As of June 23, 2004, we had 343 shareholders of record, of whom 300 were registered with addresses in the United States, representing approximately 65.6% of our outstanding ordinary shares. These numbers are not representative of the number of beneficial holders of our shares nor is it representative of where such beneficial holders reside since many of these ordinary shares were held of record by brokers or other nominees (including one U.S. nominee company, CEDE & Co., which held approximately 41.8% of our outstanding ordinary shares as of said date).
Extraordinary transactions with a controlling shareholder or in which a controlling shareholder has a personal interest, and the engagement of a controlling shareholder as an office holder or employee, generally require the approval of the audit committee, the board of directors and the shareholders, in that order. The shareholder approval must include at least one-third of the shares of non-interested shareholders voted on the matter. However, the transaction can be approved by shareholders without this one-third approval if the total shares of non-interested shareholders voted against the transaction do not represent more than one percent of the voting rights in the company.
Since April 2000, Scitex Vision International has leased approximately 21,000 square feet of its principal facilities in the Herzlia Industrial Park, Israel, from Bayside Land Corporation Ltd., an affiliate of Discount. The rent attributable to such premises for the year ended December 31, 2002, was approximately $0.6 million. As part of its relocation to Netanya, Israel, during 2003, this lease was terminated, effective November 2003.
We purchase insurance policies in Israel with a number of insurance companies in respect of which Clal Insurance Company Ltd., an affiliate of CEI and Discount, acted as leader. In certain instances, we were a beneficiary of insurance policies purchased from Clal Insurance Company by a subsidiary of Creo Inc., in which we no longer hold an equity interest. During 2003, we paid premiums on such insurance in insignificant amounts. The extent to which Clal Insurance Company, or other insurance companies to which it is affiliated, participated, varied from policy to policy. All insurance was effected at normal business rates.
Services Agreements
Clal Services Agreement. In November 2001, we entered into a Services Agreement with Clal in connection with the transfer of our corporate offices to facilities leased to Clal at the Azrieli Center, Tel Aviv and the seconding of personnel. Pursuant to the Clal Services Agreement, Clal provided us with office space for our personnel, together with other services, such as accounting, security, information management services (MIS) and cleaning. In addition, Clal seconded certain executives to serve in various management positions in us. In addition, with effect from January 1, 2003, two other Scitex employees became employees of Clal and were seconded back to us for 100% of their work hours. Pursuant to the Clal Services Agreement, other employees of Clal and us may be seconded to each other (on full time or part time basis) on an as-needed basis, as agreed from time to time between the parties.
The Clal Services Agreement provided that certain services may be provided by subsidiaries of Clal or directly from third party suppliers, and Clal may assign its rights and obligations under the Clal Services Agreement, in whole or in part, to its affiliates. Generally, the services rendered (other than the seconding of employees) were to be provided by Clal at the actual cost incurred by Clal for the services and do not include any overhead expense, or general and administrative cost. However, if the actual cost incurred by Clal may not be determined with respect to any service, the cost to us will generally be calculated either (i) on the basis of the proportion of office space occupied by us at Azrieli Center (including, proportionally, by employees seconded to us by Clal and excluding, proportionally, employees seconded to Clal by us), for rental of the facilities and common parts, cleaning, security, local taxes, electricity and all other expenses associated with facility maintenance; or (ii) on the basis of the number of our employees located at Azrieli Center (including, proportionally, those seconded to us by Clal and excluding, proportionally, those seconded to Clal by us) for other, generally unspecified, services. Certain services, such as accounting and MIS services, are at a fixed rate. During 2003, the aggregate cost of the services (including rental), other than the seconding of employees, was approximately $7,300 per month, compared to $7,700 per month in 2002. In 2003, we paid Clal the sum of approximately $430,000 in connection with the seconding of Clal’s employees to us.
The audit committees of both us and Clal agreed to periodically review and adjust the services rendered and amounts paid pursuant to the Clal Services Agreement. However, the aggregate changes in respect of (i) the amount payable for seconded employees shall not exceed $300,000 per annum and (ii) the amount payable for other services provided to us may not exceed $20,000 per quarter, in both cases, from that envisaged at the commencement of the Clal Services Agreement.
In light of the Discount Services Agreement (described below), which has become effective in January 2004, we and Clal have agreed to suspend substantially all the services provided by Clal to us pursuant to the Clal Services Agreement, including the termination of (1) the use by us of the office space provided by Clal, including related ancillary services (such as cleaning, security and MIS), which are now provided to us by Discount pursuant to the Discount Services Agreement, and (2) the seconding of personnel by Clal to us, which is no longer required. The other provisions of the Clal Services Agreement continue in full force and effect, and Clal may continue to provide certain other services to us pursuant to the Clal Services Agreement.
The Clal Services Agreement was submitted to and approved by our audit committee, our board of directors and our shareholders, in that order. Similarly, the suspension of certain services under the Services Agreement was also submitted to and approved by our audit committee, our board of directors and our shareholders, in that order.
The foregoing description of the Clal Services Agreement is only a summary and does not purport to be complete and is qualified by reference to the full text of the Clal Services Agreement and the amendment thereto filed by us as Exhibit 4(d)(1) in Item 19.
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Discount Services Agreement. We entered into a Services Agreement with Discount in connection with the transfer of our corporate offices to facilities leased by Discount at the Azrieli Center, Tel Aviv, and the seconding of one of Discount’s senior officers to serve as our President and/or Chief Executive Officer. The Agreement became effective as of January 15, 2004.
Pursuant to the Discount Services Agreement, Discount provides us with office space at the Azrieli Center for our personnel, together with ancillary services, such as cleaning, security and MIS, similar to that previously provided by Clal pursuant to the Clal Services Agreement. In addition, with effect from January 5, 2004, Discount seconds Mr. Raanan Cohen, Vice President of Discount (or another senior officer of Discount if agreed upon by us and Discount) to serve as Interim President and Chief Executive Officer of Scitex, who will dedicate approximately 40% of his work hours to us. We are required to provide to such person an indemnity letter in connection with personal liabilities that may arise from serving in such capacity as provided by us to our other executive officers. Mr. Raanan Cohen currently is also a director of Scitex.
Certain services may be provided by Discount through its subsidiaries or directly from third party suppliers. Discount may assign its rights and obligations under the Discount Services Agreement, in whole or in part, to its affiliates. Generally, the services rendered will be provided by Discount at the actual cost incurred by Discount for the services and will not include any overhead expense, or general and administrative cost. However, if the actual cost incurred by Discount may not be determined with respect to any service, the cost to us will generally be calculated either (i) on the basis of the proportion of the office space occupied by us at Azrieli Center (including a relative part of common areas) for cleaning, security, local taxes, electricity and all other expenses associated with facility maintenance or (ii) on the basis of the number of our employees located at Azrieli Center for other, generally unspecified, services, according to the nature of the service. Certain services, such as MIS, will be charged to us at a fixed rate.
Our audit committee will periodically review the services rendered and amounts paid under the Discount Services Agreement. It is estimated that, initially, the aggregate cost of the services (including the leased office space, but excluding the seconding of Mr. Cohen) will be approximately $17,000 per fiscal quarter. The specific approval of our audit committees is required for any material increases in the amounts paid under the Discount Services Agreement. However, in no event shall the aggregate increase in the office space occupied by us at Azrieli Center exceed 175% of the office space occupied by us at the commencement of the agreement. We will also pay Discount the sum of NIS 493,000 (currently equivalent to approximately $110,000) per annum, in connection with the services of Mr. Cohen as our President and CEO. This sum is based upon the actual cost incurred by Discount with respect to the services of Mr. Cohen. In the event of a change in the cost of such services to Discount or, having regard to our needs, the parties agree upon a change in the percentage of the work hours to be dedicated to us by Mr. Cohen (or such other senior officer of Discount who may serve as President and/or Chief Executive Officer of Scitex), the consideration payable for these services shall be increased or decreased accordingly, subject to the approval of our Audit Committee, provided that in no event the sum payable in respect of such services may exceed NIS 750,000 (currently equivalent to approximately $168,000) per annum.
If either of the parties wish to cease to provide or receive any or all of the services (including the office space), it may do so by giving prior written notice of at least three months to the other party, unless otherwise agreed by the parties. In such circumstances, Discount is required to provide us reasonable cooperation and assistance in order to enable us to implement such service by ourselves, but in no event will such assistance be for more than 30 days from the date of termination.
The Discount Services Agreement was submitted to and approved by our audit committee, our board of directors and our shareholders, in that order.
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The foregoing description of the Discount Services Agreement is only a summary and does not purport to be complete and is qualified by reference to the full text of the Discount Services Agreement filed by us as Exhibit 4(d)(3) in Item 19.
Combination of Scitex Vision and Scitex Vision International
In January 2003, we completed a transaction to combine the operations of Scitex Vision International (our then wholly owned subsidiary) and Scitex Vision (in which we held approximately 42.5% of the outstanding share capital) through a share exchange. Pursuant to the Share Exchange Agreement, (1) we sold all of our shares in Scitex Vision International to Scitex Vision (so that Scitex Vision International became a wholly owned subsidiary of Scitex Vision), and (2) Scitex Vision issued to us shares representing approximately 67% of Scitex Vision’s outstanding share capital, and agreed to reserve up to approximately 5.9% of its share capital, on a fully diluted and as converted basis, for the issue of stock options to Scitex Vision International’s employees (collectively, the “Consideration”). The Consideration is subject to adjustments in our favor, if, at any time prior to the earlier to occur of (1) January 1, 2010 and (2) the closing of an initial public offering of Scitex Vision’s equity securities (with minimum requirements as to Scitex Vision’s valuation at, and the proceeds of, such offering), any of a number of specified adverse events occur in respect of Scitex Vision. As required in the Share Exchange Agreement, we transferred $15 million to Scitex Vision International as an investment therein. Immediately following this transaction, we held, in the aggregate, approximately 75.5% of Scitex Vision’s outstanding share capital.
Each of Scitex Vision International (for the benefit of Scitex Vision) and Scitex Vision (for our benefit) made customary representations and warranties in the Share Exchange Agreement with respect to each party’s respective business operations. We also made limited representations and warranties for the benefit of Scitex Vision. The representations and warranties made by the parties survived for a limited period of one year (until January 2004), except for certain representations that survive until the earlier of the (i) expiration date of the applicable statute of limitations and (ii) closing of an initial public offering of Scitex Vision’s equity securities. In the event of damages incurred as result of breach of the representations and warranties made by us or Scitex Vision International or failure to perform covenants or agreements, we are required to indemnify Scitex Vision. Similarly, in the event of damages incurred as result of breach of the representations and warranties made by Scitex Vision or failure to perform covenants or agreements, Scitex Vision is required to indemnify us. The indemnification will be paid out solely in shares of Scitex Vision and is capped, in the aggregate, at $7 million (if we are required to indemnify Scitex Vision) or $6 million (if Scitex Vision is required to indemnify us).
This transaction was a “related party transaction” because CEI and Discount, who are our principal shareholders, may have had a personal interest in the transaction by virtue of their shareholdings in Scitex Vision (prior to the transaction, each of CEI and Discount held approximately 14% of Scitex Vision’s share capital). Accordingly, as required by the Companies Law, the transaction was approved by our audit committee, board of directors and a special majority of our shareholders, in that order. In addition, the financial advisor in connection with the transaction delivered to our board of directors a written opinion as to the fairness, from a financial point of view, of the consideration to be paid by us in connection with the transaction.
The foregoing description of the Share Exchange Agreement is only a summary and does not purport to be complete and is qualified by reference to the full text of the agreement filed by us as Exhibit 4(d)(2) to Item 19.
We face litigation in connection with this transaction, as more fully described in Item 8 under the caption “Legal Proceedings.”
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Rights Offerings by Scitex Vision
In July 2003 and May 2004, Scitex Vision concluded rights offerings to its shareholders in which we invested approximately $5.0 million and $4.2 million, respectively, in accordance with our pro rata share of such offering. Clal and Discount, our two principal shareholders who are also shareholders of Scitex Vision, invested their pro rata share of the rights offerings in an aggregate of approximately $0.9 million each.
The investments were carried through convertible loans, which have a five year maturity period and bear an interest at the rate of the higher of (i) LIBOR + 1% per annum and (ii) the Israeli consumer price index. The principal amount of the loans, including interest accrued thereon, may be converted into shares of Scitex Vision at a specified conversion price (subject to adjustments for specified events):
| • | The conversion price of the July 2003 loan reflects the valuation of the aforesaid combination of Scitex Vision and Scitex Vision International in January 2003 (i.e., valuation of $54 million for the combined entities). |
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| • | The conversion price of the May 2004 loan reflects a valuation of $60 million to Scitex Vision, and is based upon, among other things, a written opinion of a financial advisor retained by Scitex Vision’s board of directors. |
In addition, we and the other lenders received warrants to purchase additional shares of Scitex Vision with 25% coverage of the principal amount of the loans, exercisable for a period of five years at an exercise price equal to the conversion price of the loans, as applicable. Other key terms of the loans include the subordination of the loans to senior bank loans and the grant of registration rights with respect to the securities underlying the loans and warrants.
Prior to the July 2003 rights offering, Scitex Vision’s share capital was divided into ordinary shares and several series of preferred shares. In conjunction with the rights offering, Scitex Vision reclassified its share capital by way of converting all preferred shares into ordinary shares and currently has only one class of shares, the ordinary shares, outstanding.
Following our investment in the rights offerings, we now hold an approximate 75.5% interest (68.5% on a fully-diluted basis) in Scitex Vision whereas Clal and Discount each hold an approximate 7% interest.
We face litigation in connection with these transactions, as more fully described in Item 8 under the caption “Legal Proceedings.”
Other
During 2003, we maintained business relationships and entered into various other transactions in the ordinary course of business with a number of other companies affiliated with our major shareholders, all on terms which management believes were no less favorable to us than would be obtained in transactions with unaffiliated third parties.
C. INTERESTS OF EXPERT AND COUNSEL.
Not applicable.
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ITEM 8. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
A. CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS AND OTHER FINANCIAL INFORMATION
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Our consolidated financial statements are listed in Item 18.
EXPORT SALES
During 2003, Scitex, through its consolidated subsidiaries, had export sales from both the United States and Israel. Export sales from the United States were primarily of products manufactured by discontinued operations (SDP) and amounted to $112.4 million in 2003, compared to approximately $93.9 million in 2002 and $94.4 million in 2001. Export sales from Israel were of products manufactured by Scitex Vision and amounted to $59.3 million in 2003, compared to approximately $51.5 million in 2002 and to $59.6 million in 2001. Altogether, export sales (from Israel only) in 2003 accounted for 58% of total net sales, compared to approximately 60% in 2002 and 65% in 2001.
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
We are from time to time named as a defendant in certain routine litigation incidental to our business. Except as described below, we are currently not party to any legal proceedings which would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on our financial position.
• | In October 2003, an NIS 14 million (approximately $3.1 million) lawsuit was filed by CDI, one of Scitex Visions shareholders, against us, Scitex Vision and others, mainly other shareholders of Scitex Vision (among them, our two largest shareholders, Clal and Discount) and the directors of Scitex Vision in the period relevant for the lawsuit (three of whom are our present or former office holders). The lawsuit generally alleges that the terms of the transaction to combine the operations of Scitex Vision and Scitex Vision International and the manner in which it was effected prejudiced the rights of CDI as a minority shareholder of Scitex Vision(see Item 7B above). In November 2003, CDI also sent a demand letter to Scitex Vision, as a preliminary step for a derivative action, whereby CDI demanded that Scitex Vision initiate a lawsuit against us, Scitex Vision International and Scitex Vision’s directors in the period relevant for the claim for an alleged breach of fiduciary duties of the directors and misrepresentations in connection with an undertaking by Scitex to transfer $15 million to Scitex Vision International as part of the aforesaid transaction. Scitex Vision rejected these demands. |
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• | In December 2003, a separate motion was filed by CDI against us, Scitex Vision, and two other shareholders of Scitex Vision in connection with Scitex Vision’s rights offering that was concluded in July 2003 (See Item 7B above). In particular, the motion alleges that the reorganization of Scitex Vision’s share capital that was effected in conjunction with the rights offering was invalid and prejudiced the rights of CDI. In light of its allegations, CDI requested that the court order the defendants to provide information and documents with respect to this matter. |
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• | In late May 2004, CDI filed another lawsuit against us, Scitex Vision, Clal and Discount in connection with Scitex Vision’s rights offering that was concluded in May 2004 (See Item 7B above). The lawsuit generally alleges that the terms of the transaction and the manner in which it was effected prejudiced the rights of CDI as a minority shareholder of Scitex Vision. CDI requested the court to order that the resolutions of Scitex Vision’s audit committee, board of directors and general meeting of shareholders authorizing the transaction be annulled, and that the transaction is void. |
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We and Scitex Vision do not believe that these claims have merit and we intend to vigorously defend our position on these issues. However, we cannot assure you the outcome of any such litigation at this time or whether CDI may initiate further legal proceedings against Scitex Vision or us.
In addition, see the discussion in Item 5B under the caption “Tax Audits.”
DIVIDEND POLICY
Except as described below, we did not distribute any dividends (in cash or otherwise), bonus shares or declared any split, recapitalization or make any rights offerings to the holders of our shares since the third quarter of 1996. We continually review our dividend policy and the payment, or non-payment, of a dividend should not be considered indicative as to the payment of future dividends. For general information on the applicable tax rate on dividends, please see in “Item10E. Tax” below.
On June 22, 2004, we announced a distribution of $2.36 per ordinary share, or approximately $90 million in the aggregate, payable on July 12, 2004 to our shareholders of record as of June 30, 2004.
B. SIGNIFICANT CHANGES
Except as otherwise disclosed in this Annual Report, no significant change has occurred since December 31, 2003. In particular, please see the description of the sale of our SDP business to Kodak in January 2004, under Item 10C “Additional Information—Material Agreements.”
ITEM 9. THE OFFER AND LISTING
A. OFFER AND LISTING DETAILS
Our ordinary shares are listed and traded on the Nasdaq National Market, or Nasdaq, and the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, or the TASE, both under the symbol “SCIX”. The shares commenced trading on the TASE on January 7, 2001 and on Nasdaq on May 20, 1980.
All share prices on Nasdaq are reported in U.S. dollars and all share prices on the TASE are reported in NIS. As of December 31, 2003, the exchange rate was equal to approximately NIS 4.379 per $1.00 (NIS 4.737 on December 31, 2002).
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The following table sets forth, for the periods indicated, the high and low closing sales prices per ordinary share on Nasdaq and on the TASE as reported in published financial sources:
Annual High and Low | | Nasdaq National Market | | The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange | |
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1999 | | $ | 16.06 | | $ | 8.44 | | | -- | | | -- | |
2000 | | $ | 18.75 | | $ | 6.56 | | | -- | | | -- | |
2001 | | $ | 9.75 | | $ | 2.75 | | | NIS 41.40 | | | NIS 12.06 | |
2002 | | $ | 5.50 | | $ | 1.26 | | | NIS 25.08 | | | NIS 6.04 | |
2003 | | $ | 5.16 | | $ | 1.22 | | | NIS 24.15 | | | NIS 6.10 | |
Quarterly High and Low | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2002 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
First Quarter | | $ | 5.50 | | $ | 3.07 | | | NIS 25.08 | | | NIS 13.99 | |
Second Quarter | | $ | 3.15 | | $ | 2.01 | | | NIS 15.60 | | | NIS 10.09 | |
Third Quarter | | $ | 2.20 | | $ | 1.33 | | | NIS 10.60 | | | NIS 6.85 | |
Fourth Quarter | | $ | 1.90 | | $ | 1.26 | | | NIS 9.17 | | | NIS 6.04 | |
2003 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
First Quarter | | $ | 1.89 | | $ | 1.22 | | | NIS 8.54 | | | NIS 6.10 | |
Second Quarter | | $ | 2.59 | | $ | 1.63 | | | NIS 11.30 | | | NIS 7.92 | |
Third Quarter | | $ | 3.36 | | $ | 2. 50 | | | NIS 14.93 | | | NIS 10.91 | |
Fourth Quarter | | $ | 5.16 | | $ | 3.20 | | | NIS 24.15 | | | NIS 14.42 | |
2004 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
First Quarter | | $ | 5.67 | | $ | 5.08 | | | NIS 26.38 | | | NIS 23.05 | |
Most Recent Six Months | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
December 2003 | | $ | 5.16 | | $ | 4.93 | | | NIS 23.12 | | | NIS 21.25 | |
January 2004 | | $ | 5.67 | | $ | 5.22 | | | NIS 26.38 | | | NIS 23.10 | |
February 2004 | | $ | 5.45 | | $ | 5.08 | | | NIS 24.51 | | | NIS 23.05 | |
March 2004 | | $ | 5.65 | | $ | 5.27 | | | NIS 25.60 | | | NIS 24.15 | |
April 2004 | | $ | 5.89 | | $ | 5.54 | | | NIS 27.04 | | | NIS 25.10 | |
May 2004 | | $ | 5.84 | | $ | 5.59 | | | NIS 27.03 | | | NIS 25.66 | |
June 2004* | | $ | 6.14 | | $ | 5.59 | | | NIS 27.84 | | | NIS 25.31 | |
* Through June 28, 2004.
B. PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION.
Not Applicable.
C. MARKETS.
Our ordinary shares trade on Nasdaq and, with effect from January 7, 2001, the TASE. The shares trade in both markets under the symbol “SCIX”.
D. SELLING SHAREHOLDERS.
Not Applicable.
E. DILUTION.
Not Applicable.
F. EXPENSES OF THE ISSUE.
Not Applicable.
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ITEM 10. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
A. SHARE CAPITAL
Not Applicable.
B. MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION
Set out below is a description of certain provisions of our Memorandum of Association and Articles of Association, and of the Israeli Companies Law related to such provisions. This description is only a summary and does not purport to be complete and is qualified by reference to the full text of the Memorandum and Articles which are incorporated by reference to exhibits to this Annual Report and by Israeli law.
We were first registered under Israeli law on November 2, 1971 as a private company, succeeding a predecessor corporation, Scientific Technology Ltd., which was founded on September 5, 1968. In May 1980 we became a public company. We are registered with the Registrar of Companies in Israel under number 52-003180-0.
OBJECTS AND PURPOSES
Pursuant to Section 2(I)(a) of our Memorandum of Association, the principal object for which we are established is to engage in the activity or business of, inter alia, developing, manufacturing, producing, vending, purchasing, licensing, leasing, importing, exporting, or otherwise dealing in any products and moveable property of every kind and description, and to engage in selling, promoting, leasing, licensing, importing, exporting, or otherwise dealing in, any services. We may also acquire, create, form, operate, encourage or otherwise promote or manage any kind of enterprise.
DIRECTORS
The Companies Law requires that transactions between a company and its office holders (which term includes directors) or that benefit its office holders, including arrangements as to the compensation of office holders, be approved as provided for in the Companies Law and the company’s articles of association. (For further information as to such approval provisions, see“Item 6. Directors, Senior Management and Employees - Board Practices - Approval of Specified Related Party Transactions under Israeli Law”.)
Under our Articles, in general, the management of our business is vested in the Board of Directors, which may exercise all such powers, including the power to borrow or secure the payment of any sum or sums of money for the purposes of the Company, in such manner, at such times and upon such terms and conditions in all respects, as it thinks fit.
There is no requirement under our Articles or Israeli law for directors to retire on attaining a specific age. The Articles do not require directors to hold our ordinary shares to qualify for election.
SHARES
Our registered capital is divided into 48,000,000 ordinary shares of nominal (par) value NIS 0.12 each. There are no other classes of shares. All of our outstanding shares are fully paid and non-assessable. The shares do not entitle their holders to preemptive rights.
Subject to the rights of holders of shares with special rights (which may be issued in the future), holders of paid up ordinary shares are entitled to participate in the payment of dividends and, in the event of our winding-up, in the distribution of assets available for distribution, in proportion to the nominal value of their respective holdings of the shares in respect of which such dividend is being paid or such distribution is being made. Our Articles do not specify any time limit after which dividend entitlement lapses.
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Each ordinary share is entitled to one vote on all matters to be voted on by shareholders, including the election of directors. Our ordinary shares do not have cumulative voting rights. As a result, the holders of our ordinary shares that represent a simple majority of the voting power represented at a shareholders meeting and voting at the meeting have the power to elect all of the directors put forward for election, subject to specific requirements under the Companies Law with respect to the election of “Outside Directors”.(For further information as to these requirements, see“Item 6C. Board Practices - Outside Directors”.)
The Companies Law requires that extraordinary transactions with a controlling shareholder or in which a controlling shareholder has a personal interest, and the engagement of a controlling shareholder as an office holder or employee, be approved as provided for in the Companies Law, which may necessitate the approval of at least one-third of the shares of non-interested shareholders voting on the matter. (For further information as to such provisions, see“Item 7A. Major Shareholders - Duties of Shareholders”.)
VARIATION OF RIGHTS
Shares with preferential rights relating, among other things, to dividends, voting and repayment of share capital can be created by adoption of a “special resolution”, which requires approval by at least 75% of the voting power represented at the meeting in person or by proxy and voting thereon. In addition, through a special resolution, we can subdivide issued and outstanding ordinary shares. Modification or abrogation of the rights of any class of shares requires the written consent of the holders of 75% of the issued shares of such a class or adoption of a special resolution by affected shareholders voting separately as a class.
GENERAL MEETINGS
Our Articles provide that an annual general meeting must be held at least once in every calendar year at such time within a period of not more than 15 months after the holding of the last preceding annual general meeting, and at such place, as may be determined by the Board of Directors. Our Board of Directors may, in its discretion, convene additional shareholder meetings and, pursuant to the Companies Law, must convene a meeting upon the demand of two directors or one quarter of the directors in office or upon the demand of the holder or holders of five percent of our issued share capital and one percent of our voting rights or upon the demand of the holder or holders of five percent of our voting rights.
Under the Companies Law, shareholder meetings generally require prior notice of not less than 21 days. The function of the annual general meeting is to receive and consider the directors’ report, profit and loss account and balance sheet, to elect directors and appoint auditors and fix their fees, and to transact any other business which under the Articles or by law are to be transacted at our annual general meeting.
The quorum required for either an ordinary (regular) or an extraordinary (special) meeting of shareholders consists of at least two shareholders present in person or by proxy and holding or representing between them at least one-third of our voting power. If a meeting is convened at the request of shareholders and no quorum is present, it shall be dissolved. If a meeting is otherwise called and no quorum is present, the meeting is adjourned to the same day one week later at the same time and place, or to such other day time and place as our Chairman may determine with the consent of a majority of the voting power represented at the meeting and voting on the question of an adjournment. Two or more shareholders present in person or by proxy and holding or representing between them at least one-third of our voting power shall constitute a quorum at the adjourned meeting.
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Generally, under the Companies Law and our Articles, shareholder resolutions are deemed adopted if approved by the holders of a simple majority of the voting rights represented at a meeting unless a different majority is required by law or pursuant to our Articles. The Companies Law provides that resolutions on certain matters, such as amending a company’s articles of association, assuming the authority of the board of directors in certain circumstances, appointing auditors, appointing external directors, approving certain transactions, increasing or decreasing the registered share capital and approving a merger with another company must be made by the shareholders at a general meeting. A company may determine in its articles of association certain additional matters in respect of which resolutions by the shareholders in a general meeting will be required.
A company such as us, incorporated prior to February 1, 2000, is subject to various rules with respect to the transition from being governed by the Israeli Companies Ordinance [New Version], 5743 – 1983, to being governed by the Companies Law. These rules provide, among other things, that any amendment to the Memorandum or Articles will generally require a resolution adopted by the holders of 75% or more of the voting power represented and voting at a general meeting, and that the approval of a merger will require a resolution adopted by the holders of 75% or more of the voting power represented and voting at a general meeting, unless and until we amend our Articles in such manner to provide for a different majority.
Subject to the Companies Law, a resolution in writing signed by the holders of all of our ordinary shares entitled to vote at a meeting of shareholders or to which all such shareholders have given their written consent will be sufficient to adopt the resolution in lieu of a meeting.
LIMITATION ON RIGHTS TO OWN SHARES
Our Memorandum of Association, our Articles and Israeli law do not restrict in any way the ownership or voting of ordinary shares by non-residents or persons who are not citizens of Israel, except with respect to subjects of nations which are in a state of war with Israel. Fully paid ordinary shares may be freely transferred pursuant to our articles of association unless the transfer is restricted or prohibited by another instrument.
DIVIDEND AND LIQUIDATION RIGHTS
Dividends on our ordinary shares may be paid only out of profits and other surplus, as defined in the Companies Law, as of the end of the most recent fiscal year or as accrued over a period of two years, whichever is higher. Our board of directors is authorized to declare dividends, provided that there is no reasonable concern that payment of the dividend will prevent us from satisfying our existing and foreseeable obligations as they become due. Notwithstanding the foregoing, dividends may be paid with the approval of a court, provided that there is no reasonable concern that payment of the dividend will prevent us from satisfying our existing and foreseeable obligations as they become due. 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 their respective holdings. This liquidation right may be affected by the grant of preferential dividends or distribution rights to the holders of a class of shares with preferential rights that may be authorized in the future.
CHANGE OF CONTROL
There are no specific provisions of our Memorandum or Articles that would have an effect of delaying, deferring or preventing a change in control of us or that would operate only with respect to a merger, acquisition or corporate restructuring involving us (or any of our subsidiaries). However, certain provisions of the Companies Law may have such effect.
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The Companies Law includes provisions that allow a merger transaction and requires that each company that is a party to a merger have the transaction approved by its board of directors and a vote of the majority of its shares, at a shareholders’ meeting called on at least 21 days’ prior notice. For purposes of the shareholder vote, unless a court rules otherwise, the merger will not be deemed approved if a majority of the shares held by parties other than the other party to the merger, or by any person who holds 25% or more of the shares or the right to appoint 25% or more of the directors of the other party, vote against the merger. 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. In addition, a merger may not be completed unless at least 70 days have passed from the time that a proposal of the merger has been filed with the Israeli Registrar of Companies.
The Companies Law also provides that an acquisition of shares of a public company must be made by means of a tender offer if as a result of the acquisition the purchaser would become a 25% shareholder of the company and there is not any other existing shareholder who holds 25% or more of the company. An acquisition of shares of a public company must be made by means of a tender offer if as a result of the acquisition the purchaser would become a 45% shareholder of the company and there is no existing majority shareholder in the company. If following any acquisition of shares, the acquirer will hold 90% or more of the company’s shares, the acquisition may not be made other than through a tender offer to acquire all of the shares of such class. If more than 95% of the outstanding shares are tendered in the tender offer, all the shares that the acquirer offered to purchase will be transferred to it. However, the remaining minority shareholders may seek to alter the tender offer consideration by court order.
Lastly, Israeli tax law treats some acquisitions, such as stock-for-stock exchanges between an Israeli company and a foreign company, less favorably than U.S. tax laws. For example, Israeli tax law may, under certain circumstances, subject a shareholder who exchanges his ordinary shares for shares in another corporation to taxation prior to the sale of the shares received in such stock-for-stock swap.
NOTIFICATION OF SHAREHOLDING
There are no specific provisions of our Memorandum or Articles governing the ownership threshold above which shareholder ownership must be disclosed.
CHANGES IN CAPITAL
Our Articles require that changes in capitalization must be adopted by special resolution, approved by the holders of 75% or more of the voting power represented and voting at a general meeting. Subject thereto, the conditions imposed by our Memorandum and Articles governing changes in the capital, are no more stringent than is required by Israeli law.
C. MATERIAL CONTRACTS
SALE OF SDP’S BUSINESS
On November 24, 2003 we entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement with Eastman Kodak Company, or Kodak, whereby Kodak agreed to acquire substantially all of the assets and business of Scitex Digital Printing, Inc. (SDP), a wholly-owned US subsidiary of Scitex, for $250 million in cash and assumed substantially all of SDP’s liabilities related to the ongoing business. In addition, as part of the transaction, we retained $12 million of SDP’s cash balance at closing, producing total cash consideration for the transaction of $262 million.
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We completed the sale on January 5, 2004. At closing, $15 million of the proceeds of the sale, which amount was released 20 business days after closing, was placed in a custody account to cover unknown federal tax liens. Furthermore, $10 million of the proceeds of the sale was placed in a custody account to cover possible indemnification claims. Such amount is to be held in the custody account for two years following the closing date (until January 5, 2006) subject to extension to allow any claims to be resolved. In the absence of claims, the amount held in the custody account could be reduced to $5 million at the first anniversary of closing. We made representations and warranties in the purchase agreement for the benefit of Kodak, which generally survive for a period of two years following the closing of the transaction or, for certain matters, the expiration of the applicable statute of limitations. We agreed to indemnify Kodak from damages or losses arising from any breach of the representations and warranties, subject to certain limitations (including customary deductibles, de minimis exceptions and caps) detailed in the purchase agreement. We also agreed to indemnify Kodak against any damages or losses arising from any breach of a covenant or agreement made by us in the purchase agreement or from any liability of SDP that we retained under the terms of the purchase agreement. We are obligated to satisfy these indemnification obligations to the extent not satisfied out of amounts in the custody account discussed above.
The foregoing description of the Asset Purchase Agreement is only a summary and does not purport to be complete and is qualified by reference to the full text of the agreement filed by us as Exhibit 4(a)(2) in Item 19.
COMBINATION OF SCITEX VISION AND SCITEX VISION INTERNATIONAL
On December 22, 2002, we entered into a Share Exchange Agreement with Scitex Vision Ltd. and Aprion Digital Ltd. For a discussion of this agreement, see Item 7B – Related Party Transaction under the caption “Combination of Scitex Vision and Scitex Vision International.”
SALE OF CREO SHARES
On November 20, 2001, we entered into an agreement with Dundee Securities Corporation, or Dundee, an affiliate of Dundee Bancorp Inc., whereby Dundee agreed to act as our agent in a private sale of up to 7.0 million common shares of Creo held by us in consideration of up to a 4% commission out of the gross proceeds of such sale. On November 29, 2001, we completed the sale, through the agent, of the entire 7.0 million shares to various Canadian institutional investors for approximately $77.7 million, less approximately $1.6 million, representing commissions and expenses paid to Dundee. We made representations and warranties in the agreement for the benefit of Dundee, which survive for a period of two years following the closing of the transaction. In addition, we agreed to indemnify Dundee and its representatives against all damages arising from our breach of the representations and warranties.
On June 5, 2003, we entered into an agreement with Raymond James Ltd. and Dundee, whereby Dundee and Raymond James agreed to act as our agents in a private sale of 3.0 million common shares of Creo held by us in consideration of a 1.75% commission out of the gross proceeds of such sale. On June 12, 2003, we completed the sale, through the agents, of the entire 3.0 million shares to various financial institutions in Canada for approximately $24 million, less approximately $0.45 million, representing commissions and expenses paid to the agents. We made representations and warranties in the Agreement for the benefit of the agents, which survive for a period of two years following the closing of the transaction. In addition, we agreed to indemnify the agents and their representatives against all damages arising from our breach of the representations and warranties.
On August 11, 2003, we entered into an Agreement with Raymond James and Dundee, whereby Dundee and Raymond James agreed to act as our agents in a private sale of the remainder of our Creo shares - 3.25 million common shares of Creo held by us - in consideration of a 1.75% commission out of the gross proceeds of such sale. On August 11, 2003, we completed the sale, through the agents, of the entire 3.25 million shares to various financial institutions in Canada for approximately $31 million, less approximately $0.5 million, representing commissions and expenses paid to the agents. We made representations and warranties in the Agreement for the benefit of the agents, which survive for a period of two years following the closing of the transaction. In addition, we agreed to indemnify the agents and their representatives against all damages arising from our breach of the representations and warranties.
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The foregoing description of the November 2001 Agreement, the June 2003 Agreement and the August 2003 Agreement is only a summary and does not purport to be complete and is qualified by reference to the full text of the agreements filed by us as Exhibits in Item 19.
D. EXCHANGE CONTROLS
There are currently no Israeli currency control restrictions on payments of dividends or other distributions with respect to our ordinary shares or the proceeds from the sale of the shares, except for the obligation of Israeli residents to file reports with the Bank of Israel regarding certain transactions. However, legislation remains in effect pursuant to which currency controls can be imposed by administrative action at any time.
E. TAXATION
The following is a general summary only and should not be considered as income tax advice or relied upon for tax planning purposes. Holders of our ordinary shares should consult their own tax advisors as to the United States, Israeli or other tax consequences of the purchase, ownership and disposition of ordinary shares, including, in particular, the effect of any foreign, federal, state or local taxes.
U.S. TAX CONSIDERATIONS
Subject to the limitations described herein, the following discussion describes certain material U.S. federal income tax considerations applicable to a U.S. holder (as defined below) regarding the acquisition, ownership and disposition of our ordinary shares. A U.S. holder means a holder of our ordinary shares who is:
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Unless otherwise specifically indicated, this discussion does not consider the United States tax consequences to a person that is not a U.S. holder (a “non-U.S. holder”) and considers only U.S. holders that will own our ordinary shares as capital assets. This discussion is based on current provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, referred to as the Code, current and proposed Treasury regulations promulgated under the Code administrative pronouncements and judicial decisions, all as in effect today and all of which are subject to change, possibly with a retroactive effect, which change could materially affect the U.S. federal income tax considerations described herein. This discussion does not address all aspects of U.S. federal income taxation that may be relevant to any particular U.S. holder based on the U.S. holder’s individual circumstances. In particular, this discussion does not address the potential application of the alternative minimum tax or the U.S. federal income tax consequences to U.S. holders that are subject to special treatment, including, without limitation, U.S. holders who:
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In addition, this discussion does not address any aspect of state, local or non-U.S. tax laws or the possible application of United States federal gift or estate tax.
U.S. holders should review the summary below under “Israeli Taxation” for a discussion of Israeli tax consequences and certain other tax consequences pursuant to the income tax treaty between the governments of Israel and the U.S., which may be applicable to them.
U.S. holders should consult their own tax advisors with respect to the specific U.S. federal, state and local income tax consequences and any applicable non-U.S. tax consequences to them of purchasing, holding or disposing of the ordinary shares. U.S. holders are also urged to consult their own tax advisors concerning whether they will be eligible for benefits under the income tax treaty between the governments of Israel and the U.S.
U.S. HOLDERS OF ORDINARY SHARES
TAXATION OF DIVIDENDS PAID ON ORDINARY SHARES
Subject to the discussion below under “Tax Consequences if We are a Passive Foreign Investment Company,” a U.S. holder generally will be required to include in gross income as ordinary dividend income the amount of any distribution paid on our ordinary shares, including the amount of any Israeli taxes withheld in respect of such distribution, on the date the distribution is received, to the extent the distribution is paid out of our current or accumulated earnings and profits, as determined for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Distributions in excess of our earnings and profits will be applied against and will reduce the U.S. holder’s basis in our ordinary shares and, to the extent in excess of the basis, will be treated as gain from the sale or exchange of our ordinary shares. Distributions of our current or accumulated earnings and profits will not qualify for the dividends-received deduction applicable in certain cases to U.S. corporations.
Distributions of our current or accumulated earnings and profits paid in foreign currency to a U.S. holder, and the amount of any Israeli withholding tax thereon, will be included in the gross income of a U.S. holder in an amount equal to the U.S. dollar value of such foreign currency calculated by reference to the exchange rate in effect on the day the distribution is received by the U.S. holder, regardless of whether such foreign currency is converted into U.S. dollars. If a U.S. holder converts dividends paid in foreign currency into U.S. dollars on the day such dividends are received, the U.S. holder generally should not be required to recognize foreign currency gain or loss with respect to such conversion. If the foreign currency received in the distribution is not converted into U.S. dollars on the date of receipt, any foreign currency gain or loss recognized upon a subsequent conversion or other disposition of such foreign currency generally will be treated as U.S. source ordinary income or loss.
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Subject to certain conditions and limitations, any Israeli withholding tax imposed with respect to a distribution of our current or accumulated earnings and profits generally will be eligible for credit against the recipient U.S. holder’s U.S. federal income tax liability or, at the U.S. holder’s election, may be claimed as a deduction against income in determining such tax liability. Distributions of our current or accumulated earnings and profits to U.S. holders will be treated as foreign source income and generally will be categorized as “passive income” or, in the case of certain holders, “financial services income” for purposes of computing the U.S. foreign tax credit allowable to U.S. holders. U.S. holders are advised that any Israeli tax paid under circumstances in which an exemption from such tax was available will not give rise to a deduction or credit for foreign taxes paid for U.S. federal income tax purposes. The calculation of allowable foreign tax credits and, in the case of a U.S. holder that elects to deduct foreign taxes, the availability of deductions for foreign taxes paid involve the application of complex rules that depend on a U.S. holder’s particular circumstances. Accordingly, U.S. holders should consult their own tax advisors regarding their eligibility for foreign tax credits or deductions.
TAXATION OF THE DISPOSITION OF ORDINARY SHARES
Subject to the discussion below under “Tax Consequences if We are a Passive Foreign Investment Company,” upon the sale, exchange or other disposition of our ordinary shares, a U.S. holder generally will recognize capital gain or loss in an amount equal to the difference between the U.S. dollar value of the amount realized on the sale, exchange or other disposition and the U.S. holder’s adjusted tax basis, determined in U.S. dollars, in the ordinary shares. Capital gain from the sale, exchange or other disposition of ordinary shares held for one-year or less will be short-term capital gain or, if held for more than one-year, long-term capital gain. In the case of individual U.S. holders, long-term capital gains generally are subject to U.S. federal income tax at preferential rates (generally, a maximum rate of 15%) and short-term capital gains generally are subject to tax at ordinary income rates.
Gain or loss recognized by a U.S. holder on a sale, exchange or other disposition of our ordinary shares generally will be treated as U.S. source income or loss for U.S. foreign tax credit purposes. However, under certain circumstances and subject to the limitations specified in the income tax treaty between the governments of Israel and the U.S., such gain or loss recognized by a U.S. holder who qualifies as a resident of the U.S. (within the meaning of such treaty) and who is entitled to claim the benefits afforded to such resident under such treaty may be treated as foreign-source for U.S. foreign tax credit purposes. U.S. holders should consult their own tax advisors regarding the application of the U.S. foreign tax credit limitations to gain or loss recognized on the sale, exchange or other disposition of our ordinary shares.
The deductibility of a capital loss recognized on the sale, exchange or other disposition of ordinary shares is subject to significant limitations. U.S. holders should consult their own tax advisors in this regard.
A U.S. holder that receives foreign currency upon disposition of ordinary shares and converts the foreign currency into U.S. dollars after the settlement date or trade date (whichever date the U.S. holder is required to use to calculate the value of the proceeds of sale) generally will have foreign exchange gain or loss based on any appreciation or depreciation in the value of the foreign currency against the U.S. dollar, which will generally be U.S. source ordinary income or loss.
Tax Rates. The Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003 (effective for tax years after December 31, 2002 through December 31, 2008), reduces the individual tax rates on both capital gains and certain dividend income (“qualified dividend income”). The top individual rate on adjusted capital gains is generally reduced from 20% to 15% (5% for taxpayers in the lower brackets) and on “qualified dividend income” from 38.6% to 15%. The reduced rates on long-term capital gains and “qualified dividend income” apply to (i) sales and exchanges (and payments received) on or after May 6, 2003 and (ii) “qualified dividend income” received after December 31, 2002, respectively.
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Qualified dividend income generally includes dividends paid by non-U.S. corporations if, among other things, certain minimum holding periods are met and either (i) the shares with respect to which the dividend has been paid are readily tradable on an established securities market in the U.S. or (ii) the non-U.S. corporation paying such a dividend is eligible for the benefits of a comprehensive U.S. income tax treaty (such as the income tax treaty between the governments of Israel and the U.S.) which provides for the exchange of information. We currently believe that if we were to pay any dividends with respect to our ordinary shares, the dividends would constitute qualified dividend income for U.S. federal income tax purposes; provided, however, that we are not treated as a “passive foreign investment company” for U.S. federal income tax purposes (see discussion below under “Tax Consequences if We are a Passive Foreign Investment Company”). The top U.S. federal income tax rate applicable to income received by U.S. holders who are corporations for U.S. federal income tax purposes is 35%. U.S. holders should consult their own tax advisor regarding the specific U.S. tax rates applicable to any distribution made by us with respect to our ordinary shares or gain realized on the sale, exchange or other disposition of our ordinary shares, based on their particular circumstances.
TAX CONSEQUENCES IF WE ARE A PASSIVE FOREIGN INVESTMENT COMPANY
We will be a passive foreign investment company, or PFIC, if 75% or more of our gross income in a taxable year, including the pro rata share of the gross income of any company, U.S. or foreign, in which we are considered to own, directly or indirectly, 25% or more of the shares by value, is passive income. Alternatively, we will be considered to be a PFIC if at least 50% of our assets in a taxable year, averaged over the year and ordinarily determined based on fair market value and including the pro rata share of the assets of any company in which we are considered to own, directly or indirectly, 25% or more of the shares by value, are held for the production of, or produce, passive income.
If we were a PFIC, and a U.S. holder did not make an election to treat us as a qualified electing fund (a “QEF”) as described below, excess distributions by us to a U.S. holder would be taxed in a special way. Excess distributions are amounts received by a U.S. holder on shares in a PFIC in any taxable year that exceed 125% of the average distributions received by the U.S. holder from the PFIC in the shorter of:
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Excess distributions must be allocated ratably to each day that a U.S. holder has held shares in a PFIC. A U.S. holder would then be required to include amounts allocated to the current taxable year in its gross income as ordinary income for that year. Further, a U.S. holder would be required to pay tax on amounts allocated to each prior taxable year at the highest rate in effect for that year on ordinary income and the tax would be subject to an interest charge at the rate applicable to deficiencies for income tax.
The entire amount of gain that is realized by a U.S. holder upon the sale or other disposition of our ordinary shares will also be treated as an excess distribution and will be subject to tax as described above.
A U.S. holder’s tax basis in our ordinary shares that were inherited from a deceased person who was a U.S. holder would not receive a step-up to fair market value as of the date of the deceased’s death but would instead be equal to the deceased’s basis, if lower.
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The special PFIC rules described above will not apply to a U.S. holder if the U.S. holder makes an election to treat us as a QEF in the first taxable year in which the U.S. holder owns ordinary shares or in which we are a PFIC, whichever is later, and if we comply with specified reporting requirements. Instead, a shareholder of a QEF is required for each taxable year in which we are a PFIC to include in income a pro rata share of the ordinary earnings of the QEF as ordinary income and a pro rata share of the net capital gain of the QEF as long-term capital gain, subject to a separate election to defer payment of taxes. If deferred, the taxes will be subject to an interest charge. We will supply U.S. holders with the information needed to report income and gain under a QEF election if we are classified as a PFIC.
The QEF election is made on a shareholder-by-shareholder basis. Once made, the election applies to all subsequent taxable years of the U.S. holder in which it holds our ordinary shares and for which we are a PFIC and can be revoked only with the consent of the Internal Revenue Service, or IRS. A shareholder makes a QEF election by attaching a completed IRS Form 8621, including the required election statement and the PFIC annual information statement, to a timely filed U.S. federal income tax return for the year of the election. The election statement also must be filed with the IRS Service Center in Philadelphia. In addition, an electing U.S. holder must act each year to maintain a QEF election by attaching a Form 8621 to the U.S. holder’s timely filed tax return and comply with any other requirements as specified by the IRS.
A U.S. holder of PFIC shares which are publicly traded could elect to mark the stock to market annually, recognizing 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 the U.S. holder’s adjusted tax basis in the PFIC shares. Losses would be allowed only to the extent of net mark-to-market gain previously included by the U.S. holder under the election for prior taxable years. If the mark-to-market election were made, then the rules presented above would not apply for periods covered by the election.
If a QEF election or mark-to-market election is not made for the first taxable year in which the U.S. holder holds our ordinary shares or in which we are a PFIC, whichever is later, then special rules will apply and U.S. holders should consult their tax advisors regarding the application of those rules.
Based on the opinion of our tax consultants, we do not believe we were a PFIC in 2003. However, there can be no assurance that we will not become a PFIC in 2004 or in subsequent years. The tests for determining PFIC status are applied annually and it is difficult to make accurate predictions of future income and assets, which are relevant to this determination. Accordingly, there can be no assurance that we will not become a PFIC in 2004 or at a later stage. U.S. holders who hold ordinary shares during a period when we are a PFIC will be subject to these rules, even if we cease to be a PFIC, subject to specified exceptions for U.S. holders who made a QEF election.
U.S. holders are urged to consult their tax advisors about the PFIC rules, including eligibility for and the manner and advisability of making, the QEF elections or the mark-to-market election.
NON-U.S. HOLDERS OF ORDINARY SHARES
Except as described in “Information Reporting and Backup Withholding” below, a non-U.S. holder of ordinary shares generally will not be subject to U.S. federal income or withholding tax on the payment of dividends on, and the proceeds from the disposition of, ordinary shares, unless:
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INFORMATION REPORTING AND BACKUP WITHHOLDING
Dividend payments with respect to ordinary shares and proceeds from the sale or other disposition of ordinary shares may be subject to information reporting to the IRS and possible U.S. backup withholding at a current rate of 28%. Backup withholding will not apply, however, to a holder who furnishes a correct taxpayer identification number or certificate of foreign status and makes any other required certification or who is otherwise exempt from backup withholding. U.S. persons who are required to establish their exempt status generally must provide IRS Form W-9 (Request for Taxpayer Identification Number and Certification). Non-U.S. holders generally will not be subject to U.S. information reporting or backup withholding. However, such holders may be required to provide certification of non-U.S. status (generally on IRS Form W-8BEN) in connection with payments received in the U.S. or through certain U.S.-related financial intermediaries.
Backup withholding is not an additional tax. Amounts withheld as backup withholding may be credited against a holder’s U.S. federal income tax liability, and a holder may obtain a refund of any excess amounts withheld by filing the appropriate claim for refund with the IRS and furnishing any required information.
ISRAELI TAXATION
The following summary describes the current tax structure applicable to companies incorporated in Israel, with special reference to its effect on us. It also discusses Israeli tax consequences material to persons purchasing our ordinary shares. To the extent that the summary is based on new tax legislation yet to be judicially or administratively interpreted, we cannot be sure that the views expressed will accord with any future interpretation by the Israeli tax authorities or courts. The summary is not intended, and should not be construed, as legal or professional advice and does not exhaust all possible tax considerations. Accordingly, you should consult your tax advisor as to the particular tax consequences of an investment in our ordinary shares.
TAX REFORM
On January 1, 2003, the Law for Amendment of the Income Tax Ordinance (Amendment No. 132), 5762-2002, known as the tax reform, came into effect.
The tax reform, aimed at broadening the categories of taxable income and reducing the tax rates imposed on employment income, introduced, among other things, the following provisions:
| • | Reduction of the tax rate levied on capital gains (other than gains deriving from the sale of listed securities) derived after January 1, 2003, to a general rate of 25% for both individuals and corporations. Regarding assets acquired prior to January 1, 2003, the reduced tax rate will apply to a proportionate part of the gain, in accordance with the holding periods of the asset, before or after January 1, 2003, on a linear basis; |
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| • | Imposition of capital gains tax on capital gains realized as of January 1, 2003 by individuals who are Israeli residents, from the sale of shares of publicly traded companies on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, or TASE, and from the sale of shares of publicly traded Israeli companies on certain other stock exchanges (such gain was previously exempt from capital gains tax in Israel in certain cases). For information with respect to the applicability of Israeli capital gains taxes on the sale of ordinary shares, see “Capital Gains Tax” below; |
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GENERAL CORPORATE TAX STRUCTURE
Generally, Israeli companies are subject to tax at the rate of 36% of taxable income (and are subject to Capital Gains Tax at a rate of 25% for capital gains, other than gains deriving from the sale of listed securities, derived after January 1, 2003). However, the effective tax rate payable by a company that derives income from an approved enterprise (as defined below) may be considerably less, as further discussed below.
On June 2, 2004, the Israeli government introduced a bill to the Israeli parliament proposing, among others, changes to the corporate tax rate. The bill proposes to reduce the corporate tax rate to 35% for the 2004 tax year, 34% for the 2005 tax year, 32% for the 2006 tax year and 30% for the 2007 tax year and thereafter. In order to enact the bill as law, the bill must be approved by the Israeli parliament and published. The bill might be modified prior to enactment or might not be enacted at all.
TAX BENEFITS UNDER THE LAW FOR THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF CAPITAL INVESTMENTS, 1959
The Law for the Encouragement of Capital Investments, 1959, as amended, or the Investment Law, provides that upon application to the Investment Center of the Israeli Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor, a proposed capital investment in eligible facilities may be designated as an “Approved Enterprise.” The applicable law regarding Approved Enterprise programs is scheduled to expire on June 30, 2004. Accordingly, requests for new programs or expansions that are not approved on or before June 30, 2004 will not confer any tax benefits, unless the term of the law will be extended. 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 tax benefits derived from any such certificate of approval relate only to taxable income derived from the specific Approved Enterprise. 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 combination of the applicable rates. The tax benefits under the law are not generally available with respect to income derived from products manufactured outside of Israel.
Taxable income of a company derived from an Approved Enterprise (including 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) is subject to company tax at the maximum rate of 25%, rather than the usual rate of 36%, for the “Benefit Period”. The Benefit Period is seven years (and under certain circumstances, as further detailed below, ten years), commencing with the year in which the Approved Enterprise first generates taxable income, and is limited to 12 years from commencement of production or 14 years from the date of approval, whichever is earlier.
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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 that more than 25% of its shares of capital stock 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 and to a reduced tax rate of 10% to 20% depending on the level of foreign investment in each year.
Under an amendment to the Investments Law that was made within the framework of the tax reform (described above), it was clarified that tax benefits under the Investments Law shall 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.
A company owning an Approved Enterprise may elect to forego certain government grants extended to Approved Enterprises in return for an alternative package of benefits. Under the alternative package, the company’s undistributed income derived from an Approved Enterprise will be exempt from tax for a period of between two and ten years from the first year of taxable income, depending on the geographic location of the Approved Enterprise within Israel, and the company will be eligible for the tax benefits under the law for the remainder of the Benefit Period.
The Investment Center bases its decision of whether to approve or reject a company’s application for designation as an Approved Enterprise, among other things, on criteria set forth in the law and related regulations, the then prevailing policy of the Investment Center and the specific objectives and financial criteria of the applicant. Accordingly, a company cannot be certain in advance whether its application will be approved. In addition, the benefits available to an Approved Enterprise are conditional upon compliance with the conditions stipulated in the law and related regulations and the criteria set forth in the specific certificate of approval. In the event that a company violates these conditions, in whole or in part, it may be required to refund the amount of tax benefits, in whole or in part, plus an amount linked to the Israeli consumer price index and interest.
A major portion of our production facilities have been granted the status of Approved Enterprises. Under the Investments Law, income arising from our Approved Enterprises facilities is tax-free under the alternative package of benefits described above for a period of two years beginning with the first year in which the company generated taxable income, and thereafter, entitled to reduced tax rates based on the level of foreign ownership for specified periods. We have derived, and expect to continue to derive, a substantial portion of our income from our Approved Enterprises facilities. Subject to compliance with applicable requirements, the benefits for most of our production facilities in Israel will continue until termination in 2009.See above in Item 5B under the caption “Tax Audits” regarding a dispute with the Israeli tax authority in this respect.
All dividends are considered to be attributable to the entire enterprise and their effective tax rate is the result of a weighted combination of the applicable tax rates. We currently intend to reinvest the amount of our income and not to distribute such income as a dividend. In the event that we do pay a cash dividend from income that is derived from our Approved Enterprises pursuant to the alternative package of benefits, which income would normally be tax-exempt, we would be required to pay tax on the amount intended to be distributed as dividends at the rate which would have been applicable had we not elected the alternative package of benefits, which rate is ordinarily up to 25%, and to withhold at source on behalf of the dividend recipient an additional 15% of the amount distributed as dividends.
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The law also provides that an Approved Enterprise is entitled to accelerated depreciation on its property and equipment that are included in an approved investment program.
TAX BENEFITS FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
Israeli tax law allows, under specified circumstances, a tax deduction for expenditures in the year incurred, including capital expenditures, in scientific research and development projects, if the expenditures are approved by the relevant Israeli government ministry and the research and development is for the promotion of the company and carried out by or on behalf of the company seeking such deduction. However, the amount of such deductible expenses must be reduced by the sum of any funds received through government grants for the finance of such scientific research and development projects. Expenditures not so approved are deductible over a three-year period.
TAX BENEFITS UNDER THE LAW FOR THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF INDUSTRY (TAXES), 1969
According to the Law for the Encouragement of Industry (Taxes), 1969, an “Industrial Company” is a company located in Israel, at least 90% of the income of which, in any tax year, exclusive of income from government loans, capital gains, interest and dividends, is derived from an “Industrial Enterprise” owned by it. An “Industrial Enterprise” is defined as an enterprise owned by an industrial company whose major activity in a given tax year is industrial production activity. Although Scitex Vision believes that it currently qualifies as an Industrial Company within the definition of the Law for the Encouragement of Industry (Taxes), 1969, it is currently in dispute with the Israeli tax authority, as discussed in Item 5B under the caption “Tax Audits.”
Under the law, Industrial Companies are entitled to preferred corporate tax benefits, among others, such as:
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Eligibility for the benefits under the law is not subject to receipt of prior approval from any governmental authority. However, the Israeli tax authorities may determine that Scitex Vision does not qualify as an Industrial Company (see above in Item 5B under the caption “Tax Audits”). In addition, it might not continue to qualify as an Industrial Company in the future. As a result of either of the foregoing, the benefits described above might not be available to Scitex Vision in the future.
SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO TAXATION UNDER INFLATIONARY CONDITIONS
The Income Tax Law (Inflationary Adjustments), 1985 represents an attempt to overcome the problems presented to a traditional tax system by an economy undergoing inflation. The law is highly complex. Its features that are material to us can be described as follows:
| • | A special tax adjustment for the preservation of equity whereby certain corporate assets are classified broadly into fixed (inflation immune) assets and non-fixed (soft) assets. Where a company’s equity, as defined in the law, exceeds the depreciated cost of its fixed assets, as defined in the law, the company may take a deduction from taxable income that reflects the effect of multiplication of the annual rate of inflation on such excess, up to a ceiling of 70% of taxable income in any single tax year, with the unused portion carried forward, linked to the increase in the consumer price index. If the depreciated cost of fixed assets exceeds a company’s equity, then the excess multiplied by the annual rate of inflation is added to taxable income; |
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| • | Subject to certain limitations set forth in the law, depreciation deductions on fixed assets and losses carried forward are adjusted for inflation based on the increase of the Israeli consumer price index; and |
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CAPITAL GAINS TAX
Israeli law generally imposes on residents and non-residents of Israel a tax on the sale of any capital assets by residents of Israel, as defined for Israeli tax purposes, and on the sale of assets in Israel, including shares in Israeli companies (and our ordinary shares), 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 the inflationary surplus and the real gain. The inflationary surplus is a portion of the total capital gain which is equivalent to the increase of the relevant asset’s purchase price that 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.
Pursuant to the tax reform, generally, capital gains tax is imposed on Israeli residents at a rate of 15% on real gains derived on or after January 1, 2003, from the sale of shares in (i) companies publicly traded on the TASE; or (ii) Israeli companies publicly traded on Nasdaq, or on a recognized stock exchange in a country that has a treaty for the prevention of double taxation with Israel; or (iii) companies dually traded on both the TASE and Nasdaq, such as Scitex, or on a recognized stock exchange or a regulated market outside of Israel. This tax rate is contingent upon the shareholder not claiming a deduction for financing expenses, and does not apply to: (i) the sale of shares to a relative (as defined in the Tax Reform); (ii) the sale of shares by dealers in securities; (iii) the sale of shares by shareholders that report in accordance with the Inflationary Adjustment Law; or (iv) the sale of shares by shareholders who acquired their shares prior to an initial public offering (that are 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. In December 2003, regulations promulgated pursuant to the Tax Reform were amended so that, in certain circumstances, capital gains derived from the sale and subsequent (same day) repurchase of shares traded on the TASE or from shares of Israeli companies publicly traded on a recognized stock exchange or regulated market in a country that has a treaty for the prevention of double taxation with Israel, may be taxed at a rate equal to the withholding tax rate applicable to revenues derived from such sale. In accordance with an announcement published by the Israeli Income Tax Commission, the withholding tax rate applicable to the sale of such shares until the end of 2003 tax year, which was equal at such time to 1% of the revenues generated in their sale, was determined as the final tax rate applicable to such sale. The amended regulations also determined that the day of such sale and repurchase shall be considered the new date of purchase of such shares. The foregoing is not applicable to: (i) dealers in securities; (ii) shareholders that report in accordance with the Inflationary Adjustments Law; (iii) shareholders who acquired their shares prior to an initial public offering; (iv) in some cases, shareholders that received their shares within the framework of an employer-employee relationship; or (v) shareholders claiming a deduction for financing expenses in connection with such shares. The regulations further provide that with respect to shares of Israeli companies traded on a stock exchange outside of Israel, the market price determined at the close of the trading day preceding the day of the sale and repurchase of such shares, will constitute the new tax basis for any future sale of such shares.
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Non-Israeli residents are exempt from Israeli capital gains tax on any gains derived from the sale of shares publicly traded on the TASE, provided such gains do not derive from a permanent establishment of such shareholders in Israel, and 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 outside of Israel, provided, however, that such capital gains are not derived from a permanent establishment in Israel and that such shareholders did not acquire their shares prior to an initial public offering. In addition, non-Israeli companies will not be entitled to the exemption with respect to capital gains derived from the sale of shares of Israeli companies traded on the TASE if an Israeli resident (i) has a controlling interest of 25% or more in such non-Israeli company, or (ii) is the beneficiary or is entitled to 25% or more of the revenues or profits of such non-Israeli company, whether directly or indirectly.
In some instances, where our shareholders may be liable to Israeli tax on the sale of our ordinary shares, the payment of the consideration may be subject to the withholding of Israeli tax at the source.
U.S.-Israel Income Tax Treaty
Pursuant to an income tax treaty between the governments of the United States and Israel, the sale of shares by a person who qualifies as a resident of the United States within the meaning of the treaty and who is entitled to claim the benefits afforded to a resident by the treaty will not be subject to Israeli capital gains tax. This exemption does not apply if (i) the person holds, directly or indirectly, shares representing 10% or more of our voting power during any part of the 12-month period preceding the applicable sale, or (ii) the capital gains from such sale can be allocated to a permanent establishment in Israel. However, under the circumstances and subject to the limitations specified in the Israeli-U.S. treaty, the person would be permitted to claim a credit for the capital gains tax paid in Israel against the U.S. income tax imposed with respect to the applicable sale, subject to the limitations in U.S. laws applicable to foreign tax credits.
TAXATION OF DIVIDENDS
Non-residents of Israel are subject to income tax on income accrued or derived from sources in Israel. These 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, we would be required to withhold income tax at the rate of 25%. If the income out of which the dividend is being paid is attributable to an Approved Enterprise under the Law for the Encouragement of Capital Investments, 1959, the rate is 15%. A different rate may be provided in a treaty between Israel and the shareholder’s country of residence. Under the U.S.-Israel tax treaty, if the income out of which the dividend is being paid is not attributable to an Approved Enterprise, then income tax with respect to shareholders that are U.S. corporations holding at least 10% of our voting power in the twelve-month period preceding the distribution of such dividends, is required to be withheld at the rate of 12.5%.
Under an amendment to the Inflationary Adjustments Law, non-Israeli companies may be subject to Israeli taxes on the sale of securities of an Israeli company, subject to the provisions of any applicable taxation treaty or unless a specific exemption is available.
For information with respect to the applicability of Israeli capital gains taxes on the sale of ordinary shares by United States residents, see “Capital Gains Tax” above.
F. DIVIDENDS AND PAYING AGENTS.
Not Applicable.
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G. STATEMENT BY EXPERTS.
Not Applicable.
H. DOCUMENTS ON DISPLAY
We are subject to the informational requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, applicable to “foreign private issuers” and, in accordance therewith, are obligated to file reports, including annual reports on Form 20-F, and other information with the SEC relating to our business, financial condition and other matters. You may examine such reports, exhibits and other information filed by us with the SEC, without charge, at the public reference facilities maintained by the SEC at Room 1024, 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C., 20549. You may also receive copies of these materials by mail from the SEC’s Public Reference Branch at 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C., 20549, at prescribed rates. For more information on the public reference rooms, call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330. The SEC maintains an Internet website at http://www.sec.gov that contains reports, proxy statements, information statements and other material that are filed through the SEC’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval (“EDGAR”) system. We began filing through the EDGAR system on November 6, 2002.
As a foreign private issuer, we are exempt from the rules under the Exchange Act prescribing the furnishing and content of proxy statements, and our officers, directors and principal shareholders are 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 SEC as frequently or as promptly as United States companies whose securities are registered under the Exchange Act.
I. SUBSIDIARY INFORMATION
Not Applicable.
ITEM 11. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
Our functional currency and that of most of our consolidated subsidiaries is the U.S. dollar. Accordingly, we have balance sheet exposure deriving from the gap between assets and liabilities in each currency other than the dollar. This exposure is limited, mainly for balances in European currencies and New Israeli Shekels, or NIS. We hedge certain assets or liabilities denominated in currencies other than the dollar, by balancing debt with receivables in the same currency.
We do not actively hedge interest rate exposure or engage in other transactions intended to manage risks relating to interest rate fluctuations. The interest income on our cash equivalents and short-term investments is sensitive to changes in the general level of market interest rates. We mitigate the impact of fluctuations in interest rates primarily through diversification and by limiting the average duration of our interest-bearing investment portfolio. The interest rate for the credit lines we use varies according to changes in the dollar LIBOR rate as well as the Euro LIBOR rate.
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PRESENTATION OF EXCHANGE RATE AND INTEREST RATE RISK (POSITION AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2003)
The table below details the balance sheet exposure, by currency, as of December 31, 2003 (at fair value). All data in the table has been translated for convenience into the dollar equivalent (in millions). Explanatory notes are provided below the table.
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• | “European Currencies” include all European currency exposure. |
(See “Item 5. Operating And Financial Review And Prospects - Impact of Inflation and Exchange Rates” and Note 13 to our consolidated financial statements included in this Annual Report.)
For information about forward-exchange contracts please see Note 13a to our Consolidated Financial Statement included in this Annual Report.
ITEM 12. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES OTHER THAN EQUITY SECURITIES
Not applicable.
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ITEM 13. DEFAULTS, DIVIDEND ARREARAGES AND DELINQUENCIES
Not applicable.
ITEM 14. MATERIAL MODIFICATIONS IN THE RIGHTS OF SECURITY HOLDERS AND USE OF PROCEEDS
In December 2003, our shareholders approved amendments to Article 69 of our Articles of Association, relating to the procedures governing notices, as described in Item 3 of our Notice and Proxy Statement for the Annual General Meeting of our shareholders held on December 31, 2003, included in our report on Form 6-K, filed with the SEC on April 1, 2004, which is incorporated herein by reference.
In April 2004, our shareholders approved additional amendments to our Articles of Association, as follows:
• | Article 53 was amended, with respect to the source of funds available for payment of dividends; and |
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• | Articles 7, 52, 56 and 57 were amended, with respect to the corporate approvals required for reduction of share capital and distribution of dividends, all as described in Items 2 and 4 of our Notice and Proxy Statement for the Extraordinary General Meeting of our shareholders held on April 25, 2005, included in our report on Form 6-K, filed with the SEC on April 1, 2004, which is incorporated herein by reference. |
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ITEM 15. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
Disclosure controls and procedures. Our chief executive officer, or CEO, and chief financial officer, or CFO, are responsible for establishing and maintaining our disclosure controls and procedures. These controls and procedures were designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the reports that we file under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the rules and forms of the SEC. We evaluated these disclosure controls and procedures under the supervision of our CEO and CFO as of December 31, 2003. Based on this evaluation, our CEO and CFO concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures are effective in timely alerting them to information required to be disclosed in our periodic reports to the SEC.
Internal control over financial reporting. There were no changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the year ended December 31, 2003 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
You should note that in the designing and evaluating the disclosure controls and procedures, we recognized that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives. For example, we have investments in certain unconsolidated entities, on which we exercise only limited control, if at all, on management and operational aspects. Accordingly, our disclosure controls and procedures with respect to such entities are necessarily limited compared to those we maintain with respect to our consolidated subsidiaries.
ITEM 16A. AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT
Our board of directors has determined that three of the four members of the audit committee are “audit committee financial experts” as defined in Item 16A of Form 20-F. Our “audit committee financial experts” are Mr. Asheri, Ms. Zochovitzky and Mr. Dogon.
ITEM 16B. CODE OF ETHICS
We have adopted a Code of Ethics and Business Conduct, which applies to all of our directors, executive officers and employees. A copy of our Code of Ethics and Business Conduct has been posted on our Internet website, http://www.scitex.com.
ITEM 16C. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES
In the annual general meeting held in December 2003, our shareholders re-appointed Kesselman & Kesselman, a member of PricewaterhouseCoopers International Ltd. (PWC), to serve as our independent auditors for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2003. In the extraordinary general meeting held in April 2004, our shareholders re-appointed Kesselman & Kesselman to serve as our independent auditors until the next annual meeting.
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PWC, including Kesselman & Kesselman, billed the following fees to us for professional services in each of the last two fiscal years:
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Audit Fees(1) | | $ | 0.37 | | $ | 0.60 | |
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Tax Fees(3) | | | 0.18 | | | 0.33 | |
All Other Fees(4) | | | 0.03 | | | 0.03 | |
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Total Fees | | $ | 0.58 | | $ | 0.96 | |
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(1) | “Audit Fees” are the aggregate fees billed for the audit of our annual financial statements, reviews of interim financial statements and attestation services that are normally provided in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements. |
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(2) | “Audit-Related Fees” are the aggregate fees billed for assurance and related services that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit or review of our financial statements and are not reported under Audit Fees. |
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(3) | “Tax Fees” are the aggregate fees billed for professional services rendered for tax compliance, tax advice on actual or contemplated transactions and tax planning. Kesselman & Kesselman provided us with tax services such as PFIC evaluation and tax planning. |
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(4) | “All Other Fees” are the aggregate fees billed for professional services that are not reported under the captions “Audit Fees,” “Audit-Related Fees” or “Tax Fees.” |
Our Audit Committee oversees our independent auditors. See also the description under the heading “Board Practices” in “Item 6. Directors, Senior Management and Employees.”
Our Audit Committee’s policy is to require committee approval of any audit or permitted non-audit services proposed to be provided by our independent auditors before engaging our independent auditors to provide such services. This policy is designed to assure that such engagements do not impair the independence of our auditors.
ITEM 16D. EXEMPTIONS FROM THE LISTING STANDARDS FOR AUDIT COMMITTEES.
Not applicable.
ITEM 16E. PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES BY THE ISSUER AND AFFILIATED PURCHASERS.
Not effective.
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ITEM 17. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
We have responded to Item 18 in lieu of this item.
ITEM 18. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Scitex is filing as part of this Annual Report:
• | consolidated financial statements (and related Schedule II) of Scitex for the year ended December 31, 2003; |
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• | consolidated financial statements of Jemtex for the year ended December 31, 2003; |
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• | consolidated financial statements of Jemtex for the year ended December 31, 2002; |
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• | a summary of selected financial data from the consolidated financial statements of Objet for the year ended December 31, 2003; and |
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• | the consolidated financial statements of Creo Inc. for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2001 and 2002, which are incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(a)(2) in Item 19 of this Annual Report. |
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Report of Independent Auditors | F2 |
Consolidated Balance Sheets at December 31, 2003 and 2002 | F3-F4 |
Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Three Years ended December 31, 2003 | F5 |
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity for the Three Years ended December 31, 2003 | F6 |
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Three Years ended December 31, 2003 | F7-F8 |
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements | F9-F47 |
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Report of Independent Auditors on Financial Statement Schedule | S-1 |
Schedule II – Valuation and Qualifying Accounts | S-2 |
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Report of Independent Auditors and consolidated financial statements of Jemtex for the year ended December 31, 2003 | J-1-J-17 |
Consolidated financial statements of Jemtex for the year ended December 31, 2002 | H-1-H-13 |
Report of Independent Auditors of Objet and selected financial data for the year ended December 31, 2003 | O-1-O-2 |
ITEM 19. EXHIBITS
1.1 | Memorandum of Association of the Registrant. (1) |
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1.2 | Amended and Restated Articles of Association of the Registrant. |
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3. | Voting Agreement dated December 1, 1980, by and among Discount Investment Corporation Ltd., PEC Israel Economic Corporation and Clal Electronics Industries Ltd. (2) |
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4(a)(1) | Agreement dated November 20, 2001 between Dundee Securities Corporation and the Registrant. (3) |
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4(a)(2) | Asset Purchase Agreement dated November 24, 2003, between Eastman Kodak Company, the Registrant, Scitex Digital Printing, Inc. and Scitex Development Corp. |
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4(a)(3) | Agreement dated June 5, 2003 by and among Dundee Securities Corporation, Raymond James Ltd. and the Registrant. |
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4(a)(4) | Agreement dated August 11, 2003 by and among Dundee Securities Corporation, Raymond James Ltd. and the Registrant. |
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4(c)(1) | The Scitex Israel Key Employee Share Incentive Plan 1991. (1) |
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4(c)(2) | The Scitex International Key Employee Stock Option Plan 1991 (as amended, 1995). (1) |
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4(c)(3) | Form of the Letter of Indemnification provided to office holders. (4) |
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4(c)(4) | The Scitex 2001 Stock Option Plan (as amended, 2003). (5) |
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4(c)(5) | The Scitex 2003 Share Option Plan. (6) |
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4(d)(1) | Services Agreement dated November 1, 2001, between Clal and the Registrant (as amended, 2004). |
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4(d)(2) | Share Exchange Agreement dated December 22, 2002, by and among the Registrant, Scitex Vision Ltd. and Aprion Digital Ltd. (7) |
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4(d)(3) | Services Agreement dated March 1, 2004, between Discount Investment Corporation Ltd. and the Registrant. |
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8 | List of Subsidiaries of the Registrant. |
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10(a)(2) | Year 2002 Annual Report to Shareholders of Creo Inc. for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2002, pages 28 through 42 (inclusive) of which are incorporated herein by reference. (8) |
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10(a)(3) | Comments by Independent Accountants of Creo Inc. for U.S. Readers on Canada – U.S. Reporting Differences, dated November 12, 2002. (9) |
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12.1 | Certification of CEO of the Registrant pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. |
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12.2 | Certification of CFO of the Registrant pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. |
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13.1 | Certification of CEO of the Registrant pursuant to Rule 13a-14(b), as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. |
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13.2 | Certification of CFO of the Registrant pursuant to Rule 13a-14(b), as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. |
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14(a)(1) | Consent of Kesselman & Kesselman, Independent Accountants of Registrant. |
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14(a)(2) | Consent of Ziv Haft, Independent Accountants of Jemtex InkJet Printing Ltd. |
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14(a)(3) | Consent of Independent Accountants of Objet Geometries Ltd. |
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14(a)(4) | Consent of KPMG LLP, Independent Accountants of Creo Inc. |
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(1) | Incorporated by reference to our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2000, filed June 29, 2001. |
(2) | Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.h of our Registration Statement on Form F-1 filed May 26, 1983 (File No. 2-82743). |
(3) | Incorporated by reference to our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2001, filed July 1, 2002. |
(4) | Incorporated by reference to Appendix B to our Proxy Statement of our Report on Form 6-K filed April 1, 2004. |
(5) | Incorporated by reference to Exhibit (d)(4) to our Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO filed May 14, 2004. |
(6) | Incorporated by reference to Appendix B to our Proxy Statement of our Report on Form 6-K filed December 3, 2003. |
(7) | Incorporated by reference to our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2002, filed June 19, 2003. |
(8) | Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.2 of Creo Inc.’s Annual Report on Form 40-F filed February 20, 2003 (incorporated from Creo’s Form 6-K filed January 15, 2003). |
(9) | Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.3 of Creo Inc.’s Annual Report on Form 40-F filed February 20, 2003. |
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SIGNATURES
The Registrant hereby certifies that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form 20-F and that it has duly caused and authorized the undersigned to sign this Annual Report on its behalf.
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Date: June 30, 2004
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2003 CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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2003 CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
To the shareholders of
SCITEX CORPORATION LTD.
We have audited the consolidated balance sheets of Scitex Corporation Ltd. (the “Company”) and its subsidiaries as of December 31, 2003 and 2002 and the related consolidated statements of operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2003. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s Board of Directors and management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.
We did not audit the financial statements of certain associated companies, the Company’s investment in which, as reflected in the balance sheets as of December 31, 2003 and 2002 is $ 3,328,000 and $ 2,544,000, respectively, and the Company’s share in losses of which is $ 5,637,000, $ 2,379,000 and $ 62,927,000 in 2003, 2002 and 2001, respectively. The financial statements of those companies were audited by other independent auditors, whose reports have been furnished to us, and our opinion, insofar as it relates to amounts included for those companies, is based on the reports of the other independent auditors.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), and auditing standards generally accepted in Israel, including those prescribed by the Israeli Auditors (Mode of Performance) Regulations, 1973. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit 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 the Company’s Board of Directors and management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits and the reports of the other independent auditors provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, based on our audits and the reports of the other independent auditors, 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, 2003 and 2002 and the consolidated results of operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2003, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States.
As discussed in note 2i to the consolidated financial statements, effective January 1, 2002, the Company changed its method of accounting for goodwill to conform with FASB statement of Financial Accounting Standard No. 142 “Goodwill and Other intangible assets”.
| /s/ Kesselman & Kesselman |
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Tel-Aviv, Israel March 1, 2004 | Kesselman & Kesselman Certified Public Accountants (Isr.) |
SCITEX CORPORATION LTD.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
| | December 31 | |
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CURRENTASSETS: | | | | | |
Cash and cash equivalents | | 52,861 | | 17,814 | |
Short-term investments | | 8,235 | | | |
Restricted deposit | | 18,262 | | 20,203 | |
Trade receivables | | 36,002 | | 30,555 | |
Other receivables | | 9,995 | | 7,321 | |
Inventories (note 14b) | | 22,575 | | 20,060 | |
Current assets of discontinued operation | | 161,602 | | 135,269 | |
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T o t a l current assets
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Associated companies | | 3,328 | | 7,247 | |
Other investments and non-current assets (note 5) | | 1,301 | | 55,131 | |
Funds in respect of employee rights upon retirement | | 2,040 | | 1,183 | |
Deferred income taxes | | 112 | | 1,866 | |
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PROPERTY,PLANTANDEQUIPMENT, net of accumulated depreciation and amortization (note 6) | | 9,204 | | 6,074 | |
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GOODWILL(note 7) | | 5,472 | | 2,171 | |
OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS,net of accumulated amortization (note 8) | | 18,027 | | 11,367 | |
NON-CURRENT ASSETS OF DISCONTINUED OPERATION | | 48,897 | | 53,295 | |
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| Ami Erel | | ) Chairman of the Board of Directors |
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| Raanan Cohen | | ) Interim President & Chief Executive Officer |
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CURRENTLIABILITIES: | | | | | |
Short-term bank credit and loans (note 14d) | | 45,351 | | 31,888 | |
Current maturities of long-term loans (note 14d) | | 2,602 | | 5,248 | |
Note payable issued to an investee company | | | | 18,523 | |
Trade payables | | 14,505 | | 14,834 | |
Taxes on income, net of advances | | 29,517 | | 26,086 | |
Accrued and other liabilities (note 14c) | | 25,677 | | 16,951 | |
Current liabilities related to discontinued operation | | 31,935 | | 21,388 | |
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T o t a l current liabilities | | 149,587 | | 134,918 | |
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LONG-TERMLIABILITIES: | | | | | |
Loans, net of current maturities: (note 14d) | | | | | |
Banks | | 6,623 | | 5,493 | |
Other | | 3,623 | | | |
Liability for employee rights upon retirement (note 9) | | 3,022 | | 1,607 | |
Long-term liabilities related to discontinued operation | | 5,431 | | 6,359 | |
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T o t a l long-term liabilities | | 18,699 | | 13,459 | |
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CONVERTIBLE LONG-TERM LOANSFROM | | | | | |
RELATED PARTIES(note 14d) | | 756 | | | |
COMMITMENTSANDCONTINGENTLIABILITIES (note 10) | | | | | |
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T o t a l liabilities | | 169,042 | | 148,377 | |
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MINORITY INTEREST | | 4,173 | | | |
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SHAREHOLDERS’EQUITY(note 11): | | | | | |
Share capital - ordinary shares of NIS 0.12 par value (authorized - December 31, 2003 and 2002 - 48,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding - December 31, 2003 and 2002 - 43,467,388 shares) | | 6,205 | | 6,205 | |
Capital surplus | | 368,104 | | 364,619 | |
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) | | (552 | ) | 801 | |
Accumulated deficit | | (144,852 | ) | (146,239 | ) |
Treasury shares, at cost (December 31, 2003 and 2002 - 448,975 shares) | | (4,207 | ) | (4,207 | ) |
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T o t a l shareholders’ equity | | 224,698 | | 221,179 | |
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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SCITEX CORPORATION LTD.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
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REVENUES: | | | | | | | | | | |
| Sales | | | 60,653 | | | 52,847 | | | 59,753 | |
| Services | | | 5,638 | | | 5,098 | | | 4,174 | |
| Supplies | | | 36,589 | | | 27,716 | | | 27,691 | |
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| T o t a l revenues | | | 102,880 | | | 85,661 | | | 91,618 | |
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COST OF REVENUES: | | | | | | | | | | |
| Cost of sales | | | 33,766 | | | 25,873 | | | 27,268 | |
| Cost of services | | | 12,438 | | | 11,486 | | | 12,414 | |
| Cost of supplies | | | 12,138 | | | 8,562 | | | 8,126 | |
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| T o t a l cost of revenues | | | 58,342 | | | 45,921 | | | 47,808 | |
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GROSS PROFIT | | | 44,538 | | | 39,740 | | | 43,810 | |
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RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT COSTS -net (note 14f) | | | 11,070 | | | 7,060 | | | 6,083 | |
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SELLING, GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES(note 14g) | | | 35,339 | | | 33,393 | | | 37,653 | |
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AMORTIZATION OF INTANGIBLE ASSETS(in 2001 - including goodwill) | | | 5,871 | | | 2,944 | | | 8,460 | |
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WRITE-DOWN OF GOODWILL AND OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS | | | 2,967 | | | | | | 14,986 | |
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RESTRUCTURING CHARGES(note 14h) | | | 1,590 | | | | | | 500 | |
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OPERATING LOSS | | | (12,299 | ) | | (3,657 | ) | | (23,872 | ) |
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FINANCIALEXPENSES - net (note 14i) | | | (2,651 | ) | | (3,139 | ) | | (2,928 | ) |
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WRITE-DOWN OF INVESTMENT IN AN ASSOCIATED COMPANY | | | | | | | | | (149,704 | ) |
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OTHER INCOME (LOSS)- net (note 14j) | | | 787 | | | (26,270 | ) | | (13,034 | ) |
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LOSS BEFORE TAXES ON INCOME | | | (14,163 | ) | | (33,066 | ) | | (189,538 | ) |
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TAXESONINCOME (note 12) | | | (2,402 | ) | | 648 | | | (2,957 | ) |
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SHARE IN LOSSES OF ASSOCIATED COMPANIES | | | (5,637 | ) | | (4,106 | ) | | (67,507 | ) |
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MINORITY INTERESTS IN LOSSES OF A SUBSIDIARY | | | 3,546 | | | | | | | |
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NET LOSS FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS | | | (18,656 | ) | | (36,524 | ) | | (260,002 | ) |
NET INCOME FROM DISCONTINUED OPERATION | | | 20,043 | | | 4,494 | | | 6,982 | |
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NET INCOME (LOSS) | | | 1,387 | | | (32,030 | ) | | (253,020 | ) |
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EARNINGS (LOSS)PER SHARE (“EPS”) - BASIC: | | | | | | | | | | |
Continuing operations | | $ | (0.43 | ) | $ | (0.84 | ) | $ | (6.04 | ) |
Discontinued operation | | $ | 0.46 | | $ | 0.10 | | $ | 0.16 | |
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EARNINGS (LOSS)PER SHARE (“EPS”) - DILUTED: | | | | | | | | | | |
Continuing operations | | $ | (0.43 | ) | $ | (0.84 | ) | $ | (6.04 | ) |
Discontinued operation | | $ | 0.46 | | $ | 0.10 | | $ | 0.16 | |
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WEIGHTED AVERAGE NUMBER OF SHARES USED IN COMPUTATION OF EPS (in thousands): | | | | | | | | | | |
Basic | | | 43,018 | | | 43,018 | | | 43,018 | |
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Diluted | | | 43,018 | | | 43,018 | | | 43,018 | |
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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SCITEX CORPORATION LTD.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
| | Share capital | | Capital surplus | | Accumulated other comprehensive Income (loss) | | Retained earnings (accumulated deficit) | | Treasury shares | | Total shareholders’ equity | |
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BALANCE AT JANUARY 1, 2001 | | 6,205 | | 364,619 | | | 904 | | | | 138,811 | | | (4,207 | ) | | 506,332 | | |
CHANGES DURING THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2001: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net loss | | | | | | | | | | | (253,020 | ) | | | | | (253,020 | ) | |
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Other comprehensive income (loss), net, in respect of: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Currency translation adjustments | | | | | | | (306 | ) | | | | | | | | | (306 | ) | |
Available-for-sale securities | | | | | | | 7,342 | | | | | | | | | | 7,342 | | |
Derivative instruments designated for cash flow hedge | | | | | | | (200 | ) | | | | | | | | | (200 | ) | |
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Total comprehensive loss | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | (246,184 | ) | |
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BALANCE AT DECEMBER 31, 2001 | | 6,205 | | 364,619 | | | 7,754 | | | | (114,209 | ) | | (4,207 | ) | | 260,162 | | |
CHANGES DURING THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2002: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net loss | | | | | | | | | | | (32,030 | ) | | | | | (32,030 | ) | |
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Other comprehensive income (loss), net, in respect of: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Currency translation adjustments | | | | | | | 189 | | | | | | | | | | 189 | | |
Available-for-sale securities | | | | | | | (7,342 | ) | | | | | | | | | (7,342 | ) | |
Derivative instruments designated for cash flow hedge | | | | | | | 200 | | | | | | | | | | 200 | | |
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Total comprehensive loss | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | (38,983 | ) | |
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BALANCE AT DECEMBER 31, 2002 | | 6,205 | | 364,619 | | | 801 | | | | (146,239 | ) | | (4,207 | ) | | 221,179 | | |
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CHANGES DURING THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2003: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net income | | | | | | | | | | | 1,387 | | | | | | 1,387 | | |
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Other comprehensive loss, net, in respect of: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Currency translation adjustments | | | | | | | (1,353 | ) | | | | | | | | | (1,353 | ) | |
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Share in beneficial conversion feature relating to convertible preferred shares issued by Scitex Vision. See note 3a | | | | 3,485 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3,485 | | |
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BALANCE AT DECEMBER 31, 2003 | | 6,205 | | 368,104 | | | (552 | ) | | | (144,852 | ) | | (4,207 | ) | | 224,698 | | |
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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SCITEX CORPORATION LTD.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
| | Year ended December 31 | |
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CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES: | | | | | | | |
| Net income (loss) | | 1,387 | | (32,030 | ) | (253,020 | ) |
| Net income from discontinued operation | | (20,043 | ) | (4,494 | ) | (6,982 | ) |
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| Net loss from continuing operations | | (18,656 | ) | (36,524 | ) | (260,002 | ) |
| Adjustments to reconcile net loss from continuing operations to net cash provided by operating activities: | | | | | | | |
| Income and expenses not involving cash flows: | | | | | | | |
| Minority interests in losses of subsidiaries | | (3,546 | ) | | | | |
| Share in losses of associated companies - net | | 5,637 | | 4,106 | | 67,506 | |
| Depreciation and amortization | | 9,406 | | 5,194 | | 10,663 | |
| Write-down of goodwill and other intangible assets | | 2,967 | | | | 14,986 | |
| Restructuring charges | | 291 | | | | 500 | |
| Loss (gain) on disposal of fixed assets | | 321 | | (16 | ) | 102 | |
| Gain from sale of interest in a subsidiary | | (3,774 | ) | | | | |
| Share in beneficial conversion feature of convertible preferred shares issued by a subsidiary | | 3,485 | | | | | |
| Loss from change in percentage of holding in an associated company | | | | | | 4,408 | |
| Gain from sale of available-for-sale securities | | (2,823 | ) | | | | |
| Loss from sale of investments in an associated company | | | | | | 6,041 | |
| Write-off and write-down of investments in investee companies and available-for-sale securities | | 2,493 | | 26,122 | | 5,477 | |
| Write-down of investment in an associated company | | | | | | 149,704 | |
| Interest on long-term note payable | | 236 | | 944 | | 944 | |
| Interest on long-term loans - net | | (603 | ) | | | | |
| Revaluation of long-term loan | | (408 | ) | | | | |
| Interest on convertible long-term loans from related parties | | 20 | | | | | |
| Deferred income taxes - net | | 1,754 | | (64 | ) | (1,802 | ) |
| Decrease (increase) in short-term investments | | (8,235 | ) | | | 9,511 | |
| Changes in operating asset and liability items: | | | | | | | |
| Increase in accounts receivable | | (6,496 | ) | (5,244 | ) | (1,356 | ) |
| Decrease (increase) in inventories | | 112 | | 1,937 | | (5,093 | ) |
| Increase (decrease) in accounts payable and accruals | | 4,248 | | (1,394 | ) | (46,783 | ) |
| Other items - net | | (8 | ) | (254 | ) | (248 | ) |
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| Net cash used in continuing operations | | (13,579 | ) | (5,193 | ) | (45,442 | ) |
| Net cash provided by discontinued operation | | 7,415 | | 9,564 | | 22,289 | |
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| Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities | | (6,164 | ) | 4,371 | | (23,153 | ) |
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CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES: | | | | | | | |
| Acquisition of assets and operations consolidated for the first time * | | 771 | | (2,181 | ) | (2,860 | ) |
| Purchase of fixed assets | | (3,306 | ) | (10,324 | ) | (15,469 | ) |
| Proceeds from sale of fixed assets | | | | 10 | | 3,490 | |
| Proceeds from sale of investment in an associated company | | | | | | 76,071 | |
| Proceeds from sale of other investment | | 53,886 | | | | | |
| Purchase of intangible assets | | (820 | ) | (1,012 | ) | (5,123 | ) |
| Restricted deposits | | 3,427 | | (20,203 | ) | | |
| Investment in associated companies and other investments | | (3,061 | ) | (3,466 | ) | (6,138 | ) |
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| Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities | | 50,897 | | (37,176 | ) | 49,971 | |
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Subtotal - forward | | 44,733 | | (32,805 | ) | 26,818 | |
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(Concluded - 2)
SCITEX CORPORATION LTD.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
| | Year ended December 31 | |
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Subtotal - brought forward | | 44,733 | | (32,805 | ) | 26,818 | |
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CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES: | | | | | | | |
Increase in long-term liabilities | | 612 | | 8,000 | | 5,500 | |
Receipt of Convertible long-term loans from related parties | | 933 | | | | | |
Discharge of long-term liabilities | | (666 | ) | (8,759 | ) | (2,000 | ) |
Repayment of long-term note payable | | (18,759 | ) | | | | |
Increase in short-term bank credit - net | | 8,194 | | 5,287 | | 6,341 | |
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Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities | | (9,686 | ) | 4,528 | | 9,841 | |
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NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS | | 35,047 | | (28,277 | ) | 36,659 | |
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CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT BEGINNING OF YEAR | | 17,814 | | 46,091 | | 9,432 | |
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CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT END OF YEAR | | 52,861 | | 17,814 | | 46,091 | |
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Assets and liabilities at the date of acquisition: | | | | | | | |
Deficiency in working capital (excluding cash and cash equivalents) | | 4,754 | | | | (361 | ) |
Fixed assets - net | | (4,447 | ) | | | (585 | ) |
Goodwill arising on acquisition | | (2,043 | ) | | | | |
Intangible assets arising on acquisition | | (11,376 | ) | (2,181 | ) | (1,914 | ) |
Long-term loans and other liabilities | | 6,361 | | | | | |
Minority interests in subsidiary at date of acquisition | | 7,522 | | | | | |
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Cash received (paid) | | 771 | | (2,181 | ) | (2,860 | ) |
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SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION: | | | | | | | |
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Interest paid | | 4,166 | | 1,703 | | 604 | |
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Income taxes paid | | 2,652 | | 732 | | 20,016 | |
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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SCITEX CORPORATION LTD.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NOTE 1 - GENERAL:
| a. | Nature of operations |
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| | Scitex Corporation Ltd. (the “Company”) is an Israeli corporation, which through its subsidiaries operates in one segment – wide format digital printing. The subsidiaries develop, manufacture and market industrial digital inkjet printing solutions mainly to the graphic arts, packaging and textile markets as well as related services and consumable products. As of the end of 2003, the Company (through its wholly-owned subsidiary) operated also in the high-speed digital printing segment, which was classified as discontinued operation, see b below. In addition, the Company holds interest in other companies that develop digital printing solution to industrial applications. |
| | Amounts provided in these notes to the consolidated financial statements pertain to continuing operations - unless otherwise indicates. |
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| b. | Sale of the High-Speed Digital Printing segment |
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| | On November 25, 2003, the Company entered into an agreement according to which it will sell substantially all of the assets, liabilities and operations of its indirect wholly-owned subsidiary Scitex Digital Printing Inc. (“SDP”) related to its High-Speed Digital Printing Business, including most of the distribution channels that served SDP, to Eastman Kodak Company (“Kodak”), for $ 250 million in cash. Pursuant to the agreement, a $25 million was held in escrow. $15 million out of the above escrow amount was released in February 2004 to SDP’s parent company (“SDC”) account, and the remaining $10 million will be held for up to two years and will be used for indemnification liabilities under the agreement. |
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| | The assets, net of liabilities sold are distinguishable as a component of the Company and classified as “Assets or Liabilities of discontinued operation” in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 144 (“SFAS 144”), “Accounting for the Impairment on Disposal of Long-Lived Assets” of the Financial Accounting Standards Board of the United States (“FASB”). Direct costs to transact the sale were comprised of, but not limited to, broker commissions, legal and title transfer fees and closing costs, which will be expensed upon the completion of the transaction. |
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| | The closing of the transaction occurred on January 5, 2004. As a result of the transaction, the Company is expected to record a net gain of approximately $ 60 million, approximately $ 52 million of which will be included in the statement of operations for the first quarter of 2004, and approximately $ 8 million of which were recognized in the fourth quarter of 2003 as a tax benefit related to expected utilization of carryforward tax losses including capital losses and is recorded under “income from discontinued operation”. |
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| | Operating results of SDP have been reported in these financial statements as discontinued operations in accordance with SFAS 144 and the Company has reclassified the results of operations, the assets and liabilities of the component to be disposed for the prior period in accordance with provisions of SFAS 144. |
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SCITEX CORPORATION LTD.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)
NOTE 1 - GENERAL(continued):
| 1) | The assets and liabilities of SDP classified as discontinued operation in the Consolidated Balance Sheets, are as follows: |
| | | December 31 | |
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| Cash and Short-term investments | | | 16,056 | | | 15,717 | |
| Trade and other receivables | | | 68,811 | | | 67,077 | |
| Inventories | | | 40,506 | | | 31,501 | |
| Deferred income taxes | | | 36,229 | | | 20,974 | |
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| T o t a l current assets | | | 161,602 | | | 135,269 | |
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| Investment and other non-current assets | | | 2,040 | | | 1,585 | |
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| Property, plant and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation and amortization | | | 26,223 | | | 30,783 | |
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| Goodwill | | | 19,730 | | | 19,730 | |
| Other intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization | | | 904 | | | 1,197 | |
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| T o t a l assets | | | 210,499 | | | 188,564 | |
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| Current liabilities | | | 31,935 | | | 21,388 | |
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| Long-term liabilities: | | | | | | | |
| Deferred income taxes | | | 3,883 | | | 5,033 | |
| Other | | | 1,548 | | | 1,326 | |
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| T o t a l liabilities | | | 37,366 | | | 27,747 | |
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| 2) | Revenues and net income from the discontinued operations of SDP are as follow: |
| | | Year ended December 31 | |
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| REVENUES | | | 170,113 | | | 157,111 | | | 164,596 | |
| COST OF REVENUES | | | 101,721 | | | 98,573 | | | 99,745 | |
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| GROSS PROFIT | | | 68,392 | | | 58,538 | | | 64,851 | |
| OTHER OPERATION EXPENSES | | | 56,300 | | | 52,772 | | | 57,812 | |
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| OPERATING INCOME | | | 12,092 | | | 5,766 | | | 7,039 | |
| FINANCIAL INCOME - net | | | 3,970 | | | 1,103 | | | 40 | |
| OTHER LOSSES - net | | | (390 | ) | | (182 | ) | | | |
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| INCOME BEFORE TAXES ON INCOME | | | 15,672 | | | 6,687 | | | 7,079 | |
| TAXES ON INCOME | | | (4,371 | ) | | 2,193 | | | 97 | |
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| NET INCOME FOR THE YEAR | | | 20,043 | | | 4,494 | | | 6,982 | |
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SCITEX CORPORATION LTD.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)
NOTE 2 - SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES:
| a. | General: |
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| | 1) | Functional currency |
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| | | The currency of the primary economic environment in which the operations of the Company and most of its subsidiaries are conducted is the U.S. dollar (“dollar” or “$”); thus, the dollar is the functional currency of the Company and most of its subsidiaries. |
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| | | For the Company and those subsidiaries whose functional currency is the dollar, transactions and balances denominated in dollars are presented at their original amounts. Balances in non-dollar currencies are translated into dollars using historical and current exchange rates for non-monetary and monetary balances, respectively. For non-dollar transactions reflected in the statements of operations, the exchange rates at transaction dates are used, except for expenses deriving from non-monetary items, which are translated using historical exchange rates. The currency transaction gains or losses are carried to financial income or expenses, as appropriate. |
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| | | The financial statements of a subsidiary - relating to the discontinued operation, whose functional currency is its local currency, are translated into dollars in accordance with the principles set forth in Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“FAS”) No. 52 “Foreign Currency Translation”. The resulting aggregate translation adjustments are presented in shareholders’ equity, under “accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)”. |
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| | 2) | Use of estimates in the preparation of financial statements |
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| | | The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the dates of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting years. Actual results could differ from those estimates. |
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| | 3) | Accounting principles |
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| | | The consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. |
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| b. | Principles of consolidation |
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| | The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its subsidiaries. Intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. Unrealized profits from intercompany sales have also been eliminated. |
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SCITEX CORPORATION LTD.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)
NOTE 2 - SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued):
| c. | Cash and cash equivalents |
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| | The Company and its subsidiaries consider all highly liquid investments, with an original maturity of three months or less at time of investment, that are not restricted as to withdrawal or use, to be cash equivalents. |
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| d. | Investments in marketable securities |
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| | Trading securities which are carried at fair market value with unrealized gains and losses, are included in “financial income (expenses) - net”. Trading securities are presented in the balance sheet under “short-term investments”. |
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| | Other marketable securities consist of equity securities classified as “available-for-sale” securities and are presented in the balance sheet under “other investments and non-current assets”. Available-for-sale securities are carried at fair market value with unrealized gains and losses, and are reported as a separate item under “other comprehensive income (loss)”. Realized gains and losses and declines in value that are considered as other than temporary in nature on available-for-sale securities are included under “other loss - net” - see also note 5(b). |
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| e. | Other non-marketable investments |
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| | These investments are carried at cost, net of write-down for decrease in value, which is not of a temporary nature. |
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| f. | Inventories |
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| | Inventories are valued at the lower of cost or market. Cost is determined as follows: |
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| | Raw-materials - on the moving average basis. |
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| | Finished products and products in process - on basis of production costs: |
| | | Raw materials - on the moving average basis. |
| | | Labor and overhead component - actual manufacturing costs. |
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| g. | Investments in associated companies |
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| | Associated companies are companies over which significant influence is exercised, but which are not consolidated subsidiaries, and are accounted for by the equity method, net of write-down for decrease in value, which is not of a temporary nature. The excess of cost of investment in associated companies over the Company’s share in their net assets at date of acquisition (“excess of cost of investment”) represents amounts attributed to know-how and technology. The excess of cost of investment is amortized over a period of 5 years, commencing in the year of acquisition. |
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)
NOTE 2 - SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES(continued): |
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| h. | Property, plant and equipment |
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| | Property, plant and equipment are carried at cost and are depreciated by the straight-line method over their estimated useful life. |
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| | Annual rates of depreciation are as follows: |
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Machinery and equipment | | 10-33 (mainly 20) |
Building | | 2.5 |
Office furniture and equipment | | 6-33 (mainly 20) |
Motor vehicles | | 15-25 (mainly 15) |
| | Leasehold improvements are amortized by the straight-line method over the term of the lease or the estimated useful life of the improvements, whichever is shorter. |
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| i. | Goodwill |
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| | On January 1, 2002 the Company adopted FAS No. 142 “Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets”. Under FAS 142, goodwill is no longer being amortized but tested for impairment at least annually. |
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| | Prior to January 1, 2002, goodwill was amortized on a straight-line basis, over periods of 7-15 years. |
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| | The Company identified two reporting units that consisted of its operating segments: wide format digital printing and high-speed digital printing – which was classified as discontinued operation (see also note 1b). The Company has utilized expected future discounted cash flows to determine the fair value of the reporting units and whether any impairment of goodwill existed – as of the date of adoption. |
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| | The Company has performed its annual goodwill impairment test during the fourth quarter of 2003. No impairment of goodwill resulted from the annual review performed in 2003. |
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| j. | Other intangible assets |
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| | Other intangible assets which consist mainly of technology, are presented at cost and are amortized by the straight-line method over a period of 5-6 years. |
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| | These intangible assets are presented net of write-down in value which is other than temporary, see also note 8. |
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SCITEX CORPORATION LTD.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)
NOTE 2 - SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES(continued):
| k. | Impairment in value of long-lived assets |
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| | The company has adopted FAS 144 “Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets” (“FAS 144”) effective January 1, 2002. FAS 144 requires that long-lived assets, to be held and used by an entity be reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of the assets may not be recoverable. Under FAS 144, if the sum of the expected future cash flows (undiscounted and without interest charges) of the long-lived assets is less than the carrying amount of such assets, an impairment loss would be recognized, and the assets would be written down to their estimated fair values. |
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| | The adoption of FAS 144 - on January 1, 2002 - did not have any material impact on the consolidated financial position and consolidated results of operations of the Company. |
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| l. | Deferred income taxes: |
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| | 1) | Deferred taxes are determined utilizing the asset and liability method based on the estimated future tax effects of differences between the financial accounting and tax bases of assets and liabilities under the applicable tax laws. Deferred income tax provisions and benefits are based on the changes in the deferred tax asset or tax liability from period to period. Valuation allowances are provided for deferred tax assets when it is more likely than not that all or a portion of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. |
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| | 2) | The Company may incur an additional tax liability in the event of an intercompany dividend distribution by non-Israeli subsidiaries; no additional tax has been provided, since the Company does not intend to distribute, in the foreseeable future, dividends which would result in an additional tax liability. |
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| | 3) | Taxes that would apply in the event of disposal of investments in non-Israeli subsidiaries have not been taken into account in computing the deferred taxes as long, as it is the Company’s intention to hold these investments and not to realize them. |
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| | 4) | As stated in note 12a(1)a, upon distribution of dividends from tax-exempt income of “approved enterprises”, the amount distributed will be subject to tax at the rate that would have been applicable had the Company not been exempted from payment thereof. The Israeli subsidiary intends to permanently reinvest the amounts of tax-exempt income and does not intend to cause dividend distribution from such income (see note 12a). Therefore, no deferred taxes have been provided in respect of such tax-exempt income. |
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| m. | Comprehensive income (loss) |
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| | In addition to net loss, other comprehensive income (loss) includes unrealized gains and losses on available-for-sale securities, currency translation adjustments of non-dollar currency financial statements of investee companies and gains and losses on certain derivative instruments designated for cash-flow hedge. |
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| n. | Treasury shares |
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| | Company shares held by the Company, are presented as a reduction of shareholders’ equity, at their cost to the Company. |
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SCITEX CORPORATION LTD.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)
NOTE 2 - SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued):
| o. | Revenue recognition: |
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| | 1) | Revenues from sales of products and supplies are recognized when an arrangement (usually in the form of a purchase order) exists, delivery has occurred and title passed to the customer, the Company’s price to the customer is fixed or determinable and collectability is reasonably assured. With respect to products with installation requirements, revenue is recognized when all of the above criteria are met and installation is completed. |
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| | | Sales contracts with distributors stipulate fixed prices and current payment terms and are not subject to the distributor’s resale or any other contingencies. Accordingly, sales of finished products to distributors are recognized as revenue upon delivery and after title passes to distributors. |
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| | 2) | Service revenue is recognized ratably over the contractual period or as services are performed. |
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| | 3) | Warranty costs are provided for at the same time as the related revenues are recognized. The annual provision is calculated on the basis of the expected cost of inputs, based on historical experience. |
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| | 4) | Emerging Issues Task Force (“EITF”) Issue 00-21, “Revenue Arrangements with Multiple Deliverables” addresses the accounting, by a vendor, for contractual arrangements in which multiple revenue-generating activities will be performed by the vendor. It is effective prospectively for all arrangements entered into in fiscal periods beginning after June 15,2003. EITF Issue 00-21 addresses when and, if so, how an arrangement involving multiple deliverables should be divided into separate units of accounting. The Company adopted EITF Issue 00-21 in the year ended December 31, 2003 and it has had no significant impact on its financial position and results of operations. |
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| p. | Research and development costs, net |
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| | Research and development costs are charged to income as incurred. Royalty-bearing grants received from governments for approved projects are recognized as a reduction of expenses as the related costs are incurred. |
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| q. | Advertising |
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| | These costs are charged to income as incurred. |
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| r. | Shipping and handling costs |
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| | Shipping and handling costs are classified as a component of marketing expenses. |
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| s. | Allowance for doubtful accounts |
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| | The allowance for doubtful accounts is determined as a percentage of specific debts doubtful of collection. |
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SCITEX CORPORATION LTD.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)
NOTE 2 - SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued):
| t. | Stock based compensation |
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| | The Company and its subsidiaries account for employee stock based compensation in accordance with Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 25 “Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees” (“APB 25”) and related interpretations. Under APB 25 compensation cost for employee stock option plans is measured using the intrinsic value based method of accounting, and is amortized by the straight-line method against income, over the expected service period. |
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| | FAS 123 “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation”, establishes a fair value based method accounting for employee stock options or similar equity instruments, and encouraged adoption of such method for stock compensation plans. However, it also allows companies to continue to account for those plans the accounting treatment prescribed by APB 25. |
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| | The following table illustrates the effect on net income (loss) and earning (loss) per share assuming the Company and its subsidiaries had applied the fair value recognition provisions of FAS 123 to stock-based employee compensation: |
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| Net loss from continuing operations - as reported | | (18,656 | ) | (36,524 | ) | (260,002 | ) |
| Add: stock based employee compensation expenses, included in reported net loss from continuing operations | | -,- | | -,- | | -,- | |
| Deduct: stock based employee compensation expenses determined under fair value method | | (1,018 | ) | (2,242 | ) | (3,753 | ) |
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| Pro-forma net loss from continuing operations | | (19,674 | ) | (38,766 | ) | (263,755 | ) |
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| Net income from discontinued operations - as reported | | 20,043 | | 4,494 | | 6,982 | |
| Add: stock based employee compensation expenses, included in reported net income from discontinued operations | | -,- | | -,- | | -,- | |
| Deduct: stock based employee compensation expenses determined under fair value method | | (1,305 | ) | (2,109 | ) | | |
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| Pro-forma net income from discontinued operations | | 18,738 | | 2,385 | | 6,982 | |
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| Pro-forma net loss | | (936 | ) | (36,381 | ) | (256,773 | ) |
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| Continuing operations | | (0.43 | ) | (0.84 | ) | (6.04 | ) |
| Discontinuing operations | | 0.46 | | 0.10 | | 0.16 | |
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| Net income (loss) | | 0.03 | | (0.74 | ) | (5.88 | ) |
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| Continuing operations | | (0.46 | ) | (0.90 | ) | (6.13 | ) |
| Discontinuing operations | | 0.44 | | 0.05 | | 0.16 | |
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| Net loss | | (0.02 | ) | (0.85 | ) | (5.97 | ) |
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SCITEX CORPORATION LTD.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)
NOTE 2 - SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES(continued):
| u. | Earnings (loss) per share (“EPS”) |
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| | Basic EPS are computed based on the weighted average number of shares outstanding during each year excluding the treasury stock held by the Company. Diluted EPS reflects the increase in the weighted average number of shares outstanding that would result from the assumed exercise of options, calculated using the treasury-stock-method (in 2003, 2002 and 2001) such effect was not included since it would have been anti-dilutive). In addition, diluted EPS does not reflect options granted by subsidiaries to be exercised to the subsidiaries shares and convertible loans, since their effect would have been anti-dilutive. |
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| v. | Derivatives and hedging activities |
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| | The Company has adopted FAS 133 “Accounting for derivative instruments and hedging activities”. FAS 133, as amended, establishes accounting and reporting standards for derivatives and for hedging activities. Under FAS 133, all derivatives are recognized on the balance sheet at their fair value. On the date that the Company enters into a derivative contract, it designates the derivative, for accounting purposes, as: |
| | (1) Hedging instrument, or (2) Non-hedging instrument. |
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| | For derivative financial instruments that are designated and qualify as a cash flow hedge, the effective portions of changes in fair value of the derivative are recorded in other comprehensive income (loss), and are recognized in the statement of operations when the hedged item affects earnings. Ineffective portions of changes in the fair value of cash flow hedges are recognized in earnings. Changes in the fair value of derivatives that do not qualify for hedge accounting are recognized in earnings. |
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| w. | First time application of the equity method in respect of an investment previously accounted for under the cost method |
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| | As of December 31, 2003, the Company holds approximately 23.47% of Objet Geometries Ltd. (“Objet”) outstanding shares and 23.09% on a fully diluted basis. Through December 31, 2001, the Company accounted for this investment under the cost method. Commencing January 2002, the Company changed its method of accounting for this investment from the cost method to the equity method as required by APB 18 (“The equity method of accounting for investments in common stock”). |
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| | The consolidated financial statements for the year 2001 have been adjusted retroactively to reflect the adoption of the equity method. |
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SCITEX CORPORATION LTD.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)
NOTE 2 - SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES(continued):
| | The effect of such adjustments on the consolidated statements of operations in the year ended December 31, 2001 was as follows: |
| | | As previously reported | | Effect of restatement | | As reported in these financial statements | |
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| Share in losses of associated companies | | | (64,763 | ) | | (2,744 | ) | | (67,507 | ) |
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| x. | Recently issued accounting pronouncements: |
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| | 1. | In January 2003, the FASB issued FASB Interpretation No. 46, “Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities” (FIN 46). Under FIN 46, entities are separated into two populations: (1) those for which voting interests are used to determine consolidation (this is the most common situation) and (2) those for which variable interests are used to determine consolidation. FIN 46 explains how to identify Variable Interest Entities (VIEs) and how to determine when a business enterprise should include the assets, liabilities, no controlling interests, and results of activities of a VIE in its consolidated financial statements. Since issuing FIN 46, the FASB has proposed various amendments to the Interpretation and has deferred its effective dates. Most recently, in December 2003, the FASB issued a revised version of FIN 46 (FIN 46-R), which also provides for a partial deferral of FIN 46. This partial deferral established the effective dates for public entities to apply FIN 46 and FIN 46-R based on the nature of the VIE and the date upon which the public company became involved with the VIE. In general, the deferral provides that (i) for VIEs created before February 1, 2003, a public entity must apply FIN 46-R at the end of the first interim or annual period ending after March 15, 2004, and may be required to apply FIN 46 at the end of the first interim or annual period ending after December 15, 2003, if the VIE is a special purpose entity, and (ii) for VIEs created after January 31, 2003, a public company must apply FIN 46 at the end of the first interim or annual period ending after December 15, 2003, as previously required, and then apply FIN 46-R at the end of the first interim or annual reporting period ending after March 15, 2004. The Company believes that the adoption of FIN 46 and FIN 46-R will not have material impact on its financial position, results of operations and cash flows. |
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SCITEX CORPORATION LTD.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)
NOTE 2 - SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES(continued):
| | 2. | In December 2003, the FASB issued SFAS No. 132 (revised 2003), “Employers’ Disclosures about Pensions and Other Postretirement Benefits, an amendment of FASB Statements No. 87, 88 and 106, and a revision of FASB Statement No. 132 (“FAS 132 (revised 2003)”) “. This Statement revises employers’ disclosures about pension plans and other postretirement benefit plans. It does not change the measurement or recognition of those plans. The new rules require additional disclosures about the assets, obligations, cash flows, and net periodic benefit cost of defined benefit pension plans and other postretirement benefit plans. Part of the new disclosures provisions are effective for 2003 calendar year-end financial statements, and accordingly have been applied by the Company in these consolidated financial statements. The rest of the provisions of FAS 132, which have a later effective date, are currently being evaluated by the Company. |
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| y. | Reclassifications |
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| | Certain comparative figures have been reclassified to conform to the current year presentation. |
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NOTE 3 - ACQUISITIONS OF BUSINESSES |
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| a. | Scitex Vision Ltd. (hereafter – “Scitex Vision”) was formed by the Company and other investors during 1999 under the name Aprion Digital Ltd. Upon the formation of Scitex Vision, the Company transferred to Scitex Vision the activity of its Advanced Printing Products Division, in consideration for Scitex Vision shares, warrants and convertible note in the amount of $ 20,000,000. |
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| | In the second quarter of 2001, the Company exercised all of the warrants that were granted by Scitex Vision, in consideration for $ 2,500,000, and in the third quarter converted the note into Scitex Vision preferred shares. The excess of cost of investments over the Company’s share in Scitex Vision’s net assets at dates of transactions, in total amount of approximately $ 5,000,000, was attributed to technology to be amortized over five years. |
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| | At December 31, 2002, the Company held approximately 43% of Scitex Vision’s outstanding shares and the balance of the investment, accounted for under the equity method, was zero. |
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| | On January 1, 2003, the Company sold all of its shares in its then wholly owned subsidiary - Scitex Vision International Ltd. (then known as Scitex Vision Ltd.) (hereafter - “SV international”), to Scitex Vision, the Company’s then associated company, in exchange for additional preferred shares in Scitex Vision. Subsequent to the transaction, the Company holds approximately 75% of Scitex Vision’s outstanding shares. The transaction was accounted for, by the Company, as a sale of 25% in SV international and as acquisition of additional shares in Scitex Vision. The fair value of the transaction was approximately $ 9 million. As a result, the Company recognized a net capital gain of $ 289,000 under “Other expenses - net” ($ 3,774,000 capital gain resulting from the sale of a portion in SV international, net of $ 3,485,000 of dilution loss relating to Scitex Vision’s preferred shares anti-dilution mechanism triggered by the transaction). In addition, the Company recognized a capital surplus of $ 3,485,000 under “Beneficial conversion feature relating to convertible preferred shares issued by Scitex Vision” in its shareholders equity. |
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)
NOTE 3 - ACQUISITIONS OF BUSINESSES(continued):
| | This acquisition was accounted for under the purchase method. As a result of the transaction the Company recorded technology and goodwill of approximately $ 14.8 million and approximately $ 2 million, respectively, of which approximately $ 3.8 million was credited to minority interest. The technology is being amortized over 6 years. |
| | |
| | Commencing on January 2003 Scitex Vision’s financial statements are consolidated with those of the Company. |
| | |
| | Here after are certain unaudited proforma combined statements of operations data for the year ended December 31, 2002 as if the acquisition of additional shares in Scitex Vision occurred on January 1, 2002, after giving effect to purchase accounting adjustments. The proforma financial information is not necessarily indicative of the combined results that would have been attained had the acquisition take place at the beginning of 2002, nor is it necessarily indicative of future results: |
| | | Year ended December 31, | |
| | |
| |
| | | 2002 | |
| | |
| |
| | | (Unaudited) | |
| | |
| |
| | | U.S. dollars in thousands (except per share data) | |
| | |
| |
| Revenues | | | | 91,018 | | |
| | | |
|
| | |
| Net loss from continuing operations | | | | (45,375 | ) | |
| | | |
|
| | |
| Net loss | | | | (49,869 | ) | |
| | | |
|
| | |
| Loss per share for continuing operation - basic and diluted | | | $ | (1.05 | ) | |
| | | |
|
| | |
| Net loss per share - basic and diluted | | | $ | (1.16 | ) | |
| | | |
|
| | |
| | As to lawsuits filed in connection with this transaction see note 10b(1). |
| | |
| b. | In April 2002, SV international acquired some assets and operations from Siantec SARL (“Siantec”) and its shareholders in consideration of $ 2,470,000, of which $ 1,860,000 was allocated to technology and $ 610,000 to non-compete covenant. Those intangible assets were originally amortized according to a 6-year amortization rate (as to an impairment of the acquired intangibles, see note 8). This acquisition was made in order to obtain the advanced technology in the subsidiary’s products. As part of the transaction additional maximum royalties payment of up to $ 10,000,000 is to be paid conditional upon sales of systems and ink based on Siantec’s technology. The payment of $ 1,000,000 of the total amount is limited to a 5-year period, and the balance of $ 9,000,000 is with no time limitation. As of December 31, 2003, no additional payment was made due to this transaction. |
| | |
| c. | In March 2001, SV international acquired the ink technology, other assets and operations from the Techno Ink manufacturing (PTY) Ltd. (“Tech Ink”) for an aggregate consideration of $ 2,860,000. The technology is amortized over 6 years. The agreement provides for additional payments to Tech Ink of up to a maximum of approximately $ 5,500,000, based on the achievement of specified financial targets, such as reduction in manufacturing costs, during the period from 2001 to 2006. As of December 31, 2003, the total amount recorded to goodwill due to this agreement is $ 2,441,000, of which $ 1,258,000 was recorded during 2003. |
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)
NOTE 4 - INVESTMENTS IN ASSOCIATED COMPANIES:
| a. | An investment in Jemtex Ink Jet Ltd. (“Jemtex”), accounted for by the equity method, amounted to $ 1,303,000 ($ 2,560,000 – including convertible loan and debentures as described below) and $ 4,703,000 as of December 31, 2003 and 2002, respectively. In December 2002, the Company signed a share purchase agreement with Jemtex, according to which, the Company invested additional $ 2,400,000 in three equal quarterly installments of $ 800,000 each. The first installment and an advance of $ 250,000 on the last payment were made in December 2002. The additional $ 1,350,000 was transferred in February and May 2003. The excess of cost of investment over the Company’s share in Jemtex’ net assets at the date of transaction in the amount of $ 1,371,000 was attributed to technology to be amortized over five years. |
| | |
| | In addition, Jemtex granted to the Company for no additional consideration, warrants to purchase (1) 3,181 preferred shares of Jemtex at an exercise price of $ 251.467 per share, exercisable until January 2, 2004, and (2) 3,181 preferred shares of Jemtex at an exercise price of $ 251.467 per share exercisable until March 31, 2005. An amount of $ 51,000 was allocated to the said warrants out of the total above-mentioned investment of $ 2,400,000. |
| | |
| | In August 2003, the Company exercised the warrants to purchase 3,181 preferred shares of Jemtex at an exercise price of $ 251.467 per share, exercisable until January 2, 2004, and in lieu of 3,181 preferred shares was issued an interest bearing note convertible (principal and interest) into preferred B shares or a more senior class of shares, as determined by the Company, in the amount of $ 800,000. |
| | |
| | In November and December 2003, the Company granted to Jemtex advance payments on account of convertible debentures of $ 100,000 and $ 350,000, respectively. See note 16b. |
| | |
| | As of December 31, 2003, the Company’s ownership interest in Jemtex is approximately 49.8% and approximately 47.8% on a fully diluted basis. However, commencing the third quarter of 2003, the Company is the sole financier of Jemtex’ losses and accordingly is its full share in Jemtex’ losses. |
| | |
| b. | As to the investment in Objet and its first time application of the equity method, see note 2w. The balance of this investment as of December 31, 2003 is approximately $ 767,000, following an additional investment of approximately $ 460,000. |
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)
NOTE 5 - OTHER INVESTMENTS AND NON-CURRENT ASSETS:
| | | December 31, | |
| | |
| |
| | | 2003 | | 2002 | |
| | |
| |
| |
| | | $ in thousands | |
| | |
| |
| Investment in Creo (see b. below) | | -,- | | 51,062 | |
| Other investments (see c. below) | | 1,301 | | 3,794 | |
| Non-current assets | | -,- | | 275 | |
| | |
| |
| |
| | | 1,301 | | 55,131 | |
| | |
| |
| |
| b. | Creo |
| | |
| | In June and August 2003, the Company sold all of its remaining holdings in Creo Inc. (hereafter - “Creo”) shares for a net total consideration of $ 54,000,000 and recorded a gain of approximately $ 3,000,000. The investment in Creo shares was accounted for as shares available for sale, and following the sale of the shares the Company realized an amount of approximately $ 750,000 recorded during 2003 to Other Comprehensive Income in its shareholders’ equity. Until December 2001 the investment in Creo was accounted for using the equity method. The Company’s share in the losses of Creo in 2001 amounted to $ 60,183,000. In 2002, due to extended decline in fair market value, it was determined that the impairment in value of the investment was other than temporary. Consequently, the accumulated unrealized loss of $ 22,283,000, which was charged to “other loss - net” in the statement of operation. |
| | |
| c. | Other investments represent investments in non-marketable securities in companies operating in the digital printing and digital imaging industry, in which the Company does not exercise significant influence, and which are stated at cost, net of a write-down for decrease in value which is not of a temporary nature, in the amount of $ 1,301,000. |
| | In 2003, due to an extended decline in fair value of an other than temporary nature, the Company recorded an accumulated loss in the amount of $ 2,493,000 that was charged to “other loss - net” in the statement of operations. |
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)
NOTE 6 - PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
| Grouped by major classifications, the assets are composed as follows: |
| | | December 31 | |
| | |
| |
| | | 2003 | | 2002 | |
| | |
| |
| |
| | | $ in thousands | |
| | |
| |
| Machinery and equipment | | 4,567 | | 4,027 | |
| Building | | 424 | | 411 | |
| Leasehold improvements | | 4,606 | | 1,854 | |
| Office furniture and equipment | | 5,209 | | 4,750 | |
| Motor vehicles | | 16 | | 34 | |
| | |
| |
| |
| | | 14,822 | | 11,076 | |
| Less - accumulated depreciation and amortization | | (5,618 | ) | (5,002 | ) |
| | |
| |
| |
| | | 9,204 | | 6,074 | |
| | |
| |
| |
| Depreciation and amortization of property, plant and equipment from continuing operations totaled $ 3,558,000, $ 2,250,000 and $ 2,204,000 in 2003, 2002 and 2001, respectively. |
| |
NOTE 7 - GOODWILL |
| | |
| a. | The changes in the carrying value of goodwill in respect of the continuing operations for the year ended December 31, 2002 and 2003, are as follows: |
| | | $ in thousands | |
| | |
| |
| | | | | | |
| Balance as of January 1, 2002* | | | 988 | | |
| Goodwill acquired during the year | | | 1,183 | | |
| | | |
| | |
| Balance as of December 31, 2002 | | | 2,171 | | |
| Goodwill acquired during the year | | | 3,301 | | |
| | | |
| | |
| Balance as of December 31, 2003 | | | 5,472 | | |
| | | |
| | |
| * | In 2001 the Company recognized a goodwill impairment charge in the amount of $ 1,925,000, see also note 8. This impairment was due to an evaluation that was performed by a third party appraiser, due to the significant decrease in the production of certain products based on the technology mentioned in note 8. The impairment was made in accordance with the provisions of FAS No. 121 “Accounting for the Impairment of Long-Lived Assets and for Long-Lived Assets to be Disposed of”. |
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)
NOTE 7 - GOODWILL (continued):
| b. | The following table illustrates the Company’s results adjusted to eliminate the effect of goodwill amortization expense, including goodwill with respect of an associated company accounted for by the equity method: |
| | | Year ended December 31 | |
| | |
| |
| | | 2003 | | 2002 | | 2001 | |
| | |
| |
| |
| |
| | | $ in thousands (except for per share data) | |
| | |
| |
| Net loss from continuing operations - as reported | | (18,656 | ) | (36,524 | ) | (260,002 | ) |
| Add back: Goodwill amortization related to continuing operations | | | | | | 708 | |
| Goodwill amortization included in Share in losses of an associated Company | | | | | | 23,805 | |
| | |
| |
| |
| |
| Net loss from continuing operations - adjusted | | (18,656 | ) | (36,524 | ) | (235,489 | ) |
| | |
| |
| |
| |
| Net income from discontinued operation - as reported | | 20,043 | | 4,494 | | 6,982 | |
| Add back: Goodwill amortization related to discontinued operation | | | | | | 2,927 | |
| | |
| |
| |
| |
| Net income from discontinued operation- adjusted | | 20,043 | | 4,494 | | 9,909 | |
| | |
| |
| |
| |
| Pro-forma net income (loss) | | 1,387 | | (32,030 | ) | (225,580 | ) |
| | |
| |
| |
| |
| Basic and diluted loss per share – as reported | | | | | | | |
| Continuing operations | | (0.43 | ) | (0.84 | ) | (6.04 | ) |
| Discontinued operation | | 0.46 | | 0.10 | | 0.16 | |
| | |
| |
| |
| |
| | | 0.03 | | (0.74 | ) | (5.88 | ) |
| | |
| |
| |
| |
| Pro-forma loss per share – adjusted | | | | | | | |
| Continuing operations | | (0.43 | ) | (0.84 | ) | (5.47 | ) |
| Discontinued operation | | 0.46 | | 0.10 | | 0.23 | |
| | |
| |
| |
| |
| | | 0.03 | | (0.74 | ) | (5.24 | ) |
| | |
| |
| |
| |
NOTE 8 - OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS:
| Composed as of December 31, 2003 and 2002, as follows: |
| | | December 31 | |
| | |
| |
| | | 2003 | | 2002 | |
| | |
| |
| |
| | | $ in thousands | |
| | |
| |
| Gross carrying amount: | | 48,239 | | 33,049 | |
| Accumulated amortization and impairment: | | (30,212 | ) | (21,682 | ) |
| | |
| |
| |
| Amortized balance | | 18,027 | | 11,367 | |
| | |
| |
| |
| * See note 3a regarding technology acquired during 2003. |
| |
| Amortization expense in respect of intangible assets relating to the continuing operation totaled $ 5,871,000, $ 2,944,000 and 7,752,000 in 2003, 2002 and 2001, respectively. |
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)
NOTE 8 - OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS(continued):
| Estimated amortization expense for the following years, subsequent to December 31, 2003: |
| | | $ in thousands | |
| | |
| |
| Year ending December 31: | | | | | |
| 2004 | | | 5,067 | | |
| 2005 | | | 4,686 | | |
| 2006 | | | 3,747 | | |
| 2007 | | | 2,255 | | |
| 2008 | | | 2,255 | | |
| In January 2001, SV international acquired the intellectual property related to the manufacturing of inks compatible with its machines from Magic Inks B.V. for consideration of $ 2,887,000. This intangible asset is amortized over 6 years. As to an impairment of the acquired intangible asset see below. |
| |
| In 2001 and 2003 the financial statements include a write-down charge due to the impairment of technology and know-how in a subsidiary, in the amounts of $ 13,061,000 and $ 2,967,000, respectively. These impairments followed an evaluation performed by a third party appraiser, due to the significant decrease in the production of certain products based on the above-mentioned technologies. The impairment calculation in 2001 and 2003 was prepared in accordance with the provisions of SFAS 121 and SFAS 144, respectively. |
| |
NOTE 9 - EMPLOYEE RIGHTS UPON RETIREMENT: |
|
| a. | Israeli labor laws and agreements require the payment of severance pay upon dismissal of an employee or upon termination of employment in certain other circumstances. The liability is based upon the length of service and the latest monthly salary (one month’s salary for each year worked), and is mainly funded with severance pay and pension funds and with insurance companies (principally with an affiliate of the two major shareholders of the Company), for which the Company and its Israeli subsidiaries make monthly payments. |
| | The Company records the long-term obligation as if it was payable at each balance sheet date on an undiscounted basis. |
| | |
| b. | The U.S. subsidiary offers 401(k) matching plans to all eligible employees. |
| | |
| c. | Substantially all of the European subsidiaries make contributions to pension plans administered by insurance companies. |
| | |
| d. | Severance pay, pension and defined contribution plan expenses totaled $ 1,523,000, $ 563,000 and $ 476,000 in 2003, 2002 and 2001, respectively. |
| | |
| e. | The Company expects to contribute in 2004, $ 626,000 to the insurance companies and provident fund in respect of its severance pay obligation in Israel. |
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)
NOTE 10 - COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENT LIABILITIES:
| a. | Commitments: |
| | |
| | 1) | Royalty commitments: |
| | | |
| | | (a) | A subsidiary is committed to pay royalties of 3%-5% to the Government of Israel on sales of products in the research and development of which the Government participates by way of grants, up to the amount of the grants received (dollar linked), plus annual interest based on the Libor, accruing from January 1, 1999. At the time the funding was received, successful development of the related projects was not assured. In the case of failure of a project that was partly financed by government grants, the subsidiary is not obligated to pay any such royalties to the Israeli Government. |
| | | | |
| | | | At December 31, 2003, the maximum contingent royalty payable is approximately $ 4.2 million. |
| | | | |
| | | | Royalties expense totaled $ 128,000, $ 700,000 and $ 694,000 in 2003, 2002 and 2001, respectively. |
| | | | |
| | | (b) | A subsidiary is obligated to pay royalties to certain parties, based on agreements which allow it to use technologies developed by these parties. Such royalties are based on the revenues from sales of products which incorporate these technologies or on quantities of such products sold. |
| | | | |
| | 2) | Operating leases |
| | | |
| | | Most of the premises occupied by the Company and its subsidiaries are rented under various operating lease agreements. Part of the premises in Israel were leased from an affiliate of the two major shareholders of the Company, see also 3 below. |
| | | |
| | | Minimum lease payments of the Company and its subsidiaries under the above leases, at rates in effect on December 31, 2003, are as follows: |
| | | $ in thousands | |
| | |
| |
| Year ending December 31: | | | | | |
| 2004 | | | 2,005 | | |
| 2005 | | | 1,899 | | |
| 2006 | | | 1,751 | | |
| 2007 | | | 1,711 | | |
| 2008 | | | 1,711 | | |
| 2009 and thereafter | | | 2,317 | | |
| | | Most of the rental payments for the Israeli premises are payable in Israeli currency, partially linked to the Israeli CPI, to the dollar or both to the dollar and the U.S. CPI. |
| | | |
| | | Rental expense relating to continuing operations totaled $ 2,449,000, $ 1,158,000 and $ 1,163,000 in 2003, 2002 and 2001, respectively. |
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)
NOTE 10 - COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENT LIABILITIES(continued):
| | 3) | Commencing November 1, 2001, the Company’s headquarters are located on the premises of one of its major shareholders. The Company obtains the services of certain executives and other staff as well as certain services from the shareholder, for which the Company pays amounts based on formulas determined in the agreement between the Company and the shareholder. |
| | | |
| | | Expenses due to the said agreement totaled $ 518,000, $ 445,000 and $ 92,000 in 2003, 2002 and 2001, respectively. |
| | | |
| b. | Contingent liabilities: |
| | |
| | 1) | In October 2003, a minority shareholder of Scitex Vision filed a NIS 14 million (approximately $ 3.1 million) lawsuit against the Company, Scitex Vision and others, including certain other shareholders of Scitex Vision (among them, the Company’s two main shareholders) and the directors of Scitex Vision in the period relevant for the lawsuit (three of whom are present or former office holders of the Company). The lawsuit was brought in connection with the transaction to combine the operations of SV international and Scitex Vision that was completed in January 2003. In particular, the lawsuit alleges that the terms of the transaction and the manner in which it was effected prejudiced the rights of the plaintiff as a minority shareholder. At this time, the Company and Scitex Vision are unable to assess the outcome of this matter, while they intend to defend it vigorously. No provision was recorded for this matter in these financial statements. |
| | | |
| | | In November 2003, the same minority shareholder sent a demand letter to Scitex Vision, whereby it demanded that Scitex Vision will file a lawsuit against the Company and others (including Scitex Vision’s directors), alleging breach of fiduciary duties, misrepresentations and misleading in connection with the Company’s undertaking to transfer $ 15 million to SV international as part of the aforesaid transaction. In January 2004, Scitex Vision rejected these demands. In the event that the minority shareholder decides to commence a derivative action, it is not possible at this stage in time to predict the outcome of such legal proceedings. No provision was recorded for this matter in these financial statements. |
| | | |
| | | In December 2003, the same minority shareholder filed a separate motion against the Company, Scitex Vision and two other shareholders of Scitex Vision (including one of the Company’s principal shareholders), in connection with a rights offering that was completed in July 2003. In particular, the motion alleges that the reorganization of Scitex Vision’s share capital that was affected in conjunction with the rights offering was invalid and prejudiced the rights of the minority shareholder. In light of its arguments, the plaintiff requested the court to order the respondents to provide information and documents with respect to the reorganization of Scitex Vision’s share capital. |
| | | At this stage in time, it is not possible to predict the outcome of this particular matter. No provision was recorded for this matter in these financial statements. |
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)
NOTE 10 - COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENT LIABILITIES(continued):
| | 2) | In January 2003 a subsidiary has received a letter from the legal advisors of a service provider claiming compensation in the amount of approximately $ 845,000. The letter of demand alleges that the subsidiary has a contractual relationship with this service provider. At this time it is not possible to assess the outcome of this matter, and the subsidiary intends to defend it vigorously. No provision was recorded for this matter in the financial statements. |
| | | |
| | 3) | In July 2000 a monetary claim in the amount of approximately $ 413,000 against the Company was filed with the district court in Jerusalem. In this lawsuit it was claimed that a machine the Company sold to the plaintiff did not function as promised by the Company. In April 2000, the Company sold substantially all of the assets, liabilities and operations related to its Digital PrePrint business to Creo. Therefore, defense is being handled by Creo. In the opinion of the Company’s management, since this lawsuit is in the framework of an indemnification agreement with Creo, it will have minimal effect on the Company, if any. Therefore no provision was recorded for this matter. |
| | | |
| | 4) | In October 2002 the liquidator of a company, which the Company had an investment in, which was fully written-off during 2001, filed a lawsuit against directors and other executives of this company. Among the defendants is a former executive of the Company, for which the Company had directors’ insurance. Under the insurance, the maximum amount which the Company might have to pay is approximately $ 100,000. The Company is vigorously contesting this lawsuit. Management believes that the chances the Company will have to pay the said amount are low. Therefore no provision was recorded for this matter. |
| | | |
| | 6) | In December 2003, three minority shareholders of Objet, a company in which the Company has a 23.47% interest, filed an approximate NIS 7.8 million (approximately $ 1.75 million) lawsuit against Objet, certain of its shareholders, including the Company, and certain of Objet’s directors. The lawsuit alleges that the defendants acted in a manner that prejudiced the rights of the minority shareholders, and breached Objet’s obligations to such shareholders. Among the remedies being sought by the said minority shareholders are compensation, restitution (with linkage and interest) of the investment amount, or repurchase of the plaintiffs’ shares in Objet, and a demand for changes to the terms of certain convertible loans made to Objet by certain of the defendants including the Company. At this time the Company’s attorneys are still evaluating the claim, and neither Objet nor the Company is able to give any realistic assessment as to the outcome of this matter, therefore no provision was recorded. |
| | | |
| | 7) | In 1997, a lawsuit was filed against the Company in Germany, which suit was also defended by a third party, claiming $ 5 million (together with interest since 1997) in relation to a purported guarantee which would have required the acquisition by the Company of additional shares in a company now in liquidation. Following prolonged negotiations, it is probable that this lawsuit will be settled by both the Company and the third party in equal shares paying significantly lesser amount than the original claim, and in respect of which the Company recorded a provision. |
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)
NOTE 10 - COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENT LIABILITIES(continued):
| | 8) | Claims have been filed against the Company and its subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business. The Company and its subsidiaries intend to defend themselves vigorously against those claims. Management does not expect that the Company will incur substantial expenses in respect thereof; therefore, no provision has been made for the claims. |
| | | |
| | 9) | As to contingent royalties, see note 3a and note 3b. |
| | | |
| | 10) | As to tax assessments of two of the Company’s subsidiaries, see note 12h. |
| | | |
| c. | Guarantees |
| | |
| | 1) | In connection with a bank loan received by SV international, the Company granted a guarantee in favor of the bank. As of December 31, 2003 the total amount guaranteed is approximately $ 1,333,000. |
| | | |
| | 2) | Scitex Vision granted guarantees in favor of its premises lessor suppliers, certain of its customers and suppliers and a government institution. As of December 31, 2003, the guarantees outstanding are as follows: |
| | | |
| | | a. | Scitex Vision entered into a surety agreement with a financial institution and suppliers of its premises lessor, under which the Scitex Vision guarantees lease payments in favor of the lessor. As of December 31, 2003 the total amount guaranteed was $ 255,000. The fair value of the guarantee is immaterial. |
| | | | |
| | | b. | Scitex Vision entered into a surety agreement with a financial institution and certain of its suppliers, pursuant to which Scitex Vision guarantees payments in favor of the suppliers. As of December 31, 2003 the total amount guaranteed was $ 260,000.The fair value of the guarantee is immaterial. |
| | | | |
| | | c. | Scitex Vision has provided guarantees for payment to a governmental institution in a European country in the total amount of $ 616,000. |
| | | | |
| | | d. | Scitex Vision entered into a surety agreement with leasing companies and certain of its customers, under which Scitex Vision guarantees lease payments of its customers to the leasing companies. As of December 31, 2003 the total amount guaranteed was $ 175,000. The fair value of the guarantee is immaterial. |
| | | | |
NOTE 11 - SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY: |
| | | | |
| a. | Share capital: |
| | |
| | 1) | The Company’s shares are traded on NASDAQ and on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (“TASE”). |
| | | |
| | | On December 31, 2003 the Company’s share closed on NASDAQ and the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange at approximately $ 5.06 and $ 5.04, respectively. |
| | | |
| | 2) | The number of shares stated as issued and outstanding - 43,467,388 shares at December 31, 2003 and 2002 - includes 448,975 shares repurchased by the Company (treasury shares, see note 2n) and held by a trustee for the benefit of employees within the framework of the Company’s share option plans. These shares, until purchased by employees pursuant to a share option plan, bear no voting rights or rights to cash dividends. |
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)
NOTE 11 - SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY (continued):
| b. | Share incentive and stock option plans: |
| | |
| | 1) | On December 31, 2001, the 2001 annual general meeting of shareholders of the Company approved the adoption of the Scitex 2001 Stock Option Plan that permits the grant of options to officers, employees, directors, consultants and contractors of the Company, its subsidiaries and controlled entities for the purchase of, initially, up to an aggregate of 750,000 shares of the Company. Option awards may be granted under this plan until November 5, 2011. The maximum term of an option may not exceed ten years. Each option can be exercised to purchase one share having the same rights as the other ordinary shares of the Company. |
| | | |
| | 2) | On December 31, 2003, the 2003 annual general meeting of shareholders of the Company approved the adoption of the Scitex 2003 Share Option Plan that permits the grant of options to employees, directors, consultants and contractors of the Company, its subsidiaries and affiliates, under the provisions of either section 102 or section 3(9) of the Israeli Income Tax Ordinance. Option awards may be granted under this plan until November 23, 2013. The maximum term of an option may not exceed ten years. Each option can be exercised in purchase of one share having the same rights as the other ordinary shares of the Company. |
| | | |
| | 3) | The 2003 annual general meeting of shareholders also approved an increase in the aggregate number of shares that may be issued under the 2001 plan and the 2003 plan to 1,900,000. At December 31, 2003, no options had been granted under either the 2001 plan or the 2003 plan. |
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| | 4) | The 2001 plan replaced two earlier share option plans - the Scitex Israel Key Employee Share Incentive Plan 1991 (with various sub-plans), mainly for directors, officers and other key employees of the Company and its Israeli subsidiaries, and the Scitex International Key Employee Stock Option Plan 1991 (As Amended, 1995), for officers and other key employees of non-Israeli subsidiaries. These plans expired in September 2001, except with respect to outstanding options granted under such plans. The options granted under such plans generally vested ratably over a period of 3-4 years. The maximum term of an option could not exceed ten years. Each option can be exercised in purchase of one share having the same rights as the other ordinary shares. |
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| | 5) | The Israeli option plans are subject to the terms stipulated by Section 102 of the Israeli Income Tax Ordinance. Inter alia, these terms provide that the Company will be allowed to claim, as an expense for tax purposes, the amounts credited to the employees as a benefit in respect of shares or options granted under the plan, as follows: |
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| | | Through December 31, 2002, the amount that the Company was allowed to claim as an expense for tax purposes will be the amount of the benefit chargeable to tax in the hands of the employee. |
| | | As from January 1, 2003, the amount that the Company will be allowed to claim as an expense for tax purposes, will be the amount of the benefit chargeable to tax as work income in the hands of the employee, while that part of the benefit that is chargeable to capital gains tax in the hands of the employee shall not be allowable. All being subject to the restrictions specified in Section 102 of the Income Tax Ordinance. |
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| | | The aforementioned expense will be recognized in the tax year that the benefit is credited to the employee. |
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)
NOTE 11 - SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY (continued):
| | 6) | The options granted under the Company’s plans are exercisable for the purchase of shares as follows: |
| | | December 31 | |
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| | | 2003 | | 2002 | |
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| | | Number of options | |
| | |
| |
| At balance sheet date | | | 978,732 | | | 1,139,728 | |
| During the first year thereafter | | | 8,334 | | | 104,430 | |
| During the second year thereafter | | | | | | 8,334 | |
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| | | | | | | | |
| | | | 987,066 | | | 1,252,492 | |
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| | 7) | A summary of the status of the Company’s plans at December 31, 2003, 2002 and 2001, and changes during the years ended on those dates, is presented below: |
| | Year ended December 31 | |
| |
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| | 2003 | | 2002 | | 2001 | |
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| | Number | | Weighted average exercise price | | Number | | Weighted average exercise price | | Number | | Weighted average exercise price | |
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| | | | | $ | | | | $ | | | | $ | |
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Options outstanding at beginning of year | | | 1,252,492 | | | 10.34 | | | | 1,724,203 | | | 10.18 | | | | 2,246,465 | | | 10.06 | | |
Changes during the year: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Granted - at fair value | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 25,000 | | | 8.18 | | |
Forfeited and canceled | | | (265,426 | ) | | 9.82 | | | | (471,711 | ) | | 9.76 | | | | (547,262 | ) | | 9.59 | | |
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Options outstanding at end of year | | | 987,066 | | | 10.48 | | | | 1,252,492 | | | 10.34 | | | | 1,724,203 | | | 10.18 | | |
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Options exercisable at end of year | | | 978,732 | | | 10.50 | | | | 1,139,728 | | | 10.33 | | | | 1,425,617 | | | 10.09 | | |
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Options available for future awards | | | 1,900,000 | | | | | | | 750,000 | | | | | | | 750,000 | | | | | |
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| | | | | |
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| | | | | |
| | | | The weighted average fair value of options granted during 2001 is $ 2.76. |
| | | | The fair value of each option grant is estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model with the following weighted average assumptions: |
| | Year ended December 31 | |
| |
| |
| | 2001 | |
| |
| |
Dividend yield per share - in dollars | | | -,- | | |
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Expected volatility | | | 58 | % | |
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Risk-free interest rate | | | 4.0 | % | |
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| | |
Expected life - in years | | | 2.00 | | |
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)
NOTE 11 - SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY (continued):
| | 8) | The following table summarizes information about options under the Company’s plans outstanding at December 31, 2003: |
| Options outstanding | | Options exercisable | |
|
| |
| |
| Range of exercise prices | | Number outstanding at December 31, 2003 | | | Weighted average remaining contractual life | | Weighted average exercise price | | Number exercisable at December 31, 2003 | | Weighted average exercise price | |
|
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| |
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| $ | | | | Years | | $ | | | | $ | |
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| 8.00 | to | 8.99 | | | | 25,000 | | | 7.0 | | | 8.18 | | | 16,666 | | | | 8.18 | | |
| 9.00 | to | 9.99 | | | | 279,999 | | | 2.4 | | | 9.06 | | | 279,999 | | | | 9.06 | | |
| 10.00 | to | 10.99 | | | | 265,417 | | | 6.4 | | | 10.68 | | | 265,417 | | | | 10.68 | | |
| 11.00 | to | 11.99 | | | | 370,500 | | | 1.5 | | | 11.36 | | | 370,500 | | | | 11.36 | | |
| 12.00 | to | 12.99 | | | | 46,150 | | | 3.1 | | | 12.07 | | | 46,150 | | | | 12.07 | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
| 8.00 | to | 12.99 | | | | 987,066 | | | 3.3 | | | 10.34 | | | 978,732 | | | | 10.50 | | |
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| | 9) | An award in 1999, whereby 50 % of 300,000 options awarded in earlier years to a related party, with an exercise price of $ 14.75 per option, were re-priced to an exercise price of $ 11.69 per option (the then market price per share), accompanied by a waiver of the remaining 50 %. Such options were exercisable from 1999 and are exercisable until June 2004. The fair value of each option granted was $ 3.21. In accordance with FIN 44, the re-priced options are accounted for under variable plan accounting. Under this method of accounting, increases in the fair market value of the underlying shares result in non-cash compensation charges to the statement of operations. At December 31, 2003, 2002 and 2001, the market price of the underlying shares was below $ 11.69 (the exercise price of the options), thus, no compensation cost has been charged with respect to these options. Future periods may reflect charges depending on the fair market price of the underlying shares. |
| | | |
| | 10) | Stock option plans of subsidiaries: |
| | | | |
| | | a) | On February 7, 2000, the Board of Directors of an Israeli subsidiary approved an employee share option plan (the “Subsidiary Plan”). Pursuant to the Subsidiary Plan, 2,600,000 ordinary shares of the subsidiary are reserved for issuance upon the exercise of 2,600,000 options to be granted to some of the subsidiary’s employees. During 2000, the subsidiary granted 2,254,000 options to employees under the Subsidiary Plan, at an exercise price per share of $ 6.50. The options vest as follows: 33 % after the first year, another 33 % after the second year and another 33 % after the third year starting from the date of beginning of employment of each employee, or the grant date, as determined by the stock option committee, provided the employee is still in the subsidiary’s employ. Any option not exercised within 7 years of grant date will expire. During 2001, the subsidiary granted additional 415,000 options with identical conditions to those granted in 2000, and 258,000 options were forfeited. During 2002, no options were granted under the Subsidiary Plan. |
| | | | |
| | | | The weighted average fair value of options granted by the subsidiary during 2001 is $ 2.44. The fair value of each option grant is estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model with the following weighted average assumptions: dividend yield per share is nil, expected volatility of 50 %, risk-free interest rate of 4.0 %, expected life of 3 years. |
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SCITEX CORPORATION LTD.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)
NOTE 11 - SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY (continued):
| | | | None of these options were exercised and during 2002 all of the outstanding options were waived by the respective grantees. |
| | | | |
| | | | In April 2002 all of this subsidiary’s options were canceled. |
| | | | |
| | | | In September 2003, the subsidiary’s board of directors approved an employee stock option plan (hereafter - the plan), whereunder options to purchase up to 13,179,544 ordinary shares of the subsidiary are to be granted to employees, directors and consultants of the subsidiary without consideration. Each option can be exercised to purchase one ordinary share of NIS 0.01 par value of the subsidiary. |
| | | | |
| | | | Immediately upon exercise, the ordinary shares purchased in exercise of the option will have the same rights as of the subsidiary’s other ordinary shares. Any option not exercised within 10 years from allotment date will expire, unless extended by the board of directors of the subsidiary. |
| | | | |
| | | | At December 31, 2003, there were 12,531,041 options outstanding subject to the 2003 plan, of which 6,079,265 were vested. |
| | | | |
| | | | All options were granted at an exercise price of $ 0.4052, which management determined is not less than the fair value of an ordinary share in the date of grant. |
| | | | |
| | | | The weighted fair value of options granted by the subsidiary during 2003 is $ 0.14. The fair value of each option grant is estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model with the following weighted average assumptions: dividend yield per share is nil, expected volatility of 48%, risk-free interest rate of 2.2%, expected life of 3 years. |
| | | | |
| | | | During 2003, no options were exercised. |
| | | | |
| | | | In addition, approximately 193,474 options to purchase ordinary shares of the subsidiary are held by former directors of the acquired subsidiary. |
| | | | |
| | | b) | In consideration of a credit line received by an acquired subsidiary a total amount of 56,180 options were granted to a bank in 2002 and are exercisable in to ordinary shares of the acquired subsidiary in exercise price set at $8.90 per share. The fair value of the warrant granted to the bank calculated as of December 31, 2003, was immaterial. |
| | | | |
| | | c) | On December 6, 2001, the Board of Directors of a United States subsidiary approved an employee share option plan (the “US Subsidiary Plan”). Pursuant to the US Subsidiary Plan, 2,600,000 shares of Common Stock of the subsidiary are reserved for issuance upon the exercise of 2,600,000 options to be granted to some of the subsidiary’s employees. |
| | | | |
| | | | During 2001, the subsidiary had granted 957,000 options to employees under the US Subsidiary’s Plan, at an exercise price per share of $ 6.00. During 2002, the subsidiary granted additional 366,000 options on identical conditions to those grants in 2001, and 66,000 options were forfeited. During 2003, the subsidiary granted additional 143,000 options on identical conditions to those grants in 2001, and no option were forfeited. The options vest as follows: 25 % one year from the grant date and thereafter 6.25 % on the last day of every third calendar month. Any option not exercised within 10 years of grant date will expire. |
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SCITEX CORPORATION LTD.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)
NOTE 11 - SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY (continued):
| | | | The weighted fair value of options granted by the subsidiary during 2003 is $ 3.99. The fair value of each option grant is estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model with the following weighted average assumptions: dividend yield per share is nil, expected volatility of zero, risk-free interest rate range from 4.25% to 5.44%, expected life of 10 years. |
| | | | |
| | | | The weighted fair value of options granted by the subsidiary during 2002 is $ 3.24. The fair value of each option grant is estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model with the following weighted average assumptions: dividend yield per share is nil, expected volatility of zero, risk-free interest rate range from 5.29% to 5.44%, expected life of 10 years. |
| | | | |
| | | | The weighted fair value of options granted by the subsidiary during 2001 is $ 3.25. The fair value of each option grant is estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model with the following weighted average assumptions: dividend yield per share is nil, expected volatility of zero, risk-free interest rate of 5.29%, expected life of 10 years. |
| | | | |
| | | | As of December 31, 2003, 607,750 options were exercisable. |
| | | | |
| | | | At December 31, 2003, had all options been exercised, the Company’s share in the equity of the US subsidiary would have decreased from 100% to approximately 93%. Subsequent to December 31, 2003, the Company sold the operations of the US subsidiary and all options under the US Subsidiary Plan were cancelled. See also note 1b. |
| | |
| c. | Retained earnings |
| | |
| | Dividends are declared and paid in dollars (except to shareholders of record with an address in Israel, with respect to whom payment is made in Israeli currency (“NIS”)). |
NOTE 12 - TAXES ON INCOME:
| a. | The Company and its Israeli subsidiary: |
| | |
| | 1) | Tax benefits under the Israeli Law for the Encouragement of Capital Investments, 1959 (hereafter- the law) |
| | | |
| | | By virtue of the “approved enterprise” status granted to certain production facilities under the law, the Israeli subsidiary is entitled to various tax benefits, as follows: |
| | | | |
| | | a) | Reduced tax rates |
| | | | |
| | | | The tax benefit period is seven years from the year in which the approved enterprise first earns taxable income. Income derived from the approved enterprise is tax exempt during the first two years of the seven year tax benefit period and is subject to a reduced tax rate of 25% during the remaining five years of benefits. The period of benefits relating to the approved enterprise will expire in the years 2009-2010. |
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SCITEX CORPORATION LTD.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)
NOTE 12 - TAXES ON INCOME (continued):
| | | | In the event of distribution of cash dividends out of income which was tax exempt as above, the Israeli subsidiary would have to pay the 25% tax in respect of the amount distributed. |
| | | | |
| | | | The Israeli subsidiary intends to permanently reinvest the amounts of tax-exempt income in the foreseeable future, and not to cause distribution of such dividends. |
| | | | |
| | | b) | Accelerated depreciation |
| | | | |
| | | | The Israeli subsidiary is entitled to claim accelerated depreciation for five tax years commencing in the first year of operation of each asset, in respect of machinery and equipment used by the approved enterprise. |
| | | | |
| | | c) | Conditions for entitlement to the benefits |
| | | | |
| | | | The entitlement to the above benefits is conditional upon the Israeli subsidiary’s fulfilling the conditions stipulated by the law, regulations published hereunder and the instruments of approval for the specific investments in the “approved enterprise”. In the event of failure to comply with these conditions, the benefits may be cancelled and the Israeli subsidiary may be required to refund the amount of the benefits, in whole or in part, with the addition of linkage differences to the Israeli consumer price index (“CPI”) and interest. |
| | | |
| | 2) | Measurement of results for tax purposes under the Income Tax (Inflationary Adjustments) Law, 1985 (hereafter - the Inflationary Adjustments Law) |
| | | |
| | | Under this law, results for tax purposes are measured in real terms, in accordance with the changes in the Israeli CPI, or in the exchange rate of the dollar for a “foreign investors’ company”. The Company and its Israeli subsidiaries elected to measure their results on the basis of the changes in the Israeli CPI. |
| | | |
| | | Paragraph 9 (f) of FAS 109, “Accounting for Income Taxes”, prohibits the recognition of deferred tax liabilities or assets that arise from differences between the financial reporting and tax bases of assets and liabilities that are measured from the local currency into dollars using historical exchange rates, and that result from changes in exchange rates or indexing for tax purposes. Consequently, the abovementioned differences were not reflected in the computation of deferred tax assets and liabilities. |
| | | |
| | 3) | Tax benefits under the Law for the Encouragement of Industry (Taxation), 1969 |
| | | |
| | | The Israeli subsidiary is an “industrial company” as defined by this law and as such is entitled to certain tax benefits, mainly accelerated depreciation of machinery and equipment, as prescribed by regulations published under the Inflationary Adjustments Law, and the right to claim public issuance expenses and amortization of patents and other intangible property rights as a deduction for tax purposes. |
| | | |
| | 4) | Tax rates applicable in Israel to income not derived from an approved enterprise |
| | | |
| | | Income not eligible for the “approved enterprise” benefits mentioned in (1) above is taxed at the regular rate of 36%. |
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SCITEX CORPORATION LTD.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)
NOTE 12 - TAXES ON INCOME (continued):
| b. | Non-Israeli subsidiaries |
| | |
| | The non-Israeli subsidiaries are taxed under the laws of their countries of residence. |
| | |
| c. | Carryforward tax losses and deductions |
| | |
| | Carryforward tax losses and deductions of the Company and its subsidiaries, including capital losses and losses from realization of marketable securities approximated $ 500 million at December 31, 2003. Most of the carryforward amounts are available indefinitely with no expiration date. |
| | |
| d. | Reform of the Israeli tax system |
| | |
| | In 2002, Amendment to the Israeli Tax ordinance (No. 132), 2002 (the “Israeli Tax Reform Law”) was published. The Israeli Tax reform Law comprehensively reforms certain parts of the Israeli tax system and entered into effect on January 1, 2003, although certain provisions thereof will be applied from later dates. |
| | The Israeli subsidiaries expects that the implementation of the Israeli tax reform will not have a material effect on its tax status and liabilities thereof. |
| | |
| e. | Deferred income taxes: |
| | | December 31 | |
| | |
| |
| | | 2003 | | 2002 | |
| | |
| |
| |
| | | $ in thousands | |
| | |
| |
| Computed in respect of the following: | | | | | | | |
| Allowance for doubtful accounts and other provisions | | | 1,512 | | | 1,188 | |
| Carryforward tax losses and credits | | | 168,620 | | | 99,076 | |
| Inventories | | | 1,440 | | | 540 | |
| Investments | | | 9,364 | | | 23,245 | |
| Accrued liabilities and deferred income | | | 1,173 | | | 406 | |
| Property, plant and equipment | | | 60 | | | 64 | |
| Intangible assets | | | 2,927 | | | 600 | |
| | |
|
| |
|
| |
| | | | 185,096 | | | 125,119 | |
| L e s s - valuation allowance (attributed mainly to loss carryforwards and expenses deductible upon payment) | | | (184,984 | ) | | (123,253 | ) |
| | |
|
| |
|
| |
| | | | 112 | | | 1,866 | |
| | |
|
| |
|
| |
| Deferred income taxes are included in the balance sheets as follows: Non-current assets | | | 112 | | | 1,866 | |
| | |
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| |
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SCITEX CORPORATION LTD.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)
NOTE 12 - TAXES ON INCOME (continued):
| f. | Loss before taxes on income from continuing operation: |
| | | Year ended December 31 | |
| | |
| |
| | | 2003 | | 2002 | | 2001 | |
| | |
| |
| |
| |
| | | $ in thousands | |
| | |
| |
| The Company and its Israeli subsidiaries | | | (23,616 | ) | | (29,198 | ) | | (187,906 | ) |
| Non-Israeli subsidiaries | | | 9,453 | | | (3,868 | ) | | (1,632 | ) |
| | |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
| | | | (14,163 | ) | | (33,066 | ) | | (189,538 | ) |
| | |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
| g. | Taxes on income included in the statements of operations - from continuing operation: |
| | |
| | 1) | As follows: |
| | | Year ended December 31 | |
| | |
| |
| | | 2003 | | 2002 | | 2001 | |
| | |
| |
| |
| |
| | | $ in thousands | |
| | |
| |
| Current: | | | | | | | | | | |
| Israeli | | | (404 | ) | | 400 | | | 3,547 | |
| Non-Israeli | | | 1,052 | | | (984 | ) | | 1,212 | |
| | |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
| | | | 648 | | | (584 | ) | | 4,759 | |
| | |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
| Deferred, see e. above: | | | | | | | | | | |
| Israeli | | | 1,866 | | | (64 | ) | | (1,802 | ) |
| Non-Israeli | | | (112 | ) | | | | | | |
| | |
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| |
|
| |
|
| |
| | | | 1,754 | | | (64 | ) | | (1,802 | ) |
| | |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
| | | | 2,402 | | | (648 | ) | | 2,957 | |
| | |
|
| |
|
| |
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| |
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SCITEX CORPORATION LTD.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)
NOTE 12 - TAXES ON INCOME (continued):
| | 2) | Following is a reconciliation of the theoretical tax expense, assuming all income is taxed at the regular tax rate applicable to Israeli corporations (see a(4) above) and the actual tax expense: |
| | | Year ended December 31 | |
| | |
| |
| | | 2003 | | 2002 | | 2001 | |
| | |
| |
| |
| |
| | | $ in thousands | |
| | |
| |
| Income (loss) before taxes on income | | | (14,163 | ) | | (33,066 | ) | | (189,538 | ) |
| | |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
| Theoretical tax expense (tax benefit) on the above amount | | | (5,099 | ) | | (11,904 | ) | | (68,234 | ) |
| Effect of lower tax rate for “approved enterprises”
| | | | | | (400 | ) | | | |
| | |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
| | | | (5,099 | ) | | (12,304 | ) | | (68,234 | ) |
| Increase (decrease) in taxes resulting from different tax rates - net | | | (6,670 | ) | | (5,253 | ) | | 130 | |
�� | Increase in taxes resulting from permanent differences | | | 838 | | | 408 | | | 666 | |
| Change in valuation allowance | | | 61,731 | | | 87,602 | | | 76,849 | |
| Changes in deferred taxes resulting from carryforward tax losses | | | (49,970 | ) | | (71,275 | ) | | (4,246 | ) |
| Increase in taxes resulting from prior years | | | 1,950 | | | | | | | |
| Increase (decrease) in taxes arising from differences between non-dollar currencies income and dollar income - net, and other* | | | (378 | ) | | 174 | | | (2,208 | ) |
| | |
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| |
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| |
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| |
| Taxes on income in the consolidated statements of operations | | | 2,402 | | | (648 | ) | | 2,957 | |
| | |
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| |
|
| |
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| * | Resulting mainly from the difference between the changes in the Israeli CPI (the basis for computation of taxable income of the Company and its Israeli subsidiaries, see a(2) above) and the changes in the exchange rate of Israeli currency relative to the dollar. |
| h. | Tax assessments |
| | |
| | 1) | The Company has received, or is considered to have receive, final tax assessments through the 1998 tax year. |
| | | |
| | 2) | In partial settlement of an audit of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) of the Company’s U.S. subsidiaries for the years 1992 through 1996, the Company consented to a “partial assessment” by the IRS for approximately $ 10.6 million of federal taxes on certain agreed upon issues. This amount excludes interest and state income taxes, which will be assessed by the IRS and are expected to almost double the above amount. The Company has already made advance payments of $ 21.5 million on account of this audit. In June 2002, the Company received a notice from the IRS proposing to assess $ 29.6 million of additional federal income taxes for the years 1992 through 1996. This amount excludes state income taxes and interest, which would almost double that figure. In August 2002, the Company appealed the proposed additional assessment. The Company has conducted advanced negotiations with the IRS for settlement of this assessment, which was finalized during February 2004 (see note 16a). The Company’s management believes, based on its consultants’ advice, that sufficient provision for this matter is included in accrued liabilities. |
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)
NOTE 12 - TAXES ON INCOME (continued):
| | 3) | During 2002, a couple of the Company’s subsidiaries received tax assessments for which the Company’s management believes, based on its consultants’ advice, sufficient provision was accrued. During 2003, one of those subsidiaries consented to an assessment by the Israeli authorities for the years 1996-2001 for approximately $ 2.1 million, of which approximately $ 1.8 million will be payable in 24 monthly installments commencing April 2004. This assessment was finally signed and settled in January 2004. Sufficient provision was previously accrued in connection with the assessment. |
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NOTE 13 - FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS AND RISK MANAGEMENT: |
| | |
| a. | Foreign exchange risk management |
| | |
| | The Company and its subsidiaries operate internationally, which gives rise to significant exposure to market risks, mainly from changes in foreign exchange rates. Derivative financial instruments (hereafter - derivatives) were utilized by a subsidiary to reduce these risks. The Company did not hold or issue derivative financial instruments for trading purposes. |
| | |
| | Commencing 2003, a subsidiary purchases forward-exchange contracts as hedges of certain anticipated sales and related costs denominated in foreign currencies. The subsidiary enters into these contracts to protect itself against the risk that the eventual dollar-net-cash inflows resulting from direct-foreign-export sales and related costs will be adversely affected by changes in exchange rates. These contarcts are not qualified for hedge accounting under FAS 133. Accordingly gains and losses for these forward-exchange contracts are recognized in earnings. |
| | As of December 31, 2003 the provision for losses deriving from forward-exchange contracts amounted to approximately $ 556,000 and is classified as accrued liability. |
| | |
| b. | Concentrations of credit risks |
| | |
| | At December 31, 2003 and 2002, the Company and its subsidiaries held cash and cash equivalents, most of which were deposited with major Israeli, European and U.S. banks. Substantially, all of the marketable securities held by the Company are debt securities of the U.S. Treasury and highly rated corporations. The Company considers the inherent credit risks to be remote. |
| | |
| | Most of the subsidiaries’ sales are made in the United States, Latin America, Europe and in the Far East, to a large number of customers. Consequently, the exposure to concentrations of credit risks relating to individual customer receivables is limited. The subsidiary performs ongoing credit evaluations of its customers and generally does not require collateral; however, with respect of certain sales to customers in emerging economies, the subsidiary requires letters of credit. The accounts include sufficient allowance for doubtful accounts. |
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)
NOTE 13 - FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS AND RISK MANAGEMENT (continued):
| c. | Fair value of financial instruments |
| | |
| | The financial instruments of the Company and its subsidiaries consist mainly of cash and cash equivalents, short-term investments, long-term investments, current and long-term liabilities. |
| | |
| | In view of their nature, the fair value of the financial instruments included in working capital is usually identical or close to their carrying amount. The fair value of long-term liabilities also approximates their carrying value, since they bear interest at rates close to the prevailing market rates. |
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NOTE 14 - SUPPLEMENTARY FINANCIAL STATEMENT INFORMATION: |
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| Balance sheets: |
| | | | December 31 | |
| | | |
| |
| | | | 2003 | | 2002 | |
| | | |
| |
| |
| | | | $ in thousands | |
| | | |
| |
| a. | Allowance for doubtful accounts (as included in trade receivables) - the change in allowance for doubtful is composed as follows: | | | | | | | |
| | Balance at beginning of year | | | 2,957 | | | 1,620 | |
| | Addition to allowance | | | 1,233 | | | 1,507 | |
| | Write-off of bad debts | | | | | | (170 | ) |
| | | |
|
| |
|
| |
| | | | | 4,190 | | | 2,957 | |
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| b. | Inventories: | | | | | | | |
| | Components of systems and materials | | | 5,413 | | | 3,391 | |
| | Work in process | | | 1,183 | | | 1,517 | |
| | Finished products | | | 15,979 | | | 15,152 | |
| | | |
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| |
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| |
| | | | | 22,575 | | | 20,060 | |
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| c. | Accrued and other liabilities: | | | | | | | |
| | Payroll and related expenses | | | 3,863 | | | 2,875 | |
| | Accrued royalties and sales commissions | | | 2,514 | | | 1,216 | |
| | Deferred revenue | | | 5,308 | | | 3,853 | |
| | Provision for warranty* | | | 2,293 | | | 2,018 | |
| | Advances from customers | | | 2,516 | | | 1,163 | |
| | Other | | | 9,183 | | | 5,826 | |
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| | | | | 25,677 | | | 16,951 | |
| | | |
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| * | The changes in the balance during the year: | | | | | | | |
| | Balance at beginning of the year | | | 2,018 | | | 2,577 | |
| | Payments made under the warranty | | | (3,383 | ) | | (3,136 | ) |
| | Product warranties issued for new sales | | | 3,658 | | | 3,589 | |
| | Changes in accrual in respect of pre-existing warranties | | | | | | (1,012 | ) |
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| | Balance at end of year | | | 2,293 | | | 2,018 | |
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SCITEX CORPORATION LTD.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)
NOTE 14 - SUPPLEMENTARY FINANCIAL STATEMENT INFORMATION (continued):
| d. | Short-term credit and long-term loans: |
| | |
| | 1) | Line of credit |
| | | |
| | | In 2003 a subsidiary of the Company signed agreements with banks, which provided for a $ 49 million revolving line of credit, short-term and long-term loans for various purposes. |
| | | |
| | | Borrowings under the revolving line of credit and long-term loans bore interest of Libor + 1.1% to Libor + 2.3%. |
| | | |
| | | The revolving line of credit the short-term and the long-term loans are secured by a negative pledge and restricted deposits of $ 18,262,000 and require the subsidiary to maintain certain financial and other restrictive covenants. |
| | | |
| | | The subsidiary is currently not in full compliance with one of the restrictive covenants and it is engaged in ongoing discussions with the banks for a temporary waiver of such covenant. |
| | | |
| | 2) | Short-term credit and loans |
| | | |
| | | The balance as of December 31, 2003, mainly represents short term credit and loans of Scitex Vision, consisting of: $ 26,450,000 short-term bank loans denominated in dollars and bearing interest of three month Libor + 1.1% to Libor + 2.25% per annum (as of December 31, 2003 - 2.3% to 3.5%, respectively); $ 14,689,000 short-term bank loans denominated in Euro and bearing interest of one month Libor + 1.75% to Libor + 2.3% per annum (as of December 31, 2002 - 3.8% to 4.4%, respectively) and $ 712,000 credit lines in various currencies. The short-term bank loan denominated in dollar and bearing interest of Libor +0.5% per annum in the amount of $ 3,500,000 relates to SDC. |
| | | |
| | 3) | Current maturities of long-term loans (represent loans of Scitex Vision): |
| | | 2003 | | 2002 | |
| | |
| |
| |
| | | $ in thousands | |
| | |
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| | | | | | | | |
| Banks | | | 1,633 | | | 5,248 | |
| Other | | | 969 | | | | |
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| |
| | | | 2,602 | | | 5,248 | |
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| | 4) | Long-term loans: |
| | | | |
| | | a) | The long-term loans from banks represent loans of Scitex Vision and mature in the following years subsequent to December 31, 2003: |
| | | 2003 | | 2002 | |
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| | | $ in thousands | |
| | |
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| Second year | | | 1,928 | | | 3,438 | |
| Third year | | | 1,252 | | | 2,003 | |
| Fourth year | | | 1,252 | | | 52 | |
| Fifth year and thereafter | | | 2,191 | | | | |
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| |
| | | | 6,623 | | | 5,493 | |
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SCITEX CORPORATION LTD.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)
NOTE 14 - SUPPLEMENTARY FINANCIAL STATEMENT INFORMATION (continued):
| | | b) | The long-term loans from banks are denominated in dollars, bear interest of three month Libor + 1.75 % to Libor + 2.25 % per annum (as of December 31, 2003 - 2.9 % to 3.4 %, respectively). |
| | | | |
| | | c) | In 2000, ScitexVision entered into a collaboration agreement (hereafter - the agreement) with a European leading supplier (hereafter - the supplier) to the textile, paper and plastic printing industry, for developing inks for printing on textile. Pursuant to the agreement, the supplier shall pay ScitexVision certain royalties on sales of ink for use with ScitexVision’s textile printing machines. As of December 31, 2003, no such sales have been made. |
| | | | |
| | | | Following the agreement, Scitex Vision received from the supplier a long-term convertible loan of $ 5 million. |
| | | | |
| | | | The loan received on December 27, 2000, and bore 6% annual interest. The loan should have been interest free if the milestones described in the agreement were met. |
| | | | |
| | | | According to the original terms of the loan, the loan and the accumulated interest might have been converted by the supplier, at any time during the last three months of the loan period, which ended on December 11, 2003, into ordinary shares of Scitex Vision at a conversion price based on the fair value of such shares, less 15%. According to the agreement if the supplier chooses to request the repayment of the loan, the repayment shall be made by setting-off the loan and any interest accrued thereon against royalties due to Scitex Vision in a subsequent period. The remainder of the loan, if it exists, shall be repaid in cash to the supplier. |
| | | | |
| | | | On December 30, 2003 an addendum to the agreement was signed, according to which, the original terms of the loan were changed such that the principal of the loan is interest free and payable in four annual installments in the following years subsequent to December 31, 2003: |
| | December 31 | |
| |
| |
| | | 2003 | |
| | |
| |
| | | U.S. dollars in thousands | |
| | |
| |
| | | | |
| Current maturities | | | 969 | | |
| | | |
| | |
| | | | | | |
| Second year | | | 1,171 | | |
| Third year | | | 1,358 | | |
| Fourth year | | | 1,094 | | |
| | | |
| | |
| | | | 3,623 | | |
| | | |
| | |
| | | | 4,592 | | |
| | | |
| | |
| | | | Scitex Vision has the right to offset royalties due to Scitex Vision against the amount due, on the next agreed installment. |
| | | | |
| | | | As a result of the above-mentioned change in terms, the company has recorded the loan based on its present value ($ 4,592,000) using the interest rate, which is applicable to such loans as of the date of change in terms. The difference between the present value and the nominal value of the loan, in the total amount of $ 408,000, as well as all interest accrued through December 30, 2003, in the total amount of $ 904,000, were credited to “financial expenses - net”. |
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SCITEX CORPORATION LTD.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)
NOTE 14 - SUPPLEMENTARY FINANCIAL STATEMENT INFORMATION (continued):
| 5) | Convertible long-term loans from related parties: |
| | |
| | In July 2003, two of the Company’s shareholders granted to the Company’s subsidiary convertible loans in the amount of approximately $ 933,000, bearing interest equal to the greater of Libor + 1% (as of December 31, 2003 - 2.1%) or rate of change of the Israeli CPI per annum. The loans are payable in one installment at the end of a five year period if no conversion occurs before the end of the repayment period. |
| | |
| | The loans and the accumulated interest may be converted into the ordinary shares of the subsidiary at any time with an exercise price of $ 0.4052 per share, which equals the fair value of the subsidiary’s ordinary shares at the date of grant of the loans. |
| | |
| | According to the loans agreements, an automatic conversion shall occur upon certain events. In addition, the lenders were granted with warrants representing 25% of the loan amount, to purchase ordinary shares at an exercise price of $ 0.4052 per share. |
| | |
| | The Company recorded an original discount of $ 98,500 in respect of the amounts allocated to these warrants out of the total above-mentioned loans of $ 933,000. This amount is amortized to the interest expense over the maximum term of the loans, which is 5 years. |
| | |
| | Pursuant to the conversion terms, whereby the lenders were guaranteed beneficial conversion features, the Company recorded an original discount of $ 98,500, which represents the difference between the loan allocated amount and the amount payable. This amount is amortized to the interest expense over the maximum term of the loans, which is 5 years. |
| | |
| e. | Note payable issued to an investee company |
| | |
| | The note was denominated in dollars and was repaid in one payment on April 4, 2003. |
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SCITEX CORPORATION LTD.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)
NOTE 14 - SUPPLEMENTARY FINANCIAL STATEMENT INFORMATION (continued):
| Statements of operations: |
| | | | Year ended December 31 | |
| | | |
| |
| | | | 2003 | | 2002 | | 2001 | |
| | | |
| |
| |
| |
| | | | $ in thousands | |
| | | |
| |
| f. | Research and development costs - net: | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Expenses incurred | | | 11,537 | | | 7,761 | | | 7,082 | |
| | L e s s – royalty-bearing participations from the Government of Israel | | | 467 | | | 701 | | | 999 | |
| | | |
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| |
| | | | | 11,070 | | | 7,060 | | | 6,083 | |
| | | |
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| g. | Selling, general and administrative expenses: | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Selling* | | | 20,192 | | | 19,812 | | | 21,277 | |
| | General and administrative** | | | 15,147 | | | 13,581 | | | 16,376 | |
| | | |
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| |
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| |
|
| |
| | | | | 35,339 | | | 33,393 | | | 37,653 | |
| | | |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
| | * Including: | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Advertising costs | | | 609 | | | 420 | | | 410 | |
| | | |
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| |
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| |
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| | ** Including: | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Related party | | | 518 | | | 445 | | | 92 | |
| | | |
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| |
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| |
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| |
| | Net change in allowance for doubtful accounts and direct write-off of bad debts | | | 698 | | | 1,507 | | | 1,082 | |
| | | |
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| h. | Restructuring charges |
| | |
| | 1. | Towards the end of 2001, a subsidiary implemented a restructuring plan, which was completed in 2001, in the form of abandonment of construction in progress, and accrued expenses accordingly. The expenses included the write-off of fixed assets in the amount of approximately $ 500,000. |
| | | |
| | 2. | During 2003, a subsidiary implemented a restructuring plan in the form of reduction in work force, abandonment of leased premises and development of new combined information technology system, and accrued expenses accordingly. The expenses included mainly severance pay and other benefits to approximately 42 employees retiring from their employ in the amount of approximately $ 130,000, costs related to the disposal of certain activities in the amount of approximately $ 390,000, and costs related to the development of new combined information technology system in the amount of approximately $ 500,000. |
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SCITEX CORPORATION LTD.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)
NOTE 14 - SUPPLEMENTARY FINANCIAL STATEMENT INFORMATION (continued):
| | | | Year ended December 31 | |
| | | |
| |
| | | | 2003 | | 2002 | | 2001 | |
| | | |
| |
| |
| |
| | | | $ in thousands | |
| | | |
| |
| i. | Financial expenses - net: | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Interest income | | | 249 | | | 706 | | | 713 | |
| | Gain on trading marketable securities - net | | | 3 | | | | | | 136 | |
| | Interest expense on long-term loans | | | | | | | | | | |
| | from banks | | | (1,981 | ) | | (2,471 | ) | | (2,382 | ) |
| | from related parties | | | (20 | ) | | | | | | |
| | from others | | | 603 | | | | | | | |
| | Bank charges | | | (276 | ) | | (15 | ) | | (127 | ) |
| | Revaluation of long-term loan | | | 408 | | | | | | | |
| | Other (including foreign exchange transaction losses - net) | | | (1,637 | ) | | (1,359 | ) | | (1,268 | ) |
| | | |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
| | | | | (2,651 | ) | | (3,139 | ) | | (2,928 | ) |
| | | |
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| j. | Other income (loss) - net: | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Loss from change in percentage of holding of an associated company | | | | | | | | | (4,408 | ) |
| | Write-down of available-for-sale securities | | | | | | (22,283 | ) | | | |
| | Gain from sale of a portion in a subsidiary | | | 3,774 | | | | | | | |
| | Share in beneficial conversion feature of convertible preferred shares issued by a subsidiary | | | (3,485 | ) | | | | | | |
| | Write-off and write-down of investments in investee companies | | | (2,493 | ) | | (3,839 | ) | | (5,477 | ) |
| | Gain (loss) from sale of investments in associated and investee companies | | | 2,822 | | | | | | (6,041 | ) |
| | Other | | | 169 | | | (148 | ) | | 2,892 | |
| | | |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
| | | | | 787 | | | (26,270 | ) | | (13,034 | ) |
| | | |
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| |
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| |
| k. | Earnings income (loss) per share: |
| | |
| | The net loss and the weighted average number of shares used in computation of basic and diluted earnings per share for the years ended December 31, 2003, 2002 and 2001 are as follows: |
| | | | Year ended December 31 | |
| | | |
| |
| | | | 2003 | | 2002 | | 2001 | |
| | | |
| |
| |
| |
| | | | $ in thousands | |
| | | |
| |
| | Net income (loss) used in the computation of basic and diluted earnings per share | | | 1,387 | | | (32,030 | ) | | (253,020 | ) |
| | | |
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| |
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| |
|
| |
| | Weighted average number of shares used in the computation of basic earnings (loss) per share | | | 43,018 | | | 43,018 | | | 43,018 | |
| | Add - net additional shares from the assumed exercise of the Company’s stock options | | | -,- | | | -,- | | | -,- | |
| | | |
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| |
|
| |
|
| |
| | Weighted average number of shares used in the computation of diluted earnings (loss) per share | | | 43,018 | | | 43,018 | | | 43,018 | |
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SCITEX CORPORATION LTD.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)
NOTE 15 - SEGMENT INFORMATION:
| a. | General: |
| | |
| | Prior to the sale of SDP’s operations, as described in note 1b, the Company had been operating in two reportable segments. |
| | Following the transaction the Company operates only in the wide-format digital printing. The Subsidiaries, develop, manufacture and market industrial digital inkjet printing solutions mainly to the graphic arts, packaging and textile markets as well as related services and consumable products. As to the sale of the high-speed digital printing segment, classified as discontinued operation, see note 1b. In addition, the Company holds interest in other companies that develop digital printing solution to industrial applications. |
| | |
| b. | Geographical information: |
| | | |
| | 1) | Following are data regarding revenues from external customers in respect of continuing operations, classified by geographical area based on the location of the customers: |
| | | Year ended December 31 | |
| | |
| |
| | | 2003 | | 2002 | | 2001 | |
| | |
| |
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| | | $ in thousands | |
| | |
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| | | | | | | | | | | |
| North America (mostly USA) | | | 19,650 | | | 17,814 | | | 18,690 | |
| Mexico | | | 15,178 | | | 8,725 | | | 1,221 | |
| Europe: | | | | | | | | | | |
| West | | | 25,313 | | | 24,524 | | | 29,339 | |
| East | | | 11,580 | | | 12,980 | | | 6,846 | |
| Far East | | | 12,460 | | | 16,647 | | | 29,860 | |
| Other countries | | | 18,699 | | | 4,971 | | | 5,662 | |
| | |
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| |
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| |
| | | | 102,880 | | | 85,661 | | | 91,618 | |
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| | 2) | Following are data relating to property, plant and equipment, net, relating to continuing operations, by geographical area in which the assets are located: |
| | | December 31 | |
| | |
| |
| | | 2003 | | 2002 | | 2001 | |
| | |
| |
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| |
| | | $ in thousands | |
| | |
| |
| Israel | | | 6,154 | | | 2,985 | | | 2,772 | |
| North and South America | | | 802 | | | 1,033 | | | 1,919 | |
| Europe | | | 1,152 | | | 753 | | | 511 | |
| South Africa | | | 949 | | | 1,265 | | | 1,024 | |
| Asia | | | 147 | | | 38 | | | | |
| | |
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| |
| | | | 9,204 | | | 6,074 | | | 6,226 | |
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SCITEX CORPORATION LTD.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)
NOTE 16 - SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
| a. | In January 2004, the Board of Directors of the Company announced a planned distribution to shareholders of approximately $2.75 per share (a total of approximately $118 million), applying a portion of the net proceeds from the SDP sale. Distributions to shareholders will be subject to applicable withholding taxes. The cash distribution to shareholders is subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions, including the approval of Company’s shareholders and of the Israeli District Court. There can be no assurance if and when such conditions will be satisfied. |
| | |
| b. | In February 2004, the Company has entered into an agreement with the IRS to resolve a U.S. federal income tax audit of its U.S. subsidiaries for the years 1992 through 1996. Under the terms of the agreement, the Company agreed to an assessment of $5.7 million of additional federal income taxes for these years to resolve the remaining proposed IRS assessment of an additional $29.6 million of federal income taxes (as described in note 12h(2)). |
| | |
| | When added to a previous “partial agreed assessment” by the IRS for $10.6 million of federal income taxes, the Company’s total additional federal income taxes for these years as a result of the IRS audit will be $16.3 million. This amount does not include interest and additional state income taxes that will result from the agreement with the IRS. The Company is currently working to determine such amounts. |
| | |
| | The Company had previously made advance payments to the IRS of $21.5 million for federal income taxes relating to the audit period and had established reserves for additional liabilities arising out of the audit. At this stage, after initial review, the Company estimates that the final additional cash cost of the IRS audit (taking into consideration the $16.3 million of assessment, state taxes and interest thereon, and after application of the $21.5 million advance payment), will be in the range of $7 to $14 million. |
| | |
| | The Company’s management believes, based on its consultants’ advice, that sufficient provision for this matter is included in accrued liabilities. |
| | |
| c. | In February 2004, the Company concluded a $1.5 million investment in Jemtex in consideration for convertible debentures, which may be repaid at the option of Jemtex until the end of June 2004. Out of the above amount, $0.45 million were transferred to Jemtex on account of the investment (see note 4a). Following this investment, the Company effectively holds approximately 73% of Jemtex’ issued share capital on an “as converted” basis. |
F-47
Report of Independent Accountants on
Financial Statement Schedule
To the Board of Directors of
Scitex Corporation Limited.
Our audits of the consolidated financial statements referred to in our report dated March 1, 2004 appearing in the 2003 Annual Report to the Shareholders of Scitex Corporation Limited also included an audit of the Financial Statement Schedule II –Valuation and Qualifying Accounts – listed in this Form 20-F. In our opinion, the financial statement schedule presents fairly, in all material respects, the information set forth therein when read in conjunction with the related consolidated financial statements.
| /s/ Kesselman & Kesselman |
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Tel-Aviv, Israel March 1, 2004 | Kesselman & Kesselman Certified Public Accountants (Isr.) |
SCITEX CORPORATION LTD.
SCHEDULE II – VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS
Three years ended December 31, 2003
(U.S. $ in thousands)
Column A
| Column B
| Column C
| Column D
| Column E
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Description
| Balance at beginning of period
| Additions charged to cost and expense
| Deductions from reserves
| Balance at end of period
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Allowance for doubtful accounts: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Year ended December 31, 2003 | | | | 2,957 | | | 1,233 | | | -,- | | | 4,190 | |
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Year ended December 31, 2002 | | | | 1,620 | | | 1,507 | | | (170 | ) | | 2,957 | |
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Year ended December 31, 2001 | | | | 1,098 | | | 1,082 | | | (560 | ) | | 1,620 | |
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Valuation allowance for deferred | | |
tax assets: | | |
Year ended December 31, 2003 | | | | 123,253 | | | 61,731 | | | -,- | | | 184,984 | |
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Year ended December 31, 2002 | | | | 94,877 | | | 28,376 | | | -,- | | | 123,253 | |
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Year ended December 31, 2001 | | | | 18,028 | | | 76,849 | | | -,- | | | 94,877 | |
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Provision for warranty: | | |
Year ended December 31, 2003 | | | | 2,018 | | | 3,658 | | | (3,383 | ) | | 2,293 | |
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Year ended December 31, 2002 | | | | 2,577 | | | 2,577 | | | (3,136 | ) | | 2,018 | |
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Year ended December 31, 2001 | | | | 1,738 | | | 4,008 | | | (3,169 | ) | | 2,577 | |
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JEMTEX INK JET PRINTING LTD.
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2003
JEMTEX INK JET PRINTING LTD.
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2003
IN U.S. DOLLARS
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Report of Independent Auditors | 1 |
Balance Sheets | 2 - 3 |
Statements of Operations | 4 |
Statements of Changes in Shareholders' Deficiency | 5 |
Statements of Cash Flows | 6 |
Notes to the Financial Statements | 7 - 17 |
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
To the shareholders of
JEMTEX INK JET PRINTING LTD.
We have audited the accompanying balance sheet of Jemtex Ink Jet Printing Ltd. (“the Company”) as of December 31, 2003 and the related statement of operations, changes in shareholders’ deficiency and cash flow for the year then ended. 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 auditing standards generally accepted in the 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. An audit 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 the company’s management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits and provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2003 and the results of its operation and its cash flow for the year then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States.
The accompanying financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern. As discussed in Note 1B, to the financial statements, the Company has suffered recurring losses from operations and as of December 31, 2003 has a shareholders’ deficiency of approximately $ 1.9 million. These factors, among others described in Note 1B raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. Management’s plans in regard to these matters are also described in Note 1B. The financial statements do not include any adjustments to reflect the possible future effects on the cover ability and classification of assets or the amounts and classification of liabilities that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
Tel-Aviv, Israel February 29, 2004 | |
BY: /S/ ZIV HAFT
ZIV HAFT a member of BDO Certified Public Accountants (Isr.) |
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JEMTEX INK JET PRINTING LTD.
BALANCE SHEETS
(In U.S. dollars, except share and per share data)
| | December 31
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ASSETS | | | | | | | | |
CURRENT ASSETS: | | |
Cash and cash equivalents | | | 3 | | | $ | 292,879 | |
Restricted cash | | | | | | | - | |
Receivables and prepayments | | | 4 | | | | 182,285 | |
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EQUIPMENT: | | | 5 | | | | | |
Cost | | | | | | | 402,448 | |
Less - accumulated depreciation | | | | | | | 262,600 | |
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LEASE DEPOSITS | | | | | | | 36,217 | |
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SEVERANCE PAY FUND | | | | | | | 427,671 | |
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Total assets | | | | | | $ | 1,078,900 | |
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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JEMTEX INK JET PRINTING LTD.
| | December 31
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LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' DEFICIENCY | | | | | | | | |
CURRENT LIABILITIES: | | |
Accounts payable and accrued expenses | | | 6 | | | $ | 666,979 | |
Convertible promissory note | | | 8 | | | | - | |
Deferred revenues | | | | | | | - | |
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LONG-TERM LIABILITIES: | | |
Long-term loan | | | 7 | | | | 580,184 | |
Convertible promissory notes | | | 8 | | | | 1,256,330 | |
Accrued severance pay | | | | | | | 498,551 | |
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Total liabilities | | | | | | | 3,002,044 | |
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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENT LIABILITIES | | | 9 | | | | | |
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SHAREHOLDERS' DEFICIENCY: | | |
Share capital - | | | 10 | | | | | |
Ordinary shares of NIS 0.01 par value: | | |
Authorized: 11,831,100 shares as of December 31, 2003; | | |
Issued: 2,700,100 shares; Outstanding - 27,001 shares | | | | | | | 86 | |
Series A preferred shares of NIS 0.01 par value: | | |
Authorized and issued: 1,510,800 shares as of December 31, 2003; | | |
Outstanding - 15,108 shares | | | | | | | 40 | |
Series B preferred shares of NIS 0.01 par value: | | |
Authorized: 1,590,600 shares as of December 31, 2003; | | |
Issued: 954,388 shares as of December 31, 2003; Outstanding - 9,544 shares | | | | | | | 20 | |
Deferred shares of NIS 0.01 par value: | | |
Authorized, issued and outstanding: 67,500 shares | | | | | | | 225 | |
Additional paid-in capital | | | | | | | 10,477,183 | |
Accumulated deficit | | | | | | | (12,400,698 | ) |
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Total shareholders' deficiency | | | | | | | (1,923,144 | ) |
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Total liabilities and shareholders' deficiency | | | | | | $ | 1,078,900 | |
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February 29, 2004 —————————————— Date of approval of the financial statements |
—————————————— Dr. Meyer Weksler Managing Director |
—————————————— Yahel Shachar Member of the Board of Directors |
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JEMTEX INK JET PRINTING LTD.
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(In U.S. dollars)
| | Year ended
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Revenues | | | | | | $ | 186,385 | |
Costs and expenses: | | |
Product development costs, net | | | 11 | | | | 2,413,240 | |
Marketing, general and administrative expenses | | | 12 | | | | 589,157 | |
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Operating loss | | | | | | | (2,816,012 | ) |
Financial expenses, net | | | | | | | (9,755 | ) |
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Net loss | | | | | | $ | (2,825,767 | ) |
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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JEMTEX INK JET PRINTING LTD.
STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS’ DEFICIENCY
(In U.S. dollars, except share data)
| Ordinary shares
| Series A Preferred shares
| Series B Preferred shares
| Deferred shares
| Additional
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| NIS 0.01 par value
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Balance as of January 1, 2003 | | | | 2,700,100 | | | 86 | | | 1,510,800 | | | 37 | | | 954,388 | | | 20 | | | 67,500 | | | 225 | | | 8,877,186 | | | (9,574,931 | ) | | (697,377 | ) |
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Receipt on account of Series B Preferred shares issued | | | | - | | | - | | | - | | | - | | | - | | | 3 | | | - | | | - | | | 1,599,997 | | | - | | | 1,600,000 | |
Net loss | | | | - | | | - | | | - | | | - | | | - | | | - | | | - | | | - | | | - | | | (2,825,767 | ) | | (2,825,767 | ) |
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Balance as of December 31, 2003 | | | | 2,700,100 | | $ | 86 | | | 1,510,800 | | $ | 37 | | | 954,388 | | $ | 23 | | | 67,500 | | $ | 225 | | $ | 10,477,183 | | $ | (12,400,698 | ) | $ | (1,923,144 | ) |
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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JEMTEX INK JET PRINTING LTD.
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(In U.S. dollars)
| Year ended 31.12.2003
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Cash flows from operating activities: | | | | | |
Net loss | | | $ | (2,825,767 | ) |
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities: | | |
Depreciation | | | | 58,629 | |
Interest accrued on long-term loans | | | | 17,241 | |
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Changes in assets and liabilities: | | |
Accrued severance pay, net | | | | 15,044 | |
Decrease (increase) in receivables and prepayments | | | | 106,326 | |
Decrease in inventories | | | | - | |
Decrease (increase) in lease deposits | | | | 11,575 | |
Decrease in accounts payables, accrued expenses and deferred revenues | | | | (155,271 | ) |
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Net cash used in operating activities | | | | (2,772,223 | ) |
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Cash flows from investing activities: | | |
Acquisition of equipment | | | | (17,242 | ) |
Decrease in restricted cash | | | | 50,100 | |
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Net cash used in investing activities | | | | 32,858 | |
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Cash flows from financing activities: | | |
Proceeds from shares issued | | | | 1,350,000 | |
Proceeds from convertible promissory notes | | | | 1,249,917 | |
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Net cash provided by financing activities | | | | 2,599,917 | |
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Decrease in cash and cash equivalents | | | | (139,448 | ) |
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the year | | | | 432,327 | |
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Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the year | | | $ | 292,879 | |
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Non-cash activity: | | |
Conversion of convertible promissory note to additional paid-in capital | | | $ | 250,000 | |
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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JEMTEX INK JET PRINTING LTD.
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(In U.S. dollars)
NOTE 1 – GENERAL:
A. | The Company commenced its operations in October 1995 and is engaged in the development of products in the field of ink jet printing technology. |
B. | As of December 31, 2003, the Company has an accumulated deficit of approximately $ 12,401 thousand and shareholders’ deficiency of approximately $ 1,923 thousand. In 2003, the Company has negative cash flows from operations in the amount of approximately $ 2,722 thousand. The Company does not yet generate sufficient revenues from its operations to fund its activities and is therefore dependent on additional financing from outside services. These factors raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. |
| During 2003, a term sheet was signed with the Company’s principal shareholder, whereby the shareholder committed to provide $ 1.5 million to the Company in the form of convertible promissory notes. The closing of the said agreement was at February 11, 2004. Through February all the proceeds were transferred to the company (see Note 8). |
NOTE 2 – SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES:
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”). The significant accounting policies, followed in the preparation of the financial statements, on a consistent basis, are:
| The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. |
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JEMTEX INK JET PRINTING LTD.
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(In U.S. dollars)
NOTE 2 – SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Cont.):
B. | Financial statements in U.S. dollars: |
| The accompanying financial statements have been prepared in U.S. dollars, as the currency of the primary economic environment in which the operations of the Company are conducted is the U.S. dollar. Substantially, all of the Company’s sales are made outside Israel and are made in U.S. dollars. A substantial portion of the costs of the Company are incurred in U.S. dollars. Thus, the functional and reporting currency of the Company is the U.S. dollar. |
| Transactions and balances originally denominated in U.S. dollars are presented at their original amounts. Transactions and balances in other currencies are remeasured into U.S. dollars, in accordance with the principles prescribed in Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 52 of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) of the United States. Accordingly, items have been remeasured as follows:
Monetary items – at the current exchange rate at the balance sheet date. |
| Non-monetary items – at historical exchange rates. |
| Expenditure items – at the exchange rates current as of the date of recognition of those items (excluding depreciation and other items deriving from non-monetary items). |
| All exchange gains and losses from the aforementioned remeasurement are reflected in the statement of operations in financing expenses, and were immaterial to date. |
| The representative rate of exchange of the New Israeli Shekel (NIS) at December 31, 2003 was $1.00 = NIS 4.379 (2002 = NIS 4.737). |
C. | Cash and cash equivalents: |
| Cash and cash equivalents include highly liquid investments including deposits in banks with original maturities of three months or less. |
| Equipment is stated at cost, net of accumulated depreciation and amortization. Depreciation and amortization are computed by the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets (three to ten years). |
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JEMTEX INK JET PRINTING LTD.
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(In U.S. dollars)
NOTE 2 – SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Cont.):
E. | Product development expenses: |
| Product development expenses, net of participations by the Office of the Chief Scientist of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the State of Israel, are charged to operations, as incurred. |
F. | Fair value of financial instruments: |
| The carrying value of all financial instruments potentially subject to valuation risk (principally consisting of cash and cash equivalents) approximate their fair value. |
G. | Concentrations of credit risk: |
| Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk consist principally of cash and cash equivalents. |
| Cash and cash equivalents are invested in major banks in Israel. Management believes that the financial institutions that hold the Company’s investments are financially sound and, accordingly, minimal credit risk exists with respect to these investments. |
| The Company has no off-balance-sheet concentration of credit risk such as foreign exchange contracts, option contracts or other foreign hedging arrangements. |
| The liability for severance pay is calculated pursuant to Israeli severance pay law based on the most recent salary of the Israeli employees multiplied by the number of years of employment, as of the balance sheet date. Employees are entitled to one month’s salary for each year of employment or a portion thereof. The Company’s liability for all of its employees is fully provided by monthly deposits with insurance policies and by an accrual. The value of these policies is recorded as an asset in the Company’s balance sheet. The deposited funds include profits accumulated up to the balance sheet date. The deposited funds may be withdrawn only upon the fulfillment of the obligation pursuant to Israeli severance pay law or labor agreements. The value of the deposited funds is based on the cash surrendered value of these policies, and include immaterial profits.
Severance expense, net for the years ended December 31, 2003 $15,044. |
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JEMTEX INK JET PRINTING LTD.
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(In U.S. dollars)
NOTE 2 – SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Cont.):
I. | Impairment of long-lived assets: |
| The Company applies SFAS No. 144, “Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets” (“SFAS 144”). According to SFAS 144, long-lived assets are reviewed for impairment when events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of such assets may not be recoverable. Determination of recoverability is based on an estimate of undiscounted future cash flows resulting from the use of the asset and its eventual disposition. In the event that such cash flows are not expected to be sufficient to recover the carrying amount of the assets, the assets are written down to their estimated fair values. |
J. | Stock-based compensation: |
| The Company has elected to follow Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 25 (“APB No. 25”), “Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees” and the FASB Interpretation No. 44, “Accounting for Certain Transactions Involving Stock Compensation” in accounting for its employee stock option plans. According to APB No. 25, compensation expense is measured under the intrinsic value method, whereby compensation expense is equal to the excess, if any of the fair value of the share at the date of grant of the award over the exercise price. Compensation expense is recorded over the vesting period on a straight-line basis. The Company provides the disclosures required by Statement of Financial Accounting Standard No. 123, “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation” (“SFAS No. 123”) and SFAS No. 148, “Accounting for Stock – Based Compensation – Transition and Disclosure”. |
| Under SFAS No. 123 the fair value of each option grant is estimated on the date of grant using the minimum value option-pricing model with the following weighted-average assumptions used for grants in 2003; (1) expected life of the option of 2.5 years; (2) dividend yield of 0%; (3) risk-free interest rate of 1%. Had compensation cost for the Company’s stock option plans been determined based on the fair value at the grant dates for all awards, the effect on the Company’s net loss would have been immaterial. |
| Revenues from product sales are recognized upon shipment when no right of return exists, or, if applicable, and the end of the evaluation period, and when collectibility is probable. |
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JEMTEX INK JET PRINTING LTD.
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(In U.S. dollars)
NOTE 2 – SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Cont.):
| The Company accounts for income taxes in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standard No. 109, “Accounting for Income Taxes” (“SFAS No. 109”). SFAS No. 109 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. The Company provides a valuation allowance, if necessary, to reduce deferred tax assets to their estimated realizable value. |
NOTE 3 – CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS:
| Interest rate
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Short-term bank deposits: | | | | | | | | |
In NIS | | | 3.9 | | | $ | 146,168 | |
In U.S. dollar | | | | | | | - | |
Cash | | | | | | | 146,711 | |
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NOTE 4 – RECEIVABLES AND PREPAYMENTS:
| December 31 2003
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Office of the Chief Scientist | | | $ | 108,276 | |
Government authorities | | | | 24,676 | |
Employees * | | | | 33,492 | |
Other | | | | 15,841 | |
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*Including $ 17,127 to shareholder, who is also an emploee.
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JEMTEX INK JET PRINTING LTD.
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(In U.S. dollars)
NOTE 5 – EQUIPMENT:
| Equipment
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Cost: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Balance as of January 1, 2003 | | | $ | 120,831 | | $ | 200,621 | | $ | 63,754 | | $ | 385,206 | |
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Additions | | | | 4,564 | | | 12,678 | | | - | | | 17,242 | |
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Balance as of December 31, 2003 | | | | 125,395 | | | 213,299 | | | 63,754 | | | 402,448 | |
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Accumulated depreciation: | | |
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Balance as of January 1, 2003 | | | | 62,846 | | | 126,845 | | | 14,280 | | | 203,971 | |
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Additions | | | | 12,049 | | | 40,206 | | | 6,374 | | | 58,629 | |
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Balance as of December 31, 2003 | | | | 74,895 | | | 167,051 | | | 20,654 | | | 262,600 | |
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Depreciated cost as of December 31, 2003 | | | $ | 50,500 | | $ | 46,248 | | $ | 43,100 | | $ | 139,848 | |
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Depreciated cost as of December 31, 2002 | | | $ | 57,985 | | $ | 73,776 | | $ | 49,474 | | $ | 181,235 | |
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Annual rates of depreciation | | | | 7%-20% | | | 20%-33% | | | 10%-14% | |
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NOTE 6 – ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND ACCRUED EXPENSES:
| December 31 2003
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Suppliers | | | $ | 224,507 | |
Employees and related expenses | | | | 174,300 | |
Accrued vacation | | | | 214,125 | |
Other | | | | 54,047 | |
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JEMTEX INK JET PRINTING LTD.
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(In U.S. dollars)
NOTE 7 – LONG-TERM LOAN:
A loan of $ 500,000 is due to the former parent company. The loan bears interest at the rate of LIBOR and is repayable out of future net profits in 10 annual installments of $ 50,000, including the accrued interest, but not in excess of 10% of the Company’s annual net income.
NOTE 8 – CONVERTIBLE PROMISSORY NOTES:
In August 2003, the Company issued to a shareholder a convertible promissory note in the amount of $ 799,917, bearing interest at the rate of LIBOR +0.75%. The note is due on August 31, 2007, and is convertible at the option of the holder, at any time during the term of the note and the accrued interest, into Preferred B shares, representing a price per share of $ 2.51467, and subject to certain adjustments in accordance with the Share Purchase Agreement (dated December 9, 2002) with the same shareholder. According to the agreement and upon its execution, a warrant to purchase 318,100 Preferred B shares of the Company was cancelled (see also Note 10c).
In addition, in 2003, the Company issued the same shareholder promissory notes in the amount of $ 450,000 which are deemed an advance to the Company on account of proceeds to be invested by the shareholder (“the investment agreement”) based on a term sheet signed between the shareholder and the Company (see Note 1b).
On February 11, 2004 the investment agreement for a total of $1,500,000 was signed and accordingly the Company issued to the shareholder an additional promissory note in the amount of $ 1,050,000.The amount of the convertible promissory notes will bear annual interest of LIBOR+2%, mature five years from date of issuance and will be prepayable at the sole discretion of the Company until June 30, 2004. The notes will be convertible to Series C Preferred shares, commencing July 1, 2004 and ending at the maturity date at a price per share of $ 0.60.
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JEMTEX INK JET PRINTING LTD.
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(In U.S. dollars)
NOTE 9 – COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENT LIABILITIES:
A. | The Company’s plant is located in the Lod North Industrial Zone, Israel. The plant is leased for a period of five years ending on June 30, 2005 with options to extend the lease for up to additional four years. Minimum future rental payments expected under operating leases in effect as of December 31, 2003, are approximately as follows: |
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2005 | | | | 192,000 | |
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B. | In connection with its research and development, the Company received and accrued participation payments from the Office of the Chief Scientist of the Ministry of Industry and Trade in Israel in the total amount of approximately $ 2,955,000. In return for the Government of Israel’s participation, the Company is committed to pay royalties at a rate of 3% – 5% of sales of the developed products, up to 100% of the amount of grants received (for grants received under programs approved subsequent to January 1, 2000 – 100% plus interest at LIBOR). The Company’s total commitment for royalties payable with respect to future sales, based on Government participations received or accrued, net of royalties paid or accrued, totaled approximately $ 2,937,000, as of December 31, 2003. |
C. | A venture capital fund (“the VC”) has negotiated in 1999 to invest in the Company. No agreement was reached and no investment was executed by the VC. Following the failed negotiations, the VC has demanded damages and other demands of the Company. The Company rejects these demands and believes they are with no basis whatsoever, and accordingly no provision for these demands is included in these financial statements. |
D. | The company has a lien on some office equipment in favor of the equipments supplier in the amount of $ 15,800. |
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JEMTEX INK JET PRINTING LTD.
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(In U.S. dollars)
NOTE 10 – SHAREHOLDERS’ DEFICIENCY:
A. | In 2003, the Company adopted an Option Plan which provides for the grant by the Company of options to purchase up to an aggregate of 426,100 Ordinary shares to officers, directors key employees, etc. The plan will expire eight years after its adoption unless terminated earlier by the Board of Directors. |
| As of December 31, 2003, the Company granted certain employees 176,200 options (No options were granted in previous years). The options may be exercised over a period of eight years from the date of grant, at an exercise price of $ 2.26. The vesting period of the options is up to four years. No compensation expense was recognized, as the exercise price on the date of grant was greater than the market price of the underlying shares. |
B. | In December 2002, the Company issued 954,400 Series B Preferred Shares to a shareholder for an aggregate purchase price of $ 2.4 million, which shall be paid in three equal installments. The first installment of the purchase price of $ 800,000 was paid in December 2002. The remaining two installments of $ 800,000 were received through 2003. As additional consideration for the shareholder’s investment, the Company granted two warrants to purchase 318,100 Preferred B shares of the Company (each) at an exercise price of $ 2.514 per share exercisable until January 2, 2004 and March 31, 2005, respectively. The first warrant that was exercisable until January 2, 2004, was cancelled. |
| In addition, the Company issued to the shareholder a convertible, promissory note in the amount of $ 250,000, bearing interest at the rate of LIBOR + 1.75%. The note was canceled as part of the payment of the third installment for the Series B preferred shares, as noted above. |
C. | In June 2003, the Company increased its registered share capital and issued bonus shares to each shareholder of the Company, such that for each share (excluding the deferred shares), 99 additional shares of the same class of share was issued for no additional consideration. All shares (excluding deferred shares) have been adjusted to give retroactive effect to this issuance for all periods presented. |
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JEMTEX INK JET PRINTING LTD.
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(In U.S. dollars)
NOTE 11 – PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT COSTS, NET:
| Year ended 31.12.2003
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Salaries and related expenses (1) | | | $ | 1,846,206 | |
Subcontractors | | | | 195,477 | |
Materials | | | | 213,925 | |
Rent and office maintenance | | | | 190,800 | |
Vehicle expenses | | | | 227,843 | |
Patent applications | | | | 29,412 | |
Depreciation | | | | 50,442 | |
Other | | | | 87,515 | |
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| | | | 2,841,620 | |
Less - participations by the Office of the Chief Scientist | | | | 428,380 | |
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| | | $ | 2,413,240 | |
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(1) Including to shareholders | | | $ | 153,650 | |
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NOTE 12 - MARKETING, GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES:
| Year ended 31.12.2003
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Salaries and related expenses (1) | | | $ | 306,068 | |
Professional fees | | | | 79,786 | |
Vehicle expenses | | | | 29,086 | |
Depreciation | | | | 8,187 | |
Rent and office maintenance | | | | 34,712 | |
Other | | | | 154,002 | |
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| | | | 608,841 | |
Less - participation by the Fund for the Encouragement of Marketing Activity | | | | 22,684 | |
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| | | $ | 589,157 | |
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(1) Including to shareholders | | | $ | 155,386 | |
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JEMTEX INK JET PRINTING LTD.
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(In U.S. dollars)
NOTE 13 - TAXES ON INCOME:
A. | The Company is subject to the Income Tax Law (Inflationary Adjustments), 1985. Under this law, taxable income is computed based on the changes in Israel's Consumer Price Index. |
B. | Tax benefits under the Law for the Encouragement of Capital Investments, 1959: |
| The Company has received the approval of the Investment Center for an investment program for the Lod facility, qualifying for "alternative benefits" under the Law for the Encouragement of Capital Investments, 1959 ("the Law"). These benefits provide the Company with an exemption from income taxes on income from its "Approved Enterprise", for a period of two years followed by reduced tax rates of 25% for an additional period of five years from the first year in which there is taxable income, up to the earlier of twelve years from the time the facility was first made operational, or fourteen years from the issuance of the letter of approval. The investment program was completed and a final implementation report was submitted to the Investment Center. |
C. | As of December 31, 2003, the Company has a tax loss carryforward of approximately $ 11.6 million. The difference between the reported loss and the tax loss carryforward emanates mainly from nondeductible expenses. |
D. | The Company has received final tax assessments up to 1998. |
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Jemtex Ink Jet Printing Ltd. |
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
as of December 31, 2002
(UNAUDITED)
Jemtex Ink Jet Printing Ltd. |
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2002
(UNAUDITED)
C O N T E N T S
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Jemtex Ink Jet Printing Ltd.
BALANCE SHEETS
In U.S. dollars (except share data)
| | | | December 31 | |
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Current Assets | | | | | | | | | |
Cash and cash equivalents | | (3) | | | 432,327 | | | 785,851 | |
Restricted cash | | (3) | | | 50,100 | | | 54,526 | |
Receivables and prepayments | | (4) | | | 288,611 | | | 192,442 | |
Inventories | | | | | - | | | 116,383 | |
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| | | | | 771,038 | | | 1,149,202 | |
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Fixed Assets | | (5) | | | | | | | |
Cost | | | | | 385,206 | | | 337,436 | |
Less - accumulated depreciation | | | | | 203,971 | | | 150,372 | |
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| | | | | 181,235 | | | 187,064 | |
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Other Assets | | | | | 47,792 | | | 45,366 | |
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Total assets | | | | | 1,000,065 | | | 1,381,632 | |
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Current Liabilities | | | | | | | | | |
Payables and accrued expenses | | (6) | | | 728,743 | | | 608,811 | |
Convertible promissory note | | (8) | | | 252,561 | | | - | |
Deferred revenues | | | | | 88,385 | | | 250,000 | |
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| | | | | 1,069,689 | | | 858,811 | |
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Long-term Liabilities | | | | | | | | | |
Long-term loan | | (7) | | | 571,917 | | | 562,949 | |
Accrued severance pay, net | | | | | 55,836 | | | 53,134 | |
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| | | | | 627,753 | | | 616,083 | |
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Total liabilities | | | | | 1,697,442 | | | 1,474,894 | |
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Shareholders’ Deficiency | | | | | | | | | |
Share capital | | (8) | | | | | | | |
Ordinary shares of NIS 0.01 par value: Authorized - 2,701,486 shares, (2001 - 2,717,392); Issued and outstanding - 27,001 shares in 2002 and 2001, respectively | | | | | 86 | | | 86 | |
Series A preferred shares of NIS 0.01 par value: Authorized, issued and outstanding - 15,108 shares (2001 - same) | | | | | 37 | | | 37 | |
Series B preferred shares of NIS 0.01 par value: Authorized 15,906 shares (2001-0); Issued and outstanding 9,544 shares (2001-0) | | | | | 20 | | | - | |
Deferred shares of NIS 0.01 par value: Authorized, Issued and outstanding - 67,500 shares (2001 - same) | | | | | 225 | | | 225 | |
Additional paid-in capital | | | | | 8,877,186 | | | 7,332,382 | |
Accumulated deficit | | | | | (9,574,931 | ) | | (7,425,992 | ) |
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Total shareholders’ deficiency | | | | | (697,377 | ) | | (93,262 | ) |
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Total liabilities and shareholders’ deficiency | | | | | 1,000,065 | | | 1,381,632 | |
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| Dr. Meyer Weksler | | Yeoshua Agassi | |
| Managing Director | | Member of the Board of Directors | |
Tel Aviv, February 5, 2003The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements
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Jemtex Ink Jet Printing Ltd.
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
In U.S. dollars
| | | | For the year ended December 31 | |
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Revenues | | | | | 1,281,115 | | | 1,305,060 | |
Cost of Revenues | | (9) | | | 845,913 | | | 533,340 | |
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Gross profit | | | | | 435,202 | | | 771,720 | |
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Operating expenses | | | | | | | | | |
Research and development expenses, net | | (10) | | | 2,070,967 | | | 1,979,538 | |
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Marketing, general and administrative expenses | | (11) | | | 497,248 | | | 463,573 | |
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Total operating expenses | | | | | 2,568,215 | | | 2,443,111 | |
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Operating loss | | | | | (2,133,013 | ) | | (1,671,391 | ) |
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Financing expenses, net | | | | | (15,926 | ) | | (75,089 | ) |
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Gain on agreement with former parent company | | (7) | | | - | | | 224,324 | |
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Net loss | | | | | (2,148,939 | ) | | (1,522,156 | ) |
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements
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Jemtex Ink Jet Printing Ltd.
STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS’ DEFICIENCY
In U.S. dollars (except share data)
| | Ordinary Shares | | Series A Preferred Shares | | Series B Preferred Shares | | Deferred Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| | NIS 0.01 par value | | NIS 0.01 par value | | NIS 0.01 par value | | NIS 0.01 par value | | Share premium | | Perpetual note | | Accumulated deficit | | Total | |
Shares | | Amount | Shares | | Amount | | Shares | | Amount | Shares | | Amount |
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Balance as of December 31,2000 | | | 27,001 | | | 86 | | | | 15,108 | | | 37 | | | | - | | | - | | | | 67,500 | | | 225 | | | | 2,834,663 | | | 2,500,000 | | | (5,903,836 | ) | | (568,825 | ) |
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Perpetual note reclassified | | | - | | | - | | | | - | | | - | | | | - | | | - | | | | - | | | - | | | | 2,500,000 | | | (2,500,000 | ) | | - | | | - | |
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Payment received on behalf of Series A Preferred shares issued | | | - | | | - | | | | - | | | - | | | | - | | | - | | | | - | | | - | | | | 1,997,719 | | | - | | | - | | | 1,997,719 | |
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Net loss | | | - | | | - | | | | - | | | - | | | | - | | | - | | | | - | | | - | | | | - | | | - | | | (1,522,156 | ) | | (1,522,156 | ) |
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Balance as of December 31,2001 | | | 27,001 | | | 86 | | | | 15,108 | | | 37 | | | | - | | | - | | | | 67,500 | | | 225 | | | | 7,332,382 | | | - | | | (7,425,992 | ) | | (93,262 | ) |
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Payment received on behalf of Series A Preferred shares issued | | | - | | | - | | | | - | | | - | | | | - | | | - | | | | - | | | - | | | | 800,000 | | | - | | | - | | | 800,000 | |
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Series B Preferred shares issued | | | - | | | - | | | | - | | | - | | | | 9,544 | | | 20 | | | | - | | | - | | | | 744,804 | (*) | | - | | | - | | | 744,824 | |
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Net loss | | | - | | | - | | | | - | | | - | | | | - | | | - | | | | - | | | - | | | | - | | | - | | | (2,148,939 | ) | | (2,148,939 | ) |
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Balance as of December 31,2002 | | | 27,001 | | | 86 | | | | 15,108 | | | 37 | | | | 9,544 | | | 20 | | | | 67,500 | | | 225 | | | | 8,877,186 | | | - | | | (9,574,931 | ) | | (697,377 | ) |
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(*) Net of issuance expenses of $55,176 – see Note 8.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements
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Jemtex Ink Jet Printing Ltd.
Notes to the Financial Statements
In U.S. dollars
| | For the year ended December 31 | |
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| | 2002 | | 2001 | |
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Cash flows from operating activities | | | | | | | |
Net loss | | | (2,148,939 | ) | | (1,522,156 | ) |
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities: | | | | | | | |
Depreciation | | | 53,599 | | | 46,168 | |
Interest accrued on long-term loans | | | 8,968 | | | 53,393 | |
Gain on agreement with former parent company | | | - | | | (224,324 | ) |
Loss on sale of fixed assets | | | - | | | 7,268 | |
Changes in assets and liabilities: | | | | | | | |
Accrued severance pay | | | 2,702 | | | 431 | |
Decrease (increase) in restricted cash | | | 4,426 | | | (4,526 | ) |
Decrease (increase) in receivables and prepayments | | | (96,169 | ) | | 21,071 | |
Decrease (increase) in inventories | | | 116,383 | | | (41,870 | ) |
Increase in other assets | | | (2,426 | ) | | (22,887 | ) |
Decrease in payables, accrued expenses and deferred revenues | | | (39,122 | ) | | (469,829 | ) |
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Net cash used in operating activities | | | (2,100,578 | ) | | (2,157,261 | ) |
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Cash flows from investing activities | | | | | | | |
Acquisition of fixed assets | | | (47,770 | ) | | (81,562 | ) |
Proceed from sale of fixed assets | | | - | | | 40,365 | |
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Net cash used in investing activities | | | (47,770 | ) | | (41,197 | ) |
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Cash flows from financing activities | | | | | | | |
Proceeds from shares issued, net | | | 1,544,824 | | | 1,997,719 | |
Convertible loan | | | 250,000 | | | - | |
Short-term bank credit | | | - | | | (22,477 | ) |
Long-term liabilities | | | - | | | (165,000 | ) |
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Net cash provided by financing activities | | | 1,794,824 | | | 1,810,242 | |
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Decrease in cash and cash equivalents | | | (353,524 | ) | | (388,216 | ) |
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year | | | 785,851 | | | 1,174,067 | |
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Cash and cash equivalents at end of year | | | 432,327 | | | 785,851 | |
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements
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Jemtex Ink Jet Printing Ltd.
Notes to the Financial Statements
In U.S. dollars
Note 1 - | GENERAL |
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| A. | The Company commenced its operations in October 1995 and is engaged in the development of products in the field of ink jet printing technology. |
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| B. | The currency of the primary economic environment in which the operations of the Company are conducted is the U.S. dollar. Accordingly, the functional currency of the Company is the U.S. dollar. |
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| C. | As of December 31, 2002, the Company has an accumulated deficit of approximately $9.6 million and shareholders’ deficiency of approximately $0.7 million. The Company does not yet generate sufficient revenues from its operations to fund its activities and is therefore dependent on additional financing. In December 2002, the Company raised additional capital from Scitex Corporation Ltd. (a major shareholder), and has issued its warrants which, if exercised, will provide additional funding to the Company (see Note 8C). As a result, management believes that there will be funds available to the Company to enable it to finance its operations at least through December 31, 2003. However, there is no assurance that sufficient funds will be available. |
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| D. | The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that effect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from these estimates. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements
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Jemtex Ink Jet Printing Ltd.
Notes to the Financial Statements (Cont.)
In U.S. dollars
Note 2 - | SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES |
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| The financial statements are prepared under Israeli Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) in Israel. As far as the Company’s results of operations are concerned, such GAAP are practically identical to U.S. GAAP. The significant accounting policies, applied in the preparation of the financial statements on a consistent basis, are: |
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| A. | Cash and Cash Equivalents |
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| | All highly liquid investments with an original maturity of three months or less are considered cash equivalents. |
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| B. | Inventories |
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| | Inventories are valued at the lower of cost or market. Cost is determined on the “first-in, first-out” method. |
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| C. | Fixed Assets |
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| | Fixed assets are stated at cost. Depreciation is calculated by the straight-line method over the estimated useful life of the assets. |
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| D. | Foreign Currency Translation |
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| | Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in Israeli shekels and in non-U.S. dollar currencies are translated into U.S. dollars at the rate of exchange on balance sheet date. Nonmonetary assets and liabilities are translated using historical exchange rates. Expense items are translated at exchange rates applicable at the date of the transaction. The rate of exchange of the U.S. dollar at balance sheet date was U.S.$1= NIS 4.737 (2001 - NIS 4.416). |
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| E. | Revenue Recognition |
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| | Revenues, mainly from joint development projects, are recognized when the Company has achieved the milestone, collectibility is probable, the fee is fixed or determinable and persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists. |
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| F. | Research and Development Expenses |
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| | Research and development expenses, net of participations by the Chief Scientist of the State of Israel, are charged to operations as incurred. |
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Jemtex Ink Jet Printing Ltd.
Notes to the Financial Statements (Cont.)
In U.S. dollars
Note 3 - | CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS |
| | | | | December 31 | |
| | | Interest rate (*) | |
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| Short-term bank deposits: | | | | | | | |
| NIS | | 8.7 | | 312,856 | | - | |
| In U.S. dollar | | 1.0 | | 100,000 | | 613,207 | |
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| Cash | | | | 19,471 | | 172,644 | |
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| | | | | 432,327 | | 785,851 | |
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| (*) | As of December 31, 2002. |
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| The Company has registered floating charge on its bank deposits in favor of a bank in the amount of $50,100 and $54,526 in 2002 and 2001, respectively. |
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Note 4 - | RECEIVABLES AND PREPAYMENTS |
| | | December 31 | |
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| | | 2002 | | 2001 (*) | |
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| Trade receivables | | - | | 75,332 | |
| Chief Scientist of the State of Israel | | 150,571 | | - | |
| Government institutions | | 86,651 | | 70,757 | |
| Employees (*) | | 34,635 | | 32,326 | |
| Other | | 16,754 | | 14,027 | |
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| | | 288,611 | | 192,442 | |
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| (*) | Including $16,550 to shareholders who are also employees (2001 - $31,703) |
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Jemtex Ink Jet Printing Ltd.
Notes to the Financial Statements (Cont.)
In U.S. dollars
| | Equipment | | Computers | | Leasehold improvements | | Total | |
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COST - | | | | | | | | | | | |
As of January 1, 2002 | | 112,445 | | 161,237 | | | 63,754 | | | 337,436 | |
Acquisitions | | 8,386 | | 39,384 | | | - | | | 47,770 | |
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As of December 31, 2002 | | 120,831 | | 200,621 | | | 63,754 | | | 385,206 | |
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ACCUMULATED DEPRECIATION - | | | | | | | | | | | |
As of January 1, 2002 | | 50,895 | | 91,573 | | | 7,904 | | | 150,372 | |
Provision | | 11,951 | | 35,272 | | | 6,376 | | | 53,599 | |
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As of December 31, 2002 | | 62,846 | | 126,845 | | | 14,280 | | | 203,971 | |
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NET BOOK VALUE - | | | | | | | | | | | |
As of December 31, 2002 | | 57,985 | | 73,776 | | | 49,474 | | | 181,235 | |
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As of December 31, 2001 | | 61,550 | | 69,664 | | | 55,850 | | | 187,064 | |
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ANNUAL RATES OF DEPRECIATION | | 7%-20% | | 20%-33% | | | 10%-14% | | | | |
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(*) | The Company has registered fixed charges on certain of its assets (approximately $15,000). |
Note 6 - | PAYABLES AND ACCRUED EXPENSES |
| | | December 31 | |
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| | | 2002 | | 2001 | |
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| Suppliers | | 320,286 | | 174,096 | |
| Employees and related expenses | | 191,674 | | 210,206 | |
| Accrued vacation | | 176,219 | | 194,563 | |
| Other | | 40,564 | | 29,946 | |
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| | | 728,743 | | 608,811 | |
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Jemtex Ink Jet Printing Ltd.
Notes to the Financial Statements (Cont.)
In U.S. dollars
| | | December 31 | |
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| | | 2002 | | 2001 | |
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| | | 571,917 | | 562,949 | |
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| In 2001, the former parent company forgave the Company for a loan outstanding in the amount of $224,324. A loan of $500,000 is still due to the former parent company. The loan bears interest at LIBOR and is repayable out of future net profits at 10 annual payments of $50,000, including the accrued interest, but not in excess of 10% of the Company’s annual net income. |
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Note 8 - | SHAREHOLDERS’ DEFICIENCY |
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| A. | The Company reserved 4,261 shares to be granted to employees (1,125 options are outstanding at balance sheet date). The exercise price of the options is between $178 and $371 per ordinary share. No options were granted to employees or others in 2002 and 2001. |
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| B. | In March 2002, the Company received an additional capital injection of $800,000 from a shareholder. The capital injection was the last payment due to the company in accordance with the Share Purchase Agreement signed November 9, 2000. |
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| C. | In December 2002, the Company issued 9,544 Series B Preferred Shares to a shareholder for an aggregate purchase price of $2.4 million, which shall be paid in three equal installments. The first installment of the purchase price of $800,000 was paid by December 2002. The remaining two installments of $800,000 will be paid 90 days and 180 days, respectively from the date of the agreement. As additional consideration for the shareholder’s investment, the Company granted two warrants to purchase 3,181 Preferred B shares of the Company (each) at an exercise price of $251.47 per share exercisable until January 2, 2004 and March 31, 2005, respectively. The Company has already issued the shareholder the 9,544 B Preferred shares. |
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| | In addition, the Company issued to the shareholder a convertible, promissory note in the amount of $250,000, bearing interest at the rate of Libor + 1.75%. The note will be canceled as part of the payment of the third installment for the Series B preferred shares, as noted above. |
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Jemtex Ink Jet Printing Ltd.
Notes to the Financial Statements (Cont.)
In U.S. dollars
| | | For the year ended December 31 | |
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| | | 2002 | | 2001 | |
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| Salaries and related expenses | | 319,649 | | 220,851 | |
| Components | | 395,786 | | 175,934 | |
| Rent and building maintenance | | 48,016 | | 57,040 | |
| Car expenses | | 34,330 | | 23,513 | |
| Other | | 48,132 | | 56,002 | |
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| | | 845,913 | | 533,340 | |
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Note 10 - | RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT EXPENSES, NET |
| | | For the year ended December 31 | |
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| | | 2002 | | 2001 | |
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| Salaries and related expenses (1) | | 1,579,571 | | 1,348,671 | |
| Subcontractors | | 44,719 | | 145,023 | |
| Materials | | 347,416 | | 265,128 | |
| Rent and office maintenance | | 130,140 | | 139,352 | |
| Vehicle expenses | | 200,377 | | 147,518 | |
| Patent applications | | 15,685 | | 16,969 | |
| Other | | 132,510 | | 118,336 | |
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| | | 2,450,418 | | 2,180,997 | |
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| Less – participation by the Chief Scientist of the State of Israel | | 379,451 | | 201,459 | |
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| | | 2,070,967 | | 1,979,538 | |
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| (1) Including to shareholders | | 205,160 | | 255,337 | |
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Jemtex Ink Jet Printing Ltd.
Notes to the Financial Statements (Cont.)
In U.S. dollars
Note 11 - | MARKETING, GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES |
| | | For the year ended December 31 | |
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| | | 2002 | | 2001 | |
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| Salaries and related expenses (1) | | 221,871 | | 235,334 | |
| Car expenses | | 29,316 | | 19,353 | |
| Professional fees | | 76,436 | | 70,926 | |
| Depreciation | | 7,132 | | 5,772 | |
| Rent and office maintenance | | 33,557 | | 39,357 | |
| Other | | 128,936 | | 92,831 | |
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| | | 497,248 | | 463,573 | |
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| (1) Including to shareholders | | 93,598 | | 89,728 | |
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Note 12 - | COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENT LIABILITIES |
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| A. | In connection with its research and development, the Company received and accrued participation payments from the Office of the Chief Scientist of the Ministry of Industry and Trade in Israel in the total amount of approximately $2,478,000. In return for the Government of Israel’s participation, the Company is committed to pay royalties at a rate of 3% - 5% of sales of the developed products, up to 100% of the amount of grants received (for grants received under programs approved subsequent to January 1, 2000 - 100% plus interest at LIBOR). The Company’s total commitment for royalties payable with respect to future sales, based on Government participations received or accrued, net of royalties paid or accrued, totaled approximately $2,460,000, as of December 31, 2002. |
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| B. | A venture capital fund (“the VC”) has negotiated in 1999 to invest in the Company. No agreement was reached and no investment was executed by the VC. Following the failed negotiations, the VC has demanded damages and other demands of the Company. The Company rejects these demands and believes they are with no basis whatsoever, and accordingly no provision for these demands is included in these financial statements. |
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Jemtex Ink Jet Printing Ltd.
Notes to the Financial Statements (Cont.)
In U.S. dollars
Note 12 - | COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENT LIABILITIES (Cont.) |
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| C. | The Company’s plant is located in the Lod North Industrial Zone, Israel. The plant is leased for a period of 5 years ending on June 30, 2005 with options to extend the lease for up to additional 4 years. Annual lease payment is approximately $140,000, linked to the Israeli Consumer Price Index. |
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Note 13 - | TAXES ON INCOME |
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| A. | The Company is subject to the Income Tax Law (Inflationary Adjustments), 1985. Under this law, taxable income is computed based on the changes in the Israeli Consumer Price Index. |
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| B. | As of December 31, 2002, the Company has a tax loss carryforward of approximately $8 million. The difference between the reported loss and the tax loss carryforward emanates mainly from nondeductible expenses. |
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| C. | The Company has received final tax assessments up to 1997. |
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Chaikin, Cohen, Rubin & Gilboa. |
Atidim Technology Park, Bldg. 4, P.O.B. 58143 Tel-Aviv 61580, Israel Tel: 972-3-6489858 Fax: 972-3-6489946 E-mail: accounting@ccrcpa.co.il |
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Certified Public Accountants (Isr.) |
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
To The Shareholders of
Objet Geometries Ltd.
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Objet Geometries Ltd., (“the Company”) as of December 31, 2003 and 2002 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, 2003. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the financial statements based on our audit.
We conducted our audit in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards, including those prescribed under the Auditors’ Regulations (Auditor’s Mode of Performance), 1973 and with the standards of the Public Company 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 misstatements. An audit 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 statements presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2003 and 2002 and the consolidated results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2003, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States.
Without qualifying our opinion, we wish to draw your attention to the following matters:
1. | The Company’s capital deficiency as at December 31, 2003, and the loss for the year then ended, amounting to approximately 4.0 million dollars and 6.2 million dollars, respectively. The Company’s continuation as a going concern is dependent upon additional financial support until profitability is achieved. |
| The financial statements do not include any adjustments relating to recoverability and classification of the assets and liabilities that might be necessary should the company be unable to continue as a going concern. |
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2. | On December 16, 2003 a lawsuit was filed against the Company – See Note 10E. |
/s/ Chaikin, Cohen, Rubin & Gilboa
Chaikin, Cohen, Rubin & Gilboa
Certified Public Accountants (Isr.)
Tel-Aviv, February 16, 2004
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Selected Financial Data
(Objet Geometries Ltd.)
The following selected financial data from the balance sheets as of December 31, 2002 and 2003 and from the related statements of operations for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2003 are derived from the audited consolidated financial statements of Objet Geometries Ltd. (“Objet”), not included in this Annual Report, which have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States.
This selected financial data is provided pursuant to applicable SEC rules because Scitex’s equity in the income from continuing operations before income taxes, extraordinary items and cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle of Objet, an Israeli company in which Scitex currently holds an approximate 23.5% interest, exceeds 10 percent (but less than 20%) of such income of Scitex and its subsidiaries consolidated for the fiscal year ended on December 31, 2003.
| December 31, (U.S. dollars in thousands) | |
2003 | 2002 |
Current assets | 4,753 | 5,876 |
Non current assets | 1,482 | 1,479 |
Current liabilities | 9,554 | 15,000 |
| December 31, (U.S. dollars in thousands) |
2003 | 2002 | 2001 |
Gross revenue | 4,966 | 614 | -- |
Cost of sales | 4,043 | 529 | -- |
Loss from continuing operations (before extraordinary items) | (6,228) | (9,773) | (11,727) |
Net losses | (6,228) | (9,773) | (11,727) |
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EXHIBIT INDEX
1.1 | Memorandum of Association of the Registrant. (1) |
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1.2 | Amended and Restated Articles of Association of the Registrant. |
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3. | Voting Agreement dated December 1, 1980, by and among Discount Investment Corporation Ltd., PEC Israel Economic Corporation and Clal Electronics Industries Ltd. (2) |
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4(a)(1) | Agreement dated November 20, 2001 between Dundee Securities Corporation and the Registrant. (3) |
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4(a)(2) | Asset Purchase Agreement dated November 24, 2003, between Eastman Kodak Company, the Registrant, Scitex Digital Printing, Inc. and Scitex Development Corp. |
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4(a)(3) | Agreement dated June 5, 2003 by and among Dundee Securities Corporation, Raymond James Ltd. and the Registrant. |
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4(a)(4) | Agreement dated August 11, 2003 by and among Dundee Securities Corporation, Raymond James Ltd. and the Registrant. |
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4(c)(1) | The Scitex Israel Key Employee Share Incentive Plan 1991. (1) |
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4(c)(2) | The Scitex International Key Employee Stock Option Plan 1991 (as amended, 1995). (1) |
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4(c)(3) | Form of the Letter of Indemnification provided to office holders. (4) |
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4(c)(4) | The Scitex 2001 Stock Option Plan (as amended, 2003). (5) |
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4(c)(5) | The Scitex 2003 Share Option Plan. (6) |
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4(d)(1) | Services Agreement dated November 1, 2001, between Clal and the Registrant (as amended, 2004). |
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4(d)(2) | Share Exchange Agreement dated December 22, 2002, by and among the Registrant, Scitex Vision Ltd. and Aprion Digital Ltd. (7) |
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4(d)(3) | Services Agreement dated March 1, 2004, between Discount Investment Corporation Ltd. and the Registrant. |
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8 | List of Subsidiaries of the Registrant. |
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10(a)(2) | Year 2002 Annual Report to Shareholders of Creo Inc. for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2002, pages 28 through 42 (inclusive) of which are incorporated herein by reference. (8) |
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10(a)(3) | Comments by Independent Accountants of Creo Inc. for U.S. Readers on Canada – U.S. Reporting Differences, dated November 12, 2002. (9) |
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12.1 | Certification of CEO of the Registrant pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. |
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12.2 | Certification of CFO of the Registrant pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. |
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13.1 | Certification of CEO of the Registrant pursuant to Rule 13a-14(b), as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. |
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13.2 | Certification of CFO of the Registrant pursuant to Rule 13a-14(b), as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. |
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14(a)(1) | Consent of Kesselman & Kesselman, Independent Accountants of Registrant. |
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14(a)(2) | Consent of Ziv Haft, Independent Accountants of Jemtex InkJet Printing Ltd. |
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14(a)(3) | Consent of Independent Accountants of Objet Geometries Ltd. |
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14(a)(4) | Consent of KPMG LLP, Independent Accountants of Creo Inc. |
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(1) | Incorporated by reference to our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2000, filed June 29, 2001. |
(2) | Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.h of our Registration Statement on Form F-1 filed May 26, 1983 (File No. 2-82743). |
(3) | Incorporated by reference to our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2001, filed July 1, 2002. |
(4) | Incorporated by reference to Appendix B to our Proxy Statement of our Report on Form 6-K filed April 1, 2004. |
(5) | Incorporated by reference to Exhibit (d)(4) to our Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO filed May 14, 2004. |
(6) | Incorporated by reference to Appendix B to our Proxy Statement of our Report on Form 6-K filed December 3, 2003. |
(7) | Incorporated by reference to our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2002, filed June 19, 2003. |
(8) | Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.2 of Creo Inc.’s Annual Report on Form 40-F filed February 20, 2003 (incorporated from Creo’s Form 6-K filed January 15, 2003). |
(9) | Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.3 of Creo Inc.’s Annual Report on Form 40-F filed February 20, 2003. |
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