TEL AVIV, Israel, Aug. 08, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Radware® (NASDAQ:RDWR), a leading provider of cyber security and application delivery solutions, today announced that its 2017 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders will be held on Tuesday, September 19, 2017, 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 meeting is August 14, 2017.
The agenda of the meeting is as follows:
- To re-elect Ms. Yael Langer as Class III Director of the Company until the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders to be held in 2020;
- To authorize Mr. Yehuda Zisapel to act as Chairman of the Board of Directors for a period of three years;
- To approve a grant of stock options to the Chief Executive Officer and President 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 adopting the above resolutions, at the meeting the Company will (i) present and discuss the financial statements of the Company for the year ended December 31, 2016 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.
Items 1 through 4 require the approval of a simple majority of the shares voted on the matter; provided that with respect to Items 2 and 3 either (i) the shares voted in favor of the matter include at least a majority of the shares voted by shareholders who are not “controlling shareholders” and do not have a "personal interest" (as such terms are defined in the Companies Law) in approving the resolution or (ii) the total number of shares voted against such matter by shareholders who are not controlling shareholders and do not have a personal interest as aforesaid does not exceed 2% of the Company’s voting power. As of the date hereof, the Company has no controlling shareholder within the meaning of the Companies Law.
In the absence of requisite quorum of shareholders in the meeting, the meeting shall be adjourned to the same day in the next week, at the same time and place, unless otherwise determined at the meeting in accordance with the Company's Articles of Association.
Position Statements
In accordance with the Companies Law, position statements with respect to any of the proposals at the meeting must be delivered to the Company no later than 10 days prior to the meeting date.
Additional Information and Where to Find It
In connection with the meeting, Radware will send to its shareholders of record a proxy statement describing the various matters to be voted upon at the 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 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 www.radware.com or by directing such request to the Company's Investor Relations above.
If applicable, valid position statements will be published by way of issuing a press release and/or submitting a Form 6-K to the SEC (which will be made available to the public on the SEC’s website above).
About Radware
Radware® (NASDAQ:RDWR), is a global leader of application delivery and cyber security solutions for virtual, cloud and software defined data centers. Its award-winning solutions portfolio delivers service level assurance for business-critical applications, while maximizing IT efficiency. Radware’s solutions empower more than 10,000 enterprise and carrier customers worldwide to adapt to market challenges quickly, maintain business continuity and achieve maximum productivity while keeping costs down. For more information, please visit www.radware.com.
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