UNITED STATES
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SCHEDULE 14A
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The Companies Act (As Revised) of the Cayman Islands
Plan of Merger
This plan of merger (the “Plan of Merger”) is made on [insert date] between ION Acquisition Corp 1 Ltd. (the “Surviving Company”) and Toronto Sub Ltd. (the “Merging Company”).
Whereas the Merging Company is a Cayman Islands exempted company and is entering into this Plan of Merger pursuant to the provisions of Part XVI of the Companies Act (As Revised) (the “Statute”).
Whereas the Surviving Company is a Cayman Islands exempted company and is entering into this Plan of Merger pursuant to the provisions of Part XVI of the Statute.
Whereas the directors of the Merging Company and the directors of the Surviving Company deem it desirable and in the commercial interests of the Merging Company and the Surviving Company, respectively, that the Merging Company be merged with and into the Surviving Company and that the undertaking, property and liabilities of the Merging Company vest in the Surviving Company (the “Merger”).
Terms not otherwise defined in this Plan of Merger shall have the meanings given to them under the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated [insert date] and made between, among others, the Surviving Company and the Merging Company (the “Merger Agreement”), a copy of which is annexed at Annexure 1 hereto.
Now therefore this Plan of Merger provides as follows:
| 1 | The constituent companies (as defined in the Statute) to this Merger are the Surviving Company and the Merging Company. |
| 2 | The surviving company (as defined in the Statute) is the Surviving Company. |
| 3 | The registered office of the Surviving Company is c/o Maples Corporate Services Limited of PO Box 309, Ugland House, Grand Cayman, KY1-1104, Cayman Islands and the registered office of the Merging Company is at Walkers Corporate Limited, Cayman Corporate Centre, 27 Hospital Road, George Town, Grand Cayman KY1-9008, Cayman Islands. |
| 4 | Immediately prior to the Effective Date (as defined below), the share capital of the Surviving Company will US$55,500 divided into 500,000,000 Class A ordinary shares of a par value of US$0.0001 each, 50,000,000 Class B ordinary shares of a par value of US$0.0001 each and 5,000,000 preference shares of a par value of US$0.0001 each. |
| 5 | Immediately prior to the Effective Date (as defined below), the share capital of the Merging Company will be US$50,000 divided into 500,000,000 shares with a nominal or par value of US$0.0001. |
| 6 | The date on which it is intended that the Merger is to take effect is the date that this Plan of Merger is registered by the Registrar in accordance with section 233(13) of the Statute (the “Effective Date”). |
| 7 | The terms and conditions of the Merger, including the manner and basis of converting shares in each constituent company into shares in the Surviving Company, are set out in the Merger Agreement in the form annexed at Annexure 1 hereto. |
| 8 | The rights and restrictions attaching to the shares in the Surviving Company are set out in the Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Surviving Company in the form annexed at Annexure 2 hereto. |
| 9 | The Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Surviving Company in the form annexed at Annexure 2 hereto shall be its Memorandum and Articles of Association after the Merger. |
| 10 | There are no amounts or benefits which are or shall be paid or payable to any director of either constituent company or the Surviving Company consequent upon the Merger. |
| 11 | The Merging Company has granted no fixed or floating security interests that are outstanding as at the date of this Plan of Merger. |
| 12 | The Surviving Company has granted no fixed or floating security interests that are outstanding as at the date of this Plan of Merger. |
| 13 | The name and address of the sole director of the surviving company (as defined in the Statute) is Ezra Katzen of 2 Jabotinsky Street, Ramat Gan 5250501, Israel. |
| 14 | This Plan of Merger has been approved by the board of directors of each of the Surviving Company and the Merging Company pursuant to section 233(3) of the Statute. |
| 15 | This Plan of Merger has been authorised by the sole shareholder of the Merging Company pursuant to section 233(6) of the Statute. This Plan of Merger has been authorised by the shareholders of the Surviving Company pursuant to section 233(6) of the Statute by way of resolutions passed at an extraordinary general meeting of the Surviving Company. |
| 16 | At any time prior to the Effective Date, this Plan of Merger may be: |
| 16.1 | terminated by the board of directors of either the Surviving Company or the Merging Company; |
| 16.2 | amended by the board of directors of both the Surviving Company and the Merging Company to: |
| (a) | change the Effective Date provided that such changed date shall not be a date later than the ninetieth day after the date of registration of this Plan of Merger with the Registrar of Companies; and |
| (b) | effect any other changes to this Plan of Merger which the directors of both the Surviving Company and the Merging Company deem advisable, provided that such changes do not materially adversely affect any rights of the shareholders of the Surviving Company or the Merging Company, as determined by the directors of both the Surviving Company and the Merging Company, respectively. |
| 17 | This Plan of Merger may be executed in counterparts. |
| 18 | This Plan of Merger shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Cayman Islands. |
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In witness whereof the parties hereto have caused this Plan of Merger to be executed on the day and year first above written.
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| ION Acquisition Corp 1 Ltd. | ) | |
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| Toronto Sub Ltd. | ) | |
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Annexure 1
Agreement and Plan of Merger
Annexure 2
Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Surviving Company