan, and, as the case may be, pursuant to the terms of awards that may be granted under the Plan, and against payment therefor of any exercise price as determined pursuant to the terms of the Plan, will be legally and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

 

 

 

 

 

 

In addition to the assumptions, comments, qualifications, limitations and exceptions set forth above, the opinions set forth herein are further limited by, subject to and based upon the following assumptions, comments, qualifications, limitations and exceptions:

 

a.We are members of the Israel Bar, and we express no opinion as to any matter relating to the laws of any jurisdiction other than the laws of the State of Israel and have not, for the purpose of giving this opinion, made any investigation of the laws of any other jurisdiction than the State of Israel.

 

b.The opinions set forth herein are made as of the date hereof, are based solely on our understanding of facts in existence as of such date after the examination described in this opinion, and are subject to, and may be limited by, future changes in the factual matters set forth herein. We undertake no duty and disclaim any obligation to advise you of facts, circumstances, events or developments that may be brought to our attention after the date hereof that may alter, affect or modify the opinions expressed herein.

 

c.The opinions expressed herein are based upon the law in effect (and published or otherwise generally available) on the date hereof, and we assume no obligation to revise or supplement these opinions should such law be changed by legislative action, judicial decision or otherwise. In rendering our opinions, we have not considered, and hereby disclaim any opinion as to, the application or impact of any laws, cases, decisions, rules or regulations of any jurisdiction, court or administrative agency other than of the State of Israel. This opinion is expressly limited to the matters set forth above, and we render no opinion, whether by implication or otherwise, as to any other matters.

 

d.This opinion is being rendered solely for use in connection with the registration of the Additional Award Shares, and is not to be relied upon for any other purpose without our prior written consent.

 

e.You have informed us that you intend to issue awards under the Plan and the Additional Award Shares from time to time and in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Plan. This opinion is limited to the laws, including the rules and regulations, as in effect on the date hereof. We understand that prior to issuing any additional awards under the Plan and any Additional Award Shares you will afford us an opportunity to review the operative documents pursuant to which such securities are to be issued and will file such supplement or amendment to this opinion (if any) as we may reasonably consider necessary or appropriate by reason of the terms of such securities.

 

f.This opinion shall be governed by the laws of the State of Israel, and exclusive jurisdiction with respect thereto under all and any circumstances, and under all and any proceedings shall be vested only and exclusively with the courts of Tel Aviv in the State of Israel. This opinion is rendered to you subject to, based and in reliance on your agreement to comply with the exclusive choice of law and jurisdiction contained herein and to refrain under all and any circumstances from initiating any proceedings or taking any legal action relating to this opinion outside the State of Israel.

 

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the disclosure of our name and interests in the Plan under the caption “Interests of Named Experts and Counsel” in the Registration Statement. We also consent to your filing copies of this opinion as an exhibit with agencies of such states as you deem necessary in the course of complying with the laws of such states regarding the offering and sale of the Additional Award Shares. 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 Securities Act, the Rules and Regulations of the Commission thereunder, or Item 509 of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act.

 

Sincerely,

 

/s/ ABZ Law Office

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 23.2

 

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

The Board of Directors

Purple Biotech Ltd.

 

We consent to the use of our report dated March 7, 2022, with respect to the consolidated statements of Purple Biotech Ltd. and its subsidiaries, incorporated herein by reference.

 

/s/ Somekh Chaikin

Somekh Chaikin

A member firm of KPMG International

 

Tel Aviv, Israel

April 4, 2022

Exhibit 107

 

CALCULATION OF FILING FEE TABLES

 

Form S-8

 

Purple Biotech Ltd.

 

Table 1: Newly Registered Securities

 

Security Type Security Class Title  Fee Calculation Rule

Amount
Registered (2)

 

Proposed
Maximum
Offering Price
Per Share
Maximum
Aggregate
Offering Price
Fee Rate Amount of
Registration
Fee
Equity Ordinary Shares, no par value, deposited as American Depositary Shares represented by American Depositary Receipts (1) Other  20,000,000 (3) $0.3822  (4) $7,644,000 0.0000927 $708.60
Total Offering Amounts   $7,644,000 0.0000927 $708.60
Total Fee Offsets       $0.00
Net Fee Due       $708.60

 

(1) American Depositary Shares (“ADSs”), evidenced by American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”), issuable upon deposit of the ordinary shares registered hereby, no par value (“Ordinary Shares”), of Purple Biotech Ltd. (the “Registrant”) are registered on separate registration statements on Form F-6 (File No. 333-207858 and File No. 333-238060). Each ADS represents ten (10) Ordinary Shares.

 

(2) Pursuant to Rule 416(a) and Rule 416(b) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement also covers such indeterminate number of Ordinary Shares as may be offered or issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions pursuant to the terms of the Purple Biotech Ltd. 2016 Equity-Based Incentive Plan (the “Plan”).

 

(3) Represents Ordinary Shares that may be issued pursuant to future awards under the Plan. To the extent any awards issued under the Plan terminate, expire or otherwise cease to exist without having been exercised, the Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of such awards will become available for future issuance under the Plan.

 

(4) Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(c) solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee. The maximum price per Security and the maximum aggregate offering price are based on the average of the $3.910 (high) and $3.734 (low) sale price of the ADSs each representing 10 of the Registrant's ordinary shares as reported on the NASDAQ on March 28, 2022, which date is within five business days prior to filing this Registration Statement.