The following table sets forth certain information regarding the beneficial ownership of our ordinary shares as of June 1, 2007, of each of our directors and executive officers.
Our directors and executive officers hold, in the aggregate, options and warrants exercisable into 2,434,209 ordinary shares. The 2,434,209 options have a weighted average exercise price of approximately $3.2406 per share and have expiration dates until 2017.
Share Option Plans
We have adopted four share option plans and, as of June 1, 2007, we had 3,810,083 ordinary shares reserved for issuance under these plans, with respect to which (i) options to purchase 3,590,363 ordinary shares at a weighted average exercise price of $3.8165 per share were outstanding, and (ii) options to purchase 1,143,207 ordinary shares were already exercised by certain of the grantees and such shares were issued by us. As of June 1, 2007, options to purchase 1,774,153 ordinary shares were vested and exercisable.
2006 Incentive Compensation Plan
We will only grant options or other equity incentive awards under the 2006 Incentive Compensation Plan, although previously-granted options will continue to be governed by our other plans. The 2006 plan is intended to further our success by increasing the ownership interest of certain of our and our subsidiaries’ employees, directors and consultants and to enhance our and our subsidiaries’ ability to attract and retain employees, directors and consultants.
The number of ordinary shares that we may issue under the 2006 plan will increase on the first day of each fiscal year during the term of the 2006 plan, in each case in an amount equal to the lesser of (i) 1,000,000 shares, (ii) 3.5% of our outstanding ordinary shares on the last day of the immediately preceding year, or (iii) an amount determined by our board of directors. The number of shares subject to the 2006 plan is also subject to adjustment if particular capital changes affect our share capital. Ordinary shares subject to outstanding awards under the 2006 plan or our 2003 plan or 1997 plans that are subsequently forfeited or terminated for any other reason before being exercised will again be available for grant under the 2006 plan. As of June 1, 2007, options or other awards to purchase 698,749 ordinary shares had been granted under the 2006 plan and 219,670 remained available for future options or other awards.
Israeli participants in the 2006 plan may be granted options subject to Section 102 of the Israeli Income Tax Ordinance. Section 102 of the Israeli Income Tax Ordinance, allows employees, directors and officers, who are not controlling shareholders and are considered Israeli residents to receive favorable tax treatment for compensation in the form of shares or options. Our non-employees service providers and controlling shareholders may only be granted options under another section of the Tax Ordinance, which does not provide for similar tax benefits. Section 102 includes two alternatives for tax treatment involving the issuance of options or shares to a trustee for the benefit of the grantees and also includes an additional alternative for the issuance of options or shares directly to the grantee. The most favorable tax treatment for the grantees is under Section 102(b)(2) of the Tax Ordinance, the issuance to a trustee under the “capital gain track.” However, under this track we are not allowed to deduct an expense with respect to the issuance of the options or shares. Any stock options granted under the 2006 plan to participants in the United States will be either “incentive stock options,” which may be eligible for special tax treatment under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or options other than incentive stock options (referred to as “nonqualified stock options”), as determined by our compensation and nominating committee and stated in the option agreement.
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Our compensation and nominating committee administers the 2006 plan and it will select which of our and our subsidiaries’ and affiliates’ eligible employees, directors and/or consultants shall receive options or other awards under the 2006 plan and will determine the terms of the grant, including, exercise prices, method of payment, vesting schedules, acceleration of vesting and the other matters necessary in the administration of the plan.
If we undergo a change of control, as defined in the 2006 plan, subject to any contrary law or rule, or the terms of any award agreement in effect before the change of control, (a) the compensation and nominating committee may, in its discretion, accelerate the vesting, exercisability and payment, as applicable, of outstanding options and other awards; and (b) the compensation and nominating committee, in its discretion, may adjust outstanding awards by substituting ordinary shares or other securities of any successor or another party to the change of control transaction, or cash out outstanding options and other awards, in any such case, generally based on the consideration received by our shareholders in the transaction.
Allot Communications Ltd. Key Employee Share Incentive Plan (2003)
Our 2003 share option plan provides for the grant of options to our and our affiliates’ employees, directors, officers, consultants, advisers and service providers. As of June 1, 2007, there were outstanding options to purchase 2,712,467 ordinary shares under the plan, of which options to purchase 1,577,981 ordinary shares were vested and exercisable and options to purchase 567,058 ordinary shares were already exercised for ordinary shares. We no longer grant options under this plan, and ordinary shares underlying any option granted under this plan that terminates without exercise become available for future issuance under our 2006 plan.
The terms of the 2003 plan are in compliance with Section 102 of the Israeli Income Tax Ordinance, which allows employees, directors and officers, who are not controlling shareholders and are considered Israeli residents to receive favorable tax treatment for compensation in the form of shares or options. Our non-employees service providers and controlling shareholders may only be granted options under another section of the Tax Ordinance, which does not provide for similar tax benefits.
We have elected to issue our options under the capital gain track and, accordingly, all options granted under this plan to Israeli residents have been granted under the capital gain track. Section 102 also provides for an income tax track, under which, among other things, the benefits to the employees would be taxed as ordinary income, we would be allowed to recognize expenses for tax purposes and the minimum holding period for the trustee will be twelve months from the end of the calendar year in which such options are granted, and if granted after January 1, 2006, twelve months after the date of grant. In order to comply with the terms of the capital gain track, all options, as well as the ordinary shares issued upon exercise of these options and other shares received subsequently following any realization of rights with respect to such options, such as stock dividends and stock splits are granted to a trustee and should be held by the trustee for the lesser of thirty months from the date of grant, or two years following the end of the tax year in which the options were granted and if granted after January 1, 2006 only two years after the date of grant. Under this plan, all options, whether or not granted pursuant to said Section 102, the ordinary shares issued upon their exercise and other shares received subsequently following any realization of rights are issued to a trustee.
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The plan is administered by our board of directors which has delegated certain responsibilities to our compensation and nomination committee.
In the event of our being acquired by means of merger with or into another entity, in which our outstanding shares are exchanged for securities or other consideration issued, or caused to be issued, by the acquiring company or its subsidiary, or in the event of the sale of all or substantially all of our assets, to the extent it has not been previously exercised, each vested or unvested option will terminate immediately prior to the consummation of such transaction. The plan further provides that, in the event of our consolidation or merger with or into another corporation, the compensation committee may, in its absolute discretion and without obligation, agree that instead of termination: (i) each unexercised option, if possible, will be assumed or an equivalent option will be substituted by our successor corporation or a parent or subsidiary of our successor corporation; or (ii) we will pay to the grantee an amount equivalent to the valuation of the grantee’s unexercised options on an as converted basis at that time.
Allot Communications Ltd. Key Employees Share Incentive Plan and Key Employees of Subsidiaries and Consultants Share Incentive Plan (1997)
Our Key Employees Share Incentive Plan, adopted in 1997, provides for the grant of options to any of our directors, officers and employees, and our Key Employees of Subsidiaries and Consultants Share Incentive Plan, also adopted in 1997, provides for the grant of options to any of our or our subsidiaries’ directors, officers, employees, or consultants. The terms of both plans are identical, except that the grant of options under the first plan was made in compliance with the provisions of Section 102 of the Tax Ordinance, as was in effect in 1997 and prior to its amendments in 2003, which allows employees who are considered Israeli residents to receive favorable tax treatment.
As of June 1, 2007, there were outstanding options to purchase 189,922 ordinary shares under the two plans, all of which were vested and options to purchase 576,149 ordinary shares that were already exercised for ordinary shares. We no longer grant options under these plans, and ordinary shares underlying any option granted under these plans that terminate without exercise become available for future issuance under our 2006 plan.
The plans are administered by our compensation and nominating committee.
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ITEM 7: Major Shareholders and Related Party Transactions
The following table sets forth certain information regarding the beneficial ownership of our outstanding ordinary shares as of June 1, 2007, by each person who we know beneficially owns 5.0% or more of the outstanding ordinary shares. Each of our shareholders has identical voting rights with respect to its shares. All of the information with respect to beneficial ownership of the ordinary shares is given to the best of our knowledge.
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Tamir Fishman Ventures(2) | | | | 2,332,843 | | | 11.0 | % |
Gemini Group(3) | | | | 2,212,929 | | | 10.4 | % |
Brookside Capital Fund(4) | | | | 2,204,921 | | | 10.4 | % |
Genesis Partners(5) | | | | 2,029,760 | | | 9.6 | % |
Yigal Jacoby(6) | | | | 1,891,768 | | | 8.6 | % |
Partech International Group(7) | | | | 1,280,562 | | | 6.0 | % |
Jerusalem Venture Partners(8) | | | | 1,060,631 | | | 5.0 | % |
(1) | As used in this table, “beneficial ownership” means the sole or shared power to vote or direct the voting or to dispose or direct the disposition of any security. For purposes of this table, a person is deemed to be the beneficial owner of securities that can be acquired within 60 days from June 1, 2007 through the exercise of any option or warrant. Ordinary shares subject to options or warrants that are currently exercisable or exercisable within 60 days are deemed outstanding for computing the ownership percentage of the person holding such options or warrants, but are not deemed outstanding for computing the ownership percentage of any other person. The amounts and percentages are based upon 21,233,788 ordinary shares outstanding as of June 1, 2007. |
(2) | Based on a Schedule 13G filed on February 14, 2007. Consists of 1,165,014 shares held by Tamir Fishman Ventures II L.P., 804,842 shares held by Tamir Fishman Venture Capital II Ltd., 155,904 shares held by Tamir Fishman Ventures II (Israel) L.P., 138,310 shares held by Tamir Fishman Ventures II (Cayman Islands) L.P., 54,543 shares held by Tamir Fishman Ventures II CEO Funds (U.S.) L.P., 12,980 shares held by Tamir Fishman Ventures II CEO Funds L.P. and an option to purchase 1,250 shares held by Shai Saul. Tamir Fishman Ventures II, LLC is the sole general partner of each of the foregoing limited partnerships and has management rights over the shares held by Tamir Fishman Venture Capital II Ltd. by virtue of a management agreement with Tamir Fishman Ventures II, LLC. The managing members of Tamir Fishman Ventures II, LLC are Shai Saul, Michael Elias and Tamir Fishman & Co. Ltd. Eldad Tamir and Danny Fishman are Co-Presidents and Co-Chief Executive Officers of Tamir Fishman & Co. Ltd. and, by virtue of their positions, may be deemed to be beneficial owners of the securities held thereby. Each of the foregoing entities and individuals disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities except to the extent of its or his pecuniary interest therein. The address of the Tamir Fishman entities and the foregoing individuals is 21 Haarbaa, Tel Aviv 64739 Israel. |
(3) | Based on a Schedule 13G filed on February 6, 2007. Consists of 1,143,448 shares held by Gemini Israel II L.P., 897,119 shares held by Gemini Israel II Parallel Fund L.P., 145,760 shares held by Advent PGGM Gemini L.P., 25,352 shares held by Gemini Partner Investors L.P. and an option to purchase 1,250 shares held by Yossi Sela. Mr. Sela is a managing partner and a shareholder of Gemini Israel Funds Ltd., the sole general partner or the sole general partner of the general partner of Gemini Israel II L.P., Gemini Israel II Parallel Fund L.P., Advent PGGM Gemini L.P., Gemini Partner Investors L.P., Gemini Israel III L.P. and Gemini Israel III Parallel Fund L.P. The board of directors of Gemini Israel Funds Ltd. has sole investment control with respect to these entities and is comprised of Steve Kahn, Amram Rasiel, Dr. A.I. (Ed) Mlavsky, Yossi Sela and David Cohen. These individuals share voting power over the shares and held by the Gemini entities and may be deemed to be the beneficial owners of the securities held thereby. Each individual disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein. The address of the Gemini entities and the foregoing individuals is 9 HaMenofim Street, Herzliya Pituach 46725, Israel. |
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(4) | Based on a Schedule 13G/A filed on April 5, 2007. Consists of 2,211,679 shares held by Brookside Capital Partners Fund, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership. Brookside Capital Investors, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership is the sole general partner of the Brookside Capital Partners Fund, L.P. Brookside Capital Management, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, is the sole general partner of Brookside Capital Investors, L.P. Domenic J. Ferrante is the sole managing member of Brookside Capital Management, LLC. The address of the Brookside entities and the foregoing individual is 111 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02199. |
(5) | Based on a Schedule 13G filed on February 14, 2007. Consists of 1,312,770 shares held by Genesis Partners I L.P., 715,740 shares held by Genesis Partners (Cayman) L.P. and an option to purchase 1,250 shares held by Dr. Eyal Kishon. Eddy Shalev and Dr. Kishon are the directors of E. Shalev Management Ltd., a general partner of these funds. These individuals each have voting, investment and dispositive power with respect to the shares held by the Genesis entities and may be deemed to be beneficial owners of the securities held thereby. Each individual disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein. The address of the Genesis entities and the foregoing individuals is 11 HaMenofim Street, Herzliya Pituach 46725, Israel. |
(6) | Based on a Schedule 13G filed on February 14, 2007. Consists of 14,094 ordinary shares held personally by Yigal Jacoby, and 1,500 ordinary shares held jointly with his wife, Anat Jacoby. Also consists of options held directly by Mr. Jacoby to purchase 252,491 shares and a right held by Mr. Jacoby to purchase 246,479 shares currently held by a trustee. Also consists of 895,410 shares held by Odem Rotem Holdings Ltd., a company wholly-owned and controlled by Mr. Jacoby, and an option to purchase 481,794 shares held by Odem Rotem Holdings. The address of Mr. Jacoby is 22 Hanagar Street, Neve Ne’eman Industrial Zone B, Hod-Hasharon 45240, Israel. The address of Odem Rotem Holdings Ltd. and Anat Jacoby is 9 Nordau Street, Rannana, Israel. |
(7) | Based on a Schedule 13G filed on February 14, 2007. Consists of 469,537 shares held by Partech International Growth Capital I LLC, 533,565 shares held by Partech International Growth Capital III LLC, 224,098 shares held by AXA Growth Capital II L.P., 32,016 shares held by Double Black Diamond II LLC and 21,346 shares held by Multinvest LLC. 46th Parallel, LLC is the managing member of each of Partech International Growth Capital I, LLC and Partech International Growth Capital III, LLC. 48th Parallel, LLC is the general partner of AXA Growth Capital II L.P. ParVenture Japan Managers, LLC is the managing member of Multinvest, LLC. Thomas G. McKinley and Vincent Worms are the managing members of Double Black Diamond II, LLC. PAR SF, LLC is the managing member of each of 46th Parallel, LLC and 48th Parallel, LLC. Vincent Worms and Vendome Capital, LLC are the managing members of each of PAR SF, LLC and ParVenture Japan Managers, LLC. Thomas G. McKinley is the managing member of Vendome Capital, LLC. Thomas G. McKinley and Vincent Worms share voting power over the shares held by the Partech International Group and may be deemed to be the beneficial owners of the securities held thereby. Each individual disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein. The address of the Partech International entities and the foregoing individuals is 50 California Street, Suite 3200, San Francisco, California. |
(8) | Based on a Schedule 13G filed on January 31, 2007. Consists of 1,018,403 shares held by Jerusalem Venture Partners IV L.P., 24,505 shares held by Jerusalem Venture Partners IV (Israel) L.P., 9,125 shares held by Jerusalem Venture Partners Entrepreneurs Fund IV L.P. and 8,598 shares held by Jerusalem Venture Partners IV-A L.P. Jerusalem Partners IV, L.P. is the general partner of Jerusalem Venture Partners IV, L.P., Jerusalem Venture Partners IV-A, L.P. and Jerusalem Venture Partners Entrepreneurs Fund IV, L.P. Jerusalem Partners IV-Venture Capital, L.P. serves as the general partner of Jerusalem Venture Partners IV (Israel), L.P. JVP Corp. IV is the general partner of Jerusalem Partners IV, L.P. and Jerusalem Partners IV-Venture Capital, L.P. The address of the Jerusalem Venture Partners entities and the foregoing individuals is 7 West 22nd Street, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10010. |
Significant Changes in the Ownership of Major Shareholders
As of June 1, 2007, Brookside Capital Partners Fund, L.P. was the beneficial owner of 2,204,921, or 10.4%, of our ordinary shares. As of December 31, 2006, Brookside Capital Partners was not a major shareholder.
Record Holders
Based on a review of the information provided to us by our transfer agent, as of June 1, 2007, there were 77* record holders of ordinary shares, of which 19 represented United States* record holders holding approximately 40.5% of our outstanding ordinary shares.
* | Including the Depository Trust Company. |
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B. | Related Party Transactions |
Our policy is to enter into transactions with related parties on terms that, on the whole, are no more favorable, or no less favorable, than those available from unaffiliated third parties. Based on our experience in the business sectors in which we operate and the terms of our transactions with unaffiliated third parties, we believe that all of the transactions described below met this policy standard at the time they occurred.
Financing Transactions
In 2006, we sold Series E preferred shares convertible into 1,028,517 ordinary shares, at a purchase price per underlying ordinary share of $5.34758 in consideration for an aggregate investment of $5.5 million. The issuance of the Series E preferred shares triggered an anti-dilution adjustment to holders of previously issued Series C preferred shares, increasing the number of ordinary shares resulting from a conversion of the Series C shares to 250,329 ordinary shares. Each Series E preferred share was converted into one ordinary share upon the closing of our initial public offering and additional ordinary shares were issued to reflect the share dividend effected prior to the closing of our initial public offering. The Tamir Fishman Ventures entities, the Partech International Group entities and the Jerusalem Venture Partners entities participated in the Series E financing.
Series C Preferred Anti-dilution Protection
Our articles of association immediately prior to our initial public offering provided that if the price per share of our ordinary shares in an initial public offering, when multiplied by the number of ordinary shares resulting from conversion of Series C preferred shares, would have not yield to the holders of the Series C preferred shares an amount equal to at least three times the price paid to us for the issuance of all Series C preferred shares, then upon the conversion of the Series C preferred shares into ordinary shares in such initial public offering, additional ordinary shares were to be issued to the holders of the Series C preferred shares in accordance with the formula stated in our articles of association then in effect. Our initial public offering price was lower than $33.92 per share and consequently the holders of Series C preferred shares were issued 190,491 ordinary shares in excess of the number of ordinary shares they would have received had such conversion taken place prior to our initial public offering. In addition to this amount, the holders of the Series C preferred shares received additional 46,001 ordinary shares in respect of an anti-dilution adjustment arising out of prior financings. The Tamir Fishman Ventures entities and the Jerusalem Venture Partners entities received shares in connection with the Series C preferred anti-dilution protection.
Registration Rights
We have entered into an amended and restated investors rights agreement with certain of our shareholders, pursuant to which holders of 13,275,813 ordinary shares are entitled to certain registration rights as described below. This amount does not include shares issuable upon the exercise of options and warrants, which are also entitled to registration rights as described under “– Registration Rights–Certain Options and Warrants.” In accordance with such agreement, the following entities which beneficially own more than 5.0% of our ordinary shares, are entitled to registration rights: the Tamir Fishman Ventures; the Gemini Group; the Genesis Group; the Partech International Group; and Jerusalem Venture Partners and our Chairman, Yigal Jacoby and Odem Rotem Holdings, a company wholly-owned and controlled by Mr. Jacoby.
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Demand registration rights.We are required to file a registration statement in respect of ordinary shares held by our former preferred shareholders as follows:
| — | two registrations at the request of one or more of our shareholders holding ordinary shares representing in the aggregate a majority of ordinary shares resulting from conversion of our Series A preferred shares, Series B preferred shares, including 14,094 ordinary shares that have been issued upon the exercise of an option to purchase Series B preferred shares to our founder and Chairman, Yigal Jacoby, collectively, referred to as the B Registrable Securities, and Series C preferred shares and all ordinary shares issued in respect of such shares; |
| — | one registration, or a Preferred D Demand, at the request of one of more of our shareholders holding ordinary shares representing in the aggregate a majority of ordinary shares resulting from conversion of our Series D preferred shares, referred to as the D Registrable Securities, and all ordinary shares issued in respect of such shares; |
| — | one registration, or a Preferred E Demand, at the request of one of more of our shareholders holding ordinary shares representing in the aggregate a majority of ordinary shares resulting from conversion of our Series E preferred shares, referred to as the E Registrable Securities, and all ordinary shares issued in respect of such shares; and |
| — | provided that (1) the aggregate proceeds from any such registration are estimated in good faith to be in excess of $5.0 million and (2) we are not required to effect a registration within 180 days after the effective date of our initial public offering or a registration statement for any subsequent offering. |
Following a request to effect a registration by our shareholders as described above, we are required to offer the other shareholders that are entitled to registration rights an opportunity to include their shares in the registration statement. In the event that the managing underwriter advises the registering shareholders in writing that marketing factors require a limitation on the number of shares that can be included in the registration statement:
| — | if the registration statement is being filed pursuant to a Preferred E Demand, the shares will be included in the registration statement in the following order of preference: first, the E Registrable Securities, second, the D Registrable Securities up to 30% of the aggregate number of shares included in the registration statement, third, registrable securities that are not E Registrable Securities or D Registrable Securities, fourth, to any shares that we wish to include for our own account, and fifth, any of our other securities; and |
| — | if the registration statement is not being filed pursuant to a Preferred E Demand, the shares will be included in the registration statement in the following order of preference: first, the D Registrable Securities up to 30% of the aggregate number of shares included in the registration statement, second, registrable securities that are not D Registrable Securities, including E Registrable Securities up to 10% of the aggregate number of shares included in the registration statement, third, securities that we wish to include for our own account, and fourth, any of our other securities. |
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Registration on Form F-3.After we become eligible under applicable securities laws to file a registration statement on Form F-3, which will not be until at least five months after the date of this annual report, shareholders holding registrable securities may request that we register such registrable securities on Form F-3, provided that each such registration generates proceeds of at least $2.0 million. This right may be exercised up to twice in any twelve-month period. We are required to give notice of any such request to the other holders of registrable securities and offer them an opportunity to include their shares in the registration statement. In the event that the managing underwriter advises in writing that marketing factors require a limitation on the number of shares that can be included in the registration statement, the shares will be included in the registration statement in the following order of preference: first, the E Registrable Securities up to 30% of the aggregate number of shares included in the registration statement, second the D Registrable Securities up to 30% of the aggregate number of shares included in the registration statement, third, registrable securities which are not D Registrable Securities or E Registrable Securities, fourth, securities that we wish to include for our own account, and fifth, any of our other securities.
Piggyback registration rights.Shareholders holding registrable securities also have the right to request that we include their registrable securities in any registration statements filed by us in the future for the purposes of a public offering, subject to specified exceptions. In the event that the managing underwriter advises in writing that marketing factors require a limitation on the number of shares that can be included in the registration statement, the shares will be included in the registration statement in the following order of preference: first, the shares that we wish to include for our own account, second, the E Registrable Securities up to 30% of the aggregate number of shares included in the registration statement, third the D Registrable Securities up to 30% of the aggregate number of shares included in the registration statement, fourth, registerable securities which are not D Registrable Securities or E Registrable Securities, and fifth, any of our other securities.
Termination.All registration rights granted to holders of registrable securities will terminate on the fifth anniversary of the closing of our initial public offering and, with respect to any of our holders of registrable securities, when the shares held by such shareholder can be sold within a ninety-day period under Rule 144.
Expenses.We will pay all expenses in carrying out the above registrations.
Certain options and warrants.We have also granted the following registration rights to holders of certain warrants and options to purchase our preferred shares:
| — | 68,713 ordinary shares issuable upon the non-cashless exercise of warrants granted to an Israeli bank and 73,069 ordinary shares that were issued to that Israeli bank pursuant to a cashless exercise of warrants are entitled to the same registration rights as the B Registrable Securities, subject to first cutback as to the B Registrable Securities. |
| — | 163,665 ordinary shares that were issued to an affiliate of another Israeli bank are entitled to notice of and inclusion in any registration statement that we file following our initial public offering. This right terminates with respect to 102,291 of such shares if they can be sold within a 180-day period under Rule 144. |
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| — | 246,479 ordinary shares that have been issued, but are held in trust for the benefit of our Chairman, Yigal Jacoby, pending his payment of the purchase price of such shares, will be entitled, upon the payment of the purchase price, to the same registration rights as the Series A preferred shares. |
Agreements with Directors and Officers
Employment of Yigal Jacoby.In October 2006, we entered into an agreement with Yigal Jacoby governing the terms of his employment with us for the provision of management and guidance services with regard to our strategy, long term vision and key objectives. Under the terms of the agreement, Mr. Jacoby is required to devote 75% of his time to his position with us. The agreement contains standard employment provisions, including provisions relating to confidentiality and assignment of inventions. We may terminate Mr. Jacoby’s employment on thirty days’ prior notice, or we may terminate Mr. Jacoby’s employment without notice if we give him thirty days’ pay in lieu of notice.
Prior to his transition to a direct employment relationship, Mr. Jacoby provided substantially identical services to us pursuant to a consulting agreement, dated December 2001. Under the agreement, Odem Rotem Holdings was solely responsible for the direct compensation and reimbursement of Mr. Jacoby. The agreement was terminated in October 2006. The agreement contained standard confidentiality provisions that survived the agreement’s termination.
In August 2004, we entered into a non-competition agreement with Mr. Jacoby and Odem Rotem Holdings. Under this agreement, Mr. Jacoby and Odem Rotem Holdings are prohibited during the term of Mr. Jacoby’s engagement with us and for a period of twelve months thereafter from directly or indirectly competing with our products or services or directly or indirectly soliciting our employees or consultants to engage in business which competes with our products or services. The non-competition agreement does, however, permit Mr. Jacoby, if he becomes an executive of a venture capital fund in the future to serve as a director of the venture capital fund’s portfolio companies. Further, any employment or solicitation of our employees or consultants or solicitation of business opportunities by a company in which Odem Rotem Holdings or Mr. Jacoby are a director or shareholders are not be deemed, by itself, to violate the non-competition agreement so long as neither Odem Rotem Holdings nor Mr. Jacoby were actively involved in such employment or solicitation.
Escrow Agreement with Yigal Jacoby. A right to purchase 246,479 ordinary shares was granted to Mr. Jacoby in connection with our Series A financing. The shares are issued, but are held in trust for the benefit of the Mr. Jacoby pursuant to an escrow agreement entered into on January 28, 1998, amended on October 26, 2006, by and among the Company, Mr. Jacoby and an escrow agent. Pursuant to the terms of this agreement, the escrow agent is holding such shares for which Mr. Jacoby has paid nominal value. While these shares are held in trust, neither Mr. Jacoby nor the trustee has voting or economic rights with respect to such shares. Mr. Jacoby may exercise his right to purchase the shares in trust, in whole or in part, by paying any portion of the full $600,000 purchase price (less $475 previously paid in respect of the nominal value of the shares) for the respective portion of the shares. Mr. Jacoby has the right to pay any portion of the purchase price for the respective portion of shares by “net payment” of his right to purchase. Mr. Jacoby’s right to purchase expires upon November 15, 2008. See Note 9d(1) to our consolidated financial statements for additional information.
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Consulting Agreement with Hess MarkITing Ltd.In June 2005, we entered into a consulting agreement with Hess MarkITing Ltd., as consultant, for consulting services to be determined. All of the consulting service provided by the consultant will be provided through Sharon Hess, our Vice President – Marketing and the founder and owner of Hess MarkITing Ltd. The agreement contains a non-compete provision prohibiting the consultant from directly or indirectly having any connection with a business or venture that competes with us. Under the agreement, we have promised to pay Hess MarkITing a monthly consulting fee, provide use of one of our company cars and grant stock options to purchase our ordinary shares to Ms. Hess. Such monthly consulting fee is recorded as a sales and marketing expense. This agreement renews automatically at the end of each one year term, but may be terminated by either party on ninety days’ prior written notice.
Technical Training Services Agreement with Experteam.We have received technical writing services from Experteam Ltd., a company owned and controlled by the wife of our Chairman, Yigal Jacoby. We began using Experteam in 2004 and our payments to Experteam were $17,000 in 2004, $14,000 in 2005 and $78,000 in 2006.
Employment Agreements.We have entered into employment agreements with each of our officers who work for us as employees. These agreements all contain provisions standard for a company in our industry regarding noncompetition, confidentiality of information and assignment of inventions. The enforceability of covenants not to compete in Israel is limited.
Exculpation, Indemnification and Insurance.Our articles of association permit us to exculpate, indemnify and insure our office holders to the fullest extent permitted by the Companies Law. We have entered into agreements with each of our office holders, exculpating them from a breach of their duty of care to us to the fullest extent permitted by law and undertaking to indemnify them to the fullest extent permitted by law, to the extent that these liabilities are not covered by insurance. See “ITEM 6: Directors, Senior Management and Employees–Board Practices–Exculpation, Insurance and Indemnification of Office Holders.”
C. | Interests of experts and counsel |
Not applicable.
ITEM 8: Financial Information
A. | Consolidated Financial Statements and Other Financial Information. |
Consolidated Financial Statements
For our audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2006, please see pages F-2 to F-35 of this report.
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Export Sales
See “ITEM 5: Operating and Financial Review and Prospects” under the caption “Geographic Breakdown of Revenues” for certain details of export sales for the last three fiscal years.
Legal Proceedings
In May and June 2007, we and certain of our officers and directors were named as defendants in a number of purported securities class action lawsuits filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. The lawsuits, which are substantially identical, allege that we failed to disclose in the registration statement for our initial public offering that at the time of the initial public offering we were experiencing declining sales “in our indirect distribution channels, such as enterprise, education and smaller ISP customers, in North America,” and on that basis the complaints assert violations of U.S. federal securities laws. We anticipate that the complaints will be consolidated. We have not responded to the complaints, and do not expect to respond until the Court appoints a lead plaintiff and the appointed lead plaintiff files a consolidated amended complaint, which we anticipate may not occur for a number of months. We believe that the allegations made in the complaints are without merit and intend to defend ourselves vigorously against the complaints.
We may, from time to time in the future be involved in legal proceedings in the ordinary course of business.
Dividends
We have never declared or paid any cash dividends on our ordinary shares and we do not anticipate paying any cash dividends on our ordinary shares in the future. We currently intend to retain all future earnings to finance our operations and to expand our business. Any future determination relating to our dividend policy will be made at the discretion of our board of directors and will depend on a number of factors, including future earnings, capital requirements, financial condition and future prospects and other factors our board of directors may deem relevant.
Since the date of our audited financial statements included elsewhere in this annual report, there have not been any significant changes in our financial position.
ITEM 9: The Offer and Listing
Not applicable, except for Items 9.A.4 and 9.C, which are detailed below.
Stock Price History
Our ordinary shares began trading publicly on November 16, 2006. Prior to that date, there was no public market for our ordinary shares. The following table lists the high and low closing sale prices for our ordinary shares for the periods indicated as reported by The Nasdaq Global Market.
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Fourth Quarter | | | $ | 13.81 | | $ | 10.10 | |
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First Quarter | | | $ | 11.50 | | $ | 8.42 | |
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May 2007 | | | $ | 8.03 | | $ | 6.45 | |
April 2007 | | | | 8.31 | | | 6.98 | |
March 2007 | | | | 9.70 | | | 8.42 | |
February 2007 | | | | 11.03 | | | 9.08 | |
January 2007 | | | | 11.50 | | | 9.99 | |
December 2006 | | | | 11.71 | | | 10.1 | |
Markets
Our ordinary shares have been quoted on The Nasdaq Global Market under the symbol "ALLT" since November 16, 2006.
ITEM 10: Additional Information
Not applicable.
B. | Memorandum of Association and Articles of Association |
We are registered with the Israeli Registrar of Companies in Jerusalem. Our registration number is 51-239477-6.
Objectives
According to our memorandum of association, the purposes for which we were established are: (1) to engage in the business of computers, hardware and software, including research and development, marketing, consulting and selling of knowledge and (2) any other engagement for which the board of directors of the company shall determine.
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Voting
Holders of our ordinary shares have one vote for each ordinary share held on all matters submitted to a vote of shareholders at a shareholder meeting. Shareholders may vote at shareholder meeting either in person, proxy or by written ballot. Israeli law does not provide for public companies such as us to have shareholder resolutions adopted by means of a written consent in lieu of a shareholder meeting. Shareholder voting rights may be affected by the grant of any special voting rights to the holders of a class of shares with preferential rights that may be authorized in the future. The Companies Law provides that a shareholder, in exercising his or her rights and performing his or her obligations toward the company and its other shareholders, must act in good faith and in an acceptable manner, and avoid abusing his or her powers. This is required, among other things, when voting at general meetings on matters such as amendments to the articles of association, increasing the company’s authorized capital, mergers and approval of related party transactions that require shareholder approval. A shareholder also has a general duty to refrain from depriving any other shareholder of their rights as a shareholder. In addition, any controlling shareholder, any shareholder who knows that its vote can determine the outcome of a shareholder vote and any shareholder who, under a company’s articles of association, can appoint or prevent the appointment of an office holder or has other power with respect to the company, is under a duty to act with fairness towards the company. The Companies Law does not describe the substance of this duty, except to state that the remedies generally available upon a breach of contract will apply also in the event of a breach of the duty to act with fairness, taking the shareholder’s position in a company into account.
Transfer of Shares
Fully paid ordinary shares are issued in registered form and may be freely transferred under our articles of association unless the transfer is restricted or prohibited by another instrument, Israeli law or the rules of a stock exchange on which the shares are traded.
Election of Directors
Our ordinary shares do not have cumulative voting rights for the election of directors. Rather, under our articles of association our directors are elected by the holders of a simple majority of our ordinary shares at a general shareholder meeting. As a result, the holders of our ordinary shares that represent more than 50.0% of the voting power represented at a shareholder meeting have the power to elect any or all of our directors whose positions are being filled at that meeting, subject to the special approval requirements for outside directors described under "ITEM 6: Directors, Senior Management and Employees – Board Practices–Outside Directors.”
Dividend and Liquidation Rights
Under the Companies Law, shareholder approval is not required for the declaration of a dividend, unless the company’s articles of association provide otherwise. Our articles of association provide that our board of directors may declare and distribute a dividend to be paid to the holders of ordinary shares without shareholder approval in proportion to the paid up capital attributable to the shares that they hold. Dividends may only be paid out of profits legally available for distribution, as defined in the Companies Law, provided that there is no reasonable concern that a payment of a dividend will prevent us from satisfying our existing and foreseeable obligations as they become due. If we do not have profits legally available for distribution, we may seek the approval of the court to distribute a dividend. The court may approve our request if it is convinced that there is no reasonable concern that a payment of a dividend will prevent us from satisfying our existing and foreseeable obligations as they become due.
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In the event of our liquidation, after satisfaction of liabilities to creditors, our assets will be distributed to the holders of ordinary shares in proportion to the paid up capital attributable to the shares that they hold. Dividend and liquidation rights may be affected by the grant of preferential dividend or distribution rights to the holders of a class of shares with preferential rights that may be authorized in the future.
Shareholder Meetings
We are required to convene an annual general meeting of our shareholders once every calendar year within a period of not more than fifteen months following the preceding annual general meeting. Our board of directors may convene a special general meeting of our shareholders and is required to do so at the request of two directors or one quarter of the members of our board of directors or at the request of one or more holders of 5.0% or more of our share capital and 1.0% of our voting power or the holder or holders of 5.0% or more of our voting power. All shareholder meetings require prior notice of at least twenty-one days. The chairperson of our board of directors, or any other person appointed by the board of directors, presides over our general meetings. In the absence of the chairperson of the board of directors or such other person, one of the members of the board designated by a majority of the directors presides over the meeting. If no director is designated to preside as chairperson, then the shareholders present will choose one of the shareholders present to be chairperson. Subject to the provisions of the Companies Law and the regulations promulgated thereunder, shareholders entitled to participate and vote at general meetings are the shareholders of record on a date to be decided by the board of directors, which may be between four and forty days prior to the date of the meeting.
Quorum
The quorum required for a meeting of shareholders consists of at least two shareholders present in person, by proxy or by written ballot, who hold or represent between them at least 25% of our voting power. A meeting adjourned for lack of a quorum generally is adjourned to the same day in the following week at the same time and place or any time and place as the directors designate in a notice to the shareholders. At the reconvened meeting, the required quorum consists of at least two shareholders present, in person, by proxy or by written ballot, who hold or represent between them at least 10% of our voting power, provided that if the meeting was initially called pursuant to a request by our shareholders, then the quorum required must include at least the number of shareholders entitled to call the meeting. See “– Shareholder Meetings.”
Resolutions
An ordinary resolution requires approval by the holders of a simple majority of the voting rights represented at the meeting, in person, by proxy or by written ballot, and voting on the resolution.
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Under the Companies Law, unless otherwise provided in the articles of association or applicable law, all resolutions of the shareholders require a simple majority. A resolution for the voluntary winding up of the company requires the approval by holders of at least 75.0% of the voting rights represented at the meeting, in person, by proxy or by written ballot and voting on the resolution. Under our articles of association (1) certain shareholders’resolutions require the approval of a special majority of the holders of at least 75.0% of the voting rights represented at the meeting, in person, by proxy or by written ballot and voting on the resolution, and (2) certain shareholders’ resolutions require the approval of a special majority of the holders of at least two-thirds of the voting securities of the company then outstanding.
Access to Corporate Records
Under the Companies Law, all shareholders generally have the right to review minutes of our general meetings, our shareholder register, including with respect to material shareholders, our articles of association, our financial statements and any document we are required by law to file publicly with the Israeli Companies Registrar. Any shareholder who specifies the purpose of its request may request to review any document in our possession that relates to any action or transaction with a related party which requires shareholder approval under the Companies Law. We may deny a request to review a document if we determine that the request was not made in good faith, that the document contains a commercial secret or a patent or that the document’s disclosure may otherwise impair our interests.
Acquisitions under Israeli Law
Full Tender Offer.A person wishing to acquire shares of a public Israeli company and who would as a result hold over 90.0% of the target company’s issued and outstanding share capital is required by the Companies Law to make a tender offer to all of the company’s shareholders for the purchase of all of the issued and outstanding shares of the company. A person wishing to acquire shares of a public Israeli company and who would as a result hold over 90.0% of the issued and outstanding share capital of a certain class of shares is required to make a tender offer to all of the shareholders who hold shares of the same class for the purchase of all of the issued and outstanding shares of the same class. If the shareholders who do not accept the offer hold less than 5.0% of the issued and outstanding share capital of the company or of the applicable class, all of the shares that the acquirer offered to purchase will be transferred to the acquirer by operation of law. However, a shareholder that had its shares so transferred may, within three months from the date of acceptance of the tender offer, petition the court to determine that tender offer was for less than fair value and that the fair value should be paid as determined by the court. If the shareholders who did not accept the tender offer hold at least 5.0% of the issued and outstanding share capital of the company or of the applicable class, the acquirer may not acquire shares of the company that will increase its holdings to more than 90.0% of the company’s issued and outstanding share capital or of the applicable class from shareholders who accepted the tender offer.
Special Tender Offer.The Companies Law provides that an acquisition of shares of a public Israeli company must be made by means of a special tender offer if as a result of the acquisition the purchaser would become a holder of at least 25.0% of the voting rights in the company. This rule does not apply if there is already another holder of at least 25.0% of the voting rights in the company. Similarly, the Companies Law provides that an acquisition of shares in a public company must be made by means of a tender offer if as a result of the acquisition the purchaser would become a holder of more than 45.0% of the voting rights in the company, if there is no other shareholder of the company who holds more than 45.0% of the voting rights in the company. These requirements do not apply if the acquisition (i) occurs in the context of a private placement by the company that received shareholder approval, (ii) was from a shareholder holding at least 25.0% of the voting rights in the company and resulted in the acquirer becoming a holder of at least 25.0% of the voting rights in the company or (iii) was from a holder of more then 45.0% of the voting rights in the company and resulted in the acquirer becoming a holder of more than 45.0% of the voting rights in the company. The special tender offer may be consummated only if (a) at least 5.0% of the voting rights attached to the company’s outstanding shares will be acquired by the offeror and (b) the number of shares tendered in the offer exceeds the number of shares whose holders objected to the offer.
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In the event that a special tender offer is made, a company’s board of directors is required to express its opinion on the advisability of the offer, or shall abstain from expressing any opinion if it is unable to do so, provided that it gives the reasons for its abstention. An office holder in a target company who, in his or her capacity as an office holder, performs an action the purpose of which is to cause the failure of an existing or foreseeable special tender offer or is to impair the chances of its acceptance, is liable to the potential purchaser and shareholders for damages, unless such office holder acted in good faith and had reasonable grounds to believe he or she was acting for the benefit of the company. However, office holders of the target company may negotiate with the potential purchaser in order to improve the terms of the special tender offer, and may further negotiate with third parties in order to obtain a competing offer.
If a special tender offer was accepted by a majority of the shareholders who announced their stand on such offer, then shareholders who did not announce their stand or who had objected to the offer may accept the offer within four days of the last day set for the acceptance of the offer.
In the event that a special tender offer is accepted, then the purchaser or any person or entity controlling it or under common control with the purchaser or such controlling person or entity shall refrain of making a subsequent tender offer for the purchase of shares of the target company and cannot execute a merger with the target company for a period of one year from the date of the offer, unless the purchaser or such person or entity undertook to effect such an offer or merger in the initial special tender offer.
Merger.The Companies Law permits merger transactions if approved by each party’s board of directors and, unless certain requirements described under the Companies Law are met, a certain percentage of each party’s shareholders. The board of directors of a merging company is required pursuant to the Companies Law to discuss and determine whether in its opinion there exists a reasonable concern that as a result of a proposed merger, the surviving company will not be able to satisfy its obligations towards its creditors, such determination taking into account the financial status of the merging companies. If the board has determined that such a concern exists, it may not approve a proposed merger. Following the approval of the board of directors of each of the merging companies, the boards must jointly prepare a merger proposal for submission to the Israeli Registrar of Companies.
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Under the Companies Law, if the approval of a general meeting of the shareholders is required, merger transactions may be approved by holders of a simple majority of our shares (including the separate vote of each class of shares of the party to the merger which is not the surviving entity) present, in person, by proxy or by written ballot, at a general meeting and voting on the transaction. In determining whether the required majority has approved the merger, if shares of the company are held by the other party to the merger, or by any person holding at least 25.0% of the voting rights or 25.0% of the means of appointing directors or the general manager of the other party to the merger, then a vote against the merger by holders of the majority of the shares present and voting, excluding shares held by the other party or by such person, or any person or entity acting on behalf of, related to or controlled by either of them, is sufficient to reject the merger transaction. If the transaction would have been approved but for the separate approval of each class or the exclusion of the votes of certain shareholders as provided above, a court may still approve the merger upon the request of holders of at least 25.0% of the voting rights of a company, if the court holds that the merger is fair and reasonable, taking into account the value of the parties to the merger and the consideration offered to the shareholders.
Under the Companies Law, each merging company must inform its secured creditors of the proposed merger plans. Creditors are entitled to notice of the merger pursuant to the regulations adopted under the Companies Law. Upon the request of a creditor of either party to the proposed merger, the court may delay or prevent the merger if it concludes that there exists a reasonable concern that, as a result of the merger, the surviving company will be unable to satisfy the obligations of any of the parties to the merger, and may further give instructions to secure the rights of creditors.
In addition, a merger may not be completed unless at least fifty days have passed from the date that a proposal for approval of the merger was filed with the Israeli Registrar of Companies and thirty days from the date that shareholder approval of both merging companies was obtained.
Anti-Takeover Measures
Undesignated preferred stock. The Companies Law allows us to create and issue shares having rights different to those attached to our ordinary shares, including shares providing certain preferred or additional rights to voting, distributions or other matters and shares having preemptive rights. We do not have any authorized or issued shares other than ordinary shares. In the future, if we do create and issue a class of shares other than ordinary shares, such class of shares, depending on the specific rights that may be attached to them, may delay or prevent a takeover or otherwise prevent our shareholders from realizing a potential premium over the market value of their ordinary shares. The authorization of a new class of shares will require an amendment to our articles of association which requires the prior approval of a simple majority of our shares represented and voted at a general meeting. Shareholders voting at such a meeting will be subject to the restrictions under the Companies Law described in “–Voting.”
Supermajority voting.Our articles of association require the approval of the holders of at least two thirds of our combined voting power to effect certain amendments to our articles of association.
Classified board of directors.Our articles of association provide for a classified board of directors. See "ITEM 6: Directors, Senior Management and Employees – Board Practices – Outside Directors."
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Transfer Agent and Registrar
The transfer agent and registrar for our ordinary shares is American Stock Transfer & Trust Company. Its address is 59 Maiden Lane, New York, New York 10038 and its telephone number is (718) 921-8200.
Summaries of the following material contracts and amendments to these contracts are included in this annual report in the places indicated:
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Agreement with R.H. Electronics Ltd. | "ITEM 4.B: Information on the Company-Business Overview-Manufacturing." |
Second Amended and Restated Investor Rights Agreement | "ITEM 7. Major Shareholders and Related Party Transactions-Related Party Transactions-Registration Rights." |
In 1998, Israeli currency control regulations were liberalized significantly, so that Israeli residents generally may freely deal in foreign currency and foreign assets, and non-residents may freely deal in Israeli currency and Israeli assets. There are currently no Israeli currency control restrictions on remittances of dividends on the ordinary shares or the proceeds from the sale of the shares provided that all taxes were paid or withheld; however, legislation remains in effect pursuant to which currency controls can be imposed by administrative action at any time.
Non-residents of Israel may freely hold and trade our securities. Neither our memorandum of association nor our articles of association nor the laws of the State of Israel restrict in any way the ownership or voting of ordinary shares by non-residents, except that such restrictions may exist with respect to citizens of countries which are in a state of war with Israel. Israeli residents are allowed to purchase our ordinary shares.
Israeli Tax Considerations and Government Programs
The following is a general discussion only and is not exhaustive of all possible tax considerations. It is not intended, and should not be construed, as legal or professional tax advice and should not be relied upon for tax planning purposes. In addition, this discussion does not address all of the tax consequences that may be relevant to purchasers of our ordinary shares in light of their particular circumstances, or certain types of purchasers of our ordinary shares subject to special tax treatment. Examples of this kind of investor include residents of Israel and traders in securities who are subject to special tax regimes not covered in this discussion. Each individual/entity should consult its own tax or legal advisor as to the Israeli tax consequences of the purchase, ownership and disposition of our ordinary shares.
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To the extent that part of the discussion is based on new tax legislation, which has not been subject to judicial or administrative interpretation, we cannot assure that the tax authorities or the courts will accept the views expressed in this section.
The following summary describes the current tax structure applicable to companies in Israel, with special reference to its effect on us. The following also contains a discussion of the material Israeli tax consequences to holders of our ordinary shares.
General Corporate Tax Structure in Israel
Israeli companies were generally subject to corporate tax at the rate of 31% of their taxable income in 2006. The corporate tax rate is scheduled to decline to 29% in 2007, 27% in 2008, 26% in 2009 and 25% in 2010 and thereafter. However, the effective tax rate payable by a company that derives income from an approved enterprise (as discussed below) may be considerably less.
Tax Benefits and Grants for Research and Development
Israeli tax law allows, under certain conditions, a tax deduction for expenditures, including capital expenditures, for the year in which they are incurred. Expenditures are deemed related to scientific research and development projects, if:
| — | The expenditures are approved by the relevant Israeli government ministry, determined by the field of research; |
| — | The research and development must be for the promotion of the company; and |
| — | The research and development is carried out by or on behalf of the company seeking such tax deduction. |
The amount of such deductible expenses is reduced by the sum of any funds received through government grants for the finance of such scientific research and development projects. No deduction under these research and development deduction rules is allowed if such deduction is related to an expense invested in an asset depreciable under the general depreciation rules of the income Tax Ordinance, 1961. Expenditures not so approved are deductible in equal amounts over three years.
We intend to apply the Office of the Chief Scientist for approval to allow a tax deduction for all research and development expenses during the year incurred. There can be no assurance that our application will be accepted.
Law for the Encouragement of Industry (Taxes), 1969
The Law for the Encouragement of Industry (Taxes), 1969, generally referred to as the Industry Encouragement Law, provides several tax benefits for industrial companies. We believe that we currently qualify as an “Industrial Company” within the meaning of the Industry Encouragement Law. The Industry Encouragement Law defines “Industrial Company” as a company resident in Israel, of which 90% or more of its income in any tax year, other than of income from defense loans, capital gains, interest and dividend, is derived from an “Industrial Enterprise” owned by it. An “Industrial Enterprise” is defined as an enterprise whose major activity in a given tax year is industrial production activity.
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The following corporate tax benefits, among others, are available to Industrial Companies:
| — | Amortization of the cost of purchased know-how and patents and of rights to use a patent and know-how which are used for the development or advancement of the company, over an eight-year period; |
| — | Accelerated depreciation rates on equipment and buildings; |
| — | Under specified conditions, an election to file consolidated tax returns with additional related Israeli Industrial Companies; and |
| — | Expenses related to a public offering on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange and, as of January 1, 2003, also on recognized stock markets outside Israel, are deductible in equal amounts over three years. |
Under certain tax laws and regulations, an “Industrial Enterprise” may be eligible for special depreciation rates for machinery, equipment and buildings. These rates differ based on various factors, including the date the operations begin and the number of work shifts. An “Industrial Company” owning an approved enterprise may choose between these special depreciation rates and the depreciation rates available to the approved enterprise.
Eligibility for the benefits under the Industry Encouragement Law is not subject to receipt of prior approval from any governmental authority. We cannot assure that we qualify or will continue to qualify as an “Industrial Company” or that the benefits described above will be available in the future.
Special Provisions Relating to Taxation Under Inflationary Conditions
The Income Tax Law (Inflationary Adjustments), 1985, generally referred to as the Inflationary Adjustments Law, represents an attempt to overcome the problems presented to a traditional tax system by an economy undergoing rapid inflation. The Inflationary Adjustments Law is highly complex. Its features, which are material to us, can be generally described as follows:
| — | Where a company’s equity, as calculated under the Inflationary Adjustments Law, exceeds the depreciated cost of its fixed assets (as defined in the Inflationary Adjustments Law), a deduction from taxable income is permitted equal to the excess multiplied by the applicable annual rate of inflation. The maximum deduction permitted in any single tax year is 70% of taxable income, with the unused portion permitted to be carried forward, linked to the Israeli consumer price index. The unused portion that is carried forward may be deducted in full in the following year. |
| — | Where a company’s depreciated cost of fixed assets exceeds its equity, then the excess multiplied by the applicable annual rate of inflation is added to the company’s ordinary income, provided that the inflation supplement will only be added to the corporate income and not to other sources of income such as capital gains. |
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| — | Subject to certain limitations, depreciation deductions on fixed assets and losses carried forward are adjusted for inflation based on the change in the consumer price index. |
The Minister of Finance may, with the approval of the Knesset Finance Committee, determine by decree, during a certain fiscal year (or until February 28th of the following year) in which the rate of increase of the Israeli consumer price index would not exceed or did not exceed, as applicable, 3%, that some or all of the provisions of the Inflationary Adjustments Law shall not apply with respect to such fiscal year, or, that the rate of increase of the Israeli consumer price index relating to such fiscal year shall be deemed to be 0%, and to make the adjustments required to be made as a result of such determination.
Law for Encouragement of Capital Investments, 1959
The Law for the Encouragement of Capital Investments, 1959, as amended (effective as of April 1, 2005), generally referred to as the Investments Law, provides that a proposed capital investment in eligible facilities may, upon application to the Investment Center of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce of the State of Israel, be designated as an “Approved Enterprise”. The Investment Center bases its decision as to whether or not to approve an application, among other things, on the criteria set forth in the Investments Law and regulations, the policy of the Investment Center, and the specific objectives and financial criteria of the applicant. Each certificate of approval for an Approved Enterprise relates to a specific investment program delineated both by its financial scope, including its capital sources, and by its physical characteristics, such as the equipment to be purchased and utilized pursuant to the program.
The Investments Law provides that an approved enterprise is eligible for tax benefits on taxable income derived from its approved enterprise programs. The tax benefits under the Investments Law also apply to income generated by a company from the grant of a usage right with respect to know-how developed by the Approved Enterprise, income generated from royalties, and income derived from a service which is auxiliary to such usage right or royalties, provided that such income is generated within the Approved Enterprise’s ordinary course of business. If a company has more than one approval or only a portion of its capital investments are approved, its effective tax rate is the result of a weighted average of the applicable rates. The tax benefits under the Investments Law are not, generally, available with respect to income derived from products manufactured outside of Israel. In addition, the tax benefits available to an Approved Enterprise are contingent upon the fulfillment of conditions stipulated in the Investments Law and regulations and the criteria set forth in the specific certificate of approval, as described above. In the event that a company does not meet these conditions, it would be required to refund the amount of tax benefits, plus a consumer price index linkage adjustment and interest.
The Investments Law also provides that an Approved Enterprise is entitled to accelerated depreciation on its property and equipment that are included in an Approved Enterprise program in the first five years of using the equipment.
Taxable income of a company derived from an Approved Enterprise is subject to corporate tax at the maximum rate of 25%, rather than the regular corporate tax rate, for the benefit period. This period is ordinarily seven years commencing with the year in which the approved enterprise first generates taxable income after the commencement of production, and is limited to twelve years from commencement of production or fourteen years from the date of approval, whichever is earlier.
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Should we derive income from sources other than the Approved Enterprise during the relevant period of benefits, such income will be taxable at the regular corporate tax rates.
Under certain circumstances (as further detailed below), the benefit period may extend to a maximum of ten years from the commencement of the benefit period.
A company may elect to receive an alternative package of benefits. Under the alternative package of benefits, a company’s undistributed income derived from the Approved Enterprise will be exempt from corporate tax for a period of between two and ten years from the first year the company derives taxable income under the program, after the commencement of production, depending on the geographic location of the Approved Enterprise within Israel, and such company will be eligible for a reduced tax rate for the remainder of the benefits period.The year’s limitation does not apply to the exemption period.
A company that has elected the alternative package of benefits, such as us, that subsequently pays a dividend out of income derived from the approved enterprise(s) during the tax exemption period will be subject to corporate tax in the year the dividend is distributed in respect of the gross amount distributed, at the rate which would have been applicable had the company not elected the alternative package of benefits, (generally 10%-25%, depending on the percentage of the company’s ordinary shares held by foreign shareholders). The dividend recipient is subject to withholding tax at the reduced rate of 15% applicable to dividends from approved enterprises, if the dividend is distributed during the tax exemption period or within twelve years thereafter. In the event, however, that the company is qualifies as a foreign investors’ company, there is no such time limitation. This tax must be withheld by the company at source, regardless of whether the dividend is converted into foreign currency.
A company that has an Approved Enterprise program is eligible for further tax benefits if it qualifies as a foreign investors’ company. A foreign investors’ company is a company of which, among other criteria, more than 25% of its share capital and combined share and loan capital is owned by non-Israeli residents. A company that qualifies as a foreign investors’ company and has an approved enterprise program is eligible for tax benefits for a ten-year benefit period. As specified above, depending on the geographic location of the approved enterprise within Israel, income derived from the approved enterprise program may be entitled to the following:
| — | Exemption from tax on its undistributed income up to ten years. |
| — | An additional period of reduced corporate tax liability at rates ranging between 10% and 25%, depending on the level of foreign (that is, non-Israeli) ownership of our shares. Those tax rates and the related levels of foreign investment are as set forth in the following table: |
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| | 25 | | | 5 years | | | 2 years | | | 0-25% | |
| | 25 | | | 8 years | | | 2 years | | | 25-48.99% | |
| | 20 | | | 8 years | | | 2 years | | | 49-73.99% | |
| | 15 | | | 8 years | | | 2 years | | | 74-89.99% | |
| | 10 | | | 8 years | | | 2 years | | | 90-100% | |
Subject to applicable provisions concerning income under the alternative package of benefits, dividends paid by a company are considered to be attributable to income received from the entire company and the company’s effective tax rate is the result of a weighted average of the various applicable tax rates, excluding any tax-exempt income. Under the Investments Law, a company that has elected the alternative package of benefits is not obliged to distribute retained profits, and may generally decide from which year’s profits to declare dividends.
We currently intend to reinvest any income derived from our Approved Enterprise program and not to distribute such income as a dividend. As of December 31, 2006, we did not generate income under the provision of the new law.
Tax Benefits under the 2005 Amendment
A recent amendment to the Investment Law, generally referred as the 2005 Amendment, effective as of April 1, 2005 has significantly changed the provisions of the Investments Law. The amendment includes revisions to the criteria for investments qualified to receive tax benefits as an Approved Enterprise. The 2005 Amendment applies to new investment programs and investment programs commencing after 2004, and does not apply to investment programs approved prior to December 31, 2004, and therefore to benefits included in any certificate of approval that was granted before the 2005 Amendment came into effect, which will remain subject to the provisions of the Investments Law as they were on the date of such approval.
However, a company that was granted benefits according to section 51 of the Investments Law (prior the 2005 Amendment) will not be allowed to choose new tax year as a “Year of Election”, referred to below, under the 2005 Amendment, for a period of three years from the company’s previous Commencement Year (referred to below) under the old Investments Law.
The 2005 Amendment simplifies the approval process for the approved enterprise. According to the 2005 Amendment, only approved enterprises receiving cash grants require the approval of the Investment Center. The Investment Center will be entitled to approve such programs only until December 31, 2007.
As a result of the 2005 Amendment, it is no longer necessary for a company to acquire Approved Enterprise status in order to receive the tax benefits previously available under the Alternative Route, and therefore such companies need not apply to the Investment Center for this purpose. Rather, a company may claim the tax benefits offered by the Investment Law directly in its tax returns or by notifying the Israeli Tax Authority within twelve months of the end of that year, provided that its facilities meet the criteria for tax benefits set out by the 2005 Amendment. Such enterprise is referred to as the Benefited Enterprise. Companies are also granted a right to approach the Israeli Tax Authority for a pre-ruling regarding their eligibility for benefits under the 2005 Amendment. The 2005 Amendment includes provisions attempting to ensure that a company will not enjoy both Government grants and tax benefits for the same investment program.
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Tax benefits are available under the 2005 Amendment to production facilities (or other eligible facilities), which are generally required to derive more than 25% of their business income from export. In order to receive the tax benefits, the 2005 Amendment states that a company must make an investment in the Benefited Enterprise exceeding a certain percentage or a minimum amount specified in the Investments Law. Such investment may be made over a period of no more than three years ending at the end of the year in which the company requested to have the tax benefits apply to the Benefited Enterprise, or the Year of Election. Where the company requests to have the tax benefits apply to an expansion of existing facilities, then only the expansion will be considered a Benefited Enterprise and the company’s effective tax rate will be the result of a weighted average of the applicable rates. In this case, the minimum investment required in order to qualify as a Benefited Enterprise is required to exceed a certain percentage or a minimum amount of the company’s production assets at the end of the year before the expansion.
The duration of tax benefits is subject to a limitation of the earlier of seven to ten years from the Commencement Year, or twelve years from the first day of the Year of Election. The Commencement Year is defined as the later of (a) the first tax year in which a company had derived income for tax purposes from the Beneficiary Enterprise or (b) the year in which a company requested to have the tax benefits apply to the Beneficiary Enterprise – Year of Election. The tax benefits granted to a Benefited Enterprise are determined, as applicable to its geographic location within Israel, according to one of the following new tax routes, which may be applicable to us:
| — | Similar to the currently available alternative route, exemption from corporate tax on undistributed income for a period of two to ten years, depending on the geographic location of the Benefited Enterprise within Israel, and a reduced corporate tax rate of 10% to 25% for the remainder of the benefits period, depending on the level of foreign investment in each year. Benefits may be granted for a term of seven to ten years, depending on the level of foreign investment in the company. If the company pays a dividend out of income derived from the Benefited Enterprise during the tax exemption period, such income will be subject to corporate tax at the applicable rate (10%-25%) in respect of the gross amount of the dividend that we may be distributed. The company is required to withhold tax at the source at a rate of 15% from any dividends distributed from income derived from the Benefited Enterprise; and |
| — | A special tax route, which enables companies owning facilities in certain geographical locations in Israel to pay corporate tax at the rate of 11.5% on income of the Benefited Enterprise. The benefits period is ten years. Upon payment of dividends, the company is required to withhold tax at source at a rate of 15% for Israeli residents and at a rate of 4% for foreign residents. |
Generally, a company that is Abundant in Foreign Investment (owned by at least 74% foreign shareholders and has undertaken to invest a minimum sum of $20 million in the Beneficiary Enterprise as defined in the Investments Law) is entitled to an extension of the benefits period by an additional five years, depending on the rate of its income that is derived in foreign currency.
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The 2005 Amendment changes the definition of “foreign investment” in the Investments Law so that the definition now requires a minimal investment of NIS5 million by foreign investors. Furthermore, such definition now also includes the purchase of shares of a company from another shareholder, provided that the company’s outstanding and paid-up share capital exceeds NIS5 million. Such changes to the aforementioned definition will take effect retroactively from 2003.
The 2005 Amendment will apply to approved enterprise programs in which the year of election under the Investments Law is 2004 or later, unless such programs received approval from the Investment Center on or prior to December 31, 2004, in which case the 2005 Amendment provides that terms and benefits included in any certificate of approval already granted will remain subject to the provisions of the law as they were on the date of such approval.
As a result of the 2005 Amendment, tax-exempt income generated under the provisions of the Investments Law, as amended, will subject us to taxes upon distribution or liquidation and we may be required to record deferred tax liability with respect to such tax-exempt income.
A substantial portion of our taxable operating income is derived from our approved enterprise program and we expect that a substantial portion of any taxable operating income that we may realize in the future will be also derived from such program.
Capital Gains Tax on Sales of Our Ordinary Shares
Israeli law generally imposes a capital gains tax on the sale of any capital assets by residents of Israel, as defined for Israeli tax purposes, and on the sale of assets located in Israel, including shares in Israeli companies, by both residents and non-residents of Israel, unless a specific exemption is available or unless a tax treaty between Israel and the shareholder’s country of residence provides otherwise. The law distinguishes between real gain and inflationary surplus. The inflationary surplus is a portion of the total capital gain which is equivalent to the increase of the relevant asset’s purchase price which is attributable to the increase in the Israeli consumer price index or, in certain circumstances, a foreign currency exchange rate, between the date of purchase and the date of sale. The real gain is the excess of the total capital gain over the inflationary surplus.
Generally, until the 2006 tax year, capital gains tax was imposed on Israeli resident individuals at a rate of 15% on real gains derived on or after January 1, 2003, from the sale of shares in, among others, Israeli companies publicly traded on NASDAQ or on a recognized stock exchange or regulated market in a country that has a treaty for the prevention of double taxation with Israel. This tax rate was contingent upon the shareholder not claiming a deduction for financing expenses in connection with such shares (in which case the gain was generally be taxed at a rate of 25%), and did not apply to: (i) the sale of shares to a relative (as defined in the Israeli Income Tax Ordinance); (ii) the sale of shares by dealers in securities; (iii) the sale of shares by shareholders that report in accordance with the Inflationary Adjustments Law (that were taxed at corporate tax rates for corporations and at marginal tax rates for individuals); or (iv) the sale of shares by shareholders who acquired their shares prior to an initial public offering (that may be subject to a different tax arrangement).
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As of January 1, 2006, the tax rate applicable to capital gains derived from the sale of shares, whether or not listed on a stock market, is 20% for Israeli individuals, unless such shareholder claims a deduction for financing expenses in connection with such shares, in which case the gain will generally be taxed at a rate of 25%. Additionally, if such shareholder is considered a “material shareholder” at any time during the twelve-month period preceding such sale, that is, such shareholder holds directly or indirectly, including with others, at least 10% of any means of control in the company, the tax rate shall be 25%. Israeli companies are subject to the corporate tax rate on capital gains derived from the sale of shares, unless such companies were not subject to the Inflationary Adjustments Law (or certain regulations) at the time of publication of the aforementioned amendment to the Tax Ordinance that came into effect on January 1, 2006, in which case the applicable tax rate is 25%. However, the foregoing tax rates do not apply to: (i) dealers in securities; and (ii) shareholders who acquired their shares prior to an initial public offering (that may be subject to a different tax arrangement).
The tax basis of shares acquired prior to January 1, 2003 will be determined in accordance with the average closing share price in the three trading days preceding January 1, 2003. However, a request may be made to the tax authorities to consider the actual adjusted cost of the shares as the tax basis if it is higher than such average price.
Non-Israeli residents are exempt from Israeli capital gains tax on any gains derived from the sale of shares of Israeli companies publicly traded on a recognized stock exchange or regulated market outside of Israel, provided, however, that such capital gains are not derived from a permanent establishment in Israel, such shareholders are not subject to the Inflationary Adjustments Law, and such shareholders did not acquire their shares prior to an initial public offering. However, non-Israeli corporations will not be entitled to such exemption if an Israeli resident (i) has a controlling interest of 25% or more in such non-Israeli corporation, or (ii) is the beneficiary or is entitled to 25% or more of the revenues or profits of such non-Israeli corporation, whether directly or indirectly.
In some instances where our shareholders may be liable to Israeli tax on the sale of their ordinary shares, the payment of the consideration may be subject to the withholding of Israeli tax at the source.
Pursuant to the Convention Between the government of the United States of America and the government of Israel with Respect to Taxes on Income, as amended, generally referred to as the U.S.-Israel Tax Treaty, the sale, exchange or disposition of ordinary shares by a person who (i) holds the ordinary shares as a capital asset, (ii) qualifies as a resident of the United States within the meaning of the U.S.-Israel Tax Treaty and (iii) is entitled to claim the benefits afforded to such person by the U.S.-Israel Tax Treaty, generally, will not be subject to the Israeli capital gains tax. Such exemption will not apply if (a) such Treaty U.S. Resident holds, directly or indirectly, shares representing 10% or more of our voting power during any part of the twelve-month period preceding such sale, exchange or disposition, subject to certain conditions, or (b) the capital gains from such sale, exchange or disposition can be allocated to a permanent establishment in Israel. In such case, the sale, exchange or disposition of ordinary shares would be subject to Israeli tax, to the extent applicable; however, under the U.S.-Israel Tax Treaty, such Treaty U.S. Resident would be permitted to claim a credit for such taxes against the U.S. federal income tax imposed with respect to such sale, exchange or disposition, subject to the limitations in U.S. laws applicable to foreign tax credits. The U.S.-Israel Tax Treaty does not relate to U.S. state or local taxes.
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Taxation of Non-Resident Holders of Shares
Non-residents of Israel are subject to income tax on income accrued or derived from sources in Israel. Such sources of income include passive income such as dividends, royalties and interest, as well as non-passive income from services rendered in Israel. On distributions of dividends other than bonus shares, or stock dividends, income tax is withheld at the source at the following rates: (i) for dividends distributed prior to January 1, 2006 – 25%; (ii) for dividends distributed on or after January 1, 2006 – 20%, or 25% for a shareholder that is considered a “material shareholder” at any time during the twelve-month period preceding such distribution, unless a different rate is provided in a treaty between Israel and the shareholder’s country of residence. Under the U.S.-Israel Tax Treaty, the maximum tax on dividends paid to a holder of ordinary shares who is a Treaty U.S. Resident is 25%. However, under the Investments Law, dividends generated by an Approved Enterprise (or Benefited Enterprise) are taxed at the rate of 15%. Furthermore, dividends not generated by an Approved Enterprise (or Benefited Enterprise) paid to a U.S. corporation holding at least 10% of our issued voting power during the part of the tax year which precedes the date of payment of the dividend and during the whole of its prior tax year, are generally taxed at a rate of 12.5%.
United States Federal Income Taxation
The following is a description of the material United States federal income tax consequences of the ownership and disposition of our ordinary shares. This description addresses only the United States federal income tax considerations of holders that are initial purchasers of our ordinary shares pursuant to the offering and that will hold such ordinary shares as capital assets. This description does not address tax considerations applicable to holders that may be subject to special tax rules, including:
| — | financial institutions or insurance companies; |
| — | real estate investment trusts, regulated investment companies or grantor trusts; |
| — | dealers or traders in securities or currencies; |
| — | certain former citizens or long-term residents of the United States; |
| — | persons that will hold our shares through a partnership or other pass-through entity; |
| — | persons that received our shares as compensation for the performance of services; |
| — | persons that will hold our shares as part of a “hedging” or “conversion” transaction or as a position in a “straddle” for United States federal income tax purposes; |
| — | persons whose "functional currency" is not the United States dollar; or |
| — | holders that own directly, indirectly or through attribution 10.0% or more of the voting power or value of our shares. |
Moreover, this description does not address the United States federal estate and gift or alternative minimum tax consequences of the acquisition, ownership and disposition of our ordinary shares.
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This description is based on the Code, existing, proposed and temporary United States Treasury Regulations and judicial and administrative interpretations thereof, in each case as in effect and available on the date hereof. All of the foregoing are subject to change, which change could apply retroactively and could affect the tax consequences described below.
For purposes of this description, a “U.S. Holder” is a beneficial owner of our ordinary shares that, for United States federal income tax purposes, is:
| — | a citizen or resident of the United States; |
| — | corporation, or other entity treated as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes, created or organized in or under the laws of the United States or any state thereof, including the District of Columbia; |
| — | an estate the income of which is subject to United States federal income taxation regardless of its source; or |
| — | a trust if such trust has validly elected to be treated as a United States person for United States federal income tax purposes or if (1) a court within the United States is able to exercise primary supervision over its administration and (2) one or more United States persons have the authority to control all of the substantial decisions of such trust. |
A “Non-U.S. Holder” is a beneficial owner of our ordinary shares that is neither a U.S. Holder nor a partnership (or other entity treated as a partnership for United States federal income tax purposes).
If a partnership (or any other entity treated as a partnership for United States federal income tax purposes) holds our ordinary shares, the tax treatment of a partner in such partnership will generally depend on the status of the partner and the activities of the partnership. Such a partner or partnership should consult its tax advisor as to its tax consequences.
You should consult your tax advisor with respect to the United States federal, state, local and foreign tax consequences of acquiring, owning and disposing of our ordinary shares.
Distributions
Subject to the discussion below under “Passive Foreign Investment Company Considerations,” if you are a U.S. Holder, for United States federal income tax purposes, the gross amount of any distribution made to you, with respect to your ordinary shares before reduction for any Israeli taxes withheld therefrom, other than certain distributions, if any, of our ordinary shares distribute pro rata to all our shareholders, will be includible in your income as dividend income to the extent such distribution is paid out of our current or accumulated earnings and profits as determined under United States federal income tax principles. Subject to the discussion below under “Passive Foreign Investment Company Considerations,” non-corporate U.S. Holders may qualify for the lower rates of taxation with respect to dividends on ordinary shares applicable to long-term capital gains (that is, gains from the sale of capital assets held for more than one year) with respect to taxable years beginning on or before December 31, 2010, provided that certain conditions are met, including certain holding period requirements and the absence of certain risk reduction transactions. However, such dividends will not be eligible for the dividends received deduction generally allowed to corporate U.S. Holders. Subject to the discussion below under “Passive Foreign Investment Company Considerations,” to the extent, if any, that the amount of any distribution by us exceeds our current and accumulated earnings and profits as determined under United States federal income tax principles, it will be treated first as a tax-free return of your adjusted tax basis in your ordinary shares and thereafter as capital gain. We do not expect to maintain calculations of our earnings and profits under United States federal income tax principles and, therefore, if you are a U.S. Holder you should expect that the entire amount of any distribution generally will be reported as dividend income to you.
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If you are a U.S. Holder, dividends paid to you with respect to your ordinary shares will be treated as foreign source income, which may be relevant in calculating your foreign tax credit limitation. Subject to certain conditions and limitations, Israeli tax withheld on dividends may be deducted from your taxable income or credited against your United States federal income tax liability. The limitation on foreign taxes eligible for credit is calculated separately with respect to specific classes of income. For this purpose, for taxable years beginning before January 1, 2007, dividends that we distribute generally will constitute “passive income,” or in the case of certain U.S. Holders, “financial services income,” and, for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2006, dividends that we distribute generally should constitute “passive category income,” or, in the case of certain U.S. Holders, “general category income”. A foreign tax credit for foreign taxes imposed on distributions may be denied when you do not satisfy certain minimum holding period requirements. For such years, the foreign tax credit limitation categories are limited to “passive category income” and “general category income.” The rules relating to the determination of the foreign tax credit are complex, and you should consult your personal tax advisors to determine whether and to what extent you would be entitled to this credit.
Subject to the discussion below under “Backup Withholding Tax and Information Reporting Requirements,” if you are a Non-U.S. Holder, you generally will not be subject to United States federal income or withholding tax on dividends received by you on your ordinary shares, unless you conduct a trade or business in the United States and such income is effectively connected with that trade or business.
Sales Exchange or other Disposition of Ordinary Shares
Subject to the discussion below under “Passive Foreign Investment Company Considerations,” if you are a U.S. Holder, you generally will recognize gain or loss on the sale, exchange or other disposition of your ordinary shares equal to the difference between the amount realized on such sale, exchange or other disposition and your adjusted tax basis in your ordinary shares. Such gain or loss will be capital gain or loss. If you are a non corporate U.S. Holder, capital gain from the sale, exchange or other disposition of ordinary shares is eligible for the preferential rate of taxation applicable to long-term capital gains, with respect to taxable years beginning on or before December 31, 2010, if your holding period for such ordinary shares exceeds one year (that is,such gain is long-term capital gain). Gain or loss, if any, recognized by you generally will be treated as United States source income or loss for United States foreign tax credit purposes. The deductibility of capital losses for U.S. federal income tax purposes is subject to limitations.
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Subject to the discussion below under “Backup Withholding Tax and Information Reporting Requirements,” if you are a Non-U.S. Holder, you generally will not be subject to United States federal income or withholding tax on any gain realized on the sale or exchange of such ordinary shares unless:
| — | such gain is effectively connected with your conduct of a trade or business in the United States; or |
| — | you are an individual and have been present in the United States for 183 days or more in the taxable year of such sale or exchange and certain other conditions are met. |
Passive Foreign Investment Company Considerations
A non-U.S. corporation will be classified as a “passive foreign investment company,” or a PFIC, for United States federal income tax purposes in any taxable year in which, after applying certain look-through rules, either:
| — | at least 75 percent of its gross income is "passive income"; or |
| — | at least 50 percent of the average value of its gross assets (based on the quarterly value of such gross assets) is attributable to assets that produce “passive income” or are held for the production of passive income. |
Passive income for this purpose generally includes dividends, interest, royalties, rents, gains from commodities and securities transactions, the excess of gains over losses from the disposition of assets which produce passive income, and includes amounts derived by reason of the temporary investment of funds raised in offerings of our ordinary shares.
Based on our estimated gross income, the average value of our gross assets (the latter determined by reference to the market value of our shares and valuing our intangible assets using the methods prescribed for publicly traded corporations) and the nature of our business, we expect that we would not be classified as a PFIC for the taxable year ended December 31, 2006. Similarly, based on the value of our gross assets determined by reference to the market value of our shares at the end of the first quarter of the 2007 taxable year, we expect that we would not be classified as a PFIC for the 2007 taxable year. However, because PFIC status is based on our income, assets and activities for the entire taxable year, it is not possible to determine whether we will have become a PFIC for the 2007 taxable year until after the close of the year. Moreover, we must determine our PFIC status annually based on tests which are factual in nature and our status in future years will depend on our income, assets and activities in those years, although you will be treated as continuing to own an interest in a PFIC if we are a PFIC in any year while you own your shares unless you make certain elections as described further below. While we intend to manage our business so as to avoid PFIC status, to the extent consistent with our other business goals, we cannot predict whether our business plans will allow us to avoid PFIC status determination. Because the market price of our ordinary shares is likely to fluctuate and the market price of the shares of technology companies has been especially volatile, and because that market price may affect the determination of whether we will be considered a PFIC, we cannot assure you that we will not be considered a PFIC for any taxable year. If we were a PFIC, you generally would be subject to imputed interest charges and other disadvantageous tax treatment (including the denial of the taxation of such dividends at the lower rates applicable to long-term capital gains, as discussed above under “Distributions”) with respect to any gain from the sale or exchange of, and excess distributions with respect to, the ordinary shares.
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Under the PFIC rules, unless a U.S. Holder makes one of the elections described in the next paragraphs, a special tax regime will apply to both (a) any “excess distribution” by us (generally, the U.S. Holder’s ratable portion of distributions in any year which are greater than 125% of the average annual distribution received by such U.S. Holder in the shorter of the three preceding years or the U.S. Holder’s holding period) and (b) any gain realized on the sale or other disposition of the ordinary shares. Under this regime, any excess distribution and realized gain will be treated as ordinary income and will be subject to tax as if (a) the excess distribution or gain had been realized ratably over the U.S. Holder’s holding period, (b) the amount deemed realized had been subject to tax in each year of that holding period, and (c) the interest charge generally applicable to underpayments of tax had been imposed on the taxes deemed to have been payable in those years. In addition, dividend distributions made to you will not qualify for the lower rates of taxation applicable to long term capital gains discussed above under “Distributions.”
Certain elections are available to U.S. Holders of shares that may serve to alleviate some of the adverse tax consequences of PFIC status. If we agreed to provide the necessary information, you could avoid the interest charge imposed by the PFIC rules by making a qualified electing fund, or a QEF election, which election may be made retroactively under certain circumstances, in which case you generally would be required to include in income on a current basis your pro rata share of our ordinary earnings as ordinary income and your pro rata share of our net capital gains as long-term capital gain. We do not expect to provide to U.S. Holders the information needed to report income and gain pursuant to a QEF election, and we make no undertaking to provide such information in the event that we are a PFIC.
Under an alternative tax regime, you may also avoid certain adverse tax consequences relating to PFIC status discussed above by making a mark-to-market election with respect to your ordinary shares annually, provided that the shares are “marketable.” Shares will be marketable if they are regularly traded on certain U.S. stock exchanges (including NASDAQ) or on certain non-U.S. stock exchanges. For these purposes, the shares will generally be considered regularly traded during any calendar year during which they are traded, other than in negligible quantities, on at least fifteen days during each calendar quarter.
If you choose to make a mark-to-market election, you would recognize as ordinary income or loss each year an amount equal to the difference as of the close of the taxable year between the fair market value of the PFIC shares and your adjusted tax basis in the PFIC shares. Losses would be allowed only to the extent of net mark-to-market gain previously included by you under the election for prior taxable years. If the mark-to-market election were made, then the PFIC rules set forth above relating to excess distributions and realized gains would not apply for periods covered by the election. If you make a mark-to-market election after the beginning of your holding period of our ordinary shares, you would be subject to interest charges with respect to the inclusion of ordinary income attributable to the period before the effective date of such election.
Under certain circumstances, ordinary shares owned by a Non-U.S. Holder may be attributed to a U.S. person owning an interest, directly or indirectly, in the Non-U.S. Holder. In this event, distributions and other transactions in respect of such ordinary shares may be treated as excess distributions with respect to such U.S. person, and a QEF election may be made by such U.S. person with respect to its indirect interest in us, subject to the discussion in the preceding paragraphs.
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We may invest in stock of non-U.S. corporations that are PFICs. In such a case, provided that we are classified as a PFIC, a U.S. Holder would be treated as owning its pro rata share of the stock of the PFIC owned by us. Such a U.S. Holder would be subject to the rules generally applicable to shareholders of PFICs discussed above with respect to distributions received by us from such a PFIC and dispositions by us of the stock of such a PFIC (even though the U.S. Holder may not have received the proceeds of such distribution or disposition). Assuming we receive the necessary information from the PFIC in which we own stock, certain U.S. Holders may make the QEF election discussed above with respect to the stock of the PFIC owned by us, with the consequences discussed above. However, no assurance can be given that we will be able to provide U.S. Holders with such information.
If we were a PFIC, a holder of ordinary shares that is a U.S. Holder must file United States Internal Revenue Service Form 8621 for each tax year in which the U.S. Holder owns the ordinary shares.
You should consult your own tax advisor regarding our potential status as a PFIC and the tax consequences that would arise if we were treated as a PFIC.
Backup Withholding Tax and Information Reporting Requirements
United States backup withholding tax and information reporting requirements generally apply to certain payments to certain non-corporate holders of stock. Information reporting generally will apply to payments of dividends on, and to proceeds from the sale or redemption of, ordinary shares made within the United States, or by a United States payor or United States middleman, to a holder of ordinary shares, other than an exempt recipient (including a corporation, a payee that is not a United States person that provides an appropriate certification and certain other persons). A payor will be required to withhold backup withholding tax from any payments of dividends on, or the proceeds from the sale or redemption of, ordinary shares within the United States, or by a United States payor or United States middleman, to a holder, other than an exempt recipient, if such holder fails to furnish its correct taxpayer identification number or otherwise fails to comply with, or establish an exemption from, such backup withholding tax requirements. The backup withholding tax rate is 28.0% for years through 2010.
Any amounts withheld under the backup withholding rules will be allowed as a refund or credit against the beneficial owner’s United States federal income tax liability, if any, provided that the required information is furnished to the IRS.
The above description is not intended to constitute a complete analysis of all tax consequences relating to acquisition, ownership and disposition of our ordinary shares. You should consult your tax advisor concerning the tax consequences of your particular situation.
F. | Dividends and Paying Agents |
Not applicable.
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Not applicable.
We are currently subject to the information and periodic reporting requirements of the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, generally referred to as the Exchange Act, and file periodic reports and other information with the Securities and Exchange Commission through its electronic data gathering, analysis and retrieval (EDGAR) system. Our securities filings, including this annual report and the exhibits thereto, are available for inspection and copying at the public reference facilities of the Securities and Exchange Commission located at Room 1580, 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. You may also obtain copies of the documents at prescribed rates by writing to the Public Reference Section of the Securities and Exchange Commission at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, DC 20549. Please call the Securities and Exchange Commission at 1-800-SEC-0330 for further information on the public reference room. The Commission also maintains a website at http://www.sec.gov from which certain filings may be accessed.
As a foreign private issuer, we are exempt from the rules under the Exchange Act relating to the furnishing and content of proxy statements, and our officers, directors and principal shareholders will be exempt from the reporting and short-swing profit recovery provisions contained in Section 16 of the Exchange Act. In addition, we are not required under the Exchange Act to file periodic reports and financial statements with the Securities and Exchange Commission as frequently or as promptly as United States companies whose securities are registered under the Exchange Act.
Not applicable.
ITEM 11: Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
Market risk is the risk of loss related to changes in market prices, including interest rates and foreign exchange rates, of financial instruments that may adversely impact our consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.
Risk of Interest Rate Fluctuation
We do not have any long-term borrowings. Our investments consist primarily of cash and cash equivalents and interest bearing, investment-grade investments in marketable securities with maturities of up to three years. These marketable securities currently consist of corporate debt securities, governmental debt securities and money market funds, and may in the future include commercial paper and non-governmental debt securities. The primary objective of our investment activities is to preserve principal while maximizing the income that we receive from our investments without significantly increasing risk and loss. Our investments are exposed to market risk due to fluctuation in interest rates, which may affect our interest income and the fair market value of our investments. We manage this exposure by performing ongoing evaluations of our investments. Due to the short and medium-term maturities of our investments to date, their carrying value approximates the fair value. We generally hold investments to maturity in order to limit our exposure to interest rate fluctuations.
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Foreign Currency Exchange Risk
Our foreign currency exposures give rise to market risk associated with exchange rate movements of the U.S. dollar, our functional and reporting currency, mainly against the shekel and the Euro. We are exposed to the risk of fluctuation in the U.S. dollar/shekel exchange rate. In 2006, we derived our revenues principally in U.S. dollars and to a lesser extent in euros and shekels. Although a majority of our expenses were denominated in U.S. dollars, a significant portion of our expenses were denominated in shekels and to a lesser extent in euros and yen. Our shekel-denominated expenses consist principally of salaries and related personnel expenses.
We anticipate that a material portion of our expenses will continue to be denominated in shekels. If the U.S. dollar weakens against the shekel, there will be a negative impact on our profit margins. We currently do not hedge our currency exposure through financial instruments. In the future, we may undertake hedging or other similar transactions or invest in market risk sensitive instruments if we determine that it is advisable to offset these risks.
Impact of Inflation
We believe that the rate of inflation in Israel has had a minor effect on our business to date. However, our U.S. dollar costs in Israel will increase if inflation in Israel exceeds the devaluation of the shekel against the U.S. dollar or if the timing of such devaluation lags behind inflation in Israel.
The following table presents information about the rate of inflation in Israel, the rate of devaluation of the shekel against the U.S. dollar and the rate of inflation in Israel adjusted for such devaluation:
Year ended December 31,
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| 2004 | | | 1.2 | | | (1.6 | ) | | 2.8 | |
| 2005 | | | 2.4 | | | 6.7 | | | (4.3 | ) |
| 2006 | | | (0.1 | ) | | (8.2 | ) | | 8.1 | |
We cannot assure you that we will not be materially and adversely affected in the future if inflation in Israel exceeds the devaluation of the shekel against the dollar or if the timing of the devaluation lags behind inflation in Israel.
ITEM 12: Description of Securities Other Than Equity Securities
Not applicable.
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PART II
ITEM 13: Defaults, Dividend Arrearages and Delinquencies
None.
ITEM 14: Material Modifications to the Rights of Security Holders and Use of Proceed
A. | Material Modifications to the Rights of Security Holders |
Prior to the closing of our initial public offering in November 2006, all of our outstanding preferred shares were converted into ordinary shares. Our articles of association (providing only for ordinary shares and allowing, for example, free transferability of shares) became effective upon the closing of our initial public offering. The material provisions of our articles of association as currently in effect are described under “ITEM 6: Directors, Senior Management and Employees–Board Practices” with respect to our board of directors, and otherwise under “ITEM 10: Additional Information–Memorandum and Articles of Association.” Since our initial public offering, no instruments defining the rights of our ordinary shares’ holders have been modified.
The effective date of the registration statement (file no. 333-138313) for our initial public offering of ordinary shares, par value NIS 0.10, was November 15, 2006. The offering commenced on November 15, 2006 and terminated after the sale of all the securities registered. Lehman Brothers Inc. acted as the sole book-running manager for the offering, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. acted as co-lead manager and, CIBC World Markets Corp. and RBC Capital Markets Corporation acted as co-managers. We registered 6,500,000 ordinary shares in the offering. We sold 6,500,000 ordinary shares at an aggregate offering price of $78 million at a price per share of $12.00. Under the terms of the offering, we incurred aggregate underwriting discounts of $5.5 million. We also incurred expenses of $2 million in connection with the offering. The net proceeds that we received as a result of the offering were $70.5 million. As of December 31, 2006, the net proceeds had been used as follows:
Use of Proceeds
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Construction of plant, buildings and facilities | | | - | | | | - | |
Purchase and installation of machinery and equipment | | | - | | | | - | |
Purchase of real estate | | | - | | | | - | |
Repayment of indebtedness | | | - | | | | - | |
Working capital | | | - | | | | - | |
Temporary investments | | | Cash equivalents and marketable securities | | | $ | 70.5 | |
Any other use involving $100,000 of the proceeds | | | - | | | | - | |
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Total: | | | | | | $ | 70.5 | |
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None of the net proceeds of the offering was paid directly or indirectly to any director, officer, general partner of ours or to their associates, persons owning ten percent or more of any class of our equity securities, or to any of our affiliates.
ITEM 15: Controls and Procedures
Our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, has evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act) as of December 31, 2006. Based on such evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that, as of December 31, 2006, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective at the reasonable assurance level.
During the period covered by this report, no changes in our internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) have occurred that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
All internal control systems no matter how well designed have inherent limitations. Therefore, even those systems determined to be effective may not prevent or detect misstatements and can provide only reasonable assurance with respect to financial statements preparation and presentation.
ITEM 16: Reserved
ITEM 16A: Audit Committee Financial Expert
The board of directors has determined that Nurit Benjamini is the financial expert serving on its audit committee and that Ms. Benjamini is independent under the rules of The Nasdaq Stock Market.
ITEM 16B: Code of Ethics
We have adopted a code of ethics applicable to our Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, controller and persons performing similar functions. This code has been posted on our website, www.allot.com.
ITEM 16C: Principal Accountant Fees and Services
Fees paid to the Auditors
The following table sets forth, for each of the years indicated, the fees billed by our independent registered public accounting firm.
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Audit Fees(1) | | | $ | - | | $ | 426 | |
Audit-Related Fees | | | $ | - | | $ | - | |
Tax Fees(2) | | | $ | - | | $ | 11 | |
All Other Fees(3) | | | $ | - | | $ | 5 | |
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Total | | | $ | - | | $ | 442 | |
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(1) | “Audit fees” include fees for services performed by our independent public accounting firm in connection with our registration statement on Form F-1 for our initial public offering and consultation concerning financial accounting and reporting standards. |
(2) | “Tax fees” include fees for professional services rendered by our independent registered public accounting firm for tax compliance and tax advice on actual or contemplated transactions. |
(3) | “Other fees” include fees for services rendered by our independent registered public accounting firm with respect to government incentives. |
Audit Committee’s Pre-Approval Policies and Procedures
Our audit committee pre-approved all audit and non-audit services provided to us and to our subsidiaries during the periods listed above.
ITEM 16D: Exemptions from the Listing Standards for Audit Committees
Not applicable.
ITEM 16E: Purchase of Equity Securities by the Company and Affiliated Purchasers
Not applicable.
PART III
ITEM 17: Financial Statements
Not applicable.
ITEM 18: Financial Statements
See Financial Statements included at the end of this report.
ITEM 19: Exhibits
1.1 | | Articles of Association of the Registrant (1) |
1.2 | | Certificate of Name Change (1) |
2.1 | | Specimen share certificate (1) |
2.2 | | Second Amended and Restated Investors Rights Agreement, dated October 26, 2006, by and among the parties thereto and the Registrant (1) |
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3.1 | | Escrow Agreement, dated January 28, 1998 by and among Yigal Jacoby, Ravillan Benzur & Co., Law Offices and the Registrant; Escrow Letter of Resignation and Appointment, dated January 31, 2004 by and among Yigal Jacoby, Yolovelsky, Dinstein, Sneh & Co. and the Registrant; and Assignment of Escrow Agreement, dated May 21, 2006 by and among Yodan Trust Company Ltd., Oro Trust Company Ltd., Yigal Jacoby and the Registrant (1) |
3.2 | | Addendum, dated October 26, 2006, to Escrow Agreement, dated January 28, 1998, by and between Yigal Jacoby and the Registrant (1) |
4.1 | | Share Purchase Agreement, dated May 18, 2006, by and among the parties thereto and the Registrant (1) |
4.2 | | Non-Competition Agreement, dated August 24, 2004, by and among Odem Rotem Holdings Ltd., Yigal Jacoby and the Registrant (1) |
4.3 | | Experteam Training Services Proposal, dated as of March 2006, by Experteam to the Registrant (1) |
4.4 | | Warrant to Purchase Series C-1 Shares, dated November 27, 2001, by and between the Company and Yigal Jacoby (1) |
4.5 | | Manufacturing Agreement, dated September 4, 2002, by and between the R.H. Electronics Ltd. and the Registrant* (1) |
4.6 | | Non-Stabilized Lease Agreement, dated February 13, 2006, by and among, Aderet Hod Hasharon Ltd., Miritz, Inc., Leah and Israel Ruben Assets Ltd., Tamar and Moshe Cohen Assets Ltd., Drish Assets Ltd., S. L. A. A. Assets and Consulting Ltd., Iris Katz Ltd., Y. A. Groder Investments Ltd., Ginotel Hod Hasharon 2000 Ltd. and Allot Communications Ltd. (1) |
4.7 | | Key Employees of Subsidiaries and Consultants Share Incentive Plan (1997) (1) |
4.8 | | Key Employees Share Incentive Plan (1997) (1) |
4.9 | | Key Employees Share Incentive Plan (2003) (1) |
4.10 | | 2006 Incentive Compensation Plan (1) |
8.1 | | List of Subsidiaries of the Registrant (1) |
12.1 | | Certification of Principal Executive Officer required by Rule 13a-14(a) and Rule 15d-14(a) (Section 302 Certifications) |
12.2 | | Certification of Principal Financial Officer required by Rule 13a-14(a) and Rule 15d-14(a) (Section 302 Certifications) |
13.1 | | Certification of Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer required by Rule 13a-14(b) and Rule 15d-14(b) (Section 906 Certifications) (2) |
14.1 | | Consent of Kost Forer Gabbay & Kasierer |
(1) | Previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 31, 2006 pursuant to a registration statement on Form F-1 (File No. 333-138313) and incorporated by reference herein. |
(2) | This document is being furnished in accordance with SEC Release Nos. 33-8212 and 34-47551. |
* | Portions of this exhibit were omitted and have been filed separately with the Secretary of the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Registrant’s application requesting confidential treatment under Rule 406 of the Securities Act. |
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SIGNATURES
The registrant certifies that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form 20-F and has duly caused this annual report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
| | Allot Communications Ltd.
By: /s/ Rami Hadar —————————————— Rami Hadar Chief Executive Officer and President |
Dated: June 28, 2007
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ALLOT COMMUNICATIONS LTD. AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2006
U.S. DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS
INDEX
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the Board of Directors and shareholders of
ALLOT COMMUNICATIONS LTD.
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Allot Communications Ltd. (the “Company”) and its subsidiaries as of December 31, 2006 and 2005, and the related consolidated statements of operations, changes in shareholders’ equity and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2006. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. We were not engaged to perform an audit of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, based on our audits, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of the Company and its subsidiaries as of December 31, 2006 and 2005, and the consolidated results of their operations and cash flows, for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2006, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
As discussed in Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements, in 2006, the Company adopted Financial Accounting Standard Board Statement No. 123(R), “Share-Based Payment.”
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Tel-Aviv, Israel | /s/ KOST FORER GABBAY & KASIERER KOST FORER GABBAY & KASIERER |
June 28, 2007 | A Member of Ernst & Young Global |
F - 2
ALLOT COMMUNICATIONS LTD. AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES |
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CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS |
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U.S. dollars in thousands |
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ASSETS | | | | | | | | |
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CURRENT ASSETS: | | |
Cash and cash equivalents | | | $ | 3,677 | | $ | 7,117 | |
Restricted cash | | | | 62 | | | - | |
Marketable securities | | | | 3,588 | | | 70,364 | |
Short-term bank deposit | | | | 57 | | | 59 | |
Trade receivables | | | | 3,530 | | | 5,856 | |
Other receivables and prepaid expenses | | | | 696 | | | 1,961 | |
Inventories | | | | 1,544 | | | 3,337 | |
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Total current assets | | | | 13,154 | | | 88,694 | |
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LONG-TERM ASSETS: | | |
Marketable securities | | | | 993 | | | 5,750 | |
Severance pay fund | | | | 1,538 | | | 2,648 | |
Deferred taxes | | | | 196 | | | 291 | |
Other assets | | | | 104 | | | 763 | |
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Total long-term assets | | | | 2,831 | | | 9,452 | |
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PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, NET | | | | 1,483 | | | 2,939 | |
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GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS, NET | | | | 123 | | | 99 | |
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Total assets | | | $ | 17,591 | | $ | 101,184 | |
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.
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ALLOT COMMUNICATIONS LTD. AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES |
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CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS |
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U.S. dollars in thousands, except share and per share data |
| December 31,
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LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY | | | | | | | | |
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CURRENT LIABILITIES: | | |
Short-term bank credit | | | $ | - | | $ | 6 | |
Trade payables | | | | 2,293 | | | 4,415 | |
Employees and payroll accruals | | | | 1,672 | | | 2,610 | |
Deferred revenues | | | | 3,247 | | | 3,788 | |
Other payables and accrued expenses | | | | 1,668 | | | 2,223 | |
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Total current liabilities | | | | 8,880 | | | 13,042 | |
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LONG-TERM LIABILITIES: | | |
Deferred revenues | | | | 972 | | | 1,578 | |
Accrued severance pay | | | | 1,613 | | | 2,377 | |
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Total long-term liabilities | | | | 2,585 | | | 3,955 | |
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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENT LIABILITIES | | |
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SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY: | | |
Share capital - | | |
Ordinary shares of NIS 0.1 par value - Authorized: 200,000,000 and 7,249,543 shares at December 31, 2006 | | |
and 2005, respectively; Issued: 21,232,290 and 2,724,087 shares at December 31, 2006 and 2005, | | |
respectively; Outstanding: 20,985,811 and 2,724,087 shares at December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively | | | | 32 | | | 456 | |
Convertible Preferred shares of NIS 0.1 par value - Authorized: 0 and 4,650,475 shares at December 31, | | |
2006 and 2005, respectively; Issued: 0 and 4,357,769 shares at December 31, 2006 and 2005, | | |
respectively; Outstanding: 0 and 4,249,412 shares at December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively | | | | 103 | | | - | |
Additional paid-in capital | | | | 43,972 | | | 121,069 | |
Deferred stock compensation | | | | (75 | ) | | (34 | ) |
Accumulated other comprehensive loss | | | | (22 | ) | | (36 | ) |
Accumulated deficit | | | | (37,884 | ) | | (37,268 | ) |
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Total shareholders' equity | | | | 6,126 | | | 84,187 | |
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Total liabilities and shareholders' equity | | | $ | 17,591 | | $ | 101,184 | |
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.
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ALLOT COMMUNICATIONS LTD. AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES |
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS |
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U.S. dollars in thousands, except share and per share data |
| Year ended December 31,
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Revenues: | | | | | | | | | | | |
Products | | | $ | 14,638 | | $ | 18,498 | | $ | 28,756 | |
Services | | | | 3,447 | | | 4,474 | | | 5,388 | |
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Total revenues | | | | 18,085 | | | 22,972 | | | 34,144 | |
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Cost of revenues: | | |
Products | | | | 3,942 | | | 4,481 | | | 6,435 | |
Services | | | | 679 | | | 938 | | | 1,162 | |
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Total cost of revenues | | | | 4,621 | | | 5,419 | | | 7,597 | |
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Gross profit | | | | 13,464 | | | 17,553 | | | 26,547 | |
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Operating expenses: | | |
Research and development, net | | | | 3,957 | | | 5,925 | | | 7,529 | |
Sales and marketing | | | | 10,104 | | | 11,887 | | | 15,457 | |
General and administrative | | | | 2,081 | | | 2,380 | | | 3,464 | |
Impairment of intangible assets | | | | 366 | | | - | | | - | |
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Total operating expenses | | | | 16,508 | | | 20,192 | | | 26,450 | |
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Operating income (loss) | | | | (3,044 | ) | | (2,639 | ) | | 97 | |
Financial and other income (expenses), net | | | | (241 | ) | | 45 | | | 630 | |
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Income (loss) before income tax expenses (benefit) | | | | (3,285 | ) | | (2,594 | ) | | 727 | |
Income tax expenses (benefit) | | | | 3 | | | (218 | ) | | 111 | |
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Net income (loss) | | | $ | (3,288 | ) | $ | (2,376 | ) | $ | 616 | |
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Basic net earnings (loss) per share | | | $ | (1.18 | ) | $ | (0.81 | ) | $ | 0.04 | |
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Diluted net earnings (loss) per share | | | $ | (1.18 | ) | $ | (0.81 | ) | $ | 0.04 | |
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Weighted average number of shares used in computing basic net earnings (loss) per share | | | | 2,787,554 | | | 2,943,500 | | | 14,402,338 | |
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Weighted average number of shares used in computing diluted net earnings (loss) per share | | | | 2,787,554 | | | 2,943,500 | | | 16,423,227 | |
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.
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ALLOT COMMUNICATIONS LTD. AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES |
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STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY |
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U.S. dollars in thousands, except share data |
| Ordinary shares
| Convertible Preferred shares
| Additional paid-in capital
| Deferred stock compensation
| Accumulated other comprehensive loss
| Accumulated deficit
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Balance at January 1, 2004 | | | | 2,437,701 | | $ | 29 | | | 3,572,624 | | $ | 86 | | $ | 35,553 | | $ | (3 | ) | $ | - | | $ | (32,220 | ) | $ | 3,445 | |
Issuance of share capital (net of expenses of $ 77) | | | | - | | | - | | | 785,145 | | | 17 | | | 7,854 | | | - | | | - | | | - | | | 7,871 | |
Exercise of warrants and employee stock options | | | | 9,867 | | *) | - | | | - | | | - | | | 11 | | | - | | | - | | | - | | | 11 | |
Compensation related to warrants granted to consultants | | | | - | | | - | | | - | | | - | | | 151 | | | - | | | - | | | - | | | 151 | |
Deferred stock-based compensation | | | | - | | | - | | | - | | | - | | | 123 | | | (123 | ) | | - | | | - | | | - | |
Amortization of stock-based compensation | | | | - | | | - | | | - | | | - | | | - | | | 7 | | | - | | | - | | | 7 | |
Net unrealized loss on available-for-sale securities | | | | - | | | - | | | - | | | - | | | - | | | - | | | (4 | ) | | - | | | (4 | ) |
Net loss | | | | - | | | - | | | - | | | - | | | - | | | - | | | - | | | (3,288 | ) | | (3,288 | ) |
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Balance at December 31, 2004 | | | | 2,447,568 | | | 29 | | | 4,357,769 | | | 103 | | | 43,692 | | | (119 | ) | | (4 | ) | | (35,508 | ) | | 8,193 | |
Exercise of warrants and employee stock options | | | | 276,519 | | | 3 | | | - | | | - | | | 19 | | | - | | | - | | | - | | | 22 | |
Compensation related to warrants and options granted to | | |
consultants | | | | - | | | - | | | - | | | - | | | 54 | | | - | | | - | | | - | | | 54 | |
Deferred stock compensation | | | | - | | | - | | | - | | | - | | | 2 | | | (2 | ) | | - | | | - | | | - | |
Amortization of stock-based compensation | | | | - | | | - | | | - | | | - | | | 205 | | | 46 | | | - | | | - | | | 251 | |
Net unrealized loss on available-for-sale securities | | | | - | | | - | | | - | | | - | | | - | | | - | | | (18 | ) | | - | | | (18 | ) |
Net loss | | | | - | | | - | | | - | | | - | | | - | | | - | | | - | | | (2,376 | ) | | (2,376 | ) |
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Balance at December 31, 2005 | | | | 2,724,087 | | | 32 | | | 4,357,769 | | | 103 | | | 43,972 | | | (75 | ) | | (22 | ) | | (37,884 | ) | | 6,126 | |
Issuance of share capital (net of expenses of $ 68) | | | | - | | | - | | | 452,157 | | | 10 | | | 5,422 | | | - | | | - | | | - | | | 5,432 | |
Exercise of warrants and employee stock options | | | | 488,027 | | | 9 | | | - | | | - | | | 85 | | | - | | | - | | | - | | | 94 | |
Compensation related to warrants and options granted to | | |
consultants | | | | - | | | - | | | - | | | - | | | 635 | | | - | | | - | | | - | | | 635 | |
Amortization of stock-based compensation | | | | - | | | - | | | - | | | - | | | 685 | | | 41 | | | - | | | - | | | 726 | |
Net unrealized loss on available-for-sale securities | | | | - | | | - | | | - | | | - | | | - | | | - | | | (14 | ) | | - | | | (14 | ) |
Tax benefit related to exercise of stock options | | | | - | | | - | | | - | | | - | | | 99 | | | - | | | - | | | - | | | 99 | |
Share dividend | | | | 342,588 | | | 8 | | | 6,131,170 | | | 139 | | | (147 | ) | | - | | | - | | | - | | | - | |
Issuance of share capital upon Initial Public Offering, net of | | |
expenses of $ 7,527 | | | | 6,500,000 | | | 150 | | | - | | | | | | 70,323 | | | - | | | - | | | - | | | 70,473 | |
Conversion of Convertible Preferred Shares | | | | 11,177,588 | | | 257 | | | (10,941,096 | ) | | (252 | ) | | (5 | ) | | - | | | - | | | - | | | - | |
Net income | | | | - | | | - | | | - | | | - | | | - | | | - | | | - | | | 616 | | | 616 | |
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Balance at December 31, 2006 | | | | 21,232,290 | | $ | 456 | | | - | | $ | - | | $ | 121,069 | | $ | (34 | ) | $ | (36 | ) | $ | (37,268 | ) | $ | 84,187 | |
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*) | Represents an amount lower than $ 1. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.
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ALLOT COMMUNICATIONS LTD. AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES |
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS |
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| Year ended December 31,
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Net income (loss) | | | $ | (3,288 | ) | $ | (2,376 | ) | $ | 616 | |
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by | | |
(used in) operating activities: | | |
Depreciation | | | | 416 | | | 559 | | | 893 | |
Stock-based compensation related to options granted to | | |
employees and non-employees | | | | 158 | | | 305 | | | 1,361 | |
Amortization and impairment of intangible assets | | | | 505 | | | 23 | | | 24 | |
Capital loss (gain) | | | | (3 | ) | | 6 | | | - | |
Accrued severance pay, net | | | | (125 | ) | | (3 | ) | | (75 | ) |
Decrease (increase) in other assets | | | | (58 | ) | | 19 | | | (659 | ) |
Accrued interest on marketable securities | | | | - | | | (4 | ) | | (223 | ) |
Decrease in other long-term liabilities | | | | (84 | ) | | (294 | ) | | - | |
Increase in trade receivables | | | | (642 | ) | | (194 | ) | | (2,326 | ) |
Decrease (increase) in other receivables and prepaid expenses | | | | 134 | | | (15 | ) | | (1,042 | ) |
Increase in inventories | | | | (337 | ) | | (271 | ) | | (2,053 | ) |
Increase in deferred taxes | | | | - | | | (281 | ) | | (90 | ) |
Increase in trade payables | | | | 457 | | | 536 | | | 2,122 | |
Increase in employees and payroll accruals | | | | 150 | | | 219 | | | 938 | |
Increase in deferred revenues | | | | 821 | | | 1,315 | | | 1,147 | |
Increase (decrease) in other payables and accrued expenses | | | | (131 | ) | | 562 | | | 560 | |
Amortization of premium on marketable securities | | | | - | | | - | | | 46 | |
Amortization of discount on bank credit-line | | | | 318 | | | 50 | | | - | |
Interest on short-term bank deposit | | | | - | | | (1 | ) | | (1 | ) |
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Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities | | | | (1,709 | ) | | 155 | | | 1,238 | |
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Short-term bank deposit | | | | (56 | ) | | - | | | - | |
Decrease (increase) in restricted cash | | | | (3 | ) | | 3 | | | 62 | |
Purchase of property and equipment | | | | (607 | ) | | (686 | ) | | (2,072 | ) |
Proceeds from sale of property and equipment | | | | 41 | | | 4 | | | 4 | |
Purchase of marketable securities | | | | (4,850 | ) | | (4,300 | ) | | (104,118 | ) |
Proceeds from redemption or sale of marketable securities | | | | - | | | 4,550 | | | 32,525 | |
Investment in severance pay fund | | | | - | | | - | | | (271 | ) |
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Net cash used in investing activities | | | | (5,475 | ) | | (429 | ) | | (73,870 | ) |
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Bank credit (repayment) | | | | (234 | ) | | (166 | ) | | 6 | |
Exercise of warrants and employee stock options | | | | 11 | | | 22 | | | 94 | |
Excess tax benefit from stock-based compensation | | | | - | | | - | | | 67 | |
Issuance of share capital, net | | | | 7,871 | | | - | | | 5,432 | |
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Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents | | | | 464 | | | (418 | ) | | 3,440 | |
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the year | | | | 3,631 | | | 4,095 | | | 3,677 | |
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| Allot Communications Ltd. (the “Company”) was incorporated in November 1996 under the laws of the State of Israel. The Company is engaged in developing, selling and marketing broadband service optimization solutions using advanced deep packet inspection, or DPI, technology. The solutions provide broadband service providers and enterprises with real-time, highly granular visibility into network traffic, and enable them to efficiently and effectively manage and optimize their networks. The Company’s solutions are used to create policies to monitor network applications, enforce quality of service policies that guarantee mission-critical application performance, mitigate security risks and leverage network infrastructure investments. The Company’s products consist of NetEnforcer traffic management systems and NetXplorer application management suite. The products are used by service providers to offer subscriber-based and application-based tiered services that enable them to optimize their service offerings. |
| The Company holds five wholly-owned subsidiaries (collectively “Allot”): Allot Communications, Inc. in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, United-States (the “US subsidiary”), which was incorporated in 1997 under the laws of the State of California, Allot Communication Europe SARL in Sophia, France (the “European subsidiary”), which was incorporated in 1998 under the laws of France, Allot Communications Japan K.K. in Tokyo, Japan (the “Japanese subsidiary”), which was incorporated in 2004 under the laws of Japan, Allot Communications (UK) Limited (the “UK subsidiary”), which was incorporated in 2006 under the laws of England and Wales and Allot Communications (Asia Pacific) Pte. Ltd. (the “Singaporean subsidiary”), which was incorporated in 2006 under the laws of Singapore. |
| The US subsidiary commenced operations in 1997. It engages in the sale, marketing and technical support services in America of products manufactured by and imported from the Company. The European, Japanese, UK and Singaporean subsidiaries are engaged in marketing and technical support services of the Company’s products in Europe, Japan, UK and Asia Pacific, respectively. |
| During 2006, 2005 and 2004, approximately 5%, 9% and 12%, respectively, of Allot’s revenues were derived from a single customer. During 2006 and 2005, approximately 20% and 16%, respectively, of Allot’s revenues derived from a different customer. |
| Allot currently depends on a single subcontractor to manufacture and provide hardware warranty support for its NetEnforcer traffic management system. If it experiences delays, disruptions, quality control problem or a loss in capacity, it could materially adversely affect Allot’s operating results (see also Note 8d). Certain components for the NetEnforcer traffic management systems come from single or limited sources, and Allot could lose sales if these sources fail to satisfy its supply requirements. |
| On November 16, 2006, the Company commenced trading its Ordinary shares on the Nasdaq National Market. |
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NOTE 2: | – | SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES |
| The consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“U.S. GAAP”). |
| The preparation of financial statements, in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from such estimates. |
| b. | Financial statements in U.S. dollars: |
| The majority of the revenues of the Company and certain of its subsidiaries are generated in U.S. dollars (“dollar”) or linked to the dollar. In addition, a majority portion of the Company’s and certain of its subsidiaries’ costs are incurred or determined in dollars. A portion of the Company and its subsidiaries’ costs is paid in local currencies. The Company’s management believes that the dollar is the currency of the primary economic environment in which the Company and its subsidiaries operate. Thus, the functional and reporting currency of the Company and its subsidiaries is the dollar. |
| Accordingly, monetary accounts maintained in currencies other than the dollar are remeasured into U.S. dollars in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 52, “Foreign Currency Translation”. All transactions gains and losses from the remeasurement of monetary balance sheet items are reflected in the statements of operations as financial income or expenses as appropriate. |
| c. | Principles of consolidation: |
| The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its subsidiaries. Intercompany balances and transactions, including profits from intercompany sales not yet realized outside Allot, have been eliminated upon consolidation. |
| d. | Cash and cash equivalents: |
| Allot considers all highly liquid investments which are readily convertible to cash with maturity of three months or less, at the date of acquisition, to be cash equivalents. |
| Allot accounts for its investments in marketable securities using Statement of Financial Accounting Standard No. 115, “Accounting for Certain Investments in Debt and Equity Securities” (“SFAS No. 115”). |
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
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NOTE 2: | – | SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Cont.) |
| The Company’s management determines the appropriate classification of marketable debt and equity securities at the time of purchase and evaluates such designation as of each balance sheet date. To date, all debt securities have been classified as available-for-sale and are carried at fair market value, based on quoted market prices with unrealized gains and losses, if any, included as a separate component of shareholders’ equity. Realized gains and losses considered declines in value of securities judged to be other than temporary are included in interest income and have not been material to date. The cost of securities sold is based on the specific identification method. |
| As of December 31, 2006, the Company held marketable securities in U.S. dollars in the United States, which were classified as available for sale. The balance was composed of auction rate and government agency securities. The auction rate and government agencies securities bear interest at rates ranging from 4.14% to 6.00% per annum. |
| A short-term bank deposit is a deposit with a maturity of more than three months but less than one year. The deposit is in dollars and bears interest at annual weighted average rate of 4.88% and 2.25% at December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively. The short-term deposit is presented at cost, including accrued interest. |
| Inventories are stated at the lower of cost or market value. Inventory reserves are provided to cover risks arising from slow-moving items or technological obsolescence. Cost of inventories is determined as the cost of raw materials, manufacturing cost and addition of allocable indirect costs. Cost is determined using the “average cost” method. Inventory write-offs totaled $ 289, $ 179 and $ 397 in 2006, 2005 and 2004, respectively. |
| h. | Property and equipment: |
| Property and equipment are stated at cost, net of accumulated depreciation. Depreciation is calculated by the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets at the following annual rates: |
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| Office furniture and equipment | 6-33 |
| Leasehold improvements | By the shorter of term of the lease or the useful life of the asset |
| i. | Goodwill and intangible assets: |
| Goodwill reflects the excess of the purchase price of business acquired over the fair value of the net tangible and intangible assets acquired. Intangible assets consist mainly of acquired technology, trade names and customer relations. |
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
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NOTE 2: | – | SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Cont.) |
| Effective January 1, 2002, the Company adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 142, “Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets” (“SFAS No. 142”). Under SFAS No. 142, goodwill is no longer amortized but instead is tested for impairment at least annually (or more frequently if impairment indicators arise). |
| SFAS No. 142 prescribes a two-phase process for impairment testing of goodwill. The first phase screens for impairment while the second phase (if necessary) measures impairment. In the first phase of impairment testing, goodwill attributable to each of the reporting units is tested for impairment by comparing the fair value of each reporting unit with its carrying value. As of December 31, 2006 and 2005, no instances of impairment of goodwill were identified. See Note 6 for December 31, 2004. |
| Intangible assets are amortized over their useful lives using a method of amortization that reflects the pattern in which the economic benefits of the intangible assets are consumed or otherwise used up, in accordance with SFAS No. 142. The Company amortizes its intangible assets on a straight line basis. As of December 31, 2006 and 2005, no instances of impairment were identified. See note 6 for impairment charges recorded in 2004. |
| j. | Impairment of long-lived assets: |
| Long-lived assets are reviewed for impairment in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 144, “Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets” (“SFAS No. 144”), whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. The recoverability of assets to be held and used is measured by a comparison of the carrying amount of the assets to the future undiscounted cash flows expected to be generated by the assets. If such assets are considered to be impaired, the impairment to be recognized is measured by the amount by which the carrying amount of the assets exceeds the fair value of the assets. As of December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004, no instances of impairment were identified. |
| Allot generates revenues mainly from the sale of hardware and software products and such provision of maintenance and support services. Allot sells its products mostly through resellers, distributors, OEMs, system integrators and value added resellers, all of whom are considered end-customers from Allot’s perspective. |
| The software components of Allot’s products are deemed to be more than incidental to the products as a whole, in accordance with Statement of Position 97-2, “Software Revenue Recognition” (“SOP 97-2”) and EITF 03-5, “Applicability of AICPA Statement of Position 97-2 to Non-Software Deliverables in an Arrangement Containing More-Than-Incidental Software.” Therefore, Allot accounts for its product sales in accordance with SOP 97-2. Revenues from product sales are recognized when persuasive evidence of an agreement exists, delivery of the product has occurred, no significant obligations with regard to implementation remain, the fee is fixed or determinable and collectibility is probable. |
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
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U.S. dollars in thousands, except share and per share data |
NOTE 2: | – | SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Cont.) |
| SOP 97-2 generally requires revenue earned on software arrangements involving multiple elements to be allocated to each element based on the relative objective fair value of the elements. Allot has adopted Statement of Position 98-9, “Modification of SOP 97-2, Software Revenue Recognition with Respect to Certain Transactions” (“SOP 98-9”). According to SOP 98-9, revenues should be allocated to the different elements in the arrangement under the “residual method” when Vendor Specific Objective Evidence (“VSOE”) of fair value exists for all undelivered elements and no VSOE exists for the delivered elements. Under the residual method, at the outset of the arrangement with a customer, Allot defers revenue for the fair value of its undelivered elements (maintenance and support) and recognizes revenue for the remainder of the arrangement fee attributable to the elements initially delivered in the arrangement (hardware and software products) when all other criteria in SOP 97-2 have been met. Any discount in the arrangement is allocated to the delivered element. |
| Maintenance and support revenue included in multiple element arrangements is deferred and recognized on a straight-line basis over the term of the applicable maintenance and support agreement. The VSOE of fair value of the maintenance and support services is determined based on the price charged when sold separately. Deferred revenues are classified as short and long terms and recognized as revenues at the time respective elements are provided. |
| Allot generally does not grant a right of return to its customers. However, when other customer incentives, such as trade-in or rebates, are expected and estimated, Allot records a provision at the time product revenues is recognized based on its experience. The provision has been deducted from revenues and amounted to $ 82, $ 73 and $ 50 for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004, respectively. |
| Allot grants a one-year hardware warranty and three-month software warranty on all of its products. Allot estimates the costs that may be incurred under its warranty arrangements and records a liability in the amount of such costs at the time product revenue is recognized. Factors that affect Allot’s warranty liability include the number of installed units, historical and anticipated rates of warranty claims and cost per claim. Allot periodically assesses the adequacy of its recorded warranty liabilities and adjusts the amounts as necessary. |
| l. | Research and development costs: |
| Statement of Financial Accounting Standard No. 86, “Accounting for the Costs of Computer Software to be Sold, Leased or Otherwise Marketed,” requires capitalization of certain software development costs subsequent to the establishment of technological feasibility. |
| Based on Allot’s product development process, technological feasibility is established upon the completion of a working model. Allot does not incur material costs between the completion of a working model and the point at which the products are ready for general release. Therefore, research and development costs are charged to the statement of operations as incurred. |
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
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U.S. dollars in thousands, except share and per share data |
NOTE 2: | – | SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Cont.) |
| The Company’s liability for severance pay for its Israeli employees is calculated pursuant to Israeli severance pay law, based on the most recent monthly salary of its employees multiplied by the number of years of employment as of the balance sheet date for such employees. The Company’s liability is partly provided by monthly deposits with severance pay funds and insurance policies and the remainder by an accrual. |
| The deposited funds may be withdrawn only upon the fulfillment of the obligation pursuant to Israel’s Severance Pay law, labor agreements and/or applicable case law. The value of the deposited funds and insurance policies is based on the cash surrendered value and includes profits accumulated up to the balance sheet date. |
| Severance expenses for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004, amounted to approximately $ 819, $ 426 and $ 433, respectively. |
| n. | Accounting for stock-based compensation: |
| Allot has elected to follow Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 25, “Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees” (“APB No. 25”) and FASB Interpretation No. 44, “Accounting for Certain Transactions Involving Stock Compensation”in accounting for its employee stock option plans. |
| Under APB No. 25, when the exercise price of the Company’s stock options is less than the market price of the underlying shares on the date of grant, compensation expense is recognized. |
| Allot adopted the disclosure provisions of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 148, “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation – Transition and Disclosure,”which amended certain provisions of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123, “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation” (“SFAS No. 123”) to provide alternative methods of transition for an entity that voluntarily changes to the fair value based method of accounting for stock-based employee compensation. The Company continues to apply the provisions of APB No. 25 in accounting for stock-based compensation. |
| Allot applies SFAS No. 123 and Emerging Issues Task Force No. 96-18, “Accounting for Equity Instruments That Are Issued to Other Than Employees for Acquiring, or in Conjunction with Selling, Goods or Services” (“EITF No. 96-18”), with respect to options and warrants issued to non-employees. SFAS No. 123 requires the use of option valuation models to measure the fair value of the options and warrants at the measurement date as defined in EITF No. 96-18. |
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
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NOTE 2: | – | SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Cont.) |
| Effective January 1, 2006, Allot adopted the fair value recognition provisions of FASB Statement No. 123(R), “Share-Based Payments” (“SFAS No. 123(R)”). For grants where Allot had previously presented the required SFAS No. 123 pro forma disclosures using the minimum value method, Allot adopted the new standard using the prospective transition method. As such, for those awards, Allot will continue to apply APB 25 in future periods. |
| As a result of adopting SFAS No. 123(R) on January 1, 2006, Allot’s net income for the year ended December 31, 2006, is $ 302 lower with $ 0.02 negative effect on basic and diluted net earnings per share, than if it had continued to account for stock-based compensation under APB 25. |
| SFAS No. 123(R) requires the cash flows resulting from the tax deductions in excess of the compensation costs recognized for those stock options to be classified as financing cash flows. The $ 67 excess tax benefit classified as financing cash inflows would have been classified as an operating cash flow if the Company had not adopted SFAS No. 123(R). |
| The following table sets forth the total stock-based compensation expense resulting from stock options included in the Consolidated Statements of Operations: |
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| Research and development expenses, net | | | | 157 | |
| Sales and marketing expenses | | | | 650 | |
| General and administrative expenses | | | | 539 | |
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| The fair value of stock-based awards was estimated using the Binomial model starting January 1, 2006 with the following weighted-average assumptions for the year ended December 31, 2006: |
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| Forfeiture rate | | | | 5%-12% | |
| Interest rate | | | | 4.40%-5.33% | |
| Volatility | | | | 80%-85% | |
| Dividend yield | | | | 0% | |
| Weighted-average fair value at grant date | | | | 4.37 | |
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NOTE 2: | – | SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Cont.) |
| The computation of expected volatility is based on realized historical stock price volatility of peer companies. The computation of the suboptimal exercise multiple and the forfeiture rate are based on the employees expected exercise prior and post vesting termination behavior. The interest rate for period within the contractual life of the award is based on the U.S. Treasury yield curve in effect at the time of grant. The Company currently has no plans to distribute dividends and intends to retain future earnings to finance the development of its business. |
| o. | Concentration of credit risks: |
| Financial instruments that potentially subject Allot to concentrations of credit risk consist primarily of cash and cash equivalents, marketable securities, short-term deposits and trade receivables. |
| The majority of cash and cash equivalents, marketable securities and short-term deposits of Allot are invested in dollar deposits in major U.S. and Israeli banks. Such deposits in the United States may be in excess of insured limits and are not insured in other jurisdictions. Allot’s management believes that the financial institutions that hold Allot’s investments are financially sound and, accordingly, minimal credit risk exists with respect to these investments. |
| Allot’s trade receivables are derived from sales to large and solid organizations located mainly in the United States, Europe and Asia. |
| Allot has no off-balance-sheet concentration of credit risk, such as foreign exchange contracts, option contracts or other foreign hedging arrangements. |
| p. | Royalty bearing grants: |
| Participation grants from the Office of the Chief Scientist of the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor in Israel (“OCS”) for research and development activity are recognized at the time Allot is entitled to such grants on the basis of the costs incurred and included as a deduction of research and development costs. Research and development grants recognized amounted to $ 1,811, $ 727 and $ 894 in 2006, 2005 and 2004, respectively. |
| Allot accounts for income taxes in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 109, “Accounting for Income Taxes.” This Statement prescribes the use of the liability method, whereby deferred tax asset and liability account balances are determined based on differences between financial reporting and tax bases of assets and liabilities and are measured using the enacted tax rates and laws that will be in effect when the differences are expected to reverse. Allot provides a valuation allowance, if necessary, to reduce deferred tax assets to their estimated realizable value if it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. |
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NOTE 2: | – | SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Cont.) |
| r. | Basic and diluted net earnings (loss) per share: |
| The Company applies the two class method as required by EITF No. 03-6, “Participating Securities and the Two-Class Method under FASB Statement No. 128” (“EITF No. 03-6”). EITF No. 03-6 requires the earnings (loss) per share for each class of shares (Ordinary shares and Preferred shares) to be calculated assuming 100% of the Company’s earnings are distributed as dividends to each class of shares based on their contractual rights. |
| In compliance with EITF 03-6, the series of Preferred shares are not participating securities in losses, and therefore are not included in the computation of net loss per share. |
| Basic and diluted net earnings (losses) per share are computed based on the weighted average number of shares of Ordinary shares outstanding during each year. Diluted net earnings (losses) per share are computed based on the weighted-average number of Ordinary shares outstanding during the period, plus dilutive potential shares of Ordinary shares considered outstanding during the period, in accordance with Statement of Financial Standard No. 128, “Earnings Per Share.” |
| For the years ended December 31, 2005 and 2004, all outstanding options, warrants and Preferred shares have been excluded from the calculation of the diluted loss per share since their effect was anti-dilutive. |
| For the year ended December 31, 2006, the total number of shares related to outstanding options excluded from the calculation of diluted net earnings per share was 572,790, because their inclusion would have been anti-dilutive. |
| s. | Fair value of financial instruments: |
| The following methods and assumptions were used by Allot in estimating the fair value disclosures for financial instruments: |
| The carrying value of cash and cash equivalents, short-term deposits, trade receivables, other accounts receivable and prepaid expenses, trade payables and other liabilities approximate their fair values due to the short-term maturities of such instruments. |
| t. | New accounting pronouncement |
| In July 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board, or FASB, issued FASB Interpretation No. 48 “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes an Interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109” (“FIN 48”). FIN 48 clarifies the accounting for income taxes by prescribing the minimum recognition threshold a tax position is required to meet before being recognized in the financial statements. FIN 48 utilizes a two-step approach for evaluating tax positions. Recognition (step one) occurs when an enterprise concludes that a tax position, based solely on its technical merits, is more-likely-than-not to be sustained upon examination. |
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NOTE 2: | – | SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Cont.) |
| Measurement (step two) is only addressed if step one has been satisfied (i.e., the position is more-likely-than-not to be sustained). Under step two, the tax benefit is measured as the largest amount of benefit, determined on a cumulative probability basis that is more-likely-than-not to be realized upon ultimate settlement. |
| FIN 48 applies to all tax positions related to income taxes subject to the Financial Accounting Standard Board Statement No. 109, “Accounting for income taxes”(“FAS 109”). This includes tax positions considered to be “routine” as well as those with a high degree of uncertainty. |
| FIN 48 has expanded disclosure requirements, which include a tabular roll forward of the beginning and ending aggregate unrecognized tax benefits as well as specific detail related to tax uncertainties for which it is reasonably possible the amount of unrecognized tax benefit will significantly increase or decrease within twelve months. These disclosures are required at each annual reporting period unless a significant change occurs in an interim period. |
| FIN 48 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2006. The cumulative effect of applying FIN 48 will be reported as an adjustment to the opening balance of retained earnings. The Company does not anticipate any material impact on its consolidated financial statements upon the adoption of FIN No. 48. |
| In September 2006, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157, “Fair Value Measurement” (“SFAS No. 157”), which defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value in generally accepted accounting principles, and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. SFAS No. 157 applies to other accounting pronouncements that require or permit fair value measurements. SFAS No. 157 is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007, and interim periods within those fiscal years. The Company does not anticipate any material impact on its consolidated financial statements upon the adoption of this standard. |
| In February 2007, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 159, “The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities”(“SFAS No. 159”). SFAS No. 159 provides companies with an option to report selected financial assets and liabilities at fair value. Generally accepted accounting principles have required different measurement attributes for different assets and liabilities that can create artificial volatility in earnings. The Standard’s objective is to reduce both complexity in accounting for financial instruments and the volatility in earnings caused by measuring related assets and liabilities differently. SFAS No. 159 is effective as of the beginning of an entity’s first fiscal year beginning after November 15, 2007. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of adopting SFAS No. 159. |
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NOTE 3: | – | MARKETABLE SECURITIES |
| The following is a summary of available-for-sale securities: |
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| Mature from one year | | | | 1,003 | | | 993 | | | 5,780 | | | 5,750 | |
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| Total securities | | | $ | 4,603 | | $ | 4,581 | | $ | 76,150 | | $ | 76,114 | |
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| As of December 31, 2006, Allot’s investments in government agencies included continuous unrealized losses of $ 7, for a period greater than 12 months. |
| The unrealized losses in Allot’s investments in government agencies were caused by interest rate increases. It is expected that the securities would not be settled at a price less than the amortized cost of Allot’s investment. Based on Allot’s intention to hold these investments until recoverability, the securities were not considered to be other than temporarily impaired at December 31, 2006. |
| | December 31,
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| 2006
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| Raw materials | | | $ | 496 | | $ | 909 | |
| Finished products | | | | 1,048 | | | 2,428 | |
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| | | | $ | 1,544 | | $ | 3,337 | |
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|
U.S. dollars in thousands, except share and per share data |
NOTE 5: | – | PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, NET |
| | December 31,
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| 2006
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| Cost: | | | | | | | | |
| Computers and peripheral equipment | | | $ | 2,120 | | $ | 3,623 | |
| Office furniture and equipment | | | | 1,802 | | | 2,447 | |
| Leasehold improvements | | | | 144 | | | 253 | |
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| | | | | 4,066 | | | 6,323 | |
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| Accumulated depreciation | | | | 2,583 | | | 3,384 | |
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| Depreciated cost | | | $ | 1,483 | | $ | 2,939 | |
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| Depreciation expenses for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004, were $ 893, $ 559 and $ 416, respectively. |
NOTE 6: | – | INTANGIBLE ASSETS, NET |
| a. | The following table shows the Company’s intangible assets for the periods presented: |
| | December 31,
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| | 2005
| 2006
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| Cost: | | | | | | | | |
| Customer base | | | $ | 261 | | $ | 261 | |
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| Accumulated amortization | | | | 237 | | | 261 | |
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| Amortized cost | | | $ | 24 | | $ | - | |
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| b. | In September 2002, Allot acquired the tangible and intangible assets of NetReality Ltd. (“NetReality”), an Israeli manufacturer of traffic management solutions, following NetReality’s receivership proceedings filed with an Israeli court. Allot also recruited NetReality’s employees. |
| In connection with the commitment to pay royalties to the Office of the Chief Scientist, see Note 8a. |
| In consideration for the assets acquired and liability assumed, Allot granted NetReality’s receiver a fully-vested warrant to purchase 48,267 of series B Preferred shares (with an exercise price of $ 0.02 per share) (“NetReality Warrant”), and undertook to pay royalties at the rate of the higher of (i) 7% from the sales of the NetReality products; or (ii) 1% of the total sales of Allot. The royalties were set to be paid over a period of five years from the date of the acquisition with a minimum of $ 1,000 and maximum of $ 2,500. |
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
|
U.S. dollars in thousands, except share and per share data |
NOTE 6: | – | INTANGIBLE ASSETS, NET (Cont.) |
| The purchase price was valued at approximately $ 1,254, based on the fair value of the warrant granted, and the minimum commitment to pay royalties. NetReality’s receiver exercised the NetReality Warrant upon the closing of Allot’s initial public offering into 109,793 Ordinary shares and paid total exercise price of $ 1. |
| The acquisition was accounted for in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 141, “Business Combination,” using the purchase method of accounting. Accordingly, the purchase price has been allocated to the assets acquired and the liability assumed based on their fair value at the date of acquisition. The fair values of the identified intangible assets were established based on an independent valuation study performed by a third-party specialist. The excess of the purchase price over the fair value of the net assets acquired has been recorded as goodwill. |
| c. | Impairment of long-lived assets and goodwill in 2004 (see also Note 2i): |
| During the fourth quarter of 2004, Allot decided to cease the development and sale of NetReality’s products, and to continue solely the provision of maintenance and support services. |
| Consequently, Allot performed a recoverability test on its long-lived assets associated with its NetReality products. As a result, Allot recorded a non-cash charge of $ 366 in accordance with SFAS No. 144. This impairment was recorded in operating expenses. Management considered current and anticipated industry conditions, recent changes in its business strategies, and current and anticipated operating results. |
| The composition of the impairment was as follows: |
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| Technology (*) | | | $ | 159 | |
| Customer base (*) | | | | 98 | |
| Trade name (*) | | | | 109 | |
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| | | | $ | 366 | |
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| (*) | Related to the purchase of certain assets of NetReality, in September 2002. |
| As part of the goodwill annual impairment test and in connection with the evaluation Allot performed in accordance SFAS No. 142, no goodwill impairment was deemed necessary. The fair value of Allot, the sole reporting unit identified, was estimated based on the financing investment made in Allot during 2004. During the years 2006 and 2005, no indicators for impairment were identified. |
| d. | Amortization expenses for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004, were $ 24, $ 23 and $ 139, respectively. |
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
|
U.S. dollars in thousands, except share and per share data |
NOTE 7: | – | BANK CREDIT LINES AND RELATED WARRANTS |
| Through October 2002, Allot was granted credit lines from Bank Hapoalim B.M. (“Hapoalim”), and United Mizrahi Bank Ltd. (“Mizrahi”). The term of the credit lines was through June 2005, and Allot has repaid all amounts withdrawn at that date. |
| In connection with the credit lines, Allot granted Hapoalim’s affiliate and Mizrahi several warrants to purchase up to 176,212 series B Preferred shares of the Company at an exercise price of $ 7.945 per share. The original term of the warrants is 12 years commencing on the original grant dates of the respective warrants. The Mizrahi warrant will also expire upon the earlier of a date that is 12 months following the closing of Allot’s initial public offering or a date that is 12 months following a Liquidity Event (as defined in the Mizrahi warrants). |
| Hapoalim’s affiliate exercised its warrants upon the closing of Allot’s initial public offering and immediately thereafter, through a net exercise, into 163,655 Ordinary shares. Mizrahi exercised a portion of its warrants upon the closing of Allot’s initial public offering, through a net exercise, into 73,069 Ordinary shares and the remaining portion was then converted into warrants to purchase up to 68,713 Ordinary shares at an exercise price of $ 3.49 per share. |
| Allot recorded the fair value of these warrants using the Black-Scholes Option Valuation Model. |
NOTE 8: | – | COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENT LIABILITIES |
| 1. | The Company received research and development grants from the OCS. |
| The Company is participating in programs sponsored by the Israeli Government for the support of research and development activities. Currently, the Company is obligated to pay royalties to the OCS, amounting to 3.5% of the sales of products of the Company and other related revenues generated, up to 100% of the grants received, linked to the U.S. dollar and for grants received after January 1, 1999 also bearing interest at the rate of LIBOR. The obligation to pay these royalties is contingent on actual sales of products of the Company and in the absence of such sales no payment is required. |
| In connection with the NetReality acquisition, the Company assumed a commitment to pay royalties to the Office of the Chief Scientist up to the amount of the contingent liabilities derived from the grants that had been received by NetReality prior to the acquisition. In April 2007, the OCS notified the Company of its decision, as per the Company’s request, to separate the NetReality related approved plans from other approved plans. The Office of the Chief Scientist also approved the discontinuation of the NetReality related approved plans and as a result, the balance of outstanding contingent obligation to pay royalties will be waived. |
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
|
U.S. dollars in thousands, except share and per share data |
NOTE 8: | – | COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENT LIABILITIES (Cont.) |
| Through December 31, 2006, the Company has paid or accrued royalties to the OCS in the amount of $ 3,939, which was recorded to cost of revenues. |
| As of December 31, 2006, the Company had an outstanding contingent obligation to pay royalties to the OCS in the amount of approximately $ 6,472. |
| 2. | The Company undertook to pay royalties to the receiver of NetReality. |
| The financial statements include a liability at present value of the minimum amount that will be paid to the receiver in the amount of $ 295. See Note 6b. |
| In 1999, the Company leased office space in Hod Hasharon, Israel for a period ending in 2006. On February 13, 2006, the Company signed an agreement to rent new offices for a period of seven years, starting July 2006. The rental expenses are $ 39 per month and a management fee of costs plus 15% of the expenses incurred by the building management company as stipulated in the lease agreement. |
| The US subsidiary has one operating lease for office facilities in Eden Prairie, Minnesota. The lease expires on August 31, 2008. The lease provides for a base monthly rent, adjusted annually for cost of living increases. |
| The Company’s subsidiaries maintain smaller offices in Tokyo (Japan), Singapore, Sophia (France), Bedford (UK) and Madrid (Spain). |
| In addition, Allot signed motor vehicle operating lease agreements. The terms of the lease agreements range from 36 to 39 months. |
| Operating leases (offices and motor vehicles) expenses for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004, were $ 1,403, $ 1,116 and $ 950, respectively. |
| As of December 31, 2006, the aggregate future minimum lease obligations (offices and motor vehicles) under non-cancelable operating leases agreements were as follows: |
| Year ended December 31,
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| 2007 | | | $ | 1,400 | |
| 2008 | | | | 1,117 | |
| 2009 | | | | 743 | |
| 2010 | | | | 488 | |
| 2011 and thereafter | | | | 1,139 | |
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| | | | $ | 4,887 | |
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
|
U.S. dollars in thousands, except share and per share data |
NOTE 8: | – | COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENT LIABILITIES (Cont.) |
| The Company placed a floating charge in favor of Hapoalim Bank B.M., on all its property, its assets and insurance rights in their respect, in return for credit lines which Hapoalim Bank B.M. has granted the Company. On October 11, 2006, Hapoalim Bank B.M. removed the floating charge. |
| The Company is dependent upon single subcontractor for acquiring components and assembling its products. The subcontractor maintains net supplier’s inventory in accordance with the Company’s selling forecasts. In the event that the Company terminates its business connection with the subcontractor, it will be have to compensate the subcontractor for certain inventory costs, as specified in the agreement with the subcontractor. |
NOTE 9: | – | SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY |
| a. | On October 26, 2006, the Company’s shareholders approved a 10-for-1 reverse share split by a way of consolidation of every 10 shares of each class of shares into one share of the same class and, accordingly, all shares (Ordinary and Preferred), options, warrants and earnings (losses) per share amounts were adjusted to reflect this reverse share split. Accordingly, all such amounts have been retroactively adjusted in these financial statements. Following such reverse share split, each share has a par value of NIS 0.1 instead of NIS 0.01. |
| Effective as of October 29, 2006, following the above shareholders’ approval, the Company’s Board of Directors approved, in accordance with the Company’s Interim Articles of Association (as approved by the Company’s shareholders on October 26, 2006) (“Pre-IPO Articles of Association”), the following: (i) all Ordinary shares, options to purchase Ordinary shares and earnings (losses) per share amounts were adjusted to reflect a share dividend of approximately 1.275 Ordinary share for each Ordinary share; and (ii) the conversion price of each series A Ordinary share and Preferred share was adjusted to reflect such share dividend. Accordingly, all such amounts have been retroactively adjusted in these financial statements. |
| It was further resolved to increase the Company’s registered share capital to NIS 20,000,000. |
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
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U.S. dollars in thousands, except share and per share data |
NOTE 9: | – | SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY |
| b. | Composition of share capital: |
| | Authorized
| Issued
| Outstanding
|
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| | December 31,
| December 31,
| December 31,
|
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| | 2005
| 2006
| 2005
| 2006
| 2005
| 2006
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| | Number of shares
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| Shares of NIS 0.01 par value: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Ordinary shares (1), (2) | | | | 6,980,782 | | | 200,000,000 | | | 2,455,326 | | | 21,232,290 | | | 2,455,326 | | | 20,985,811 | |
| Series A Ordinary shares (3) | | | | 268,761 | | | - | | | 268,761 | | | - | | | 268,761 | | | - | |
| Series A Preferred shares (4), (5) | | | | 776,562 | | | - | | | 776,562 | | | - | | | 668,205 | | | - | |
| Series B Preferred shares (4) | | | | 2,998,942 | | | - | | | 2,706,236 | | | - | | | 2,706,236 | | | - | |
| Series C Preferred shares (4) | | | | 89,826 | | | - | | | 89,826 | | | - | | | 89,826 | | | - | |
| Series D Preferred hares (4) | | | | 785,145 | | | - | | | 785,145 | | | - | | | 785,145 | | | - | |
| Series E Preferred shares (4) | | | | - | | | - | | | - | | | - | | | - | | | - | |
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| | | | | 11,900,018 | | | 200,000,000 | | | 7,081,856 | | | 21,232,290 | | | 6,973,499 | | | 20,985,811 | |
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| (1) | The Ordinary shares conferred upon their holders the right to receive notice of, and participate and vote such shares in general meetings of shareholders of the Company, the right to receive dividends, if and when declared. Until immediately prior to the Company’s initial public offering, the Ordinary shares had the right to receive the remaining assets of the Company upon liquidation or deemed liquidation (as was defined in the Pre-IPO Articles of Association of the Company), subject to the preference in the distribution thereof to the holders of Preferred shares (as described below). |
| (2) | Immediately prior to the closing of the Company’s initial public offering, all of the then outstanding Preferred shares were converted into Ordinary shares. Ordinary shares confer upon their holders the right to receive notice of, and participate and vote such shares in general meetings of shareholders of the Company, the right to receive dividends, if and when declared and the right to receive the remaining assets of the Company upon liquidation. |
| (3) | Until immediately prior to the Company’s initial public offering, series A Ordinary shares conferred upon their holders the same rights as those conferred by Ordinary shares, except that the series A Ordinary shares were to automatically be converted into Ordinary shares immediately upon the closing of an initial public offering and were entitled to a weighted average anti-dilution protection in the event that the Company had issued additional securities (other than certain excluded issuances) at a price per share, lower than the then applicable conversion price of the series A Ordinary shares, as was defined in the Pre-IPO Articles of Association of the Company. |
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
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U.S. dollars in thousands, except share and per share data |
NOTE 9: | – | SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY (Cont.) |
| (4) | Until immediately prior to the Company’s initial public offering, Preferred shares conferred upon their holders the following rights: |
| Conversion –Each Preferred share was convertible, at the option of the holder of such share, at any time after the original issuance date of such share, into Ordinary shares of the Company, as is determined by dividing the applicable original issuance price of such Preferred share by the conversion price prevailing at the time of conversion. The initial conversion price per share for Preferred shares was the original issuance price for such share, provided that the conversion price for the Preferred shares was subject to adjustments as was defined in the Pre-IPO Articles of Association of the Company. |
| The Preferred shares were to automatically be converted into Ordinary shares immediately upon the closing of an initial public offering. |
| The Preferred shares were entitled to a “weighted average” anti-dilution protection, in the event that the Company had issued additional securities (other than certain excluded issuances) at a price per share lower than the then applicable conversion price of the applicable series of the Preferred shares, as was defined in the Pre-IPO Articles of Association of the Company. |
| Voting rights – The Preferred shares were to vote together with the other shares of the Company, and not as a separate class, in all shareholders meetings, with each Preferred share having votes in such number as if then converted into Ordinary shares. |
| Liquidation preference –In the event of any liquidation of the Company, it should have distributed to the holders of Preferred shares, in a descending order from Preferred E series to Preferred A series, prior to and in preference to any payments to any of the holders of any other classes of shares of the Company, a per share amount equal to the original issue price, plus an amount equal to all declared but unpaid dividends thereon (such preference might not have applied in the event that the distributed assets exceeded certain values as was stated in the Pre-IPO Articles of Association). The remaining assets of the Company then available for distribution were to be distributed among all the shareholders of the Company in a pro-rata distribution. |
| With respect to the series C Preferred shares, in the event of an initial public offering, should the price per share of the Company established for the purpose of the initial public offering, multiplied by the number of Ordinary shares issuable upon the conversion of all of the series C Preferred shares, would not have yielded to the holders of the series C Preferred shares (assuming the conversion of all of the Preferred shares into Ordinary shares) an amount equal to at least three times the applicable original issue price per each series C Preferred share, multiplied by the number of series C Preferred shares, then the conversion ratio for the series C Preferred shares had to be adjusted, as was provided in the Pre-IPO Articles of Association of the Company. |
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
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U.S. dollars in thousands, except share and per share data |
NOTE 9: | – | SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY (Cont.) |
| 246,479 Ordinary shares resulting from conversion of series A Preferred shares that were converted immediately prior to the losing of the Company’s initial public offering, are held in trust for the benefit of the Chairman of the Company’s Board of Directors pursuant to a right to purchase pending his payment of the full purchase price of approximately $ 600. For the purposes of calculating shareholders equity, the Company has not considered such shares to be outstanding because neither the Chairman nor the trustee has voting or economic rights with respect to such shares. |
| In October 2006, the Company’s shareholders and the Board of Directors approved an addendum to the escrow agreement with the Chairman of the Board of Directors regarding these shares. According to the addendum, if the right is not exercised prior to the consummation of a “Liquidity Event” as defined in the escrow agreement, or November 21, 2008, the right and the underlying shares will be forfeited. It was further approved that the Chairman has the right to pay for any portion of the shares by “net payment”. As a result of the modification of the right, the Company recorded a total expense of $ 150. |
| A summary of the Company’s stock option activity, pertaining to its option plans for employees, and related information is as follows: |
| | Year ended December 31,
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| | 2004
| 2005
| 2006
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| | Number of shares upon exercise
| Weighted average exercise price
| Number of shares upon exercise
| Weighted average exercise price
| Number of shares upon exercise
| Weighted average exercise price
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| Outstanding at beginning of year | | | | 1,707,831 | | $ | 1.16 | | | 1,828,853 | | $ | 1.17 | | | 2,309,141 | | $ | 1.63 | |
| Granted | | | | 167,912 | | $ | 1.34 | | | 986,097 | | $ | 2.24 | | | 1,092,556 | | $ | 3.76 | |
| Forfeited | | | | (37,023 | ) | $ | 1.12 | | | (229,290 | ) | $ | 1.42 | | | (94,107 | ) | $ | 2.20 | |
| Exercised | | | | (9,867 | ) | $ | 1.07 | | | (276,519 | ) | $ | 1.12 | | | (117,700 | ) | $ | 0.76 | |
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| Outstanding at end of year | | | | 1,828,853 | | $ | 1.17 | | | 2,309,141 | | $ | 1.63 | | | 3,189,890 | | $ | 2.33 | |
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| Exercisable at end of year | | | | 991,063 | | $ | 0.97 | | | 996,665 | | $ | 1.06 | | | 1,798,275 | | $ | 1.54 | |
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| The aggregate intrinsic value represents the total intrinsic value (the difference between the Company’s closing stock price on the last trading day of the fiscal year 2006 and the exercise price, multiplied by the number of in-the-money options) that would have been received by the option holders had all option holders exercised their options on December 31, 2006. This amount changes based on the fair market value of the Company’s stock. The total intrinsic value of options outstanding at December 31, 2006, was $ 29,925. The total intrinsic value of exercisable options at the end of the year was approximately $ 18,294. The total intrinsic value of options vested and expected to vest at December 31, 2006 was approximately $ 29,068. |
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
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U.S. dollars in thousands, except share and per share data |
NOTE 9: | – | SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY (Cont.) |
| The total intrinsic value of options exercised during the year ended December 31, 2006 was approximately $ 1,288. The number of options vested during the year ended December 31, 2006 was 297,075. The weighted-average remaining contractual life of the outstanding options as of December 31, 2006 was 7.453 years. The weighted-average remaining contractual life of exercisable options as of December 31, 2006, was 6.18 years. As of December 31, 2006, $ 3,033 of total unrecognized compensation cost related to stock options is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of approximately 3.8 years. |
| The options outstanding as of December 31, 2006, have been classified by exercise price, as follows: |
| Exercise price
| Shares upon exercise of options outstanding as of December 31, 2006
| Weighted average remaining contractual life
| Shares upon exercise of options exercisable as of December 31, 2006
|
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| $ 10 | | | | 16,152 | | | 9.74 | | | - | |
| $ 5.930-5.934 | | | | 33,901 | | | 9.65 | | | - | |
| $ 4.612-4.616 | | | | 37,992 | | | 9.54 | | | - | |
| $ 4.167-4.176 | | | | 245,697 | | | 9.42 | | | - | |
| $ 3.509-3.517 | | | | 634,245 | | | 9.22 | | | - | |
| $ 2.237-2.242 | | | | 1,021,294 | | | 8.53 | | | 676,201 | |
| $ 1.362-1.363 | | | | 248,672 | | | 2.31 | | | 248,672 | |
| $ 1.228-1.231 | | | | 816,147 | | | 6.4 | | | 737,612 | |
| $ 0.009 | | | | 33,033 | | | 4.5 | | | 33,033 | |
| $ 0.00011 | | | | 102,757 | | | 0.9 | | | 102,757 | |
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| | | | | 3,189,890 | | | | | | 1,798,275 | |
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| The Company has three option plans under which outstanding options as of December 31, 2006, are as follows: (i) under the 1997 option plans, options exercisable for 358,130 Ordinary shares, and (ii) under the 2003 option plan, options exercisable for 2,831,760 Ordinary shares. On October 29, 2006, the Company adopted the 2006 incentive compensation plan. Through December 31, 2006, no grants were made under the 2006 incentive compensation plan. |
| The fair value assigned to the Ordinary shares in order to calculate the compensation resulting from employee option grants, was determined primarily by management. In determining fair value, management has considered a number of factors, including independent valuations and appraisals. |
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
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U.S. dollars in thousands, except share and per share data |
NOTE 9: | – | SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY (Cont.) |
| The fair value of options granted in 2005 and 2004 was estimated at the date of grant using the Minimum Value Model option pricing model with the weighted average assumptions as described in Note 2n. |
| The weighted average exercise prices and fair values of options granted during the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004, were as follows: |
| | Year ended December 31,
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| | 2004
| 2005
| 2006
|
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| | Weighted average fair value
| Weighted average exercise price
| Weighted average fair value
| Weighted average exercise price
| Weighted average fair value
| Weighted average exercise price
|
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| Lower than market price | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| at date of grant | | | $ | 0.2 | | $ | 1.23 | | $ | - | | $ | - | | $ | - | | $ | - | |
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| Equals market price at | | |
| date of grant | | | $ | - | | $ | - | | $ | 0.35 | | $ | 2.24 | | $ | 2.58 | | $ | 3.76 | |
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| Greater than market price at date of grant | | | $ | (* | ) | $ | 2.24 | | $ | - | | $ | - | | $ | - | | $ | - | |
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| d. | The Company’s outstanding rights, warrants and options to investors and others as of December 31, 2006, are as follows: |
| Issuance date
| Number of shares to be issued
| Class of shares
| Exercise price per share
| Exercisable through
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| January 1998 (1) | | | | 246,479 | | Ordinary | | | $ | 2.434 | | The earlier between a Liquidity event | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | and two years after an IPO | | |
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| November 2002 (2) | | | | 68,713 | | Ordinary | | | $ | 3.49 | | The earlier between November 2007 and | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 12 months following a Liquidity event | | |
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| March 1998 (3) | | | | 4,550 | | Ordinary shares | | | $ | 0.026 | | March 2008 | | |
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| January 1999 (3) | | | | 9,099 | | Ordinary shares | | | $ | 1.363 | | January 2009 | | |
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| July 2003 (3) | | | | 52,324 | | Ordinary shares | | | $ | 1.231 | | July 2013 | | |
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| May - September 2004 (3) | | | | 17,519 | | Ordinary shares | | | $ | 1.231 | | May - September 2015 | | |
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| July - December 2005 (3) | | | | 64,833 | | Ordinary shares | | | $ | 2.242 | | July - December 2015 | | |
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| June 2006 (3) | | | | 34,813 | | Ordinary shares | | | $ | 2.240-4.176 | | January - June 2016 | | |
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| October 2006 (3) | | | | 8,873 | | Ordinary shares | | | $ | 10.00 | | October 2016 | | |
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
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U.S. dollars in thousands, except share and per share data |
NOTE 9: | – | SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY (Cont.) |
| (1) | Granted to the Chairman of the Board of Directors who also served as Chief Executive Officer at the time of the grant. The underlined shares are issued and held in trust for the benefit of the Chairman, pending his payment of the full purchase price of approximately $ 600. The Company does not consider these shares to be outstanding since, while these shares are held in trust, neither the Chairman nor the trustee have voting or economic rights with respect to such shares |
| (2) | Issued to Mizrahi, in connection with credit line agreements. Certain of the warrants were granted prior to November 2002 and certain of their terms were amended at such date. (See also Note 7) |
| The fair value of these options was estimated at the date of grant using the Black-Scholes Option Valuation Model with the following weighted-average assumptions for November 2002: expected volatility of 0.673-0.686, risk free interest rates of 3.93-4.22%, dividend yields of 0%, and a weighted-average expected life of the options of 8.82-12 years. The fair value was recorded as debt issuance cost and amortized over the term of the credit line agreements through financial expenses. |
| (3) | 192,011 options were granted to contractors in connection with products and services provided to the Company. All the options granted have a contractual life of 10 years and the exercised price was determined based on the period the options were granted. |
| a. | Tax benefits under Israel’s Law for the Encouragement of Capital Investments, 1959 (the “Law”): |
| The facilities of the Company have been granted a status of an “Approved Enterprise”under the Law. According to the provisions of the Law, the Company’s income is tax-exempt for a period of two years commencing with the year it first earns taxable income, and subject to corporate taxes at the reduced rate of 10% to 25%, for an additional period of five to eight years (depending upon the level of foreign ownership of the Company). The benefit period has not yet commenced. |
| The period of tax benefits, detailed above, is limited to the earlier of 12 years from the commencement of production (in 2000), or 14 years from the approval date, (December 8, 1998), (the limitation on the number of years does not apply to the exemption period). As of December 31, 2006, the period of tax benefit has not yet commenced. |
| The entitlement to the above benefits is conditional upon the fulfilling of the conditions stipulated by the above Law, regulations published there under and the letter of approval for the specific investment. In the event of failure to comply with these conditions, the benefits may be canceled and the Company may be required to refund the amount of the benefits, in whole or in part, including interest. As of December 31, 2006, management believes that the Company is meeting the aforementioned conditions. |
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
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U.S. dollars in thousands, except share and per share data |
| The tax-exempt income attributable to the “Approved Enterprises” can be distributed to shareholders, without subjecting the Company to taxes, only upon the complete liquidation of the Company. If this retained tax-exempt income is distributed in a manner other than a complete liquidation of the Company, it would be taxed at the corporate tax rate applicable to such profits as if the Company had not elected the alternative tax benefits track (currently, between 10% to 25% for an “Approved Enterprise”). |
| On April 1, 2005, an amendment to the Investment Law came into effect (the “Amendment”) and has significantly changed the provisions of the Investment Law. The Amendment limits the scope of enterprises which may be approved by setting criteria for the approval of a facility as a Privileged Enterprise (rather than the previous terminology of Approved Enterprise), such as provisions generally requiring that at least 25% of the Privileged Enterprise’s income will be derived from export. Additionally, the Amendment enacted major changes in the manner in which tax benefits are awarded under the Investment Law so that companies no longer required for Investment Center approval in order to qualify for tax benefits. The period of tax benefits for a new “Privileged Enterprise” commences in the “Year of Commencement”. This year is the later of: (1) the year in which taxable income is first generated by the company, or (2) the Year of Election. |
| If a company requested the “Alternative Package” of benefits for an Approved Enterprise under the old law before the 2005 amendment, it is precluded from filing a Year of Election notice for a “Privileged Enterprise” for three years after the year in which the Approved Enterprise was activated. |
| In addition, the Investment Law provides that terms and benefits included in any certificate of approval already granted will remain subject to the provisions of the Law as they were on the date of such approval. Therefore the Company’s existing Approved Enterprise will generally not be subject to the provisions of the Amendment. |
| The Company currently has no plans to distribute dividends and intends to retain future earnings to finance the development of its business. |
| Income from sources other than the “Approved Enterprise” during the benefit period will be subject to tax at the regular corporate tax rate. |
| b. | Pre-tax income (loss) is comprised as follows: |
| | Year ended December 31,
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| 2005
| 2006
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| Domestic | | | $ | (3,354 | ) | $ | (2,867 | ) | $ | (1,144 | ) |
| Foreign | | | | 69 | | | 273 | | | 1,871 | |
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| | | | $ | (3,285 | ) | $ | (2,594 | ) | $ | 727 | |
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
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U.S. dollars in thousands, except share and per share data |
NOTE 10: | – | TAXES ON INCOME (Cont.) |
| c. | A reconciliation of the theoretical tax expenses, assuming all income is taxed at the statutory tax rate applicable to the income of the Company and the actual tax expenses is as follows: |
| | Year ended December 31,
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| | 2004
| 2005
| 2006
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| Income (loss) before taxes on income | | | $ | (3,285 | ) | $ | (2,594 | ) | $ | 727 | |
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| Theoretical tax benefit computed at the statutory tax rate (31%, 34% | | |
| 35% for the years 2006, 2005 and 2004, respectively) | | | $ | (1,150 | ) | $ | (882 | ) | $ | 225 | |
| | | |
| Tax exemption due to "Approved Enterprise" | | | | 1,107 | | | 886 | | | 267 | |
| Change in valuation allowance | | | | 11 | | | (283 | ) | | (475 | ) |
| Excess tax benefit from stock-based compensation | | | | - | | | - | | | (67 | ) |
| Taxes paid with respect to prior years | | | | | | | 30 | | | 85 | |
| Non-deductible expenses and other | | | | 35 | | | 31 | | | 76 | |
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| Actual tax expenses (benefit) | | | $ | 3 | | $ | (218 | ) | $ | 111 | |
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| Taxes on income are comprised as follows: | | |
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| Current taxes | | | $ | 3 | | $ | (531 | ) | $ | 111 | |
| Deferred taxes | | | | - | | | 283 | | | (85 | ) |
| Taxes and deferred taxes in respect of previous years | | | | - | | | 30 | | | 85 | |
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| | | | $ | 3 | | $ | (218 | ) | $ | 111 | |
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| d. | Net operating losses carryforward: |
| The Company has accumulated losses for tax purposes as of December 31, 2006, in the amount of approximately $ 20,000, which may be carried forward and offset against taxable income in the future for an indefinite period. The Company expects that during the period in which these tax losses are utilized its income would be substantially tax exempt. Accordingly, there will be no tax benefit available from such losses and no deferred income taxes have been included in these financial statements. |
| The US subsidiary is subject to U.S. income taxes and has a net operating loss carryforward amounting to approximately $ 88 as of December 31, 2006, which expires in the year 2026. Utilization of the U.S. net operating losses may be subject to substantial annual limitation due to the “change in ownership” provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and similar state provisions. The annual limitation may result in the expiration of net operating losses before utilization. |
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
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U.S. dollars in thousands, except share and per share data |
NOTE 10: | – | TAXES ON INCOME (Cont.) |
| Deferred income taxes reflect the net tax effects of temporary differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes and the amounts used for income tax purposes. Significant components of the Company’s deferred income tax are as follows: |
| | December 31,
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| 2006
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| Deferred tax assets: | | | | | | | | |
| Operating loss carry forward | | | $ | 947 | | $ | 504 | |
| Reserves and allowances | | | | 281 | | | 366 | |
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| Deferred tax asset before valuation allowance | | | | 1,228 | | | 870 | |
| Valuation allowance | | | | (947 | ) | | (472 | ) |
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| Net deferred tax asset | | | $ | 281 | | $ | 398 | |
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| Management currently believes that since one of the Company’s subsidiaries has a history of losses, it is more likely than not that the deferred tax assets relating to the loss carryforwards and other temporary differences of that subsidiary will not be realized in the foreseeable future. |
| Taxable income of Israeli companies is subject to tax at the rate of 31% in 2006, 29% in 2007, 27% in 2008, 26% in 2009 and 25% in 2010 and thereafter. |
| Allot has recorded $ 111 tax expense during the year ended December 31, 2006. |
| The Company has final tax assessments through the year 2001. |
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
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U.S. dollars in thousands, except share and per share data |
NOTE 11: | – | NET EARNINGS (LOSSES) PER SHARE |
| The following table sets forth the computation of the basic and diluted net earnings (loss) per share: |
| | Year ended December 31,
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| | 2004
| 2005
| 2006
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| Net income (loss) as reported | | | $ | (3,288 | ) | $ | (2,376 | ) | $ | 616 | |
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| | Number of shares
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| Weighted average number of ordinary shares | | | | 2,787,554 | | | 2,943,500 | | | 14,402,338 | |
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| Denominator for basic net losses per share of Ordinary shares | | | | 2,787,554 | | | 2,943,500 | | | 14,402,338 | |
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| Effect of dilutive securities: | | |
| Employee stock options and warrants | | | | (* | ) | | (* | ) | | 2,020,889 | |
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| Denominator for diluted net earnings (losses) per share of Ordinary shares | | | | 2,787,554 | | | 2,943,500 | | | 16,423,227 | |
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NOTE 12: | – | GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION |
| Allot operates in a single reportable segment (see Note 1). Revenues are based on the customer’s location: |
| | Year ended December 31,
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| 2005
| 2006
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| United Kingdom | | | $ | 2,116 | | $ | 5,781 | | $ | 8,566 | |
| Europe (excluding United Kingdom) | | | | 4,699 | | | 4,916 | | | 8,030 | |
| MEA (Middle East and Africa) | | | | 716 | | | 831 | | | 1,662 | |
| United States of America | | | | 6,439 | | | 6,563 | | | 7,628 | |
| Americas (excluding United States of America) | | | | 555 | | | 842 | | | 1,236 | |
| AO (Asia and Oceania) | | | | 3,560 | | | 4,039 | | | 7,022 | |
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| | | | $ | 18,085 | | $ | 22,972 | | $ | 34,144 | |
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
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U.S. dollars in thousands, except share and per share data |
NOTE 12: | – | GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION (Cont.) |
| The following presents total long-lived assets as of December 31, 2005 and 2006: |
| | December 31,
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| 2006
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| Long-lived assets: | | | | | | | | |
| Israel | | | $ | 1,462 | | $ | 3,488 | |
| United States of America | | | | 210 | | | 218 | |
| Other | | | | 38 | | | 95 | |
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| | | | $ | 1,710 | | $ | 3,801 | |
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NOTE 13: | – | FINANCIAL AND OTHER INCOME (EXPENSES) |
| | Year ended December 31,
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| | 2004
| 2005
| 2006
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| Financial and other income: | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Interest income | | | $ | 92 | | $ | 204 | | $ | 845 | |
| Foreign currency transactions differences | | | | 58 | | | - | | | - | |
| Capital gain | | | | 3 | | | - | | | - | |
| | | |
| Financial and other expenses: | | |
| Interest expenses | | | | (76 | ) | | (71 | ) | | (155 | ) |
| Amortization of discount on bank credit-line | | | | (318 | ) | | (50 | ) | | - | |
| Foreign currency transactions differences | | | | - | | | (32 | ) | | (60 | ) |
| Capital loss | | | | - | | | (6 | ) | | - | |
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| | | | $ | (241 | ) | $ | 45 | | $ | 630 | |
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NOTE14: | – | SUBSEQUENT EVENTS |
| In May and June 2007, the Company and certain of its officers and directors were named as defendants in a number of purported securities class action lawsuits filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. The lawsuits, which are substantially identical, allege that the Company failed to disclose in the registration statement for its initial public offering that at the time of the initial public offering the Company was experiencing declining sales in its indirect distribution channels in North America, and on that basis the complaints assert violations of United States federal securities laws. The Company anticipates that the complaints will be consolidated. The Company has not responded to the complaints, and does not expect to respond until the Court appoints a lead plaintiff and the appointed lead plaintiff files a consolidated amended complaint, which the Company anticipates may not occur for a number of months. The Company believes that the allegations made in the complaints are without merit and intends to defend itself vigorously against the complaints. |
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