SEC Form 20-F filed by Maris-Tech Ltd.

FORM 20-F

☐ REGISTRATION STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

OR

☒ ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024

OR

☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

OR

☐ SHELL COMPANY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Commission File No.: 001-39957

Maris-Tech Ltd.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Translation of registrant’s name into English: Not applicable

Israel
(Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

2 Yitzhak Modai Street
Rehovot, 7608804
Israel
(Address of principal executive offices)

Israel Bar
Chief Executive Officer
Tel: +972.72.2424022
[email protected]
2 Yitzhak Modai Street
Rehovot, 7608804
Israel
(Name, Telephone, E-mail and/or Facsimile number and Address of Company Contact Person)

Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None

Securities for which there is a reporting obligation pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Act: None

Indicate the number of outstanding shares of each of the issuer’s classes of capital or common stock as of the close of the period covered by the annual report: 8,104,180 ordinary shares as of December 31, 2024.

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.

Yes ☐ No ☒

If this report is an annual or transition report, indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act of 1934.

Yes ☐ No ☒

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.

Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months.

Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or an emerging growth company. See definition of “large accelerated filer, “accelerated filer,” and emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

If an emerging growth company that prepares its financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP, 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 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

†The term “new or revised financial accounting standard” refers to any update issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board to its Accounting Standards Codification after April 5, 2012.

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report.

Yes ☐ No ☒

If securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of the registrant included in the filing reflect the correction of an error to previously issued financial statements. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive- based compensation received by any of the registrant’s executive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to §240.10D-1(b). ☐

Indicate by check mark which basis of accounting the registrant has used to prepare the financial statements included in this filing.

If “Other” has been checked in response to the previous question, indicate by check mark which financial statement item the registrant has elected to follow.

☐ Item 17 ☐ Item 18

If this is an annual report, indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company.

Yes ☐ No ☒

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Maris - Tech Ltd.

INTRODUCTION

In this Annual Report on Form 20-F, or this Annual Report, unless the context otherwise requires, “we”, “us”, “our”, the “Company” and “MTEK” refer to Maris-Tech Ltd. and its wholly owned subsidiary, Maris North America Inc., or Maris U.S., a company incorporated under the laws of Delaware.

Maris-Tech Ltd. was incorporated in Israel in 2008 under the name “Maris Technologies Marketing Ltd.” On November 4, 2020, we changed our name to “Maris-Tech Ltd.”

We are a business-to-business approach, or B2B, provider of video and artificial intelligence, or AI, based edge computing technology, pioneering intelligent video transmission solutions that conquer complex video processing challenges. Our miniature, lightweight, and low-power products deliver high-performance capabilities including raw data processing, seamless transfer, advanced image processing, and AI-driven analytics. Founded by Israeli technology-sector veterans, we serve leading manufacturers worldwide in defense, aerospace, intelligence gathering, homeland security, or HLS, unmanned vehicles and drones, smart city and communication industries as well as governmental HLS and defense-end customers.

All trademarks or trade names referred to in this Annual Report are the property of their respective owners. Solely for convenience, the trademarks and trade names in this Annual Report are referred to without the ® and ™ symbols, but such references should not be construed as any indicator that their respective owners will not assert, to the fullest extent under applicable law, their rights thereto. We do not intend the use or display of other companies’ trademarks and trade names to imply a relationship with, or endorsement or sponsorship of us by, any other companies.

Our reporting currency and functional currency is the U.S. dollar. Unless otherwise expressly stated or the context otherwise requires, references in this Annual Report to “NIS” are to New Israeli Shekels, and references to “dollars” or “$” mean U.S. dollars.

We report our financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States, or U.S. GAAP. Unless derived from our financial statements or otherwise noted, amounts presented in this Annual Report are translated at the rate of NIS 3.647 = USD 1.00, the exchange rate between the NIS and the U.S. dollar reported by the Bank of Israel as of December 31, 2024.

This Annual Report includes statistical, market and industry data and forecasts which we obtained from publicly available information and independent industry publications and reports that we believe to be reliable sources. These publicly available industry publications and reports generally state that they obtain their information from sources that they believe to be reliable, but they do not guarantee the accuracy or completeness of the information. Although we believe that these sources are reliable, we have not independently verified the information contained in such publications.

CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

Certain information included or incorporated by reference in this Annual Report may be deemed to be “forward-looking statements”. Forward-looking statements are often characterized by the use of forward-looking terminology such as “may,” “will,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “continue,” “believe,” “should,” “intend,” “project” or other similar words, but are not the only way these statements are identified.

These forward-looking statements may include, but are not limited to, statements relating to our objectives, plans and strategies, statements that contain projections of results of operations or of financial condition, expected capital needs, and expenses, statements relating to the research, development, completion and use of our products, and all statements (other than statements of historical facts) that address activities, events or developments that we intend, expect, project, believe or anticipate will or may occur in the future.

Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to risks and uncertainties. We have based these forward-looking statements on assumptions and assessments made by our management in light of their experience and their perception of historical trends, current conditions, expected future developments, and other factors they believe to be appropriate.

Important factors that could cause actual results, developments, and business decisions to differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements include, among other things:

Readers are urged to carefully review and consider the various disclosures made throughout this Annual Report which are designed to advise interested parties of the risks and factors that may affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.

You should not put undue reliance on any forward-looking statements. Any forward-looking statements in this Annual Report are made as of the date hereof, and we undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.

PART I

ITEM 1. IDENTITY OF DIRECTORS, SENIOR MANAGEMENT AND ADVISERS

Not applicable.

ITEM 2. OFFER STATISTICS AND EXPECTED TIMETABLE

Not applicable.

ITEM 3. KEY INFORMATION

A. [Reserved]

B. Capitalization and Indebtedness

Not applicable.

C. Reasons for the Offer and Use of Proceeds.

Not applicable.

D. Risk Factors.

Our business faces significant risks. You should carefully consider the risks described below, together with all of the other information in this Annual Report. The risks described below are not the only risks facing us. Additional risks and uncertainties not currently known to us or that we currently deem to be immaterial may also materially and adversely affect our business operations. If any of these risks actually occurs, our business and financial condition could suffer and the price of our securities could decline. This Annual Report also contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Our results could materially differ from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements, as a result of certain factors including the risks described below and elsewhere in this report and our other Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, filings (see “Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” above).

Summary Risk Factors 

Risks Related to Our Business, Industry, Operations and Financial Condition

Risks Related to Israeli Law and our Operations in Israel

Risks Related to Our Status as a Public Company and Ownership of our Ordinary Shares and Warrants

Risks Related to Our Business, Industry, Operations and Financial Condition 

Our business, operating results and growth rates may be adversely affected by current or future unfavorable economic and market conditions and adverse developments with respect to financial institutions and associated liquidity risk.

Our business depends on the economic health of the global economy. If the conditions in the global economy remain uncertain or continue to be volatile, or if they deteriorate, including as a result of the impact of military conflict, such as the Russia-Ukraine war and the multi-front war Israel is facing, terrorism or other geopolitical events, our business, operating results and financial condition may be materially adversely affected. Economic weakness, inflation and increases in interest rates, limited availability of credit, liquidity shortages and constrained capital spending have at times in the past resulted, and may in the future result, in challenging and delayed sales cycles, slower adoption of new technologies and increased price competition, and could negatively affect our ability to forecast future periods, which could result in an inability to satisfy demand for our products and a loss of market share.

In addition, increases in inflation raise our costs for commodities, labor, materials and services and other costs required to grow and operate our business, and failure to secure these on reasonable terms may adversely impact our financial condition. Additionally, increases in inflation, geopolitical developments and global supply chain disruptions, have caused, and may in the future cause, global economic uncertainty and uncertainty about the interest rate environment, which may make it more difficult, costly or dilutive for us to secure additional financing. A failure to adequately respond to these risks could have a material adverse impact on our financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

Any of the abovementioned factors could affect our business, prospects, financial condition, and operating results. The extent and duration of the military action, sanctions and resulting market disruptions are impossible to predict, but could be substantial. Any such disruptions may also magnify the impact of other risks described in this Annual Report.

We have been operating at a loss since our inception and may never be profitable.

We have been operating at a loss since our inception. In the fiscal years ended December 31, 2024, 2023, and 2022 we had a net loss of $1,233,892, $2,709,596 and $3,688,346, respectively.

We anticipate that our operating expenses will continue to increase as we expand our operations and continue to invest in developing our product pipeline. These expenses may exceed our budgeted amounts and our revenues may not increase sufficiently to turn an operating profit and become cash flow positive. If any of the foregoing occur, we may continue to incur losses and remain unprofitable.

Amounts included in backlog may not result in actual revenue and are an uncertain indicator of our future earnings.

As of January 1, 2025, our backlog was approximately $9.8 million. As of March 28, 2025, our backlog was approximately $9.9 million. We define backlog as the accumulation of all pending orders with a later fulfillment date for which revenue has not been recognized and we consider valid. Our backlog is comprised of executed purchase orders from new customers and existing customers with which we have had long-standing relationships and from governmental agencies. The disclosure of backlog aids in the analysis of the demand for our products, as well as our ability to meet that demand. However, because revenue will not be recognized until we have fulfilled our obligations to a customer, there may be a significant amount of time between executing a contract with a customer and delivery of the product to the customer and revenue recognition. In addition, backlog is not necessarily indicative of our revenues to be recognized in a specified future period and we cannot assure that we will recognize revenue with respect to each order included in backlog. Our customers may order products from multiple sources to ensure timely delivery and may cancel or defer orders without significant penalty. Our customers also may cancel orders when business is weaker, and inventories are excessive. While as of March 28, 2025, no orders were cancelled, should a cancellation occur, our backlog and anticipated revenue would be reduced unless we were able to replace the cancelled order. As a result, we cannot provide assurances as to the portion of backlog to be filled in a given year, and our backlog as of any particular date may not be representative of actual revenues for any subsequent period.

We may not have sufficient manufacturing capabilities to satisfy any growing demand for our commissioned products. We may be unable to control the availability or cost of producing such products.

Our current manufacturing capabilities may not reach the required production levels necessary in order to meet growing demands for any products we may commission or future products we may develop. There can be no assurance that our commissioned products can be manufactured at our desired commercial quantities, in compliance with our requirements and at an acceptable cost. Any such failure could delay or prevent us from shipping said products and marketing our technologies in accordance with our target growth strategies.

We operate in an evolving industry and, as a result, our past results may not be indicative of future operating performance.

We operate in a rapidly evolving industry that may not develop in a manner favorable to our business. Therefore, it may be difficult to assess our future performance. You should consider our business and prospects in light of the risks and difficulties we may encounter.

Our future success will depend in large part upon our ability to, inter alia:

Our commercial success depends upon the degree of market acceptance by the professional, HLS and defense markets as well as by other prospective markets and industries.

We provide intelligent video transmission, including AI functionality, for professional, HLS and defense applications. Our current business model is that of a B2B in which we seek to identify target businesses interested in integrating our technology, or commissioning individual projects using our technology. Any product that we commission or that is brought to the market may or may not gain market acceptance by prospective customers. The commercial success of our technologies, commissioned products and any future product that we may develop depends in part on the professional, HLS and defense community as well as other industries for various use cases, depending on the acceptance by such industries of our commissioned products as a useful and cost-effective solution compared to current technologies. Even though our B2B products are custom made, step by step with our customers in order to ensure compatibility and acceptance, if our technology or any future product that we may develop does not achieve an adequate level of acceptance, or does not garner significant commercial appeal, we may not generate significant revenue and may not become profitable. The degree of market acceptance will depend on a number of factors, including:

Our efforts to penetrate industries and educate the marketplace on the benefits of our technology, and reasons to seek the commissioning of products based on our technology, may require significant resources and may never be successful. Such efforts to educate the marketplace may require more resources than are required by conventional technologies.

We may not be able to introduce products acceptable to customers and we may not be able to improve the technology used in our current systems in response to changing technology and end-user needs.

The markets in which we operate are subject to rapid and substantial innovation and technological change, mainly driven by technological advances and end-user requirements and preferences, as well as the emergence of new standards and practices. Even if we are able to complete the development of our products, our ability to compete in the unmanned platform markets will depend largely on our future success in enhancing our existing products and developing new systems that will address the varied needs of prospective end-users, and respond to technological advances and industry standards and practices on a cost-effective and timely basis to otherwise gain market acceptance.

Even if we successfully introduce our existing products in development, it is likely that new systems and technologies that we develop will eventually supplant our existing systems or that our competitors will create systems that will replace our systems. As a result, any of our products may be rendered obsolete or uneconomical by our or others’ technological advances.

Potential growth of our business is based on international expansion, making us susceptible to risks associated with international sales and operations.

Having consolidated our position in the local Israeli market, we have plans to expand internationally with broad range of the field-tested video and data analytics products. Conducting international operations subjects us to certain risks which include localization of solutions and products and adapting them to local practices and regulatory requirements, exchange rate fluctuations and unexpected changes in tax, trade laws, tariffs, governmental controls and other trade restrictions. To the extent that we do not succeed in expanding our operations internationally and managing the associated legal and operational risks, our results of operations may be adversely affected.

We expect to face significant competition. If we cannot successfully compete with new or existing technologies or future developed products, our marketing and sales will suffer and we may never be profitable.

Based on product comparisons that we have conducted, and in reviewing our products against the comparable products offered by our leading competitors, we believe that our products have significant advantages compared to our competitors, both in terms of miniaturization, latency and functionality, and in our products’ ability to provide our customers with a single solution that addresses all their needs in a single customizable, modular product. Nonetheless, we are continuously competing against existing technologies in different industries and we cannot exclude the possibility of new technologies or innovations created by our competitors in the future. Some of these competitors, either alone or together with their collaborative partners, operate larger research and development programs than we do, and may have substantially greater financial resources than we do, which may, in the long run hinder us from competing effectively against our competitors, which could reduce our market share and ability to develop or secure new customers and adversely impact our business, results of operations, financial condition and prospects.

Significant merchandise returns and recalls of our ready-made products could harm our business.

Disruptions affecting the introduction, release or performance of our ready-made products may damage customers’ businesses and could harm their and our reputation. We may be subject to warranty and liability claims for damages related to defects in those products. In addition, if we do not meet industry or quality standards, if applicable, then the products may be subject to a recall, a material liability claim, or other occurrence that harms our reputation or decreases market acceptance of our products and could adversely impact our operating results.

If we fail to offer high-quality customer support, our business and reputation may suffer.

High-quality customer support is important for the successful retention of existing customers. Providing this support requires that our support personnel have specific knowledge and expertise of our products and markets, making it more difficult for us to hire qualified personnel and to scale up our support operations. The importance of high-quality customer support will increase as we expand our business and pursue new customers. If we do not provide effective and timely ongoing support, our ability to retain existing customers may suffer, and our reputation with existing or potential customers may be harmed, which would have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, financial condition and prospects.

Our reliance on third-party suppliers for most of the component parts of our products could harm our ability to meet demand for our products in a timely and cost-effective manner.

Though we attempt to ensure the availability of more than one supplier for each important component in any product that we commission, the number of suppliers engaged in the provision of the specified components suitable for our miniature intelligent video surveillance and communication technology products is limited, and therefore in some cases we engage with a single supplier, which may result in our dependency on such supplier. As such, we may be subject to disruptions in our operations if our sole or limited supply contract manufacturers decrease or stop production of components or do not produce components and products of sufficient quantity. Alternative sources for our component parts may not always be available. Many of our component parts are manufactured overseas, so they have long lead times, and events such as local disruptions, natural disasters or political conflict may cause unexpected interruptions to the supply of our products or components. As such, the loss of one or more of our specified suppliers, and our inability or delay in finding suitable replacement suppliers, could significantly affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and reputation.

If we are unable to establish significant sales, marketing and distribution capabilities or enter into successful relationships with business targets and third parties to perform these services, we may not be successful in commercializing our products and technology.

Given that we are currently a B2B company, our business is reliant on our ability to successfully attract potential business targets. Furthermore, we have a limited sales and marketing infrastructure and have limited experience in the sale, marketing or distribution of our technologies beyond the B2B model. To achieve commercial success for our technologies or any future developed product, we will need to expand our current sales and marketing infrastructure. There are risks involved with establishing and expanding our own sales, marketing and distribution capabilities. For example, recruiting and training additional sales force could be expensive and time consuming and could delay any product launch. In addition, our investment would be lost if we cannot retain or reposition our sales and marketing personnel.

Factors that may inhibit our efforts to commercialize any future products on our own include:

the inability of sales personnel to obtain access to potential customers;

If we are unable to establish additional sales, marketing and distribution capabilities or enter into successful arrangements with third parties to perform these services, our revenues and our profitability may be materially adversely affected.

In addition, we may not be successful in entering into arrangements with third parties to sell, market and distribute our products inside or outside of Israel or may be unable to do so on terms that are favorable to us. We likely will have little control over such third parties, and any of them may fail to devote the necessary resources and attention to sell and market our products effectively. If we do not establish sales, marketing and distribution capabilities successfully, either on our own or in collaboration with third parties, we will not be successful in commercializing our technologies or any future products we may develop.

Changes in our insurance coverage may adversely affect our business, financial condition and operational results.

We maintain a public offering of securities insurance and appropriate policies of insurance consistent with those customarily carried by organizations in our industry sector. These increases in the cost of such insurance policies or the industry in which we operate could adversely affect our business, financial condition and operational results. Our insurance coverage may also be inadequate to cover losses it sustains. Uninsured loss or a loss in excess of our insured limits could adversely affect our business, financial condition and operational results.

We may require substantial additional funding to grow our business, which may not be available to us on acceptable terms, or at all.

As of December 31, 2024 and 2023, we had $2,335,232 and $2,083,186 in cash and cash equivalents and restricted deposits, respectively, and $0 and $3,148,746 in short-term bank deposits, respectively. While we expect that our existing cash and cash equivalents and our short-term bank deposit as of December 31, 2024, together with anticipated revenue from existing customers pursuant to existing purchase orders, as well as projected revenue from new customers and new orders, will be sufficient to fund our current operations and satisfy our obligations for the next twelve months. We may require additional funding or use our existing line of credit to fund and grow our operations and to complete development of certain products and bring them to the market. There can be no assurance that any financing will be available in amounts or on terms acceptable to us, if at all. In the event we require additional capital, the inability to obtain additional capital will restrict our ability to grow and may reduce our ability to continue to conduct business operations. If we are unable to obtain additional financing, we will likely be required to curtail our development plans. In that event, shareholders would likely experience a loss of most or all of their investment. Any additional funding that we do obtain may be dilutive to the interests of existing shareholders.

We may not accurately forecast revenues, profitability and appropriately plan our expenses.

We base our current and future expense levels on our operating forecasts and estimates of future income and operating results. Income and operating results are difficult to forecast because they generally depend on the volume sales and timing, which are uncertain. Additionally, our business is affected by general economic and business conditions around the world. A softening in income, whether caused by changes in consumer preferences in the unmanned platform markets, or a weakening in global economies, may result in decreased net revenue levels, and we may be unable to adjust our expenses in a timely manner to compensate for any unexpected shortfall in income. This inability could cause our (loss)/income after tax in a given quarter to be (higher)/lower than expected. We also make certain assumptions when forecasting the amount of expense, we expect related to our share-based payments, which includes the expected volatility of our share price, and the expected life of share options granted. These assumptions are partly based on historical results. If actual results differ from our estimates, our operating results in a given period may be lower than expected.

We rely on highly skilled personnel, and, if we are unable to attract, retain or motivate qualified personnel, we may not be able to operate our business effectively.

Our success depends in large part on the continued employment of senior management and key personnel who can effectively operate our business, as well as our ability to attract and retain skilled employees. Competition for highly skilled management, technical, research and development and other employees is intense and we may not be able to attract or retain highly qualified personnel in the future. In making employment decisions, candidates often consider the value of the equity awards they would receive in connection with their employment. Our long-term incentive programs may not be attractive enough or perform sufficiently to attract or retain qualified personnel.

If any of our employees leave us, and we fail to effectively manage a transition to new personnel, or if we fail to attract and retain qualified and experienced professionals on acceptable terms, our business, financial condition and results of operations could be adversely affected.

Our success also depends on our having highly trained financial, technical, recruiting, sales and marketing personnel. We will need to continue to hire additional personnel as our business grows. A shortage in the number of people with these skills or our failure to attract them to our company could impede our ability to increase revenues from our existing technology and services or launch new product offerings and would have an adverse effect on our business and financial results.

We may have difficulty in entering into and maintaining strategic alliances with third parties.

We may enter into strategic alliances with third parties to gain access to new and innovative technologies and markets. These parties are often large, established companies. Negotiating and performing under these arrangements involves significant time and expense, particularly those with companies that have significantly greater financial and other resources than we do. The anticipated benefits of these arrangements may never materialize, and performing under these arrangements may require significant resources which may affect our results of operations.

We may not be able to obtain patents or other intellectual property rights necessary to protect our proprietary technology and business.

The value of our products depends on our ability to protect our intellectual property, including trademarks, copyrights, patents and moral rights.

We currently have one approved patent and may seek to patent additional concepts, components, processes, designs and methods, and other inventions and technologies that we consider to have commercial value or that will likely give us a technological advantage. Despite devoting resources to the research and development of proprietary technology, we may not be able to develop technology that is patentable or protectable.

Furthermore, any patents issued could be challenged, re-examined, held invalid or unenforceable or circumvented and may not provide sufficient protection or a competitive advantage. In addition, despite efforts to protect and maintain patents, competitors and other third parties may be able to design around their patents or develop products similar to our work products that are not within the scope of their patents. Finally, patents provide certain statutory protection only for a limited period of time that varies depending on the jurisdiction and type of patent.

Prosecution and protection of the rights sought in patent applications and patents can be costly and uncertain, often involve complex legal and factual issues and consume significant time and resources. In addition, the breadth of claims allowed in patents, their enforceability and our ability to protect and maintain them cannot be predicted with any certainty. The laws of certain countries may not protect intellectual property rights to the same extent as the laws of Israel. Even if patents are held to be valid and enforceable in a certain jurisdiction, any legal proceedings that we may initiate against third parties to enforce such patents will likely be expensive, take significant time and divert management’s attention from other business matters. We cannot assure that any of our future pending patent applications provide any protectable, maintainable or enforceable rights or competitive advantages to us.

In addition to patents, we will rely on a combination of proprietary know how, copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets and other related laws and confidentiality procedures and contractual provisions to protect, maintain and enforce our proprietary technology and intellectual property rights in Israel and other countries. However, our ability to protect our brands by registering certain trademarks may be limited. In addition, while we will generally enter into confidentiality and nondisclosure agreements with our employees, consultants, contract manufacturers, distributors and resellers and with others to attempt to limit access to and distribution of our proprietary and confidential information, it is possible that:

We cannot assure that we will be successful in protecting, maintaining or enforcing our intellectual property rights. If we are unsuccessful in protecting, maintaining or enforcing our intellectual property rights, then our business, operating results and financial condition could be materially adversely affected, which could:

If it is determined that we have infringed, violated or are infringing or violating a patent or other intellectual property right of any other person or if we are found liable in respect of any other related claim, then, in addition to being liable for potentially substantial damages, we may be prohibited from developing, using, distributing, selling or commercializing certain of our technologies unless we obtain a license from the holder of the patent or other intellectual property right. We cannot assure you that we will be able to obtain any such license on a timely basis or on commercially favorable terms, or that any such licenses will be available, or that workarounds will be feasible and cost-efficient. If we do not obtain such a license or find a cost-efficient workaround, our business, operating results and financial condition could be materially adversely affected and we could be required to cease related business operations in some markets and restructure our business to focus on our continuing operations in other markets.

We may be unable to keep pace with changes in technology as our business and market strategy evolves.

We will need to respond to technological advances in a cost-effective and timely manner in order to remain competitive. The need to respond to technological changes may require us to make substantial, unanticipated expenditures. There can be no assurance that we will be able to respond successfully to technological changes. If we will be unable to respond successfully to technological advance, we may lose our competitive advantage, which could adversely affect our business.

Significant disruptions of our information technology systems or breaches of our data security could adversely affect our business.

A significant invasion, interruption, destruction or breakdown of our information technology systems and/or infrastructure by persons with authorized or unauthorized access could negatively impact our business and operations. We could also experience business interruption, information theft and reputational damage from cyber-attacks, which may compromise our systems and lead to data leakage either internally or at our third-party providers. Our systems may be the target of malware and other cyber-attacks. Although we have invested in measures to reduce these risks, we cannot assure you that these measures will be successful in preventing compromise or disruption of our information technology systems a data.

We may be subject to general litigation, regulatory disputes and government inquiries.

As a growing company with expanding operations, we may in the future increasingly face the risk of claims, lawsuits, government investigations and other proceedings involving competition and antitrust, intellectual property, privacy, consumer protection, accessibility claims, securities, tax, labor and employment, commercial disputes, services and other matters. The number and significance of these disputes and inquiries have increased as the political and regulatory landscape changes, and as we have grown larger and expanded in scope and geographic reach, and our services have increased in complexity.

We cannot predict the outcome of such disputes and inquiries with certainty. Regardless of the outcome, these can have an adverse impact on us because of legal costs, diversion of management resources and other factors. Determining reserves for any litigation is a complex, fact-intensive process that is subject to judgment calls. It is possible that a resolution of one or more such proceedings could require us to make substantial payments to satisfy judgments, fines or penalties or to settle claims or proceedings, any of which could harm our business. These proceedings could also result in reputational harm, criminal sanctions, consent decrees or orders preventing us from offering certain products or services or requiring a change in our business practices in costly ways or requiring development of non-infringing or otherwise altered products or technologies. Litigation and other claims and regulatory proceedings against us could result in unexpected expenses and liabilities, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, financial condition and prospects.

We have identified material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting that could, if not remediated, result in material misstatements in our financial statements. If we fail to maintain an effective system of internal control over financial reporting, we may not be able to accurately report our financial results or prevent fraud. As a result, shareholders could lose confidence in our financial and other public reporting, which would harm our business and the trading price of our Ordinary Shares.

Effective internal controls over financial reporting are necessary for us to provide reliable financial reports and, together with adequate disclosure controls and procedures are designed to prevent fraud. Our management will be required to assess the effectiveness of our internal controls and procedures and disclose changes in these controls on an annual basis. However, for as long as we are an “emerging growth company” under the JOBS Act, our independent registered public accounting firm will not be required to attest to the effectiveness of our internal controls over financial reporting pursuant to Section 404.

Any failure to implement required new or improved controls, or difficulties encountered in their implementation could cause us to fail to meet our reporting obligations. In addition, any testing by us conducted in connection with Section 404, or any subsequent testing by our independent registered public accounting firm, may reveal deficiencies in our internal controls over financial reporting that are deemed to be material weaknesses or that may require prospective or retroactive changes to our financial statements or identify other areas for further attention or improvement. Inferior internal controls could also cause investors to lose confidence in our reported financial information, which could have a negative effect on the trading price of our Ordinary Shares.

As of December 31, 2021, we identified material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting, which continued to persist as of December 31, 2024. As defined in Regulation 12b-2 under the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act, a “material weakness” is a deficiency, or combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of our annual financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. Specifically, we determined that the material weaknesses are related to having an insufficient number of financial reporting personnel with an appropriate level of knowledge, experience and training in the application of U.S. GAAP and SEC rules and regulations commensurate with our reporting requirements and inadequate segregation of duties consistent with control objectives.

Since 2022, we have been implementing corrective actions to address these weaknesses, including improving the segregation of duties and enhancing our controls to ensure the accuracy of our financial reporting. We have also taken the following actions toward remediating these material weaknesses:

The process of designing and maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting is a continuous effort that requires management to anticipate and react to changes in our business, economic, and regulatory environments and to expend significant resources. As we continue to evaluate our internal control over financial reporting, we may take additional actions to remediate the material weaknesses or modify the remediation actions described above.

Although we believe, based on our evaluation to date, that there has been some progress in remediating the material weaknesses, we cannot project a specific timeline for when the material weaknesses will be fully remediated. The material weaknesses will not be remediated until the necessary internal controls have been designed, implemented, tested and determined to be operating effectively. In addition, the implementation of these initiatives may not fully address any material weakness or other deficiencies that we may have in our internal control over financial reporting.

Even if we develop effective internal control over financial reporting, these controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions or the degree of compliance with these policies or procedures may deteriorate, and material weaknesses and deficiencies may be discovered in them. We are working with our legal, independent accounting and financial advisors to identify those areas in which changes should be made to our financial and management control systems to manage our growth and our obligations as a public company. These areas include corporate governance, corporate control, disclosure controls and procedures and financial reporting.

We have made, and will continue to make, changes in these and other areas. In any event, the process of determining whether our existing internal controls are compliant with Section 404 and sufficiently effective will require the investment of substantial time and resources, including by our chief financial officer and other members of our senior management. As a result, this process may divert internal resources and take a significant amount of time and effort to complete, even more so after we are no longer an “emerging growth company”. In addition, we cannot predict the outcome of this process and whether we will need to implement remedial actions in order to implement effective controls over financial reporting. The determination of whether or not our internal controls are sufficient and any remedial actions required could result in us incurring additional costs that we did not anticipate, including the hiring of outside consultants. We may also fail to complete our evaluation, testing and any required remediation needed to comply with Section 404 in a timely fashion. Irrespective of compliance with Section 404, any additional failure of our internal controls could have a material adverse effect on our stated results of operations and harm our reputation. As a result, we may experience higher than anticipated operating expenses, as well as higher independent auditor fees during and after the implementation of these changes. If we are unable to implement any of the required changes to our internal control over financial reporting effectively or efficiently or are required to do so earlier than anticipated, it could adversely affect our operations, financial reporting or results of operations and could result in an adverse opinion on internal controls from our independent auditors.

Furthermore, if we are unable to certify that our internal control over financial reporting is effective and in compliance with Section 404, we may be subject to sanctions or investigations by regulatory authorities, such as the SEC or stock exchanges, and we could lose investor confidence in the accuracy and completeness of our financial reports, which could hurt our business, the price of our Ordinary Shares and our ability to access the capital market.

New regulation as well as regulation in new target territories, including regulation relating to unmanned platforms, video and audio systems, may create obstacles to our sales and marketing efforts.

Other than the provisions of the Israeli Encouragement of Industrial Research, Development and Technological Innovation Law, 1984, as amended, and related regulations, or the Research Law, which may restrict our ability to move the production of products developed using grants received from the Israeli Innovation Authority, or the IIA (see “Risk Factors - Risks Related to Israeli Law and our Operations in Israel” for further information), We received Israeli government grants for certain of our research and development activities, the terms of which may require us to pay royalties and to satisfy specified conditions in order to manufacture products and transfer technologies outside of Israel. If we fail to satisfy these conditions, we may be required to pay penalties and refund grants previously received. In events where our products have been required to comply with any foreign regulation, these issues have been under the jurisdiction and responsibility of our local distributors or customers. However, expansion of our operation into new territories, enhancing our sales and marketing in existing foreign territories, as well as new regulations that might be enacted in the future which may apply to our technologies or market segment, may require us in the future to ensure that our products are in compliance with various regulatory constrains or technology standards imposed by local authorities. Such development may require us to make additional expenses in order to ensure compliance, as well as hinder or delay us from entering certain markets, thus adversely affecting our business, financial condition and operational results.

Risks Related to Israeli Law and our Operations in Israel

Political, economic and military instability in Israel may impede our ability to operate and harm our financial results.

Our offices and management team are located in Israel. Accordingly, political, economic and military conditions in Israel and the surrounding region may directly affect our business and operations.

Any hostilities involving Israel or the interruption or curtailment of trade between Israel and its present trading partners, or a significant downturn in the economic or financial condition of Israel, could affect adversely our operations. Ongoing and revived hostilities or other Israeli political or economic factors could harm our operations, product development and results of operations. 

On October 7, 2023, an unprecedented attack was launched against Israel by terrorists from the Hamas terrorist organization that infiltrated Israel’s southern border from the Gaza Strip and in other areas within the state of Israel attacking civilians and military targets while simultaneously launching extensive rocket attacks on the Israeli population. In response, the Security Cabinet of the State of Israel, or the Security Cabinet, declared war against Hamas. As of March 18, 2025, the ceasefire that had been in place since January 2025 has ended, and hostilities have resumed. The continuation of the conflict has led to heightened security concerns, potential disruptions to business operations, and economic instability. There remains significant uncertainty regarding the duration and escalation of the conflict, and further military actions, restrictions, or government-imposed measures could adversely affect our operations, supply chains, and financial condition.

Since the war broke out on October 7, 2023, our operations have not been adversely affected by this situation. As of the January 2025, Israel entered into a ceasefire agreement with Hamas, but there are no guarantees as to whether it will hold or whether further hostilities will resume. It is not possible to predict the intensity or duration of the war, nor can we predict how this war will ultimately affect Israel’s economy in general and we continue to monitor the situation closely and examine the potential disruptions that could adversely affect our operations.

Following the attack by Hamas on Israel’s southern border, Hezbollah, a terrorist organization in Lebanon also launched missile, rocket and shooting attacks against Israeli military sites, troops, and Israeli towns in northern Israel. In response to these attacks, the Israeli army carried out a number of targeted strikes on sites belonging to Hezbollah in southern Lebanon. As of the end of November 2024, Israel entered into a ceasefire agreement with Hezbollah, but there are no guarantees as to whether it will hold or whether further hostilities will resume.

In April and October 2024, Iran launched missile and unmanned aerial vehicle, or UAV, attacks on Israel. Most of the missiles and UAVs were intercepted by Israel’s defense systems, with support from the United States and other countries, including regional allies, preventing significant damage and resulting in no casualties. Despite the successful interceptions, the attacks posed an elevated threat to Israel’s security. In response to the Iranian attack in April 2024, Israel conducted targeted military strikes against Iranian military assets in Syria, aiming to degrade Iran’s operational capabilities in the region and deliver a strong deterrent message. On April 19, 2024, the air force base in Esfahan, Iran, and the A-T’ala airport in the A-Sweida area of southern Syria were attacked, with these strikes attributed to Israel.

In connection with the Security Cabinet’s declaration of war against Hamas and the hostilities with other organizations, several hundred thousand Israeli military reservists were called to active military duty. As of March 28, 2025, one of our current employees in Israel have been called to active military duty. We also rely on service providers located in Israel and have entered into certain agreements with Israeli counterparties. Employees of such service providers or contractual counterparties may be called for service in the current or future wars or other armed conflicts with Hamas and such persons may be absent from their positions for a period of time. As of March 28, 2025, we have not been impacted by any absences of personnel at our service providers or counterparties located in Israel. However, military service call ups that result in absences of personnel from us, our service providers or contractual counterparties in Israel may disrupt our operations and absences for an extended period of time may materially and adversely affect our business, prospects, financial condition and results of operations.

In December 2024, Ba’athist Syria, led by President Bashar al-Assad, collapsed during a major offensive by opposition forces made up of several competing rebel groups. In response, the Israeli Defense Forces took control over an United Nations-designated buffer zone over Mount Hermon that separated Israel and Syria. Simultaneously, Israel conducted targeted military strikes against military assets in Syria, aiming to eliminate any chemical weapons storage sites that could be used by rebel groups and further weaken Iran’s operational capabilities in the region. While the transitional government of Syria has indicated that it is interested in reconstruction and stability rather than a continuation of conflicts with Israel, there are no guarantees that there is no future escalation of hostilities or that Syria will permit other neighboring countries to launch attacks at Israel from its territory.

It is possible that other terrorist organizations, including Palestinian military organizations in the West Bank, as well as other hostile countries, will join the hostilities. Such hostilities may include terror and missile attacks. Any hostilities involving Israel or the interruption or curtailment of trade between Israel and its trading partners could adversely affect our operations and results of operations. Our insurance policies do not cover losses that may occur as a result of events associated with war and terrorism.

Although the Israeli government currently covers the reinstatement value of direct damages that are caused by terrorist attacks or acts of war, we cannot assure you that this government coverage will be maintained or that it will sufficiently cover our potential damages. Any losses or damages incurred by us could have a material adverse effect on our business. Any armed conflicts or political instability in the region would likely negatively affect business conditions and could harm our results of operations.

Several countries, principally in the Middle East, still restrict doing business with Israel and Israeli companies, and additional countries may impose restrictions on doing business with Israel and Israeli companies, whether as a result of hostilities in the region or otherwise. In addition, there have been increased efforts by activists to cause companies and consumers to boycott Israeli goods and cooperation with Israeli-related entities based on Israeli government policies. Such actions, particularly if they become more widespread, may adversely impact our ability to collaborate with other third parties. Any hostilities involving Israel, any interruption or curtailment of trade or scientific cooperation between Israel and its present partners, or a significant downturn in the economic or financial condition of Israel could adversely affect our business, financial condition and operations. We may also be targeted by cyber terrorists specifically because we are an Israeli-related company.

Furthermore, the Israeli government is currently pursuing extensive changes to Israel’s judicial system, including plans to significantly reduce the Israeli Supreme Court’s ability to strike down legislation that it deems unreasonable, and plans to increase political influence over the selection of judges. For example, recently, the Israeli supreme court overruled a bill that removes the power of the Israeli judiciary to strike down legislation it deems unreasonable. The Israeli government also announced its plans to pass into legislation other judicial reforms that would, for example, increase political influence over the selection of judges. In response to the foregoing developments, individuals, organizations and institutions, both within and outside of Israel, have voiced concerns that the proposed changes may negatively impact the business environment in Israel including due to reluctance of foreign investors to invest or conduct business in Israel, as well as to increased currency fluctuations, downgrades in credit rating, increased interest rates, increased volatility in securities markets, and other changes in macroeconomic conditions. Such proposed changes may also adversely affect the labor market in Israel or lead to political instability or civil unrest. To the extent that any of these negative developments do occur, they may have an adverse effect on our business, our results of operations and our ability to raise additional funds.

Exchange rate fluctuations between foreign currencies and the U.S. Dollar may negatively affect our earnings.

Our reporting and functional currency is the U.S. dollar. Our revenues are currently primarily payable in U.S. dollars and we expect our future revenues to be denominated primarily in U.S. dollars. However, certain amounts of our revenues and expenses are also in NIS and Euro. As a result, we are exposed to the currency fluctuation risks relating to the recording of our expenses in U.S. dollars. We may, in the future, decide to enter into currency hedging transactions. These measures, however, may not adequately protect us from material adverse effects.

We may become subject to claims for remuneration or royalties for assigned service invention rights by our employees, which could result in litigation and adversely affect our business.

A significant portion of our intellectual property has been developed by our employees in the course of their employment for us. Under the Israeli Patent Law, 1967, or the Patent Law, inventions conceived by an employee in the course and as a result of or arising from his or her employment with a company are regarded as “service inventions,” which belong to the employer, absent a specific agreement between the employee and employer giving the employee service invention rights. The Patent Law also provides that if there is no such agreement between an employer and an employee, the Israeli Compensation and Royalties Committee, or the Committee, a body constituted under the Patent Law, will determine whether the employee is entitled to remuneration for his inventions. Recent case law clarifies that the right to receive consideration for “service inventions” can be waived by the employee and that in certain circumstances, such waiver does not necessarily have to be explicit. The Committee will examine, on a case-by-case basis, the general contractual framework between the parties, using interpretation rules of the general Israeli contract laws. Further, the Committee has not yet determined one specific formula for calculating this remuneration (but rather uses the criteria specified in the Patent Law). Although we have entered into assignment-of-invention agreements with all our current and former employees pursuant to which such individuals assign to us all rights to any inventions created in the scope of their employment or engagement with us, we may still face claims demanding remuneration in consideration for assigned inventions. If such claims are found to have merit despite our assignment of invention agreements, we could be required to pay additional remuneration or royalties to our current and/or former employees, or be forced to litigate such claims, which could negatively affect our business.

We received Israeli government grants for certain of our research and development activities, the terms of which may require us to pay royalties and to satisfy specified conditions in order to manufacture products and transfer technologies outside of Israel. If we fail to satisfy these conditions, we may be required to pay penalties and refund grants previously received.

Our research and development efforts were financed in part through grants from the IIA.

With respect to the royalty-bearing grants we are committed to pay royalties at a rate of 3% to 5% on sales proceeds from our products that were developed under IIA programs up to the total amount of grants received, linked to the U.S. dollar and bearing interest at the annual Secured Overnight Financing Rate, or SOFR, applicable to U.S. dollar deposits. With respect to IIA grants approved by the IIA prior to January 1, 2024, but which are outstanding thereafter, the annual interest rate shall be the higher of (i) the twelve months SOFR plus 1%, or (ii) a fixed annual interest rate of 4%.

As of March 28, 2025, we paid approximately $7,301 in connection with a single sale during 2012. Since 2013,we have not utilized the intellectual property that was developed using the governmental grant in any of our products. The total sum of royalties, including accumulated interest, we are required to repay the IIA, as of March 28, 2025, is approximately $611,000, net, after deducting the sums we paid as royalties to the IIA.

Regardless of any royalty payment, we are further required to comply with the requirements of the Research Law with respect to those past grants. When a company develops know-how, technology or products using IIA grants, the terms of these grants and the Research Law restrict the transfer of such know-how, and the transfer of manufacturing or manufacturing rights of such products, technologies or know-how outside of Israel, without the prior approval of the IIA. We may not receive those approvals. Furthermore, the IIA may impose certain conditions on any arrangement under which it permits us to transfer technology or development. This may restrict our ability to move the production of our products outside of Israel, or to sell intellectual property and other know-how.

It may be difficult to enforce a judgment of a U.S. court against us and our executive officers and directors and the Israeli experts named in this Annual Report in Israel or the United States, to assert U.S. securities laws claims in Israel or to serve process on our executive officers and directors and these experts.

We were incorporated in Israel. Substantially all of our executive officers and directors reside outside of the United States, and all of our assets and most of the assets of these persons are located outside of the United States. Therefore, a judgment obtained against us, or any of these persons, including a judgment based on the civil liability provisions of the U.S. federal securities laws, may not be collectible in the United States and may not be enforced by an Israeli court. It also may be difficult for you to effect service of process on these persons in the United States or to assert U.S. securities law claims in original actions instituted in Israel. Additionally, it may be difficult for an investor, or any other person or entity, to initiate an action with respect to U.S. securities laws in Israel. Israeli courts may refuse to hear a claim based on an alleged violation of U.S. securities laws reasoning that Israel is not the most appropriate forum in which to bring such a claim. In addition, even if an Israeli court agrees to hear a claim, it may determine that Israeli law and not U.S. law is applicable to the claim. If U.S. law is found to be applicable, the content of applicable U.S. law must be proven as a fact by expert witnesses, which can be a time consuming and costly process. Certain matters of procedure will also be governed by Israeli law. There is little binding case law in Israel that addresses the matters described above. As a result of the difficulty associated with enforcing a judgment against us in Israel, you may not be able to collect any damages awarded by either a U.S. or foreign court (see “Enforceability of Civil Liabilities” for additional information on your ability to enforce a civil claim against us and our executive officers or directors named in this Annual Report).

Your rights and responsibilities as a shareholder will be governed in key respects by Israeli laws, which differ in some material respects from the rights and responsibilities of shareholders of U.S. companies.

The rights and responsibilities of the holders of our Ordinary Shares are governed by our amended and restated articles of association, or our Articles, and by Israeli law. These rights and responsibilities differ in some material respects from the rights and responsibilities of shareholders in U.S. companies. In particular, a shareholder of an Israeli company has a duty to act in good faith and in a customary manner in exercising its rights and performing its obligations towards the company and other shareholders, and to refrain from abusing its power in such company, including, among other things, in voting at a general meeting of shareholders on matters such as amendments to a company’s articles of association, increases in a company’s authorized share capital, mergers and acquisitions and related party transactions requiring shareholder approval, as well as a general duty to refrain from discriminating against other shareholders. In addition, a shareholder who is aware that it possesses the power to determine the outcome of a vote at a meeting of the shareholders or to appoint or prevent the appointment of a director or executive officer in the company has a duty of fairness toward the company. There is limited case law available to assist us in understanding the nature of these duties or the implications of these provisions. These provisions may be interpreted to impose additional obligations and liabilities on holders of our ordinary shares that are not typically imposed on shareholders of U.S. companies.

Risks Related to Our Status as a Public Company and Ownership of our Ordinary Shares and Warrants

As of December 31, 2024, our principal shareholders, officers and directors beneficially owned approximately 42.6% of our outstanding Ordinary Shares. They will therefore be able to exert significant control over matters submitted to our shareholders for approval.

As of December 31, 2024, our principal shareholders, officers and directors, in the aggregate, beneficially owned approximately 42.6% of our outstanding Ordinary Shares. This significant concentration of share ownership may adversely affect the trading price for our Ordinary Shares because investors often perceive disadvantages in owning shares in companies with controlling shareholders. As a result, these shareholders, if they acted together, could significantly influence matters requiring approval by our shareholders, including the election of directors and the approval of mergers or other business combination transactions. The interests of these shareholders may not always coincide with our interests or the interests of other shareholders.

We are an emerging growth company and any decision on our part to comply only with certain reduced reporting and disclosure requirements applicable to emerging growth companies could make our securities less attractive to investors.

We are an emerging growth company and, for as long as we continue to be an emerging growth company, we may choose to take advantage of exemptions from various reporting requirements applicable to other public companies but not to “emerging growth companies,” including:

We may take advantage some or all of these and other exemptions until we are no longer an “emerging growth company”. We could be an emerging growth company up to the end of the fiscal year in which the fifth anniversary of the completion of our initial public offering, although we expect to not be an emerging growth company sooner. Our status as an emerging growth company will end as soon as any of the following take place:

We cannot predict if investors will find our securities less attractive if we choose to rely on any of the exemptions afforded emerging growth companies. If some investors find our securities less attractive because we rely on any of these exemptions, there may be a less active trading market for our securities and the market price of our securities may be more volatile.

In addition, under the JOBS Act, “emerging growth companies” can delay adopting new or revised accounting standards until such time as those standards apply to private companies. We have elected to avail ourselves of this exemption and, as a result, our financial statements may not be comparable to the financial statements of issuers who are required to comply with the effective dates for new or revised accounting standards that are applicable to public companies. Section 107 of the JOBS Act provides that we can elect to opt out of the extended transition period at any time, which election is irrevocable.

Even after we no longer qualify as an emerging growth company, we may qualify as a “smaller reporting company”, which would allow us to take advantage of many of the same exemptions from disclosure requirements (excluding the exemption from compliance with the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act) and reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in our periodic reports and proxy statements. However, as a foreign private issuer we are not eligible to use the requirements for smaller reporting companies unless we use the forms and rules designated for domestic issuers and provide financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP. We cannot predict if investors will find our securities less attractive if we may rely on either of these exemptions. If some investors find our securities less attractive as a result, there may be a less active trading market for our securities and our share price may be more volatile.

Our failure to maintain compliance with Nasdaq’s continued listing requirements could result in the delisting of our Ordinary Shares and Warrants.

Our Ordinary Shares and Warrants are currently listed on Nasdaq. In order to maintain this listing, we must satisfy minimum financial and other requirements. Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2) requires the minimum bid price of our Ordinary Shares on Nasdaq to remain above $1.00. If the bid price of our Ordinary Shares closes below $1.00 per share for thirty consecutive trading days, we would be in violation of Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2). In accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5810(c)(3)(A), we would have 180 calendar days to regain compliance with the minimum bid requirement to achieve compliance with the minimum bid price requirement.

We have previously received written notifications from the Listing Qualifications Department of Nasdaq that we were not in compliance with the minimum bid price requirement for continued listing set forth in Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2), or the minimum bid price. Although we have since regained compliance with the minimum bid price requirement and to maintain compliance, and thus maintain our listing, there can be no assurance that we will continue to meet all applicable Nasdaq requirements in the future.

If our Ordinary Shares are removed from listing with the Nasdaq, it may be subject to the so-called “penny stock” rules. The SEC has adopted regulations that define a “penny stock” to be any equity security that has a market price per share of less than $5.00, subject to certain exceptions, such as any securities listed on a national securities exchange, which is the exception on which we currently rely. For any transaction involving a “penny stock,” unless exempt, the rules impose additional sales practice requirements on broker-dealers, subject to certain exceptions. If our Ordinary Shares were delisted and determined to be a “penny stock,” a broker-dealer may find it more difficult to trade our Ordinary Shares and an investor may find it more difficult to acquire or dispose of our Ordinary Shares on the secondary market.

If our Ordinary Shares is delisted and there is no longer an active trading market for our shares, it may, among other things:

A delisting would also reduce the value of our equity compensation plans, which could negatively impact our ability to retain employees.

We incur significant increased costs as a result of operating as a public company. Our management is required to devote substantial time to new compliance initiatives as well as compliance with ongoing U.S. requirements. 

As a public company in the United States, we incur additional significant accounting, legal and other expenses that we did not incur before our initial public offering, or IPO. We also incur costs associated with corporate governance requirements of the SEC, and will incur costs in connection with the requirements under Section 404 and other provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. These rules and regulations have increased our legal and financial compliance costs, introduce new costs such as investor relations, stock exchange listing fees and shareholder reporting, and to make some activities more time consuming and costly. The maintenance and testing of such processes and systems may require us to hire outside consultants and incur other significant costs. Any future changes in the laws and regulations affecting public companies in the United States, including Section 404 and other provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and the rules and regulations adopted by the SEC, for so long as they apply to us, will result in increased costs to us as we respond to such changes. These laws, rules and regulations could make it more difficult or more costly for us to obtain certain types of insurance, including director and officer liability insurance, and we may be forced to accept reduced policy limits and coverage or incur substantially higher costs to obtain the same or similar coverage. The impact of these requirements could also make it more difficult for us to attract and retain qualified persons to serve on our board of directors, our board committees, or as executive officers.  

The estimates of market opportunity, market size and forecasts of market growth included in our publicly-filed documents may prove to be inaccurate, and even if the market in which we compete achieves the forecasted growth, our business could fail to grow at similar rate, if at all.

Market opportunity, size estimates and growth forecasts included in this Annual Report are subject to significant uncertainty and are based on assumptions and estimates that may not prove to be accurate. Net revenue and operating results are difficult to forecast because they generally depend on the volume, timing and type of orders we receive, all of which are uncertain. We base our expense levels and investment plans on our estimates of total net revenue and gross margins using human judgment combined with machine learning, natural language processing and data analytics. We cannot be sure the same growth rates, trends and other key performance metrics are meaningful predictors of future growth. If our assumptions and calculations prove to be wrong, we may spend more than we anticipate acquiring and retaining customers or may generate less net revenue per active customer than anticipated, any of which could have a negative impact on our business and results of operations.

In addition, we are evaluating our total addressable market with respect to new product offerings and new markets. These estimates of total addressable market and growth forecasts are subject to significant uncertainty, are based on assumptions and estimates that may not prove to be accurate and are based on data published by third parties that we have not independently verified. Even if the market in which we compete meets the size estimates and growth forecasted in this Annual Report, our business could fail to grow at similar rates, if at all.

Our business is also affected by general economic and business conditions in international markets. A significant portion of our expenses is fixed, and as a result, we may be unable to adjust our spending in a timely manner to compensate for any unexpected shortfall in net revenue. Any failure to accurately predict net revenue or gross margins could cause our operating results to be lower than expected, which could materially adversely affect our financial condition and share price.

The market price of our Ordinary Shares and Warrants may be highly volatile and such volatility could cause you to lose some or all of your investment and also subject us to litigation.

The market price of our Ordinary Shares and Warrants may fluctuate significantly in response to numerous factors, some of which are beyond our control, such as:

Furthermore, in recent years, the stock markets have experienced extreme price and volume fluctuations that have affected and continue to affect the market prices of equity securities of many companies, and technology companies in particular. These fluctuations often have been unrelated or disproportionate to the operating performance of those companies. These broad market and industry fluctuations, as well as general economic, political and market conditions such as recessions, interest rate changes or international currency fluctuations, may negatively impact the market price of our Ordinary Shares or Warrants.

In the past, companies that have experienced volatility in the market price of their stock have been subject to securities class action litigation. We may be the target of this type of litigation in the future. Securities litigation against us could result in substantial costs and divert our management’s attention from other business concerns, which could also harm our business.

Sales of a significant number of our Ordinary Shares in the public markets or significant short sales of our Ordinary Shares, or the perception that such sales could occur, could depress the market price of our Ordinary Shares and impair our ability to raise capital.

Substantial sales of our Ordinary Shares on Nasdaq, may cause the market price of our Ordinary Shares to decline. Sales by us or our security holders of substantial amounts of our Ordinary Shares, or the perception that these sales may occur in the future, could cause a reduction in the market price of our Ordinary Shares.

The issuance of any additional Ordinary Shares or any securities that are exercisable for or convertible into Ordinary Shares, may have an adverse effect on the market price of our Ordinary Shares and will have a dilutive effect on our existing shareholders and holders of Ordinary Shares.

If there are significant short sales of our Ordinary Shares, the price decline that could result from this activity may cause the share price to decline more so, which, in turn, may cause long holders of the Ordinary Shares to sell their shares, thereby contributing to sales of Ordinary Shares in the market. Such sales also may impair our ability to raise capital through the sale of additional equity securities in the future at a time and price that our management deems acceptable, if at all.

Our Articles provide that, unless we consent to an alternative forum, the federal district courts of the United States shall be the exclusive forum for resolution of any complaint asserting a cause of action arising under the Securities Act, which could limit our shareholders’ ability to choose the judicial forum for disputes with us, our directors, shareholders, or other employees. In addition, the agreements governing the Warrants provide that disputes shall be brought in the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan, and that a claim under the U.S. federal securities laws may be made in any federal district court.

Section 22 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Act, as modified by the JOBS Act, creates concurrent jurisdiction for U.S. federal and state courts over all such Securities Act actions. Accordingly, both U.S. state and federal courts have jurisdiction to entertain such claims. To prevent having to litigate claims in multiple jurisdictions and the threat of inconsistent or contrary rulings by different courts, among other considerations, our Articles provide that, unless we consent in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the federal district courts of the United States shall be the exclusive forum for the resolution of any complaint asserting a cause of action arising under the Securities Act. This exclusive forum provision will not apply to suits brought to enforce any liability or duty created by the Exchange Act, and our shareholders cannot and will not be deemed to have waived our compliance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the rules and regulations thereunder as a result of our exclusive forum provision. Any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring any interest in any of our securities shall be deemed to have notice of and consented to the foregoing provision of our Articles.

Similarly, the agreement governing the Warrants provide that, and by owning Warrants investors agree that, all legal proceedings concerning the interpretations, enforcement and defense of the transactions contemplated by the Warrant (whether brought against a party hereto or their respective affiliates, directors, officers, shareholders, partners, members, employees or agents) shall be commenced exclusively in the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York, irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan for the adjudication of any such dispute and irrevocably waive, and agree not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such suit, action or proceeding is improper or is an inconvenient venue for such proceeding. The warrant agent agreement has similar provisions with respect to the Company and the warrant agent. Each of the agreement governing the Warrants and the warrant agent agreement provide that the foregoing provisions do not limit or restrict the federal district court in which a party may bring a claim under the U.S. federal securities laws.

However, the enforceability of similar forum provisions (including exclusive federal forum provisions for actions, suits, or proceedings asserting a cause of action arising under the Securities Act) in other companies’ organizational documents and similar agreements has been challenged in legal proceedings, and there is uncertainty as to whether courts would enforce the exclusive forum provision in our Articles or the agreements governing the Warrants. If a court were to find the exclusive forum provision contained in our Articles or the agreements governing the Warrants to be inapplicable or unenforceable in an action, we may incur additional costs associated with resolving such action in other jurisdictions, which could materially adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

Although we believe the exclusive forum provision benefits us by providing increased consistency in the application of U.S. federal securities laws, the Israeli Companies Law 5759-1999, or together with applicable regulations promulgated thereunder the Companies Law, or New York law, as applicable, in the types of lawsuits to which they apply, such exclusive forum provision may limit a shareholder’s ability to bring a claim in the judicial forum of their choosing for disputes with us or any of our directors, shareholders, officers, or other employees, which may discourage lawsuits with respect to such claims against us and our current and former directors, shareholders, officers, or other employees.

If securities or industry analysts either do not publish research about us or publish inaccurate or unfavorable research about us, our business or our market, or if they change their recommendations regarding our Ordinary Shares or Warrants adversely, the trading price or trading volume of our Ordinary Shares could decline.

The trading market for our Ordinary Shares and Warrants will be influenced in part by the research and reports that securities or industry analysts may publish about us, our business, our market or our competitors. If one or more of the analysts initiate research with an unfavorable rating or downgrade our Ordinary Shares, provide a more favorable recommendation about our competitors or publish inaccurate or unfavorable research about our business, the market prices of our Ordinary Shares would likely decline. If any analyst who may cover us were to cease coverage of us or fail to regularly publish reports on us, we could lose visibility in the financial markets, which in turn could cause the trading price or trading volume of our Ordinary Shares to decline.

We do not intend to pay dividends for the foreseeable future.

We currently intend to retain any future earnings to repay shareholder loans and finance the operation and expansion of our business, and we do not expect to declare or pay any dividends in the foreseeable future. Consequently, shareholders must rely on sales of their Ordinary Shares after price appreciation as the only way to realize any future gains on their investment.

Furthermore, to the extent that we pay any dividends in the future, the ability to offer fully franked dividends, i.e. dividends that come from already taxed earnings, is contingent on making taxable profits in excess of accumulated losses. Taxable profits may be volatile, making the payment of dividends unpredictable.

The value and availability of franking credits to a shareholder will differ depending on the shareholder’s particular tax circumstances. Shareholders should also be aware that the ability to use franking credits, either as a tax offset or to claim a refund after the end of the income year, will depend on the individual tax position of each shareholder.

Our investors’ ownership in the Company may be diluted in the future.

In the future, we may issue additional authorized but previously unissued equity securities, resulting in the dilution of ownership interests of our present shareholders. Furthermore, we may issue equity awards to management, employees and other eligible persons in the future under our 2021 Share Option Plan, as amended, or the Option Plan. Additional Ordinary Shares issued by us in the future will dilute an investor’s investment in the Company. In addition, we may seek shareholder approval to increase the amount of the Company’s authorized shares, which would create the potential for further dilution of current investors.

The market prices of our Ordinary Shares could be affected by our involvement in a possible, future litigation.

In the ordinary course of business, we may be involved in litigation disputes from time to time. Litigation disputes brought by third parties, including but not limited to intellectual property, distribution partners, customers, suppliers, business partners and employees may adversely impact the financial performance and industry standing of the business, in the case where the impact of legal proceedings is greater than or outside the scope of our insurance. We are not currently involved in any litigation.

Possible force majeure events could impact our operations and the market price of our Ordinary Shares.

Events may occur within or outside the United States and Israel that could impact on the American and/or Israeli economy, our operations and the market price of our Ordinary Shares. These events include acts of terrorism, an outbreak of international hostilities, fires, floods, earthquakes, labor strikes, civil wars, natural disasters, outbreaks of disease or other natural or manmade events or occurrences that can have an adverse effect on the demand for our products and its ability to conduct business. While we seek to maintain insurance in accordance with industry practice to insure against the risks it considers appropriate after consideration of our needs and circumstances, no assurance can be given as to our ability to obtain such insurance coverage in the future at reasonable rates or that any coverage arranged will be adequate and available to cover any and all potential claims. The occurrence of an event that is not covered or fully covered by insurance could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

As a “foreign private issuer” we are permitted, and intend, to follow certain home country corporate governance practices instead of otherwise applicable SEC and Nasdaq requirements, which may result in less protection than is accorded to investors under rules applicable to domestic U.S. issuers.

Our status as a foreign private issuer also exempts us from compliance with certain SEC laws and regulations and certain regulations of Nasdaq, including the proxy rules, the short-swing profits recapture rules, and certain governance requirements such as independent director oversight of the nomination of directors and executive compensation. In addition, we will not be required under the Exchange Act to file current reports and financial statements with the SEC as frequently or as promptly as U.S. domestic companies whose securities are registered under the Exchange Act and we will generally be exempt from filing quarterly reports with the SEC. Also, although the Companies Law requires us to disclose the annual compensation of our five most highly compensated senior officers on an individual basis (rather than on an aggregate basis), this disclosure will not be as extensive as that required of a U.S. domestic issuer. For example, the disclosure required under Israeli law would be limited to compensation paid in the immediately preceding year without any requirement to disclose option exercises and vested stock options, pension benefits or potential payments upon termination or a change of control. Furthermore, as a foreign private issuer, we are also not subject to the requirements of Regulation FD (Fair Disclosure) promulgated under the Exchange Act.

These exemptions and leniencies will reduce the frequency and scope of information and protections to which you are entitled as an investor.

The determination of foreign private issuer status is made annually on the last business day of an issuer’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter and, accordingly, the next determination will be made with respect to us on June 30, 2025. In the future, we would lose our foreign private issuer status if a majority of our shareholders, directors or management are U.S. citizens or residents and we fail to meet additional requirements necessary to avoid loss of foreign private issuer status. The regulatory and compliance costs to us under U.S. securities laws as a U.S. domestic registrant may be significantly higher.

We may become a “passive foreign investment company,” or PFIC, for U.S. federal income tax purposes in the current taxable year or may become one in any subsequent taxable year. There generally would be negative tax consequences for U.S. taxpayers that are holders of the Ordinary Shares if we are or were to become a PFIC.

Based on the projected composition of our income and valuation of our assets, we do not expect to be a PFIC for 2024, and we do not expect to become a PFIC in the future, although there can be no assurance in this regard. The determination of whether we are a PFIC is made on an annual basis and will depend on the composition of our income and assets from time to time. We will be treated as a PFIC for U.S. federal income tax purposes in any taxable year in which either (1) at least 75% of our gross income is “passive income” or (2) on average at least 50% of our assets by value produce passive income or are held for the production of passive income. Passive income for this purpose generally includes, among other things, certain dividends, interest, royalties, rents and gains from commodities and securities transactions and from the sale or exchange of property that gives rise to passive income. Passive income also includes amounts derived by reason of the temporary investment of funds, including those raised in a public offering. In determining whether a non-U.S. corporation is a PFIC, a proportionate share of the income and assets of each corporation in which it owns, directly or indirectly, at least a 25% interest (by value) is taken into account. The tests for determining PFIC status are applied annually, and it is difficult to make accurate projections of future income and assets which are relevant to this determination. In addition, our PFIC status may depend in part on the market value of the Ordinary Shares. Accordingly, there can be no assurance that we currently are not or will not become a PFIC in the future. If we are a PFIC in any taxable year during which a U.S. taxpayer holds the Ordinary Shares, such U.S. taxpayer would be subject to certain adverse U.S. federal income tax rules. In particular, if the U.S. taxpayer did not make an election to treat us as a “qualified electing fund”, or QEF, or make a “mark-to-market” election, then “excess distributions” to the U.S. taxpayer, and any gain realized on the sale or other disposition of the Ordinary Shares by the U.S. taxpayer: (1) would be allocated ratably over the U.S. taxpayer’s holding period for the Ordinary Shares; (2) the amount allocated to the current taxable year and any period prior to the first day of the first taxable year in which we were a PFIC would be taxed as ordinary income; and (3) the amount allocated to each of the other taxable years would be subject to tax at the highest rate of tax in effect for the applicable class of taxpayer for that year, and an interest charge for the deemed deferral benefit would be imposed with respect to the resulting tax attributable to each such other taxable year. In addition, if the U.S. Internal Revenue Service, or the IRS, determines that we are a PFIC for a year with respect to which we have determined that we were not a PFIC, it may be too late for a U.S. taxpayer to make a timely QEF or mark-to-market election. U.S. taxpayers that have held the Ordinary Shares during a period when we were a PFIC will be subject to the foregoing rules, even if we cease to be a PFIC in subsequent years, subject to exceptions for U.S. taxpayer who made a timely QEF or mark-to-market election. A U.S. taxpayer can make a QEF election by completing the relevant portions of and filing IRS Form 8621 in accordance with the instructions thereto. We do not intend to notify U.S. taxpayers that hold the Ordinary Shares if we believe we will be treated as a PFIC for any taxable year in order to enable U.S. taxpayers to consider whether to make a QEF election. In addition, we do not intend to furnish such U.S. taxpayers annually with information needed in order to complete IRS Form 8621 and to make and maintain a valid QEF election for any year in which we or any of our subsidiaries are a PFIC. U.S. taxpayers that hold the Ordinary Shares are strongly urged to consult their tax advisors about the PFIC rules, including tax return filing requirements and the eligibility, manner, and consequences to them of making a QEF or mark-to-market election with respect to the Ordinary Shares in the event that we are a PFIC.

We may be subject to securities litigation, which is expensive and could divert management attention.

In the past, companies that have experienced volatility in the market price of their stock have been subject to securities class action litigation. We may be the target of this type of litigation in the future. Litigation of this type could result in substantial costs and diversion of management’s attention and resources, which could seriously hurt our business. Any adverse determination in litigation could also subject us to significant liabilities.

General Risk Factors

If we are not able to attract and retain highly skilled managerial, technical and marketing personnel, we may not be able to implement our business model successfully.

Our success depends in part on our continued ability to attract, retain and motivate highly qualified management. We are highly dependent upon our senior management as well as other employees and consultants. Our management team must be able to act decisively to apply and adapt our business model in the rapidly changing markets in which we will compete. In addition, we will rely upon technical employees or third-party contractors to effectively establish, manage and grow our business. Consequently, we believe that our future viability will depend largely on our ability to attract and retain highly skilled managerial, sales and technical personnel. In order to do so, we may need to pay higher compensation or fees to our employees or consultants than currently expected and such higher compensation payments may have a negative effect on our operating results. Competition for experienced, high-quality personnel in the digital video and data transfer technologies field is intense. We may not be able to hire or retain the necessary personnel to implement our business strategy. Our failure to hire and retain quality personnel on acceptable terms could impair our ability to develop new products and services and manage our business effectively.

If we engage in future acquisitions or strategic partnerships, this may increase our capital requirements, dilute our shareholders, cause us to incur debt or assume contingent liabilities, and subject us to other risks.

We may evaluate various acquisition opportunities and strategic partnerships, including licensing or acquiring complementary products, intellectual property rights, technologies or businesses. Any potential acquisition or strategic partnership may entail numerous risks, including:

We are subject to certain U.S. and foreign anticorruption, anti-money laundering, export control, sanctions and other trade laws and regulations. We can face serious consequences for violations.

Among other matters, U.S. and foreign anticorruption, anti-money laundering, export control, sanctions and other trade laws and regulations, which are collectively referred to as Trade Laws, prohibit companies and their employees, agents, legal counsel, accountants, consultants, contractors and other partners from authorizing, promising, offering, providing, soliciting or receiving, directly or indirectly, corrupt or improper payments or anything else of value to or from recipients in the public or private sector. Violations of Trade Laws can result in substantial criminal fines and civil penalties, imprisonment, the loss of trade privileges, debarment, tax reassessments, breach of contract and fraud litigation, reputational harm, and other consequences. We have direct or indirect interactions with officials and employees of government agencies or government-affiliated hospitals, universities and other organizations. We also expect our non-U.S. activities to increase over time. We can be held liable for the corrupt or other illegal activities of our personnel, agents or partners, even if we do not explicitly authorize or have prior knowledge of such activities.

Our business and operations might be adversely affected by security breaches, including any cybersecurity incidents.

We depend on the efficient and uninterrupted operation of our computer and communications systems, and those of our consultants, contractors and vendors, which we use for, among other things, sensitive company data, including our intellectual property, financial data and other proprietary business information.

While certain of our operations have business continuity and disaster recovery plans and other security measures intended to prevent and minimize the impact of IT-related interruptions, our IT infrastructure and the IT infrastructure of our consultants, contractors and vendors are vulnerable to damage from cyberattacks, computer viruses, unauthorized access, electrical failures and natural disasters or other catastrophic events. We could experience failures in our information systems and computer servers, which could result in an interruption of our normal business operations and require substantial expenditure of financial and administrative resources to remedy. System failures, accidents or security breaches can cause interruptions in our operations and can result in a material disruption of our targeted phage therapies, product candidates and other business operations. To the extent that any disruption or security breach were to result in a loss of, or damage to, our data or applications, or inappropriate disclosure of confidential or proprietary information, we could incur regulatory investigations and redresses, penalties and liabilities and the development of our product candidates could be delayed or otherwise adversely affected.

Even though we believe we carry commercially reasonable business interruption and liability insurance, we might suffer losses as a result of business interruptions that exceed the coverage available under our insurance policies or for which we do not have coverage. For example, we are not insured against terrorist attacks. Any natural disaster or catastrophic event could have a significant negative impact on our operations and financial results. Moreover, any such event could delay the development of our product candidates. See Item 16K. “Cybersecurity” for more information.

ITEM 4. INFORMATION ON THE COMPANY 

A. History and Development of the Company

We were incorporated in 2008 in Israel under the name “Maris Technologies Marketing Ltd.” On November 4, 2020, we changed our name to “Maris-Tech Ltd.” We develop, design and manufacture high-end digital video and audio products and solutions, including AI functionality, for the professional as well as the civilian, defense and HLS markets, which can be sold off the shelf or fully customized to meet customers’ requirements. In October 2024, we established Maris U.S. to serve as the strategic hub for our operations across the United States.

We operate in Israel and the United States, and sell to customers in other countries, including the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia and Switzerland.

Our principal executive offices are located at 2 Yitzhak Modai Street, Rehovot, Israel 7608804. Our telephone number in Israel is 972.72.2424022. Our website address is www.maris-tech.com. The information contained on our website or available through our website is not incorporated by reference into and should not be considered a part of this Annual Report, and the reference to our website in this Annual Report is an inactive textual reference only. Puglisi & Associates is our agent in the United States and its address is 850 Library Ave., Suite 204, Newark, DE 19711 Tel: 302.738.6680.

We are an “emerging growth company,” as defined in Section 2(a) of the Securities Act. As such, we are eligible to, and intend to, take advantage of certain exemptions from various reporting requirements applicable to other public companies that are not “emerging growth companies” such as not being required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, or the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. We could remain an “emerging growth company” until the end of our fiscal year ending on the fifth year following the completion of our IPO, or until the earliest of (a) the last day of the first fiscal year in which our annual gross revenues exceeds $1.235 billion, (b) the date that we become a “large accelerated filer” as defined in Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act, which would occur if the market value of our Ordinary Shares that is held by non-affiliates exceeds $700 million as of the last business day of our most recently completed second fiscal quarter, or (c) the date on which we have issued more than $1 billion in nonconvertible debt during the preceding three-year period.

We are a “foreign private issuer” as defined by the rules under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act. Our status as a foreign private issuer also exempts us from compliance with certain laws and regulations of the SEC and certain regulations of Nasdaq, including the proxy rules, the short-swing profits recapture rules, and certain governance requirements such as independent director oversight of the nomination of directors and executive compensation. In addition, we are not required to file annual, quarterly and current reports and financial statements with the SEC as frequently or as promptly as U.S. domestic companies registered under the Exchange Act. 

For years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, our capital expenditures were $190,994 and $90,508, respectively. Our current capital expenditures are primarily for equipment, computers, software, research and development equipment and leasehold improvements substantially all in Israel, and we expect to finance these expenditures primarily from cash on hand.

On February 4, 2022, we closed our IPO and issued and sold (including pursuant to the partial exercise of the over-allotment option) a total of 3,755,724 Ordinary Shares, Pre-Funded Warrants to purchase up to 488,324 Ordinary Shares and Warrants to purchase up to 4,244,048 Ordinary Shares. The Warrants have an exercise price of $5.25 per Ordinary Share and may be exercised until February 4, 2027, and the Pre-Funded Warrants have an exercise price of $0.001 per Ordinary Share and may be exercised at any time until exercised in full. In connection with the IPO (including over-allotment and Pre-Funded Warrant exercises), we issued and sold 4,244,048 Ordinary Shares and Warrants to purchase up to 4,244,048 Ordinary Shares and received aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $17.8 million, before deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and before offering expenses.

B. Business Overview

We are a B2B provider of video and AI-based edge computing technology, pioneering intelligent video transmission solutions that conquer complex video processing challenges. Our miniature, lightweight, and low-power products deliver high-performance capabilities including raw data processing, seamless transfer, advanced image processing, and AI-driven analytics. Founded by Israeli technology-sector veterans, Maris Tech serves leading manufacturers worldwide in defense, aerospace, intelligence gathering, homeland security (HLS), unmanned vehicles & drones, smart city, and communication industries worldwide as well as governmental HLS and defense-end customers.

For the professional markets, we provide a range of customizable, low-power, miniature solutions that feature enriched video and audio hardware with integrated embedded firmware., We offer original equipment manufacturer, or OEM, as well as final products for applications requiring complex and high- performance video and audio processing, streaming, recording, debriefing and analytics functionalities. Our products are mainly designed for unmanned aerial/ground/maritime platforms, miniature drones, observation systems and any other remote video-controlled platforms used for intelligence, surveillance, analysis and investigation. Our products, which are further described below, are already deployed worldwide in unmanned platforms, observation systems, situational awareness, law-enforcement, public-safety, defense, intelligence and other appliances. Our customers include leading electro optical payload, radio frequency, or RF, datalink and unmanned platforms manufacturers as well as other large defense, HLS and communication companies.

For the civilian/home security market, we provide both off the shelf and customizable miniature, low power, cloud-based video and audio streaming and recording solutions used for home security, autonomous vehicle and various other applications.

Our Strengths

We believe that our main strengths include:

Industry Overview and Market Opportunity

The broader video streaming and analysis market has experienced significant changes and growth over the past decade due to the appearance and broad availability of a variety of wireless networks and the use of unmanned platforms for defense, HLS and commercial applications, including aerial, ground, maritime and even spatial platforms, as well as small drones and robotic platforms. The use of unmanned platforms, especially, has expanded significantly over the past several years, and has continued to advance and evolve at a rapid pace.

The global video surveillance market

The global video surveillance market was valued at $59.46 billion in 2024, and is projected to grow from $65.17 billion in 2025 to $135.68 billion by 2033, growing at a compound annual growth rate, or CAGR, of 9.60% from 2025 to 2033. With the increasing adoption of advanced surveillance by the government sector, manufacturers have realized the need for optimum IP surveillance systems. There are many advantages that an IP camera CCTV system offers over an analog format. IP security cameras send their signals over a network, allowing greater information transfer than an analog signal sent to a digital video recorder, or DVR. Network cameras can be wireless and still work through a network and are used in big departmental stores, food chains, malls, factories, workshops, and many other public places to keep a check of activities.

The rise in the need for safety in high-risk areas, the surge in transition from analog surveillance to IP cameras, and the integration of the Internet of Things boost the growth of the global video surveillance market. However, factors such as high investment costs and lack of professional expertise in handling IP cameras hamper the video surveillance market forecast. Furthermore, the increase in the trend toward the development of smart cities is expected to offer lucrative opportunities for market expansion.

The Global UAV Payload and Subsystems Market

UAV Payload and Subsystems Market Size was valued at $6.009 billion in 2024. The UAV payload and subsystems market is projected to grow from $6.009 billion in 2024 to $9.977 billion by 2032, exhibiting a CAGR of 6.54% during the forecast period (from 2024 to 2032). The rising demand from businesses looking to incorporate the advantages of UAVs into industrial processes and the increase in the use of unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones, in the civilian market are the key market drivers enhancing the market growth.

Unmanned platforms, equipped with video, communication and artificial intelligence analysis payloads, or Payload, are constantly being used for remote control, scene live monitoring, inspection, situational awareness and intelligence gathering in various ways. The growth of the market has created the need for creative technological solutions in all areas relating to these platforms, with high-fidelity video and audio systems, onboard sensors and data processing units making the greatest gains. As new commercial functions for unmanned platforms continue to emerge, payloads will also need to continue improving incrementally and become more stable, durable, and reliable, while their associated management software will continue to advance.

This activity growth, along with the need for increased operational efficiency and reduced human intervention, are at the forefront of the constant drive for new advancements and improvements, especially in the following areas:

Our Core Products

We offer ready-to-use, off-the-shelf products that can be purchased through our sales representatives. These products are also fully customizable according to our customers’ unique specifications and needs and are typically sold through our commercial partners. Our products are built on proprietary, cutting-edge technology and designs, and are distinguished by their extreme miniaturization, low latency and advanced analytical capabilities. These features allow us to provide ready-made solutions or develop custom products tailored to specific tasks or requirements the across civilian, defense and HLS markets.

Our product portfolio includes hardware platforms integrated with embedded software which enable video, audio and data capture, processing, encoding, recording, streaming, display, playback and analytics.

Our main product families are described below:

Jupiter Family

A miniature intelligent video surveillance solution, Jupiter provides robust, reliable communication with high-quality video and audio capture, encoding, decoding, transcoding and display, forward error correction, or FEC, raw data pre-processing, and low latency streaming over Ethernet.

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Jupiter-AI		Multiple channel SD/HD H.265 codec for low-latency streaming, recording, display + Hailo-8 AI acceleration.

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Jupiter-Nano		Ultra small dual channel SD/HD h.264/5 codec for low-latency streaming, recording and display.
Jupiter Mini		Multi-channel H.264/5 codec & AI accelerator
Jupiter-SB/SB-AI		Multi-channel H.264/5 codec & AI accelerator for Sony block-based applications.
Jupiter-Drones		Drone oriented dual-channel SD/HD H.265 codec supporting end-to-end 100 msec ultra-low latency streaming over networks using Maris SW player for Windows, Linux, and Android.

Uranus Family

Uranus delivers 360° 3D situational awareness and advanced airborne threat protection. It is designed to support land defense missions, providing real-time alerts, ultra-low latency, and high-resolution video encoding (up to 8K) – to deliver clarity and precision in fast-moving scenarios. The platform’s flexible design is ideal for mission-critical applications such as armored fighting vehicles, or AFVs, or observation posts, making it an invaluable asset for modern defense and security operations.

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Uranus AI		360° video and AI situational awareness platform.
Uranus Ultra		Provides 360° 3D situational awareness and airborne perspectives, up to 12 SD/HD camera inputs, AI-driven threat detection, real-time analytics powered by dual Hailo AI accelerators, low latency transmission.
Uranus Drones		Drone-oriented video encoding solution, featuring a 4K HD / H.265 encoder powered by Rockchip technology. Designed for high-performance aerial video streaming and recording, it delivers low-latency, high-efficiency encoding, making it ideal for UAVs, surveillance, and defense applications.

Mars Family

The Mars family of miniature intelligent surveillance solutions can be integrated with multiple wireless connectivity options. Modules include RF datalink, RF datalink + LTE, LTE, and Wi-Fi. The system is uniquely designed to capture digital video sensors or Analog cameras, encode H.265 video integrated with AAC audio, stream RTP and RTSP channels over Ethernet, and record MP4 files on EMMC.

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Mars V300		The Mars V300, which is our smallest product in size, is a miniature wearable H.265 DVR & Streamer. Able to Capture MIPI or CVBS cameras as well as microphone (on board or external if connected), streams RTP (Unicast/ Multicast) and/or RTSP channels over Ethernet and record MP4 files on EMMC. Able to Act as USB mass storage device when connected to PC and Maintain RTC with battery backup. Set-up using PC App via USB or Ethernet.
Mars RF		Mars RF is integrated with a long range miniature RF-Datalink.
Mars DVR		A miniature sniper gun sight H.265 DVR & streamer.

Venus Family

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Venus		The Venus is an ultra-low-latency streaming solution based on Neptune core with field programmable gate array, or FPGA, running h.264 Codec-IP core. Specifically designed to meet drones and autonomous vehicle critical requirement for low latency and accurate constant bitrate. Simultaneously supporting dual video inputs or outputs (any combination of HDSDI and Analog). Streaming over Ethernet, sub-frame end-to-end ultra-low-latency, high CBR accuracy, up to 2 separated streams simultaneously, web-browser-based control over networks.
Venus Pro		Armored vehicle video distribution assisting driving & command and control.

Ruggedized Products

Maris’ ruggedized products offer a smart onboard architecture that enables real-time and accurate video and AI processing, such as object detection, classification, and tracking.

Product		Description and Technical Specifications			Picture
Jupiter-Drones (R)		Drone oriented dual-channel SD/HD H.265 codec supporting end-to-end 100 msec ultra-low latency streaming over networks using Maris SW player for Windows, Linux, and Android.

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Opal		Based on our Jupiter-AI technology, Opal is a tactical edge computing system based on a multi-channel H.264/5 streaming and recording platform with AI acceleration capabilities.
Jade		A ruggedized video distribution platform for defense applications.
Mini Jade		A compact version of the ruggedized video distribution platform for defense applications.
Emerald		Ruggedized raw-video recorder for armored vehicles
Coral		A miniature tactical intelligence gathering unit.
Jasper		AI-based miniature tactical intelligence gathering unit.
Amethyst		An advanced miniature and low power H.265 multiple stream recorder and streamer over narrow band cellular and ethernet network.

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Amethyst 5-G		An advanced miniature and low power H.265 multiple stream recorder and streamer over 5G narrow band cellular and ethernet network.
Pearl		Ultimate multiple Ultra-HD, edge computing platform.
Diamond Ultra		AI-based situational awareness platform designed for armored fighting vehicles.
Onyx		Ruggedized miniature and low-power edge computing solution supporting video streaming & recording and AI applications.
Saturn		New space situational awareness platform.

Legacy Products

Certain products from the Mercury and Neptune product families are classified as “Legacy Products,” which means they are no longer in active manufacture, but may be available for custom orders.

Strategy

Our strategic objective is to become a globally recognized market leader in video streaming and AI-accelerated edge computing systems designed for unmanned platforms for intelligence gathering and situational awareness applications. As such we are taking steps to expand our activities abroad and strive to enter into agreements or arrangements with new business partners in various world-wide markets.

We intend to continue focusing on expanding our presence in the U.S. market. In October 2024, we established Maris U.S. to serve as the strategic hub for our operations across the United States, further enhancing our ability to deliver localized support and forge new business relationships in North America. In the year ended December 31, 2024, we hired two marketing personnel and a U.S. operations manager to enhance our presence in the U.S. market. Our current and future efforts include:

We are also expanding our marketing activities in Eastern Europe, mainly in Poland and Ukraine.We are actively targeting these markets to promote our situational awareness solutions for both UAV applications and awareness from our Jupiter and Uranus families.

Moreover, we intend to continue investing significant resources in research and development to improve and build on our suite of existing products. We plan to develop new cutting-edge products in sync with new market technological developments to maintain our innovative position and competitive advantage in the ever-evolving market.

We intend to further advance our breakthrough technologies and commercialization efforts. To achieve these objectives, we plan to:

Intellectual Property

We rely on a combination of intellectual property strategies, including patents and trade secret protection laws, to protect our proprietary technology and intellectual property that includes: (1) proprietary know-how; (2) patents; (3) registered designs (also known in some jurisdictions as design patents); and (4) trademarks.

Our strategy is mostly relying on know-how and confidential information as means to maintain a proprietary and competitive position in the market that is requiring complex and high-performance video and audio processing, streaming, recording and debriefing functionalities implemented for unmanned platforms and alike. As common with intellectual property, we prefer not to register it as patents so as to avoid disclosure of confidential and proprietary data that may jeopardize its intellectual property by enabling competitors to learn of our non-patentable know-how (that will have to be disclosed as part of the registration of the patents for patentable know-how) and use it to their advantage. We believe that our know-how and expertise will permit us to continue to keep ahead of the competition in the design of new products. However, in view of our expected growth and expanding the target markets, we seek to protect some of our innovations also by patents.

In April 2021, we filed a patent application in Israel and currently intend to file additional patents in Israel and then file for an international recognition. Pursuant to international conventions, such as the Paris Convention, an application made in Israel can be used to establish a priority date for applications subsequently made in other countries. For example, the Patent Cooperation Treaty, or the PCT, allows for an international application to be made claiming priority from an application made in a participating country. Under the PCT, a patent application must be made in each country where patent protection is sought and we filed for PCT in April 2022, using the priority date of the application filed in Israel.

In September 2024, we were granted a new patent from the United States Patent and Trademark Office for our innovative forward error correction, or FEC, method, which optimizes FEC processes in media communication streaming.

We have entered into, and intend to continue to enter into, customary confidentiality agreements with our employees, consultants, customers, service providers and vendors that generally require that any confidential or proprietary information developed by us or on our behalf be kept confidential including, but not limited to, information related to our proprietary manufacturing process.

As of March 28, 2025, we:

No assurance can be made that any of our pending patent or trademark applications, or any future applications, will result in the granting of patents or trademarks. There is also a significant risk that any issued patents or trademarks will have substantially narrower claims than those being sought in our applications. Additionally, while we regularly take measures to protect our proprietary information and patentable know-how – such as regularly entering into confidentiality and nondisclosure agreements with our employees and other third parties – it is possible that misappropriation and disclosure, will nevertheless occur.

Competition

The video surveillance and communication platform market in which we operate is characterized by intense competition, constant innovation and advancement, and evolving technological needs. Furthermore, since we compete with several well-established companies, we invest significant efforts to obtain technological advantages at the same time as we strive to offer a more cost-effective solution than the ones offered by our competitors.

We are constantly striving to improve our competitive status in the market by:

Our Competitive Advantages

Armed with our various products and designs, we believe we possess industry-recognized unique combination of knowledge and features. We are a trusted partner in creating and developing products that can reliably serve in the most mission critical real-time video streaming and analysis operations and can be used in conjunction with any unmanned platform. We have an established track record and a vast portfolio of innovative core proprietary technologies, developed by an experienced and dedicated team of engineers, which we believe create a formidable barrier of entry to our competitors.

As such, we believe that our products have significant advantages compared to our competitors, both in terms of miniaturization, latency and functionality, and in our products’ ability to provide our customers with a single solution that addresses all their needs in a single customizable, modular product.

During 2023, we entered into several strategic cooperation agreements with international companies.

In 2024, we strengthened our position in the U.S. and Asia Pacific markets by entering into strategic collaborations with international companies. We partnered with LightPath Technologies, integrating critical firmware and hardware to support AI algorithms embedded in LightPath’s Infrared Cameras, advancing our capabilities in imaging technology. Additionally, partnered with Renesas Electronics Corporation, a global leader in semiconductor solutions, to develop advanced edge computing solutions. This collaboration also marked our acceptance into Renesas’ Preferred Partner Program, further validating our technological leadership and strengthening our global reach. We believe that this product range puts us in a strong competitive position for miniature, low power, low weight and powerful edge computing solutions.

Modularity and Tailor-made Innovative Solutions

Many of our competitors provide single product or functionality solutions. However, we believe our partners and end-customers value technological solutions that allow for the incorporation of several functionalities in a single product and do not require them to piece together technologies from different providers to achieve their desired outcomes. The modular nature of our products allows our products to be easily adapted, adjusted and combined, to meet the needs of the partner and end-customer.

Miniaturization

While all our competitors strive to create smaller and lighter products to compete with the market demand for miniature systems which can be mounted on both mini and micro unmanned platforms as well as on humans and animals. Our products can be miniaturized down to approximately one inch in size and six grams in weight, making them one of the smaller products available in the market today, without compromising the product functionality or operation.

High Performance Products

Our products can combine high performance video analytics from multiple streams and various data sensors, while supporting various video formats and several network streaming capabilities, while maintaining low power consumption (less than 1 watt) and extremely low latency.

Seasoned Leadership Team and Board with Deep Industry Expertise and Proven Track Record of Innovation

We have been active in the market since our founding in 2010 by Israel Bar, our Chairman, President and CEO. Mr. Bar has extensive experience in the tech sector and oversees the daily operations of our business. Our management team is composed of seasoned technology professionals with an average of more than 20 years of experience in the video industry. We have built strong relationships with the largest defense and HLS entities, who are recurring customers of our products and technological solutions. As such, we have already established a name and reputation as an innovator and begun working with several international companies in several markets where we have enjoyed similar success.

Research and Development

Our future roadmap for products in development in 2025 and beyond includes new OEM solutions as well as high level products based on our existing and new technologies:

Production and Manufacturing

We design our products in-house. The manufacturing of the components for our products is outsourced. We purchase such components as shelf products from several manufacturers to reduce dependency on a single manufacturer or on an “end-of-life” of any specific component. Assembly of our products is done by several electronic products assembly contractors. The final stage of “burning” the firmware image the inspections, and the quality control processes are conducted by us to ensure full control of its intellectual property and proper quality control for the products.

We consistently monitor our inventory levels, manufacturing and distribution capabilities, and maintain recovery plans to address potential disruptions that we may encounter. In the future, as we scale up our sales and production further, we may implement a turnkey operation with select manufacturers for our products.

We enter into agreements with our contractors. Pursuant to such agreements, the contractors will provide the components and/or perform the assembly of such components and/or service in accordance with specific terms of the mutually agreed work instructions and purchase orders. The agreements define the responsibilities of each party and the regulatory and compliance requirements that apply and contain industry-standard terms and guidelines.

Marketing, Distribution Methods and Sales

We are a market leader in Israel and are actively pursuing expansion into North America, India, Australia and Eastern Europe. In the future, we also plan to seize opportunities that may arise in Western Europe, Singapore and South Korea. Currently, we provide our partners and end customers both ready-made, off-the-shelf products, sold through our sales representatives, distributors and resellers, and custom-made products developed and adapted specifically to each partner of end-customer needs. As such, our sales staff is often required to offer adjustments to our products to meet customers’ precise requirements, or to work closely with our design and development team in order to make specific additional adjustments to design a product that is best suited for the customer.

In May 2023, we received a new order from Art of Logic Pty Ltd Australia, a company developing and manufacturing hardware and software systems for AI and computer vision application. The order was for our Callisto product in a total amount of $7.5 million. We expect to complete the delivery of the order in 2027.

In July 2023, we received a new order from a leading Indian electro-optics and surveillance systems provider. The order was for a product based on our innovative Mars technology, featuring advanced video streaming and recording capabilities. We expect to complete the delivery of the order in 2026.

In August 2023, we entered into a distribution agreement with Precision Electronics Ltd., or PEL, in India, a leading systems integrator and value-added reseller for C4I2SR solutions establishing PEL as master distributor for our products in India, with the license to sell and promote all of our solutions and custom products as determined us. We have terminated such arrangement in March 2025.

In August 2023, we received a new order from a repeat customer, a leading Israeli defense company for our advanced ‎Jupiter-Nano platform in a total amount of $120,000.‎ The miniature and lightweight platform will feature multiple input raw video recording capabilities for armored vehicles. The ability to record raw video in the field will enhance deep learning capabilities primarily for AI-based situational awareness applications. We completed delivery of the order in 2024.

In September 2023, we received a new order from an Israeli government defense agency, for a customized solution. We developed a unique system for sophisticated intelligence-gathering applications based on our powerful solutions, incorporating advanced video streaming and recording capabilities. We completed delivery of the order in December 2024. We anticipate receiving additional follow-up orders for system production and delivery.

In October 2023, we received a $625,000 repeat order for units of our Opal platform from a leading Israeli defense company. The advanced Opal platform is based on our flagship Jupiter AI platform. We have already delivered previously placed purchase order in the amount of $500,000 for the Opal platform. We completed delivery of the order in 2024.

In January 2024, received a new order of approximately $590,000 for a customized solution for a governmental agency. The order is for the development and initial supply of a sophisticated, miniaturized AI-based HLS and defense surveillance system that will enable video transmission over narrow-band networks. The solution is based on our flagship Jupiter AI platform. We completed delivery of the order in December 2024.

In February 2024, we received an order for approximately $190,000 from a return customer in the defense industry, for a video recording, streaming and debriefing solution designed for gun sight in tactical applications. In addition, we received a repeat order for approximately $600,000 from another leading company in the defense industry for a customized solution that provides armored and autonomous vehicles with enhanced situational awareness. We completed delivery of the order in 2024.

In April 2024, we received a new order for $415,800 from an existing defense industry customer for a customized product based on our Jupiter NANO platform, providing advanced video streaming capabilities for real-time intelligence gathering and situational awareness. We completed delivery of the order in 2024. In addition, we received a new order for approximately $110,000 from an existing customer in the defense industry for a unique solution based on the technology of our Mars platform of miniature intelligent surveillance solutions that provide advanced video streaming and recording capabilities. We completed delivery of the order in 2024.

In June 2024, we received an order for $225,000 from Aero Sol, a leading military drone manufacturer, for a new video payload solution for drone platforms. We also received a repeat order of approximately $957,000 for a customized solution that provides armored and autonomous vehicles with enhanced situational awareness. This is the third order for this unique solution from the same customer. We completed delivery of the order in December 2024.

In August 2024, we received an order in the amount of $700,000 from a valued repeat customer for the development and production of a new system with AI-enabled video distribution capabilities, specially designed for armored vehicles. The order is expected to be delivered in stages until 2027.

In December 2024, we received a significant new order for $1 million by a repeat customer located in the United States, for hundreds of units of a product based on the Jupiter family and designed to meet the specific needs of the HLS sector. We expect to complete the delivery of the order during 2025.

In January 2025, we received an order for our Jupiter Nano system, which will be integrated into weapon systems for a defense project in Eastern Europe. This order marked the first Eastern European defense order and expansion into a new defense market. We expect to complete the delivery of the order during 2025. 

In February 2025, we received an order for $400,000 from a return customer for our Uranus-based situational awareness solution. This order marked the fourth consecutive order from this customer in the defense sector. We expect to complete the delivery of the order during 2025. 

In March 2025, we entered into a distribution agreement with Thrikasa Technologies, a leading supplier of computing solutions for rugged environment in India, for the sale of our products in India.

From time to time, we enter into Non-Recuring Engineering, or NRE, agreements pursuant to which we develop a specialized product, based on costumer’s requirements.

We routinely enter into agreements or arrangements with distributors, resellers and channel partners for the purpose of distributing our products, and have already entered into sales and development agreements with numerous customers for the development of specific custom-made products and technical solutions. Our highly skilled marketing and sales staff are uniquely qualified to understand customers’ requirements and provide the correct technical solutions based on our portfolio of products, technological knowledge and capabilities.

We intend to expand our marketing and sales activities by taking the following actions:

Government Regulation and Product Approval

Other than the provisions of the Research Law, which may restrict our ability to move the production of products developed using grants received from the Israeli Innovation Authority, or the IIA (see “Risk Factors - Risks Related to Israeli Law and our Operations in Israel - We received Israeli government grants for certain of our research and development activities, the terms of which may require us to pay royalties and to satisfy specified conditions in order to manufacture products and transfer technologies outside of Israel. If we fail to satisfy these conditions, we may be required to pay penalties and refund grants previously received” for further information), we currently do not require any license, permit or approval by any governmental agency to operate.

We do not anticipate any significant problems in obtaining any future required licenses, permits or approvals should such be necessary to expand our business.

C. Organizational Structure

We have a North American subsidiary, Maris North America, that is incorporated under the laws of Delaware.

D. Property, Plant and Equipment

Our main business activities are conducted at our headquarters office at 2 Yitzhak Modai St. Rehovot, Israel. We lease 634 square meters of office space at this location under a lease with an unrelated third-party which currently expires in October 2027.

We consider that our current office space is sufficient to meet our anticipated needs for the foreseeable future and is suitable for the conduct of our business.

ITEM 4A. UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS

None.

ITEM 5. OPERATING AND FINANCIAL REVIEW AND PROSPECTS

MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF
FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

A. Operating Results

The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with our financial statements and the related notes included elsewhere in this Annual Report. The discussion below contains forward-looking statements that are based upon our current expectations and are subject to uncertainty and changes in circumstances. Actual results may differ materially from these expectations due to inaccurate assumptions and known or unknown risks and uncertainties, including those identified in “Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” and under “Risk Factors” elsewhere in this Annual Report. Our discussion and analysis for the year ended December 31, 2023 compared to the year ended December 31, 2022 can be found in our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023, filed with the SEC on March 21, 2024. 

Overview

We are a B2B provider of intelligent video transmission technology with AI acceleration for edge platforms, using high-end digital video, audio and wireless communication technologies. We design, develop, manufacture and commercially sell miniature intelligent video and audio surveillance and communication systems with AI acceleration, which are offered as products and solutions for the professional as well as the civilian and home security markets. Our products and solutions are sold as off the shelf, standalone and ready to use products, or as customized components that meet our customers’ requirements and integrate into their systems and products. Our customers include companies operating in the drone, robotic, defense, HLS, intelligence gathering, autonomous vehicle and space markets.

Comparison of the Year Ended December 31, 2024 and 2023

Results of Operations

The following table summarizes our results of operations for the periods presented.

Revenues

Our revenues for the year ended December 31, 2024 were $6,078,953, representing an increase of $2,047,850, or 51%, compared to $4,031,103 for the year ended December 31, 2023. The increase was primarily attributable to an increase in sales to existing and new customers in the defense market mainly in Israel during the year ended December 31, 2024, including as a result of certain of our products reaching maturity and validation among customers from the defense market.

Cost of Revenues

Our cost of revenues for the year ended December 31, 2024 was $2,562,832 representing an increase of 459,125 or 22%, compared to $2,103,707 for the year ended December 31, 2023. The increase was primarily due to an increase in production costs and purchases of component parts as of result of the increase in sales.

Gross Profit

Our gross profit for the year ended December 31, 2024 was $3,516,121 (gross profit rate of 57.8%) representing an increase of $1,588,725 or 82%, compared to $1,927,396 (gross profit rate of 47.8%) for the year ended December 31, 2023. The increase was primarily due to the increase in sales.

Research and Development Expenses

Our net research and development expenses for the year ended December 31, 2024 were $927,048, representing a decrease of $127,847 or 12%, compared to $1,054,895 for the year ended December 31, 2023. The decrease was primarily due to increase in supports of R&D costs from the IIA.

Sales and Marketing Expenses

Our sales and marketing expenses were $923,439 for the year ended December 31, 2024, representing an increase of $48,646 or 6%, compared to $874,793 for the year ended December 31, 2023. The increase was mainly attributable to increased payments to service providers in the area of business development, sales and marketing and hiring new sales and meeting manager.

General and Administrative Expenses

Our general and administrative expenses were $3,014,378 for the year ended December 31, 2024, an increase of $87,068 or 3%, compared to $2,927,310 for the year ended December 31, 2023. The increase was mainly attributable to increases in costs related to allowance for credit losses offset by decrease in insurance costs.

Operating Loss

As a result of the foregoing, our operating loss for the year ended December 31, 2024 was $1,348,744, compared to an operating loss of $2,929,602 for the period ended December 31, 2023, a decrease of $1,580,858 or 54%.

Financial Expenses, net

Financial expense, net, consist of bank fees, interest on deposits and other transactional costs, exchange rate differences and the remeasurement of outstanding warrants to purchase Ordinary Shares and remeasurement of investments.

We recognized net financial income of $114,852 for the year ended December 31, 2024, compared to net financial income of $220,006 for the year ended December 31, 2023, a decrease of $105,154. The decrease was primarily attributable to decrease in interest received from bank deposits.

Net Loss

As a result of the foregoing, our net loss for the year ended December 31, 2024 was $1,233,892, compared to $2,709,596 for the year ended December 31, 2023, a decrease of $1,475,704 or 54%.

B. Liquidity and Capital Resources

Overview

Since our inception we have funded our operations principally from bank loans and line of credit, issuance of Ordinary Shares, Preferred Shares and warrants to purchase Ordinary Shares and Preferred Shares and from long-term loans from shareholders. We have incurred losses and generated negative cash flows from operations since our inception.

As of December 31, 2024, we had $2,335,232 in cash and cash equivalents and restricted deposits.

The table below summarizes our cash flows for the periods indicated.

We have experienced net losses and negative cash flows from operations since our inception and have relied on our ability to fund our operations primarily through proceeds from sales of Ordinary Shares, Bank Loans, Line of credit and long-term loans from shareholders.

As of December 31, 2024 and 2023, we had working capital of $5,470,525 and $7,264,319, respectively; an accumulated deficit of $12,136,015 and $10,902,123, respectively; and negative cash flow from operating activity of $2,219,583 and $3,871,157, respectively. We anticipate that such losses will continue until our new products reach commercial profitability. If we are unable to successfully commercialize our product candidates and reach profitability or obtain sufficient future financing through debt or issuance of equity, we will be required to delay some of our planned research and development programs.

Our backlog as of January 1, 2025, was approximately $9.8 million. As of March 28, 2025, our backlog was approximately $9.9, part of which is expected to be delivered and be recognized as revenues by the end of 2025, and the remainder during 2026 and 2027. We define backlog as the accumulation of all pending orders with a later fulfillment date for which revenue has not been recognized and we consider valid. The backlog consists of executed purchase orders from new customers and existing customers with which we have had long-standing relationships and from governmental agencies. The increase in backlog and sales is a result in our products reaching maturity and validation among our customers. Our management estimates that such sales will continue in the coming year. However, because revenue will not be recognized until we have fulfilled our obligations to a customer, there may be a significant amount of time between executing an agreement or purchase order with a customer and delivery of the product to the customer and revenue recognition. In addition, backlog is not necessarily indicative of future earnings (see “Item 3.D. Risk Factors - Risks Related to Our Business, Industry, Operations and Financial Condition - Amounts included in backlog may not result in actual revenue and are an uncertain indicator of our future earnings” for further information).

In addition, on March 24, 2021, we entered into a share purchase agreement, which was amended and restated on April 27, 2021 and August 4, 2021, as amended and restated, the March 2021 SPA, pursuant to which we issued an aggregate of 489,812 Preferred Shares, to certain investors in a private placement, or the March 2021 Private Placement, for aggregate gross proceeds of $1.5 million. These Preferred Shares were converted into an equal number of Ordinary Shares in connection with the closing of the IPO. The March 2021 investors also received warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 489,812 Ordinary Shares. Such warrants are exercisable until March 24, 2026, at an exercise price of $6.1248 per Ordinary Share.

As of December 31, 2024 and 2023, we had $2,335,232 and $2,083,186 in cash and cash equivalents and restricted deposits, respectively and $0 and $3,148,746 in short-term bank deposits, respectively. We expect that our existing cash and cash equivalents as of December 31, 2024, together with anticipated revenue from existing customers pursuant to existing purchase orders, as well as projected revenue from new customers, will be sufficient to fund our current operations and satisfy our obligations for the next twelve months. Accordingly, the financial statements have been prepared on a basis that assumes that we will continue as a going concern and which contemplates the realization of assets and satisfaction of liabilities and commitments in the ordinary course of business. Our operating plans may change as a result of many factors that may currently be unknown to us, and we may need to seek additional funds sooner than planned. Our future capital requirements will depend on many factors, including:

Operating Activities

Cash used in operating activities mainly consists of our net loss adjusted for certain non-cash items, including share-based compensation, depreciation expenses and changes in operating assets and liabilities during each period.

Net cash used in operating activities was $2,219,583 for the year ended December 31, 2024, compared to net cash used in operating activities of $3,871,157 for the year ended December 31, 2023. Net cash used in operating activities was primarily attributable to decrease in net loss for the year ended December 31, 2024 of $1,233,892 (compare to $2,709,596 for the year ended December 31, 2023), an increase of $504,396 in trade receivables due to supply of orders before the year end, an increase of $649,663 in inventory due to inventory purchased in order to supply outstanding orders in the beginning of 2025, partially offset by an increase of $159,691 in other current liabilities from a related party, as a result of future payments that should be made to suppliers and other service providers.

Investing Activities

Net cash provided by investing activities was $2,961,065 for the year ended December 31, 2024, as compared to net cash provided by investing activities of $5,818,349 for the year ended December 31, 2023. The decrease is mainly attributable to decrease in proceeds from release of short-term deposits.

Financing Activities

Net cash used in financing activities was $489,436 for the year ended December 31, 2024 due to the repayment of the shareholders loan, compared to net cash used in financing activities of $119,536 for the year ended December 31, 2023, which were mainly attributable to the Repurchase Plan.

Financial Arrangements

Since our inception, we have financed our operations primarily through proceeds from sales of Ordinary Shares, Preferred Shares, warrants, credit lines and long-term loans from banks and shareholders.

During the years ended December 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, we did not receive any long term loans from banks.

Since our inception, Israel Bar, our Chief Executive Officer, a director and our largest shareholder, and Joseph Gottlieb, our other director and second largest shareholder, have provided loans to us in an aggregate amount of NIS 7,513,887 (approximately $2,282,364), or the Shareholders Loan. As of December 31, 2024 and 2023, the outstanding balance under the Shareholders Loan was $589,467 and $1,088,250, respectively.

On February 4, 2022, we closed our IPO and issued and sold (including pursuant to the partial exercise of the over-allotment option) a total of 3,755,724 Ordinary Shares, Pre-Funded Warrants to purchase up to 488,324 Ordinary Shares and Warrants to purchase up to 4,244,048 Ordinary Shares. The Warrants have an exercise price of $5.25 per Ordinary Share and may be exercised until February 4, 2027, and the Pre-Funded Warrants have an exercise price of $0.001 per Ordinary Share and may be exercised at any time until exercised in full. In connection with the IPO (including over-allotment and Pre-Funded Warrant exercises), we issued and sold 4,244,048 Ordinary Shares and Warrants to purchase up to 4,244,048 Ordinary Shares and received aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $17.8 million, before deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and before offering expenses.

On March 26, 2025, we entered into a $4 million credit line agreement, or the Credit Facility, with United Mizrahi-Tefahot Bank Ltd., or the Bank, on accepted commercial terms for similarly-sized companies. Loans from the credit line will have a maturity date of up to three months. For loans with a maturity date exceeding one month (up to three months), the interest will be paid on a monthly basis. For loans with a shorter maturity date, the interest will be paid on the maturity date. The Credit Facility will be in force for a period of 12 months from the date of the agreement. The Credit Facility is secured by all of our assets. In addition, the Credit Facility includes certain customary information rights in favor of the Bank, restrictive covenants of the Company and of Maris U.S., and the agreement by two of our shareholders to certain subordination restrictions with respect to loans they have provided to us. 

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

We have entered into several research and development programs, pursuant to which we received grants from the IIA and are therefore in some cases obligated to pay royalties to the IIA at a rate of 3% to 5% on sales proceeds from products that were developed under IIA programs up to the total amount of grants received , linked to the U.S. dollar and bearing interest at the annual SOFR applicable to U.S. dollar deposits. With respect to IIA grants approved by the IIA prior to January 1, 2024, but which are outstanding thereafter, the annual interest rate shall be the higher of (i) the twelve months SOFR plus 1%, or (ii) a fixed annual interest rate of 4%. We may be required to pay additional royalties upon the occurrence of certain events as determined by the IIA, that are within our control.

The total amount of grants received as of December 31, 2024, which we are obligated to pay royalties as described above, was approximately $608,000 (including accumulated interest). During the year 2012, we paid the IIA royalties in the amount of approximately $7,301 in connection with a single sale for pilot purposes. Since 2013, we did not utilize the intellectual property that was developed using the governmental grant in any of our products.

In August 2022, we received approval for a joint grant with Ben Gurion University, Be’er Sheva, Israel, from the IIA for the joint development of AI and machine learning based system for detecting, diagnosing and predicting faults and malfunction in drones. This grant is not subject to royalty payments to the IIA. The total approved budget we received for the first year of the joint project amounts to NIS 1,314,024 (approximately $360,303). The grant represents 66% of the total budget for the project (approximately $237,800). As of December 31, 2024, we had received NIS 806,232 (approximately $221,067) from the IIA with respect to this program.

In June 2023, we received grant approval from the IIA in the amount of NIS 1,209,797 (approximately $331,724) to support the first-year development of an innovative system for onboard situation awareness for nanosatellite platforms. The grant represents 50% of the total budget for the first year of the project. As of December 31, 2024, we had received NIS 1,088,817 (approximately $298,551) from the IIA with respect to this program.

In November 2023, we received grant approval for the second year of the joint project with Ben Gurion University, Be’er Sheva, Israel, from the IIA. The total approved budget we received for the second year of the joint project amounts to NIS 935,544 (approximately $256,524). The grant represents 66% of the total budget for the project (approximately $169,306). As of December 31, 2024, we had received NIS 543,700 (approximately $149,081) from the IIA with respect to this program.

Total research and development income recorded in the statements of operations) for the year ended December 31, 2024 was NIS 1,152,294 (approximately $307,962).

We do not believe that off-balance sheet arrangements and commitments are reasonably likely to have a current or future effect on our financial condition, changes in financial condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources that is material to investors.

C. Research and development, patents and licenses, etc.

For a description of our research and development programs and the amounts that we have incurred over the last two years pursuant to those programs, please see “Item 5.A. Operating Results- Operating Expenses- Research and Development Expenses, net” and “Item 5.A. Results of Operations- Comparison of the year ended December 31, 2024, to the year ended December 31, 2023- Research and Development Expenses, net.”

D. Trend information

The trends impacting us are described elsewhere in this Annual Report, including in “Item 3.D. Risk Factors”, “Item 4.B. Business Overview”, “Item 5.A. Operating Results”, “Item 5.B. Liquidity and Capital Resources”, and Item 10.C. Material Contracts”.

E. Critical Accounting Estimates

We describe our significant accounting policies more fully in Note 2 to our financial statements included elsewhere in this Annual Report. We believe that the accounting policies described below and in Note 2 to our financial statements are critical in order to fully understand and evaluate our financial condition and results of operations.

We prepare our financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP. At the time of the preparation of the financial statements, our management is required to use estimates, evaluations, and assumptions which affect the application of the accounting policy and the amounts reported for assets, obligations, income, and expenses. Any estimates and assumptions are continually reviewed. The changes to the accounting estimates are credited during the period in which the change to the estimate is made.

Revenue Recognition

We determine the appropriate revenue recognition for our contracts with customers by analyzing the type, terms and conditions of each contract. We classify the revenue components as products according to the attributes of the underlying components.

Our contract payment terms typically range between 30 and 150 days. We assess collectability based on several factors, including collection history.

Inventory Provision

Inventory write-offs are provided to cover risks arising from slow moving items or technological obsolescence. Reserves for potentially excess and obsolete inventory are made based on management’s analysis of inventory levels, future sales forecasts. Once established, the original cost of our inventory less the related inventory reserve represents the new cost basis of such products.

Use of estimates in the preparation of financial statements

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes. Our management believes that the estimates, judgment and assumptions used are reasonable based upon information available at the time they are made. These estimates, judgment and assumptions can affect reported amounts and disclosure made. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

ITEM 6. DIRECTORS, SENIOR MANAGEMENT AND EMPLOYEES

The following table sets forth information regarding our executive officers, key employees and directors as of March 28, 2025:

Israel Bar, Founder and Chief Executive Officer and Director

Mr. Israel Bar has served as our Chief Executive Officer and director since our inception in May 2008. Mr. Bar is the founder of the Company. Prior to that, from 1999 to 2008 Mr. Bar served as chief executive officer, head of marketing and co-founder of Exatel Visual Systems Ltd. Between the years 1996 to 1999 Mr. Bar acted as managing director of Real Vision Ltd. and before that, between 1993 to 1996 as the managing director of the then public company TVG Technologies Ltd. Mr. Bar also served as software programmer and officer in the Israeli Air Force from 1972 until 1978, and was released as a Major. Mr. Bar received his B.Sc. in Mathematics and Computer Science from Bar Ilan University, Israel. We believe that Mr. Bar is qualified to serve on our board of directors because of his vast business, management and leadership experience.

Nir Bussy, Chief Financial Officer

Mr. Nir Bussy has served as our Chief Financial Officer since April 2022. Mr. Nir Bussy is an experienced high-tech executive, with over 15 years of experience in several positions as Vice President of Finance, Chief Financial Officer and Controller in private and public companies. He served as vice president of finance and chief financial officer of Telefire Fire and Gas Detectors Ltd. since October 2017. Mr. Bussy held the role of Chief Financial Officer and VP of Crow Electronic Engineering Ltd. (OTC: CRWTF) from 2012 to 2017, and prior to that, Mr. Bussy worked as controller of Crow Electronic Engineering Ltd. from 2009 to 2012. From 2006 to 2009, Mr. Bussy worked as a senior in the high-tech group of Kesselman & Kesselman, a member firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers International Limited. In addition, Mr. Bussy is a Certified Public Accountant in Israel and has B.A in Economics and Accounting and a master’s degree in Accounting from Bar Ilan University Israel.

Magenya Roshanski, Chief Technology Officer

Mr. Magenya Roshanski has served as our Chief Technology officer since March 2012. Mr. Roshanski has a record of more than 30 years in the Israeli Hi-Tech industry, serving in research and development, marketing and management positions in companies dealing with the security and consumer markets. Mr. Roshanski previously served as the chief technology officer and co-founder of Exatel Visual Systems Ltd., a broadcasting, consumer and security digital video technologies company from 1996 to 1999. He also served as the chief technology officer of Real Vision Ltd., TVG Technologies Ltd. and Gal-Graph Ltd., video, graphics and imaging technology companies. Mr. Roshanski holds a degree in Electronic Engineering from Ben Gurion University, Israel.

Carmela Bastiker, Chief Operating Officer

Mrs. Carmela Bastiker has served as our Chief Operating Officer since November 2009. Prior to that Mrs. Bastiker served as the chief technology officer of Exatel Visual Systems Ltd. from 2000 to 2009. Mrs. Bastiker received a degree in Business Administration and a degree in Human Resource Management and Training from the Open University, Israel.

David Raviv, VP Marketing and Business Development

Mr. David Raviv has served as our VP of Marketing and Business Development since February 2021. Mr. Raviv has a vast experience in senior managerial positions, including as a business development manager of Goldtec Technologies Ltd. from August 2014 to January 2020, the chief executive officer of Prosys Technologies Ltd. - C2 Centers for HLS and Military Sectors from October 1995 to January 2016, and founder and chief technology officer of BUG Multi System Ltd., the Israel largest technology retail chain.

Nir Ben Moshe, North America Regional Operations Manager

Mr. Nir Ben Moshe has served as our North America Regional Operations Manager since January 2025 and a member of our advisory board since February 2023. Mr. Ben Moshe is a defense and security specialist and a former Director of Directorate of Security for the Defense Establishment (DSDE) at the Israeli Ministry of Defense. Mr. Ben Moshe is an accomplished senior executive who has managed large-scale, highly sensitive national security operations involving hundreds of personnel and significant budgets, devising strategies in a global environment. Mr. Ben Moshe holds a master’s degree in security and diplomacy from Tel Aviv University in Israel.Amitay Weiss, Chairman of the Board of Directors and Director

Mr. Amitay Weiss has served on our board of directors since February 2022 and was appointed Chairman of the board of directors in March 2023. Mr. Weiss has a vast experience serving on boards of directors and other high positions. Mr. Weiss has served as a director of Rail Vision Ltd. (Nasdaq: RVSN) since January 2024. He also has served as chairman of the board of directors of Scisparc Ltd. (Nasdaq: SPRC) since January 2022, as chairman of the board of directors of Save Foods Inc. (Nasdaq: SVFD) since August 2020, chairman of the board of directors of Infimer Ltd. (TASE:INFR-M) since July 2021 and chairman of the board of directors of Upsellon Brands Holdings Ltd. (previously Chiron Ltd.) (TASE: UPSL) since June 2019. He has also served as a member of the board of directors of Automax Motors Ltd. (TASE: AMX) since March 2021, Gix Internet Ltd. (previously Algomizer Ltd.) (TASE:GIX) since March 2019, Clearmind Medicine Inc. (previously Cyntar Ventures Inc.) (CSE: CMND) since August 2019, Perihelion Capital Ltd (PCL.P:CVE) since June 2021, as an external director of Cofix Group Ltd. (TASE: CFCS) since August 2015. He previously served as chairman of the board of directors of Value Capital One Ltd. (previously P.L.T Financial Services Ltd.) (TASE:VALU) from April 2016 to February 2021, Matomy Media Group Ltd. (LSE:MTMY, TASE:MTMY.TA) from May 2020 to March 2021. In April 2016, Mr. Weiss founded Amitay Weiss Management Ltd., an economic consulting company and now serves as its chief executive officer. Mr. Weiss holds a B.A in economics from New England College, M.B.A. in business administration and LL.B. from Ono Academic College, Israel. Weiss is qualified to serve on our board of directors because of his diverse business, management and leadership experience.

Isabela Marshak, Director

Ms. Isabela Marshak has served on our board of directors since December 2022. Ms. Marshak is an experienced media and public relations professional. Ms. Marshak is also the owner and manager of a real estate business in Israel and Romania since 1997, and the co-owner of private company specializing in private flight training and licensing since 2001. Ms. Marshak holds a B.A in International relations from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Israel. We believe that Ms. Marshak is qualified to serve as a director due to her business experience and strong background in the field of media and public relations.

Joseph Gottlieb, Director

Mr. Joseph Gottlieb has served as a member of our board of directors since March 2021. Mr. Gottlieb currently serves as the chief executive officer of Colint Ltd. since 1981 and Innovative Industries Inc. since 2010. Mr. Gottlieb has more than 20 years of experience in electrical engineering. Mr. Gottlieb holds a B.Sc. in electrical engineering from the Technion Institute of Technology Haifa, Israel. We believe that Mr. Gottlieb is qualified to serve on our board of directors due to his expertise in electrical engineering and business management.

Naama Falach Avrahamy, Director

Ms. Naama Falach Avrahamy has served on our board of directors since February 2022. Ms. Falach Avrahamy is a senior financial professional with more than 17 years of experience. Ms. Falach Avrahamy has served as a member of the board of directors of ParaZero Technologies Ltd. (Nasdaq:PRZO) since August 2023, of Argaman Industries (TASE: Argaman) since June 2021 and of Crow Technologies 1977 Ltd. (OTC: CRWTF) since May 2018. She has also served as VP of finance of INX Digital Company Inc. (NEO: INXD.NE) since April 2021. She previously served as the chief financial officer and chief operating officer of NGG Global Consulting, a consulting group specializing in organizational and operational excellence solutions from May 2019 to February 2021, and as chief financial officer of AnyfinacialTech Ltd., an online financial trading platform from May 2015 to June 2017. Ms. Falach Avrahamy received a BA in Business Administration and Accounting from the College of Management, Israel. She is also a graduate of the Directors and Executives program from the IDC Herzliya, Israel. We believe that Ms. Falach Avrahamy is qualified to serve on our board of directors due to her financial background and expertise and experience in positions as director of public companies.

Advisory Board

In February 2023, we established an advisory board, which is currently comprised of three experts in the fields of marketing of video technologies and products and managing national security operations. The advisory board members assist us in the aforementioned fields, and we consult with the members of our advisory board on a regular basis. The members of our advisory board receive compensation in the form of cash payments or option grants in accordance with the terms of their respective agreements.

Mr. Leslie G. Litwin has decades of experience in marketing of video technologies and products. He is currently the managing director and founder of Antrica Ltd, world-wide specialist, manufacturer and supplier of video encoders and video decoders. Mr. Litwin and Antrica Ltd serve, very successfully, as one of the distributors of the Company’s products abroad, and Mr. Litwin personally has many years of familiarity with the Company and variety of its products. Mr. Litwin is also the founder of Zilica Ltd., a company engaged in sales and marketing of specialized video and closed-circuit television (CCTV) and sub-assemblies into European design and development companies. Prior to that, Mr. Litwin served in number of senior marketing and sales rolls in global leading companies.

Mr. Nir Ben Moshe is a senior executive with experience managing large-scale, highly sensitive national security operations around the world. In his last position, Mr. Ben Moshe served as a director in the Directorate of Security for the Defense Establishment (DSDE) in Israel. In that position Mr. Ben Moshe was responsible for the security of the Ministry of Defense, Israeli defense industries, defense research and development organizations and defense manufacturers, and managing a yearly budget of hundreds of millions of dollars. Mr. Ben Moshe has also served as our North America Regional Operations Manager since January 2025.

Mr. Adam Emanual has over 30 years of experience in aerospace defense and HLS in the U.S. federal market space, representing both U.S. and major Israeli companies. He has facilitated joint programs between the U.S. and Israeli governments, accompanying the entire process, including advocacy on Capitol Hill, funding, competition, and the Americanization of technology.

Family Relationships

There are no family relationships between any members of our executive management and our directors.

Arrangements for Election of Directors and Members of Management

There are no arrangements or understandings with major shareholders, customers, suppliers or others pursuant to which any of our executive management or our directors were selected (see “Related Party Transactions” for additional information). 

B. Compensation

The following table presents in the aggregate all compensation payable by us to all of our directors and senior management as a group for the year ended December 31, 2024. The table does not include any amounts paid to reimburse any of such persons for costs incurred in providing us with services during this period.

All amounts reported in the tables below reflect the cost to Maris, in thousands of U.S. Dollars, for the year ended December 31, 2024. Amounts paid in NIS are translated into U.S. dollars at the rate of NIS 3.647 = U.S. $1.00, based on the average representative rate of exchange between the NIS and the U.S. dollar as reported by the Bank of Israel during such period of time.

For so long as we qualify as a foreign private issuer, we will not be required to comply with the proxy rules applicable to U.S. domestic companies regarding disclosure of the compensation of certain executive officers on an individual basis. In accordance with the Companies Law, we are required to disclose the compensation granted to our five most highly compensated officers. The table below reflects the compensation granted during or with respect to the year ended December 31, 2024.

Employment or Service Agreements with Executive Officers

We have entered into written employment or service agreements with each of our executive officers. All of these agreements contain customary provisions regarding noncompetition, confidentiality of information and assignment of inventions. However, the enforceability of the noncompetition provisions may be limited under applicable law. In addition, we have entered into our standard form of indemnification agreement, in the form filed as an exhibit to this Annual Report, with each of our directors and members of our senior management. Each such indemnification agreement provides the indemnified person with indemnification to the maximum extent permitted under applicable law and up to a certain amount, and to the extent that these liabilities are not covered by directors and officers insurance or other indemnification agreement. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant, we have been advised that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.

On April 26, 2022 and April 28, 2022, the compensation committee of our board of directors, or the Compensation Committee, and our board of directors, respectively, approved and recommended to our shareholders to approve, the adoption of a compensation policy, which was approved by our shareholders in their meeting which took place on June 21, 2022. Our compensation policy is effective for a period of five years following its adoption by our shareholders as mentioned above.

Service Agreements with Non-Executive Directors

We have entered into written service agreements with each of our non-executive directors. Such director service contracts set out the key terms and conditions of the director’s appointment, including their compensation for services as members of the board of director, duties, rights and responsibilities, time commitment and the board of directors’ expectations regarding involvement with committees of the board of directors.

Share Option Plan

The Option Plan was approved by the general meeting of shareholders on February 23, 2021. The Option Plan provides for the grant of options to our directors, employees, officers, consultants and service providers from a pool of up to 800,000 Ordinary Shares. The number of Ordinary Shares in the pool is also subject to adjustment under certain circumstances (e.g., reorganization of our equity capital). As of March 28, 2025, no Ordinary Shares had been issued upon exercise of options, 802,060 options had been granted but had not been exercised, 159,702 options have vested, 81,496 options were forfeited or expired and returned to the pool, and 79,436 Ordinary Shares remained available for future grants. Our Option Plan is administered by our board of directors, regarding the granting of options and the terms of option grants, including exercise price, method of payment, vesting schedule, acceleration of vesting and the other matters necessary in the administration of this plan.

Eligible Israeli employees, officers and directors, would qualify for provisions of Section 102(b)(2) of the Israeli Income Tax Ordinance [New Version], or the Tax Ordinance. Pursuant to such Section 102(b)(2) of the Tax Ordinance, qualifying options and shares issued upon exercise of such options are held in escrow and registered in the name of an escrow agent selected by the board of directors. The escrow agent may not release these options or shares to the holders thereof for two years from the date of the registration of the options in the name of the escrow agent. Under Section 102 of the Tax Ordinance, any tax payable by an employee from the grant or exercise of the options is deferred until the transfer of the options or Ordinary Shares by the escrow agent to the employee or upon the sale of the options or Ordinary Shares, and gains may qualify to be taxed as capital gains at a rate equal to 25%, subject to compliance with specified conditions. Under Israeli tax law, Israeli non-employee service providers and controlling shareholders may only be granted options under Section 3(9) of the Tax Ordinance, which does not provide the full tax benefits.

As a default, our Option Plan provides that upon termination of employment for any reason, other than in the event of death, retirement, disability or cause, all unvested options will expire and all vested options will generally be exercisable for 90 days following such termination, subject to the terms of our Option Plan and the governing option agreement.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event the engagement is terminated for cause, including, inter alia, due to dishonesty toward the Company or its affiliate, substantial malfeasance or nonfeasance of duty, unauthorized disclosure of confidential information, and conduct substantially prejudicial to the business of the Company or affiliate; or any substantial breach by the optionee of his or her employment or service agreement, all options granted to such optionee, whether vested or unvested, will not be exercisable and will terminate on the date of the termination of his employment.

Upon termination of employment due to death or disability, all the options vested at the time of termination, will generally be exercisable for 12 months, or such other period as determined by the plan administrator, subject to the terms of our Option Plan and the governing option agreement.

Options

In June and July 2021, our board of directors approved the issuance of options to purchase an aggregate of 285,422 Ordinary Shares to be granted under our Option Plan to certain employees, directors and consultants, upon the successful completion of an initial public offering. Upon the completion of the IPO, on February 4, 2022, we issued the following options: (i) options to purchase an aggregate of 71,496 Ordinary Shares to Mr. Joseph Weiss, who served as the chairman of the board of directors until December 28, 2022, which options were exercisable for a period of five years from their date of issuance, at a price of $4.20 per Ordinary Share, and vest 8.33% at the end of each three month period of continuous services; (ii) options to purchase an aggregate of 10,000 Ordinary Shares to Mr. Amitay Weiss and options to purchase an aggregate of 2,500 Ordinary Shares to Ms. Naama Falach Avrahami, two of our directors, which options are exercisable for a period of five years from their date of issuance, at a price of $4.20 per Ordinary Share, and vest 6.25% at the end of each three month period of continuous services; and (iii) options to purchase an aggregate of 169,588 Ordinary Shares to certain employees and service providers, which options are exercisable for a period of five years from their date of issuance, at a price of $4.20 per Ordinary Share, and will vest 50% on April 3, 2024 and thereafter 6.25% every three months period of continuous services. Upon the end of term of the service agreement with Mr. Joseph Weiss in December 2022, options to purchase an aggregate of 53,622 Ordinary Shares were forfeited and returned to the pool, and 17,874 were expired and returned to the pool.

On April 3, 2022, we issued options to purchase 31,838 Ordinary Shares to Mr. Nir Bussy, our Chief Financial Officer. The options are exercisable for a period of five years from their date of issuance, at a price of $4.20 per Ordinary Share, and will vest 50% on April 3, 2024 and 6.25% every three months thereafter.

On December 28, 2022, we issued options to purchase 2,500 Ordinary Shares to Ms. Isabela Marshack, one of our directors. The options are exercisable for a period of five years from their date of issuance, at a price of $4.20 per Ordinary Share, and will vest 50% on December 28, 2024 and 6.25% every three months thereafter.

On May 15, 2023, the Compensation Committee approved the repricing of the exercise price of the existing options to purchase Ordinary Shares of certain of our officers, directors and service providers, who provided services to us, from $4.20 to $1.00 per Ordinary Share, or the Repricing. Other than the exercise price, all other terms of the existing options granted to such officers, directors and service providers did not change. On June 28, 2023, our shareholders approved the Repricing for board members, officers and related party. The Repricing was completed in July 2023.

On January 15, 2024, we granted options to purchase an aggregate of 205,414 Ordinary Shares under our Option Plan to certain employees and officers. The options were granted at an exercise price of $1.06 per Ordinary Share and will vest according to the following schedule: (i) twenty-four (24) months following the commencement date, an amount equal to half of the options to each optionee will vest; and (ii) following the first installment, additional equal amounts (6.25% each) will vest at the end of each three (3) months. The options expire five (5) years from the date of grant, and such other terms and conditions set forth in our options award letter and the provisions of the Option Plan.

On March 4, 2024, we issued options to purchase Ordinary Shares to members of our board of directors in the following amounts: (1) options to purchase 15,000 Ordinary Shares to Mr. Amitay Weiss, the Chairman of our board of directors; (2) options to purchase 5,000 Ordinary Shares to Ms. Isabela Marshak, Director; (3) options to purchase 7,500 Ordinary Shares to Mr. Joseph Gottlieb, Director; and (4) options to purchase 5,000 Ordinary Shares to Ms. Naama Falach Avrahamy. The options were granted at an exercise price of $1.06 per Ordinary Share and will vest according to the following schedule: (i) twenty-four (24) months following the commencement date, an amount equal to half of the options to each optionee will vest; and (ii) following the first installment, additional equal amounts (6.25% each) will vest at the end of each three (3) months. The options expire five (5) years from the date of grant, and such other terms and conditions set forth in our options award letter and the provisions of the Option Plan.

On March 4, 2024, we granted Mr. Israel Bar, our Chief Executive Officer and a Director, options to purchase 240,000 Ordinary Shares, in accordance with our Compensation Policy and under the Option Plan. The options were granted at an exercise price of $1.06 per Ordinary Share and will vest according to the following schedule: (i) twenty-four (24) months following the vesting commencement date, an amount equal to half of the options to each optionee will vest; and (ii) following the first installment, additional equal amounts (6.25% each) will vest at the end of each three (3) months. The options expire five (5) years from the date of the grant, and such other terms and conditions set forth in our options award letter and the provisions of the Option Plan.

On July 2, 2024, we granted to an employee options to purchase 10,612 Ordinary Shares under the Option Plan. The options were granted at an exercise price of $1.50 per Ordinary Share and will vest according to the following schedule: (i) twenty-four (24) months following the vesting commencement date, an amount equal to half of the options to each optionee will vest; and (ii) following the first installment, additional equal amounts (6.25% each) will vest at the end of each three (3) months. The options expire five (5) years from the date of the grant, and such other terms and conditions set forth in our options award letter and the provisions of the Option Plan.

On January 13, 2025, we granted to certain of our employees options to purchase an aggregate of 15,612 Ordinary Shares, in accordance with our Compensation Policy and under the Option Plan. The options were granted at an exercise price of $3.68 per Ordinary Share and will vest according to the following schedule: (i) twenty-four (24) months following the vesting commencement date, an amount equal to half of the options to each optionee will vest; and (ii) following the first installment, additional equal amounts (6.25% each) will vest at the end of each three (3) months. The options expire five (5) years from the date of the grant, and such other terms and conditions set forth in our options award letter and the provisions of the Option Plan.

On January 13, 2025, we granted options to purchase 10,000 Ordinary Shares to Mr. Nir Ben-Moshe. The options were granted at an exercise price of $3.68 per Ordinary Share and will vest according to the following schedule: (i) twenty-four (24) months following the vesting commencement date, an amount equal to half of the options to each optionee will vest; and (ii) following the first installment, additional equal amounts (6.25% each) will vest at the end of each three (3) months. The options expire five (5) years from the date of the grant, and such other terms and conditions set forth in our options award letter and the provisions of the Option Plan.

Warrants

On January 15, 2024, we issued warrants to purchase up to 20,000 Ordinary Shares, at an exercise price of $1.06 per Ordinary Share, to certain of our service providers. The warrants are exercisable until January 14, 2029 (5 years from the date of their issuance). The warrants have the following vesting schedule: (i) 50% vests on the second anniversary of the warrant issuance date; and (ii) 6.25% vests at the end of each quarter of continuous services thereafter, for a total period of two years.

Differences between the Companies Law and Nasdaq Listing Rules

The Sarbanes-Oxley Act, as well as related rules subsequently implemented by the SEC, require foreign private issuers, such as us, to comply with various corporate governance practices. In addition, following the listing of the Ordinary Shares on Nasdaq, we will be required to comply with the Nasdaq Listing Rules. Under those rules, we may elect to follow certain corporate governance practices permitted under the Companies Law in lieu of compliance with corresponding corporate governance requirements otherwise imposed by the Nasdaq Listing Rules for U.S. domestic issuers.

In accordance with Israeli law and practice and subject to the exemption set forth in Rule 5615 of the Nasdaq Listing Rules, we have elected to follow the provisions of the Companies Law, rather than the Nasdaq Listing Rules, with respect to the following requirements:

C. Board Practices

Introduction

Our board of directors presently consists of five members. Effective as of March 2, 2023, Amitay Weiss serves as the Chairman of our board of directors. We believe that Amitay Weiss, Isabela Marshak and Naama Falach Avrahamy are “independent” for purposes of the Nasdaq Listing Rules and SEC rules and regulations. Our Articles provide that unless otherwise determined by the general meeting of shareholders, the number of directors serving on the board of directors will be no less than three and no more than twelve, including External Directors (if applicable), which will be elected if and as required under the Companies Law, as may be fixed from time to time by the board of directors. Pursuant to the Companies Law, the management of our business is vested in our board of directors. Our board of directors may exercise all powers and may take all actions that are not specifically granted to our shareholders or to management. Our executive officers are responsible for our day-to-day management and have individual responsibilities established by our board of directors. Our Chief Executive Officer is appointed by, and serves at the discretion of, our board of directors, subject to the employment agreement that we have entered into with him. All other executive officers are appointed by our Chief Executive Officer. Their terms of employment are subject to the approval of the Compensation Committee and of the board of directors and are subject to the terms of any applicable employment agreements that we may enter into with them and are subject to our compensation policy.

Our Articles provide for a split of the board of directors into three classes with staggered three-year terms (excluding External Directors, if applicable). At each annual general meeting of our shareholders, the election or re-election of directors following the expiration of the term of office of the directors of that class of directors will be for a term of office that expires on the third annual general meeting following such election or re-election, such that each year the term of office of only one class of directors will expire. The director whom is to be retired and re-elected shall be the director that served the longest period since its appointment or last re-election or, if more than one director served the longest time, or if a director who is not to be re-elected agrees to be re-elected, the meeting of the board of directors which sets the date and agenda for the annual general meeting (acting by a simple majority) will decide which of such directors will be brought for re-election at the relevant general meeting.

Each director, except external directors (if applicable), holds office until the third annual general meeting of our shareholders following his or her appointment (other than in certain cases as described below), or until he or she resigns or unless he or she is removed by a majority of 70% vote of our shareholders’ votes at a general meeting of our shareholders or upon the occurrence of certain events, in accordance with the Companies Law and our Articles.

In addition, under certain circumstances, our Articles allow our board of directors to appoint directors to fill vacancies on our board of directors, due to a director no longer serving, or due to the number of directors serving being less than the maximum amount, for the remaining period of time during which the director whose service has ended was filled would have held office (in case the appointment is due to a director no longer serving), or for a period in accordance with the class to which he was appointed (in case the appointment is in addition to the acting directors, subject to the limitation set forward in our Articles on the number of directors). External directors, if applicable, may be elected for up to two additional three-year terms after their initial three-year term certain circumstances, and may be removed from office only under the limited circumstances set forth in the Companies Law.

Under the Companies Law, any shareholder holding at least one percent (1%) of our outstanding voting power may suggest nominating a director in an annual general meeting of the shareholders. However, any such shareholder may make such a suggestion only if a written and timely notice of such shareholder’s intent to make such nomination has been given to our board of directors, in accordance with the provisions of our Articles and the Companies Law. Any such notice must include certain information, including the consent of the proposed director nominee to serve as our director if elected, and a declaration that the nominee signed declaring that he or she possesses the requisite skills and has the availability to carry out his or her duties. Additionally, the nominee must provide details of such skills, and demonstrate an absence of any limitation under the Companies Law that may prevent his or her election, and affirm that all of the required election-information is provided to us, pursuant to the Companies Law.

However, under exemptions applicable for Israeli companies whose shares are listed outside of Israel, or the Exemptions Regulations, one or more shareholders may request the company’s board of directors to include an appointment of a candidate for a position on the board of directors or the termination of a board member, as an item on the agenda of a future general meeting (if the company sees fit), provided that the shareholder hold at least five percent (5%) of the voting rights of the company, instead of one percent (1%) required in the past. 

Under the Companies Law, our board of directors must determine the minimum number of directors who are required to have accounting and financial expertise. In determining the number of directors required to have such expertise, our board of directors must consider, among other things, the type and size of the company and the scope and complexity of its operations. Our board of directors has determined that the minimum number of directors of our company who are required to have accounting and financial expertise is one.

The board of directors must elect one director to serve as the chairman of the board of directors to preside at the meetings of the board of directors, and may also remove that director as chairman. Pursuant to the Companies Law, neither the chief executive officer nor any of his or her relatives is permitted to serve as the chairman of the board of directors, and a company may not vest the chairman or any of his or her relatives with the chief executive officer’s authorities. In addition, a person who reports, directly or indirectly, to the chief executive officer may not serve as the chairman of the board of directors; the chairman may not be vested with authorities of a person who reports, directly or indirectly, to the chief executive officer; and the chairman may not serve in any other position in the company or a controlled company, but he or she may serve as a director or chairman of a controlled company. However, the Companies Law permits a company’s shareholders to determine, for a period not exceeding three years from each such determination, that the chairman or his or her relative may serve as chief executive officer or be vested with the chief executive officer’s authorities, and that the chief executive officer or his or her relative may serve as chairman or be vested with the chairman’s authorities. Such determination of a company’s shareholders requires either: (1) the approval of at least a majority of the shares of those shareholders present and voting on the matter (other than controlling shareholders and those having a personal interest in the determination) (shares held by abstaining shareholders shall not be considered); or (2) that the total number of shares opposing such determination does not exceed 2% of the total voting power in the company. Currently, we have a separate chairman and chief executive officer.

The board of directors may, subject to the provisions of the Companies Law, delegate any or all of its powers to committees of the board, and it may, from time to time, revoke such delegation or alter the composition of any such committees, subject to certain limitations. Unless otherwise expressly provided by the board of directors, the committees shall not be empowered to further delegate such powers. The composition and duties of our Audit Committee, financial statement examination committee and Compensation Committee are described below.

The board of directors oversees how management monitors compliance with our risk management policies and procedures, and reviews the adequacy of the risk management framework in relation to the risks faced by us. The board of directors is assisted in its oversight role by an internal auditor. The internal auditor undertakes both regular and ad hoc reviews of risk management controls and procedures, the results of which are reported to our Audit Committee.

External Directors

Under the Companies Law, an Israeli company whose shares have been offered to the public or whose shares are listed for trading on a stock exchange in or outside of Israel is required to appoint at least two external directors, or External Directors, to serve on its board of directors. One of the external directors must have “financial and accounting expertise”, as defined under the Companies Law. In addition, External Directors must meet stringent standards of independence. However, we adopted the exemption under the Exemptions Regulations for appointment of external directors, as further specified below.

Under regulations promulgated pursuant to the Companies Law, a company with no controlling shareholder whose shares are listed for trading on specified exchanges outside of Israel, including the Nasdaq Capital Market, may adopt exemptions from various corporate governance requirements of the Companies Law, so long as such company satisfies the requirements of applicable foreign country laws and regulations, including applicable stock exchange rules, that apply to companies organized in that country and relating to the appointment of independent directors and the composition of audit and compensation committees. Such exemptions include an exemption from the requirement to appoint external directors and the requirement that an external director be a member of certain committees, as well as exemption from limitations on directors’ compensation. We chose to apply such exemptions.

Independent Directors Under the Companies Law

An “independent director” under the Companies Law is either an external director or a director who meets the same non-affiliation criteria as an external director (except for (i) the requirement that the director be an Israeli resident (which does not apply to companies such as ours whose securities have been offered outside of Israel or are listed outside of Israel) and (ii) the requirement for accounting and financial expertise or professional qualifications), as determined by the audit committee, and who has not served as a director of the company for more than nine consecutive years. For these purposes, ceasing to serve as a director for a period of two years or less would not be deemed to sever the consecutive nature of such director’s service.

Regulations promulgated pursuant to the Companies Law provide that a director in a public company whose shares are listed for trading on specified exchanges outside of Israel, including Nasdaq, who qualifies as an independent director under the relevant non-Israeli rules and who meets certain non-affiliation criteria, which are less stringent than those applicable to independent directors as set forth above, would be deemed an “independent” director pursuant to the Companies Law provided: (i) he or she has not served as a director for more than nine consecutive years; (ii) he or she has been approved as such by the audit committee; and (iii) his or her remuneration shall be in accordance with the Companies Law and the regulations promulgated thereunder. For these purposes, ceasing to serve as a director for a period of two years or less would not be deemed to sever the consecutive nature of such director’s service.

Furthermore, pursuant to these regulations, such company may reappoint a person as an independent director for additional terms, beyond nine years, which do not exceed three years each, if each of the audit committee and the board of directors determine, in that order, that in light of the independent director’s expertise and special contribution to the board of directors and its committees, the reappointment for an additional term is in the company’s best interest.

Alternate Directors

Our Articles provide, as allowed by the Companies Law, that any director may, subject to the conditions set thereto including approval of the nominee by our board of directors, appoint a person as an alternate to act in his place, to remove the alternate and appoint another in his place and to appoint an alternate in place of an alternate whose office is vacated for any reason whatsoever. Under the Companies Law, a person who is not qualified to be appointed as a director, a person who is already serving as a director or a person who is already serving as an alternate director for another director, may not be appointed as an alternate director. Nevertheless, a director who is already serving as a director may be appointed as an alternate director for a member of a committee of the board of directors so long as he or she is not already serving as a member of such committee, and if the alternate director is to replace an external director, he or she is required to be an external director and to have either “financial and accounting expertise” or “professional expertise,” depending on the qualifications of the external director he or she is replacing. A person who does not have the requisite “financial and accounting experience” or the “professional expertise,” depending on the qualifications of the external director he or she is replacing, may not be appointed as an alternate director for an external director. A person who is not qualified to be appointed as an independent director, pursuant to the Companies Law, may not be appointed as an alternate director of an independent director qualified as such under the Companies Law. Unless the appointing director limits the time or scope of the appointment, the appointment is effective for all purposes until the appointing director ceases to be a director or terminates the appointment

Committees of the Board of Directors

Our board of directors has established two standing statutory committees, the Audit Committee and the Compensation Committee.

Audit Committee

Under the Companies Law, we are required to appoint an audit committee, to which the following will not be able to be appointed: the chairman of the board; any director employed by the company or employed by a controlling shareholder or by a corporation controlled by such controlling shareholder; a director who provides services, regularly, to the company, to a controlling shareholder of the company or to an entity controlled by a controlling shareholder of the company; a director who derives most of his or her income from a controlling shareholder of the company; and a controlling shareholder of the company or a relative of a controlling shareholder. In addition, the audit committee must be comprised of at least three directors, including all of the external directors, if applicable (one of whom must serve as chair of the committee).

Under the Exemptions Regulations, a company with no controlling shareholder whose shares are listed for trading outside of Israel, including the Nasdaq Capital Market, may adopt exemptions from various corporate governance requirements of the Companies Law, so long as such company satisfies the requirements of applicable foreign country laws and regulations, including applicable stock exchange rules, that apply to companies organized in that country and relating to the appointment of independent directors and the composition of audit and compensation committees. Such exemptions include, among others, an exemption from the prohibition to appoint the individuals listed above as members of the audit committee. We elected to adopt such exemptions.

Our Audit Committee is composed of Amitay Weiss, Isabela Marshak and Naama Falach Avrahamy. Naama Falach Avrahamy serves as the chairman of our Audit Committee.

Under the Companies Law, our Audit Committee is responsible for:

Our Audit Committee may not conduct any discussions or approve any actions requiring its approval (see “Management - Board Practices - Approval of Related Party Transactions under Israeli law”), unless at the time of the approval a majority of the committee’s members are present, which majority consists of independent directors under the Companies Law, including at least one external director, as applicable.

Our board of directors adopted our Audit Committee charter setting forth, among others, the responsibilities of the Audit Committee consistent with the rules of the SEC and Nasdaq Listing Rules (in addition to the requirements for such committee under the Companies Law), including, among others, the following:

Nasdaq Listing Rules for Audit Committee

Under the Nasdaq Listing Rules, we are required to maintain an audit committee consisting of at least three members, all of whom are independent and are financially literate and one of whom has accounting or related financial management expertise.

As noted above, the members of our Audit Committee include Amitay Weiss, Isabela Marshak and Naama Falach Avrahamy, all of whom are “independent directors,” as such term is defined under Nasdaq Listing Rules and Rule 10A-3 under the Exchange Act. Until February 28, 2023, Amitay Weiss served as the chairman of our Audit Committee. Effective as of March 1, 2023, Naama Falach Avrahamy serves as the chairman of our Audit Committee. All members of our Audit Committee meet the requirements for financial literacy under the Nasdaq Listing Rules. Our board of directors has determined that all of the members of the Audit Committee are financial experts as such term is defined by the SEC rules and has the requisite financial experience as defined by the Nasdaq Rules. 

Under the Companies Law, our Audit Committee also carries out the duties of a financial statement examination committee. As such, the Audit Committee is responsible for: (i) estimations and assessments made in connection with the preparation of financial statements; (ii) internal controls related to the financial statements; (iii) completeness and propriety of the disclosure in the financial statements; (iv) the accounting policies adopted and the accounting treatments implemented in material matters of the company; and (v) value evaluations, including the assumptions and assessments on which evaluations are based and the supporting data in the financial statements. Our independent registered public accounting firm and our internal auditor are invited to attend all meetings of our financial statements examination committee.

Compensation Committee

The board of directors of any public company must establish a compensation committee. Our Compensation Committee, acting pursuant to a written charter, consists of Amitay Weiss, Isabela Marshak and Naama Falach Avrahamy. Naama Falach Avrahamy serves as the chairman of our Compensation Committee.

The compensation committee must be comprised of at least three directors, including all of the external directors (if applicable), who if applicable must constitute a majority of the members of the compensation committee. Each compensation committee member that is not an external director must be a director whose compensation does not exceed an amount that may be paid to an external director. The compensation committee is subject to the same Companies Law restrictions as the audit committee as to: (a) who may not be a member of the committee; and (b) who may not be present during committee deliberations as described above.

However, under the Exemptions Regulations, a company with no controlling shareholder might be exempted from certain obligations mentioned above.

Our Compensation Committee reviews and recommends to our board of directors, with respect to our executive officers and directors: (1) annual base compensation (2) annual incentive bonus, including the specific goals and amounts; (3) equity compensation; (4) employment agreements, severance arrangements, and change in control agreements and provisions; (5) retirement grants and/or retirement bonuses; (6) any other benefits, compensation, compensation policies or arrangements; and (7) actions, if any, under our recoupment policy, or the clawback policy.

The duties of the Compensation Committee include the recommendation to the company’s board of directors of a policy regarding the terms of engagement of officers, to which we refer as a compensation policy. Such policy must be adopted by the company’s board of directors, after considering the recommendations of the Compensation Committee. The compensation policy is then brought for approval by our shareholders, which requires a special majority (see “Management - Board Practices - Approval of Related Party Transactions under Israeli law”). Under the Companies Law and under certain conditions, the board of directors may adopt the compensation policy if it is not approved by the shareholders, provided that after the shareholders oppose the approval of such policy, the Compensation Committee and the board of directors revisit the matter and determine that adopting the compensation policy would be in the best interests of the company.

The compensation policy must serve as the basis for decisions concerning the financial terms of employment or engagement of executive officers and directors, including exemption, insurance, indemnification or any monetary payment or obligation of payment in respect of employment or engagement. The compensation policy must relate to certain factors, including advancement of the company’s objectives, the company’s business and its long-term strategy, and creation of appropriate incentives for executives. It must also consider, among other things, the company’s risk management, size and the nature of its operations. The compensation policy must furthermore consider the following additional factors:

The compensation policy must also include the following principles:

The Compensation Committee is responsible for: (1) recommending the compensation policy to a company’s board of directors for its approval (and subsequent approval by the shareholders); and (2) duties related to the compensation policy and to the compensation of a company’s office holders, including:

On June 21, 2022, our shareholders approved our compensation policy for a term of five years. Our compensation policy designed to promote our long-term goals, work plan and policy, retain, motivate and incentivize our directors and executive officers, while considering the risks that our activities involve, our size, the nature and scope of our activities and the contribution of an officer to the achievement of our goals and maximization of profits, and align the interests of our directors and executive officers with our long-term performance. To that end, a portion of an executive officer compensation package is targeted to reflect our short and long-term goals, as well as the executive officer’s individual performance. On the other hand, our compensation policy includes measures designed to reduce the executive officer’s incentives to take excessive risks that may harm us in the long-term, such as limits on the value of cash bonuses and equity-based compensation, limitations on the ratio between the variable and the total compensation of an executive officer and minimum vesting periods for equity-based compensation.

Our compensation policy also addresses our executive officer’s individual characteristics (such as his or her respective position, education, scope of responsibilities and contribution to the attainment of our goals) as the basis for compensation variation among our executive officers and considers the internal ratios between compensation of our executive officers and directors and other employees. Pursuant to our compensation policy, the compensation that may be granted to an executive officer may include base salary, annual bonuses, equity-based compensation, benefits and retirement and termination of service arrangements. All cash bonuses are limited to a maximum amount linked to the executive officer’s base salary. In addition, our compensation policy provides for maximum permitted ratios between the total variable (cash bonuses and equity-based compensation) and non-variable (base salary) compensation components, in accordance with an officer’s respective position with the company.

An annual cash bonus may be awarded to executive officers upon the attainment of pre-set periodic objectives and individual targets. The annual cash bonus that may be granted to executive officers other than our chairman or Chief Executive Officer may be based entirely on a discretionary evaluation. Our Chief Executive Officer will be entitled to recommend performance objectives to such executive officers, and such performance objectives will be approved by our Compensation Committee (and, if required by law, by our board of directors).

The performance measurable objectives of our chairman and Chief Executive Officer will be determined annually by our Compensation Committee and board of directors. A less significant portion of the chairman’s and/or the Chief Executive Officer’s annual cash bonus may be based on a discretionary evaluation of the chairman’s or the Chief Executive Officer’s respective overall performance by the Compensation Committee and the board of directors based on quantitative and qualitative criteria.

The equity-based compensation under our compensation policy for our executive officers (including members of our board of directors) is designed in a manner consistent with the underlying objectives in determining the base salary and the annual cash bonus, with its main objectives being to enhance the alignment between the executive officers’ interests with our long-term interests and those of our shareholders and to strengthen the retention and the motivation of executive officers in the long term. Our compensation policy provides for executive officer compensation in the form of share options or other equity-based awards, such as restricted shares and phantom, options, in accordance with our share incentive plan then in place. Share options granted to executive officers shall be subject to vesting periods in order to promote long-term retention of the awarded executive officers. The equity-based compensation shall be granted from time to time and be individually determined and awarded according to the performance, educational background, prior business experience, qualifications, role and the personal responsibilities of the executive officer.

In addition, our compensation policy, as well as our clawback policy which was adopted on August 11, 2023, contain compensation recovery provisions which allow us under certain conditions to recover bonuses paid in excess, enables our Chief Executive Officer to approve an immaterial change in the terms of employment of an executive officer (provided that the changes of the terms of employment are in accordance our compensation policy) and allow us to exempt, indemnify and insure our executive officers and directors subject to certain limitations set forth thereto.

Our compensation policy also provides for compensation to the members of our board of directors in accordance with the amounts determined in our compensation policy.

Internal Auditor

Under the Companies Law, the board of directors of an Israeli public company must appoint an internal auditor nominated by the audit committee. The role of the internal auditor is to examine, among other things, whether a company’s actions comply with the law and proper business procedure. The audit committee is required to oversee the activities, and to assess the performance of the internal auditor as well as to review the internal auditor’s work plan. An internal auditor may not be an interested party or office holder, or a relative of any interested party or office holder, and may not be a member of the company’s independent accounting firm or its representative. The Companies Law defines an interested party as a holder of 5% or more of the outstanding shares or voting rights of a company, any person or entity that has the right to appoint at least one director or the general manager of the company or any person who serves as a director or as the general manager of a company.

On February 21, 2022, our board of directors appointed Doron Rozenblum as our internal auditor. Our internal auditor is not an employee of the Company.

Remuneration of Directors

Under the Companies Law, remuneration of directors is subject to the approval of the compensation committee, thereafter by the board of directors and thereafter, unless exempted under the regulations promulgated under the Companies Law, by the general meeting of the shareholders. Where the director is also a controlling shareholder, the requirements for approval of transactions with controlling shareholders apply.

Fiduciary Duties of Office Holders

The Companies Law imposes a duty of care and a duty of loyalty on all office holders of a company.

The duty of care requires an office holder to act with the level of care with which a reasonable office holder in the same position would have acted under the same circumstances. The duty of care of an office holder includes a duty to use reasonable means to obtain:

The duty of loyalty of an office holder requires an office holder to act in good faith and for the benefit of the company, and includes a duty to:

Insurance

Under the Companies Law, a company may obtain insurance for any of its office holders against the following liabilities incurred due to acts he or she performed as an office holder, if and to the extent provided for in the company’s articles of association:

We currently have directors’ and officers’ liability insurance, providing total coverage of $7.5 million for the benefit of all of our directors and officers, in respect of which we paid a seventeen-month premium of approximately $390,000, which expires on October 13, 2025.

Indemnification

The Companies Law, and the Israeli Securities Law, 5728-1968, or the Securities Law provide that a company may indemnify an office holder against the following liabilities and expenses incurred for acts performed by him or her as an office holder, either pursuant to an undertaking made in advance of an event or following an event, provided its articles of association include a provision authorizing such indemnification:

The Companies Law also permits a company to undertake in advance to indemnify an office holder, provided that if such indemnification relates to financial liability imposed on him or her, as described above, then the undertaking should be limited and shall detail the following foreseen events and amount or criterion:

We have entered into our standard form of indemnification agreement, the form of which is filed as an exhibit to this Annual Report, with each of our directors and members of our senior management. Each such indemnification agreement provides the indemnified person with indemnification to the maximum extent permitted under applicable law and up to a certain amount, and to the extent that these liabilities are not covered by directors and officers insurance or other indemnification agreement.

Exemption

Under the Companies Law, an Israeli company may not exempt an office holder from liability for a breach of his or her duty of loyalty, but may exempt in advance an office holder from his or her liability to the company, in whole or in part, for damages caused to the company as a result of a breach of his or her duty of care (other than in relation to distributions), but only if a provision authorizing such exemption is included in its articles of association. Our Articles provide that we may exempt, in whole or in part, any office holder from liability to us for damages caused to the company as a result of a breach of his or her duty of care, but prohibit an exemption from liability arising from a company’s transaction in which our controlling shareholder or officer has a personal interest. Subject to the aforesaid limitations, and to other limitations detailed in the indemnification agreement, we exempt and release our office holders from any and all liability to us related to any breach by them of their duty of care to us to the fullest extent permitted by law.

Limitations

The Companies Law provides that we may not exempt or indemnify an office holder nor enter into an insurance contract that would provide coverage for any liability incurred as a result of any of the following: (1) a breach by the office holder of his or her duty of loyalty unless (in the case of indemnity or insurance only, but not exemption) the office holder acted in good faith and had a reasonable basis to believe that the act would not prejudice us; (2) a breach by the office holder of his or her duty of care if the breach was carried out intentionally or recklessly (as opposed to merely negligently); (3) any act or omission committed with the intent to derive an illegal personal benefit; or (4) any fine, monetary sanction, penalty or forfeit levied against the office holder.

Under the Companies Law, exemption, indemnification and insurance of office holders in a public company must be approved by the compensation committee and the board of directors (and, with respect to directors and the chief executive officer, by the shareholders). However, under regulations promulgated under the Companies Law, the insurance of office holders shall not require shareholder approval and may be approved by only the compensation committee, if the engagement terms are determined in accordance with the company’s compensation policy that was approved by the shareholders by the same special majority required to approve a compensation policy, provided that the insurance policy is on market terms and the insurance policy is not likely to materially impact the company’s profitability, assets or obligations. In addition, under regulations promulgated under the Companies Law, with respect to the insurance of office holders of a company in which there is a controlling shareholder who is also an office holder, a board approval is also required, subject to meeting the aforesaid conditions.

Our Articles permit us to exempt (subject to the aforesaid limitation), indemnify and ensure our office holders to the fullest extent permitted or to be permitted by the Companies Law.

The foregoing descriptions summarize the material aspects and practices of our board of directors. For additional details, we also refer you to the full text of the Companies Law, as well as our Articles, which is filed as exhibit to this Annual Report, and are incorporated herein by reference.

There are no service contracts between us, on the one hand, and our directors in their capacity as directors, on the other hand, providing for benefits upon termination of service.

Approval of Related Party Transactions under Israeli Law

General

Under the Companies Law, we may approve an action by an office holder from which the office holder would otherwise have to refrain, as described above, if:

Disclosure of Personal Interests of an Office Holder

The Companies Law requires that an office holder disclose to the company, promptly, and, in any event, not later than the board meeting at which the transaction is first discussed, any direct or indirect personal interest that he or she may have and all related material information known to him or her relating to any existing or proposed transaction by the company. If the transaction is an extraordinary transaction, the office holder must also disclose any personal interest held by:

An office holder is not, however, obliged to disclose a personal interest if it derives solely from the personal interest of his or her relative in a transaction that is not considered an extraordinary transaction. Under the Companies Law, an extraordinary transaction is a transaction:

The Companies Law does not specify to whom within us nor the manner in which required disclosures are to be made. We require our office holders to make such disclosures to our board of directors.

Under the Companies Law, once an office holder complies with the above disclosure requirement, the board of directors may approve a transaction between the company and an office holder, or a third party in which an office holder has a personal interest, unless the articles of association provide otherwise and provided that the transaction is in the company’s interest. If the transaction is an extraordinary transaction in which an office holder has a personal interest, first the audit committee and then the board of directors, in that order, must approve the transaction. Under specific circumstances, shareholder approval may also be required. Generally, a person who has a personal interest in a matter which is considered at a meeting of the board of directors or the audit committee may not be present at such a meeting unless the chairman of the audit committee or board of directors (as applicable) determines that he or she should be present in order to present the transaction that is subject to approval. A director who has a personal interest in a transaction, which is considered at a meeting of the board of directors or the audit committee, may not be present at this meeting or vote on this matter, unless a majority of members of the board of directors or the audit committee, as the case may be, has a personal interest. If a majority of the board of directors has a personal interest, then shareholder approval is generally also required.

Disclosure of Personal Interests of a Controlling Shareholder

Under the Companies Law, the disclosure requirements that apply to an office holder also apply to a controlling shareholder of a public company. Extraordinary transactions with a controlling shareholder or in which a controlling shareholder has a personal interest, including a private placement in which a controlling shareholder has a personal interest, as well as transactions for the provision of services whether directly or indirectly by a controlling shareholder or his or her relative, or a company such controlling shareholder controls, and transactions concerning the terms of engagement and compensation of a controlling shareholder or a controlling shareholder’s relative, whether as an office holder or an employee, require the approval of the audit committee or the compensation committee, as the case may be, the board of directors and a majority of the shares voted by the shareholders of the company participating and voting on the matter in a shareholders’ meeting. In addition, the shareholder approval must fulfill one of the following requirements:

In addition, any extraordinary transaction with a controlling shareholder or in which a controlling shareholder has a personal interest with a term of more than three years requires the abovementioned approval every three years; however, such transactions not involving the receipt of services or compensation can be approved for a longer term, provided that the audit committee determines that such longer term is reasonable under the circumstances.

The Companies Law requires that every shareholder that participates, in person, by proxy or by voting instrument, in a vote regarding a transaction with a controlling shareholder, must indicate in advance or in the ballot whether or not that shareholder has a personal interest in the vote in question. Failure to so indicate will result in the invalidation of that shareholder’s vote.

The term “controlling shareholder” is defined in the Companies Law as a shareholder with the ability to direct the activities of the company, other than by virtue of being an office holder. A shareholder is presumed to be a controlling shareholder if the shareholder holds 50% or more of the voting rights in a company or has the right to appoint 50% or more of the directors of the company or its general manager. In the context of a transaction involving a shareholder of the company, a controlling shareholder also includes a shareholder who holds 25% or more of the voting rights in the company if no other shareholder holds more than 50% of the voting rights in the company. For this purpose, the holdings of all shareholders who have a personal interest in the same transaction will be aggregated.

Approval of the Compensation of Directors and Executive Officers

The compensation of, or an undertaking to indemnify, insure or exempt, an office holder who is not the chief executive officer or a director requires the approval of the company’s compensation committee, followed by the approval of the company’s board of directors, and, if such compensation arrangement or an undertaking to indemnify, insure or exempt is inconsistent with the company’s stated compensation policy, or if the said office holder is the chief executive officer of the company (subject to a number of specific exceptions), then such arrangement is subject to the approval of our shareholders, subject to a special majority requirement.

Directors. Under the Companies Law, the compensation of our directors requires the approval of our Compensation Committee, the subsequent approval of the board of directors and, unless exempted under the regulations promulgated under the Companies Law, the approval of the general meeting of our shareholders. If the compensation of our directors is inconsistent with our stated compensation policy, then, provided that those provisions that must be included in the compensation policy according to the Companies Law have been considered by the compensation committee and board of directors, shareholder approval by a special majority will be required.

Executive officers other than the chief executive officer. The Companies Law requires the approval of the compensation of a public company’s executive officers (other than the chief executive officer) in the following order: (i) the compensation committee, (ii) the company’s board of directors, and (iii) only if such compensation arrangement is inconsistent with the company’s stated compensation policy, the company’s shareholders by a special majority. However, if the shareholders of the company do not approve a compensation arrangement with an executive officer that is inconsistent with the company’s stated compensation policy, the compensation committee and board of directors may override the shareholders’ decision if each of the compensation committee and the board of directors reconvene and provide detailed reasons for their decision (including a discussion regarding the shareholders’ decision.

Chief executive officer. Under the Companies Law, the compensation of a public company’s chief executive officer is required to be approved by: (i) the company’s compensation committee; (ii) the company’s board of directors, and (iii) the company’s shareholders by a special majority. However, if the shareholders of the company do not approve the compensation arrangement with the chief executive officer, the compensation committee and board of directors may override the shareholders’ decision if each of the compensation committee and the board of directors provides detailed reasons for their decision. In addition, the compensation committee may exempt the engagement terms of a candidate to serve as the chief executive officer from shareholders’ approval, if the compensation committee determines that the compensation arrangement is consistent with the company’s stated compensation policy, that the chief executive officer did not have a prior business relationship with the company or a controlling shareholder of the company, and that subjecting the approval to a shareholder vote would impede the company’s ability to attain the candidate to serve as the company’s chief executive officer (and provide detailed reasons for the latter).

The approval of each of the compensation committee and the board of directors, with regard to the office holders and directors above, must be in accordance with the company’s stated compensation policy; however, under special circumstances, the compensation committee and the board of directors may approve compensation terms of a chief executive officer that are inconsistent with the company’s compensation policy provided that they have considered those provisions that must be included in the compensation policy according to the Companies Law and that shareholder approval was obtained by a special majority requirement.

Duties of Shareholders

Under the Companies Law, a shareholder has a duty to refrain from abusing his power in the company and to act in good faith and in an acceptable manner in exercising his rights and performing his obligations toward the company and other shareholders, including, among other things, in voting at general meetings of shareholders (and at shareholder class meetings) on the following matters:

A shareholder also has a general duty to refrain from oppressing other shareholders. The remedies generally available upon a breach of contract will also apply to a breach of the above-mentioned duties, and in the event of oppression of other shareholders, additional remedies are available to the injured shareholder.

In addition, any controlling shareholder, any shareholder that knows that its vote can determine the outcome of a shareholder vote and any shareholder that, under a company’s articles of association, has the power to appoint or prevent the appointment of an office holder, or has another power with respect to a company, is under a duty to act with fairness towards the company. The Companies Law does not describe the substance of this duty except to state that the remedies generally available upon a breach of contract will also apply in the event of a breach of the duty to act with fairness, taking the shareholder’s position in the company into account.

D. Employees

As of December 31, 2022, we had 11 full-time employees and one part time employee. Additionally, we had three regular service providers and independent contractors.

As of December 31, 2023, we had 12 full-time employees, one part time employee, and two regular service providers and independent contractors.

As of December 31, 2024, we had 14 full-time employees, one part time employee, and two regular service providers and independent contractors.

None of our employees are members of a union or subject to the terms of a collective bargaining agreement. However, in Israel, we are subject to certain Israeli Labor laws, regulations and national labor court precedent rulings, as well as certain provisions of collective bargaining agreements applicable to us by virtue of extension orders issued in accordance with relevant labor laws by the Israeli Industry and Economy Office, and which apply such agreement provisions to our employees even though they are not part of a union that has signed a collective bargaining agreement.

All of our employment and consulting agreements include the employee’s and consultant’s undertaking with respect to non-competition and assignment to us of intellectual property rights developed in the course of employment and confidentiality. The enforceability of such provisions is limited by Israeli law.

E. Share Ownership

See “Item 7.A. Major Shareholders” below.

F. Disclosure of a Registrant’s Action to Recover Erroneously Awarded Compensation.

Not applicable.

ITEM 7. MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

A. Major Shareholders

The following table sets forth information regarding beneficial ownership of our Ordinary Shares as of March 28, 2025 by:

Beneficial ownership is determined in accordance with the rules of the SEC and includes voting or investment power with respect to Ordinary Shares. Ordinary Shares issuable pursuant to outstanding options or warrants to purchase Ordinary Shares that are exercisable, or securities that are convertible into Ordinary Shares, within 60 days after March 28, 2025, are deemed outstanding for the purpose of computing the percentage ownership of the person holding the options, warrants or convertible securities, but are not deemed outstanding for the purpose of computing the percentage ownership of any other person. Percentage of shares beneficially owned is based on 7,983,565 Ordinary Shares outstanding on March 28, 2025.

We are not controlled by another corporation, by any foreign government or by any natural or legal persons except as set forth herein, and there are no arrangements known to us which would result in a change in control of our company at a subsequent date. Except as indicated in footnotes to this table, we believe that the shareholders named in this table have sole voting and investment power with respect to all shares shown to be beneficially owned by them, based on information provided to us by such shareholders. Unless otherwise noted below, each beneficial owner’s address is c/o Maris-Tech Ltd., 2 Yitzhak Modai Street. Rehovot, Israel 7608804.

Changes in Percentage Ownership by Major Shareholders

In February 2022, Joseph Gottlieb purchased 71,400 Units in the IPO for an aggregate purchase price of $299,880. Following that, Mr. Gottlieb held approximately 8.61% of our issued and outstanding share capital. In May 2022, Mr. Gottlieb purchased an additional 112,900 Ordinary Shares in open market transactions. Following that, Mr. Gottlieb held approximately 10.86% of our issued and outstanding share capital.

During 2023, Mr. Gottlieb purchased 74,250 Ordinary Shares in open market transactions. Following that, Mr. Gottlieb held approximately 11.71% of our issued and outstanding share capital.

During 2024, Mr. Gottlieb purchased 18,500 Ordinary Shares in open market transactions. Following that, Mr. Gottlieb held approximately 11.8% of our issued and outstanding share capital.

Based on a Schedule 13G/A filed by Mr. Jacobsen with the SEC on February 14, 2025, as of December 19, 2024, Mr. Jacobsen held approximately 6.9% of our issued and outstanding share capital. Based on a Schedule 13G/A filed by Mr. Jacobsen with the SEC on February 14, 2025, as of February 14, 2025, Mr. Jacobsen held approximately 8.6% of our issued and outstanding share capital.

Based on a Schedule 13G filed jointly by Leviticus Partners LP and AMH Equity LLC on January 21, 2025, as of January 21, 2025, Leviticus Partners LP and AMH Equity LLC, each an investment adviser in accordance with Rule 13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(E) under the Exchange Act, held approximately 8.8% of our issued and outstanding share capital.

Record Holders

Based on a review of information provided to us by our transfer agent, as of March 28, 2025, there were three shareholders of record of our Ordinary Shares, of which two were located in Israel and one was located in the United States.

We are not controlled by another corporation, by any foreign government or by any natural or legal persons except as set forth herein, and there are no arrangements known to us which would result in a change in control at a subsequent date.

B. Related Party Transactions

Employment Agreements

We have entered into written employment agreements with each of our executive officers. All of these agreements contain customary provisions regarding noncompetition, confidentiality of information and assignment of inventions. However, the enforceability of the noncompetition provisions may be limited under applicable law. We have also entered into written service agreements with each of our director nominees. We entered into our standard form of indemnification agreement, the form of which is filed as an exhibit to this Annual Report, with each of our directors and members of our senior management. Each such indemnification agreement provides the indemnified person with indemnification to the maximum extent permitted under applicable law and up to a certain amount, and to the extent that these liabilities are not covered by directors and officers insurance or other indemnification agreement. Members of our senior management are eligible for bonuses each year. The bonuses are payable upon meeting objectives and targets that are set by our Chief Executive Officer and approved annually by our board of directors that also set the bonus targets for our Chief Executive Officer (see Item 6.A. Directors and Senior Management - Employment or Service Agreements with Executive Officers).

Equity Grants

For a description of the equity grants to our employees, officers, directors, consultants and service providers see “Item 6.B Compensation - Share Option Plan” above.

Director and Officer Loans

Since our inception, Israel Bar, our Chief Executive Officer, a director and our largest shareholder, and Joseph Gottlieb, our other director and second largest shareholder, have provided loans to us in an aggregate amount of NIS 7,513,887 (approximately $2,282,364). As of December 31, 2024 and 2023, the outstanding balance under the Shareholders Loan was $589,467 and $1,088,250, respectively.

On May 9, 2021, we entered into the Loan Facility Agreement effective as of January 1, 2021, with Israel Bar, our Chief Executive Officer, director and our largest shareholder, and Joseph Gottlieb, another director and our second largest shareholder.

On March 2, 2023, we entered into the Amendment to the Loan Facility Agreement, pursuant to which we (i) amended the repayment terms set in the Loan Facility Agreement to provide that the amounts outstanding under the Loan Facility Agreement shall be due and payable in 24 equal monthly payments, commencing on February 4, 2024, subject to the availability of available free cash (as defined in the Amendment), and (ii) clarified that the total amount due to Mr. Gottlieb under the Loan Facility Agreement is NIS 1,020,347 (approximately $317,371). The total outstanding amount under the Loan Facility Agreement after giving effect to the Amendment was NIS 3,480,306 (approximately $1,088,250). As of March 28, 2025, we have repaid NIS 1,639,980 (approximately $449,672) under the Loan Facility Agreement to Mr. Bar, and we have repaid NIS 675,179 (approximately $185,133) under the Loan Facility Agreement to Mr. Bar. As of March 28, 2025, NIS 1,171,414 (approximately $321,199) and NIS 482,271 (approximately $132,238) remain outstanding, to Mr. Bar and Mr. Gottlieb, respectively.

Transaction with Parazero Technologies Ltd.

On July 31, 2023, we entered into a service agreement, or the Service Agreement, with Parazero Technologies Ltd., or Parazero, pursuant to which we will provide to Parazero certain business development services. Pursuant to the terms of the Service Agreement, in consideration for the services provided by us, Parazero required to pay us $10,000 per month plus value added tax and certain commissions, in accordance with the terms of the agreement. The Service Agreement was terminated by Parazero on December 31, 2024, pursuant to its terms. The total amount due by Parazero to us as of December 31, 2024 amounted to $47,000.

In addition, in July 2023, we purchased 50,000 ordinary shares of Parazero, at a price of $4.00 per ordinary share, for an aggregate purchase price of $200,000, in Parazero’s initial public offering. We subsequently sold the ordinary shares we purchased in the open market for an aggregate consideration of $108,857. As of March 28, 2025, we did not hold any shares of Parazero. We recorded $91,143 financial expenses for the year ended December 31, 2023, from the remeasurement of the purchase. Mr. Amitay Weiss, our Chairman, also serves as the chairman of the board of directors of Parazero.

Transactions with Colint Ltd.

We have occasionally purchased, at market prices, electronic components from Colint Ltd., a company owned by Joseph Gottlieb, our director and one of our major shareholders. During 2024, 2023, and 2022, we purchased electronic components in an aggregate amount of approximately $0, $29,110, and $0, respectively.

Transactions with Innovative Inc.

On November 24, 2024, our Audit Committee and board of directors approved the purchase of 30 radio-frequency transmitters from Innovative Inc., a company owned by Mr. Gottlieb, our director and one of our major shareholders, for $10,512. The Audit Committee and our board of directors further approved the engagement of Innovative Inc. pursuant to which we will make additional purchases of production materials from Innovative Inc., on market terms, during a twelve-month period beginning in January 2025, and up to a maximum amount of $100,000. During the year ended December 31, 2024, we paid Innovative Inc. an aggregate of $10,512.

Transactions with Mr. Elad Kashi – Third Service Provider

On March 3, 2021, we entered into a service agreement with Mr. Elad Kashi, a relative of Mr. Israel Bar, our Chief Executive Officer and a director, pursuant to which Mr. Kashi provides us with mechanical design services in exchange for an hourly compensation fee of NIS 195 (approximately $54). In February 2022, the hourly rate under the agreement increased to NIS 350 (approximately $97). The amended terms of the service agreement were approved by the Audit Committee and our board of directors on March 14, 2024 and March 20, 2024, respectively, and were ratified by our shareholders at the 2024 annual general meeting of shareholders held on May 15, 2024. During the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022, we paid Mr. Kashi $124,857, $191,170 and $121,721, respectively.

C. Interests of Experts and Counsel

None.

ITEM 8. FINANCIAL INFORMATION.

A. Consolidated Statements and Other Financial Information

See “Item 18. Financial Statements.”

Legal Proceedings

From time to time, we may become involved in legal proceedings that arise in the ordinary course of business. During the period covered by the financial statements contained herein, we were not subject to any material legal proceedings that has had a material adverse effect on our financial position. No assurance can be given that future litigation will not have a material adverse effect on our financial position. When appropriate in management’s estimation, we may record reserves in our financial statements for pending litigation and other claims. 

Dividends

We have never declared or paid any cash dividends on our Ordinary Shares and do not anticipate paying any cash dividends in the foreseeable future. Payment of cash dividends, if any, in the future will be at the discretion of our board of directors and will depend on then-existing conditions, including our financial condition, operating results, contractual restrictions, capital requirements, business prospects and other factors our board of directors may deem relevant.

Under the Companies Law, we may declare and pay dividends only if, upon the determination of our board of directors, there is no reasonable concern that the distribution will prevent us from being able to meet the terms of our existing and foreseeable obligations as they become due. Under the Companies Law, the distribution amount is further limited to the greater of retained earnings or earnings generated over the two most recent years legally available for distribution according to our then last reviewed or audited financial statements, provided that the end of the period to which the financial statements relate is not more than six months prior to the date of distribution. In the event that we do not meet such earnings criteria, we may seek the approval of the court in order to distribute a dividend. The court may approve our request if it is convinced that there is no reasonable concern that the payment of a dividend will prevent us from satisfying our existing and foreseeable obligations as they become due.

Under the Exemptions Regulations, however, an Israeli company whose shares are listed outside Israel is permitted to execute distributions through repurchasing its own shares, even if earnings criteria are not met, without the need for a court’s approval. This exemption is subject to certain conditions, including, among others: (i) the distribution meets the solvency criteria; and (ii) there had not been any objection filed by any of the company’s creditors to the relevant court. If any creditor objects to such distribution, the company will be required to obtain the court’s approval for such distribution

Payment of dividends may be subject to Israeli withholding taxes (see the Prospectus filed February 1, 2022, under “Taxation - Israeli Tax Considerations and Government Programs” for additional information).

B. Significant Changes

Except as described in this Annual Report, there have been no significant changes in our operations since the date of our financial statements included in this Annual Report. 

ITEM 9. THE OFFER AND LISTING.

A. Offer and Listing Details

The Ordinary Shares and Warrants were approved for listing on the Nasdaq Capital Market and commenced trading under the symbol “MTEK” and “MTEKW”, respectively, on February 2, 2022.

B. Plan of Distribution

Not applicable.

C. Markets

See “A. Offer and Listing Details.”