| | Item 4 of the Schedule 13D is amended to add the following:
On June 26, 2025, VBF LP and Phoenix Insurance Company Ltd., through their external legal counsel, sent a letter to the Board of Directors of the Company (the "Demand Letter") requesting that the Company convene an extraordinary meeting of the Company's shareholders (the "Shareholders Meeting") under relevant provisions of the Israeli Companies Law, 5759-1999, and the Company's Amended and Restated Articles of Association (the "Articles"). Pursuant to the Demand Letter, the agenda for the Shareholders Meeting shall be (i) to amend the Articles to permit a general meeting of shareholders, by a simple majority, to cancel a rights plan and require that any similar rights plan adopted in the future become effective subject to approval of the general meeting of shareholders by a simple majority and (ii) subject to approval of item (i), above, to cancel the rights plan adopted by the Board of Directors on April 3, 2025. A copy of the Demand Letter translated from the original Hebrew is filed herewith as Exhibit 4 and incorporated herein by reference. The description of the Demand Letter contained in this Amendment is qualified in its entirety by reference to Exhibit 4 hereto.
VBF LP and Phoenix Insurance Company Ltd. have independently concluded that it is in each such shareholder's interest to request a Shareholders Meeting. VBF LP and Phoenix Insurance Company Ltd. issued the Demand Letter solely for the purposes of complying with certain minimum thresholds under the Israeli Companies Law, 5759-1999, and the Articles. Except for the Demand Letter, there is no other agreement between VBF LP and Phoenix Insurance Company Ltd. regarding any cooperation, joint ventures, commitment to vote together or any other agreement of any kind concerning the Company's Ordinary Shares. |
| (a) | Item 5 of the Schedule 13D is amended and restated as follows:
As of the date on the cover page of this Amendment, VBF GP may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of the 2,596,831 Ordinary Shares held directly by VBF LP, which represent approximately 5.77% of the number of Ordinary Shares outstanding.
As of the date on the cover page of this Amendment, Value Base, as the controlling shareholder of VBF GP, may be deemed the indirect beneficial owner of 2,596,831 Ordinary Shares beneficially owned by VBF GP, which represents approximately 5.77% of the number of Ordinary Shares outstanding.
As of the date on the cover page of this Amendment, Mr. Shamrich, who together with Mr. Nouberger controls Value Base, may be deemed the indirect beneficial owner of 2,596,831 Ordinary Shares beneficially owned by Value Base, representing approximately 5.77% of the number of Ordinary Shares outstanding.
As of the date on the cover page of this Amendment, Mr. Nouberger, who together with Mr. Shamrich controls Value Base, may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of 2,596,831 Ordinary Shares beneficially owned by Value Base, representing approximately 5.77% of the number of Ordinary Shares outstanding.
Because the Reporting Persons named in this Amendment may be deemed to constitute a "group" for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act"), each of Value Base, VBF GP, Mr. Nouberger and Mr. Shamrich may share the power to vote, or direct the voting of, and share the power to dispose of, or direct the disposition of, the 2,596,831 Ordinary Shares held in the aggregate by the Reporting Persons, which represent approximately 5.77% of the number of Ordinary Shares outstanding.
According to information provided by Phoenix Financial Ltd. (the parent company of Phoenix Insurance Company Ltd.), as of the date on the cover of this Amendment, Phoenix Financial Ltd. may be deemed the beneficial owner of 2,574,926.52 Ordinary Shares, representing approximately 5.72% of the number of Ordinary Shares outstanding. According to information provided by Phoenix Financial Ltd., these securities are beneficially owned by various direct or indirect, majority or wholly-owned subsidiaries of Phoenix Financial Ltd.
If the Reporting Persons named in this Amendment and Phoenix Financial Ltd. were deemed to constitute a "group" for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, each of the Reporting Persons and Phoenix Financial Ltd. may be deemed to share the power to vote, or direct the voting of, and share the power to dispose of, or direct the disposition of, the 5,171,757.52 Ordinary Shares held in the aggregate by the Reporting Persons and Phoenix Financial Ltd., which would represent approximately 11.48% of the number of Ordinary Shares outstanding.
However, each of the Reporting Persons specifically disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities reported herein except to the extent of his or its pecuniary interest therein. Except for sending the Demand Letter, there is no other agreement between VBF LP and Phoenix Financial Ltd. regarding any cooperation, joint venture, commitment to vote together or any other agreement of any kind concerning the Company's Ordinary Shares. Neither the filing of this Amendment nor any of its contents shall be deemed an admission that the Reporting Persons are, for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, the beneficial owners of any securities of the Issuer he or it does not directly own, or that a group exists for purposes of Schedule 13(d) of the Exchange Act or for any other purpose, and each Reporting Person and Phoenix Financial Ltd. disclaims the existence of any such group.
Percentages set forth in this Amendment were calculated based on 45,037,180 Ordinary Shares outstanding as of March 5, 2025 (as reported in the Issuer's Form 20-F filed with the SEC on March 25, 2025). |
| | Item 7 of the Schedule 13D is amended and restated as follows:
The following Exhibits are filed herewith:
Exhibit 1: Joint Filing Agreement by and among the Reporting Persons (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 1 to Schedule 13D filed by the Reporting Persons on April 21, 2025)
Exhibit 2: Unanimous written resolutions of the directors of Value Base Fund Management Ltd., dated as of September 27, 2023 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 2 to Schedule 13D filed by the Reporting Persons on April 21, 2025)
Exhibit 3: Letter to the Board of Directors of Perion Networks Ltd., dated as of April 21, 2025 (unofficial English translation from Hebrew) (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3 to Schedule 13D filed by the Reporting Persons on April 21, 2025)
Exhibit 4: Letter to the Board of Directors of Perion Networks Ltd., dated as of June 26, 2025 (unofficial English translation from Hebrew)
Exhibit 5: Certain transactions in Ordinary Shares effected by the Reporting Persons |