AGREEMENT Made and signed this 24th day of February 2009 BETWEEN: ALON CARMEL, ID 53408639 of 8383 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 800, Beverly Hills, CA 90211 (hereinafter referred to as “Carmel”) of the first part AND: OMDAN CONSULTANCY & TRAINING LTD, PC...
Exhibit
10.23
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F:/Sadot/Carmel_Omdan_Nir/SM/25/02/2009
[TRANSLATED
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AGREEMENT
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Made
and signed this 24th day of February
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of
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(hereinafter
referred to as “Carmel”)
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of
the first part
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AND:
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OMDAN
CONSULTANCY & TRAINING LTD, PC
511468316
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of
44 Nachal Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx
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(hereinafter
referred to as “Omdan”)
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of
the second part
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AND:
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NIR
ECOLOGY LTD, PC 511415382
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of
00 Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx Xxxxx
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through
the trustee, Ash-Dor Trust & Property Management Ltd, PC
511620163
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(hereinafter
referred to as “Nir
Ecology”)
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of
the third part
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WHEREAS
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Carmel
is the owner and holder of 2,272,800 ordinary shares of NIS 0.01 n.v.
each (hereinafter referred to as “ordinary
shares”), 164,697 preferred shares of NIS 0.01 n.v. each
(hereinafter referred to as “preferred
shares”) and two management shares of NIS 1 n.v. each
(hereinafter referred to as “management
shares”), all of the company Pimi Agro Cleantech Ltd, PC 513497123
(hereinafter referred to as “the
company”);
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AND
WHEREAS
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Omdan
is the owner and holder of 808,554 ordinary shares of NIS 0.01 n.v.
each, 8,708 preferred shares of NIS 0.01 n.v. each and one management
share of NIS 1 n.v., all of the
company;
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AND
WHEREAS
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Nir
Ecology is the holder, through Ash-Dor Trust & Property Management
Ltd, as trustee, of 1,440,000 ordinary shares of NIS 0.01 n.v. each
and one management share of NIS 1 n.v., all of the
company;
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AND
WHEREAS
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the
management shares carry voting rights in the company, while the ordinary
shares and preferred shares do not carry any voting rights in the
company;
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AND
WHEREAS
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the
company allotted one deciding share of NIS 0.01 n.v. to Adv. Xxxx
Hachmon, which vests him with the right to participate in meetings of the
company’s shareholders and/or board of directors, at the request of a
shareholder or director, as the case may be, and in the case of a deadlock
only, Adv. Hachmon shall decide the disputes (hereinafter referred to as
“the
deciding share”);
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AND
WHEREAS
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the
company intends issuing its shares on NASDAQ OTC B/B (hereinafter referred
to as “the
issue”) or transferring them to a company registered in the United
States, whose shares shall be listed for trade on NASDAQ OTC
B/B;
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AND
WHEREAS
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for
the purposes of the issue, the parties wish to alter the company’s capital
structure, such that the ordinary shares and the preferred shares shall
carry voting rights, each ordinary share of NIS 0.01 n.v. vesting one
vote, each preferred share of NIS 0.01 n.v. vesting one vote, and the
management shares and deciding share being converted into ordinary shares
of NIS 0.01 n.v. each;
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AND
WHEREAS
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the
parties intend convening a special general meeting, the agenda of which
shall include a change in the company’s capital structure as described
above and below;
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ACCORDINGLY,
IT IS AGREED BETWEEN THE PARTIES AS
FOLLOWS:
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The
parties shall act to convene a special general meeting of the holders of
the company’s management shares, the agenda of which shall include the
following matters:
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1.1
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a
change in the rights attached to the ordinary shares, such that they shall
carry a voting right in the company, each ordinary share of NIS 0.01
n.v. vesting the holder thereof with the right to be invited to the
general meetings of the company’s shareholders and to one vote
thereat;
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1.2
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a
change in the rights attached to the preferred shares, such that they
shall carry a voting right in the company, each preferred share of
NIS 0.01 n.v. vesting the holder thereof with the right to be invited
to the general meetings of the company’s shareholders and to one vote
thereat;
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1.3
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the
consolidation of all the management shares in the company’s authorized,
issued and paid up capital, and their re-division into 400 management
shares of NIS 0.01 n.v. each;
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1.4
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a
change in the rights attached to the management shares in the company’s
authorized, issued and paid up capital, such that the rights attached to
the management shares shall be identical to the rights attached to the
company’s ordinary shares after implementation of the provisions of clause
1.1 above;
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1.5
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the
conversion of the deciding share in the company’s authorized, issued and
paid up capital into one ordinary share of NIS 0.01
n.v.
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2.
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The
parties undertake to vote at the special general meeting in favour of the
proposed resolutions as worded in appendix “A”
hereto.
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3.
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On
implementation of the change in the company’s capital structure, the
parties undertake to vote in respect of all the shares held by them as
described below:
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3.1
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Omdan
and Nir Ecology undertake to vote in respect of the ordinary shares and
preferred shares held by them in favour of a proposed resolution pursuant
whereto two directors nominated by Carmel will be
appointed.
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3.2
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Nir
Ecology and Carmel undertake to vote in respect of the ordinary shares and
preferred shares held by them in favour of a proposed resolution pursuant
whereto one director nominated by Omdan will be
appointed.
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3.3
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Omdan
and Carmel undertake to vote in respect of the ordinary shares and
preferred shares held by them in favour of a proposed resolution pursuant
whereto one director nominated by Nir Ecology shall be
appointed.
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3.4
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If
any of the parties’ shareholdings in the company fall below 7.5%, the
other parties shall not be liable to vote for the director nominated by
him to the company’s board of directors. If Carmel’s shareholdings fall
below 15%, Omdan and Nir Ecology shall not be liable to vote, in respect
of the ordinary shares and preferred shares held by them, in favour of a
proposed resolution pursuant whereto two directors nominated by Carmel
will be appointed, and so long as Carmel holds more than 7.5% of the
company’s capital, they shall remain liable to vote for one director
nominated by Carmel.
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3.5
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The
aforesaid is based on the assumption that the company’s board of directors
shall consist of four directors appointed by the parties. In the event
that the number of directors appointed by the parties is greater than
four, the parties shall act so that each time an even number of additional
directors is appointed, such that if the parties appoint six directors,
the fifth director shall be appointed from amongst Carmel’s nominees, and
Omdan and Nir Ecology undertake to vote for him and the sixth director
shall be appointed from amongst Nir Ecology’s nominees, and Carmel and
Omdan undertake to vote for him. If the parties appoint eight directors,
the seventh director shall be appointed from amongst Carmel’s nominees,
and Omdan and Nir Ecology shall vote for him, and the eighth director
shall be appointed from amongst Omdan’s nominees, and Nir Ecology and
Carmel shall vote for him.
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3.6
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The
parties agree that in the event that they are unable to unanimously agree
on the identity of a nominated external director, they shall vote against
at any meeting at which the appointment of an external director is put to
the vote.
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The
parties undertake that in the event of a transfer of shares to a third
party, which is a related company of any of the parties and/or a relative
of the parties hereto, as such expression is defined in the Securities
Law, 5728-1968, the third party shall assume the transferor’s obligations
pursuant hereto. “Related company” for the purposes of this clause means a
company in which any of the parties directly and/or indirectly holds at
least 25% of the capital.
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If
by reason of the issue and for the purposes of its implementation, the
parties transfer their shares to a company to be registered in the United
States (hereinafter referred to as “the
American company”), and instead of their shares they receive shares
in the American company, the parties undertake that the provisions of this
agreement shall apply to their shareholdings in the American company. If
the issue does not take place within 12 months of the execution hereof,
the parties shall act in order to return the company’s capital structure
to its structure prior to the date of the execution
hereof.
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It
is agreed that the arrangements between the parties inter
se or between any of the parties and the company pursuant to the
shareholders’ agreement of 13th November 2005 and the amendment thereto of
15th November 2006 as shareholders of the company shall apply mutatis
mutandis to the parties as shareholders of the American
company.
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Adv.
Xxxx Hachmon, as arbitrator, shall decide any differences of opinion and
disputes arising between the parties, or any of them, in connection with
the interpretation or performance of this agreement. Omdan and Nir Ecology
acknowledge that Adv. Hachmon serves as Carmel’s attorney and that they
shall be precluded from raising any plea or request for the removal of
Adv. Hachmon from his position as arbitrator on the grounds that he is
Carmel’s attorney. If Adv. Hachmon refuses or not deem fit to serve as
arbitrator, he shall appoint an arbitrator for the
parties.
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The
parties agree that this clause constitutes an arbitration agreement for
all intents and purposes.
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As
witness the hands of the parties:
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Alon
Carmel
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Omdan
Consultancy & Training Ltd
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Nir
Ecology Ltd
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We agree
to the above provisions of this agreement and undertake to act pursuant thereto
until the transfer to Nir Ecology of the shares held by us on trust for Nir
Ecology.
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Ash-Dor
Trust & Property Management Ltd
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I
certify the aforesaid:
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Adv.
Xxxx Hachmon
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I certify
that I have irrevocable powers of attorney from the company’s other shareholders
who are not parties to this agreement, save for Initiatives, allowing me to vote
in their stead at meetings of the company’s shareholders. I certify that I shall
use the aforesaid powers of attorney for the purpose of voting at meetings of
the company’s shareholders after prior arrangement with Alon Carmel, and with
his consent.
(Signed)
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Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Adv.
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The
shareholders listed in appendix “B” hereto confirm their consent to the
provisions of clause 5 of the agreement and that the provisions of this clause
shall also apply to them, through the signature of their attorney, Adv. Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx.
(Signed)
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Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Adv.
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