UNITED STATES

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PLURI INC.

NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

To Be Held On June 25, 2024

You are hereby notified that the annual meeting of shareholders of Pluri Inc., or the Company, will be held on June 25, 2024 at 5:00 p.m. local time, at our offices, Matam Advanced Technology Park Building No. 5, Haifa, Israel, 3508409. However, we are actively monitoring developments with regard to the war happening in Israel, and it is possible that the annual meeting may be held solely by means of remote communication. In the event it is not possible or advisable to hold our annual meeting in person, we will announce alternative arrangements for the meeting as promptly as practicable. We intend to hold the annual meeting for the following purposes:

  1. To elect five directors to serve until the next annual meeting of shareholders and until their respective successors shall have been duly elected and qualified;
  2. To ratify the selection of Kesselman & Kesselman, Certified Public Accountants (Isr.), a member firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers International Limited, as independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024; and
  3. To consider and act upon such other business as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof.

All shareholders are cordially invited to attend the annual meeting. If your shares are registered in your name, please bring the admission ticket attached to your proxy card. If your shares are registered in the name of a broker, trust, bank or other nominee, you will need to bring a proxy or a letter from that broker, trust, bank or other nominee or your most recent brokerage account statement, that confirms that you are the beneficial owner of those shares. If you do not have either an admission ticket or proof that you own shares of the Company, you will not be admitted to the meeting.

The Board of Directors has fixed the close of business on May 1, 2024, as the record date for the meeting. Only shareholders on the record date are entitled to notice of and to vote at the meeting and at any adjournment or postponement thereof.

Your vote is important regardless of the number of shares you own. The Company requests that you vote by internet or telephone, or complete, sign and date a proxy card, which you may obtain upon request, without delay, even if you now plan to attend the annual meeting. You may revoke your proxy at any time prior to its exercise by delivering written notice or another duly executed proxy bearing a later date to the Secretary of the Company, or by attending the annual meeting and voting in person.

INTERNET AVAILABILITY OF PROXY MATERIALS

Securities and Exchange Commission rules allow us to furnish proxy materials to our shareholders over the internet. You can access proxy materials and authorize a proxy to vote your shares at http://www.astproxyportal.com/ast/27840.

You may vote via the internet at www.voteproxy.com with American Stock Transfer and you may vote via the telephone at 1-800-PROXIES(1-800-776-9437) in the United States or 1-201-299-4446 from foreign countries and follow the instructions. You may also authorize a proxy to vote your shares over the internet. In order to vote over the internet or by telephone you must have your shareholder identification number, which is set forth in the Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials mailed to you. You may also request a paper proxy card to submit your vote by mail.

By order of the Board of Directors,

/s/ Yaky Yanay

Yaky Yanay, Chief Executive Officer and

President

May 1, 2024

IMPORTANT: In order to secure a quorum and to avoid the expense of additional proxy solicitation, please either vote by internet or sign, date and return your proxy promptly in the enclosed envelope even if you plan to attend the meeting personally. Your cooperation is greatly appreciated.

PLURI INC.

Matam Advanced Technology Park

Building No. 5

Haifa, Israel, 3508409

PROXY STATEMENT

INTRODUCTION

This proxy statement and the accompanying proxy are made available by Pluri Inc., or the Company, to the holders of record of the Company's outstanding common shares, $0.00001 par value per share, or the Common Shares, commencing on or about May 1, 2024. The accompanying proxy is being solicited by the Board of Directors of the Company, or the Board, for use at the annual meeting of shareholders of the Company, or the Meeting, to be held on June 25, 2024 at 5:00 p.m. local time, at our offices, Matam Advanced Technology Park Building No. 5, Haifa, Israel, 3508409 and at any adjournment or postponement thereof. However, we are actively monitoring developments with regard to the war happening in Israel, and it is possible that the Meeting may be held solely by means of remote communication. In the event it is not possible or advisable to hold our Meeting in person, we will announce alternative arrangements for the meeting as promptly as practicable. The cost of solicitation of proxies will be borne by the Company. Directors, officers and employees of the Company may assist in the solicitation of proxies by mail, telephone, telefax, in person or otherwise, without additional compensation. Brokers, custodians and fiduciaries will be requested to forward proxy soliciting materials to the owners of share held in their names and the Company will reimburse them for their reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with the distribution of such proxy materials.

The Board has fixed May 1, 2024, as the record date for the Meeting. Only shareholders of record on May 1, 2024, or the Record Date, are entitled to notice of and to vote at the Meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof. On May 1, 2024, there were 5,388,792 issued and outstanding Common Shares. Each Common Share is entitled to one vote per share.

The Company's Bylaws provide that a quorum shall consist of the holders of at least thirty-three and one third percent (33 1/3%) of the stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy at the Meeting. If such quorum shall not be present or represented, the shareholders entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall have the power to adjourn the Meeting, without notice other than announcement at the Meeting, until a quorum shall be present or represented. Abstentions may be specified on all proposals. Abstentions will be counted as present for purposes of determining a quorum and will be counted as not voting on the proposal in question. Submitted proxies which are left blank will also be counted as present for purposes of determining a quorum, but are not counted for purposes of determining whether a proposal has been approved in matters where the proxy does not confer the authority to vote on such proposal, and thus have no effect on its outcome. The affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the Common Shares having voting power present in person or represented by proxy shall be sufficient for the election of each of the director nominees and for the ratification of the selection of Kesselman & Kesselman, Certified Public Accountants (Isr.), a member firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers International Limited, as independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024.

All Common Shares represented in person or by valid proxies received by the Company prior to the date of, or at, the Meeting, and not revoked, will be voted as specified in the proxies or voting instructions.

Broker non-votes occur when a beneficial owner of shares held in "street name" does not give instructions to the broker or nominee holding the shares as to how to vote on matters deemed "non-routine." Generally, if shares are held in street name, the beneficial owner of the shares is entitled to give voting instructions to the broker or nominee holding the shares.

If the beneficial owner does not provide voting instructions, the broker or nominee can still vote the shares with respect to matters that are considered to be "routine", but not with respect to "non-routine" matters. In the event that a broker, bank, or other agent indicates on a proxy that it does not have discretionary authority to vote certain shares on a non-routine proposal, then those shares will be treated as broker non-votes. Proposal No. 1 is a non-routine proposal; therefore, your broker, bank or other agent is not entitled to vote your shares on Proposal No. 1 without your instructions. Broker non-votes will be counted as present for purposes of determining a quorum and will be counted as not voting on the non-routine proposals in question. Other than for the purpose of establishing a quorum, broker non-votes will not be counted as having voting power and will therefore not affect the outcome of Proposal No. 1 (as noted above, because Proposal No. 2 is considered routine, there will not be broker non-votes with respect to that proposal).

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Any shareholder who has submitted a proxy may revoke it at any time before it is voted, by written notice addressed to and received by our Secretary, by submitting a duly executed proxy bearing a later date or by electing to vote in person at the Meeting. The mere presence at the Meeting of the shareholder appointing a proxy does not, however, revoke the appointment.

Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials

In accordance with rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC, instead of mailing a printed copy of our proxy materials, which consist of this proxy statement, proxy card, notice of annual meeting, and our annual report to shareholders for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2023, or Fiscal Year 2023, respectively, to each shareholder of record, we may furnish proxy materials via the internet. Accordingly, all of our shareholders of record as of the Record Date will receive a notice of internet availability of proxy materials. The notice of internet availability of proxy materials will be mailed on or about May 9, 2024.

On the date of mailing the Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials, shareholders will be able to access all of the proxy materials at http://www.astproxyportal.com/ast/27840. The proxy materials will be available free of charge. The Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials will instruct you as to how you may access and review all of the important information contained in the proxy materials over the internet. The Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials contains instructions as to how to vote by internet or by telephone. The Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials also instructs you as to how you may request a paper or email copy of the proxy card. If you received a Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials and would like to receive printed copies of the proxy materials, you should follow the instructions for requesting such materials included in the Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials.

IMPORTANT: If your shares are held in the name of a brokerage firm, bank, nominee or other institution, you should provide instructions to your broker, bank, nominee or other institution on how to vote your shares. Please contact the person responsible for your account and give instructions for a proxy to be completed for your shares.

Our website address is included several times in this proxy statement as a textual reference only and the information presented on our website is not incorporated by reference into this proxy statement.

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PROPOSAL NO. 1 - ELECTION OF DIRECTORS

At the Meeting, five directors are to be elected, which number shall constitute our entire Board, to hold office until the next annual meeting of shareholders and until their successors shall have been duly elected and qualified. Unless otherwise specified in the proxy, it is the intention of the persons named in the enclosed form of proxy to vote the share represented thereby for the election as directors, each of the nominees whose names and biographies appear below. All of the nominees whose names and biographies appear below are presently our directors. In the event any of the nominees should become unavailable or unable to serve as a director, it is intended that votes will be cast for a substitute nominee designated by the Board. The Board has no reason to believe that the nominees named will be unable to serve if elected. Each nominee has consented to being named in this proxy statement and to serve if elected. Mr. Lorne Abony has requested that he not be re-nominated as a director nominee, and such decision was not due to any disagreement on any matter relating to the Company's operations, policies or practices.

Principal Employment and Experience of Director Nominees and Executive Officers

The following information is furnished with respect to our executive officers and the persons nominated for election as directors. All of the director nominees are current members of our Board.

Name

Age

Present Principal Employer and Prior Business Experience

Zami Aberman

70

Mr. Aberman joined the Company in September 2005 and has served as our Chairman since January 2022, as Executive

Chairman from June 2019 until December 2021, as our Co-Chief Executive Officer from March 2017 until June 2019, as our

Chief Executive Officer from November 2005 until March 2017, and as President of the Company from September 2005

until February 2014. When he joined the Company, he changed the Company's strategy towards cellular therapeutics. Mr.

Aberman's vision to use the maternal section of the placenta (Decidua) as a source for cell therapy, combined with the

Company's 3D culturing technology, led to the development of our products. Since November 2005, Mr. Aberman has

served as a director of the Company, and since April 2006, as Chairman of the Board. He has 40 years of experience in

marketing and management in the high technology industry. Mr. Aberman has held the Chief Executive Officer and

Chairman positions of various companies located in Israel, the United States, Europe, Japan and Korea.

Mr. Aberman has operated within high-tech global companies in the fields of automatic optical inspection, network security,

video over IP, software, chip design and robotics. He serves as the chairman of Rose Hitech Ltd., a private investment

company. He previously served as the chairman of VLScom Ltd., a private company specializing in video compression for

HDTV and video over IP and as a director of Ori Software Ltd., a company involved in data management. Prior to holding

those positions, Mr. Aberman served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Elbit Vision System Ltd. (EVSNF.OB),

now part of the USTER Group, a company engaged in automatic optical inspection. Before joining the Company, Mr.

Aberman served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Netect Ltd., a company specializing in the field of internet

security software and was the co-founder, President and Chief Executive Officer of Associative Computing Ltd., which

developed an associative parallel processor for real-time video processing. He also served as Chairman of Display Inspection

Systems Inc., specializing in laser-based inspection machines and as President and Chief Executive Officer of Robomatix

Technologies Ltd.

In 1992, Mr. Aberman was awarded the Rothschild Prize for excellence in his field from the President of the State of Israel.

Mr. Aberman holds a B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from Ben Gurion University in Israel.

We believe that Mr. Aberman's qualifications to sit on our Board include his unique multidisciplinary innovative approach,

years of experience in the financial markets in Israel and globally, as well as his experience in serving as the Chief Executive

Officer of publicly traded entities.

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Yaky Yanay

53

Mr. Yanay became a director of the Company in February 2015. He has served as our President from February 2014 and as

our Chief Executive Officer, or CEO, from June 2019, previously serving as Co-CEO from March 2017. Mr. Yanay has

served in variety of executive positions in Pluri since 2006 including as our Chief Financial Officer, or CFO, from

November 2006 until February 2014 and from February 2015 until March 2017. He also served as our Chief Operating

Officer from February 2014 until March 2017. From November 2006 to February 2014, he served as our Secretary and

served as our Executive Vice President from March 2013 until February 2014. From 2015 to 2018, Mr. Yanay served as the

Co-Chairman of Israel Advanced Technology Industries (IATI), the largest umbrella organization representing Israel's high

tech and life science industries and since August 2012 has continually served as a Director of IATI, representing Israel's life sciences industry. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Yanay founded and served as Chairman of "The Israeli Life Science Forum" and also served as the Chief Financial Officer of Elbit Vision Systems Ltd., a public company. In addition, from July 2010 to April 2018, he served on the Board of Directors of Elbit Vision Systems Ltd. Prior to these positions, Mr. Yanay served as manager of audit groups of the technology sector at Ernst & Young Israel. Since 2022, Mr. Yanay has also served as the Chairman of Ever After Foods Ltd., a subsidiary of Pluri and Tnuva Food Industries - Agricultural Cooperative in Israel Ltd., or Ever After Foods, dedicated to developing novel cultivated food solutions.

Mr. Yanay holds a bachelor's degree with honors in business administration and accounting from the College of Management Academic Studies of Rishon LeZion, Israel, and is a Certified Public Accountant in Israel.

We believe that Mr. Yanay's qualifications to sit on our Board include his years of experience in the medical technology industry, his vast skill and expertise in accounting and economics, as well as his knowledge and familiarity with corporate finance.

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Chen Franco-

40

Ms. Franco-Yehuda was appointed as CFO, Treasurer, and Secretary of Pluri, effective in March 2019. She is responsible for

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managing financial and corporate strategy, and is also in charge of the finance, IT, investor relations, PR and legal

departments. Prior to being appointed as our CFO, Ms. Franco-Yehuda served as the Company's Head of Accounting and

Financial Reporting since July 2016 and, prior to that, the Company's Controller since May 2013. Before joining the

Company, from October 2008 to April 2013, Ms. Franco-Yehuda served as a manager of audit groups relating to public and

private companies in various industries at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and also as a lecturer of accounting classes at the

Open University of Israel from 2009 to 2014. Ms. Franco-Yehuda has also served as a member of the board of directors of

Brenmiller Energy Ltd. (Nasdaq: BNRG) since August 2022 and a director of Ever After Foods since February 2022.

Ms. Franco-Yehuda holds a bachelor's degree with honors in economics and accounting from Haifa University, Israel, and is

a certified public accountant in Israel.

Doron Birger*

72

Mr. Birger became a director of the Company in July 2021. Mr. Birger served as the chairman of the board of directors of

Sight Diagnostic Ltd. from June 2014 until February 2024 and as interim CEO from July 2022 until March 2024, as

chairman of the board of directors of Nurami Medical Ltd., or Nurami, from April 2016 to March 2022, and is currently a

director of Nurami, Ultrasight Medical Imaging Ltd. from June 2019, Intelicanna Ltd. (TASE: INTL) from April 2021 until

April 2022, Matricelf Ltd. (TASE:MTLF ) from December 2020, Galooli from September 21 and as a director of IceCure

Medical Ltd. (TASE: ICCM) since August 2012, Vibrant Ltd. from December 2014 until March 2023, Hera Med Ltd. (ASX:

HMD) from November 2019 until March 2024, Citrine Global (OTC: CTGL) from March 2020 until January 2024,

Kadimastem Ltd. (TASE: KDST) from December 2020 until December 2023, VVT Medical since February 2024 and Netiv Ha'or, a subsidiary of the Israel Electric Corporation Ltd., from March 2020 until March 2023, and as chairman and director in a variety of non-profit organizations. Prior to that, Mr. Birger has served as member of the board of directors of MCS Medical Compression Systems (DBN) Ltd. (TASE:MDCL) from March 2015 to May 2018, Mekorot National Water Company Ltd. from November 2015 to November 2018, and chairman of the board of directors of Insulin Medical Ltd. (TASE: INSL) from March 2016 to August 2017, IOPtima Ltd. from June 2012 to June 2019, MST Medical Surgical Technologies Ltd. from August 2009 to June 2019, Highcon Ltd. From November 2014 to January 2018, Magisto Ltd. from September 2009 to July 2019, Real Imaging Ltd. from November 2018 to April 2019 and Medigus Ltd. (Nasdaq and TASE: MDGS) from May 2015 to September 2018. Mr. Birger holds a BA and MA in economics from the Hebrew University, Israel.

We believe that Mr. Birger's qualifications to sit on our Board include his extensive experience in the high-tech sector and life-science industry, his experience serving as Chairman, CEO and a director of public companies, his vast skill and expertise in accounting and economics as well as his knowledge and familiarity with corporate finance.

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Rami Levi*

62

Mr. Levi became a director of the Company in June 2021. Mr. Levi is the Founder and President of Catalyst Group

International, LLC where, since 2009, he has provided consulting services relating to strategic planning to notable clients in

the private and public sectors. From 2004 to 2006, he served as Senior Deputy General and Head of Marketing

Administration at Israel's Ministry of Tourism. He holds an MA with Honors in Political Science from The Hebrew

University of Jerusalem.

We believe that Mr. Levi's qualifications to sit on our Board include his experience in strategic planning, business

development and activities in the government sector.

Maital Shemesh-

54

Ms. Shemesh-Rasmussen became a director of the Company in January 2021. Ms. Shemesh-Rasmussen served as the Chief

Rasmussen*

Commercial Officer of Octave Bioscience, Inc. between 2021 and 2024. Prior to this role, Ms. Shemesh-Rasmussen served

as the Global Head of Marketing at Roche Diagnostics Information Solutions between 2018 and 2020. Between 2016 and

2018, she was a consultant to Fitango Health, Inc. where she focused on marketing and business development. Between 2013 and 2016, she led Product Marketing at the Oracle Health Sciences Global Business Unit, as well as Marketing and Business Development in the Oracle Digital Health Innovation Unit. Prior to these positions, Ms. Shemesh-Rasmussen was the founder and president of Rasmussen Communication, Inc. In addition, Ms. Shemesh-Rasmussen served as Vice President at JPMorgan Chase Bank from 2002 until 2007. Ms. Shemesh-Rasmussen holds a BA in Behavioral Sciences from Ben Gurion University.

We believe that Ms. Shemesh-Rasmussen's qualifications to sit on our Board include her experience in marketing for pharmaceutical companies, science, business development and investment banking.

  • The Board determined that this director or nominee is "independent" as defined by the rules of the SEC and Nasdaq rules and regulations. None of the independent directors has any relationship with us besides serving on our Board.

There are no family relationships between any of the director nominees or executive officers named in this proxy statement.

Required Vote

The affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the Common Shares having voting power present in person or represented by proxy shall be sufficient for the election of each of the director nominees.

The Board recommends a vote "FOR" the election of each of the director nominees named above.

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PROPOSAL NO. 2 - RATIFICATION OF THE SELECTION OF KESSELMAN & KESSELMAN,

CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS (ISR.), A MEMBER FIRM OF PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS

INTERNATIONAL LIMITED, AS INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM OF

THE COMPANY FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2024.

Our Audit Committee has selected Kesselman & Kesselman, Certified Public Accountants (Isr.), a member firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers International Limited, as our independent registered public accounting firm, or the Independent Auditors, for the current fiscal year, subject to ratification by our stockholders at the Meeting. We do not expect to have a representative of the Independent Auditors attend the Meeting.

Neither our by-laws, our other governing documents, nor other law requires shareholder ratification of the selection of the Independent Auditors as our independent registered public accounting firm. However, the Audit Committee is submitting the selection of the Independent Auditors to the shareholders for ratification as a matter of good corporate practice. If the shareholders fail to ratify the selection, the Audit Committee will reconsider whether or not to retain the Independent Auditors. Even if the selection is ratified, the Audit Committee in its discretion may decide to appoint a different independent registered public accounting firm at any time during the year if the Audit Committee determines that such a change would be in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders.

Required Vote

The affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the Common Stock having voting power present in person or represented by proxy shall be sufficient for the ratification of the selection of Kesselman & Kesselman, Certified Public Accountants (Isr.), a member firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers International Limited, as independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024.

The Board recommends a vote "FOR" the ratification of the selection of Kesselman & Kesselman, Certified Public Accountants (Isr.), a member firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers International Limited, as independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024.

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