|
(1)
|
to re-appoint Kesselman & Kesselman, independent certified public accountants in Israel and a member of PricewaterhouseCoopers International Limited group, as the Company's auditor for the period ending at the close of the next annual general meeting;
|
|
(2)
|
to discuss the auditor’s remuneration for the year ended December 31, 2014, as determined by the Audit Committee and by the Board of Directors, and the report of the Board of Directors with respect to the remuneration paid to the auditor and its affiliates for the year ended December 31, 2014;
|
|
(3)
|
to discuss the Company’s audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2014 and the report of the Board of Directors for such period;
|
|
(4)
|
to re-elect the following directors to the Company’s Board of Directors until the close of the next annual general meeting: Mr. Adam Chesnoff, Mr. Elon Shalev, Mr. Fred Gluckman, Mr. Sumeet Jaisinghani, Mr. Yoav Rubinstein, Mr. Arieh Saban, Mr. Ori Yaron, Mr. Arie (Arik) Steinberg and Mr. Yehuda Saban; to approve (or to approve and ratify, as the case may be) the compensation terms of several directors; to approve that these directors will continue to benefit from the Company's existing D&O insurance policy and; to approve that these directors who have indemnification letters will continue to benefit from the indemnification thereunder; and to approve and ratify (subject to the adoption of Resolution 5 below) that Mr. Yehuda Saban will benefit from the indemnification under said resolution;
|
|
(5)
|
to approve and ratify the grant of an Indemnification Letter to Mr. Yehuda Saban;
|
|
(6)
|
Approval of re-appointment of Mr. Barry Ben Zeev as an external director (Dahatz), approval of his remuneration, and approval that no change is made to his right to benefit from the Company's D&O insurance policy and indemnification;
|
|
(7)
|
Approval of the severance terms of the former CEO Mr. Haim Romano.
|
|
(8)
|
Approval of the terms of office and employment of the CEO of the Company, Mr. Isaac Benbenisti.
|
By Order of the Board of Directors
Nomi Sandhaus, Adv.
Company Secretary
|
|
(1)
|
to re-appoint Kesselman & Kesselman, independent certified public accountants in Israel and a member of PricewaterhouseCoopers International Limited group, as the Company's auditor for the period ending at the close of the next annual general meeting;
|
|
(2)
|
to discuss the auditor’s remuneration for the year ended December 31, 2014, as determined by the Audit Committee and by the Board of Directors, and the report of the Board of Directors with respect to the remuneration paid to the auditor and its affiliates for the year ended December 31, 2014;
|
|
(3)
|
to discuss the Company’s audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2014 and the report of the Board of Directors for such period;
|
|
(4)
|
to re-elect the following directors to the Company’s Board of Directors until the close of the next annual general meeting: Mr. Adam Chesnoff, Mr. Elon Shalev, Mr. Fred Gluckman, Mr. Sumeet Jaisinghani, Mr. Yoav Rubinstein, Mr. Arieh Saban, Mr. Ori Yaron, Mr. Arie (Arik) Steinberg and Mr. Yehuda Saban; to approve (or to approve and ratify, as the case may be) the compensation terms of several directors; to approve that these directors will continue to benefit from the Company's existing D&O insurance policy and; to approve that these directors who have indemnification letters will continue to benefit from the indemnification thereunder; and to approve and ratify (subject to the adoption of Resolution 5 below) that Mr. Yehuda Saban will benefit from the indemnification under said resolution;
|
|
(5)
|
to approve and ratify the grant of an Indemnification Letter to Mr. Yehuda Saban;
|
|
(6)
|
Approval of re-appointment of Mr. Barry Ben Zeev as an external director (Dahatz), approval of his remuneration, and approval that no change is made to his right to benefit from the Company's D&O insurance policy and indemnification;
|
|
(7)
|
Approval of the severance terms of the former CEO Mr. Haim Romano.
|
|
(8)
|
Approval of the terms of office and employment of the CEO of the Company, Mr. Isaac Benbenisti.
|
|
1.
|
“RESOLVED: to re-appoint the Company’s auditor, Kesselman & Kesselman, as the auditor of the Company for the period ending at the close of the next annual general meeting.”
|
|
2.
|
“The remuneration of the auditor and its affiliates for the year 2014 as determined by the Audit Committee and by the Board of Directors and the report by the Board of Directors of the remuneration of the auditor and its affiliates for the same period are hereby noted.”
|
Name
|
Position
|
|
Mr. Adam Chesnoff
|
Director and Chairman of the Board of Directors
|
|
Mr. Elon Shalev
|
Director and Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors
|
|
Mr. Fred Gluckman
|
Director
|
|
Mr. Sumeet Jaisinghani
|
Director
|
|
Mr. Yoav Rubinstein
|
Director
|
|
Mr. Arieh Saban
|
Director
|
|
Mr. Arie (Arik) Steinberg
|
Director
|
|
Mr. Ori Yaron
|
Director
|
|
Mr. Yehuda Saban
|
Director
|
|
(i)
|
“RESOLVED: to re-elect Mr. Adam Chesnoff, Mr. Elon Shalev, Mr. Fred Gluckman, Mr. Sumeet Jaisinghani, Mr. Yoav Rubinstein, Mr. Arieh Saban, Mr. Yehuda Saban, Mr. Arie Steinberg, and Mr. Ori Yaron, to serve as directors of the Company until the close of the next annual general meeting, unless their office becomes vacant earlier in accordance with the provisions of the Israeli Companies Law and the Company’s Articles of Association;
|
|
(ii)
|
RESOLVED: (A) to approve the Compensation of Mr. Adam Chesnoff, Mr. Elon Shalev, Mr. Fred Gluckman, Mr. Sumeet Jaisinghani, Mr. Yoav Rubinstein, Mr. Arieh Saban and Mr. Ori Yaron and to approve and ratify the Compensation of Mr. Yehuda Saban; (B) to approve and ratify the reimbursement of Reasonable Expenses of each of the directors listed above in clause (A); (C) to approve that the directors listed above in clause (A) will continue to benefit from the Company's existing D&O insurance policy; (D) to approve that the directors listed above in clause (A) who have indemnification letters will continue to benefit from the indemnification thereunder and their indemnification letters will continue in full force and effect; and (E) to approve and ratify (subject to the adoption of Resolution 5 below) that Mr. Yehuda Saban will benefit from indemnification under said resolution;
|
|
(iii)
|
RESOLVED: (A) to approve the Compensation of Ms. Osnat Ronen and Mr. Arie Steinberg; (B) to approve and ratify the reimbursement of Reasonable Expenses of Ms. Osnat Ronen and Mr. Arie Steinberg; (C) to approve that Ms. Osnat Ronen and Mr. Arie Steinberg will continue to benefit from the Company's existing D&O insurance policy; and (D) to approve that Ms. Osnat Ronen and Mr. Arie Steinberg who have indemnification letters will continue to benefit from the indemnification thereunder and their indemnification letters will continue in full force and effect; and
|
|
(iv)
|
RESOLVED: these resolutions are in the best interest of the Company.”
|
|
(i)
|
financial liability incurred or imposed in accordance with a judgment, including a judgment given in a settlement or a judgment of an arbitrator approved by a court; provided, that such liability pertains to one or more of the events set forth in the indemnification letter, which, in the opinion of the Board of Directors of the company, are anticipated in light of the company’s activities at the time of the grant of indemnification and is limited to the sum or measurement of indemnification determined by the Board of Directors to be reasonable under the circumstances and set forth in the indemnification letter;
|
|
(ii)
|
reasonable legal expenses, including attorney fees, incurred or ordered by a court in the context of proceedings filed by or on behalf of the company or by a third party, or in a criminal proceeding in which the director or office holder is acquitted or if convicted, for an offense which does not require criminal intent;
|
|
(iii)
|
reasonable legal expenses, including attorney fees, incurred due to an investigation or proceeding conducted by an authority authorized to conduct such investigation or proceeding and which has ended without the filing of an indictment against the director or office holder and no financial liability was imposed on the director or office holder in lieu of criminal proceedings, or has ended without the filing of an indictment against the director or office holder, but financial liability was imposed on the director or office holder in lieu of criminal proceedings in an alleged criminal offense that does not require proof of criminal intent, within the meaning of the relevant terms in the law or in connection with a financial sanction (Itzum Caspi);
|
|
(iv)
|
Payment to the injured party as a result of a violation set forth in Section 52.54(a)(1)(a) of the Israeli Securities Law, including by indemnification in advance; and
|
|
(v)
|
Expenses incurred in connection with a proceeding (a “Proceeding” - halich) under Chapters H3, H4 or I1 of the Israeli Securities Law, or under Chapter 4 of Part 9 of the Israeli Companies Law, in connection with any affairs including reasonable legal expenses (including attorney fees), including by indemnification in advance.
|
|
(i)
|
“RESOLVED: to approve and ratify the Company’s undertaking to indemnify Mr. Yehuda Saban and to provide him with the Revised Indemnification Letter;
|
|
(ii)
|
RESOLVED: the Maximum Indemnity Amount is reasonable given the circumstances and that the indemnification events listed in Schedule I of the Revised Indemnification Letter are anticipated in light of Partner's current activities; and
|
|
(iii)
|
RESOLVED: these resolutions are in the best interest of the Company.”
|
(i)
|
“RESOLVED: to re-appoint Mr. Barry Ben Zeev as an external director (Dahatz) of the Company for one additional term of three years in accordance with the Israeli Companies Law, commencing on October 28, 2015;
|
(ii)
|
RESOLVED: to approve the payment of the Remuneration and the reimbursement of expenses as set forth in the Remuneration Regulations to Mr. Barry Ben Zeev. In the event that options will be granted to Company directors, the Company will grant options to Mr. Barry Ben Zeev in a manner complying with the Remuneration Regulations, if and to the extent permitted by the Company's Compensation Policy at the relevant time. Mr. Ben Zeev will continue to benefit from the Company's D&O insurance policy (as in effect from time to time) and from his existing indemnification letter, which shall continue in full force and effect; and
|
(iii)
|
RESOLVED: these resolutions are in the best interest of the Company.”
|
1
|
Mr. Romano was holding office through a management company.
|
(i)
|
“RESOLVED: to approve the grant of the Proposed Severance Bonus to Mr. Haim Romano in the amount of NIS 2,567,525; and
|
(ii)
|
RESOLVED: this resolution is in the best interest of the Company.”
|
% achievement of Company targets*
|
Bonus calculation
|
Less than 80%
|
Ineligible for an annual bonus
|
80% to 120%
|
% of achievement of the Company targets × NIS 1.5 million
|
Higher than 120%
|
120% × NIS 1.5 million.
|
3
|
“Employees of a manpower contractor who are working at the Company” – employees of a manpower contractor, when the Company is their actual employer, and employees of a service contractor who are engaged in the provision of a service at the Company; in this context, “Manpower Contractor,” “Service Contractor,” “Actual Employer” – as these terms are defined in the Employment of Employees by Manpower Contractors Law, 5756 – 1996.
“Wage” – the income for which national insurance contributions are being paid, pursuant to chapter 15 of the National Insurance Law [Consolidated Version], 5755 – 1995.
|
|
(i)
|
“RESOLVED: to approve the terms of office and employment of the CEO, Mr. Isaac Benbenisti; and
|
|
(ii)
|
RESOLVED: this resolution is in the best interest of the Company.”
|
By Order of the Board of Directors
Nomi Sandhaus, ADV.
Company Secretary
|
Page
|
|
F - 3
|
|
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS:
|
|
F - 4 - F - 5
|
|
F - 6
|
|
F - 7
|
|
F - 8
|
|
F - 9 - F - 10
|
|
F - 11 - F - 79
|
Tel-Aviv, Israel
March 10, 2015
|
/s/ Kesselman & Kesselman
Certified Public Accountants (Isr.)
A member firm of PriceWaterhouseCoopers International Limited
|
New Israeli Shekels
|
Convenience translation into U.S. dollars
(note 2b3)
|
||||||||||||||
December 31,
|
|||||||||||||||
2013
|
2014
|
2014
|
|||||||||||||
Note
|
In millions
|
||||||||||||||
CURRENT ASSETS
|
|||||||||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents
|
481 | 663 | 170 | ||||||||||||
Trade receivables
|
7 | 1,051 | 948 | 244 | |||||||||||
Other receivables and prepaid expenses
|
45 | 34 | 9 | ||||||||||||
Deferred expenses – right of use
|
11 | 28 | 34 | 9 | |||||||||||
Inventories
|
8 | 93 | 138 | 35 | |||||||||||
Income tax receivable
|
3 | * | * | ||||||||||||
Derivative financial instruments
|
6 | 2 | * | * | |||||||||||
1,703 | 1,817 | 467 | |||||||||||||
NON CURRENT ASSETS
|
|||||||||||||||
Trade receivables
|
7 | 289 | 418 | 107 | |||||||||||
Deferred expenses – right of use
|
11 | 118 | 97 | 25 | |||||||||||
Property and equipment
|
9 | 1,791 | 1,661 | 427 | |||||||||||
Licenses and other intangible assets
|
10 | 1,167 | 1,079 | 277 | |||||||||||
Goodwill
|
12 | 407 | 407 | 105 | |||||||||||
Deferred income tax asset
|
23 | 12 | 14 | 4 | |||||||||||
Prepaid expenses
|
3 | 1 | |||||||||||||
3,784 | 3,679 | 946 | |||||||||||||
TOTAL ASSETS
|
5,487 | 5,496 | 1,413 |
Haim Romano
|
Ziv Leitman
|
Barry Ben-Zeev (Woolfson)
|
||
Chief Executive Officer
|
Chief Financial Officer
|
Director
|
||
New Israeli Shekels
|
Convenience translation into U.S. dollars
(note 2b3)
|
||||||||||||||
December 31,
|
|||||||||||||||
2013
|
2014
|
2014
|
|||||||||||||
Note
|
In millions
|
||||||||||||||
CURRENT LIABILITIES
|
|||||||||||||||
Current maturities of notes payable and bank borrowings
|
6,14 | 334 | 309 | 79 | |||||||||||
Trade payables
|
761 | 804 | 206 | ||||||||||||
Payables in respect of employees
|
98 | 95 | 24 | ||||||||||||
Other payables (mainly institutions)
|
45 | 43 | 11 | ||||||||||||
Income tax payable
|
31 | 38 | 10 | ||||||||||||
Deferred revenues
|
37 | 35 | 9 | ||||||||||||
Provisions
|
13 | 67 | 58 | 15 | |||||||||||
Derivative financial instruments
|
6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||||||||||
1,374 | 1,385 | 355 | |||||||||||||
NON CURRENT LIABILITIES
|
|||||||||||||||
Notes payable
|
6,14 | 2,038 | 1,733 | 446 | |||||||||||
Bank borrowings
|
6,14 | 1,109 | 1,233 | 317 | |||||||||||
Liability for employee rights upon retirement, net
|
15 | 45 | 51 | 13 | |||||||||||
Dismantling and restoring sites obligation
|
13 | 31 | 35 | 9 | |||||||||||
Other non-current liabilities
|
16 | 16 | 4 | ||||||||||||
Deferred income tax liability
|
23 | * | 4 | 1 | |||||||||||
3,239 | 3,072 | 790 | |||||||||||||
TOTAL LIABILITIES
|
4,613 | 4,457 | 1,145 | ||||||||||||
EQUITY
|
19 | ||||||||||||||
Share capital - ordinary shares of NIS 0.01
par value: authorized - December 31, 2013
and 2014 - 235,000,000 shares;
issued and outstanding -
|
2 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||
December 31, 2013 – **155,687,002 shares
|
|||||||||||||||
December 31, 2014 – **156,072,945 shares
|
|||||||||||||||
Capital surplus
|
1,100 | 1,102 | 283 | ||||||||||||
Accumulated retained earnings
|
123 | 286 | 74 | ||||||||||||
Treasury shares, at cost - December 31, 2013
and 2014 - 4,467,990 shares
|
(351 | ) | (351 | ) | (90 | ) | |||||||||
TOTAL EQUITY
|
874 | 1,039 | 268 | ||||||||||||
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
|
5,487 | 5,496 | 1,413 |
Convenience
|
|||||||||||||||||||
translation
|
|||||||||||||||||||
into U.S. dollars
|
|||||||||||||||||||
New Israeli Shekels
|
(note 2b3)
|
||||||||||||||||||
Year ended December 31
|
|||||||||||||||||||
2012
|
2013
|
2014
|
2014
|
||||||||||||||||
Note
|
In millions (except earnings per share)
|
||||||||||||||||||
Revenues, net
|
5 | 5,572 | 4,519 | 4,400 | 1,131 | ||||||||||||||
Cost of revenues
|
5, 20 | 4,031 | 3,510 | 3,419 | 879 | ||||||||||||||
Gross profit
|
1,541 | 1,009 | 981 | 252 | |||||||||||||||
Selling and marketing expenses
|
20 | 551 | 462 | 438 | 112 | ||||||||||||||
General and administrative expenses
|
20 | 236 | 217 | 193 | 50 | ||||||||||||||
Other income, net
|
21 | 111 | 79 | 50 | 13 | ||||||||||||||
Operating profit
|
865 | 409 | 400 | 103 | |||||||||||||||
Finance income
|
22 | 21 | 29 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Finance expenses
|
22 | 255 | 240 | 162 | 42 | ||||||||||||||
Finance costs, net
|
22 | 234 | 211 | 159 | 41 | ||||||||||||||
Profit before income tax
|
631 | 198 | 241 | 62 | |||||||||||||||
Income tax expenses
|
23 | 153 | 63 | 79 | 20 | ||||||||||||||
Profit for the year
|
478 | 135 | 162 | 42 | |||||||||||||||
Earnings per share
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Basic
|
25 | 3.07 | 0.87 | 1.04 | 0.27 | ||||||||||||||
Diluted
|
25 | 3.07 | 0.86 | 1.04 | 0.27 |
New Israeli Shekels
|
Convenience translation into U.S. dollars
(note 2b3)
|
||||||||||||||||||
Year ended December 31
|
|||||||||||||||||||
2012
|
2013
|
2014
|
2014
|
||||||||||||||||
Note
|
In millions
|
||||||||||||||||||
Profit for the year
|
478 | 135 | 162 | 42 | |||||||||||||||
Other comprehensive losses, items that will
not be reclassified to profit or loss
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Remeasurements of post-employment benefit obligations
|
15 | (17 | ) | (9 | ) | (9 | ) | (2 | ) | ||||||||||
Income taxes relating to remeasurements of post-employment benefit obligations
|
23 | 4 | 2 | 2 | * | ||||||||||||||
Other comprehensive losses
for the year, net of income taxes
|
(13 | ) | (7 | ) | (7 | ) | (2 | ) | |||||||||||
TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE INCOME FOR THE YEAR
|
465 | 128 | 155 | 40 | |||||||||||||||
Share capital
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number of
|
Capital
|
Accumulated
|
Treasury
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shares**
|
Amount
|
surplus
|
earnings (deficit)
|
shares
|
Total
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Note
|
I n m i l l i o n s
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||
New Israeli Shekels:
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
BALANCE AT JANUARY 1, 2012
|
155,645,708 | 2 | 1,100 | (326 | ) | (351 | ) | 425 | |||||||||||||||||||
CHANGES DURING THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2012
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total comprehensive income for the year
|
465 | 465 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Employee share-based compensation expenses
|
11 | 11 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dividend
|
19 | (160 | ) | (160 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
BALANCE AT DECEMBER 31, 2012
|
155,645,708 | 2 | 1,100 | (10 | ) | (351 | ) | 741 | |||||||||||||||||||
CHANGES DURING THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2013
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total comprehensive income for the year
|
128 | 128 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Exercise of options granted to employees
|
41,294 | * | * | * | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Employee share-based compensation expenses
|
5 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
BALANCE AT DECEMBER 31, 2013
|
155,687,002 | 2 | 1,100 | 123 | (351 | ) | 874 | ||||||||||||||||||||
CHANGES DURING THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2014
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total comprehensive income for the year
|
155 | 155 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Exercise of options granted to employees
|
385,943 | * | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Employee share-based compensation expenses
|
8 | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
BALANCE AT DECEMBER 31, 2014
|
156,072,945 | 2 | 1,102 | 286 | (351 | ) | 1,039 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Convenience translation into U.S. Dollars (note 2b3):
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
BALANCE AT JANUARY 1, 2014
|
155,687,002 | 1 | 282 | 32 | (90 | ) | 225 | ||||||||||||||||||||
CHANGES DURING THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2014
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total comprehensive income for the year
|
40 | 40 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Exercise of options granted to employees
|
385,943 | * | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Employee share-based compensation expenses
|
2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
BALANCE AT DECEMBER 31, 2014
|
156,072,945 | 1 | 283 | 74 | (90 | ) | 268 |
New Israeli Shekels
|
Convenience translation into U.S. dollars
(note 2b3)
|
||||||||||||||||||
Year ended December 31
|
|||||||||||||||||||
2012
|
2013
|
2014
|
2014
|
||||||||||||||||
Note
|
In millions
|
||||||||||||||||||
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Cash generated from operations (Appendix)
|
1,858 | 1,548 | 1,017 | 261 | |||||||||||||||
Income tax paid
|
23 | (153 | ) | (9 | ) | (66 | ) | (17 | ) | ||||||||||
Net cash provided by operating activities
|
1,705 | 1,539 | 951 | 244 | |||||||||||||||
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Acquisition of property and equipment
|
9 | (367 | ) | (326 | ) | (287 | ) | (74 | ) | ||||||||||
Acquisition of intangible assets
|
10 | (133 | ) | (156 | ) | (145 | ) | (37 | ) | ||||||||||
Interest received
|
22 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Proceeds from sale of property and equipment
|
21 | 2 | 1 | 1 | * | ||||||||||||||
Proceeds from (repayment of) derivative financial instruments, net
|
6 | 18 | (25 | ) | (4 | ) | (1 | ) | |||||||||||
Net cash used in investing activities
|
(471 | ) | (498 | ) | (431 | ) | (111 | ) | |||||||||||
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Proceeds from exercise of stock options granted to employees
|
19 | * | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
Dividend paid
|
19 | (167 | ) | ||||||||||||||||
Repayment of finance lease
|
(2 | ) | (1 | ) | |||||||||||||||
Interest paid
|
22 | (200 | ) | (181 | ) | (131 | ) | (34 | ) | ||||||||||
Non-current bank borrowings received
|
6,14 | 200 | 51 | ||||||||||||||||
Repayment of non-current bank borrowings
|
6,14 | (455 | ) | (617 | ) | (100 | ) | (26 | ) | ||||||||||
Repayment of notes payable
|
6,14 | (394 | ) | (309 | ) | (309 | ) | (79 | ) | ||||||||||
Net cash used in financing activities
|
(1,218 | ) | (1,108 | ) | (338 | ) | (87 | ) | |||||||||||
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
|
16 | (67 | ) | 182 | 46 | ||||||||||||||
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT BEGINNING OF YEAR
|
532 | 548 | 481 | 124 | |||||||||||||||
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT END OF YEAR
|
548 | 481 | 663 | 170 |
New Israeli Shekels
|
Convenience translation into
U.S. dollars
(note 2b3)
|
||||||||||||||||||
Year ended December 31,
|
|||||||||||||||||||
2012
|
2013
|
2014
|
2014
|
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Note
|
In millions
|
||||||||||||||||||
Cash generated from operations:
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Profit for the year
|
478 | 135 | 162 | 42 | |||||||||||||||
Adjustments for:
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization
|
9, 10 | 700 | 669 | 652 | 168 | ||||||||||||||
Amortization of deferred expenses- Right of use
|
11 | 26 | 31 | 37 | 10 | ||||||||||||||
Employee share based compensation expenses
|
19 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
Liability for employee rights upon retirement, net
|
15 | (12 | ) | (14 | ) | (3 | ) | (1 | ) | ||||||||||
Finance costs, net
|
22 | 38 | 49 | 4 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Change in fair value of derivative financial instruments
|
6 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
Interest paid
|
22 | 200 | 181 | 131 | 34 | ||||||||||||||
Interest received
|
22 | (9 | ) | (8 | ) | (4 | ) | (1 | ) | ||||||||||
Deferred income taxes
|
23 | (10 | ) | 17 | 4 | 1 | |||||||||||||
Income tax paid
|
23 | 153 | 9 | 66 | 17 | ||||||||||||||
Capital loss (gain) from property and equipment
|
9 | * | (1 | ) | (1 | ) | * | ||||||||||||
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
|
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Decrease (increase) in accounts receivable:
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Trade
|
7 | 467 | 566 | (26 | ) | (7 | ) | ||||||||||||
Other
|
(5 | ) | 2 | 8 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
Increase (decrease) in accounts payable and accruals:
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Parent group - trade
|
24 | (72 | ) | ||||||||||||||||
Trade
|
(107 | ) | (115 | ) | 44 | 10 | |||||||||||||
Other payables
|
(44 | ) | (17 | ) | (4 | ) | (1 | ) | |||||||||||
Provisions
|
13 | (5 | ) | 7 | (9 | ) | (2 | ) | |||||||||||
Deferred revenues
|
(11 | ) | (3 | ) | (2 | ) | (1 | ) | |||||||||||
Increase in deferred expenses - Right of use
|
11 | (25 | ) | (17 | ) | (22 | ) | (6 | ) | ||||||||||
Current income tax liability
|
23 | 5 | 35 | 10 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
Decrease (increase) in inventories
|
8 | 65 | 5 | (45 | ) | (12 | ) | ||||||||||||
Cash generated from operations:
|
1,858 | 1,548 | 1,017 | 261 | |||||||||||||||
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a.
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Reporting entity
|
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b.
|
Operating segments
|
|
(1)
|
Cellular segment
|
|
b.
|
Operating segments (continued)
|
|
|
(2)
|
Fixed-line segment
|
|
(1)
|
In November 2014, the Ministry of Communications published a decision of the Minister of Communications regarding regulation of the wholesale market for broadband fixed-line telecommunications services - defining a format for the supply of wholesale services and setting a tariff for the supply of these services. Within this framework, the Minister decided to amend the licenses of the infrastructure owners – Bezeq The Israeli Telecommunication Corp. Ltd. (“Bezeq”) and HOT Telecom Ltd. (“Hot”) - and to prescribe the service portfolio - managed broadband access and wholesale telephony service. The regulations attached to the Minister’s decision prescribe the obligation to supply the wholesale services, including ancillary services, as well as maximum tariffs (requiring the approval of the Minister of Finance) for the said wholesale services.
In February 2015 a regulation came into effect according to which each of the infrastructure owners - Bezeq and Hot are required to allow use of their broadband fixed-line infrastructure by telecommunication providers that do not have a broadband fixed-line infrastructure. This regulation will allow telecommunication providers that do not have a broadband fixed-line infrastructure, including the Company and its subsidiaries, to offer internet access in one transaction (without requiring the subscriber to engage with both an internet access provider and an infrastructure provider).
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d.
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Network sharing agreement and right of use
|
|
On November 8, 2013 the Company and Hot Mobile Ltd ("Hot Mobile") have entered into a 15-year network sharing agreement (“NSA”), which was approved by the Antitrust Commissioner as described below, and remains subject to approval by the Ministry of Communications. Pursuant to the NSA, the parties created a 50-50 joint venture ("JV") in the form of a limited partnership - P.H.I. Networks (2015) Limited Partnership, which will operate and develop a radio access network to be shared by both parties, starting with a pooling of both parties' radio access network infrastructures to create a single shared pooled radio access network (the "Shared Network"). The parties have also established a 50-50 company limited by shares under the name Net 4 P.H.I Ltd., to be the general partner of the limited partnership.
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d.
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Network sharing agreement and right of use (continued)
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e.
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Group licenses
|
Type of services
|
Area of service
|
License owner
|
Granted by
|
Valid through
|
Guarantees made
|
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(1)
|
Cellular
|
Israel
|
Partner Communications Company Ltd.
|
MOC
|
Feb 1, 2022
|
USD 10 million + NIS 10 million
|
(2)
|
Cellular
|
West Bank
|
Partner Communications Company Ltd.
|
CA
|
Feb 1, 2022
|
USD 0.5 million
|
(3)
|
ISP
|
Israel
|
Partner Communications Company Ltd.
|
MOC
|
Mar 30, 2018
|
|
(4)
|
ISP
|
West Bank
|
Partner Communications Company Ltd.
|
CA
|
Mar 30, 2018
|
|
(5)
|
ISP
|
Israel
|
012 Smile Telecom Ltd.
|
MOC
|
Mar 31, 2015
|
|
(6)
|
ISP
|
West Bank
|
012 Smile Telecom Ltd.
|
CA
|
Feb 21, 2016
|
|
(7)
|
ILD
|
Israel
|
012 Smile Telecom Ltd.
|
MOC
|
Nov 15, 2029
|
NIS 10.8 million
|
(8)
|
ILD
|
West Bank
|
012 Smile Telecom Ltd.
|
CA
|
Feb 21, 2018
|
NIS 0.6 million
|
(9)
|
VOB and PRI
|
Israel
|
012 Telecom Ltd.
|
MOC
|
Dec 21, 2025
|
NIS 12 million
|
(10)
|
VOB and PRI
|
West Bank
|
012 Telecom Ltd.
|
CA
|
Feb 21, 2018
|
|
(11)
|
VOB and PRI
|
Israel
|
Partner Land-line Communication Solutions - Limited Partnership
|
MOC
|
Jan 15, 2027
|
NIS 11.8 million
|
(12)
|
VOB and PRI
|
West Bank
|
Partner Land-line Communication Solutions - Limited Partnership
|
CA
|
Mar 22, 2019
|
|
(13)
|
NTP
|
Israel
|
Partner Land-line Communication Solutions - Limited Partnership
|
MOC
|
Feb 28, 2017
|
|
(14)
|
NTP
|
Israel
|
012 Smile Telecom Ltd.
|
MOC
|
Mar 31, 2015
|
e.
|
Group licenses (continued)
|
a.
|
Basis of preparation of the financial statements
|
|
(1)
|
Basis of preparation
|
b.
|
Foreign currency translations
|
c.
|
Principles of consolidation
|
d.
|
Inventories
|
e.
|
Property and equipment
|
e.
|
Property and equipment (continued)
|
years
|
|||
Communications network:
|
|||
Physical layer and infrastructure
|
10 - 25 (mainly 15, 10)
|
||
Other Communication network
|
3 - 15 (mainly 5, 10, 15)
|
||
Computers, software and hardware for
|
|||
information systems
|
3-10 (mainly 3-5)
|
||
Office furniture and equipment
|
7-15 | ||
Optic fibers and related assets
|
7-25 (mainly 20)
|
||
Property
|
25 |
f.
|
Licenses and other intangible assets
|
|
(1)
|
Licenses costs and amortization (see also note 1 (e)):
|
|
(a)
|
The licenses to operate cellular communication services were recognized at cost. Borrowing costs which served to finance the license fee - incurred until the commencement of utilization of the license - were capitalized to cost of the license.
|
|
(b)
|
Partner Land-line Communication solutions – limited partnership's license for providing fixed-line communication services is stated at cost.
|
|
(c)
|
012 Smile and its subsidiaries' licenses were recognized at fair value in a business combination as of the acquisition date of 012 Smile March 3, 2011.
|
|
(2)
|
Computer software:
Acquired computer software licenses are capitalized on the basis of the costs incurred to acquire and to bring to use the specified software.
Development costs, including employee costs, that are directly attributable to the design and testing of identifiable and unique software products controlled by the Group are recognized as intangible assets when the capitalization criteria under IAS 38 are met. Other development expenditures that do not meet the capitalization criteria, such as software maintenance, are recognized as an expenses as incurred.
Computer software costs are amortized over their estimated useful lives (3 to 10 years) using the straight-line method, see also note 10.
|
|
(3)
|
Customer relationships:
The Company has recognized as intangible assets customer relationships that were acquired in a business combination and recognized at fair value as of the acquisition date. Customer relationships are amortized to selling and marketing expenses over their estimated useful economic lives (5 to 10 years) based on the straight line method.
|
|
(4)
|
Trade name:
Trade name was acquired in a business combination. The trade name is amortized to selling and marketing expenses over its estimated useful economic life (12 years) based on the straight line method.
|
|
(5)
|
Subscriber Acquisition and Retention Costs (SARC):
|
g.
|
Right Of Use (ROU) of international fiber optic cables
Right of use (ROU) of international fiber optic cables was acquired in a business combination, subsequent additions are recognized at cost. The ROU is presented as deferred expenses (current and non-current) and is amortized on a straight line basis over a period beginning each acquisition of additional ROU in the framework and until 2027 (including expected contractual extension periods). See also notes 11 and 16(5).
|
h.
|
Goodwill
|
h.
|
Goodwill (continued)
|
i.
|
Impairment of non-financial assets with finite useful economic lives
|
j.
|
Financial instruments
|
|
The Group classifies its financial instruments in the following categories: (1) at fair value through profit or loss, (2) loans and receivables, and (3) liabilities at amortized cost. The classification depends on the purpose for which the financial instruments were acquired or assumed, determined at initial recognition. See note 6 (c) as to classification of financial instruments to the categories.
|
|
Financial assets are classified as current if they are expected to mature within 12 months after the end of the reporting period; otherwise they are classified as non-current. Financial liabilities are included in current liabilities, except for maturities greater than 12 months after the end of the reporting period, which are classified as non-current liabilities.
|
|
Financial assets and liabilities are offset and the net amount reported in the statement of financial position when there is a legal enforceable right to offset the recognized amounts and there is an intention to settle on a net basis or realize the asset and settle the liability simultaneously. The legal enforceable right must not be contingent on future events and must be enforceable in the normal course of business and in the event of default, insolvency or bankruptcy of the company or the counterparty.
|
j.
|
Financial instruments (continued)
|
|
k.
|
Employee benefits
|
k.
|
Employee benefits (continued)
|
l.
|
Share based payments
|
m.
|
Provisions
|
|
(1)
|
In the ordinary course of business, the Group is involved in a number of lawsuits and litigations. The costs that may result from these lawsuits are only accrued for when it is probable that a liability, resulting from past events, will be incurred and the amount of that liability can be quantified or estimated within a reasonable range. The amount of the provisions recorded is based on a case-by-case assessment of the risk level, and events arising during the course of legal proceedings that may require a reassessment of this risk, and where applicable discounted at a pre-tax discount rate that reflects current market assessments of the time value of money and the risks specific to the liability. The Group's assessment of risk is based both on the advice of legal counsel and on the Group's estimate of the probable settlements amount that are expected to be incurred, if any. See also note 18.
|
|
(2)
|
The Company is required to incur certain costs in respect of a liability to dismantle and remove assets and to restore sites on which the assets were located. The dismantling costs are calculated according to best estimate of future expected payments discounted at a pre-tax discount rate that reflects current market assessments of the time value of money and the risks specific to the liability. The increase in the provision due to the passage of time is recognized as finance costs (unwinding of discount).
|
|
(3)
|
Provisions for equipment warranties include obligations to customers in respect of equipment sold. Where there are a number of similar obligations, the likelihood that an outflow will be required in a settlement is determined by considering the class of obligations as a whole. A provision is recognized even if the likelihood of an outflow with respect to any item included in the same class of obligations may be small.
|
n.
|
Revenues
|
n.
|
Revenues (continued)
|
o.
|
Leases
|
p.
|
Advertising expenses
|
q.
|
Tax expenses
|
|
r.
|
Share capital
|
s.
|
Earnings Per Share (EPS)
|
|
(2)
|
Assessing the useful lives of assets:
|
|
(3)
|
Assessing the recoverable amount for impairment tests of assets with finite useful economic lives:
|
|
a.
|
Critical accounting estimates and assumptions (continued)
|
(4)
|
Assessing the recoverable amount of goodwill for annual impairment tests:
|
Terminal growth rate
|
(negative 0.2%)
|
|||
After-tax discount rate
|
10.5 | % | ||
Pre-tax discount rate
|
14.3 | % |
(5)
|
Assessing allowance for doubtful accounts:
|
|
a.
|
Critical accounting estimates and assumptions (continued)
|
(6)
|
Considering uncertain tax positions:
|
|
b.
|
Critical judgments in applying the Group's accounting policies
|
New Israeli Shekels
|
||||||||||||||||
Year ended December 31, 2014
|
||||||||||||||||
In millions
|
||||||||||||||||
Cellular segment
|
Fixed-line segment
|
Elimination
|
Consolidated
|
|||||||||||||
Segment revenue - Services
|
2,592 | 816 | 3,408 | |||||||||||||
Inter-segment revenue - Services
|
26 | 188 | (214 | ) | ||||||||||||
Segment revenue - Equipment
|
938 | 54 | 992 | |||||||||||||
Total revenues
|
3,556 | 1,058 | (214 | ) | 4,400 | |||||||||||
Segment cost of revenues - Services
|
1,963 | 692 | 2,655 | |||||||||||||
Inter-segment cost of revenues- Services
|
185 | 29 | (214 | ) | ||||||||||||
Segment cost of revenues - Equipment
|
727 | 37 | 764 | |||||||||||||
Cost of revenues
|
2,875 | 758 | (214 | ) | 3,419 | |||||||||||
Gross profit
|
681 | 300 | 981 | |||||||||||||
Operating expenses
|
509 | 122 | 631 | |||||||||||||
Other income, net
|
49 | 1 | 50 | |||||||||||||
Operating profit
|
221 | 179 | 400 | |||||||||||||
Adjustments to presentation of Adjusted EBITDA
|
||||||||||||||||
–Depreciation and amortization
|
534 | 155 | 689 | |||||||||||||
–Other (1)
|
7 | * | 7 | |||||||||||||
Adjusted EBITDA (2)
|
762 | 334 | 1,096 | |||||||||||||
Reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA to profit before income tax
|
||||||||||||||||
- Depreciation and amortization
|
689 | |||||||||||||||
- Finance costs, net
|
159 | |||||||||||||||
- Other (1)
|
7 | |||||||||||||||
Profit before income tax
|
241 |
New Israeli Shekels
|
||||||||||||||||
Year ended December 31, 2013
|
||||||||||||||||
In millions
|
||||||||||||||||
Cellular segment
|
Fixed-line segment
|
Elimination
|
Consolidated
|
|||||||||||||
Segment revenue - Services
|
2,876 | 908 | 3,784 | |||||||||||||
Inter-segment revenue - Services
|
31 | 177 | (208 | ) | ||||||||||||
Segment revenue - Equipment
|
703 | 32 | 735 | |||||||||||||
Total revenues
|
3,610 | 1,117 | (208 | ) | 4,519 | |||||||||||
Segment cost of revenues - Services
|
2,070 | 747 | 2,817 | |||||||||||||
Inter-segment cost of revenues- Services
|
175 | 33 | (208 | ) | ||||||||||||
Segment cost of revenues - Equipment
|
664 | 29 | 693 | |||||||||||||
Cost of revenues
|
2,909 | 809 | (208 | ) | 3,510 | |||||||||||
Gross profit
|
701 | 308 | 1,009 | |||||||||||||
Operating expenses
|
544 | 135 | 679 | |||||||||||||
Other income, net
|
77 | 2 | 79 | |||||||||||||
Operating profit
|
234 | 175 | 409 | |||||||||||||
Adjustments to presentation of Adjusted EBITDA
|
||||||||||||||||
–Depreciation and amortization
|
545 | 155 | 700 | |||||||||||||
–Other (1)
|
5 | * | 5 | |||||||||||||
Adjusted EBITDA (2)
|
784 | 330 | 1,114 | |||||||||||||
Reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA to profit before income tax
|
||||||||||||||||
- Depreciation and amortization
|
700 | |||||||||||||||
- Finance costs, net
|
211 | |||||||||||||||
- Other (1)
|
5 | |||||||||||||||
Profit before income tax
|
198 |
New Israeli Shekels
|
||||||||||||||||
Year ended December 31, 2012
|
||||||||||||||||
In millions
|
||||||||||||||||
Cellular segment
|
Fixed-line segment
|
Elimination
|
Consolidated
|
|||||||||||||
Segment revenue - Services
|
3,564 | 1,076 | 4,640 | |||||||||||||
Inter-segment revenue - Services
|
28 | 134 | (162 | ) | ||||||||||||
Segment revenue - Equipment
|
896 | 36 | 932 | |||||||||||||
Total revenues
|
4,488 | 1,246 | (162 | ) | 5,572 | |||||||||||
Segment cost of revenues - Services
|
2,351 | 861 | 3,212 | |||||||||||||
Inter-segment cost of revenues- Services
|
134 | 28 | (162 | ) | ||||||||||||
Segment cost of revenues - Equipment
|
787 | 32 | 819 | |||||||||||||
Cost of revenues
|
3,272 | 921 | (162 | ) | 4,031 | |||||||||||
Gross profit
|
1,216 | 325 | 1,541 | |||||||||||||
Operating expenses
|
584 | 203 | 787 | |||||||||||||
Other income, net
|
110 | 1 | 111 | |||||||||||||
Operating profit
|
742 | 123 | 865 | |||||||||||||
Adjustments to presentation of Adjusted EBITDA
|
||||||||||||||||
–Depreciation and amortization
|
562 | 164 | 726 | |||||||||||||
–Other (1)
|
10 | 1 | 11 | |||||||||||||
Adjusted EBITDA (2)
|
1,314 | 288 | 1,602 | |||||||||||||
Reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA to profit before income tax
|
||||||||||||||||
- Depreciation and amortization
|
726 | |||||||||||||||
- Finance costs, net
|
234 | |||||||||||||||
- Other (1)
|
11 | |||||||||||||||
Profit before income tax
|
631 |
|
a.
|
Financial risk factors
|
2.
|
Market risks
|
(a)
|
Description of market risks
|
|
a.
|
Financial risk factors (continued)
|
(b)
|
Analysis of linkage terms of financial instruments balances
|
December 31, 2014
|
||||||||||||||||||||
In or linked to USD
|
In or linked to other foreign currencies (mainly EURO)
|
NIS linked to CPI
|
NIS unlinked
|
Total
|
||||||||||||||||
New Israeli Shekels In millions
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Current assets
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents
|
28 | 1 | 634 | 663 | ||||||||||||||||
Trade receivables*
|
48 | 64 | 836 | 948 | ||||||||||||||||
Other receivables
|
12 | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||
Non- current assets
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Trade receivables
|
418 | 418 | ||||||||||||||||||
Total assets
|
76 | 65 | 1,900 | 2,041 | ||||||||||||||||
Current liabilities
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Current maturities of notes payable
|
122 | 187 | 309 | |||||||||||||||||
Trade payables*
|
187 | 46 | 571 | 804 | ||||||||||||||||
Payables in respect of employees
|
85 | 85 | ||||||||||||||||||
Other payables
|
1 | 6 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
Derivative financial instruments
|
3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
Non- current liabilities
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Notes payable
|
822 | 911 | 1,733 | |||||||||||||||||
Bank borrowings
|
731 | 502 | 1,233 | |||||||||||||||||
Total liabilities
|
190 | 46 | 1,676 | 2,262 | 4,174 |
In or linked to foreign currencies
|
||||
New Israeli Shekels in millions
|
||||
* Accounts that were set-off under
enforceable netting arrangements
|
||||
Trade receivables gross amounts
|
302 | |||
Set-off
|
(190 | ) | ||
Trade receivables, net
|
112 | |||
Trade payables gross amounts
|
423 | |||
Set-off
|
(190 | ) | ||
Trade payables, net
|
233 | |||
Net balance
|
(121 | ) |
|
a.
|
Financial risk factors (continued)
|
December 31, 2013
|
||||||||||||||||||||
In or linked to USD
|
In or linked to other foreign currencies (mainly EURO)
|
NIS linked to CPI
|
NIS unlinked
|
Total
|
||||||||||||||||
New Israeli Shekels In millions
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Current assets
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents
|
1 | 1 | 479 | 481 | ||||||||||||||||
Trade receivables**
|
50 | 132 | 869 | 1,051 | ||||||||||||||||
Other receivables
|
16 | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||
Derivative financial instruments
|
2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
Non- current assets
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Trade receivables
|
289 | 289 | ||||||||||||||||||
Total assets
|
53 | 133 | 1,653 | 1,839 | ||||||||||||||||
Current liabilities
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Current maturities of notes payable
and non-current borrowings
|
122 | 212 | 334 | |||||||||||||||||
Trade payables**
|
75 | 168 | 518 | 761 | ||||||||||||||||
Payables in respect of employees
|
87 | 87 | ||||||||||||||||||
Other payables
|
1 | 9 | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
Derivative financial instruments
|
* | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
Non- current liabilities
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Notes payable
|
945 | 1,093 | 2,038 | |||||||||||||||||
Bank borrowings
|
732 | 377 | 1,109 | |||||||||||||||||
Total liabilities
|
75 | 169 | 1,800 | 2,296 | 4,340 |
In or linked to foreign currencies
|
||||
New Israeli Shekels in millions
|
||||
** Accounts that were set-off under
enforceable netting arrangements
|
||||
Trade receivables gross amounts
|
453 | |||
Set-off
|
(271 | ) | ||
Trade receivables, net
|
182 | |||
Trade payables gross amounts
|
514 | |||
Set-off
|
(271 | ) | ||
Trade payables, net
|
243 | |||
Net balance
|
(61 | ) |
* Representing an amount of less than 1 million.
|
|
a.
|
Financial risk factors (continued)
|
New Israeli Shekels
|
||||||||
December 31
|
||||||||
2013
|
2014
|
|||||||
In millions
|
||||||||
Embedded derivatives pay USD, receive NIS
|
35 | 44 |
Exchange
|
Exchange
|
|||||||||
rate of one
|
rate of one
|
Israeli
|
||||||||
Dollar
|
Euro
|
CPI*
|
||||||||
At December 31:
|
||||||||||
2014
|
NIS 3.889
|
NIS 4.725
|
223.36 points
|
|||||||
2013
|
NIS 3.471
|
NIS 4.782
|
223.80 points
|
|||||||
2012
|
NIS 3.733
|
NIS 4.921
|
219.80 points
|
|||||||
Increase (decrease) during the year:
|
||||||||||
2014
|
12.0 | % | (1.2 | )% | (0.2 | )% | ||||
2013
|
(7.0 | )% | (2.8 | )% | 1.8 | % | ||||
2012
|
(2.3 | )% | (0.35 | )% | 1.6 | % |
|
a.
|
Financial risk factors (continued)
|
|
a.
|
Financial risk factors (continued)
|
2015
|
2016
|
2017
|
2018 to 2019
|
2020
to
2021
|
2022
|
Total undisco-unted
|
Less offering expenses and discounts
|
Total discounted
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
New Israeli Shekels in millions
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Principal payments of long term indebtedness:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notes payable series B (*)
|
122 | 122 | 244 | (1 | ) | 243 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notes payable series C (*)
|
234 | 234 | 234 | 702 | (1 | ) | 701 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notes payable series D
|
109 | 218 | 219 | 546 | (4 | ) | 542 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notes payable series E
|
187 | 187 | 187 | 561 | (5 | ) | 556 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bank borrowing A (*)
|
177 | 177 | 178 | 532 | 532 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bank borrowing C
|
50 | 25 | 75 | 75 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bank borrowing D
|
50 | 25 | 75 | 75 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bank borrowing E
|
152 | 152 | 152 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bank borrowing F (*)
|
199 | 199 | 199 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bank borrowing G
|
40 | 40 | 20 | 100 | 100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bank borrowing H
|
40 | 40 | 20 | 100 | 100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Expected interest payments of long term borrowings and notes payables (*)
|
110 | 96 | 68 | 63 | 14 | 351 | 351 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Trade and other payables
|
889 | 889 | 889 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivative financial instruments
|
3 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1,311 | 816 | 775 | 1,224 | 363 | 40 | 4,529 | (11 | ) | 4,518 |
b.
|
Capital risk management
|
|
See note 14(6) regarding loan commitments
|
|
See note 14(7),(8) and (9) regarding covenants and negative pledge.
|
c.
|
Fair values of financial instruments
|
December 31, 2013
|
December 31, 2014
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Category
|
Carrying amount
|
Fair value
|
Interest rate used (**)
|
Carrying amount
|
Fair value
|
Interest rate used (**)
|
|||||||||||||||||||
New Israeli Shekels in millions
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Assets
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents
|
L&R
|
481 | 481 | 663 | 663 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Trade receivables
|
L&R
|
1,340 | 1,343 | 6.24 | % | 1,366 | 1,372 | 4.21 | % | ||||||||||||||||
Other receivables (*)
|
L&R
|
20 | 20 | 12 | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Derivative financial instruments
|
FVTPL
Level 2
|
2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Liabilities
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notes payable series B
|
AC
|
365 | 387 |
Market quote
|
243 | 254 |
Market quote
|
||||||||||||||||||
Notes payable series C
|
AC
|
702 | 766 |
Market quote
|
701 | 750 |
Market quote
|
||||||||||||||||||
Notes payable series D
|
AC
|
541 | 537 |
Market quote
|
542 | 538 |
Market quote
|
||||||||||||||||||
Notes payable series E
|
AC
|
739 | 808 |
Market quote
|
556 | 607 |
Market quote
|
||||||||||||||||||
Trade and other payables (*)
|
AC
|
849 | 849 | 896 | 896 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Bank borrowing A
|
AC
|
532 | 567 | 1.09 | % | 532 | 557 | 1.10 | % | ||||||||||||||||
Bank borrowing C
|
AC
|
75 | 91 | 2.13 | % | 75 | 88 | 2.38 | % | ||||||||||||||||
Bank borrowing D
|
AC
|
175 | 201 | 2.13 | % | 75 | 88 | 2.38 | % | ||||||||||||||||
Bank borrowing E (*)
|
AC
|
152 | 152 | 152 | 152 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Bank borrowing F
|
AC
|
200 | 221 | 1.69 | % | 199 | 216 | 1.70 | % | ||||||||||||||||
Bank borrowing G
|
AC
|
100 | 100 | 3.08 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
Bank borrowing H
|
AC
|
100 | 100 | 2.93 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
Derivative financial instruments
|
FVTPL
Level 2
|
1 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
(*)
|
The fair value of these financial instruments equals their carrying amounts, as the impact of discounting is not significant.
|
(**)
|
The fair values of the notes payable quoted market prices at the end of the reporting period are within level 1 of the fair value hierarchy. The fair values of other instruments under L&R and AC categories were calculated based on observable weighted average of interest rates derived from quoted market prices of the Group's notes payable of similar terms and nature, are within level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.
|
(a)
|
Composition:
|
New Israeli Shekels
|
||||||||
December 31
|
||||||||
2013
|
2014
|
|||||||
In millions
|
||||||||
Trade (current and non-current)
|
1,590 | 1,577 | ||||||
Deferred interest income (note 2(n)(3))
|
(48 | ) | (45 | ) | ||||
Allowance for doubtful accounts
|
(202 | ) | (166 | ) | ||||
1,340 | 1,366 | |||||||
Current
|
1,051 | 948 | ||||||
Non – current
|
289 | 418 |
New Israeli Shekels
|
||||||||||||
Year ended
|
||||||||||||
2012
|
2013
|
2014
|
||||||||||
In millions
|
||||||||||||
Balance at beginning of year
|
244 | 222 | 202 | |||||||||
Receivables written-off during the year as uncollectible
|
(69 | ) | (70 | ) | (74 | ) | ||||||
Charge or expense during the year
|
47 | 50 | 38 | |||||||||
Balance at end of year
|
222 | 202 | 166 |
New Israeli Shekels
|
||||||||||||||||
December 31
|
||||||||||||||||
2013
|
2014
|
|||||||||||||||
In millions
|
||||||||||||||||
Gross
|
Allowance
|
Gross
|
Allowance
|
|||||||||||||
Less than one year
|
1,432 | 80 | 1,387 | 70 | ||||||||||||
More than one year
|
158 | 122 | 116 | 96 | ||||||||||||
1,590 | 202 | 1,503 | 166 |
New Israeli Shekels
|
||||||||
December 31
|
||||||||
2013
|
2014
|
|||||||
In millions
|
||||||||
Handsets and devices
|
69 | 98 | ||||||
Accessories and other
|
11 | 18 | ||||||
Spare parts
|
8 | 18 | ||||||
ISP modems, routers, servers and related
|
||||||||
equipment
|
5 | 4 | ||||||
93 | 138 | |||||||
Write-offs recorded
|
2 | 3 | ||||||
Cost of inventory recognized as expenses and included in cost of revenues for the year ended
|
705 | 780 |
Communication network
|
Computers and information systems
|
Optic fibers and related assets
|
Office furniture and equipment
|
Property and leasehold
improvements
|
Total
|
|||||||||||||||||||
New Israeli Shekels In millions
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cost
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance at January 1, 2012
|
2,390 | 354 | 364 | 30 | 265 | 3,403 | ||||||||||||||||||
Additions in 2012
|
295 | 61 | 48 | 3 | 17 | 424 | ||||||||||||||||||
Disposals in 2012
|
184 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 204 | |||||||||||||||||||
Balance at December 31, 2012
|
2,501 | 401 | 412 | 31 | 278 | 3,623 | ||||||||||||||||||
Additions in 2013
|
208 | 2 | 38 | * | 10 | 258 | ||||||||||||||||||
Disposals in 2013
|
205 | 71 | 1 | 74 | 351 | |||||||||||||||||||
Balance at December 31, 2013
|
2,504 | 332 | 450 | 30 | 214 | 3,530 | ||||||||||||||||||
Additions in 2014
|
237 | 23 | 19 | 3 | 12 | 294 | ||||||||||||||||||
Disposals in 2014
|
237 | 52 | 8 | 22 | 319 | |||||||||||||||||||
Balance at December 31, 2014
|
2,504 | 303 | 469 | 25 | 204 | 3,505 | ||||||||||||||||||
Accumulated depreciation
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance at January 1, 2012
|
1,028 | 141 | 70 | 17 | 96 | 1,352 | ||||||||||||||||||
Depreciation in 2012
|
352 | 62 | 23 | 5 | 42 | 484 | ||||||||||||||||||
Disposals in 2012
|
183 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 203 | |||||||||||||||||||
Balance at December 31, 2012
|
1,197 | 189 | 93 | 20 | 134 | 1,633 | ||||||||||||||||||
Depreciation in 2013
|
318 | 61 | 27 | 3 | 48 | 457 | ||||||||||||||||||
Disposals in 2013
|
205 | 71 | 1 | 74 | 351 | |||||||||||||||||||
Balance at December 31, 2013
|
1,310 | 179 | 120 | 22 | 108 | 1,739 | ||||||||||||||||||
Depreciation in 2014
|
305 | 51 | 31 | 4 | 33 | 424 | ||||||||||||||||||
Disposals in 2014
|
236 | 52 | 8 | 23 | 319 | |||||||||||||||||||
Balance at December 31, 2014
|
1,379 | 178 | 151 | 18 | 118 | 1,844 | ||||||||||||||||||
Carrying amounts, net
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
At December 31, 2012
|
1,304 | 212 | 319 | 11 | 144 | 1,990 | ||||||||||||||||||
At December 31, 2013
|
1,194 | 153 | 330 | 8 | 106 | 1,791 | ||||||||||||||||||
At December 31, 2014
|
1,125 | 125 | 318 | 7 | 86 | 1,661 |
New Israeli Shekels
|
||||||||||||
Year ended December 31
|
||||||||||||
2012
|
2013
|
2014
|
||||||||||
In millions
|
||||||||||||
Depreciation expenses charged to the income statement:
|
||||||||||||
Cost of revenues
|
454 | 427 | 396 | |||||||||
Selling and marketing expenses
|
13 | 13 | 17 | |||||||||
General and administrative expenses
|
17 | 17 | 11 | |||||||||
484 | 457 | 424 | ||||||||||
Cost additions include capitalization of salary and employee related expenses
|
24 | 42 | 41 |
|
Licenses
|
Trade name
|
Customer relationships
|
Subscriber acquisition and retention costs
|
Computer software(*)
|
Total
|
|||||||||||||||||||
New Israeli Shekels In millions
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cost
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance at January 1, 2012
|
2,088 | 73 | 276 | 83 | 468 | 2,988 | ||||||||||||||||||
Additions in 2012
|
9 | 134 | 143 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Disposals in 2012
|
20 | 139 | 159 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Balance at December 31, 2012
|
2,088 | 73 | 276 | 72 | 463 | 2,972 | ||||||||||||||||||
Additions in 2013
|
7 | 155 | 162 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Disposals in 2013
|
67 | 45 | 112 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Balance at December 31, 2013
|
2,088 | 73 | 276 | 12 | 573 | 3,022 | ||||||||||||||||||
Additions in 2014
|
5 | 135 | 140 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Disposals in 2014
|
4 | 62 | 66 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Balance at December 31, 2014
|
2,088 | 73 | 276 | 13 | 646 | 3,096 | ||||||||||||||||||
Accumulated amortization
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance at January 1, 2012
|
1,254 | 18 | 115 | 68 | 243 | 1,698 | ||||||||||||||||||
Amortization in 2012
|
82 | 5 | 25 | 19 | 85 | 216 | ||||||||||||||||||
Disposals in 2012
|
20 | 139 | 159 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Balance at December 31, 2012
|
1,336 | 23 | 140 | 67 | 189 | 1,755 | ||||||||||||||||||
Amortization in 2013
|
82 | 5 | 24 | 9 | 92 | 212 | ||||||||||||||||||
Disposals in 2013
|
67 | 45 | 112 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Balance at December 31, 2013
|
1,418 | 28 | 164 | 9 | 236 | 1,855 | ||||||||||||||||||
Amortization in 2014
|
84 | 5 | 24 | 4 | 111 | 228 | ||||||||||||||||||
Disposals in 2014
|
4 | 62 | 66 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Balance at December 31, 2014
|
1,502 | 33 | 188 | 9 | 285 | 2,017 | ||||||||||||||||||
Carrying amounts, net
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
At December 31, 2012
|
752 | 50 | 136 | 5 | 274 | 1,217 | ||||||||||||||||||
At December 31, 2013
|
670 | 45 | 112 | 3 | 337 | 1,167 | ||||||||||||||||||
At December 31, 2014
|
586 | 40 | 88 | 4 | 361 | 1,079 |
New Israeli Shekels
|
||||||||||||
Year ended December 31
|
||||||||||||
2012
|
2013
|
2014
|
||||||||||
In millions
|
||||||||||||
Amortization expenses charged to the income statement:
|
||||||||||||
Cost of revenues
|
187 | 183 | 200 | |||||||||
Selling and marketing expenses
|
29 | 29 | 28 | |||||||||
216 | 212 | 228 | ||||||||||
(*) Cost additions include capitalization of salary and employee related expenses
|
37 | 45 | 44 |
New Israeli Shekels in millions
|
||||
Cost
|
||||
Balance at January 1, 2012
|
338 | |||
Additional payments in 2012
|
25 | |||
Balance at December 31, 2012
|
363 | |||
Additional payments in 2013
|
17 | |||
Balance at December 31, 2013
|
380 | |||
Additional payments in 2014
|
22 | |||
Balance at December 31, 2014
|
402 | |||
Accumulated amortization and impairment
|
||||
Balance at January 1, 2012
|
177 | |||
Amortization during the period
|
26 | |||
Balance at December 31, 2012
|
203 | |||
Amortization in 2013
|
31 | |||
Balance at December 31, 2013
|
234 | |||
Amortization in 2014
|
37 | |||
Balance at December 31, 2014
|
271 | |||
Carrying amount, net
|
||||
At December 31, 2012
|
160 | |||
Current
|
22 | |||
Non-current
|
138 | |||
Carrying amount, net
|
||||
At December 31, 2013
|
146 | |||
Current
|
28 | |||
Non-current
|
118 | |||
Carrying amount, net
|
||||
At December 31, 2014
|
131 | |||
Current
|
34 | |||
Non-current
|
97 |
As of December 31,
|
||||||||||||
2012
|
2013
|
2014
|
||||||||||
Terminal growth rate
|
(negative 0.2%)
|
(negative 0.3%)
|
(negative 0.2%)
|
|||||||||
After-tax discount rate
|
11.7 | % | 11.7 | % | 10.5 | % | ||||||
Pre-tax discount rate
|
15.7 | % | 15.8 | % | 14.3 | % |
Dismantling and restoring sites obligation
|
Legal claims*
|
Equipment warranty
|
||||||||||
New Israeli Shekels In millions
|
||||||||||||
Balance as at January 1, 2014
|
31 | 62 | 5 | |||||||||
Additions during the year
|
3 | 8 | 10 | |||||||||
Reductions during the year
|
* | (15 | ) | (12 | ) | |||||||
Unwind of discount
|
1 | |||||||||||
Balance as at December 31, 2014
|
35 | 55 | 3 | |||||||||
Non-current
|
35 | - | - | |||||||||
Current
|
- | 55 | 3 | |||||||||
Balance as at December 31, 2013
|
31 | 62 | 5 | |||||||||
Non-current
|
31 | - | - | |||||||||
Current
|
- | 62 | 5 |
(1)
|
Bank Borrowings and Notes Payable
|
Linkage terms (principal and interest)
|
Annual interest rate
|
||
Notes payable series B
|
CPI
|
3.4% CPI adj.
|
|
Notes payable series C
|
CPI
|
3.35% CPI adj.
|
|
Notes payable series D
|
'Makam'(*) plus 1.2%
|
||
Notes payable series E
|
5.5% fixed
|
||
Borrowing A (see also note 14 (2))
|
CPI
|
2.75% CPI adj.
|
|
Borrowing C
|
5.7% fixed
|
||
Borrowing D (see also note 14 (2))
|
5.7% fixed
|
||
Borrowing E
|
Prime(**) minus 0.025%
|
||
Borrowing F
|
CPI
|
3.42% CPI adj.
|
|
Borrowing G (see also note 14 (3))
|
3.08% fixed
|
||
Borrowing H (see also note 14 (4))
|
2.93% fixed
|
(*)
|
'Makam' is a variable interest that is based on the yield of 12 month government bonds issued by the government of Israel. The interest is updated on a quarterly basis.
The interest rates paid (in annual terms, and including the additional interest of 1.2%) for the period from October 1, 2014 to December 30, 2014 was 1.42%
|
(**)
|
The Israeli Prime interest rate is determined by the Bank of Israel and updated on a monthly basis. The Israeli Prime interest rate as of December 31, 2013 and 2014 was 2.5% and 1.75% per year, respectively.
|
(2)
|
Principal prepayments made
|
|
(3)
|
Borrowing G: On November 24, 2014, the Company received a long-term loan from a leading Israeli commercial bank in the principal amount of NIS 100 million for a period of 8 years, bearing an annual fixed interest at the rate of 3.08%. The principal is payable in 20 equal quarterly instalments commencing in February 2018. The interest is payable on a quarterly basis.
|
|
(4)
|
Borrowing H: On November 24, 2014, the Company received a long-term loan from a leading Israeli commercial bank in the principal amount of NIS 100 million for a period of 8 years, bearing an annual fixed interest at the rate of 2.93%. The principal is payable in 20 equal quarterly instalments commencing in February 2018. The interest is payable on a quarterly basis.
|
|
(5)
|
New borrowings received subsequent to balance sheet date
Borrowing I: On January 14, 2015, the Company received a long-term loan from a leading Israeli commercial bank in the principal amount of NIS 120 million for a period of 6 years, bearing an annual fixed interest at the rate of 3.17%. The principal is payable in 12 equal instalments, commencing in April 2018. The interest is payable on a quarterly basis.
Borrowing J: On January 14, 2015, the Company received a long-term loan from a leading Israeli commercial bank in the principal amount of NIS 80 million for a period of 6 years, bearing an annual fixed interest at the rate of 2.75%. The principal is payable in 22 equal instalments, commencing in October 2015. The interest is payable on a quarterly basis.
|
|
(6) |
Loan Commitments
On May 27, 2014, the Company engaged in a loan agreement with a group of institutional corporations ("Lenders"), according to which on December 28, 2016 the Lenders will provide the Company a loan in the principal amount of NIS 250 million. The Loan will bear unlinked interest at the rate of 4.95% per annum and will be paid (principal and interest) in variable quarterly payments over five years, commencing in March 2017.
On November 27, 2014, the Company engaged in a loan agreement with a group of institutional corporations ("Lenders"), according to which on December 26, 2017 the Lenders will provide the Company a loan in the principal amount of NIS 100 million. The Loan will bear unlinked interest at the rate of 4.44% per annum and will be paid (principal and interest) in variable quarterly payments over five years, commencing in March 2018.
On November 30, 2014, the Company engaged in a loan agreement with a group of institutional corporations ("Lenders"), according to which on December 26, 2017 the Lenders will provide the Company a loan in the principal amount of NIS 100 million. The Loan will bear unlinked interest at the rate of 4.34% per annum and will be paid (principal and interest) in variable quarterly payments over five years, commencing in March 2018.
All the loan commitments include provisions which allow the lenders to not provide the loans should any of the events of default defined for our existing loans occur prior to the date for providing the deferred loans. These events of default include non-compliance with the financial covenants set forth below, as well as other customary terms.
|
|
(7) |
Financial covenants
The terms of loans require the Group to comply with financial covenants on a consolidated basis. Their main provisions are two ratios:
|
|
(1)
|
The ratio of (a) the amount of all financial obligations of the Company including bank guarantees that the Company has undertaken ("Total Debt") to (b) EBITDA less Capital Expenditures shall not exceed 6.5 (the ratio as of December 31, 2013 and 2014 was 5.2 and 5.1, respectively); and
|
|
(2)
|
The ratio of (a) Total Debt to (b) the EBITDA of the Company shall not exceed 4 (the ratio as of December 31, 2013 and 2014 was 3.2 and 3.1, respectively).
|
|
(8)
|
The existing bank loan agreements allow the lenders to demand an immediate repayment of the loans in certain events (events of default), including, among others, a material adverse change in the Company's business and non-compliance with the financial covenants set in those agreements.
|
|
(9)
|
Negative pledge
The Company provided the banks with a negative pledge undertaking (i.e., not to pledge any of its assets to a third party), except for a number of exceptions that were agreed upon, including pledge (other than by way of floating charge) in favor of a third party over specific assets or rights of the Company, securing obligations no greater than NIS 100 million in aggregate. See note 6 regarding the Company's exposure to market risks and liquidity risk.
|
(1)
|
Defined contribution plan:
|
(2)
|
Defined benefit plan:
|
New Israeli Shekels
|
||||||||
December 31
|
||||||||
2013
|
2014
|
|||||||
In millions
|
||||||||
Present value of funded obligations
|
190 | 204 | ||||||
Less: fair value of plan assets
|
145 | 153 | ||||||
Liability for employee rights upon retirement, net
– presented as non-current liability
|
45 | 51 |
New Israeli Shekels in millions
|
||||||||||||
Present value of obligation
|
Fair value of plan assets
|
Total
|
||||||||||
At January 1, 2013
|
190 | (140 | ) | 50 | ||||||||
Current service cost
|
23 | 23 | ||||||||||
Interest expense (income)
|
7 | (6 | ) | 1 | ||||||||
Employer contributions
|
(21 | ) | (21 | ) | ||||||||
Benefits paid
|
(54 | ) | 37 | (17 | ) | |||||||
Remeasurements:
|
||||||||||||
Experience loss (gain)
|
23 | (15 | ) | 8 | ||||||||
Loss from change in financial assumptions
|
1 | 1 | ||||||||||
Return on plan assets
|
* | * | ||||||||||
At January 1, 2014
|
190 | (145 | ) | 45 | ||||||||
Current service cost
|
19 | 19 | ||||||||||
Interest expense (income)
|
6 | (5 | ) | 1 | ||||||||
Employer contributions
|
(17 | ) | (17 | ) | ||||||||
Benefits paid
|
(23 | ) | 17 | (6 | ) | |||||||
Remeasurements:
|
||||||||||||
Experience loss (gain)
|
3 | (3 | ) | * | ||||||||
Loss from change in demographic assumptions
|
7 | 7 | ||||||||||
Loss from change in financial assumptions (**)
|
2 | 2 | ||||||||||
Return on plan assets
|
* | * | ||||||||||
At December 31, 2014
|
204 | (153 | ) | 51 |
|
(*)
|
Representing an amount of less than NIS 1 million
|
|
(**)
|
Reduced by NIS 4 million due to using Israel high-quality corporate bonds in 2014, while using Israeli Government bonds in 2013, see note 2(k)(i)(2). As a result the weighted average interest rate as of Dec 31, 2014 increased by 1.2%, which is expected to increase finance costs in 2015 by approximately NIS 0.4 million.
|
New Israeli Shekels
|
||||||||||||
Year ended December 31
|
||||||||||||
2012
|
2013
|
2014
|
||||||||||
In millions
|
||||||||||||
Current service cost
|
33 | 23 | 19 | |||||||||
Interest expense
|
2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
Total expenses recognized in the income statement
|
35 | 24 | 20 | |||||||||
Charged to the statement of income as follows:
|
||||||||||||
Cost of revenues
|
20 | 13 | 11 | |||||||||
Selling and marketing expenses
|
10 | 8 | 6 | |||||||||
General and administrative expenses
|
3 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
Finance costs, net
|
2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
35 | 24 | 20 | ||||||||||
Remeasurement losses net, recognized in the statement of comprehensive income, before tax
|
17 | 9 | 9 | |||||||||
Actual return on plan assets
|
6 | 6 | 8 |
December 31
|
||||||||
2013
|
2014
|
|||||||
%
|
%
|
|||||||
Interest rate weighted average
|
4.2 | % | 3.0 | % | ||||
Inflation rate weighted average
|
2.4 | % | 1.6 | % | ||||
Expected turnover rate
|
8% - 55 | % | 10% - 49 | % | ||||
Future salary increases
|
1% - 26 | % | 1% - 26 | % |
December 31, 2014
|
||||||||
NIS in millions
|
||||||||
Increase of 10% of the assumption
|
Decrease of 10% of the assumption
|
|||||||
Interest rate
|
(1 | ) | 0.7 | |||||
Expected turnover rate
|
0.2 | (0.3 | ) | |||||
Future salary increases
|
0.7 | (0.6 | ) |
|
NIS in millions
|
|||
2015
|
50 | |||
2016
|
24 | |||
2017
|
19 | |||
2018 and 2019
|
28 | |||
2020 and thereafter
|
106 | |||
227 |
|
(1)
|
Royalty Commitments
|
Royalty rates on income from mobile telephone services provided under the Mobile Telephone License
|
Royalty rates on income from domestic fixed-line services and ILD services provided under the Fixed Line Licenses
|
|||||||
Year 2012
|
1.3 | % | 1 | % | ||||
Year 2013 onwards
|
0 | % | 0 | % |
|
(2)
|
Under the Telegraph Regulations the Company is committed to pay an annual fixed fee for each frequency used. For the years 2012, 2013 and 2014 the Company paid a total amount of approximately NIS 59 million, NIS 60 million and NIS 60 million, respectively. See also note 18(B)(1).
|
|
(3)
|
At December 31, 2014, the Group is committed to acquire property and equipment and software elements for approximately NIS 23 million.
|
|
(4)
|
At December 31, 2014, the Group is committed to acquire inventory in an amount of approximately NIS 554 million. The commitment to acquire inventory includes the following: the Company has signed in 2012 an agreement with Apple Distribution International for the purchase and resale of iPhone handsets, ipads and accessories in Israel (the "Apple Agreement"). The term of the Apple Agreement is three years, during which Partner has agreed to purchase a minimum quantity of equipment per year, which will represent a significant portion of the Company's expected equipment purchases over that period.
|
|
(5)
|
Right of Use (ROU)
|
New Israeli
Shekels in millions
|
||||
2015
|
27 | |||
2016
|
45 | |||
2017
|
47 | |||
2018
|
51 | |||
2019
|
51 | |||
2020 and thereafter
|
101 | |||
322 |
|
(6)
|
In April 2012 - the Company entered into a five-year agreement with Bezeq - The Israel Telecommunication Corp., Ltd. ("Bezeq"), effective as of January 1, 2012, for the supply of transmission services for use in Partner's mobile network ("the Bezeq Agreement"). According to the Bezeq Agreement, the minimum annual commitment is NIS 55 million for the year 2012 and will gradually increase to NIS 71 million for the year 2016 due to the increase in the scope of the capacity to be purchased in accordance with the layout agreed upon by the parties. The minimum commitment as of December 31, 2014 is NIS 140 million.
|
|
(7)
|
Liens and guarantees
As of December 31, 2104, the Group has provided bank guarantees in respect of licenses (see note 1(e)) in an amount of NIS 86 million, in addition to bank guarantees in favor of other parties in an aggregate amount of approximately NIS 43 million as of December 31, 2014. The total bank guarantees provided by the Group as of December 31, 2014 is NIS 129 million.
|
|
(8)
|
License for the use of the Orange brand
On July 1, 1998, the Company entered into a brand license agreement with Orange International Developments Limited, a subsidiary of Orange Limited, formerly Orange plc further assigned to Orange Brand Services Limited, a member of the France Telecom Group (“Orange”). Under this agreement, the Company has the exclusive right to use the Orange brand in Israel. The license was royalty-free until June 2013; however, pursuant to an amendment to the brand license agreement negotiated in January 2012 with Orange Brand Services Limited, a member of the France Telecom Group, the Company began paying royalties in April 1, 2012 for a period of 15 years.
Royalties payable are based on a percentage of the Company’s service revenues offered under the Orange brand.
Under the brand license agreement, the Company is required to comply with the Orange brand guidelines established by Orange. The Company has the right to use the Orange brand as long as it is able and legally eligible under the laws of Israel to offer telecommunications services to the public in Israel.
|
|
(9)
|
Covenants and negative pledge – see note 14(7), (8), and (9).
|
|
(10) |
See note 14 (6) with respect of loan commitments.
|
|
(11) | Operating leases – see note 17. |
|
(12) |
See note 1(d) with respect to network sharing and right of use agreements.
|
|
(1)
|
The Group leases its headquarter facilities in Rosh Ha-ayin, Israel, with a total of approximately 53,307 gross square meters (including parking lots). The lease term is until the end of 2024. The rental payments are linked to the Israeli CPI.
|
|
(2)
|
The Group also leases five call centers in Haifa, Jerusalem, Rehovot, Rishon Lezion and Beer-Sheva and also retail stores. The leases for each site have different lengths and specific terms. Lease agreements for service centers and retail stores for a period of two to ten years. The Group has options to extend some lease contract periods for up to twenty years (including the original lease periods). Some of the rental payments are linked to the dollar or to the Israeli CPI. Some of the extension options include an increase of the lease payment in a range of 2%-10%.
|
|
(3)
|
Lease agreements in respect of cell sites and switching stations throughout Israel are for periods of two to ten years. The Company has an option to extend some of the lease contract periods for up to ten years (including the original lease periods). Some of the rental payments fees are linked to the dollar or linked to the Israeli CPI. Some of the extension options include an increase of the lease payment in a range of 2%-10%.
|
|
(4)
|
As of December 31, 2014 operating lease agreements in respect of vehicles are for periods of up to three years. The rental payments are linked to the Israeli CPI.
|
|
(5)
|
Non-cancelable minimum operating lease rentals in respect of all the above leases are payable including option periods which are reasonably certain are as follows:
|
New Israeli Shekels
|
||||
December 31, 2014
|
||||
In millions
|
||||
2015
|
226 | |||
2016
|
204 | |||
2017
|
173 | |||
2018
|
130 | |||
2019-2020 | 184 | |||
2021-2022 | 125 | |||
2023-2024 | 72 | |||
2025 and thereafter
|
9 | |||
1,123 |
|
(6)
|
The rental expenses for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2013 and 2014 were approximately NIS 290 million, NIS 271 million, and NIS 259 million, respectively.
|
|
A.
|
Claims
|
|
1.
|
Consumer claims
|
|
a.
|
Alleged illegal collection of charges, claims or breach of the Consumer Protection Law and Customer agreement claims
This category includes lawsuits and motions for the recognition of these lawsuits as class actions with respect to alleged unlawful collection of charges from customers or alleged breach of the Consumer Protection Law.
Described hereunder are the outstanding consumer purported class actions with respect to lawsuits with a total claim amount of NIS 7,081 million or which have not been quantified, broken down by the amount claimed, as of the date of approval of these financial statements:
|
Claim amount
|
Number of claims
|
Total claims amount (NIS million)
|
Up to NIS 100 million
|
11
|
325
|
NIS 100- 400 million
|
6
|
1,048
|
NIS 400 million -NIS 1 billion
|
2
|
1,008
|
Over NIS 1 billion
|
2
|
4,700
|
Unquantified claims
|
3
|
-
|
Total
|
24
|
7,081
|
|
1.
|
During 2008, several claims and motions to certify the claims as class actions were filed against several international telephony companies including 012 Smile. The plaintiffs allege that with respect to prepaid calling card services, the defendants misled the consumers regarding certain issues, charged consumers in excess, and formed a cartel that arranged and raised the prices of calling cards. The total amount of damages claimed by the plaintiffs against 012 Smile is approximately NIS 128 million. On November 3, 2010, the court granted the plaintiffs' request and certified the lawsuit as a class action against all of the defendants. On May 10, 2012, the parties signed a settlement agreement regarding the amended request and regarding an additional lawsuit in an amount of NIS 2.7 billion, dealing with similar issues. On March 11, 2013, the parties signed a revised settlement agreement, and on May 26, 2013, the court approved the settlement agreement. The parties submitted a revised settlement agreement in December 2014 that was approved by the court in January 2015.
|
|
2.
|
On April 13, 2011, a claim and a motion to certify the claim as a class action were filed against Partner. The claim alleges that Partner sent a message to its customers that their internet package was fully utilized before it was fully utilized. The amount claimed in the lawsuit was estimated by the plaintiffs to be approximately NIS 4.6 million. On June 26, 2013, The Court approved the motion and recognized the lawsuit as a class action. On August 19, 2013, Partner filed a request to appeal to the Supreme Court. On February 21, 2014, the Supreme Court dismissed Partner's request, and a hearing has been set. On January 6, 2015, the parties filed a request to approve a settlement agreement.
|
|
3.
|
On May 12, 2011, a claim and a motion to certify the claim as a class action were filed against the Company. The claim alleges that the Company misled certain subscribers with respect to terms and conditions of a content back up service for cellular handsets. The total amount claimed from the Company is estimated by the plaintiffs to be approximately NIS 35 million. On August 27, 2013, the Court approved the motion and recognized the lawsuit as a class action. Partner estimates that even if the claim will be decided in favor of the relevant customers, the damages that Partner will be required to pay for will be immaterial.
|
Claim amount
|
Number of claims
|
Total claims amount (NIS million)
|
Up to NIS 100 million
|
17
|
396
|
NIS 100-400 million
|
3
|
652
|
Unquantified claims
|
1
|
-
|
Total
|
21
|
1,048
|
|
1.
|
On September 26, 2011, a claim and a motion to certify the claim as a class action were filed against Partner. The claim alleges that Partner unlawfully charged payments from customers who requested to port-in their phone number from another cellular operator for services which were given to them prior to the completion of the port-in. The amount claimed in the lawsuit was estimated by the plaintiffs to be approximately NIS 25 million. On March 3, 2013, the Tel-Aviv District Court approved the motion and recognized the lawsuit as a class action. Partner estimates that even if the claim will be decided in favor of the relevant customers, the damages that Partner will be required to pay for will be immaterial.
|
|
2.
|
On May 6, 2010, a claim and a motion to certify the claim as a class action were filed against Partner. The claim alleges that Partner unlawfully charged its customers for opening handsets that were locked for use on other cellular networks (sim lock). The amount claimed in the lawsuit was estimated by the plaintiffs to be approximately NIS 20 million. On August 25, 2013, The Court approved the motion and recognized the lawsuit as a class action. On October 8, 2013, Partner filed a request to appeal to the Supreme Court. On June 27, 2014, the Supreme Court determined a credit mechanism for the relevant group of customers which the parties are implementing.
|
|
3.
|
On April 3, 2012, a claim and a motion to certify the claim as a class action were filed against Partner. The claim alleges that Partner breached its license conditions in connection with benefits provided to costumers that purchased handsets from third parties. The amount claimed in the lawsuit was estimated by the plaintiffs to be approximately NIS 22 million. On September 3, 2014, The Court approved the motion and recognized the lawsuit as a class action. It should be noted that Partner estimates that even if the claim will be decided in favor of the relevant customers, the damages that Partner will be required to pay for will be immaterial.
|
|
B.
|
Contingencies in respect of regulatory demands and building and planning procedures
|
|
(1)
|
Under the Telegraph Regulations the Company is committed to pay an annual fixed fee for each frequency used. Under the above Regulations should the Company choose to return a frequency, such payment is no longer due.
|
|
(2)
|
Section 197 of the Building and Planning Law states that a property owner has the right to be compensated by a local planning committee for reductions in property value as a result of a new building plan.
|
|
a.
|
Share capital:
|
|
b.
|
Share based compensation to employees
|
|
(1)
|
Description of the Equity Incentive Plan
|
|
b.
|
Share based compensation to employees (continued)
|
|
-
|
Exercise price adjustment:
The exercise price of options shall be reduced in the following events: (1) dividend distribution other than in the ordinary course: by the gross dividend amount so distributed per share, and (2) dividend distribution in the ordinary course: With respect to certain options (depending on the date of the granting of the options), the exercise price shall be reduced by the amount of a dividend in excess of 40% of the Company’s net income for the relevant period per share, or else by the gross dividend amount so distributed per share ("Full Dividend Mechanism").
|
|
-
|
Cashless exercise: Most of the options may be exercised only through a cashless exercise procedure, while holders of other options may choose between cashless exercise and the regular option exercise procedure. In accordance with such cashless exercise, the option holder would receive from the Company, without payment of the exercise price, only the number of shares whose aggregate market value equals the economic gain which the option holder would have realized by selling all the shares purchased at their market price, net of the option exercise price.
|
|
(2)
|
Information in respect of options and restricted shares granted under the Plan:
|
Through December 31, 2014
|
||||||||
Number of options
|
Number of RSAs
|
|||||||
Granted
|
23,585,385 | 1,594,850 | ||||||
Shares issued upon exercises
|
(6,055,350 | ) | ||||||
Cancelled upon net exercises, expiration and forfeitures
|
(8,567,919 | ) | (4,860 | ) | ||||
Outstanding
|
8,962,116 | 1,589,990 | ||||||
Of which:
|
||||||||
Exercisable
|
4,902,943 | - | ||||||
Vest in 2015
|
194,583 | - | ||||||
Vest in 2016
|
1,369,061 | 530,088 | ||||||
Vest in 2017
|
1,247,769 | 529,952 | ||||||
Vest in 2018
|
1,247,760 | 529,950 |
|
(3)
|
Options status summary as of December 31, 2012, 2013 and 2014 and the changes therein during the years ended on those dates:
|
Year ended December 31
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
2012
|
2013
|
2014
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Number
|
Weighted average
exercise price
|
Number
|
Weighted average
exercise price
|
Number
|
Weighted average
exercise price
|
|||||||||||||||||||
NIS
|
NIS
|
NIS
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance outstanding at the
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
beginning of the year
|
6,452,891 | 52.98 | 7,523,748 | 44.02 | 6,928,382 | 43.46 | ||||||||||||||||||
Changes during the year:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Granted
|
1,795,340 | 18.42 | 292,500 | 25.36 | 3,897,270 | 26.25 | ||||||||||||||||||
Exercised
|
- | (75,640 | ) | 13.66 | (828,950 | ) | 16.30 | |||||||||||||||||
Forfeited
|
(449,266 | ) | 54.97 | (322,009 | ) | 30.63 | (334,570 | ) | 32.83 | |||||||||||||||
Expired
|
(275,217 | ) | 56.07 | (490,217 | ) | 54.31 | (700,016 | ) | 57.72 | |||||||||||||||
Balance outstanding at the end of the year
|
7,523,748 | 44.02 | 6,928,382 | 43.46 | 8,962,116 | 32.08 | ||||||||||||||||||
Balance exercisable at the end of the year
|
3,723,702 | 53.61 | 4,818,696 | 52.02 | 4,902,943 | 47.25 | ||||||||||||||||||
Shares issued
|
- | 41,294 | 385,943 |
Options granted
in 2012
|
Options granted
in 2013
|
Options granted
in 2014
|
||||||||||
Weighted average fair value of options granted using the Black & Scholes option-pricing model – per option (NIS)
|
3.74 | 6.74 | 6.92 | |||||||||
The above fair value is estimated on the grant date based on the following weighted average assumptions:
|
||||||||||||
Expected volatility
|
30.46 | % | 34.43 | % | 31.66 | % | ||||||
Risk-free interest rate
|
2.52 | % | 1.78 | % | 1.00 | % | ||||||
Expected life (years)
|
3 | 3 | 4 | |||||||||
Dividend yield
|
* | * | * |
Expire in
|
Number of options
|
Weighted average exercise price in NIS
|
||||||
2015
|
201,285 | 52.40 | ||||||
2016
|
32,500 | 29.45 | ||||||
2017
|
71,000 | 53.44 | ||||||
2019
|
1,258,271 | 51.12 | ||||||
2020
|
(*) 4,832,290 | 33.64 | ||||||
2021
|
1,517,250 | 47.35 | ||||||
2022
|
757,020 | 21.39 | ||||||
2023
|
150,000 | 23.61 | ||||||
2024
|
142,500 | 33.05 | ||||||
8,962,116 | 32.08 |
c.
|
Dividends
|
For the year ended
December 31,
|
||||||||
2012
|
||||||||
Per share
in NIS
|
NIS in
millions
|
|||||||
Dividends declared during the year
|
1.03 | 160 | ||||||
Tax withheld
|
||||||||
Previously withheld tax - paid during the year
|
7 | |||||||
Net Cash flow in respect of dividends during the year
|
167 |
(a) Cost of revenues
|
New Israeli Shekels
|
|||||||||||
Year ended December 31,
|
||||||||||||
2012
|
2013
|
2014
|
||||||||||
In millions
|
||||||||||||
Payments to transmission, communication and content providers
|
1,153 | 1,073 | 981 | |||||||||
Cost of equipment and accessories
|
788 | 664 | 738 | |||||||||
Wages, employee benefits expenses and car maintenance
|
614 | 408 | 366 | |||||||||
Depreciation and amortization
|
641 | 610 | 596 | |||||||||
Costs of handling, replacing or repairing equipment
|
140 | 104 | 88 | |||||||||
Operating lease, rent and overhead expenses
|
303 | 312 | 332 | |||||||||
Network and cable maintenance
|
133 | 123 | 120 | |||||||||
Payments to internet service providers (ISP)
|
69 | 45 | 29 | |||||||||
Carkit installation, IT support, and other operating expenses
|
80 | 82 | 86 | |||||||||
Royalty expenses (see note 16 (1))
|
39 | |||||||||||
Amortization of rights of use
|
26 | 31 | 37 | |||||||||
Other
|
45 | 58 | 46 | |||||||||
Total cost of revenues
|
4,031 | 3,510 | 3,419 |
(b) Selling and marketing expenses
|
New Israeli Shekels
|
|||||||||||
Year ended December 31,
|
||||||||||||
2012
|
2013
|
2014
|
||||||||||
In millions
|
||||||||||||
Wages, employee benefits expenses and car maintenance
|
299 | 231 | 205 | |||||||||
Advertising and marketing
|
64 | 55 | 49 | |||||||||
Selling commissions, net
|
59 | 72 | 83 | |||||||||
Depreciation and amortization
|
42 | 42 | 45 | |||||||||
Operating lease, rent and overhead expenses
|
45 | 33 | 25 | |||||||||
Other
|
42 | 29 | 31 | |||||||||
Total selling and marketing expenses
|
551 | 462 | 438 |
(c) General and administrative expenses
|
New Israeli Shekels
|
|||||||||||
Year ended December 31,
|
||||||||||||
2012
|
2013
|
2014
|
||||||||||
In millions
|
||||||||||||
Wages, employee benefits expenses and car maintenance
|
89 | 80 | 71 | |||||||||
Bad debts and allowance for doubtful accounts
|
40 | 50 | 39 | |||||||||
Professional fees
|
29 | 25 | 27 | |||||||||
Credit card and other commissions
|
33 | 23 | 18 | |||||||||
Depreciation
|
17 | 17 | 11 | |||||||||
Other
|
28 | 22 | 27 | |||||||||
Total general and administrative expenses
|
236 | 217 | 193 |
(d) Employee benefit expense
|
New Israeli Shekels
|
|||||||||||
Year ended December 31,
|
||||||||||||
2012
|
2013
|
2014
|
||||||||||
In millions
|
||||||||||||
Wages and salaries including social benefits, social security costs, pension costs and car maintenance before capitalization
|
1,002 | 763 | 683 | |||||||||
Less: expenses capitalized (notes 9, 10)
|
(61 | ) | (87 | ) | (85 | ) | ||||||
Service costs: defined benefit plan (note 15)
|
33 | 23 | 19 | |||||||||
Service costs: defined contribution plan (note 15)
|
17 | 15 | 17 | |||||||||
Share based compensation expenses (note 19(b))
|
11 | 5 | 8 | |||||||||
1,002 | 719 | 642 |
New Israeli Shekels
Year ended December 31,
|
||||||||||||
2012
|
2013
|
2014
|
||||||||||
In millions
|
||||||||||||
Unwinding of trade receivables
|
108 | 75 | 47 | |||||||||
Other income, net
|
3 | 3 | 2 | |||||||||
Capital gain from property and equipment
|
* | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
111 | 79 | 50 |
New Israeli Shekels
|
||||||||||||
Year ended December 31,
|
||||||||||||
2012
|
2013
|
2014
|
||||||||||
In millions
|
||||||||||||
Net foreign exchange rate gains
|
8 | 21 | ||||||||||
Interest income from cash equivalents
|
7 | 7 | 3 | |||||||||
Other
|
6 | 1 | * | |||||||||
Finance income
|
21 | 29 | 3 | |||||||||
Interest expenses
|
188 | 171 | 123 | |||||||||
Linkage expenses to CPI
|
35 | 46 | 3 | |||||||||
Fair value loss from derivative financial instruments, net
|
15 | 12 | 7 | |||||||||
Net foreign exchange rate losses
|
18 | |||||||||||
Other finance costs
|
17 | 11 | 11 | |||||||||
Finance expense
|
255 | 240 | 162 | |||||||||
234 | 211 | 159 |
|
a.
|
Measurement of results for tax purposes under the Income Tax (Inflationary Adjustments) Law, 1985
|
|
b.
|
Corporate income tax rates applicable to the Group
|
c.
|
Deferred income taxes
|
Balance of deferred tax asset (liability) in respect of
|
As at January 1, 2012
|
Charged to the income statement
|
Charged to other comprehensive income
|
As at December 31, 2012
|
Charged to the income statement
|
Charged to other comprehensive income
|
Effect of change in corporate tax rate
|
As at December 31, 2013
|
Charged to the income statement
|
Charged to other comprehensive income
|
As at December 31, 2014
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Allowance for doubtful accounts
|
61 | (5 | ) | 56 | (5 | ) | 3 | 54 | (10 | ) | 44 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Provisions for employee rights
|
17 | (6 | ) | 4 | 15 | * | 2 | 1 | 18 | (1 | ) | 2 | 19 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Depreciable fixed assets and software
|
(123 | ) | 23 | (100 | ) | 13 | (5 | ) | (92 | ) | 22 | (70 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Intangibles, deferred expenses and carry forward losses
|
48 | (1 | ) | 47 | (26 | ) | 2 | 23 | (16 | ) | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Options granted to employees
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1 | (1 | ) | * | 1 | * | 1 | * | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Financial instruments
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* | * | - | - | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other
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9 | * | 9 | (1 | ) | * | 8 | 1 | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total
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13 | 10 | 4 | 27 | (18 | ) | 2 | 1 | 12 | (4 | ) | 2 | 10 |
New Israeli Shekels
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December 31,
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2013
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2014
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In millions
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Deferred tax assets
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Deferred tax assets to be recovered after more than 12 months
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89 | 82 | ||||||
Deferred tax assets to be recovered within 12 months
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39 | 35 | ||||||
128 | 117 | |||||||
Deferred tax liabilities
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||||||||
Deferred tax liabilities to be recovered after more than 12 months
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94 | 90 | ||||||
Deferred tax liabilities to be recovered within 12 months
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22 | 17 | ||||||
116 | 107 | |||||||
Deferred tax assets, net
|
12 | 10 |
d.
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Following is a reconciliation of the theoretical tax expense, assuming all income is taxed at the regular tax rates applicable to companies in Israel (see (b) above), and the actual tax expense:
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New Israeli Shekels
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||||||||||||
Year ended December 31
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2012
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2013
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2014
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||||||||||
In millions
|
||||||||||||
Profit before taxes on income,
|
|
|
||||||||||
as reported in the income statements
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631 | 198 | 241 | |||||||||
Theoretical tax expense
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158 | 50 | 64 | |||||||||
Increase in tax resulting from disallowable deductions
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5 | 17 | 15 | |||||||||
Income not subject to tax
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(1 | ) | * | |||||||||
Temporary differences and tax losses for which no
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||||||||||||
deferred income tax asset was recognized
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(2 | ) | ||||||||||
Utilization of previously unrecognized tax losses and
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other temporary differences
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(11 | ) | (3 | ) | ||||||||
Taxes on income in respect of previous years
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2 | |||||||||||
Change in corporate tax rate, see (b) above
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(1 | ) | ||||||||||
Other
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2 | * | * | |||||||||
Income tax expenses
|
153 | 63 | 79 |
|
* Representing an amount of less than NIS 1 million.
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e.
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Taxes on income included in the income statements:
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New Israeli Shekels
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||||||||||||
Year ended December 31
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2012
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2013
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2014
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In millions
|
||||||||||||
For the reported year:
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Current
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161 | 48 | 72 | |||||||||
Deferred, see (c) above
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(10 | ) | 18 | 4 | ||||||||
Effect of change in corporate tax rate on deferred taxes
|
(1 | ) | ||||||||||
In respect of previous year:
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Current
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2 | (2 | ) | 3 | ||||||||
Deferred, see (c) above
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||||||||||||
153 | 63 | 79 |
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1)
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The Company has received final corporate tax assessments through the year ended December 31, 2011.
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2)
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A subsidiary has received final corporate tax assessments through the year ended December 31, 2012.
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3)
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As general rule, tax self-assessments filed by another two subsidiaries through the year ended December 31, 2010 are, by law, now regarded as final. However, the manager of the tax authority may direct that the abovementioned last tax self-assessment will not be regarded as final until December 31, 2015.
|
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a.
|
Transactions with Scailex group
|
New Israeli Shekels
|
||||||||||||
Year ended December 31,
|
||||||||||||
2012
|
2013
|
2014
|
||||||||||
Transactions with Scailex group
|
In millions
|
|||||||||||
Service revenues
|
0.6 | 0.4 | 0.3 | |||||||||
Acquisition of equipment
|
288 | 189 | 51 | |||||||||
Selling commissions, maintenance and other expenses (revenues)
|
(10 | ) | (2 | ) | (0.1 | ) |
New Israeli Shekels
|
||||||||
December 31,
|
||||||||
2013
|
2014
|
|||||||
Statement of financial position items - Scailex group
|
In millions
|
|||||||
Current liabilities: Scailex group
|
30 | 3 |
|
b.
|
Key management compensation
|
New Israeli Shekels
|
||||||||||||
Year ended December 31
|
||||||||||||
2012
|
2013
|
2014
|
||||||||||
Key management compensation expenses comprised
|
In millions
|
|||||||||||
Salaries and short-term employee benefits
|
21 | 20 | 20 | |||||||||
Long term employment benefits
|
6 | 5 | 3 | |||||||||
Employee share-based compensation expenses
|
7 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
34 | 27 | 25 |
New Israeli Shekels
|
||||||||
December 31,
|
||||||||
2013
|
2014
|
|||||||
Statement of financial position items - key management
|
In millions
|
|||||||
Current liabilities:
|
5 | 5 | ||||||
Non-current liabilities:
|
14 | 13 |
|
c.
|
In the ordinary course of business, key management or their relatives may have engaged with the Company with immaterial transactions that are under normal market conditions.
|
|
d.
|
Principal shareholder: On January 29, 2013, S.B. Israel Telecom Ltd. completed the acquisition of 48,050,000 ordinary shares of the Company and became the Company's principal shareholder. See also note 1(a).
|
|
e.
|
In order to encourage the Company’s executive officers to remain with the Company following the acquisition by S.B. Israel Telecom of 30.87% of our issued and outstanding shares, principally from Scailex, the Company’s Board of Directors, upon the recommendation and approval of its compensation committee, adopted a two-year retention plan on December 17, 2012, that became effective upon change of control on January 29, 2013. According to the terms of the plan, retention payments were made to each of the Company’s eligible executive officers at the first and second anniversaries of the closing of the change of control (January 29, 2013), provided the executive officer had not resigned for reasons other than for certain justified reasons, (as specified in the retention plan) or in case of termination by the Company. The aggregate amount of all retention payments paid was NIS 6.5 million. In addition, on May 22, 2012, the Company’s Board of Directors and audit committee, upon the recommendation and approval of its compensation committee, adopted a retention plan for the CEO according to which the CEO would receive an amount of NIS 1.8 million, provided that the CEO did not resign during the first year of the change of control or his employment was terminated by the Company under circumstances other than those that would deny his lawful right to severance payments and advanced notice.
|
Year ended December 31
|
||||||||||||
2012
|
2013
|
2014
|
||||||||||
Profit used for the computation of
|
||||||||||||
basic and diluted EPS (NIS in millions)
|
478 | 135 | 162 | |||||||||
Weighted average number of shares used
|
||||||||||||
in computation of basic EPS (in thousands)
|
155,646 | 155,658 | 155,802 | |||||||||
Add - net additional shares from assumed
|
||||||||||||
exercise of employee stock options and restricted shared (in thousands)
|
127 | 541 | 598 | |||||||||
Weighted average number of shares used in
|
||||||||||||
computation of diluted EPS (in thousands)
|
155,773 | 156,199 | 156,400 | |||||||||
Number of options and restricted shares not taken into account in computation of diluted earnings per share, because of their anti-dilutive effect (in thousands)
|
6,156 | 5,378 | 8,101 |
Results of Consolidated Operations for the Year Ended December 31, 2014 Compared to the Year Ended December 31, 2013
|
|
New Israeli Shekels
|
|
||||||
|
Year ended December 31,
|
|
||||||
|
2013
|
|
|
2014
|
|
|||
|
In millions
|
|
||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||
Service revenues
|
|
|
3,784
|
|
|
|
3,408
|
|
Equipment revenues
|
|
|
735
|
|
|
|
992
|
|
Total revenues
|
|
|
4,519
|
|
|
|
4,400
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cost of revenues – Services
|
|
|
2,817
|
|
|
|
2,655
|
|
Cost of revenues – Equipment
|
|
|
693
|
|
|
|
764
|
|
Total Cost of revenues
|
|
|
3,510
|
|
|
|
3,419
|
|
Gross profit
|
|
|
1,009
|
|
|
|
981
|
|
1.
|
Partner Communications Company Ltd. (“Partner”) hereby undertakes to indemnify you for any liability or expense that you incur or that is imposed on you in consequence of an action or an inaction by you (including prior to the date of this letter), in your capacity of an officer or director in Partner or as an officer or director on behalf of Partner in a company controlled by Partner or in which Partner has a direct or indirect interest (such companies being referred to herein as “Subsidiaries”), as follows:
|
|
1.1.
|
Financial liability that you incur or is imposed on you in accordance with a judgment, including a judgment given in a settlement or a judgment of an arbitrator approved by the court; provided, that such liability pertains to one or more of the events set out in Schedule I hereto, which, in the opinion of the Board of Directors of Partner, are anticipated in light of Partner's activities at the time of granting this undertaking and are at the sum or measurement of indemnification determined by the Board of Directors to be reasonable given the circumstances set forth herein;
|
|
1.2.
|
Reasonable litigation expenses, including legal fees, that you may incur or for which you will be ordered to pay by a court in the context of proceedings filed against you by or on behalf of Partner or by a third party, or in a criminal proceeding in which you are acquitted or if you are convicted, for an offense which does not require criminal intent; and
|
|
1.3.
|
Reasonable litigation expenses, including legal fees that you may incur due to an investigation or proceeding conducted against you by an authority authorized to conduct such investigation or proceeding and which has ended without the filing of an indictment against you and either (i) no financial liability was imposed on you in lieu of criminal proceedings, or (ii) financial liability was imposed on you in lieu of criminal proceedings but the alleged criminal offense does not require proof of criminal intent, within the meaning of the relevant terms in or in the law referred to in the Israeli Companies Law of 1999 (the “Israeli Companies Law”), or in relation to a financial sanction ("itzum caspi").
|
1.4.
|
Payment to the harmed party as a result of a violation set forth in Section 52.54(a)(1)(a) ((52נד(א)(1)(א) of the Israeli Securities Law of 1968 (the "Israeli Securities Law"), including by indemnification in advance.
|
1.5.
|
Expenses incurred in connection with a Procedure ("halich"), as defined in Section 56.8(a)(1) (56ח(א)(1)) of the Israeli Securities Law (a "Procedure"), in connection with any of your affairs including, without limitation, reasonable litigation expenses, including legal fees, including by indemnification in advance.
|
1.6.
|
Any other liability or expense indemnifiable under any applicable law.
|
2.
|
Partner may not indemnify you for your liability for: (i) a breach of duty of loyalty towards Partner unless you have acted in good faith and had reasonable grounds to assume that the action would not harm Partner's best interest; (ii) a breach of duty of care done intentionally or recklessly ("pzizut") except for negligence; (iii) an act intended to unlawfully yield a personal profit; (iv) a fine, a civil fine ("knass ezrahi"), a financial sanction ("itzum caspi") or a penalty ("kofer") imposed upon you; and (v) a Procedure ("halich").
|
3.
|
Indemnification pursuant to this letter will be subject to applicable law and to the following terms and conditions:
|
|
3.1.
|
That you notify Partner within a reasonable time of your learning of any legal proceedings instigated against you in connection with any event that may give rise to indemnification and that you provide Partner, or anyone specified by Partner, with any documents connected to the proceeding in question.
|
3.2.
|
That Partner reserves the right to represent you in the proceedings or to appoint legal counsel of its choice for this purpose (unless its choice of legal counsel is unacceptable to you on reasonable grounds). Partner or such legal counsel will take all necessary steps to bring the matter to a close and will keep you informed of key steps in the process. The appointed counsel will be bound by a fiduciary duty to you and to Partner. If a conflict of interests should arise between the appointed counsel and yourself, counsel will inform Partner and you will be entitled to appoint a different counsel reasonably acceptable to Partner and the terms of this indemnification agreement shall apply to the new appointment. If Partner should decide to settle by arbitration or by mediation or by settlement, it shall be allowed to do so; provided, that you do not incur any additional expense or liability due to such arbitration, mediation or settlement or that you have otherwise agreed to such arbitration, mediation or settlement. If Partner so requests, you will sign any document that will empower it or any appointed counsel to represent you and defend you in any proceeding as stated above. You will cooperate as reasonably demanded of you with Partner and any appointed legal counsel. Partner shall cover all related expenses so that you will not have to make any payments or incur any expenses yourself.
|
|
3.3.
|
That whether or not Partner shall operate in accordance with section 3.2 above, indemnification shall still cover all and every kind of expense incurred by you that is included in section 1 of this letter so that you will not have to pay or finance them yourself. You will not be indemnified for any expenses arising from a settlement, mediation or arbitration unless Partner has agreed to the settlement, mediation or arbitration.
|
|
3.4.
|
That upon your request for payment in connection with any event according to this indemnification letter, Partner shall complete all the necessary arrangements required by the law for payment and shall act to receive all necessary authorizations, if demanded. If any authorization should be required for payment, and the payment is not authorized for any reason, this payment or part of it will be subject to the approval of the court (if relevant) and Partner shall act in order to receive authorization.
|
|
3.5.
|
That in the event that you are paid for any sums in accordance with this letter of indemnification in connection with a legal proceeding, and later it becomes clear that you were not entitled to such payments, the sums will be considered as a loan given to you by Partner subject to the lowest interest rate for purposes of Section 3(9) of the Income Tax Ordinance (or any other legislation replacing it) which does not cause a taxable benefit. You shall be required to repay such amounts in accordance with the payment arrangements fixed by Partner, and at such time as Partner shall request in writing.
|
|
3.6
|
That you shall remain entitled to indemnification by Partner as provided in this letter of indemnification even when you are no longer an officer or director in Partner or in a Subsidiary on Partner’s behalf, as long as the events that led to the payments, costs and expenses for which indemnification is being sought are a result of an action or an inaction taken by you as such officer or director.
|
|
3.7
|
The terms contained in this letter will be construed in accordance with the Israeli Companies Law and in the absence of any definition in the Israeli Companies Law, pursuant to the Israeli Securities Law. Schedule I hereto constitutes an integral part hereof.
|
|
3.8
|
The obligations of Partner under this letter shall be interpreted broadly and in a manner that shall facilitate its implementation, to the fullest extent permitted by law, including, ipso facto, as further expanded in the future, and for the purposes for which it was intended. Without derogating from the generality of the foregoing, it is clarified that with respect to any expansion of indemnification that is currently, or will in the future be, permitted by law following incorporation of specific provisions in Partner’s Articles of Association, such expansion be in effect ipso facto even prior to such incorporation, based on Article 34.1 of the Articles of Association, which allows indemnification to the fullest extent permitted by law. In the event of a conflict between any provision of this letter and any provision of the law that cannot be superseded, changed or amended, said provision of the law shall supersede the specific provision in this letter, but shall not limit or diminish the validity of the remaining provisions of this letter.
|
|
3.9
|
The indemnification under this letter will enter into effect upon your signing a copy of the same in the appropriate place, and the delivery of such signed copy to Partner. It is hereby agreed that your agreement to accept this letter constitutes your irrevocable agreement that any previous undertaking of Partner for indemnification towards you, to the extent granted, shall become void automatically upon your signing this letter. Notwithstanding the above, if this letter shall be declared or found void for any reason whatsoever, then any previous undertaking of Partner for indemnification towards you, which this letter is intended to replace, shall remain in full force and effect.
|
|
3.10
|
Partner may, in its sole discretion and at any time, revoke its undertaking to indemnify hereunder, or reduce the Maximum Indemnity Amount (as defined in section 3.13 below) thereunder, or limit the events to which it applies, either in regard to all the officers or to some of them, to the extent such change or revocation relates solely to events that occur after the date of such change; provided, that prior notice has been given to you of its intention to do so, in writing, at least 60 days before the date on which its decision will enter into effect. No such decision will have a retroactive effect of any kind whatsoever, and the letter of indemnification prior to such change or revocation, as the case may be, will continue to apply and be in full force and effect for all purposes in relation to any event that occurred prior to such change or revocation, even if the proceeding in respect thereof is filed against you after the change or revocation of the letter of indemnification. In all other cases, this letter may not be changed unless Partner and you have agreed in writing.
|
|
3.11
|
This undertaking to indemnify is not a contract for the benefit of any third party, including any insurer, and is not assignable nor will any insurer have the right to demand participation of Partner in any payment for which an insurer is made liable under any insurance agreement that has been made with it, with the exception of the deductible specified in such agreement. For the avoidance of any doubt in the event of death this letter will apply to you and your estate.
|
|
3.12
|
No waiver, delay, forbearance to act or extension granted by Partner or by you will be construed in any circumstance as a waiver of the rights hereunder or by law, and will not prevent any such party from taking all legal and other steps as will be required in order to enforce such rights.
|
|
3.13
|
The aggregate indemnification amount payable by Partner to all directors, officers and other indemnified persons (including, inter alia, officers and directors nominated on behalf of Partner in Subsidiaries), pursuant to all letters of indemnification issued to them by Partner on or after October 17, 2013, which indemnification letters include a maximum indemnity amount substantially similar to the Maximum Indemnity Amount under this Section 3.13 (the “Maximum Indemnity Amount”), for any occurrence of an event set out in Schedule I hereto (each, an “Event”), will not exceed 25% of shareholders equity (according to the latest reviewed or audited financial statements approved by Partner's Board of Directors prior to approval of the indemnification payment); provided, however, that under the circumstances where indemnification for the same Event is to be made in parallel to you under this letter and to one or more indemnified persons under indemnification letters issued (or to be issued) by Partner containing a maximum indemnity amount which is the higher of 25% of shareholders equity and 25% of market capitalization (the "Combined Maximum Indemnity Amount"), the Maximum Indemnity Amount for you hereby shall be adjusted so it does not exceed the Combined Maximum Indemnity Amount to which any other indemnified person is entitled under any other indemnification letter containing the Combined Maximum Indemnity Amount.
|
|
3.14
|
The Maximum Indemnity Amount shall not be affected in any way by the existence of, or payment under, insurance policies. Payment of the indemnification shall not affect your right to receive insurance payments, if you receive the same (either personally or through Partner or on your behalf) and Partner will not be required to indemnity you for any sums that were, in fact, already paid to you or for you in respect of insurance or any other indemnification obligations made to you by any third party. In the event there is any payment made under this letter and such payment is covered by an insurance policy, Partner shall be entitled to collect such amount of payment from the insurance proceeds. You will return to Partner any amount that you may receive pursuant to this letter, which is based on data or financial results that will later on be found to be erroneous and will be restated in Partner's financial statements, as will be implemented by Partner's Board of Directors.
|
|
3.15
|
If the indemnification amount Partner is required to pay to its directors and other indemnified persons, as mentioned in section 1 above, exceeds at any time the Maximum Indemnity Amount or the balance of the Maximum Indemnity Amount in accordance with section 3.13 above after deducting any indemnification amounts paid or payable by Partner to any of its directors or other indemnified persons at such time (all, as determined and clarified in Section 3.13 above or in the other applicable indemnification letters), such Maximum Indemnification Amount or remaining balance will be allocated among the directors and the other indemnified persons entitled to indemnification, in the same ratio as with respect to any Event the amount for which each individual director or other indemnified person may be indemnified is to the aggregate amount that all of the relevant directors and other indemnified persons involved in the Event may be indemnified.
|
|
3.16
|
The foregoing does not derogate from Partner's right to indemnify you retroactively in accordance with that permitted by the Articles of Association of Partner and applicable law.
|
1.
|
Any offering of Partner’s securities to private investors and/or to the public and listing of such securities, and/or the offer by Partner to purchase securities from the public and/or from private investors or other holders, and any undertakings, representations, warranties and other obligations related to any such offering and Partner’s status as a public company or as an issuer of securities.
|
2.
|
All matters relating to Partner’s status, obligations and/or actions as a public company, and/or the fact that Partner’s securities were issued to the public or to private investors and/or are or were traded on a stock exchange (including, without limitation, Nasdaq stock market, the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange and the London Stock Exchange), whether in Israel or abroad.
|
3.
|
The erection, construction and operation of Partner’s mobile telephone network, including the erection and operation of antennas and other equipment and environmental issues, including undertakings, activities and communications with authorities regarding the foregoing and including the work performed by Partner’s subcontractors in connection therewith.
|
4.
|
The purchase, distribution, marketing and sale of handsets, other terminal equipment and any other of Partner’s products and/or any marketing plans and/or publications.
|
5.
|
A Transaction, Extraordinary Transaction, or an Activity within the meaning of Section 1 of the Israeli Companies Law, including negotiations for entering into a Transaction or an Activity, the transfer, sale, acquisition or charge of assets or liabilities (including securities) or the grant or acceptance of a right in any one of them, receiving credit and the grant of collateral, as well as any act directly or indirectly involving such a Transaction or Activity.
|
6.
|
Investments which Partner and/or its Subsidiaries and/or its affiliates make in other entities whether before and/or after the investment is made, entering into the transaction, the execution, development and monitoring thereof, including actions taken or alleged omissions by you in the name of Partner and/or any subsidiary thereof and/or any affiliates thereof as a director, officer, employee and/or a board observer of the entity which is the subject of the transaction and the like.
|
7.
|
The merger acquisition or other business combination or restructuring, or any such proposed transaction and any decision related to it (by Partner or another person) of Partner, any subsidiary thereof and/or any affiliate thereof with, of or into another entity and/or the sale or proposed sale of the operations and/or business, or part thereof, or any dissolution, receivership, creditors' arrangement, stay of proceeding or any similar proceeding, of Partner, any of its Subsidiaries and/or any of its affiliates.
|
8.
|
Tender offers for Partner's securities, including in connection with Partner's Board of Directors' opinion regarding a Special Tender Offer as defined in the Israeli Companies Law or refraining from such opinion.
|
9.
|
Labor relations and/or employment matters in Partner, its Subsidiaries and/or its affiliates and trade relations of Partner, its Subsidiaries and/or its affiliates, including with independent contractors, customers, suppliers and service providers.
|
10.
|
The testing of products developed and/or marketed by Partner, its Subsidiaries and/or its affiliates and/or in connection with the distribution, sale, license or use of such products.
|
11.
|
The intellectual property of Partner, its Subsidiaries and/or its affiliates, and its protection, including the registration or assertion of rights to intellectual property and the defense of claims relating to intellectual property infringement.
|
12.
|
Actions taken (or alleged omissions) pursuant to or in accordance with the policies and procedures of Partner, its Subsidiaries and/or its affiliates, whether such policies and procedures are published or not.
|
13.
|
The borrowing or other receipt of funds and any other financing transaction or arrangement, or any such proposed transaction or arrangement, whether or not requiring the imposition of any pledge or lien.
|
14.
|
Any Distribution (“haluka” - as defined in the Israeli Companies Law).
|
|
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any share repurchase and distribution of dividends, including, without limitation, in 2005 and distribution of dividends during the calendar years of 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 (including the special dividend distribution as of March 2010, approved by the District Court), 2011 and 2012.
|
15.
|
Taking part in or performing tenders.
|
16.
|
The making of any statement, including a representation or opinion made by an officer or director of Partner in such capacity whether in public or private, including during meetings of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof.
|
17.
|
An act in contradiction to the Articles of Association or Memorandum of Partner.
|
18.
|
Any action or omission in connection with voting rights in Partner.
|
19.
|
Any action or decision in relation to work safety and/or working conditions.
|
20.
|
Actions taken pursuant to any of Partner’s licenses, or any breach thereof.
|
21.
|
Decisions and/or actions pertaining to the environment and/or the safety of handsets, including radiation or dangerous substances.
|
22.
|
A payment to the harmed party as a result of a violation set forth in Section 52.54(a)(1)(a) (52נד(א)(1)(א)) of the Israeli Securities Law.
|
23.
|
Negotiation for, signing and performance or non-performance of insurance policies.
|
24.
|
Events associated with the drawing up and/or approval of financial statements, including the acts or omissions relating to the adoption of financial reports (including International Financial Reporting Standards IFRS), preparation and signing Partner's financial statements, consolidated or on a sole basis, as applicable, as well as the editing or approval of the Directors' report or business plans and forecasts, providing an estimate of the effectiveness of Partner's internal controls and other matters in connection with the financial statements and Directors' report and provision of statements relating to the financial statements.
|
25.
|
Events associated with business plans, including pricing, marketing, distribution, directives to employees, customers and suppliers and collaborations with other parties.
|
26.
|
Reporting and/or filing of applications or reports, under any applicable law (including immediate reports, periodic or other), disclosure, messaging, providing (or failure to provide) information, statements, declarations, evaluations, presentations, opinions, reviews, requests for approval, or otherwise to any governmental or quasi-governmental authority, stock exchange or regulatory body whether in Israel or abroad.
|
27.
|
Actions and any legal process, whether in Israel or abroad, relating, directly or indirectly, to any governmental or quasi-governmental authority, including with respect to trade restrictions, restrictive arrangements, mergers and monopolies.
|
28.
|
Investigations conducted against you by any governmental or quasi-governmental authority.
|
29.
|
Class actions, including class actions in respect of the environment, consumer protection or complaints, roaming, content services, the Communications Law of 1982, any of Partner’s licenses, Partner’s contracts, and anti-trust, derivative actions or any other legal proceedings against you and/or Partner and/or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with your role and/or activities in Partner or on its behalf.
|
30.
|
All matters relating to the change of control transaction, entered into on August 12, 2009, between Advent Investments Pte. Ltd. and Scailex Corporation Ltd. (“Scailex”), under which Scailex agreed to acquire 78,940,104 Ordinary Shares of Partner.
|
31.
|
All matters relating to a potential sale of Partner’s securities by Scailex Corporation Ltd., any affiliates thereof or any other Material Shareholder (“ba’al menaya mahuti”) of Partner.
|
32.
|
Transactions or agreements entered into between Partner and any of its shareholders or between shareholders of Partner.
|
33.
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Transfer of information to shareholders or potential shareholders of Partner, including Interested Parties.
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34.
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All matters relating to breach of Partner contracts.
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35.
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Activities Partner may pursue in new areas such as transmission services, access to high-speed Internet services, fixed line and long-distance telephony services, cable television and other communication services to subscribers.
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36.
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Establishment, registration, administration, or making use of registries and information databases, including as required by the provisions of the Protection of Privacy Law of 1981 (including regulations, orders, directives, rules or provisions and instructions) issued by any competent authority or by virtue of those authorities and any decision or other action relating to said law.
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37.
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A suspicion as to perpetration of an offence and/or breach of a statutory obligation under any law because of an action taken by Partner and that, according to any law, can also be attributed to you and/or because of an action taken by you by virtue of your function as officer or director in Partner and/or that was taken for the sake of Partner and/or on its behalf.
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38.
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A payment or non-payment to any governmental authority under any applicable law, including the payment of income tax, sales tax, betterment tax on real estate, transfer taxes, excise, value added tax, stamp tax, customs, National Insurance payments, municipal levies, royalty fees or any other fees, levies, financial sanction ("itzum caspi") in connection with any of Partner’s licenses, and including any kind of fines, interest and linkage increments.
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39.
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Any other actions which can be anticipated for companies of the type of Partner, and which the Board of Directors may deem appropriate.
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40.
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Any of the foregoing events, relating to your service as an officer or director in any of Partner's Subsidiaries on Partner's behalf.
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41.
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Any of the foregoing events, as it may relate to 012 Smile Telecom Ltd. or to any company in which it has a direct or indirect interest.
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21.1
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A holding of ten percent (10%) or more of any of the Means of Control in the Licensee will not be transferred, either directly or indirectly, either all at once or in parts, unless given the Minister’s prior written consent.
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21.2
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None of the said Means of Control, or a part of them, in the Licensee, may be transferred in any way, if as a result of the transfer, control in the Licensee will be transferred from one person to another, unless given the Minister’s prior written consent.
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21.3
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No control shall be acquired, either direct or indirect, in the Licensee, and no person, whether on his/her own or together with his/her relative or with those acting with him/her on a regular basis, shall acquire in it ten percent (10%) or more of any of the Means of Control in the Licensee, whether all at once or in parts, unless given the Minister’s prior written consent.
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21.4
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1Cancelled
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21.5
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2Despite the provisions of sub-clauses 21.1 and 21.3 above, should there occur a transfer or purchase of a percentage of Tradable Means of Control in the Licensee requiring consent under clauses 21.1 and 21.3 (other than a transfer of purchase that results in a transfer of control), without the Minister’s consent having been sought, the Licensee shall report this to the Minister in writing, and shall make an application to the Minister to approve the said transfer or purchase of the Means of Control in the Licensee, within 21 days of the date on which the Licensee became aware of such.
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In this Clause 21, “Tradable Means of Control” – Means of Control, including Global or American Depository Shares (GDR’s or ADR’s), or similar certificates, registered for trading on the securities exchange in Israel or overseas, and offered to the public by prospectus, or held by the public in Israel or overseas.
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21.6
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Neither the entry into an underwriting agreement relating to the issue or sale of securities to the public, the registration for trading on the securities exchange in Israel or overseas, nor the deposit or registration of securities with a registration company or with a depository agent or a custodian for the purpose of registration of GDRs or ADRs or similar certificates relating to the issue or sale of securities to the public shall in and of themselves be considered as a transfer of Means of Control in the Licensee3.
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1
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Amendment No. 52
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2
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Amendment No. 3
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21.7
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(a)
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Irregular Holdings shall be noted in the Licensee’s members register (the list of shareholders) stating the fact that they are irregular, immediately upon the Licensee’s becoming aware of this, and a notice of the registration shall be given by the Licensee to the holder of such Irregular Holding and to the Minister.
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(b)
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Irregular Holdings, noted as aforesaid in clause 21.7(a), shall not provide the holder with any rights, and shall be “dormant shares” as defined in Section 308 of the Companies Law 5759-1999, expect in the case of the receipt of a dividend or any other distribution to shareholders (especially the right to participate in an allotment of rights calculated on the basis of holdings of Means of Control in the Licensee, although holdings accumulated as aforesaid shall also be considered as Irregular Holdings), and therefore no action or claim of the activation of a right by virtue of the Irregular Holdings shall have any force, except in the case of the receipt of a dividend or any other distribution as aforesaid.
Without derogating form the generality of the above:
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(1)
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A shareholder who takes part in a vote during a meeting of shareholders shall advise the Licensee prior to the vote, or in the case of documentary voting on the voting document, whether his holdings in the Licensee or his voting require consent under clauses 21 and 23 of the License or not; where a shareholder does not so advise, he may not vote and his vote shall not count.
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(2)
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No director of the Licensee shall be appointed, elected or transferred from office by virtue of an Irregular Holding; should a director be appointed, elected or transferred from office as aforesaid, the said appointment, election or transfer, as the case may be, shall be of no effect.
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(3)
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Irregular Holdings shall not provide voting rights in the general meeting;
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3
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Amendment No. 4
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(c)
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The provisions of clause 21.7 shall be included in the Articles of Association of the Licensee, including the provisions of clause 21.9, mutatis mutandis.
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21.8
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For so long as the Articles of Association of the Licensee provide as set out in clause 21.7, and the Licensee acts in accordance with the provisions of clauses 21.5 and 21.7, and for so long as none of the holdings of Founding Shareholders or their Substitutes4 reduces to less than 26% 5 6 7 of all Means of Control in the Licensee immediately prior to the listing of the shares for trade, and for so long as the Articles of Association of the Licensee provide that a majority of the voting power in the general meeting of the Licensee may appoint all members of the Board of Directors of the Licensee, other than external directors required by any law and/or the relevant Exchange Rules, the Irregular Holdings shall not, in and of themselves, give rise to a cause for the cancellation of the Licensee.
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For the purpose of this article: "Founding Shareholders or their Substitutes"- Matbit Telecommunications Systems Ltd., Advent Investment Pte Limited, Matav Investments Ltd and Tapuz Cellular Systems limited Partnership as well as any other entity that one of them has transferred the Means of Control in the Licensee to, with the Minister's consent, before 4.7.2004 (each of the above entities shall be termed "Founding Shareholder"), as well as any other entity that a Founding Shareholder will transfer Means of Control in the Licensee to after 4.7.2004, provided that the Minister gave his written consent that the transferree be considered for this matter as the Founding Shareholder's substitute from the date to be determined by the Minister, including anyone that is an Israel Entity as defined in Article 22A.2, that purchased Means of Control from the Licensee and received the Minister's approval to be considered a founding shareholder or their substitute from the date set by the Minister8. Such consent under this article does not exempt the Licensee from the obligation to receive the Minister's consent for every transfer of the Means of Control in the Licensee that requires the Minister's consent in accordance with any other article in the License.9
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21.9
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The provisions of clauses 21.5 through 21.8 shall not apply to the founding shareholders or their substitutes.10
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4
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Amendment No. 25
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5
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Amendment No. 9
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6
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Amendment No. 28
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7
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Amendment No. 31
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8
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Amendment No. 31
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9
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Amendment No. 25
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10
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Amendment No. 31
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22.
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Placing a Charge on Means of Control
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Any shareholder in the company that holds the License, or a shareholder in an Interested Party in the same company, is not allowed to encumber his/her shares, in a way that the realization of the charge would cause a change in the ownership in ten percent (10%) or more of any of the Means of Control in the Licensee, unless the charge agreement includes a constraint, according to which the charge cannot be realized without prior consent, in writing, by the Minister.
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22A.
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Israeli Requirement and Holdings of Founding Shareholders or their Substitutes11
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22A.1.
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The total cumulative holdings of the "Founding Shareholders or their Substitutes", as defined in Article 21.8, (including anyone that is an “Israeli Entity” as defined in Article 22.2A below, that purchased Means of Control from the Licensee and received the Minister’s approval to be considered a founding shareholder or their substitute from the date set by the Minister), and are bound by an agreement for the fulfillment of the provisions of Article 22A of the License(in this Article they will all be considered “Founding Shareholders or their Substitutes”) shall not be reduced to less than 26% of each of the Means of Control in the Licensee.
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22A.2
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The total cumulative holdings of "Israeli Entities", one or more, that are considered as one of the Founding Shareholders or their Substitutes, from the total holdings of Founding Shareholders or their Substitutes as set forth in Article 22A.1 above, shall not be reduced at all times to less than 5% of the total issued share capital and from each of the Means of Control in the Licensee. For this matter, the issued share capital of the Licensee shall be calculated by deducting the number of “Dormant Shares” held by the Licensee.
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In this Article-
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"Israeli Entity"- for an individual-an Israeli citizen or resident of Israel, For a corporation- a corporation that was incorporated in Israel and an individual that is a citizen and a resident of Israel, controls the corporation either directly or indirectly, as long as the indirect control shall be only through a corporation that was incorporated in Israel, one or more. However, for the matter of indirect holdings, the Prime Minister and the Minister of Communications may approve holdings through a corporation that has not been incorporated in Israel, as long as the corporation does not directly hold shares in the Licensee, and only if they are convinced that this will not derogate from the provisions of this article. For this matter, “Israeli citizen”- as defined in the Nationality Law, 5712-1952; “resident”-as defined in the Inhabitants Registry Law, 5725-1965.
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For this matter, "Dormant Shares"- as defined in Article 308 of the Companies Law, 5759-1999.
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11
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Amendment No. 31-Amendment No. 31 will come into effect upon completion of all of the obligations set forth in article 22A and no later than 30 June 2005, in accordance with the Ministry of Communications document 62/05-4031 dated 13 March 2005
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22A.3
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At least one tenth (10%) of the members of the Board of Directors of the Licensee shall be appointed by the Israeli Entities as set forth in Article 22A.2. Notwithstanding the above-mentioned, for this matter- if the Board of Directors of the Licensee shall consist of up to 14 members – at least one director shall be appointed by the Israeli entities as set forth in Article 22.2A above, if the Board of Directors of the Licensee shall consist of between 15 and 24 members-at least 2 directors shall be appointed by the Israeli entities as set forth in Article 22.2A above and so on and so forth.
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22A.4
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The Licensee's Board of Directors shall appoint from among its members that have security clearance and security compatibility to be determined by the General Security Service (hereinafter: “ Directors with Clearance”) a committee to be designated "the Committee for Security Matters", or CSM.
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The CSM shall consist of at least 4 Directors with Clearance including at least one External Director. Security matters shall be discussed, subject to Article 22A.5, solely by the CSM. A resolution that was adopted or an action that was taken by the CSM, shall have the same effect as a resolution that was adopted or an action that was taken by the Board of Directors and shall be discussed by the Board of Directors only if necessary in accordance with Article 22A.5 and subject to Article 22A.5.
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In this article-“security matters”-as defined in the Bezeq Order (Determination of Essential Service Provided by “Bezeq”, the Israeli Telecommunications Company Ltd), 5757-1997, as of March 9, 2005.
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22A.5
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Security matters that the Board of Directors or the Audit Committee of the Licensee shall be required to consider in accordance with the mandatory provisions of the Companies Law, 5759-1999, or in accordance with the mandatory provisions of any other law that applies to the Licensee shall be discussed, if they need to be discussed by the Board of Directors or the Audit Committee, only in the presence of Directors with Clearance. Directors that do not have security clearance shall not be allowed to participate in this Board of Directors or Audit Committee meeting and shall not be entitled to receive information or to review documents that relate to this matter. The legal quorum for such meetings shall include only Directors with Clearance.
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The Licensee may set out in its Articles of Association that an Office Holder, who in the capacity of his position or based on the provisions of the law or the Articles of Association, should have received information or participate in security matter meetings and this was denied him due to Article 22A.5, will be released from any liability for any claim of breach of duty of care towards the Licensee, if the breach of duty of care was a result of his or her inability to participate in the meetings or receive information.
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22A.6
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The shareholders at a general meeting shall not be entitled to assume, delegate, transfer or exercise any of the authorities granted to another organ in the company, regarding security matters.
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22A.7
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(a) The Minister shall appoint an observer for the Board of Directors and committee meetings, who has security clearance and security compatibility that will be determined by the General Security Services.
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(b) The observer shall be a government employee, qualified to serve as a director, in accordance with Chapter C of the Government Companies Law, 5735-1975.
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(c) In addition, and without derogating from any duty imposed on him by any law, the observer shall be bound by confidentiality towards the Licensee, except as the matter may be required to fulfill his responsibilities as an observer. The observer shall not act as an observer or in any other capacity for any entity that deals with the provision of telecommunication services and directly competes with the Licensee, and shall refrain from any conflict of interest between his position as an observer and between the Licensee, excluding conflicts of interest that result from his being a government employee that is fulfilling his responsibilities as an observer with the Licensee. The observer shall undertake towards the Licensee not to serve as an observer or an office holder, and not to fulfill a position or be employed, directly or indirectly by any entity that directly competes with the Licensee or has a conflict of interest with the Licensee, excluding a conflict of interest that results from his being a government employee that is fulfilling his responsibilities as an observer with the Licensee throughout the duration of his position as an observer with the Licensee and for eighteen months after he completes this term.
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In any case of a dispute regarding a conflict of interest of the observer, the matter shall be decided by the State Attorney General or a person on his behalf.
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(d) Notices to Board of Director and committee meetings, including the CSM, shall be sent to the observer and he shall be entitled to participate as an observer in each such meeting.
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(e) The observer's entitlement to receive information from the Licensee, shall be the same as a director. If the Licensee believes that certain information that is sensitive business information is not required by the observer in order to fulfill his duties, the Licensee may delay delivery of such information to the observer and shall inform him accordingly. If the observer believes that he should receive such information, the matter shall be decided by the head of the General Security Services.
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(f) If the observer believes that the Licensee adopted or is about to adopt a resolution regarding security matters, contrary to the provisions of the License, contrary to Article 13 of the Law or contrary to the provisions of Article 11 of the General Security Services Law, 5762-2002, he shall immediately notify the Licensee in writing. Such a notice shall be sent to the chairman of the Board of Directors and to the chairman of the CSM and adequate time shall be given, under the circumstances of the case, to remedy the breach or to change the resolution, if possible.
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22A.8
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The provisions of Article 22A of the License shall be adopted in the Articles of Association of the Licensee.
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23.
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Prohibition of Cross-Ownership
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23.1
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The Licensee, an Office Holder or an Interested Party in the Licensee, as well as an Office Holder in an Interested Party in the Licensee, shall not hold, either directly or indirectly, five percent (5%) or more of any Means of Control in a Competing MRT Operator, and shall not serve as an Office Holder in a Competing MRT Operator or in an Interested Party in a Competing MRT Operator; for this matter, “Holding” includes holding as an agent.
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23.2
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Notwithstanding the provisions of Paragraph 23.1, the Minister may, based upon written request, permit an Office Holder in the Licensee to serve as an Office Holder in an Interested Party in a Competing MRT Operator, or permit an Office Holder in an Interested Party in the Licensee to serve as an Office Holder in a Competing MRT Operator or in an Interested Party in a Competing MRT Operator, if he is satisfied, that this will not harm the competition in MRT Services; the Minister may condition the granting of such permit on conditions that the Office Holder must fulfill for prevention of harm to the competition as aforesaid.
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23.3
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Notwithstanding the provisions of Paragraph 23.1, an Interested Party in the Licensee, which is a trust fund, an insurance company, an investment company or a pension fund, may hold up to ten percent (10%) of the Means of Control in a Competing MRT Operator, and an Interested Party in a Competing MRT Operator, which is a trust fund, an insurance company, an investment company or a pension fund, may hold up to ten percent (10%) of the Means of Control in the Licensee, provided it does not have a representative or an appointee on its behalf among the Office Holders of a Competing MRT Operator or of the Licensee, as the case may be, unless it is required to do so by law.
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23.4
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The Licensee, an Office Holder or an Interested Party in the Licensee, as well as an Office Holder in an Interested Party in the Licensee, will not control a Competing MRT Operator, and will not cause it, by any act or omission, to be controlled by a Competing MRT Operator or by an Office Holder or an Interested Party in a Competing MRT Operator, or by an Office Holder in an Interested Party in a Competing MRT Operator, or by a person or corporation that controls a Competing MRT Operator.
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23.5
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The rate of indirect holding in a corporation will be a product of the percentage of holdings in each stage of the chain of ownership, subject to what is set out in Paragraph 23.6; for example:
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(A)
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‘A’ holds 40% in Company ‘B’;
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(B)
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Company ‘B’ holds 40% in Company ‘C’;
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(C)
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Company ‘C’ holds 25% in Company ‘D’;
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(D)
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Therefore, Company ‘A’ holds, indirectly, 4% of Company ‘D’.
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23.6
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For the matter of this Paragraph and Paragraphs 14.1 (G) (6), (7), (8), (8a), (9) and 21.4, if a certain body (hereinafter: “the Controlling Body”) controls another body that has holdings, directly or indirectly, in the Licensee (hereinafter: “the Controlled Body”), the Controlling Body, and also any other body controlled by the Controlling Body, will be attributed with the rate of holdings in the Licensee that the Controlled Body has, directly or indirectly; according to the following examples:
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A.
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Direct holdings:
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(1)
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‘A’ holds 50% in Company ‘B’, and controls it;
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(2)
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Company ‘B’ holds 50% in Company ‘C’, and controls it;
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(3)
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Company ‘C’ holds 10% in the Licensee and does not control it;
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(4)
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Therefore, notwithstanding that ‘A’s’ holdings in the Licensee in accordance with the instructions of Paragraph 5.6 are 2.5%, ‘A’ and also any body controlled by ‘A’ will be deemed as an Interested Party holding 10% in the Licensee.
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B.
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Indirect holdings:
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(1)
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‘A’ holds 50% of Company ‘B’ and controls it;
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(2)
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Company ‘B’ holds 40% of Company ‘C’ and controls it;
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(3)
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Company ‘C’ holds 40% of Company ‘D’ and does not control it;
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(4)
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Company ‘D’ holds 40% of the Licensee and does not control it;
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(5)
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Therefore, ‘A’ and any body controlled by ‘A’ will be regarded as having a holding in the Licensee at the rate of holdings of Company ‘C’ in the Licensee, which is holdings of 16% (according to the method set out in Paragraph 23.5 for the calculation of the rate of indirect holdings in the absence of control), and in this manner, ‘A’ and any body controlled by ‘A’ is an Interested Party in the Licensee.
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23.7
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If a certain body has indirect holding in the Licensee, through two or more Interested Parties, then for the purpose of its definition as an Interested Party, and for the purpose of determining the rate of holding with regard to this Paragraph, the greatest indirect rate of holding will be taken into account, and also any rate of holding that derives from the chain of holdings through which the said holding body is attributed with the holdings of corporations controlled by it in accordance with the provisions of Paragraph 23.6; the rates of holdings that derive from two or more chains that will be taken into account as stated above, will be cumulative for the purpose of calculating the rate of holdings.
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23.8
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The Minister may, in response to a written request, permit an Interested Party in the Licensee to hold, either directly or indirectly, five percent (5%) or more in any of the Means of Control of a Competing MRT Operator, if the Minister is satisfied that this will not harm competition in the MRT field; 12the Minister may condition the granting of the said permit on a condition that the Interested Party in the Licensee or competing MRT Operator is an Interested Party merely by virtue of the provisions of Article 23.6 .
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24.
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Prohibition of Conflict of Interests
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The Licensee, any body in which the Licensee is an Interested Party, an Office Holder in the Licensee or an Interested Party in the company holding the License or an Office Holder in an Interested Party therein, will not be party to any agreement, arrangement or understanding with a Competing MRT Operator, or an Interested Party or an Office Holder in it, or an Office Holder in an Interested Party in a Competing MRT Operator, or any other body in which a Competing MRT Operator is an Interested Party, which are intended to or might reduce or harm competition in anything that pertains to MRT Services, MRT Terminal Equipment or any other Telecommunications Services.
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12
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Amendment No. 10
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1.
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800,000 options were granted in October 2011, at the value (according to a B&S model) of approximately NIS 3.6 million;
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2.
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150,000 options were granted in May 2013, at the value (according to a B&S model) of approximately NIS 1 million;
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3.
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150,000 options were granted in May 2015, at the value (according to a B&S model) of approximately NIS 0.6 million.
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Date: September 9, 2015
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Partner Communications Company Ltd.
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Deed of Vote - Part I
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1.
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Approval of the re-appointment of Kesselman & Kesselman, independent certified public accountants in Israel and a member of PricewaterhouseCoopers International Limited group, as the Company's auditor for the period ending at the close of the next annual general meeting;
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2.
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Discussion of the auditor’s remuneration for the year ended December 31, 2014, as determined by the Audit Committee and by the Board of Directors, and the report of the Board of Directors with respect to the remuneration paid to the auditor and its affiliates for the year ended December 31, 2014; and
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3.
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Discussion of the Company’s audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2014 and the report of the Board of Directors for such period.
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4.
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Aprroval of the re-election of the following directors to the Company’s Board of Directors until the close of the next annual general meeting: Mr. Adam Chesnoff, Mr. Elon Shalev, Mr. Fred Gluckman, Mr. Sumeet Jaisinghani, Mr. Yoav Rubinstein, Mr. Arieh Saban, Mr. Arie (Arik) Steinberg, Mr. Ori Yaron and Mr. Yehuda Saban (collectively, the “Appointed Directors”); approval (or approval and ratification, as the case may be) of the compensation terms of several directors; approval that these directors will continue to benefit from the Company's existing D&O insurance policy; approval that the directors who have indemnification letters will continue to benefit from the indemnification thereunder; and to approve and ratify (subject to the adoption of Resolution 5 below) that Mr. Yehuda Saban will benefit from the indemnification under said resolution.
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(i)
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“RESOLVED: to re-elect Mr. Adam Chesnoff, Mr. Elon Shalev, Mr. Fred Gluckman, Mr. Sumeet Jaisinghani, Mr. Yoav Rubinstein, Mr. Arieh Saban, Mr. Arie Steinberg, Mr. Ori Yaron and Mr. Yehuda Saban, to serve as directors of the Company until the close of the next annual general meeting, unless their office becomes vacant earlier in accordance with the provisions of the Israeli Companies Law and the Company’s Articles of Association;
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(ii)
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RESOLVED: (A) to approve the Compensation of Mr. Adam Chesnoff, Mr. Elon Shalev, Mr. Fred Gluckman, Mr. Sumeet Jaisinghani, Mr. Yoav Rubinstein and Mr. Arieh Saban and to approve and ratify the Compensation of Mr. Yehuda Saban; (B) to approve and ratify the reimbursement of Reasonable Expenses of each of the directors listed above in clause (A); (C) to approve that the directors listed above in clause (A) will continue to benefit from the Company's existing D&O insurance policy; (D) to approve that the directors listed above in clause (A) who have indemnification letters will continue to benefit from the indemnification thereunder and their indemnification letters will continue in full force and effect; and (E) to approve and ratify (subject to the adoption of Resolution 5 below) that Mr. Yehuda Saban will benefit from indemnification under said resolution;
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(iii)
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RESOLVED: (A) to approve the Compensation of Ms. Osnat Ronen and Mr. Arie Steinberg; (B) to approve and ratify the reimbursement of Reasonable Expenses of Ms. Osnat Ronen and Mr. Arie Steinberg; (C) to approve that Ms. Osnat Ronen and Mr. Arie Steinberg will continue to benefit from the Company's existing D&O insurance policy; and (D) to approve that Ms. Osnat Ronen and Mr. Arie Steinberg who have indemnification letters will continue to benefit from the indemnification thereunder and their indemnification letters will continue in full force and effect; and
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(iv)
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RESOLVED: these resolutions are in the best interest of the Company.”
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5.
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Approval and ratification of the grant of an Indemnification Letter to Mr. Yehuda Saban.
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(i)
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“RESOLVED: to approve and ratify the Company’s undertaking to indemnify Mr. Yehuda Saban and to provide him with an Indemnification Letter;
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(ii)
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RESOLVED: the Maximum Indemnity Amount is reasonable given the circumstances and that the indemnification events listed in Schedule I of the Revised Indemnification Letter are anticipated in light of Partner’s current activities; and
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(iii)
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RESOLVED: these resolutions are in the best interest of the Company.”
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6.
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Approval of re-appointment of Mr. Barry Ben Zeev (Woolfson) as an external director (Dahatz), approval of his remuneration, and approval that no change is made to his right to benefit from the Company’s D&O insurance policy and indemnification.
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(i)
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“RESOLVED: to re-appoint Mr. Barry Ben Zeev as an external director (Dahatz) of the Company for one additional term of three years in accordance with the Israeli Companies Law, commencing on October 28, 2015;
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(ii)
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RESOLVED: to approve the payment of the Remuneration and the reimbursement of expenses as set forth in the Remuneration Regulations to Mr. Barry Ben Zeev. In the event that options will be granted to Company directors, the Company will grant options to Mr. Barry Ben Zeev in a manner complying with the Remuneration Regulations, if and to the extent permitted by the Company's Compensation Policy at the relevant time. Mr. Ben Zeev will continue to benefit from the Company's D&O insurance policy (as in effect from time to time) and from his existing indemnification letter, which shall continue in full force and effect; and
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(iii)
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RESOLVED: these resolutions are in the best interest of the Company.”
The vote of the holders of a majority of the Ordinary Shares participating at the AGM and voting on the matter is required for the approval of item no. 6 on the agenda; provided, that one of the following conditions is fulfilled: (i) the majority of votes in favor of the matter shall include at least a majority of the votes of shareholders not constituting “Controlling Parties“ (as stated in the Israeli Companies Law including section 268 thereof, “Controlling Parties“) in the Company, or those having a Personal Interest (as defined in the Israeli Companies Law, a “Personal Interest”) in the appointment approval (other than a Personal Interest not resulting from relations to the Controlling Party) participating in the vote; which votes shall not include abstaining votes; or (ii) the total number of objecting votes of the shareholders mentioned in clause (i) does not exceed 2% of the total voting rights in the Company.
A shareholder shall notify the Company at the address above at least seventy two (72) hours prior to the time of the AGM, whether the shareholder constitutes a Controlling Party in the Company or has a Personal Interest in the appointment approval (other than a Personal Interest not resulting from relations to the Controlling Party) or not, as a condition for that shareholder's right to vote and be counted with respect to item no. 6 on the agenda. A shareholder voting, by means of a Deed of Vote, may include such notice with regard to a Controlling Party interest or a Personal Interest on the Deed of Vote (to be submitted to the Company at least seventy two hours (72) prior to the time of the AGM).
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7.
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Approval of severance terms of the outgoing C.E.O Mr. Haim Romano
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(i)
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“RESOLVED: to approve the grant of the Proposed Severance Bonus to Mr. Haim Romano; and
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(ii)
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RESOLVED: this resolution is in the best interest of the Company.”
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8.
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Approval of the terms of office and employment of the CEO of the Company, Mr. Isaac Benbenisti
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(i)
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“RESOLVED: to approve the terms of office and employment of the CEO, Mr. Isaac Benbenisti; and
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(ii)
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RESOLVED: this resolution is in the best interest of the Company.”
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3
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For the purpose of this calculation, the shares that are held by the Company’s controlling party include all shares that are held by S.B. Israel Telecom Ltd. and, due to the Shareholders Agreement between S.B. Israel Telecom and Scailex Corporation Ltd., also the shares of Scailex (including 6,443,050 shares owned by Scailex which are subject to the formal order of the Tel-Aviv-Jaffa District Court and are controlled by the receiver appointed by the court and excluding 750,000 shares that recently were transferred by Scailex to the trustees of noteholders of (Notes Series G-I and Notes Series 1).
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Item No.
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Subject of the Resolution
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Votea
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In respect of a transaction’s approval pursuant to sections 255 and 272 to 275 (the majority required for which is not
an ordinary majority), of the Israeli Companies Law) - do you have a “Personal Interest” in the resolution, are you a “Controlling Party” in the Comany, a “Senior Office Holder” or an “Institutional Investor”b?
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In respect of appointment of an external director (dahatz) pursuant to sections 239(b) or 245(a1) of the Israeli Companies Law - are you a “Controlling Party” in the Company, an “Interested Party”, having a “Personal Interest” in the appointment approval or not, a “Senior Office Holder” or an “Institutional Investor”b?
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For
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Against
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Abstain
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Yesc
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No
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Yesc
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No
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1)
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Approval of the re-appointment of Kesselman & Kesselman, independent certified public accountants in Israel and a member of PricewaterhouseCoopers International Limited group, as the Company's auditor for the period ending at the close of the next annual general meeting.
This item is not subject to the Regulations Procedure.
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Irrelevant
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Irrelevant
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2)
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Discussion of the auditor’s remuneration for the year ended December 31, 2014, as determined by the Audit Committee and by the Board of Directors, and the report of the Board of Directors with respect to the remuneration paid to the auditor and its affiliates for the year ended December 31, 2014.
This item is not subject to the Regulations Procedure.
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Irrelevant
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Irrelevant
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Irrelevant
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3)
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Discussion of the Company’s audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2014 and the report of the Board of Directors for such period.
This item is not subject to the Regulations Procedure.
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Irrelevant
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Irrelevant
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Irrelevant
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Item No.
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Subject of the Resolution
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Votea
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In respect of a transaction’s approval pursuant to sections 255 and 272 to 275 (the majority required for which is not
an ordinary majority), of the Israeli Companies Law) - do you have a “Personal Interest” in the resolution, are you a “Controlling Party” in the Comany, a “Senior Office Holder” or an “Institutional Investor”b?
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In respect of appointment of an external director (dahatz) pursuant to sections 239(b) or 245(a1) of the Israeli Companies Law - are you a “Controlling Party” in the Company, an “Interested Party”, having a “Personal Interest” in the appointment approval or not, a “Senior Office Holder” or an “Institutional Investor”b?
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For
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Against
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Abstain
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Yesc
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No
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Yesc
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No
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4)
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(i)
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Approval of the re-election of Mr. Adam Chesnoff, Mr. Elon Shalev, Mr. Fred Gluckman, Mr. Sumeet Jaisinghani, Mr. Yoav Rubinstein, Mr. Arieh Saban,Mr. Ori Yaron , Mr. Arie (Arik) Steinberg and Mr. Yehuda Saban to serve as directors of the Company until the close of the next annual general meeting, unless their office becomes vacant earlier in accordance with the provisions of the Israeli Companies Law and the Company’s Articles of Association.
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Irrelevant
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(ii)
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(A) approval of the Compensation of Mr. Adam Chesnoff, Mr. Elon Shalev, Mr. Fred Gluckman, Mr. Sumeet Jaisinghani, Mr. Yoav Rubinstein, Mr. Arieh Saban and Mr. Ori Yaron and approval and ratification of the Compensation of Mr. Yehuda Saban; (B) approval and ratification of the reimbursement of Reasonable Expenses of each of the directors listed above in clause (A); (C) approval that the directors listed above in clause (A) will continue to benefit from the Company's existing D&O insurance policy and ; (D) approval that the directors listed above in clause (A) who have indemnification letters will continue to benefit from the indemnification thereunder and their indemnification letters will continue in full force and effect; and (E) approval and ratification (subject to the adoption of Resolution 5 below) that Mr. Yehuda Saban will benefit from indemnification under said resolution.
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Irrelevant
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(iii)
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(A) approval of the Compensation of Ms. Osnat Ronen and Mr. Arie (Arik) Steinberg; (B) approval and ratification of the reimbursement of Reasonable Expenses of Ms. Osnat Ronen and Mr. Arie (Arik) Steinberg; (C) approval that Ms. Osnat Ronen and Mr. Arie (Arik) Steinberg will continue to benefit from the Company's existing D&O insurance policy and ; and (D) approval that Ms. Osnat Ronen and Mr. Arie (Arik) Steinberg who have indemnification letters will continue to benefit from the indemnification thereunder and their indemnification letters will continue in full force and effect.
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Irrelevant
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Irrelevant | ||||||
This item is subject to the Regulations Procedure.
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5)
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Approval and ratification of the grant of an Indemnification Letter to Mr. Yehuda Saban.
This item is subject to the Regulations Procedure.
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Irrelevant
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6) |
Approval of re-appointment of Mr. Barry Ben Zeev as an external director (Dahatz), approval of his remuneration, and approval that no change is made to his right to benefit from the Company's D&O insurance policy and indemnification.
This item is subject to the Regulations Procedure.
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Irrelevant
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7) |
Approval of the severance terms of the former CEO Mr. Haim Romano.
This item is subject to the Regulations Procedure.
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Irrelevant
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8)
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Approval of the terms of office and employment of the CEO of the Company, Mr. Isaac Benbenisti.
This item is subject to the Regulations Procedure.
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Irrelevant |
•
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Yes. I approve the declaration below.
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•
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No. I do not approve the declaration below. I hold, together with others, ________ Ordinary Shares of Partner.
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I declare that my holdings and my vote DO NOT require the consent of the Israeli Minister of Communications pursuant to (i) Sections 21 (Transfer of Means of Control) or 23 (Prohibition of Cross-Ownership) of the Company’s General License for the Provision of Mobile Radio Telephone Services using the Cellular Method in Israel dated April 7, 1998, as amended (the “License”); or (ii) any other license granted to Partner, directly or indirectlye.
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Signature
Name (Print): ___________
Title: __________________
Date: __________________
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1
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If an X is not marked in either column, the vote shall be considered as an abstention on the relevant item.. If an X is marked in more than one column, the vote shall be disqualified.
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2
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If an X is not marked in either column, or if an X is marked in the “Yes” column and the shareholder does not provide details regarding the nature of the “Personal Interest” or the “Controlling Party” Interest (as the case may be), or an X is marked in both columns, the vote shall be disqualified.
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3
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Pursuant to the Israeli Companies Law and the Israeli Companies Regulations (Deeds of Vote and Position Notices) (2005), as amended, shareholders who will not attend the meeting in person may vote with respect to items 4-6, 7(ii), 8 and 9 on the agenda by the Hebrew form of deed of vote (ktav hatzba'a) and these items are subject to provisions set forth in the Israeli Companies Law and these regulations (the “Regulations Procedure”).
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4
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Kindly provide details regarding the nature of your “Personal Interest” in the resolution, why do you constitute a “Controlling Party” in the Company, you are a “Senior Office Holder” or an “Institutional Investor” (as the case may be), at the designated space below the table (on page 7). “Personal Interest” is defined in Section 1 of the Israeli Companies Law (1999), as amended (the “Israeli Companies Law”) as a person’s personal interest in an act or a transaction of a company, including, without limitation, the personal interest of a person's relative and the personal interest of an entity in which the person or the person's relative is an interested party. Holding shares in the applicable company does not give rise to a “Personal Interest”. “Personal Interest” includes, without limitation, a personal interest of a person voting by proxy which was given by another person, even if the other person does not have a personal interest, and a person voting on behalf of a person having a personal interest will be deemed as having a personal interest, whether the voting discretion is in the voter’s hands or not. The Israeli Companies Law refers to the definition of “Control” in Section 1 of the Israeli Securities Law (1968), as amended, defining "Control" as the ability to direct the activity of a company, except for ability stemming only from being a director or holding another position in that company, and it is presumed that a person is controlling a company if said person "holds" (as defined therein) at least half of (i) the right to vote in the shareholders general meeting; or (ii) the right to appoint the directors or the general manager of that company. For approval of the resolutions regarding the detailed items, any shareholders holding 25% or more of the voting rights in a company will be deemed a “Controlling Party”. Two or more persons holding voting rights in a company whereas each of them has a personal interest in approving a certain transaction would be deemed “holding together”. According to section 37 (d) of the Securities Law, a “Senior Office Holder” is, generally, a general manager, chief executive officer, deputy managing director, deputy director general, all fulfilling such a role in the company even if his title is different, a director, or manager directly subordinated to the general manager; as well as chairman of the board, an alternate director, an individual appointed under section 236 of the Israeli Companies Law on behalf of the corporation who is a director, controller, an internal auditor, independent authorized signatory, and anyone fulfilling such a role, even if his job title is different, and a Senior Office Holder of a corporation controlled by the corporation, which has a significant impact on the corporation and any individual employed by a corporation in another position, holding five percent or more of the nominal value of the issued share capital or voting rights. “Institutional Investor” - shall have the meaning defined in section 1 of the Supervisory Regulations Control of Financial Services (Provident Funds) (Participation of a Managing Company at a General Meeting), 2009, and a managing company of a Joint Investment Trust Fund as defined in the Joint Investment Trust Law, 1994.
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Item No.
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Subject of the Resolution
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Vote5
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In respect of a transaction’s approval pursuant to sections 255 and 272 to 275 (the majority required for which is not an ordinary majority), of the Israeli Companies Law) - do you have a “Personal Interest” in the resolution, are you a “Controlling Party” in the Company, a “Senior Office Holder” or an “Institutional Investor”4?
|
In respect of appointment of an external director (dahatz) pursuant to sections 239(b) or 245(a1) of the Israeli Companies Law - are you a “Controlling Party” in the Company, an “Interested Party”, having a “Personal Interest” in the appointment approval or not, a “Senior Office Holder” or an “Institutional Investor”4?
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||||||
For
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Against
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Abstain
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Yes6
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No
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Yes 6
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No
|
||||
1)
|
Approval of the re-appointment of Kesselman & Kesselman, independent certified public accountants in Israel and a member of PricewaterhouseCoopers International Limited group, as the Company's auditor for the period ending at the close of the next annual general meeting.
This item is not subject to the Regulations Procedure.7
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Irrelevant
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Irrelevant
|
|||||||
2)
|
Discussion of the auditor’s remuneration for the year ended December 31, 2014, as determined by the Audit Committee and by the Board of Directors, and the report of the Board of Directors with respect to the remuneration paid to the auditor and its affiliates for the year ended December 31, 2014.
This item is not subject to the Regulations Procedure.
|
Irrelevant
|
Irrelevant
|
Irrelevant
|
||||||
3)
|
Discussion of the Company’s audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2014 and the report of the Board of Directors for such period.
This item is not subject to the Regulations Procedure.
|
Irrelevant
|
Irrelevant
|
Irrelevant
|
5
|
If an X is not marked in either column, the vote shall be considered as an abstention on the relevant item.. If an X is marked in more than one column, the vote shall be disqualified.
|
6
|
If an X is not marked in either column, or if an X is marked in the “Yes” column and the shareholder does not provide details regarding the nature of the “Personal Interest” or the “Controlling Party” Interest (as the case may be), or an X is marked in both columns, the vote shall be disqualified.
|
7
|
Pursuant to the Israeli Companies Law and the Israeli Companies Regulations (Deeds of Vote and Position Notices) (2005), as amended, shareholders who will not attend the meeting in person may vote with respect to items 4-6, 7(ii), 8 and 9 on the agenda by the Hebrew form of deed of vote (ktav hatzba'a) and these items are subject to provisions set forth in the Israeli Companies Law and these regulations (the “Regulations Procedure”).
|
No.
|
Subject of the Resolution
|
Vote5
|
In respect of a transaction’s approval pursuant to sections 255 and 272 to 275 (the majority required for which is not
an ordinary majority), of the Israeli Companies Law) - do you have a “Personal Interest” in the resolution, are you a “Controlling Party” in the Company, a “Senior Office Holder” or an “Institutional Investor”4?
|
In respect of appointment of an external director (dahatz) pursuant to sections 239(b) or 245(a1) of the Israeli Companies Law - are you a “Controlling Party” in the Company, an “Interested Party”, having a “Personal Interest” in the appointment approval or not, a “Senior Office Holder” or an “Institutional Investor” |
4)
|
(i)
|
Approval of the re-election of Mr. Adam Chesnoff, Mr. Elon Shalev, Mr. Fred Gluckman, Mr. Sumeet Jaisinghani, Mr. Yoav Rubinstein, Mr. Arieh Saban, Mr. Ori Yaron, Mr. Arie (Arik) Steinberg and Mr. Yehuda Saban to serve as directors of the Company until the close of the next annual general meeting, unless their office becomes vacant earlier in accordance with the provisions of the Israeli Companies Law and the Company’s Articles of Association.
|
Irrelevant
|
Irrelevant
|
||||||
(ii)
|
(A) approval of the Compensation of Mr. Adam Chesnoff, Mr. Elon Shalev, Mr. Fred Gluckman, Mr. Sumeet Jaisinghani, Mr. Yoav Rubinstein, Mr. Arieh Saban and Mr. Ori Yaron and approval and ratification of the Compensation of Mr. Yehuda Saban; (B) approval and ratification of the reimbursement of Reasonable Expenses of each of the directors listed above in clause (A); (C) approval that the directors listed above in clause (A) will continue to benefit from the Company's existing D&O insurance policy and ; (D) approval that the directors listed above in clause (A) who have indemnification letters will continue to benefit from the indemnification thereunder and their indemnification letters will continue in full force and effect; and (E) approval and ratification (subject to the adoption of Resolution 5 below) that Mr. Yehuda Saban will benefit from indemnification under said resolution.
|
Irrelevant
|
||||||||
(iii)
|
(A) approval of the Compensation of Ms. Osnat Ronen and Mr. Arie (Arik) Steinberg; (B) approval and ratification of the reimbursement of Reasonable Expenses of Ms. Osnat Ronen and Mr. Arie (Arik) Steinberg; (C) approval that Ms. Osnat Ronen and Mr. Arie (Arik) Steinberg will continue to benefit from the Company's existing D&O insurance policy and ; and (D) approval that Ms. Osnat Ronen and Mr. Arie (Arik) Steinberg who have indemnification letters will continue to benefit from the indemnification thereunder and their indemnification letters will continue in full force and effect.
|
Irrelevant
|
Irrelevant
|
|||||||
This item is subject to the Regulations Procedure.
|
Item No.
|
Subject of the Resolution
|
Vote5
|
In respect of a transaction’s approval pursuant to sections 255 and 272 to 275 (the majority required for which is not
an ordinary majority), of the Israeli Companies Law) - do you have a “Personal Interest” in the resolution, are you a “Controlling Party” in the Company, a “Senior Office Holder” or an “Institutional Investor”4?
|
In respect of appointment of an external director (dahatz) pursuant to sections 239(b) or 245(a1) of the Israeli Companies Law - are you a “Controlling Party” in the Company, an “Interested Party”, having a “Personal Interest” in the appointment approval or not, a “Senior Office Holder” or an “Institutional Investor”4? | ||||
5)
|
Approval and ratification of the grant of an Indemnification Letter to Mr. Yehuda Saban.
This item is subject to the Regulations Procedure.
|
Irrelevant
|
||||||
6)
|
Approval of re-appointment of Mr. Barry Ben-Zeev as an external director (Dahatz), approval of his remuneration, and approval that no change is made to his right to benefit from the Company's D&O insurance policy and indemnification.
This item is subject to the Regulations Procedure.
|
Irrelevant
|
||||||
7)
|
Approval of the severance terms of the former CEO Mr. Haim Romano.
This item is subject to the Regulations Procedure.
|
Irrelevant
|
||||||
8)
|
Approval of the terms of office and employment of the CEO of the Company, Mr. Isaac Benbenisti.
This item is subject to the Regulations Procedure.
|
Irrelevant
|
•
|
Yes. I approve the declaration below.
|
•
|
No. I do not approve the declaration below. I hold, together with others, ________ Ordinary Shares of Partner.
|
|
I declare that my holdings and my vote DO NOT require the consent of the Israeli Minister of Communications pursuant to (i) Sections 21 (Transfer of Means of Control) or 23 (Prohibition of Cross-Ownership) of the Company’s General License for the Provision of Mobile Radio Telephone Services using the Cellular Method in Israel dated April 7, 1998, as amended (the “License”)9; or (ii) any other license granted, directly or indirectly, to Partner10.
|
__________________________
Signature
Name (print):_______________
Title: _____________________
|
8
|
In the event that the shareholder is an “Interested Party,” as defined in the License, voting in a different manner with respect to each part of the shareholder's Ordinary Shares, a separate Deed of Authorization should be filed for each quantity of Ordinary Shares in respect of which the shareholder intends to vote differently.
|
9
|
A translation of sections 21-24 of the License is attached as Annex “D” to the Proxy Statement distributed with this Deed of Authorization.
|
10
|
Under certain licenses granted, directly or indirectly, to Partner, approval of, or notice to, the Minister of Communications of the State of Israel may be required for holding of 5% or more of Partner's means of control.
|
Partner Communications Company Ltd.
|
|||
|
By:
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/s/ Ziv Leitman | |
Name: Ziv Leitman | |||
Title: Chief Financial Officer | |||