RDHL Redhill Biopharma Ltd

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

FORM F-3

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

 

21 Ha'arba'a Street

Tel Aviv 6473921

Israel

+972 (3) 541-3131

(Address and telephone number of registrant’s principal executive offices)

RedHill Biopharma Inc.
8311 Brier Creek Parkway
Suite 105-161
Raleigh, NC 27617
(984) 444-7010

 (Name, address, and telephone number of agent for service)

 

Copies of all communications, including communications sent to agent for service, should be sent to:

 

 

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: From time to time after this Registration Statement becomes effective as determined by market conditions

 

If only securities being registered on this Form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box. ☐

 

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933.

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If an emerging growth company that prepares its financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards† provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐

 

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

 

The registrant hereby amends this Registration Statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this Registration Statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or until the Registration Statement shall become effective on such date as the Securities and Exchange Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.

 

PROSPECTUS

 

$50,000,000

American Depositary Shares representing Ordinary Shares

Ordinary Shares

Warrants

Subscription Rights

Units

 

REDHILL BIOPHARMA LTD.

 

We may offer to the public from time to time in one or more series or issuances American Depositary Shares (“ADSs”), ordinary shares (“Ordinary Shares”), warrants, subscription rights and/or units consisting of two or more of these classes or series of securities. Each ADS represents four hundred (400) of our Ordinary Shares.

 

We refer to the ADSs, Ordinary Shares, warrants, subscription rights and units collectively as “securities” in this prospectus.

 

Each time we sell securities pursuant to this prospectus, we will provide a supplement to this prospectus that contains specific information about the offeror, the offering and the specific terms of the securities offered. This prospectus may not be used to consummate a sale of securities by us unless accompanied by the applicable prospectus supplement. You should read this prospectus and the applicable prospectus supplement carefully before you invest in our securities.

 

We may, from time to time, offer to sell the securities, through public or private transactions, directly or through underwriters, agents or dealers, on or off the Nasdaq Capital Market, as applicable, at prevailing market prices or at privately negotiated prices. If any underwriters, agents or dealers are involved in the sale of any of these securities, the applicable prospectus supplement will set forth the names of the underwriter, agent or dealer and any applicable fees, commissions or discounts.

As of August 9, 2024, the aggregate market value worldwide of our outstanding voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates was approximately $24.2 million, based on 32,013,477 ADSs outstanding, of which 31,891,931 ADSs were held by non-affiliates, and a per ADS price of $0.76 based on the closing sale price of our ADSs on the Nasdaq Capital Market on August 1, 2024. Pursuant to General Instruction I.B.5 of Form F-3, in no event will we sell, pursuant to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part, securities with a value exceeding one-third of the aggregate market value of our outstanding ADSs held by non-affiliates in any 12-month period, so long as the aggregate market value of our ordinary shares held by non-affiliates is less than $75.0 million.

 

The ADSs are traded on the Nasdaq Capital Market (“Nasdaq”) under the symbol “RDHL.” On August 5, 2024, the last reported sale price of the ADSs was $0.46 per ADS.

We are a “foreign private issuer” under applicable Securities and Exchange Commission rules, and will be subject to reduced public company reporting requirements for this prospectus and future filings. See “Prospectus Summary — Implications of Being a Foreign Private Issuer.”

 

Investing in these securities involves a high degree of risk. Please carefully consider the risks discussed in this prospectus under “Risk Factors” beginning on page 5 and the “Risk Factors” in “Item 3: Key Information - Risk Factors” of our most recent Annual Report on Form 20-F incorporated by reference in this prospectus and in any applicable prospectus supplement for a discussion of the factors you should consider carefully before deciding to purchase these securities.

 

Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of the securities being offered by this prospectus or determined if this prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

 

The date of this prospectus is                , 2024.

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ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS

 

This prospectus is part of a registration statement that we filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, utilizing a “shelf” registration process. Under this process, we may offer and sell our securities under this prospectus.

 

Under this shelf process, we may sell the securities described in this prospectus in one or more offerings up to a total price to the public of $50,000,000. The offer and sale of securities under this prospectus may be made from time to time, in one or more offerings, in any manner described under the section in this prospectus entitled “Plan of Distribution.”

 

This prospectus provides you with a general description of the securities we may offer. Each time we sell securities we will provide a prospectus supplement that will contain specific information about the terms of that offering. The prospectus supplement may also add, update or change information contained in this prospectus, and may also contain information about any material federal income tax considerations relating to the securities covered by the prospectus supplement. You should read both this prospectus and any prospectus supplement together with additional information under the headings “Where You Can Find More Information” and “Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference.”

 

This summary may not contain all of the information that may be important to you. You should read this entire prospectus, including the financial statements and related notes and other financial data incorporated by reference in this prospectus, before making an investment decision. This summary contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Our actual results may differ significantly from the results discussed in the forward-looking statements. Factors that might cause or contribute to such differences include those discussed in “Risk Factors” and “Forward-Looking Statements.”

PROSPECTUS SUMMARY

This summary provides an overview of selected information contained elsewhere or incorporated by reference into this prospectus and does not contain all the information you should consider before investing in our securities. You should carefully read the prospectus, the applicable prospectus supplement and any related free writing prospectus, including the risks of investing in our securities discussed under the heading “Risk Factors” contained in this prospectus, the applicable prospectus supplement and any related free writing prospectus, and under similar headings in the other documents that are incorporated by reference into this prospectus, including our financial statements, and the exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part.

REDHILL BIOPHARMA LTD.

 

We are a specialty biopharmaceutical company, primarily focused on GI and infectious diseases. Our primary goal is to become a leading specialty biopharmaceutical company.

 

We are currently focused primarily on the advancement of our development pipeline of clinical-stage therapeutic candidates. We also commercialize in the U.S. GI-related products, Talicia® (omeprazole, amoxicillin, and rifabutin) and (until October 8, 2024) Aemcolo® and continue to explore our strategic plans for such products and activities.

 

Among the therapeutic candidates, we are exploring opaganib is being as a potential treatment for various conditions, including GI-ARS, COVID-19 and other viruses as part of pandemic preparedness, such as the Ebola virus. Inflammatory conditions and solid tumors are additional areas of focus for opaganib. Furthermore, we are investigating RHB-107 (upamostat) as a potential treatment for COVID-19 and other viruses as part of pandemic preparedness, including the Ebola virus.

 

Our current pipeline consists of five therapeutic candidates, most of which are in clinical development. We generate our pipeline of therapeutic candidates by identifying, validating and in-licensing or acquiring products that are consistent with our product and corporate strategy and that have the potential to exhibit a favorable probability of therapeutic and commercial success. We have one product that we primarily developed internally which has been approved for marketing and, to date, none of our other therapeutic candidates has generated revenues. We have out-licensed one of our commercial products, Talicia® for specific territories outside the U.S. and we plan to commercialize our therapeutic candidates, upon approval, if any, through licensing and other commercialization arrangements with pharmaceutical companies on a global and territorial basis or independently with a dedicated commercial operations or in potential partnership with other commercial-stage companies. We also evaluate, on a case-by-case basis, co-development, co-promotion, licensing, acquisitions and similar arrangements.

Termination of Exclusive U.S. license Agreement to Terminate U.S. License for Aemcolo®

 

On July 9, 2024, we announced the mutual decision with Cosmo Technologies Ltd. (“Cosmo”) to voluntary terminate our exclusive U.S. license agreement for Aemcolo®, a treatment for traveler’s diarrhea (the “License Agreement”). The License Agreement, initially dated October 17, 2019, will be officially terminated on October 8, 2024. Per the terms of the License Agreement, we will immediately cease any commercialization of Aemcolo® upon termination of the License Agreement, at which point all rights previously ascribed in the License Agreement to us will revert to Cosmo.

 

Global Termination Agreement

 

On July 22, 2024, we announced the signing of a Global Termination Agreement with Movantik Acquisition Co., Valinor Pharma, LLC, and HCR Redhill SPV, LLC (the “Agreement”). As a result of the Agreement, RedHill received approximately $9.9 million in cash and gained full control over an additional $0.74 million currently held in a restricted account, leading to an increase of approximately $12.2 million in liabilities for RedHill, reflecting assumed and settled liabilities between the parties, resulting in a net balance sheet reduction of approximately $2.3 million. In addition, the Agreement ends all existing credit ties with the Agreement parties, removes the existing lien against Talicia® and restores control over cash collections back to RedHill.

 

Nasdaq Minimum Bid Price Requirement

 

On March 11, 2024, we received a letter from the Listings Qualifications Department of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (the “Listing Qualifications Department”) indicating that for the thirty consecutive business days prior to March 11, 2024, the bid price for the ADSs had closed below the minimum $1.00 per ADS requirement for continued listing on Nasdaq under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5450(a)(1). In accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5810(c)(3)(A), we have been provided an initial period of 180 calendar days, or until September 9, 2024, to regain compliance. The letter states that the Listing Qualifications Department staff will provide written notification that we have achieved compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5450(a)(1) if at any time before September 9, 2024, the bid price of the ADSs closes at $1.00 per ADS or more for a minimum of ten consecutive business days. In the event that we do not regain compliance with the minimum closing bid price requirement by September 9, 2024, we may be eligible for an additional 180 calendar day period to regain compliance, provided that we meet the continued listing requirement for market value of publicly held shares and all other initial listing standards, with the exception of the bid price requirement, and would need to provide written notice of our intention to cure the deficiency during the second compliance period. We intend to monitor the closing bid price of the ADSs and may, if appropriate, consider implementing available options to cure the deficiency and regain compliance with the Nasdaq minimum bid price requirement within the compliance period.

 

Kukbo Proceedings

 

We continue our litigation against Kukbo Co. Ltd. (“Kukbo”), which we filed on September 2, 2022, in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York, Commercial Division, as a result of Kukbo’s default in delivering us an aggregate of $6.5 million under the subscription agreement, dated October 25, 2021, in exchange for the ADSs that we were to issue to Kukbo, and the exclusive license agreement with Kukbo, dated March 14, 2022. Kukbo thereafter filed counterclaims with various allegations, such as breach of contract, misrepresentation and the breach of the duty of good faith and fair dealing. The parties have completed discovery and depositions, and both parties have filed motions for summary judgment that are now pending before Justice Bannon. We intend to continue to rigorously pursue the Kukbo litigation. On November 20, 2023, we entered into a Contingency Fee Agreement with our legal firm, Haynes and Boone, LLP (“H&B”), under which certain legal costs related to the Kukbo litigation will be assumed by H&B.

 

January 2024 Offering

 

On January 26, 2024, we issued to certain institutional investors (i) in a registered direct offering, 10,000,000 ADSs at a purchase price of $0.80 per ADS and (ii) in a concurrent private offering, unregistered warrants to purchase 10,000,000 ADSs (the “January 2024 Offering”). The warrants have an exercise price of $1.00 per ADS, are exercisable immediately and will expire five years from the date of issuance.

 

The issuance of the warrants was exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), pursuant to an exemption provided by Section 4(a)(2) thereof and Rule 506 of Regulation D promulgated thereunder as a transaction by an issuer not involving a public offering. Pursuant to a securities purchase agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”), dated as of January 25, 2024, between us and the purchasers named on the signature pages thereto, we agreed, among other things, to file a registration statement with the SEC as soon as practicable (and in any event within fifteen (15) calendar days of the date of the Purchase Agreement) and to keep such registration statement effective until such time as the investors, their successors and assigns, as applicable, no longer own any warrants or the ADSs issuable upon exercise thereof.

 

As part of the compensation to the placement agent in connection with its role as the placement agent in the January 2024 Offering, pursuant to the engagement letter, dated as of January 24, 2024, between us and the placement agent, we issued to the placement agent’s designees unregistered warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 600,000 ADSs at an exercise price of $1.00 per ADS. The warrants issued to the placement agent’s designees are exercisable immediately and will expire five years from the commencement of the sales pursuant to the January 2024 Offering.

 

April 2024 Offering

 

On March 29, 2024, we entered into a securities purchase agreement with certain investors, pursuant to which we agreed to issue and sell, in a registered direct offering directly to such investors, (i) 2,144,487 ADSs and (ii) warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 2,144,487 ADSs, at a combined purchase price of $0.58289 per ADS and accompanying warrant (the “April 2024 Offering”). The warrants have an exercise price of $0.75 per ADS, are immediately exercisable upon issuance and have a term of five years following the issuance date. The April 2024 Offering closed on April 3, 2024. The gross proceeds to us were approximately $1.25 million, before deducting offering expenses payable by us.

 

Implications of Being a Foreign Private Issuer

We are subject to the information reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), that are applicable to “foreign private issuers,” and under those requirements we file reports with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC. As a foreign private issuer, we are not subject to the same requirements that are imposed upon U.S. domestic issuers by the SEC. Under the Exchange Act, we are subject to reporting obligations that, in certain respects, are less detailed and less frequent than those of U.S. domestic reporting companies. For example, although we often report our financial results on a quarterly basis, we are not required to issue quarterly reports, proxy statements that comply with the requirements applicable to U.S. domestic reporting companies, or individual executive compensation information that is as detailed as that required of U.S. domestic reporting companies. We also have four months after the end of each fiscal year to file our annual reports with the SEC and are not required to file current reports as frequently or promptly as U.S. domestic reporting companies.

Furthermore, our officers, directors and principal shareholders are exempt from the requirements to report transactions in our equity securities and from the short-swing profit liability provisions contained in Section 16 of the Exchange Act. As a foreign private issuer, we are also not subject to the requirements of Regulation FD (Fair Disclosure) promulgated under the Exchange Act. In addition, as a foreign private issuer, we are permitted, and follow certain home country corporate governance practices instead of those otherwise required under the listing rules of Nasdaq for domestic U.S. issuers. These exemptions and leniencies reduce the frequency and scope of information and protections available to you in comparison to those applicable to a U.S. domestic reporting company.

Corporate Information

 

We were incorporated as a limited liability company under the laws of the State of Israel on August 3, 2009. Our principal executive offices are located at 21 Ha’arba’a Street, Tel-Aviv, Israel and our telephone number is +972 (3) 541-3131. Our website address is http://www.redhillbio.com. The information on, or that can be accessed through, our website does not constitute part of this prospectus. Our registered agent in the U.S. is RedHill Biopharma Inc. (“Redhill U.S.”). The address of RedHill Biopharma Inc. is 8311 Brier Creek Parkway, Suite 105-161, Raleigh, NC  27617, U.S.A.

RISK FACTORS

An investment in our securities involves a high degree of risk. Our business, financial condition or results of operations could be adversely affected by any of these risks. You should carefully consider the risk factors discussed under the caption “Item 3: Key Information - Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2023, and in any other filing we make with the SEC subsequent to the date of this prospectus, each of which is incorporated herein by reference, and in any supplement to this prospectus, before making your investment decision. The risks and uncertainties we have described are not the only ones we face. Additional risks and uncertainties not presently known to us or that we currently deem immaterial may also affect our operations. Past financial performance may not be a reliable indicator of future performance, and historical trends should not be used to anticipate results or trends in future periods. If any of these risks actually occurs, our business, business prospects, financial condition or results of operations could be seriously harmed. This could cause the trading price of the ADSs to decline, resulting in a loss of all or part of your investment. Please also read carefully the section below entitled “Forward-Looking Statements.”

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

 

This prospectus, including the information incorporated by reference into this prospectus, contains, and any prospectus supplement may include forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terms including “anticipates,” “believes,” “could,” “estimates,” “expects,” “intends,” “may,” “plans,” “potential,” “predicts,” “projects,” “should,” “will,” “would,” and similar expressions intended to identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements reflect our current views with respect to future events and are based on assumptions and subject to risks and uncertainties. You should not put undue reliance on any forward-looking statements. Unless we are required to do so under U.S. federal securities laws or other applicable laws, we do not intend to update or revise any forward-looking statements.

Factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to:

 

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the scope of protection we are able to establish and maintain for intellectual property rights covering our commercial products and therapeutic candidates, including from existing or future claims of infringement, and our ability to operate our business without infringing or violating the intellectual property rights of others;

We caution you to carefully consider these risks and not to place undue reliance on our forward-looking statements. Except as required by law, we assume no responsibility for updating any forward-looking statements.

 

CAPITALIZATION

 

The following table sets forth our total capitalization as of December 31, 2023: 

 

The information set forth in the following table should be read in conjunction with and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the audited and unaudited financial statements and notes thereto incorporated by reference in this prospectus.

 

 

The above discussion and table are based on 7,869,853,400 Ordinary Shares outstanding as of December 31, 2023. As of December 31, 2023, prior to giving effect to the January 2024 Offering, the January 2024 Placement Agent Warrants and the April 2024 Offering, we had (i) 39,070,400 Ordinary Shares issuable upon the exercise of outstanding options to purchase Ordinary Shares at a weighted average exercise price of $0.63 per share (equivalent to 97,676 ADSs at a weighted average exercise price of $252.98 per ADS); (ii) 508,836,400 Ordinary Shares issuable upon the exercise of outstanding warrants to purchase Ordinary Shares at a weighted average exercise price of $0.01 per share (equivalent to 1,272,091 ADSs at a weighted average exercise price of $3.45 per ADS), and (iii) 177,703 outstanding RSUs, each RSU representing one ADS.

 

OFFER AND LISTING DETAILS

 

We completed the listing of ADSs on the Nasdaq Capital Market on December 27, 2012, and on July 20, 2018, the ADSs were listed on the Nasdaq Global Market. On November 15, 2023, the ADSs were transferred from the Nasdaq Global Market to the Nasdaq Capital Market. The ADSs are currently traded on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol “RDHL.”

OFFER STATISTICS AND EXPECTED TIMETABLE

 

We may sell from time to time pursuant to this prospectus (as may be detailed in an applicable prospectus supplement) an indeterminate number of securities as shall have a maximum aggregate offering price of $50,000,000. The actual price per security of the securities that we will offer pursuant hereto will depend on a number of factors that may be relevant as of the time of offer. See “Plan of Distribution.”

 

USE OF PROCEEDS

 

Unless otherwise indicated in an accompanying prospectus supplement, the net proceeds from the sale of securities will be used for general corporate purposes, including research and development related purposes in connection with our therapeutic candidates, for potential acquisitions and to support commercial operations. 

DESCRIPTION OF ORDINARY SHARES

 

A description of our Ordinary Shares can be found in Exhibit 2.3 to our Annual Report on Form 20-F filed with the SEC on April 8, 2024.

 

DESCRIPTION OF AMERICAN DEPOSITARY SHARES

 

A description of the ADSs, each of which represents four hundred (400) of our Ordinary Shares, can be found in Exhibit 2.3 to our Annual Report on Form 20-F filed with the SEC on April 8, 2024.

 

DESCRIPTION OF WARRANTS

 

We may issue warrants to purchase ADS and/or Ordinary Shares. Warrants may be issued independently or together with any other securities and may be attached to, or separate from, such securities. We will evidence each series of warrants by warrant certificates that we may issue under a separate agreement. We may enter into a warrant agreement with a warrant agent. We may also choose to act as our own warrant agent. We will indicate the name and address of any such warrant agent in the applicable prospectus supplement relating to a particular series of warrants. The terms of any warrants to be issued and a description of the material provisions of the applicable warrant agreement will be set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement.

  

The applicable prospectus supplement will describe the following terms of any warrants in respect of which this prospectus is being delivered:

 

 

Amendments and Supplements to Warrant Agreement

We and the warrant agent may amend or supplement the warrant agreement for a series of warrants without the consent of the holders of the warrants issued thereunder to effect changes that are not inconsistent with the provisions of the warrants and that do not materially and adversely affect the interests of the holders of the warrants.

 

DESCRIPTION OF SUBSCRIPTION RIGHTS

 

We may issue subscription rights to purchase our Ordinary Shares and/or ADSs. These subscription rights may be issued independently or together with any other security offered hereby and may or may not be transferable by the shareholder receiving the subscription rights in such offering. In connection with any offering of subscription rights, we may enter into a standby arrangement with one or more underwriters or other purchasers pursuant to which the underwriters or other purchasers may be required to purchase any securities remaining unsubscribed for after such offering.

 

The prospectus supplement relating to any subscription rights we offer, if any, will, to the extent applicable, include specific terms relating to the offering, including some or all of the following:

 

 

The description in the applicable prospectus supplement of any subscription rights we offer will not necessarily be complete and will be qualified in its entirety by reference to the applicable subscription right agreement, which will be filed with the SEC if we offer subscription rights. For more information on how you can obtain copies of the applicable subscription right agreement if we offer subscription rights, see “Where You Can Find More Information” and “Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference” each beginning on page 14. We urge you to read the applicable subscription right agreement and any applicable prospectus supplement in their entirety.

DESCRIPTION OF UNITS

 

We may issue units comprised of one or more of the other securities that may be offered under this prospectus, in any combination. Each unit will be issued so that the holder of the unit is also the holder of each security included in the unit. Thus, the holder of a unit will have the rights and obligations of a holder of each included security. The unit agreement under which a unit is issued may provide that the securities included in the unit may not be held or transferred separately at any time, or at any time before a specified date.

 

The prospectus supplement relating to any units we offer, if any, will, to the extent applicable, include specific terms relating to the offering, including some or all of the following:

 

 

The description in the applicable prospectus supplement of any units we offer will not necessarily be complete and will be qualified in its entirety by reference to the applicable unit agreement, which will be filed with the SEC if we offer units. For more information on how you can obtain copies of the applicable unit agreement if we offer units, see “Where You Can Find More Information” and “Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference” each beginning on page 14. We urge you to read the applicable unit agreement and any applicable prospectus supplement in their entirety.

TAXATION

 

The material Israeli and U.S. federal income tax consequences relating to the purchase, ownership and disposition of any of the securities offered by this prospectus will be set forth in the prospectus supplement offering those securities.

 

PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

 

The securities being offered by this prospectus may be sold:

 

 

At any time a particular offer of the securities covered by this prospectus is made, a revised prospectus or prospectus supplement, if required, will be distributed which will set forth the aggregate amount of securities covered by this prospectus being offered and the terms of the offering, including the name or names of any underwriters, dealers, brokers or agents, any discounts, commissions, concessions and other items constituting compensation from us and any discounts, commissions or concessions allowed or reallowed or paid to dealers. Such prospectus supplement, and, if necessary, a post-effective amendment to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part, will be filed with the SEC to reflect the disclosure of additional information with respect to the distribution of the securities covered by this prospectus. In order to comply with the securities laws of certain states, if applicable, the securities sold under this prospectus may only be sold through registered or licensed broker-dealers. In addition, in some states the securities may not be sold unless they have been registered or qualified for sale in the applicable state or an exemption from registration or qualification requirements is available and is complied with.

 

The distribution of securities may be effected from time to time in one or more transactions, including block transactions and transactions on the Nasdaq Capital Market or any other organized market where the securities may be traded. The securities may be sold at a fixed price or prices, which may be changed, or at market prices prevailing at the time of sale, at prices relating to the prevailing market prices or at negotiated prices. The consideration may be cash, or another form negotiated by the parties. Agents, underwriters or broker-dealers may be paid compensation for offering and selling the securities. That compensation may be in the form of discounts, concessions or commissions to be received from us or from the purchasers of the securities. Any dealers and agents participating in the distribution of the securities may be deemed to be underwriters, and compensation received by them on resale of the securities may be deemed to be underwriting discounts. If any such dealers or agents were deemed to be underwriters, they may be subject to statutory liabilities under the Securities Act.

 

Agents may from time to time solicit offers to purchase the securities. If required, we will name in the applicable prospectus supplement any agent involved in the offer or sale of the securities and set forth any compensation payable to the agent. Unless otherwise indicated in the prospectus supplement, any agent will be acting on a best efforts basis for the period of its appointment. Any agent selling the securities covered by this prospectus may be deemed to be an underwriter, as that term is defined in the Securities Act, of the securities.

 

If underwriters are used in a sale, securities will be acquired by the underwriters for their own account and may be resold from time to time in one or more transactions, including negotiated transactions, at a fixed public offering price or at varying prices determined at the time of sale, or under delayed delivery contracts or other contractual commitments. Securities may be offered to the public either through underwriting syndicates represented by one or more managing underwriters or directly by one or more firms acting as underwriters. If an underwriter or underwriters are used in the sale of securities, an underwriting agreement will be executed with the underwriter or underwriters, as well as any other underwriter or underwriters, with respect to a particular underwritten offering of securities, and will set forth the terms of the transactions, including compensation of the underwriters and dealers and the public offering price, if applicable. The prospectus and prospectus supplement will be used by the underwriters to resell the securities.

 

If a dealer is used in the sale of the securities, we or an underwriter will sell the securities to the dealer, as principal. The dealer may then resell the securities to the public at varying prices to be determined by the dealer at the time of resale. To the extent required, we will set forth in the prospectus supplement the name of the dealer and the terms of the transactions.

 

We may directly solicit offers to purchase the securities and may make sales of securities directly to institutional investors or others. These persons may be deemed to be underwriters within the meaning of the Securities Act with respect to any resale of the securities. To the extent required, the prospectus supplement will describe the terms of any such sales, including the terms of any bidding or auction process, if used.

 

Agents, underwriters and dealers may be entitled under agreements which may be entered into with us to indemnification by us against specified liabilities, including liabilities incurred under the Securities Act, or to contribution by us to payments they may be required to make in respect of such liabilities. If required, the prospectus supplement will describe the terms and conditions of the indemnification or contribution. Some of the agents, underwriters or dealers, or their affiliates may be customers of, engage in transactions with or perform services for us or our subsidiaries.

 

Any person participating in the distribution of securities registered under the registration statement that includes this prospectus will be subject to applicable provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and the applicable SEC rules and regulations, including, among others, Regulation M, which may limit the timing of purchases and sales of any of our securities by that person. Furthermore, Regulation M may restrict the ability of any person engaged in the distribution of our securities to engage in market-making activities with respect to our securities. These restrictions may affect the marketability of our securities and the ability of any person or entity to engage in market-making activities with respect to our securities.

  

Certain persons participating in an offering may engage in over-allotment, stabilizing transactions, short-covering transactions, penalty bids and other transactions that stabilize, maintain or otherwise affect the price of the offered securities. These activities may maintain the price of the offered securities at levels above those that might otherwise prevail in the open market, including by entering stabilizing bids, effecting syndicate covering transactions or imposing penalty bids, each of which is described below.

 

 

These transactions may be effected on an exchange or automated quotation system, if the securities are listed on that exchange or admitted for trading on that automated quotation system, or in the over-the-counter market or otherwise.

 

If so indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement, we will authorize agents, underwriters or dealers to solicit offers from certain types of institutions to purchase offered securities from us at the public offering price set forth in such prospectus supplement pursuant to delayed delivery contracts providing for payment and delivery on a specified date in the future. Such contracts will be subject only to those conditions set forth in the prospectus supplement and the prospectus supplement will set forth the commission payable for solicitation of such contracts.

 

In addition, Ordinary Shares or ADSs may be issued upon conversion of or in exchange for debt securities or other securities.

 

Any underwriters to whom offered securities are sold for public offering and sale may make a market in such offered securities, but such underwriters will not be obligated to do so and may discontinue any market making at any time without notice. The offered securities may or may not be listed on a national securities exchange. No assurance can be given that there will be a market for the offered securities.

 

Any securities that qualify for sale pursuant to Rule 144 or Regulation S under the Securities Act, may be sold under Rule 144 or Regulation S rather than pursuant to this prospectus.

 

To the extent that we make sales to or through one or more underwriters or agents in at-the-market offerings, we will do so pursuant to the terms of a distribution agreement between us and the underwriters or agents. If we engage in at-the-market sales pursuant to a distribution agreement, we will sell our Ordinary Shares or ADSs to or through one or more underwriters or agents, which may act on an agency basis or on a principal basis. During the term of any such agreement, we may sell Ordinary Shares or ADSs on a daily basis in exchange transactions or otherwise as we agree with the underwriters or agents. The distribution agreement will provide that any Ordinary Shares or ADSs sold will be sold at prices related to the then prevailing market prices for our Ordinary Shares or ADSs. Therefore, exact figures regarding proceeds that will be raised or commissions to be paid cannot be determined at this time and will be described in a prospectus supplement. Pursuant to the terms of the distribution agreement, we also may agree to sell, and the relevant underwriters or agents may agree to solicit offers to purchase, blocks of our Ordinary Shares, ADSs or warrants. The terms of each such distribution agreement will be set forth in more detail in a prospectus supplement to this prospectus.

 

In connection with offerings made through underwriters or agents, we may enter into agreements with such underwriters or agents pursuant to which we receive our outstanding securities in consideration for the securities being offered to the public for cash. In connection with these arrangements, the underwriters or agents may also sell securities covered by this prospectus to hedge their positions in these outstanding securities, including in short sale transactions. If so, the underwriters or agents may use the securities received from us under these arrangements to close out any related open borrowings of securities.

 

We may enter into derivative transactions with third parties or sell securities not covered by this prospectus to third parties in privately negotiated transactions. If the applicable prospectus supplement indicates, in connection with those derivatives, such third parties (or affiliates of such third parties) may sell securities covered by this prospectus and the applicable prospectus supplement, including in short sale transactions. If so, such third parties (or affiliates of such third parties) may use securities pledged by us or borrowed from us or others to settle those sales or to close out any related open borrowings of shares, and may use securities received from us in settlement of those derivatives to close out any related open borrowings of shares. The third parties (or affiliates of such third parties) in such sale transactions will be underwriters and, if not identified in this prospectus, will be identified in the applicable prospectus supplement (or a post-effective amendment).

  

We may loan or pledge securities to a financial institution or other third party that in turn may sell the securities using this prospectus. Such financial institution or third party may transfer its short position to investors in our securities or in connection with a simultaneous offering of other securities offered by this prospectus or in connection with a simultaneous offering of other securities offered by this prospectus.

 

LEGAL MATTERS

 

Certain legal matters with respect to Israeli law and with respect to the validity of the offered securities under Israeli law will be passed upon for us by Goldfarb Gross Seligman & Co. Certain legal matters with respect to U.S. federal securities law and New York law will be passed upon for us by Haynes and Boone, LLP.

 

EXPERTS

 

The financial statements and management’s assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting (which is included in Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting) incorporated in this Prospectus by reference to the Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2023, have been so incorporated in reliance on the report of Kesselman & Kesselman, Certified Public Accountants (Isr.) (which contains an adverse opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting and includes an explanatory paragraph regarding the existence of substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern as described in Note 1a(3) to the financial statements), a member firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers International Limited, an independent registered public accounting firm, given on the authority of said firm as experts in auditing and accounting.

 

WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

 

We have filed with the SEC a registration statement on Form F-3 under the Securities Act, with respect to the securities offered by this prospectus. However, as is permitted by the rules and regulations of the SEC, this prospectus, which is part of our registration statement on Form F-3, omits certain non-material information, exhibits, schedules and undertakings set forth in the registration statement. For further information about us, and the securities offered by this prospectus, please refer to the registration statement.

 

We are subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act that are applicable to a foreign private issuer. In accordance with the Exchange Act, we file reports, including annual reports on Form 20-F by April 30 of each year. We also furnish to the SEC under cover of Form 6-K material information required to be made public in Israel, filed with and made public by any stock exchange or distributed by us to our shareholders.

 

The SEC maintains an Internet site that contains reports, proxy and information statements, and other information regarding issuers, such as us, that file electronically with the SEC (http://www.sec.gov). These SEC filings are also available to the public from commercial document retrieval services.

As a foreign private issuer, we are exempt from the rules under the Exchange Act prescribing the furnishing and content of proxy statements to shareholders and our officers, directors and principal shareholders are exempt from the “short-swing profits” reporting and liability provisions contained in Section 16 of the Exchange Act and related Exchange Act rules.

 

INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE

 

We file annual and special reports and other information with the SEC. These filings contain important information which does not appear in this prospectus. The SEC allows us to “incorporate by reference” information into this prospectus, which means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to other documents which we have filed or will file with the SEC. We are incorporating by reference in this prospectus the documents listed below and all amendments or supplements we may file to such documents, as well as any future filings we may make with the SEC on Form 20-F under the Exchange Act before the time that all of the securities offered by this prospectus have been sold or de-registered:

  

 

In addition, any reports on Form 6-K we submit to the SEC pursuant to the Exchange Act after the date of the initial registration statement and prior to effectiveness of the registration statement that we specifically identify in such forms as being incorporated by reference into the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part, all subsequent annual reports on Form 20-F filed after the effective date of this registration statement and prior to the termination of this offering, and any reports on Form 6-K subsequently submitted to the SEC or portions thereof that we specifically identify in such forms as being incorporated by reference into the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part, shall be considered to be incorporated into this prospectus by reference and shall be considered a part of this prospectus from the date of filing or submission of such documents.

 

Certain statements in and portions of this prospectus update and replace information in the above-listed documents incorporated by reference. Likewise, statements in or portions of a future document incorporated by reference in this prospectus may update and replace statements in and portions of this prospectus or the above-listed documents.

 

We will provide you without charge, upon your written or oral request, a copy of any of the documents incorporated by reference in this prospectus, other than exhibits to such documents which are not specifically incorporated by reference into such documents. Please direct your written or telephone requests to RedHill Biopharma Ltd., 21 Ha’arba’a Street, Tel Aviv 6473921, Israel, Attn: Dror Ben-Asher, telephone number: +972 (3) 541-3131. You may also obtain information about us by visiting our website at www.redhillbio.com. Information contained in our website is included as an inactive textual reference only and is not part of this prospectus. The SEC maintains an Internet site, http://www.sec.gov, that contains reports, proxy and information statements, and other information regarding issuers that file electronically with the SEC.

 

ENFORCEABILITY OF CIVIL LIABILITIES

 

We are incorporated under the laws of the State of Israel. Service of process upon us and upon our directors and officers and the Israeli experts named in this prospectus, many of whom reside outside the United States, may be difficult to obtain within the United States. Furthermore, because many of our assets and most of our directors and officers are located outside the United States, any judgment obtained in the United States against us or any of our directors and officers may not be collectible within the United States.

 

It may be difficult to assert U.S. securities law claims in original actions instituted in Israel. Israeli courts may refuse to hear a claim based on a violation of U.S. securities laws because Israel is not the most appropriate forum to bring such a claim. In addition, even if an Israeli court agrees to hear a claim, it may determine that Israeli law and not U.S. law is applicable to the claim. If U.S. law is found to be applicable, the content of applicable U.S. law must be proved as a fact which can be a time-consuming and costly process. Certain matters of the procedure will also be governed by Israeli law.

 

Subject to specified time limitations and legal procedures, Israeli courts may enforce a United States judgment in a civil matter which, subject to certain exceptions, is non-appealable, including judgments based upon the civil liability provisions of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and including a monetary or compensatory judgment in a non-civil matter, provided that:

 

We have irrevocably appointed RedHill Biopharma Inc. as our agent to receive service of process in any action against us in any United States federal or state court arising out of this offering or any purchase or sale of securities in connection with this offering.

 

If a foreign judgment is enforced by an Israeli court, it generally will be payable in Israeli currency, which can then be converted into non-Israeli currency and transferred out of Israel. The usual practice in an action before an Israeli court to recover an amount in a non-Israeli currency is for the Israeli court to issue a judgment for the equivalent amount in Israeli currency at the rate of exchange in force on the date of the judgment, but the judgment debtor may make payment in foreign currency. Pending collection, the amount of the judgment of an Israeli court stated in Israeli currency ordinarily will be linked to the Israeli consumer price index plus interest at the annual statutory rate set by Israeli regulations prevailing at the time. Judgment creditors must bear the risk of unfavorable exchange rates.

 

OFFERING EXPENSES

 

The following table sets forth the expenses (other than underwriting discounts and commissions or agency fees and other items constituting underwriters’ or agents’ compensation, if any) expected to be incurred by us in connection with a possible offering of securities registered under this registration statement.

 

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(1) We previously registered securities in the aggregate offering price of $200,000,000 pursuant to the Registration Statement on Form F-3 (File No. 333-258259) filed with the SEC on July 29, 2021 (the “Prior Registration Statement”). As of the date of this registration statement, we have sold $42,571,278 worth of securities under the Prior Registration Statement, leaving a balance of $157,428,722 of unsold securities under the Prior Registration Statement (the “Unsold Securities”). We expect to carry forward to this registration statement $50,000,000 of the Unsold Securities (the “Carry Forward Securities”) pursuant to Rule 415(a)(6) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The $7,380 previously paid filing fee relating to such Carry Forward Securities under the Prior Registration Statement will continue to be applied to such Carry Forward Securities registered on this registration statement. For reasons stated above, the net SEC registration fee due is $0. To the extent that, after the filing date hereof and prior to the effectiveness of this registration statement, we sell any Unsold Securities pursuant to the Prior Registration Statement, we will identify in a pre-effective amendment to this registration statement the updated amount of Unsold Securities from the Prior Registration Statement to be included in this registration statement pursuant to Rule 415(a)(6). Pursuant to Rule 415(a)(6), the offering of the Unsold Securities under the Prior Registration Statement will be deemed terminated as of the date of effectiveness of this registration statement.

(2) The FINRA Fee is equal to the sum of 0.015% of the proposed maximum aggregate offering amount plus $500.00. Because all securities are being carried forward from the Prior Registration Statement and the Company paid the FINRA Fee in connection with the Prior Registration Statement, the proposed maximum aggregate offering amount is treated as $0.

* These fees are calculated based on the securities offered and the number of issuances and accordingly cannot be estimated at this time.

$50,000,000

American Depositary Shares representing Ordinary Shares

Ordinary Shares

Warrants

Subscription Rights

Units

 

 

 

REDHILL BIOPHARMA LTD.

The date of this prospectus is                              , 2024.

PART II
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

 

Item 8. Indemnification of Directors and Officers

 

Exemption, Insurance and Indemnification of Directors and Officers

 

Exemption of Officers and Directors

 

Under the Israeli Companies Law, a company may not exempt an officer or director from liability with respect to a breach of his duty of loyalty but may exempt in advance an officer or director from liability to the company, in whole or in part, with respect to a breach of his duty of care, except in connection with a prohibited distribution made by the company, if so provided in its articles of association. Our articles of association provide for this exemption from liability for our directors and officers.

 

Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance

 

The Israeli Companies Law and our articles of association provide that, subject to the provisions of the Israeli Companies Law, we may obtain insurance for our directors and officers for any liability stemming from any act performed by an officer or director in his capacity as an officer or director, as the case may be with respect to any of the following:

 

Pursuant to the Compensation Policy, we may obtain a directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy, which would apply to our or our subsidiaries’ directors and officers, as they may be, from time to time, subject to the following terms and conditions: (a) the total insurance coverage under the insurance policy may not exceed $100 million; and (b) the purchase of such policy shall be approved by the Compensation Committee (and, if required by law, by the Board of Directors) which shall determine that such policy reflects the current market conditions, and it shall not materially affect the Company's profitability, assets or liabilities. In addition, pursuant to our Compensation Policy, should we sell our operations (in whole or in part) or in case of merger, spin-off or any other significant business combination involving us or part or all of our assets, we may obtain a director’s and officers’ liability insurance policy (run-off) for our directors and officers in office with regard to the relevant operations, subject to the following terms and conditions: (a) the insurance term may not exceed seven years; (b) the coverage amount may not exceed $100 million; and (c) the purchase of such policy shall be approved by the Compensation Committee (and, if required by law, by the Board of Directors) which shall determine that such policy reflects the current market conditions, and it shall not materially affect the Company’s profitability, assets or liabilities. The Compensation Policy is in effect for three years from the 2022 annual general meeting.

Pursuant to the foregoing approvals, we carry directors’ and officers’ liability insurance. This insurance is renewed on an annual basis.

 

Indemnification of Officers and Directors

 

The Israeli Companies Law provides that a company may indemnify an officer or director for payments or expenses associated with acts performed in his capacity as an officer or director of the company, provided the company’s articles of association include the following provisions with respect to indemnification:

  

 

Limitations on Insurance, Exemption and Indemnification

 

The Israeli Companies Law and our articles of association provide that a company may not exempt or indemnify an office holder nor enter into an insurance contract, which would provide coverage for any monetary liability incurred as a result of any of the following:

 

In addition, under the Israeli Companies Law, exemption of, indemnification of, and procurement of insurance coverage for, our directors and officers must be approved by our audit committee and board of directors and, in specified circumstances, by our shareholders.

  

Letters of Indemnification

 

We may provide a commitment to indemnify in advance any director or officer of ours in the course of such person’s position as our director or officer, all subject to the letter of indemnification, as approved by our shareholders from time to time and in accordance with our articles of association. We may provide retroactive indemnification to any officer to the extent allowed by the Israeli Companies Law. As approved by our shareholders on May 13, 2022, the amount of the advance indemnity is limited to the higher of 25% of our then shareholders’ equity, per our most recent annual financial statements, or $10 million.

 

As part of the indemnification letters, we exempted our directors and officers, in advance, to the extent permitted by law, from any liability for any damage incurred by them, either directly or indirectly, due to the breach of an officer’s or director’s duty of care vis-à-vis us, within his acts in his capacity as an officer or director. The letter provides that so long as not permitted by law, we do not exempt an officer or director in advance from his liability to us for a breach of the duty of care upon distribution, to the extent applicable to the officer or director, if any. The letter also exempts an officer or director from any liability for any damage incurred by him, either directly or indirectly, due to the breach of the officer or director’s duty of care vis-à-vis us, by his acts in his capacity as an officer or director prior to the letter of exemption and indemnification becoming effective.

 

Item 9. Exhibits

 

The index to exhibits appears below on the page immediately following the signature pages of this Registration Statement.

 

Item 10. Undertakings

 

(1) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

provided, however, that paragraphs (i), (ii) and (iii) above do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement or is contained in a form of prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) that is part of the Registration Statement.

  

(2) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered herein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

 

(3) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the provisions referred to in Item 8, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

 

(4) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, the information omitted from the form of prospectus filed as part of this Registration Statement in reliance upon Rule 430A and contained in a form of prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(1) or (4) or 497(h) under the Securities Act shall be deemed to be part of this Registration Statement as of the time it was declared effective.

 

(5) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each post-effective amendment that contains a form of prospectus shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

 

 

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

 

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* To be filed, if applicable, by amendment, or as an exhibit to a report on Form 6-K and incorporated herein by reference.

# Filed herewith.

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it complies with all of the requirements for filing on Form F-3 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Tel Aviv, Israel on August 9, 2024.

 

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, each director and officer whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints, Dror Ben-Asher or Razi Ingber, or either of these, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and re-substitution, to sign in any and all capacities any and all amendments or post-effective amendments to this registration statement on Form F-3, and to sign any and all additional registration statements relating to the same offering of securities of the Registration Statement that are filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the Securities Act, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting such attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do all such other acts and execute all such other documents as he may deem necessary or desirable in connection with the foregoing, as fully as the undersigned may or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact and agent may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this registration statement has been signed below by the following persons on the dates and in the capacities indicated.

 

 

Signature of authorized representative in the United States

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant’s duly authorized representative has signed this Registration Statement on Form F-3 on this 9th day of August, 2024.

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Tel Aviv, August 9, 2024

RedHill Biopharma Ltd.

21 Ha’arba’a Street

Tel Aviv, 6473921

Israel

 

Re:  RedHill Biopharma Ltd.

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

We have acted as Israeli counsel for RedHill Biopharma Ltd., an Israeli company organized under the laws of the State of Israel (the “Company”), in connection with the registration statement on Form F-3 (the “Registration Statement”) to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on or about August 9, 2024 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”). The Registration Statement relates to the proposed offer and sale by the Company from time to time, as set forth in the prospectus contained in the Registration Statement (the “Prospectus”) and as shall be set forth in one or more supplements to the Prospectus (each, a “Prospectus Supplement”), of up to a $50,000,000 aggregate amount of any of all the following securities (the “Securities”): (i) American Depositary Shares (“ADSs”) representing ordinary shares, par value NIS 0.01 per share, of the Company (“Ordinary Shares”), (ii) Ordinary Shares, (iii) warrants to purchase Ordinary Shares and/or ADSs (“Warrants”), (iv) subscription rights (“Subscription Rights”) to purchase Ordinary Shares and/or ADSs and/or (v) units comprised of one or more of the securities that are offered under the Prospectus (“Units”).

 

The Warrants will be issued under a warrant agreement (the “Warrant Agreement”) between the Company and a warrant agent (the “Warrant Agent”). The Subscription Rights will be issued under a subscription rights agreement (the “Subscription Rights Agreement”) between the Company and a rights agent (the “Rights Agent”). The Units will be issued under a unit agreement (the “Unit Agreement”) between the Company and a unit agent (the “Unit Agent”).

 

In connection with the opinions herein, we have examined originals or copies, satisfactory to us, of the Company’s Amended and Restated Articles of Association and resolutions of the board of directors, and we have examined and relied without investigation as to matters of fact upon the Registration Statement and the exhibits thereto, and such certificates, statements and results of inquiries of public officials and officers and representatives of the Company and originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of such other documents, corporate records, certificates and instruments as we have deemed necessary or appropriate to enable us to render the opinions expressed herein. We have assumed the genuineness of all signatures on all documents examined by us, the legal competence and capacity of natural persons, the authenticity of documents submitted to us as originals, and the conformity with authentic original documents of all documents submitted to us as copies.

 

We also have assumed that: (1) at the time of execution, issuance and delivery of any Warrants, the related Warrant Agreement will be the valid and legally binding obligation of the Warrant Agent, enforceable against such party in accordance with its terms; (2) at the time of execution, issuance and delivery of any Subscription Rights, the related Subscription Rights Agreement will be the valid and legally binding obligation of the Rights Agent, enforceable against such party in accordance with its terms; and (3) at the time of the execution, issuance and delivery of the Units, the related Unit Agreement will be the valid and legally binding obligation of the Unit Agent, enforceable against such party in accordance with its terms.

 

We have assumed further that: (1) at the time of execution, issuance and delivery of any Warrants, the related Warrant Agreement will have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and the Warrant Agent; (2) at the time of execution, issuance and delivery of any Subscription Rights, the related Subscription Rights Agreement will have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and the Rights Agent; (3) at the time of execution, issuance and delivery of the Units, the Unit Agreement will have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and the Unit Agent; and (4) at the time of the issuance and sale of any of the Securities, the terms of the Securities, and their issuance and sale, will have been established so as not to violate any applicable law or result in a default under or breach of any agreement or instrument binding upon the Company and so as to comply with any requirement or restriction imposed by any court or governmental body having jurisdiction over the Company. 

 

For the purpose of the opinions expressed below, we have assumed further that after the issuance of the ADSs or the Ordinary Shares pursuant to the Registration Statement, the total number of issued Ordinary Shares, together with the total number of Ordinary Shares reserved for issuance upon the exercise, exchange or conversion, as the case may be, of any exercisable, exchangeable or convertible security then outstanding, will not exceed the total number of authorized share capital under the Company’s Amended and Restated Articles of Association.

 

Based upon the foregoing, in reliance thereon and subject to the assumptions, comments, qualifications, limitations and exceptions stated herein and the effectiveness of the Registration Statement under the Act, we are of the opinion that:

 

 

 

 

 

In addition to the assumptions, comments, qualifications, limitations and exceptions set forth above, the opinions set forth herein are further limited by, subject to and based upon the following assumptions, comments, qualifications, limitations and exceptions:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as Exhibit 5.1 to the Registration Statement and to the use of our name under the caption “Legal Matters” in the Prospectus. We also consent to your filing copies of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement with agencies of such states as you deem necessary in the course of complying with the laws of such states regarding the offering and sale of the Securities. In giving such consent, we do not thereby concede that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act or the Rules and Regulations of the SEC thereunder.

 

 

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August 9, 2024

RedHill Biopharma Ltd.

21 Ha'arba'a Street

Tel Aviv 6473921

Israel

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

We have acted as U.S. counsel to RedHill Biopharma Ltd., a company organized under the laws of the State of Israel (the “Company”), in connection with the filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on the date hereof, under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), of a registration statement on Form F-3 (the “Registration Statement”) relating to (i) American Depositary Shares (“ADSs”), each ADS representing four hundred (400) ordinary shares, par value NIS 0.01 per share, of the Company (the “Ordinary Shares”); (ii) Ordinary Shares; (iii) warrants to purchase Ordinary Shares and/or ADSs (the “Warrants”); (iv) subscription rights to purchase Ordinary Shares and/or ADSs (the “Subscription Rights”); and (v) units (the “Units”, and, together with the Warrants and the Subscription Rights, the “Securities”) comprised of one or more of the ADSs, Ordinary Shares, Warrants and/or Subscription Rights, that may be issued and sold from time to time pursuant to Rule 415 under the Act for an aggregate offering price not to exceed $50,000,000. The ADSs will be issued pursuant to a Deposit Agreement, dated as of December 26, 2012, by and among the Company, The Bank of New York Mellon, as depositary, and owners and holders from time to time of ADSs issued thereunder (the “Deposit Agreement”).

 

In rendering the opinions expressed herein, we have examined and relied upon the originals, or copies certified to our satisfaction, of (i) the Registration Statement and the prospectus contained therein; (ii) the Deposit Agreement; and (iii) such other corporate records, documents and instruments of the Company as we have deemed necessary for the expression of the opinions stated herein.

 

As to questions of fact material to the opinions expressed below, we have, without independent verification of their accuracy, relied to the extent we deem reasonably appropriate upon the representations and warranties of the Company contained in such documents, records, certificates, instruments or representations furnished or made available to us by the Company.

 

In making the foregoing examination, we have assumed certain matters with respect to the Company, including the valid existence, good standing, power and authority of the Company.  In addition, we have assumed (i) the genuineness of all signatures; (ii) the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals; (iii) the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as certified or photostatic copies; (iv) that all agreements or instruments we have examined are the valid, binding and enforceable obligations of the parties thereto (except with respect to the Company to the extent necessary to render Opinion 1 below); and (v) that all factual information on which we have relied was accurate and complete.

 

We have also assumed that (i) the Company will continue to be organized and in existence and good standing under the law of the jurisdiction in which it is organized; (ii) the Registration Statement, and any amendments thereto (including post-effective amendments), will have become effective; (iii) no stop order of the Commission preventing or suspending the use of the prospectus contained in the Registration Statement or any prospectus supplement will have been issued; (iv) a prospectus supplement will have been prepared and filed with the Commission properly describing the ADSs and/or Securities, as applicable, offered thereby and will have been delivered to the purchaser(s) of the ADSs and/or Securities, as applicable, as required in accordance with applicable law; (v) all ADSs and Securities will be offered, issued and sold in compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws and in the manner stated in the Registration Statement and the appropriate prospectus supplement; (vi) a definitive purchase, underwriting or similar agreement with respect to any ADSs or Securities offered will have been duly authorized and validly executed and delivered by the Company and the other parties thereto and will be an enforceable obligation of the parties thereto; (vii) in connection with the sale of Warrants, any required warrant agreement or agreement relating to the Warrants (a “Warrant Agreement”) will have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by all applicable parties and will be enforceable in all respects in accordance with its terms; (viii) in connection with the issuance of Subscription Rights, any required subscription rights agreement or agreement relating to the Subscription Rights (a “Subscription Rights Agreement”) will have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by all applicable parties and will be enforceable in all respects in accordance with its terms; (ix) in connection with the sale of Units, any required unit agreement or agreement relating to the Units (a “Unit Agreement”, and, together with the Warrant Agreement and the Subscription Rights Agreement, the “Agreements”) will have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by all applicable parties and will be enforceable in all respects in accordance with its terms; (x) each of the ADSs, Deposit Agreement, Securities and applicable Agreements governing such Securities will be governed by the internal laws of the State of New York; (xi) the execution and delivery of, and the performance of its obligations under, each Agreement by each party thereto will not (A) contravene such party’s articles or certificate of association or incorporation, by-laws or similar organizational documents, (B) contravene any laws or governmental rules or regulations that may be applicable to such party or its assets, (C) contravene any judicial or administrative judgment, injunction, order or decree that is binding upon such party or its assets, or (D) breach or result in a default under any contract, indenture, lease, or other agreement or instrument applicable to or binding upon such party or its assets; (xii) all consents, approvals, licenses, authorizations, orders of, and all filings or registrations with, any governmental or regulatory authority or agency required under the laws of any jurisdiction for the execution and delivery of, and the performance of its obligations under, each Agreement by each party thereto will be obtained or made and in full force and effect; (xiii) there are no agreements or other arrangements that modify, supersede, novate, terminate or otherwise alter any of the terms of any Agreement; and (xiv) any securities issuable upon conversion, exchange, redemption or exercise of any ADSs or Securities being offered will be duly and validly authorized, created and, if appropriate, reserved for issuance upon such conversion, exchange, redemption or exercise.

 

Based on the foregoing, and subject to the limitations and qualifications set forth herein, we are of the opinion that:

 

1. When the ADSs are issued in accordance with the Deposit Agreement against the deposit of duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable Ordinary Shares, such ADSs will be duly and validly issued under the Deposit Agreement and will entitle the holders thereof to the rights specified therein.

 

2. With respect to the Securities, when (i) the Board of Directors of the Company or a duly authorized committee thereof (the “Board”) has taken all necessary corporate action to approve the creation of and the issuance and terms of the applicable Security, the terms of the offering thereof and related matters; (ii) the applicable Agreements and Securities have been duly prepared, authorized and validly executed and delivered by the Company and the other parties thereto (if any) in compliance with all applicable laws; and (iii) the applicable Securities or certificates representing the applicable Securities have been duly registered and delivered in accordance with the appropriate Agreements and the applicable definitive purchase, underwriting or similar agreement approved by the Board and upon payment of the consideration therefor provided for therein, all in accordance with the Registration Statement and any prospectus supplement, the Securities will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company.           

The opinions set forth above are subject to the following qualifications, limitations and exceptions:

 

(a) The opinions are subject to (i) the effect of any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, rearrangement, liquidation, conservatorship or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect relating to or affecting the rights of creditors generally; (ii) provisions of applicable law pertaining to the voidability of preferential or fraudulent transfers and conveyances; and (iii) the fact that the remedy of specific performance and injunctive and other forms of equitable relief may be subject to equitable defenses and to the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought.

 

(b) The opinions are subject to the effect of (i) general principles of equity, including (without limitation) concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing, general matters of public policy and other similar doctrines generally affecting the enforceability of agreements (regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law); (ii) obligations of good faith and fair dealing under New York law; (iii) provisions purporting to make a guarantor primarily liable rather than as a surety; and (iv) other commonly-recognized statutory and judicial constraints on enforceability, including statutes of limitation, limitations on rights to indemnification that contravene law or public policy and the effectiveness of waivers of rights or benefits that cannot be effectively waived under applicable law.

 

(c) In rendering the opinions set forth above, we have assumed that, at the time of the sale of the ADSs and/or Securities, as applicable, (i) the resolutions of the Board or similar governing body, as reflected in the minutes and proceedings of the Company, will not have been modified or rescinded; and (ii) there will not have occurred any change in the laws affecting the authorization, execution, delivery, issuance, sale, ranking, validity or enforceability of the ADSs and/or Securities, as applicable.

 

The opinions expressed herein are limited to the federal laws of the United States of America, and, to the extent relevant to the opinions expressed herein, the laws of the State of New York, in each case as in effect on the date hereof (all of the foregoing being referred to as the “Opined on Law”).  We do not express any opinion with respect to any other laws, or the laws of any other jurisdiction (including, without limitation, any laws of any other jurisdiction which might be referenced by the choice-of-law rules of the Opined on Law), other than the Opined on Law, or as to the effect of any such other laws on the opinions herein stated. Various issues concerning the laws of the State of Israel are addressed in the opinion of Goldfarb Gross Seligman & Co. filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. We express no opinion with respect to those matters herein, and to the extent elements of those opinions are necessary to the conclusions expressed herein, we have, with the Company’s consent, assumed such matters.

 

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as Exhibit 5.2 to the Registration Statement and to the reference to our firm contained therein under the heading “Legal Matters.”  In giving this consent, we do not hereby admit we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.

 

Very truly yours,   /s/ Haynes and Boone, LLP   Haynes and Boone, LLP

Haynes and Boone, LLP

30 Rockefeller Plaza | 26th Floor | New York, NY 10112 T: 212.659.7300 | haynesboone.com

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Calculation of Filing Fee Tables

Form F-3

(Form Type)

RedHill Biopharma Ltd.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Table 1: Newly Registered Securities and Carry Forward Securities

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