Exhibit 4.1
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This is an unofficial translation
of the 2006 Employees Directors and Officers Incentive Plan of
Elbit
Imaging Ltd. from the Hebrew language. This translation is made for
convenience purposes only and the
Hebrew version is the binding version of the Plan.
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ELBIT IMAGING LTD.
(the
“Company”)
Employees and Officers Incentive Plan –
Capital Gain Tax Track as
Amended on August 5, 2008 by the Board of Directors
The Plan is earmarked for the allocation of
Company’s non-negotiable Options,
exercisable into Company’s Ordinary Shares of NIS 1 par value
each, to employees and
officers of the Company and/or companies belonging to the
Company’s Group, pursuant
to the terms of Section 102 of the Income Tax Ordinance [New
Version], 5721-1961 –
Capital Gain Track, all pursuant to the terms set out in this Plan
below.
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Introduction and Definitions
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1.1
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Any expression
in this Plan referring to the singular shall also apply to the
plural and vice versa and any expression referring to one gender
shall also apply to the other gender, unless the context otherwise
requires.
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1.2
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The terms
specified below shall, in this Plan, have the meaning set out
opposite them unless the context otherwise requires:
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"Option"
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Non-negotiable
Option, exercisable into Ordinary Shares of the
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Company, all
pursuant and subject to the provisions of this Plan;
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The
"Ordinance" and/or the
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The Income Tax
Ordinance [New Version], 5721-1961, as shall be
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"Income Tax
Ordinance" -
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amended from
time to time, including regulations and/or rules
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and/or orders
and/or any other directives issued and/or to be
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issued by
virtue thereof;
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The
"Company's Group" -
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The Company and
companies under its control, directly and/or
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indirectly;
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The "102
Section Rules" or
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Income Tax
Rules (Tax benefits in Stock Issuance to Employees)
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the "Rules"
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5763-2003;
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"Share"
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Ordinary Share
of NIS 1 par value of the Company;
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"Grantee"
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Within the
meaning of this term in Section 102 of the Ordinance,
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to whom Options
were granted pursuant to the provisions of this
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Plan;
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The "Plan"
or the "Incentive Plan"
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This Plan as
shall be amended from time to time;
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The
"Exercise Shares" -
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As defined in
section 11.1 below;
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The "Stock
Exchange" -
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Tel Aviv Stock
Exchange Ltd.;
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"NASDAQ"
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NASDAQ Global
Select Market;
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"Trading
Day" -
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A day on which
trading takes place on the Stock Exchange;
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2.
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Capital
Gain Tax Track
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2.1
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This Plan shall
be subject to, interpreted in accordance with and comply with all
the requirements of Section 102 of the Ordinance and any written
approval of the Tax Authorities in Israel.
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2.2
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This Plans and
the allocations thereunder shall be subject to the provisions of
Section 102 of the Ordinance – Capital Gains Tax Track, as
shall be in effect from time to time, and the rules by virtue
thereof, and the Grantees shall be obligated to act pursuant to the
provisions of the Ordinance and such rules.
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2.3
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The allocation
of Options under this Plan shall be effected to an employee
incentive trust company (hereinafter: the “ Trustee
”), as trustee for each Grantee, or any other trustee to be
elected by the Company. The trust terms are specified in a trust
agreement to be signed by and between the Company and the Trustee
(hereinafter: the “ Trust Agreement ”), attached
hereto as an appendix.
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2.4
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In order for
the Grantee to pay the tax rates stipulated for the Capital Gains
Tax Track, the Grantee may not transfer and/or sell the Exercise
Shares in the Trustee’s possession up to the end of 24 months
from the date of allocation of the Options to the Trustee for the
Grantee, or any other term, which shall be approved by the Tax
Authorities in Israel (hereinafter: the “Lock-Up
Period” ).
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2.5
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In any event of
distribution of bonus shares and/or in the event of offering of
rights by virtue of the Options and/or the Exercise Shares
(hereinafter: the “ Additional Rights ”), all
the Additional Rights shall be allocated to the Trustee for the
Grantees and shall be held by the Trustee up to the end of the
Lock-Up Period of the Options in respect of which the rights were
allocated and the terms of the tax track shall apply to such
Additional Rights.
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2.6
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In the event
that the Grantee transfers and/or sells the Exercise Shares in the
possession of the Trustee prior to the end of the Lock-Up Period
(hereinafter: the “ Violation ”), the Grantee
shall pay all taxes required to be paid in the wake of committing
the Violation, pursuant to the provisions of section 7 of the
Rules, and shall indemnify the Company for any expense incurred by
the Company due to such Violation, including payment of the
employer’s contribution to the National Insurance Institute
in the wake of the Violation.
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2.7
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To remove any
doubts, the provisions of Section 102 of the Ordinance are intended
to add to any other provision stipulated in this Plan and nothing
in the provisions of section 102 of the Ordinance shall derogate
from the provisions of this Plan, including provisions as to the
Period of Consolidation of Entitlement, as defined in section 7
below and/or any other provisions limiting the Grantee’s
option to exercise the Options or transfer the Shares from the
possession of the Trustee.
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3.
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Number of
Options to be Allocated under the Plan
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The total
number of Options to be allocated under this Plan shall be one
million (2,000,000) non-negotiable Options of the Company,
exercisable into Company Ordinary Shares of NIS 1 par value each,
pursuant to the specification in this Plan below. The number of the
Shares arising from the exercise of the Options shall be subject to
the exercise formula and to adjustments as set out in sections 8.2
and 4 below.
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4.1
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In the event
that the Company distributes a cash dividend, the effective date
for the distribution thereof, will take place after the date of the
allocation of the Options to the Trustee for a Grantee, but before
the exercise or expiry of the Options, the Exercise Price, as
defined in section 6.4 below, shall be decreased in respect of each
Option by the amount of the dividend per share, less the tax
payable thereon.
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4.2
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In the event
that the Company distributes bonus shares, the effective date for
the distribution of which takes place after the date of the
allocation of the Options to the Trustee for the Grantee, but
before the exercise or expiry of the Options, the number of Shares
to which the Grantee is entitled upon the exercise of the Options
shall increase by the number of the Shares that the Grantee would
have been entitled to as bonus shares, had he exercised the Options
prior to the effective date for the distribution of the bonus
shares. The Exercise Price of each Option shall not vary as a
result of the increase in the number of Exercise Shares to which
the Grantee is entitled in the wake of the distribution of bonus
shares.
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4.3
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If rights to
acquire any securities whatsoever are offered to Company
shareholders by way of rights, the Company shall act with a view
that the rights be offered under the same terms, mutatis
mutandis , also to holders of the Options not yet exercised or
expired, as though the holders of such Options have exercised their
Options on the eve of the effective date for the right to
participate in the said issuance of rights. The number of the
Exercise Shares shall not increase as a result of the said issuance
of rights.
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4.4
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In any event of
division or consolidation of the Company’s share capital, or
any other corporate capitalization event of a significantly similar
nature, the Company shall effect such changes or adjustments as are
required to prevent dilution or increase in a Grantee’s
rights, pursuant to the Plan with respect to the number and class
of the Exercise Shares in relation to the Options not yet exercised
by the Grantee and/or the Exercise Price of each Option.
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4.5
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In any event of
a merger, spin-off and/or any other structural change, Options
which have been granted under this Plan, shall be replaced by, or
converted to, an alternative option in the Company after such
structural change, all at the absolute discretion of the
Company’s Board of Directors.
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Management of the Plan
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The
Company’s Board of Directors has the absolute discretion to
manage the Plan, adopt resolutions with respect to the Plan,
interpret same and introduce changes therein, as it deems fit,
including a change in the Exercise Price of all or any of the
Options, all subject to the provisions of any law. The
Company’s Board of Directors shall not be obligated to treat
all Grantees in an equal manner.
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6.1
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Any allocation
of Options under the Plan shall only be implemented upon
fulfillment of all the following conditions:
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A.
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The passage of
30 days from the date of submitting the application for approval of
the Plan to the Tax Authorities in Israel, pursuant to the
provisions of Section 102 of the Ordinance;
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Obtaining all
the approvals required for allocation under the Plan at the
authorized organs of the Company, pursuant to any law;
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Obtaining the
Stock Exchange’s approval for the listing of the Exercise
Shares for trading on the Stock Exchange;
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Filing an
application with NASDAQ for listing the Exercise Shares for trading
on the NASDAQ;
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6.2
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The Options
allocation date shall be the date on which the Company allocated
Options in the name of the Trustee for each Grantee, in accordance
with the provisions of this Plan.
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6.3
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The Options to
be allocated to the Trustees for the Grantees under this Plan,
shall be allocated without consideration.
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6.4
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The Exercise
Price for any Option to be allocated under this Plan shall be the
average of the closing rates of the Company Share on the Stock
Exchange during the 30 trading days preceding the Option allocation
date (hereinafter: the “ Exercise Price
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6.5
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The Options
allocated under this Plan may not be transferred to any Grantee
and/or third party whatsoever, other than transfer by virtue of a
Last Will and Testament or under law and, in such an event, the
provisions of Section 102 of the Ordinance and the Rules shall
apply to the Grantee’s heirs and/or transferees.
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7.
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Entitlement Consolidation
Period
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7.1
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Without
derogating from any of the provisions hereunder, the entitlement of
each Grantee to exercise the Options allocated to the Trustee on
his behalf shall be consolidated on the following dates
(hereinafter: “ Entitlement Consolidation Dates
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A.
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The Grantee
shall be entitled to exercise one third of the number of the
Options allocated to the Trustee on his behalf, at the end of one
year from the date of allocation of the Options to the Trustee for
the Grantee.
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B.
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The Grantee
shall be entitled to exercise another third of the number of the
Options allocated to the Trustee on his behalf, at the end of two
years from the date of allocation of
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