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• | Annual revenues from the solar segment of $2.8 billion. |
• | GAAP annual revenue of $3.0 billion. |
• | Shipments of 12.6 GW of systems in 2023. |
• | First installations of SolarEdge TerraMaxTM 330kW inverter for ground mount and community solar applications. |
• | Release of SolarEdge ONE, an energy management and optimization software for residential applications, helping homeowners to optimize their energy usage and savings by automatically managing solar production, storage, EV charging and other high energy consumption appliances. |
• | Opening of a new factory in Austin Texas for manufacturing of U.S. Made SolarEdge Home Hub inverters. |
• | Surpassing 125 million power optimizers and 5.6 million inverters shipped ever. |
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We look forward to speaking with you at the meeting. Sincerely, Zvi Lando Chief Executive Officer and Member of the Board of Directors |
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• | To elect each of the three director nominees named in the Proxy Statement as Class III directors of the Company to hold office for a one-year term until the 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until his or her successor has been elected and qualified, or until his or her earlier death, resignation or removal. |
• | To ratify the appointment of Kost Forer Gabbay & Kasierer, a member of EY Global as our independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2024. |
• | To approve, on an advisory and non-binding basis, the compensation of our named executive officers (commonly referred to as a “Say-on-Pay” vote). |
• | To transact such other business as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof. |
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By Order of the Board of Directors Rachel Prishkolnik Vice President General Counsel & Corporate Secretary 1 HaMada Street, Herziliya Pituach, Israel |
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1 | Election of each of the three director nominees named in the Proxy Statement as Class III directors: | For Each Nominee | 5 | ||
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1a. Zvi Lando | |||||
1b. Avery More | |||||
1c. Nadav Zafrir | |||||
2 | Ratification of the appointment of Kost Forer Gabbay & Kasierer, a member of EY Global as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2024 | For | 32 | ||
3 | Approval of, on an advisory and non-binding basis, the compensation of our named executive officers (the “Say-on-Pay” vote). | For | 34 |
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• | 7/8 directors (87.5%) are independent |
• | 3/8 of our Board members (37.5%) are women |
• | Balanced Board composition of tenure, diversity and skill |
• | Independent Chairperson, separate from CEO |
• | Limits on the number of boards on which our directors may serve, with no director permitted to serve on more than five public boards |
• | Annual Board and Committee self-evaluation |
• | Corporate Governance Committee oversight of sustainability and other governance matters |
• | Compensation Committee oversight of human capital management strategies and policies |
• | New Clawback policy adopted in 2023 |
• | Prohibition on hedging and pledging transactions by all employees and directors |
• | Stock ownership and share retention policy for Board members and executive officers |
• | Annual stockholder advisory vote on executive compensation (“Say-on-Pay”) |
• | Comprehensive Code of Conduct and other corporate policies broadly adopted throughout the Company |
• | Responsive, active and ongoing stockholder engagement |
• | Annual disclosure of EEO-1 data on our website and ESG reporting in reference to SASB and GRI frameworks |
• | Quarterly reporting regarding cyber related matters to our Technology Committee |
• | Comprehensive stockholder outreach program |
• | No stockholder rights plan |
• | No dual-class share structure |
• | Each stockholder is entitled to one vote per share |
• | Declassification of the board and no supermajority voting provisions to amend governing documents |
• | Our Compensation Committee annually reviews and approves incentive structure, targets, and objectives in alignment with the Company’s business strategy |
• | Financial and specific performance-based incentive targets are set by our Compensation Committee to reward financial and operational performance that advances the Company’s short- and long-term strategic goals |
• | Continued the use of ESG-related performance goals in the overall 2023 Company performance goals in our NEO compensation program |
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Zvi Lando | Committees: None Other Current Public Boards: None | |
Director Since: 2020 Age: 59 | Mr. Lando joined SolarEdge in 2009 as our Vice President, Global Sales. We announced the appointment of Mr. Lando as our Acting Chief Executive Officer in August 2019 and as a director of our Board of Directors and permanent CEO on February 9, 2020. Mr. Lando had previously spent 16 years at Applied Materials, a materials engineering company focused on semiconductor, flat panel display and solar photovoltaic industries, based in Santa Clara, California, where he held several positions, including process engineer for metal deposition and chemical vapor deposition systems, business manager for the Process Diagnostic and Control Group. His last position at Applied Materials was Vice President and General Manager of Baccini Cell Systems Division of the Solar Business Group, which he held from January 2008 to March 2009. Mr. Lando holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the Technion, Israel’s Institute of Technology in Haifa, and is the author of several publications in the field of chemical deposition. Mr. Lando’s historical knowledge of our company and his experience at other technology companies provides a valuable perspective to our Board. | |
Avery More | Committees: Compensation Committee (Chairperson), Technology Committee (Chairperson) Other Current Public Boards: None | |
Director Since: 2006 Age: 69 | Mr. More has served as a member of our Board of Directors since 2006. Mr. More was the sole seed investor in the Company through his fund, ORR Partners, and participated in all successive rounds. Mr. More continues to invest in technology companies, with ORR Partners, Innoventions Capital and More Family Investments entities. Previously, Mr. More was the president and chief executive officer of CompuCom Systems Inc. from 1989 to 1993. Mr. More currently serves on the board of directors of several private companies, BuzzStream, AppDome, HolistiCyber Ltd., senseIP, and SageCyber. Mr. More’s historical knowledge of our company and his experience as a director of other technology companies provides a valuable perspective to our Board. | |
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Nadav Zafrir | Committees: Compensation Committee Member, Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee Member, Technology Committee Member Other Current Public Boards: None | |
Director Since: 2019 Age: 54 | Mr. Zafrir joined our Board of Directors in 2019 and serves as the Chairperson. Bringing thirty years of experience in management, leadership, and technology innovation, Mr. Zafrir has been the co-founder and Managing Partner of Team8, a global venture group that builds and backs technology companies at the intersection of artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, data, fin-tech, enterprise software, and infrastructure since 2014. Prior to founding Team8, Nadav spent 20 years in the Israel Defense Forces. He served as Commander of Unit 8200, Israel’s elite military technology unit, where he established the Israel Defense Forces Cyber Command. He holds an LLB from the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya (IDC) and an Executive MBA from the Kellogg - Recanati program of the Kellogg Graduate School of Business at Northwestern University in Chicago and the Recanati School of Business at Tel Aviv University. Mr. Zafrir’s technological expertise and former work experience with some of our senior management provides our board and the management team with helpful and valuable contribution insights into the business and technology development discussions which further strengthens our executive management. | |
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Dirk Carsten Hoke | Committees: Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee Member Other Current Public Boards: Spire Global, Inc. | |
Director Since: 2022 Age: 55 | Mr. Hoke has served as a member of our Board of Directors since 2022. Mr Hoke has a career that spans almost 30 years and five continents in various industries. Since 2022 Mr. Hoke has served as the Chief Executive Officer of Volocopter, a pioneer of the Urban Air Mobility (UAM), launching first commercial operation in 2024. Prior to this role, Mr. Hoke served from 2016 until 2021 as the Chief Executive Officer of Airbus Defence and Space, a provider of defense, space, and security systems and also served as a member of Airbus’ Global Executive Committee. Prior to that, he held various executive positions at Siemens, including General Manager for the Transrapid Propulsion and Power Supply Subdivision, President of Siemens Transportation Systems China, Chief Executive Officer of Siemens Africa, Chief Executive Officer Industrial Solutions, Chief Executive Officer Customer Services and Chief Executive Officer Large Drives. Mr. Hoke resides in Germany and serves on the Board of Advisors of Voyager Space and on the Board of Directors of Spire Global. He holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Technical University of Brunswick, Germany and is an Alumni of the Young Global Leader Program of the World Economic Forum. Mr. Hoke brings valuable business experience to our Board through his years of experience as a chief executive officer with technology companies and experience as a director of other public companies. | |
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Betsy Atkins | Committees: Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee (Chairperson), Technology Committee (Member), Compensation Committee (Member) Other Current Public Boards: Wynn Resorts Ltd., SL Green Realty Corp., and Enovix Corp. | |
Director Since: 2021 Age: 70 | Ms. Atkins has served as a member of our Board of Directors since 2021. Ms. Atkins is a seasoned business-woman and serial entrepreneur with two decades of experience serving on some of the world’s most visible global public company boards. She served as the CEO of Baja Corporation, an independent venture capital firm focused on technology, renewable energy and life sciences, since 1994. She has previously served as CEO and Chairperson of SaaS company Clear Standards, Inc., an energy management and sustainability software company, a position she held between February and August 2009. She also served as CEO of Key Supercomputer, focused on seismic analytics, applying AI machine learning technology to pinpoint reserves using predictive and prescriptive analytics, between 2008 and 2010 and as CEO of NCI, Inc., a food manufacturer creating Nutraceutical and Functional Food products. In addition, Ms. Atkins is a highly acclaimed public company Board Director and author. For 20 years, she has worked behind the scenes at companies like Schneider, Lucent, Vonage, SunPower Corp, Paychex and Nasdaq Inc. Ms. Atkins started her business career as an entrepreneur co-founding several successful high tech, energy and consumer companies including Ascend Communications. Ms. Atkins is an effective operational leader, having served as CEO three times and she has a strong global and operational perspective encompassing the full range of experience from growth to restructuring and is a recognized ESG and Governance thought leader. Her corporate board experience covers industries including Technology, Energy Management, Solar, Industrial Automation, Manufacturing, Automotive, and Logistics. Ms. Atkins brings the knowledge of leveraging next gen digital technologies, is an innovative entrepreneur for tech enablement for the future of work for manufacturing 4.0 initiatives (i.e. applying industrial Internet of Things, or IIoT, for preventative maintenance in the Industrial, Automotive, and Aerospace sectors). Ms. Atkins has a global, broad perspective on energy from her role as Lead Director at SunPower Corporation, the renewable solar company, and Schneider Electric, SA, the energy efficiency infrastructure monitoring and industrial automation process control company, where she served from 2005 to 2012 and 2011 to 2019, respectively. She also served on the boards of Covetrus, Inc. and its predecessor, Vets First Choice, a pharmaceutical company, from February 2016 until September 2019, Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation, an information technology services company, from April 2017 to October 2018 and HD Supply, Inc., an industrial distributor, from September 2013 to April 2018. Her areas of experience include Artificial Intelligence, Seismic Analytics, Internet of Things (IoT), using technology to digitize processes driving accuracy and productivity, Cyber Security, Mobile and SaaS. Ms. Atkins currently serves on the public boards of Wynn Resorts, Limited, and Enovix Corporation. Ms. Atkins also serves on the public board of SL Green Realty Corp but has informed SL Green Realty Corp that she will be resigning from her directorship effective from the date her successor is duly elected and qualified in SL Green Realty Corp’s 2024 annual meeting of stockholders. Ms. Atkins holds a degree in liberal arts from the University of Massachusetts, Magna Cum Laude. Ms. Atkins brings to the Board valuable business experience through her years of experience as a chief executive officer with technology and energy companies, her extensive experience in ESG, and her experience as a director of other public companies. | |
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Marcel Gani | Committees: Audit Committee (Chairperson) Other Current Public Boards: None | |
Director Since: 2015 Age: 71 | Mr. Gani has served as a member of our Board of Directors since 2015. Since 2009, Mr. Gani has served as an independent consultant to various start-up companies, and between November 2009 and June 2010 acted as chief executive officer for New Pax, a private company. From 2005 to 2009, Mr. Gani lectured at Santa Clara University, where he taught classes on accounting and finance. In 1997, Mr. Gani joined Juniper Networks, Inc. where he served as chief financial officer and executive vice president from December 1997 to December 2004, and as chief of staff from January 2005 to March 2006. Prior to joining Juniper, Mr. Gani served as Chief Financial Officer at various companies, including NVIDIA Corporation, Grand Junction Networks, Primary Access Corporation and Next Computers. Mr. Gani served as corporate controller at Cypress Semiconductor from 1991 to 1992. Prior to joining Cypress Semiconductor, Mr. Gani worked at Intel Corporation from 1978 to 1991. Mr. Gani holds a B.A. in Applied Mathematics from Ecole Polytechnique Federal and an M.B.A. from University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Mr. Gani brings valuable financial and business experience to our Board through his years of experience as a chief financial officer with public companies and past experience as a director of other public companies. | |
Tal Payne | Committees: Audit Committee Member Other Current Public Boards: None | |
Director Since: 2015 Age: 52 | Ms. Payne has served as a member of our Board of Directors since 2015. Tal Payne brings over 15 years of financial management experience. She previously served as Chief Financial Officer at Check Point Software Technologies Ltd., a leading provider of cyber security solutions to governments and corporate enterprises globally from 2008 to 2023. During her tenure, Ms. Payne has held the position of Chief Financial and Operations Officer from 2015, overseeing the company’s global operations and finance, including investor relations, legal, treasury, purchasing and facilities. Ms. Payne served as Chief Financial Officer at Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd., where she held the role of Vice President of Finance for over five years. She began her career as a CPA in public accounting at Pricewaterhouse Coopers. Ms. Payne holds a B.A. in Economics and Accounting and an Executive M.B.A., both from Tel Aviv University. Ms. Payne served on the board of IronSource Ltd. between 2021 and until 2023, when Ironsource merged with Unity Software Inc. Ms. Payne brings valuable financial and business experience to our Board through her years of experience as a chief financial officer with publicly traded companies. | |
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Dana Gross | Committees: Audit Committee Member Other Current Public Boards: Tower Semiconductors Ltd. and Playtika Holding Inc. | |
Director Since: 2023 Age: 56 | Ms. Gross has served as a member of our Board of Directors since 2023. Ms. Gross brings over 25 years of strategic and financial expertise to the Board of Directors from technology companies ranging from fintech to AI. Ms. Gross is Head of Strategic Initiatives at Fiverr International Ltd., an online marketplace, since 2022. She previously served as Chief Operating Officer of Prospera Technologies, an AI Agtech company, between 2016 and 2021 and later as Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) at Prospera Technologies between 2021 and 2023. She has also previously held the role of Chief Financial Officer at eToro, a fintech company, and has served on the boards of such companies as M-Systems, AudioCodes, and Power Dsine. She was also a venture partner at one of Israel's leading venture capital fund, Viola Ventures. Ms. Gross has also held various executive management positions at M-Systems from 1992 to 2006, when it was ultimately acquired by SanDisk, and as CEO of Btendo, a start-up company that developed MEMS based PICO projection solutions, until it was acquired by ST Microelectronic in 2012. Ms. Gross holds a BSc in Industrial Engineering from Tel Aviv University and an MBA from San Jose University. Ms. Gross brings valuable financial, strategic and business experience to our Board through her years of experience in both executive financial and strategic roles at public companies. | |
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Leadership and Executive Experience in Public Companies We believe that directors who have significant practical experience, demonstrated business acumen and leadership, and high levels of accomplishment will possess the ability to exercise sound business judgment and to provide insight and practical wisdom to help us analyze, shape, and oversee the execution of important operational and policy issues while understanding the legal and regulatory demands required from a public company. | |
Extensive Knowledge of the Company’s Business We design and manufacture both hardware and software technological solutions for the smart energy market while constantly developing and growing our business. Our director’s commitment to understanding the Company and its business, industry, and strategic objectives is significant for their contribution to our strategic planning and business discussions. | |
High Level of Financial Expertise Accurate financial reporting, robust auditing and familiarity with new accounting principles and practices are important for us as a publicly traded company. We, therefore, seek to have a number of directors who qualify as Audit Committee financial experts. We further expect all of our directors to be financially knowledgeable in order to understand and advise on our financial reporting, internal control, and investment activities. | |
Broad International Exposure We currently have a presence in 36 countries around the world. Our products have been installed in over 140 countries around the world. Due to the global nature of our business, we deem it critical for our directors to be able to provide valuable business and cultural perspective on our international operations. | |
Innovation and Technology Our products reflect a focus on innovation and we are continuously searching to improve and enhance the capabilities of our technology departments. It is important for us to have directors who share the desire for technological innovation, who have themselves led technology companies and who want to be a part of leading the path for continuous innovation in the area of smart energy. In light of the importance of protection of infrastructure from security threats including cyber, we look to our board members for their experience in this area. | |
Independence For non-employee directors, it is important that our directors are independent under Nasdaq listing standards and other applicable rules and regulations. | |
Sustainability and Human Capital Our core business is inherently focused on products that are aimed to help mitigate climate change by making solar power more efficient and enhance our positive impact on the environment and society. In addition, we believe that our employees satisfaction and engagement in what we do is integral to our ultimate success. We believe that experience in sustainability and human capital matters by our directors is helpful to address the needs of the Company and our customers. |
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Leadership and Executive Experience | Knowledge of the Company’s Business | Financial Expertise | Broad International Exposure | Innovation and Technology | Independence | Sustainability and Human Capital Expertise | Tenure | |
Nadav Zafrir | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | 5 years | |
Zvi Lando | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | 4 years | ||
Marcel Gani | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | 9 years | |
Avery More | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | 18 years* | |
Tal Payne | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | 9 years | |
Betsy Atkins | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | 3 years | |
Dirk Hoke | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | 2 years | |
Dana Gross | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | 1 year | ||
Board Composition (%) | Average Tenure: 5.1 | |||||||
100% | 87.5% | 37.5% | 100% | 62.5% | 87.5% | 100% |
Total number of Directors | 8 | |||
Gender Identity | Female | Male | Non-Binary | Did Not Disclose |
Directors | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
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Asian | 1 | |||
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Hispanic or Latinx | ||||
White | 1 | 3 | ||
Two or more Races or Ethnicities | 1 | |||
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Did not disclose demographic background | 2 |
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• | The Board believes that its current leadership structure serves well the objectives of the Board’s independent oversight of management, the ability of the Board to carry out its roles and responsibilities on behalf of the stockholders, and the Company’s overall corporate governance. |
• | The Board also believes that the current separation of the Chairperson and CEO roles allows the CEO to focus his time and energy on operating and managing the Company and enables him to leverage the experience and perspectives of the Chairperson of the Board and the other experienced Board members. Among other things, the Chairperson helps guide the Company on strategy. The Board and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee periodically review the leadership structure and refreshment of the Board to promote continued contribution by the Board to management and to new and creative thought processes. |
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• | Processes designed to comply with information security standards and privacy regulations, including the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation. |
• | Maintenance of an ISO 27001 Information Security Management Standard certification. |
• | Implementation of a variety of security controls, such as firewalls, and intrusion detection systems. |
• | Protection against Denial-of-Service attacks which prevent legitimate use of our services. |
• | Security events monitoring in our security operations center. |
• | Development of incident response policies and procedures designed to initiate remediation and compliance activities in a timely manner. |
• | Implementation of data loss prevention tools. |
• | Implementing an ID management system to enforce granular role-based access controls. |
• | Performing penetration testing on cloud and app platform. |
• | Administration of a comprehensive cyber security awareness program to educate employees about cyber security risks and best practices. |
• | Retention of a third-party, independent cyber security firm to conduct cyber security assessments of our systems and procedures. |
• | Employment of a responsible disclosure policy, which includes a Bug Bounty Program designed to help identify and fix any potential flaws in the company’s services or products. |
• | A security solution designed to safeguard customer data and systems. |
• | Security assessments of our major vendors. |
• | Risk assessments by an insurance company. |
• | Implementation of endpoint detection and response (EDR) technology, as well as partial operational technology (OT) security measures on some of our factories, to protect our on-premises systems. |
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• | Defining and emphasizing management’s and the board’s commitment to an environment that supports integrity in the financial reporting process; |
• | Appointing, compensating, retaining, evaluating, terminating and overseeing our outside auditor; |
• | At least annually, overseeing processes for monitoring the outside auditor’s independence; |
• | Overseeing implementation of new accounting standards by having the outside auditor report on a quarterly basis on accounting standards that could impact the Company’s business; |
• | Reviewing with our outside auditor the matters required to be reviewed by applicable auditing requirements; |
• | Communicating with the outside auditor on matters related to the conduct of the audit and on critical audit matters expected to be described in the outside auditor’s report; |
• | Approving in advance all audit and permissible non-audit services to be performed by our outside auditor; |
• | Meeting to review and discuss with management and the outside auditor the annual audited and quarterly financial statements of the company and the outside auditor’s reports related to the financial statements; |
• | Receiving reports from the outside auditor and management regarding, and reviewing and discussing the adequacy and effectiveness of, the company’s disclosure controls and procedures; |
• | Establishing and overseeing procedures for the confidential, anonymous submission of concerns regarding questionable accounting, internal controls, auditing and federal securities law matters; |
• | Overseeing and participating in the resolution of internal control issues, where identified, by meeting with the Company’s internal auditor on a quarterly basis and receiving reports of all internal audits preformed and implementation of recommendations by the internal auditor; |
• | Assessing the Company’s risk management survey and the underlying internal audit plan; |
• | Establishing and periodically reviewing policies and procedures for the review, approval, and ratification of related person transactions; |
• | Overseeing the preparation of the report of the audit committee that SEC rules require to be included in our annual proxy statement; and |
• | Reviewing and understanding non-GAAP measures, and related company policies and disclosure controls. |
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• | Overseeing our overall compensation philosophy, policies, and programs; |
• | Reviewing and approving corporate goals and objectives relevant to the compensation of our chief executive officer, evaluating the chief executive officer’s performance in light of those goals and objectives, approving grants of equity awards to the chief executive officer and recommending to the independent directors the chief executive officer’s compensation level based on this evaluation; |
• | Overseeing the evaluation of other executive officers and approving equity awards to these officers, and setting their compensation based upon the recommendation of the chief executive officer; |
• | Reviewing and approving the design of other benefit plans pertaining to executive officers; |
• | Reviewing and approving employment agreements and other similar arrangements between us and our executive officers; |
• | Overseeing preparation of the report of the compensation committee to the extent required by SEC rules to be included in our annual meeting proxy statement; and |
• | Overseeing the company’s strategies and policies related to human capital management, including with respect to matters such as diversity and inclusion, workplace environment and culture, employee health and safety and talent development and retention. |
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• | Developing and recommending to the board criteria for identifying and evaluating director candidates and periodically reviewing these criteria; |
• | Identifying individuals qualified to become members of our board of directors, consistent with criteria approved by our board of directors; |
• | Assessing the contributions and independence of incumbent directors in determining whether to recommend them for reelection to the board; |
• | Developing and recommending to our board of directors a set of corporate governance guidelines and principles; |
• | Establishing procedures for the consideration of board candidates recommended by the company’s stockholders; |
• | Recommending to the board candidates to be elected by the board to fill vacancies and newly created directorships and candidates for election or reelection at each annual stockholders’ meeting; |
• | Periodically reviewing the board’s leadership structure, size, composition, and functioning; Overseeing succession planning for positions held by executive offices; |
• | Overseeing the evaluation of the board and its committees; |
• | Annually reviewing the compensation of directors for service on the board and its committees and recommend changes in compensation to the board, as appropriate; and |
• | Overseeing and making recommendations to the board regarding sustainability matters. |
• | Overseeing the Company’s technology related strategies, processes, and programs; |
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• | Reviewing periodically plans, strategy and implementation of new technology, product, manufacturing plans and quality and reliability plans; |
• | Reviewing benefits, risks and potential risk mitigation measures associated with proposed technology advancement programs; |
• | Reviewing the status of ongoing and proposed technology development with an emphasis on results measured against goals set from time to time; |
• | Reviewing actions and risks associated with any current shortfalls in product performance, quality, or reliability and manufacturing methods including any product security; and |
• | Reviewing risks identified with cyber-related exposure, including any incidents may have arisen and measures taken and/or recommended to be taken to protect the Company’s assets. |
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Position | Annual Retainer Effective January 1, 2023 ($) |
Chairperson of the Board | 330,000 |
Board Member | 70,000 |
Audit Committee Chair | 32,500 |
Compensation Committee Chair | 22,500 |
Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee Chair | 15,000 |
Technology Committee Chair | 15,000 |
Audit Committee Non-Chair Member | 12,500 |
Compensation Committee Non-Chair Member | 10,000 |
Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee Non-Chair Member | 7,500 |
Technology Committee Non-Chair Member | 7,500 |
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Name | Fees Earned or Paid in Cash ($) | Stock Awards ($)(1) | Total ($) |
Nadav Zafrir | 425,000 | 543,813 (2) | 968,813 |
Marcel Gani | 102,500 | 194,830 (3) | 297,330 |
Betsy Atkins | 102,500 | 194,830 (3) | 297,330 |
Avery More | 114,792 | 194,830 (3) | 309,622 |
Tal Payne | 82,500 | 194,830 (3) | 277,330 |
Dirk Hoke | 77,500 | 194,830 (3) | 272,330 |
Dana Gross | 41,250 | 327,436 (4) | 368,686 |
(1) | All equity awards are calculated in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718. We provide information regarding the assumptions used to calculate the value of the equity-based awards in Note 2ad to the audited consolidated financial statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on February 26, 2024. As of December 31, 2023, Messrs. Gani, More and Payne held 661 unvested restricted stock units, Mr. Zafrir held 1,441 unvested restricted stock units, Ms. Atkins held 863 unvested restricted stock units, Mr. Hoke held 989 unvested restricted stock units, and Ms. Gross held 1,788 unvested restricted stock units. |
(2) | Includes Mr. Zafrir’s pro-rated additional annual equity award granted by the Board of Directors effective January 1, 2023, of 378 restricted stock units ($119,078), which vested on June 1, 2023, and his annual equity award granted on June 1, 2023, of 1,441 restricted stock units ($424,735), which will become fully vested on June 1, 2024. |
(3) | $194,830 of the amount reported here represents the grant date fair value of 661 restricted stock units granted to each director on June 1, 2023. All such units will become fully vested on June 1, 2024. |
(4) | Includes Ms. Gross’s initial equity award of 819 restricted stock units ($149,983) which vest in equal annual installments over three years, and pro-rated annual equity award granted upon appointment to the Board on July 5, 2023 of 969 restricted stock units ($177,453) which will become fully vested on June 1, 2024. |
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Spring / Summer • Analyze and consider voting results and investor feedback following our annual meeting. • Identify governance trends and potential areas for improvement. Summer / Fall • Conduct pro-active off-season outreach with stockholders. • Implement changes to align with investor feedback. | Fall / Winter • Continued stockholders engagement. • Enhance Proxy Statement and Annual Report disclosures based on feedback. Winter / Spring • Engage with investors that expressed Proxy related concerns or questions. • Annual Meeting of Stockholders in June. |
• | Board Composition, tenure and diversity; |
• | Environmental, Social, Governance and Sustainability matters; |
• | Corporate governance matters, including board declassification, current stockholder rights and board leadership structure; |
• | Compensation Program and long-term incentive compensation mix linking pay and performance; |
• | Financial Performance; |
• | Policy and regulatory developments; |
• | Long Term Corporate Strategy; |
• | Executive compensation, including board declassification and current stockholder rights; and |
• | Human capital management including diversity, pay equity, inclusion and employee engagement. |
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Our Sustainable Strategy(1)
Powering Clean Energy • Accelerate affordable clean energy • Deliver smart energy solutions • Product Innovation • Deliver sustainable product | Powering People • Be a responsible employer • Protect human rights • Invest in communities | Powering Business • Ethical and compliant conduct • Climate resilience • Resource efficiency • Ethical sourcing |
(1) | Our environmental, social, and governance goals are aspirational and may change. Statements regarding our goals are not guarantees or promises that they will be met, and the inclusion of information in our sustainability reports (as discussed below), or identifying it as material for purposes of such report or assessing our environmental, social and governance initiatives, should not be construed as a characterization of the materiality or financial impact of that information with respect to us or for purposes of any of our SEC filings. |
• | Powering Clean Energy: Accelerating the uptake of clean energy, delivering new smart energy, innovative solutions and improving the lifecycle impacts of our products. As a business founded upon the acceleration of clean energy, we strive to reduce our climate impact by minimizing GHG (greenhouse gas) emissions and transitioning to renewable electricity usage in our facilities. By the end of 2023, SolarEdge has five of its own PV systems on its rooftops, partially replacing fossil-fuel based electricity consumption in South Korea, the United States, Italy, the U.K, and Israel. Our Sella 1 and Sella 2 manufacturing sites have conducted several steps to further optimize and reduce their energy consumption. Furthermore, we have completed a lifecycle analysis for three of our key products, examining the carbon footprint of all product life stages. We also strive to achieve near-zero e-waste and minimize the landfill waste of all waste types. In 2023, a total of 83% of all waste at our owned and operated sites was either recycled or recovered to energy. |
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• | Powering People: Maintaining leading responsible employment practices, upholding human rights and investing in communities. In 2023, we continued to invest in our workforce to support SolarEdge’s business growth, and maintained responsible employment practices, including an enhanced focus on safety and on employee growth and development. We set quantitative targets and formulated multi-year programs to enhance gender equality within our workforce and to strengthen its inclusiveness (see further details in ‘Human Capital’ below). Our community engagement program focuses on the advancement of renewable energy for environmental community value; encouraging STEM education and youth innovation; and strengthening diverse populations. |
• | Powering Business: Maintaining and reinforcing ethical conduct throughout our value chain, advancing climate resilience, improving the efficiency of our resource consumption and ethical sourcing of raw materials and components. |
40 million tonnes of CO2e GHG emissions avoided each year through use of our systems |
As stated above, we have installed of our own PV systems in six of our different facilities, which will help us reduce our own Scope 2 emissions. During 2023, our production and R&D sites have continued to implement enhanced energy saving methods, such as automatic shutdowns and/or motion detectors for AC and lighting systems, optimization of HVAC system operation, and optimization of water cleaning systems. Our Sella 2 site, in particular has implemented an innovative electricity savings method in the production process of lithium-ion batteries which involves significant amounts of electricity in the charge/discharge cycles of battery formation. The technical limitations of traditional battery production process often cause this electricity to be discharged without reusage. In contrast, the method implemented for the Sella 2 production, is designed to use an innovative electricity reservoir in said process, allowing for an estimated 50% of the discharging electricity to be reused. (*) Assuming all SE systems shipped by end of 2023 are installed and producing for a full year. See our annual sustainability report for further details on our method for calculating the global GHG savings achieved through use of our products. | |
Carbon Footprint Analysis To date, we have completed comprehensive carbon footprint analysis for three leading models of our inverters and optimizers. The analysis was led and certified by the globally-known LCA experts, ‘Carbon Trust’. The analysis allows us to understand the main emission sources throughout our products’ lifecycle, helping us better understand our emission reduction opportunities (including Scope 3 emissions, which we have now begun to analyze). |
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Responsible Procurement We are proactive in increasing ethical conduct, responsible practices, and human right protection within our extensive global supply chain. Our supplier code of conduct (SCoC) includes detailed requirements on ethics, safety, environment, human rights, fair employment, and others. We have been engaging key suppliers - and requesting that they acknowledge their compliance with the SCoC terms. To date over 230 active key suppliers (from our Solar and Storage divisions) have committed to the SCoC terms to date. In 2023, we also conducted on-site audits for two of our contract manufacturers’ sites and one major raw material supplier in connection with their compliance with the SCoC requirements. We aim to continue expanding these efforts in 2024. | |
already committed to the terms of our Supplier Code of Conduct |
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2022($)
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2023 ($)
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Audit fees (1)
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1,982,000
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2,122,000
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Audit related fees
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-
|
-
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Tax fees (2)
|
182,000
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369,000
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All other fees
|
-
|
-
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Total audit and related fees
|
2,164,000
|
2,491,000
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(1) |
“Audit fees” are fees for audit services for each of the years shown in this table, including fees associated with the annual audit (including audit of our internal control over financial reporting for the year ended December 31, 2022 and for the year ended December 31, 2023), reviews of our quarterly financial results submitted on Form 10-Q, Korean and Italian statutory audit services and consultations on various accounting issues.
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(2) |
“Tax fees” are fees for professional services rendered for tax compliance, tax advice, tax planning, and review of our Israeli tax returns.
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33
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34
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• |
Each person known to us to beneficially own 5% or more of the outstanding shares of our common stock; Each member of our board of directors and director nominees;
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Each of our named executive officers; and
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• |
The members of our board of directors and our executive officers as a group.
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Shares Beneficially Owned
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Name of Beneficial Owner 5% Stockholders:
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Shares
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%
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BlackRock, Inc. (1)
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8,996,578
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15.7%
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Swedbank Robur Fonder AB (2)
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4,273,621
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7.5%
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Directors, Director Nominees and Named Executive Officers:
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Zvi Lando (3)
|
102,087
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*
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Ronen Faier (4)
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118,750
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*
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Yoav Galin (5)
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214,365
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*
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Rachel Prishkolnik (6)
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14,372
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*
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Uri Bechor (7)
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25,881
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*
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Meir Adest (8)
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125,673
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*
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Nadav Zafrir (9)
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7,515
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*
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Marcel Gani (10)
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29,049
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*
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Avery More (11)
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77,446
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*
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Tal Payne (12)
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3,227
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*
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Betsy Atkins (13)
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2,620
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*
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Dirk Hoke (14)
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1,761
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*
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Dana Gross (15)
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969
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*
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All directors and executive officers as a group (11 individuals) (16)
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383,677
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*
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(1) |
Based solely on a Schedule 13G/A filed with the SEC by BlackRock, Inc., on January 27, 2024. The Schedule 13G/A contains information as of December 31, 2023. BlackRock, Inc. reports having sole dispositive power over 8,996,578 shares and sole voting power over 8,833,015 shares. The address of the reporting persons is 50 Hudson Yards, New York, NY 10001.
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(2) |
Based solely on a Schedule 13G/A filed with the SEC by Swedbank Robur Fonder AB, on January 30, 2024. The Schedule 13G/A contains information as of November 1, 2023. Swedbank Robur Fonder AB reports having sole dispositive power over 4,273,621 shares and sole voting power over 4,273,621 shares. The address of the reporting persons is SE-105 34, Stockholm, Sweden.
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(3) |
Consists of 43,291 shares of common stock beneficially owned by Mr. Lando, 3,755 shares of common stock issuable upon settlement of restricted stock units which will vest and settle within 60 days of April 8, 2024, and 55,041 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of options exercisable within 60 days of April 8, 2024.
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(4) |
Consists of 67,466 shares of common stock beneficially owned by Mr. Faier, 1,458 shares of common stock issuable upon settlement of restricted stock units which will vest and settle within 60 days of April 8, 2024, and 49,826 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of options exercisable within 60 days of April 8, 2024.
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(5) |
Consists of 94,848 shares of common stock beneficially owned by Mr. Galin, 572 shares of common stock issuable upon settlement of restricted stock units which will vest and settle within 60 days of April 8, 2024, and 118,945 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of options exercisable within 60 days of April 8, 2024. Mr. Galin, our former VP of Research & Development was no longer an Executive officer of the Company after July 14, 2023.
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(6) |
Consists of 8,573 shares of common stock beneficially owned by Ms. Prishkolnik, 1,032 shares of common stock issuable upon settlement of restricted stock units which will vest and settle within 60 days of April 8, 2024, and 4,767 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of options exercisable within 60 days of April 8, 2024.
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(7) |
Consists of 18,629 shares of common stock beneficially owned by Mr. Bechor, 1,458 shares of common stock issuable upon settlement of restricted stock units which will vest and settle within 60 days of April 8, 2024, and 5,794 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of options exercisable within 60 days of April 8, 2024
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(8) |
Consists of 46,355 shares of common stock beneficially owned by Mr. Adest, 437 shares of common stock issuable upon settlement of restricted stock units which will vest and settle within 60 days of April 8, 2024, 1,881 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of options exercisable within 60 days of April 8, 2024, and 77,000 shares held by AARON I ADEST TTEE ADEST FAMILY TRUST U/A. Mr. Adest, our former Chief Product Officer was no longer an Executive officer of the Company after December 1, 2023.
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(9) |
Consists of 6,074 shares of common stock beneficially owned by Mr. Zafrir, and 1,441 shares of common stock issuable upon settlement of restricted stock units which will vest and settle within 60 days of April 8, 2024.
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(10)
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Consists of 16,278 shares of common stock beneficially owned by Mr. Gani, 661 shares of common stock issuable upon settlement of restricted stock units which will vest and settle within 60 days of April 8, 2024, 10,555 shares of common stock held directly by Marcel Gani 2002 Living Trust and 1,555 shares of common stock held directly by ALGA Partners LLC. Mr. Gani, in his capacity as trustee, has voting and investment power over the shares owned by the Marcel Gani 2002 Living Trust. Mr. Gani, in his capacity as manager, has voting and investment power over the shares owned by ALGA Partners LLC.
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(11)
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Consists of 59,085 shares of common stock beneficially owned by Avery More, 661 shares of common stock issuable upon settlement of restricted stock units which will vest and settle within 60 days of April 8, 2024, 5,000 shares held by More CRUT (More Charitable Remainder Unitrust), 9,000 shares held by More Family 2020 DT Investment LLC, 1,000 shares held by More Generations Trust, 1,000 shares held by Yaron Generations Trust and 1,700 shares held by Avery More's wife, Jerralyn Smith More, as to which Avery More disclaims any ownership interest.
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(12)
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Consists of 2,566 shares of common stock beneficially owned by Ms. Payne, and 661 shares of common stock issuable upon settlement of restricted stock units which will vest and settle within 60 days of April 8, 2024.
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(13)
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Consists of 1,757 shares of common stock beneficially owned by Ms. Atkins, and 863 shares of common stock issuable upon settlement of restricted stock units which will vest and settle within 60 days of April 8, 2024.
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(14)
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Consists of 936 shares of common stock beneficially owned by Mr. Dirk, and 825 shares of common stock issuable upon settlement of restricted stock units which will vest and settle within 60 days of April 8, 2024.
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(15)
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Consists of 969 shares of common stock beneficially owned by Ms. Gross issuable upon settlement of restricted stock units which will vest and settle within 60 days of April 8, 2024.
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(16)
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Consists of 254,465 shares of common stock, 13,784 shares of common stock issuable upon settlement of restricted stock units which will vest and settle within 60 days of April 8, 2024, and 115,428 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of options exercisable within 60 days of April 8, 2024.
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Plan Category
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Number of securities to be issued upon exercise of outstanding options, warrants and rights
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Weighted-average exercise price of outstanding options, warrants and rights
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Number of securities remaining available for future issuance under equity compensation plans (excluding securities reflected in column a)
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(a)
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(b)
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(c)
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Equity compensation plans approved
by security holders (1) |
2,252,117
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$10.52
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14,255,021
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Equity compensation plans not approved by security holders
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-
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-
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-
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Total
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2,252,117
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$10.52
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14,255,021
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(1) |
Includes in column (a) 2,216,120 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise or vesting, as applicable, of stock awards outstanding under the Company’s 2015 Global Incentive Plan and 35,997 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of options outstanding under the Company’s 2007 Global Incentive Plan. Includes in column (c) 11,042,805 shares of common stock available for future issuance under the Company’s 2015 Global Incentive Plan and 3,212,216 shares of common stock available for future issuance under the Company’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan. The amounts in column (c) do not include 2,856,171 and 487,643 shares that were added to our 2015 Global Incentive Plan and our Employee Stock Purchase Plan, respectively, on January 1, 2024 pursuant to the evergreen provisions thereunder that provide for automatic annual increases on January 1 of each year until January 1, 2025. Under the 2015 Global Incentive Plan, such increase is equal to 5% of our outstanding shares as of the preceding December 31 (or such lesser amount as approved by the Board) and under the Employee Stock Purchase Plan, such increase is equal to the lesser of 1% of our outstanding shares as of the preceding December 31 and 487,643 (or such lesser amount as approved by the Board). Upon consummation of our initial public offering, the Company’s 2007 Global Incentive Plan was terminated and no further awards can be granted under this plan.
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37
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Ronen Faier
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Other Current Public Boards: Monday.Com, Kaltura.
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Age: 53
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Mr. Faier joined SolarEdge in 2011 as our Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining SolarEdge, Mr. Faier served from 2008 to 2010 as the chief financial officer of Modu Ltd, a privately owned Israeli company. Between 2004 and 2007, Mr. Faier held several senior finance positions, including chief financial officer at M-Systems prior to its acquisition by SanDisk Corporation in 2006. Previously, Mr. Faier served as corporate controller of VocalTec Communications Ltd. Mr. Faier holds a CPA (Israel) license, an MBA (with Honors) from Tel Aviv University and a B.A. in Accounting and Economics from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Mr. Faier currently serves on the board of directors of Monday.com Ltd and Kaltura Inc.
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Uri Bechor
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Age: 53
|
Mr. Bechor joined SolarEdge in 2019 as our Chief Operating Officer. Prior to joining SolarEdge, Mr. Bechor was at Flex Ltd., a multinational electronics contract manufacturer for 22 years where he served as Senior Vice President, Global Operations, Europe and the Americas and General Manager at Flex International Ltd. Mr. Bechor, in his previous position, oversaw more than forty manufacturing sites and was responsible for revenues of more than $10 billion.
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38
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Rachel
Prishkolnik
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Other Current Public Boards: Varonis Systems Inc.
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Age: 56
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Mrs. Prishkolnik joined SolarEdge in 2010 as our Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary. Prior to joining SolarEdge, Ms. Prishkolnik served as the vice president, general counsel & corporate secretary of Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. At Gilat she held various positions beginning as legal counsel in 2001 and becoming corporate secretary in 2004 and vice president, general counsel in 2007. Prior to Gilat, she worked at the law firm of Jeffer, Mangels, Butler & Marmaro LLP in Los Angeles. Before that, Ms. Prishkolnik worked at Kleinhendler & Halevy (currently Gross GKH Law Offices) in Tel Aviv. Ms. Prishkolnik holds an LLB law degree from the Faculty of Law at the Tel Aviv University and a B.A. from Wesleyan University (College of Social Studies) in Connecticut. She is licensed to practice law and is a member of the Israeli Bar. Ms. Prishkolnik currently serves on the board of directors of Varonis Systems Inc.
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promote stockholder interests by aligning compensation with our business objectives, including by introducing long term incentives with long term performance goals;
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• |
provide competitive compensation that varies based on performance and drives employee performance and engagement;
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• |
attract and retain managerial talent, without promoting unreasonable risk-taking.
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• |
robust clawback policy, covering both cash and equity compensation;
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• |
stock ownership guidelines for executive officers and directors;
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• |
robust selling restrictions which require certain minimum levels of stock ownership;
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• |
prohibition applicable to all directors and employees against engaging in any hedging or pledging transactions or comparable transactions;
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• |
use of objective performance criteria in our incentive plans;
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• |
advice from independent compensation consultants retained by the Compensation Committee;
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• |
no specific retirement benefit plans designed solely for senior executives or related entitlements such as executive benefits and perquisites, tax gross-ups, etc.; and
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• |
use of Performance Stock Units (PSUs) that are earned; based on the company’s 3-year total stockholder return (TSR) relative to the companies that comprise the S&P 500 Index.
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40
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• |
Zvi Lando, our Chief Executive Officer and board member;
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• |
Ronen Faier, our Chief Financial Officer;
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• |
Uri Bechor, our Chief Operations Officer;
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• |
Rachel Prishkolnik, our Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary;
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• |
Yoav Galin, our Vice President, Research and Development until July 14, 2023.
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• |
Meir Adest, our Chief Product Officer until December 1, 2023.
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• |
Pay for Financial Performance: Under our annual cash incentive plan, for the year 2023, the Compensation Committee determined a set of financial parameters related to
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• |
Pay for Business Performance and Department Goals: Motivate, recognize, and reward business performance based on specific goals in line with the business plan approved by the Board of Directors. Each executive’s performance and MBO entitlement was also dependent on achieving measurable goals determined by the CEO and approved by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors that relate to the departmental goals and achievements of such executive.
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• |
Alignment of Interests: We seek to align the interests of our senior executives with those of our stockholders through a heavy emphasis on equity-based awards and stock ownership guidelines. In 2023, 50% of the equity-based awards were granted in the form of PSUs tied to total stockholder return measured based on the performance of the Company’s stock price versus the companies that constitute the S&P 500 index and 50% were granted in the form of time-based RSUs which vest only if the executive remains employed by the Company over a four-year period.
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• |
Attraction, Motivation, and Retention of Talent: Our senior executive compensation programs are designed to help us attract, motivate, and retain key management talent who drive profitability and the creation of stockholder value.
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Compensation
Element
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Form
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Objective
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Rationale / Key Characteristics
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Base Salary
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Cash
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Attraction
Retention
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• Fixed compensation.
• Intended to be commensurate with each senior executive’s position and level of responsibility.
• Evaluated annually or as necessary in response to organizational/business changes, individual performance, market data, etc., but not automatically increased.
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Annual Cash Incentive
Compensation
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Cash
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Performance
Alignment of Interests
Motivation
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• Tied to and contingent upon the Company’s financial performance, including revenues, gross margin and profitability and capped at 150% of target.
• Designed to reward achievement of challenging annual performance goals that we consider important contributors to stockholder value.
• Performance goals and targets are established by the Compensation Committee at the beginning of each calendar year.
• The Compensation Committee approves annual incentive payouts based on the level of achievement versus these pre-established goals.
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Long-Term Incentives (1)
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PSUs: 50%
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Performance
Alignment of Interests
Motivation Retntion
|
• Based on the Company’s TSR Ranking relative to the S&P 500 index constituents over a three-year period, with a maximum earnout of 150% of target.
• Earned PSUs, if any, vest after the completion of the three-year performance period. PSUs granted in 2022 were eligible to vest, to the extent earned, after the conclusion of one-year, two-year, and three-year performance periods weighted 25%, 25%, and 50%, respectively.
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Restricted
Stock Units: 50 %
|
Alignment of Interests
Retention
Motivation
|
• Variable compensation designed to align and retain key senior executives through the term of the awards.
• Four-year quarterly vesting.
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Other Compensation
and Benefits
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N/A
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Attraction
Retention
|
• NEOs receive benefits that are generally available to all salaried employees in Israel, where the NEOs are located. This includes contributions to an education fund and to a fund known as Manager’s Insurance, which provides a combination of retirement plan, insurance, and severance pay benefits to Israeli employees.
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Change-in-Control
Arrangements
|
Equity
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Attraction
Retention
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• Each of our NEOs has a clause in his or her employment agreement that entitles the NEO to immediate vesting of equity in the event of a qualifying termination within one year following a change in control (“double-trigger” equity vesting).
• Aligns management with stockholder interests in the face of events that may result in a change-in-control and not on potential individual implications of any such events.
• Reasonable change-in-control protections are necessary in order for us to attract and retain qualified employees.
• We periodically review the necessity and design of our senior executive severance and change-in-control arrangements.
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(1) |
Actual LTI composition was slightly varied (+/-1%) due to a gap between the stock price and the fair market value at market close on the grant date.
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• ANSYS, Inc. | • Enphase Energy, Inc. | • MKS Instruments Inc. |
• Arista Networks, Inc. | • Entegris, Inc. | • Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. |
• Cadence Design Systems, Inc. | • First Solar, Inc. | • Silicon Laboratories Inc. |
• Cognex Corp | • Generac Holdings Inc. | • Skyworks Solutions, Inc. |
• Curtiss-Wright Corporation | • HEICO Corp | • Teradyne, Inc. |
• IDEX Corp |
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• Amkor Technology, Inc.* | • Entegris, Inc. | • Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. |
• ANSYS, Inc. | • First Solar, Inc. | • PTC, Inc.* |
• Arista Networks, Inc. | • Generac Holdings, Inc. | • Qorvo, Inc.* |
• Cadence Design Systems, Inc. | • HEICO Corp | • Sensata Technologies Holding plc* |
• Ciena Corporation* | • IDEX Corp | • Skyworks Solutions, Inc. |
• Coherent Corp* | • ITT, Inc.* | • Teradyne, Inc. |
• Curtiss-Wright Corp | • Juniper Networks, Inc.* | • Vertiv Holdings Co* |
• Diodes Incorporated* | • Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc.* | |
• Enphase Energy, Inc. | • MKS Instruments, Inc. |
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46 | ||
1. | Common stock of the Company, except to the extent such stock is subject to vesting conditions other than conditions based solely on the passage of time. |
2. | Company stock units or similar stock rights granted under the Company’s 2015 Global Incentive Plan (or any predecessor or successor plan) which are to be settled in shares of common stock, except to the extent such stock units or rights are subject to vesting conditions other than conditions based solely on the passage of time. |
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Name and Principal Position | Annual base salary effective January 1, 2022 (NIS) | Annual base salary effective January 1, 2023 (NIS) | Percentage change |
Zvi Lando - Chief Executive Officer (1) | 2,870,000 | 3,025,000 | 5.4% |
Ronen Faier - Chief Financial Officer | 1,768,000 | 1,865,000 | 5.5% |
Uri Bechor - Chief Operations Officer | 1,680,000 | 1,781,000 | 6.0% |
Rachel Prishkolnik - Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary | 1,488,000 | 1,569,000 | 5.4% |
Yoav Galin – Former Vice President, Research and Development (2) | 1,488,000 | 1,562,000 | 5.0% |
Meir Adest – Former Chief Product Officer (2) | 1,330,000 | 1,330,000 | - |
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Goal Type | Percentage of Total | 2023 Achievement vs. Goals (Corporate Performance) | 2023 Goal Achievement | |
Financials | Revenue for the Solar business | 20% | $2.8 billion vs. $4.2 billion goal | 13.4% |
Gross Margin for the Solar business | 15% | 29.2% gross margin in solar business vs. 32.5% goal | 13.5% | |
Operating Profitability for the Solar business | 12% | $364.5 million in net income vs. $875 million goal | 5.0% | |
Non- solar business | 6% | Targets relating to revenues and loss of non-solar businesses (e-Mobility and storage) | 5.1% | |
Other Corporate Goals | Strategy | 14% | Goals which included the development of new inverter technologies, initiation and execution of long-term manufacturing strategy and execution of strategic plans regarding our non-solar businesses. | 12.2% |
Scalability & Infrastructure | 10% | Goals which included maintaining a higher employee retention rate. | 8.0% | |
Operations | 10% | Goals included increasing manufacturing capacity in Mexico, ramp of manufacturing in Sella 2 and certain cost reduction and quality related initiatives | 8.0% | |
ESG | 3% | Reduction of over 6% GHG emissions per $1 revenues | 3.0% | |
Board Discretion | 10% | Not applicable | NA | |
Total | 100% | NA (1) |
(1) | No payment was made in 2023, given that the financial parameters were not met by at least 70% of the target and profitability did not improve year over year. As such, the Company did not review the individual goals of the CEO or the other executives as no pay out was contemplated. |
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TSR Performance Relationship | Threshold | Target | Maximum |
SolarEdge TSR Percentile Rank(1) | 25th | Median | 75th |
Shares Earned as a percent of Target | 25% | 100% | 150% |
(1) | Linear interpolation applies between performance levels; no earnout below 25th percentile TSR performance. |
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• | The balance between annual and long-term compensation, including the fact that a significant portion of compensation is delivered in the form of equity incentives that vest over several years; |
• | PSUs are measured against the Company’s TSR relative to the TSR of companies on the S&P 500 index, and are subject to a three-year vesting period; |
• | The use of multiple financial metrics for performance-based annual cash incentive awards and the use of individual goals under our annual cash incentive program; |
• | The compensation committee’s ability to modify annual cash incentives to reflect the quality of earnings, individual performance, and other factors that it believes should influence compensation; |
• | Our management stock-selling restrictions encourage a longer-term perspective and align the interests of senior executives and the board, as applicable, with other stockholders; and |
• | We maintain a clawback policy applicable to our executive team which provides for the recoupment of incentive-based compensation in the event of a financial restatement. |
Name and Principal Position | Year | Salary ($)(1) | Option Awards ($)(2) | Stock Awards ($)(2)(3) | Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation ($)(1)(4) | All Other Compensation ($)(1)(5) | Total ($) |
Zvi Lando - | 2023 | 816,851 | — | 6,558,293 | — | 125,306 (6) | 7,500,450 |
Chief Executive Officer | 2022 | 850,952 | - | 5,499,905 | 942,958 | 131,090 | 7,424,905 |
2021 | 888,765 | 1,130,335 | 4,299,750 | 905,566 | 136,920 | 7,361,336 | |
Ronen Faier - | 2023 | 503,614 | — | 2,219,298 | — | 79,410 (7) | 2,802,322 |
Chief Financial Officer | 2022 | 524,062 | - | 2,000,177 | 405,204 | 82,649 | 3,012,092 |
2021 | 547,350 | 410,970 | 1,584,859 | 334,724 | 85,862 | 2,963,765 | |
Uri Bechor - | 2023 | 480,931 | — | 2,219,298 | — | 74,766 (8) | 2,774,995 |
Chief Operating Officer | 2022 | 498,118 | - | 2,000,177 | 392,423 | 78,708 | 2,969,426 |
2021 | 520,252 | 410,970 | 1,584,859 | 306,141 | 84,280 | 2,906,502 |
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Name and Principal Position | Year | Salary ($)(1) | Option Awards ($)(2) | Stock Awards ($)(2)(3) | Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation ($)(1)(4) | All Other Compensation ($)(1)(5) | Total ($) |
Rachel Prishkolnik - | 2023 | 423,683 | - | 1,513,030 | - | 64,874 (9) | 2,001,587 |
VP General Counsel and Corporate Secretary | 2022 | 441,040 | - | 1,499,846 | 278,356 | 68,199 | 2,287,441 |
2021 | 460,639 | 308,227 | 1,188,486 | 277,073 | 71,082 | 2,305,507 | |
Yoav Galin - | 2023 | 421,794 | - | 1,513,030 | - | 67,935(10) | 2,002,759 |
Former VP Research and Development | 2022 | 441,040 | - | 1,499,846 | 263,711 | 70,460 | 2,275,057 |
2021 | 460,639 | 308,227 | 1,188,486 | 251,263 | 73,419 | 2,282,034 | |
Meir Adest - | 2023 | 284,853 | - | 1,159,896 | - | 49,752(11) | 1,494,501 |
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(1) | We paid the amounts reported for each NEO in New Israeli Shekels. We have translated amounts paid in New Israeli Shekels into U.S. dollars at the foreign exchange rate published by the Bank of Israel as of the date of payment. | |||
(2) | The amounts in this column represent the aggregate grant date fair value of the equity-based awards granted to our NEOs, computed in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718. We provide information regarding the assumptions used to calculate the value of the equity-based awards in Note 2ad to the audited consolidated financial statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on February 26, 2024. There can be no assurance that these awards will vest or will be exercised (in which case no value will be realized by the individual), or that the value upon vesting or exercise will approximate the aggregate grant date fair value. | |||
(3) | The amounts for the PSUs were calculated based on the probable outcome of the performance conditions as of the grant date, consistent with the estimate of aggregate compensation cost to be recognized over the service period determined as of the grant date under FASB ASC Topic 718. For these amounts, see the Grants of Plan-Based Awards table later in this proxy statement. | |||
(4) | Represents the cash bonuses earned pursuant to our annual cash incentive program. For more information, see the discussion in the CD&A under the caption Annual Cash Incentive Compensation. | |||
(5) | Includes mainly the contribution by the Company to severance funds, pension funds and Israeli recreational funds and a recuperation allowance. | |||
(6) | Including a $68,044 contribution by the Company to Mr. Lando’s severance fund and $57,262 in aggregate Company contributions to pension and Israeli Recreational funds and recuperation allowance. | |||
(7) | Including a $41,951 contribution by the Company to Mr. Faier’s severance fund and $37,459 in aggregate Company contributions to pension and Israeli Recreational funds and recuperation allowance. | |||
(8) | Including a $40,062 contribution by the Company to Mr. Bechor’s severance fund and $34,704 in aggregate Company contributions to pension and Israeli Recreational funds and recuperation allowance. | |||
(9) | Including a $35,293 contribution by the Company to Ms. Prishkolink’s severance fund and $29,581 in aggregate Company contributions to pension and Israeli Recreational funds and recuperation allowance. | |||
(10) | Including a $35,135 contribution by the Company to Mr. Galin’s severance fund and $32,800 in aggregate Company contributions to pension and Israeli Recreational funds and recuperation allowance. | |||
(11) | Including a $23,728 contribution by the Company to Mr. Adest’s severance fund and $26,024 in aggregate Company contributions to pension and Israeli Recreational funds and recuperation allowance. |
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Name | Equity Award Grant Date | Estimated Future Payouts under Non-Equity Incentive Plan Awards | Estimated Future Payouts under Equity Incentive Plan Awards (2) | All Other Stock Awards: Number of Shares of Stock or Units | Grant Date Fair Value of Stock Awards ($)(3) | ||||
Threshold ($) | Target ($)(1) | Maximum ($) | Threshold (#) | Target (#) | Maximum (#) | ||||
Zvi Lando | $1,096,014 | ||||||||
01-04-23 | 11,386 | $3,308,316 | |||||||
02-08-23 | 2,586 | 10,343 | 15,515 | $3,249,977 | |||||
Ronen Faier | $432,464 | ||||||||
01-04-23 | 3,853 | $1,119,528 | |||||||
02-08-23 | 875 | 3,500 | 5,250 | $1,099,770 | |||||
Uri Bechor | $412,986 | ||||||||
01-04-23 | 3,853 | $1,119,528 | |||||||
02-08-23 | 875 | 3,500 | 5,250 | $1,099,770 | |||||
Rachel Prishkolnik | $303,188 | ||||||||
01-04-23 | 2,627 | $763,301 | |||||||
02-08-23 | 597 | 2,386 | 3,579 | $749,729 | |||||
Yoav Galin | $301,863 | ||||||||
01-04-23 | 2,627 | $763,301 | |||||||
02-08-23 | 597 | 2,386 | 3,579 | $749,729 | |||||
Meir Adest | $257,005 | ||||||||
01-04-23 | 2,014 | $585,188 | |||||||
02-08-23 | 457 | 1,829 | 2,744 | $574,708 |
(1) | The Non-Equity Incentive Plan does not include any thresholds or a maximum cap for the Non-Equity Incentive Awards; provided, however, that the Named Executive Officers are not be entitled to any payment if the Financial Goals under the plan are not achieved at 70% of target and profitability did not improve year over year. For 2023, given that the financial parameters were not met by at least 70% of the target and profitability did not improve year over year, no cash compensation was awarded. |
(2) | These amounts reflect the PSUs granted to the NEOs in 2023, which will be eligible to vest between 0 and 150% of the number of shares shown in the “Target” sub-column based on the Company’s total stockholder return (“TSR”) performance relative to the TSR performance of the companies in the S&P500 index, as of the valuation date. The amounts in the “Threshold” sub-column refer to the minimum amount of shares that will vest for a certain level of performance under the plan. The amounts in the “Target” sub-column refers to the amount of shares that will vest if the specified performance target is reached. The amounts in the “Maximum” sub-column refer to the possible maximum amount of shares that will vest under the award. |
(3) | The amounts in this column represent the aggregate grant date fair value of the equity-based awards granted to our NEOs, computed in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718. We provide information regarding the assumptions used to calculate the value of the equity-based awards in Note 2ad to the audited consolidated financial statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on February 26, 2024. There can be no assurance that these awards will vest (in which case no value will be realized by the individual), or that the value upon vesting will approximate the aggregate grant date fair value. |
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Name | Number of Securities Underlying Unexercised Options Exercisable | Number of Securities Underlying Unexercised Options Unexercisable | Option Exercise Price | Option Expiration Date | Number of Shares or Units of Stock that have not Vested | Market Value of Shares or Units of Stock that have not Vested ($)* | Equity Incentive Plan Awards: Number of Unearned Units that have not Vested (#) | Equity Incentive Plan Awards: Market or Payout Value of Unearned Units that have not Vested ($)* |
Zvi Lando | 2,922 | - | $38.05 | 02-Jan-28 | - | - | - | - |
27,665 | - | $36.15 | 02-Jan-29 | - | - | - | - | |
19,011 | 1,189(1) | $101.81 | 02-Jan-30 | - | - | - | - | |
6,700 | 2,094(2) | $311.35 | 05-Jan-31 | - | - | - | - | |
- | - | - | - | 1,216 (3) | $113,818 | - | - | |
- | - | - | - | 2,760 (4) | $258,336 | - | - | |
- | - | - | - | 1,669 (5) | $156,218 | - | - | |
- | - | - | - | 5,477 (6) | $512,647 | - | - | |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
- | - | - | - | - | - | 4,720 (7) | $441,792 | |
- | - | - | - | 9,252 (8) | $865,987 | - | - | |
- | - | - | - | - | - | 10,343 (9) | $968,105 | |
Ronen Faier | 5,119 | - | $14.85 | 14-Feb-27 | - | - | - | - |
7,396 | - | $38.05 | 02-Jan-28 | - | - | - | - | |
27,665 | - | $36.15 | 02-Jan-29 | - | - | - | - | |
7,667 | 480 (1) | $101.81 | 02-Jan-30 | - | - | - | - | |
2,436 | 762 (2) | $311.35 | 05-Jan-31 | - | - | - | - | |
- | - | - | - | 491 (3) | $ 45,958 | |||
- | - | - | - | 1,205 (4) | $ 112,788 | - | - | |
- | - | - | - | 405 (5) | $ 37,908 | - | - | |
- | - | - | - | 1,992 (6) | $ 186,451 | - | - | |
- | - | - | - | - | - | 1,717 (7) | $ 160,711 | |
- | - | - | - | 3,131 (8) | $ 293,062 | - | - | |
- | - | 3,500 (9) | $ 327,600 | |||||
Uri Bechor | 3,815 | 382 (1) | $101.81 | 02-Jan-30 | - | - | - | - |
2,436 | 762 (2) | $311.35 | 05-Jan-31 | - | - | - | - | |
- | - | - | - | 391 (3) | $ 36,598 | - | - | |
- | - | - | - | 1,205 (4) | $ 112,788 | - | - | |
- | - | - | - | 405 (5) | $ 37,908 | - | - | |
- | - | - | - | 1,992 (6) | $ 186,451 | - | - | |
- | - | - | - | - | - | 1,717 (7) | $ 160,711 | |
- | - | - | - | 3,131 (8) | $ 293,062 | - | - | |
- | - | 3,500 (9) | $ 327,600 | |||||
Rachel Prishkolnik | 1,376 | - | $36.15 | 02-Jan-2029 | - | - | - | - |
1,907 | 382 (1) | $101.81 | 02-Jan-2030 | - | - | - | - | |
1,827 | 571 (2) | $311.35 | 05-Jan-2031 | - | - | - | - | |
- | - | - | - | 391 (3) | $ 36,598 | - | - | |
- | - | - | - | 904 (4) | $ 84,614 | - | - | |
- | - | - | - | 304 (5) | $ 28,454 | - | - | |
- | - | - | - | 1,494 (6) | $ 139,838 | - | - | |
- | - | - | - | - | - | 1,287 (7) | $ 120,463 | |
- | - | - | - | 2,135 (8) | $ 199,836 | - | - | |
- | - | - | - | - | - | 2,386 (9) | $ 223,330 |
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Name | Number of Securities Underlying Unexercised Options Exercisable | Number of Securities Underlying Unexercised Options Unexercisable | Option Exercise Price ($) | Option Expiration Date | Number of Shares or Units of Stock that have not Vested | Market Value of Shares or Units of Stock that have not Vested ($)* | Equity Incentive Plan Awards: Number of Unearned Units that have not Vested (#) | Equity Incentive Plan Awards: Market or Payout Value of Unearned Units that have not Vested ($)* |
Yoav Galin | 2,499 | - | $5.01 | 29-Oct-24 | - | - | - | - |
8,400 | - | $25.09 | 19-Aug-25 | - | - | - | - | |
17,784 | - | $17.14 | 23-Aug-26 | - | - | - | - | |
40,948 | - | $14.85 | 14-Feb-27 | - | - | - | - | |
19,721 | - | $38.05 | 02-Jan-28 | - | - | - | - | |
22,007 | - | $36.15 | 02-Jan-29 | - | - | - | - | |
6,102 | 382 (1) | $101.81 | 02-Jan-30 | - | - | - | - | |
1,827 | 571 (2) | $311.35 | 05-Jan-31 | - | - | - | - | |
- | - | - | - | 391 (3) | $ 36,598 | - | - | |
- | - | - | - | 904 (4) | $ 84,614 | - | - | |
- | - | - | - | 304 (5) | $ 28,454 | - | - | |
- | - | - | - | 1,494 (6) | $ 139,838 | - | - | |
- | - | - | - | - | - | 1,287 (7) | $ 120,463 | |
- | - | - | - | 2,135 (8) | $ 199,836 | - | - | |
- | - | - | - | 2,386 (9) | $ 223,330 | |||
Meir Adest | 743 | 248 (1) | $101.81 | 02-Jan-30 | - | - | - | - |
1,401 | 438 (2) | $311.35 | 05-Jan-31 | - | - | - | - | |
- | - | - | - | 254 (3) | $ 23,774 | - | - | |
- | - | - | - | 693 (4) | $ 64,865 | - | - | |
- | - | - | - | 233 (5) | $ 21,809 | - | - | |
- | - | - | - | 1,145 (6) | $ 107,172 | - | - | |
- | - | - | - | - | - | 987 (7) | $ 92,383 | |
- | - | - | - | 1,637 (8) | $ 153,223 | - | - | |
- | - | - | - | - | - | 1,829 (9) | $ 171,194 |
* | The market value of shares or units of stock that have not vested is based on the number of shares or units of stock that have not vested multiplied by the closing price of our common stock on the last trading day of the year ended December 31, 2023 ($93.60). |
(1) | The shares subject to the stock option vest over a four-year period commencing February 28, 2020 with 1/16 of the shares vesting quarterly thereafter. |
(2) | The shares subject to the stock option vest over a four-year period commencing February 28, 2021 with 1/16 of the shares vesting quarterly thereafter. |
(3) | The shares subject to the RSU vest over a four-year period commencing on February 28, 2020, with 1/16 of the shares vesting quarterly thereafter. |
(4) | The shares subject to the RSU vest over a four-year period commencing on February 28, 2021, with 1/16 of the shares vesting quarterly thereafter. |
(5) | The shares subject to the RSU vest over a four-year period commencing on February 28, 2021, with 25% of the shares vesting after 12 months and 1/12 of the shares vesting quarterly thereafter |
(6) | The shares subject to the RSU vest over a four-year period commencing on February 28, 2022, with 1/16 of the shares vesting quarterly thereafter. |
(7) | The PSU award is based on TSR Performance and is eligible to vest upon completion of the performance period that ends on December 31, 2024. |
(8) | The shares subject to the RSU vest over a four-year period commencing on February 28, 2023, with 1/16 of the shares vesting quarterly thereafter. |
(9) | The PSU award is based on TSR Performance and subject to a three-year vesting period that ends on December 31, 2025. |
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Option Awards | Stock Awards | |||
Name | Number of Shares Acquired on Exercise | Value Realized upon Exercise ($)(1) | Number of Shares Acquired on Vesting | Value Realized on Vesting ($)(2) |
Zvi Lando | 13,924 | $2,990,340 | ||
Ronen Faier | 5,805 | $1,307,967 | ||
Uri Bechor | 7,180 | $1,505,006 | ||
Rachel Prishkolnik | 4,437 | $1,004,935 | ||
Yoav Galin | 4,437 | $1,004,935 | ||
Meir Adest | 1,439 | $356,991 | 3,156 | $ 711,702 |
(1) | The value realized on exercise is calculated as the difference between (A) either (i) the actual sales price of the shares underlying the options exercised if the shares were immediately sold upon exercise or (ii) the closing price of the shares underlying options exercised if the shares were not immediately sold after exercise and (B) the applicable exercise price of the options. |
(2) | The value realized on vesting is calculated by multiplying (A) the closing price of a common share on the vesting date and (B) the number of shares acquired on vesting before withholding taxes. |
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Zvi Lando | Termination upon Death of Employee ($) | Termination for Cause ($) | Resignation by the Employee or Termination without Cause by the Company ($) | Termination w/o Cause within 12 months of Change in Control ($) |
Equity Grants Vesting (1) | - | - | - | $ 3,316,903 |
Total | - | - | - | $ 3,316,903 |
(1) | The value realized is based on the difference between the exercise price of the stock options and the closing price of our common stock on the last trading day of the year ended December 31, 2023, and, in the case of RSUs and PSUs, the number of units that would have vested multiplied by the closing price of our common stock on the last trading day of the year ended December 31, 2023. |
Ronen Faier | Termination upon Death of Employee ($) | Termination for Cause ($) | Resignation by the Employee or Termination without Cause by the Company ($) | Termination w/o Cause within 12 months of Change in Control ($) |
Equity Grants Vesting (1) | - | - | - | $ 1,164,478 |
Total | - | - | - | $ 1,164,478 |
(1) | The value realized is based on the difference between the exercise price of the stock options and the closing price of our common stock on the last trading day of the year ended December 31, 2023, and, in the case of RSUs and PSUs, the number of units that would have vested multiplied by the closing price of our common stock on the last trading day of the year ended December 31, 2023. |
Uri Bechor | Termination upon Death of Employee ($) | Termination for Cause ($) | Resignation by the Employee or Termination without Cause by the Company ($) | Termination w/o Cause within 12 months of Change in Control ($) |
Equity Grants Vesting (1) | - | - | - | $1,155,118 |
Total | - | - | - | $1,155,118 |
(1) | The value realized is based on the difference between the exercise price of the stock options and the closing price of our common stock on the last trading day of the year ended December 31, 2023, and, in the case of RSUs and PSUs, the number of units that would have vested multiplied by the closing price of our common stock on the last trading day of the year ended December 31, 2023. |
Rachel Prishkolnik | Termination upon Death of Employee ($) | Termination for Cause ($) | Resignation by the Employee or Termination without Cause by the Company ($) | Termination w/o Cause within 12 months of Change in Control ($) |
Equity Grants Vesting (1) | - | - | - | $ 833,134 |
Total | - | - | - | $ 833,134 |
(1) | The value realized is based on the difference between the exercise price of the stock options and the closing price of our common stock on the last trading day of the year ended December 31, 2023, and, in the case of RSUs and PSUs, the number of units that would have vested multiplied by the closing price of our common stock on the last trading day of the year ended December 31, 2023. |
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Yoav Galin | Termination upon Death of Employee ($) | Termination for Cause ($) | Resignation by the Employee or Termination without Cause by the Company ($) | Termination w/o Cause within 12 months of Change in Control ($) |
Equity Grants Vesting (1) | - | - | - | $833,134 |
Total | - | - | - | $833,134 |
(1) | The value realized is based on the difference between the exercise price of the stock options and the closing price of our common stock on the last trading day of the year ended December 31, 2023, and, in the case of RSUs and PSUs, the number of units that would have vested multiplied by the closing price of our common stock on the last trading day of the year ended December 31, 2023. |
Meir Adest | Termination upon Death of Employee ($) | Termination for Cause ($) | Resignation by the Employee or Termination without Cause by the Company ($) | Termination w/o Cause within 12 months of Change in Control ($) |
Equity Grants Vesting (1) | - | - | - | $698,630 |
Total | - | - | - | $698,630 |
(1) | The value realized is based on the difference between the exercise price of the stock options and the closing price of our common stock on the last trading day of the year ended December 31, 2023, and, in the case of RSUs and PSUs, the number of units that would have vested multiplied by the closing price of our common stock on the last trading day of the year ended December 31, 2023. |
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Election of Directors Nominees Named in this Proxy Statement - directors will be elected if the number of votes cast at the Annual Meeting for the nominee’s election exceeds the number of votes cast against the nominee’s election. Abstentions and “broker non-votes” (as defined below), if any will have no effect on Proposal No. 1. |
Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for 2024- requires the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of the stock, present or represented by proxy and entitled to vote on the matter. Abstentions will have the same effect as votes against this Proposal No. 2. While there should be no “broker non-votes” in respect of this proposal, if there were any such broker non-votes, any such broker non-votes will have no effect on this Proposal No. 2 |
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Advisory Vote to Approve the Compensation of our Named Executive Officers (the “Say-on-Pay” vote) - requires the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of the stock present represented by proxy and entitled to vote on the matter. Abstentions will have the same effect as votes against this Proposal No. 3. “Broker non-votes”, if any, will have no effect on this Proposal No. 3. This advisory vote is not binding on the Board. However, the Board of Directors and the Compensation Committee will review and consider the voting results when evaluating our executive compensation programs and making compensation decisions. |
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Reconciliation of GAAP to non-GAAP Net income Year ended | ||
December 31, 2023 | December 31, 2022 | |
Net income (GAAP) | 34,329 | 93,779 |
Revenues from finance component | (834) | (614) |
Discontinued operation | 37,036 | 4,314 |
Stock-based compensation | 149,945 | 145,539 |
Amortization of stock-based compensation capitalized in inventories | 1,100 | ---- |
Amortization and depreciation of acquired assets | 7,969 | 9,478 |
Restructuring charges | 23,154 | ---- |
Assets impairment | 30,790 | 119,141 |
Loss (gain) from assets sales and disposal | (1,262) | (2,603) |
Certain litigation and other contingencies | 1,786 | ---- |
Acquisition costs | 135 | 350 |
Unrealized losses (gains) | ---- | 119 |
Currency fluctuation related to lease standard | (3,055) | (11,187) |
Loss (gain) from sale of investments | 193 | (8,008) |
Income tax adjustment | (45,896) | (9,067) |
equity method adjustments | 350 | |
Net income (non-GAAP) | 248,443 | 351,195 |
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Reconciliation of GAAP to non-GAAP Net diluted earnings per share | ||
December 31, 2023 | December 31, 2022 | |
Net diluted earnings per share (GAAP) | 0.60 | 1.65 |
Revenues from finance component | (0.01) | (0.01) |
Discontinued operation | 0.64 | 0.08 |
Stock-based compensation | 2.57 | 2.43 |
Amortization of stock-based compensation capitalized in inventories | 0.02 | ---- |
Amortization and depreciation of acquired assets | 0.14 | 0.16 |
Restructuring charges | 0.40 | ---- |
Assets impairment | 0.53 | 2.02 |
Loss (gain) from assets sales and disposal | (0.02) | (0.02) |
Certain litigation and other contingencies | (0.16) | ---- |
Acquisition costs | 0.01 | (0.02) |
Non cash interest expense | 0.21 | 0.13 |
Unrealized losses (gains) | ---- | 0.00 |
Currency fluctuation related to lease standard | (0.05) | (0.19) |
Loss (gain) from sale of investments | 0.00 | (0.13) |
Income tax adjustment | (0.76) | (0.15) |
equity method adjustments | 0.00 | ---- |
Net diluted earnings per share (non-GAAP) | 4.12 | 5.95 |
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SOLAREDGE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 HAMADA ST. HERZLIYA PITUACH 4673335 ISRAEL | VOTE BY INTERNET - www.proxyvote.com or scan the QR Barcode above Use the Internet to transmit your voting instructions and for electronic delivery of information. Vote by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on June 4, 2024. Have your proxy card in hand when you access the web site and follow the instructions to obtain your records and to create an electronic voting instruction form. ELECTRONIC DELIVERY OF FUTURE PROXY MATERIALS If you would like to reduce the costs incurred by our company in mailing proxy materials, you can consent to receiving all future proxy statements, proxy cards and annual reports electronically via e-mail or the Internet. To sign up for electronic delivery, please follow the instructions above to vote using the Internet and, when prompted, indicate that you agree to receive or access proxy materials electronically in future years. VOTE BY PHONE - 1-800-690-6903 Use any touch-tone telephone to transmit your voting instructions. Vote by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on June 4, 2024. Have your proxy card in hand when you call and then follow the instructions. VOTE BY MAIL Mark, sign and date your proxy card and return it in the postage-paid envelope we have provided or return it to Vote Processing, c/o Broadridge, 51 Mercedes Way, Edgewood, NY 11717. HOW TO ACCESS PROXY MATERIALS ELECTRONICALLY OR SIGN UP FOR ELECTRONIC DELIVERY AND DONATE TO CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL IN ONLY THREE EASY STEPS: 1. Go to www.proxyvote.com 2. Type in the 16-digit control number included on your enclosed voting card (in the box marked by the arrow) and click ‘Get Started’ 3. On the upper right side, click on ‘Delivery Settings’ Proxy materials and other stockholder communications will be sent to the email address provided. E-delivery will begin with the next communication. Your enrollment will remain in effect as long as you are a stockholder and your email account is active or until you choose to cancel. |
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SOLAREDGE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. Company Proposals The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR each of the following nominees: | ||||||||||||
1 | Election of Director Nominees Named in the Proxy Statement | |||||||||||
Nominees | For | Against | Abstain | |||||||||
1a. Zvi Lando | ☐ | ☐ | ☐ | |||||||||
1b. Avery More | ☐ | ☐ | ☐ | |||||||||
1c. Nadav Zafrir | ☐ | ☐ | ☐ | |||||||||
The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR Proposals 2 and 3: | For | Against | Abstain | |||||||||
2 | Ratification of appointment of Kost Forer Gabbay & Kasierer, a member of EY Global as independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2024. | ☐ | ☐ | ☐ | ||||||||
3 | Approval of, on an advisory and non-binding basis, the compensation of our named executive officers (the “Say-on-Pay” vote). | ☐ | ☐ | ☐ | ||||||||
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SOLAREDGE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. HaMada 1 Herzliya, Israel Annual Meeting of Stockholders June 5, 2024, 9:00 a.m. PDT THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS The undersigned hereby appoints Zvi Lando and Rachel Prishkolnik, and each of them, with full power of substitution and power to act alone, as proxies to vote all the shares of Common Stock which the undersigned would be entitled to vote if personally present and acting at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of SolarEdge Technologies, Inc., to be held at 700 Tasman Dr. Milpitas, CA 95035 and at any adjournments or postponements thereof. In their discretion, the proxies are authorized to vote upon such other business as may properly come before the Annual Meeting of Stockholders or any adjournment or postponement thereof (including, if applicable, on any matter which the Board of Directors did not know would be presented at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders by a reasonable time before the proxy solicitation was made or for the election of a person to the Board of Directors if any nominee named in Proposal 1 becomes unable to serve or for good cause will not serve). This proxy, when properly executed, will be voted in the manner directed herein. If no such direction is made, this proxy, when properly executed, will be voted in accordance with the Board of Directors’ recommendations. (Continued and to be signed on reverse side.) | ||
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