TEL AVIV, Israel, Sept. 05, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Radware® (NASDAQ: RDWR), is a global leader in application security and delivery solutions for multi-cloud environments, today announced that its 2024 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders will be held on Thursday, October 10, 2024, at 3:00 p.m. (Israel time), at the offices of the Company, 22 Raoul Wallenberg Street, Tel Aviv, Israel. The record date for the Annual General Meeting is September 6, 2024.
The agenda of the Annual General Meeting is as follows:
- To elect Mr. Yuval Cohen and Prof. Yair Tauman as Class I directors of the Company until the annual general meeting of shareholders to be held in 2027 and to elect Mr. Alex Pinchev as Class III director of the Company until the annual general meeting of shareholders to be held in 2026;
- To approve grants of equity-based awards to the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company; and
- To approve the reappointment of Kost Forer Gabbay & Kasierer, a member of Ernst & Young Global, as the Company’s auditors, and to authorize the Board of Directors to delegate to the Audit Committee the authority to fix their remuneration in accordance with the volume and nature of their services.
In addition to the proposals listed above, at the Annual General Meeting, the Company will (i) present and discuss the financial statements of the Company for the year ended December 31, 2023, and the auditors’ report for this period; and (ii) transact such other business as may properly come before the Annual General Meeting or any adjournment thereof.
All Proposals require the approval of a simple majority of the shares voted on the matter at the Annual General Meeting, either in person or by proxy; provided that with respect to Proposal 2 either (i) the shares voted in favor of the proposal include at least a majority of the shares voted at the Annual General Meeting, either in person or by proxy, by shareholders who are not “controlling shareholders” and do not have a “personal interest” (as such terms are defined in the Israeli Companies Law, 5759-1999 (the “Companies Law”)) in such proposal or (ii) the total number of shares voted against such proposal by the disinterested shareholders described in clause (i) does not exceed 2% of the aggregate voting rights in the Company. As of the date hereof, the Company has no controlling shareholder within the meaning of the Companies Law.
In the absence of the requisite quorum of shareholders at the Annual General Meeting, the Annual General Meeting shall be adjourned to the same day in the next week, at the same time and place, unless otherwise determined at the Annual General Meeting in accordance with the Company’s Articles of Association.
Additional Information and Where to Find It
In connection with the Annual General Meeting, Radware will make available to its shareholders of record a proxy statement describing the various proposals to be voted upon at the Annual General Meeting, along with a proxy card enabling them to indicate their vote on each matter. The Company will also furnish copies of the proxy statement and proxy card to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Form 6-K, which may be obtained for free from the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov, the Company’s website at https://www.radware.com/ir/financial-info/ or by directing such request to the Company’s Investor Relations department at ir@radware.com.
About Radware
Radware® (NASDAQ: RDWR) is a global leader in application security and delivery solutions for multi-cloud environments. The company’s cloud application, infrastructure, and API security solutions use AI-driven algorithms for precise, hands-free, real-time protection from the most sophisticated web, application, and DDoS attacks, API abuse, and bad bots. Enterprises and carriers worldwide rely on Radware’s solutions to address evolving cybersecurity challenges and protect their brands and business operations while reducing costs. For more information, please visit the Radware website.
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Contacts
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