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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 20, 2014

Registration No. 333-            


UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549



Form F-1
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933



Wix.com Ltd.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)



State of Israel
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
  7370
(Primary Standard Industrial
Classification Code Number)
  98-0685109
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

Eitan Israeli, Adv.
Vice President and General Counsel
Wix.com Ltd.
40 Namal Tel Aviv St.
Tel Aviv, 6350671 Israel
+972 (3) 545-4900

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of Registrant's principal executive offices)



Wix.com, Inc.
2601 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA 94110
(415) 643-6479

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)



Copies to:

Colin J. Diamond, Esq.
Joshua G. Kiernan, Esq.
White & Case LLP
1155 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10036
Tel: (212) 819-8200
Fax: (212) 354-8113

 

Tuvia Geffen, Adv.
Naschitz, Brandes & Co.,
Advocates
5 Tuval Street
Tel Aviv 6789717 Israel
Tel: +972 (3) 623-5000
Fax: +972 (3) 623-5005

 

Robert D. Sanchez, Esq.
Allison B. Spinner, Esq.
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati,
Professional Corporation
1700 K Street, NW, Fifth Floor
Washington, D.C. 20006
Tel: (202) 973-8800
Fax: (202) 973-8899

 

J. David Chertok, Adv.
David S. Glatt, Adv.
Meitar Liquornik Geva
Leshem Tal
16 Abba Hillel Silver Rd.
Ramat Gan, 5250608 Israel
Tel: +972 (3) 610-3100
Fax: +972 (3) 610-3111

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public:
As soon as practicable after effectiveness of this registration statement.

If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, check the following box.    o

If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.    o

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.    o

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.    o



CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

       
 
Title of Each Class of Securities
to be Registered

  Proposed Maximum
Aggregate Offering
Price(1)

  Amount of
Registration Fee(2)

 

       

Ordinary shares, par value NIS 0.01

  $86,250,000   $11,109

 

       
(1)
Estimated solely for the purpose of computing the amount of the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(o) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

(2)
Calculated pursuant to Rule 457(o) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, based on the proposed maximum aggregate offering price.



          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 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.

   


The information in this prospectus is not complete and may be changed. Neither we nor the selling shareholders may sell these securities until the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. This prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities, and neither we nor the selling shareholders are soliciting an offer to buy these securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted.

Subject to completion, dated March 20, 2014

Preliminary Prospectus

            Shares

LOGO

Ordinary Shares

        We are selling                ordinary shares and the selling shareholders named in this prospectus are selling                ordinary shares. We will not receive any proceeds from the sale of the shares by the selling shareholders.

        Our ordinary shares are listed on the NASDAQ Global Market under the symbol "WIX." On March 19, 2014, the last reported sales price of our ordinary shares was $26.63 per share.

 
  Per Share   Total

Public offering price

  $               $            

Underwriting discounts and commissions(1)

  $               $            

Proceeds to us (before expenses)

  $               $            

Proceeds to the selling shareholders (before expenses)

  $               $            

(1)
See "Underwriting" for a description of compensation payable to the underwriters.

        We and the selling shareholders have granted the underwriters an option to purchase up to                        additional ordinary shares.

        We are an "emerging growth company" as defined under the federal securities laws and, as such, may elect to comply with certain reduced public company reporting requirements for future filings. Investing in our ordinary shares involves a high degree of risk. See "Risk Factors" beginning on page 12.

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

        The underwriters expect to deliver the ordinary shares to purchasers on or about                  , 2014.



J.P. Morgan   BofA Merrill Lynch

                        , 2014



TABLE OF CONTENTS

 
  Page  

Summary

    1  

Risk Factors

    12  

Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

    38  

Market Price of our Ordinary Shares

    40  

Use of Proceeds

    41  

Dividend Policy

    42  

Capitalization

    43  

Dilution

    44  

Selected Consolidated Financial and Other Data

    46  

Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

    50  

Business

    72  

Management

    93  

Principal and Selling Shareholders

    115  

Related Party Transactions

    118  

Description of Share Capital

    121  

Shares Eligible for Future Sale

    124  

Taxation and Government Programs

    129  

Underwriting

    140  

Expenses Related to this Offering

    147  

Legal Matters

    148  

Experts

    149  

Enforceability of Civil Liabilities

    150  

Where You Can Find Additional Information

    151  

Index to Consolidated Financial Statements

    F-1  



        Neither we, nor the selling shareholders, nor the underwriters have authorized anyone to provide information different from that contained in this prospectus, any amendment or supplement to this prospectus or in any free writing prospectus prepared by us or on our behalf. Neither we, nor the selling shareholders, nor the underwriters take any responsibility for, and can provide no assurance as to the reliability of, any information other than the information in this prospectus and any free writing prospectus prepared by us or on our behalf. Neither the delivery of this prospectus nor the sale of our ordinary shares means that information contained in this prospectus is correct after the date of this prospectus. This prospectus is not an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy these ordinary shares in any circumstances under which such offer or solicitation is unlawful.


 


SUMMARY

        This summary highlights selected information contained elsewhere in this prospectus. This summary does not contain all the information that you should consider before deciding to invest in our ordinary shares. You should read the entire prospectus carefully, including "Risk Factors" and our consolidated financial statements and notes to those consolidated financial statements, before making an investment decision. In this prospectus, the terms "Wix," "we," "us," "our" and "the company" refer to Wix.com Ltd. and its subsidiaries.

Our Vision

        We believe that the Internet should be accessible to everyone, not just to access information but also to develop, create and contribute.

        We see many similarities in our vision with the desktop revolution, when computer hardware and software evolved to provide everyone with the capability to develop, create and print professional-quality documents from their desktop. Access expanded to everyone, document creation became a core human skill, and the asset-heavy approach was abandoned. This same revolution has not yet happened online. Today, professional skill and capital is needed to turn ideas into high-quality web content. We believe that by providing an easy-to-use and affordable solution with professional-quality results, we are leading the "Webtop Revolution."

Our Business

        We are a leading global web development platform with one of the largest number of registered users in the world. We empower over 42 million registered users in 190 countries to create and manage a fully integrated and dynamic digital presence. We are pioneering a new approach to web development and management that provides an easy-to-use yet powerful cloud-based platform that eliminates the need for complex coding and supplants expensive design services. Our solutions enable millions of businesses, organizations, professionals and individuals to take their businesses, brands and workflow online. We offer our solutions through a freemium and subscription model, and as of December 31, 2013, we had 789,753 premium subscriptions.

        Our core product is a drag-and-drop visual development and editing environment complete with high quality templates, graphics, image galleries and fonts. With our platform, Wix users can create and manage a professional-quality digital presence tailored to their brands' specific look and feel, accessible across all major browsers and the most widely used desktop, tablet and mobile devices.

        Our cloud-based platform is accessed through a hosted environment, allowing our users to update their site and manage their business or organization at any time. We provide our users with flexibility and scalability, allowing them to expand their digital presence as their business, organizational, professional or individual needs change and grow.

        Through our highly curated App Market, which we launched in the last quarter of 2012, as of December 31, 2013, we offered our users the ability to easily install more than 156 free and purchasable apps that were carefully identified and selected for inclusion in the App Market by us based on user needs and demand. These apps add additional functionality and are easily integrated into users' websites with one click and without any coding. Revenues from our App Market have been negligible to date.

        Our scale and reach makes us an attractive partner for companies interested in distributing their own solutions to our users, which are primarily small business owners, organizations and entrepreneurs. As we expand our platform through partnerships, we are able to increase our value proposition for existing users and more easily attract new users.

 

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        By developing business intelligence using the data we have generated over several years of operation, we have been able to leverage online channels effectively for the majority of our marketing efforts without the need for a direct sales force. In addition, many of our users refer us within their personal and professional networks. As a result, we generate a large volume of traffic through word-of-mouth, with organic and direct traffic, meaning visitor traffic that reached our website, Wix.com, via unpaid search results or by typing the URL of our website in their browser, accounting for approximately 58% of the premium subscriptions generated by users that registered in the fourth quarter of 2013.

        We are removing not only technological, but also geographic and linguistic barriers to web development by offering our platform in several languages, including English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and Russian.

        Through December 31, 2013, we had achieved 16 consecutive quarters of sequential growth in the number of premium subscriptions. We have also achieved 16 consecutive quarters of growth in revenues and collections. We had revenues of $24.6 million, $43.7 million and $80.5 million and collections of $29.6 million, $52.5 million and $98.7 million in 2011, 2012 and 2013, respectively. We had a net loss of $22.7 million, $15.0 million and $28.7 million in 2011, 2012 and 2013, respectively.

Industry Background

Increasing need for a dynamic digital presence

        According to an October 2013 Netcraft survey, there are more than 767 million websites across all domains, nearly four times the number that existed five years ago. The way that consumers interact with websites, however, continues to expand with the evolution of technology. Consumers have come to expect a high level of personalization, engagement and functionality; a static website is no longer satisfactory and can even negatively affect overall brand perception for businesses, organizations and professionals.

        In the current market, businesses, organizations and professionals need a dynamic digital presence with tools to manage interactions with customers, suppliers, partners and employees online and in real time. These interactions include back-end activities like invoicing, customer relationship management and payment processing, as well as front-end activities such as communications, online marketing, reservations and scheduling and social media integration.

        Use of dynamic web content and services for high level customer engagement is becoming increasingly prolific. Businesses, organizations and professionals that have access to the latest technology and large budgets are able to create this fully functional, integrated and engaging digital presence and widen the competitive gap between themselves and those that lack access.

Creating a dynamic digital presence is challenging

        Building this presence is becoming more challenging for businesses, organizations, professionals and individuals for the following reasons:

 

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Our Solution

        We offer our web development, design and management solutions and apps through a cloud-based online platform that enables almost 42 million businesses, organizations, professionals and individuals to create a sophisticated and professional digital presence. Our large user base provides our partners with a massive distribution channel for their products, enhancing the value we can provide our users.

Benefits to Our Users

        We believe that our solution offers the following key benefits to our users:

 

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Benefits to Our Partners

        We believe that our solution offers the following key benefits to our partners:

Our Strengths

        We believe the following key strengths provide us with competitive advantages:

Our Strategy

        Key elements of our strategy include:

 

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Risk Factors

        Investing in our ordinary shares involves risks. You should carefully consider the risks described in "Risk Factors" beginning on page 12 before making a decision to invest in our ordinary shares. If any of these risks actually occurs, our business, financial condition or results of operations would likely be materially adversely affected. In such case, the trading price of our ordinary shares would likely decline, and you may lose all or part of your investment. The following is a summary of some of the principal risks we face:

 

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Recent Developments

        In February 2014, we acquired all of the share capital of Appixia Ltd. ("Appixia"), an Israeli company, for approximately $1.3 million in cash. Appixia is currently developing a platform for building eCommerce apps for the Israeli market. The acquisition is a component of our plan to continue strengthening our technological advantage and the breadth of our product offerings.

Our Principal Shareholders

        Following the closing of this offering, entities affiliated with Mangrove Capital Partners, Bessemer Venture Partners, Benchmark Capital Partners and Insight Venture Partners will beneficially own            % of our outstanding ordinary shares in the aggregate (or            % if the underwriters exercise in full their option to purchase additional shares). We are not a party to and are not otherwise aware of any voting agreement among our shareholders. For further information about the ownership of our ordinary shares following this offering, see "Principal and Selling Shareholders."

Corporate Information

        Our principal executive offices are located at 40 Namal Tel Aviv St., Tel Aviv 6350671, Israel, and our telephone number is +972 (3) 545-4900. Our website address is www.wix.com. Information contained on, or that can be accessed through, our website does not constitute a part of this prospectus and is not incorporated by reference herein. We have included our website address in this prospectus solely for informational purposes. Our agent for service of process in the United States is Wix.com, Inc., located at 2601 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94110, telephone number (415) 643-6479.

        Throughout this prospectus, we refer to various trademarks, service marks and trade names that we use in our business. The "Wix.com" design logo is the property of Wix.com Ltd. Wix® is our registered trademark in the United States. We have several other trademarks, service marks and pending applications relating to our solutions. Other trademarks and service marks appearing in this prospectus are the property of their respective holders.

 

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THE OFFERING

Ordinary shares offered:

   

by us

 

                    ordinary shares

by the selling shareholders

 

                    ordinary shares

Ordinary shares to be outstanding after this offering

 

                    ordinary shares

Underwriters' option

 

We and the selling shareholders have granted the underwriters an option for a period of 30 days after the date of this prospectus to purchase up to            additional ordinary shares in the case of the company and            ordinary shares in the case of the selling shareholders.

Use of proceeds

 

The principal purposes of the offering are to obtain additional working capital, facilitate an orderly distribution of shares for the selling shareholders in the offering and increase our public float. We intend to use the net proceeds from this offering for general corporate purposes, including selling and marketing expenses aimed at growing our business through user acquisition activities and research and development expenses focused on product development. We may also use a portion of the net proceeds to make acquisitions or investments in complementary companies or technologies, although we do not have any agreement or understanding with respect to any such acquisition or investment at this time. We will not receive any of the proceeds from the sale of shares by the selling shareholders. See "Use of Proceeds."

Risk factors

 

See "Risk Factors" and other information included in this prospectus for a discussion of factors you should carefully consider before deciding to invest in our ordinary shares.

NASDAQ Global Market Symbol

 

WIX

        The number of ordinary shares to be outstanding after this offering is based on 37,493,217 ordinary shares outstanding as of December 31, 2013. The number of ordinary shares to be outstanding after this offering excludes (1) 12,135,358 ordinary shares reserved for issuance under our equity incentive plans as of December 31, 2013, of which there were (i) options outstanding to purchase 10,987,182 shares at a weighted average exercise price of $2.67 per share and (ii) outstanding restricted share units (or RSUs) with respect to 122,668 shares, and (2) warrants to purchase 29,298 ordinary shares with an exercise price of $6.83 per share. In addition, our 2013 Incentive Compensation Plan and our Employee Stock Purchase Plan are each subject to annual automatic increases in the amount of shares reserved for issuance occurring on January 1st of each year. On January 1, 2014, the number of ordinary shares reserved under our 2013 Incentive Compensation Plan increased by 1,874,660 and the number of ordinary shares reserved under our Employee Stock Purchase Plan increased by 374,932.

        Unless otherwise indicated, this prospectus assumes no exercise of the underwriters' option to purchase up to an additional                ordinary shares from us and the selling shareholders.

 

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SUMMARY CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL AND OTHER DATA

        The following tables set forth our summary consolidated financial and other data. You should read the following summary consolidated financial and other data in conjunction with "Selected Consolidated Financial and Other Data," "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" and our consolidated financial statements and related notes included elsewhere in this prospectus. Historical results are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected in the future. Our financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, or U.S. GAAP.

        The summary consolidated statements of operations data for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2013 and the consolidated balance sheet data as of December 31, 2013 are derived from our audited consolidated financial statements appearing elsewhere in this prospectus.

 
  Year Ended December 31,  
 
  2011   2012   2013  
 
  (in thousands except share and per share
data)

 

Consolidated Statements of Operations:

                   

Revenues

  $ 24,600   $ 43,676   $ 80,473  

Cost of revenues(1)

    5,290     9,233     15,257  
               

Gross profit

    19,310     34,443     65,216  
               

Operating expenses:

                   

Research and development(1)

    14,746     16,782     29,660  

Selling and marketing(1)

    21,586     29,057     53,776  

General and administrative(1)

    5,338     3,565     8,307  
               

Total operating expenses

    41,670     49,404     91,743  
               

Operating loss

    (22,360 )   (14,961 )   (26,527 )

Financial income (expenses), net

    (41 )   487     (603 )

Other expenses

    127     2     18  
               

Loss before taxes on income

    (22,528 )   (14,476 )   (27,148 )

Taxes on income

    212     496     1,572  
               

Net loss

  $ (22,740 ) $ (14,972 ) $ (28,720 )
               
               

Basic and diluted net loss per ordinary share(2)

  $ (8.31 ) $ (2.71 ) $ (3.33 )
               
               

Weighted average number of ordinary shares used in computing basic and diluted net loss per ordinary share(2)

    6,355,428     6,822,720     11,597,826  
               
               

 

 
  As of December 31, 2013  
 
  Actual   As Adjusted(3)  

Consolidated Balance Sheet Data:

             

Cash and cash equivalents

  $ 101,258   $    

Restricted deposits

    3,306        

Total assets

    115,355        

Deferred revenues

    37,184        

Total shareholders' equity

    62,296        

 

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  Year Ended December 31,  
 
  2011   2012   2013  
 
  (dollars in thousands)
 

Supplemental Financial and Operating Data:

                   

Collections(4)

  $ 29,648   $ 52,479   $ 98,673  

Free cash flow(4)

  $ (12,353 ) $ (4,555 ) $ 1,173  

Adjusted EBITDA(4)

  $ (17,035 ) $ (13,070 ) $ (18,244 )

Number of registered users at period end(5)

    16,951,837     28,225,857     42,126,246  

Number of premium subscriptions at period end(6)

    298,143     469,589     789,753  

(1)
Includes share-based compensation expense as follows:

 
  Year Ended December 31,  
 
  2011   2012   2013  
 
  (in thousands)
 

Cost of revenues

  $ 40   $ 105   $ 490  

Research and development

    1,939     553     3,149  

Selling and marketing

    222     101     1,185  

General and administrative

    2,532     261     2,230  
               

Total share-based compensation expense

  $ 4,733   $ 1,020   $ 7,054  
               
               
(2)
Basic and diluted net loss per ordinary share is computed based on the weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding during each period. For additional information, see Notes 2p and 11 to our consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this prospectus.

(3)
As adjusted gives effect to the issuance and sale of ordinary shares by us in this offering at the public offering price set forth on the cover page of this prospectus after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us.

(4)
See "—Non-GAAP Financial Measures" for how we define and calculate collections, free cash flow and adjusted EBITDA, a reconciliation of these non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP measures, and a discussion about the limitations of these non-GAAP financial measures.

(5)
Number of registered users at period end is defined as the total number of users, including those who purchase premium subscriptions, who are registered with Wix.com with a unique email address at the end of the period. The length of time that users take following registration to design and publish a website varies significantly from hours to years, and many users never publish a website. We have no means of assessing the level of engagement of a particular user following registration or how close a user is to potentially publishing their website. Accordingly, our use of the term "user" herein is not intended to necessarily indicate a level of engagement. See "Risk Factors—Risks Related Our Business and Our Industry—The number of our registered users may be higher than the number of actual users and we have no means of assessing the level of engagement of a particular user following registration.

(6)
A single user can purchase multiple premium subscriptions. Our premium subscriptions in any given period are derived from users that registered with us during that period and a range of prior periods with the largest contribution from most recently registered users. See "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Overview—Premium Subscription Analysis."

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

Collections

        Collections is a non-GAAP financial measure that we define as total cash collected by us from our customers in a given period. Collections is calculated by adding the change in deferred revenues for a particular period to revenues for the same period. Collections consists primarily of amounts from annual and monthly premium subscriptions by users, which are deferred and recognized as revenues over the terms of the subscriptions and payments by our users for domains, which are also recognized

 

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ratably over the term of the service period. The following table reconciles revenues, the most directly comparable U.S. GAAP measure, to collections for the periods presented:

 
  Year Ended December 31,  
 
  2011   2012   2013  
 
  (in thousands)
 

Reconciliation of Revenues to Collections:

                   

Revenues

  $ 24,600   $ 43,676   $ 80,473  

Change in long-term and short-term deferred revenues

    5,048     8,803     18,200  
               

Collections

  $ 29,648   $ 52,479   $ 98,673  
               
               

        For a description of how we use collections to evaluate our business, see "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Key Financial and Operating Metrics." We believe that this non-GAAP financial measure is useful in evaluating our business because it is a leading indicator of our revenue growth and the growth of our overall business. Nevertheless, this information should be considered as supplemental in nature and is not meant as a substitute for revenues recognized in accordance with U.S. GAAP.

Free Cash Flow

        Free cash flow is a non-GAAP measure defined as cash flow from operating activities minus capital expenditures. The following table reconciles cash flow from operating activities, the most directly comparable U.S. GAAP measure, to free cash flow:

 
  Year Ended December 31,  
 
  2011   2012   2013  
 
  (in thousands)
 

Reconciliation of cash flow provided by (used in) operating activities to free cash flow:

                   

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

  $ (10,599 ) $ (3,608 ) $ 4,243  

Capital expenditures(1)

    (1,754 )   (947 )   (3,070 )
               

Free cash flow

  $ (12,353 ) $ (4,555 ) $ 1,173  
               
               

(1)
Capital expenditures consist primarily of investments in leasehold improvements for our office space and the purchase of computers and related equipment.

        For a description of how we use free cash flow to evaluate our business, see "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Key Financial and Operating Metrics." We believe that this non-GAAP financial measure is useful in evaluating our business because free cash flow reflects the cash surplus available or used to fund the expansion of our business after payment of capital expenditures relating to the necessary components of ongoing operations. Nevertheless, this information should be considered as supplemental in nature and is not meant as a substitute for net cash flows from operating activities presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP.

Adjusted EBITDA

        Adjusted EBITDA is a non-GAAP financial measure that we define as net loss before financial expenses (income), net, other expenses, taxes on income, depreciation and share-based compensation

 

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expense. The following table reconciles net loss, the most directly comparable U.S. GAAP measure, to adjusted EBITDA for the periods presented:

 
  Year Ended December 31,  
 
  2011   2012   2013  
 
  (in thousands)
 

Adjusted EBITDA

                   

Net loss

  $ (22,740 ) $ (14,972 ) $ (28,720 )

Financial expenses (income), net

    41     (487 )   603  

Other expenses

    127     2     18  

Taxes on income

    212     496     1,572  

Depreciation

    592     871     1,229  

Share-based compensation expense

    4,733     1,020     7,054  
               

Total adjustments

    5,705     1,902     10,476  
               

Adjusted EBITDA

  $ (17,035 ) $ (13,070 ) $ (18,244 )
               
               

        For a description of how we use adjusted EBITDA to evaluate our business, see "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Key Financial and Operating Metrics." We believe that this non-GAAP financial measure is useful in evaluating our business because the exclusion of certain expenses in calculating adjusted EBITDA can provide a useful measure for period-to-period comparisons of our core business. Nevertheless, this information should be considered as supplemental in nature and is not meant as a substitute for net loss recognized in accordance with U.S. GAAP.

        Other companies, including companies in our industry, may calculate collections, free cash flow or adjusted EBITDA differently or not at all, which reduces their usefulness as a comparative measure. You should consider collections, free cash flow and adjusted EBITDA along with other financial performance measures, including revenues, net cash used in operating activities, and our financial results presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP.

 

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RISK FACTORS

        This offering and an investment in our ordinary shares involve a high degree of risk. You should consider carefully the risks described below and all other information contained in this prospectus, before you decide to buy our ordinary shares. If any of the following risks actually occurs, our business, financial condition and results of operations could be materially and adversely affected. In that event, the trading price of our ordinary shares would likely decline and you might lose all or part of your investment.

Risks Related to Our Business and Our Industry

Our results of operations and future prospects will be harmed if we are unable to attract new registered users and premium subscriptions at a sufficient rate.

        The number of new registered users we attract is a key factor in growing our premium subscription base, which in turn drives our revenues and collections. To date, we have grown the number of registered users and premium subscriptions through the provision of complimentary user-friendly, drag-and-drop web development, design and management software, which can be upgraded to a subscription-based package with various additional solutions and services. Over half of our new premium subscriptions in any given month are generated by users who registered in earlier months. We therefore attribute considerable importance to continued growth of our user base since they are our primary source of premium subscriptions. Although we do not expect to maintain the same period-over-period user and premium subscription growth rate that we have experienced in recent quarters, we do seek to add a larger absolute number of registered users and premium subscriptions each quarter in the immediate future. A number of factors could impact our ability to attract new registered users and premium subscriptions, including:

Our results of operations would be adversely affected if our selling and marketing activities fail to generate traffic to our website, users and premium subscriptions at the levels that we anticipate.

        We acquire many of our users through paid marketing channels, such as cost-per-click advertisements on search engines and social networking sites and targeted and generic banner advertisements on other sites. A portion of the users acquired through these channels purchase premium subscriptions over time. In order to maintain our current revenues and grow our business, we need to continuously optimize marketing campaigns aimed at acquiring new registered users and premium subscriptions. In the years ended December 31, 2011, 2012 and 2013, selling and marketing expenses were $21.6 million, $29.1 million and $53.8 million, respectively, representing 88%, 67% and 67% of our revenues, respectively. We conduct search engine optimization and A/B testing, a marketing approach which aims to identify which changes to our website will increase or maximize user interest and user acquisition. We also rely upon the assumption that historical user behavior can be extrapolated to predict future user behavior, and we structure our marketing activities in the manner that we believe is most likely to encourage the user behaviors that lead to desired future outcomes, such as purchasing premium subscriptions. However, we may fail to accurately predict user acquisition, interest, or to fully understand or estimate the conditions and behaviors that drove historical user behavior and thus, fail to generate the return on marketing we expected. For example, events outside

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our control, such as announcements by our competitors or other third-parties of significant business developments, have in the past adversely affected the returns we had anticipated on our marketing expenses in the short-term. In addition, we have recently started to direct a portion of our marketing expenses towards more traditional advertising, including radio and television commercials, the effectiveness of which is more difficult to track than online marketing. If any of our marketing campaigns prove less successful than anticipated in attracting users and premium subscriptions, we may not achieve our return-on-investment targets, and our rate of user and premium subscription acquisition may fail to meet market expectations, which could have a material adverse effect on our share price.

Our limited operating history in a new and developing market makes it difficult to evaluate our current business and future prospects, and may increase the risk that we will not be successful.

        We were founded in 2006 and the majority of our revenue growth has occurred since 2011. This short history makes it difficult to assess effectively our future prospects. We also operate in a new and developing market that may not develop as expected. We believe that the growth in our user base and revenues may indicate that our business strategy is successful, but you should consider our future prospects in light of the challenges and uncertainties that we face, including the fact that our business has grown rapidly and it may not be possible to discern fully the trends that we are subject to, that we operate in a new and developing market, and that elements of our business strategy are new and subject to ongoing development.

We have a history of operating losses and may not be able to achieve profitability in the future.

        We have incurred net losses in each fiscal year since our inception and, as of December 31, 2013, we had an accumulated deficit of $88.5 million. We expect that our operating expenses will continue to increase in the near term at a rate that will offset all or substantially all of any future growth in revenues. We believe that this increase in operating expenses will result primarily from increased selling and marketing expenses related to user acquisition activities and increased research and development expenses related to enhancing the functionality of our solutions. We seek to leverage these expenses across a growing base of premium subscriptions while maintaining or increasing the amount of revenues per premium subscription in order to achieve profitability. As a result, if we are unable to grow our premium subscriptions at the required rate or to maintain or increase revenues per user, or if we incur unexpected expenses, we may be unable to achieve or sustain profitable operations.

A decrease in annual subscriptions or renewal rates of our existing premium subscriptions could adversely impact our collections and revenues, and harm our ability to forecast our business.

        The rate at which annual premium subscriptions are purchased and the rate at which premium subscriptions are renewed significantly impact the overall number of premium subscriptions and, as a result, our collections and our revenues. Our annual subscription renewal rates have historically increased based on the length of time a subscription has been active. One of the key drivers of renewal rates is whether premium subscriptions are annual or monthly. Annual subscriptions have higher renewal rates than monthly subscriptions since there is one-twelfth as many opportunities in a given annual period to fail to renew a subscription than a monthly subscription whether deliberately or through failure to update credit card information upon expiration. As such, our overall renewal rates may drop if there is a decrease in the number of premium annual subscriptions compared to premium monthly subscriptions, and will affect our ability to forecast our future results of operations. If the number of annual premium subscriptions or renewal rates fail to meet our expectations, our profitability and future prospects may be adversely impacted.

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If we are unable to maintain and enhance our brand, or if events occur that damage our reputation and brand, our ability to expand our base of users and premium subscriptions may be impaired, and our business and financial results may be harmed.

        Maintaining, promoting and enhancing the Wix brand is critical to expanding our base of users and premium subscriptions. For both users and premium subscriptions, we market our solutions and services primarily through cost-per-click advertisements on search engines and social networking sites, participation in social networking sites, and free and paid banner advertisements on other websites, and small Wix advertisements on our users' websites that do not currently have a premium subscription. Our ability to attract additional users depends in part on increasing our brand recognition. In addition, our solutions and services are also marketed through free traffic sources, including customer referrals, word-of-mouth and direct searches for our "Wix" name, or web presence solutions, in search engines. Maintaining and enhancing our brand will depend largely on our ability to continue to provide high-quality, well-designed, useful, reliable, and innovative solutions and services, which we may not do successfully. We may introduce new solutions or terms of service that users do not like, which may negatively affect our brand. Additionally, if users have a negative experience using third-party applications and websites integrated with Wix, such an experience may affect our brand. Our Wix Arena Marketplace enables independent web designers to offer their services to users who engage them directly. As we conduct only a limited evaluation of these designers' credentials, our reputation may be harmed if any of the services provided by these independent designers do not meet users' quality expectations. Maintaining and enhancing our brand may require us to make substantial investments and these investments may not be successful. Additionally, errors, defects, disruptions or other performance problems with our products and platform, including the products and solutions we license from third parties, may reduce our revenue, harm our reputation and brand and adversely affect our ability to attract new users and premium subscriptions, especially if these errors occur when we introduce new services or features. If we fail to successfully promote and maintain the Wix brand or if we incur excessive expenses in this effort, we could be subject to claims regarding our business and financial results may be adversely affected.

Our results of operations and business could be harmed if we fail to manage the growth of our infrastructure effectively.

        We have experienced rapid growth in our business and operations, which places substantial demands on our operational infrastructure. The scalability and flexibility of our cloud-based infrastructure depends on the functionality of our third-party servers and their ability to handle increased traffic and demand for bandwidth. The significant growth in the number of users and transactions has increased the amount of both our stored marketing and research data and the data of our users. Any loss of such data due to disruptions in our infrastructure could result in harm to our brand or reputation. Moreover, as our user base grows, and as users use our platform for more complicated tasks, we will need to devote additional resources to improving our infrastructure and continuing to enhance its scalability in order to maintain the performance of our platform and solutions. Our need to effectively manage our operations and growth will also require that we continue to assess and improve our operational, financial and management controls, reporting systems and procedures. We may encounter difficulties obtaining the necessary personnel or expertise to improve those controls, systems and procedures on a timely basis relative to our growth. If we do not manage the growth of our business and operations effectively, the quality of our platform and efficiency of our operations could suffer, which could harm our results of operations and business.

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Failures or loss of the third-party hardware, software and infrastructure on which we rely, including third-party data center hosting facilities, could adversely affect our business.

        We rely on leased servers, cloud service providers and other third-party hardware and infrastructure to support our operations. Our primary data centers are in two geographically separate locations in the United States with a back-up data center in Europe. We lease our primary data centers in the United States from Hostway Services, Inc. pursuant to purchase orders issued under an agreement that automatically renews on an annual basis unless terminated by us by notice at least 60 days before the annual renewal date or by either party at any time with 180 days advance notice. We currently sublease cloud storage from Amazon.com, Inc. and Google Inc. If Hostway ceases to make its data centers available to us without sufficient advance notice or if we are unable to utilize cloud services from Amazon and Google, we would likely experience delays in delivering our solutions until migration to an alternate data center provider is completed.

        The owners and operators of these data centers and cloud services do not guarantee that our users' access to our platform will be uninterrupted or error-free. We do not control the operation of these facilities and such facilities could be subject to break-ins, computer viruses, sabotage, intentional acts of vandalism and other misconduct. Additionally, cloud services could be subject to breaches of cyber security. We and our hosting providers have in the past been subject to cyber-attacks, which have caused interruptions in our service. For example, in February 2014, we were the target of a malicious denial-of-service, or DDoS, attack, a technique used by hackers to take an internet service offline by overloading its servers. While we have robust systems in place to counter such attacks, the scale of this particular attack caused us and some of our user websites to experience significant but intermittent downtime. While throughout this attack, we were able to guarantee that the vast majority of websites remained live and unaffected and all of our users' personal data, including billing information, were secure, we cannot guarantee that future attacks may not have more dire consequences. Further, our servers and data centers are vulnerable to damage or interruption from fires, natural disasters, terrorist attacks, power loss, telecommunications failures or similar catastrophic events. Moreover, if for any reason our arrangement with one or more of the providers of the servers that we use is terminated, we could incur additional expenses in arranging for new facilities and support. Disruptions to these servers could interrupt our ability to provide our platform and solutions and materially and adversely affect our business and results of operations.

We rely on search engines and social networking sites to attract a meaningful portion of our users, and if those search engines or social networking sites change their listings or policies regarding advertising, or increase their pricing or suffer problems, it may limit our ability to attract new users.

        We rely on search engines and social networking sites to attract new users, and many of our users locate our website and solutions by clicking through on search results displayed by search engines such as Google and Yahoo!, and advertisements on social networking sites such as Facebook. Search engines typically provide two types of search results, natural (i.e., non-paid) and purchased listings. Natural search results are determined and organized solely by automated criteria set by the search engine and a ranking level cannot be purchased. Advertisers can also pay search engines to place listings more prominently in search results and websites in order to attract users to advertisers' websites. To some extent, we rely on natural searches in order to attract free traffic to our website. Search engines revise their algorithms from time to time in an attempt to optimize their search result listings. If search engines on which we rely for algorithmic listings modify their algorithms, our websites may appear less prominently or not at all in search results, which could result in fewer users clicking through to our website. For example, in one instance in the past, traffic was mistakenly directed to one of our homepages that was not in the language of the search performed and resulted in lower users and premium subscriptions for that period. Furthermore, competitors may in the future bid on our name from search services in an attempt to capture potential traffic. Preventing such actions and recapturing

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potential traffic could increase our expenses. Further, search engines or social networking sites may change their policies from time to time regarding pay-per-click or other means of advertising. If any change to these policies delays or prevents us from advertising these through channels, this could result in fewer users clicking through to our website.

We may face challenges expanding our premium subscription base and increasing revenues in emerging markets due to difficulties in these markets associated with payment collections as well as legal, economic, tax and political risks that are greater than more developed markets.

        Expanding our business into emerging markets is an important component of our growth strategy and presents challenges that are different than those associated with more developed international markets. In particular, regulations limiting the use of local credit cards could constrain our growth in certain countries. For example, regulations in certain countries do not permit recurring charges on credit cards. In the last quarter of 2011, we established a Brazilian subsidiary to process local credit cards in Brazil in compliance with Brazilian currency controls. It is often difficult to establish an effective local business model, and we may need to enter into agreements with third-parties to process credit cards on our behalf or modify our business plans or operations in order to establish a local presence in emerging countries, which may delay our entry into these markets or increase our costs. Additionally, in emerging markets we face the risk of more rapidly changing government policies and encountering sudden currency revaluations. It is possible that governments of one or more countries may censor or block access to the Internet due to political concerns or in response to certain incidents or significant events, thereby preventing people in these countries, including our users, from accessing our products. The growth of our business may be adversely affected if we are unable to expand our user base in emerging markets.

We face potential liability and expense for legal claims based on the content on our platform.

        Our platform allows users to create websites. At present, we do not require that our users post on their websites, or require their visitors to agree to, any terms of service, privacy policy, disclaimer or any other contractual documentation or policy. If our users do not post or require agreement to the appropriate documentation and policies on their websites, or should our users fail to take steps necessary to enjoy the benefits of certain statutory safe harbors, such as those set forth in Section 512 of the United States Copyright Act and Section 230 of the Communication Decency Act, then they may expose themselves to civil and criminal liability under applicable law, for example, where the visitors post information which is libelous, defamatory, in breach of regulation concerning unacceptable content or publications, or in breach of any third-party intellectual property rights or where our users or their suppliers fail to process personal data in accordance with applicable law. It is possible that we could also be subject to liability. In many jurisdictions, including the United States and countries in Europe, laws relating to the liability of providers of online services for activities of their users and other third parties are currently being tested by a number of claims, including actions based on defamation, invasion of privacy and other torts, unfair competition, copyright and trademark infringement, and other theories based on the nature and content of the materials searched, the ads posted, or the content provided by users. Any court ruling or other governmental action that imposes liability on providers of online services for the activities of their users and other third parties could harm our business. In such circumstances we may also be subject to liability under applicable law in a way which may not be fully mitigated by the user terms of service we require our users to agree to. Any liability attributed to us could adversely affect our brand, reputation, our ability to expand our user base and our financial position. Further, our indemnity from the users may also not be fully effective as a matter of practice if any user does not have sufficient assets, insurance or other means to back that indemnity. In addition, rising concern about the use of the Internet for illegal conduct, such as the unauthorized dissemination of national security information, money laundering or supporting terrorist activities may in the future produce legislation or other governmental action that could require changes to our

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products, solutions or services, restrict or impose additional costs upon the conduct of our business or cause users to abandon material aspects of our service. Any such adverse legal or regulatory developments could substantially harm our operating results and business.

Activities of users or the content of their websites could damage our reputation and brand, or harm our ability to expand our base of users and premium subscriptions, and our business and financial results.

        Our reputation and brand may be negatively affected by the actions of users that are deemed to be hostile, offensive or inappropriate to other users, or by users acting under false or inauthentic identities. This particularly applies to our users who do not have premium subscriptions and who therefore maintain the "Wix" logo on their websites. We do not monitor or review the appropriateness of the domain names our users register or the content of our users' websites, and we do not have control over the activities in which our users engage. While we have adopted policies regarding illegal or offensive use of our services by our users and retain authority to terminate domain name registrations and to take down websites that violate these policies, users could nonetheless engage in these activities. The safeguards we have in place may not be sufficient to avoid harm to our reputation and brand, especially if such hostile, offensive or inappropriate use was high profile, which could adversely affect our ability to expand our user base, and our business and financial results.

We are exposed to risks associated with credit card and debit card payment processing.

        We accept payments primarily through credit and debit card transactions and currently use an internal billing system, as well as third-party billing systems that are integrated into our website and provide a portal for users to submit credit or debit card information for processing. We are subject to a number of risks related to credit and debit card payments, including:

        Our internal billing system interfaces with a number of different of gateway providers that link to a number of different payment card processors based on the jurisdiction and other factors. In connection with this system, we have implemented data security standards, operating rules and certification requirements in accordance with Payment Card Industry, or PCI, Data Security Standards in connection with internal controls requirements under Israeli law and we have maintained PCI compliance level 1 certification since February 2013. There can be no assurance that our billing system data security standards, or those of our third-party billing service providers, will adequately comply with the billing standards of any future jurisdiction in which we seek to market our service offering and establish a local billing solution.

If third-party applications change such that we do not or cannot maintain the compatibility of our platform and solutions with these applications or if we fail to provide third-party applications that our users desire to add to their websites, demand for our solutions and platform could decline.

        The attractiveness of our platform depends, in part, on our ability to integrate third-party applications which our users desire into their websites. Third-party application providers may change the features of their applications and platforms or alter the terms governing use of their applications

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and platforms in an adverse manner. Further, third-party application providers may refuse to partner with us, or limit or restrict our access to their applications and platforms. Such changes could functionally limit or terminate our ability to use these third-party applications and platforms with our platform, which could negatively impact our offerings and harm our business. If we fail to integrate our platform with new third-party applications that our users need for their websites, or to adapt to the data transfer requirements of such third-party applications and platforms, we may not be able to offer the functionality that our users expect, which would negatively impact our offerings and, as a result, harm our business.

Our business and prospects would be harmed if changes to technologies used in our solutions or new versions or upgrades of operating systems and Internet browsers adversely impact the process by which users interface with our platform.

        The user interface for our platform is currently simple and straightforward, which we believe has helped us to expand our user base even among users with little technical expertise. In the future, Microsoft, the dominant operating system provider, or any other provider of Internet browsers, could introduce new features that would make it difficult to use our platform. In addition, Internet browsers for desktop or mobile devices could introduce new features, or change existing browser specifications such that they would be incompatible with our products and solutions, or prevent end users from accessing our users' sites. For example, operating systems or major Internet browsers such as Firefox, Internet Explorer or Safari, could become unstable or be incompatible with HTML5-based products and solutions. Any changes to technologies used in our solutions, including within operating systems or Internet browsers that make it difficult for users to access our platform or end-users to access our users' sites, may slow the growth of our user base, and adversely impact our business and prospects.

Our ability to enhance our products may be harmed if we are unable to attract and retain sufficient research and development personnel.

        In order to remain competitive, we must continue to develop new solutions, applications and enhancements to our existing platform. Our principal research and development activities are conducted from our headquarters in Tel Aviv, Israel, and we face significant competition for suitably skilled developers in this region. We also engage a small number of developers in Ukraine through a third-party service organization in order to benefit from the significant pool of talent that is more readily available in that market. Many larger companies expend considerably greater amounts on employee recruitment and may be able to offer more favorable compensation and incentive packages than us. If we cannot attract or retain sufficient skilled research and development employees, our business, prospects and results of operations could be adversely affected.

Our future prospects may be adversely affected if we are unable to generate revenues from sources other than our premium subscription packages.

        In addition to our editor, we provide all of our users with access to additional products and services that enhance their digital presence. For example, in the last quarter of 2012 we launched the Wix App Market, which is integrated into our platform. Through the App Market, we offer our users a range of software applications that can be integrated as add-ons to their free or premium websites. The App Market offers both applications that are developed by us and by third-party developers. We cannot offer any assurances that sales of applications or other value-added solutions and services we may offer in the future will be a significant part of our revenues. In addition, our selling efforts for these items may negatively impact our users' perception of us due to our email marketing to generate sales. If we do not succeed in selling these items, our future prospects may be adversely affected.

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We may face increased competition in a highly competitive market.

        While there are other providers who offer features similar to those features found in our solutions, we believe that we do not compete with traditional web development firms as we focus on not only web development but also technology, design and business work flow processes. Nevertheless, we do compete with aspects of the services provided by web-based website design platforms and software programs, as well as some of the service offerings of a number of smaller template-based web builder companies and designers, as well as those who offer domain registration services, particularly using a freemium business model similar to ours. In the future, we may experience increased competition from web design companies if they broaden their product and service offerings, or significantly lower their pricing. In addition, it is possible that other providers may in the future decide that offering a platform similar to our platform represents an attractive business opportunity. In particular, if a more established company were to target our market, we may face significant competition from a company that enjoys potential competitive advantages, such as greater name recognition, longer operating histories, substantially greater market share, larger existing user bases and substantially greater financial, technical and other resources. These companies may use these advantages to offer solutions and service similar to ours at a lower price, develop different solutions to compete with our current solutions and respond more quickly and effectively than we do to new or changing opportunities, technologies, standards or client requirements. Increased competition could result in us failing to attract users or obtain premium subscriptions at the same rate. It could also cause us to have higher acquisition costs or force us to lower our prices or take other steps that may materially and adversely impact our results of operations.

If we fail to develop and introduce new products and services and keep up with rapid changes in design and technology, our business may be materially and adversely affected.

        Our future success will depend on our ability to improve the look, function, performance and reliability of our solutions and services, including integrating Apps developed by third parties. The development of new and upgraded solutions and new service offerings involves a significant amount of time for our research and development team, as it can take our developers months to update, code and test new and upgraded solutions and integrate them into our platform. Further, our design team spends a significant amount of time and resources in order to incorporate various design elements, such as customized colors, fonts, content and other features into our new and upgraded solutions. The introduction of these new and upgraded design features, solutions and services also involves a significant amount of marketing spending. We must also manage our existing offerings, as we continually test, support, and market these solutions and applications. Our revenues and competitive position could be materially and adversely affected if we fail to improve our design features or technology, or if our solutions fail to achieve widespread acceptance.

Our corporate culture has contributed to our success, and if we cannot maintain this culture as we grow, we could lose the innovation, creativity, and teamwork fostered by our culture, and our business may be harmed.

        We believe that an important contributor to our success has been our corporate culture, which we believe fosters innovation, teamwork, passion for our users, and a focus on attractive designs and technologically advanced products. Other than our executive officers, as a result of our growth most of our employees have been with us for fewer than two years. As we continue to grow, we must effectively integrate, develop and motivate a growing number of new employees, including employees in international markets. As a result, we may find it difficult to maintain important aspects of our corporate culture, which could limit our ability to innovate and operate effectively. Any failure to preserve our culture could also negatively affect our ability to retain and recruit personnel, continue to perform at current levels or execute on our business strategy.

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If we fail to maintain a consistently high level of customer service, our brand, business and financial results may be harmed.

        We believe our focus on customer support is critical to retaining, expanding and further penetrating our user base. As a result, we have invested in the quality and training of our customer support and call center personnel. If we are unable to maintain a consistently high level of customer service, we may lose existing users and find it more difficult to attract new users. In addition, regardless of the performance of our customer support and call center, users of online services base their purchasing decisions on a number of factors, including price, design, integration abilities, functionality of services, reputation and ease of use. If we fail to maintain adequate customer support which improves the functionality of our solutions and their ease of use, our reputation, financial results and business prospects may be harmed.

Our business relies on the experience and expertise of our senior management.

        The success of our business is dependent to a large degree on the continued service of our executive officers. If we lose the services of any of our key personnel and fail to manage a smooth transition to new personnel, our business could suffer. We do not carry key person insurance on any of our executive officers or other key personnel. We have entered into employment and services agreements with our executive officers and key employees that contain non-compete covenants. Despite these agreements, we may not be able to retain these officers and employees. If we cannot enforce the non-compete covenants, we may be unable to prevent our competitors from benefiting from the expertise of our former employees, which could materially and adversely affect our business and results of operations.

Our revenues may not increase if we are unable to maintain market share for mobile sites and applications, or if our mobile products fail to achieve widespread acceptance, which may affect our business and future prospects.

        Consumers are increasingly accessing the Internet through devices other than personal computers, including mobile phones, smartphones and tablets. This trend has increased dramatically in the past few years and is projected to continue to increase. Acknowledging this trend, we launched our first free mobile offering in 2011, offering our users the ability to quickly and easily deploy an HTML5 mobile-optimized website and followed with a further enhanced mobile product in October 2013. The mobile device market is characterized by the frequent introduction of new products and solutions, short product life cycles, evolving industry standards, continuous improvement in performance characteristics and rapid adoption of technological and product advancements. We may incur additional costs in order to adapt our current functionalities to other operating systems and we may face technical challenges adapting our products to different versions of already supported operating systems, such as Android variants offered by different mobile phone manufacturers. If we are unable to offer continual improvements to our mobile solutions or adapt their functionalities to new and different operating systems, our mobile solutions may fail to achieve widespread acceptance by our users. Additionally, the providers of certain platforms, such as Apple, may limit or restrict access entirely to their platforms. Therefore, our revenues may not increase even if we continue to penetrate the mobile device market.

Exchange rate fluctuations may negatively affect our results of operations.

        Our results of operations and cash flows are affected by fluctuations due to changes in foreign currency exchange rates. In 2013, approximately 80% of our revenues were denominated in U.S. dollars and approximately 20% in other currencies, primarily in euros, British pounds and the Brazilian Real. Conversely, in 2013, approximately 65% of our cost of revenues and operating expenses were denominated in U.S. dollars and approximately 35% in New Israeli Shekels, or NIS. Our NIS-denominated expenses consist primarily of personnel and overhead costs. Since a significant

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portion of our expenses are denominated in NIS, any appreciation of the NIS relative to the U.S. dollar would adversely impact our net loss or net income (if any). We estimate that a 10% increase (decrease) in the value of the NIS against the U.S. dollar would have decreased (increased) our net loss by approximately $3.8 million in 2013. To protect against the increase in value of forecasted foreign currency cash flow resulting from expenses paid in NIS during the year, we have instituted a foreign currency cash flow hedging program. We hedge portions of the anticipated payroll of our Israeli employees, Israeli suppliers and anticipated rent expenses of our Israeli premises denominated in NIS for a period of one to twelve months with forward contracts and other derivative instruments. In addition, in 2013, we also hedged a portion of our revenue transactions denominated in euros and British pounds. We cannot provide any assurances that our hedging activities will be successful in protecting us from adverse impacts from currency exchange rate fluctuations. See "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosure About Market Risk—Foreign Currency Risk."

Because we recognize revenues from premium subscriptions over the term of an agreement, downturns or upturns in sales are not immediately reflected in full in our operating results.

        We recognize revenues over the term of our contracts. During 2013, approximately 59% of our premium subscription revenues were from annual subscriptions and approximately 41% were from monthly subscriptions. As a result, much of the revenue we report each quarter is the recognition of deferred revenue from premium subscriptions entered into during previous quarters. Consequently, a shortfall in demand for our solutions and services or a decline in new or renewed contracts in any one quarter may not significantly reduce our revenues for that quarter but could negatively affect our revenues in future quarters. Accordingly, the effect of significant downturns in new or renewed sales of our solutions and service offerings are not reflected in full in our results of operations until future periods.

The impact of worldwide economic conditions, including the resulting effect on spending by small to medium-sized businesses, may adversely affect our business, operating results and financial condition.

        Our performance is subject to worldwide economic conditions and their impact on levels of spending by small and medium-sized businesses, which may be disproportionately affected by economic downturns. To the extent that worldwide economic conditions materially deteriorate, our existing and potential premium subscriptions may no longer consider investment in our solutions and platform a necessity, or may elect to reduce budgets for maintaining a digital presence. Economic conditions may adversely impact levels of user spending, which could adversely impact the numbers of users visiting our website. User purchases of discretionary items generally decline during recessionary periods and other periods in which disposable income is adversely affected, which could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations.

Our business will suffer if the small business market for our solutions proves less lucrative than projected or if we fail to effectively acquire and service small business users.

        We market and develop solutions for small businesses and a majority of our premium subscriptions are from small businesses. Small businesses frequently have limited budgets and may choose to allocate resources to items other than our solutions, especially in times of economic uncertainty or recessions. We believe that the small business market is underserved, and we intend to continue to devote substantial resources to it. We aim to grow our revenues by adding new small business customers, selling additional services to existing small business customers and encouraging existing small business customers to renew their subscriptions to our premium solutions. If the small business market fails to be as lucrative as we project or we are unable to market and sell our services to small businesses effectively, our ability to grow our revenues quickly and become profitable will be harmed.

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We are subject to trade and economic sanctions and export laws that may govern or restrict our business and we, and our directors and officers, may be subject to fines or other penalties for non-compliance with those laws.

U.S. Laws and Regulations

        We are subject to U.S. laws and regulations that may govern or restrict our business and activities in certain countries and with certain persons, including the trade and economic sanctions regulations administered by the U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control, or OFAC, and the export administration regulations administered by the U.S. Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security, or BIS. In the course of an internal review in early 2013, we determined that we had 16 premium subscriptions, out of a total of approximately 583,000 premium subscriptions, with geographic internet protocols, or GEOIP, addresses in Cuba, Iran, North Korea, North Sudan or Syria ("U.S. Sanctioned Countries") or that had otherwise provided personal information indicating that they may be located in U.S. Sanctioned Countries. As part of a subsequent internal review, we also determined that we had 32,600 users, or less than 0.1% of our total user base of approximately 33 million as measured as of April 30, 2013, with GEOIP addresses in U.S. Sanctioned Countries.

        In May 2013, we made a voluntary self-disclosure to OFAC and BIS. We cannot predict when OFAC and BIS will complete their respective reviews and determinations as to whether any violation of relevant U.S. sanctions or export laws occurred or is ongoing. In case of an apparent violation, OFAC and/or BIS could decide not to impose penalties but issue only a warning or cautionary letter. However, if OFAC or BIS determines that we have violated applicable regulations, we may face civil and/or criminal penalties and may also suffer reputational harm, any of which could have a material adverse effect on our business and financial results.

        We have undertaken a number of remedial measures, including terminating the users and the premium subscriptions that may have been from a U.S. Sanctioned Country, and blocking the ability of new users—with or without a premium subscription—that have a GEOIP address in a U.S. Sanctioned Country to access our cloud-based software or services. We have also since instituted new periodic screening practices and updated our systems to prevent users from U.S. Sanctioned Countries entering billing information with an address in that location. We are working to implement other measures related to our billing practices.

Israeli Laws and Regulations

        The Israeli Trading with the Enemy Ordinance—1939 (the "Ordinance") prohibits any Israeli person from trading goods with enemy countries or with the residents of enemy countries. The Israeli Ministry of Finance, which is responsible for implementing the Ordinance, has currently determined enemy countries to be Iran, Lebanon and Syria ("Israeli Sanctioned Countries"). The Ordinance was enacted in 1939 and does not expressly address online services. We therefore cannot state with certainty how the provisions of the Ordinance apply to the type of services that we provide.

        We voluntarily approached the Israeli Ministry of Finance in September 2013 and asked for its formal position regarding the applicability of the Ordinance to the type of services that we provide. We do not know the extent to which the Ministry of Finance will want to have further discussions with us, the timing of those discussions or the ultimate outcome of their deliberations. Although the Ordinance allows Israeli persons to apply for a permit to trade with Israeli Sanctioned Countries or their residents, we are not aware of a permit being granted or denied in the past to a person providing the type of services that we provide.

        Lebanon is the only Israeli Sanctioned Country that is not also a U.S. Sanctioned Country. We have ceased providing services to users with a GEOIP address in a U.S. Sanctioned Country. The number of users and premium subscribers that we have in Lebanon is not material to our business.

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However, if we stop providing services in Lebanon, it may decrease the number of our current and future subscribers from other countries, particularly in the Middle East, who may cease using our services in protest to us blocking accounts in Israeli Sanctioned Countries.

        In addition, if it is determined by a competent court that sanctions under the Ordinance cover the type of services that we provide, we, our officers and employees may be subject to criminal and/or civil actions. We believe that our initiation of voluntary discussions with the Israeli Ministry of Finance may reduce such exposure, but any liability to which we are subject to could adversely affect our personnel, brand and reputation.

We are subject to privacy and data protection laws and regulations as well as contractual privacy and data protection obligations, and our failure to comply with these or any future laws, regulations, or obligations could subject us to sanctions and damages and could harm our reputation and business.

        We hold certain personal data of our users, primarily, username and email address, and may hold certain personal data of the visitors to our users' websites. We have implemented data security standards, operating rules and certification requirements in accordance with PCI Data Security Standards and we have maintained PCI compliance level 1 certification since February 2013. Since we began using our internal billing system in the first quarter of 2013, we have begun to also collect billing information, such as credit card numbers, full names, billing address and phone numbers in compliance with these data security standards. We do not regularly monitor or review the content that our users upload and store and, therefore, do not control the substance of the content within our hosted environment, including sensitive personal information.

        We are subject to the privacy and data protection laws and regulations adopted by Israel and potentially, other jurisdictions. For example, although we do not have an operating entity in the Netherlands, the control that we exert over our servers in the Netherlands may result in our activities in Europe being deemed to be subject to Dutch law. Where the local data protection and privacy laws of a jurisdiction apply, we may be required to register our operations in that jurisdiction or make changes to our business so that user data is only collected and processed in accordance with applicable local law. Privacy laws restrict our storage, use, processing, disclosure, transfer and protection of personal information, including credit card data, provided to us by our users, and possibly the visitors to our users' websites. We strive to comply with all applicable laws, regulations, policies and legal obligations, as well as with certain industry standards (including voluntary third-party certification bodies such as TRUSTe) relating to privacy and data protection. We are also subject to the privacy and data security-related obligations set forth in our terms of use with our users, and we may be liable to third parties in the event we are deemed to have wrongfully processed personal data.

        The regulatory framework for privacy and data security issues worldwide is currently in flux and is likely to remain so for the foreseeable future. In particular, the European Union has traditionally taken a broader view as to what is considered personal information and has imposed greater obligations under their privacy and data protection laws. For example, the European Union issued a proposal for a new General Data Protection Regulation at the beginning of 2012 which will replace the European Data Protection Directive and is likely to include more stringent obligations for online businesses, such as to conduct a data protection impact assessment for certain higher-risk processing operations, to introduce a more frequent need for the user's consent, to impose an obligation to act on data breaches, to restrict the collection and use of "sensitive" personal data and to expand the legislative requirements for data processors, as well as to introduce a stricter regime of enforcement. Additionally, the proposed regulation is stated to have extra-territorial effect and seeks to regulate the European activities of businesses regardless of their location or the locations of their servers. While it is currently expected that the proposed regulation will not take effect until 2015 or later, the more stringent requirements on privacy user notifications and data handling will require us to adapt our business and are likely to incur

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additional cost should we become subject to these and other laws and regulations, which could force us to incur material costs or require us to adapt our business.

        A failure by us or a third-party contractor providing services to us to comply with applicable privacy and data security laws, regulations, self-regulatory requirements or industry guidelines, or our terms of use with our users, may result in sanctions, statutory or contractual damages or litigation. These proceedings or violations could force us to spend money in defense or settlement of these proceedings, result in the imposition of monetary liability, incur additional management resource, increase our costs of doing business, and adversely affect our reputation and the demand for our solutions.

If the security of the confidential information or personal information of our users and the visitors to our users' websites stored in our systems is breached or otherwise subjected to unauthorized access, our reputation may be harmed and we may be exposed to liability.

        Due to the nature of our business, our system stores personally identifiable information, credit card information and other critical data for our users and the visitors of our users' websites. We believe that we take reasonable steps to protect the security, integrity and confidentiality of the information we collect and store, but there is no guarantee that inadvertent (e.g., software bugs or other technical malfunctions, employee error or malfeasance, or other factors) or unauthorized disclosure will not occur or that third parties will not gain unauthorized access to this information despite our efforts. Like many online companies, we have experienced attempts by third parties to circumvent the security of our systems but are not aware of any successful attempts. We may in the future experience successful attempts by third parties to obtain unauthorized access to our data despite our security measures. Since techniques used to obtain unauthorized access change frequently, we may be unable to anticipate these techniques or to implement adequate preventative measures. If our security measures are breached because of third-party action, employee error, malfeasance or otherwise, or if design flaws in our software are exposed and exploited, and, as a result, a third party obtains unauthorized access to any of our users' data, our relationships with our users may be damaged, and we could incur liability. In addition, some jurisdictions have enacted laws requiring companies to notify individuals of data security breaches involving certain types of personal data, and our agreements with certain partners require us to notify them in the event of a security incident. These mandatory disclosures regarding a security breach sometimes lead to negative publicity and may cause our users to lose confidence in the effectiveness of our data security measures. Any security breach, whether actual or perceived, may harm our reputation, and we could lose users or fail to acquire new users.

        If our security measures fail to protect credit card information adequately, we could be liable to both our users for their losses, as well as the vendors under our agreements with them such that we could be subject to fines and higher transaction fees, we could face regulatory action, and our users and vendors could end their relationships with us, any of which could harm our business, results of operations or financial condition. Any willful or accidental security breaches or other unauthorized access or unlawful processing could expose us to liability for the loss of such information, adverse regulatory action by governments in the United States, Israel, and elsewhere, investigation and litigation, downtime of our systems and other possible liabilities. There can be no assurance that the limitations of liability in our contracts would be enforceable or adequate or would otherwise protect us from any such liabilities or damages with respect to any particular claim. We also cannot assure you that our existing general liability insurance coverage and coverage for errors and omissions will continue to be available on acceptable terms or will be available in sufficient amounts to cover one or more large claims, or that the insurer will not deny coverage as to any future claim. The successful assertion of one or more large claims against us that exceeds available insurance coverage, or the occurrence of changes in our insurance policies, including premium increases or the imposition of large

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deductible or co-insurance requirements, could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

We are subject to the rules and regulations adopted by the payment card networks, such as Visa and MasterCard, and if we fail to adhere to their rules and regulations, we would be in breach of our contractual obligations to payment processors and merchant banks, which could subject us to damages and liability and could eventually prevent us from processing or accepting credit card payments.

        The payment card networks, such as Visa and MasterCard, have adopted rules and regulations that apply to all merchants who process and accept credit cards for payment of goods and services. We are obligated to comply with these rules and regulations as part of the contracts we enter into with payment processors and merchant banks. The rules and regulations adopted by the payment card networks include the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards, or PCI DSS. Under the PCI DSS, we are required to adopt and implement internal controls over the use, storage and security of payment card data to help prevent fraud. If we fail to comply with the rules and regulations adopted by the payment card networks, including the PCI DSS, we would be in breach of our contractual obligations to payment processors and merchant banks. Such failure to comply may subject us to fines, penalties, damages, higher transaction fees, and civil liability, and could eventually prevent us from processing or accepting debit and credit cards or could lead to a loss of payment processor partners. We also cannot guarantee that such compliance will prevent illegal or improper use of our payments systems or the theft, loss or misuse of the debit or credit card data of users or participants or regulatory or criminal investigations. A failure to adequately control fraudulent credit card transactions would result in significantly higher credit card-related costs and any increases in our credit card and debit card fees could adversely affect our results of operations. Moreover, any such illegal or improper payments could harm our reputation and may result in a loss of service for our users, which would adversely affect our business, operating results and financial condition.

We may be unable to obtain, maintain and protect our intellectual property rights and proprietary information or prevent third parties from making unauthorized use of our technology.

        Our intellectual property rights are important to our business. We rely on a combination of confidentiality clauses, trade secrets, copyrights and trademarks to protect our intellectual property and know-how. In addition, we have filed a number of applications for patents to protect our technologies. However, the steps we take to protect our intellectual property may be inadequate. We will not be able to protect our intellectual property if we are unable to enforce our rights or if we do not detect unauthorized use of our intellectual property. Despite our precautions, it may be possible for unauthorized third parties to copy our products and use information that we regard as proprietary to create solutions and services that compete with ours. Some license provisions protecting against unauthorized use, copying, transfer and disclosure of our solutions may be unenforceable under the laws of certain jurisdictions and foreign countries.

        We enter into confidentiality and invention assignment agreements with our employees and consultants and enter into confidentiality agreements with the parties with whom we have strategic relationships and business alliances. No assurance can be given that these agreements will be effective in controlling access to our proprietary information. Further, these agreements do not prevent our competitors from independently developing technologies that are substantially equivalent or superior to our solutions. Additionally, we may from time to time be subject to opposition or similar proceedings with respect to applications for registrations of our intellectual property, including but not limited to our trademarks and patent applications. While we aim to acquire adequate protection of our brand through trademark registrations in key markets, occasionally third parties may have already registered or otherwise acquired rights to identical or similar marks for solutions that also address the software market. Additionally, the process of seeking patent protection can be lengthy and expensive. Any of our

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pending or future patent or trademark applications, whether or not challenged, may not be issued with the scope of the claims we seek, if at all. We are unable to guarantee that additional patents or trademarks will issue from pending or future applications or that, if patents or trademarks issue, they will not be challenged, invalidated or circumvented, or that the rights granted under the patents will provide us with meaningful protection or any commercial advantage. We rely on our brand and trademarks to identify our solutions to our users and to differentiate our solutions from those of our competitors. If we are unable to adequately protect our trademarks, third parties may use our brand names or trademarks similar to ours in a manner that may cause confusion to our users or confusion in the market, or dilute our brand names or trademarks, which could decrease the value of our brand.

        From time to time, we may discover that third parties are infringing, misappropriating or otherwise violating our intellectual property rights. However, policing unauthorized use of our intellectual property and misappropriation of our technology is difficult and we may therefore not always be aware of such unauthorized use or misappropriation. Despite our efforts to protect our intellectual property rights, unauthorized third parties may attempt to use, copy or otherwise obtain and market or distribute our intellectual property rights or technology or otherwise develop solutions with the same or similar functionality as our solutions. If competitors infringe, misappropriate or otherwise misuse our intellectual property rights and we are not adequately protected, or if such competitors are able to develop solutions with the same or similar functionality as ours without infringing our intellectual property, our competitive position and results of operations could be harmed and our legal costs could increase.

We have in the past been subject to claims by third parties of intellectual property infringement and may in the future become subject to similar or other claims that, regardless of merit, could result in litigation and materially adversely affect our business, results of operations or financial condition.

        There can be no assurance that third parties will not assert that our solutions, services and intellectual property infringe, misappropriate or otherwise violate their intellectual property or other proprietary rights. Such claims may be made by competitors seeking to obtain a competitive advantage or by other parties. Additionally, in recent years, non-practicing entities, or NPEs, have begun purchasing intellectual property assets for the purpose of making claims of infringement and attempting to extract settlements from companies like ours. We recently entered into settlement agreements with two NPEs with respect to patent infringement claims.

        Any such claims, regardless of merit, that result in litigation, could result in substantial expenses, divert the attention of management, cause significant delays in introducing new solutions or services, materially disrupt the conduct of our business and have a material and adverse effect on our brand, reputation, business, financial condition and results of operations. As a consequence of such claims, we could be required to pay substantial damages, develop non-infringing technology, enter into royalty-bearing licensing agreements, stop selling or marketing some or all of our solutions or services or re-brand our solutions or services. If it appears necessary, we may seek to license intellectual property that we are alleged to infringe, potentially even if we believe such claims to be without merit. If required licenses cannot be obtained, or if existing licenses are not renewed, litigation could result. Litigation is inherently uncertain and any adverse decision could result in a loss of our proprietary rights, subject us to significant liabilities, require us to seek licenses for alternative technologies from third parties and otherwise negatively affect our business.

Our platform contains open source software, which may pose particular risks to our proprietary software and solutions.

        We use open source software in connection with our software development. From time to time, companies that use open source software have faced claims challenging the use of open source software and/or compliance with open source license terms, and we may be subject to such claims in the future.

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Some open source licenses require users who distribute software containing open source to make available all or part of such software, which in some circumstances could include valuable proprietary code of the user. While we monitor the use of open source software and try to ensure that none is used in a manner that would require us to disclose our proprietary source code or that would otherwise breach the terms of an open source agreement, it is our view that we do not distribute our software, since no installation of our software is necessary and editing and design platform is accessible solely through the "cloud." Nevertheless, this position could be challenged. Any requirement to disclose our proprietary source code or pay damages for breach of contract could be harmful to our business, results of operations or financial condition, and could help our competitors develop products and services that are similar to or better than ours.

The number of our registered users may be higher than the number of actual users, and we have no means of assessing the level of engagement of a particular user following registration.

        We use the definition "user" to mean the number of unique email addresses registered on Wix.com. The number of users as we define it may be higher than the actual number of users because some users have multiple registrations and others may have registered under different or fictitious names. In addition, we have no means of assessing the level of engagement of a particular user following registration. The length of time that users take following registration to design and publish a website varies significantly from hours to years. Some users may never publish a website, but have not cancelled their registration. Even if it were measurable, we do not consider the level of engagement of our registered users to be material to our business. Rather, we consider the rate at which users from a particular period generate premium subscriptions to be material to our business. For example, in the fourth quarter of 2013, 40% of our premium subscriptions were purchased by users that registered with us in the same quarter and the remaining 60% were from users who registered in earlier quarters. Nevertheless, if the number of our registered users is materially inconsistent with the number of our actual users, our user base, which we believe is important to the growth of our premium subscriptions, may be overstated. If that is the case, our business may not grow as fast as we expect, and our financial results and business prospects may be harmed.

We may become subject to claims for remuneration or royalties for assigned service invention rights by our contractors or employees, which could result in litigation and adversely affect our business.

        We enter into assignment of invention agreements with certain of our employees pursuant to which such individuals agree to assign to us all rights to any inventions created in the scope of their employment or engagement with us. Under the Israeli Patent Law, inventions conceived by an employee or a person deemed to be an employee during the scope of their employment with a company are regarded as "service inventions," which belong to the employer, absent a specific agreement between employee and employer giving the employee service invention rights. The Patent Law also provides that if there is no such agreement between an employer and an employee, the Israeli Compensation and Royalties Committee shall determine whether the employee or contractor is entitled to remuneration for their inventions. However, recent decisions by the Israeli Compensation and Royalties Committee and the Supreme Court have created uncertainty in this area, as the Supreme Court held that employees may be entitled to remuneration for their service inventions despite having specifically waived such rights. Further, the Committee has not yet determined the method for calculating this Committee-enforced remuneration. Although our contractors or employees have agreed to assign to us service invention rights, we may face claims challenging such agreements and demanding remuneration in consideration for assigned inventions. As a consequence of such claims, we could be required to pay additional remuneration or royalties to our contractors or employees, or be forced to litigate such claims, which could otherwise negatively affect our business.

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U.S. states may seek to impose state and local business taxes and sales/use taxes and current EU taxes on Internet sales may increase.

        There is a risk that U.S. states could assert that we or our non-U.S. subsidiaries are liable for U.S. state and local business activity taxes based upon income or gross receipts or for the collection of U.S. local sales/use taxes. This risk exists regardless of whether we and our non-U.S. subsidiaries are subject to U.S. federal income tax. States are becoming increasingly aggressive in asserting a nexus for business activity tax purposes and imposing sales/use taxes on products and services provided over the Internet. We and our non-U.S. subsidiaries could be subject to U.S. state and local taxation if a state tax authority asserts that our activities or the activities of our non-U.S. subsidiaries give rise to a nexus. We and our non-U.S. subsidiaries could also be liable for the collection of U.S. state and local sales/use taxes if a state tax authority asserts that distribution of our products over the Internet is subject to sales/use taxes. Additionally, pending legislation in the U.S. Congress, if enacted, could grant states additional authority to collect sales/use taxes on the sale of our premium subscriptions over the Internet. Further, if a state tax authority asserts that distribution of our products or services is subject to such sales/use taxes, our premium subscribers could also be subjected to sales/use taxes, which may decrease the likelihood that such users would purchase or continue to renew their premium subscriptions. Additionally, sales of our solutions subject to value-added tax, or VAT, at the applicable rate in each jurisdiction, which may increase and cause either our prices to increase or our revenues to decline. New obligations to collect or pay taxes of any kind could substantially increase our cost of doing business.

We may need to raise additional funds to pursue our growth strategy or continue our operations, and we may be unable to raise capital when needed or on acceptable terms.

        From time to time, in addition to this offering, we may seek additional equity or debt financing to fund our growth, develop new solutions and services or make acquisitions or other investments. Our business plans may change, general economic, financial or political conditions in our markets may change, or other circumstances may arise, that have a material adverse effect on our cash flow and the anticipated cash needs of our business. Any of these events or circumstances could result in significant additional funding needs, requiring us to raise additional capital. We cannot predict the timing or amount of any such capital requirements at this time. If financing is not available on satisfactory terms, or at all, we may be unable to expand our business or to develop new business at the rate desired and our results of operations may suffer.

We may make acquisitions and investments, which could result in operating difficulties and other harmful consequences.

        From time to time, we evaluate potential strategic acquisition or investment opportunities. Any transactions that we enter into could be material to our financial condition and results of operations. The process of integrating an acquired company, business or technology could create unforeseen operating difficulties and expenditures. Acquisitions and investments carry with them a number of risks, including the following:

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        Our failure to address these risks or other problems encountered in connection with acquisitions and investments could cause us to fail to realize the anticipated benefits of such acquisitions or investments, incur unanticipated liabilities and harm our business, results of operations and financial condition.

Risks Related to Our Ordinary Shares and the Offering

Our share price may be volatile, and you may lose all or part of your investment.

        Our ordinary shares were first offered publicly in our initial public offering, or IPO, in November 2013, at a price of $16.50 per share, and our ordinary shares have subsequently traded as high as $32.69 per share and as low as $16.19 per share through March 19, 2014. In addition, the market price of our ordinary shares could be highly volatile and may fluctuate substantially as a result of many factors, some of which are beyond our control, including, but not limited to:

        In addition, the stock markets have experienced extreme price and volume fluctuations. Broad market and industry factors may materially harm the market price of our ordinary shares, regardless of our operating performance. In the past, following periods of volatility in the market price of a company's securities, securities class action litigation has often been instituted against that company. If we were involved in any similar litigation we could incur substantial costs and our management's attention and resources could be diverted.

If securities or industry analysts cease to publish research or publish inaccurate or unfavorable research about our business, our share price and trading volume could decline.

        The trading price for our ordinary shares is affected by any research or reports that securities or industry analysts publish about us or our business. If one or more of the analysts who currently cover us or our business publish inaccurate or unfavorable research about us or our business, and in

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particular, if they downgrade their evaluations of our ordinary shares, the price of our ordinary shares would likely decline. If one or more of these analysts cease coverage of our company, we could lose visibility in the market for our ordinary shares, which in turn could cause our share price to decline.

A small number of significant beneficial owners of our shares acting together will have a controlling influence over matters requiring shareholder approval, which could delay or prevent a change of control.

        The largest beneficial owners of our shares, entities and individuals affiliated with Mangrove Capital Partners, Bessemer Venture Partners, Benchmark Capital Partners and Insight Venture Partners, as of February 28, 2014, beneficially owned in the aggregate 63.7% of our ordinary shares. As a result, these shareholders, acting together, could exercise a controlling influence over our operations and business strategy and will have sufficient voting power to control the outcome of matters requiring shareholder approval. These matters may include:

        This concentration of ownership of our ordinary shares could delay or prevent proxy contests, mergers, tender offers, open-market purchase programs or other purchases of our ordinary shares that might otherwise give you the opportunity to realize a premium over the then-prevailing market price of our ordinary shares. This concentration of ownership may also adversely affect our share price.

As a foreign private issuer whose shares are listed on the NASDAQ Stock Market, or NASDAQ, we may follow certain home country corporate governance practices instead of certain NASDAQ requirements.

        As a foreign private issuer whose shares are listed on the NASDAQ Global Market, we are permitted to follow certain home country corporate governance practices instead of certain requirements of the rules of NASDAQ. As permitted under the Israeli Companies Law, 5759-1999 (the "Companies Law"), our articles of association provide that the quorum for any meeting of shareholders shall be the presence of at least two shareholders present in person, by proxy or by a voting instrument, who hold at least 25% of the voting power of our shares instead of 331/3% of our issued share capital. We may in the future elect to follow home country practice in Israel with regard to matters such as the formation of compensation, nominating and corporate governance committees, separate executive sessions of independent directors and non-management directors and the requirement to obtain shareholder approval for certain dilutive events (such as for the establishment or amendment of certain equity-based compensation plans, issuances that will result in a change of control of the company, certain transactions other than a public offering involving issuances of a 20% or more interest in the company and certain acquisitions of the stock or assets of another company). Accordingly, our shareholders may not be afforded the same protection as provided under NASDAQ corporate governance rules. Following our home country governance practices as opposed to the requirements that would otherwise apply to a United States company listed on NASDAQ may provide less protection than is accorded to investors of domestic issuers. See "Management—Corporate Governance Practices."

As a foreign private issuer we are not subject to U.S. proxy rules and are exempt from filing certain Exchange Act reports.

        As a foreign private issuer, we are exempt from the rules and regulations under the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act, related to the furnishing and

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content of proxy statements, and our officers, directors, and principal shareholders are exempt from the reporting and short-swing profit recovery provisions contained in Section 16 of the Exchange Act. We are also exempt from Regulation FD, which prohibits issuers from making selective disclosures of material non-public information. In addition, we are not required under the Exchange Act to file annual, quarterly and current reports and financial statements with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, as frequently or as promptly as domestic companies whose securities are registered under the Exchange Act.

        However, we would lose our foreign private issuer status if a majority of our directors or executive officers are U.S. citizens or residents and we fail to meet additional requirements necessary to avoid loss of foreign private issuer status. Although we have elected to comply with certain U.S. regulatory provisions, our loss of foreign private issuer status would make such provisions mandatory. The regulatory and compliance costs to us under U.S. securities laws as a U.S. domestic issuer may be significantly higher. If we are not a foreign private issuer, we will be required to file periodic reports and registration statements on U.S. domestic issuer forms with the SEC, which are more detailed and extensive than the forms available to a foreign private issuer. We may also be required to modify certain of our policies to comply with good governance practices associated with U.S. domestic issuers. Such conversion and modifications will involve additional costs. In addition, we may lose our ability to rely upon exemptions from certain corporate governance requirements on U.S. stock exchanges that are available to foreign private issuers.

We are an "emerging growth company" and we cannot be certain whether the reduced requirements applicable to emerging growth companies will make our ordinary shares less attractive to investors.

        We are an "emerging growth company," as defined in the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012 effective on April 5, 2012, or the JOBS Act, and we may take advantage of certain exemptions from various requirements that are applicable to other public companies that are not "emerging growth companies." Most of such requirements relate to disclosures that we would only be required to make if we cease to be a foreign private issuer in the future. Nevertheless, as a foreign private issuer that is an emerging growth company, we will not be required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, or the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, for up to five fiscal years after November 5, 2014, the effective date of our IPO. We will remain an emerging growth company until the earliest of: (a) the last day of our fiscal year during which we have total annual gross revenues of at least $1.0 billion; (b) the last day of our fiscal year following November 5, 2018, the fifth anniversary of the effective date of our IPO; (c) the date on which we have, during the previous three-year period, issued more than $1.0 billion in non-convertible debt; or (d) the date on which we are deemed to be a "large accelerated filer" under the Exchange Act. When we are no longer deemed to be an emerging growth company, we will not be entitled to the exemptions provided in the JOBS Act discussed above. We cannot predict if investors will find our ordinary shares less attractive as a result of our reliance on exemptions under the JOBS Act. If some investors find our ordinary shares less attractive as a result, there may be a less active trading market for our ordinary shares and our share price may be more volatile.

The market price of our ordinary shares could be negatively affected by future sales of our ordinary shares.

        If our existing shareholders, particularly our largest shareholders, our directors, their affiliates, or our executive officers, sell a substantial number of our ordinary shares in the public market, the market price of our ordinary shares could decrease significantly. The perception in the public market that these shareholders might sell our ordinary shares could also depress the market price of our ordinary shares and could impair our future ability to obtain capital, especially through an offering of equity securities.

        In connection with our IPO, our executive officers, our directors and the holders of substantially all of our ordinary shares entered into lock-up agreements with the underwriters or market standoff

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agreements with us, which, subject to limited exceptions, restrict their ability to transfer their shares until May 5, 2014 (or November 5, 2014 in the case of Avishai Abrahami, our Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board, and Nir Zohar, our President and Chief Operating Officer). We, our directors and officers, the selling shareholders in this offering have entered into a similar agreement with the underwriters of this offering that expires 90 days after the date of this prospectus. As a result, on May 5, 2014, approximately 7,100,000 shares will become available for sale, approximately 700,000 of which are expected to be subject to volume, manner of sale and other limitations; on                        , 2014, 90 days after the date of this offering, an additional approximately                        shares will become available for sale, approximately                        of which are expected to be subject to volume, manner of sale and other limitations; and on November 5, 2014, approximately 1,800,000 shares will become available for sale, all of which are expected to be subject to volume, manner of sale and other limitations.

        In addition, certain of our directors and executive officers have established trading plans under Rule 10b5-1 of the Exchange Act. These plans permit the sale of an aggregate of up to approximately 885,000 shares commencing on May 6, 2014 and ending 90 days following this offering, subject to price and volume limitations, including with respect to a significant portion of such shares, the achievement of a price that is in excess of the trading price of our ordinary shares as of the date of this prospectus. The underwriters have agreed to permit such sales during the 90-day period following the date of this prospectus solely pursuant to plans established before this offering.

        As of February 28, 2014, the holders of 25,653,917 of our ordinary shares were entitled to require that we register their shares under the Securities Act for resale into the public markets. All shares sold pursuant to an offering covered by such registration statement will be freely transferable. See "Related Party Transactions—Registration Rights." Sales by us or our shareholders of a substantial number of ordinary shares in the public market, or the perception that these sales might occur, could cause the market price of our ordinary shares to decline or could impair our ability to raise capital through a future sale of, or pay for acquisitions using, our equity securities.

        In addition to these registration rights, 12,121,918 ordinary shares are issuable under share options and RSUs granted to employees and office holders as of February 28, 2014. On November 7, 2013, we filed a registration statement on Form S-8 registering up to 13,228,710 ordinary shares that we may issue under our share incentive plans, of which as of February 28, 2014 we have granted 11,108,764 options and 122,668 RSUs. Shares included in such registration statement may be freely sold in the public market upon issuance, except for shares held by affiliates who have certain restrictions on their ability to sell.

You may be subject to adverse United States federal income tax consequences if we are classified as a Controlled Foreign Corporation.

        Each "Ten Percent Shareholder" in a non-U.S. corporation that is classified as a "controlled foreign corporation," or a CFC, for United States federal income tax purposes generally is required to include in income for U.S. federal tax purposes such Ten Percent Shareholder's pro rata share of the CFC's "Subpart F income" and investment of earnings in U.S. property, even if the CFC has made no distributions to its shareholders. A non-U.S. corporation generally will be classified as a CFC for United States federal income tax purposes if Ten Percent Shareholders own, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of either the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of such corporation entitled to vote or of the total value of the stock of such corporation. A "Ten Percent Shareholder" is a United States person (as defined by the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code")) who owns or is considered to own 10% or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock entitled to vote of such corporation. The determination of CFC status is complex and includes attribution rules, the application of which is not entirely certain.

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        We do not believe that we were a CFC for the taxable year ended December 31, 2013 or that we are currently a CFC. It is possible, however, a shareholder treated as a United States person for United States federal income tax purposes will acquire, directly or indirectly, enough shares to be treated as a Ten Percent Shareholder after application of the constructive ownership rules and, together with any other Ten Percent Shareholders of the Company, cause the Company to be treated as a CFC for United States federal income tax purposes. We believe that certain of our shareholders are Ten Percent Shareholders for United States federal income tax purposes. Holders should consult their own tax advisors with respect to the potential adverse U.S. tax consequences of becoming a Ten Percent Shareholder in a CFC.

Our U.S. shareholders may suffer adverse tax consequences if we are characterized as a passive foreign investment company.

        Generally, if for any taxable year 75% or more of our gross income is passive income, or at least 50% of the average quarterly value of our assets (which may be determined in part by the market value of our ordinary shares, which is subject to change) are held for the production of, or produce, passive income, we would be characterized as a passive foreign investment company, or PFIC, for United States federal income tax purposes. Based on our belief that we were not a CFC during the 2013 taxable year, we do not believe we were classified as a PFIC for the taxable year ending December 31, 2013. However, because PFIC status is determined as of the end of the taxable year and depends on a number of factors, including the value of a corporation's assets and the amount and type of its gross income, it is not possible to determine whether we will be characterized as a PFIC for the 2014 taxable year until after the close of the year. There can be no assurance that we will not be considered a PFIC for any taxable year. Furthermore, because the value of our gross assets is likely to be determined in large part by reference to our market capitalization (assuming we are treated as publicly traded for purposes of the PFIC rules), a decline in the value of our ordinary shares may result in our becoming a PFIC. If we are characterized as a PFIC, our United States shareholders may suffer adverse tax consequences, including having gains realized on the sale of our ordinary shares treated as ordinary income, rather than a capital gain, the loss of the preferential rate applicable to dividends received on our ordinary shares by individuals who are United States holders, and having interest charges apply to distributions by us and the proceeds of share sales. If we are characterized as a PFIC, certain elections may be available that would alleviate some of the adverse consequences of PFIC status and result in an alternative treatment (such as mark-to-market treatment) of our ordinary shares; however, we do not intend to provide the information necessary for U.S. holders to make qualified electing fund elections if we are classified as a PFIC. See "Taxation and Government Programs—United States Federal Income Taxation—Passive Foreign Investment Company Considerations."

If you purchase our ordinary shares in this offering, you will suffer immediate dilution of your investment.

        The public offering price of our ordinary shares is substantially higher than the net tangible book value per share of our ordinary shares. Therefore, if you purchase our ordinary shares in this offering, you will pay a price per share that substantially exceeds our net tangible book value per share after this offering. See "Dilution."

Provisions of Israeli law and our articles of association may delay, prevent or make undesirable an acquisition of all or a significant portion of our shares or assets.

        Provisions of Israeli law and our articles of association could have the effect of delaying or preventing a change in control and may make it more difficult for a third-party to acquire us or our shareholders to elect different individuals to our board of directors, even if doing so would be

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considered to be beneficial by some of our shareholders, and may limit the price that investors may be willing to pay in the future for our ordinary shares. Among other things:

        Further, Israeli tax considerations may make potential transactions undesirable to us or to some of our shareholders whose country of residence does not have a tax treaty with Israel granting tax relief to such shareholders from Israeli tax. With respect to mergers, Israeli tax law allows for tax deferral in certain circumstances but makes the deferral contingent on the fulfillment of numerous conditions, including a holding period of two years from the date of the transaction during which certain sales and dispositions of shares of the participating companies are restricted. Moreover, with respect to certain share swap transactions, the tax deferral is limited in time, and when such time expires, the tax becomes payable even if no actual disposition of the shares has occurred. See "Description of Share Capital—Acquisitions under Israeli Law."

We have broad discretion over the use of proceeds we receive in this offering and may not apply the proceeds in ways that increase the value of your investment.

        Our management will have broad discretion in the application of the net proceeds we receive from this offering and, as a result, you will have to rely upon the judgment of our management with respect to the use of these proceeds. Our management may spend a portion or all of the net proceeds in ways that not all shareholders approve of or that may not yield a favorable return. The failure by our management to apply these funds effectively could harm our business.

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We have not yet determined whether our existing internal controls over financial reporting are effective under Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and, as an emerging growth company, we are currently not required to obtain an auditor attestation regarding our internal control.

        We will not be required to comply with the internal control, evaluation and certification requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, or the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, until we file our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ending December 31, 2014 at the earliest. Furthermore, unless we lose our status as an "emerging growth company" under the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012, we will not be required to obtain an auditor attestation under Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act until 2018. Accordingly, we have only recently commenced the process of determining whether our existing internal controls over financial reporting systems are compliant with Section 404. The process of evaluating our internal control over financial reporting will require an investment of substantial time and resources, including by our Chief Financial Officer and other members of our senior management. As a result, this process may divert internal resources and take a significant amount of time and effort to complete. In addition, we cannot predict the outcome of this determination and whether we will need to implement remedial actions in order to implement effective control over financial reporting. The determination and any remedial actions required could result in us incurring additional costs that we did not anticipate. Irrespective of compliance with Section 404, any failure of our internal controls could have a material adverse effect on our stated results of operations and harm our reputation. As a result, we may experience higher than anticipated operating expenses, as well as higher independent auditor fees during and after the implementation of these changes. If we are unable to implement any of the required changes to our internal control over financial reporting effectively or efficiently or are required to do so earlier than anticipated, it could adversely affect our operations, financial reporting and/or results of operations and could result in an adverse opinion on internal controls from our independent auditors.

        In addition, changing laws, regulations and standards, in the United States or Israel, relating to corporate governance and public disclosure and other matters, may be implemented in the future, which may increase our legal and financial compliance costs, make some activities more time consuming and divert management's time and attention from revenue-generating activities to compliance activities. If our efforts to comply with new laws, regulations and standards differ from the activities intended by regulatory or governing bodies due to ambiguities related to practice, regulatory authorities may initiate legal proceedings against us and our business may be harmed. We also expect that being a publicly traded company in the United States and being subject to U.S. rules and regulations will make it more expensive for us to obtain director and officer liability insurance, and we may be required to accept reduced coverage or incur substantially higher costs to obtain coverage. These factors could also make it more difficult for us to attract and retain qualified members of our board of directors, particularly to serve on our audit committee, and qualified executive officers.

Risks Relating to Our Incorporation and Location in Israel

Conditions in Israel could adversely affect our business.

        We are incorporated under Israeli law and our principal executive offices are located in Israel. Accordingly, political, economic and military conditions in Israel directly affect our business. Since the State of Israel was established in 1948, a number of armed conflicts have occurred between Israel and its Arab neighbors. Although Israel has entered into various agreements with Egypt, Jordan and the Palestinian Authority, there has been an increase in unrest and terrorist activity, which began in September 2000 and has continued with varying levels of severity into 2013. In mid-2006, Israel was engaged in an armed conflict with Hezbollah in Lebanon, resulting in thousands of rockets being fired from Lebanon and disrupting most day-to-day civilian activity in northern Israel. Starting in December 2008, for approximately three weeks, Israel engaged in an armed conflict with Hamas in the Gaza Strip, which involved missile strikes against civilian targets in various parts of Israel and negatively affected

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business conditions in Israel. In 2012 once again Israel engaged in an armed conflict with Hamas in the Gaza Strip, with missiles reaching as far as Tel Aviv. Popular uprisings in various countries in the Middle East and North Africa are affecting the political stability of those countries. Such instability may lead to deterioration in the political and trade relationships that exist between the State of Israel and these countries. Any armed conflicts, terrorist activities or political instability in the region could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations. Our commercial insurance does not cover losses that may occur as a result of events associated with the security situation in the Middle East, such as damages to our facilities resulting in disruption of our operations. Although the Israeli government currently covers the reinstatement value of direct damages that are caused by terrorist attacks or acts of war, we cannot assure you that this government coverage will be maintained or will be adequate in the event we submit a claim.

        A number of countries, principally in the Middle East, still restrict doing business with Israel and Israeli companies, and additional countries may impose restrictions on doing business with Israel and Israeli companies if hostilities in Israel or political instability in the region continue or increase. These restrictions may limit materially our ability to distribute our products to users in these countries or establish distributor relationships with companies operating in these regions. In addition, there have been increased efforts by activists to cause companies and consumers to boycott Israeli goods based on Israeli government policies. Such actions, particularly if they become more widespread, may adversely impact our ability to sell our products. Any hostilities involving Israel or the interruption or curtailment of trade between Israel and its present trading partners, or significant downturn in the economic or financial condition of Israel, could adversely affect our operations, cause our revenues to decrease and adversely affect the share price of publicly traded companies having operations in Israel, such as us. Similarly, Israeli corporations are limited in conducting business with entities from several countries. For example, in 2008 the Israeli legislature adopted a law forbidding any investments in entities that transact business with Iran. Moreover, individuals in certain geographical regions may refrain from doing business with Israel and Israeli companies as a result of their objection to Israeli foreign or domestic policies.

Our operations may be disrupted by the obligations of personnel to perform military service.

        As of December 31, 2013, we had 467 employees based in Israel. Our employees in Israel, including executive officers, may be called upon to perform up to 56 days per each three year period, (in some cases more, e.g. officers may be called to serve up to 84 days per each three year period) of military reserve duty until they reach the age of 40 (and in some cases, depending on their certain military profession up to 45 or even 49) and, in emergency circumstances, could be called to immediate and unlimited active duty (however, this would need to be approved by the Israeli government). In response to increased tension and hostilities, there have been since September 2000 occasional call-ups of military reservists, including in connection with the mid-2006 war in Lebanon, the December 2008 conflict with Hamas and the 2012 conflict in the Gaza Strip, and it is possible that there will be additional call-ups in the future. Our operations could be disrupted by the absence of a significant number of employees related to military service or the absence for extended periods of one or more of our key employees for military service. Such disruptions in the future could materially adversely affect our business and results of operations, especially if we are unable to replace these key employees with other personnel qualified in information technology and data optimization.

The tax benefits that are available to us require us to continue to meet various conditions and may be terminated or reduced in the future, which could increase our costs and taxes.

        We are eligible for certain tax benefits provided to "Beneficiary Enterprises" under the Israeli Law for the Encouragement of Capital Investments, 1959, referred to as the Investment Law. In order to remain eligible for the tax benefits for "Beneficiary Enterprises" we must continue to meet certain

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conditions stipulated in the Investment Law and its regulations, as amended. In addition, in September 2011, we received a tax ruling from the Israeli Tax Authority, according to which, among other things, the Israeli Tax Authority approved (i) our status as an "Industrial Enterprise"; and (ii) that the expansion of our enterprise is considered as a "Beneficiary Enterprise" with 2009 as an elected year of operations, all under the Investment Law as amended by 2005 Amendment. The benefits available to us under this tax ruling are subject to the fulfillment of conditions stipulated in the ruling. If we do not meet these conditions, the ruling may be abolished which would result in adverse tax consequences to us. Further, in the future these tax benefits may be reduced or discontinued. If these tax benefits are reduced, cancelled or discontinued, our Israeli taxable income would be subject to regular Israeli corporate tax rates. The standard corporate tax rate for Israeli companies in 2011 was 24% of their taxable income and was increased to 25% in 2012 and to 26.5% for 2014 and thereafter. Additionally, if we increase our activities outside of Israel through acquisitions, for example, our expanded activities might not be eligible for inclusion in future Israeli tax benefit programs. See "Taxation and Government Programs—Israeli Tax Considerations and Government Programs—Law for the Encouragement of Capital Investments, 5719-1959."

It may be difficult to enforce a U.S. judgment against us, our officers and directors and the Israeli experts named in this prospectus in Israel or the United States, or to assert U.S. securities laws claims in Israel or serve process on our officers and directors and these experts.

        We are incorporated in Israel. Only some of our directors and none of our executive officers are resident in the United States. Our independent registered public accounting firm is not a resident of the United States. Most of our assets and the assets of these persons are located outside the United States. Therefore, it may be difficult for an investor, or any other person or entity, to enforce a U.S. court judgment based upon the civil liability provisions of the U.S. federal securities laws against us or any of these persons in a U.S. or Israeli court, or to effect service of process upon these persons in the United States. Additionally, it may be difficult for an investor, or any other person or entity, to assert a claim based on U.S. securities laws in original actions instituted in Israel. Israeli courts may refuse to hear a claim based on a violation of U.S. securities laws on the grounds that Israel is not the most appropriate forum in which to bring such a claim. 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 procedure will also be governed by Israeli law. There is little binding case law in Israel addressing the matters described above. See "Enforceability of Civil Liabilities."

Your rights and responsibilities as our shareholder are governed by Israeli law which may differ in some respects from the rights and responsibilities of shareholders of U.S. corporations.

        Since we are incorporated under Israeli law, the rights and responsibilities of our shareholders are governed by our articles of association and Israeli law. These rights and responsibilities differ in some respects from the rights and responsibilities of shareholders in United States-based corporations. In particular, a shareholder of an Israeli company has a duty to act in good faith and in a customary manner in exercising its rights and performing its obligations towards the company and other shareholders and to refrain from abusing its power in the company, including, among other things, in voting at the general meeting of shareholders on certain matters, such as an amendment to the company's articles of association, an increase of the company's authorized share capital, a merger of the company and approval of related party transactions that require shareholder approval. A shareholder also has a general duty to refrain from discriminating against other shareholders. In addition, a controlling shareholder or a shareholder who knows that it possesses the power to determine the outcome of a shareholders' vote or to appoint or prevent the appointment of an office holder in the company or has another power with respect to the company, has a duty to act in fairness

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towards the company. However, Israeli law does not define the substance of this duty of fairness. See "Management—Approval of Related Party Transactions under Israeli Law—Fiduciary Duties of Directors and Executive Officers." Some of the parameters and implications of the provisions that govern shareholder behavior have not been clearly determined. These provisions may be interpreted to impose additional obligations and liabilities on our shareholders that are not typically imposed on shareholders of United States corporations.

        Additionally, we expect the quorum requirements for meetings of our shareholders to be lower than is customary for domestic issuers. As permitted under the Companies Law, pursuant to our articles of association, the quorum required for an ordinary meeting of shareholders will consist of at least two shareholders present in person, by proxy or by other voting instrument in accordance with the Companies Law, who hold at least 25% of our outstanding ordinary shares (and in an adjourned meeting, with some exceptions, any number of shareholders). For an adjourned meeting at which a quorum is not present, the meeting may generally proceed irrespective of the number of shareholders present at the end of half an hour following the time fixed for the meeting.

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SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

        We make forward-looking statements in this prospectus that are subject to risks and uncertainties. These forward-looking statements include information about possible or assumed future results of our business, financial condition, results of operations, liquidity, plans and objectives. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as "believe," "may," "estimate," "continue," "anticipate," "intend," "should," "plan," "expect," "predict," "potential," or the negative of these terms or other similar expressions. The statements we make regarding the following matters are forward-looking by their nature:

        The preceding list is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all of our forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements are based on our beliefs, assumptions and expectations of future performance, taking into account the information currently available to us. These statements are only predictions based upon our current expectations and projections about future events. There are important factors that could cause our actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to differ materially from the results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. In particular, you should consider the risks provided under "Risk Factors" in this prospectus.

        You should not rely upon forward-looking statements as predictions of future events. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot guarantee that future results, levels of activity, performance and events and circumstances reflected in the forward-looking statements will be achieved or will occur. Except as required by law, we undertake no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements for any reason after the date of this prospectus, to conform these statements to actual results or to changes in our expectations.

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MARKET PRICE OF OUR ORDINARY SHARES

        Our ordinary shares have been quoted on NASDAQ under the symbol "WIX" since November 6, 2013. Prior to that date, there was no public trading market for our ordinary shares. Our IPO was priced at $16.50 per share on November 5, 2013. The following table sets forth for the periods indicated the high and low sales prices per ordinary share as reported on NASDAQ:

 
  Low   High  

Annual:

             

2013 (beginning November 6, 2013)

  $ 16.19   $ 28.89  

Quarterly:

             

First Quarter 2014 (through March 19, 2014)

  $ 23.71   $ 32.69  

Fourth Quarter 2013 (beginning November 6, 2013)

  $ 16.19   $ 28.89  

Most Recent Six Months:

             

March 2014 (through March 19, 2014)

  $ 25.50   $ 31.12  

February 2014

  $ 25.12   $ 32.69  

January 2014

  $ 23.71   $ 30.25  

December 2013

  $ 20.50   $ 28.89  

November 2013 (beginning November 6, 2013)

  $ 16.19   $ 20.53  

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USE OF PROCEEDS

        We estimate that the net proceeds to us from this offering, after deducting underwriting discounts and estimated offering expenses, will be approximately $           million (or approximately $           million if the underwriters exercise in full their option to purchase shares from us).

        The principal purposes of this offering are to obtain additional working capital, facilitate an orderly distribution of shares for the selling shareholders in the offering and increase our public float. We intend to use the net proceeds from this offering for general corporate purposes focused on growing our business. We expect to use a significant portion to hire additional personnel for our research and development and support and call center functions, and to increase our selling and marketing expenses focused on user acquisition. We may also use a portion of the net proceeds to make acquisitions or investments in complementary companies or technologies, although we do not have any agreement or understanding with respect to any such acquisition or investment at this time. However, we do not currently have specific plans or commitments with respect to the net proceeds from this offering and, accordingly, are unable to quantify the allocation of such proceeds among the various potential uses. We will have broad discretion in the way that we use the net proceeds of this offering.

        We will not receive proceeds from the sale of ordinary shares by the selling shareholders.

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DIVIDEND POLICY

        We have never declared or paid any cash dividends on our ordinary shares. We do not anticipate paying any dividends in the foreseeable future. We currently intend to retain future earnings, if any, to finance operations and expand our business. Our board of directors has sole discretion whether to pay dividends. If our board of directors decides to pay dividends, the form, frequency and amount will depend upon our future operations and earnings, capital requirements and surplus, general financial condition, contractual restrictions and other factors that our directors may deem relevant.

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CAPITALIZATION

        The following table sets forth our cash and cash equivalents and total capitalization as of December 31, 2013, as follows:

        You should read this information in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and the related notes appearing at the end of this prospectus and the "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" section and other financial information contained in this prospectus.

 
  As of December 31, 2013  
 
  Actual   As Adjusted  
 
  (in thousands,
except share and
per share amounts)

 

Cash and cash equivalents

  $ 101,258   $    
           
           

Ordinary shares, par value NIS 0.01 per share; 500,000,000 shares authorized, actual and as adjusted; 37,493,217 shares issued and outstanding, actual,                         , shares issued and outstanding, as adjusted

    60        

Additional paid-in capital, net

    151,011        

Other comprehensive loss

    (263 )      

Accumulated deficit

    (88,512 )      
           

Total shareholders' equity

    62,296        
           

Total capitalization

  $ 62,296   $    
           
           

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DILUTION

        If you invest in our ordinary shares in this offering, your ownership interest will be immediately diluted to the extent of the difference between the public offering price per share and net tangible book value per ordinary share after this offering. Our net tangible book value as of December 31, 2013 was $2.65 per ordinary share.

        Consolidated net tangible book value per ordinary share was calculated by:

        Net tangible book value per ordinary share furthermore reflects the sale of ordinary shares that we are offering at the public offering price of $            per share. After giving effect to adjustments relating to this offering, and after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us, our net tangible book value on an adjusted basis as of December 31, 2013 would have been approximately $            million, equivalent to $            per ordinary share. This amount represents an immediate increase in net tangible book value of $            per ordinary share to our existing shareholders and an immediate decrease in net tangible book value of $            per ordinary share to new investors purchasing ordinary shares in this offering. We determine dilution by subtracting the net tangible book value per share after this offering from the amount of cash that a new investor paid for an ordinary share.

        The following table illustrates this dilution:

Assumed public offering price per share

        $    

Net tangible book value per share as of December 31, 2013

  $          

Increase in net tangible book value per share attributable to new investors in this offering

             
             

Net tangible book value per share immediately after this offering

             
             

Dilution in net tangible book value per share to new investors in this offering. 

        $    
             
             

        Each $1.00 increase or decrease in the assumed public offering price of $                per share would increase or decrease, as applicable, our as adjusted net tangible book value per share to new investors by $                , and would increase or decrease, as applicable, dilution per share to new investors in this offering by $                , assuming that the number of shares offered by us, as set forth on the cover page of this prospectus, remains the same and after deducting estimated underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us. Similarly, each increase or decrease of 100,000 shares in the number of shares offered by us would increase or decrease, as applicable, our as adjusted net tangible book value by approximately $                per share and increase or decrease, as applicable, the dilution to new investors by $                per share, assuming the assumed public offering price remains the same, and after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us.

        If the underwriters exercise their option to purchase additional ordinary shares from us in full in this offering, the as adjusted net tangible book value after the offering would be $                per share, the increase in net tangible book value per share to existing shareholders would be $          and the decrease in net tangible book value per share to new investors would be $          per share, in each case at the public offering price of $          per ordinary share.

        The following table summarizes, as of December 31, 2013, the differences between the number of shares purchased from us, the total consideration paid to us in cash and the average price per share

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that each director, officer and affiliated shareholder paid during the past five years, on the one hand, and new investors are paying in this offering, on the other hand. The calculation below is based on the assumed public offering price of $                per share before deducting estimated underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us.

 
  Shares Purchased   Total Consideration    
 
 
  Average
Price Per
Share
 
 
  Number   Percent   Amount   Percent  

Directors, officers and affiliated shareholders

            % $                  % $             

New investors(1)

                          $             
                         

Total

          100 % $       100 %      
                         
                         

(1)
Does not reflect shares purchased by new investors from the selling shareholders.

        The foregoing tables and calculations exclude (1) 12,135,358 ordinary shares reserved for issuance under our equity incentive plans as of December 31, 2013, of which there were (i) options outstanding to purchase 10,987,182 shares at a weighted average exercise price of $2.67 per share and (ii) outstanding RSU with respect to 122,668 shares, and (2) warrants to purchase 29,298 ordinary shares with an exercise price of $6.83 per share.

        To the extent any of these outstanding options is exercised, there will be further dilution to new investors. To the extent all of such outstanding options had been exercised as of December 31, 2013, the pro forma as adjusted net tangible book value per share after this offering would be $                , and total dilution per share to new investors would be $                .

        If the underwriters exercise their option to purchase additional shares in full from us:

        To the extent that any outstanding options to purchase our ordinary shares or new awards are granted under our equity compensation plans, there will be further dilution to investors participating in this offering.

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SELECTED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL AND OTHER DATA

        The following tables set forth our selected consolidated financial and other data. You should read the following selected consolidated financial and other data in conjunction with "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" and our consolidated financial statements and related notes included elsewhere in this prospectus. Historical results are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected in the future. Our financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP.

        The selected consolidated statements of operations data for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2013 and the consolidated balance sheet data as of December 31, 2012 and 2013 are derived from our audited consolidated financial statements appearing elsewhere in this prospectus. The consolidated statements of operations data for the year ended December 31 2010 and the consolidated balance sheet data as of December 31, 2010 and 2011 are derived from our audited consolidated financial statements that are not included in this prospectus.

 
  Year Ended December 31,  
 
  2010   2011   2012   2013  
 
  (in thousands, except share and per share data)
 

Consolidated Statements of Operations:

                         

Revenues

  $ 9,850   $ 24,600   $ 43,676   $ 80,473  

Cost of revenues(1)

    2,223     5,290     9,233     15,257  
                   

Gross profit

    7,627     19,310     34,443     65,216  
                   

Operating expenses:

                         

Research and development(1)

    7,315     14,746     16,782     29,660  

Selling and marketing(1)

    9,848     21,586     29,057     53,776  

General and administrative(1)

    1,779     5,338     3,565     8,307  
                   

Total operating expenses

    18,942     41,670     49,404     91,743  
                   

Operating loss

    (11,315 )   (22,360 )   (14,961 )   (26,527 )

Financial income (expenses), net

    (19 )   (41 )   487     (603 )

Other expenses

        127     2     18  
                   

Loss before taxes on income

    (11,334 )   (22,528 )   (14,476 )   (27,148 )

Taxes on income

    155     212     496     1,572  
                   

Net loss

  $ (11,489 ) $ (22,740 ) $ (14,972 ) $ (28,720 )
                   
                   

Basic and diluted net loss per ordinary share(2)

  $ (4.30 ) $ (8.31 ) $ (2.71 ) $ (3.33 )
                   
                   

Weighted average number of ordinary shares used in computing basic and diluted net loss per ordinary share(2)

    5,835,897     6,355,428     6,822,720     11,597,826  
                   
                   

 

 
  As of December 31,  
 
  2010   2011   2012   2013  
 
  (in thousands)
 

Consolidated Balance Sheet Data:

                         

Cash and cash equivalents

  $ 4,501   $ 10,374   $ 7,510   $ 101,258  

Restricted deposits

    1,358     4,164     2,536     3,306  

Total assets

    7,631     18,577     16,055     115,355  

Deferred revenues

    5,133     10,181     18,984     37,184  

Total shareholders' equity (deficiency)

    (16 )   3,086     (10,571 )   62,296  

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  Year Ended December 31,  
 
  2010   2011   2012   2013  
 
  (dollars in thousands)
 

Supplemental Financial and Operating Data:

                         

Collections(2)

  $ 13,753   $ 29,648   $ 52,479   $ 98,673  

Free cash flow(2)

  $ (6,374 ) $ (12,353 ) $ (4,555 ) $ 1,173  

Adjusted EBITDA(2)

  $ (10,085 ) $ (17,035 ) $ (13,070 ) $ (18,244 )

Number of registered users at period end(2)

    6,523,968     16,951,837     28,225,857     42,126,246  

Number of premium subscriptions at period end(2)

    149,084     298,143     469,589     789,753  

(1)
Includes share-based compensation expense as follows:

 
  Year Ended December 31,  
 
  2010   2011   2012   2013  
 
  (in thousands)
 

Cost of revenues

  $ 14   $ 40   $ 105   $ 490  

Research and development

    659     1,939     553     3,149  

Selling and marketing

    95     222     101     1,185  

General and administrative

    343     2,532     261     2,230  
                   

Total share-based compensation expense

  $ 1,111   $ 4,733   $ 1,020   $ 7,054  
                   
                   

(1)
Basic and diluted net loss per ordinary share is computed based on the weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding during each period. For additional information, see Notes 2p and 11 to our consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this prospectus.

(2)
For a description of how we define and use collections, free cash flow, adjusted EBITDA, number of registered users at period end and number of premium subscriptions at period end to evaluate our business, see "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Key Financial and Operating Metrics." Collections and free cash flow are non-GAAP financial measures. For a reconciliation of collections and free cash flow to the most directly comparable U.S. GAAP measure, see "—Non-GAAP Financial Measures."

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

Collections

        Collections is a non-GAAP financial measure that we define as total cash collected by us from our customers in a given period. Collections is calculated by adding the change in deferred revenues for a particular period to revenues for the same period. Collections consists primarily of amounts from annual and monthly premium subscriptions by users, which are deferred and recognized as revenues over the terms of the subscriptions and payments by our users for domains, which are also recognized ratably over the term of the service period. The following table reconciles revenues, the most directly comparable U.S. GAAP measure, to collections for the periods presented:

 
  Year Ended December 31,  
 
  2010   2011   2012   2013  
 
  (in thousands)
 

Reconciliation of Revenues to Collections:

                         

Revenues

  $ 9,850   $ 24,600   $ 43,676   $ 80,473  

Change in long-term and short-term deferred revenues

    3,903     5,048     8,803     18,200  
                   

Collections

  $ 13,753   $ 29,648   $ 52,479   $ 98,673  
                   
                   

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        For a description of how we use collections to evaluate our business, see "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Key Financial and Operating Metrics." We believe that this non-GAAP financial measure is useful in evaluating our business because it is a leading indicator of our revenue growth and the growth of our overall business. Nevertheless, this information should be considered as supplemental in nature and is not meant as a substitute for revenues recognized in accordance with U.S. GAAP.

Free Cash Flow

        Free cash flow is a non-GAAP measure defined as cash flow from operating activities minus capital expenditures. The following table reconciles cash flow from operating activities, the most directly comparable U.S. GAAP measure, to free cash flow:

 
  Year Ended December 31,  
 
  2010   2011   2012   2013  
 
  (in thousands)
 

Reconciliation of cash flow provided by (used in) operating activities to free cash flow:

                         

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

  $ (5,310 ) $ (10,599 ) $ (3,608 ) $ 4,243  

Capital expenditures(1)

    (1,604 )   (1,754 )   (947 )   (3,070 )
                   

Free cash flow

  $ (6,374 ) $ (12,353 ) $ (4,555 ) $ 1,173  
                   
                   

(1)
Capital expenditures consist primarily of investments in leasehold improvements for our office space and the purchase of computers and related equipment.

        For a description of how we use free cash flow to evaluate our business, see "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Key Financial and Operating Metrics." We believe that this non-GAAP financial measure is useful in evaluating our business because free cash flow reflects the cash surplus available or used to fund the expansion of our business after payment of capital expenditures relating to the necessary components of ongoing operations. Nevertheless, this information should be considered as supplemental in nature and is not meant as a substitute for net cash flows from operating activities presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP.

Adjusted EBITDA

        Adjusted EBITDA is a non-GAAP financial measure that we define as net loss before financial expenses (income), net, other expenses, taxes on income, depreciation and share-based compensation

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expense. The following table reconciles net loss, the most directly comparable U.S. GAAP measure, to adjusted EBITDA for the periods presented:

 
  Year Ended December 31,  
 
  2010   2011   2012   2013  
 
  (in thousands)
 

Adjusted EBITDA

                         

Net loss

  $ (11,489 ) $ (22,740 ) $ (14,972 ) $ (28,720 )

Financial expenses (income), net

    19     41     (487 )   603  

Other expenses

        127     2     18  

Taxes on income

    155     212     496     1,572  

Depreciation

    119     592     871     1,229  

Share-based compensation expense

    1,111     4,733     1,020     7,054  
                   

Total adjustments

    1,404     5,705     1,902     10,476  
                   

Adjusted EBITDA

  $ (10,085 ) $ (17,035 ) $ (13,070 ) $ (18,244 )
                   
                   

        For a description of how we use adjusted EBITDA to evaluate our business, see "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Key Financial and Operating Metrics." We believe that this non-GAAP financial measure is useful in evaluating our business because the exclusion of certain expenses in calculating adjusted EBITDA can provide a useful measure for period-to-period comparisons of our core business. Nevertheless, this information should be considered as supplemental in nature and is not meant as a substitute for net loss recognized in accordance with U.S. GAAP.

        Other companies, including companies in our industry, may calculate collections, free cash flow or adjusted EBITDA differently or not at all, which reduces their usefulness as a comparative measure. You should consider collections, free cash flow and adjusted EBITDA along with other financial performance measures, including revenues, net cash used in operating activities, and our financial results presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP.

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MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF
FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

        The following discussion should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and the related notes included elsewhere in this prospectus. This discussion contains forward-looking statements that are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties. Actual results and the timing of events may differ significantly from those expressed or implied in such forward-looking statements due to a number of factors, including those set forth in the section entitled "Risk Factors" and elsewhere in this prospectus. You should read the following discussion in conjunction with "Special note regarding forward-looking statements" and "Risk Factors."

Overview

        We are a leading global web development platform with one of the largest number of registered users in the world. We empower over 42 million registered users in 190 countries to create and manage a fully integrated and dynamic digital presence. We are pioneering a new approach to web development and management that provides an easy-to-use yet powerful cloud-based platform that eliminates complex coding and expensive design services. Our solutions enable millions of businesses, organizations, professionals and individuals to take their businesses, brands and workflow online without the need to engage expensive development and design firms or other costly professionals.

        We were founded in late 2006 and have achieved a number of significant milestones since then:

        We have experienced significant growth in our user base and premium subscriptions in recent periods. Our registered users grew from 17 million at December 31, 2011 to 42 million at December 31, 2013, representing a 57% compounded annual growth rate. Our premium subscriptions have grown from 298,143 to 789,753 over the same period, representing a 63% compounded annual growth rate. Through December 31, 2013, we had achieved 16 consecutive quarters of sequential growth in the accumulated number of premium subscriptions. We have also achieved 16 consecutive quarters of growth in revenues and collections. We had revenues of $24.6 million, $43.7 million and

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$80.5 million and collections of $29.6 million, $52.5 million and $98.7 million in 2011, 2012 and 2013, respectively. We had a net loss of $22.7 million, $15.0 million and $28.7 million in 2011, 2012 and 2013, respectively.

How We Generate Revenues

        We derive the substantial majority of our revenue from monthly and annual premium subscriptions for our solutions. Annual subscriptions provide benefits to our operating model because we are able to collect cash up front, increase overall retention rates and have greater visibility into revenues. As a result, we provide incentives to drive annual subscriptions, including a lower average monthly price relative to a monthly subscription. We have noticed, however, that promotions that further lower the effective price of an annual subscription can result in attracting users who do not renew their subscription once the promotion is no longer available. We therefore seek to strike a balance between attracting annual subscriptions and maintaining a user base that is loyal to our offering. As of December 31, 2013, 66% of our overall premium subscriptions were annual and 34% were monthly.

        In addition, we generate revenues from selling third-party domain registrations and from revenue sharing agreements with third-party developers for apps sold through our App Market. We launched our App Market in the last quarter of 2012 and therefore generated negligible revenues from it in 2012 and 2013.

        Our solutions are offered through a freemium model in which users can register with an e-mail address and build, launch and manage a digital presence for free for an unlimited amount of time. A premium subscription, which provides users with additional solutions such as extra bandwidth and storage, Wix ad removal, access to Google Analytics, domain connectivity and eCommerce solutions, can be purchased at any time. Because we increase our pipeline of potential premium subscriptions by acquiring more registered users and over half of the new premium subscriptions in a typical month in recent periods were generated by registered users who registered in previous months, we are focused on building a large user base. The number of new registered users we attract is therefore a key factor in growing our premium subscription base, which drives our revenues and collections. Users that purchase premium subscriptions often decide to do so several months, quarters or years after initially registering with us. Thus, in each period, new premium subscriptions include users who registered in that period as well as users who initially registered with us in previous periods. We believe this characteristic of our business model provides us with a growing pipeline of potential subscriptions as our user base grows.

User Acquisition Spending

        Approximately 58% of the premium subscriptions generated by users that registered in the fourth quarter of 2013 came from organic and direct sources, meaning visitors that reached us via unpaid search results or by typing the URL of our website in their browser. Our selling and marketing spending to attract additional new registered users focuses primarily on online advertising. The types of paid marketing channels that we target are primarily cost-per-click advertisements on search engines and social networking sites and targeted and generic banner advertisements on other sites. A portion of our marketing expenses are directed towards more traditional advertising, such as radio and television commercials in the United States, United Kingdom and Australia.

        Our registered user acquisition strategy is based on the significant amounts of data that we have accumulated regarding the behavior of registered users that we acquire from different sources. We extrapolate from this historical user behavior data to predict future user behavior and make decisions regarding our marketing expenditures. In order to grow our registered user base and in turn our premium subscriptions, we consider the time period over which we seek to return an amount of collections equal to the marketing expenditures used to attract a specific group of registered users

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during a particular period, which we refer to as a cohort. In order to achieve the targeted time for return on those marketing expenditures, we adjust the paid marketing channels that we use and the amounts that we pay to acquire new registered users in addition to considering those registered users that come from organic and direct sources. For example, we could pay a substantially identical amount to acquire fewer users that generate premium subscriptions at a higher rate versus acquiring more users that generate premium subscriptions at a lower rate. The net amount of premium subscriptions would be the same, but in the former case we would have acquired fewer new registered users overall. We prefer the latter case due to the benefit of gaining more registered users and having a larger pipeline of registered users that can generate premium subscriptions over time based on the long "tail" of premium subscriptions that each cohort generates. This larger number of users also creates more overall users of our platform who can recommend others to our site. In addition, a single registered user can purchase multiple premium subscriptions. This fact, coupled with our preference to grow the size of our user base even if the rate of purchase of premium subscriptions is lower, is why we do not consider the rate at which registered users purchase a premium subscription (or any other measure of "conversion") to be a meaningful measure of the success of our business.

        Since we target our marketing expenditures by extrapolating from historical user behavior to predict future user behavior, an event that disrupts that behavior can adversely impact the returns that we projected for a particular cohort. For example, an event such as a change to or a bug in a browser that affects all websites viewed on that browser, including websites created using our platform, can adversely impact user behavior and in turn our projected returns. Moreover, significant announcements by third parties can also have the same effect. For example, an announcement by Adobe to stop supporting Flash on mobile devices when our platform was Flash-based only, in the past caused us to attract less new registered users than we projected during the short-term impact of such announcement.

Premium Subscription Origination Analysis

        To track our growth, progress and execution of marketing efforts, including achievement of our targeted time for return on marketing expenditures, we regularly review the relationship between origination of our users and origination of premium subscriptions.

        First Quarter 2010 User Cohort.    The following chart summarizes the number of premium subscriptions that originated during each quarterly period from the first quarter of 2010 to the fourth quarter of 2013 from the 919,221 registered users that first registered with us in the first quarter of 2010. We refer to this group of users as our first quarter 2010 User Cohort. The first quarter 2010 User Cohort is representative of trends we have seen in premium subscription originations, and we believe it is consistent with our users' subscription purchasing behavior in recent periods.

        Through December 31, 2013, the first quarter 2010 User Cohort generated a total of 68,311 new premium subscriptions and continued to generate premium subscriptions up through and during the first quarter of 2014. As of the end of its first quarter, there were 18,512 premium subscriptions that had been purchased by users from the first quarter 2010 User Cohort. Sixteen quarters later, as of December 31, 2013, there were still 20,063 premium subscriptions from users that originated from this same cohort. We spent approximately $1.1 million in advertising expenses to acquire this user cohort. Since originating, premium subscriptions from users in this cohort have resulted in aggregate revenues recognized of $9.3 million and $10.0 million in collections through the fourth quarter of 2013. Approximately $0.7 million of deferred revenue relating to purchases by this user cohort remained outstanding at December 31, 2013. Furthermore, this cohort continues to generate revenue and collections beyond that date.

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Premium Subscriptions From First Quarter 2010 User Cohort

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        Fourth Quarter 2013 Premium Subscription Cohort.    The following chart summarizes the composition of premium subscriptions purchased in the fourth quarter of 2013 by user registration date. In the fourth quarter of 2013, we sold 185,476 premium subscriptions, of which 73,774 premium subscriptions, or 40% of the total, were purchased by users that first registered with us in the same quarter. The remaining 60% of premium subscriptions purchased in the fourth quarter of 2013 were by users who initially registered in earlier quarters.


Premium Subscriptions in Fourth Quarter 2013 by User Registration Date

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        Some users account for multiple premium subscriptions. For example, users who are professional web designers often use our platform to support their business, building and designing sites for their own customers. We believe these trends illustrate the increasing value of our user base as we continue to increase the number of our users.

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Key Financial and Operating Metrics

        We monitor the following key operating and financial metrics to evaluate the growth of our business, measure the effectiveness of our marketing efforts, identify trends affecting our business, formulate financial projections and make strategic decisions:

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Components of Statements of Operations

Revenues

        Sources of Revenues.    We derive the substantial majority of our revenues from monthly and annual premium subscriptions by businesses, organizations, professionals and individuals to our various premium subscriptions, which include extra bandwidth and storage, Wix ad removal, access to Google Analytics, domain connectivity and eCommerce solutions.

        We derive a small portion of our revenues from selling third-party domain registrations. Revenues from domain name registrations accounted for approximately 5% of revenues in 2012 and approximately 7% of revenues in 2013. We also derive a small portion of our revenues from our App Market consisting of revenues derived from sharing agreements with third parties pursuant to which we receive a portion of the collected revenues of any app to which our users subscribe. Revenues from app installations from our App Market accounted for a negligible amount of revenues in 2012 and 2013. We plan to increase the number of value-added services that we offer and the associated revenues we derive from these services.

        Payment and Revenue Recognition.    Revenues from premium subscriptions and domain name registrations are recognized ratably over the term of the service period. We offer new premium subscription packages for a 14-day trial period during which the user can cancel the subscription at any time and receive a full refund. We classify such amounts collected from new subscriptions as customer deposits until the end of the 14-day trial period. After the 14-day trial period has ended, we recognize premium subscription revenues ratably over the term of the service period, either monthly or annually. We do not offer trial periods for domain name registrations. Substantially all deferred revenues consist of amounts received from premium subscriptions and domain registration sales that are not yet recognized as revenues. For revenues from apps developed by third-party app developers, we account on a net basis by recognizing only the commission we retain from each sale. We do not reflect in our financial statements the portion of the gross amount billed to users with apps that we remit to third-party app developers. See "—Application of Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates—Revenue Recognition."

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        We bill our premium subscriptions in advance through our users' credit or debit cards and a small amount through PayPal. We currently use third-party billing systems integrated into our website, and an internal billing system, both of which provide a portal for users to submit credit or debit card information for processing. Payment occurs after the credit card information entered for the transaction passes through the validation and verification process of our internal and third-party billing providers and processors.

Geographic Breakdown of Revenues

        The following table sets forth the geographic breakdown of revenues for the periods indicated:

 
  Year Ended
December 31,
 
 
  2011   2012   2013  

North America

    67 %   60 %   54 %

Europe

    18     21     24  

Latin America

    6     10     11  

Asia and Others

    9     9     11  
               

Total

    100 %   100 %   100 %

        We expect the percentage of revenues derived from outside of North America to increase over time as we continue to further penetrate internationally. Additional international adoption of our solutions and services is driven by our ability to offer our platform in local languages and offer local billing solutions. When penetrating new markets, we first focus on establishing an operational online billing system, if needed, prior to launching and investing in local marketing activities. We currently offer our platform in six languages—English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and Russian, and we have plans to add more languages. We have historically launched our platform in new markets without the need for local support staff.

Costs and Expenses

        Cost of Revenues.    Cost of revenues consists primarily of costs directly associated with the provision of services, namely, bandwidth and hosting costs for our platform, customer support software solutions and related call center costs along with domain name registration costs. Cost of revenues also consists of personnel and the related overhead costs, including share-based compensation. We expect cost of revenues to increase with the increase in the number of users but to slightly decrease as a percentage of revenues.

        Research and Development.    Research and development expenses consist primarily of personnel and the related overhead costs, including share-based compensation, related to our solutions and service development activities including new initiatives, quality assurance and other related development activities. We expect research and development costs and expenses to continue to increase on an absolute basis as we develop new solutions and add functionalities to our existing solutions and services and expand our mobile app offering.

        Selling and Marketing.    Our primary operating expense is selling and marketing. The significant majority of our selling and marketing expenses are user acquisition costs, which consist primarily of fees paid to third parties for our cost-per-click advertising, social networking and marketing campaigns and other media advertisements. We intend to continue expanding our user acquisition efforts to drive revenue growth while focusing on our return-on-investment targets. Other selling and marketing expenses also consist primarily of personnel and the related overhead costs, including share-based compensation for personnel engaged in marketing, advertising and promotional activities. Our marketing expenses also include billing costs in connection with the processing fee of our collections.

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We expect our selling and marketing expenses to increase on an absolute basis as we penetrate our existing markets and expand to new markets, hire additional personnel and increase our business and collections.

        General and Administrative.    General and administrative expenses primarily consist of personnel and overhead related costs, including share-based compensation, for our executive, finance, human resources and administrative personnel. General and administrative expenses also include legal, accounting and other professional service fees and other corporate expenses. We expect our general and administrative expenses to increase on an absolute basis as we penetrate our existing markets and expand to new markets, hire additional personnel and incur additional costs related to the growth of our business. We will also incur costs associated with being a public company in the United States, including compliance under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and rules promulgated by the SEC and NASDAQ, and director and officer liability insurance.

        Financial Income (Expenses), Net.    Financial income (expenses), net consists primarily of costs related to derivative instruments we enter into for foreign exchange transactions to hedge a portion of our payments in NIS and revenue transactions denominated in euros and British pounds, as well as income and expenses related to the change in the fair value of such derivative instruments. In addition, financial income (expenses), net includes the fluctuation in value due to foreign exchange differences between our monetary assets and liabilities denominated in NIS. In addition, financial income (expenses), net for 2013 included interest expenses related to our revolving credit facility with Silicon Valley Bank.

        Other Expenses.    During 2011, we relocated to our current corporate headquarters in Tel Aviv. This relocation resulted in us incurring a capital loss due to the disposal of leasehold improvements and fixed assets. Therefore, we recorded a capital loss of $0.1 million in 2011 and a minimal amount in 2012 and 2013.

        Taxes on Income.    As of December 31, 2013, we had not yet generated taxable income in Israel. At the end of our last fiscal year, our net operating loss carry forwards for Israeli tax purposes amounted to approximately $54.0 million. After we utilize our net operating loss carry forwards, we are eligible for certain tax benefits in Israel under the Law for the Encouragement of Capital Investments, 1959, or the Investment Law. Accordingly, if we generate taxable income in Israel during the benefit period, we expect our effective tax rate will be lower than the standard corporate tax rate for Israeli companies, which was 24% in 2011 and 25% in 2012 and 2013 and will be 26.5% in 2014 and thereafter. Our benefit period currently ends in 2020. Our taxable income generated outside of Israel or derived from other sources in Israel which is not eligible for tax benefits will be subject to the regular corporate tax rate. For more information about the tax benefits available to us as a Beneficiary Enterprise, see "Taxation and Government Programs"

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Comparison of Period to Period Results of Operations

        The following table sets forth our results of operations in dollars and as a percentage of revenues for the periods indicated:

 
  Year Ended December 31,  
 
  2011   2012   2013  
 
  Amount   % of
Revenues
  Amount   % of
Revenues
  Amount   % of
Revenues
 
 
  (dollars in thousands)
 

Consolidated Statements of Operations:

                                     

Revenues

  $ 24,600     100.0 % $ 43,676     100.0 % $ 80,473     100.0 %

Cost of revenues

    5,290     21.5     9,233     21.1     15,257     19.0  
                           

Gross profit

    19,310     78.5     34,443     78.9     65,216     81.0  
                           

Operating expenses:

                                     

Research and development

    14,746     59.9     16,782     38.4     29,660     36.9  

Selling and marketing

    21,586     87.8     29,057     66.6     53,776     66.8  

General and administrative

    5,338     21.7     3,565     8.2     8,307     10.3  
                           

Total operating expenses

    41,670     169.4     49,404     113.2     91,743     114.0  
                           

Operating loss

    (22,360 )   (90.9 )   (14,961 )   (34.3 )   (26,527 )   (33.0 )

Financial income (expenses), net

    (41 )   (0.2 )   487     1.1     (603 )   (0.7 )

Other expenses

    127     0.5     2     0.0     18     0.0  
                           

Loss before taxes on income

    (22,528 )   (91.6 )   (14,476 )   (33.2 )   (27,148 )   (33.7 )

Taxes on income

    212     0.8     496     1.1     1,572     2.0  
                           

Net loss

  $ (22,740 )   (92.4 )% $ (14,972 )   (34.3 )% $ (28,720 )   (35.7 )%
                           
                           

Year Ended December 31, 2012 Compared to Year Ended December 31, 2013

Revenues

        Revenues increased by $36.8 million, or 84.2%, from $43.7 million in 2012 to $80.5 million in 2013. The substantial majority of this increase was driven by 68.2% growth in the number of premium subscriptions from 469,589 as of December 31, 2012 to 789,753 as of December 31, 2013. The number of premium subscriptions continued to be favorably impacted by the availability for the entire period of versions of our HTML5 product in languages other than English originally introduced in July 2012, as well as by the introduction of our eCommerce platform for HTML5 in August 2012. Premium subscriptions were also impacted favorably in 2013 by an increase in marketing expenses.

        Collections increased by $46.2 million, from $52.5 million in 2012 to $98.7 million in 2013. This increase was primarily due to an increase in premium subscriptions from 469,589 to 789,753 and an increased shift from monthly to annual subscription packages sold, as well as domain name registration to a lesser extent.

Costs and Expenses

        Cost of Revenues.    Cost of revenues increased by $6.1 million, or 66.3%, from $9.2 million in 2012 to $15.3 million in 2013. This increase was primarily attributable to an increase of $2.7 million in payroll expenses, consisting of $2.3 million due to increased headcount from 114 to 152 and $0.4 million in share-based compensation expense. The increase was also due to an increase of $1.7 million in domain name costs, an increase of $1.5 million in bandwidth and hosting costs, and an

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increase of $0.2 million related to allocated overhead expenses and other costs due to expanded activities.

        Research and Development.    Research and development expenses increased by $12.9 million, or 76.8%, from $16.8 million in 2012 to $29.7 million in 2013. This increase was attributable to an increase of $10.7 million in payroll, subcontractors and consultant fees, consisting of $6.9 million due to increased headcount from 176 to 302 to support our development plans, $2.6 million in share-based compensation expense and $1.2 million in subcontractors and consultant fees. The increase was also due to an increase of $2.2 million related to allocated overhead expenses and other development costs due to expanded activities.

        Selling and Marketing.    Selling and marketing expenses increased by $24.7 million, or 84.9%, from $29.1 million in 2012 to $53.8 million in 2013. This increase was attributable to an increase of $20.0 million in user acquisition costs and other marketing activities from $22.2 million in 2012 to $42.2 million in 2013 due to the expansion of distribution channels for our products and services, especially via social networking platforms. It also resulted from an increase of $1.5 million in processing costs of our collections, an increase of $2.4 million in payroll expenses, consisting of $1.3 million due to increased headcount from 56 to 86 and $1.1 million in share-based compensation expense, and an increase of $0.8 million in related allocated overhead expenses.

        General and Administrative.    General and administrative expenses increased by $4.7 million, or 130.6%, from $3.6 million in 2012 to $8.3 million in 2013. This increase was primarily attributable to an increase of $3.1 million in payroll expenses, consisting of $1.1 million due to increased headcount from 19 to 44 and $2.0 million in share-based compensation expense. The increase was also due to an increase of $0.6 million in legal, audit and other consulting services costs primarily associated with our expanded operations and our preparation to become a public company, and an increase of $1.0 million related to allocated overhead expenses and other costs.

        Financial Income (Expenses), Net.    Financial income (expenses), net changed by $1.1 million from net financial income of $0.5 million in 2012 to net financial expenses of $0.6 million in 2013. Financial expenses in 2013 were $0.8 million and primarily related to $0.3 million in interest expenses and $0.3 million in share-based compensation expense related to warrants, both expenses were in connection with our revolving credit facility, the financial expense also included expenses due to hedging transactions activity of $0.1 million and other financial expenses of $0.1 million mainly due to foreign exchange differences. The financial expenses were offset by financial income of $0.2 million.

        Taxes on Income.    Taxes on income increased by $1.1 million from $0.5 million in 2012 to $1.6 million in 2013. Taxes on income for 2013 were comprised of $0.3 million in taxes related to the Israeli entity, $0.5 million in taxes in the United States and of $0.8 million in taxes in Brazil.

Year Ended December 31, 2011 Compared to Year Ended December 31, 2012

Revenues

        Revenues increased by $19.1 million, or 77.6%, from $24.6 million in 2011 to $43.7 million in 2012. The substantial majority of this increase in revenues was driven by 57.5% growth in the number of premium subscriptions from 298,143 as of December 31, 2011 to 469,589 as of December 31, 2012 with virtually no impact from changes in pricing. The number of premium subscriptions was favorably impacted by the introduction of our HTML5 platform in March 2012, the introduction of versions of our HTML5 platform in languages other than English in July 2012, and the introduction of our eCommerce platform for HTML5 in August 2012. Premium subscriptions were also impacted favorably in 2012 by an increase in marketing spending.

        Collections increased by $22.9 million, from $29.6 million in 2011 to $52.5 million in 2012. This increase was due to an increase in premium subscriptions and domain name registration sales.

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Costs and Expenses

        Cost of Revenues.    Cost of revenues increased by $3.9 million, or 73.6%, from $5.3 million in 2011 to $9.2 million in 2012. This increase was primarily attributable to an increase of $1.4 million in payroll expenses due to increased headcount from 73 to 114, an increase of $1.0 million in bandwidth and hosting costs, an increase of $0.9 million in domain name costs as we started to sell third-party domain names in May 2011, and an increase of $0.6 million related to allocated overhead expenses due to expanded activities.

        Research and Development.    Research and development expenses increased by $2.1 million, or 14.3%, from $14.7 million in 2011 to $16.8 million in 2012. This increase was attributable to an increase of $2.8 million in payroll subcontractors and consultants fees due to increased headcount from 126 to 176 to support our development plans, which was partly offset by a decrease of $1.4 million in share-based compensation costs, and an increase of $0.7 million related to allocated overhead expenses due to expanded activities.

        Selling and Marketing.    Selling and marketing expenses increased by $7.5 million, or 34.7%, from $21.6 million in 2011 to $29.1 million in 2012. This increase was attributable to an increase of $6.0 million in user acquisition costs and other marketing activities from $16.2 million in 2011 to $22.2 million in 2012 due to the expansion of distribution channels for our products and services. It also resulted from an increase of $0.8 million in payroll expenses due to increased headcount from 44 to 56, and an increase of $0.6 million in processing costs of our collections and an increase of $0.1 million in facilities costs.

        General and Administrative.    General and administrative expenses decreased by $1.7 million, or 32.1%, from $5.3 million in 2011 to $3.6 million in 2012. This decrease was primarily attributable to a decrease of $2.1 million in payroll expenses, which included a decrease of $2.3 million in share-based compensation expenses recorded in 2011 that was partly offset by an increase of $0.2 million in payroll fees. There was also an increase of $0.4 million in external services and other costs.

        Financial Income (Expenses), Net.    Financial income (expenses), net increased by $0.5 million from 2011 to 2012. Financial income in 2012 was primarily due to gains from hedging transactions entered into to mitigate foreign exchange fluctuations of the NIS against the U.S. dollar. This increase was partially offset by exchange rate differences.

        Taxes on Income.    Taxes on income increased by $0.3 million from $0.2 million in 2011 to $0.5 million in 2012. This increase was primarily attributable to an increase of $0.2 million in taxes in Brazil and increase of $0.1 million in taxes in Israel and the U.S.

Quarterly Results of Operations and Seasonality

        The following tables present our unaudited condensed consolidated quarterly results of operations in dollars and as a percentage of revenues for the periods indicated. Our quarterly collections, free cash flow and adjusted EBITDA, as well as reconciliations of revenues to collections, reconciliations of net cash used in operating activities to free cash flow and reconciliations of net loss to adjusted EBITDA for the same periods are also presented. This information should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and related notes included elsewhere in this prospectus. The

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historical quarterly results presented are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for any future quarters or periods.

 
  Three Months Ended  
 
  Mar. 31,
2012
  June 30,
2012
  Sept. 30,
2012
  Dec. 31,
2012
  Mar. 31,
2013
  June 30,
2013
  Sept. 30,
2013
  Dec. 31,
2013
 
 
  (in thousands)
 

Consolidated Statements of Operations Data:

                                                 

Revenues

  $ 8,777   $ 10,107   $ 11,495   $ 13,297   $ 15,522   $ 18,594   $ 21,414   $ 24,943  

Cost of revenues(1)

    1,815     2,064     2,550     2,804     3,015     3,375     4,221     4,646  
                                   

Gross profit

    6,962     8,043     8,945     10,493     12,507     15,219     17,193     20,297  

Operating expenses:

                                                 

Research and development(1)

    3,967     3,968     4,155     4,692     5,534     5,965     7,717     10,444  

Selling and marketing(1)

    6,088     6,876     7,586     8,507     10,526     12,089     14,619     16,542  

General and administrative(1)

    889     742     927     1,007     1,341     1,703     2,114     3,149  
                                   

Total operating expenses

    10,944     11,586     12,668     14,206     17,401     19,757     24,450     30,135  
                                   

Operating loss

    (3,982 )   (3,543 )   (3,723 )   (3,713 )   (4,894 )   (4,538 )   (7,257 )   (9,838 )

Net loss

  $ (3,735 ) $ (4,037 ) $ (3,755 ) $ (3,445 ) $ (4,916 ) $ (5,151 ) $ (7,735 ) $ (10,918 )

(1)
Includes share-based compensation expense as follows:

 
  Three Months Ended  
 
  Mar. 31,
2012
  June 30,
2012
  Sept. 30,
2012
  Dec. 31,
2012
  Mar. 31,
2013
  June 30,
2013
  Sept. 30,
2013
  Dec. 31,
2013
 
 
  (in thousands)
 

Cost of revenues

  $ 15   $ 32   $ 30   $ 28   $ 33   $ 35   $ 218   $ 204  

Research and development

    106     153     148     146     278     225     991     1,655  

Selling and marketing

    18     26     28     29     59     47     451     628  

General and administrative

    85     59     59     58     92     332     594     1,212  
                                   

Total share-based compensation expense

  $ 224   $ 270   $ 265   $ 261   $ 462   $ 639   $ 2,254   $ 3,699  
                                   
                                   

 

 
  Three Months Ended  
 
  Mar. 31,
2012
  June 30,
2012
  Sept. 30,
2012
  Dec. 31,
2012
  Mar. 31,
2013
  June 30,
2013
  Sept. 30,
2013
  Dec. 31,
2013
 
 
  (as a % of revenues)
 

Consolidated Statements of Operations Data:

                                                 

Revenues

    100.0 %   100.0 %   100.0 %   100.0 %   100.0 %   100.0 %   100.0 %   100.0 %

Cost of revenues

    20.7     20.4     22.2     21.1     19.4     18.2     19.7     18.6  
                                   

Gross profit

    79.3     79.6     77.8     78.9     80.6     81.8     80.3     81.4  

Operating expenses:

                                                 

Research and development

    45.2     39.3     36.1     35.3     35.7     32.1     36.0     41.9  

Selling and marketing

    69.3     68.0     66.0     64.0     67.8     65.0     68.3     66.3  

General and administrative

    10.2     7.3     8.1     7.5     8.6     9.2     9.9     12.6  
                                   

Total operating expenses

    124.7     114.6     110.2     106.8     112.1     106.3     114.2     120.8  

Operating loss

    (45.4 )   (35.0 )   (32.4 )   (27.9 )   (31.5 )   (24.5 )   (33.9 )   (39.4 )

Net loss

    (42.6 )%   (39.9 )%   (32.4 )%   (25.9 )%   (31.7 )%   (27.7 ).%   (36.1 )%   (43.8 )%

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  Three Months Ended  
 
  Mar. 31,
2012
  June 30,
2012
  Sept. 30,
2012
  Dec. 31,
2012
  Mar. 31,
2013
  June 30,
2013
  Sept. 30,
2013
  Dec. 31,
2013
 
 
  (in thousands)
 

Supplemental Financial Metrics:

                                                 

Collections(1)

  $ 10,534   $ 11,719   $ 13,415   $ 16,811   $ 19,674   $ 22,230   $ 26,177   $ 30,592  

Free cash flow(1)

  $ (1,374 ) $ (1,809 ) $ (1,849 ) $ 477   $ 236   $ (32 ) $ (40 ) $ 1,009  

Adjusted EBITDA(1)

  $ (3,566 ) $ (3,062 ) $ (3,260 ) $ (3,182 ) $ (4,196 ) $ (3,600 ) $ (4,683 ) $ (5,765 )

Supplemental Operating Metrics

                                                 

Number of registered users at period end(2)

    19,603     22,442     25,209     28,226     31,940     35,622     38,827     42,126  

Number of premium subscriptions at period end(3)

    338     378     414     470     549     627     707     790  

 

 
  Three Months Ended  
 
  Mar. 31,
2012
  June 30,
2012
  Sept. 30,
2012
  Dec. 31,
2012
  Mar. 31,
2013
  June 30,
2013
  Sept. 30,
2013
  Dec. 31,
2013
 
 
  (in thousands)
 

Reconciliation of Revenues to Collections:

                                                 

Revenues

  $ 8,777   $ 10,107   $ 11,495   $ 13,297   $ 15,522   $ 18,594   $ 21,414   $ 24,943  

Change in deferred revenues

    1,757     1,612     1,920     3,514     4,152     3,636     4,763     5,649  
                                   

Collections(1)

  $ 10,534   $ 11,719   $ 13,415   $ 16,811   $ 19,674   $ 22,230   $ 26,177   $ 30,592  
                                   
                                   

 

 
  Three Months Ended  
 
  Mar. 31,
2012
  June 30,
2012
  Sept. 30,
2012
  Dec. 31,
2012
  Mar. 31,
2013
  June 30,
2013
  Sept. 30,
2013
  Dec. 31,
2013
 
 
  (in thousands)
 

Reconciliation of Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities to Free cash flow:

                                                 

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

  $ (1,173 ) $ (1,604 ) $ (1,563 ) $ 732   $ 640   $ 641   $ 528   $ 2,434  

Capital expenditures

    (201 )   (205 )   (286 )   (255 )   (404 )   (673 )   (568 )   (1,425 )
                                   

Free cash flow(1)

  $ (1,374 ) $ (1,809 ) $ (1,849 ) $ 477   $ 236   $ (32 ) $ (40 ) $ 1,009  
                                   
                                   

 

 
  Three Months Ended  
 
  Mar. 31,
2012
  June 30,
2012
  Sept. 30,
2012
  Dec. 31,
2012
  Mar. 31,
2013
  June 30,
2013
  Sept. 30,
2013
  Dec. 31,
2013
 
 
  (in thousands)
 

Reconciliation of Net loss to Adjusted EBITDA:

                                                 

Net loss

  $ (3,735 ) $ (4,037 ) $ (3,755 ) $ (3,445 ) $ (4,916 ) $ (5,151 ) $ (7,735 ) $ (10,918 )

Financial expenses (income), net

    (295 )   403     (84 )   (511 )   (261 )   297     65     502  

Other expenses

    2                         20     (2 )

Taxes on income

    46     91     116     243     283     316     393     580  

Depreciation

    192     211     198     270     236     299     320     374  

Share-based compensation expense

    224     270     265     261     462     639     2,254     3,699  
                                   

Total Adjustments

    169     975     495     263     720     1,551     3,052     5,153  
                                   

Adjusted EBITDA(1)

  $ (3,566 ) $ (3,062 ) $ (3,260 ) $ (3,182 ) $ (4,196 ) $ (3,600 ) $ (4,683 ) $ (5,765 )
                                   
                                   

(1)
See "Summary—Summary Consolidated Financial and Other Data—Non-GAAP Financial Measures" and "Selected Consolidated Financial and Other Data—Non-GAAP Financial Measures" for how we define and calculate collections, free

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(2)
Number of registered users at period end is defined as the total number of users, including those who purchase premium subscriptions, who are registered with Wix.com with a unique email address at the end of the period.

(3)
A single user can purchase multiple premium subscriptions.

        Although our revenues and collections have grown quarter over quarter for the eleven quarters presented above, our net loss has fluctuated from quarter to quarter. These quarterly fluctuations in net loss result primarily from increases in selling and marketing expenses for user acquisition in order to generate revenues in subsequent periods.

        We believe there are slight seasonal impacts to our business during major holiday periods when we experience lower than average daily site traffic. However to date, seasonal impacts have not been clearly visible in our quarterly consolidated results of operations, which we believe may be due to the rapid growth of our business and our geographic breadth. In the future, seasonal trends may cause fluctuations in our quarterly results, including fluctuations in sequential collections.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

        We have financed our operations primarily through the proceeds from the issuance of our securities and cash flows from operations. In November 2013, we closed our IPO, resulting in net proceeds to us of approximately $93.6 million.

        As of December 31, 2013, we had $101.3 million of cash and cash equivalents. In addition, we had $3.3 million as restricted deposits of which $1.4 million related to our currency hedging transactions and the remaining balance consisted of restricted bank deposits for our leases, credit card agreements and also deposits to secure our online merchant activity with one of our billing processors.

        A substantial source of our cash provided by operating activities is our cash collections from our premium subscriptions, a portion of which is reflected in our deferred revenues, which is included on our consolidated balance sheet as a liability. Deferred revenues consist of the unrecognized portion of upfront payments from our premium subscriptions as well as domain name registration sales. We assess our liquidity, in part, through an analysis of the anticipated recognition of deferred revenues into revenues together with our other sources of liquidity. As of December 31, 2013, we had a working capital of $58.4 million, which included $35.8 million of short-term deferred revenues recorded as a current liability, and we also had $1.4 million of long-term deferred revenues. These deferred revenues remains unrecognized generally for one to 12 months for premium subscriptions and one to 36 months for domain name registration sales, and will be recognized as revenues ratably over the term of the service period when all of the revenue recognition criteria are met in accordance with our revenue recognition policy.

        We believe our existing cash and cash from operations will be sufficient to fund our operations for at least the next twelve months. In addition, we believe that these resources will serve to accelerate our growth plans and future operations.

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        We expect to spend approximately $4.3 million through December 31, 2014 for capital expenditures, primarily related to leasehold improvements as we expand our office space. Our future capital requirements will depend on many factors, including our rate of revenue growth, the expansion of our selling and marketing activities, the timing and extent of our spending on research and development efforts, and international expansion. We may also seek to invest in or acquire complementary businesses or technologies. To the extent that existing cash, cash from operations and net proceeds from the IPO are insufficient to fund our future activities, we may need to raise additional funding through debt and equity financing. Additional funds may not be available on favorable terms or at all.

Cash Flows

        The following table presents the major components of net cash flows for the periods presented:

 
  Year Ended December 31,  
 
  2011   2012   2013  
 
  (in thousands)
 

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

  $ (10,599 ) $ (3,608 ) $ 4,243  

Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities

    (4,553 )   683     (3,840 )

Net cash provided by financing activities

    21,025     61     94,213  

Cash Provided By (Used in) Operating Activities

        Net cash used in operating activities decreased from $10.6 million in 2011 to $3.6 million in 2012. In 2013, operating activities provided $4.2 million in cash. Our primary source of cash from operating activities has been cash collections from our premium subscriptions. Our primary uses of cash from operating activities have been selling and marketing expenses, personnel and related overhead costs and other costs related to the provision of our services. The decrease from 2011 to 2012, as well as the positive cash from operations generated in 2013, was due to the significant growth in collections from our premium subscriptions. We expect cash inflows from operating activities to be affected by increases in sales and the timing of collections. We expect cash outflows from operating activities to be affected by increases in marketing and increases in personnel costs as we grow our business.

        For the year ended December 31, 2013, operating activities provided $4.2 million in cash. Despite generating positive cash flow, our operating cash needs resulted primarily from our net loss of $28.7 million, which included $9.0 million of non-cash charges related primarily to share-based compensation expenses, depreciation and tax benefits related to the exercise of share options. Our net loss (after adjusting for such non-cash items) was offset primarily by a net change of $23.9 million in our operating assets and liabilities, which was primarily the result of an increase of $18.7 million in deferred revenues due to an increase in collections from our premium subscriptions, an $8.0 million increase in payroll accruals and other liabilities primarily due to trade payables and others and a $0.1 million decrease in trade receivables. These increases were offset by a $2.9 million increase in prepaid expenses and other current and long term assets as a result of growth in our business.

        For the year ended December 31, 2012, operating activities used $3.6 million in cash, primarily as a result of a net loss of $15.0 million, offset by non-cash charges of $2.1 million as well as a net change of $9.3 million in our net operating assets and liabilities. Non-cash charges included share-based compensation expenses, depreciation, deferred income taxes, net and tax benefits related to the exercise of share options. The net change in our operating assets and liabilities was primarily the result of an increase of $8.8 million in deferred revenues due to an increase in collections from our premium subscriptions and a $2.4 million increase in payroll accruals and other liabilities primarily due to trade payables and others. These increases were offset by a $0.6 million increase in trade receivables due to

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an increase in sales and a $1.3 million increase in prepaid expenses and other current and long term assets as a result of growth in our business.

        For the year ended December 31, 2011, operating activities used $10.6 million in cash as a result of a net loss of $22.7 million, partially offset by non-cash charges of $5.4 million as well as a net change of $6.7 million in our net operating assets and liabilities. Non-cash charges included share-based compensation expenses, depreciation, tax benefits related to the exercise of share options, deferred income taxes, net and capital loss. The net change in our operating assets and liabilities was primarily the result of a $5.0 million increase in deferred revenues mainly due to an increase in sales of premium subscriptions, as well as a $2.9 million increase in accrued and other liabilities as a result of growing our business. These increases were partially offset by a $1.0 million increase in prepaid expenses and other assets as a result of growth in our business and a $0.2 million increase in trade receivables due to an increase in sales.

Cash Provided by (Used in) Investing Activities

        Cash used in investing activities was $3.8 million in 2013, cash provided by investing activities was $0.7 million in 2012, and cash used in investing activities was $4.6 million in 2011. Investing activities have consisted primarily of investment and proceeds of restricted deposits and purchase of property and equipment.

Cash Provided by Financing Activities

        Our financing activities have primarily consisted of proceeds from the issuance and sale of our securities and proceeds from the exercise of share options. In 2013 financing activities provided $94.2 million, which included $93.7 million of net IPO proceeds and $0.5 million from the proceeds from the exercise of share options. In July 2013, we utilized $5.0 million of our revolving credit facility, which we repaid in full following the completion of the IPO in November 2013. For the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2012, financing activities provided $21.0 million and $0.1 million in cash, respectively, primarily as a result of net proceeds from the issuance and sale of preferred shares and proceeds from the exercise of share options. We expect the completion of this offering to result in a material increase in our cash flows from financing activities.

Contractual Obligations

        Our significant contractual obligations as of December 31, 2013 are summarized in the following table:

 
  Payments Due by Period(1)  
 
  Total   2014   2015   2016   2017   Thereafter  
 
  (in thousands)
 

Operating lease obligations(2)

  $ 19,347   $ 4,180   $ 4,229   $ 2,382   $ 2,196   $ 6,360  

(1)
Does not include short-term obligations that accrue monthly and are payable to third-party distributors and Internet search providers.

(2)
Consists of future lease payments for our rented office facilities located in Tel Aviv, Israel, New York, New York, San Francisco, California, and Vilnius, Lithuania, as well as future lease payments for leased motor vehicles, the leases for each of which will expire in 2016.

Application of Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

        Our accounting policies and their effect on our financial condition and results of operations are more fully described in our consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this prospectus. We have prepared our financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP, which requires management to

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make estimates and assumptions that in certain circumstances affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, revenues and expenses and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. These estimates are prepared using our best judgment, after considering past and current events and economic conditions. While management believes the factors evaluated provide a meaningful basis for establishing and applying sound accounting policies, management cannot guarantee that the estimates will always be consistent with actual results. In addition, certain information relied upon by us in preparing such estimates includes internally generated financial and operating information, external market information, when available, and when necessary, information obtained from consultations with third-parties. Actual results could differ from these estimates and could have a material adverse effect on our reported results. See "Risk Factors" for a discussion of the possible risks which may affect these estimates.

        We believe that the accounting policies discussed below are critical to our financial results and to the understanding of our past and future performance, as these policies relate to the more significant areas involving management's estimates and assumptions. We consider an accounting estimate to be critical if: (1) it requires us to make assumptions because information was not available at the time or it included matters that were highly uncertain at the time we were making our estimate; and (2) changes in the estimate could have a material impact on our financial condition or results of operations.

Revenue Recognition

        We derive most of our revenues from monthly and annual premium subscriptions. We derive a portion of our revenues from selling third-party domain registration. We also derive a portion of our revenues from our App Market consisting of revenues derived from sharing agreements with third parties pursuant to which we receive a portion of the collected revenues of any app to which our users subscribe.

        We recognize revenues in accordance with ASC No. 605-10-S99, (SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 104, "Revenue Recognition"), when (i) persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, (ii) delivery has occurred or services have been rendered to the customer, (iii) the fee is fixed or determinable, and (iv) collectability is reasonably assured.

        Revenues related to services for websites and the purchase and registration of domain names are recognized ratably over the term of the service period. Revenues related to apps developed by third-party developers are recognized when earned. We account for such sales on a net basis by recognizing the commission we retain from each sale. The portion of the gross amount billed to users that is remitted by us to third-party app developers is not reflected in our consolidated statements of operations.

        We offer new premium subscription packages for a 14-day trial period during which the user can cancel the subscription at any time and receive a full refund. We consider such amounts collected from new premium subscriptions as customer deposits until the end of the 14-day trial period. After the 14-day trial period has ended, we recognize premium subscription revenues ratably over the term of the service period, either monthly or annually. We do not offer trial periods for domain name registrations. Deferred service revenues primarily include unearned amounts received from customers but not recognized as revenues.

        Although in general, we do not grant rights of refund, there are certain instances where such refunds occur. Since we collect most of our revenues through online credit card billing, a small portion of our users elect to chargeback due to disputes over the credit card statements and/or claims of false transaction, and accordingly ask for refunds. We maintain a provision for chargebacks and refunds in accordance with ASC No. 605, "Revenue Recognition," which we estimate based primarily on historical experience as well as management judgment and is recorded through a reduction of revenues.

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        A portion of our revenue transactions include multiple elements within a single contract if it is determined that multiple units of accounting exist. Commencing January 1, 2011, we adopted Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") No. 2009-13, "Multiple-Deliverable Revenue Arrangements, (amendments to ASC Topic 605, Revenue Recognition)" ("ASU No. 2009-13"). ASU No. 2009-13 requires entities to allocate revenue in an arrangement using estimated selling prices of the delivered goods and services based on a selling price hierarchy. The amendments eliminate the residual method of revenue allocation and require revenue to be allocated using the relative selling price method.

        The primary types of transactions in which we engage for which ASU No. 2009-13 is applicable are agreements that include multiple elements which are delivered at different points in time. Such elements may include some or all of the following:

        We consider the sale of each of the above stated elements in bundled agreement to be a separate unit of accounting for the arrangement and defer the relative sales price of the undelivered element to the period in which revenue is earned.

        Pursuant to the guidance under ASU No. 2009-13, when a sales arrangement contains multiple elements, the Company allocates revenue to each element based on a selling price hierarchy. The selling price for a deliverable is based on its VSOE if available, third-party evidence ("TPE") if VSOE is not available, or estimated selling price ("ESP") if neither VSOE nor TPE is available. VSOE of selling price is based on the price charged when the element is sold separately. In determining VSOE, it is required that a substantial majority of the selling prices fall within a reasonable range based on historical discounting trends for specific services. TPE of selling price is established by evaluating largely interchangeable competitor services in stand-alone sales to similarly situated customers. Monthly and annual premium subscriptions and domain name registrations are sold separately. The selling price for monthly and annual premium subscriptions is based on VSOE. The selling price of domain name registrations was based on TPE in 2011 and VSOE in 2012 and 2013.

Share-Based Compensation

        Under U.S. GAAP, we account for our share-based compensation for employees in accordance with the provisions of the Financial Accounting Standards Board's Accounting Standards Codification Topic 718 "Compensation—Stock Based Compensation" ("ASC No. 718"), which requires us to measure the cost of options based on the fair value of the award on the grant date. The Company also applies ASC No. 718 and ASC No. 505-50 "Equity Based Payments to Non-Employees" ("ASC No. 505-50") with respect to options issued to non-employees consultants.

        We selected the Black-Scholes-Merton option pricing model as the most appropriate method for determining the estimated fair value of our share-based awards. The resulting cost of an equity incentive award is recognized as an expense over the requisite service period of the award, which is usually the vesting period. We recognize compensation expense over the vesting period using the straight-line method and classify these amounts in the consolidated financial statements based on the department to which the related employee reports.

        The determination of the grant date fair value of options using an option pricing model is affected by estimates and assumptions regarding a number of complex and subjective variables. These variables include the expected volatility of our share price over the expected term of the options, share option

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exercise and cancellation behaviors, risk-free interest rates and expected dividends, which are estimated as follows:

        If any of the assumptions used in the Black-Scholes-Merton model change significantly, share-based compensation for future awards may differ materially compared with the awards granted previously.

        We account for options issued to non-employees in accordance with the guidance of ASC No. 505-50 for equity-based payments to non-employees. Share option awards to non-employees are accounted for at fair value using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model. Our management believes

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that the fair value of share options is more reliably measured than the fair value of the services received. The fair value of the unvested portion of the options granted to non-employees is re-measured each period. The resulting increase in value, if any, is recognized as expense during the period the related services are rendered. The fair value of each non-employee share-based compensation award is re-measured each period until a commitment date is reached, which is generally the vesting date.

        We also award RSUs to certain of our non-employee board members. At the time of vesting these awards are settled in shares. Awards settled in shares are accounted for based on the fair market value at the time of grant while awards settled in cash are accounted for based on the fair market value at the time of vesting.

        The total non-cash share-based compensation expense we recognized in our consolidated statement of operations was $4.7 million, $1.0 million, and $7.1 million in the years ended December 31, 2011, 2012 and 2013, respectively.

Derivatives and Hedging

        We account for derivatives and hedging based on ASC 815 "Derivatives and Hedging" ("ACS 815"), which requires us to recognize all derivatives on the balance sheet at their fair value. For those derivative instruments that are designated and qualify as hedging instruments, a company must designate the hedging instrument, based upon the exposure being hedged, as a fair value hedge, cash flow hedge or a hedge of a net investment in a foreign operation.

Income Taxes

        As part of the process of preparing our consolidated financial statements we are required to estimate our taxes in each of the jurisdictions in which we operate. We estimate actual current tax exposure together with assessing temporary differences resulting from differing treatment of items, such as accruals and allowances not currently deductible for tax purposes. These differences result in deferred tax assets and liabilities, which are included in our consolidated balance sheets. We must assess the likelihood that our deferred tax assets will be recovered from future taxable income and to the extent we believe that recovery is not likely, we must establish a valuation allowance.

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        Management must exercise significant judgment to determine our provision for income taxes, our deferred tax assets and liabilities and any valuation allowance recorded against our net deferred tax assets. We base the valuation allowance on our estimates of taxable income in each jurisdiction in which we operate and the period over which our deferred tax assets are more likely than not to be recoverable. As of December 31, 2013, we had a net operating loss carryforward of approximately $55.4 million and had recorded a valuation allowance against most of our net deferred tax assets, based on the available evidence, we believed at that time it was more likely than not that we would not be able to utilize all of these deferred tax assets in the future.

        U.S. GAAP requires that the impact of an uncertain income tax position on the income tax return is recognized at the largest amount that is more likely than not to be sustained upon audit by the relevant tax authority. If we ultimately determine that the payment of these liabilities will be unnecessary, we reverse the liability and recognize a tax benefit during that period. Conversely, we should then record additional tax charges in a period in which we determine that a recorded tax liability is less than we expect the ultimate assessment to be. We did not recognize any significant unrecognized tax benefits during the periods presented in this prospectus.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

        We do not currently engage in off-balance sheet financing arrangements. In addition, we do not have any interest in entities referred to as variable interest entities, which includes special purposes entities and other structured finance entities.

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosure about Market Risk

        Our results of operations and cash flows are affected by fluctuations due to changes in foreign currency exchange rates. In 2013, approximately 80% of our revenues were denominated in U.S. dollars and approximately 20% in other currencies, primarily in euros and Brazilian reals. In 2013, approximately 65% of our cost of revenues and operating expenses were denominated in U.S. dollars and approximately 35% in NIS. Our NIS-denominated expenses consist primarily of personnel and overhead costs. Since significant portions of our expenses are incurred in NIS, any appreciation of the NIS relative to the U.S. dollar would adversely impact our net loss or net income (if any).

        Our primary processing provider converts payments collected from by our premium users in British pound- and euro-denominated payments to us into U.S. dollars in consideration for the payment of an additional fee; however, since the original payment are not received in dollars this does not overall reduce our exposure to exchange rate fluctuations between these currencies and the U.S. dollar.

        The following table presents information about the changes in the exchange rates of the NIS against the U.S. dollar:

Period
  Change in Average Exchange Rate of the NIS
Against the U.S. dollar (%)
 

2013

    (6.4 )

2012

    7.8  

2011

    (4.1 )

        The figures above represent the change in the average exchange rate in the given period compared to the average exchange rate in the immediately preceding period. Negative figures represent depreciation of the U.S. dollar compared to the NIS.

        A 10% increase (decrease) in the value of the NIS against the U.S. dollar would have decreased (increased) our net loss by approximately $3.8 million in 2013.

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        To protect against the increase in value of forecasted foreign currency cash flow resulting from expenses paid in NIS during the year, we have instituted a foreign currency cash flow hedging program. We hedge limited portions of the anticipated payroll of our Israeli employees, Israeli suppliers and anticipated rent expenses of our Israeli premises denominated in NIS for a period of one to twelve months with forward contracts and other derivative instruments. In addition, we hedge a portion of our revenue transactions denominated in euros and British pounds. See Note 2h to our consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this prospectus.

        Our results of operations may also be impacted by currency translation gains and losses on monetary assets and liabilities, primarily cash and cash equivalents and restricted deposits denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar. Any such gains or losses only impact the dollar value of our non-dollar denominated cash and cash equivalents and restricted deposits and result from changes in reported values due to exchange rate fluctuations between the beginning and the end of reporting periods. As of December 31, 2013, we had $96.4 million of cash and cash equivalents and restricted deposits denominated in U.S. dollars and $8.2 million denominated in other currencies, primarily the NIS and the Brazilian real.

        We do not believe that we have material exposure to interest rate risk due to the fact that we have no long-term borrowings.

        We do not believe that we have any material exposure to inflationary risks.

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BUSINESS

Vision

        We believe that the Internet should be accessible to everyone, not just to access information but also to develop, create and contribute.

        We see many similarities in our vision with the desktop revolution, when computer hardware and software evolved to provide everyone with the capability to develop, create and print professional-quality documents from their desktop. Access expanded to everyone, document creation became a core human skill, and the asset-heavy approach was abandoned. This same revolution has not yet happened online. Today, professional skill and capital is needed to turn ideas into high-quality web content. We believe that by providing an easy-to-use and affordable solution with professional-quality results, we are leading the "Webtop Revolution."

Company Overview

        We are a leading global web development platform with one of the largest number of registered users in the world. We empower over 42 million registered users in 190 countries to create and manage a fully integrated and dynamic digital presence. We are pioneering a new approach to web development and management that provides an easy-to-use yet powerful cloud-based platform that eliminates the need for complex coding and supplants expensive design services. Our solutions enable millions of businesses, organizations, professionals and individuals to take their businesses, brands and workflow online. We offer our solutions through a freemium and subscription model, and as of December 31, 2013, we had 789,753 premium subscriptions.

        Our core product is a drag-and-drop visual development and editing environment complete with high quality templates, graphics, image galleries and fonts. With our platform, Wix users can create and manage a professional-quality digital presence tailored to their brands' specific look and feel, accessible across all major browsers and the most widely used desktop, tablet and mobile devices.

        Our cloud-based platform is accessed through a hosted environment, allowing our users to update their site and manage their business or organization at any time. We provide our users with flexibility and scalability, allowing them to expand their digital presence as their business, organizational, professional or individual needs change and grow.

        Through our highly curated App Market, which was launched in the last quarter of 2012, we offer our users the ability to easily install and uninstall more than 156 different apps that were carefully identified and selected for inclusion in the App Market by us based on user needs and demand, such as social plug-ins, online marketing and customer relationship management tools, contact forms and payment processing capabilities. These apps add additional functionality and are easily integrated into users' websites with one click and without any coding.

        We believe the substantial majority of our users are small business owners, organizations and entrepreneurs. Our scale and reach makes us an attractive partner for companies interested in distributing their own solutions to our users. As we expand our platform through partnerships, we are able to increase our value proposition for existing users and more easily attract new users.

        By developing business intelligence using the data we have generated over several years of operation, we are able to create efficiencies in our marketing budget. We have therefore been able to leverage online channels effectively for the majority of our marketing efforts without the need for a direct sales force. In addition, many of our users refer us within their personal and professional networks. As a result, we generate a large volume of traffic through word-of-mouth, with organic and direct traffic, meaning visitor traffic that reached our website, Wix.com, via unpaid search results or by

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typing the URL of our website in their browser, accounting for approximately 58% of the premium subscriptions generated by users that registered in the fourth quarter of 2013.

        We are removing not only technological, but also geographic and linguistic barriers to web development, in order to empower everyone to create and manage a digital presence in their own language. We currently offer our platform in several languages—English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and Russian—with others, such as Polish, German, Japanese, Korean and Turkish in recently-launched test formats, and we plan to add more languages in the future.

        Our users grew from 17 million at December 31, 2011 to 42 million at December 31, 2013, representing a 57% compounded annual growth rate. Our premium subscriptions have grown from 298,143 to 789,753 over the same period, representing a 63% compounded annual growth rate. Through December 31, 2013, we had achieved 16 consecutive quarters of sequential growth in the accumulated number of premium subscriptions. We have also achieved 16 consecutive quarters of growth in revenues and collections. We had revenues of $24.6 million, $43.7 million and $80.5 million and collections of $29.6 million, $52.5 million and $98.7 million in 2011, 2012 and 2013, respectively. We had a net loss of $22.7 million, $15.0 million and $28.7 million in 2011, 2012 and 2013, respectively.

        In February 2014, we acquired all of the share capital of Appixia, an Israeli company, for approximately $1.3 million in cash. Appixia is currently developing a platform for building mCommerce apps for the Israeli market. The acquisition is a component of our plan to continue strengthening our technological advantage and the breadth of our product offerings.

Industry Overview and Market Opportunity

Increasing need for a dynamic digital presence

        According to an October 2013 Netcraft survey, there are more than 767 million websites across all domains, nearly four times the number that existed five years ago. 79 million of these websites were added in 2012 alone. The way that consumers interact with websites, however, continues to expand with the evolution of technology. Consumers have come to expect a high level of personalization, engagement and functionality; a static website is no longer satisfactory and can even negatively affect overall brand perception for businesses, organizations and professionals.

        In the current market, businesses, organizations and professionals need a dynamic digital presence with tools to manage interactions with customers, suppliers, partners and employees online and in real time. These interactions include back-end activities like invoicing, customer relationship management and payment processing, as well as front-end activities such as communications, online marketing, reservations and scheduling, and social media integration. Use of dynamic web content and services for high level customer engagement is becoming increasingly prolific. For example:

        Businesses, organizations and professionals that have access to the latest technology and large budgets are able to create a fully functional, integrated and engaging digital presence and widen the competitive gap between themselves and those that lack access.

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Creating a dynamic digital presence is challenging

        Building this presence is becoming more challenging for businesses, organizations, professionals and individuals for the following reasons:

        We believe there is a significant opportunity to provide an elegant solution that caters to the accelerating demands of businesses, organizations, professionals and individuals who need to create and manage a dynamic, professional digital presence at a reasonable cost.

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Our Solution

How Wix Works

        From registration on Wix.com to publishing and maintaining a digital presence, we offer a simple and code-free web development platform supported by our customer service experts at every step in the process:

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(1)
Organic sources of traffic means traffic to our website in respect of which there is no direct cost to us associated with such source of traffic, which includes but are not limited to: (i) clicks on unpaid links which navigate directly to our homepage, (ii) clicks on non-paid Wix advertisement banner on a Wix free site, and (iii) Search Engine Optimization, which refers to

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(2)
Paid sources of traffic means traffic to our website in respect of which there is a direct cost to us associated with such source of traffic, which includes but are not limited to: (i) Search Engine Marketing, which refers to pay-per-click links to our website generated in search engine results for which we pay a fee to the search engine, (ii) banner ads that we pay for on various websites, and (iii) advertisements we pay for on social networking sites.

Benefits to Our Users

        We believe that our solution provides the following key benefits to our users:

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Benefits to Our Partners

        We believe that our solution offers the following key benefits to our partners:

Our Strengths

        We believe the following key strengths provide us with competitive advantages:

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Our Strategy

        Key elements of our strategy include:

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Our Offerings

        We offer our web development, design and management solutions and apps through an attractive online platform that enables our large user base of businesses, organizations, professionals and individuals to create a sophisticated and professional digital presence. Our web development technology is built based on HTML5 and offers HTML5 compatible capabilities, web design and layout tools, domain hosting, and other marketing and work flow management applications and services. By registering with our website, our users receive access to the Wix Editor, an online editor that enables the user to design and manage an unlimited number of websites in order to establish or enhance their digital presence. No installation of software is necessary to use the Wix Editor, as our advanced editing and design platform is accessible through the cloud directly from our website.

        The table below summarizes the different standard packages and levels of functionality that we offer as of the date of this prospectus:

 
   
  Premium Subscriptions
 
  Free
Product
  Connect
Domain
  Combo   Unlimited   eCommerce   VIP

Current Monthly Equivalent List Price for Annual Subscriptions (in U.S. Dollars)

    $4.08   $8.25   $12.42   $16.17   $24.90

Current List Price for Monthly Subscriptions (in U.S. Dollars)

    $6.90   $10.95   $15.95   $19.90   $29.90

Wix Editor

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Wix Mobile

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Wix SEO Tool

  ü   ü   ü   ü   ü   ü

Web Hosting

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Storage

      500MB   3GB   10GB   20GB   20GB

Data Bandwidth

      1GB   2GB   Unlimited   10GB   Unlimited

Connect Your Domain

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Google Analytics

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Premium Support

      ü   ü   ü   ü   ü

Ads Free

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Add Favicon

          ü   ü   ü   ü

Shopping Cart

                  ü   ü

VIP Support

                      ü

Priority Call Back

                      ü

Instant Response

                      ü

Professional Site Review

                      ü

        Free Products.    Our users receive access to hundreds of free design templates for personal and business use, free web hosting through the Wix domain, free apps from our App Market, and blog and social network page support. The websites developed using our free product contain Wix advertisements in the footer of the website, and tags, or metadata, which contain our name. Our domain name is also contained in the link to the user's website.

        Our free product and service offering includes the following features and capabilities:

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        Premium Subscriptions.    Our premium subscriptions are purchased primarily by businesses, organizations and professionals in a variety of fields, such as art, finance, entertainment, music, beauty, sports or news. Premium subscriptions are not concentrated in any particular field. Our premium subscriptions offer all of the features of our Wix Editor, but also include features tailored to business' needs, such as eCommerce and appointment applications, and marketing tools such as Google Analytics and mailing lists. Our premium subscriptions also offer storage and bandwidth for our users' data and premium technical support services. We also offer ad vouchers with certain of our premium subscriptions, which allow users to expand their digital presence by advertising their pages on third-party sites, such as Facebook and Google.

        To date, most of our revenues have been from selling our Combo and Unlimited premium subscriptions. These solutions are primarily purchased by businesses, organizations and professionals, which make up the substantial majority of our total user base.

        Our premium subscriptions offer the following additional features and capabilities:

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Applications and Value-Added Services

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Customer Support

        We offer our users the following support and services:

Selling and Marketing

        Our selling and marketing expenses focus primarily on online advertising and we do not employ a direct sales force. Our main online acquisition channels include Google, Facebook and direct media buying.

        We market our solutions and apps to businesses, organizations, professionals and individuals, including entrepreneurs and freelancers. We are able to attract a high volume of users and premium subscriptions by offering free solutions and services and upgrades and improvements to our premium

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subscriptions. We also offer 14-day money-back versions of our premium subscriptions. As of December 31, 2013, we had over 42 million registered users and 789,753 premium subscriptions across 190 countries. Our App Market averaged 21,783 installations per day during the month of December 2013.

        We also provide a free co-working and event space in our two Wix Lounges, located in New York City and San Francisco. These lounges provide designers who use our solutions, as well as freelancers, artists and entrepreneurs, with a workspace and an opportunity to network with others. We also host events at our lounges that allow our users the ability to showcase their work, free of charge. We have found that our lounges enhance our brand and strengthen our network of users.

User Acquisition

        We engage in online advertising with a focus on acquiring new users to our platform. We acquire the majority of our users through free traffic to our website, primarily through search engine optimization or direct traffic, meaning visitor traffic that reached our website, Wix.com, via unpaid search results or by typing the URL of our website in their browser, to our website, which includes customer referrals. We also acquire a small amount of free traffic through our participation on social networking sites and the banner advertisements we place on our non-paying users' websites. In order to increase our exposure and optimize organic, or free, search engine results, we constantly test our search engine optimization strategy to ensure that our website is relevant to those potential customers seeking web development and design products. Further, we continually evaluate our marketing spending and its effectiveness and invest in those activities that are most likely to maximize our return by generating premium subscriptions. In 2014, we are continuing to focus our marketing spending on channels that bring new users to visit, register and begin using our products and services.

        We believe our user acquisition strategy further benefits from the brand we have built as a leading web development and design platform for businesses, organizations, professionals and individuals. We believe that our branding efforts have accounted for a significant portion of users who come directly to our website, through typing our URL directly into their browsers, or through searching for "Wix" or a term related to establishing a digital presence. We believe that these users are also attracted due to referrals from other users, and via word-of-mouth regarding our products and services. Our acquisition strategy also benefits from our use of A/B testing on our website, a marketing approach that aims to identify changes to our website which will increase or maximize user interest and acquisition. Our Design Studio team changes the layout of our website from time to time, and engages in A/B testing in order to determine which layouts and graphics are the most successful in maximizing user acquisition.

        Our marketing expenditures directed to advertising were $15.9 million in 2011, $21.5 million in 2012 and $41.0 million in 2013. Our marketing expenditures are directed toward the following channels:

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User Retention

        Once we attract visitors to our website, our preliminary goal is to register them as users. We distribute marketing and promotional emails and support tools to our registered users to help them build their site. These materials are created by our Wix Design Studio team, which complements our marketing efforts by focusing on the consistency of our branding message online, in our offline merchandise and at our community events. Users who convert to a premium subscription gain access to additional features such as extra bandwidth and storage, Wix ad removal, access to Google Analytics, domain connectivity and eCommerce solutions. We offer a 14-day premium subscription trial to introduce users to these additional products and solutions. Users can choose either an annual or monthly premium subscription and as of December 31, 2013, 66% of our premium subscriptions were annual and 34% were monthly. We seek to increase the number of premium annual subscriptions by offering seasonal promotions and discounts on annual subscriptions. We also send our subscribing users emails reminding them to renew their subscriptions before expiration, as well as coupons and other discounts on products and services. We seek to retain premium subscriptions by offering upgrades for our premium products and free and premium apps in our App Market.

        We further retain premium subscriptions by developing relationships with subscribing users through the Wix Support and Call Center, a forum where we address our users' technological needs and concerns. Through the Support and Call Center, we also help non-paying users transition to premium subscriptions, by providing guidance on integration of premium subscription features into existing websites created with our Wix Editor. We seek to maintain goodwill with all of our users, and retain them as registered users, even if they do not choose to subscribe to or renew their premium subscriptions.

Our Technology and Infrastructure

        Our cloud-based platform provides our users with a suite of web design, development and workflow management products and apps, as well as hosting for our users' sites. All of these tools are accessible directly through our platform. In order to enhance our suite of products, we also conduct product and quality assurance testing on all new and existing technology integrated into our platform.

Wix Cloud

        We use a flexible hybrid cloud, comprised of both cloud-based storage and data centers, to host our products and apps, and the websites that our users create. We lease our data centers from third parties. Our primary data centers are in two geographically separate locations in the United States with a back-up data center in Europe. We lease our primary data centers in the United States from Hostway Services, Inc. pursuant to purchase orders issued under an agreement that automatically renews on an annual basis unless terminated by us by notice at least 60 days before the annual renewal date or by either party at any time with 180 days advance notice. To date, we have not experienced any material outages or service interruptions. This highly-scalable multi-tenant technology enables us to serve all of our users simultaneously and consistently, and scales based on overall traffic and capacity. As a result, our platform is not affected or slowed down by growth in the number of users in our cloud. Our cloud technology is also capable of full resource sharing, meaning that our users can access information via their individual website database easily over the Internet without the need for manual download, with content delivery provided by proven international cloud delivery network vendors, such as Akamai and Level 3. To further ensure that all of our data and our users' data are stored safely, we also use

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Amazon and Google cloud services to backup our users' data. In order to ensure that our cloud is protected from potential attacks or vulnerabilities, we engage in penetration testing to expose and address any vulnerability in our technology.

HTML5-Based Design Capabilities

        HTML5 is the latest and most advanced markup language available for structuring and presenting dynamic content on the Internet. Unlike websites built using older HTML versions, websites using HTML5 can seamlessly incorporate video, audio, fonts, graphics and animations. Moreover, rich and interactive web design and app integration can be achieved without the use of Flash. Because of HTML5's advanced capabilities, we use it as the basis for our products and have eliminated the need to combine Flash and HTML coding. We developed our HTML5—based technology by leveraging our many years of experience in developing web development and design tools.

Style Engine and Smart Layout Technology

        Our style engine technology provides users with advanced customization capabilities, making all aspects of a user's website customizable. Our technology, which uses dropdown lists and customized color palettes, allows the user to quickly brand or re-brand their website with just a few clicks in our editor. In one click, users can customize backgrounds, banners, buttons, fonts and font sizes using a dropdown list. Users can customize colors using a color palette. One click also allows users to simultaneously apply all color and style changes to all elements on the user's website. This type of customization is generally time-consuming and requires knowledge of advance HTML5 and CSS3 coding skills. However, with our style engine technology, our users can change their websites' style and branding in moments.

        Our Wix Editor's Smart Layout technology offers both functionality and customization. Our technology provides for dynamic layout and content, meaning that no one component box on a user's website is static or incapable of being moved to other areas of the user's page. Component boxes added to our users' websites identify the user's site structure and automatically adapt to the size and style of other component boxes within the site. These capabilities allow the user full control over the layout of their website, allowing the user to create a design-rich, professional website.

Web Service Creation Environment

        We use a powerful software development kit, or SDK, with an application programming interface, or API, which allows apps and widgets to be seamlessly embedded into the websites designed by our users. This technology allows the user to embed third-party apps or widgets, such as contact forms, FAQ lists and blogs, into the user's website by linking the app or widget's URL to the user's website link. All integration is done with one click, using the Wix App Market, where the user can choose which apps they would like to add to their website. The added app or widget may then be opened as a pop-up on the user's website, which further adds to our editor's dynamic layout capabilities. Further, SEO used in connection with the user's website will also attach to the embedded widget or app data, increasing the overall visibility of the user's digital presence.

Infrastructure

        We realize efficiencies in our operations, including marketing and delivery, since they are completely online-based. Our hybrid cloud and content delivery network enables our users to purchase and use our products and services through our website. As a result of these efficiencies, we have built a large user base while limiting the number of physical offices required for conducting our business. We also have no need for a physical sales force, as our marketing and customer support operations are supported by online marketing tools such as CPC advertising, SEO and email distributions, and by

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customer support tools such as online forums and Wix Answers, an advanced user self-service support system using online ticketing and a database of questions and answers.

        We currently process the majority of payments using a third-party billing system that interfaces seamlessly with our website and provides a portal for users to submit credit or debit card information for processing. We are in the process of transitioning to a new billing system that we have developed internally. This system interfaces with a number of different payment gateway providers who then link to a number of different payment card processors based on the user's jurisdiction. With this internal system, we do not expect to be dependent on any single gateway provider or payment card processor. As we transition fully to the internal billing system, our current third-party billing system will continue to be used in order to process and remit to us recurring payments from existing premium subscriptions.

        Our infrastructure includes servers and bandwidth capacity leased from third parties located in the United States and the Netherlands. We use our own servers to run our research and development activities and to operate our office applications. Our use of over 300 servers in different locations, including the use of Amazon and Google cloud services to back up our users' data and serving our users, protects against accidental data loss and ensures minimal disruption to our operations from server outages or physical damage to a server. We have maintained robust server operations since our inception, which has provided our growing user base with reliable access to our products and consistent service provisions.

Research and Development

        As of December 31, 2013, we had 302 employees and contractors focused on research and development. Our research and development team is comprised of individuals with extensive experience in web development, design, data management and data analysis. Most of these employees and consultants are located in our Tel Aviv headquarters. We also engage a number of software developers in Ukraine either directly or through a third-party service organization in order to benefit from the significant pool of talent that is more readily available in that market. Our research and development personnel focus primarily on developing new apps and product and service offerings as well as quality assurance. Our research and development personnel also includes our design team.

        Our research and development spending was $14.7 million in 2011, $16.8 million in 2012 and $29.7 million in 2013. We invest in research and development in order to enhance and expand our product and service offerings, tailor our marketing efforts, and expand our user base. Our development strategy is focused on identifying updates and features for our existing offerings, and developing new offerings that are tailored to our users' needs and often arise out of their suggestions. For this, we rely heavily on sophisticated, internally-developed tools, such as automated process systems. These automated processes enable us to quickly react to our users' requests. For example, through the use of our automated request system on our website, users are able to request new product features and upgrades. We also engage in A/B testing in order to measure the effectiveness of our upgrades and new product features.

        We recruit talented individuals for our research and development team in Tel Aviv through a variety of techniques, including cooperation with local universities and recruiting events. We are a member of key industry organizations and regularly attend and participate in industry events, where our employees frequently speak. We also engage potential talents by hosting technology meet-ups in our Tel Aviv, Vilnius, New York and San Francisco offices.

Intellectual Property

        Our success depends upon our ability to protect our core technology and intellectual property. We rely on a combination of confidentiality clauses, trade secrets, copyrights and trademarks to protect our intellectual property and know-how. In addition, we have filed a number of applications for patents in

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the United States, Israel and Germany in order to protect our inventions. We cannot be certain that our applications will issue as patents. We actively monitor innovation within our company so as to properly consider whether to file additional patent applications. We enter into confidentiality and proprietary rights agreements with our employees, consultants and business partners, and we control access to and distribution of our proprietary information.

        The Wix brand is central to our business strategy, and we believe that maintaining, protecting and enhancing the Wix brand is important to expanding our business. We have obtained trademark registrations in certain jurisdictions that we consider material to the marketing of our products, including the marks WIX® and the Wix logo. We have trademark applications for additional marks that we use to identify certain product collections used for certain of our products. While we expect to submit additional trademark applications and for our pending applications to mature into registrations, we cannot be certain that we will obtain such registrations.

        Our in-house know-how is an important element of our intellectual property. The development of our web development and design software and management of our data analysis and marketing programs requires sophisticated coordination among many specialized employees. We believe that duplication of this coordination by competitors or individuals seeking to copy our software offering would be difficult. This risk is further mitigated by the fact that our product and service offerings are cloud-based such that most of the core technology operating on our systems is never exposed to a user or to our competitors.

        To protect our technology, we implement multiple layers of security. Access to our platform requires system usernames and passwords. We also add additional layers of security such as IP address filtering and IP address lockout.

Competition

        We enable our users to create a customizable, fully-integrated and professional digital presence through an attractive platform with various marketing and workflow management capabilities. We believe that we do not currently compete with any provider that offers the same design capabilities or range of products and services that we offer. Nevertheless, we do compete with aspects of the services provided by web-based website design platforms and software programs, as well as some of the service offerings of a number of smaller template-based web builder companies and designers who target our market of users as well as those who offer domain registration services, especially those companies who use a freemium business model similar to ours. The market for providing web-based website design platforms and software programs is highly fragmented.

        In the future it is possible that other providers may decide that offering a comprehensive web development platform to enhance digital presence through easy-to-use design tools and applications represents an attractive business opportunity. In particular, if a more established company were to target our market, we may face significant competition from a company that enjoys potential competitive advantages, such as greater name recognition, longer operating histories, substantially greater market share, larger existing user bases and substantially greater financial, technical and other resources. These companies may use these advantages to offer products and service similar to ours at a lower price, develop different products to compete with our current solutions and respond more quickly and effectively than we do to new or changing opportunities, technologies, standards or client requirements. However, we believe that we do not directly compete with traditional web development firms, as we focus on not only website development but also design and business work flow processes. Nevertheless, we may compete with some of the service offerings of a number of smaller template-based web builder companies and designers who target our market of users as well as those who offer domain registration services, especially those companies who use a freemium business model similar to ours.

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        While we offer a broader range of solutions, we believe that the key competitive factors for the web development and design industry include price, the quality of the designs, user-friendly design tools, and brand recognition and reputation. We believe that we compete favorably on these factors because of our efficiencies in operations, brand recognition and marketing expertise, professional suite of design and digital presence products, advanced technology and product integration, longstanding customer, designer and developer relationships, large user base, and track record of successfully attracting new users to our website and products.

Government Legislation and Regulation

Actions of our Users

        In many jurisdictions, including the United States and countries in Europe, laws relating to the liability of providers of online services for activities of their users and other third parties are currently being tested by a number of claims, including actions based on defamation, breach of data protection and privacy rights and other torts, unfair competition, copyright and trademark infringement, and other theories based on the nature and content of the materials searched, the ads posted, or the content uploaded by users. Any court ruling or other governmental action that imposes liability on providers of online services for the activities of their users and other third parties could harm our business. In addition, rising concern about the use of the Internet for illegal conduct, such as the unauthorized dissemination of national security information, money laundering or supporting terrorist activities may in the future produce legislation or other governmental action that could require changes to our products or services, restrict or impose additional costs upon the conduct of our business or cause users to abandon material aspects of our service.

Data Protection

        We hold certain personal data of our users, primarily, username and email address, and may hold certain personal data of the visitors to our users' websites. We comply with the data protection and storage laws of the State of Israel, as well as with certain industry standards (including voluntary third-party certification bodies such as TRUSTe). We operate in accordance with the terms of our privacy policy and terms of service, which describe our practices concerning the use, transmission and disclosure of user data.

        While it is generally the laws of the jurisdiction in which a business is located that apply, there is a risk that data protection regulators of other countries may seek jurisdiction over our activities in locations in which we process data or have users but do not have an operating entity. Where the local data protection and privacy laws of a jurisdiction apply, we may be required to register our operations in that jurisdiction or make changes to our business so that user data is only collected and processed in accordance with applicable local law. In addition, because our services are accessible worldwide, certain foreign jurisdictions may claim that we are required to comply with their privacy and data protection laws, including in jurisdictions where we have no local entity, employees, or infrastructure. In such cases, we may require additional legal review and resources to ensure compliance with any applicable privacy or data protections laws and regulations.

United States

        A number of legislative proposals pending before the U.S. Congress, various state legislative bodies, and foreign governments concerning data protection could affect us. For example, in an effort to enhance data protection, the FTC has updated regulations relating to children's online privacy that were issued under the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act. Additionally, some states have passed proactive, rather than reactive, information security legislation. These state laws require that certain

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minimum protections and security measures be taken to protect personal information. The costs of compliance with these laws may increase in the future as a result of changes in interpretation.

Europe

        Although we do not have an operating entity in the Netherlands, the control that we exert over our servers in the Netherlands may result in our activities in Europe being deemed to be subject to Dutch law. European data privacy laws, which apply in the Netherlands, distinguish between a data controller and a data processor. We may be defined as a "Data Controller" with respect to the personal data of our users that we collect and are therefore subject to a number of key legal obligations under the Dutch implementation of the European Data Protection Directive (Directive 95/46/EC). For example, among other things, we would be required to provide users with a "fair processing notice" if we process their data, ensure that inaccurate data is corrected, only retain data for so long as is necessary and do not transfer data outside the European Economic Area to jurisdictions which do not ensure an adequate level of protection of personal data without taking certain legitimizing steps. The European e-Privacy Directive (Directive 2002/58/EC as amended by Directive 2009/136/EC) obliges the EU member states to introduce certain national laws regulating privacy in the electronic communications sector. Pursuant to the requirements of the e-Privacy Directive, companies must, among other things, obtain consent to store information or access information already stored, on a user's terminal equipment (e.g., computer or mobile device). These requirements predominantly regulate the use by companies of cookies and similar technologies. Prior to providing such consent, users must receive clear and comprehensive information in accordance with the Data Protection Directive about the access and storage of information. Certain exemptions to these requirements on which we rely are available for technical storage or access for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network or as strictly necessary to provide a service explicitly requested by the user.

        Our users may also collect data through the websites that we host for them; however, because we only provide services that enable users to carry out their own purposes which may or may not include processing personal data, we are most likely a data processor with respect to such data. As a "Data Controller," we would be obligated to implement adequate technical and organizational security measures; however, we are not obligated to directly comply with the majority of the requirements under the Dutch implementation of the European Data Protection Directive. Therefore we do not monitor our users' collection or processing of personal data and only act in regards to such personal data when so instructed by our users or a competent authority.

        The European Commission issued a proposal for a new General Data Protection Regulation at the beginning of 2012 which will replace the European Data Protection Directive and is likely to include more stringent obligations for online businesses, such as to conduct a data protection impact assessment for risky processing operations, to introduce a more frequent need for the user's consent, to impose an obligation to act on data breaches, to restrict the collection and use of "sensitive" personal data and to expand the legislative requirements for data processors, as well as to introduce a stricter regime of enforcement. Additionally, the proposed regulation is stated to have extra-territorial effect and seeks to regulate the European activities of businesses regardless of their location or the locations of their servers. While it is currently expected that the proposed regulation will not take effect until 2015 or later, the more stringent requirements on privacy user notifications and data handling might present implementation and compliance challenges to our business in the future should we become subject to these and other laws and regulations.

Employees

        As of December 31, 2013, we had 548 employees, 467 of whom were based in Israel, 75 of whom were based in the United States, five of whom were based in Lithuania and one of whom is based in

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Brazil. Of our employees, 527 work full-time and 57 work part-time. As of December 31, 2013, we also engaged the services of 36 contractors in Ukraine either directly or through a third-party service organization. The following table shows the breakdown of our global workforce of employees and contractors by category of activity as of the dates indicated:

 
  As of December 31  
Department
  2011   2012   2013  

General and administrative

    18     19     44  

Marketing

    44     56     86  

Research and development

    126     176     302  

Support and call center

    73     114     152  
               

Total

    261     366     584  
               
               

        In regards to our Israeli employees, Israeli labor laws govern the length of the workday, minimum wages for employees, procedures for hiring and dismissing employees, determination of severance pay, annual leave, sick days, advance notice of termination of employment, equal opportunity and anti-discrimination laws and other conditions of employment. Subject to certain exceptions, Israeli law generally requires severance pay upon the retirement, death or dismissal of an employee, and requires us and our employees to make payments to the National Insurance Institute, which is similar to the U.S. Social Security Administration. Our employees have pension plans that comply with the applicable Israeli legal requirements and we make monthly contributions to severance pay funds for all employees, which cover potential severance pay obligations.

        None of our employees work under any collective bargaining agreements. Extension orders issued by the Israeli Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor apply to us and affect matters such as cost of living adjustments to salaries, length of working hours and week, recuperation pay, travel expenses, and pension rights.

        We have never experienced labor-related work stoppages or strikes and believe that our relations with our employees are satisfactory.

Facilities

        Our principal facilities are located in Tel Aviv, Israel and consist of approximately 3,252 square meters (approximately 35,004 square feet) of leased office space. We also lease four additional office spaces in Tel Aviv totaling approximately 2,009 square meters (approximately 21,625 square feet). Collectively, these facilities accommodate our principal executive, research and development, marketing, design, business development, human resources, finance, information technology, customer support and administrative activities. The lease for our principal facilities expires on January 31, 2016, while the leases for our additional office spaces expire on various dates between December 31, 2014 and December 31, 2016.

        In the United States, we maintain offices in New York City and San Francisco. During the fourth quarter of 2013, we entered into a new lease agreement in San Francisco according to which we will lease approximately 34,459 square feet for a period of seven years. In Lithuania, we maintain an office in Vilnius.

Legal Proceedings and Regulatory Matters

U.S. Voluntary Regulatory Disclosure

        In May 2013, we made voluntary self-disclosures to the U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control, or OFAC, and U.S. Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security,

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or BIS. The disclosures related to our determination made during the course of an internal review in early 2013 that we had 16 premium subscriptions, out of a total of approximately 583,000 premium subscriptions, with geographic internet protocols, or GEOIP, addresses in Cuba, Iran, North Korea, North Sudan or Syria ("U.S. Sanctioned Countries") or that had otherwise provided personal information indicating that they may be located in U.S. Sanctioned Countries. As part of a subsequent internal review, we also determined that we had 32,600 users, or less than 0.1% of our total user base of approximately 33 million as measured as of April 30, 2013, with GEOIP addresses in U.S. Sanctioned Countries. See "Risk Factors—We are subject to trade and economic and export sanctions laws that may govern or restrict our business and we, and our directors and officers, may be subject to fines or other penalties for non-compliance with those laws."

        We noted in our voluntary self-disclosure that we intend to seek an interpretation regarding whether the provision of our services falls within a general license issued by OFAC that authorizes the export to certain U.S. Sanctioned Countries of software and services incident to the exchange of personal communications over the Internet, such as instant messaging, chat and email, social networking, sharing of photos and movies, web browsing, and blogging, provided that such services are publicly available at no cost to the user. OFAC subsequently issued a new general license that expanded the range of free and fee-based services that could be provided to persons in Iran, however, the interpretation continued to prohibit webhosting for "commercial endeavors." In light of our inability to know whether our users' websites are for personal or commercial purposes, we have decided at this time not to seek any further interpretation from OFAC. We have terminated the registered users and the premium subscriptions that may have been from a U.S. Sanctioned Country and have blocked the ability of new users—with or without a premium subscription—that have a GEOIP address in a U.S. Sanctioned Country to access our cloud-based software or services.

        We cannot predict when OFAC and BIS will complete their respective reviews and determinations as to whether any violation of relevant U.S. sanctions or export laws occurred or is ongoing. In case of an apparent violation, OFAC and/or BIS could decide not to impose penalties but issue only a warning or cautionary letter. However, if OFAC or BIS determines that we have violated applicable regulations, we may face civil and/or criminal penalties and may also suffer reputational harm, any of which could have a material adverse effect on our business and financial results.

Israeli Voluntary Regulatory Disclosure

        In September 2013, we voluntarily approached the Israeli Ministry of Finance and asked for its formal position regarding the applicability of The Israeli Trading with the Enemy Ordinance—1939 (the "Ordinance") to the type of services that we provide. The Ordinance prohibits any Israeli person from trading goods with enemy countries or with the residents of enemy countries. The Israeli Ministry of Finance, which is responsible for implementing the Ordinance, has currently determined enemy countries to be Iran, Lebanon and Syria ("Israeli Sanctioned Countries"). The Ordinance was enacted in 1939 and does not expressly address online services. We therefore cannot state with certainty how the provisions of the Ordinance apply to the type of services that we provide.

        We do not know the extent to which the Ministry of Finance will want to have further discussions with us, the timing of those discussions or the ultimate outcome of their deliberations. Although the Ordinance allows Israeli persons to apply for a permit to trade with Israeli Sanctioned Countries or their residents, we are not aware of a permit being granted or denied in the past to a person providing the type of services that we provide.

        Lebanon is the only Israeli Sanctioned Country that is not also a U.S. Sanctioned Country. We have ceased providing services to users with a GEOIP address in a U.S. Sanctioned Country. The number of users and premium subscribers that we have in Lebanon is not material to our business, however, if we stop providing services in Lebanon, it may decrease the number of our current and

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future subscribers from other countries, particularly in the Middle East, who may cease using our services in protest to us blocking accounts in Israeli Sanctioned Countries.

        In addition, if it is determined by a competent court that sanctions under the Ordinance cover the type of services that we provide, we, our officers and employees may be subject to criminal and/or civil actions. We believe that our initiation of voluntary discussions with the Israeli Ministry of Finance may reduce such exposure, but any liability to which we are subject to could adversely affect our personnel, brand and reputation.

Other matters

        From time to time, we may be party to litigation or subject to claims incident to the ordinary course of business. Other than as described herein, we are not subject to any litigation the outcome of which might have a material adverse effect on our business, operating results or financial condition.

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MANAGEMENT

Executive Officers and Directors

        The following table sets forth the name, age and position of each of our executive officers and directors as of the date of this prospectus:

Name
  Age   Position

Executive Officers

         

Avishai Abrahami

    42   Co-founder, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board

Giora Kaplan

    43   Co-founder, Chief Technology Officer and Director

Lior Shemesh

    44   Chief Financial Officer

Nir Zohar

    36   President and Chief Operating Officer

Omer Shai

    36   Chief Marketing Officer

Yaniv Even-Haim

    39   Vice President of Research and Development

Directors

         

Betsy Atkins(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)

    60   Director

Yuval Cohen(4)

    51   Director

Michael Eisenberg(4)

    42   Director

Adam Fisher(4)

    38   Director

Ron Gutler(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)

    56   Director

Jeff Horing(4)

    49   Director

Roy Saar(1)(4)

    43   Director

Mark Tluszcz(2)(4)

    47   Director

(1)
Member of our audit committee

(2)
Member of our compensation committee

(3)
Member of our nominating and governance committee

(4)
Independent director under the rules of NASDAQ

(5)
External director under the Companies Law

Executive Officers

        Avishai Abrahami is our Co-Founder, and has served as our Chief Executive Officer since September 2010, was our Co-Chief Executive Officer and a director since October 2006, and has served as the Chairman of our Board since November 2013. From 2004 to 2006, Mr. Abrahami was the Vice President of Strategic Alliances at Arel Communications & Software Ltd., a private Israeli company specializing in communication technology. In 1998 he co-founded Sphera Corporation, a private company which develops software for managing data centers, and he served as its Chief Technology Officer from 1998 until 2000 and its Vice President of Product Marketing from 2000 until 2003. In 1993, he co-founded AIT Ltd., a private Israeli software company, and served as its Chief Technology Officer until the company's sale in 1997. Mr. Abrahami served in the Israeli Defense Forces' elite computer intelligence unit from 1990 until 1992.

        Giora Kaplan is our Co-Founder, and has served as our Chief Technology Officer since March 2008, was our Co-Chief Executive Officer from 2006 to March 2008, and has served as one of our directors since 2006. From 2004 to 2006, he served as a technology and product management consultant to several start-up companies. Mr. Kaplan was the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Promotix Technologies Ltd., an Internet advertising and publishing company, from 1999 to 2001. He also co-founded and served as Chief Technology Officer or Optimedia Ltd., an electronic and online publishing company, from 1992 to 1999. Mr. Kaplan served in the Israeli Defense Forces' elite computer intelligence unit from 1988 until 1991.

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        Lior Shemesh has served as our Chief Financial Officer since March 2013. From December 2010, to January 2013, he served as Chief Financial Officer at Alvarion Ltd., a provider of optimized wireless broadband solutions. From October 2008 to December 2010 he served as Alvarion's Vice President of Finance. From May 2003 to October 2008, Mr. Shemesh served as Vice President of Finance at Veraz Networks Inc., a provider of softswitch, media gateway and digital compression solutions. Prior to this, Mr. Shemesh served as Controller, and later as Associate Vice President of Finance of the Broadband division, for ECI Telecom Ltd., a network infrastructure provider. Mr. Shemesh holds a B.A. in Accounting and Economics, and an M.B.A. from Bar-Ilan University.

        Nir Zohar has served as our President since September 2013 and Chief Operating Officer since June 2008 and joined our company in May 2007. Prior to joining us, from August 2005 to April 2007, Mr. Zohar was the Budget and Production Manager of M.B. Contact Ltd., a private Israeli event production company. From 2001 until 2005, Mr. Zohar worked for The Jewish Agency and the Israeli Scouts. From 1995 until 2001, Mr. Zohar served as a Lieutenant Commander and Chief Engineer in the Israeli Navy.

        Omer Shai has served as our Chief Marketing Officer since September 2013 and previously as our Vice President of Marketing since May 2010. Mr. Shai is the co-founder of Hyperactive, a digital design company, which he led from June 2005 to February 2008. Prior to that, he worked as an online marketing consultant for several brands. From October 2000 to May 2003, Mr. Shai was the Marketing Director at Hackersoftware, a software company. Prior to that, he worked as an online marketing consultant for several brands. Mr. Shai holds a B.Sc. in Economics from The Academic College of Tel Aviv, Yaffo.

        Yaniv Even-Haim has served as our Vice President of Research and Development since September 2010. From August 2009 to September 2010, Mr. Even-Haim was the Vice President of Product at Pudding Media Inc., a mobile advertising solutions company. From September 2001 to August 2009, he was the Head of Research and Development at Comverse, Inc., a provider of communications software. From August 1998 to September 2001, Mr. Even-Haim was the Director of Research and Development at EverAd, Inc., a music and advertising company. Mr. Even-Haim holds a B.Sc. in Computers and an M.B.A. from Technion—Israel's Institute of Technology.

Directors

        Betsy Atkins has served as a member of our board of directors since October 2013 and serves as an external director under the Companies Law. From 2008 to 2009, Ms. Atkins served as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Clear Standards, Inc., which developed SaaS enterprise level software monitoring carbon emissions. Clear Standards, Inc., was sold to SAP AG in 2009. From 1991 through 2008 Ms. Atkins served as Chief Executive Officer of Baja Ventures, an independent venture capital firm focused on the technology, renewable energy and life sciences industry. Ms. Atkins currently serves on the board of directors of Polycom, Inc. where she is Chairman of the Compensation Committee, HD Supply Holdings, Inc., where she is a member of the Compensation Committee, and Schneider Electric, SA. Ms. Atkins previously served on the boards of directors of Chico's FAS, Inc. from 2004 to 2013; SunPower Corporation from 2005 to 2012; Reynolds American, Inc. from 2004 to 2010; and Towers Watson & Co. in 2010. Ms. Atkins holds a B.A. in English Literature and History from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.

        Yuval Cohen has served as a member of our board of directors since August 2013. Mr. Cohen is the founding and managing partner of Fortissimo Capital, a private equity fund established in January 2003, managing in excess of $400 million that invests in Israeli-related technology and industrial companies. From 1997 through 2002, Mr. Cohen was a General Partner at Jerusalem Venture Partners, an Israeli-based venture capital fund. Mr. Cohen currently serves as a director of several privately held portfolio companies of Fortissimo Capital and the chairman of the board of SodaStream

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International Ltd. Mr. Cohen holds a B.Sc. in Industrial Engineering from Tel Aviv University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

        Michael Eisenberg has served as a member of our board of directors since March 2010. Mr. Eisenberg is a founder and a managing director of Aleph E.S. Management Company, an early stage venture fund. From 2005 to 2013, Mr. Eisenberg was a general partner at Benchmark Capital Partners, a technology-focused venture capital firm. From 1997 to 2005, Mr. Eisenberg was as a general partner at Israel Seed Partners, a technology-focused venture capital firm. Prior to that, Mr. Eisenberg co-founded Jerusalem Global Investment Banking, a merchant bank focusing on high-tech investments. Prior to that, he was a consultant at Marttila and Kiley, Inc., a political consulting firm. Mr. Eisenberg is currently a member of the board of directors of several private companies. Mr. Eisenberg received his B.A. in Political Science from Yeshiva University.

        Adam Fisher has served as a member of our board of directors since November 2007. Since March 2007, Mr. Fisher has served as a partner at Bessemer Venture Partners, a venture capital firm, and is the founder of the firm's investment practice in Herzliya, Israel. From 1998 to 2007, Mr. Fisher was a partner at Jerusalem Venture Partners, a venture capital firm based in Israel. Mr. Fisher is currently a member of the board of directors of several private Bessemer Venture Partners portfolio companies. Mr. Fisher holds a B.S. (with honors) in Foreign Service from Georgetown University.

        Ron Gutler has served as a member of our board of directors since August 2013 and serves as an external director under the Companies Law. From May 2002 through February 2013, Mr. Gutler served as the Chairman of NICE Systems Ltd., a public company specializing in voice recording, data security, and surveillance. Between 2000 and 2011, Mr. Gutler served as the Chairman of G.J.E. 121 Promoting Investment Ltd., a real estate company. Between 2000 and 2002, Mr. Gutler managed the Blue Border Horizon Fund, a global macro fund. Mr. Gutler is a former Managing Director and a Partner of Bankers Trust Company, which is currently part of Deutsche Bank. He also established and headed the Israeli office of Bankers Trust. Mr. Gutler is currently a director of Psagot Investment House, Psagot Securities, Poalim Securities USA Inc., and a member of the Advisory Board of Poalim Real Estate, which is part of Poalim Capital Market Group. Mr. Gutler holds a B.A. in Economics and International Relations and an M.B.A., both from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem.

        Jeff Horing has served as a member of our board of directors since March 2011. In 1995, Mr. Horing co-founded and became Managing Director of Insight Venture Partners, a private equity and venture capital firm. Mr. Horing is currently a member of the board of directors of several private companies. Previously, Mr. Horing held various positions at Warburg Pincus LLC, and at Goldman Sachs & Co. Mr. Horing holds a B.S. and B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania's Moore School of Engineering and the Wharton School, respectively. He also holds an M.B.A. from the M.I.T. Sloan School of Management.

        Roy Saar has served as a member of our board of directors since January 2007. Since 2011 Mr. Saar has been a consultant to Mangrove III Investment Fund, a European venture capital firm. In 1998, he co-founded Sphera Corporation, a virtual servers technology vendor for SaaS providers. In 2002, Mr. Saar co-founded RFcell Technologies Ltd., a wireless product and service provider in Israel. Mr. Saar is currently a member of the board of directors of several private companies. Mr. Saar holds a B.A. in Business Administration and Economy from Tel Aviv University.

        Mark Tluszcz has served as a member of the Company's board of directors since June 2010. Mr. Tluszcz is a Managing Partner and Co-Founder of Mangrove Capital Partners, a venture capital firm, since 2000. Since that date, he has served as a director on its board of directors. Mr. Tluszcz is currently a member of the board of directors of several private Mangrove Capital Partners portfolio companies. Previously, Mr. Tluszcz was a partner for Arthur Anderson LLP in their business consulting practice, and he also led their European venture capital fund.

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Corporate Governance Practices

        Under the Companies Law (the "Companies Law"), companies incorporated under the laws of the State of Israel whose shares are publicly traded, including companies with shares listed on NASDAQ, are considered public companies under the Companies Law (but not under the Israeli Securities Law) and are required to comply with various corporate governance requirements under the Companies Law relating to such matters as the election of external directors, the composition of our audit committee and compensation committee, and an internal auditor. The Companies Law also requires us to disclose information regarding the compensation of our directors and executive officers. See "—Compensation Committee—Compensation Policy under the Companies Law." These corporate governance requirements apply to us even though our shares are not listed on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (the "TASE") and we do not have public reporting obligations in Israel or to Israeli shareholders specifically which are applicable to companies listed on the TASE.

        As a foreign private issuer, we are permitted to comply with Israeli corporate governance practices instead of NASDAQ corporate governance rules, provided that we disclose which requirements we are not following and the equivalent Israeli requirement. We currently rely on this "foreign private issuer exemption" with respect to the quorum requirement for meetings of our shareholders. As permitted under the Companies Law, pursuant to our articles of association, the quorum required for an ordinary meeting of shareholders consists of at least two shareholders present in person, by proxy or, for certain types of shareholders' resolutions, by written ballot, who hold or represent between them at least 25% of the voting power of our shares, instead of 331/3% of the issued share capital provided under NASDAQ requirements. We may in the future decide to use the foreign private issuer exemption with respect to some or all of The NASDAQ Stock Market corporate governance rules.

        Our board of directors has adopted corporate governance guidelines to become effective following the listing of our ordinary shares on The NASDAQ Stock Market and that will serve as a flexible framework within which our board of directors and its committees operate subject to the requirements of applicable law and regulations. Under these guidelines, our policy is that the positions of Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer may be held by the same person (subject to approval by our shareholders pursuant to the Israeli Companies Law). Under that circumstance, these guidelines also provide that the board shall designate an independent director to serve as lead independent director who shall, among other things, discuss the agenda for board meetings with the Chairman and approve such agenda, and chair executive sessions of the independent directors. The lead director is Mark Tluszcz.

Board of Directors

        Under the Companies Law and our articles of association, our business and affairs are managed under the direction of board of directors. Our board of directors may exercise all powers and may take all actions that are not specifically granted to our shareholders or to executive management. Our Chief Executive Officer (referred to as a "general manager" under the Companies Law) is responsible for our day-to-day management. Our Chief Executive Officer is appointed by, and serves at the discretion of, our board of directors, subject to the terms of a consulting agreement that we have entered into with him and his wholly-owned Israeli consulting company. All other executive officers are appointed by the Chief Executive Officer and are subject to the terms of any applicable employment or consulting agreements that we may enter into with them.

        We comply with the rules of NASDAQ requiring that a majority of our directors are independent. Our board of directors has determined that all of our directors, other than Avishai Abrahami and Giora Kaplan, are independent under such rules. In addition, pursuant to the requirements of Israeli law, Betsy Atkins and Ron Gutler, serve as external directors. The definition of independent director under NASDAQ rules and external director under the Companies Law overlap to a significant degree

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such that we would generally expect the two directors serving as external directors to satisfy the requirements to be independent under NASDAQ rules. The definition of external director is a rule-based determination while the definition of independent director also requires the board to consider any factor which would impair the ability of a director to exercise independent judgment. In addition, both external directors and independent directors serve for a period of three years; external directors pursuant to the requirements of Israeli law and independent directors pursuant to the staggered board provisions of our articles of association. However, external directors must be elected by a special majority of shareholders while an independent director is elected by an ordinary majority. See "—External Directors" for a description of the requirements under the Companies Law for a director to serve as an external director.

        Each director, other than external directors, is appointed by a simple majority vote of holders of our voting shares, participating and voting at an annual meeting of our shareholders.

        Under our articles of association, our directors (other than the external directors, whose appointment is required under the Companies Law; see "—External Directors") are divided into three classes with staggered three-year terms. Each class of directors consists, as nearly as possible, of one-third of the total number of directors constituting the entire board of directors (other than the external directors). At each annual general meeting of our shareholders, the election or re-election of directors following the expiration of the term of office of the directors of that class of directors, is for a term of office that expires on the third annual general meeting following such election or re-election, such that from 2014 and after, each year the term of office of only one class of directors will expire. Our directors are divided among the three classes as follows:

        The directors shall be elected by a vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power present and voting at that meeting (excluding abstentions). Each director will hold office until such director's successor is elected at a meeting of our shareholders or until the tenure of such director expires earlier pursuant to the Companies Law or unless he or she is removed from office as described below.

        Under our articles of association, the approval of the holders of at least 662/3% of the shares entitled to vote at a general meeting and voting in person or by proxy at the meeting is generally required to remove any of our directors from office. In addition, vacancies on our board of directors, other than vacancies created by an external director, may only be filled by a vote of a simple majority of the directors then in office. A director so appointed will hold office until the annual meeting of our shareholders for the year in which his or her term expires and after his or her successor is duly elected and qualified.

        External directors are elected for an initial term of three years and may be elected for additional three-year terms under the circumstances described below. External directors may be removed from office only under limited circumstances set forth in the Companies Law. See "—External Directors."

        Other than our Co-founder, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board, Avishai Abrahami, and our Co-founder and Vice President of Client Development, Nadav Abrahami, who are brothers, there are no family relationships among any of our directors or executive officers.

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Chairman of the Board

        Our articles of association provide that the chairman of the board is appointed by the members of the board of directors and serves as chairman of the board throughout his term as a director, unless resolved otherwise by the board of directors. Under the Companies Law, the Chief Executive Officer (referred to as a "general manager" under the Companies Law) or a relative of the Chief Executive may not serve as the chairman of the board of directors, and the chairman or a relative of the chairman may not be vested with authorities of the Chief Executive Officer without shareholder approval consisting of a majority vote of the shares present and voting at a shareholders meeting, provided that either:

        On February 6, 2014, our shareholders approved the appointment of our Chief Executive Officer to also serve as the chairman of the board. This dual office term shall be limited to three years, which can be extended for additional three-year terms, subject to shareholder approval.

        In addition, a person subordinated, directly or indirectly, to the Chief Executive Officer may not serve as the chairman of the board of directors; the chairman of the board may not be vested with authorities that are granted to those subordinated to the Chief Executive Officer; and the chairman of the board may not serve in any other position in the company or a controlled company, but he may serve as a director or chairman of a subsidiary.

External Directors

        Under the Companies Law, companies organized under the laws of the State of Israel that are "public companies," including companies with shares listed on NASDAQ, are required to appoint at least two external directors who meet the qualification requirements in the Companies Law. Appointment of external directors must be made by a general meeting of our shareholders. We held a shareholders meeting on February 6, 2014, which approved the appointment of two external directors: Betsy Atkins and Ron Gutler.

        The Companies Law provides for special approval requirements for the election of external directors. External directors must be elected by a majority vote of the shares present and voting at a shareholders meeting, provided that either:

        After an initial term of three years, external directors may be reelected to serve in that capacity for up to two additional terms of three years each under one of two alternatives. Under the first alternative, the external director may be nominated by the board of directors, and such external director's reelection is approved by the same majority of shareholders who was required to elect such

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external director in such director's initial election. Under the second alternative, subject to certain terms prescribed by the Companies Law, the external director may be nominated by a shareholder(s) holding 1% or more of the voting power and at the general meeting of shareholders such reelection is approved by a majority of those shares present and voting that are held by shareholders who are non-controlling shareholders and do not have a personal interest in the reelection, provided that such shares represent at least 2% of the total voting power in the company.

        The term of office for external directors for Israeli companies traded on certain foreign stock exchanges, including NASDAQ, may be extended indefinitely in increments of additional three-year terms, provided that, prior to each nomination for reelection, the audit committee and the board of directors of the company confirm that, in light of the external director's expertise and special contribution to the work of the board of directors and its committees, the reelection for such additional period is beneficial to the company (and provided that the reasons for such confirmation are presented to the shareholders at the general meeting at which such reelection is being sought) and the external director is reelected in accordance with the appropriate approval method described above.

        External directors may be removed from office by a special general meeting of shareholders called by the board of directors, which approves such dismissal by the same shareholder vote percentage required for their election or by a court, in each case, only under limited circumstances, including ceasing to meet the statutory qualifications for appointment, or violating their duty of loyalty to the company. If an external directorship becomes vacant and there are fewer than two external directors on the board of directors at the time, then the board of directors is required under the Companies Law to call a shareholders' meeting as soon as practicable to appoint a replacement external director.

        Each committee of the board of directors that exercises powers of the board of directors must include at least one external director, except that the audit and compensation committees must include all external directors then serving on the board of directors and an external director must serve as the chair of each of the audit and compensation committees. Under the Companies Law, external directors of a company are prohibited from receiving, directly or indirectly, any compensation from the company other than for their services as external directors pursuant to the provisions and limitations set forth in regulations promulgated under the Companies Law, which compensation is determined prior to their appointment and may not be changed throughout the term of their service as external directors (except for certain exceptions set forth in the regulations).

        The Companies Law provides that a person is not qualified to serve as an external director if, as of the appointment date or at any time during the two years preceding his or her appointment, that person or a relative, partner or employer of that person, any person to whom that person is subordinate (whether directly or indirectly), or any entity under that person's control, had any affiliation or business relationship with the company, any controlling shareholder or relative of a controlling shareholder or an entity that, as of the appointment date is, or at any time during the two years preceding that date was, controlled by the company or by any entity controlling the company.

        The term affiliation for this purpose includes (subject to certain exceptions):

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        The Companies Law defines the term "office holder" of a company to include a general manager, chief business manager, deputy general manager, vice general manager, any other person assuming the responsibilities of any of these positions regardless of such person's title, a director or a manager directly subordinate to the general manager.

        The following additional qualifications apply to an external director:

        Furthermore, no person may serve as an external director if that person's professional or other activities create, or may create, a conflict of interest with that person's responsibilities as a director or otherwise interfere with that person's ability to serve as an external director or if such person is an employee of the Israel Securities Authority or of an Israeli stock exchange. Following the termination of an external director's membership on a board of directors, such former external director and his or her spouse and children may not be provided a direct or indirect benefit by the company, its controlling shareholder or any entity under its controlling shareholder's control, including serving as an executive officer or director of the company or a company controlled by its controlling shareholder and cannot be employed by or provide professional services to the company for pay, either directly or indirectly, including through a corporation controlled by that former external director, for a period of two years (the prohibition also applies to relatives of the former external director who are not his or her spouse or children, but only for a period of one year).

        If at the time an external director is appointed all members of the board of directors who are not controlling shareholders or their relatives are of the same gender, the external director must be of the other gender. A director of one company may not be appointed as an external director of another company if a director of the other company is acting as an external director of the first company at such time.

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must be determined by our board of directors to have accounting and financial expertise and the board is required to determine the minimum number of board members who are required to possess accounting and financial expertise. In determining the number of directors required to have such expertise, the members of our board of directors must consider, among other things, the type and size of the company and the scope and complexity of its operations. Our board of directors has determined that at least one of our directors must possess accounting and financial expertise. In this regard, our board of directors has determined that our director, Ron Gutler possesses "accounting and financial" expertise as such term is defined under the Companies Law.

Audit Committee

Companies Law Requirements

        Under the Companies Law, we are required to appoint an audit committee. The audit committee must be comprised of at least three directors, including all of the external directors (with one of the external directors serving as the chair of the committee), and a majority of its members must be unaffiliated directors, as defined in the Companies Law. An unaffiliated director is an external director or a director who is appointed or classified as such, and who meets the qualifications of an external director (other than the professional qualifications/accounting and financial expertise requirement), whom the audit committee has confirmed to meet the external director qualifications, and who has not served as a director of the company for more than nine consecutive years (with any period of up to two years during which such person does not serve as a director not being viewed as interrupting a nine-year period). For Israeli companies traded on certain foreign stock exchanges, including NASDAQ, a director who qualifies as an independent director for the purposes of such director's membership in the audit committee in accordance with the rules of such stock exchange is also deemed to be an unaffiliated director under the Companies Law. Such person must meet the non-affiliation requirements as to relationships with the controlling shareholder (and any entity controlled by the controlling shareholder, other than the company and other entities controlled by the company) and must meet the nine-year requirement described above. Following the nine-year period, a director of an Israeli company traded on such foreign stock exchange may continue to be considered an unaffiliated director for unlimited additional periods of three years each, provided the audit committee and the board of directors of the company confirm that, in light of the director's expertise and special contribution to the work of the board of directors and its committees, the reelection for such additional period is beneficial to the company.

        The audit committee may not include the chairman of the board, any director employed by the company or who regularly provides services to the company (other than as a board member), a controlling shareholder or any relative of the controlling shareholder, as each term is defined in the Companies Law. In addition, the audit committee may not include any director employed by the company's controlling shareholder or by a company controlled by such controlling shareholder, or who provides services to the company's controlling shareholder or a company controlled by such controlling shareholder, on a regular basis, or a director whose main livelihood is from the controlling shareholder. The chairman of the audit committee is required to be an external director.

        Our board of directors has determined that the composition of the audit committee is in compliance with the requirements of the Companies Law.

Listing Requirements

        Under NASDAQ corporate governance rules, we are required to maintain an audit committee consisting of at least three independent directors, each of whom is financially literate and one of whom has accounting or related financial management expertise.

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        Our audit committee consists of Ron Gutler, Betsy Atkins and Roy Saar. Ron Gutler serves as the Chairman of the audit committee. All members of our audit committee meet the requirements for financial literacy under the applicable rules and regulations of the SEC and NASDAQ corporate governance rules. Our board of directors has determined that Ron Gutler is an audit committee financial expert as defined by the SEC rules and has the requisite financial experience as defined by NASDAQ corporate governance rules.

        Each of Ron Gutler and Betsy Atkins is "independent" as such term is defined in Rule 10A-3(b)(1) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act, which is different from the general test for independence of board and committee members. Our board of directors has determined that Roy Saar is not independent for the purposes of audit committee membership because he is affiliated with our significant shareholder, Mangrove Capital Partners. Accordingly, consistent with NASDAQ corporate governance rules, a different director that satisfies the audit committee independent requirements will join the audit committee within one year of our listing on NASDAQ.

Audit Committee Role

        Our board of directors has adopted an audit committee charter setting forth the responsibilities of the audit committee consistent with the rules of the SEC and NASDAQ corporate governance rules, which include:

        Additionally, under the Companies Law, an audit committee is required, among other things, to identify deficiencies in the administration of the company (including by consulting with the internal auditor), and recommend remedial actions with respect to such deficiencies, is responsible for reviewing and approving certain related party transactions, including determining whether or not such transactions are extraordinary transactions, and is required to adopt procedures with respect to processing employee complaints in connection with deficiencies in the administration of the company, and the appropriate means of protection afforded to such employees. In addition, the audit committee is responsible to oversee the internal control procedures of the company. Under the Companies Law, the approval of the audit committee is required for specified actions and transactions with office holders and controlling shareholders. See "—Approval of Related Party Transactions under Israeli Law." However, the audit committee may not approve an action or a transaction with a controlling shareholder or with an office holder unless at the time of approval the majority of the members of the audit committee are present, of whom a majority must be unaffiliated directors and at least one of whom must be an external director.

Compensation Committee

Companies Law Requirements

        Under the Companies Law, the board of directors of a public company must appoint a compensation committee, which must be comprised of at least three directors, including all of the external directors. The additional members of the compensation committee must be directors that

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receive compensation subject to the provisions and limitations set forth in the regulations promulgated under the Companies Law. An external director shall serve as the chair of the compensation committee.

        Under the Companies Law, the external directors shall constitute a majority of the compensation committee. However, subject to certain exceptions, Israeli companies that are traded on stock exchanges such as NASDAQ, and who do not have a shareholder holding 25% or more of the company's share capital, do not have to meet this requirement; provided, however, that the compensation committee meets other Companies Law composition requirements, as well as the requirements of the jurisdiction where the company is traded.

        The compensation committee's duties include recommending compensation policies to the board of directors, overseeing compensation policy implementation, and ratifying the compensation of executive officers.

Compensation Policy under the Companies Law

        Under the Companies Law and within nine months following our listing on NASDAQ, we must adopt a policy for directors and executive officers, which we refer to in this section as "office holders," compensation. In adopting this compensation policy, the compensation committee shall take into account factors such as the office holder's education, experience, past compensation arrangements with the company, and the proportional difference between the person's compensation and the average compensation of the company's employees.

        The compensation policy must be approved at least once every three years at the company's general meeting of shareholders, following approval of the compensation committee and the board and is subject to the approval of a majority vote of the shares present and voting at a shareholders meeting, provided that either:

        Our board of directors may approve the compensation policy even if the such policy was not approved by our shareholders, provided that the compensation committee and the board resolved, based on detailed consideration and after reconsidering the compensation policy, that approval of the policy, is in the best interest of the company, despite the fact that it was not approved by the shareholders' meeting.

        The compensation policy shall serve as the basis for decisions concerning the financial terms of employment or engagement of executive officers and directors, including exculpation, insurance, indemnification or any monetary payment or obligation of payment in respect of employment or engagement. The compensation policy must relate to certain factors, including advancement of the company's objectives, the company's business and its long-term strategy, and creation of appropriate incentives for executives. It must also consider, among other things, the company's risk management, size and the nature of its operations. The compensation policy must furthermore consider the following additional factors:

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        The compensation policy must also include the following principles:

        The compensation committee is responsible for (a) recommending the compensation policy to the company's board of directors for its approval (and subsequent approval by our shareholders) and (b) duties related to the compensation policy and to the approval of the terms of engagement of office holders, including:

Compensation Committee Role

        Our compensation committee consists of Betsy Atkins, Ron Gutler and Mark Tluszcz. Betsy Atkins serves as the Chair of the compensation committee. Our board of directors has adopted a compensation committee charter setting forth the responsibilities of the committee consistent with NASDAQ rules and the Companies Law, which include:

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Nominating and Governance Committee

        Our nominating and governance committee consists of Ron Gutler and Betsy Atkins. Ron Gutler serves as the Chairman of the nominating and governance committee. Our board of directors has adopted a nominating and governance committee charter setting forth the responsibilities which include:

Compensation of Directors

        Under the Companies Law, the compensation of our directors requires the approval of our compensation committee, the subsequent approval of the board of directors and, unless exempted under the regulations promulgated under the Companies Law, the approval of the shareholders at a general meeting. Where the director is also a controlling shareholder, the requirements for approval of transactions with controlling shareholders apply, as described below under "—Disclosure of Personal Interests of a Controlling Shareholder and Approval of Certain Transactions."

        The directors are also entitled to be paid reasonable travel, hotel and other expenses expended by them in attending board meetings and performing their functions as directors of the company, all of which is to be determined by the board of directors.

        External directors are entitled to remuneration subject to the provisions and limitations set forth in the regulations promulgated under the Companies Law.

        For additional information, see "—Compensation of Officers and Directors."

Internal Auditor

        Under the Companies Law, the board of directors of an Israeli public company must appoint an internal auditor recommended by the audit committee and appointed by the board of directors. An internal auditor may not be:

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        The role of the internal auditor is to examine, among other things, our compliance with applicable law and orderly business procedures. The audit committee is required to oversee the activities and to assess the performance of the internal auditor as well as to review the internal auditor's work plan. Deloitte Brightman Almagor serves as our internal auditor.

        Our internal auditor also fulfills the internal audit function required by NASDAQ corporate governance rules and provides management and the audit committee with ongoing assessments of our risk management processes and system of internal control.

Approval of Related Party Transactions Under Israeli Law

Fiduciary Duties of Directors and Executive Officers

        The Companies Law codifies the fiduciary duties that office holders owe to a company. An office holder is defined in the Companies Law as a general manager, chief business manager, deputy general manager, vice general manager, any other person assuming the responsibilities of any of these positions regardless of such person's title, a director and any other manager directly subordinate to the general manager. Each person listed in the table under "Management—Executive Officers and Directors" is an office holder under the Companies Law.

        An office holder's fiduciary duties consist of a duty of care and a duty of loyalty. The duty of care requires an office holder to act with the level of care with which a reasonable office holder in the same position would have acted under the same circumstances. The duty of loyalty requires that an office holder act in good faith and in the best interests of the company.

        The duty of care includes a duty to use reasonable means to obtain:

        The duty of loyalty includes a duty to:

Disclosure of Personal Interests of an Office Holder and Approval of Certain Transactions

        The Companies Law requires that an office holder promptly disclose to the board of directors any personal interest that he or she may have and all related material information known to him or her concerning any existing or proposed transaction with the company. A personal interest includes an interest of any person in an act or transaction of a company, including a personal interest of one's relative or of a corporate body in which such person or a relative of such person is a 5% or greater shareholder, director or general manager or in which he or she has the right to appoint at least one director or the general manager, but excluding a personal interest stemming solely from one's ownership of shares in the company.

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association provide for a different method of approval. Any transaction that is not in the best interest of the company may not be approved by the board of directors.

        Our articles of association provide that for non-extraordinary interested party transactions, the board of directors may delegate its approval, or may provide a general approval to certain types of non-extraordinary interested party transactions.

        Approval first by the company's audit committee and subsequently by the board of directors is required for an extraordinary transaction, meaning any transaction that is not in the ordinary course of business, not on market terms or that is likely to have a material impact on the company's profitability, assets or liabilities.

        A director and any other office holder who has a personal interest in a transaction which is considered at a meeting of the board of directors or the audit committee may generally (unless it is with respect to a transaction which is not an extraordinary transaction) not be present at such a meeting or vote on that matter unless a majority of the directors or members of the audit committee, as applicable, have a personal interest in the matter. If a majority of the members of the audit committee or the board of directors has a personal interest in the approval of such a transaction then all of the directors may participate in deliberations of the audit committee or board of directors, as applicable, with respect to such transaction and vote on the approval thereof and, in such case, shareholder approval is also required.

        Pursuant to the Companies Law, compensation arrangements such as insurance, indemnification or exculpation arrangements with office holders who are not the Chief Executive Officer or a director require compensation committee approval and subsequent approval by the board of directors. Compensation arrangements shall be in accordance with the executive compensation policy of the company. In special circumstances, the compensation committee and the board of directors may approve compensation arrangements that are not in compliance with the compensation policy of the company, subject to the approval of a majority vote of the shares present and voting at a shareholders meeting, provided that either: (a) such majority includes at least a majority of the shares held by all shareholders who are not controlling shareholders and do not have a personal interest in such compensation arrangement; or (b) the total number of shares of non-controlling shareholders and shareholders who do not have a personal interest in the compensation arrangement and who vote against the arrangement does not exceed two percent of the company's aggregate voting rights ("Special Majority Vote for Compensation"). In the event that the Special Majority Vote for Compensation is not obtained, the compensation committee and the board of directors may reconsider the compensation arrangement and approve it, after a detailed review.

        Pursuant to the Companies Law, compensation arrangements with the Chief Executive Officer require compensation committee approval, approval by the board of directors and Special Majority for Compensation approval at the shareholders' meeting. Compensation arrangements with the Chief Executive Officer shall be in accordance with the compensation policy of the company. In the event that Special Majority Vote for Compensation is not obtained, then the compensation committee and the board of directors may reconsider the compensation arrangement and approve it after a detailed review. Notwithstanding the above, the compensation committee is authorized to refrain from submitting a proposed compensation arrangement with a Chief Executive Officer candidate for shareholder approval, if (a) doing so would jeopardize the company's engagement of the candidate; and if (b) the proposed arrangement complies with the company's compensation policy.

        With respect to amending an existing compensation arrangement, only the approval of the compensation committee is required, provided the committee determines that the amendment is not material in relation to the existing compensation arrangement. With respect to amending an existing related-party transaction, only the approval of the audit committee is required, provided the committee determines that the amendment is not material in relation to the existing arrangement.

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        Compensation arrangements with directors who are not controlling shareholders, including compensation arrangements with directors in their capacities as executive officers, (unless exempted under the applicable regulations), require the approval of the compensation committee, the board of directors and the company's shareholders, in that order.

Disclosure of Personal Interests of Controlling Shareholders and Approval of Certain Transactions

        Pursuant to the Companies Law, the disclosure requirements regarding personal interests that apply to directors and executive officers also apply to a controlling shareholder of a public company. A controlling shareholder is a shareholder who has the ability to direct the activities of a company, including a shareholder who holds 25% or more of the voting rights if no other shareholder holds more than 50% of the voting rights. For this purpose, the holdings of all shareholders who have a personal interest in the same transaction will be aggregated.

        An extraordinary transaction between a public company and a controlling shareholder, or in which a controlling shareholder has a personal interest, and the terms of any compensation arrangement of a controlling shareholder who is an office holder or his relative, require the approval of a company's audit committee (or compensation committee with respect to compensation arrangements), board of directors and shareholders, in that order. In addition, the shareholder approval must fulfill one of the following requirements:

        To the extent that any such transaction with a controlling shareholder or his relative is for a period extending beyond three years, shareholder approval is required once every three years, unless, in respect to certain transactions, the audit committee determines that the duration of the transaction is reasonable under the circumstances.

        Pursuant to regulations adopted under the Companies Law, a transaction with a controlling shareholder that would otherwise require approval of the shareholders is exempt from shareholders' approval if the audit committee and the board of directors determine that the transaction is on market terms and in the ordinary course of business and does not otherwise harm the company. Under these regulations, a shareholder holding at least 1% of the issued share capital of the company may require, within 14 days of the publication of such determination, that despite such determination by the audit committee and the board of directors, such transaction will require shareholder approval under the same majority requirements that otherwise apply to such transactions.

Shareholder Duties

        Pursuant to the Companies Law, a shareholder has a duty to act in good faith and in a customary manner toward the company and other shareholders and to refrain from abusing his or her power with respect to the company, including, among other things, in voting at a general meeting and at shareholder class meetings with respect to the following matters:

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        In addition, a shareholder has a general duty to refrain from discriminating against other shareholders.

        Certain shareholders also have a duty of fairness toward the company. These shareholders include any controlling shareholder, any shareholder who knows that it has the power to determine the outcome of a shareholder vote and any shareholder who has the power to appoint or to prevent the appointment of an office holder of the company or exercise any other rights available to it under the company's articles of association with respect to the company. The Companies Law does not define the substance of this duty of fairness, except to state that the remedies generally available upon a breach of contract will also apply in the event of a breach of the duty of fairness.

Exculpation, Insurance and Indemnification of Office Holders

        Under the Companies Law, a company may not exculpate an office holder from liability for a breach of the duty of loyalty. An Israeli company may exculpate an office holder in advance from liability to the company, in whole or in part, for damages caused to the company as a result of a breach of duty of care but only if a provision authorizing such exculpation is included in its articles of association. Our articles of association include such a provision. An Israeli company may not exculpate a director from liability arising out of a prohibited dividend or distribution to shareholders.

        An Israeli company may indemnify an office holder in respect of the following liabilities and expenses incurred for acts performed as an office holder, either in advance of an event or following an event, provided a provision authorizing such indemnification is contained in its articles of association:

        An Israeli company may insure an office holder against the following liabilities incurred for acts performed as an office holder if and to the extent provided in the company's articles of association:

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        An Israeli company may not indemnify or insure an office holder against any of the following:

        Under the Companies Law, exculpation, indemnification and insurance of office holders must be approved by the compensation committee and the board of directors and, with respect to directors and our Chief Executive Officer, also by shareholders.

        Our articles of association allow us to indemnify and insure our office holders for any liability imposed on them as a consequence of an act (including any omission) which was performed by virtue of being an office holder. Our office holders are currently covered by a directors' and officers' liability insurance policy.

        We have entered into agreements with each of our directors and executive officers exculpating them, to the fullest extent permitted by law, from liability to us for damages caused to us as a result of a breach of duty of care, and undertaking to indemnify them to the fullest extent permitted by law. This indemnification is limited to events determined as foreseeable by the board of directors based on our activities, and to an amount or according to criteria determined by the board of directors as reasonable under the circumstances.

        The maximum indemnification amount set forth in such agreements is limited to an amount the higher of (x) 50% of our net assets based on our most recently published financial statements prior to the time that notice of indemnification is provided to us; or (y) $30 million; provided, however, that in relation to indemnification claimed in connection with a public offering of our securities, the amount, if higher, shall be equal to the aggregate proceeds raised by us and/or selling shareholders. The maximum amount set forth in such agreements is in addition to any amount paid (if paid) under insurance and/or by a third-party pursuant to an indemnification arrangement.

        In the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission, indemnification of directors and office holders for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Act, however, is against public policy and therefore unenforceable.

Compensation of Officers and Directors

        The aggregate compensation paid by us and our subsidiaries to our directors and executive officers, including share-based compensation, for the year ended December 31, 2013, was approximately $4.1 million. This amount includes approximately $0.1 million set aside or accrued to provide pension, severance, retirement or similar benefits or expenses, but does not include business travel, relocation, professional and business association dues and expenses reimbursed to office holders, and other benefits commonly reimbursed or paid by companies in Israel. The share-based compensation granted to our directors and executive officers for the year ended December 31, 2013 related to (i) options to

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purchase 5,057,979 shares with exercise prices ranging from $0.003 to $16.50 and (ii) 122,668 RSUs. The expiration date of such options is ten years after their date of grant.

Employment and Consulting Agreements with Executive Officers

        We have entered into written employment or consulting agreements with all of our executive officers. Each of these agreements contains provisions regarding non-competition, confidentiality of information and assignment of inventions. The non-competition provision applies for a period that is generally 12 months following termination of employment. The enforceability of covenants not to compete in Israel and the United States is subject to limitations. In addition, we are required to provide one to three months' notice prior to terminating the employment of our executive officers, other than in the case of a termination for cause.

Directors' Service Contracts

        Other than with respect to our directors that are also executive officers, there are no arrangements or understandings between us, on the one hand, and any of our directors, on the other hand, providing for benefits upon termination of their service as directors of our company.

2007 Share Option Plan

        Our 2007 Share Option Plan was adopted by our board of directors on April 1, 2007, approved by our shareholders on March 18, 2008, amended on June 20, 2010 and October 27, 2011 (the "2007 plan"). The 2007 plan generally permitted the grant of share options to our affiliates, employees, directors or consultants. As of December 31, 2013, options to purchase 10,297,900 ordinary shares were outstanding under the 2007 plan. The 2007 plan was terminated on October 15, 2013, although option awards outstanding as of that date will continue in full force in accordance with the terms under which they were granted.

        Our board of directors or the compensation committee administers the 2007 plan and may amend the plan at any time, except that generally no amendment may impair the rights of an optionholder without his or her written consent, unless such amendment (i) is required to satisfy an existing law, regulation or accounting standard or (ii) is not reasonably likely to significantly diminish the benefits provided under the plan or that such diminishment has been adequately compensated. In all other cases, the approval of our shareholders is generally required for any amendment that would (i) decrease the minimum option exercise price requirements under the 2007 plan, or (ii) extend the duration of the 2007 plan or the period during which incentive share options may be exercised.

        Options granted under the 2007 plan generally vest and become exercisable over a period of four years with 25% of the shares subject to the option vesting on the first anniversary of the grant and the rest vesting monthly over the next three years, subject to continued employment or service by the optionholder. Options generally expire ten years from the grant date.

        Upon termination of employment or service for any reason, other than for cause or death or disability, the optionholder may exercise his or her vested options within 90 days of the date of termination. If we terminate an optionholder's employment or service for cause, all of the employee's options, whether vested or unvested, expire on the termination date. Upon termination of employment or service due to death or disability, the optionholder or his or her estate may exercise his or her vested options within twelve months from the date of death or disability. An option may not, however, be exercised after the option's expiration date. Subject to applicable law, if the optionholder's employment or services is terminated for fraud, breach of loyalty, theft or other malicious behavior against us, then he or she will be deemed to have offered to our other shareholders the right to purchase all of the shares issued pursuant to his or her option at the exercise price paid by him or her for such shares pro rata to their respective holdings of our issued and outstanding shares.

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        Options are non-transferable except in the event of an optionholder's death.

        If we are party to a merger or consolidation, outstanding options and shares acquired under the 2007 plan will be subject to the agreement of merger or consolidation, which will provide for one or more of the following: (i) the continuation of such options by us, (ii) the assumption of such options by the surviving corporation or its parent, (iii) the substitution by the surviving corporation or its parent of new options, (iv) the cancellation of the such options in exchange for payment equaling the market value of the shares subject to the option less the exercise price, or (v) full exercisability of the option and full vesting of the shares subject to the option.

2013 Incentive Compensation Plan

        We adopted our 2013 Incentive Compensation Plan, or the 2013 plan, which went into effect on October 15, 2013. The 2013 plan provides for the grant of options, restricted shares, RSUs, share appreciation rights, cash-based awards, dividend equivalents and other share-based awards to our company's and our subsidiaries' respective directors, employees, officers, consultants, advisors and to any other person whose services are considered valuable to us or any of our affiliates. As of December 31, 2013, options to purchase 689,282 of our ordinary shares and 122,668 RSUs were outstanding under the 2013 plan.

        In 2013, under the 2007 plan and the 2013 plan, we granted to certain of our directors, executive officers and employees, options to purchase 5,978,099 of our ordinary shares at a weighted average exercise price of $4.44 per share and 122,668 RSUs.

        As of December 31, 2013, the number of shares that we may issue under the 2013 plan is 1,025,508 ordinary shares, which automatically increases annually on January 1, commencing January 1, 2014, by a number of ordinary shares equal to the lowest of (i) 5% of our outstanding shares on December 31st of the immediately preceding calendar year, (ii) a number of shares determined by our board of directors, if so determined prior to January 1 of the year on which the increase will occur, and (iii) 7,500,000 shares. Ordinary shares subject to outstanding awards under the 2007 plan or the 2013 plan that are subsequently forfeited or terminated for any other reason before being exercised will again be available for grant or regrant, respectively, under the 2013 plan. The number of shares subject to the 2013 plan is also subject to adjustment if particular capital changes affect our share capital. On January 1, 2014, the number of ordinary shares reserved for the 2013 plan increased by 1,874,660. The total number of ordinary shares reserved under the 2013 plan as of February 28, 2014 was 2,747,408.

        The 2013 plan is administered by our board of directors or by a committee designated by the board of directors. Subject to those rights which are reserved to the board of directors or which require shareholder approval under Israeli law, our board of directors has designated the compensation committee to administer the 2013 plan, including determining the grantees of awards and the terms of the grant, exercise prices, vesting schedules, acceleration of vesting and the other matters necessary for the administration of the 2013 plan.

        A share option is the right to purchase a specified number of ordinary shares in the future at a specified exercise price and subject to the other terms and conditions specified in the option award agreement and the 2013 plan. Subject to those rights which are reserved to the board of directors or which require shareholder approval, the exercise price of each option granted under the 2013 plan is determined by our compensation committee. The exercise price of any share options granted under the 2013 plan may be paid in cash, ordinary shares already owned by the option holder or any other method that may be approved by our compensation committee, such as a cashless broker-assisted exercise that complies with law.

        Options granted under the 2013 plan will generally vest over four years commencing on the date of grant such that 25% vest on the first anniversary of the date of grant and an additional 6.25% vest at

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the end of each subsequent three-month period thereafter for 36 months. Options, other than certain incentive share options, that are not exercised within ten years from the grant date expire, unless otherwise determined by our board of directors or the compensation committee, as applicable. In the event of termination of employment or services for reasons of disability or death, the grantee, or in the case of death, his or her legal successor, may exercise options that have vested prior to termination within a period of one year from the date of disability or death. If we terminate a grantee's employment or service for cause, all of the grantee's vested and unvested options will expire on the date of termination. If a grantee's employment or service is terminated for any other reason, including retirement, the grantee may exercise his or her vested options within 90 days of the date of termination. Any expired or unvested options return to the pool for reissuance.

        Restricted share awards are ordinary shares that are awarded to a participant subject to the satisfaction of the terms and conditions established by the compensation committee. Until such time as the applicable restrictions lapse, restricted shares are subject to forfeiture and may not be sold, assigned, pledged or otherwise disposed of by the participant who holds those shares. RSUs are denominated in units ordinary shares, except that no shares are actually issued to the participant on the grant date. When a RSU award vests, the participant is entitled to receive ordinary shares, a cash payment based on the value of ordinary shares or a combination of shares and cash.

        Share options granted to Israeli employees under the 2013 plan may be granted pursuant to the provisions of Section 102 of the Israeli Income Tax Ordinance. Any options granted pursuant to such provision will be issued to a trustee and be held by the trustee for at least two years from the date of grant of the options. Any share options granted under the 2013 plan to participants in the United States will be either "incentive stock options," which may be eligible for special tax treatment under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or options other than incentive stock options (referred to as "nonqualified stock options"), as determined by our compensation committee and stated in the option agreement.

        If we undergo a change of control, as defined in the 2013 plan, subject to any contrary law or rule, or the terms of any award agreement in effect before the change of control, then without the consent of the option holder, our board of directors or its designated committee, as applicable, may but is not required to (i) cause any outstanding award to be assumed or an equivalent award to be substituted by such successor corporation or (ii) if the successor corporation refuses to assume or substitute the award as described in the 2013 plan (a) the grantee's awards shall accelerate in full and such grantee may exercise the award as to all or part of the shares or (b) cancel the options against payment in cash, securities or other property in the same amount as was received by the holders of our shares in such change of control transaction.

        Subject to particular limitations specified in the 2013 plan and under applicable law, our board of directors may amend or terminate the 2013 plan, and the compensation committee may amend awards outstanding under the 2013 plan. The 2013 plan will continue in effect until all ordinary shares available under the 2013 plan are delivered and all restrictions on those shares have lapsed, unless the 2013 plan is terminated earlier by our board of directors. No awards may be granted under the 2013 plan on or after the tenth anniversary of the date of adoption of the plan.

        The following table provides information regarding the outstanding options to purchase our ordinary shares held by each of our directors and executive officers who beneficially own greater than

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one percent of our ordinary shares or options to purchase more than one percent of our ordinary shares as of February 28, 2014:

Name
  Number of
Options
  Grant Date   Exercise
Price
  Vested Options
as of
February 28,
2014
  Expiration
Date
 

Avishai Abrahami

    816,510     12/31/2010   $ 0.33     808,002     12/31/2020  

Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board

    612,384     7/28/2013   $ 0.003     59,535     7/28/2023  

Giora Kaplan

   
680,424
   
12/31/2010
 
$

0.33
   
673,335
   
12/31/2020
 

Co-founder, Chief Technology Officer and Director

    510,318     7/11/2013   $ 0.003     49,614     7/11/2023  

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

        We have adopted an employee stock purchase plan, or ESPP, pursuant to which our employees and employees of our subsidiaries may elect to have payroll deductions (or, when not allowed under local laws or regulations, another form of payment) made on each pay day during the offering period in an amount not exceeding 15% of the compensation which the employees receives on each pay day during the offering period. To date, we have not granted employees the right to make purchases under the plan. The number of ordinary shares initially reserved for purchase under the ESPP was 303,432 ordinary shares, which was automatically increased, and will increase annually, on January 1 by a number of ordinary shares equal to the lowest of (i) 1% of our outstanding shares on December 31 of the immediately preceding calendar year, (ii) a number of shares determined by our board of directors, if so determined prior to January 1 of the year on which the increase will occur, and (iii) 1,500,000 shares. On January 1, 2014, the number of ordinary shares reserved for the ESPP increased by 374,932. The total ordinary shares reserved under the ESPP as of February 28, 2014 was 678,364.

        The ESPP is administered by our board of directors or by a committee designated by the board of directors. Subject to those rights which are reserved to the board of directors or which require shareholder approval under Israeli law, our board of directors has designated the compensation committee to administer the ESPP. To the extent that we grant employees the right to make purchases under the ESPP, on the first day of each offering period, each participating employee will be granted an option to purchase on the exercise date of such offering period up to a number of the company's ordinary shares determined by dividing (1) the employee's payroll deductions accumulated prior to such exercise date and retained in the employee's account as of the exercise date by (2) the applicable purchase price, subject to certain limitations that may be applied to employees in different jurisdictions to address applicable law. The applicable purchase price is based on a discount percentage of up to 15%, which percentage may be decreased by the board or the compensation committee, multiplied by the lesser of (1) the fair market value of an ordinary share on the exercise date, or (2) the fair market value of an ordinary share on the offering date.

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PRINCIPAL AND SELLING SHAREHOLDERS

        The following table sets forth information with respect to the beneficial ownership of our shares as of February 28, 2014 by:

        The beneficial ownership of ordinary shares is determined in accordance with the rules of the SEC and generally includes any ordinary shares over which a person exercises sole or shared voting or investment power, or the right to receive the economic benefit of ownership. The percentage of shares beneficially owned is based on 37,515,998 ordinary shares outstanding as of February 28, 2014. We have based our calculation of the percentage of beneficial ownership after this offering on            ordinary shares outstanding immediately after the completion of the offering, assuming that the underwriters do not exercise their over-allotment option to purchase additional shares. We have deemed our ordinary shares subject to options that are currently exercisable or exercisable within 60 days of February 28, 2014 or issuable pursuant to RSUs that are subject to vesting conditions expected to occur within 60 days of February 28, 2014 to be outstanding and to be beneficially owned by the person holding the option or RSU for the purpose of computing the percentage ownership of that person. We did not deem these shares outstanding, however, for the purpose of computing the percentage ownership of any other person.

        As of February 28, 2014, we had 66 holders of record of our ordinary shares in the United States, including Cede & Co., the nominee of The Depository Trust Company. These shareholders held in the aggregate 26,647,764 of our outstanding ordinary shares, or 71.1% of our outstanding ordinary shares as of December 31, 2013. The number of record holders in the United States is not representative of the number of beneficial holders nor is it representative of where such beneficial holders are resident since many of these ordinary shares were held by brokers or other nominees.

        All of our shareholders, including the shareholders listed below, have the same voting rights attached to their ordinary shares. See "Description of Share Capital—Articles of Association—Voting." None of our principal shareholders nor our directors and executive officers will have different or special voting rights with respect to their ordinary shares. Unless otherwise noted below, each shareholder's address is Wix.com Ltd., 40 Namal Tel Aviv St., Tel Aviv 6350671 Israel.

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        A description of any material relationship that our principal shareholders have had with us or any of our predecessors or affiliates within the past three years is included under "Related Party Transactions."

 
  Shares Beneficially
Owned Prior to
Offering
   
  Shares Beneficially
Owned After
Offering
 
  Number of
Shares
Offered
 
  Number   %   Number   %
Name of Beneficial Owner
   

Directors and Executive Officers

                       

Avishai Abrahami(1)

    1,487,199     3.9 %          

Giora Kaplan(2)

    1,269,113     3.3 %          

Lior Shemesh(3)

    46,650     *            

Nir Zohar(4)

    239,685     *            

Omer Shai(5)

    177,576     *            

Yaniv Even Haim(6)

    143,016     *            

Betsy Atkins(7)

    39,503     *            

Yuval Cohen(8)

    13,797     *            

Michael Eisenberg(9)

    9,200     *            

Adam Fisher

                   

Ron Gutler(10)

    13,797     *            

Jeff Horing(11)

    3,730,855     9.9 %          

Roy Saar(12)

    331,558     *            

Mark Tluszcz(13)

    8,243,190     22.0 %          

All executive officers and directors as a group (14 persons)

    15,754,339     39.4 %          

Principal Shareholders

                       

Entities affiliated with Mangrove Capital Partners(14)

    8,243,190     21.9 %          

Entities affiliated with Bessemer Venture Partners(15)

    7,935,978     21.2 %          

Benchmark Capital Partners(16)

    4,012,329     10.7 %          

Entities affiliate with Insight Venture Partners(17)

    3,730,855     9.9 %          

T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.(18)

    1,994,900     5.3 %          

*
Less than 1%.

(1)
Shares beneficially owned consist of 594,141 shares and outstanding options to purchase 893,058 shares that are exercisable within 60 days of February 28, 2014.

(2)
Shares beneficially owned consist of 524,900 shares and outstanding options to purchase 744,213 shares that are exercisable within 60 days of February 28, 2014.

(3)
Shares beneficially owned consist solely of shares issuable pursuant to outstanding options that are exercisable within 60 days of February 28, 2014.

(4)
Shares beneficially owned consist solely of shares issuable pursuant to outstanding options that are exercisable within 60 days of February 28, 2014.

(5)
Shares beneficially owned consist solely of shares issuable pursuant to outstanding options that are exercisable within 60 days of February 28, 2014.

(6)
Shares beneficially owned consist solely of shares issuable pursuant to outstanding options that are exercisable within 60 days of February 28, 2014.

(7)
Shares beneficially owned consist of (i) 30,303 shares that are exercisable within 60 days of February 28, 2014, (ii) 5,111 RSUs that vest within 60 days of February 28, 2014, and (iii) outstanding options to purchase 4,089 shares.

(8)
Shares beneficially owned consist solely of shares issuable pursuant to outstanding options that are exercisable within 60 days of February 28, 2014.

(9)
Shares beneficially owned consist of 5,111 RSUs and options to purchase 4,089 shares. The RSUs vest and the options become exercisable within 60 days of February 28, 2014.

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(10)
Shares beneficially owned consist solely of shares issuable pursuant to outstanding options that are exercisable within 60 days of February 28, 2014.

(11)
Shares beneficially owned consist of (i) 5,111 RSUs that vest within 60 days of February 28, 2014, (ii) options to purchase 4,089 shares that are exercisable within 60 days of February 28, 2014, and (iii) 3,721,655 shares beneficially owned by the Insight VII Funds and over which Mr. Horing may be deemed to share voting and dispositive power. See note (17) below.

(12)
Shares beneficially owned consist of 193,375 shares and options to purchase 138,183 shares that are exercisable within 60 days of February 28, 2014.

(13)
Shares beneficially owned consist of options to purchase 9,200 shares, which are exercisable within 60 days of February 28, 2014, and 8,233,990 shares beneficially owned by entities affiliated with Mangrove and over which Mr. Tluszcz may be deemed to share voting and dispositive power. See note (14) below.

(14)
Consists of 8,110,689 shares held by Mangrove II Investments Sarl, 9,200 options to purchase shares held by Mangrove II Investments Sarl and 123,301 shares held by Mangrove Partners SCSp. Mangrove II Investments Sarl is a limited liability company incorporated and organized under the laws of Luxembourg. Mangrove II S.C.A. SICAR is the owner of 100% of the share capital of Mangrove II Investments Sarl. Mangrove II S.C.A. SICAR is a fund incorporated and organized under the laws of Luxembourg in the form of a partnership limited by shares and regulated by the Luxembourg CSSF (Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier). Mangrove II S.C.A. SICAR is managed by Mangrove II Management S.A., a limited liability company incorporated and organized under the laws of Luxembourg. The members of the board of directors of Mangrove II Management S.A. are Mark Tluszcz, Gerard Lopez and Hans-Jürgen Schmitz. Mangrove Capital Partners' address is 31 Boulevard Joseph II, L-1840, Luxembourg.

(15)
Shares beneficially owned consist of 6,824,944 shares held by Bessemer Venture Partners VII L.P. and 1,111,034 shares held by Bessemer Venture Partners VII Institutional L.P. (together, the "BVP Funds"). Deer VII & Co. L.P. is the general partner of the BVP Funds. Deer VII & Co. Ltd. is the general partner of Deer VII & Co. L.P. J. Edmund Colloton, David J. Cowan, Byron B. Deeter, Robert P. Goodman, Jeremy S. Levine and Robert M. Stavis are the directors of Deer VII & Co. Ltd. Investment and voting decisions with respect to the shares held by the BVP Funds are made by the directors acting as a committee and as such the directors may be deemed to be beneficial owners of the shares held by the BVP Funds. The address for the BVP Funds entities is 1865 Palmer Avenue, Suite 104, Larchmont, New York 10538. Bessemer Venture Partners' address is 1865 Palmer Avenue, Suite 104, Larchmont, New York 10538.

(16)
Shares beneficially owned consist of 4,012,329 shares held by Benchmark Capital Partners VI, L.P. ("BCP VI"). Benchmark Capital Management Co. VI, L.L.C. ("BCMC VI") is the general partner of BCP VI. BCMC VI's managing members are Alexandre Balkanski, Matthew R. Cohler, Bruce W. Dunlevie, Peter H. Fenton, J. William Gurley, Kevin R. Harvey, Robert C. Kagle, Mitchell H. Lasky and Steven M. Spurlock. These individuals may be deemed to have shared voting and investment power over the shares held by BCP VI. Our director, Michael Eisenberg, does not hold voting or dispositive power with respect to, and is therefore not a beneficial owner of, the shares held by BCP VI. The address for Benchmark Capital Partners BCP VI and BCMC VI is 2480 Sand Hill Road, Suite 200, Menlo Park, California 94025.

(17)
Consists of RSUs and options referenced in note (12) above, 2,437,832 shares held by Insight Venture Partners VII L.P., 1,073,192 shares held by Insight Venture Partners (Cayman) VII L.P., 154,203 shares held by Insight Venture Partners VII (Delaware) L.P. and 56,428 shares held by Insight Venture Partners VII (Co-Investors) L.P (collectively, the "Insight VII Funds"). Insight Holdings Group, LLC ("Holdings") is the sole shareholder of Insight Venture Associates VII, Ltd. ("IVA Ltd"). IVA Ltd is the general partner of Insight Venture Associates VII, L.P. ("IVP LP"), which is the general partner of the Insight VII Funds. Each of Jeffrey Horing, Deven Parekh and Peter Sobiloff is a member of the board of managers of Holdings. Because Messrs. Horing, Parekh and Sobiloff are members of the board of managers of Holdings, Holdings is the sole shareholder of IVA Ltd and IVA LP is the general partner of the Insight VII Funds, Messrs. Horing, Parekh and Sobiloff have voting and dispositive power over the shares described above. The foregoing is not an admission by Holdings, IVA Ltd, IVA LP or any of the foregoing individuals that it or he is the beneficial owner of the shares held by the Insight VII Funds. The address of the Insight VII Funds is c/o Insight Venture Partners, 680 Fifth Avenue, 8th Floor, New York, New York 10019.

(18)
This information is based upon a Schedule 13G filed by T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. ("T. Rowe Price") with the SEC on February 12, 2014. Shares beneficially owned consist of 1,994,900 shares held by T. Rowe Price, a company incorporated and organized under the laws of the state of Maryland, United States. T. Rowe Price is an Investment Adviser registered under Section 203 of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940. T Rowe Price does not serve as custodian of the assets of any of its clients; accordingly, in each instance only the client or the client's custodian or trustee bank has the right to receive dividends paid with respect to, and proceeds from the sale of, such securities. The ultimate power to direct the receipt of dividends paid with respect to, and the proceeds from the sale of, such securities, is vested in the individual and institutional clients which T. Rowe Price serves as investment adviser. Any and all discretionary authority which has been delegated to Price Associates may be revoked in whole or in part at any time. The address of T. Rowe Price is 100 E. Pratt Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21202.

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RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

        Our policy is to enter into transactions with related parties on terms that, on the whole, are no more favorable, or no less favorable, than those available from unaffiliated third parties. Based on our experience in the business sectors in which we operate and the terms of our transactions with unaffiliated third parties, we believe that all of the transactions described below met this policy standard at the time they occurred.

Financing Transactions

        Original Rounds of Financing.    Since our founding, we have raised capital through multiple rounds of financing. Between 2007 and 2009, we raised capital through sales of our ordinary shares, Series A, B, B-1 and C preferred shares, and convertible notes. We do not have any convertible notes outstanding today.

        Series D Financing.    In 2010, we sold Series D preferred shares convertible into 3,818,820 ordinary shares at a price per underlying ordinary share of approximately $2.66 for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $10.2 million. Each Series D preferred share converted into one ordinary share upon the closing of the IPO. The following table sets forth the number of ordinary shares resulting from conversion upon the closing of the IPO of the Series D preferred shares purchased by entities that, as of the date of conversion, beneficially owned more than 5% of our ordinary shares:

 
  Aggregate
Purchase Price
  Number of
Ordinary Shares
Resulting from the
Conversion of
Series D Preferred
Shares
 
 
  (in thousands)
   
 

Benchmark Capital Partners

  $ 7,009     2,631,843  

Entities affiliated with Bessemer Venture Partners

  $ 1,580     593,487  

Entities affiliated with Mangrove Capital Partners

  $ 1,580     593,490  

        In connection with the Series D Financing, our founders, Avishai Abrahami, Giora Kaplan and Nadav Abrahami sold to existing shareholders 1,126,995 ordinary shares for an aggregate price of $3.0 million representing a price per share of approximately $2.66. Our board of directors approved this transfer pursuant to the requirements of the shareholders' agreement in effect at the time.

        Series E Financing.    In 2011, we sold Series E preferred shares convertible into 3,075,681 ordinary shares at a purchase price per underlying ordinary share of approximately $6.83 in consideration for an aggregate purchase price of $21.0 million. Each Series E preferred share converted into one ordinary share upon the closing of the IPO. The following table sets forth the number of ordinary shares resulting from conversion at the closing of the IPO of the Series E preferred shares purchased by entities that, as of the date of conversion, beneficially owned more than 5% of our outstanding ordinary shares:

 
  Aggregate
Purchase Price
  Number of
Ordinary Shares
Resulting from the
Conversion of
Series E Preferred
Shares
 
 
  (in thousands)
   
 

Entities affiliated with Insight Venture Partners

  $ 15,000     2,196,215  

Entities affiliated with Bessemer Venture Partners

  $ 1,894     277,437  

Mangrove Capital Partners

  $ 1,101     161,301  

Benchmark Capital Partners

  $ 1,004     147,105  

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        In connection with this financing, our founders, Avishai Abrahami, Giora Kaplan and Nadav Abrahami sold to existing shareholders 878,769 ordinary shares for an aggregate price of $6.0 million representing a price per share of $6.83. Our board of directors and shareholders approved this transfer pursuant to the requirements of the shareholders' agreement in effect at the time.

Rights of Appointment

        Our current board of directors consists of nine directors. Pursuant to our articles of association in effect prior to our IPO, certain of our shareholders had rights to appoint members of our board of directors. All rights to appoint directors and observers terminated upon the closing of our IPO, although currently serving directors that were appointed prior to our IPO will continue to serve pursuant to their appointment until the annual meeting of shareholders at which the term of their class of director expires. We are not party to, and are not aware of, any voting agreements among our shareholders.

Registration Rights

        Our shareholders' agreement entitles certain of our shareholders to registration rights. In accordance with this agreement, and subject to conditions listed below, entities which are entitled to registration rights include the company's founders and the entities affiliated with each of Bessemer Venture Partners, Insight Venture Partners, Mangrove Capital Partners, and Benchmark Capital Partner.

        Form F-1 Demand Rights.    At any time following the closing of the IPO, subject, however, to the 180-day lock-up agreement entered into with the underwriters in connection with the IPO, upon the request of the holders of more than 50% of the shares held by our former preferred shareholders, we are required to file a registration statement on Form F-1 in respect of the ordinary shares held by our former preferred shareholders. Following a request to effect such a registration, we are required to give notice of the request to the other holders of registrable securities and offer them an opportunity to include their shares in the registration statement. We are not required to effect more than two registrations on Form F-1 and we are only required to do so if the aggregate proceeds from any such registration are estimated in good faith to be in excess of $2.0 million.

        Form F-3 Demand Rights.    After we become eligible under applicable securities laws to file a registration statement on Form F-3, which will not be until at least 12 months after the IPO, upon the request of the holders of more than 50% of the shares held by our former preferred shareholders, we are required to file a registration statement on Form F-3 in respect of the ordinary shares held by our former preferred shareholders. Following a request to effect such a registration, we are required to give notice of the request to the other holders of registrable securities and offer them an opportunity to include their shares in the registration statement. We are not required to effect a registration on Form F-3 more than twice in any 12-month period and are only required to do so if the aggregate proceeds from any such registration are estimated in good faith to be in excess of $1.0 million.

        Piggyback registration rights.    Shareholders holding registrable securities have the right to request that we include their registrable securities in underwritten offerings undertaken by us in the future for our own account or the account of other securityholders, subject to specified exceptions. The selling shareholders are including shares in this offering pursuant to the exercise of registration rights.

        Cutback.    In the event that the managing underwriter advises the registering shareholders that marketing factors require a limitation on the number of shares that can be included in a registered offering, the shares will be included in the registration statement in an agreed order of preference among the holders of registration rights. The same preference also applies in the case of a piggyback registration, but we have first preference and the number of shares of shareholders that are included may not be less than 25% of the total number of shares included in the offering.

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        Termination.    All registration rights granted to holders of registrable securities terminate on the fifth anniversary of the closing of our IPO and, with respect to any holder of registrable securities who both (i) holds (together with shares held by its permitted transferees) less than 5% of our outstanding shares, and (ii) the shares held by such shareholder can be sold without volume limitations within a 90-day period under Rule 144.

        Expenses.    We will pay all expenses in carrying out the foregoing registrations other than selling shareholders' underwriting discounts and transfer taxes.

Agreements with Directors and Officers

        Employment Agreements.    We have entered into employment agreements with each of our officers who work for us as employees. We enter into consulting agreements where the executive officer requests that we engage him or her through a wholly-owned personal service corporation. We have entered into such a consulting agreement with Avishai Abrahami, our Chief Executive Officer, which provides that he must devote all of his work time to our company. These agreements each contain provisions regarding noncompetition, confidentiality of information and assignment of inventions. The enforceability of covenants not to compete is subject to limitations.

        The provisions of certain of our executive officers' employment agreements contain termination or change of control provisions. With respect to certain executive officers, either we or the executive officer may terminate his or her employment by giving 90 calendar days' advance written notice to the other party. We may also terminate an executive officer's employment agreement for good reason (as defined the employment agreement), or in the event of a merger or acquisition transaction.

        Options.    Since our inception we have granted options to purchase our ordinary shares to our officers and certain of our directors. Such option agreements may contain acceleration provisions upon certain merger, acquisition, or change of control transactions. We describe our option plans under "Management—2007 Share Option Plan." If an executive officer is involuntarily terminated without cause or the executive officer voluntarily terminates his employment for good reason (as defined in the employment agreement), all options will immediately vest. Upon the consummation of a merger or acquisition transaction, an executive officer's remaining unvested options will vest either on a monthly basis, with the first installment vesting one month after the closing of the transaction, or over the remaining vesting period, whichever is shorter. If an executive officer is terminated within a certain period following a merger or acquisition transaction, his or her unvested options will vest immediately.

        Exculpation, Indemnification and Insurance.    Our articles of association permit us to exculpate, indemnify and insure certain of our office holders to the fullest extent permitted by the Companies Law. We have entered into agreements with certain office holders, exculpating them from a breach of their duty of care to us to the fullest extent permitted by law and undertaking to indemnify them to the fullest extent permitted by law, subject to certain exceptions, including with respect to liabilities resulting from the IPO to the extent that these liabilities are not covered by insurance. See "Management—Exculpation, Insurance and Indemnification of Directors and Officers."

Family Relationships

        There are familial relationships between certain of our directors and executive officers, and other employees of our company. Our Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board, Avishai Abrahami, is the brother of Nadav Abrahami, our executive officer, acting as Vice President of Client Development. Yoav Abrahami, the brother of Avishai Abrahami and Nadav Abrahami, is employed by us as Chief Architect of Research and Development. Further, Nir Zohar, our President and Chief Operating Officer, is married to our employee, Hagit Zohar, manager of our Design Studio team in our Tel Aviv office. Aside from these relations, we are not aware of any other familial relationships between our directors, officers, and employees.

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DESCRIPTION OF SHARE CAPITAL

Share Capital

        Our authorized share capital consists of 500 million ordinary shares, par value NIS 0.01 per share, of which 37,515,998 shares are issued and outstanding as of February 28, 2014. Following the closing of this offering, shares will be issued and outstanding.

        All of our outstanding ordinary shares are validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable. Our ordinary shares are not redeemable and do not have any preemptive rights. All of our ordinary shares have equal rights and are fully paid.

        Our board of directors may determine the issue prices and terms for such shares or other securities, and may further determine any other provision relating to such issue of shares or securities. We may also issue and redeem redeemable securities on such terms and in such manner as our board of directors shall determine. Our board of directors may not make calls or assessments on our ordinary shares. Our board of directors is not authorized to issue preferred shares absent an amendment to our articles of association in order to authorize such shares. Such an amendment would require the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of our outstanding shares entitled to vote at a general meeting.

        The following descriptions of share capital and provisions of our articles of association are summaries and are qualified by reference to our articles of association, a copy of which is on file with the SEC.

Articles of Association

        Objects and Purposes.    Our registration number with the Israeli Registrar of Companies is 513881177. Our purpose as set forth in our articles of association is to engage in any legal business.

        Voting.    Holders of our ordinary shares have one vote for each ordinary share held on all matters submitted to a vote of shareholders at a shareholder meeting. Shareholders may vote at shareholder meetings either in person, by proxy or by written ballot. Israeli law does not allow public companies to adopt shareholder resolutions by means of written consent in lieu of a shareholder meeting. An amendment to our articles of association generally requires a vote of the holders of a majority of our outstanding ordinary shares entitled to vote at a general meeting of shareholders and voting in person or by proxy at the meeting, and the amendment of a limited number of provisions, such as the provision dividing our directors into three classes, requires a vote of the holders of 662/3% of our outstanding ordinary shares entitled to vote at a general meeting and voting in person or by proxy at the meeting.

        Share Ownership Restrictions.    The ownership or voting of ordinary shares by non-residents of Israel is not restricted in any way by our articles of association or the laws of the State of Israel, except that citizens of countries which are in a state of war with Israel may not be recognized as owners of ordinary shares.

        Transfer of Shares.    Fully paid ordinary shares are issued in registered form and may be freely transferred under our articles of association unless the transfer is restricted or prohibited by another instrument, Israeli law or the rules of a stock exchange on which the shares are traded.

        Election and Removal of Directors.    Our board of directors is divided into three classes with staggered three year terms. Only one class of directors is elected at each annual meeting of our shareholders, with the other classes continuing for the remainder of their respective three-year terms. Our ordinary shares do not have cumulative voting rights for the election of directors. Rather, under our articles of association our directors are elected, upon expiration of the term of office of any

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director, by the holders of a simple majority of our ordinary shares at a general shareholder meeting (excluding abstentions). As a result, the holders of our ordinary shares that represent more than 50% of the voting power represented at a shareholder meeting and voting thereon (excluding abstentions) have the power to elect any or all of our directors whose positions are being filled at that meeting, subject to the special approval requirements for external directors described under "Board Practices—Board of Directors—External Directors." Shareholders may only remove a director upon the affirmative vote of the holders of at least 662/3% of the outstanding shares having the right to vote at a general meeting of shareholders and voting in person or by proxy at the meeting. Vacancies on our board of directors may only be filled by the vote of a simple majority of the directors then in office as described under "Board Practices—Board of Directors—Directors and Officers." For additional information regarding the election of and voting by directors, see "Board Practices—Board of Directors."

        Dividend and Liquidation Rights.    Under Israeli law, we may declare and pay a dividend only if, upon the reasonable determination of our board of directors, the distribution will not prevent us from being able to meet the terms of our existing and contingent obligations as they become due. Under the Companies Law, the distribution amount is further limited to the greater of retained earnings or earnings generated over the two most recent years according to our then last reviewed or audited financial statements, provided that the date of the financial statements is not more than six months prior to the date of distribution. In the event that we do not have retained earnings and earnings legally available for distribution, as defined in the Companies Law, we may seek the approval of the court in order to distribute a dividend. The court may approve our request if it is convinced that there is no reasonable concern that the payment of a dividend will prevent us from satisfying our existing and foreseeable obligations as they become due.

        In the event of our liquidation, after satisfaction of liabilities to creditors, our assets will be distributed to the holders of ordinary shares on a pro-rata basis. Dividend and liquidation rights may be affected by the grant of preferential dividend or distribution rights to the holders of a class of shares with preferential rights that may be authorized in the future. See "Dividend Policy."

        Shareholder Meetings.    We are required to convene an annual general meeting of our shareholders once every calendar year, not more than 15 months following the preceding annual general meeting. Our board of directors may convene a special general meeting of our shareholders and is required to do so at the request of one or more holders of 5% or more of our share capital and 1% of our voting power, or at the request of one of more holders of 5% or more of our voting power. All shareholder meetings require prior notice of at least 14 days and, in certain cases, 35 days. Shareholders must comply with advance notice provisions to bring business before, or nominate directors for election at, a shareholder meeting. The chairperson of our board of directors or another one of our directors authorized by our board of directors presides over our general meetings. If either of such persons is not present within 15 minutes from the appointed time for the commencement of the meeting, the directors present at such meeting shall appoint one of our directors as the chairperson for such meeting and if they fail to do so, then the shareholders present shall appoint one of our directors or office holders to act as chairperson and if any such person refuses to so act or is not present, then one of the shareholders present at such meeting shall act as chairperson. Subject to the provisions of the Companies Law and the regulations promulgated thereunder, shareholders entitled to participate and vote at general meetings are the shareholders of record on a date to be decided by the board of directors, which may be between four and 40 days prior to the date of the meeting, depending on the type of meeting and whether written proxies are being used.

        Quorum.    The quorum required for a meeting of shareholders consists of at least two shareholders present in person, by proxy or by written ballot, who hold or represent between them at least 25% of our voting power. A meeting adjourned for lack of a quorum generally is adjourned to the same day in

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the following week at the same time and place (without requirement of additional notification to the shareholders), or to a later time, if indicated in the notice to the meeting or to such other time and place as determined by the board of directors in a notice to our shareholders. At the reconvened meeting, if a quorum is not present within half an hour from the appointed time for the commencement of the meeting, the meeting will take place with whatever number of participants are present, unless the meeting was called pursuant to a request by our shareholders, in which case the quorum required is the number of shareholders required to call the meeting as described under "—Shareholder Meetings."

        Resolutions.    Under the Companies Law, unless otherwise provided in the articles of association or applicable law, all resolutions of the shareholders require a simple majority of the voting rights represented at the meeting, in person, by proxy or by written ballot, and voting on the resolution (excluding abstentions).

        Access to Corporate Records.    Under the Companies Law, all shareholders generally have the right to review minutes of our general meetings, our shareholder register, including with respect to material shareholders, our articles of association, our financial statements and any document we are required by law to file publicly with the Israeli Companies Registrar or the Israeli Securities Authority. Any shareholder who specifies the purpose of its request may request to review any document in our possession that relates to any action or transaction with a related party which requires shareholder approval under the Companies Law. We may deny a request to review a document if we determine that the request was not made in good faith, that the document contains a trade secret or patent or that the document's disclosure may otherwise impair our interests.

Acquisitions Under Israeli Law

        Full Tender Offer.    A person wishing to acquire shares of a public Israeli company and who could as a result hold over 90% of the target company's voting rights or the target company's issued and outstanding share capital (or of a class thereof), is required by the Companies Law to make a tender offer to all of the company's shareholders for the purchase of all of the issued and outstanding shares of the company (or the applicable class). If (a) the shareholders who do not accept the offer hold less than 5% of the issued and outstanding share capital of the company (or the applicable class) and the shareholders who accept the offer constitute a majority of the offerees that do not have a personal interest in the acceptance of the tender offer or (b) the shareholders who did not accept the tender offer hold less than 2% of the issued and outstanding share capital of the company (or of the applicable class), all of the shares that the acquirer offered to purchase will be transferred to the acquirer by operation of law. A shareholder who had its shares so transferred may petition the court within six months from the date of acceptance of the full tender offer, regardless of whether such shareholder agreed to the offer, to determine whether the tender offer was for less than fair value and whether the fair value should be paid as determined by the court. However, an offeror may provide in the offer that a shareholder who accepted the offer will not be entitled to appraisal rights as described in the preceding sentence, as long as the offeror and the company disclosed the information required by law in connection with the tender offer. If the full tender offer was not accepted in accordance with any of the above alternatives, the acquirer may not acquire shares of the company that will increase its holdings to more than 90% of the company's issued and outstanding share capital (or of the applicable class) from shareholders who accepted the tender offer.

        Special Tender Offer.    The Companies Law provides that an acquisition of shares of an Israeli public company must be made by means of a special tender offer if as a result of the acquisition the purchaser would become a holder of 25% or more of the voting rights in the company. This rule does not apply if there is already another holder of 25% or more of the voting rights in the company. Similarly, the Companies Law provides that an acquisition of shares in a public company must be made

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by means of a tender offer if as a result of the acquisition the purchaser would become a holder of more than 45% of the voting rights in the company, if there is no other shareholder of the company who holds more than 45% of the voting rights in the company. These requirements do not apply if the acquisition (i) occurs in the context of a private placement by the company that received shareholder approval, (ii) was from a shareholder holding 25% or more of the voting rights in the company and resulted in the acquirer becoming a holder of 25% or more of the voting rights in the company, or (iii) was from a holder of more than 45% of the voting rights in the company and resulted in the acquirer becoming a holder of more than 45% of the voting rights in the company. A special tender offer may be consummated only if (i) at least 5% of the voting power attached to the company's outstanding shares will be acquired by the offeror and (ii) the number of shares tendered in the offer exceeds the number of shares whose holders objected to the offer (excluding controlling shareholders, holders of 25% or more of the voting rights in the company and any person having a personal interest in the acceptance of the tender offer).

        In the event that a special tender offer is made, a company's board of directors is required to express its opinion on the advisability of the offer, or shall abstain from expressing any opinion if it is unable to do so, provided that it gives the reasons for its abstention. An office holder in a target company who, in his or her capacity as an office holder, performs an action the purpose of which is to cause the failure of an existing or foreseeable special tender offer or is to impair the chances of its acceptance, is liable to the potential purchaser and shareholders for damages, unless such office holder acted in good faith and had reasonable grounds to believe he or she was acting for the benefit of the company. However, office holders of the target company may negotiate with the potential purchaser in order to improve the terms of the special tender offer, and may further negotiate with third parties in order to obtain a competing offer.

        If a special tender offer is accepted, then shareholders who did not respond to or that had objected the offer may accept the offer within four days of the last day set for the acceptance of the offer.

        In the event that a special tender offer is accepted, then the purchaser or any person or entity controlling it or under common control with the purchaser or such controlling person or entity may not make a subsequent tender offer for the purchase of shares of the target company and may not enter into a merger with the target company for a period of one year from the date of the offer, unless the purchaser or such person or entity undertook to effect such an offer or merger in the initial special tender offer.

        Merger.    The Companies Law permits merger transactions if approved by each party's board of directors and, unless certain conditions described under the Companies Law are met, a majority of each party's shareholders. The board of directors of a merging company is required pursuant to the Companies Law to discuss and determine whether in its opinion there exists a reasonable concern that as a result of a proposed merger, the surviving company will not be able to satisfy its obligations towards its creditors, such determination taking into account the financial status of the merging companies. If the board of directors determines that such a concern exists, it may not approve a proposed merger. Following the approval of the board of directors of each of the merging companies, the boards of directors must jointly prepare a merger proposal for submission to the Israeli Registrar of Companies.

        For purposes of the shareholder vote, unless a court rules otherwise, if one of the merging companies (or any person who holds 25% or more of the outstanding shares or the right to appoint 25% or more of the directors of one of the merging companies) holds shares in the other merging company, the merger will not be deemed approved if a majority of the shares voted at the shareholders meeting by shareholders other than the other party to the merger, or by any person who holds 25% or more of the outstanding shares or the right to appoint 25% or more of the directors of the other party,

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vote against the merger. In addition, if the non-surviving entity of the merger has more than one class of shares, the merger must be approved by each class of shareholders. If the transaction would have been approved but for the separate approval of each class or the exclusion of the votes of certain shareholders as provided above, a court may still approve the merger upon the request of holders of at least 25% of the voting rights of a company, if the court holds that the merger is fair and reasonable, taking into account the value of the parties to the merger and the consideration offered to the shareholders. If a merger is with a company's controlling shareholder or if the controlling shareholder has a personal interest in the merger, then the merger is instead subject to the same special majority approval that governs all extraordinary transactions with controlling shareholders (as described above under "Approval of Related Party Transactions Under Israeli Law—Disclosure of Personal Interests of Controlling Shareholders and Approval of Certain Transactions").

        Under the Companies Law, each merging company must inform its secured creditors of the proposed merger plans. Upon the request of a creditor of either party to the proposed merger, the court may delay or prevent the merger if it concludes that there exists a reasonable concern that, as a result of the merger, the surviving company will be unable to satisfy the obligations of any of the parties to the merger, and may further give instructions to secure the rights of creditors.

        In addition, a merger may not be completed unless at least 50 days have passed from the date that a proposal for approval of the merger is filed with the Israeli Registrar of Companies and 30 days from the date that shareholder approval of both merging companies is obtained.

Transactions with Interested Shareholders

        Our articles of association contain a provision that prohibits us from engaging in any business combination with any interested shareholder for a period of three years following the date that the shareholder became an interested shareholder, unless:

        A "business combination" is defined to include the following:

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An "interested shareholder" is defined as an entity or person beneficially owning 15% or more of the outstanding voting shares of the company and any entity or person affiliated with or controlling or controlled by any of these entities or persons.

        This provision may have the effect of preventing, delaying or discouraging coercive takeover practices and inadequate takeover bids. This provision is also designed, in part, to encourage persons seeking to acquire control of our company to negotiate first with our board. We believe that the benefits of increased protection of our potential ability to negotiate more favorable terms with an unfriendly or unsolicited acquirer outweigh the disadvantages of discouraging a proposal to acquire our company.

Transfer Agent and Registrar

        The transfer agent and registrar for our ordinary shares is American Stock Transfer & Trust Company. Its address is 6201 15th Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11219, and its telephone number is (800) 937-5449.

Listing

        Our ordinary shares are listed on the NASDAQ Global Market under the symbol "WIX."

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SHARES ELIGIBLE FOR FUTURE SALE

        Future sales of substantial amounts of ordinary shares, including shares issued upon the exercise of outstanding options, in the public market after this offering, or the possibility of these sales occurring, could adversely affect the prevailing market price for our ordinary shares or impair our ability to raise equity capital.

        As of February 28, 2014, we had outstanding an aggregate of 37,515,998 ordinary shares of which approximately 8.3 million shares were offered in our IPO and are freely tradable without restriction or have otherwise been sold into the public markets since that offering. Following this offering, the            ordinary shares offered hereby will also be freely tradable without restriction, unless purchased by "affiliates" (as that term is defined under Rule 144 of the Securities Act), who may sell only the volume of shares described below and whose sales would be subject to additional restrictions described below.

        Substantially all of the remaining ordinary shares are subject to the lock-up agreements and market standoff described below. Some of those securities also constitute restricted securities and may only be sold in the public market pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act or pursuant to an exemption from registration under Rule 144, Rule 701 or Rule 904 under the Securities Act. These rules are summarized below.

        Sales of these shares in the public market after the restrictions under the lock-up agreements lapse, or the perception that those sales may occur, could cause the prevailing market price to decrease or to be lower than it might be in the absence of those sales or perceptions.

Lock-up and market standoff agreements

        In connection with our IPO, our executive officers, our directors and the holders of substantially all of our ordinary shares entered into lock-up agreements with the underwriters or market standoff agreements with the us which, subject to limited exceptions, restrict their ability to transfer their shares until May 5, 2014 (or November 5, 2014 in the case of Avishai Abrahami, our Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board, and Nir Zohar, our President and Chief Operating Officer).

        In connection with this offering, we, our executive officers and directors, and the holders of            of our outstanding ordinary shares and options to purchase ordinary shares, have agreed not to offer, sell, agree to sell, directly or indirectly, or otherwise dispose of any ordinary shares or any securities convertible into or exchangeable for ordinary shares except for the ordinary shares offered in this offering without the prior written consent of J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner and Smith Incorporated for a period of at least 90 days after the date of this prospectus.

        Certain of our directors and executive officers have established trading plans under Rule 10b5-1 of the Exchange Act. These plans permit the sale of an aggregate of up to approximately 885,000 shares commencing on May 6, 2014 and ending 90 days following this offering, subject to price and volume limitations, including with respect to a significant portion of such shares, the achievement of a price that is in excess of the trading price of our ordinary shares as of the date of this prospectus. The underwriters have agreed to permit such sales during the 90-day period following the date of this prospectus solely pursuant to plans established before this offering.

        The following table indicates approximately when the ordinary shares that are not currently traded in the public markets and are not being sold in this offering will be eligible for sale into the public

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market under the provisions of Rule 144 and Rule 701 and the terms of certain lock-up agreements and market standoff agreement entered into by the holders of such shares:

Approximately 7,100,000 shares  

Commencing on May 5, 2014, approximately 700,000 of which are expected to be subject to volume, manner of sale and other limitations.


Approximately                  shares

 


Commencing on            , 2014, 90 days after the date of this prospectus, approximately             million of which will be subject to volume, manner of sale and other limitations under Rule 144.


Approximately 1,800,000 shares

 


Commencing on November 5, 2014, 365 days after the date of our IPO, all which will be subject to volume, manner of sale and other limitations under Rule 144.

Eligibility of restricted shares for sale in the public market

        The            ordinary shares that are not being sold in this offering, but which will be outstanding at the time this offering is complete, will be eligible for sale into the public market as set forth in the table above, under the provisions of Rule 144 commencing after the expiration of the restrictions under the lock-up agreements, subject to volume restrictions discussed below under "—Rule 144."

Rule 144

        In general, under Rule 144 under the Securities Act, a person (or persons whose shares are aggregated) who is not deemed to have been an affiliate of ours at any time during the three months preceding a sale, and who has beneficially owned restricted securities within the meaning of Rule 144 for at least six months (including any period of consecutive ownership of preceding non-affiliated holders) would be entitled to sell those shares, subject only to the availability of current public information about us. A non-affiliated person who has beneficially owned restricted securities within the meaning of Rule 144 for at least one year would be entitled to sell those shares without regard to the provisions of Rule 144.

        A person (or persons whose shares are aggregated) who is deemed to be an affiliate of ours and who has beneficially owned restricted securities within the meaning of Rule 144 for at least six months would be entitled to sell within any three-month period a number of shares that does not exceed the greater of one percent of the then outstanding shares of our ordinary shares or the average weekly trading volume of our ordinary shares on the during the four calendar weeks preceding such sale. Such sales are also subject to certain manner of sale provisions, notice requirements and the availability of current public information about us.

Options

        Ordinary shares issued upon exercise of a share option or RSU and registered under our Form S-8 registration statement will, subject to vesting provisions, lock-up agreements, market standoff limitations and Rule 144 volume limitations applicable to our affiliates, be available for sale in the open market immediately after the lock up agreements expire. See "Management—2007 Share Option Plan" and "Management—2013 Incentive Compensation Plan."

Registration rights

        Following the completion of this offering, the holders of up to            ordinary shares are entitled to request that we register their ordinary shares under the Securities Act, subject to cutback for marketing reasons and certain other conditions. These shareholders are also entitled to "piggyback" registration rights, which are also subject to cutback for marketing reasons and certain other conditions. Registration of such shares under the Securities Act would result in such shares becoming freely tradable without restriction under the Securities Act, except for shares purchased by affiliates, immediately upon the effectiveness of such registration. See "Related Party Transactions—Registration Rights." Any sales of securities by these shareholders could have a material adverse effect on the trading price of our ordinary shares.

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TAXATION AND GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS

        The following description is not intended to constitute a complete analysis of all tax consequences relating to the acquisition, ownership and disposition of our ordinary shares. You should consult your own tax advisor concerning the tax consequences of your particular situation, as well as any tax consequences that may arise under the laws of any state, local, foreign or other taxing jurisdiction.

Israeli Tax Considerations and Government Programs

        The following is a brief summary of the material Israeli tax laws applicable to us, and certain Israeli Government programs that benefit us. This section also contains a discussion of material Israeli tax consequences concerning the ownership and disposition of our ordinary shares purchased by investors in this offering. This summary does not discuss all the aspects of Israeli tax law that may be relevant to a particular investor in light of his or her personal investment circumstances or to some types of investors subject to special treatment under Israeli law. Examples of such investors include residents of Israel or traders in securities who are subject to special tax regimes not covered in this discussion. To the extent that the discussion is based on new tax legislation that has not yet been subject to judicial or administrative interpretation, we cannot assure you that the appropriate tax authorities or the courts will accept the views expressed in this discussion. The discussion below is subject to change, including due to amendments under Israeli law or changes to the applicable judicial or administrative interpretations of Israeli law, which change could affect the tax consequences described below.

General Corporate Tax Structure in Israel

        Israeli companies are generally subject to corporate tax. In 2013 and 2012, the corporate tax rate is 25% of their taxable income. The corporate tax rate for 2011 was 24%. In August 2013, the Israeli Knesset approved an increase in the corporate tax rate to 26.5% for 2014 and thereafter. However, the effective tax rate payable by a company that derives income from an Approved Enterprise, a Preferred Enterprise or a Beneficiary Enterprise (as discussed below) may be considerably less. Capital gains derived by an Israeli company are generally subject to the prevailing corporate tax rate.

Law for the Encouragement of Industry (Taxes), 5729-1969

        The Law for the Encouragement of Industry (Taxes), 5729-1969, generally referred to as the Industry Encouragement Law, provides several tax benefits for "Industrial Companies." We believe that we currently qualify as an Industrial Company within the meaning of the Industry Encouragement Law.

        The Industry Encouragement Law defines an "Industrial Company" as an Israeli resident-company, of which 90% or more of its income in any tax year, other than income from defense loans, is derived from an "Industrial Enterprise" owned by it. An "Industrial Enterprise" is defined as an enterprise whose principal activity in a given tax year is industrial production.

        The following corporate tax benefits, among others, are available to Industrial Companies:

        Eligibility for benefits under the Industry Encouragement Law is not contingent upon approval of any governmental authority.

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        There can be no assurance that we will continue to qualify as an Industrial Company or that the benefits described above will be available in the future.

Law for the Encouragement of Capital Investments, 5719-1959

        The Law for the Encouragement of Capital Investments, 5719-1959, generally referred to as the Investment Law, provides certain incentives for capital investments in production facilities (or other eligible assets).

        The Investment Law was significantly amended effective January 1, 2011 (the "2011 Amendment"). The 2011 Amendment introduced new benefits to replace those granted in accordance with the provisions of the Investment Law in effect prior to the 2011 Amendment. However, companies entitled to benefits under the Investment Law as in effect prior to January 1, 2011 were entitled to choose to continue to enjoy such benefits, provided that certain conditions are met, or elect instead to forego such benefits and have the benefits of the 2011 Amendment apply. Prior to 2011, we did not utilize any of the benefits for which we were eligible under the Investment Law.

Tax Benefits Subsequent to the 2005 Amendment

        The 2005 Amendment applies to new investment programs and investment programs commencing after 2004, but does not apply to investment programs approved prior to April 1, 2005. The 2005 Amendment provides that terms and benefits included in any certificate of approval that was granted before the 2005 Amendment became effective (April 1, 2005) will remain subject to the provisions of the Investment Law as in effect on the date of such approval. Pursuant to the 2005 Amendment, the Investment Center will continue to grant Approved Enterprise status to qualifying investments. The 2005 Amendment, however, limits the scope of enterprises that may be approved by the Investment Center by setting criteria for the approval of a facility as an Approved Enterprise, such as provisions generally requiring that at least 25% of the Approved Enterprise's income be derived from exports.

        The 2005 Amendment provides that Approved Enterprise status will only be necessary for receiving cash grants. As a result, it was no longer necessary for a company to obtain Approved Enterprise status in order to receive the tax benefits previously available under the alternative benefits track. Rather, a company may claim the tax benefits offered by the Investment Law directly in its tax returns, provided that its facilities meet the criteria for tax benefits set forth in the amendment. Companies are entitled to approach the Israeli Tax Authority for a pre-ruling regarding their eligibility for benefits under the Investment Law, as amended.

        In order to receive the tax benefits, the 2005 Amendment states that a company must make an investment which meets all of the conditions, including exceeding a minimum investment amount specified in the Investment Law. Such investment allows a company to receive "Beneficiary Enterprise" status, and may be made over a period of no more than three years from the end of the year in which the company requested to have the tax benefits apply to its Beneficiary Enterprise. Where the company requests to apply the tax benefits to an expansion of existing facilities, only the expansion will be considered to be a Beneficiary Enterprise and the company's effective tax rate will be the weighted average of the applicable rates. In this case, the minimum investment required in order to qualify as a Beneficiary Enterprise is required to exceed a certain percentage of the value of the company's production assets before the expansion.

        The extent of the tax benefits available under the 2005 Amendment to qualifying income of a Beneficiary Enterprise depend on, among other things, the geographic location in Israel of the Beneficiary Enterprise. The location will also determine the period for which tax benefits are available. Such tax benefits include an exemption from corporate tax on undistributed income for a period of between two to ten years, depending on the geographic location of the Beneficiary Enterprise in Israel, and a reduced corporate tax rate of between 10% to 25% for the remainder of the benefits period,

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depending on the level of foreign investment in the company in each year. A company qualifying for tax benefits under the 2005 Amendment which pays a dividend out of income derived by its Beneficiary Enterprise during the tax exemption period will be subject to corporate tax in respect of the gross amount of the dividend at the otherwise applicable rate of 25%, or a lower rate in the case of a qualified FIC which is at least 49% owned by non-Israeli residents. Dividends paid out of income attributed to a Beneficiary Enterprise are generally subject to withholding tax at source at the rate of 15% or such lower rate as may be provided in an applicable tax treaty.

        The benefits available to a Beneficiary Enterprise are subject to the fulfillment of conditions stipulated in the Investment Law and its regulations. If a company does not meet these conditions, it may be required to refund the amount of tax benefits, as adjusted by the Israeli consumer price index, and interest, or other monetary penalties.

        In September 2011, we received a tax ruling from the Israeli Tax Authority, according to which, among other things, the Israeli Tax Authority (i) approved our status as an "Industrial Enterprise"; and (ii) determined that the expansion of our enterprise is considered as a "Beneficiary Enterprise" with 2009 as a "Year of Election," all under the Investment Law as amended by the 2005 Amendment. The benefits available to us under this tax ruling are subject to the fulfillment of conditions stipulated in the ruling. If we do not meet these conditions, the ruling may be abolished which would result in adverse tax consequences to us.

        The benefit period begins in the year in which taxable income is first earned, limited to 12 years from the "Year of Election." We chose 2009 as a "Year of Election," which was confirmed by the Israeli Tax Authority in its ruling described above.

Tax Benefits Under the 2011 Amendment

        The 2011 Amendment canceled the availability of the benefits granted to Industrial Companies under the Investment Law prior to 2011 and, instead, introduced new benefits for income generated by a "Preferred Company" through its "Preferred Enterprise" (as such terms are defined in the Investment Law) as of January 1, 2011. The definition of a Preferred Company includes a company incorporated in Israel that is not fully owned by a governmental entity, and that has, among other things, Preferred Enterprise status and is controlled and managed from Israel. Pursuant to the 2011 Amendment, a Preferred Company is entitled to a reduced corporate tax rate of 15% with respect to its income derived by its Preferred Enterprise in 2011 and 2012, unless the Preferred Enterprise is located in a specified development zone, in which case the rate will be 10%. Under the 2011 Amendment, such corporate tax rate was reduced from 15% and 10%, respectively, to 12.5% and 7%, respectively, in 2013 and 2014 and to 12% and 6%, respectively, in 2015 and thereafter. Income derived by a Preferred Company from a "Special Preferred Enterprise" (as such term is defined in the Investment Law) would be entitled, during a benefits period of 10 years, to further reduced tax rates of 8%, or 5% if the Special Preferred Enterprise is located in a certain development zone.

        Dividends paid out of income attributed to a Preferred Enterprise are generally subject to withholding tax at source at the rate of 15% or such lower rate as may be provided in an applicable tax treaty. However, if such dividends are paid to an Israeli company, no tax is required to be withheld. Under the recent amendment, announced in August 2013, beginning in 2014, dividends paid out of income attributed to a Preferred Enterprise will be subject to a withholding tax rate of 20% (instead of 15%). In addition, tax rates under the Preferred Enterprise were also raised effective as of January 1, 2014 to 16% and 9%, respectively (instead of the 12% and 6%, respectively).

        The 2011 Amendment also provided transitional provisions to address companies already enjoying existing tax benefits under the Investment Law. These transitional provisions provide, among other things, that: (i) unless a request is made to apply the provisions of the Investment Law as amended in 2011 with respect to income to be derived as of January 1, 2011, the terms and benefits included in any

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certificate of approval that was granted to a company owns an Approved Enterprise which chose to receive grants before the 2011 Amendment became effective will remain subject to the provisions of the Investment Law as in effect on the date of such approval, and subject to certain conditions, the 25% tax rate applied to income derived by an Approved Enterprise during the benefits period will be replaced with the regular corporate income tax rate (24% in 2011 and 25% as of 2012 and 2013); and (ii) terms and benefits included in any certificate of approval that was granted to an Approved Enterprise which had participated in an alternative benefits track before the 2011 Amendment became effective will remain subject to the provisions of the Investment Law as in effect on the date of such approval, provided that certain conditions are met. However, a company that has such an Approved Enterprise can file a request with the Israeli Tax Authority, according to which its income derived as of January 1, 2011 will be subject to the provisions of the Investment Law, as amended in 2011; and (iii) a Beneficiary Enterprise can elect to continue to benefit from the benefits provided to it before the 2011 Amendment came into effect, provided that certain conditions are met, or file a request with the Israeli Tax Authority according to which its income derived as of January 1, 2011 will be subject to the provisions of the Investment Law as amended in 2011. A Beneficiary Company may elect to file a notice (written on a specific form) in order to apply the benefits of 2011 Amendments to it pursuant to Sections 131 and 132 of the Income Tax Ordinance (New Version) 5721-1961, referred to herein as the Tax Ordinance (i.e. until May 31 of each year), and such benefits shall apply on the tax year subsequent to the year in which such notice was filed.

        Currently, we have yet to decide whether to apply the benefits of the 2011 Amendment to us. There can be no assurance that we will comply with the conditions required to remain eligible for benefits under the Investment Law in the future or that we will be entitled to any additional benefits thereunder.

Taxation of our Shareholders

        Capital Gains Taxes Applicable to Non-Israeli Resident Shareholders.    A non-Israeli resident who derives capital gains from the sale of shares in an Israeli resident company that were purchased after the company was listed for trading on a stock exchange outside of Israel will be exempt from Israeli tax so long as the shares were not held through a permanent establishment that the non-resident maintains in Israel. However, non-Israeli corporations will not be entitled to the foregoing exemption if Israeli residents: (i) have a controlling interest of 25% or more in such non-Israeli corporation or (ii) are the beneficiaries of, or are entitled to, 25% or more of the revenues or profits of such non-Israeli corporation, whether directly or indirectly.

        Additionally, a sale of securities by a non-Israeli resident may be exempt from Israeli capital gains tax under the provisions of an applicable tax treaty. For example, under Convention Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the State of Israel with respect to Taxes on Income, as amended (the "United States-Israel Tax Treaty), the sale, exchange or other disposition of shares by a shareholder who is a United States resident (for purposes of the treaty) holding the shares as a capital asset and is entitled to claim the benefits afforded to such a resident by the U.S.-Israel Tax Treaty (a "Treaty U.S. Resident") is generally exempt from Israeli capital gains tax unless: (i) the capital gain arising from such sale, exchange or disposition is attributed to real estate located in Israel; (ii) the capital gain arising from such sale, exchange or disposition is attributed to royalties; (iii) the capital gain arising from the such sale, exchange or disposition is attributed to a permanent establishment in Israel, under certain terms; (iv) such Treaty U.S. Resident holds, directly or indirectly, shares representing 10% or more of the voting capital during any part of the 12-month period preceding the disposition, subject to certain conditions; or (v) such Treaty U.S. Resident is an individual and was present in Israel for 183 days or more during the relevant taxable year.

        In some instances where our shareholders may be liable for Israeli tax on the sale of their ordinary shares, the payment of the consideration may be subject to the withholding of Israeli tax at source.

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Shareholders may be required to demonstrate that they are exempt from tax on their capital gains in order to avoid withholding at source at the time of sale.

        Taxation of Non-Israeli Shareholders on Receipt of Dividends.    Non-Israeli residents are generally subject to Israeli income tax on the receipt of dividends paid on our ordinary shares at the rate of 25%, which tax will be withheld at source, unless relief is provided in a treaty between Israel and the shareholder's country of residence. With respect to a person who is a "substantial shareholder" at the time of receiving the dividend or on any time during the preceding twelve months, the applicable tax rate is 30%. A "substantial shareholder" is generally a person who alone or together with such person's relative or another person who collaborates with such person on a permanent basis, holds, directly or indirectly, at least 10% of any of the "means of control" of the corporation. "Means of control" generally include the right to vote, receive profits, nominate a director or an executive officer, receive assets upon liquidation, or order someone who holds any of the aforesaid rights how to act, regardless of the source of such right. However, a distribution of dividends to non-Israeli residents is subject to withholding tax at source at a rate of 15% if the dividend is distributed from income attributed to an Approved Enterprise or a Benefited Enterprise and 20% if the dividend is distributed from income attributed to a Preferred Enterprise, unless a reduced tax rate is provided under an applicable tax treaty. For example, under the United States-Israel Tax Treaty, the maximum rate of tax withheld at source in Israel on dividends paid to a holder of our ordinary shares who is a Treaty U.S. Resident is 25%. However, generally, the maximum rate of withholding tax on dividends, not generated by a Preferred Enterprise or Beneficiary Enterprise, that are paid to a United States corporation holding 10% or more of the outstanding voting capital throughout the tax year in which the dividend is distributed as well as during the previous tax year, is 12.5%, provided that not more than 25% of the gross income for such preceding year consists of certain types of dividends and interest. Notwithstanding the foregoing, dividends distributed from income attributed to an Approved Enterprise, Beneficiary Enterprise or Preferred Enterprise are not entitled to such reduction under the tax treaty but are subject to a withholding tax rate of 15% for a shareholder that is a U.S. corporation, provided that the condition related to our gross income for the previous year (as set forth in the previous sentence) is met. If the dividend is attributable partly to income derived from an Approved Enterprise, Benefited Enterprise or Preferred Enterprise, and partly to other sources of income, the withholding rate will be a blended rate reflecting the relative portions of the two types of income. We cannot assure you that we will designate the profits that we may distribute in a way that will reduce shareholders' tax liability.

United States Federal Income Taxation

        The following is a description of the material United States federal income tax consequences of the acquisition, ownership and disposition of our ordinary shares by a holder that will hold the ordinary shares as capital assets. This description does not address tax considerations applicable to holders that may be subject to special tax rules, including, without limitation:

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        Moreover, this description does not address the United States federal estate, gift or alternative minimum tax consequences, or any state, local or foreign tax consequences, of the acquisition, ownership and disposition of our ordinary shares.

        This description is based on the Code, existing, proposed and temporary United States Treasury Regulations and judicial and administrative interpretations thereof, in each case as in effect and available on the date hereof. All of the foregoing is subject to change, which change could apply retroactively and could affect the tax consequences described below. There can be no assurances that the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (the "IRS") will not take a different position concerning the tax consequences of the acquisition, ownership and disposition of our ordinary shares or that such a position would not be sustained. Holders should consult their own tax advisors concerning the U.S. federal, state, local and foreign tax consequences of purchasing, owning and disposing of our ordinary shares in their particular circumstances.

        For purposes of this description, a "U.S. Holder" is a beneficial owner of our ordinary shares that, for United States federal income tax purposes, is:

        A "Non-U.S. Holder" is a beneficial owner of our ordinary shares that is neither a U.S. Holder nor a partnership (or other entity treated as a partnership for United States federal income tax purposes).

        If a partnership (or any other entity treated as a partnership for United States federal income tax purposes) holds our ordinary shares, the tax treatment of a partner in such partnership will generally depend on the status of the partner and the activities of the partnership. Such a partner or partnership should consult its tax advisor as to the particular United States federal income tax consequences of acquiring, owning and disposing of our ordinary shares in its particular circumstance.

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        Unless otherwise indicated, this discussion assumes that the Company is not, and will not become, a "passive foreign investment company," or a PFIC, for U.S. federal income tax purposes. See "Taxation—Passive Foreign Investment Company Considerations" below.

        You should consult your tax advisor with respect to the United States federal, state, local and foreign tax consequences of acquiring, owning and disposing of our ordinary shares.

Distributions

        If you are a U.S. Holder, the gross amount of any distribution made to you with respect to our ordinary shares before reduction for any Israeli taxes withheld therefrom, other than certain distributions, if any, of our ordinary shares distributed pro rata to all our shareholders, generally will be includible in your income as dividend income to the extent such distribution is paid out of our current or accumulated earnings and profits as determined under United States federal income tax principles. We do not expect to maintain calculations of our earnings and profits under United States federal income tax principles. Therefore, if you are a U.S. Holder you should expect that the entire amount of any distribution generally will be reported as dividend income to you. Non-corporate U.S. Holders may qualify for the lower rates of taxation with respect to dividends on ordinary shares applicable to long-term capital gains (i.e., gains from the sale of capital assets held for more than one year), provided that certain conditions are met, including certain holding period requirements and the absence of certain risk reduction transactions. However, such dividends will not be eligible for the dividends received deduction generally allowed to corporate U.S. Holders. To the extent that the amount of any distribution by us exceeds our current and accumulated earnings and profits as determined under United States federal income tax principles, it will be treated first as a tax-free return of your adjusted tax basis in our ordinary shares and thereafter as either long-term or short-term capital gain depending upon whether the U.S. Holder has held our ordinary shares for more than one year as of the time such distribution is received.

        If you are a U.S. Holder, dividends paid to you with respect to our ordinary shares will be treated as foreign source income, which may be relevant in calculating your foreign tax credit limitation. Subject to certain conditions and limitations, Israeli tax withheld on dividends may be deducted from your taxable income or credited against your United States federal income tax liability. The limitation on foreign taxes eligible for credit is calculated separately with respect to specific classes of income. For this purpose, dividends that we distribute generally should constitute "passive category income," or, in the case of certain U.S. Holders, "general category income." A foreign tax credit for foreign taxes imposed on distributions may be denied if you do not satisfy certain minimum holding period requirements. The rules relating to the determination of the foreign tax credit are complex, and you should consult your tax advisor to determine whether and to what extent you will be entitled to this credit.

        If you are a U.S. Holder, dividends paid in NIS will be included in income in a U.S. dollar amount calculated by reference to the prevailing spot market exchange rate in effect on the day the dividends are received by you, regardless of whether the NIS are converted into U.S. dollars at that time. Any foreign currency gain or loss a U.S. Holder realizes on a subsequent conversion of NIS into U.S. dollars will be U.S. source ordinary income or loss. If dividends received in NIS are converted into U.S. dollars on the day they are received, a U.S. Holder generally should not be required to recognize foreign currency gain or loss in respect of the dividend income.

        Subject to the discussion below under "Backup Withholding Tax and Information Reporting Requirements," if you are a Non-U.S. Holder, you generally will not be subject to United States federal income (or withholding) tax on dividends received by you on your ordinary shares, unless you conduct a trade or business in the United States and such income is effectively connected with that trade or

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business (or, if required by an applicable income tax treaty, the dividends are attributable to a permanent establishment or fixed base that such holder maintains in the United States).

Sale, Exchange or Other Disposition of Ordinary Shares

        If you are a U.S. Holder, you generally will recognize gain or loss on the sale, exchange or other disposition of our ordinary shares equal to the difference between the amount realized on such sale, exchange or other disposition and your adjusted tax basis in our ordinary shares, and such gain or loss will be capital gain or loss. The adjusted tax basis in an ordinary share generally will be equal to the cost of such ordinary share. Except as discussed below with respect to foreign currency gain or loss, if you are a non-corporate U.S. Holder, capital gain from the sale, exchange or other disposition of ordinary shares is generally eligible for a preferential rate of taxation applicable to capital gains, if your holding period for such ordinary shares exceeds one year (i.e., such gain is long-term capital gain). The deductibility of capital losses for United States federal income tax purposes is subject to limitations under the Code. Any such gain or loss that a U.S. Holder recognizes generally will be treated as U.S. source income or loss for foreign tax credit limitation purposes.

        For a cash basis taxpayer, units of foreign currency paid or received are translated into U.S. dollars at the spot rate on the settlement date of the purchase or sale if our ordinary shares are treated as traded on an established securities market. In that case, no foreign currency exchange gain or loss will result from currency fluctuations between the trade date and the settlement date of such a purchase or sale. An accrual basis taxpayer, however, may elect the same treatment required of cash basis taxpayers with respect to purchases and sales of our ordinary shares that are traded on an established securities market, provided the election is applied consistently from year to year. Such election may not be changed without the consent of the IRS. An accrual basis taxpayer who does not make such election may recognize exchange gain or loss based on currency fluctuations between the trade date and the settlement date. Any foreign currency gain or loss a U.S. Holder realizes will be U.S. source ordinary income or loss.

        The determination of whether our ordinary shares are traded on an established securities market is not entirely clear under current U.S. federal income tax law. Please consult your tax advisor regarding the proper treatment of foreign currency gains or losses with respect to a sale or other disposition of our ordinary shares.

        Subject to the discussion below under "Backup Withholding Tax and Information Reporting Requirements," if you are a Non-U.S. Holder, you generally will not be subject to United States federal income or withholding tax on any gain realized on the sale or exchange of such ordinary shares unless:

Passive Foreign Investment Company Considerations

        If we were to be classified as a "passive foreign investment company," or PFIC, in any taxable year, a U.S. Holder would be subject to special rules generally intended to reduce or eliminate any benefits from the deferral of U.S. federal income tax that a U.S. Holder could derive from investing in a non-U.S. company that does not distribute all of its earnings on a current basis.

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        A non-U.S. corporation will be classified as a PFIC for federal income tax purposes in any taxable year in which, after applying certain look-through rules with respect to the income and assets of subsidiaries, either:

        Passive income for this purpose generally includes dividends, interest, royalties, rents, gains from commodities and securities transactions, the excess of gains over losses from the disposition of assets which produce passive income, and includes amounts derived by reason of the temporary investment of funds raised in offerings of our ordinary shares. If a non-U.S. corporation owns at least 25% by value of the stock of another corporation, the non-U.S. corporation is treated for purposes of the PFIC tests as owning its proportionate share of the assets of the other corporation and as receiving directly its proportionate share of the other corporation's income. If we are classified as a PFIC in any year with respect to which a U.S. Holder owns our ordinary shares, we will continue to be treated as a PFIC with respect to such U.S. Holder in all succeeding years during which the U.S. Holder owns our ordinary shares, regardless of whether we continue to meet the tests described above.

        Based on our belief that we were not a CFC in 2013 and on our gross income and gross assets, we do not believe we were classified as a PFIC for the taxable year ending December 31, 2013. However, because PFIC status is determined as of the end of the taxable year and depends on a number of factors, including the value of a corporation's assets and the amount and type of its gross income, it is not possible to determine whether we will be characterized as a PFIC for the 2014 taxable year until after the close of the year. Moreover, we must determine our PFIC status annually based on tests which are factual in nature, and our status in future years will depend on our income, assets and activities in those years. There can be no assurance that we will not be considered a PFIC for any taxable year. Furthermore, because the value of our gross assets is likely to be determined in large part by reference to our market capitalization (assuming we are treated as publicly traded for purposes of the PFIC rules), a decline in the value of our ordinary shares may result in our becoming a PFIC. If we were a PFIC, and you are a U.S. Holder, then unless you make one of the elections described below, a special tax regime will apply to both (a) any "excess distribution" by us to you (generally, your ratable portion of distributions in any year which are greater than 125% of the average annual distribution received by you in the shorter of the three preceding years or your holding period for our ordinary shares) and (b) any gain realized on the sale or other disposition of the ordinary shares. Under this regime, any excess distribution and realized gain will be treated as ordinary income and will be subject to tax as if (a) the excess distribution or gain had been realized ratably over your holding period, (b) the amount deemed realized in each year had been subject to tax in each year of that holding period at the highest marginal rate for such year (other than income allocated to the current period or any taxable period before we became a PFIC, which would be subject to tax at the U.S. Holder's regular ordinary income rate for the current year and would not be subject to the interest change discussed below), and (c) the interest charge generally applicable to underpayments of tax had been imposed on the taxes deemed to have been payable in those years. In addition, dividend distributions made to you will not qualify for the lower rates of taxation applicable to long-term capital gains discussed above under "Distributions." Certain elections may be available that would result in an alternative treatment (such as mark-to-market treatment) of our ordinary shares.

        If a U.S. Holder makes the mark-to-market election, the U.S. Holder generally will recognize as ordinary income any excess of the fair market value of the ordinary shares at the end of each taxable year over their adjusted tax basis, and will recognize an ordinary loss in respect of any excess of the adjusted tax basis of the ordinary shares over their fair market value at the end of the taxable year (but

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only to the extent of the net amount of income previously included as a result of the mark-to-market election). If a U.S. Holder makes the election, the U.S. Holder's tax basis in the ordinary shares will be adjusted to reflect these income or loss amounts. Any gain recognized on the sale or other disposition of ordinary shares in a year when we are a PFIC will be treated as ordinary income and any loss will be treated as an ordinary loss (but only to the extent of the net amount of income previously included as a result of the mark-to-market election). The mark-to-market election is available only if we are a PFIC and our ordinary shares are "regularly traded" on a "qualified exchange." Our ordinary shares will be treated as "regularly traded" in any calendar year in which more than a de minimis quantity of the ordinary shares, are traded on a qualified exchange on at least 15 days during each calendar quarter. NASDAQ is a qualified exchange for this purpose and, consequently, if the ordinary shares are regularly traded, the mark-to-market election will be available to a U.S. Holder. We do not intend to provide the information necessary for U.S. Holders to make qualified electing fund elections if we are classified as a PFIC. U.S. Holders should consult their tax advisors to determine whether any of these elections would be available and if so, what the consequences of the alternative treatments would be in their particular circumstances.

        If we are determined to be a PFIC, the general tax treatment for U.S. Holders described in this section would apply to indirect distributions and gains deemed to be realized by U.S. Holders in respect of any of our subsidiaries that also may be determined to be PFICs.

        If a U.S. Holder owns ordinary shares during any year in which we are a PFIC, the U.S. Holder generally will be required to file an IRS Form 8621 (Information Return by a Shareholder of a Passive Foreign Investment Company or Qualified Electing Fund) or successor form with respect to the Company, generally with the U.S. Holder's federal income tax return for that year. If the company was a PFIC for a given taxable year, then you should consult your tax advisor concerning your annual filing requirements.

        U.S. Holders should consult their tax advisors regarding whether we are a PFIC and the potential application of the PFIC rules.

Medicare Tax

        Certain U.S. Holders that are individuals, estates or trusts are subject to a 3.8% tax on all or a portion of their "net investment income," which may include all or a portion of their dividend income and net gains from the disposition of ordinary shares. Each U.S. Holder that is an individual, estate or trust is urged to consult its tax advisors regarding the applicability of the Medicare tax to its income and gains in respect of its investment in our ordinary shares.

Backup Withholding Tax and Information Reporting Requirements

        United States backup withholding tax and information reporting requirements may apply to certain payments to certain holders of stock. Information reporting generally will apply to payments of dividends on, and to proceeds from the sale or redemption of, our ordinary shares made within the United States, or by a United States payor or United States middleman, to a holder of our ordinary shares, other than an exempt recipient (including a payee that is not a United States person that provides an appropriate certification and certain other persons). A payor will be required to withhold backup withholding tax from any payments of dividends on, or the proceeds from the sale or redemption of, ordinary shares within the United States, or by a United States payor or United States middleman, to a holder, other than an exempt recipient, if such holder fails to furnish its correct taxpayer identification number or otherwise fails to comply with, or establish an exemption from, such backup withholding tax requirements. Any amounts withheld under the backup withholding rules will be allowed as a credit against the beneficial owner's United States federal income tax liability, if any, and

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any excess amounts withheld under the backup withholding rules may be refunded, provided that the required information is timely furnished to the IRS.

Foreign Asset Reporting

        Certain U.S. Holders who are individuals are required to report information relating to an interest in our ordinary shares, subject to certain exceptions (including an exception for shares held in accounts maintained by financial institutions) by filing IRS Form 8938 (Statement of Specified Foreign Financial Assets) with their federal income tax return. U.S. Holders are urged to consult their tax advisors regarding their information reporting obligations, if any, with respect to their ownership and disposition of our ordinary shares.

        The above description is not intended to constitute a complete analysis of all tax consequences relating to acquisition, ownership and disposition of our ordinary shares. You should consult your tax advisor concerning the tax consequences of your particular situation.

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UNDERWRITING

        We and the selling shareholders are offering the ordinary shares described in this prospectus through a number of underwriters. J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner and Smith Incorporated are acting as joint book-running managers of the offering, and as representatives of the underwriters. We and the selling shareholders expect to enter into an underwriting agreement with the representatives on behalf of the underwriters. Subject to the terms and conditions of the underwriting agreement, we and the selling shareholders will agree to sell to the underwriters, and each underwriter will severally agree to purchase, at the public offering price less the underwriting discounts and commissions set forth on the cover page of this prospectus, the number of ordinary shares listed next to its name in the following table:

Name
 
Number of
Shares
 

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

       

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated

       

Total

       

        The underwriters will be committed to purchase all the ordinary shares offered by us and the selling shareholders if they purchase any shares. The underwriting agreement will also provide that if an underwriter defaults, the purchase commitments of non-defaulting underwriters may be increased or the offering may be terminated.

        The underwriters propose to offer the ordinary shares directly to the public at the public offering price set forth on the cover page of this prospectus and to certain dealers at that price less a concession not in excess of $            per share. After the public offering of the shares, the offering price and other selling terms may be changed by the underwriters. Sales of shares made outside of the United States may be made by affiliates of the underwriters.

        The underwriters will have an option to buy up to                additional ordinary shares from us and the selling shareholders. The underwriters will have 30 days from the date of this prospectus to exercise this option to purchase additional shares. If any shares are purchased with this option, the underwriters will purchase shares in approximately the same proportion as shown in the table above. If any additional ordinary shares are purchased, the underwriters will offer the additional shares on the same terms as those on which the shares are being offered.

        The underwriting discounts and commissions are equal to the public offering price per ordinary share less the amount paid by the underwriters to us and the selling shareholders per ordinary share. The underwriting discounts and commissions are $            per share. The following table shows the per share and total underwriting discounts and commissions that we and the selling shareholders are to pay to the underwriters in connection with this offering. These amounts are shown assuming both no exercise and full exercise of the underwriters' option to purchase additional shares.

 
  Per Share   Total  
 
  Without Exercise of
Option to Purchase
Additional Shares
  With Exercise of
Option to
Purchase
Additional Shares
  Without Exercise of
Option to Purchase
Additional Shares
  With Exercise of
Option to
Purchase
Additional Shares
 

Underwriting discounts and commissions paid by us

                         

Underwriting discounts and commissions paid by the selling shareholders

                         

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        We estimate that the total expenses of this offering, including registration, filing and listing fees, printing fees and legal and accounting expenses, but excluding the underwriting discounts and commissions, will be approximately $             million, which includes no more than $            that we have agreed to reimburse the underwriters for certain FINRA-related expenses incurred by them in connection with this offering.

        A prospectus in electronic format may be made available on the websites maintained by one or more underwriters, or selling group members, if any, participating in the offering. The underwriters may agree to allocate a number of shares to underwriters and selling group members for sale to their online brokerage account holders. Internet distributions will be allocated by the representatives to underwriters and selling group members that may make Internet distributions on the same basis as other allocations.

        For a period of 90 days after the date of this prospectus, we will agree that we will not, subject to certain limited exceptions, (1) offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, or file with the SEC a registration statement under the Securities Act relating to, any of our ordinary shares or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for our ordinary shares, or publicly disclose the intention to make any offer, sale, pledge, disposition or filing, or (2) enter into any swap or other agreement that transfers, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of our ordinary shares or such other securities, whether any such transaction described in clause (1) or (2) above is to be settled by delivery of our ordinary shares or such other securities, in cash or otherwise, without the prior written consent of J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner and Smith Incorporated. These lock-up restrictions are subject to limited exceptions that are specified in the underwriting agreement related to this offering.

        Our directors and executive officers and certain holders of our ordinary shares and securities convertible into or exchangeable for our ordinary shares, including all of the selling shareholders in this offering, have agreed that, subject to certain limited exceptions, each of these persons or entities, for a period of at least 90 days after the date of this prospectus, may not, without the prior written consent of J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner and Smith Incorporated, (1) offer to sell, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any of our ordinary shares or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for our ordinary shares (including without limitation, ordinary shares or such other securities which may be deemed to be beneficially owned by such person or entity in accordance with the rules and regulations of the SEC and securities which may be issued upon exercise of an option or warrant), or publicly disclose the intention to make any offer, sale, pledge or disposition, (2) enter into any swap or other agreement that transfers, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of our ordinary shares or such other securities, whether any such transaction described in clause (1) or (2) above is to be settled by delivery of our ordinary shares or such other securities, in cash or otherwise or (3) make any demand or or exercise any right with respect to the registration of any our ordinary shares or any security convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for our ordinary shares. These lock-up restrictions are subject to limited exceptions that are specified in the lock-up agreements.

        Certain of our directors and executive officers have established trading plans under Rule 10b5-1 of the Exchange Act. These plans permit the sale of an aggregate of up to approximately 885,000 shares commencing on May 6, 2014 and ending 90 days following this offering, subject to price and volume limitations, including with respect to a significant portion of such shares, the achievement of a price that is in excess of the trading price of our ordinary shares as of the date of this prospectus. The

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underwriters have agreed to permit such sales during the 90-day period following the date of this prospectus solely pursuant to plans established before this offering.

        In addition, in connection with our IPO, our directors and executive officers and holders of substantially all of our ordinary shares and securities convertible into or exchangeable for our ordinary shares agreed that, subject to certain limited exceptions, each of these persons or entities, for a period ending on May 5, 2014 (or November 5, 2014 in the case of Avishai Abrahami, our Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of our board of directors, and Nir Zohar, our President and Chief Operating Officer), may not, without the prior written consent of J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner and Smith Incorporated, (1) offer to sell, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any of our ordinary shares or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for our ordinary shares (including without limitation, ordinary shares or such other securities which may be deemed to be beneficially owned by such person or entity in accordance with the rules and regulations of the SEC and securities which may be issued upon exercise of an option or warrant), or publicly disclose the intention to make any offer, sale, pledge or disposition, (2) enter into any swap or other agreement that transfers, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of our ordinary shares or such other securities, whether any such transaction described in clause (1) or (2) above is to be settled by delivery of our ordinary shares or such other securities, in cash or otherwise or (3) make any demand for or exercise any right with respect to the registration of any our ordinary shares or any security convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for our ordinary shares. These lock-up restrictions are subject to limited exceptions that are specified in the lock-up agreements. For the purposes of this offering, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner and Smith Incorporated intend to waive, solely with respect to the shares being sold in this offering, the restrictions under these agreements applicable to us and the selling shareholders.

        We and the selling shareholders have agreed to indemnify the underwriters against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act.

        Our ordinary shares are quoted on the NASDAQ Global Market under the symbol "WIX."

        In connection with this offering, the underwriters may engage in stabilizing transactions, which involves making bids for, purchasing and selling our ordinary shares in the open market for the purpose of preventing or retarding a decline in the market price of our ordinary shares while this offering is in progress. These stabilizing transactions may include making short sales of the ordinary shares, which involves the sale by the underwriters of a greater number of shares of ordinary shares than they are required to purchase in this offering, and purchasing ordinary shares on the open market to cover positions created by short sales. Short sales may be "covered" shorts, which are short positions in an amount not greater than the underwriters' over-allotment option referred to above, or may be "naked" shorts, which are short positions in excess of that amount. The underwriters may close out any covered short position either by exercising their over-allotment option, in whole or in part, or by purchasing shares in the open market. In making this determination, the underwriters will consider, among other things, the price of shares available for purchase in the open market compared to the price at which the underwriters may purchase shares through their option. A naked short position is more likely to be created if the underwriters are concerned that there may be downward pressure on the price of the ordinary shares in the open market that could adversely affect investors who purchase in this offering. To the extent that the underwriters create a naked short position, they will purchase shares in the open market to cover the position.

        The underwriters have advised us that, pursuant to Regulation M promulgated under the Securities Act, they may also engage in other activities that stabilize, maintain or otherwise affect the price of the ordinary shares, including the imposition of penalty bids. This means that if the representatives of the

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underwriters purchase ordinary shares in the open market in stabilizing transactions or to cover short sales, the representatives can require the underwriters that sold those shares as part of this offering to repay the underwriting discount received by them.

        In connection with this offering, underwriters and selling group members may engage in passive market making transactions in the ordinary shares on the NASDAQ Global Market in accordance with Rule 103 of Regulation M under the Exchange Act during a period before the commencement of offers or sales of ordinary shares and extending through the completion of distribution. A passive market maker must display its bid at a price not in excess of the highest independent bid of that security. However, if all independent bids are lowered below the passive market maker's bid that bid must then be lowered when specified purchase limits are exceeded. Passive market making may cause the price of our ordinary shares to be higher than the price that otherwise would exist in the open market in the absence of those transactions. The underwriters and dealers are not required to engage in passive market making and may end passive market making activities at any time.

        These activities may have the effect of raising or maintaining the market price of the ordinary shares or preventing or retarding a decline in the market price of the ordinary shares, and, as a result, the price of the ordinary shares may be higher than the price that otherwise might exist in the open market. If the underwriters commence these activities, they may discontinue them at any time. The underwriters may carry out these transactions on The NASDAQ Stock Market in the over-the-counter market or otherwise. Other than in the United States, no action has been taken by us or the underwriters that would permit a public offering of the securities offered by this prospectus in any jurisdiction where action for that purpose is required. The securities offered by this prospectus may not be offered or sold, directly or indirectly, nor may this prospectus or any other offering material or advertisements in connection with the offer and sale of any such securities be distributed or published in any jurisdiction, except under circumstances that will result in compliance with the applicable rules and regulations of that jurisdiction. Persons into whose possession this prospectus comes are advised to inform themselves about and to observe any restrictions relating to the offering and the distribution of this prospectus. This prospectus does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any securities offered by this prospectus in any jurisdiction in which such an offer or a solicitation is unlawful.

        Certain of the underwriters and their affiliates have provided in the past to us and our affiliates and may provide from time to time in the future certain commercial banking, financial advisory, investment banking and other services for us and such affiliates in the ordinary course of their business, for which they have received or will receive customary fees and commissions. In addition, in the ordinary course of their business activities, the underwriters and their affiliates may make or hold a broad array of investments and actively trade debt and equity securities (or related derivative securities) and financial instruments (including bank loans) for their own account and for the accounts of their customers. Such investments and securities activities may involve securities and/or instruments of ours or our affiliates. The underwriters and their affiliates may also make investment recommendations and/or publish or express independent research views in respect of such securities or financial instruments and may hold, or recommend to clients that they acquire, long and/or short positions in such securities and instruments.

United Kingdom

        This document is only being distributed to and is only directed at (i) persons who are outside the United Kingdom; (ii) to investment professionals falling within Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005, which we refer to as the Order; or (iii) high net worth entities, and other persons to whom it may lawfully be communicated, falling with Article 49(2)(a) to (d) of the Order (all such persons together being referred to as relevant persons). The securities are only available to, and any invitation, offer or agreement to subscribe, purchase or

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otherwise acquire such securities will be engaged in only with, relevant persons. Any person who is not a relevant person should not act or rely on this document or any of its contents.

European Economic Area

        In relation to each Member State of the European Economic Area which has implemented the Prospectus Directive (Relevant Member State), from and including the date on which the European Union Prospectus Directive (EU Prospectus Directive), is implemented in that Relevant Member State, which we refer to as the Relevant Implementation Date, an offer of securities described in this prospectus may not be made to the public in that Relevant Member State prior to the publication of a prospectus in relation to the shares which has been approved by the competent authority in that Relevant Member State or, where appropriate, approved in another Relevant Member State and notified to the competent authority in that Relevant Member State, all in accordance with the EU Prospectus Directive, except that it may, with effect from and including the Relevant Implementation Date, make an offer of shares to the public in that Relevant Member State at any time:

        For the purposes of this provision, the expression an "offer of securities to the public" in relation to any securities in any Relevant Member State means the communication in any form and by any means of sufficient information on the terms of the offer and the securities to be offered so as to enable an investor to decide to purchase or subscribe for the securities, as the same may be varied in that Member State by any measure implementing the EU Prospectus Directive in that Member State and the expression EU Prospectus Directive means Directive 2003/71/EC and includes any relevant implementing measure in each Relevant Member State.

Hong Kong

        The shares may not be offered or sold by means of any document other than (i) in circumstances which do not constitute an offer to the public within the meaning of the Companies Ordinance (Cap. 32, Laws of Hong Kong), or (ii) to "professional investors" within the meaning of the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap. 571, Laws of Hong Kong) and any rules made thereunder, or (iii) in other circumstances which do not result in the document being a "prospectus" within the meaning of the Companies Ordinance (Cap. 32, Laws of Hong Kong), and no advertisement, invitation or document relating to the shares may be issued or may be in the possession of any person for the purpose of issue (in each case whether in Hong Kong or elsewhere), which is directed at, or the contents of which are likely to be accessed or read by, the public in Hong Kong (except if permitted to do so under the laws of Hong Kong) other than with respect to shares which are or are intended to be disposed of only to persons outside Hong Kong or only to "professional investors" within the meaning of the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap. 571, Laws of Hong Kong) and any rules made thereunder.

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Singapore

        This prospectus has not been registered as a prospectus with the Monetary Authority of Singapore. Accordingly, this prospectus and any other document or material in connection with the offer or sale, or invitation for subscription or purchase, of the shares may not be circulated or distributed, nor may the shares be offered or sold, or be made the subject of an invitation for subscription or purchase, whether directly or indirectly, to persons in Singapore other than (i) to an institutional investor under Section 274 of the Securities and Futures Act, Chapter 289 of Singapore, or the SFA, (ii) to a relevant person, or any person pursuant to Section 275(1A), and in accordance with the conditions, specified in Section 275 of the SFA or (iii) otherwise pursuant to, and in accordance with the conditions of, any other applicable provision of the SFA.

        Where the shares are subscribed or purchased under Section 275 by a relevant person which is: (a) a corporation (which is not an accredited investor) the sole business of which is to hold investments and the entire share capital of which is owned by one or more individuals, each of whom is an accredited investor; or (b) a trust (where the trustee is not an accredited investor) whose sole purpose is to hold investments and each beneficiary is an accredited investor, shares, debentures and units of shares and debentures of that corporation or the beneficiaries' rights and interest in that trust shall not be transferable for 6 months after that corporation or that trust has acquired the shares under Section 275 except: (1) to an institutional investor under Section 274 of the SFA or to a relevant person, or any person pursuant to Section 275(1A), and in accordance with the conditions, specified in Section 275 of the SFA; (2) where no consideration is given for the transfer; or (3) by operation of law.

Switzerland

        This document, as well as any other material relating to our ordinary shares, which are the subject of the offering contemplated by this prospectus, does not constitute an issue prospectus pursuant to Article 652a of the Swiss Code of Obligations. The shares will not be listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange and, therefore, the documents relating to the shares, including, but not limited to, this document, do not claim to comply with the disclosure standards of the listing rules of SIX Swiss Exchange and corresponding prospectus schemes annexed to the listing rules of the SIX Swiss Exchange.

        The shares are being offered in Switzerland by way of a private placement, i.e., to a small number of selected investors only, without any public offer and only to investors who do not purchase the shares with the intention to distribute them to the public. The investors will be individually approached by us from time to time.

Notice to Prospective Investors in the Dubai International Financial Centre

        This prospectus supplement relates to an Exempt Offer in accordance with the Offered Securities Rules of the Dubai Financial Services Authority ("DFSA"). This prospectus supplement is intended for distribution only to persons of a type specified in the Offered Securities Rules of the DFSA. It must not be delivered to, or relied on by, any other person. The DFSA has no responsibility for reviewing or verifying any documents in connection with Exempt Offers. The DFSA has not approved this prospectus supplement nor taken steps to verify the information set forth herein and has no responsibility for the prospectus supplement. The shares to which this prospectus supplement relates may be illiquid and/or subject to restrictions on their resale. Prospective purchasers of the shares offered should conduct their own due diligence on the shares. If you do not understand the contents of this prospectus supplement you should consult an authorized financial advisor.

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Israel

        This document does not constitute a prospectus under the Israeli Securities Law, 5728-1968, and has not been filed with or approved by the Israel Securities Authority. In Israel, this prospectus is being distributed only to, and is directed only at, investors listed in the first addendum, or the Addendum, to the Israeli Securities Law, consisting primarily of joint investment in trust funds, provident funds, insurance companies, banks, portfolio managers, investment advisors, members of the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, underwriters purchasing for their own account, venture capital funds, entities with equity in excess of NIS 50 million and "qualified individuals," each as defined in the Addendum (as it may be amended from time to time), collectively referred to as qualified investors. Qualified investors may be required to submit written confirmation that they fall within the scope of the Addendum.

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EXPENSES RELATED TO THIS OFFERING

        The following table sets forth all expenses to be paid by us, other than estimated underwriting discounts and commissions, in connection with this offering. All amounts shown are estimates except for the SEC registration fee and the FINRA filing fee:

Fee Paid
  Amount

SEC registration fee

  $        

FINRA filing fee

          

Printing and engraving

          

Legal fees and expenses

          

Accounting fees and expenses

          

Transfer agent and registrar fees

          

Miscellaneous

          
     

Total

  $        
     
     

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LEGAL MATTERS

        The validity of the ordinary shares being offered by this prospectus and other legal matters concerning this offering relating to Israeli law will be passed upon for us by Naschitz, Brandes & Co., Advocates, Tel Aviv, Israel. Certain legal matters in connection with this offering relating to U.S. law will be passed upon for us by White & Case LLP, New York, New York. Certain legal matters in connection with this offering will be passed upon for the underwriters by Meitar Liquornik Geva Leshem Tal, Ramat Gan, Israel, with respect to Israeli law, and by Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Professional Corporation, Washington, D.C. with respect to U.S. law.

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EXPERTS

        The consolidated financial statements as of December 31, 2012 and 2013, and for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2013, appearing in this prospectus and the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part, have been so included in reliance on the reports of Kost, Forer, Gabbay and Kasierer, a member of Ernst & Young Global Limited, independent registered public accounting firm, given on the authority of said firm as experts in auditing and accounting. The offices of Kost, Forer, Gabbay and Kasierer are located at 3 Aminadav St., Tel Aviv, 6706703 Israel.

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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 any Israeli experts named in this registration statement, most of whom reside outside of the United States, may be difficult to obtain within the United States. Furthermore, because a majority of our assets and most of our directors and officers are located outside of the United States, any judgment obtained in the United States against us or certain of our directors and officers may be difficult to collect within the United States.

        We have been informed by our legal counsel in Israel Naschitz, Brandes & Co., Advocates, that it may be difficult to assert U.S. securities laws 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 in which 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 proven as a fact which can be a time-consuming and costly process. Matters of procedure will also be governed by Israeli law.

        We have irrevocably appointed Wix.com, 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. Subject to specified time limitations and legal procedures, Israeli courts may enforce a United States judgment in a civil matter which is non-appealable, including a judgment based upon the civil liability provisions of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act and including a monetary or compensatory judgment in a non-civil matter, provided that, among other things:

        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.

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WHERE YOU CAN FIND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

        We have filed with the SEC a registration statement on Form F-1 under the Securities Act relating to this offering of our ordinary shares. This prospectus does not contain all of the information contained in the registration statement. The rules and regulations of the SEC allow us to omit certain information from this prospectus that is included in the registration statement. Statements made in this prospectus concerning the contents of any contract, agreement or other document are summaries of all material information about the documents summarized, but are not complete descriptions of all terms of these documents. If we filed any of these documents as an exhibit to the registration statement, you may read the document itself for a complete description of its terms.

        You may read and copy the registration statement, including the related exhibits and schedules, and any document we file with the SEC without charge at the SEC's public reference room at 100 F Street, N.E., Room 1580, Washington, D.C. 20549. You may also obtain copies of the documents at prescribed rates by writing to the Public Reference Section of the SEC at 100 F Street, N.E., Room 1580, Washington, DC 20549. Please call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for further information on the public reference room. The SEC also maintains an Internet website that contains reports and other information regarding issuers that file electronically with the SEC. Our filings with the SEC are also available to the public through the SEC's website at http://www.sec.gov.

        We are subject to the information reporting requirements of the Exchange Act that are applicable to foreign private issuers, and under those requirements we file reports with the SEC. Those other reports or other information may be inspected without charge at the locations described above. As a foreign private issuer, we are exempt from the rules under the Exchange Act related to the furnishing and content of proxy statements, and our officers, directors and principal shareholders are exempt from the reporting and short-swing profit recovery provisions contained in Section 16 of the Exchange Act. In addition, we are not required under the Exchange Act to file annual, quarterly and current reports and financial statements with the SEC as frequently or as promptly as United States companies whose securities are registered under the Exchange Act. However, we file with the SEC, within four months after the end of each fiscal year, or such applicable time as required by the SEC, an annual report on Form 20-F containing financial statements audited by an independent registered public accounting firm, and submit to the SEC, on Form 6-K, unaudited quarterly financial information for the first three quarters of each fiscal year within 60 days after the end of each such quarter, or such applicable time as required by the SEC.

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WIX.COM LTD.

INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 
  Page  

WIX.COM LTD. (FORMERLY: WIXPRESS LTD.) AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES

       

Audited Consolidated Financial Statements

       

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

    F-2  

Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2012 and 2013

    F-3  

Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss for the years ended December 31, 2011, 2012 and 2013

    F-5  

Statements of Changes in Shareholders' Equity (Deficiency) for the years ended December 31, 2011, 2012 and 2013

    F-6  

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2011, 2012 and 2013

    F-8  

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

    F-9  

F-1



LOGO
  Kost Forer Gabbay & Kasierer
3 Aminadav St.
Tel Aviv 6706703, Israel
  Tel: +972-3-6232525
Fax: +972-3-5622555
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Board of Directors and Shareholders of

WIX.COM LTD. (FORMERLY: WIXPRESS LTD.)

        We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Wix.com Ltd. (formerly: Wixpress Ltd.) (the "Company") and its subsidiaries as of December 31, 2012 and 2013, and the related consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss, changes in shareholders' equity (deficiency) and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2013. These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements based on our audits.

        We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements are free of material misstatement. We were not engaged to perform an audit of the Company's internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company's internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the consolidated financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall consolidated financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

        In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of the Company and its subsidiaries as of December 31, 2012 and 2013, and the consolidated results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2013, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

Tel Aviv, Israel                     /s/ Kost Forer Gabbay & Kasierer
                  
                  KOST FORER GABBAY & KASIERER
March 20, 2014                       A Member of Ernst & Young Global

F-2



WIX.COM LTD.

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

U.S. dollars in thousands

 
  December 31,  
 
  2012   2013  

ASSETS

             

CURRENT ASSETS:

   
 
   
 
 

Cash and cash equivalents

  $ 7,510   $ 101,258  

Restricted deposit

    2,536     3,306  

Trade receivables

    870     736  

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

    2,296     4,730  
           

Total current assets

    13,212     110,030  
           

LONG-TERM ASSETS:

             

Property and equipment, net

    2,282     4,231  

Prepaid expenses and other long-term assets

    561     1,094  
           

Total long-term assets

    2,843     5,325  
           

TOTAL ASSETS

  $ 16,055   $ 115,355  
           
           

   

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.

F-3



WIX.COM LTD.

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

U.S. dollars in thousands (except share and per share data)

 
  December 31,  
 
  2012   2013  

LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY (DEFICIENCY)

             

CURRENT LIABILITIES:

   
 
   
 
 

Trade payables

  $ 1,942   $ 4,091  

Employees and payroll accruals

    2,482     5,881  

Deferred revenues

    18,368     35,784  

Accrued expenses and other current liabilities

    3,218     5,903  
           

Total current liabilities

    26,010     51,659  
           

Long-term deferred revenues

    616     1,400  
           

TOTAL LIABILITIES

    26,626     53,059  
           

COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

             

SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY (DEFICIENCY):

   
 
   
 
 

Ordinary shares of NIS 0.01 par value—Authorized: 21,055,626 and 500,000,000 shares at December 31, 2012 and 2013, respectively; Issued and outstanding: 6,926,403 and 37,493,217 shares at December 31, 2012 and 2013, respectively;

    18     60  

Preferred shares of NIS 0.01 par value—Authorized: 7,981,458 and 0 shares at December 31, 2012 and 2013, respectively; Issued and outstanding: 7,703,182 and 0 shares at December 31, 2012 and 2013, respectively. 

    21      

Additional paid-in capital, net

    49,182     151,011  

Other comprehensive loss

        (263 )

Accumulated deficit

    (59,792 )   (88,512 )
           

Total shareholders' equity (deficiency)

    (10,571 )   62,296  
           

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY (DEFICIENCY)

  $ 16,055   $ 115,355  
           
           

   

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.

F-4



WIX.COM LTD.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE LOSS

U.S. dollars in thousands (except per share data)

 
  Year ended
December 31,
 
 
  2011   2012   2013  

Revenues

  $ 24,600   $ 43,676   $ 80,473  

Cost of revenues

    5,290     9,233     15,257  
               

Gross profit

    19,310     34,443     65,216  
               

Operating expenses:

                   

Research and development

   
14,746
   
16,782
   
29,660
 

Selling and marketing

    21,586     29,057     53,776  

General and administrative

    5,338     3,565     8,307  
               

Total operating expenses

    41,670     49,404     91,743  
               

Operating loss

    (22,360 )   (14,961 )   (26,527 )

Financial income (expenses), net

    (41 )   487     (603 )

Other expenses

    127     2     18  
               

Loss before taxes on income

    (22,528 )   (14,476 )   (27,148 )

Taxes on income

    212     496     1,572  
               

Net loss

  $ (22,740 ) $ (14,972 ) $ (28,720 )

Basic and diluted net loss per ordinary share

 
$

(8.31

)

$

(2.71

)

$

(3.33

)
               
               

Other comprehensive loss

                   

Foreign currency translation differences

   
   
   
(296

)

Unrealized gains on foreign currency cash flow hedge

            33  
               

Other comprehensive loss for the period

            (263 )
               

Total comprehensive loss

  $ (22,740 ) $ (14,972 ) $ (28,983 )
               
               

   

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.

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WIX.COM LTD.

STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY (DEFICIENCY)

U.S. dollars in thousands (except share data)

 
  Ordinary shares   Preferred shares    
   
   
  Total
Shareholders'
equity
(deficiency)
 
 
  Additional
paid-in
capital
  Other
comprehensive
loss
  Accumulated
deficit
 
 
  Shares   Amount   Shares   Amount  

Balance as of January 1, 2011

    5,941,269   $ 15     6,677,955   $ 18   $ 22,031   $   $ (22,080 ) $ (16 )

Issuance of Preferred E shares, net

            1,025,227     3     20,852             20,855  

Exercise of options

    776,877     2             168             170  

Tax benefit related to exercise of share options

                    84             84  

Share-based compensation expenses related to options granted to employees and non-employees consultants

                    675             675  

Share-based compensation expenses related to shares purchased by related party

                    4,058             4,058  

Net loss

                            (22,740 )   (22,740 )
                                   

Balance as of December 31, 2011

    6,718,146     17     7,703,182     21     47,868         (44,820 )   3,086  
                                   

Exercise of options

    208,257     1             60             61  

Tax benefit related to exercise of share options

                    234             234  

Share-based compensation expenses related to options granted to employees and non-employees consultants

                    1,020             1,020  

Net loss

                            (14,972 )   (14,972 )
                                   

Balance as of December 31, 2012

    6,926,403     18     7,703,182     21     49,182         (59,792 )   (10,571 )
                                   

(*)
Represents an amount lower than $ 1.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.

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WIX.COM LTD.

STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY (DEFICIENCY) (Continued)

U.S. dollars in thousands (except share data)

 
  Ordinary shares   Preferred shares    
   
   
  Total
shareholders'
equity
(deficiency)
 
 
  Additional
paid-in
capital
  Other
comprehensive
loss
  Accumulated
deficit
 
 
  Shares   Amount   Shares   Amount  

Balance as of December 31, 2012

    6,926,403     18     7,703,182     21     49,182         (59,792 )   (10,571 )

Conversion of Preferred Shares

    23,109,546     21     (7,703,182 )   (21 )                

Issuance of Ordinary Shares in IPO, net

    6,325,786     18             93,546             93,564  

Exercise of options

    1,131,482     3             516             519  

Tax benefit related to exercise of share options

                    440             440  

Share-based compensation expenses related to options granted to employees and non-employees consultants

                    7,054             7,054  

Share-based compensation expenses related to warrants granted in connection with credit line

                    273             273  

Other comprehensive loss

                        (263 )       (263 )

Net loss

                            (28,720 )   (28,720 )
                                   

Balance as of December 31, 2013

    37,493,217   $ 60       $   $ 151,011   $ (263 ) $ (88,512 ) $ 62,296  
                                   
                                   

(*)
Represents an amount lower than $ 1.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.

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WIX.COM LTD.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

U.S. dollars in thousands

 
  Year ended December 31,  
 
  2011   2012   2013  

Cash flows from operating activities:

                   

Net loss

  $ (22,740 ) $ (14,972 ) $ (28,720 )

Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:

                   

Depreciation

    592     871     1,229  

Share based compensation expenses

    4,733     1,020     7,054  

Tax benefit related to exercise of share options

    84     234     440  

Share- based compensation expenses related to warrants granted in connection with credit line

            273  

Deferred income taxes, net

    (14 )   (71 )   (16 )

Decrease (increase) in trade receivables

    (181 )   (580 )   125  

Increase in prepaid expenses and other current and long-term assets

    (995 )   (1,266 )   (2,849 )

Increase in trade payables

    811     964     1,894  

Increase in employees and payroll accruals

    616     567     3,401  

Increase in short term and long term deferred revenues

    5,048     8,803     18,751  

Increase in accrued expenses and other current liabilities

    1,320     820     2,643  

Other, net

    127     2     18  
               

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

    (10,599 )   (3,608 )   4,243  
               

Cash flows from investing activities:

                   

Proceeds from restricted deposits

    531     1,714     250  

Investment in restricted deposits

    (3,337 )   (86 )   (1,020 )

Purchase of property and equipment

    (1,754 )   (947 )   (3,070 )

Proceeds from sale of property and equipment

    7     2      
               

Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities

    (4,553 )   683     (3,840 )
               

Cash flows from financing activities:

                   

Proceeds from issuance of Preferred shares, net

    20,855          

Proceeds from issuance of Ordinary Shares in IPO, net

            93,694  

Proceeds from exercise of options

    170     61     519  

Proceeds from Credit line utilization

            5,000  

Credit line repayment

            (5,000 )
               

Net cash provided by financing activities

    21,025     61     94,213  
               

Effect of exchange rate change on cash and cash equivalents

            (868 )
               

Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

    5,873     (2,864 )   93,748  

Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the period

    4,501     10,374     7,510  
               

Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period

  $ 10,374   $ 7,510   $ 101,258  
               
               

Supplemental disclosure of cash flow activities:

                   

Non-chase purchase of property and equipment

  $   $   $ 126  
               
               

Accrued issuance costs

  $   $   $ 130  
               
               

Cash paid during the year for interest

  $   $   $ 262  
               
               

Cash paid during the year for taxes

  $ 4   $ 105   $ 751  
               
               

   

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.

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WIX.COM LTD.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

U.S. dollars in thousands (except share and per share data)

NOTE 1:—GENERAL

        a.     Wix.com Ltd. (formerly: Wixpress Ltd.) (the "Company") was incorporated on October 5, 2006, under the laws of the State of Israel, and commenced operations on the same date.

        The Company develops and markets an internet service that allows users to create web content.

        On January 8, 2008, the Company established a wholly-owned subsidiary in the United States under the name of Wix.Com, Inc. (the "U.S. Subsidiary"), which is engaged primarily in customer support and marketing the Company's service. In November 2011, the Company also established a wholly-owned subsidiary in Brazil under the name Wixpress Brazil Serviços de Internet Ltda. (the "Brazilian Subsidiary"), which is engaged primarily in marketing of the Company's service and provided Company's collection services in Brazil. The Brazilian Subsidiary commenced operations in 2012. In July 2013, the Company established a wholly-owned subsidiary in Lithuania under the name wix.com UAB (the "Lithuanian Subsidiary"), which is engaged in R&D activity. In September 2013, the Company established a wholly-owned subsidiary in Luxemburg under the name wix.com Luxemburg S.a.r.l (the "Luxembourgian Subsidiary"), which is engaged primarily in providing the Company's collection services in Europe.

        b.     In November 2013, the Company completed IPO in which the Company issued and sold 5,712,446 Ordinary Shares at a public offering price of $16.50 per share and during December 2013, the underwriters exercised their option to purchase additional 613,340 Ordinary Shares at the same IPO price per share. The total net proceeds received from the IPO were $93,564 after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions of $7,306 and other offering expenses of $3,506. Refer also to Note 8.b.

NOTE 2:—SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

        The consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles ("U.S. GAAP").

        a.     Use of estimates:

        The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates, judgments and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. The Company evaluates on an ongoing basis its assumptions, including those related to contingencies, income taxes, deferred taxes and liabilities, share-based compensation cost, as well as in estimates used in applying the revenue recognition policy. The Company's management believes that the estimates, judgment and assumptions used are reasonable based upon information available at the time they are made. These estimates, judgments and assumptions can affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the dates of the consolidated financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting periods. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

        b.     Principles of consolidation:

        The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiaries. Intercompany transactions and balances, have been eliminated upon consolidation.

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WIX.COM LTD.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

U.S. dollars in thousands (except share and per share data)

NOTE 2:—SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued)

        c.     Financial statements in U.S. dollars:

        A majority of the Company's revenues are generated in U.S. dollars. In addition, the equity investments were in U.S. dollars and substantial portion of the Company costs are incurred in U.S dollars. The Company's management believes that the U.S. dollar is the currency of the primary economic environment in which the Company operates. Thus, the functional and reporting currency of the Company is the U.S dollar.

        Accordingly, monetary accounts maintained in currencies other than the U.S. dollar are remeasured into U.S. dollars in accordance with Statement of the Accounting Standard Codification ("ACS") No. 830 "Foreign Currency Matters" ("ASC No. 830"). All transaction gains and losses of the remeasured monetary balance sheet items are reflected in the statement of comprehensive loss as financial income or expenses, as appropriate.

        The functional currency of the U.S. Subsidiary is the U.S. dollar.

        The functional currency of the Lithuanian Subsidiary and the Luxembourgian Subsidiary is the U.S. dollar as these subsidiaries' revenues, intercompany transaction, budget and financing are denominated in U.S. dollars.

        The functional currency of the Brazilian Subsidiary is the Brazilian Real ("BRL"). The Brazilian Subsidiary commenced its operations in 2012. All amounts on the Brazilian Subsidiary's balance sheets have been translated into the U.S. dollar using the exchange rates in effect on the relevant balance sheet dates. All amounts in the Brazilian Subsidiary's statements of operations have been translated into the U.S. dollar using the average exchange rate for the respective period on which those transactions are recorded. The resulting translation adjustments were not reported as a component in comprehensive income (loss) statement as of December 31, 2012, due to immateriality.

        d.     Cash and cash equivalents:

        Cash equivalents are short-term highly liquid investments that are readily convertible to cash with original maturities of three months or less, at the date acquired.

        e.     Restricted deposits:

        Restricted deposits are deposits with maturities of up to one year. As of December 31, 2012 and 2013 the Company's bank deposits were in U.S. dollars and New Israel Shekels (NIS) and bore interest at weighted average interest rates of 0.38% and 0.22%, respectively. Restricted deposits are presented at their cost, including accrued interest. These deposits are used as security for the rental of premises, for the Company's credit cards, and as a security for the Company's hedging activities.

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WIX.COM LTD.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

U.S. dollars in thousands (except share and per share data)

NOTE 2:—SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued)

        f.      Property and equipment:

        Property and equipment are stated at cost, net of accumulated depreciation. Depreciation is calculated using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets at the following annual rates:

 
  %

Computers, peripheral equipment and electronic equipment

  15 - 33

Office furniture and equipment

  6 - 14

Leasehold improvements

  Over the shorter of the
related lease period or the
life of the asset

        g.     Long-lived assets:

        The long-lived assets of the Company and its subsidiaries are reviewed for impairment in accordance with ASC No. 360, "Property, Plant and Equipment" ("ASC No. 360"), whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. The recoverability of assets to be held and used is measured by a comparison of the carrying amount of an asset to the future undiscounted cash flows expected to be generated by the assets. If such assets are considered to be impaired, the impairment to be recognized is measured by the amount by which the carrying amount of the assets exceeds the fair value of the assets. During the years ended 2011, 2012 and 2013, no impairment losses have been identified.

        h.     Derivatives instruments:

        ASC No. 815, "Derivative and Hedging", requires companies to recognize all of their derivative instruments as either assets or liabilities in the statement of financial position at fair value.

        For those derivative instruments that are designated and qualify as hedging instruments, a company must designate the hedging instrument, based upon the exposure being hedged, as a fair value hedge, cash flow hedge or a hedge of a net investment in a foreign operation.

Derivative instruments designated as hedging instruments:

        For derivative instruments that are designated and qualify as a cash flow hedge (i.e., hedging the exposure to variability in expected future cash flows that is attributable to a particular risk), the effective portion of the gain or loss on the derivative instrument is reported as a component of other comprehensive loss and reclassified into earnings in the same period or periods during which the hedged transaction affects earnings. The remaining gain or loss on the derivative instrument in excess of the cumulative change in the present value of future cash flows of the hedged item, if any, is recognized in current earnings during the period of change. For derivative instruments not designated as hedging instruments, the gain or loss is recognized in current earnings during the period of change.

        To hedge against the risk of overall changes in cash flows resulting from foreign currency salary payments during the year, the Company has instituted a foreign currency cash flow hedging program. The Company hedges portions of its forecasted salary expenses denominated in NIS. These option

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WIX.COM LTD.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

U.S. dollars in thousands (except share and per share data)

NOTE 2:—SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued)

contracts are designated as cash flow hedges, as defined by ASC 815, and are all effective, based on third party valuation.

        As of December 31, 2013, the amount recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income from the Company's currency option transactions is $ 33. Such amount will be recorded in the Company's earnings during 2014. At December 31, 2013, the notional amounts of foreign exchange options contracts into which the Company entered were $ 11,997. The foreign exchange forward and options contracts will expire through June 2014.

Derivative instruments not designated as hedging instruments:

        In addition to the derivatives that are designated as hedges as discussed above, the Company enters into certain foreign exchange forward and option transactions to economically hedge a portion of its payments in NIS and certain revenue transactions in Euros and British pounds. Gains and losses related to such derivative instruments are recorded in financial expenses, net. At December 31, 2013, the notional amounts of foreign exchange forward and options contracts into which the Company entered were $ 18,818 and $ 1,400, respectively. The foreign exchange forward and option transactions will expire through November 2014.

        The fair value of derivative instruments as of December 31, 2012 totaled $ 436, and is presented as part of prepaid expenses and other current assets. The net fair value of derivative instruments balance as of December 31, 2013 totaled $ 314, and is presented on a gross basis as prepaid expenses and other current assets in the amount of $ 160 and as accrued expenses and other current liabilities in the amount of $ 474.

        In the years ended December 31, 2011, 2012 and 2013, the Company recorded net financial income (expenses) from hedging transactions in the amount of $ (239), $ 485 and $ (102), respectively.

        i.      Severance pay:

        The Israeli Severance Pay Law, 1963 ("Severance Pay Law"), specifies that employees are entitled to severance payment, following the termination of their employment. Under the Severance Pay Law, the severance payment is calculated as one month salary for each year of employment, or a portion thereof.

        The majority of the Company's liability for severance pay is covered by the provisions of Section 14 of the Severance Pay Law ("Section 14"). Under Section 14 employees are entitled to monthly deposits, at a rate of 8.33% of their monthly salary, continued on their behalf to their insurance funds. Payments in accordance with Section 14 release the Company from any future severance payments in respect of those employees. As a result, the Company does not recognize any liability for severance pay due to these employees and the deposits under Section 14 are not recorded as an asset in the Company's balance sheet.

        For the Company's employees in Israel who are not subject to section 14, the Company calculated the liability for severance pay pursuant to the Severance Pay Law based on the most recent salary of these employees multiplied by the number of years of employment as of the balance sheet date. The Company's liability for these employees is fully provided for via monthly deposits with severance pay

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WIX.COM LTD.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

U.S. dollars in thousands (except share and per share data)

NOTE 2:—SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued)

funds, insurance policies and an accrual. The value of these deposits is recorded as an asset on the Company's balance sheet.

        Severance expense for the years ended December 31, 2011, 2012 and 2013, amounted to $ 881, $ 1,117 and $ 1,727, respectively.

        j.      U.S. employees defined contribution plan:

        The U.S. Subsidiary has a 401(K) defined contribution plan covering certain employees in the U.S. All eligible employees may elect to contribute up to 100%, but generally not greater than $ 17 per year (for certain employees over 50 years of age the maximum contribution is $ 22 per year), of their annual compensation to the plan through salary deferrals, subject to Internal Revenue Service limits.

        The U.S. Subsidiary matches 4% of employee contributions up to the plan with no limitation. During the year ended December 31, 2012 and 2013, the U.S. Subsidiary recorded expenses for matching contributions in amounts of $ 41 and $ 71, respectively. No expenses for matching contributions were recorded in 2011.

        k.     Revenue recognition:

        The Company provided an online platform that enables users to create websites using Flash and HTML5 technology and generates revenues primarily from services related to such websites. The Company also offers its users the ability to purchase and manage domain name and software apps that can be integrated as add-ons to their websites.

        The Company recognizes revenues in accordance with ASC No. 605-10-S99, (SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin ("SAB") No. 104, "Revenue Recognition"), when (i) persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, (ii) delivery has occurred or services have been rendered to the customer, (iii) the fee is fixed or determinable, and (iv) collectability is reasonably assured.

        Revenues related to services for websites and purchase and registration of domain names are recognized ratably over the term of the service period. Revenues related to software applications, developed by third party app developers are recognized when earned. The Company accounts for such sales on a net basis by recognizing the commission it retains from each sale. The portion of the gross amount billed to customers that is remitted by the Company to third-party app developers is not reflected in the Company's consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss.

        The Company offers a 14-day money back guaranty ("Guaranty Period"). The Company considers such amount collected from new premium subscriptions as customer deposits until the end of the 14-day trial period. Revenues are recognized once the Guaranty Period has expired.

        Although, in general, the Company does not grant rights of refund, there are certain instances where such refunds occur. Since the Company collects most of its revenues via online credit card billing, a small portion of its users elect to chargeback due to disputes over the credit card statements and/or claims of false transaction, and accordingly ask for refunds. The Company maintains a provision for chargebacks and refunds in accordance with ASC No. 605, "Revenue Recognition", which is estimated, based primarily on historical experience as well as management judgment, and is recorded through a reduction of revenue.

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WIX.COM LTD.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

U.S. dollars in thousands (except share and per share data)

NOTE 2:—SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued)

        Deferred service revenues primarily include unearned amounts received from customers but not recognized as revenues.

        Part of the Company's revenue transaction includes multiple elements within a single contract if it is determined that multiple units of accounting exist.

        Commencing January 1, 2011, the Company adopted Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") No. 2009-13, "Multiple-Deliverable Revenue Arrangements, (amendments to ASC Topic 605, Revenue Recognition)" ("ASU No. 2009-13"). ASU No. 2009-13 requires entities to allocate revenue in an arrangement using estimated selling prices of the delivered goods and services based on a selling price hierarchy. The amendments eliminate the residual method of revenue allocation and require revenue to be allocated using the relative selling price method.

        The primary types of transactions in which the Company engages for which ASU No. 2009-13 is applicable are agreements that include multiple elements which are delivered at different points in time. Such elements may include some or all of the following:

        The Company considers the sale of each of the above stated elements in bundled agreement to be separate unit of accounting for the arrangement and defers the relative selling price of the undelivered element to the period in which revenue is earned.

        Pursuant to the guidance under ASU No. 2009-13, when a sales arrangement contains multiple elements, the Company allocates revenue to each element based on a selling price hierarchy. The selling price for a deliverable is based on its VSOE if available, third-party evidence ("TPE") if VSOE is not available, or estimated selling price ("ESP") if neither VSOE nor TPE is available. VSOE of selling price is based on the price charged when the element is sold separately. In determining VSOE, it is required that a substantial majority of the selling prices fall within a reasonable range based on historical discounting trends for specific services. TPE of selling price is established by evaluating largely interchangeable competitor services in stand-alone sales to similarly situated customers.

        Website services are sold separately and therefore the selling price is based on VSOE. Domain name registrations were sold separately in 2012 and 2013 and therefore the selling price is based on VSOE. Domain name registrations were also sold separately in 2011 and, based on the absolute and relative small number of transactions in 2011, VSOE could not be established and, therefore, the selling price was based on TPE. The change in 2012 from TPE to VSOE was considered a change in accounting estimate in accordance with ASC 250-50-4, "Accounting Change and Error Corrections", which did not affect the Company`s income or related per-share amounts.

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WIX.COM LTD.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

U.S. dollars in thousands (except share and per share data)

NOTE 2:—SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued)

        l.      Research and development costs:

        Research and development costs are charged to the statements of operations and comprehensive loss as incurred. ASC 985-20, "Software- Costs of Software to Be Sold, Leased, or Marketed", requires capitalization of certain software development costs subsequent to the establishment of technological feasibility.

        Based on the Company's product development process, technological feasibility is established upon completion of a working model. Costs incurred by the Company between completion of the working models and the point at which the products are ready for general release, have been insignificant. Therefore, all research and development costs are expensed as incurred.

        m.    Advertising expenses:

        Advertising expenses consist primarily of cost-per click expenses, social networking expenses, marketing campaigns and display advertisements. Advertising expenses are charged to the statement of operations and comprehensive loss, as incurred. Advertising expenses for the years ended December 31, 2011, 2012 and 2013 amounted to $ 15,914, $ 21,473 and $ 40,994, respectively.

        n.     Share-based compensation:

        The Company accounts for share-based compensation in accordance with ASC 718, "Compensation—Stock Compensation" ("ASC No. 718"). ASC No. 718 requires companies to estimate the fair value of equity-based payment awards on the date of grant using an option-pricing model. The value of the portion of the award that is ultimately expected to vest is recognized as an expense over the requisite service periods in the Company's consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss.

        The Company recognizes compensation expenses for the value of its awards granted based on the straight line method over the requisite service period of each of the awards, net of estimated forfeitures. ASC No. 718 requires forfeitures to be estimated at the time of grant and revised, if necessary, in subsequent periods if actual forfeitures differ from those estimates.

        The Company selected the Black-Scholes option-pricing model as the most appropriate fair value method for its option awards. The option-pricing model requires a number of assumptions, of which the most significant are the expected share price, volatility and the expected option term.

        The fair value of ordinary share underlying the options has historically been determined by management and approved by the Company's board of directors. Because there has been no public market for the Company's ordinary shares, the management has determined fair value of an ordinary share at the time of grant of the option by considering a number of objective and subjective factors including financing investment rounds, operating and financial performance, the lack of liquidity of share capital and general and industry specific economic outlook, amongst other factors. The fair value of the underlying ordinary shares will be determined by the management until such time as the Company's ordinary shares are listed on an established stock exchange. The Company's management determined the fair value of ordinary shares based on valuations performed using the Option Pricing Method ("OPM") for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2012 and for the period from January 1, 2013 and up to November 6, 2013. From November 6, 2013 the ordinary shares is publicly traded.

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WIX.COM LTD.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

U.S. dollars in thousands (except share and per share data)

NOTE 2:—SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued)

        The Company applies ASC No. 718 and ASC No. 505-50 "Equity Based Payments to Non-Employees" ("ASC No. 505-50") with respect to options and warrants issued to non-employees consultants. ASC No. 718 requires the use of option valuation models to measure the fair value of the options and warrants at the date of grant.

        o.     Income taxes:

        The Company accounts for income taxes in accordance with ASC No. 740, "Income Taxes". This codification prescribes the use of the asset and liability method whereby deferred tax asset and liability account balances are determined based on differences between financial reporting and tax bases of assets and liabilities and for carry-forward tax losses. Deferred taxes are measured using the enacted tax rates and laws that will be in effect when the differences are expected to reverse. The Company provides a valuation allowance, if necessary, to reduce deferred tax assets to their estimated realizable value if it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax asset will not be realized.

        Deferred tax liabilities and assets are classified as current or non-current based on the classification of the related asset or liability for financial reporting, or according to the expected reversal dates of the specific temporary differences, if not related to an asset or liability for financial reporting.

        The Company accounts for uncertain tax positions in accordance with the provisions of ASC 740, "Income Taxes". Accounting guidance addresses the determination of whether tax benefits claimed or expected to be claimed on a tax return should be recorded in the consolidated financial statements, under which a company may recognize the tax benefit from an uncertain tax position only if it is more likely than not that the tax position will be sustained on examination by the taxing authorities, based on the technical merits of the position.

        The tax benefits recognized in the consolidated financial statements from such a position should be measured based on the largest benefit that has a greater than fifty percent likelihood of being realized upon ultimate settlement. Accordingly, the Company reports a liability for unrecognized tax benefits resulting from uncertain tax positions taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. The Company recognizes interest and penalties, if any, related to unrecognized tax benefits in tax expense. The Company did not record a provision due to immateriality.

        p.     Basic and diluted net loss per share:

        The Company applies the two class method as required by ASC No. 260-10, "Earnings Per Share" ("ASC No. 260-10"). ASC 260-10 requires the income or loss per share for each class of shares (ordinary and preferred shares) to be calculated assuming 100% of the Company's earnings are distributed as dividends to each class of shares based on their contractual rights. No dividends were declared or paid during the reported periods.

        According to the provisions of ASC No. 260-10, the Company's preferred shares are not participating securities in losses and, therefore, are not included in the computation of net loss per share.

        Basic and diluted net loss per share is computed based on the weighted-average number of shares of ordinary shares outstanding during each year. Diluted loss per share is computed based on the

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U.S. dollars in thousands (except share and per share data)

NOTE 2:—SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued)

weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding during the period, plus dilutive potential shares considered outstanding during the period, in accordance with ASC 260-10. Basic and diluted net loss per share of ordinary shares was the same for each period presented as the inclusion of all potential ordinary shares outstanding was anti-dilutive.

        For the years ended December 31, 2011, 2012 and 2013, all outstanding preferred shares, options and warrants have been excluded from the calculation of the diluted net loss per share since their effect was anti-dilutive and the total preferred shares and options that have been excluded from the calculations was 13,758,838, 14,085,718 and 14,913,523, respectively.

        q.     Comprehensive income (loss):

        The Company accounts for comprehensive income (loss) in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification No. 220, "Comprehensive Income"("ASC No. 220"). This statement establishes standards for the reporting and display of comprehensive income (loss) and its components in a full set of general purpose financial statements. Comprehensive income (loss) generally represents all changes in shareholders' equity during the period except those resulting from investments by, or distributions to shareholders.

        The Company has determined that its items of comprehensive loss relate to loss on unrealized gain from foreign currency translation adjustments offset by income on hedging derivatives instruments.

        The total accumulated other comprehensive loss, net was comprised as follows:

 
  Year ended December 31,  
 
  2011   2012   2013  

Accumulated foreign currency translation differences

  $   $   $ (296 )

Accumulated income on derivative

            33  
               

Total accumulated other comprehensive loss, net

  $   $   $ (263 )
               
               

        For the year ended December 31, 2012, the Company determined that its items of comprehensive income (loss) relate to functional currency translation of the Brazilian Subsidiary, the resulting translation adjustments were not reported as a component of other comprehensive loss in shareholders' equity (deficiency), due to immateriality.

        r.     Concentration of credit risks:

        Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk consist principally of cash and cash equivalents and restricted deposits.

        The majority of the Company's and its subsidiaries' cash and cash equivalents and restricted deposits are invested with major bank in Israel, Brazil and the United States. Such investments in the United States may be in excess of insured limits and are not insured in other jurisdictions. Generally, these investments may be redeemed upon demand and, therefore, bear minimal risk.

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U.S. dollars in thousands (except share and per share data)

NOTE 2:—SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued)

        s.     Fair value of financial instruments:

        The estimated fair value of financial instruments has been determined by the Company using available market information and valuation methodologies. Considerable judgment is required in estimating fair values. Accordingly, the estimates may not be indicative of the amounts the Company could realize in a current market exchange.

        The following methods and assumptions were used by the Company in estimating the fair value of their financial instruments:

        The carrying values of cash and cash equivalents, restricted deposits, trade receivables, prepaid expenses and other current assets, trade payables, employees and payroll accruals and accrued expenses and other current liabilities approximate fair values due to the short-term maturities of these instruments.

        The Company applies ASC No. 820, "Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures" ("ASC No. 820"), with respect to fair value measurements of all financial assets and liabilities.

        The fair value of foreign currency contracts (used for hedging purposes) is estimated by obtaining current quotes from banks and third party valuations.

        Fair value is an exit price, representing the amount that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants. As such, fair value is a market-based measurement that should be determined based on assumptions that market participants would use in pricing an asset or a liability. A three-tier fair value hierarchy is established as a basis for considering such assumptions and for inputs used in the valuation methodologies in measuring fair value:

Level 1—   Observable inputs that reflect quoted prices (unadjusted) for identical assets or liabilities in active markets.

Level 2—

 

Include other inputs that are directly or indirectly observable in the marketplace.

Level 3—

 

Unobservable inputs which are supported by little or no market activity. The fair value hierarchy also requires an entity to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs when measuring fair value.

        The fair value hierarchy also requires an entity to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs when measuring fair value.

        In accordance with ASC 820, the Company measures its foreign currency derivative contracts, at fair value using the market approach valuation technique. Foreign currency derivative contracts as detailed in note 2.h are classified within Level 2 value hierarchy, as the valuation inputs are based on quoted prices and market observable data of similar instruments.

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U.S. dollars in thousands (except share and per share data)

NOTE 3:—PREPAID EXPENSES AND OTHER CURRENT ASSETS

 
  December 31,  
 
  2012   2013  

Government authorities

  $ 207   $ 600  

Hedging transaction asset

    436     160  

Prepaid expenses

    1,502     3,644  

Other current assets

    151     326  
           

  $ 2,296   $ 4,730  
           
           

NOTE 4:—PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT

        The composition of property and equipment is as follows:

 
  December 31,  
 
  2012   2013  

Cost:

             

Leasehold improvements

  $ 2,219   $ 4,230  

Computers, peripheral equipment and electronic equipment

    1,424     2,245  

Office furniture and equipment

    264     482  
           

    3,907     6,957  

Less accumulated depreciation

    1,625     2,726  
           

Depreciated cost

  $ 2,282   $ 4,231  
           
           

        Depreciation expense amounted to $ 592, $ 871 and $ 1,229 for the years ended December 31, 2011, 2012 and 2013, respectively.

        During 2011, the Company moved to new offices. As a result the Company abandoned its former offices and recognized a capital loss of $ 127 due to the disposal of leasehold improvements.

NOTE 5:—ACCRUED EXPENSES AND OTHER CURRENT LIABILITIES

 
  December 31,  
 
  2012   2013  

Accrued expenses

  $ 3,162   $ 5,303  

Hedging transaction liability

        474  

Deferred tax liability

    56     126  
           

  $ 3,218   $ 5,903  
           
           

NOTE 6:—CREDIT LINE

        On June 24, 2013, the Company entered into a credit line agreement with Silicon Valley Bank (the "Lender") pursuant to which the Lender agreed to make a $ 10,000 line of credit available to the Company until December 31, 2014 (the "Credit Line").

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U.S. dollars in thousands (except share and per share data)

NOTE 6:—CREDIT LINE (Continued)

        The Credit Line bears U.S. dollar denominated interest at annual equals to the prime rate as quoted in the Wall Street Journal print edition ("Prime Rate") plus 2.25% over the utilized amount of the Credit Line and 0.4% over the unutilized portion of the Credit Line. The Credit Line also includes certain affirmative and negative covenants as further described in the Credit Line agreement.

        In July 2013 the Company utilized half of the Credit Line, totaling $ 5,000. As part of the Credit Line agreement, the Company issued to the Lender 9,766 warrants to purchase Series E Preferred shares of the Company at an exercise price of $ 20.48 per share. The warrants can be exercised for 7 years term. Following the Company's Initial Public Offering ("IPO") process (refer to note 8b), these warrants were converted into 29,298 warrants of Ordinary shares with an exercise price of $ 6.83.

        In connection with the issuance of the warrants, the Company recorded $ 273 compensation expenses, which were recorded as financial expenses in the Company's consolidated statement of operations and comprehensive loss. This transaction was accounted for in accordance with ASC 470-20 "Debt with Conversion and Other Options".

        In November 2013 the Company repaid the utilized Credit Line in the amount of $ 5,000.

NOTE 7:—COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENT LIABILITIES

        a.     Lease commitments:

        The Company and its U.S. Subsidiary rent their facilities under various operating lease agreements, which expire through 2018. In addition the Company leases certain motor vehicles under certain car operating lease agreement which expire through 2017. The minimum rental payments under operating leases as of December 31, 2013, are as follows:

 
  Rental of
premises
  Lease of
motor vehicles
 

2014

  $ 3,881   $ 299  

2015

    4,043     186  

2016

    2,250     132  

2017

    2,189     7  

2018

    2,069      

Thereafter

    4,291      
           

  $ 18,723   $ 624  
           
           

        Total rent expenses for the years ended December 31, 2011, 2012 and 2013 were $ 869, $ 1,376 and $ 2,008, respectively.

        Total motor vehicle lease expenses for the years ended December 31, 2011, 2012 and 2013 were $ 185, $ 272 and $ 312, respectively.

        b.     Pledges:

        The Company obtained bank guarantee in the amount of $ 2,969, in connection with an office lease agreement, credit cards and hedging transactions.

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U.S. dollars in thousands (except share and per share data)

NOTE 7:—COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENT LIABILITIES (Continued)

        c.     Legal contingencies:

        The Company is currently not involved in any claims and legal proceedings. The Company reviews the status of each matter and assesses its potential financial exposure. If the potential loss from any claim or legal proceeding is considered probable and the amount can be reasonably estimated, the Company accrues a liability for the estimated loss. These accruals are reviewed at least quarterly and adjusted to reflect the impact of negotiations, settlements, rulings, advice of legal counsel and other information and events pertaining to a particular matter.

        The Company was subject to a patent infringement litigation that was filed against it (and many other entities) on December 7, 2012 by CreateAds LLC. The complaint was filed in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware and alleges infringement of a U.S. Patent. In October 2013, the Company entered into a settlement agreement with CreatAds LLC, pursuant to which the Company agreed to pay CreatAds LLC in return for a full settlement and release of claims. The costs of settlement were immaterial to the Company.

NOTE 8:—SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY

        a.     Composition of shares capital of the Company:

 
  December 31, 2012   December 31, 2013  
 
  Authorized   Issued and
outstanding
  Authorized   Issued and
outstanding
 
 
  Number of shares
 

Ordinary shares of NIS 0.01 par value each

    21,055,626     6,926,403     500,000,000     37,493,217  

Preferred A shares

    902,669     902,669          

Preferred B shares

    2,179,935     2,179,935          

Preferred B1 shares

    1,408,550     1,408,550          

Preferred C shares

    913,861     913,861          

Preferred D shares

    1,272,940     1,272,940          

Preferred E shares

    1,303,503     1,025,227          
                   

    29,037,084     14,629,585     500,000,000     37,493,217  
                   
                   

        b.     Initial Public Offering

        In November 2013, the Company completed IPO in which the Company issued and sold 5,712,446 Ordinary Shares at a public offering price of $16.50 per share and the selling shareholders sold 1,987,554 Ordinary Shares. The Company did not receive any proceeds from the sale of Ordinary Shares by the selling shareholders.

        During the IPO the underwriters received an option to purchase 1,155,000 Ordinary Shares of the company at the price of $16.50 for a period of one month following the IPO date. The total value of the underwriters options based on the Black-Scholes-Merton option pricing model amounted to $1,054 which was included in the additional paid-in capital balance and as IPO offering expenses.

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U.S. dollars in thousands (except share and per share data)

NOTE 8:—SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY (Continued)

        During December 2013, the underwriters exercised their option to purchase additional 613,340 Ordinary Shares at the same IPO price per share.

        The total net proceeds received from the IPO were $93,564 after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions of $7,306 and other offering expenses of $3,506.

        c.     1.    Ordinary Shares:

        d.     Issuance of shares:

        In March 2011, the Company entered into a Series E Preferred Share purchase agreement, pursuant to which the Company issued an aggregate amount of 1,025,227 shares of Series E Preferred Shares, for total consideration of $ 20,855, net of issuance expenses in the amount of $ 145.

        e.     Share based payment:

        In April 2007, the Company's Board of Directors adopted an Employee Shares Incentive Plan (the "2007 Plan"). Under the 2007 Plan, options may be granted to employees, officers, non-employees consultants and directors of the Company and its Subsidiaries. The 2007 plan was terminated on October 15, 2013, although option awards outstanding as of that date will continue in full force in accordance with the terms under which they were granted. In October 2013, the Company's Board of Directors adopted a new Employee Shares Incentive Plan (the "2013 Plan"). The 2013 Plan provides for the grant of options, restricted shares, RSUs, share appreciation rights, cash-based awards, dividend equivalents and other share-based awards to directors, employees, officers, consultants of the Company and its Subsidiaries.

        Under the Plans, as of December 31, 2013, an aggregate of 1,025,508 shares were still available for future grant. Each option granted under the Plan expires no later than ten years from the date of grant. The vesting period of the options is generally four years, unless the Board of Directors or the Board's Compensation Committee determines otherwise. Any option which is forfeited or cancelled before expiration becomes available for future grants.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

U.S. dollars in thousands (except share and per share data)

NOTE 8:—SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY (Continued)

        The total share-based compensation expense related to all of the Company's equity-based awards, recognized for the years ended December 31, 2011, 2012 and 2013 was comprised as follows:

 
  Year ended
December 31,
 
 
  2011   2012   2013  

Cost of revenues

  $ 40   $ 105   $ 490  

Research and development

    1,939     553     3,149  

Sales and marketing

    222     101     1,185  

General and administrative

    2,532     261     2,230  
               

Total share-based compensation expense

  $ 4,733   $ 1,020   $ 7,054  
               
               

        The total equity-based compensation expense related to all of the Company's employees and non-employees consultants recognized for the years ended December 31, 2011, 2012 and 2013, was comprised as follows:

 
  Year ended
December 31,
 
 
  2011   2012   2013  

Employees

  $ 4,692   $ 950   $ 6,573  

Non-employees consultants

    41     70     481  
               

Total share-based compensation expense

  $ 4,733   $ 1,020   $ 7,054  
               
               

        Total unrecognized compensation cost amounted to $ 50,271 as of December 31, 2013, and is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of approximately 4.43 years.

        In March 2011, in parallel to the Series E Preferred financing round of the Company and a small number of additional transactions, the investors purchased Ordinary shares of the Company, at a price per share equal to the price per Preferred Share in the period, from existing shareholders of the Company who are also officers, employees or service providers of the Company. Following such transactions, the Company recorded share-based compensation expense in the amount of $ 4,058 for the years ended December 31, 2011.

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U.S. dollars in thousands (except share and per share data)

NOTE 8:—SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY (Continued)

        f.      Options granted to employees:

        A summary of the activity in options granted to employees for the years ended December 31, 2011, 2012 and 2013 is as follows:

 
  Amount
of
options
  Weighted
average
exercise
price
  Weighted
average
remaining
contractual
term
(in years)
  Aggregate
intrinsic value
 

Balance as of December 31, 2012

    6,285,630   $ 0.60     7.82   $ 32,671  

Granted

   
5,978,099
 
$

4.44
             

Exercised

    (1,064,689 ) $ 0.41              

Forfeited

    (275,871 ) $ 2.13              
                         

Balance as of December 31, 2013

    10,923,169   $ 2.68     8.35   $ 263,982  

Exercisable as of December 31, 2013

   
4,536,643
 
$

0.66
   
7.01
 
$

118.818
 
                         
                         

Vested and expected to vest as of December 31, 2013

    10,284,516   $ 2.59     8.29   $ 249,466  
                         
                         

        The computation of expected volatility is based on actual historical share price volatility of comparable companies. The expected option term represents the period of time that options granted are expected to be outstanding. For stock-option awards which were at the money when granted (plain vanilla stock-options), it is determined based on the simplified method in accordance with SAB No. 110, as adequate historical experience is not available to provide a reasonable estimate. The simplified method will continue to apply until enough historical experience is available to provide a reasonable estimate of the expected term. For stock-option awards which were in the money when granted, a binomial model was used to determine the expected term as an input to the Black-Scholes-Merton option pricing model. The Company has historically not paid dividends and has no foreseeable plans to pay dividends and, therefore, uses an expected dividend yield of zero in the option pricing model. The risk-free interest rate is based on the yield of U.S. treasury bonds with equivalent terms.

        The following table set forth the parameters used in computation of the options compensation to employees for the years ended December 31, 2011, 2012 and 2013:

 
  Year ended December 31,
 
  2011   2012   2013

Expected volatility

  65%   70%   58% - 65%

Expected dividends

  0%   0%   0%

Expected term (in years)

  6.11   6.11   1.6 - 6.2

Risk free rate

  1.7% - 2.3%   1% - 1.6%   0.2% - 2.6%

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U.S. dollars in thousands (except share and per share data)

NOTE 8:—SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY (Continued)

        A summary of options data for the years ended December 31, 2011, 2012 and 2013, is as follows:

 
  Year ended
December 31,
 
 
  2011   2012   2013  

Weighted-average grant date fair value of options granted

  $ 0.71   $ 2.17   $ 8.80  
               
               

Total intrinsic value of the options exercised

  $ 1,414   $ 723   $ 28,151  
               
               

Total fair value of shares vested

  $ 517   $ 835   $ 5,118  
               
               

        The aggregate intrinsic value is calculated as the difference between the per-share exercise price and the deemed fair value of the Company's Ordinary share for each share subject to an option multiplied by the number of shares subject to options at the date of exercise. The fair value of the Company's Ordinary share is $ 26.85 per share as of December 31, 2013.

        The following tables summarize information about the Company's outstanding and exercisable options granted to employees as of December 31, 2013:

Exercise price
  Options
outstanding
as of
December 31,
2013
  Weighted
average
remaining
contractual
term
  Options
exercisable
as of
December 31,
2013
  Weighted
average
remaining
contractual
term
 
 
   
  (years)
   
  (years)
 

0.003

    2,724,912     9.55     191,188     9.55  

0.16

    329,195     5.12     329,195     5.12  

0.3

    52,924     3.75     52,924     3.75  

0.33

    2,956,163     6.78     2,790,580     6.78  

0.67

    712,176     7.10     533,210     7.09  

1.05

    539,238     7.85     288,588     7.83  

2.33

    54,000     9.92          

2.34

    1,113,009     8.88     270,975     8.66  

5.8

    66,000     9.53          

7.33

    1,591,470     9.54     52,781     9.56  

10.12

    231,000     9.66     21,750     9.66  

16.5

    98,132     9.79     5,452     9.79  

18.48

    439,950     9.92          

22.07

    15,000     9.92          
                   

    10,923,169     8.35     4,536,643     7.01  
                   
                   

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U.S. dollars in thousands (except share and per share data)

NOTE 8:—SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY (Continued)

        g.     Options granted to non-employees consultants:

        The following table summarizes information about the Company's outstanding and exercisable options to purchase Ordinary shares granted to non-employees consultants as of December 31, 2013:

Issuance date
  Options
outstanding
as of
December 31,
2013
  Exercise
price
  Exercisable
as of
December 31,
2013
  Exercisable
Through

September 9, 2007

    5,293   $ 0.30     5,293   September 9, 2017

November 21, 2008

    3,570   $ 0.16     3,570   November 21, 2018

May 12, 2009

    6,750   $ 0.16     6,750   May 12, 2019

January 25, 2011

    33,000   $ 0.67     24,938   January 25, 2021

January 9, 2013

    5,400   $ 2.34     5,400   January 9, 2023

February 13, 2013

    10,000   $ 2.34     10,000   February 13, 2023
                   

    64,013           55,951    
                   
                   

        The following table set forth the parameters used in computation of the options compensation to non-employees consultants for the years ended December 31, 2011, 2012 and 2013:

 
  Year ended December 31,
 
  2011   2012   2013

Expected volatility

  65%   70%   65%

Expected dividends

  0%   0%   0%

Expected term (in years)

  7 - 10   7 - 10   6 - 10

Risk free rate

  1.4% - 2.8%   1.8% - 2.9%   0.86% - 2.45%

        h.     A summary of RSU activity for the year ended December 31, 2013, is as follows:

 
  Number
of
shares
  Weighted
average
grant date
fair value
 

Unvested as of December 31, 2012

   
 
$

 

Granted

   
122,668
 
$

16.5
 
             

Unvested as of December 31, 2013

    122,668   $ 16.5  

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U.S. dollars in thousands (except share and per share data)

NOTE 9:—INCOME TAXES

        The Company's subsidiaries are separately taxed under the domestic tax laws of the jurisdiction of incorporation of each entity.

        a.     Corporate tax in Israel:

        In July 2009, the Knesset passed the Law for Economic Efficiency (Amended Legislation for Implementing the Economic Plan for 2009 and 2010), 2009, which prescribed, among others, an additional gradual reduction in the rates of the Israeli corporate tax and real capital gains tax starting 2011. The tax rate in effect for 2010 and 2011 was 25% and 24%, respectively.

        Recently, the Law for Change in the Tax Burden (Legislative Amendments) (Taxes), 5772-2011, (the "Tax Burden Law 2011"), was published by the Government of Israel. The Tax Burden Law 2011 cancelled the scheduled progressive reduction of the corporate tax rate that was approved in 2009 and instead set the corporate tax rate at 25% from 2012 and thereafter.

        On July 30, 2013, the Israeli Parliament (the Knesset) approved the second and third readings of the Economic Plan for 2013-2014 ("Amended Budget Law") which consists, among others, of fiscal changes whose main aim is to enhance long-term collection of taxes.

        These changes include, among others, raising the Israeli corporate tax rate from 25% to 26.5%, cancelling the lowering of the tax rates applicable to preferred enterprises (9% in development area A and 16% in other areas), taxing revaluation gains and increasing the tax rates on dividends within the scope of the Law for the Encouragement of Capital Investments to 20% effective from January 1, 2014.

        The change in tax rates did not affect the deferred tax balances.

        b.     Income (loss) before taxes on income is comprised as follows:

 
  Year ended December 31,  
 
  2011   2012   2013  

Domestic

  $ (22,758 ) $ (15,652 ) $ (31,555 )

Foreign

    230     1,176     4,407  
               

Loss before taxes on income

  $ (22,528 ) $ (14,476 ) $ (27,148 )
               
               

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

U.S. dollars in thousands (except share and per share data)

NOTE 9:—INCOME TAXES (Continued)

        c.     Deferred income taxes:

        Deferred taxes reflect the net tax effect of temporary differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes and the amounts recorded for tax purposes. Significant components of the Company's deferred tax assets and liabilities are as follows:

 
  Year ended
December 31,
 
 
  2012   2013  

Deferred tax assets:

             

Net operating loss carry-forwards

 
$

9,276
 
$

14,083
 

Capital losses carry-forwards

    48     52  

Research and development expenses

    3,738     5,856  

Tax credit carry-forwards

    115     148  

Other

    304     740  
           

Deferred tax assets before valuation allowance

    13,481     20,879  

Valuation allowance

   
(13,366

)
 
(20,678

)
           

Deferred tax asset

  $ 115   $ 201  
           
           

Deferred tax liabilities:

             

Fixed assets

 
$

56
 
$

126
 
           
           

Deferred tax liabilities

  $ 56   $ 126  
           
           

        The Company has provided valuation allowances in respect of certain deferred tax assets resulting from tax loss carry-forwards and other reserves and allowances due to its history of losses and uncertainty concerning realization of these deferred tax assets. In addition, a deferred tax liability has been established to reflect the Company's tax depreciation of property and equipment, net which differs from depreciation recorded in the consolidated financial statements.

        d.     Income taxes are comprised as follows:

 
  Year ended
December 31,
 
 
  2011   2012   2013  

Current

  $ 226   $ 567   $ 1,588  

Deferred

    (14 )   (71 )   (16 )
               

  $ 212   $ 496   $ 1,572  
               
               

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

U.S. dollars in thousands (except share and per share data)

NOTE 9:—INCOME TAXES (Continued)

 
  Year ended
December 31,
 
 
  2011   2012   2013  

Domestic

  $ 63   $ 105   $ 321  

Foreign

    149     391     1,251  
               

  $ 212   $ 496   $ 1,572  
               
               

        e.     A reconciliation of the Company's theoretical income tax expense to actual income tax expense as follows:

 
  Year ended
December 31,
 
 
  2011   2012   2013  

Loss before taxes on income

  $ (22,528 ) $ (14,476 ) $ (27,148 )
               
               

Statutory tax rate

    24 %   25 %   25 %
               
               

Theoretical income tax expense

    (5,407 )   (3,619 )   (6,787 )
               

Utilization of tax losses and deferred taxes for which valuation allowance was provided, net

    4,721     3,558     7,312  

Deferred taxes on losses for which valuation allowance was provided, net

    (416 )   (146 )   (2,075 )

Non-deductible option expenses

    1,127     238     1,899  

Non-deductible expenses

    73     46     94  

Tax adjustment in respect of different tax rate of foreign subsidiary

    223     305     975  

Taxes in respect of prior years

    (74 )        

Other

    (35 )   114     154  
               

Income tax expense

  $ 212   $ 496   $ 1,572  
               
               

        f.      Net operating loss carry-forwards

        As of December 31, 2013, the Company had carry-forward operating and capital tax losses totaling approximately $ 55,440 and $ 210, respectively, out of which approximately $ 54,050 and $ 210 of losses, respectively were attributed to Israel and can be carried forward indefinitely and $ 1,390 were attributed to the U.S. Subsidiary and can be carried forward up until 2033.

        g.     The Law for the Encouragement of Capital Investments, 1959 (the "Law"):

        On April 1, 2005, an amendment to the Investment Law came into effect ("the Amendment") and has significantly changed the provisions of the Investment Law. The Amendment limits the scope of enterprises which may be approved by the Investment Center by setting criteria for the approval of a facility as an Approved Enterprise, such as provisions generally requiring that at least 25% of the Approved Enterprise's income will be derived from export. Additionally, the Amendment enacted

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

U.S. dollars in thousands (except share and per share data)

NOTE 9:—INCOME TAXES (Continued)

major changes in the manner in which tax benefits are awarded under the Investment Law so that companies no longer require Investment Center approval in order to qualify for tax benefits.

        According to the law, the Company is entitled to various tax benefits by virtue of the "Beneficiary Enterprise" status granted to part of its enterprises, defined by this law.

        During 2010, the Company had applied by Tax Pre-ruling to the Israeli Tax Authorities ("ITA") to receive "Beneficiary Enterprise" status and elect 2009 as year of election. During 2011, the Company received a tax decision from the ITA that approves its request for "Beneficiary Enterprise" status and the Company elect 2009 as its year of election. Under the Investment Law and its Amendment and according to the tax decision, the Company is entitled to various tax benefits, defined by this law, under the "Alternative Benefits" track as a Beneficiary Enterprise.

        Pursuant to the beneficiary program, the Company is entitled to a tax benefit period of seven to ten years on income derived from this program as follows: the Company is fully tax exempted for a period of the first two years and for the remaining five to eight subsequent years is subject to tax at a rate of 10% - 25% (based on the percentage of foreign ownership of the Company).

        The benefit period begins in the year in which taxable income is first earned, limited to 12 years from the year of election.

        If dividends are distributed out of tax exempt profits, the Company will then become liable for tax at the rate applicable to its profits from the Beneficiary enterprise in the year in which the income was earned, as if it had not chosen the alternative track of benefits.

        The dividend recipient is subject to withholding tax at the rate of 15% applicable to dividends from Beneficiary enterprises, if the dividend is distributed during the tax benefits period or within twelve years thereafter. This limitation does not apply to a foreign investors' company. The Company currently has no plans to distribute dividends and intends to retain future earnings to finance the development of its business.

        The above benefits are conditioned upon the fulfillment of the conditions stipulated by the law and regulations published thereunder. In the event of failure to comply with these conditions, the benefits may be canceled and the Company may be required to refund the amount of the benefits, in whole or in part, including interest and linked to changes in the Israeli CPI.

        Management believes that the Company will meet the aforementioned conditions by the year of the elected operations.

        As a result of the amendment, tax-exempt income generated under the provisions of the new law will subject the Company to taxes upon distribution or liquidation and the Company may be required to record a deferred tax liability with respect to such tax-exempt income.

        Through December 31, 2013, the Company had not generated income under the provision of the new law.

        In December 2010, the Israeli Parliament passed the Law for Economic Policy for 2011 and 2012 (Amended Legislation), 2011, which prescribes, among other things, amendments to the Investment Law, effective as of January 1, 2011. According to the amendment, the benefit tracks under the

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

U.S. dollars in thousands (except share and per share data)

NOTE 9:—INCOME TAXES (Continued)

Investment Law were modified and a uniform tax rate will apply to all of the income of an approved or beneficiary enterprise. Companies may elect to irrevocably implement the amendment (while waiving benefits provided under the Investment Law as currently in effect) and subsequently would be subject to the amended tax rates that are: 2011 and 2012—15%, 2013 and 2014—12.5% and in 2015 and thereafter—12%.

        Under the transition provisions of the new legislation, the Company may decide to irrevocably implement the new law while waiving benefits provided under the current law or to remain subject to the current law.

        The Company does not currently intend to implement the amendment, and intends to continue to comply with the Investment Law as in effect prior to enactment of the amendment.

        h.     Tax assessments:

        The Company and its subsidiaries did not have any final tax assessments as of December 31, 2013.

NOTE 10:—FINANCIAL (EXPENSES), NET

 
  Year ended
December 31,
 
 
  2011   2012   2013  

Bank charges

  $ (24 ) $ (28 ) $ (62 )

Income (expenses) related to hedging activity

    (239 )   485     (102 )

Interest expenses

            (262 )

Share based compensation related to warrants granted in connection with credit line

            (273 )

Exchange rate loss

        (24 )   (58 )
               

Total income (expenses)

    (263 )   433     (757 )
               

Interest income

    147     54     154  

Exchange rate gain

    75          
               

    222     54     154  
               

Total financial income

                   

Total financial income (expenses), net

  $ (41 ) $ 487   $ (603 )
               
               

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WIX.COM LTD.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

U.S. dollars in thousands (except share and per share data)

NOTE 11:—BASIC AND DILUTED NET LOSS PER SHARE

 
  Year ended December 31,  
 
  2011   2012   2013  

Numerator:

                   

Net loss

  $ (22,740 ) $ (14,972 ) $ (28,720 )

Dividends accumulated for the period(*)

    (30,091 )   (3,511 )   (2,964 )
               

Net loss available to shareholders of Ordinary shares

  $ (52,831 ) $ (18,483 ) $ (31,684 )
               
               

Denominator:

                   

Shares used in computing net loss per Ordinary shares, basic and diluted

    6,355,428     6,822,720     11,597,826  
               
               

(*)
Includes also consideration received by the Company for the issuance of Series E preferred share for the year ended December 31, 2011.

NOTE 12:—SEGMENTS, CUSTOMERS AND GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION

        a.     The Company applies ASC topic 280, "Segment Reporting", ("ASC No. 280"). The Company operates in one reportable segment. Total revenues are attributed to geographic areas based on the location of the end customer.

        b.     The following tables present total revenues for the years ended December 31, 2011, 2012 and 2013 and long-lived assets as of December 31, 2012 and 2013:

Revenues:

 
  Year ended
December 31,
 
 
  2011   2012   2013  

North America

  $ 16,354   $ 26,280   $ 43,713  

Europe

    4,424     9,073     19,413  

Latin America

    1,561     4,260     8,909  

Asia and others

    2,261     4,063     8,438  
               

  $ 24,600   $ 43,676   $ 80,473  
               
               

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WIX.COM LTD.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

U.S. dollars in thousands (except share and per share data)

NOTE 12:—SEGMENTS, CUSTOMERS AND GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION (Continued)

        Long-lived assets:

 
  December 31,  
 
  2012   2013  

North America

  $ 194   $ 307  

Europe

        12  

Latin America

         

Asia and others

    2,088     3,912  
           

  $ 2,282   $ 4,231  
           
           

NOTE 13:—SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

        In February 2014, the Company acquired all the share capital of Appixia Ltd. for cash consideration of approximately $1.3 million.

        Appixia Ltd. develops a platform for building native mCommerce apps. The acquisition is intended to supports the Company's plans to continue strengthening its technological advantage and the depth of its product offering. The acquisition will be recorded in the Company's financial statements for fiscal year 2014.



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LOGO

Ordinary Shares

                , 2014

J.P. Morgan   BofA Merrill Lynch

   



PART II

INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

Item 6.    Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

        Under the Companies Law, a company may not exculpate an office holder from liability for a breach of the duty of loyalty. An Israeli company may exculpate an office holder in advance from liability to the company, in whole or in part, for damages caused to the company as a result of a breach of duty of care but only if a provision authorizing such exculpation is included in its articles of association. Our articles of association include such a provision. The company may not exculpate a director from liability arising out of a prohibited dividend or distribution to shareholders.

        Under the Companies Law, a company may indemnify an office holder in respect of the following liabilities and expenses incurred for acts performed as an office holder, either in advance of an event or following an event, provided a provision authorizing such indemnification is contained in its articles of association:

        Under the Companies Law and the Israeli Securities Law, a company may insure an office holder against the following liabilities incurred for acts performed as an office holder if and to the extent provided in the company's articles of association:

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        Under the Companies Law, a company may not indemnify, exculpate or insure an office holder against any of the following:

        Under the Companies Law, exculpation, indemnification and insurance of office holders must be approved by the audit committee and the board of directors and, with respect to directors, also by shareholders.

        Our articles of association permit us to exculpate, indemnify and insure our office holders for any liability imposed on them as a consequence of an act (including any omission) which was performed by virtue of being an office holder. Our office holders are currently covered by a directors and officers' liability insurance policy.

        We have entered into agreements with each of our directors and executive officers exculpating them, to the fullest extent permitted by law, from liability to us for damages caused to us as a result of a breach of duty of care, and undertaking to indemnify them to the fullest extent permitted by law. This indemnification is limited to events determined as foreseeable by the board of directors based on our activities, and to an amount or according to criteria determined by the board of directors as reasonable under the circumstances.

        The maximum indemnification amount set forth in such agreements is limited to the higher of (x) 50% of our net assets based on our most recently published financial statements prior to the time that notice of indemnification is provided to us; or (y) $20 million; provided, however, that in relation to indemnification claimed in connection with a public offering of our securities, the amount, if higher, shall be equal to the aggregate proceeds raised by us and/or the selling shareholders. The maximum amount set forth in such agreements is in addition to any amount paid (if paid) under insurance and/or by a third-party pursuant to an indemnification arrangement.

        In the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission, indemnification of directors and office holders for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Act, however, is against public policy and therefore unenforceable.

        There is no pending litigation or proceeding against any of our office holders as to which indemnification is being sought, nor are we aware of any pending or threatened litigation that may result in claims for indemnification by any office holder.

Item 7.    Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities.

        During the past three years, we issued securities which were not registered under the Securities Act as set forth below. We believe that each of such issuances was exempt from registration under the Securities Act in reliance on Section 4(2) of the Securities Act, Rule 701 and/or Regulation S under the Securities Act.

        The following is a summary of transactions during the preceding three fiscal years involving sales of our securities that were not registered under the Securities Act:

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        Since January 1, 2011 through February 28, 2014, we granted (i) directors 122,668 RSUs under our 2013 plan and (ii) options to employees, directors and consultants to purchase 8,993,019 shares under our 2007 and 2013 plans, of which 1,172,940 expired without being exercised. During that period, we issued an aggregate of 1,819,142 ordinary shares pursuant to the vesting of the exercise of share options by our employees, directors and consultants. These issuances were exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act pursuant to Section 4(2) of the Securities act, Rule 701 and/or Regulation S.

        No underwriter or underwriting discount or commission was involved in any of the transactions set forth in Item 7.

Item 8.    Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules.

        All schedules have been omitted because they are not required, are not applicable or the information is otherwise set forth in the Consolidated Financial Statements and related notes thereto.

Item 9.    Undertakings.

        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 described in Item 6 hereof, 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 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 Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

        The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

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SIGNATURES

        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form F-1 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Tel Aviv, Israel on this 20th day of March 2014.

    WIX.COM LTD.

 

 

By:

 

/s/ AVISHAI ABRAHAMI

        Name:   Avishai Abrahami
        Title:   Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board


POWER OF ATTORNEY

        KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Avishai Abrahami, Lior Shemesh or Nir Zohar, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power to act separately and full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement and all additional registration statements pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all other documents in connection therewith, with the SEC, granting unto each said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or either of them or his or her or their substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons on March 20, 2014 in the capacities indicated:

Signatures
 
Title

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
/s/ AVISHAI ABRAHAMI

Avishai Abrahami
  Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board (Principal Executive Officer)

/s/ LIOR SHEMESH

Lior Shemesh

 

Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)

/s/ BETSY ATKINS

Betsy Atkins

 

Director

/s/ YUVAL COHEN

Yuval Cohen

 

Director

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Signatures
 
Title

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ MICHAEL EISENBERG

Michael Eisenberg

 

Director

/s/ ADAM FISHER

Adam Fisher

 

Director

/s/ RON GUTLER

Ron Gutler

 

Director

/s/ JEFF HORING

Jeff Horing

 

Director

/s/ GIORA KAPLAN

Giora Kaplan

 

Director

/s/ ROY SAAR

Roy Saar

 

Director

/s/ MARK TLUSZCZ

Mark Tluszcz

 

Director

WIX.COM, INC.

 

Authorized Representative in the United States

By:

 

/s/ NIR ZOHAR


 

 
    Name:   Nir Zohar    
    Title:   Director    

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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit
No.
  Description
  1.1   Form of Underwriting Agreement by and among Wix.com Ltd., the selling shareholders and the underwriters named therein*

 

3.1

 

Articles of Association of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1.1 to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2013, filed with the SEC on March 20, 2014)

 

4.1

 

Specimen share certificate(2)

 

5.1

 

Opinion of Naschitz, Brandes & Co., Advocates, Israeli counsel to the Registrant, as to the validity of the ordinary shares (including consent)*

 

10.1

 

Shareholders Agreement, dated October 22, 2013 by and among the Registrant and the other parties thereto(2)

 

10.2

 

Form of Indemnification Agreement(2)

 

10.3

 

2007 Employee Share Option Plan(1)

 

10.4

 

2013 Incentive Compensation Plan(2)

 

10.5

 

Hostway Managed Server Service Agreement, by and between Hostway Services, Inc. and the Registrant, dated September 1, 2013a(1)

 

10.6

 

Wix.com Ltd. 2013 Employee Stock Purchase Plan(2)

 

21.1

 

List of subsidiaries of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 8.1 to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2013, filed with the SEC on March 20, 2014).

 

23.1

 

Consent of Kost, Forer, Gabbay and Kasierer, a member of Ernst & Young Global, an independent registered public accounting firm

 

23.2

 

Consent of Naschitz, Brandes & Co., Advocates (included in Exhibit 5.1)*

 

24.1

 

Power of Attorney (included in signature page to Registration Statement)

 

101.INS

 

XBRL Document

 

101.SCH

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document

 

101.CAL

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document

 

101.DEF

 

XBRL Taxonomy Definition Linkbase Document

 

101.LAB

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document

 

101.PRE

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document

*
To be filed by amendment.

a
Confidential treatment has been requested for portions of this document. The omitted portions of this document have been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

(1)
Previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 1, 2013 pursuant to a registration statement on Form F-1 (File No. 333-191508) and incorporated by reference herein.

(2)
Previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 23, 2013 pursuant to a registration statement on Form F-1 (File No. 333-191508) and incorporated by reference herein.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
SUMMARY
THE OFFERING
SUMMARY CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL AND OTHER DATA
RISK FACTORS
SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
MARKET PRICE OF OUR ORDINARY SHARES
USE OF PROCEEDS
DIVIDEND POLICY
CAPITALIZATION
DILUTION
SELECTED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL AND OTHER DATA
MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
Premium Subscriptions From First Quarter 2010 User Cohort
Premium Subscriptions in Fourth Quarter 2013 by User Registration Date
BUSINESS
MANAGEMENT
PRINCIPAL AND SELLING SHAREHOLDERS
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
DESCRIPTION OF SHARE CAPITAL
SHARES ELIGIBLE FOR FUTURE SALE
TAXATION AND GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS
UNDERWRITING
EXPENSES RELATED TO THIS OFFERING
LEGAL MATTERS
EXPERTS
ENFORCEABILITY OF CIVIL LIABILITIES
WHERE YOU CAN FIND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
WIX.COM LTD. INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm To the Board of Directors and Shareholders of WIX.COM LTD. (FORMERLY: WIXPRESS LTD.)
WIX.COM LTD. CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS U.S. dollars in thousands
WIX.COM LTD. CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE LOSS U.S. dollars in thousands (except per share data)
WIX.COM LTD. CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS U.S. dollars in thousands
WIX.COM LTD. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS U.S. dollars in thousands (except share and per share data)
PART II
SIGNATURES
POWER OF ATTORNEY
EXHIBIT INDEX