As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 26, 2019
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM 20-F
ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018
Commission File No.: 001-8610
SAFE-T GROUP LTD.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Translation of registrant’s name into English: Not applicable
Shachar Daniel
Chief Executive Officer
+972-9-8666110
Shachar.daniel@safe-t.com
8 Abba Eban Ave.
4672526, Israel
(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:
Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None
Securities for which there is a reporting obligation pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Act: None
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.
81,355,693 Ordinary Shares, no par value, as of December 31, 2018.
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 Exchange Act of 1934.
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act 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 every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months.
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.
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. ☐
†The term “new or revised financial accounting standard” refers to any update issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board to its Accounting Standards Codification after April 5, 2012.
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.
Yes ☐ No ☒
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We develop and market software solutions that address multiple aspects of the data protection information security and cybersecurity markets. Our patented solutions secure our customers’ data, services and networks from internal and external threats, such as unauthorized access to data, services and networks, as well as data-related threats that include data exfiltration, leakage, malware, ransomware and fraud. We believe that our innovative products are the first solution that controls, in one integrated package, the entire data access lifecycle, allowing our customers to avoid the integration complexities of multiple products. In addition, we believe that our products create strong perimeter security as a result of our patented Reverse-Access technology. In April 2018, we received the 2018 Fortress Cyber Security Award for Compliance and Authentication & Identity and were finalists in the 2018 Cyber Defense Magazine Infosec Awards. Reverse-Access is an innovative and unique technology providing for “reverse movement” of communication, and is designed to reduce the need to store sensitive data in the demilitarized zone (unfirewalled), or DMZ, and to open ports in the organizations’ firewall, thus enabling secure access to networks and services.
Our flagship product called Software Defined Access is a patented multi-layered solution that integrates our upgraded and comprehensive Software Defined Perimeter, or SDP, solution. We believe that our SDP solution is superior to other available products in the market, as it controls the entire application access lifecycle by combining SDP, a new architecture and technology that allows secure access to published applications, and our secure data exchange software that securely controls the usage and exchange of data among multiple users, devices, and location. The SDP architecture essentially hides published services and applications from unauthorized parties. According to Markets and Markets Research Private Ltd., the combined markets for secure data access and secure data exchange have been reported to have generated revenues in excess of $4 billion in 2017.
We were incorporated under the laws of the State of Israel in December 1989. From June 2011 until June 2016, we were a “shell corporation” and did not have any business activity, excluding administrative management. On June 15, 2016, we closed a merger transaction, or the Merger Transaction, with Safe-T Data A.R Ltd., or the Subsidiary, whereby we acquired 100% of the share capital of the Subsidiary. Since the date of the Merger Transaction, we have devoted substantially all of our financial resources to develop and commercialize our products. Our Ordinary Shares, or Ordinary Shares, are listed on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, or TASE, under the symbol “SAFE.” On August 17, 2018, our American Depositary Shares, or ADSs, each representing 40 of our Ordinary Shares, commenced trading on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol “SFET.”