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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 20-F

☐ REGISTRATION STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR 12(g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

OR

☒ ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 31,2024

OR

☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

OR

☐ SHELL COMPANY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of event requiring this shell company report ___________

For the transition period from _____ to _____

Commission File No.000-51694

Perion Network Ltd.

(Exact Name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

N/A

(Translation of Registrant’s name into English)

Israel

(Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

2 Leonardo Da Vinci Street

Tel Aviv, Israel 6473309

(Address of principal executive offices)

Elad Tzubery

Chief Financial Officer

Tel: +972-73-3981000

Fax: +972-3-603-1585

2 Leonardo Da Vinci Street

Tel Aviv, Israel 6473309

(Name, Telephone, E-mail and/or Facsimile Number and Address of Company Contact Person)

Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act.

Title of Each ClassTrading Symbol(s)Name of Each Exchange on which Registered
Ordinary shares, par value NIS 0.03 per sharePERINasdaq Global Select Market

Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act.

None

(Title of Class)

Securities for which there is a reporting obligation pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Act.

None

(Title of Class)

Indicate the number of outstanding shares of each of the issuer’s classes of capital or common stock as of the close of the period covered by the Annual Report.

As of December 31, 2024, the Registrant had outstanding 44,825,053 ordinary shares, par value NIS 0.03 per share (excluding treasury shares).

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.

Yes ☐No ☒

If this report is an annual or transition report, indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

Yes ☐No ☒

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.

Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).

Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or an emerging growth company. See definition of “large accelerated filer, “accelerated filer,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer ☐Accelerated filer ☒Non-accelerated filer ☐
Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company that prepares its financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report.☒

If securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of the registrant included in the filing reflect the correction of an error to previously issued financial statements.☒

Indicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive-based compensation received by any of the registrant’s executive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to §240.10D-1(b).☐

Indicate by check mark which basis of accounting the registrant has used to prepare the financial statements included in this filing:

U.S. GAAP ☒International Financial Reporting Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board ☐Other ☐

If “Other” has been checked in response to the previous question, indicate by check mark which financial statement item the registrant has elected to follow.

Item 17 ☐ Item 18 ☐

If this is an annual report, indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act):

Yes ☐ No☒

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page
Introduction5
Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward Looking Statements5
Presentation of Financial and Other Information
PART I8
Item 1. Identity of Directors, Senior Management and Advisers8
Item 2. Offer Statistics and Expected Timetable8
Item 3. Key Information8
A. Selected Financial Data8
B. Capitalization and Indebtedness8
C. Reasons for the Offer and Use of Proceeds8
D. Risk Factors8
Item 4. Information on the Company38
A. History and Development of the Company38
B. Business Overview39
C. Organizational Structure50
D. Property, Plants and Equipment51
Item 4A. Unresolved Staff Comments51
Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects51
A. Operating Results51
B. Liquidity And Capital Resources54
C. Research, Development, Patents and Licenses, Etc.55
D. Trend Information56
E. Critical Accounting Estimates57
Item 6. Directors, Senior Management and Employees59
A. Directors and Senior Management59
B. Compensation61
C. Board Practices64
D. Employees67
E. Share Ownership68
F. Disclosure of a Registrant’s Action to Recover Erroneously Awarded Compensation69
Item 7. Major Shareholders and Related Party Transactions69
A. Major Shareholders69
B. Related Party Transactions71
C. Interests of Experts and Counsel71
Item 8. Financial Information71
A. Consolidated Statements and Other Financial Information71
B. Significant Changes72
Item 9. The Offer and Listing72
A. Offer and Listing Details72
B. Plan of Distribution72
C. Markets72
D. Selling Shareholders72
E. Dilution72
F. Expenses of the Issue72
Item 10. Additional Information72
A. Share Capital72
B. Memorandum and Articles of Association72
C. Material Contracts72
D. Exchange Controls73
E. Taxation73
F. Dividends and Paying Agents81
G. Statement by Experts81
H. Documents on Display81
I. Subsidiary Information81
Item 11. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk81
Item 12. Description of Securities Other than Equity Securities82
PART II82
Item 13. Defaults, Dividend Arrearages and Delinquencies82
Item 14. Material Modifications to the Rights of Security Holders and Use of Proceeds82
Item 15. Controls and Procedures82
Item 16. Reserved83
Item 16A. Audit Committee Financial Expert83
Item 16B. Code of Ethics83
Item 16C. Principal Accountant Fees and Services83
Item 16D. Exemptions from the Listing Standards for Audit Committees83
Item 16E. Purchases of Equity Securities by the Issuer and Affiliated Purchasers84
Item 16F. Change in Registrant’s Certifying Accountant84
Item 16G. Corporate Governance84
Item 16H. Mine Safety Disclosure85
Item 16I. Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspection85
Item 16J. Insider Trading Policies85
Item 16K. Cybersecurity85
PART III86
Item 17. Financial Statements86
Item 18. Financial Statements86
Item 19. Exhibits87
Signatures88
IndexF-1
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