Exhibit 10.2
Agreement
Drawn up and signed in
Tel Aviv on July 10, 2007
– Between –
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Ampal Industries Inc.
An American company registered in the State of Delaware,
Represented by its authorized signatories, Xx Xxxx Xxxx and Mr. Yoram Firon
Whose address is x/x Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxx, 000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx
Fax: 000000000
(Hereinafter: "the Seller") |
As party of the first part;
– And –
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Phoenix
Holdings Ltd.
(Corporation Number 520017450)
Of 00 Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx
Fax: 00-0000000
Represented by its authorized signatories, Messrs Yaheli Shefi and Xxxx Xxxxxxx
(Hereinafter: "the Phoenix"). |
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Golden
Meybar (2007) Ltd
(Corporation Number 513991380)
Of 00 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx
Fax: 00-0000000
Represented by its authorized signatories, Xxxxxxx
Meyuchas and Xxxxxx Bar
(Hereinafter: "Golden")
(The Phoenix and Golden, jointly and severally, hereinafter: "the Buyer";
and each thereof "the Individuals of the Buyer"). |
As party of the second part;
(Hereinafter:
“the Parties”);
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The
Seller declares and undertakes vis-à-vis the Buyer that: |
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A. |
It
is the sole owner and holder of 100% of the shares of Am-Hal Ltd (“the
Company” as defined in this Agreement hereunder), all indirectly by
means of subsidiaries that are wholly owned by the Seller, distributed as
detailed in this Agreement hereunder; and that |
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B. |
The
Seller, by means of the companies in the group, as defined hereunder,
operates the sheltered housing facility known as Ad 120 – Rishon
Lezion (hereinafter: “the Rishon Lezion Facility”) and that it
is a partner in the Hod Hasharon Partnership that operates the sheltered
housing facility known as Ad 120 – Hod Hasharon (hereinafter: “the
Hod Hasharon Facility”) and that it is a partner in the Ramat Hahayal
Partnership, which is the developer for the construction of the sheltered
housing facility known as Ad 120 – Ramat Hahayal (hereinafter: “the
Ramat Hahayal Facility”). |
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The
Buyer is interested in purchasing from the Seller all of the latter’s holdings in
the Company and in receiving the transfer of the capital note, all against payment of the
consideration that will be paid to the Seller and subject to the remaining terms and
provisions detailed hereunder in this Agreement; |
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The
Seller is interested in selling all of its holdings to the Buyer and in transferring the
capital note to the Buyer subject to receipt of the consideration from the Buyer and
subject to the remaining terms and provisions detailed hereunder in this Agreement; |
It has therefore been
declared, stipulated and agreed between the parties as follows:
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Preamble,
Appendix and Interpretation |
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1.1. |
The
Preamble of this Agreement and any Appendix appended thereto constitute an
inseparable part thereof. |
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1.2. |
The
section headings are for purposes of convenience only, and neither they nor
the drafts that have been exchanged between the Parties shall have any
weight in the interpretation of this Agreement. According to the context
of the matter, any statement made in the singular shall also be construed
as pertaining to the plural and vice versa; and any statement made in the
masculine gender shall also be construed as pertaining to the feminine
gender and vice versa. |
In
this Agreement the following terms shall have the meanings appearing alongside them:
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2.1. |
Phoenix Option - |
as defined in Section 4.2.2 hereunder. |
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2.2. |
Ampal 1966 - |
Ampal Protected Housing (1966) Ltd (Private Company 510467640). |
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Ampal 1994 - |
Ampal Protected Housing (1994) Ltd (Private Company 512072430). |
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Ampal 1998 - |
Ampal Protected Housing (1998) Ltd (Private Company 512663675). |
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2.5. |
Ampal Israel - |
Ampal Israel Ltd (Public Company 520026220) |
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Ampal Development - |
Ampal Development (Israel) Ltd (Public Company 520002387) |
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2.7. |
Bank Hapoalim's Authorization - |
Authorization from Bank Hapoalim to transfer control of the Company to the Buyer |
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2.8. |
Bank Hapoalim - |
Bank Hapoalim Ltd |
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2.9. |
The Law - |
Israeli law or US law respectively, as applicable and in accordance with the context. |
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2.10. |
This Agreement - |
This Agreement, including all the appendixes hereto |
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2.11. |
The Company - |
Am-Hal Ltd (Private Company 511343717). |
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2.12. |
The Israel Corporation - |
The Israel Corporation Ltd (Public Company 520028010). |
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2.13. |
The Determining Date - |
The date on which all the suspending conditions have been met, as stated in Section 3 hereunder. |
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2.14. |
The Sold Shares - |
25,200 ordinary shares of Ampal 1994, par value NIS 1 each,
constituting 100% of the registered, issued and paid-up
share capital of Ampal 1994, and 35,700 ordinary shares of
Ampal 1998, par value NIS 1 each, constituting 100% of the
registered, issued and paid-up share capital of Ampal 1998.
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2.15. |
The Land in Hod Hasharon - |
the land in Hod Hasharon known as Xxxxx 0000, Xxxxxx 357, on which the Hod Hasharon Facility is located. |
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The Land in Rishon Lezion - |
The land in Rishon Lezion known as Xxxxx 0000, Xxxxxx 600, on which the Rishon Lezion Facility is located. |
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The Land in Ramat Hahayal - |
the land in Ramat Hahayal, Tel Aviv, known as Xxxxx 0000, Xxxxxx 60, on which the Ramat Hahayal Facility is located. |
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2.18. |
The Partner Parties or
The Partner Party - |
As applicable, (1) Pertaining to the Hod Hasharon
Partnership and to the Hod Hasharon General Partner - the
Partner Parties, Pardes Margalit Ltd ("Pardes Margalit")
and Xxxxxx X. Angel Ltd ("Angel"), who are the shareholders
in the General Partner - Hod Hasharon and which are also
limited partners in the Hod Hasharon Partnership, and (2)
Pertaining to the Ramat Hahayal Partnership and to the
Ramat Hahayal General Partner - the Partner Party, A. S.
Uri Investments and Assets (2000) Ltd ("Uri"), which is a
shareholder in the General Partner - Ramat Hahayal and
which is also a limited partner in the Ramat Hahayal
Partnership.
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2.19. |
The Guarantees for the Company's Customers - |
Guarantees that the Seller and/or the Israel
Corporation and/or Ampal Development and/or H. L.
Management has signed as appendixes to the deposit track
agreements of some of the Company's customers and that are
detailed in the list attached to the Agreement as Appendix 0.
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2.20. |
The General Partner -
Hod Hasharon - |
Ad 120 Management Hod Hasharon (1996) Ltd (Private
Company 512417387), which is the General Partner in the Hod
Hasharon Partnership.
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The General Partner -
Ramat Hahayal - |
Ad 120 Ramat Hahayal (Management) Ltd (Private Company
511367286), which is the General Partner in the Ramat
Hahayal Partnership.
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2.22. |
The Partnerships - |
The Hod Hasharon Partnership and the Ramat Hahayal Partnership, jointly or severally, respectively and as relevant. |
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2.23. |
The General Partners - |
The General Partner - Hod Hasharon and the General Partner - Ramat Hahayal, jointly or severally, respectively and as relevant. |
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2.24. |
The Lien in favor of Ampal Development - |
A second degree lien equivalent to the lien in favor of H.
L. Management, in favor of Ampal Development, on the Land
in Rishon Lezion, as per Deed 33449/1992/0003, and which is
intended to guarantee the Company's undertaking to repay to
Ampal Development all the loans and/or credit that Ampal
Development provided in the Company's favor or for the
Company in accordance with the terms of the lien
documents.
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2.25. |
The Lien in favor of H. L. Management - |
A second degree lien equivalent to the lien in favor of
Ampal Development, in favor of H. L. Management, on the
Land in Rishon Lezion, as per Deed 14851/1990/0001, and
which is intended to guarantee the Company's undertaking to
repay to H. L. Management all the loans and/or credit that
H. L. Management provided in the Company's favor or for the
Company by virtue of the lien documents.
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2.26. |
The Suspending Conditions - |
As the said term is defined in Section 3.1 hereunder. |
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2.27. |
The Holding Companies - |
Ampal 1966, Ampal 1994 and Ampal 1998. |
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2.28. |
The Activity Companies - |
The Company, the General Partners and the Partnerships. |
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2.29. |
The Companies in the Group - |
The Holding Companies and the Activity Companies. |
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H. L. Management - |
H. L. Management and Consulting (1986) Ltd |
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2.31. |
The Company's Customers - |
The residents of the sheltered housing facilities in Rishon Lezion and/or Hod Hasharon, as applicable. |
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2.32. |
The Closing Date - |
The closing date of the deal that is the object of this contract, which will be at 10:00 on the fifth business day after the Determining Date. |
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2.33. |
The Company's Shares - |
All the Company's issued share capital, which stands at 600 ordinary Company shares par value NIS 1.0 each, half of which are held by Ampal 1966 and the other half by Ampal 1994. |
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Free and Clear - |
with regard to shares or assets - free and clear of any
debt, lien, attachment or other third party right
whatsoever, including, but without prejudice to the
generality of the aforesaid, purchase options, right of
first refusal or right of first opportunity, and
trusteeship for others.
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2.35. |
Third Party - |
anyone who is not one of the Parties to this Agreement. |
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2.36. |
The Hod Hasharon Partnership - |
Ad 120 Hod Hasharon - Limited Partnership (Partnership Number 550015952). |
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The Ramat Hahayal Partnership - |
Ad 120 Ramat Hahayal - Limited Partnership (Partnership Number 5502197455). |
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2.38. |
The Capital Deed - |
a capital deed in the sum of $5,734,607 that was given by the Seller to Ampal 98, a copy whereof is attached to this Agreement as Appendix 2.38. |
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2.39. |
The Dollar Rate - |
The latest representative rate of the dollar that was
published by the Bank of Israel before the date of payment
as per this Agreement. If, during a given period, the
representative rate of the US dollar is not published, the
Dollar Rate on the relevant date will be the arithmetical
mean between the highest selling rate at which Bank
Hapoalim Ltd (the Main Branch) will sell US dollars to
residents of Israel who do not have any special rights or
exemptions, and the lowest buying rate at which Bank
Hapoalim Ltd (the Main Branch) will buy US dollars from
residents of Israel who do not have any special rights or
exemptions at that time.
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2.40. |
The Tile Lawsuit - |
The lawsuit - Hod Hasharon Partnership versus X. Xxxxxxx
and Sons (1995) Ltd et al, at the Tel Aviv District Court
(Civil Case 2028/04) in connection with falling tiles at
the Hod Hasharon Facility.
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The Tenants Lawsuit - |
A lawsuit that was filed by some of the Company's Customers
against the Hod Hasharon Partnership, the Company and
others, inter alia in connection with its intention of
selling the Sold Shares to Mishan, at the Tel Aviv District
Court (Civil Case 1450/07).
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The Countersuit - |
The countersuit that was filed by the Seller et al against the Plaintiffs in the Tenants Lawsuit. |
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3.1. |
The
performance of the deal that is the object of this Agreement is contingent
on the fulfillment of all the conditions detailed hereunder, cumulatively
(“the Suspending Conditions”): |
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3.1.1. |
Obtaining
authorization from the Antitrust Commissioner as per the Antitrust Law,
5748-1988 (hereinafter: “the Commissioner”) for the Parties to
contract as per this Agreement (hereinafter: “the Commissioner’s
Authorization”). |
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It
is clarified that should the Commissioner make the deal that is the object of this
Agreement contingent and/or make the granting of his authorization contingent on
obtaining an exemption for binding arrangements and/or not grant an exemption from
obtaining authorization for binding arrangements and/or make his approval of the Merger
contingent on other conditions (hereinafter: “the Commissioner’s terms”),
the Parties shall perceive the conditions in this Section as a condition that is met only
if the Parties have agreed, in advance and in writing, that the Suspending Condition that
is the object of this Section was met in accordance with the Commissioner’s
Conditions. It is clarified that each Party will be permitted, at its exclusive
discretion, to accept or reject the Commissioner’s Conditions, and each Party will
inform the other of same within 7 days from the date of the answer from the Commissioner. |
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3.1.2. |
Obtaining
authorization from Bank Hapoalim, subject to the foregoing in Section 7.2
hereunder. |
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3.2. |
Should
the Determining Date not take place within 90 days from the date of
signing of this Agreement (hereinafter: “the First Performance Date”),
or by the first extension date (as defined hereunder), if it was extended
or the additional extension date (as defined hereunder), if it was
extended (or on a later date as shall be agreed upon in writing between
the Parties), this Agreement will not enter into effect at all and will be
null and void and neither of the Parties will have any contention and/or
claim and/or demand vis-à-vis the other Party in respect of the
Agreement and/or in respect of the failure thereof to enter into effect as
stated, unless the Suspending Condition was not fulfilled if either of the
Parties breached his undertaking as stated in Section 3.3 hereunder, and
the Seller returns to each of the Individuals of the Buyer half of the
advance, as defined in Section (10.2), which was transferred thereby in
accordance with its dollar value, within 15 days from the date upon which
it becomes apparent that this Agreement is not entering into effect and
that it is null and void as aforesaid, and to the bank account whose
details are given to the Seller by each of the Individuals of the Buyer as
stated. Notwithstanding
the aforesaid, should any of the conditions enumerated in Section 3.1 above not be
fulfilled by the first date for performance, because the Commissioner’s Authorization
has not yet been given or because of clarifications at the office of the Commissioner (for
example, if the authorization is given on conditions that either of the Parties did not
agree to), or for any other reason whatsoever, which is not a breach of this Agreement,
the first date for performance will be extended by an additional 60 days (above and
hereinafter: “the First Extension Date”) and moreover, each Party will be
permitted to inform the other Party in writing, once and once only, of an additional
extension of an additional 30 days from the First Extension Date (above and hereinafter:
“the Additional Extension Date”). |
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3.3. |
Each
of the Parties, as relevant, undertakes to cooperate with the other Party
and to do his best and to do all that is reasonably required in order to
fulfill the Suspending Conditions, on the earliest possible date, after
the signing of this Agreement. |
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The
Seller’s Representations and Declarations |
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The
Seller hereby declares, undertakes and affirms vis-à-vis the Buyer that all the
representations and undertakings hereunder are correct and complete as at the date of
signing the of this Agreement and as at the Closing Date (subject to the foregoing in
Section 4.16.1 hereunder): |
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4.1. |
The
Seller and the Holding Companies |
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4.1.1. |
Xs
is a private company registered in the State of Delaware, USA. As detailed
hereunder, the Seller is the sole and exclusive owner, directly or
indirectly, of the Holding Companies and of the Company. |
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4.1.2. |
Ampal
1994 is a private company registered in Israel whose number is 512072430. |
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4.1.3. |
Ampal
1998 is a private company registered in Israel whose number is 512663675. |
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4.1.4. |
Ampal
1966 is a private company registered in Israel whose number is 510467640. |
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4.1.5. |
Ampal
1994, Ampal 1998 and Ampal 1966 serve as holding companies exclusively,
solely for the purpose of holding all the shares in the Company as
described in this Agreement and they have no business activity and/or
undertakings whatsoever and/or any debts whatsoever and/or any assets
whatsoever, apart from their holdings in the Company and apart from that
which is described in the audited financial statements hereunder (included
in Appendix (4.9.1) to this Agreement). |
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4.1.6. |
As
at the date of signing of this Agreement the Seller is the sole and exclusive
owner of 2,000 ordinary shares, par value NIS 1 each, in Ampal 1994,
constituting 100% of the issued and paid-up capital of Ampal 1994; up to
the Closing Date Ampal 1994 will allocate the entire balance of its
registered share capital to the Seller in such a manner that after the
allocation as stated and as at the Closing Date the Seller will be the
exclusive holder of 25,200 ordinary shares par value NIS 1 each in Ampal
1994, constituting 100% of registered, issued and paid-up capital of Ampal
1994. All the Seller’s shares in Ampal 1994 are Free and Clear and
have been paid up in full. Apart from the aforesaid no person and no body
whatsoever, either directly or indirectly, has any shares and/or rights
whatsoever in Ampal 1994, including any right to purchase and/or receive
by way of allocation shares and/or rights in Ampal 1994 and/or any
security or other right that is exercisable and/or convertible, either
directly or indirectly, into shares and rights in Ampal 1994. |
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4.1.7. |
As
at the date of signing of this Agreement the Seller is the sole and exclusive
owner of 1,000 ordinary shares, par value NIS 1 each, in Ampal 1998,
constituting 100% of the issued and paid-up capital of Ampal 1998; up to
the Closing Date Ampal 1998 will allocate the entire balance of its
registered share capital to the Seller in such a manner that after the
allocation as stated and as at the Closing Date the Seller will be the
exclusive holder of 35,700 ordinary shares par value NIS 1 each in Ampal
1998, constituting 100% of registered, issued and paid-up capital of Ampal
1998. All the Seller’s shares in Ampal 1998 are Free and Clear and
have been paid up in full. Apart from the aforesaid no person and no body
whatsoever, either directly or indirectly, has any shares and/or rights
whatsoever in Ampal 1998, including any right to purchase and/or receive
by way of allocation shares and/or rights in Ampal 1998 and/or any
security or other right that is exercisable and/or convertible, either
directly and/or indirectly, into shares and rights in Ampal 1998. |
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4.1.8. |
Ampal
1998 is the sole and exclusive owner of 242,910,000 ordinary shares, par
value NIS 0.001 each, in Ampal 1966, constituting 100% of the issued and
paid-up capital of Ampal 1996; All the Seller’s shares in Ampal 1996
are Free and Clear and have been paid up in full. Apart from the aforesaid
no person and no body whatsoever, either directly or indirectly, has any
shares and/or rights whatsoever in Ampal 1966, including any right to
purchase and/or receive by way of allocation shares and/or rights in Ampal
1966 and/or any security or other right that is exercisable and/or
convertible, either directly and/or indirectly, into shares and rights in
Ampal 1966. |
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4.1.9. |
Ampal
1996 is the sole and exclusive owner of 300 ordinary shares, par value NIS
1 each, in the Company, constituting 50% of the Company’s issued and
paid-up capital; All of Ampal 1996‘s shares in the Company are Free
and Clear and have been paid up in full. |
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4.1.10. |
Ampal
1994 is the sole and exclusive owner of 300 ordinary shares, par value NIS
1 each, in the Company, constituting 50% of the Company’s issued and
paid-up capital; All of Ampal 1994‘s shares in the Company are Free
and Clear and have been paid up in full. |
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4.1.11. |
All
the issued capital of the Companies in the Group (insofar as the Companies
are concerned) has been duly issued and is paid up in full. |
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4.2. |
The
Company and the Remaining Activity Companies |
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4.2.1. |
The
Company is a private company registered in Israel whose number is 511343717. |
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4.2.2. |
In
a loan agreement from December 1, 2005 the Company granted the Israel Phoenix
Assurance Association Ltd, as it was known at the time (hereinafter:
“Phoenix Insurance”) and Hadar Insurance Company Ltd
(hereinafter: “Hadar”), in equal parts, an option for the
purpose of such a quantity of Company shares that would constitute 19.9%
(fully diluted and after the exercise of the option) of the Company’s
share capital at the time the option is exercised (hereinafter in this
Agreement: “the Phoenix Option”) at an agreed-upon exercise
price. The Phoenix Option period is four years beginning on the date of
signing of the aforementioned Loan Agreement. Phoenix Insurance and Hadar
undertook not to exercise the Phoenix Option for the period up to the
Closing Date. This undertaking on the part of Phoenix Insurance and Hadar
is attached to this Agreement as Appendix 4.2.2. |
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4.2.3. |
Apart
from the foregoing in Sections 4.1.9 and 4.1.10 above and the Phoenix
Option no person and no body whatsoever, either directly or indirectly,
has any shares and/or rights whatsoever in the Company, including any
right to purchase and/or receive by way of allocation shares and/or rights
in the Company and/or any security or other right that is exercisable
and/or convertible, either directly and/or indirectly, into shares and
rights in the Company. |
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4.2.4. |
The
Company is the sole and exclusive owner of 8 ordinary shares, par value NIS
1 each, in the General Partner – Hod Hasharon, constituting 80% of
the General Partner Hod Hasharon’s issued and paid-up capital; All of
the Company’s shares in the General Partner – Hod Hasharon are
Free and Clear and have been paid up in full. The remaining 20% of General
Partner – Hod Hasharon’s issued and paid-up share capital is held
by the Partner Parties, Pardes Margalit and Angel. |
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4.2.5. |
Apart
from the aforesaid no person and no body whatsoever has any shares and/or
rights whatsoever in the General Partner – Hod Hasharon, including
any right to purchase and/or receive by way of allocation shares and/or
rights in the General Partner – Hod Hasharon and/or any security or
other right that is exercisable and/or convertible, either directly and/or
indirectly, into shares and/or rights in the General Partner – Hod
Hasharon. |
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4.2.6. |
The
Company is a limited partner in the Hod Hasharon Partnership. The Company is
a partner with 81.99% of the capital in the Hod Hasharon Partnership and
81.99% of the rights to the profits of the Hod Hasharon Partnership. 0.01%
of the capital of the Hod Hasharon Partnership and of the right to profits
of the Hod Hasharon Partnership is held by the General Partner – Hod
Hasharon. The remaining 18% in the Hod Hasharon Partnership and of the
right to share in the profits of the Hod Hasharon Partnership are held by
the Partner Parties, Pardes Margalit and Angel. |
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4.2.7. |
Apart
from the aforesaid no person and no body whatsoever has any rights
whatsoever in the Hod Hasharon Partnership, including any right whatsoever
to purchase and/or receive by way of allocation rights in the Hod Hasharon
Partnership or any other right that is exercisable and/or convertible,
either directly and/or indirectly, into rights in the Hod Hasharon
Partnership. |
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4.2.8. |
The
Company is the sole and exclusive owner of 75 ordinary shares, par value NIS
1 each, in the General Partner – Ramat Hahayal, constituting 75% of
the General Partner Ramat Hahayal’s issued and paid-up capital; All
of the Company’s shares in the General Partner – Ramat Hahayal
are Free and Clear and have been paid up in full. The remaining 25% of
General Partner – Ramat Hahayal’s issued and paid-up share
capital is held by the Partner Party, Uri. |
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4.2.9. |
Apart
from the aforesaid no person and no body whatsoever has any shares and/or
rights whatsoever in the General Partner – Ramat Hahayal, including
any right to purchase and/or receive by way of allocation shares and/or
rights in the General Partner – Ramat Hahayal and/or any security or
other right that is exercisable and/or convertible, either directly and/or
indirectly, into shares and/or rights in the General Partner – Ramat
Hahayal. |
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4.2.10. |
The
Company is a limited partner in the Ramat Hahayal Partnership. The Company
is a partner with a 74.975% of the capital in the Ramat Hahayal
Partnership and 74.975% of the rights to the profits of the Ramat Hahayal
Partnership. 0.1% of the capital of the Ramat Hahayal Partnership and of
the right to profits of the Ramat Hahayal Partnership is held by the
General Partner – Ramat Hahayal. The remaining 24.925% of Ramat
Hahayal Partnership’s capital and the right to share in the profits
of the Ramat Hahayal Partnership is held by the Partner Party, Uri. |
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4.2.11. |
Apart
from the aforesaid no person and no body whatsoever has any rights
whatsoever in the Ramat Hahayal Partnership, including any right
whatsoever to purchase and/or receive by way of allocation rights in the
Ramat Hahayal Partnership or any other right that is exercisable and/or
convertible, either directly and/or indirectly, into rights in the Ramat
Hahayal Partnership. |
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4.2.12. |
Apart
from the foregoing in Appendix 4.2.12, no body whatsoever has any right or
claim (actual or potential) to the right of first refusal or tag-along
right in a sale or any other similar right in connection with the sale of
the Sold Shares. |
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4.3. |
The
Rishon Lezion Facility |
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4.3.1. |
The
Company is the holder of the ownership rights in the Land in Rishon Lezion
as stated in the Land Registry Extract attached to the Agreement as
Appendix 4.3.1. On the Land in Rishon Lezion the Company built the Rishon
Lezion Facility, which is operated by the Company. The Company is the sole
and exclusive owner of the Land in Rishon Lezion and the Rishon Lezion
Facility subject to the rights of the Company’s Customers who reside
in the Rishon Lezion Facility in accordance with the agreements that were
signed with them, the Rishon Lezion Tenants (as defined hereunder) in
accordance with the agreements that were signed with them and the Meuhedet
Health fund, in accordance with the agreement that was signed with it. |
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4.3.2. |
Apart
from the mortgages and caveats registered in the Land Registry Extract,
Appendix 4.3.1, and save as detailed in this Agreement, the Land in Rishon
Lezion is Free and Clear. |
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4.3.3. |
Unless
and insofar as specified otherwise in Appendix 4.3.3 to this Agreement: |
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a) |
The
Seller does not know of any material defect, malfunction or fault (including
a concealed fault) in the Rishon Lezion Facility and/or in the systems
thereof. |
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b) |
The
Seller does not know that construction constituting construction in
contraventions of the provisions of any law, including a building
deviation, was performed in the Rishon Lezion Facility and/or in any part
thereof, or that the Rishon Lezion Facility, including all the parts
thereof, is not duly constructed in accordance with the authorizations and
permits and that no irregular use was made thereof according to law, and
the Seller did not receive any claims of building deviations as stated. |
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c) |
The
Seller does not know of any intention to prepare or to alter an urban
building plan that applies to the Land in Rishon Lezion, which could
adversely alter the Company’s rights in the Land in Rishon Lezion, or
compromise them(as the term “compromise” is defined in Section
197 of the Planning and Building Law, 5725-1965). |
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4.3.4. |
On
June 7, 1992 an agreement for the management and operation of the Neve Amit
Ad 120 – Rishon Lezion Long-Term Care Unit was signed between the
Company and the Meuhedet Health Fund (hereinafter: “the Meuhedet
Health Fund Agreement”). The Meuhedet Health Fund Agreement and all
the appendices thereto are attached to this Agreement as Appendix 4.3.4.
The Meuhedet Health Fund Agreement is in full force and effect and has not
been cancelled. The Seller does not know of any grounds for the
cancellation thereof. The Seller has not received and does not know of the
existence (actual or potential) of contentions and/or claims and/or
demands on the part of the Meuhedet Health Fund pertaining to the validity
of the Meuhedet Health Fund Agreement and/or a failure to uphold any of
the terms thereof. The Meuhedet Health Fund’s debt to the Company as
at June 30, 2007 stands at around NIS 400,000 and the Seller does not know
of any reason whatsoever for that debt not to be repaid to the Company in
full. |
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4.3.5. |
The
Company rents space in the Rishon Lezion Facility to various service
operators (above and hereinafter: “the Rishon Lezion Tenants”).
All the agreements with the Rishon Lezion Tenants are detailed in the list
attached as Appendix 4.3.5 to this Agreement, true copies thereof were
given to the Buyer and they are in effect and have not been cancelled. The
Seller does not know of any grounds for the cancellation of any of them.
The Seller has not received and does not know of the existence (actual or
potential) of contentions and/or claims and/or demands on the part of the
Rishon Lezion Tenants pertaining to the validity of the agreements with
them and/or a failure to uphold any of the terms thereof. |
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4.3.6. |
Neither
the Company nor any party acting on its behalf, directly or indirectly,
has given any undertaking to any third party whomsoever, including and
without prejudice to the generality of the aforesaid, rights of ownership,
leasehold, easement, franchise, and the like, pertaining to any areas
whatsoever in the Land in Rishon Lezion, save as detailed explicitly in
this Agreement. |
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4.3.7. |
The
Company’s Rishon Lezion/2/27/7/1 Ad 120 plan which pertains, inter
alia, to the addition of two floors to the building in Rishon Lezion, was
submitted to the District Committee and, as at the date of this Agreement,
the plan has been deposited for objections. Save as stated otherwise in
Appendix 4.3.7 to this Agreement, the Seller does not know that objections
against the said plan have been filed, nor does the Seller know of any
grounds whatsoever that would prevent it from being accepted. |
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4.4. |
The
Hod Hasharon Facility |
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4.4.1. |
In
accordance with an agreement from January 14, 1997 for the purchase of the
Land in Hod Hasharon from Pardes Margalit and Angel (the Partner Parties),
a copy whereof is attached to the Agreement as Appendix 4.4.1
(hereinafter: “the Agreement for the Purchase of the Land in Hod
Hasharon”), the Hod Hasharon Partnership is entitled to be registered
as the owner of the Land in Hod Hasharon. The Agreement for the Purchase
of the Land in Hod Hasharon is in full force and effect and has not been
cancelled. The Seller does not know of any grounds for the cancellation
thereof. The Seller has not received and, save as is detailed in this
Agreement, does not know of the existence (actual or potential) of
contentions and/or claims and/or demands on the part of Pardes Margalit
and Xxxxxx Xxxxx that are valid and that pertain to the validity of the
Agreement for the Purchase of the Land in Hod Hasharon and/or a failure to
uphold any of the terms thereof. The Hod Hasharon Partnership is the sole
and exclusive owner of the Land in Hod Hasharon and the Hod Hasharon
Facility subject to the rights of the Company’s Customers who reside
in the Hod Hasharon Facility in accordance with the agreements that were
signed with them and the Hod Hasharon Tenants (as defined hereunder) in
accordance with the agreements that were signed with them. |
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4.4.2. |
The
Hod Hasharon Partnership has upheld all its undertakings in accordance with
the Agreement for the Purchase of the Land in Hod Hasharon, apart from the
payment of the balance of the Consideration in the sum of around
$1,037,000 (one million and thirty seven thousand United States dollars)
(as at March 31, 2007) to the Partner Parties. Apart from making the
payment as stated, which has not yet been performed with the consent of
the Partner Parties, there is nothing under any law, contract or
otherwise, to prevent the completion of the Agreement for the Purchase of
the Land in Hod Hasharon, and to register the Land in Hod Hasharon in the
name of the Hod Hasharon Partnership. |
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4.4.3. |
Apart
from making the payment of the balance to the Partner Parties as stated in
Section 4.4.2 above, the full Consideration has been paid and every
payment in respect of an in connection with the purchase of the Land in
Hod Hasharon has been performed, and the Hod Hasharon Partnership does not
owe any sums whatsoever in respect of the purchase of the Land in Hod
Hasharon. The Seller does not know of any demand for payment whatsoever in
connection with the purchase of the Land in Hod Hasharon. |
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4.4.4. |
Apart
from the mortgages and the caveats registered in the Land Registry Extract
attached to the Agreement as Appendix 4.4.4 and subject to the foregoing
in this Agreement and in the Agreement for the Purchase of the Land in Hod
Hasharon, the Land in Hod Hasharon is Free and Clear. |
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4.4.5. |
The
Hod Hasharon Facility was built by the Hod Hasharon Partnership on the Land
in Hod Hasharon and is operated thereby. |
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4.4.6. |
Unless
and insofar as specified otherwise in Appendix 4.4.6 to this Agreement: |
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A. |
The
Seller does not know of any material defect, malfunction or fault (including
a concealed fault) in the Hod Hasharon Facility and/or in the systems
thereof, apart from the matter of the falling marble tile cladding in
respect whereof the Tile Lawsuit was filed. |
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B. |
The
Company has commenced proceedings for reinforcing all the tile cladding
(interior and exterior) in the Hod Hasharon Facility. (“the
Renovation Work – Tiles”). |
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C. |
The
Seller does not know that construction constituting construction in
contraventions of the provisions of any law, including a building
deviation, was performed in the Hod Hasharon Facility and/or in any part
thereof, or that the Hod Hasharon Facility, including all the parts
thereof, is not duly constructed in accordance with the authorizations and
permits and that no irregular use was made thereof according to law, and
the Seller did not receive any claims of building deviations as stated. |
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D. |
The
Seller does not know of any intention to prepare or to alter an urban
building plan that applies to the Land in Hod Hasharon, which could
adversely alter the Company’s rights in the Land in Hod Hasharon, or
compromise them(as the term “compromise” is defined in Section
197 of the Planning and Building Law, 5725-1965). |
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4.4.7. |
The
Hod Hasharon Partnership rents space in the Hod Hasharon Facility to various
service operators (above and hereinafter: “the Hod Hasharon Tenants”).
All the agreements with the Hod Hasharon Tenants are in effect and have
not been cancelled. The Seller does not know of any grounds for the
cancellation of any of them. The Seller has not received and does not know
of the existence (actual or potential) of valid contentions and/or claims
and/or demands on the part of the Hod Hasharon Tenants pertaining to the
validity of the agreements with them and/or a failure to uphold any of the
terms thereof. |
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4.4.8. |
Neither
the Hod Hasharon Partnership nor any party acting on its behalf, directly
or indirectly, has given any undertaking to any third party whomsoever,
including and without prejudice to the generality of the aforesaid, rights
of ownership, leasehold, easement, franchise, and the like, pertaining to
any areas whatsoever in the Land in Hod Hasharon, save as detailed
explicitly in this Agreement and in the Agreement for the Purchase of the
Land in Hod Hasharon. |
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4.4.9. |
Under
an agreement dated June 18, 2003 between the Company and U. Xxxx
Engineering Work Ltd (hereinafter: “U. Xxxx”), a copy whereof
was given to the Buyer, U. Xxxx sold its rights and obligations in the Hod
Hasharon Partnership and its shares in the General Partner Hod Hasharon to
the Company, (such that after the sale the Company holds 80% of the
General Partner Hod Hasharon’s issued and paid up share capital and
81.99% of the voting rights in the Hod Hasharon Partnership). The
aforesaid agreement is in full force and effect and has not been
cancelled. The Seller does not know of any grounds for the cancellation
thereof. The Seller has not received and does not know of the existence
(actual or potential) of contentions and/or claims and/or demands on the
part of the U. Xxxx pertaining to the validity of the agreement therewith
and/or a failure to uphold any of the terms thereof. Apart from an
undertaking by the Company to indemnify U. Xxxx that is included in the
aforementioned agreement, and in respect whereof there is no (actual or,
to the Seller’s knowledge, potential) grounds for indemnification,
the Parties to the aforementioned agreement have upheld and are upholding
all their undertakings under the aforementioned agreement. |
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4.5. |
The
Purchase of Building Rights in Hod Hasharon |
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4.5.1. |
On
November 26, 2002, an agreement was signed between the Hod Hasharon
Partnership and Xxxxx Development Darad Limited Partnership, a true copy
whereof has been given to the Buyer, whereby the Hod Hasharon Partnership
purchased building rights for a principal area of 350 m(2) which
has not yet been utilized and which is adjacent to part of Parcel 356 in
Block 6446 in Hod Hasharon (hereinafter: “the Agreement for the
Purchase of the Building Rights in Hod Hasharon”). |
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On
May 28, 2007, an additional agreement was signed between the Hod Hasharon
Partnership and Xxxxx Development Darad Limited Partnership, a true copy
whereof has been given to the Buyer, whereby the Hod Hasharon Partnership
purchased building rights for an area of 200 m2 in Hod Hasharon
(hereinafter: “the Second Agreement for the Purchase of the Building
Rights in Hod Hasharon”). Both the said agreements in this section
will be referred to hereunder as “the Agreement for the Purchase of
the Building Rights in Hod Hasharon”). |
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4.5.2. |
The
Agreements for the Purchase of the Building Rights in Hod Hasharon are in
full force and effect and have not been cancelled. The Seller does not
know of any grounds for the cancellation thereof. The Seller has not
received and does not know of the existence (actual or potential) of valid
contentions and/or claims and/or demands on the part of Xxxxx Development
Darad Limited Partnership pertaining to the validity of the Agreements for
the Purchase of the Building Rights in Hod Hasharon and/or a failure to
uphold any of the terms thereof. |
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4.6. |
The
Land in Ramat Hahayal |
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4.6.1. |
The
Ramat Hahayal Partnership owns the rights in the Land in Ramat Hahayal under
agreements from April 7, 2005, and addenda thereto from October 5, 2006
and July 4, 2007 attached to this Agreement as Appendix 4.6.1, which are
contingent on Suspending Conditions that must be met by the date to be
agreed upon from time to time between the Parties and which shall be no
later than April 6, 2009, and which have not yet been met. These
agreements are in full force and effect and have not been cancelled. The
Seller does not know of any grounds for the cancellation of these
agreements (subject to the fulfillment or non-fulfillment of the
Suspending Conditions therein). The Seller has not received and does not
know of the existence (actual or potential) of valid contentions and/or
claims and/or demands on the part of any of the Other Parties to the said
agreements pertaining to the validity of these agreements and/or a failure
to uphold any of the terms thereof. |
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4.6.2. |
The
full Consideration has been paid and every payment in respect of an in
connection with the purchase of the Land in Ramat Hahayal has been made,
and the Ramat Hahayal Partnership does not owe any sums whatsoever in
respect of the purchase of the Land in Ramat Hahayal and does not know of
any demand for payment whatsoever in connection with the purchase of the
Land in Ramat Hahayal, apart from a demand for the payment of a
capitalization fee in the sum of around NIS 14,229,000 (plus VAT) (“the
Capitalization Fee”) that was recently made by the Israel Land
Administration, as a condition for granting its consent for the issuing of
a building permit for the Project in Ramat Hahayal and the transfer of the
rights from Etz Hazayit Ltd (“Etz Hazayit”) to the Ramat Hahayal
Partnership and to Uri, and in connection whereof the Ramat Hahayal
Partnership contracted with Etz Hazayit and Uri in the addendum to the
said agreement from June 28, 2007, and with Uri in the addendum to the
agreement for the partnership in the land from June 28, 2007, and the
Company sent Uri the letter dated June 24, 2007 and received the letter
from Uri dated June 24, 2007, and the Ramat Hahayal Partnership and Uri
submitted, by means of Etz Hazayit, a reservation and counter-assessment
vis-à-vis the Israel Land Administration’s assessment (all as
detailed in the said documents, true copies whereof are presented in
Appendix 4.6.2 to this Agreement). |
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4.6.3. |
Neither
the Ramat Hahayal Partnership nor any party acting on its behalf, has
given any undertakings to any third party whomsoever, including and
without prejudice to the generality of the aforesaid, rights of ownership,
leasehold, easement, franchise, and the like, pertaining to any areas
whatsoever in the Land in Ramat Hahayal and, save as detailed otherwise in
Appendix 4.6.3, the Land in Ramat Hahayal is Free and Clear (and, inter
alia, all the Ramat Hahayal Partnership’s rights to guarantee Uri’s
undertakings vis-à-vis the bank under the agreement for the
partnership in the land have been mortgaged in favor of the First
International Bank of Israel). |
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4.6.4. |
Uri
(by means of an affiliated contracting company on its behalf – S. G.
S.) has begun building the foundation for the Ramat Hahayal Facility on
the Land in Ramat Hahayal, inter alia in connection with a
contracting agreement between the Partnership and S. G. S., a true copy
whereof has been given to the Buyer. |
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4.7. |
Agreement,
Lack of Preclusion and Authorizations |
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4.7.1. |
The
Seller’s certified organs have approved the Seller’s contracting
in this Agreement including all the Appendices thereto, and the
fulfillment of all the Seller’s undertakings under this Agreement
and, apart from these authorizations and the fulfillment of the Suspending
Conditions mentioned in Section 3.1 above, the Seller has no need,
including as per the articles of incorporation thereof and under any law
and under American law, to obtain any additional authorizations whatsoever
for the purpose of its entry into this Agreement and the fulfillment of
all its undertakings thereunder. The wording of the decisions by the Seller’s
certified organs as aforesaid is attached to this Agreement as Appendix
4.7.1 and signed copies of the said decisions will be attached to this
Agreement on the Closing Date. |
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4.7.2. |
The
signatures of the signatories of this Agreement on the Seller’s behalf
on this Agreement and on any document accompanying this Agreement are
binding on the Seller, and this Agreement, including and all the terms
thereof, are binding on the Seller for all intents and purposes. |
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4.7.3. |
Apart
from Bank Hapoalim’s Authorization and the fulfillment of the
remaining the Suspending Conditions, there is no need for the consent
and/or authorization of any third party whomsoever, including, but without
prejudice to the generality of the aforesaid, of any government authority
in Israel or abroad or of any or all of the Partner Parties, for the Seller’s
entry into this Agreement and for the fulfillment of all the Seller’s
undertakings thereunder, in full and on time. |
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4.7.4. |
The
Seller’s entry into this Agreement and the fulfillment of all the
Seller’s undertakings thereunder in no way contravene and do not
constitute a breach of any law whatsoever (including US law) that applies
to the Seller and/or to any of the Companies in the Group and/or of the
documents of incorporation of the Seller and/or those of any of the
Companies in the Group and/or of an administrative order and/or verdict
and/or other decision that applies to the Seller or the provisions of any
law or any agreement whatsoever that the Seller and/or any of the
Companies in the Group are a party to, and do not require the approval or
consent of any third party whomsoever, save those expressly cited in this
Agreement. The Seller has not performed and does not know of any act that
is liable to foil the fulfillment of this Agreement and there is no legal
or contractual or other impediment precluding the fulfillment of all the
Seller’s undertakings under this Agreement, in full and on time. |
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4.7.5. |
Since
the date of incorporation of the Seller, and of each of the Companies in
the Group, they have been duly incorporated and there is no decision or
dissolution order or winding-up order or receivership order or any similar
order whatsoever, applicable to any thereof and, to the best of the Seller’s
knowledge, no person or body has the intention of demanding the
dissolution, winding-up or receivership of the Seller and/or of any of the
Companies in the Group, and, to the best of the Seller’s knowledge,
there is no reason and/or grounds that are liable to cause same. |
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4.7.6. |
True
copies of the registration certificates, name change certificates,
memoranda and articles of association and/or partnership agreements of
each of the above, up-to-date as at the date of signing of this Agreement,
are attached to the Agreement and marked as Appendices 4.7.6A – 4.7.6D. |
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4.8. |
Directors
and Shareholders |
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4.8.1. |
A
complete list of the directors of each of the Members of the Group that is a
company (“the Directors”) and of the active contacts of the
Partner Parties, is attached as Appendix 4.8.1 to this Agreement. |
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4.8.2. |
The
Company’s Board of Directors does not have any committees whatsoever. |
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4.8.3. |
Apart
from the agreement with the Partner Parties there is no shareholders
agreement, voting agreement or any other agreement or other undertaking in
connection with shares and/or rights, the holding thereof, the transfer
thereof, restrictions on the transfer thereof, or the use of the rights
granted by the power thereof (including the appointment of directors) that
the Seller and/or any of the Members of the Group is a party to in all
matters pertaining to the Members of the Group, including foundation
agreements and/or voting agreements and/or cooperation agreements. |
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4.9. |
Financial
Statements |
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4.9.1. |
Appendix
4.9.1 contains true copies of the Company’s audited financial
statements, the audited financial statements of Ampal 1966, Ampal 1994 and
Ampal 1998 for the years 2004, 2005 and 2006 and the Company’s
financial statements as at March 31, 2007 and the audited financial
statements of the Ramat Hahayal Partnership as at December 31, 2006
(hereinafter: “the Financial Statements”). The Financial
Statements were prepared amid the consistent implementation of the
accepted rules of accounting in Israel or the US (US GAAP) and they
reflect, properly and in accordance with the accepted rules of accounting
in Israel or the US, the corporate status of these companies, their assets
and their liabilities, the results of their business activities and the
changes in the cash flow and equity capital of each of them for the said
years and for the three-month period that ended on March 31, 2007,
respectively, as applicable, and they include all the allowance that must
be made in accordance with the said rules. |
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4.9.2. |
Since
March 31, 2007 no adverse change has occurred in the activity of the
Members of the Group, their assets or their liabilities and the Members of
the Group are conducting their business during the ordinary course of
business, and as was customary at the said companies prior to March 31,
2007, and none of the Members of the Group has assumed any liability
outside its normal course of business. |
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4.9.3. |
Save
as detailed in Appendix 4.9.3, there is no legal proceeding or quasi-legal
proceeding at any court, arbitration or before any judiciary body or
quasi-judiciary body, that the Seller (with regard to the activity of the
Members of the Group) and/or any of the Members of the Group is party to,
there is no verdict or other material ruling by a court of law, arbitrator
or judiciary body or quasi-judiciary body whatsoever, that the Seller or
any of the Members of the Group is party to that has not been completed in
full up to the date of signing of the Agreement. |
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4.9.4. |
Apart
from the debt balance in favor of Ampal Israel in the sum of $1,317,841 as
at March 31, 2007 (which will be repaid by the Company to Ampal Israel on
the Closing Date and on the occasion thereof), none of the Members of the
Group has any agreement whatsoever and/or any undertaking whatsoever
and/or any debt whatsoever vis-à-vis the Seller and/or interested
parties in the Seller and/or officers in the Seller or any party
affiliated therewith (excluding, to dispel all doubt, the Activity
Companies), and any agreement, undertaking or debt as stated (if and
insofar such exist) shall be null and void on the Closing Date. |
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4.9.5. |
On
June 30, 2003, the Seller extended a loan in the sum of $5,734,607 to Ampal
98, as per the Capital Note, a copy whereof is attached to this Agreement
as Appendix 4.9.5. |
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4.10. |
Guarantees
and Credits |
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4.10.1. |
The
Holding Companies and the Activity Companies did not furnish any guarantees
and/or undertakings to guaranty, apart from as detailed in this Agreement
and apart from the guarantees that the Company gave to the Company’s
Customers. |
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4.10.2. |
The
Seller did not furnish any guarantees and/or undertakings to guaranty the
Company’s debts and undertakings apart from as detailed in this
Agreement. |
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4.10.3. |
Apart
from as detailed in this Appendix 4.10.3 and as detailed in this
Agreement, there is no third party that is a guarantor and/or that has
undertaken to indemnify others in connection with and/or for any of the
Members of the Group. |
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4.10.4. |
There
are no loans and/or credits that were extended to Ampal Development or
H.L. Management in favor of the Company, apart from the guarantees that
were extended by Ampal Israel or, as relevant, H.L. Management or the
Israel Corporation to the Company’s Customers. |
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4.11.1. |
Appendix
4.11.1 includes complete details of the identity and salary composition of
all of the employees of the Members of the Group, with the monthly
remuneration paid to them, including all the benefits in respect whereof
and including all the rights to the payment of a bonus, if and insofar as
such exist, cost NIS 240,000 per annum in 2006 (in terms of employer’s
costs). True copies of all the employment agreements of the said
employees, and all the documents related thereto, were give to the Buyer. |
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4.11.2. |
The
Members of the Group are not a party to any collective agreements or
collective arrangements. |
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4.11.3. |
All
the payments, deductions and monetary deposits that the Members of the Group
are obligated to perform and/or to pay, as applicable, to the employees of
the Group and/or in connection therewith, under any law and/or agreement,
in respect of the employment thereof and/or the termination of the
employment thereof, for any period of employment thereof, were paid by the
relevant Members of the Group and/or were deposited in the appropriate
funds and/or were allowed in the Financial Statements. |
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Complete
details of all the bank accounts of any type and kind whatsoever of the Members of the
Group and all the balances thereof, are detailed in Appendix 4.12 to this Agreement.
Apart from these bank accounts the Members of the Group do not have any additional bank
accounts of any type and kind whatsoever. |
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4.13.1. |
A
list of the insurance policies in the framework of the Company and the Members
of the Group are insured is detailed in Appendix 4.13.1 to this Agreement.
The aforementioned insurance policies are valid, the premiums have in
respect of the aforementioned insurance policies have been paid and are
being paid in full and/or allowance in respect whereof are included in the
most recent Financial Statements of the Members of the Group. |
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4.13.2. |
The
Members of the Group will continue to pay the insurance premiums on time and
shall not cancel any of the aforementioned insurance policies, until after
the Closing Date of the deal. |
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4.14. |
The
Normal Course of Business, the Distribution of a Dividend and the Equity
Capital Deficit |
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4.14.1. |
Beginning
on March 31, 2007 and until the Closing Date, no actions that deviate from
the normal course of business was performed or will be performed at any of
the Members of the Group, that were not given expression in this Agreement
and no incident whatsoever that altered or is liable to materially and
adversely alter the financial situation of any of the Members of the
Group, either on its own or in conjunction with other incidents. |
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4.14.2. |
Beginning
on March 31, 2007 and until the Closing Date, none of the Members of the
Group has announced or distributed, and none of them shall announce or
distribute, any dividend whatsoever, and none of them has conducted or
will conduct any other distribution whatsoever to the shareholders and/or
the partners therein, in which it will transfer monies or any payments
whatsoever to them in any other fashion (save in respect of debts in
existence on the date of signing of this Agreement, as per the terms
thereof on the date of signing of this Agreement). There is no dividend
that was announced by any of the Members of the Group and not yet been
paid in full to the shareholders and/or the partners. |
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4.14.3. |
Beginning
on March 31, 2007 and until the Closing Date, each of the Members of the
Group will continue to conduct its business in the normal course of
business, and will not assume any material undertaking and will not make
any material administrative decision save for the purpose of fulfilling
its undertakings under existing agreements. |
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4.15. |
The
Company’s Customers |
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4.15.1. |
Up-to-date
wordings of the Company’s Customers agreement pertaining to the Hod
Hasharon Facility and the Rishon Lezion Facility are attached to this
Agreement as Appendix 4.15.1A and 4.15.1B. Save as detailed otherwise in
Appendix 4.151.C, the Seller does not know of any material errors, or the
granting of any unusual rights to the Company’s Customers, in the
framework of the Customer Agreements that preceded the said agreements and
that could harm the Company or the future operation thereof. |
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4.15.2. |
Apart
from the Tenants Lawsuit and as detailed in Appendix 4.15.2, the Seller
(or the Company and the managers thereof) does not know of any intention
on the part of the Company’s Customers to file an additional lawsuit
or additional lawsuits against the Company or in connection with the
operation thereof. |
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4.16.1. |
The
Seller is aware of the fact that its declarations and representations in the
Agreement constitute the basis for the Buyer’s entry into the
Agreement and for the Consideration that the Buyer undertook to pay in
this Agreement and the Seller declares that the declarations and
representations in this Section 4 and in the Appendices thereto include
every detail that is important to a reasonable investor purchasing the
Sold Shares under this Agreement, and do not include any misleading detail
(as the said term is defined in the Securities Law, 5718-1968 [sic]
[translator’s note – the Hebrew year 5718 began on September 26,
1957 and ended on September 15, 1958] or incorrect detail and affirms that
the representations will be correct and will be in effect on the Closing
Date as well, subject to a list of changes that will be attached by the
Seller on the Closing Date and will be attached to this Agreement as
Appendix 4.16.1. |
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4.16.2. |
All
the Seller’s declarations and representations in this agreement are
cumulative and the forgoing in one or more thereof shall not derogate from
the generality of any other representation, declaration or undertaking. |
| 5. |
The
Buyer’s Representations and Declarations |
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Each
of the Individuals of the Buyer hereby declares, undertakes and affirms vis-à-vis
the Seller that all the representations and undertakings hereunder are correct and
complete (insofar as they are known to the said the Individuals of the Buyer, or to the
Buyer, as applicable): |
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5.1. |
The
Phoenix is a company limited by shares registered in Israel in the books of
the Registrar of Companies as a limited liability company whose number is
520017450. |
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5.2. |
Golden
is a company limited by shares registered in Israel in the books of the
Registrar of Companies as a limited liability company whose number is
513991380. |
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5.3. |
The
Buyer has the complete authority to enter into this Agreement, and this
Agreement is valid and binding on the Buyer under any law, subject to the
approval by the Commissioner and the remaining Suspending Conditions. |
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5.4. |
The
Buyer has performed due diligence on the Members of the Group, including
examinations that the Buyer found necessary to perform and subject to the
correctness and integrity of all the Seller’s representations and the
information that the Buyer received from the Seller, has found the Sold
Shares, the Members of the Group and the operation thereof suitable for
its needs. |
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5.5. |
The
Buyer is purchasing the Sold Shares in accordance with and on the basis of
the examinations that it performed as stated in Section 5.4 above subject
to the Seller’s representations, declarations and undertakings as
stated in Section 4 above (the Seller’s representations, declarations
and undertakings shall be referred to hereinafter as: “the
Representations”) and subject to the correctness and integrity of the
Representations and the fulfillment of all the Seller’s undertakings
in this Agreement, in full and on time, and the Buyer will have no
contentions and/or claims and/or demands from the Seller. |
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5.6. |
Cancelled
by agreement. |
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5.7. |
All
the certified organs of each of the Individuals of the Buyer have approved
the Buyer’s contracting in this Agreement including all the
Appendices thereto, and the fulfillment of all the Buyer’s
undertakings under this Agreement and, apart from these authorizations and
the fulfillment of the Suspending Conditions mentioned in Section 3.1
above, the Individuals of the Buyer have no need, including as per the
articles of incorporation thereof and under any law, to obtain any
additional authorizations whatsoever for the purpose of entering into this
Agreement and the fulfillment of all its undertakings thereunder, apart
from the Commissioner’s approval and the fulfillment of the remaining
Suspending Conditions. The wording of the decisions by the certified
organs of each of the Individuals of the Buyer is attached to this
Agreement as Appendices 5.7A and 5.7B. Signed copies of the said decisions
will be attached to this Agreement on the Closing Date. |
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5.8. |
The
signatures of the signatories of this Agreement on the Buyer’s behalf
are binding on the Buyer, and this Agreement, including and all the terms
thereof, are binding on the Buyer for all intents and purposes. |
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5.9. |
Apart
from Bank Hapoalim’s Authorization and the fulfillment of the
remaining Suspending Conditions, there is no need for the consent and/or
authorization of any third party whomsoever, including that of any
government authority in Israel or abroad, for the Buyer’s entry into
this Agreement and for the fulfillment of all the Buyer’s
undertakings thereunder, in full and on time. |
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5.10. |
The
Buyer is aware of the existence of a cumulative debt in the sum of
$1,317,841 (as at March 31, 2007) that the Company owes Ampal Israel, and
that this debt, as it shall be on the Closing Date, will be paid by the
Company to Ampal Israel on the occasion and on the Closing Date. |
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On
the Closing Date the Buyer will provide the Company with monies that will enable the
repayment of every debt detailed in this Section above, on the Closing Date. The
provision of the monies by the Buyer will not affect the Consideration and the payment
thereof and the payment of the Consideration under this Agreement does not constitute
repayment of the aforementioned debt out of the Consideration, and it will be repaid as
detailed above in this Section. |
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5.11. |
The
Buyer’s entry into this Agreement and the fulfillment of all the Buyer’s
undertakings thereunder in no way contravene and do not constitute a
breach of any law whatsoever that applies to the Buyer (subject to obtaining
the Commissioner’s Approval and the fulfillment of the remaining
Suspending Conditions) and/or of the documents of incorporation of the
Buyer and/or of an administrative order and/or verdict and/or other
decision that applies to the Buyer. The Buyer has not performed and does
not know of any act that is liable to foil the fulfillment of this
Agreement. |
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5.12. |
Since
the date of incorporation of the Individuals of the Buyer, they have been
duly incorporated and there is no decision or dissolution order or
winding-up order or receivership order or any similar order whatsoever,
applicable to any thereof and, to the best of the Buyer’s knowledge,
there is no reason and/or grounds that are liable to cause same. |
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5.13. |
The
Buyer is in possession of the financial capability required in order uphold
its undertakings under this Agreement. |
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5.14. |
All
the Buyer’s declarations and representations in this agreement are
cumulative and the forgoing in one or more thereof shall not derogate from
the generality of any other representation, declaration or undertaking. |
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5.15. |
The
Buy is aware of the fact that its declarations and representations in the
Agreement constitute the basis for the Seller’s entry into the
Agreement and declares that the declarations and representations in this
Section 5 and in the Appendices thereto do not include any misleading or
incorrect detail. |
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Subject
to the fulfillment of the Suspending Conditions detailed in this Agreement, the payment
of the Consideration and the remaining terms and provisions detailed in this Agreement,
the Buyer hereby undertakes to buy from the Seller (in equal parts among the Individuals
of the Buyer) and the Seller hereby undertakes to sell and transfer to the Buyer (in
equal parts among the Individuals of the Buyer) the Sold Shares and the Rights in the
Capital Deed, Free and Clear. |
| 7. |
The
Execution of the Agreement |
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7.1. |
Each
Party undertakes vis-à-vis the other Party to perform all the
actions, to sign all the documents and to exercise all the voting
rights and the powers of control of each Party, and to see that said
rights and powers are exercised, in order to grant full effect to the
terms of this Agreement and to carry out the provisions thereof on
time. |
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7.2. |
Immediately
after the signing of this Agreement the Parties will contact Bank
Hapoalim in order to obtain Bank Hapoalim’s Authorization.
Should Bank Hapoalim’s Authorization not be obtained by the
First Performance Date, the Seller will be permitted, at its
exclusive and unreserved discretion, but subject to the Buyer’s
consent (which shall not be withheld for unreasonable reasons) to act
to replace the loans extended to the Company by Bank Hapoalim,
including by means of obtaining other loans that fully or partially
replace them from one of the other leading banks (or financial
institutions), on terms that are no less favorable for the Company
than those of the loan from Bank Hapoalim (“the Alternative
Funding”), thereby obviating the need for obtaining Bank Hapoalim’s
Authorization which, from that day forward, will no longer be
considered a Suspending Condition for the implementation of the
transaction that is the object of this Agreement. |
| 8. |
Management
of the Members of the Group during the Period between the Date of
Signing of the Agreement and the Closing Date |
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During
the period between the date of signing of this Agreement and the Closing Date (and
without prejudice to the remaining provisions of this Agreement pertaining to the said
period): |
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8.1. |
The
Seller will inform the Buyer in writing and in advance of any draft motion
at the General Meeting and/or the Board of Directors of any of the Members
of the Group. |
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8.2. |
The
Seller will inform the Buyer in writing and in advance of any action and/or
contractual arrangement and/or the provision of an undertaking by any the
Members of the Group that is material and/or that is outside the normal
course of business of any of the Members of the Group. |
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8.3. |
The
Members of the Group will not pass any resolutions and/or perform actions
and/or enter into contractual arrangements as stated in Section 8.2 above,
save for the purpose of fulfilling and/or exercising their undertakings
and/or their rights under existing agreements. |
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8.4. |
Without
prejudice to the provisions of Section 8.3 above, the Members of the Group
will not submit any document and will not commence or hold any proceeding
(whether in a court of law or elsewhere) in the framework of the Tenants
Lawsuit without the Buyer’s consent (and the Buyer will give its
consent within no more than seven days or within a shorter timeframe,
noting the circumstances of the matter and the dates allocated by the
court and will not refuse to grant its consent to any proceeding that is
necessary in order to protect the rights of the Members of the Group for
unreasonable reasons). To remove all doubt it is hereby clarified that the
aforesaid does not constitute the assumption of any liability whatsoever
on the part of the Buyer for the proceedings of the Tenants Lawsuit before
the Closing Date. |
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On
the Closing Date the Parties will meet at the offices of M. Firon & Co, attorneys and
notaries, at 00 Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx in Ramat Gan or at any other location to be agreed
upon by the Parties, and will perform the following actions (with all the actions being
considered integrated and performed simultaneously, and no action will be valid unless
all the actions are was performed and completed together): |
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9.1. |
The
Parties will present the Commissioner’s Approval and Bank Hapoalim’s
Authorization to each other (insofar as its status as a Suspending
Condition as stated in Section 7.2 above has not been cancelled), as is
required in Section 3.1 above, which will be attached to his Agreement as
Appendices 9.1.A and 9.1B, respectively. |
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9.2. |
The
Seller will give the Buyer the following documents (and it is clarified that
the documents detailed hereunder were made for the benefit of the Buyer,
and the Buyer is permitted, according to its exclusive discretion, to
waive in writing any of the documents detailed hereunder, in full or in
part): |
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9.2.1. |
An
original copy of the decisions by the Seller’s authorized organs, in the
wording of Appendix 4.7, confirming the contractual arrangement between
the Parties in the Agreement and of Ampal 1998 and Ampal 1994, confirming
the transfer of the Sold Shares and the endorsement of the Capital Deed
from the Seller to the Buyer, |
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9.2.2. |
Original
share transfer deeds, signed by the Seller, for the transfer of half of
the Sold Shares from the Seller to each of the Individuals of the Buyer,
in the wording attached hereto as Appendices 9.2.2A and 9.2.2B, and an
original copy, duly signed, of the Shareholders Registry of Ampal 1994 and
Ampal 1998, whereby each of the Individuals of the Buyer is registered as
the holder of half of the Sold Shares, in the wording attached hereto as
Appendices 9.2.2C and 9.2.2D. |
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9.2.3. |
Letters
of resignation and written waivers of claims on the part of all the
directors at the Members of the Group, including Xx Xxxx Xxxx and Mr.
Yoram Firon of the Board of Directors of Ampal 1994, Xx Xxxx Xxxx and Mr.
Yoram Firon of the Board of Directors of Ampal 1998, Xx Xxxx Xxxx and Mr.
Yoram Firon of the Board of Directors of Ampal1966, Messrs Xxxx Bijio,
Amit Mantzour and Yoram Firon of the Company’s Board of Directors,
Messrs Xxxx Bijio, Amit Mantzour and Yoram Firon of the Board of Directors
of the General Partner – Hod Hasharon, and letters of resignation of
Messrs Xxxx Bijio, Amit Mantzour and Yoram Firon of the General Partner
– Ramat Hahayal, attached hereto as Appendices 9.2.3A to 9.2.3E. |
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9.2.4. |
Duly
signed notices to the Registrar of Companies in connection with the
transfer of half of the Sold Shares from the Seller to each of the
Individuals of the Buyer, in the wording attached hereto as Appendices
9.2.4A and 9.2.4B. |
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9.2.5. |
The
Seller will furnish the Buyer with a Deed of Endorsement of the Capital Deed
from the Seller to the Buyer, in respect of the Capital Deed, such that
the Buyer will be entitled to all the rights derived from the Capital
Deed, including the right to repayment of the Capital Deed in accordance
with the terms thereof, in the wording attached to this Agreement as
Appendix 9.2.5, duly signed by the Seller. |
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9.2.6. |
The
Seller will either furnish the Buyer with Bank Hapoalim’s Authorization
or furnish the Buyer with the Seller’s notification stating that the
Seller has acted in accordance with the foregoing in Section 7.2 above
(including full details of the Alternative Financing). |
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9.2.7. |
The
Seller will furnish the Buyer with the original authorization signed by the
Seller defined in Appendix 4.16.1 with regard to the changes that have
occurred, if and insofar as changes have occurred, in the Seller’s
Representations in Section 4 above. |
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9.3. |
The
Buyer will give the Seller the following documents and will perform the
following actions(and it is clarified that the documents detailed
hereunder and the actions detailed hereunder are being performed for the
benefit of the Seller, and the Seller is permitted, according to its
exclusive discretion, to waive in writing any of the documents and/or
actions detailed hereunder, in full or in part): |
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9.3.1. |
Payment
of the balance of the Consideration to the Seller, as defined in Section
10.3 hereunder. |
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9.3.2. |
The
Buyer will transfer to the Seller the entire sum of the debt as at the
Closing Date as stated in Section 5.10 above, in order for the Company to
be able to repay the entire said debt, as described in Section 5.10 above,
once the said debt has been updated as at the Closing Date and the Company
will repay the entire updated sum of the debt and will pay it to the
Seller. |
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9.3.3. |
Each
of the Individuals of the Buyer will transfer to the Seller original copies
of the authorized organs thereof, approving the entry into the Agreement
by the Parties and the purchase of half of the Sold Shares from the
Seller, which shall be attached to this Agreement as Appendices 5.7A and
5.7B. |
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10.1. |
In
return for the Sold Shares and the endorsement of the Capital Deed, the Buyer
will pay the Seller a sum in NIS equal to $29,300,000 (twenty nine million
and three hundred thousand United States dollars) in accordance with the
Dollar Rate that is known on the actual date of payment (hereinafter:
“the Consideration”). |
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10.2. |
On
or around June 17, 2007, the Buyer transferred the sum of $1,000,000 (one
million United States dollars) to the Seller as an advance on account of
the Consideration (hereinafter: “the Advance”). Should the
provisions of Section 3.2 above apply and should this Agreement not enter
into effect as stated in the said Section, the Seller will return the sum
of the Advance to the Buyer, as stated in Section 3.2 above. |
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10.3. |
The
balance of the Consideration, in the sum of $28,300,000 (twenty eight
million three hundred thousand united states dollars) ((hereinafter: “the
Balance of the Consideration”) will be paid to the Seller by the
Buyer (in equal parts by each of the Individuals of the Buyer) by bank
transfer to the Seller’s bank account at the main branch of Bank
Hapoalim, branch number 600, whose particulars will be given to the Buyer
by the Seller up to three business days before the Closing Date. The
Parties will act jointly on the Closing Date in order to obtain
confirmation of the performance of the transfer from the transferring bank
(or banks) and from the receiving bank. |
| 11. |
Indemnification
in respect of the Guarantees to the Company’s Customers |
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11.1. |
Since
the Seller and/or Ampal Israel and H.L. Management and/or the Israel
Corporation have provided guarantees to the Company’s Customers, and
since the Seller and/or Ampal Israel have undertaken to indemnify H.L.
Management and/or the Israel Corporation in respect of the guarantees to
the Company’s Customers that they provided, without prejudice to the
Buyer’s undertakings vis-à-vis the Seller under this
Agreement, the Buyer undertakes to indemnify and/or compensate the Seller
and/or Ampal Israel for any sum that the Seller and/or Ampal Israel is
ordered to pay, by a verdict whose implementation was not suspended, to
H.L. Management and/or the Israel Corporation and/or to any of the Company’s
Customers, in accordance with the Letters of Guarantee to the Company’s
Customers. The Seller and/or Ampal Israel will be entitled to
indemnification as stated provided they notified the Buyer in writing of the
demand for indemnification from H.L. Management and/or the Israel
Corporation and/or any of the Company’s Customers immediately upon
receipt of the first demand of same, and have attached the letters of
demand in accordance with the Guarantees, and all the relevant documents
and information. The Seller and/or Ampal Israel will not pay the demand or
claim or arrive at a settlement in connection thereto or transfer it to
arbitration or mediation under Sections 79 (A) – (C) of the Courts
Law, without obtaining the Buyer’s advance and written consent and
without enabling the Buyer to represent them and defend itself in their
name in any proceedings, including by granting a power of attorney in all
matters related to the demand or claim as stated. |
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The
wording of the Letters of Guarantees to the Company’s Customers and the list of
Guarantees to the Company’s Customers is attached hereto as Appendices 11.1A and
11.1B to this Agreement. |
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11.2. |
The
Buyer agrees that in order to guarantee the Buyer’s undertaking in all
matters related to the undertakings vis-à-vis H.L. Management
and/or vis-à-vis the Israel Corporation as stated in Section 11.1
above, the lien in favor of H.L. Management will remain in effect, and
this for as long as the Buyer and H.L. Management have not arrived at
another agreement in writing, signed by the Parties, or as long as the
undertakings for which H.L. Financing’s [sic] guarantees were given
have not expired. |
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11.3. |
The
Buyer agrees that in order to guarantee the Buyer’s undertaking in all
matters related to the undertakings vis-à-vis the Seller and/or
vis-à-vis Ampal Israel as stated in Section 11.1 above, the lien in
favor of Ampal Development will remain in effect, and this for as long as
the Buyer and the Seller and/or Ampal Israel have not arrived at another
agreement in writing, signed by the Parties, or as long as the
undertakings for which the Seller’s and/or Ampal Israel’s
guarantees were given have not expired. |
| 12. |
Special
Provisions regarding the Tenants Lawsuit and regarding the Payment of the
Capitalization Fee |
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12.1. |
As
of the Closing Date, the Buyer will assume the management of the Tenants’ Lawsuit
by the Company, but not the management of the Countersuit. The Seller’s
signature on this Agreement also constitutes the Seller’s irrevocable
consent, as of the Closing Date and thereafter, to cease the management of
the Countersuit, whether in the framework of a settlement agreement or
otherwise, immediately upon receipt of the Buyer’s first demand to do
so, for any reason and for no reason. Moreover, and even after the Closing
Date, the Seller will continue to coordinate the entire proceeding in the
framework of the Countersuit with the Buyer in accordance with its
undertakings under Section 8.4 above. To remove all doubt it is hereby
clarified that the aforesaid does not constitute the assumption of any
liability whatsoever on the part of the Buyer for the management of the
said Countersuit. |
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12.2. |
The
Seller will cooperate with the Company and the Buyer will ensure that the
Company and the Partnership cooperate with the Seller, and all of them
together will act to the best of their ability to do all that is
reasonably necessary in order to reduce the sum of the Capitalization Fee
(as this term is defined in Section 4.6.2 above) which will have to be
paid in a final manner to the Israel Land Administration, including by
continuing the proceedings described in Section 4.6.2 above (hereinafter:
“the Final Sum of the Capitalization Fee”) as well as the fact
that the one who will bear the Final Sum of the Capitalization Fee will be
Uri and not the Partnership, and the foregoing in Appendix 12.2 to this
Agreement will also apply. |
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| 13. |
Indemnification
and Liability for Representations |
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13.1. |
Without
prejudice to the provisions of Section 12.2, the Seller undertakes to
indemnify the Buyer in respect of any payment, expense or damage, apart
from indirect or consequential damage (jointly – “Damage”)
that is incurred by the Buyer: [A] Should it become apparent that a
representation that was given to the Buyer by the Seller in the framework
of this Agreement is incorrect. [B] In consequence of any liability to pay
that is created, or any payment that was made by the Company stemming from
grounds, an act or an omission that took place on a date prior to the
Closing Date, and which was not expressed in the Company’s Financial
Statements or in respect whereof no allowance was made in the Financial
Statements as stated, including and without prejudice to the generality of
the aforesaid, in respect of income tax or VAT debts. However, it is
clarified that in the matter the of income tax or VAT debts as stated,
“damage” means only payments that the Company is ordered to pay
to the relevant tax authorities, as per a peremptory ruling, in respect of
the period up to December 31, 2006, and all also subject to the foregoing
in the remaining subsections of this Section 13 hereunder (hereinafter:
“the Indemnification of the Buyer”). |
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13.2. |
It
is hereby clarified and agreed by the Buyer that the Indemnification of the
Buyer will be limited to a sum of damages equal to 100% of the sum of the
Consideration stated in Section 10.1 above and will apply only to sums of
direct damage in excess of direct damage in the sum of $1,500,000 (one
million and five hundred thousand United States dollars) cumulatively and
subject to the fact that the material inaccuracy of the relevant
representation and the damage that was caused in respect whereof was
discovered within 36 (thirty six) months from the date of signing of the
Agreement. |
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13.3. |
It
is likewise clarified and agreed by the Buyer that the Buyer will not be
permitted to make any contention and/or claim and/or demand vis-à-vis
the Seller and/or any party acting on the Seller’s behalf, in respect
of damage as stated after three months have passed from the date of
discovery of the significant and material incorrectness of any of the
Representations as stated. |
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13.4. |
The
Buyer declares and affirms that it will not be entitled to any compensation
and/or indemnification from the directors at the Seller and/or from the
directors on the Seller’s behalf who served on the Board of Directors
and/or on the board of the Members of the Group, save in the case of
criminal negligence, or God forbid, criminal acts. |
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13.5. |
Should
the demand for indemnification stem from a claim by a third party, the
Buyer will be entitled to indemnification as stated, provided it notified
the Seller in writing of the demand for indemnification immediately upon
receipt of the first demand in connection with the claim, with the
addition of the letters of demand an all the relevant documents and
information. Should the Seller assume full and unconditional
Indemnification of the Buyer (or, as applicable, of a one of the Members
of the Group) as stated, by written notice to the Buyer, the Buyer and/or
the Members of the Group will not pay the demand or the claim and will not
reach a settlement in connection therewith or transfer it to arbitration
or mediation as per Section 79 (A) – (C) of the Courts Law, without
obtaining the Seller’s advance and written consent. Under such
circumstances, the Buyer will enable the Seller to represent it and/or the
Members of the Group, to defend itself in their name in any proceedings,
including by granting a power of attorney in all matters related to the
demand or claim as stated. |
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13.6. |
Additionally,
in cases where the damage that was incurred by one of the Members of the
Group is insured (and, in this matter, the Buyer agrees to maintain
insurance policies at the Activity Companies in a scope and on terms
according to its discretion), the Buyer will notify the insurance
companies of the damage and, if possible, will fulfill the demands by
virtue of the policies for the activation of the insurance. The sums that
are received from the insurance policies, after deduction of all the sums
that are necessary in order to maintain the insurance policies in the
condition thereof prior to the demand (including a discount due to an
absence of claims) will be deducted from the sum of the indemnification
that the Seller must pay the Buyer as per this Section. |
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14.1. |
Each
of the Parties will bear all the tax payments applicable thereto in respect
of the deal that is the object of this Agreement and/or in connection
therewith. |
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14.2. |
Each
Party exclusively will bear its expenses in connection with this Agreement
and all matters stemming therefrom, including and without prejudice to the
generality of the foregoing, the payment of attorneys’ fees and
consultants’ fees. |
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15.1. |
Until
the Determining Date, and save as is required by law (including the
application to the Commissioner), the Parties will maintain
confidentiality with regard to this Agreement and the terms thereof. |
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15.2. |
Without
prejudice to the generality of the foregoing in Section 15.1 above , it is
agreed that a press release with regard to the drawing up of the Agreement
and publication, up to the Closing Date and/or in connection with the
closing of the deal that is the object of this Agreement, among the
Residents of the Facilities in Rishon Lezion and Hod Hasharon, with regard
to the drawing up of the Agreement and/or in connection with the
negotiations for the drawing up thereof, will be made amid advance and
written coordination between the Parties, and all apart from the notice
that the Seller and/or any of the companies affiliated thereto, including
Ampal American Israel Corporation is required to give according to US law,
and which will be worded thereby according to their discretion. |
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16.1. |
No
conduct on the part of either of the Parties shall be deemed a waiver of any
of the rights thereof under this Agreement or under any law, or as a
waiver, or as consent on the part thereof to any breach whatsoever or the
non-fulfillment of any term whatsoever, unless the waiver, consent,
postponement, change, cancellation or addendum was made expressly and in
writing and signed by the said Party. |
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16.2. |
In
the relations between the Parties to this Agreement and the Substitutes
thereof, the provisions of this Agreement shall take precedence over the
provisions of any conditional law. |
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16.3. |
No
changes or amendments in this Agreement shall be valid unless they were made
in a written document signed by all the Parties to this Agreement. |
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16.4. |
This
Agreement, upon the signing thereof, contains all the accords and/or
understandings between the Parties in connection with the topics mentioned
therein, unless otherwise stated in this Agreement, and it cancels all the
documents that were exchanged between the Parties prior to the signing
thereof. |
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16.5. |
The
Parties to this Agreement participated together in the negotiations and in
wording this Agreement. In the event of a lack of clarity or a question
with regard to the meaning or interpretation of any given section, this
Agreement will be interpreted as having been worded by all the Parties and
no conclusion will be drawn or burden of proof imposed for or against any
Party whatsoever by virtue of the fact that a given provision of the
Agreement was worded by that Party. |
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16.6. |
This
Agreement and any matter related to this Agreement and stemming therefrom,
including, without prejudice to the generality of the aforesaid, the
interpretation and/or execution and/or breach and/or validity and/or
legality and/or annulment thereof, will be governed solely, exclusively
and absolutely by the laws of the State of Israel. |
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16.7. |
The
Parties have selected the competent Tel Aviv District Court in the exclusive
and sole jurisdiction between them for any matter involving and related to
this Contract [sic], the execution thereof, the interpretation thereof
etc. |
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16.8. |
This
Agreement may be signed by any given Party by facsimile and such a
signature will be binding for all intents and purposes. |
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| 17. |
Addresses
and notices |
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17.1. |
The
addresses of the Parties to this Agreement are as specified in the Preamble
thereto. |
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17.2. |
Any
notice sent by registered mail to the address of one of the Parties in the
Preamble (or any other address announced by the Party in writing to the
other Party) shall be deemed to have reached the addressee within 72 hours
from the time it was sent and, if delivered by hand, at the time of
delivery thereof. Any notice sent by facsimile shall be deemed to have
reached its destination within one business day from the time of
transmission thereof. Notice to the Buyer will be sent with a copy to Xxxx
Xxxx, Attorney at Law, from the Xxxxx Xxxxxxx, Arad & Co law office, 0
Xxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx (fax: 00-0000000) and notices to the Seller
will be sent with a copy to Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Attorney at Law, from the
Firon & Co law office, 16 Abba Hillel Silver Street, Ramat Gan (fax:
03 – 0000000). |
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And in witness whereof
the Parties have signed these presents
/s/ Xxxx Xxxx
/s/ Xxxxx Firon
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Ampal Industries Inc |
/s/ Yaheli Shefi
/s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
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The Phoenix Investment
and Finance Company Ltd |
/s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
/s/ Xxxxxx Bar
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Golden Meybar
(2007) Ltd |
I,
the undersigned, Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Adv, of 16 Abba Hillel Silver Street, Ramat Gan, hereby
confirm that the aforementioned Agreement was duly signed by Ampal Industries Inc
(“the Seller”) by means of Xx Xxxx Xxxx and Mr. Yoram Firon, who were
authorized to sign the aforementioned Agreement in the name of the Seller, in accordance
with the Seller’s Articles of Incorporation.
/s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
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Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Adv. |
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I,
the undersigned, Xxxxxx Xxx, Adv, of 00 Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx xx., Xxxxxxxxx, hereby confirm
that the aforementioned Agreement was duly signed by Phoenix Holdings Ltd(“the
Phoenix”) by means of Yaheli Shefi and Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, who were authorized to sign
the aforementioned Agreement in the name of the Phoenix, in accordance with the Phoenix’s
Articles of Incorporation. |
/s/ Xxxxxx Xxx
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Xxxxxx Xxx (Ginusar), Adv |
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I,the undersigned, Xxxx Xxxxx, Adv,
of 00, Xxxxxxxx xx., Xxx Xxxx, hereby confirm that the aforementioned Agreement was duly
signed by Golden Meybar 2007 Ltd (“Golden”) by means of Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx and
Xxxxxx Bar, who were authorized to sign the aforementioned Agreement in the name of
Golden, in accordance with Golden’s Articles of Incorporation.
/s/ Xxxx Xxxxx
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Xxxx Xxxxx, Adv |
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