MediWound (NASDAQ: MDWD) seeks vote on 300,000-share incentive pool
MediWound Ltd. has called an extraordinary general meeting for February 19, 2026 to ask shareholders to approve an increase of 300,000 ordinary shares reserved for issuance under its 2024 Share Incentive Plan. The record date for voting is the close of business on January 16, 2026, when 12,835,186 ordinary shares were issued and outstanding, with each share entitled to one vote.
The Board and compensation committee say the additional shares are needed to continue granting equity awards to employees, officers, directors and other service providers, since only about 132,996 unallocated shares remain available under the plan. If approved, the total equity incentive pool across the 2014 and 2024 plans would cover 1,724,819 shares on a fully diluted base of 16,826,464 shares, representing 10.25% potential dilution. The Board unanimously recommends voting “FOR” the proposal and plans to register the new 300,000-share pool on an additional Form S-8 after approval.
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Securities Exchange Act of 1934
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Notice of Extraordinary General Meeting and Proxy Statement, each dated January 15, 2026, in connection with the Meeting (annexed
as Exhibit 99.1 hereto); and
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(ii)
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Proxy Card to be distributed to shareholders of record of the Company for use in connection with the Meeting (annexed as Exhibit 99.2 hereto).
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Exhibit
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Description
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99.1
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Notice of Extraordinary
General Meeting of Shareholders and Proxy Statement, each dated January 15, 2026, for the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders of the Company scheduled to be held on February 19, 2026.
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99.2
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Proxy Card for
Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders of the Company scheduled to be held on February 19, 2026.
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Date: January 15, 2026
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MEDIWOUND LTD.
By: /s/ Hani Luxenburg
Name: Hani Luxenburg
Title: Chief Financial Officer
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(1)
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Approval of an increase by 300,000 in the number of ordinary shares, par value 0.07 New Israeli Shekels per share, of the Company (“ordinary shares”)
reserved for issuance under the Company’s 2024 Share Incentive Plan.
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Sincerely,
/s/ Nachum Shamir
Nachum Shamir
Chairman of the Board of Directors
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Section
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Page
Number |
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OVERVIEW'
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1
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SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT
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PROPOSAL 1. APPROVAL OF INCREASE IN NUMBER OF SHARES RESERVED FOR ISSUANCE UNDER 2024 SHARE INCENTIVE PLAN
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PUBLICATION OF MEETING RESULTS
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WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION
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ANNEX A - PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO 2024 SHARE INCENTIVE PLAN
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A-1
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(1)
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Approval of an increase by 300,000 in the number of ordinary shares reserved for issuance under the Company’s 2024 Share
Incentive Plan.
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Number of
Shares
Beneficially
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Percentage
of
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Name of Beneficial Owner
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Held
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Class
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Directors and Executive Officers
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Nachum (Homi) Shamir
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*
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*
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Ofer Gonen
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275,424
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2.11
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%
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Vickie R. Driver
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*
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*
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David Fox
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*
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*
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Shmuel (Milky) Rubinstein
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*
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*
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Stephen T. Wills
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*
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Shmulik Hess
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Ety Klinger
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*
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*
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Hany Luxenburg
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Yaron Meyer
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Robert Snyder
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All directors
and executive officers as a group (10 persons)(1)
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781,588
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6.1
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%
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Principal Shareholders (who are not Directors or Executive Officers)
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Clal Biotechnology Industries Ltd. and affiliates (2)
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1,481,521
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11.3
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%
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Rosalind Advisors, Inc. and affiliates (3)
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912,319
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7
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%
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Mölnlycke Health Care (4)
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872,093
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6.8
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%
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Yelin Lapidot Holdings Management Ltd. and
affiliates (5)
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809,948
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6.3
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%
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Israel Biotech Fund II, L.P. and affiliates (6)
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787,018
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5.9
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%
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HOLD Alapkezelő Zrt (7)
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703,429
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5.5
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%
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(1)
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Shares beneficially owned consist of: (i)161,866 ordinary shares held directly or indirectly by such executive officers and
directors and 619,722 ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of outstanding Series A warrants and/or options that are currently exercisable or exercisable within 60 days of November 19, 2025.
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(2)
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Based solely on Schedule 13D/A filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on October 3, 2025, Clal Biotechnology Industries
Ltd., a publicly traded company traded on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (“CBI”), owns directly 308,811 ordinary shares and may be deemed to share voting and investment power over the 1,172,710 ordinary
shares owned directly by Clal Life Sciences L.P. (“CLS”), the general partner of which, Clal Application Center Ltd., is wholly owned by CBI. Each of Access Industries Holdings LLC (“AIH”), Access Industries, LLC (“Access LLC”), Access Industries Management, LLC (“AIM”), Clal Industries Ltd. (“Clal Industries”) and Mr. Blavatnik may be deemed to share voting and investment power over the ordinary shares owned directly by CBI and CLS because (i) Len Blavatnik controls AIM, AIH, Access LLC and AI
International GP Limited (the general partner of AI SMS, as defined below), (ii) AIM controls Access LLC and AIH, (iii) Access LLC controls a majority of the outstanding voting interests in AIH, (iv) AIH owns a majority of the equity of AI
SMS L.P. (“AI SMS”), (v) AI SMS controls AI Diversified Holdings Ltd. (“Holdings Limited”), (vi) Holdings Limited owns AI Diversified Parent S.à r.l., which owns
AI Diversified Holdings S.à r.l., which owns Access AI Ltd (“Access AI”), (vii) Access AI wholly owns Clal Industries, (viii) Clal Industries is the controlling shareholder of CBI, and (ix) CBI is the
sole shareholder of Clal Application Center Ltd. The foregoing persons and entities, other than CBI and CLS, and each of their affiliated entities and the officers, partners, members and managers thereof, disclaims beneficial ownership of
these securities. The address of Clal Industries Ltd. is the Triangular Tower, 3 Azrieli Center, Tel Aviv 67023, Israel and the address of Access Industries Holdings LLC is c/o Access Industries Inc., 40 West 57th Street, New York, New York
10019, United States.
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Based solely on the Schedule 13G/A filed by Rosalind Advisors, Inc. (the “Advisor”) with the SEC on November 12, 2025. Rosalind Master Fund L.P. (“RMF”) is the record owner of 749,054 ordinary shares and 163,265 warrants pursuant to which 163,265 underlying ordinary shares may be issued. Those warrants contain a “blocker” provision under which the
holder thereof does not have the right to exercise any such warrants to the extent that such exercise would result in beneficial ownership by the holder in excess of 9.99% of our ordinary shares. The Advisor is the investment advisor to RMF
and may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of shares held by RMF. Steven Salamon is the portfolio manager of the Advisor and may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of shares held by RMF. Gilad Aharon is the portfolio manager and member of
the Advisor which advises RMF. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Rosalind Advisors, Inc. and Mr. Salamon disclaim beneficial ownership of the shares. The address of RMF is P.O. Box 309 Ugland House, Grand Cayman KY1-1104, Cayman Islands, and the
address of the rest of the persons and entities identified in this footnote is 15 Wellesley Street West, Suite 326, Toronto, Ontario M4Y 0G7 Canada.
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(4)
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Based solely on Schedule 13D filed on July 19, 2024, Mölnlycke Health Care AB (“Mölnlycke”), MHC Sweden AB, Mölnlycke Holding AB, Mölnlycke AB, Rotca AB, Patricia Industries AB, and Investor
AB beneficially own an aggregate of 872,093 ordinary shares, and each reporting person has sole voting power and sole dispositive power over these ordinary shares. The address of each of Mölnlycke, MHC Sweden AB, Mölnlycke Holding AB and
Mölnlycke AB is Gamlestadsvägen 3C, 415 11, Göteborg, Sweden. The address of each of Rotca AB, Patricia Industries AB and Investor AB is Arsenalsgatan 8C, SE-103 32, Stockholm, Sweden.
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Based solely on Form 13F filed with the SEC by Yelin Lapidot Holdings Management Ltd. (“Yelin Lapidot Holdings”) on October 27, 2025, 480,963 of the ordinary shares reported in this row are
beneficially owned by provident funds managed by Yelin Lapidot Provident Funds Management Ltd. (“Provident Funds”), and 328,985 of the ordinary shares reported in this row ae beneficially owned by mutual funds managed by Yelin Lapidot Mutual
Funds Management Ltd. (“Mutual Funds”). Yelin Lapidot Holdings, Mr. Dov Yelin and Mr. Yair Lapidot have shared voting power and shared dispositive power over the ordinary shares held by Provident Funds and Mutual Funds. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, each of Messrs. Yelin and Lapidot, Yelin Lapidot Holdings, Provident Funds and Mutual Funds disclaims beneficial ownership of the ordinary shares. The address of each of the persons and entities identified in this footnote is 50
Dizengoff St., Dizengoff Center, Gate 3, Top Tower, 13th floor, Tel Aviv 64332, Israel
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Based on information provided by the shareholder, the 787,018 ordinary shares include 408,397 ordinary shares that are issuable upon the exercise of warrants held directly by Israel Biotech
Fund II, L.P. (“IBF II”). Israel Biotech Fund GP Partners II, L.P. (“IBF GP”) is the sole general partner of IBF II, and I.B.F Management Ltd. (“IBF Management”) is the sole general partner of IBF GP. IBF GP and IBF Management may be deemed
to share voting and dispositive power with respect to the ordinary shares that are beneficially owned by IBF II. The address IBF Management is HaOgen Tower, 4 Oppenheimer St., Rehovot 7670104, Israel and the address of the other reporting
persons is 75 Fort Street, Clifton House, PO Box, 1350, KY1-1108, Grand Cayman.
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(7)
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Based solely on the Schedule 13G filed with the SEC on September 19, 2025, the 703,429 ordinary shares are held directly by HOLD Alapkezelő Zrt., a Hungarian investment fund management
company. HOLD Alapkezelő Zrt. has sole voting and dispositive power with respect to all such shares. The address of HOLD Alapkezelő Zrt. is H-1123 Budapest, Alkotas u. 50., Hungary.
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Aggregate Number of
Shares Underlying Outstanding Awards |
Shares Reserved
for Future Grants (Under 2024 Plan Only) |
Aggregate Number of
Shares Outstanding on Fully-Diluted Basis |
Potential Dilution
Percentage Constituted by Shares Under Equity Incentive Plans |
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1,291,824
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432,996
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16,826,464
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10.25%
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Yavne, Israel
January 15, 2026
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By order of the Board of Directors:
/s/ Nachum Shamir
Mr. Nachum Shamir
Chairman of the Board of
Directors
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FAQ
What is MediWound (MDWD) asking shareholders to approve at the February 19, 2026 meeting?
MediWound is asking shareholders to approve Proposal 1, which would increase the number of ordinary shares reserved for issuance under the 2024 Share Incentive Plan by 300,000 shares for future equity awards.
How large will MediWound’s equity incentive pool be if Proposal 1 is approved?
If approved, the aggregate pool across the 2014 and 2024 plans would cover 1,724,819 ordinary shares on a fully diluted base of 16,826,464 shares, representing 10.25% potential dilution under the equity plans.
How many MediWound shares are currently outstanding and who can vote?
As of the January 16, 2026 record date, MediWound had 12,835,186 ordinary shares issued and outstanding. Each ordinary share is entitled to one vote on Proposal 1.
Why does MediWound say it needs 300,000 additional shares under the 2024 Share Incentive Plan?
The company states it has approximately 132,996 unallocated shares left under the 2024 Plan, which it believes is insufficient to support ongoing and future equity grants for officers, directors, employees and other eligible grantees as it moves through 2026 and beyond.
What vote is required for MediWound’s Proposal 1 to pass?
Approval of Proposal 1 requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the voting power represented at the meeting in person or by proxy and voting on the proposal, while abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded from the count for approval.
Where and when will MediWound’s extraordinary general meeting be held?
The meeting will be held on February 19, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. EST at Latham & Watkins LLP, 1271 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY, with shareholders able to vote in person or by proxy.
How will the additional 300,000 MediWound shares be registered if Proposal 1 is approved?
MediWound states that, following shareholder approval, it expects to file an additional Form S-8 registration statement to register the issuance of the 300,000 new ordinary shares reserved under the 2024 Share Incentive Plan.